The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-26 00:00:00

Established 1837. BRITANNIA.LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Vict. cap. 9. Every description of Life AN Assurance business transacted. DREW FRANCIS, Secretary. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. From this time until the end of the season t here will b esday,e four Op era nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Th Thursday, and satarday. Extra Night. lle. Lucca; Madame Didiee. M. Fair e ; Signor Graziani ; Signor Mario. THIS EVENING (Thursday), 3lny 2(3, will be per formed, tar the second time this season, Gounod's Opera, FAUST E 3IARGIIERITA. Mar herita, Idahe. Pauline Lucca, her second appearance in that character in England; Siebe , Madame Didiee ; Marta. Mdlle. Anese ; Meflsto e e, M. Faure ; Vale .tino, , nor Gr,z!ani ; Wagner, Signor 'Taglihflee; and Faust, Signer Mario, his second appearance in that character. Conductor, Mr. Casta. Commence at half past Pit ticlzets, 7s. ; amphitheatre rta,ls, 104. 6d., 75., and 55.; mphitheatre. 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had tth box-offic under the portico nt the theaTre, which is ppm from ten to five, and at the principal musicselltrs' and lihrartans". H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA. NIGHT. FIRST . TIME OF LES HUGUENOTS. TO-MORROW EVENING (Thursday ,M ay 26 will er be per formed, first time this season , Me y erbeer's Grand Opa, LES HUGUENOTS. Signori Ginelini, Marcel o Junco.. Sanvel iatley, Gb.9Ber, Louise Bossi, Casaboni, Manfredi, Mario tti, andTa; Mdlle. Liebhardt, Mdlle. Trebeili, and 'Mille.Miens. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. In the Incidental Ballet, Grand Pas de Deux, Mdlle. Cata rina Ber.tta and Sig. Ammaturo. Saturday Next, FAUST. Grand )lorniug; Performance,Wednesday, June Ist. FAUST. Notice. —In active preparatio •, Beethoven's FIDELIO. Leonora, by adlle. Tittens (her first appearance in that cha racter,. Commence at Half-past Eight o'clock. Pit Tickets, 7s. ; Reserved Box Seats. 10s 6d.;.Amphi theatre Stalls, ss. and 7s. ; Gallery, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, in th.- Upper Circle, 21s. Box Office of the Theatre open daily, where places may be secured ; also at Mitchell's, Bubb's, Lacon and Oilier's, Bond street ; Leader's, Opera Colonnade ; Sam's, St. James's street , Cramer, Wood, and Co.'s, and liammond's. K e,gent street ; Keith, Prowse, and Co.'s, Cheapside ; and at Chappell and Co.'s, 50, New Bond-street. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE ONE GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE. WEDNESDAY, June 1. Gounod's celebrated Opera, FAUST. Ti lens, Trebelli ; Sant'ey, Gassier, Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Doors open at Half-past One. Commence at Two o'clock. HEATRE ROYAL HAY MARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING. THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. llowe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone. Rogers, Clark, We%thersby, &c. ; 3lescl4lnes Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs: Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe. Arc.; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Sw.,wden,Nelly power, Hill, Wright, it.o4ers, &c. To cone tide with MRS. WHITE. Nil. Compton. Commence at 7. 1") OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. JI L - tj Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECIIT Er, will perform lI4MLEI' THIS EVENING 'I'IIUItSDA.YI. Claudius, Mr. Emery ; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan ; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden -11,,ff ; atio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedigger, Mr. H. Widdieomb ; Osric. Mr. F. Charles ; Messrs. W 3Plntyre, F. Morton, Raymond, 31o:Val - id, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall bank, Collett; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry; Actress, Miss M. Hem ade ; and Gertru le, Miss Elsi,vorthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open at half .past 7, and Hamht com mences at 8. Box Of f ice open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. V OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- VSole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. Atter which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Lou's and Fabien dei Franchi, Mr. Vining ; Chateau Renaud, Mr. Wat er Lacy. To conclude with BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Raffer: y, Mr. Dominick Murray. fkrFW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Propristor and Manager, M. B. Webster. Last Week but two of the Groat TraE,rediene, Miss Bateman, in the character of LEA ii. THIS EV ENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKE - irEA.RE'S ROUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, It. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEA H : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billingtun, Stuart , Eburn e, Stephenson ; Mrs. Bidington. To conclude with T IIE AREA. BELLE : Nlessrs. J. L. Too7e, P. Bedford, tt. Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. IL Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATEMAN.-L E A 1-1.-THI EVENING and EVERY EVENING —Miss Bateman will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma (I,n o.til further notice In i,rder o give due eilect to t , -is most remarkable suces4 of the se son, e.j ire y new scenery by the celebrates artists Messrs. i•ans,in and i• one, auct Thomps,:n. New dr , ss s and appo ntmex.ts have been prepare* for its productio:;.—N..i. In consequence of the ~ ressing and numerous applications ar, the Box-offi2e, ar xngement-, have tow been made by which Seats m y be ob tained a Fortnight in Auv,n e. • ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTEII. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Comedy, by Diun Boucicault, Esq., every Evening. Re-engagement of those ce ebrated and popular artistes, Mr. an Mrs. Charles Mathews. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the ropular mimes of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. F. itobinson. Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss ll,rbert, Mrs Frank Matthews, Miss 11. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirring. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE `VEDDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and original Comely in 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled THE FOX CHACE characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Cham-er laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At 10, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Frank 11 atthews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke; Miss Fanny Josephs. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING. TURN 11131 OUT. Followed by THE 3ISID OF HONOUR. Miss Ada Swanborough. Atter which, MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey , James , Fenton, Turner, &c. ; Marie Wilton, Simpson, Sic. To conclude with TIMOTHY TO THE RESCUE. Mr. • Thorne. Commence at 7. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' ..... ..249. per ton. I Double.. 206. per ton. Top ............ 23g. „ Nut 5..... ... iSs. „ Deep ...........21$. ~ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W.. and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke ................. los. per elvtldron. Terms cash. JOAN SCOTT, Sole Agent. EmosEs AN 1) S SON NI • respectfully call attention to th eir large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLO rii LNG. The newest fabrics are combined with the latest and most fashionable cesi,gns, acid the best workmanship. 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THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock .................... 60 Barometer-29.92. Wind—N.lV.; moderate breeze, and cloudy. kllGti WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, sh. 11m.—Afteracon, sh. FB'n. ro-moitaow.-Morning, 6h. 3-n.—Afternoon, 611. 30m. , LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1864. If report be true, her MAJESTY'S Ministers have thought discretion to be the better part of valour, and have prudently avoided the risk of another legal defect. Their "meddling and muddling" brought them so little credit or profit in the case of the Alexandra that it has beet considered advisable to hush up the matter of the rams by effecting a convenient compromise. There is accordingly to be no further question as to the ownership of the El Tonssin and El Monassir, since they are added to the national possessions, and certainly if the puhlTc are to psy in either event, it is more satie. factory to give a larger sum and obtain two first , class steam rams than to fritter away some thou sands in carrying a casa from court to court. It cannot be denied, however, that this movement is a manifest confession of weakness on the part of the Government, since, if the rams were really illegally constructed, they had a right to seize them without payment. Why give a large EllOll for that which _ . was already forfeited to the Crown ? We hope some explanation will be demanded from the Ministerial benches of the conduct of this affair. The truth is that, as in the world famed Schleswig-Holstein dispute, our Government have suffered themselves to be drawn into a maze of perplexities and troubles by their vacillation and one-sidedness. The wan of an open, straightforward, and decisive policy which threatens to embroil us with half the Powers of Europe, will probably end by alienating us from both the contending parties in the Western Hemi- sphere. Inconsistency is never respected, and the very Federals, whose cause has been so much favoured, now load us with abuse for neglecting Had the English Govornmen their interests. recognised the South from the first, the terrible slaughter now desolating the fair and fertile States of the occ3 prosperous Union might have been stayed, while our northern manufacturers would not have stood idle for so many weary months. The question of personal interest should not of course outweigh the consideration of what is due to others, but it must be evident to the most superficial observer that to rofuse to recognise the South was virtually to side with the North by trea' ing their opponents as rebels and not as belligerents. Our professions of neutrality were consequently insincere from the very first, and almost every subsequent act has confirmed the impression. The correspondence between Mr. BARING and Lord R. CECIL respecting some observations let fall in the heat of debate in reference to our commercial dealings with America has been published oppor tunely enough, together with the news about the The one affords the beat commentary on the other, but the correspondence is especially interesting, not only from the high position of both parties, but from the curiosity naturally felt to see what can be said by a gentleman who does not attempt to deny having had a large share in the transport of munitions of war. It will be felt by most readers that Mr. BARING would have done more wisely to remember the old adage about the impoliay of throwing stones when your resi dence is peculiarly brittle, and had better have let the matter alone. Certainly, as Lord ROBERT CECIL admits, the public and the Government have coincided in regarding the transmission of goods to the American states as justifiable, but public opinion goes a little further than the Cabi net, and cannot see the immense difference be tween sending out an unarmed ship to one party, and " properly forwarding" arms and ammunition to the other; except, perhaps, that the ship may possibly be put to peaceful use, while rifles and per cussion caps are not generally available for any pur poses but those of war. It is true that the vessel may be armed on her way, but with that, strictly speaking, the law has nothing to do. The order is to build a ship of a certain kind, and English judges and juries are not bound to know whet is to be done by a third party, after the contract is completed. If it be contended that the building of such ships as the steam rams is of itself a virtual infraction of the proclamation, it cannot possibly be denied that the manufacture of arms and arcmu. nition—articles whose transmission to the contend ing parties is expressly forbidden by the same document—is decidedly a contradiction, not only of the spirit but the letter. Mr. BARING'S defence that his firm took no part in giving the orders for the munitions of war, or in the execution of them, is certainly begging the question, since he must be perfectly aware that the "giving effect to the credit Ilodged in favour of the parties furnishing those supplies," and the " seeing them pro perly fcr warded to their destination," were no less important parts of the transaction. No one blames Mr. BARING for the part he has taken in these matters ; but it is a little too much for English common sense and love of fair play for a gentleman whose firm has been so openly con cerned in assisting one party to appeal to the House of Commons against the infraction of neutrality committed by those who have been engaged in help ing the other side. If the South could not pillage Northern commerce without ships, neither could the North fight without arms and ammunition, and the American war owes more to Messrs. BARING than to Messrs. LAIRD. The fact is, a strict neu trality is the very last thing desired by the friends of the North in this country. It is so easy to de nounce piracy, slavery, and every other evil in round terms—so easy to declaim about our duties as rams. a great nation, our interest as a commerce -loving neutral; but it is both difficult and unsatisfactory t o descend from eloquence to argument. If the judg ment of the people so entirely supports the Mini sterial policy, if, as a Cabinet Minister observed, our Foreign Enlistment Act is so faultily worded that a fleet of ships can sail through it, why does not this wise and popular Government take some steps towards reforming so great an evil ? Why does not acme member of the Government bring forward a measure for amending this inefficient and ill-constructed Act ? Is it that a neutrality strictly defined and rigidly enforced would prove a more startling customer to Mr. ADAMS than the Alabama, the Georgia, and all their kindred combined ? is it that if a new act were laid before Parliament and subjected to its rigid scrutiny it might leave no convenient loopholes whereby what is " fraudulent" on the part of the South become "properly forward ing" on the part of the North ? Or is the reluctance' to introduce so pressing a reform due to an uneasy naisgiNing that p.,..-rhaps, after all, the conduct of the Government has not been altogether that which THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVV.NING, MAY 26, 1864. course she is pursuing can bring injuries ou the kingdom of Denmark. There will be this difference, that with few exceptions the sympathy for the one is universal, and the desire to serve her most sin cere and earnest ; but will there be the same sen timent extant for the other when the evil days come on, and the trial of her fortitude is put to the proof. It will add poignancy to the blow to know that all Europa looks upon the certainty as in some degree the measure of retributive justice. The Speech of the King of Prussia, BERLIN, Tuesday. The following is the full text of the speech of the King of Prussia in reply to the address of the party headed by Count Arnirn.Boyizenburg. A summary of the spetch has already been transmitted by telegraph : I have received with pleasure the address in which you assure me of the willingness of the Ptuisian people to assist in solving the Schleswig-Holstein question, thereby granting me a worthy return for the beloved blood of so many chil dren of the country. This return will be mine should I attain the end for which, together with the Emperor of Austria, I have taken up arms. In conjunction with my illustrious ally I will take measures, so far as God has placed it in our power, that full security be obtained against a return of the oppression of our countrymen in the Duchies by Danish rule, and that effectual and lasting guarantees be secured to prevent further disturbances on the northern frontier of Germany, To gain this object the allies have fought, and for this they are now striving at the Conference, reserving the entire freedom of action to which they are entitled both by the conduct of the Danes and the course of events. During the pending negotiations I; cannot, of course, be expected to give any explanations as to the nature of the solution. But oven as you may rest assured that under all circumstances the honour of Prussia will be preserved, so also you may be assured that the sacrifices we have offered for the cause of Germany will also conduce to the interests of our own more immediate fatherland. In this confidence I am strengthened by the words you have addressed to rne, for which I thank you from my heart, since:in them I see a new proof of the warm and unanimous devotion of the Prussian people, on which, in all cares concerning the greatness and wellbeing of our common fatherland, I may rely. DEATH OF DR,. NORMANDY.—The scientific world has sustained a great loss in the death of Dr. Not mandy, long familiarly known as a practical chemist of reputation and an unexperinoental philosopher who had contributed to the progress of modern science. Dr. Nor mandy, a Frenchman by birth, adopted England as his home. Originally educated for a surgeon, he passed the neverrary examinations ; but having in the course of his studies been led into chemical experiments, he found a greater attraction in their pursuit. While so occupied he formed an intimate friendship with the late Dr Ure, with whom he was subsequently assocated in rainy important chemical analyses. Dr. Normar.dy coon attained a high position amongst practical chcmiste, and became well known for his acquirements in the application of their science. In his examination before the committee of the House of Com mons on the adulteration of food his evidence was of the most startling character, as showing the numerous frauds practiced on the public by dishonest tradesmen. Dr. Nor mandy was the author of several works which stand high in the estimation of chemists. Amongst these we may particulari. , e "An Introduction to Rose's Chemistry" (he also edited en English translation of that work) ; "The Handbook of Chemistry ;" "A Treaties on Agricultural Chemistry;" " Guide to the Alkalimetrical Chest;" " The Chemic tl Atlas," a work of great value to students of chemical analysis " The Dictionary of the Chemical Atlas." His latest literary labour was devoted to several contribu tions to the new edition of Dr. Ure's "Dictionary of the Arts and Manufactures." Dr. Normandy died on the 10th inst., in the 61th year of his age.—The Lancet. Captain Edwi❑ Pavreath, of the barque Jessy, of Bristol, has just been presented with a very valu able gold chronometer watch and chain, sent to England by the President of the United States, and forwarded to Earl Busse'l by his Excellency C. F. Adams, the American Minister in this country. It would appear that on the 13th of February, 1863, after a tremendous gale of wind off Cape Horn, the Jessy fell in with the American ship Ole ron, dismasted and on her beam end. The ship was from London bound to Callao. Captain Pentreath laid by the ship a considerable time, as Captain Percy of the Oleron hoped that he would be enabled to wear and eventually to save her, but atter the most strenuous efforts bad been made, and all proved unavailing, it was determined to aban don the wreck. The captain, three officers, and 14 of the crew were taken off, four having been drowned the pre vious night. The survivors were on board the Jessy 50 days, during rery stormy and disagreeable weather, and finally landed at Valparaiso. On a representation of the case being made to the American Government by their con sul at that port, Captain Pentreath's conduct, with refer ence to the American crew, was viewed so favourably that letters were forwarded tc our Foreign Secretary, and the American Minister, expressing the high sense entertained of his humane and generous behaviour, accompanied by a handsome gold watch and chain, with an appropriate in scription. On Captain Pentreath's return to London a few days ago, this valuable testimonial was handed to him in a most graceful and complimentary manner by the chairman of the local marine board. MR. EDWIN JAMES.-1 paragraph has gone the round of the papers to the effect that Mr. Edwin James was in destitute circumstances in New York, and that a Belfast friend had remitted him £3O, " of course as a loan, but in reality as a gift." A letter received in Col chester this week gives an emphatic denial to this state ment. The writer says :—," I have known Mr. James for the last 30 years, and heard from him by le tter not more than three days since, in which he states that h e was busily engaged iu several heavy causes in the Supreme Court at New York, and that he had lately been employed by the Government in framing suggestions for a new bill on bank ruptcy, which had given great satisfaction to the New York bar. I also know that he cannot be in such great pecuniary distress, because I have within the last few months re ceived and remitted to him at various times many hundred pounds on account of professional earnings in America for business done for British merchants in this country ; nor do I believe that he can be so borne down as to be a miserable outcast, when I read that a performance was given at the Winter Garden Theatre for the Shskspere Statue Fund, in which he took part, and was the great att raction of the evening. I also know that a few mon ths since he was waited upon by a deputation to make an oration on the anniversary of American independence ; and on that occa sion he addressed upwards of 20,000 people ; and that more recently he has been waited upon by great numbers to be allowed by them to be put forward as a candidate for Con gress, which he has for the present refused." The writer winds up by stating that the great object of Mr. Edwin James's future life is " to endeavour to realise sufficient to discharge his honourable debts and liabilities." THE AMERICAN BLOCKADE.—On Sunday morn, ,ng a splendid-looking steamer, named the Reso lution, of 93 tons, sailed from the Clyde for Nassau, for the blockade-running trade. She was once the well known pleasure schooner-yacht belonging to the Duke of Suther land, which was lately sold to Some London party, who have had her fitted oat in Glasgow for trading purposes, having been dismantled of her handsome fittings. She goes out under command of Captain Webber, well known in this trade, and takes with her a valuable cargo, consisting of about 250 casks of spirits, £3,000 worth of woollen blan kets, £Beo worth of leather boots, £l5O worth of felt hats, have sailed from the Clyde f or Nassau —the Ivanhoe, 240 &o. During the last fortnigh t three Lew paddle steamers tons register; Virgin, 290; and Little Hatti, 260. They are all lightly built, and ha ve great speed. The steamer Stag, long in the Belfast and lyde mail services, has been sold, and is fitting out for Nassau. Four other new steamers are fitting out, and about a dozen building for the same trade.—Scotsman. TRADE OF THE SOUTFL WALES PORTS.—Daring the month of April the exports foreign from Newport were 23,709 tons coal and 11,355 tons iron, against 12,263 tons coal and 7,000 tons iron in the corresponding mouth of last year, and the shipments coastwise were 47,774 tons. 566 vessels, with an aggregate registered tonnage of 66,138 tons, were engaged in the trade of Swansea, being an increase of 55 ships, and nearly 10,000 tons tonnage as compared with I April, 1863. Tne shipping rates received reached £1,626, against £1,301 in the corresponding month ; 47,636 tons of coal were Exported foreign, and 24,251 tons coastwise, being a large increase on both the previous and corresponding months, Llanelly exported foreign 13,927 tons coal against 15,618 tons in the corresponding month, and coastwise 26,591 tons against 24,741 tons in the month of March. A large trade was done at Neath and Briton Ferry during the month. ACCIDENT TO PRINCE ARTHUR'S CARRIAGE.... NARROW ESCAPE.—Prince Arthur and suite passed through Biairgowrie on Monday, en route to Balmoral. A carriage had been sent down from the north to convey hirn, aua two powerful horses were at . ached to it in front of the Royal Hotel. The carriage had not proceeded many yards when the horses became restive, the " brake" of the car riage appearing to have no power to check the down-hill progress. At the Well. Meadow the fore wheel came into violent content with a stone wall, the wheel fortunately flying to pieces, and thus making the horses more easily held in. They were brought up in front of the Advertieer office, and the Prince and his friend leaped out smartly, and being nof B d aei t m ac o h ra e i d :fol T lo h w e ed P i r n in a ce few wa m lk in ed ute a s w b a y y stood, considerably agitated, but smiling, while the horses d w i e r r e e ctio another carriage. carriage. The first carriage is a complete wreck, and the only wonder is how the Prince was not thrown out of it when the collision occurred. The stone has already been named "Arthur e Stone,"—Scotsman. the free outspoken Euglish people would have chosen in their representatives ?—a doubt how far the panierised thousands of Lancashire, and the ghastly heaps of dead and dying but lately cum bering the green plains of Virginia, may have been increased by a course of policy which irritates but never overawes, which yields but never conciliates. Herr VON BISMARK has again come forward to vindicate his cause. It will certainly be a pity if he is not saddled with the responsibility of this untoward war, for he takes pretty good care to tell us plainly what are his views, and what motives impel and actuate him in his course. The only way to take this aff...ir is to be surprised at nothing, and to expect the most encroaching demands to be made by the allied armies, especa ly the Prussians. The despatch in question is addressed to the agents of Prussia at foreign courts, and of course, under cover of this ingenious device, the most arrogant assumptions are put forward, and the most ex traordinary demands made, Her: TON BIsMARK goes over the old ground again, and takes great pains to inform us that the Government of Berlin wished to "liberate the duchy of Schleswig from Danish oppression." This might serve for an ar gument, if the sad events that have recently taken place did not assure us that there are many other places besides Schleswig, which is here so inge- nionsly specified, that it is deemed desirable to remove from the protection of the Danish authority, and to put it under the sway of the German rule. The purport of this letter is to explain the particu- lara relating to the island of Femarn, which it has been the desire of the allied forces to place under the occupation of the Federal Diet, It would be very difficult to define what limits are likely to be put to these extravagant demands, and when we shall see a little consistency and a slight portion of justice in the language held by these innovators of the rights of a country. Why this island should be occupied is bard to makeout, and it needs one to follow Herr BISMARK'S perplexing theories to the utmost, and then to bestow implicit credence upon them, before any solution of the mystery is disco- verable, and then it is ambiguous at the best Herr BJSMARIi and his friends behold with " lively regret" that the Federal Diet did not participate in their undertaking, but, on the contrary, left them to utd.ertako the wide responsibility of the undertaking. Can anything 1 c more absurd than this, when every one at all versed in politics is aware that Prussia desired nothing better than to take the law into her own hands, and to plan, carry out, and consolidate matters, as it seemed most expedient to the wishes of her rulers, and the in- terests of her community. There is a very emphatic passage which tells the Germanic Confederation in a roundabout fashion, that they have failed in all that was required of them. M. BISMARK congra• tulates himself on the dexterous propositions of the Austro-Prussian allies, which removed the obstacles that had unfortunately arisen in many particulars, and also which obviated the danger of exhibiting to the world the spectacle of " German want of humanity at so decisive a moment." There may be more disastrous spectacles than that presented to the public gets before the tactics of the Berlin diplomatists are worked out. It would be amusing if the subject were not so serious a one, and if its results were not likely to contain such grave con sequences for other States, to notice the inconsis tencies which characterise this grandiloquent despatch. Among the many gratulatory reflections which swell its contents, we perceive that great credit is taken for the universal deference that was paid to the wishes of the Federal Diet by the Prue gins and Vie Austrians. After enumerating many instancea of consideration and other matters of the sort, it is thus declared in regard to the maintenance of the "unity of the military chief command," that it was of such especial importance that it could not possibly be relinquished. It is always the end of these complaisant nations that they look after their own interests coute qui coute, and take very good care that the fruits of the conquest and the glory of the gain shall rest with themselves. M. BISMARK is not altogether satisfied, or, at all events, he deems it politic to appear not to be so, for one thing is explained, another is apologised for, as it were; and many events are recapitulated in order to give a favourable turn to their relation, or a flattering colour to their recital. Perhaps the hardihood of effrontery has reached its climax, even for Berlin assurance, and it is deemed requisite and essential to glory over a few of the most striking anomalies of the transactions which have recently taken place. It must occur to every one that it would be better if the Government of Prussia would allow the Conference to go on, or rather to begin, in good earnest to enter upon its business, and not to adopt the novel but inadequate method. of telling the Cabinets of Europe its meaning through the agency of these despatches. It is also very inconsistent that a Minister, who has all this knowledge at his fingers' ends, should fail so egregiously in teaching his plenipotentiaries what it is necessary that they should know before they appear at the Council that sits in debate as to the issues of this weighty matter. The extraordinary inaction of England is the worst possible service that her statesmen can render to Prussia, for that ill-starred nation is being thus fatuitoasly urged on to ruin by the extrava gant demands and the reckless course into which the mistaken friendship of our country has plunged it. It is sn insult to the common sense of the country in which the Conference meets—it is an affront to all the other Powers that are assembled in conclave ; and it is a cruel wrong and a positive injury to the country most concerned, that so many unpardonable delays should take place, and such little progress be made in the transaction of the matters that engage the notice of the whole world. The only satisfeetory part of this despatch is that in which M. BISMARK regrets so bitterly that the points to which so much importance has been attached by the Allies have not been properly appreciated by the other States, and that a majority has not often been obtained in the Diet for the propositions laid before them. Unanimity can never prevail in a collection of such divers in• terests and different objects as those which prevail in the several States of Germany ; but the greatest drawback to all concord is the intense selfishness that prevails. This is the chief enemy, the pro pelling power of disunion. Uufortunately, either of the two Powers that do hold together is too strong for the undeniably little State that by Common consent has been singled out as the victim of all this Federal eombination, and deep laid strategy. It is of no use for M. BISMARK to go on with these fulminating epistles of his, because they answer no purpose, and cannot serve his turn. There are acme infatuated individuals who will persist in according credence to all that he pro fesses and his friends put forward as the secret of their intentions. There are, however, many more who cannot be convinced against their convictions, and who will not fail to recount) in all these tirades and expositions the attempt to veil an un worthy policy with specious pretences, and the desire to diegnse a destructive intention with dex terous excuses. All this can come to no good end, and the tortuous line now pursued by the Govern ment of Berlin, under the able bat misguided rule of M. BISMAIRK, vviii soxif:r or Later cause more harm to the prosperity of Prussia than the violent LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. CONTINUED ADVANCE OF GRANT. (Per the Belgian, via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, MAY 14, EVENING, News received from General Grant up till noon o-day states that he was yesterday still pushing on in Lee's reor. Reliable reports from Cincinnati reiterate that General Sherman has captured Dalton, with 5,000 prisoners and 10 guns. The Governor of Kentucky has issued a call for 10,000 troops, to serve for six months, to come to the rescue of the country, finish the war, and save the Government. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Money easy. Gold, 721. Stocks improving. New York Central, 1321 ; linois, 126 k ; Erie, 1101. Six per Cent. United States' Bonds, 1141. DENMARK, COPENHAGEN, MAY 24, 11.19, a.m. After the arrival of a Danish Government Com missioner at the Prussian headquarters in Horsens, the commander of that place retired from Jutland, leaving nobody behind with whom negociations could be carried on. The Prussian officers in command at the different places act everywhere arbitrarily. The Chief of the Police in Randers has been arrested by the Prussians. In Aarhuus they arrested the superintendent of he Custom-house for demanding the duty from Prussian contractors. The recruits called in before ►he armistice on the 12th May were arrested on the route to join the Danish army, and threatened with deportati3n southwarde. HAMEURG, MAY 26. Advices received here from Copenhagen state that public opinion in that c%pital has lately taken a more warlike tone. Perseverance in a persistent policy is approved. It is asserted that the Danish Government has determined to recall its Plenipotentiaries should the German Powers not modify their demands, MADRID, MAY 25 (Evening). The new Ministerial Bill on the press will be discussed on Saturday next. In to-day's sitting of the Congress an energetic speech was made by Senor Pastor against the ad ministration of the finances, which the Minister defended successfully. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 26. The North German Lloyd's steamship Bremen, advertised to sail hence for New York to-day, having been detained, will not sail until ear y on Friday morning. All despatches per this steamer for the United States will be received on board till midnight of the 26;h. FRANCE. The Japanese Ambassadors were present the evening before last at the Grand Opera, the per formance consisting of the ballet of " Giselle." The Grand Chamberlain of the Imperial Court has informed the personages usually invited, that the series of private balls given by the Empress has terminated for the present season. General de iViartimprey has provisionally assumed the chief command in Algeria. The news of the death of the Marshal was brought to Carthagena by the Tilan, corvette, and transmitted to Paris by telegraph. The mortal remains of the Duke will be brought to France by the Christophe Colomb. The Vienna journals are beginning to attack the policy of Count de Rechberg in the affair of the Duchies, and to point out its inconsistencies. " The E-aperor," says the Sport, ." has accorded the title of Dake de Montmorency to Count Adalbert de Perigord." BOURSE, May 25.—The market has been rather firmer, with, however, but little change in prices. .Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 70c. Mobilier unvaried at 1,146 f. 25c. Railway Market heavy. The market improved towards the close both as regards the amount of business and prices and left off as follows :- 41 per Cents .. 93 50 Italian Loan 69 10 Do. end month 69 05 Ditto Threes 42 50 New Mexican 60k Russian Austrian 'panivh Threes 42 50 Home Debt Deferred WAYS. Do.. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month _66 80 6iediftidalliei....ll 6s -- Do, end m0nth....1156 26 - - - Bank Shares 3380 Credit 1 oncier 1 235 Roman JAAIL Cash. Account. Orleans ~ Northern 993 75 .. 990 Lyons and Mediterranean 875 .. 877 50 New ditto — .. Southern .. 647 50 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrisn Lon'bard North of Spain. Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona MARKETS--This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 39s 8d ; barley, 298 6d ; oats, 205 Od ; rye, 31s 5d ; beans, 34s 2d ; and peas, 32s 9d. THE SIX WEEKS' ATERAGES.—Wheat, 395 5d ; barley, , 30s 4d; oats, 198 7d; rye, 29s 7d; beans, 335 8d; peas, 32s 4d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 98,272 ; barley, 9,512 ; oats, 7,047 ; rye, 11; beans, 4,459 ; peas, 149 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. To-day's market was fairly supplied with beasts as to number, but their general quality was very middling. All breeds moved off slowly, yet Monday's prices were sup• ported. The general top figure was 4s 10d per 81b. The show of sheep was only moderate. Sales progressed slowly at late rates. The best old Downs realised 5s 4d per 81b. Lambs were less active than on Monday. Prices, however, were firm—the current rates being 6s 4d to 7e 6d per 81b. The veal trade was in a sluggish state on former terms — namely, from 4a 2d to 5s 2d par 81b. The demand for pigs and mulch cows was heavy at late currencies. Per Blbs.to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 erse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 0 Second quality do. 4 2 4 6 s. d. s. d Primecrs-wool d 0.4 8 5 0 Pme.S'thdowndo. 5 2 5 4 Large crse. calves 4 2 4 10 Prime small do 5 0 5 2 Large hogs.. 3 6 4 0 Small porkers ... , 4 2 4 6 ;s 4d to is 6d. Lambs.... 6: Suckling calves, 151 to 22s ; 20s to 24s each. and quarter-old store pigs TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts ... Cows l5O • Sheep and lambs 5,7001 Calves Pigs. 2lO 1 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .. Sheep and lambs Calves .... Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEINGATE AND LEA.DENRALL.—These markets are fairly supplied with meat, and the demand is steady, as follows :—B( ef, from 3s Od to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s 6d to 48 8d ; lamb, 68 Od to 780 d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 61 per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTIIALL, May 25.—The supply of stock was moderate, and the trade ruled steady, as follows : —Beet, from 3s 6d to 4s ad ; mutton, 3s 8d to 58 2d ; lamp, 6s 6d to 7s 41; veal, 4s 4d to as Od; and pork, 35 61 to 48 4d per Sibs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, May 25.—Beasts and sheep were rather dearer with a good demand, otherwise the trade was in a sluggish state. Beaf, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 38 8d to 45 8d ; lamb, 6s 4d to 75 4d ; veal, 48 4d to 5s Od ; and pork. 3s 6d to 4s 4d per Ms ; suckling calves/ 15s to 22s ; gum ier-old store pigs, 20s to 24s ; and mulch cows, -14 to £lB each. HAY MARK2TS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 10s to £4lOB Od ; clover, £4 Oa to £5 108 Od; and straw, 56 to £1 lOs per load, A slow trade. CUMBERLAND..—MC9.4OW 110,y, £2 15s to £4 10s; clove', £3 158 to £5 10.:= Od ; and straw, 5s to £1 12s per load. Trade dull. \VIIITECIIAPEL —Meadow hay, £2lO B to £4 108; clover, £4 Os to £5 10a Od; and straw, £1 4to 141 per load, Trade inactive. LITERATURE. Remarkable Pamphlets, A CHAPTER ON STREET NUISANCES, by Charles Babbage, the eminent mathematician, has just now been published, by Mr. Murray, in the form of a pamphlet of twenty pages octavo. It is, in point of fact, a chapter extracted, thus, for separate publica cation, from the forthcoming work of Mr, Babbage, entitled " Ps3sages in the Life of a Philoso pher," a work prominently among Mr. Mur ray's announcements. Nothing could be more opportune than the issue of this particular chapter, just at the moment when the street nuisances com plained of, are at length being directly, and, let us hope, vigorously dealt with by Mr, Bass's Bill, now going through Parliament. I'o no living man, per haps, can the gradual ripening of that bill into an enactment be more intensely gratifying, we should conjecture, than to the author of this eccentric pamphlet—a pamphlet, the like of which we don't remember ever to have encoun tered. Illustrious, years ago, by right of his marvellous scientific contrivance, popularly known as the Calculating Machine, Mr, Babbage has for several years past been cruelly subjected to a species of potty martyrdom, or rather, it should be said, to a sort of ignoble tormentirg, driving him at times (according to his own showing, here) very nearly to the verge of distraction. For ten years he has been thus tormented, we may say, systematically. By whom ? By Italians, Germans, and Indians, by English men and women and chile drenl The instruments of torture employed by these, he thus enumerates : Organs, brass bands, fiddles, harps, harpsichords, hurdy gurdies, flageolets, drums, bagpipes, accordions, halfpenny whistles, tom-toms, and trumpets. The human voice in various forme—Shouting out objects for sale, religious canting, and psalm-singing. Those - Who are mainly responsible for perpetuating these street nuisances from year to year, Mr. Bab. bage als9 catalogues, in the manner following : ENCOURAGERS OF STREET MUSlC.—Tavern-keepers, public-houses, gin-shops, beer-shops,euff-2e-shops, servants, children, visitors from the country, and ladies of doubttul virtue ; occasionally titled ladies, but these are almost in variably of recent elevation, and deficient in that taste which their sex usually possess. In trying to suppress the system of annoyance—a system that has seriously militated against the development of his own philosophic investigations, Mr. Babbage appears to have been subjected to all imaginable kinds of indignities, insults, and even injuries, alike to his person and property. He has had his windows smashed—he has been pelted with stones—mobbed--placarded, one might even pro nounce it blackguarded—he has actually been serenaded by a brass band for hours at a stretch, when himself barely recovering from a most painful surgical operation ! We will content our selves with making one extract alone from his pamphlet in illustration of this disgraceful persecu lion, a persecution directed against one of the most eminent of living philosophers ; At an early period, when I was putting the law in force, as far as I could, for the prevertion of this destruction of my time, I receive.' constantly anonymous letters, advising, and even threatening me with all sorts of evils, such as destruction of my property, burning my house, injury to myself. I was very often addressed in the streets with similar threats. On one occasion, when I was returning home from an affair with a mob wh©m the police had just dispersed, I met, close to my own door, a man who, ad dressing me, said, " You deserve to have your house burnt, and yourself in it, an' I will do it for you, you old villain," I asked him if he had any objection to give me his address. Of course he refaced. I then followed him at a short dis tance, looking out for a policeman. Whenever he saw one at a distance he turned rapidly up the next street ; this chase continued above half-an-hour; he was then joined by a companion, an ill-looking fellow. They still continued to turn off into another street whenever a constable became visible in the distance. At last we saw a great crowd, into which they both rushed, and further pursuit became im- possib?e. The whole record here given of the bodily and mental suffering endured by reason of these maddening strict musicians we would refer our readers to—as to (such is human nature!) a something frightfully entertaining. The whole chapter, as penned by Mr. Charles Babbagc, is, in its strange way, a sort of literary companion sketch to that pictorial record of similar inflictions endured more than a hundred years ego, also in the streets of London, according to Hogarth's im• immortal picture of "The Enraged Musician." THE PROSPECTS OF GOOD ARCHITECTURE IN LONDON, having been lectured upon by His Emi nence Cardinal Wiseman only a few weeks since, namely, on the 12th of last month,. in the Theatre of the South Kensington Museum—that distin guished dignitary's Discourse has since been pub lished verbatim in a goodly pamphlet of forty-one pages octavo, and so published, like Mr. Babbage's pamphlet (just now mentioned), by Mr. Murray, of Albemarle-street. At the time when his Emi nence delivered this very charming and luminous dissertation upon the probable prospects of good architecture in our metropolis we gave an unavoid- ably abbreviated report of it in the columns of The Sitil—unat oidably , that is, bearing in mind the fact of the lecture being delivered during the sittings of Parliament. Here, however, are the Cardinal's ipsissima verba as nearly as possible as they fell from his lips. And they are peculiarly worthy of having been thus preserved for us by the aid of the stenographer. For, while they are profoundly interesting and valuable, when regarded arcl:e3J logically in regard to the past, they possess for English people, for Londoners especially, a very peculiar interest and value, indeed, because of their opening up to view the probabilities, aria still more the possibilities of London architecture in regard to the future. From the stand point of the Present, the Cardinal first looks back, in this lecture of his, for instruction, for example, for hints, for suggestions to be draw❑ from antiquity, especially from classical antiquity. Having collected together much of which — namely of instruction, of example, of hints, of suggestions calculated to be especially valuable to everyone in any the smallest degree interested in or connected with the prospects of London archi tecture, his Eminence applies these hints, and sug gestions, adapts those examples and instructions, derived from the past, to the present and future condition of our own metropolis, considered archi tecturally. It, is very strikingly remarked by him at the outset that almost everything that is known of the architecture of past ages, peoples, countries—is known exclusively from the " public" edifices in the various capitals. The one only ex ception (proving the rule) being referred to by his Eminence in the sentence here immediately fol- lowing :. g 6 Submerged in a deluge of bland, insinuating ashes, which penetrated into the most remote corners and crevices of every building-- , !mbalmed, instead of being petrified like its twin city Herculaneum, Pompeii has given us the only practical and sensible illustrations of what writers had let us know about their domestic arrangements." Here, again, as iu the instance of that pamphlet of Mr. Babbage's but just now notice', the publica tion of the Cardinal's Lecture in a separate form is wonderfully opportune. In proof of which, hear what he has to say about the threatened interference of Railway Schemes with the actual condition of London and Westminster " You will all have heard of the extent, reported by the City engineer, to which new railway schemes carry their competing designs, in that venerable portion of our metro• polio. It may be summed up in one sentence. The require about 160 acres only, which is about one fourth of the entire city ;' the total length of railways proposed is about 20 miles ; and the various public ways of all descriptions which aro interfered with are about 300.' The requirement of one-fourth of the area of a city for the conveyance of the inhabitants of the remaining three-fourths, does indeed seem disproportoned. But lam not disposed nor entitled to dis cuss this great statistical point. The question is, could not the ravages which necessity imposes be repaired, and more deference be paid to that natural piety, under which the ancients classed reverence for religion and respect for the departed ?" Yet, while he puts the query thus—he has already had occasion to remark with terrible significance-- "There is a natural reverence for whatever is monu mental or historical, and this feeling grows and ripens to religious reverence, Neither of these feelings seems to be much cultiva*ed amongst us, Take the following ev id ence from the `City Engineer's Report on Public Companic:• applying for Bills in the present Sessicn of Parliament,'— • The monument at Fish-street Hill, end Temple-b .1, Oraper's-gardens, Finsbury-Circus, Apothecaries' llail and portions of the ft imes oll;e are scheduled, as are vari ous of the City halls and the Admiralty at Whitehall,' And again, 'public parks and gardens are to be cut or tun nelled through.' These extracts sufficiently justify us in saying that there is a reckless disregard of public and monu mental property in the exactions of projects for material changes, on this vexed soil of ours, into something new and strange. As to more religious objects, my own experience may warrant somewhat. I hays myself received this year seven or eight notices of the intended destruction of churches, schools, orphanages, or other charitable institu tions, to be ruthlessly demolished or treacherously bur rowed under. And my portion in the danger must be Ita a small item in. the general fate." Altogether the Londoners have reason to feel not only gratified, but rejoiced at the circumstaeca that one so rarely gifted and so eminently well qualified to afford us an invaluable word of advice in regard to the future prospects of our metropolitau architecture, should have spoken out at once as frankly, as elcquently, and as persuasively as Car dinal Wiseman has certainly dine in this, in may respects, rossterly lecture upon the architectural prospects of London and Westminster. A COLLECTION OF OCCASIONAL ODES, by John Francis Waller, LL.D., better known on this silo of the Irish Channel as the " Jonathan Freke Slingsby" of the Dublin University Magazine, has lately appeared as a pamphlet of 23 pages ectavo -- • across the counter of the 2+lessrs.llodges, Smith, and Co., of Grafton-street, the publishers to the Dublin University. One of these Occasional Odes has reference to the opening of the Exhibition at Cork. Another to the installation of the Earl of Rosse as the University Chancellor. Another to the opening of the Dublin Royal Society's Exhibition. It is at all times a gratification to read anything of Dr. Wallen's, whether in prose or in verse, whether grave or gay, whether relating to matters of perma nent interest, or, as in these instances, to sul-jets of the most fugitive character. But the Occasional Odes which have just now reached us are pecu liarly welcome, coming as they do simultaneously with an entirely new Ode from from the same ready and gifted hand in celebration of the Dublin Exhibition, the Exhibition, comparatively spet,kingt but a few hours since inauguratel. SiLificient for us if we add that this latest of the Occasional Odes of Dr. 'Waller is one of his most graceful and felicitous improvisations. THE CHEVALIER DE CHATELAIN'S pcetiol apostrophe, througa the columns of the Courier de L'Europe, to M. Victor Hugo, as the author of (thst last work of the great French Poet-Novelist - Dramatise-Critic's 1) the book entitled " Shakespeare"—would certainly tempt us to descant upon the merits both of Victor Hugo's book and of the Chevalier de Chatelain's panegyric iu respect to it, but that we are really repelled, almost co by a sense of shame, from enlarging upon whatsoever relates either directly or indirectly to the late unfortunate Tercentenary Celebration. Il r e can therefore only find the heart at this moment to offer our felicitations to the accomplished Chevalier tie Chatelain for his brilliant and apropos tribute to his illustrious contemporary. SHARSPERE, AN ODE FOR THE TERCENTENABS OF SHAKSPERE'S BIRTHDAY, written by Mr. J. B. Carpenter, and published by the Messrs. Routledgof Warne, and Routledge. Bvo. pp. 16,—we are, for the self same reason that repels us from descinting upon the effusion last mentioned, constrained to pah s by, with a mere look askance, coming to us, a 6 1 • does, now, upon the morrow, as it were, of the dat e of the Tercentenary Celebration. Hero at any rate are the closing lines of Mr. Carpenter's Ode— What ! are there none to fill the mimic scene— To catch the mantle of the generous _Kean ? Are all the actors of the Kemble school Lost to the Theatre they once could rule ? The boards where Foote and _David Garrick played, Unmeaning spectacle alone pervade ? No I not while PMl's will his ripe powers engage, To grace and elevate the British stage ; While Helen Faucit, now too seldom seen, Still lives, her well-earned laurels fresh and green; Stirling acts, and Compton keeps the boards, And Webster glimpses of the past affords; While Henry Marston, artist good and true, Still keeps the Drama's polar star in view ; SHAMSPERE, again enthroned, may crown the stage, The noblest, greatest bard of EVERY AGE! The living names of the rvell-known actors of co t own times—names here very agreeably, and sow° of them at least not at all extravagantly introduced thus in an ode in celebration of the Immortal Bard-' thus lend a present interest of some kind at least to the always harmonious verses of J. E. Carpenter. THE ROYAL WEDDING, an Ode, extends 0g through 28 pages, penned by J. R. W. Lola:1 0 f and recently published by Messrs. Marruf and Co., of 13, Paternoster-row, would bane been more valuable, had it appeared about a twelvemonth earlier. As it is—coming into th ° , world later even then the Royal Baby itself --4" can be pronounced extremely pretty, and S ° passed by. As an artistic production, it cominac ci , ° from us no more lengthened scrutinythan Mr.0'?.4,116 Court picture in this year's Academy Esllk b e l. tion—a picture all scarlet cicaks and p retty girls and spring flowers, "all" that is, e 5. cept the youthful Royal Pair therneeli —then, at the Arrival, as a week afterwards at t 4, Wedding, the cynosure of neighbouring eve.a, til - of all observers. Mr. Lomax, in a Orvi; is after-date. He surely cannot have been all tl3i while writing it—meaning his Ode. •A The Metropolitan Association iur promoting Education of Adults being desirous of encouragement to phyeical exercises and games of strea s he and skill among the working classes, and also to afford members of the Literary and Mechanics' Working Men's Clubs, Young Men's Societies, Sr." :1 union with the associatian an opportunity fora °Qcit',), re-union, have arranged for a gathering at the CrY s o Palace on Monday, June 27. In additiora to t he va- co attractions at the Palace, arrangemen is have made for a series of athletic sports, for which val g oo money prizes will be given ; an open air c 'meat 0t ' Oll. voices, under the direction of Mr. G. W. Mart in; a bull : t of ascent ; a grand organ performance ; and a prikle coute- of cadet bands. The band of the Crystal Palace C alv Vii of will play during the day within the palace, and al , b allci t o the Greville House Working Men's Institute, Da d , ic or Kingaland sub-division of Metropolitan Police, N 'til d if in the palace grounds. Excursions are being organ 06 %0 institutions in union, all expenses, apart from the pu.,o"'" of tickets, being borne by the aesociation. INTERNATIONAL STEAM PLOUGH COMPETITI to This contest, which took place at the regional ta`lor ing of Roanne (Loire), has proved a great success both to the inventors and manufacturers et such impleo oP r A and also for the proprietors of the heavy and awh i le) lands of that and the neighbouring departments. of great, indeed, has been this success, that the questiea bf the general use of agricultural instruments worke d ,cal steam in such of the soils of France as have hitherto ° 11 ,;,,f the greatest resistance to the ordinary means of tiliag6 -",;4 now be considered as set at rest. The trials of the s e , c i q d competing machines were made between the 29th AP r eil o the Bth May, at about three miles from Beaun e, presence of the Sub-prefect, the Mayor of Iteanoe'.off members of the Committee of the Agricultural 6° , 4 1 l a and before a special jury composed of the 01/° -e pi° French gentlemen :—Count Benoist d'Azy, 1 1 / 4 01 ' Lehalleur, Charles Jobez, Tiersonnier, Fluchet, a" ° DV' untiernamed English gentlemen ; Messrs. Fisher , T. J. Thackeray, and Jacob Wilson. Three French gaol' men—the Marquis de Poncins, M. de Baulay, and )I ' d th t) neron, and two English parties—Mr. Fowler a l ' iit oro• Messrs. Howard—had sent in their names as conli )e ` 6o o Mr. Fowler, however, was unable to get his mach to tba pleted in time, and so aid not compete, :much denote" regret regret of the Committee. The machine of g• 100 1 ron operated as a " digger," and was worked by 3 ' e d ov er tive steam engine connected with it, and which P55,5e votr. the land operated on. The machine of the Marquis u,Ni.;,re. s ins operated as a sub soil plough. The ma chine ef „oar Howard operated—let, as a plough ; as a snit: 3d, as a sub. sailer; and is well known i n Engl"a'.4o.so; machines both of the Marquis de Poncins null 0f 03°' Howard were operated on by stationary steam taglll.l,oo. io adjoining ground. The jury awarded CO lhe h t) coward the first prize of £lOO and the gold reeclaY,e o quis de Poncins the second prize of £ 5O and t" en a t ll medal ; and to M. Gauncron, the third priza of XfOpix ja bronze medal. The prizes were distributed by . th e Bersigny.—Galignani. St livid A mason named Licurey, residing at - thr ee du-Thernay (inure), while procceding his 11° 7 d f ieY' evenings ago, from a wine shop where he bad VoL i ,.' e wa de ing, :net a woman named lltsdoights, to avhell he eves use of some insulting expression. Her husbancl,f'ovi, pos. with her, resented such conduct, and a struggle I D , c oito b‘atw. en teem. At that moment a man new ° :O d° came up and put an end to the fight, when Lie t lwy d, 14 1 :: use of:a heavy iron hook wh ich he held in his feet. 117. t w h i e tl n a r a e b tu h r ,w ne ( d m ttohohLiscaudrlsatitlalenteavgilol:iinstdaneaddteat ia P dreadful manner, Licurey was soon after arrested'