The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-06 00:00:00

QIR FITZROY KELLY, M.P.—A Lay of Oxford.—A Bill at which to take at Sight—in FUN THIS WEEK. One renny. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LAST NIGHTS OF THE SEASON. BENEFIT OF MR. NUGENT, Superintendent of the Box - office. THIS EVENING (MONDAY) July 6th, the Performances will include the principal parts of Three Operas, Verdi's UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, Rossini's IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, and Donizetti's LA FIGLIA DEL REG GIAIENTO. The following celebrated Artistes will appear :—Mdlle. Titiens, Mdlle. Artot, Mdlle. Trebelli, Mdlle. "Volpini ; Sig. Gassier. Delle-Sedie, Sig. Alessandro Bettini, Sig. Zuc chini, and Sig. Giuglini ; supported by Mdlle. Zambelli, Madame Corsi, Signori Bossi, Casaboni, and Soldi, and by the magnificent Band and unrivalled Chorus of Her Majesty's Theatre. Conductor, Sig. Arditi. In the Bal: et Departm, nt Mdl!e. Pocchini and M. Fissi will also appear, supported by the Corps de Ballet. LAST NIGHT OF THE SUBSCRIPTION. To-Morrow (Tuesday), July 7th, Debut of Mr. Sims Reeves. LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. New Divertissement, L'ENFANT DE L'AR MEE. Wednesday Next, July 81h, Gounod's Grand Opera, FA TJS Thursday Next, July 9th, IL TJ!OVATORE. Titiens, Albon , , S antley, Giuglini. New Divertissement, L'ENFANT DE L'ARME E. Saturday Next, July 11th, a favourite Opera. In active preparation, to be speedily produced, Weber's Grand Romantic Opera, OBERON. The Mise en Scene, pre pared with great care, splendour, and completeness under the personal superintendence of J. R. Planche, Esq.. F.S.A , the Author of the original Libretto. Principal characters by Mdlle. Titiens, Madame Alboni, Mdlle. Volpini, Mdlle. Tre belli, Mr. Santley, Sig. Gassier, Sig. Bettini, and Mr. Sims Reeves. Box-office open from Ten till Six. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- LAST APPEARANCE BUT ONE OF MADAME RISTORI. FRIDAY EVENING NEXT, July 10, will be presented NORiLL . Tragedia, in 5 atti. Norma, Madame Ristori ; Adalgisa, Mdlle. Glech ; Pol lione, 6ignor Bianchi ; Groves°, Signor Tessero. Gall Druidi, Sacerdotesse, Sacerdoti, Popule, Monday, July 13th, Madame Ristori's Farewell Perfor• mance. ox-office cpen from Ten till Six. THEATRE -kW Y HAY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, entitled AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. After which, 42d time, a new and original comedy, entitled FINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter-Spy : Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, and Miss Louisa Angel. Followed by (16th time ) , a new Farce, EASY SHAVING : Messrs. Compton, W. Gordon, Rogers ; Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Fanny Wright. To conclude with THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA. Commence at 7. THE DUKE'S MOTTO THE Ht.;.NDRED A.ND FORTY-FIFTH NIGHT. ROYAL LYCEUM. THEATRE.- Under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, to commence with an Orizrinal Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter -past Eight, the Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Prologue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, imported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, H. Widdi x)mbe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Misses Sophy Henrade, Kate Terry, E. Cayenne, and .Elaworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Actlnz-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining._ - THIS EVENING, at Eight o'clock, Shakespere's Play 01 ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Mr. Walter Montgomery; Mercutio, Mr. G. Vining; Friar Lawrence, Mr. H. Marston; Apothecary. Mr. Belmore ; The Nurse, Mrs. H. Marston ; Juliet, Mdlle. Stella Colas. To be preceded by the new Comedietta, entitlad COUSIN TOM. NEW TB EATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. , B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. After which, at Eight o'clock, a new drama, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN; OR, Tt,E GHOST'S BARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptation of the Great Spectral. Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stsart, Billington, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Allred Mellon and Miss H. Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, entlfled ILL-TREATED IL TROVATORE. Messrs. Toole, P. Bedford, R. Phillips, 34.:burne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. __ _ THIS EVENING, MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. Mr. Clifton. Followed by (the fourth time) WHILE THERE'S LIFE THERE'S HOPE. Messrs. W. IL Swanborough. Parselle, Vollaire, G. Honey; Misses Ada Swanborough, L. Thorne, F. Hughes, Illander-4, and E. Bufton. After which. the Great Burlesque, ALI BABA ; OR, THE THIRTY-VINE THIEVES.- Messrs. Honey, Turner, Danvers, Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Saunders, White, Button, and Hughes Commence at 7. f[HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,' Containinp; the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather--Sun Office, July 6, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning. This day at Two o'clock BO Barometer-30.28. Wind—E. ; moderate, and fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rHis DAL—Morning, 4h. 10m.—Afternoon, 4h. 3lm. To-monnow.-Morning, 4h. 56m.—Afternoon, ..sh. 20m. - ) 11 "#-""‘' P, , =N. LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 6, 1863. It is of the utmost possible importance that the precise nature of the subject -matter now in dispute between the French and English Governments should not on any account be lost sight of. And for the very simple reason, that it has suddenly l e d to a position no less grave than this—that it in volves within it a startling ques6on as to who it is that ought to be believed. The Saturday _Review, a l w ays bent upon comin g at once directly to the point at issue in any misunderstanding, no matter who may be the disputants, puts the Query yet more plainly, by asking, point blank—Who is it that has told the Li e ? W hether is the person whose veracity is at fault—Mr. ROEBUCK (a nd with him, of course, Mr. LINDSAY —or y _or Baron GROS —or E.lrl RUSSELL (and with him, of course, his Under Secretary, Mr. LAYARD) — or—the Emperor NAPOLEON ? Among those personages there have within the last few days, sprung up statements so distinct, so positive, and at the same ti me so diametrically opposed to ea c h other, that some o ne amongst these great personages must for cer tain have done a very great deal worse than simply quibbled or equivocated. The whole question, therefore, when regarded as the plainest possible matter of fact, resolves itself to this—Who amongst them all is the one at fault ? Who is the author or promulgator of the untruth that by one or another of them undeniably has been put forth ? Another week must elapse before the adjourned debate upon Mr. ROEBUCK'S' motion—oat of which it all grew—can be renewed. During this intervening week we are left purely to conjecture. Mr. ROEBUCK and Mr. LAYARD have already, in the House of Commons, contradicted one another quite flatly. Since then Mr. LINDSAY has corroborated to the full every statement put forth by his colleague in the late eccentric expedition to the EMPEAOR at Fontainebleau. The member for Sunder land has done this in a letter to our chief morning contemporary, That letter we reprinted in our co lumns on Saturday; so that our readers are au courant with the whole course of the dispute from its very commencement. Subsequently to the exchange of denials between Mr. ROEBUCK aLd Mr. LAYARD in the House of Commons, aad to the publication of the letter of Mr. LINDSAY in our leading contem porary, the Moniteur has given to the world, what we publish a literal translation of, in another part of our impression of this evening—the version of this unhappy little incident as panned by the hand of the EMPEROR himself. It is a version in every point of view so remarkable of its kind that it is entitled to very particular consideration. According to Mr. ROEBUCK'S statement, for the perfect accuracy of which, in all particulars, Mr. LINDsAT deliberately vouches, vide his letter already referred to, as transferred to our columns on Satur day--...the Two Ambassadors Most Extraordinary , as Mr. P. humeroursly dabb,:d thew, went over to France in order that they might, if pas-1 sible, by means of a private interview with the EMPEROR, clear up a mtsunderstanding as to the exact views of his MAJESTY in relation to the recognition of the South. The EMPEROR himself, however, through the official state ment just put forth authoritatively in the columns of the Moniteur, now gives an entirely different account of the purpose of that strange mission of theirs ! " Messrs. ROEBUCK and LINDSAY says the Moniteur," visited Fontainebleau to engage the Em peror to take official steps at London for the recog nition of the Southern States," and so on. Here are the ipsiesima verbu : MM. ROEBUCK et LIND SAY sont Venus a Fontainebleau afin d'engager l'Empereur a faire une dimarche officielle aLondres pour la reconnaisance des Etats du Sud, dans leur opinion, cette reconnaisance mettrait nn terme a la lutte qni en sanglante les Etats-Unis." Not, observe, to clear up any misunderstanding as to what might be the EMPEROR'S views, but actually to urge his Majesty—to "engage" him "to take steps at Zondon"—in other words to induce a foreign ruler to move—to a certain policy atLondon,thecouncils of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government 1 Hardly the kind of work, this, we submit, to have been under taken by any two members of the British House of Commons! A kind of work, indeed, wholly unbe fitting any English Member of Parliament at all— however eccentric, or however independent. Again, it should be particularly borne in recol lection that in bringing forward his motion, in mak ing his original statement to the House of Commons, the member for Sheffield (TEAR'E3i, with his teeth drawn, and yet for still greater security talking as one may say through the elegant French muzzle strapped on him by imperial hands at Fontainebleau)—spoke of himself very grandly as one authorised and empowered to address the British House of Commons, on the part, and in the name, of his Majesty the Emperor of the FRENCH. Recall to mind Mr. ROEBUCK'S very words—" I know certain things about the state of the mind of the great French ruler, which I am authorised to lay before this House." Again—" The Emperor of the FRENCH said, and he gave me au thority to repeat it here"—this, that, and the other. And speaking then in the House, as though it were the EMPEROR himself who was talking, he added— " I give you full liberty to state this my wish to the British House of Commons, and to say to them that I have determined," so and so ! What says the EMPEROR himself, however, now, in the official statement his Majesty has just put forth autho ritatively in the columns of the Moniteur ? Why, words could not be more explicit in the way of contradiction to all this astounding fanfaronade. The imperial statement closing with the very emphatic declaration that "Every impartial person will see by this simple explanation that the Emperor has not attempted, as certain papers pretend, to influence the British Parliament through two of its members, &c." Here again, how ever, we give the very words themselves :—" Tout homme impartial verra, par ce simple expose, que l'Empereur n'a pas cherche, comme le pretendent certaines feuilles, a influencer le Parlement britun nigue par l'entremise de deux de sesmembres, et que tout s'est borne a de franches explications echangees dans une entrevue a la quelle Sa Majesty n'avait aucune raison de se refuser." Another time, we conjecture, his Imperial Majesty will hardly feel disposed to prove himself so over-courteously accessible to travelling English gentlemen, even be they eminent members of Parliament. For, out of his latest over-courtesy in this way— surely an over-courtesy in Mr. ROEBUCK'S in stance, remembering all that hon. member's re cent railings and personalities in regard to the personage he now speaks of with 'bated breath, as the great ruler of France—out of the Em peror N./QOLEON'S latest over-courtesy, in this way, has sprung this vexatious and almost alarming imbroglio between the English and French Governments, Remembering Mr. ROEBUCK'S esca pade in Austria, and now again more recently, and far more flagrantly, in France—TEAß'EM runs the hazard of being better known in future, or we are very much mistaken, as the MARPLOT of Imperialism. The approaching interview between the Emperor of AUSTRIA and the King of PRUSSIA may well give rise to speculation concerning the result of the con ference. It is not too much to expect that some good may accrue from it, and notwithstanding the many and lamentable failures that have been made in the endeavours to bring King WILLIAM to a more genial frame of mind, and thus to effect a hap pier policy, this event referred to may not be with• out its significance. The Emperor of AUSTRIA has a grand opportunity before him if he will but avail himself of it and he will merit the thanks of many if he dia so. He can speak with experience, and he can illustrate by example. One personal argument goes so ranch farther and carries tenfold more weight than a large string of platitudes and a solemn array of isolated facts. Thus the EMPEROR may cite for the benefit of the KING the vast importance of the reforms that have taken place ira Austria, and the necessity that he has recognised of conforming in some measure to the popular desire. Also he may bear testimony to the good results that have ensued t herefrom, and the better und erstanding that pre- va ii 3 in consequence between his p eo pl e and him self. Ho can urge his cause with so much better effect, because he can speak with authority, and thus escape the disadvantage which the most skilled ad vocate must labour under when he addresses a supe rior. From t h e peculiar bent of the King of PRITSSIA's mind it must b e a pparent to all who cons id er the point, th a t those who give him advi ce or even offer suggestions have the difficulty of their task thus increased twofold, and their chance of ulti mate success rendered mor e than doubtful. Let u s hope, then, th at one W h o has more advantages on his side will reap more than common good, and that the unfortunate ration of Prussia may find in the AUTOCRAT who is to meet their SOVEREIGN an able and efficient ally. If be only acts up at all to th e sp i r i t that animates him When at home, ho must make some o n the mind good imp re ssion of one so • • misguided and mistaken as the Monarch he visits. The Count DE BISMARK'S visit was most inopportune and ill-timed; but however rooted may be the prejudices with which the KING set out on his journey, however strengthened they may have been through untoward circum stances, still many will expect great things from this meeting, and many will be • grievously disap pointed if the result should be an u • nsatisfactory one. It seems quite a fortuitous chance, and a lucky coincidence that it should take place at this particular juncture. Perhaps for no one more fortunate than King WILLIAM himself. If he trifles much longer with the feelings of the people, and seems determined only to be informed or guided by those decidedly inimical to popular sentiments, affairs may becom e ton serious to allow of any retrogade movement being made at all, and the fall of his dynasty even may tremble in the balance. It is not unreasonable, then, to expect that, considering the vital interests at stake, and the importance of the vexed questions now disputed being speedily settled, both Sovereigns will be impressed with a due sense of the significance of their meeting. It may be that nothing positive is the result, They may meet, eon. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVBNING, JULY 6, 1863, fer, and separate without any auspicious result being the token of their interviews, but if they are in fluenced by an earnest desire to improve the oppor tunity such an unsatisfactory denouement can hardly take place. If the EMPEROR be sincere in his wish, and strenuous in his endeavour to persuade the KING to adopt a happier course and rule with a more benignant sway, there is the possibility of a new and better era springing up. If he now pro• ceed on his journey animated by the desire of furthering the cause of constitutionalism, and eager to remove the feelings that now unhappily bar its progress, he may return with hope exchanged for certainty. Vent, vidi, vtci, may be exclaimed when he re-enters his palace, and he will have achieved a better conquest than one who taketh a city. On the other hand, if King WILLIAM will accede to such reasonable requests he may return with satisfaction to the capital he quitted in doubts and distraction. Angry recriminations will sub side, and be converted into eager acclamations of welcome, and he will be more than ever sensible of the faulty and mistaken course his steps are now treading, when he realises the security of the throne that has its foundations in equity and moderation, and recognises the real and right influence that is wielded over the destinies of a State by that Sove reign who respects the rights of his subjects before he considers the claims of his own prerogative, and thus may rest in safety, secure that his bulwark of defence in the day of trouble will be found in the earnest reliance and deep devotion of his people's hearts. The Minister of Foreign Affairs at Paris has forwarded a communication to the French Ambas sadors at London and Vienna, concerning the Polish question. From despatches 3f the Prince GORTSCHAKOFF it would appear that Russia now entertains a more favourable view of the adjustment of this vexed question. The Court of St. Peters burg admits the right of neighbouring states to make representations in favour of Poland, and to take an interest in its welfare, and also allows that it would be very desirable to come to an under standing as to the selection of the means best cal culated to bring about this fortunate result. There upon M. DROUYN DE LHUYS very appropriately observes that the Cabinet of the Tuileries is willing to follow Russia in the view indicated. It seeks to ascertain the form in which deliberations should be carried on, and desires to be informed of the manner in which Great Britain and Austria regard the affair. The Government of the EMPEROR, he observes, do not agree to the objections put forward by Prince GORTSCHAKOFF. He truly and em phatically declares that " the troubles of Poland are less the result of revolutionary excitations and propagandism than of the situation created for the country. He thinks it the duty of an enlightened Government to remove every aliment to subversive passions, and the best means to accomplish this is to satisfy legitimate aspirations." This is as good an opinion as can be given regarding the position in which Poland is placed, and the advice tendered to Russia is sound, and if only acted upon would speedily terminate all these unhappy contentions. Also, the French Minister pays a just tribute to the chiefs of the insurrection, and asserts that they preserved to their movement a national character. It is always the fashion in these struggles for the tyrannical portion in the affray to seek to blacken the reputation of their opponents by every means in their power. In this instance, how ever, it will not avail, for it is an acknow ledged fact that the sinister designs and visionary schemes that are undertaken by those men who seek to spread disorganisation had nothing to do with this outburst of popular indignation. As M. DROUYN DE LHUYS justly affirms, in conclusion, it is not revolution that has created the situation of Poland, but it is the situation of Poland that appeals to revolution. This is the reason, he says, why the European Cabinets have the right to take up the question. It is not unreasonable to expect that something may yet be effected by this junction of the Three Powers, and their continued efforts and reiterated remonstrances and representations must in the end produce some impression even on those impassable and imperious rulers at St. Petersburg. Fear of offending important States may operate successfully, and the dread of converting a puissant ally into a dangerous foe may work wonders in moulding the mind to listen to arguments and to recognise claims that would otherwise be thrust aside in contempt and scorn. If any advantage accrue to Poland from these deliberations, great credit will be due to all those who have taken a conspicuous part in them. It was not to be expected that the debate on Mr. CAIRD'S motion on Friday evening should lead to any practical result. It was, in fact, brought for ward rather as a vehicle for discussion than with a view of attaining any direct object. Still the de bate on the subject of our Indian cotton supply was ❑ot without profit. The oftener Indian questions are discussed in the English Parliament the better it will be for India. The general want of know- ledge produces a corresponding want of interest, and the consequence is that affairs are left almost exclusively in the hands of officials without the wholesome check of Parliamentary criticism. The all-important question of cotton is likely, however, to do India good service in more ways than one, by turning public attention to the resources of her soil and climate, and to the obstructive and inefficient system of government that has so long interfered with the full development of her capacities. Mr. COBDEN'S able and forcible speech the other even ing was a severe reproof to the Indian Secretary for the narrow and prejudiced spirit in which he has legislated for our great Eastern Empire. Mr. COBDEN very justly censured the Go vernment for not having stimulated the growth of cotton by every means in their power two years ago. Ai sole proprietor of the land, said the hon. gentlemen, the Government should through their collectors, even through native collectors, endeavour to reach the poor ryots, inform them of what is going on in Europe, offer them prizes and seed, and, in short, do all that is constantly done by English landowners to encourage their tenants to improve their stock and implements. " The Eng lish Government of India," continued the member for Rcchdale, "is the most gigantic absentee landlord in the and the head of the Indi an d epartment is the agent world, or trustee for this gigantic Indian farm." We venture to say that no intelligent private pro prietor would retain s uch an a ge n t in his service ! The one idea which seems to govern all Si r C. money from the l air d t \ a V x o . oD ; S ir p . policy is dinary reluctance o f point, exhibiti ng the extraor make the smallest re mission of this cherished the Indi an S ecretary t o ma source of re. N obtainingCitEd a very striking case in venue, and giving a sufficient answer to h is protestati ons of readiness to assist the cotton trade. It seems that the Governor of Madras authorised the collectors in the districts to exempt 30 acres of land from the land-tax for the purpose of trying experiments in the cultivation of cotton. The remission was Only to b e f or fi ve years even for this p e tt y surface f Sir CHARLES WOOD-50 Minister,; ground. But what said mister,. as Mr. COBDEN reminded the House, governing a territory of 70,000 square miles ! Writing to the Governor of Madras on the 9th of July, 1862, he says :—" I observe that you have authorised the offer to a few intel ligent natives, to be selected by the collectors, of a remission of assessment for five years on such spots of land (not exceeding 30 acres in each case) as they may be willing to devote to the improve ment of native cotton, due care being, of course, taken to ascertain that the terms of the ageement are satisfactorily fulfilled. . . . I cannot ap prove your having given to the collectors generally a discretion to remit the permanent revenue upon land to the extent of 30 acres in f avour o f any persons who may display a willingn ess t o d evote the land to the improvement of native cotton." This is the spirit that has actuated all oar recent Indian policy—a petty, narrow-minded, and restric tive spirit unable to sacrifice a trifli ng present ga i n for a large future good, and quit e unequa l to the exigencies of the time. Of course Sir CHARLES WooD denies all injurious interference, and declares that, though the Government would not interfere with privet e enterprise, by buying or growing cotton themselves, they have always been ready to give persons who wished to every assistance t 9 those embark in the trade. The way in which this assis tance is given is by putting every possible restric tion on the purchase of land,.though thousands of acres suitable for cotton cultivation are lying waste under the Indian sun. Well might the member for Rochdale, after quoting some of the existing regulations, say that they read as if they were written in jest. It is time, however, that our Indian system of government were reformed in earnest. We would here particularly direct att en ti on t o a letter addressed t o u s by Mr. Sergeant S HEE—a let ter which will be found in another part of our im pression of this evening. After an examination of the passage quoted by the learned Sergeant from a work of his published now about ten year s ago , a passage he has here taken occasion to quote at length immediately at the close of his communica tion—no one can possibly have any furth er misap prehension as to what was the precise scale of income prlposed by Sergeant SHEE for the Beneficed Clergy of the Established Church in Ireland. N o one but will then r e c ogn ise how erroneous was th e deduction drawn f rom that very passag e by more than one member t a ki ng part in the recent deb a t e upon the subj e ct, t o th e e ffect that Sergeant SH EE ' S proposition would ac t ua lly involve, what it w ou ld certainly not invol ve , nor a nything like it — au ad dition of £78,000 t o th e net revenues of the I r i s h Church Establishment. Marvellous Evidences of Poetic Sympathy, POPE ON T SPIDER. " The spider's touch—how exquisitely fine I Feels at each thread, and lives along the line I" SHAKSPERE ON THE SNAIL, " The Snail, whose tender horns being hit, Shrinks backward in his st elly cave with pain, And there, all smother'd up in shade, doi la sit, Long after fearing to creep forth again." M. RENAN'S DEDICATION OF HIS " VIE DE JESUS."—To the pure spirit of my sister Henrietta, who died at Byblus, 24th September, 1861. "Do you re member, from your rest in the boom of God, those long days at Ghazir, where, alone with you, I wrote these pages, inspired by the scene we had just traversed ? Silent at my side, you read every leaf, and copied it out as soon as writ ten, while the sea, the vi:lages, the ravine, the mountains, unrolled themselves at our feet. When the overwhelming light of the sun had given place to the innumerable army of stars, your fine and delicate questions, your discreet doubts, brought me back to the sublime object of our com mon thoughts. One day you said that you should love this book--first, because it had been written with you, and also because it pleased yo•s. If sometimes you feared for it the narrow judgments of the frivolous man, you were always persuaded that spirits truly r#ligious would in the end be pleo.se€l with it. In the midst of these sweet medita tions death struck us both with his wing; the sleep of fever seized us both in the same hour ; I awoke alone I You sleep now in the land of Adonis, near the holy Byblus and the sacred waters where the women of the ancient mysteries came to mingle their tears. Reveal to me, my good genius, to me whom you loved, these truths which master death, prev%nt us from fearing, and make us almost love it I" MARSHAL FOREY, the conqueror of Puebla, was born in Paris on the 10th of January, 1804, He entered the military school of St. Cyr in 1822. He took part in the expedition to Algiers, and served with distinc tion in Africa until Nov. 4, 1844, when he returned to France with the rank of colonel. He was made general of brigade in 1848, and general of division on the 22d Dec , 1852. Having been appointed to the command of the re serve of the army of the East, he was charged with the direction of the attacks of the left, before Sebastopol, until April, 1855, when he quitted the Crimea to return to France. Being afterwards appointed to the command of a division of the army of Italy, he gained the battle of Montebello on the 20th May, 1859, and greatly distin guished himself throughout the campaign. The Emperor, as a reward for his gallant conduct during the campaign of Italy, named him a senator by decree of the 16th August, 1659. The capture of Puebla raised Gen. Forey's renown to the highest point, as the world now very well knows, the Emperor Napoleon having just placed within the grasp of the Conqueror the highest reward of all in the eyes of a French soldier, the baton of a Marshal of the Empire.; THE TINWORKS OF SOUTH WALES.—From the commencement of the American war up to within six months ago, the tin trade of South Wales suffered so severely from the depression that many works had to be com pletely stopped. Not a few of the works were entirely de pendent on the American demand, and when the effects of the civil war virtually closed that market, some of the pro prietors had to bring their works to a standstill, and the more fortunate were able to keep their establishments going only from two to four days a week. While the trade was going through this trying ordeal it is satisfactory and credit able to state that not a single failure took place among the tinwork proprietors of this district, A few months since a slight reaction for the better was manifested in the trade, and it is gratifying to report that the improvement is fully sustained, and future prospects are encouraging. The re sult of this i mpro vement has been increased em ployment at the works, an d several of the establishments that were stopped are now going on again. New works are in course of erection near Swansea and Neath ; Melingriffith has re commenced working ; preparations are being made with the same view at Llanelly, Breconshire, and two or three other works are likely soon to be started again. These facts I clearly show that the trade is in a better state at the present time than has been the case for the last two years, and judg ing from the extensions and preparations going on, tinwork proprietors show decided confidence in the future of the trade. A NEW RAILWAY SlGNAL.—Travellers on the Midland Railway, passing Kegworth, may have ob served at that place a nett/ signal, which is likely to cause a revolution in railway signals. It consists of a clock, with a face Oft. in diameter, placed on the top of a column 151 t. high, Only a quarter of the clock is shown, which is formed of ground glass, with red figures 0.5.10.15., and has only one hand. Attached to the clock is a long rod connected with a treadle about 16ft. long, which lies along the inside of one of the rails. On the train passing over the treadle it is depressed slightly by the wheel flange, and the clock hand is set at liberty and is so adjusted by a counterpoise that it turns to the figure 0. Immediately the train has passed over the hand begins again to mark the time up to 15 minutes, when it is stopped, thus indicating to the next train exactly how long up to 15 minutes the preceding train has passed the signal. The same clock works two faces, one for the up and one for the down line. The signal is illu minated at night. The simplicity of this signal is suchthat it is almost an impossibility for it to get out of order, and it is so arranged that a passing ti airs takes off all pressure from the clock, so that the great difficulty hitherto experienced in self-working signals is successfully overcome. The Midland Railway Company, who have erected the one above de scribed, have every reason to be satisfied with the result of the experiment. It is calculated that when adopted double the number of night trains may be safely passed over the line that can be passed over now. There can be little doubt that it will prevent a great number of accidents from trains running into each other, and placed at mouths of tunnels will be of great service. The inventor of this ingenious con trivance is Mr. John King, lace manufacturer, Heanor.— Mechanics' Magazine. TAGLIONI'S HUSBAND,--_A. French Peer under Louis Philippe, Count Gilbert des Voisins, has just died, Consul for the French empire, in the small Spanish port of Figuoras. THE REVOLUTION IN MADAGASCAR.—The Mont teur of yesterday says :—" We aro assured that the Queen in spite of circumstances, intends to uphold the treaties with European Powers, and to maintain liberty of worship and of commerce." TEE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.—The competition for the prizes given by her Majesty, the Pt ince of Wales, and by the Council of the Association commenced to-day at Wimbledon. The firing for the Queen's prize will commence on Wednesday and occupy two days. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE POLISH INSURRECTION. COLOGNE, JULY 5. The Cologne Gazette of to-day says: "The re• ports of the execution of Countess Plater and Fran line Terlerzka at Wilna, are not confirmed. A communication published by the Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung, from Cracow, accoraing to which two Central Committees were simultaneously in existence in that city, appears equally devoid of foundation. Many Polish landowners have recently arrived at Vienna from Volhynia, to await the progress of events. Among them is Count Plater, the only member of the family still at large." CRACOW, JULY 5. The Czas of to-day publishes an article which says: -- "Poland is compelled to continue the struggle for independence. The six points proposed in the Notes of the Three Powers cannot be accepted by the country." Tke Czas considers that those who have destroyed liberty at home Rill give no help to Poland, but that the friends of liberty cannot remain indifferent, for the subjugation of Poland would be the defeat of liberty. A detachment of 500 insurgents engaged the enemy upon the lst inst. at Kleczew, near Orzyee. Count Mycielski defeated a Cossack detachment on the 4th. The Russians have pillaged the town of Radz wilow. BRESLAU, JULY 4. Intelligence received here states that numerous detachments of Polish cavalry are hovering about the environs of Olkusz. Omilinski has cut to pieces a company of Russian troops in the vicinity of the town. LEMBERG, JULY 4. The number of wounded insurgents brought to Brody after the recent battle was so large that many of them had to be taken to Zloczow. All is quiet in the Government of Volhynia. EVENING. M. de Rochebrun, the French commander of a band of insurgents, appeared on the 28th ult., with 600 well-armed men, upon the Russian side of the Pruth, opposite Lepezan. Pysocki is advancing into the interior of Volhy nia, in the direction of Kremiemee. GREEC E. VIENNA, JULY 5. Telegrams received here from Athens to the 3d ,nst. confirm the outbreak of a military revolution .n Greece. A portion of the army, with the National Guard, has remained faithful to the Government. Riots have also taken place in parts of the pro vinces. The English, French, and Russian Ambassadors have succeeded in obtaining an armistice for two days between the insurgents and the troops of the Government in Athens. A portion of the English fleet has been summoned 'rom Malta. TURIN, JULY 4, ETENING. The Italia of this evening asserts that three brigand chiefs recently arrested by French gen darmes in Rome will be transported to France. FRANCE, PARIS, JULY, 6. The Paris papers of to• day publish a telegram from Constantinople, dated sth inst., stating that the insurrection which had broken out in Daghes tan was spreading. The Circassians had taken Zakatal, a fortified village. Two Generals, one of whom was General Citianeff, and 920 soldiers, were killed. Mr. Roebuck and the French Emperor. The Moniteur of to-day contains the following : "Explanations have been rendered necessary by an occurrence which recently took place in the House of Commons. Messrs. Roebuck and Lind say visited Fontainebleau to engage the Emperor to take official steps at London for the recognition of the Southern States. The Emperor expressed his desire to see peace re-established in America, but observed that, England having declined his proposal of mediation the previous October, he did Rot think he could submit a new proposition with out the certainty of its acceptance. His Majesty stated further that his ambassador should never theless receive instructions to sound the English Cabinet upon the subject, giving it to understand that if England thought the recognition of the South likely to put an end to the war the Emperor was disposed to follow her in that course. These explanations will demonstrate that the Emperor has not attempted, as certain publications pretend, to influence the British Parliament by the medium of two of its members. All that took place was a frank interchange of opinions, in an interview which the Emperor saw no reason to refuse." SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, July 6.—Wind this day at noon—East light breeze, and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, July s.—Wind variable—Sailed—J. C. Simony, for Singapore. PILL, July s.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Ellen, for Quebec. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, July s—The Secret, from Konigsberg; Constel lation, from Gefle ; Nadar, from Nantes ; Neptunus, from Warberg. Arrived, July 6—Thomas, from Sundswall; Frederick, from Dram. THE COUNCIL OF TRENT.—The following details are taken from a Trent letter of the 29th ult. pub. lished in the .Monde :—The first public ceremony of the pre lates assembled in this city, to celebrate the 300th anniver sary of the closing of the Council of Trent, took place the day before yesterday. The ceremony was held in the cathedral, where the first vespers of Saint Vigil, martyr and bishop of Trent, were performed. The grand mass was celebrated by the Cardinal Patriarch of Venice, in presence of the Cardinal Legate and 40 arch bishops, bishops, and prelates wearing the mitre In the afternoon, at the termination of the solemn vespers a grand procession took place. I need not dwell upon the grandeur of the procession,:in which were seen 3 cardinals, 41 archbishops, bishops, or mitred abbes." Another letter from Trent states that Mgr. Gava had drawn up an address to be presented to the Pope, and which was signed by all the bishops. The principal passage is as follows :—The bishops assembled at Trent, wishing to testify to the Pope the love and attachment they feel for his person, and for the see of St. Peter, charge the Cardinal Legate to transmit to him the respectful expression of it, as set forth in this address, by which they engage to follow and keep themselves close round the see of the prince of the apostles, whatever may be the fate prepared for him in the future, and whatever may be the trials reserved for him b., Providence, and to be ready to follow him in adversity as in prosperity quocumque ierit!" MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS.—The "miscellaneous receipts" of the financial year 1862 63 include the usual variety of items. The fees received at the Jewel house in the Tower supply £4,614 ; the fees received at the office of registration of designs, £2,677 ; and at the office of registration of joint-stock companies, £12,120. That great fee-taker, the House of Commons, received no less than £75,800 from this source in the course of the year. Books and waste-paper sold at the Stationery-office in the year produced £16,296; and the labour of convicts brought in £16,149. Teachers quitting their profession repaid to the Government £902 in respect of the expenses of their train ing. The conscience-money of the year amounted to £10,422. The France says an imperial deoree will shortly arpear organising the fortified places of France upon a new scale, Avg No-Airly (final s"l4w!-' eirtAtilar - HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, July 5. • The Queen and Royal family arrived at Osborne at a quarter past one o'clock yesterday. Prince and Priueess Leinitigen are staying at Osborne on a visit to her Majesty. The Queen of Prussia. The Queen of Prussia and retinue will leave the Prussian Embassy this afternoon, accompanied by his Excellency Count Bernstorff, for Gravesend, there to embark for Antwerp, en route for Coblentz, The Prince and Princess of Wales. His Royal Highness the Duke of Montpensier paid a visit to the Prince of Wales on Saturday. The Prince and Princess of Wales gave a dinner for her Majesty the Queen of Prussia last even ing. The following had the honour of meeting her Majesty :—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar and the Countess Dornburg, his Ex cellency Count Bernstorff, the Duke of Hamilton, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Mar chioness of Carmarthen, his Excellency Count Lavradio, the Earl and Countess Spencer, the Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe, Lord Alfred Hervey, Lord Harris, Major-General Hamilton, Countess Schulenbourg, Countess Schwerin, Count de Boos Weldeck, Dr_ Brandis, Colonel the Hon. A. Har dinge, the Hon. James Macdonald (Equerry to the Duke of Cambridge), Lieut.-Gen. Laollys, Captain Grey, Col. Francis Seymour, C. 8., and Mr. Holzmann. The Prince of Wales at Orleans-House. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales hon oured the Duke and Duchess D'Aumale with his company at dinner on Saturday, at Orleans House. ___ _ His Royal Highness arrived from Marlborough House in a carriage and four at half-past six o'clock, and on alighting was warmly welcomed by the Duke D'Aumale and the other princes of the French royal family. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary, and his Royal High- ness the Duke of Cambridge had arrived previ ously, and were among the guests assembled to meet the Prince at Orleans House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke de Nemours and the Princess Marguerite d'Orleans, the Prince and Princess de Joinvilie, the Duke de Montpen sier, and the Count de ?aril, were among the mem bers of the family present. The company honoured with invitations to meet the Prince of Wales included the Duke of Hamii ton, the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, the Duke of St. Albans, the Eirl of Clarendon and Lady Emil 3 Villiers, the Countess Frances Walde grave and Mr. Chichester Fortescue, M.P., the Countess Constance Grosvenor, Count Pahlen, Count de Jarnac. Count Geffulhe, the Hon. F. Peel and the Misses Peel. The banquet was served in the large dining room at seven o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Duchess d'Aumale was conducted to her seat by the Prince of Wales, the Duke d'Aumale leading the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary was led by the Prince de Joinville, the Princess Marguerite by the Duke of Cambridge, the Countess Constance Gros venor by the Duke de Montpensier, the Countess Frances de Waldegrave by the Earl of Clarendon, and Lady Emily Villiers by the Count de Paris. The Prince of Wales was waited on by Captain Grey; Mademoiselle Clenchamp was in attendance on the Duchess d'Aumale, and Mademoiselle Ber nard on the Princess Marguerite ; M. Langel was in waiting on the Duke d'Aumale, and Col. Solis on the Duke de Montpensier. The banquet was served with princely magni ficence. Covers were laid for 34 guests. The Princess of Wales was prevented being pre sent by the recent death of her grand uncle. After dinner the Duchess d'Aumale gave a dancing party, the guests invited to which began to arrive at half-past 8 o'clock. His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, at tended by his gentleman-in-waiting, arrived from London at 9 o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Chartres came from Kingston at half-past 8 o'clock. The Queen will return to Windsor, according to the Court Journal, on the 7th of August, and on the 10th her Majesty will take her departure for Germany. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will arrive at Frogmoro Lodge to-morrow, and will remain there for two or three weeks. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will shortly honour the Earl and Countess of Sef ton with a visit at Croateth Hall, near Liverpool. aThe Court Journal announces positively that no more Levees or Drawing Rooms will be held this year. Prince Arthur, it is said, will be sent by her Ma- jesty to Oxford, to go through a course of study at tha University, his Royal Highness probably entering a Christ Church some time in October, 1864. The King of th Bdlgians having, happily, beep completely restored to health, takes frequent promenades in the environs of Brussels. The Duchess of Sutherland will receive company to-morrow night at Stafford House. The Duchess of Buccleuch has issued invitations for a concert at Sefton House, Belgrave• square, on Wed nesday next. Tree Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster entertained at dinner on Saturday, at Grosvenor House, his Excellency Baron Gros, tee Earl and Countess Fitz william, the E,rl St. Germans, Viscountess Palmerston, Lord and Lady Foley, Lord and Lady Harry Vane, Lord and Lady Ebury, the Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Emily Peel, Sir Hercules and Lady Robertson, Ht n. E. Stanhope, Mr. H. Seymour, Mr. A. Seymour, &c. On the evening pre vious his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured the marquis and marchioness by his company at dinner, w hen there were present to meet the royal duke Frances Countess Waldegrave and Mr. C. Fortescue, M.P., L or d and Lady Aveland, the Earl and Lady Constance Grosve nor, Sir Anthony and Lady de Rothschild, the Right Hon. N. and Lady Mary Hamilton, Lord Stanley, Lord Stan hope, Mr. and Mrs. Holford, Mr. Rochfort, Mr. Wood, and Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, in waiting on the Duke of Cambridge. The Marchioness of Downshire will give a dancing party on Thursday evening, at her ladyship's re sidence in Belgrave-square. The Countess of Bective will give a concert on Thursday, to meet their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary. _ Lady Constance Grosvenor will have a" small and early" evening party on Wednesday next, at the family mansion at Prince's-gate. Viscount Palmerston has now nearly recovered from his recent attack of gout. His lordship was enabled to attend a Cabinet Council on Saturday afternoon, and it is expected will be present in the House of Commons to night. Ministers will, probably, it is rumoured, close the Session of Parliament this month about the 30th or 31st inst., her Majesty postponing her departure for Ger many until after the prorogation of Parliament. FOX CLUB.—The annual fish dinner took place at the Trafalgar, Greenwich, on the 4th inst. Pre sent—Marquis Townshend, Earl of Zetland, Viscount Eversley, Right Hon. E. Ellice, M.P., Earl of Albemarle, Right Hon. Dr. Lushington, Col. Shafto Adair, Mr. H. H. Vivian, M.P., Col. Custance, Sir M. J. Cholmeley, M.P., General Sir H. F. Davie, M.P., Lord Mostyn, Mr Edward Ellice, M.P., Mr. J. St. Aubyn, M.P., Mr. H. A. Chol meley, Lord Carew, Mr, J. Cotes, Col. the Hon. W. Coke, M.P., Hon. Fred. Cadogan, Lord Cremorne, the Earl of Camperdown, Sir George R. Phillips, Hon. H. Duncan, Mr. Frederick Dundas, M.P., Right Hon. J. W. Fitz patrick, Lord Saye and Sele, Hon. Fitzpatrick Vernon, &e. We believe that the Cabinet has finally deter mined that Colonel Crawley i 8 to be tried by a court-martial in England, and that the charges and neces sary instructions for the return home of the prisoner and the witnesses went out by the Bombay mail of last evening, The trial will, in all likelihood, take place early in October, and in the vicinity of London. We are sorry to have to repeat our impression of the unsatisfactory nature of this step, and our doubt that it will meet the reasonable expecta tions of those whose objects are to have the truth ascer tained and justice vindicated. —Army and Navy Gazette. STEAM GOING A-HEAD IN PORTUGAL.—The first locomotive from Lisbon, which left the Portuguese capital at 5 in the mo:ning of the 28th ult., arrived at Badajoz at 11. It was welcomed by an immense crowd, delighted to see that city united to Spain by a railway. Sergeant Shee on the Irish Church. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—ln the course of recent debates in the House of Commons, it was several times stated that the scale of income proposed by me for the beneficed clergy of the Established Church in Ireland would ❑ecessitate an addition of £78,000 to its net revenues. You would much oblige me by inserting in your columns the passage in a work published by me ten years ago, which has given rise to that misconcep tion. I think it does not support the inference which has been drawn from it. I enclose the passage, and am, Sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM SIIEE. 2, Sergeant's-Inu, July 4, 1863. By the 3d and 4th Will. IV., c. 37, s. 116, it is enacted that whenever it shall appear by the certificate of the ordi nary that in any benefice, not being of private patronage, which shall become void, Divine service had not been cele brated for three years next preceding the Ist February, 1833, it shall be lawful for the ecclesiastical commissioners to direct the appointment of a clerk to such benefice to be suspended, and to receive the emoluments thereof, for the purposes of the commission, until they shall direct such suspension to be removed. And by the 4th and sth 'Will. IV., c. 9, a. 1, the Lord- Lieutenant and Privy Council are empowered, with the recommendation of the ecclesiastical commissioners, on the avoidance of any ecclesiastical dignity or office under the rank of a bishopric, without cure of souls, or rectory not of private patronage, without cure of souls, to suspend the ap pointment to such dignity, office or rectory, and to vest its emoluments, during such suspension, in the ecclesiastical commissioners. By the bill brought into the House of Commons, on be half of the Whig Government, by Lord Morpeth, on the 25th May, 1836, it was proposed to augment the funds disposable from this source by enacting that in all parishes where the number of resident Protestants was below 50, the incumbent should have an income of £100; one of £2OO where the number of Protestants was below 500; one of £3OO, where the number was below 1,000 ; one of £4(O, where the number did not exceed 3,000; one of £5OO where it exheeded 3,000; and in every case 30 statute acres of glebe. This arrangement could hardly give satisfaction to the friends of the Church, or be approved of by a just judgo of the requirements of its ministers. An income of £3OO is not too large—an income of £lOO is too small for any clergy man of the Established Church above the rank of curate. Better to extend the provisions of the 4th and sth Wm. IV ,c. 90, a. 1, by enacting that no incumbent of any benefice shall be deemed, within the meaning of that sec tion, to have cure of souls, in whose church a congregation of 20 persons does not on Sundays and holidays usually as semble for public prayer, and empower the commissioners, on the avoidance of any such benefice, to annex the duties of it, during suspension, to an adjoining care, than subject a man of sacred profession, and debarred by it from all lucrative pursuits, to the misery of an existence on an in come inadequate to the support of his position in society, and the suitable education of his children. In deference to the feelings and the hopes of our Protestant fellow-subjects, we would maintain, with a view to their possible future serviceableness, in a state of substantial repair the parochial churches, to which, on account of the smallness of their congregations and their vicinity to other churches, it might be creditable to suspend the appointment of clerks. Ws would preserve to the Ecclesiastical Com missioners the power which they now have, under the 3d and 4th Victoria, c, 101, of augmenting the incomes of poer benefices to a sum not exceeding £2OO. Limiting, except in the large cities, the incomes of the benefices in the more Protestant dioceses of Armagh, Cloger, Connor, Derry, Raphoe, DrJmore, and Kilmore, at their next advoidance, to a maximum of £4OO, and of the benefices in the other dioceses to a maximum of £3OO, we would touch the incomes of no benefices of a smaller annual value, with cure of souls, but to improve them, freeing all clerical incomes from the tax imposed by the 3d and 4th William IV., c. 37, sec. 14, and in case of reduction from a rateable part of their building charges* and securing to every curate appointed by the commissioners, on the nomination of the incumbent, and with the approbation of the ordinary, a stipend of £lOO, of which not more than £25 should be a charge upon the benefice. * See 14 and 15 Victoria, c. 73, an Act to amend the laws relating to ecclesiastical residences in Ireland. THE GREAT FIRE IN LIVERPOOL. The following are the particulars of this occur rence which we briefly reported in The Sun of Saturday:—On Friday morning the fire broke out shortly before one o'clock in the offices of Messrs. Chapple, Dutton, and Co., in - W ater-street. Immediately on the discovery being made, an alarm was conveyed to the fire police station, and a num ber of the Liverpool fire brigade, together with the West of England Insurance Company's fire engine, were speedily in attendance. Water being at hand, it was anticipated that the damage would be confined to the destruction of the office fixtures, &c., bat unhappily the flames had obtained hold upon the upper story of the same premises, and soon the dense masses of sm ,ke gave indication of the extent of the calamity. Ladders were placed to the warehouse windows, but the shutters being of wrought iron it was not without great loss of time and much labour that an opening could be effected, and when this was accomplished the flames and smoke for a time drove back the firemen. In defiance of all the efforts made, the fire continued to spread, and by daybreak the sight may fairly be described as " terribly grand." By this time there were no less than seven streams playing upon the building, and still the fire was undimi nished, and even wren 11 pipes were laid on the efforts made seemed of no avail. One after another, storey after storey, window after window, was sacrificed. Nothing but toe aestruction of the cotton, stowed in the warehouse could put a stop to the conflagration. At 35 minutes past four the police, after great exertion, succeeded in taking off two of the iron doors in Covent-garden, with which the warehouse portion of the premises was fitted, and the flames burst out in that direction. The other iron doors became red-hot, and then the cotton piled against the windows added to the diffi cuities with which the firemen had to content. At four o'clock in the afternoon two-thirds of the pre mises and a large portion of their contents had been destroyed; but the fire had not been extinguished. &bout noon part of the wall fronting Covent-garden tell in with a terrible crash; and about three o'clock in the afternoon another large mass of the wall in the same street also fell,fortunately without injuring any one, but causing much damage to the property opposite. After the second portion of the wall gave way the fire appeared to have in some measure exhausted itself, and there seemed every reason to believe that it would be prevented from spreading further. In the meantime the destruction of property has been very great.. In the premises which have been burnt there were 2,972 bales of cotton stored, estimated to be of the value of about £103,000. Of this quantity, 2,820 belonged to Messrs. Duckworth and Rathbone, chiefly Egyptian, but 40 bales were Sea Island, and 150 were American ; Messrs. Zielzler, Miess, and Co. held 70 bales, Mr. W. Marsden 150, and Mr. Marriott 43. It is also understood that in the cellars a large quantity of sulphur and orange juice was stored, and that an extensive quantity of porter was in the cellars of the agent of Messrs. Truman, Ilanbury ,and Buxton, and in the office of Mr. Bigham a considerable quantity of samples of petroleum was stored. The salvage, it is expected, will in all likelihood amount to be tween 35 and 40 per cent. of the whole. The stocks are said to be heavily insured, and the following sums are said to be the relative amounts insured in different offices :—Liverpool and London, £28,000 ; General, £20,000; Royal, £14,000 ; Atlas, 1.33,0W - -, - "itoyal Exchange, £7,000; West of England, 1.6,000 ; and other similar insurances to an aggregate of between £3,000 and £5,000. ALGERIAN ONYX MARBLE.—A very eplended display of exquisite objects manufactured from this beautiful marble, is now on view at the establishment of Messrs. Howell and James, Regent-street. It comprehends almost every imaginable variety of decorative art, includ ing clocks, candelabra, vases, gueridons, inkstands, teizi, card trays, jardinieres, porte bouquets, lamps, ringstands, &o. The combination of the onyx marble with metal pro duces a most chaste and elegant appearance, and certainly nothing that has hitherto been used in the manufacture of articles of the description above enumerated can for a mo ment be compared to it, The objects suitable for the draw ing room are all of the purest taste and design, while those intended for wedding presents and souvenirs are beautiful beyond description. Each article is most certainly "a thing of beauty," and to its fortunate possessor it must con sequently become "a joy tor ever." The brilliant display is open gratuitously to the public, and, in addition to the onyx marble ornaments, the visitor will have an opportu nity of getting a glimpse at the contents of one of the most renowned establishments of the metropolis. a 0 3 COM A quiet market, a: dency. About ou Saturdi From tl for the pal factory. both clothi late advice Leeds, Bra a rather ac goods, anc the hosier] Nottingha verhampto anent in n The fire dustan we; directors i Dec., at WI of the ban] anticipatic accounts r improveme of the ban] At Pali telegram, firm at 68 At the Bank of 2 3 . the report agreed to, all its br satisfactor ment hac colonies Which had necessity tress in Q degree ai - which the allowing they ha. znent of profit of fore, recor dividend payable i the 14th the addil inspector The chai on the sa during th profit of ; twelvemoi sears, dm of unintel There i market f firmness i for money The New India 5 p( dis. to 2s, Foreign are generE 671 68; d Greek, 3t sive, 33i 481; Egy 1 01 die. In the been exti stances, I Yorkshin ditto Yor] The Fc inactive, 1 Joint S in some it of Austral 791; Cryl Improves are quote to 1 . 4 pre Egg ptian Bay Co., Bank Stot per Cent 3 per Cent New 3 per New 21 pe !lull= es, Ditto fot _ ..... Ditto (II India Stoo Ditto 5 1 Ditto E: Ditto Do Diti Ditl Ilott(p 13( Ditto= I idia Stoc Consols fo Excheque Ditto S i Brazilian Egyptian Ditto, E Greek 5 p Onto A Ditto C Italian b r Mexican Ditto A Moorif,h New Gra D'ArTOl" Pwrtugui Ditto 3 . - - Ditto Russian Ditto 5 Sal dmiai Ditto 1 Spanish Ditto Ditto ThAto Spanish Ditto ' Turkish Ditto Ditto Ditto D,tto Ditto Ditto Ditto Venezue Ditto Ditto Italian, Ditto Ditto Consols, itto Ditto Sal e , port, this ph ceding used as tershin versa, pier. , vent hi With, a ing tilt effected been no but tb uvenin, Avon viewed been n days. LSitti Liv CLii