The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-07 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1864. GARIBALDI himself appeps to have a little more common sense than his ultra-enthusiastic admirers in this country ; including amongst them, by the way, the aged Prime Minister of England. For, it will be observed that, with a proper respect for his own dignity, and with some show of care, on his part at least, for what are conventionally called the proprieties, the famous Condottiere declines to receive the pecuniary testimonial recently getting up for him here in London. This extraordinary and incomprehensible tribute in the shape of money, it will be remembered, was set on foot at a meeting of the General's over-zealous friends at Stafford House. That meeting was convened during GARI• BALDrS stay in Loudon. It took place imme diately after ho bad removed from the Duke of SUTHERLAND'S princely mansion to Mr. SEELEY'S residence out at Kensington-Gore. It is incon ceivable how those who took part in it should have set a movement like this afloat for the raising of sub scriptions to create a fund eventually to be handed over to the Great Italian Adventurer, without having previously ascertained whether any such testimotill would be The acceptable by him. event would, however, appear to indicate quite distinctly that such was really the case. That, in fact, the Duke, Mr. SEELEY, and the rest of them ac'.ually put their heads together to make a purse f or GARIBALDI, without having had the civility, firet of all, to learn from GARIBALDI himself whether the proffering of such a purse, when filled, would be looked upon by him in the light of an insult, or of an act of homage. The upshot of it all comes like a bit of an anti-climax. The subscriptions paid in will have to be handed back again to the several contributors. Lord PALMER STON will receive his £lOO sterling. The Poet Laureate, Mr. TENNYSON, will pocket again his .1:1 one shilling. And so forth. Not much, after all, had been collected together to swell the funds of this curious testimonial. About as much, perhaps, as had been scraped together with exceed■ i n g difficulty, by the National Shakspere Com mittee—to the ead of raising, at last, if possible, a fitting monument lo the Great National Poet and Dramatist, the Greatest Poet the world has ever seen, here, in this wealthy metropolis ! It would be difficult to say which of the two move ments has proved the more ridiculous failure, the more flagrant fiasco! The abortive attempt to collect anything approaching to the amount talked of— the sum of £30,000 for the SHAKSP ERE monument ! Or the equally abortive attempt to get up in Eng. land (why in England ?) a grand subscription list for GARIBALDI, the Italian Adventurer, In each instance the sums contributed have been collectively very far short of the mark originally proposed. GARIBALDI, land of being happily for him in the the living, is enabled to say—Much obliged to you; I thank you very much, but I'd really rather not; and therefore pray take back your gifts ! You, Mr. TENNYSON, your munific:nt offering to me of a guinea! You, Lord PALM ERSTON, the £lOO put down by you as the Prime Minister of Eng land, to me, the Red Shirt of Melazza and Ca latafima—nay, for that matter, the Red Shirt no less of the Heights of Aspromonte !—lt is really nothing less than a ludicrous anti-climax in either instance—in the instance of GARIBALDI, the great Adventurer, and in the instance of SHAKSPERE, the great Poet and Dramatist. The latter, if he were still alive, we may be equally well assured, would de cline the proffered tribute of the N. S. T, C. quite as peremptorily as GARIBALDI has declined that offi ciously suggested a week or two back at Stafford House. Pity he can't ! For—unless something should happily arise to prevent it—we are threat ened with having erected to the memory of SHAKS - PERE, here in London, if any monument at all, one —judging at least from the smallness of the sum yet collected together—wholly unworthy either of London or of SHAKSPERE, either of the Wealthiest City of the World or of the Greatest Poet. The quarterly report which the Registrar-Gene ral has just issued is in some respects of unusual interest. In it we learn the actual effects of these bitter weeks which mowed down age and weakness with so unsparing a hand. From it we may also gather some indications of the returning prosperity now happily perceptible in our northern districts. It is worth noticing, since the number of marriages is usually taken as a test of the condition of trade, that the marriages in the year 1863 were the most numerous ever recorded, although, having regard to the increase of population, they did not attain the highest rate. In the last quarter of the year more especially their number was unusually large more so than it has ever been since the registration began. The most satisfactory part of this intelli gence is, that their increase was very largely due to the seats of the cotton and woollen manufacture, and also to the coal and iron districts, thus affording the most convincing testimony that the clouds which have so long hung over our manufacturing industry are rapidly breaking, and that hope and courage are rising in the hearts of the people. Coming to the current year, of which, of course, we have only one quarter's returns, the figures seem determined to keep up the high rate of the marriage returns of the last twelvemonth. The birth-rate, instead of the average 3.605 per cent. per annum, is 3'740, and the increase is everywhere perceptible, ex cepting in London and the south-west. But the other item which exceeds the average at once ar rests the attention. We have all knows that the deaths during the early months of the present year were unusually frequent, and we were prepared to find an excess of the average in the quarterly re turns, seeing that the severest visits of King Frost were all paid us after the year had turned. The revelations of the Registrar are, however, absolutely startling. There has seldom, we know, been a more fatal winter; indeed, the only winters that can compare to it during a long space of time were the two winters succeeding the failure of the potato crop, and the winter of the Crimean war. Such remarkable ex ceptions to the ordinary routine would certainly be quite out of place in a comparison with any ordi nary season, bat we may with truth look upon the early menthe of this year as something unusual. Upon an average 1,572 persons died every day in England and Wales, the total number of deaths for the quarter being 143,030, that is to say, 14,698 in excess of the average ! Those who talk so much about bracing air, good seasonable weather, and so on, may learn for their future guidance that when the thermometer falls to freezing point the morta lity rises all over the country, and that one bitter night when the mercury fell 17 degrees below freez ing point cost 877 lives, In this excessive morta lity London suffered most severely, owing partially from the sensitiveness of its inhabitants to cold, partially to the large number of its inhabitants always floating on the verge of starvation, and par tially to the absence of that kindly aid which is more likely to reach the destitute in less populous places, The latter fact is proved by the mortality of Lancashire and Cheshire not increasing in the same proportion as that of the metropolis, notwith standing the partial continuance of the distress. The manner in which the public health has been preserved through so long continued and severe a trial affords ample evidence of how much may be done towards checking excessive mortality by an efficient and organised system of re lief. Could we by any possibility apply to the distressed districts of the east of London some of the social machinery which has worked EO hap pily in Lancashire during the last two years, we should hear less of those melancholy cases of deaths from cold and want which have, during the past few months, become only too common. Another thing that tends to increase the number of deaths is the high price of fuel. Fire, as the Registrar- General justly observes, is a necessary of life in this climate, and he expresses his conviction that any thing which tends to cheapen coal, such as the abolie Lion of duties or the laying down of railways, will preserve many lives in severe seasons. In support of this view ho tells us to compare the rise in the rate of mortality in the south-eastern districts with that in the north, where coal is cheap. In the former it was 18 per cent. higher than in the two preceding quarters, in the latter it was only 4 per cent. This startling difference must certainly have some cause, since it is evident that the cold would be, if anything, intenser in the northern counties. Before good drainage were so universal, and while many important sanitary measures were yet unre garded, the summer months were the most fatal. Thanks to the energetic labours of late years we have diminished those dangers, but the peril now m eets us from another quarter, and it would be w ell, before the Frost King is among us ;gale, seriously reflect upon the best means of m ee ti ng it. l have also to consider how far the publi c re health is to be regarded as in a satisfactory state, when so large a portion of the populace is in 80 low a condition as to succumb to the first un kindly influence. At the present juncture it is interesting to notice 1 the article in the Danish newspaper the Daghladet, touching the Conference at London, and how far it affects the prospects of Denmark. In this case, as in many similar ones, there is always a great deal to be heard on all sides, and everyone can give an opinion very glibely, but those most intimately con cerned are apt to be passed over in the hurry of the lookers.on, to declare their views and enunciate their policy. It is wise, then, to turn aside for a moment from the more exciting topics of debate, and I the prominent points of discussion, to mark and learn what is thought of these momentous themes at a distance from the spot where they are being entertained by the various Powers. The opinions expressed in this article seem most straightforward; and painful as the picture before us is to contem plate, none can deny its truth or doubt its accuracy. What vast meaning there is in the assertion that the " vital question" of Denmark is taken from their hands and transferred to the Conference now sitting in London. Great stress is laid on the im portance of an armistice, and too truly have events that have recently occurred proved the justice of the remark that this essential requisite should have been obtained before the commencement of the Confer. ence. It does indeed appear amazing that such an idea was not carried oat, and the very lukewarm manner in which this vital question was taken up seems to preclude the notion that our Government was really in earnest in the cause, or that they en tertained any more hope of their soi disant expecta tioos being fulfilled. It was virtually letting the case go by default, thus to give up an important point at the outset, and no one can wonder that the unhappy sufferers by this negligence feel irritated and indignant when they reflect upon the manner in which they have been treated. Who can fail to coincide with the strictures passed upon our dilatory and delusive Cabinet for the course they have adopted, speaking so fair, and acting so coldly to the brave little nation in distress. They who sum up after events will ratify the judgment here given of their actuating spirit which was love of place, not reverence for justice. " The English Govern ment thought of nothing else but keeping power in its own hands" is truly declared, and all conscien ' tious observers must lament the circumstance. Had the Conference met earlier the calamity of Dybbol might have been avoided, bat delay followed delay, and one put off was succeeded by another until, as it is here impressively narrated, " the heart's-blood of Denmark flowed in streams upon the soil of Schleswig." When all these sad suggestions are dwelt upon it is almost impossible to avoid fearing that the dark side of the picture here presented to notice may prove the correct one after all, and nothing really be gained for the interests of Den mark in the workings of this tardy Conference in their protracted deliberations, and few and far be tween meetings. It is all very well for cold and cautious critics to dilate upon the topic, and to de clare that, of course, these ideas are exaggerated, and these opinions in the extreme. The fact is, the language of those who feel differs widely from that of those who only think, and they who are concerned heart and soul in a cause which relates to their existeece can more readily express themselves with energy and excitement than those who look at the issues of life and death, the struggle for freedom or oppression, with the cynical regard of prejudice or the callous glance of indifference. If any part of this protest be true, it is a bitter reflection for us, for the great country that has suffered the small and weak ore to fall into the grasp of ruthless invaders —fox the mighty people who have been bamboozled by Conferences, treaties, despatches, and missions, while the brave little population of a gallant nation have been confused by intimations, misled by pro mises, and finally left to cope single-handed with enemies whose demands increase with their pro gress, and the relinquishment of spoils seems only to whet their desire and enhance their greed for more. This article in the Dagbladet really puts the chief circumstances of the case before us in a striking manner, and recapitulates the leading fea tures of a case which has assumed so painful an in terest to all who respect the rights of nationality and the privile' K es of freemen. BONNET'S SILKS A LYON. --Every Article of commerce takes its title either from the inventor or manufacturer, and the more perfect the production the greater is ttte credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica 4on in England; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex . os:d by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end ofeach piece :—" Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., it Lyon e Injurieux." Wear guaranteed. HE DERBY. --RACE GLASSES (the besi ), at CALL AGITAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner of Conduit -street. N.B.—Sole agent to Voigtlander, Vienua. ----- 110 Y AL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. From this time nntil the end of the season th!re will be four Opera nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Mißle. Adelina Patti ; Signor R nconi ; Signor Mario. THIS EVENING (SATURDXY), May 7, will be per formed, for the first time this season. Rossini's Opera, IL BA itBIERE Dl S V l(3 LIA. Rosins, 31 dile. Adelina Patti, her first appearance this season ; Be. tha, Madame Tag iafico ; Figaro, tionconi, lys first appearance this sea-on ; Bartolo, Signor Ciampi, hi , first appearance this season ; Basilio, Signor Tagliafico ; Fiorello, Signor Lucche i ; bar gente, Signor Rossi ; and Almaviva, Signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre rta Is, 30s. 6d., 75., and 55. ; amphitheatre. 25. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-offic± under the portico of the theaire. which is open trom ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. THEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, a Ecene from TWELFTH NIGHT. Alter which, will be produ ced the Grand Stage Revival of Shak4were's Chronicle or Historical Play, entitled the First Part of HENRY T HE FOURTH. The cast will include impersimations by those eminent istists, Mr. PH ELI'S, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. Addison, Kr. Ryder, Mr. hobert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. h. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, M ss It( se Leclercq snrs Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Member ' s of d th M e Dr . ury-lane Ccm pany. To conclude with AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. Mr. Wm. Farren and Miss X Harris. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, II eathersby, ; Mesdames Snowden, telly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe, arz.; Mes dam..., Louise Keeley, Snowden, Nelly Power, Hill, Wright, &o. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARE. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Pechter. In consequence of the Rehearsals necessary for the com plete production of HAMLET, and the immense prepara tions requisite for the New Scenery, painted by Mr. W. Telbin, it is deemed necessary that the Theatre should be CLOSED until SATURDAY, May 14th, when will be pre sented Shakespeare's HA3ILET. Hamlet, Prince of Den park, Mr. Pechter. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DRAWING-ROOMS, SECOND FLOOR. AND ATTICS. After which, Shakspere's ROMEO AND JULIET. Ro meo, Mr. J. Nelson ; Mercutio, Mr. Vining ; Nurse, Mrs. H. Marston ; Juliet, ;Mlle. Stella Colas. NEW THEATItE-ItO Y AL, ADELYIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. TITIS:EVENING,an apropos Sketch. SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, IL Phillips, Stephenson. Af er . which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Biliingtun, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Miss IL Simms and Mrs. Killington. To conclude with T LIE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, IL Homer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS •BATEMAN.-L E A 11.-'llll EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma den until further notice. In order io give due effect to tois most remarkable success of the season, eutireiy new scenery by the celebratea artists Messrs. Danson and lions, acid Thompson. New drcss,:s and appointments have be,_n prepared for its production.—N. ii. In consequence of the messing and numerous applications at the Bon-office, ar engements have now been made by which Seats m , y be ob tained a Fortnight in Aavan:e. --- - ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The greatly successful new ComtAy every Evening. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. d. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr, Asnley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentwortn, and Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at 7, a Farce, with a new sensation, called SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Johnstone ; Miss Fanny Josephs and Miss l'atti Josephs. At a quarter before 8, the successful new Comedy, by L. Buckingham, Esq., entitled THE SILVER LIN hi Cr: harles Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. At IC, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews bnd Mrs. Frank riatth,ews. To conclude with UND Elt THE ROSE. Commence at 7. - - In a few days a new Comely, by Dion Boucicault, Esq., in which Mr. ana Mrs. Charles Mathews will appear. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. IL Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS. After which (10th time) MAZOLIRKA. Messrs. Honey, Turner, .tc. ; Marie 'Wilton, Simpson, &e. Followed by TURN HIM OUT. Commence at 7. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS_ Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' 24s. per ton. I Double 20s. per ton. Top 235. „ Nut 5........ 183. „ Deep ...215. „ 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 lss. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. H 1 THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," .11. Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, pa be had Every Evening of G. EL GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather--Sun Office, May 7, 1864. ---4.- THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 53 Barometer-29.75. ; moderato breeze, and fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT.—Morning, 2h. 46m.—Afternoon, 3h. 7m. ro-zioanow.-horsing, 3h. 28m.—Afternoon, 3h. 46m. :;:•sz S UIL (41.04ria.ty Ana 1.4 TIM SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1864, Pulpit Oratory in the Church of England. A CLERGYMAN'S OPINION OF IT. The Rev. A. J. D. D'Orsey, the emir.ent elocutionist of Cambridge, took occasion at the Church Congress at Man . cheater to make the following rather telling remarks in re gard to the educational shortcomings of his fellow clergy in the estdblishment. He said that in working out church extension they must have competent men ; but that they had not competent men in number and quality; that they had not an adequate supply, and that those they had were not always up to the mark. His business was, therefore, briefly to represent what he conceived to be the feelings of the laity and also of the clergy upon this question. It was that the education at present gives to candidates preparing for orders in the Church was not the best suited for the wcrk they had to perform. (Hear, hear.) An ancient king was asked what education was; and he said that educa tion was " learning to do that when young which a man would have to do when old." It they applied this test—and it was a very good one—they would find that the education accorded was admirable as far as the pre limivary discipline went ; but it was a failure in regard to professional training. (Cheers.) Let them not—he ap pealed to his clerical brethren especially—for a moment misunderstand him. He valued as much as any man lite rary and scientific attainments; but highly as he valued these he valued still more highly that business work which prepared men for the great duty of shepherds, under the Great Shepherd of all, in the work of saving souls. (Cheers.) Again, he said, he did not undervalue scholarship; seven years passed at a public school and three years at a univer sity was a foundation of granite ; but when they found that a pretty straw shed was erected, they were not proportion ing the means to the end, nor balancing the education of the future clergyman aright. (Cheers.) What was a clergyman's business? It was not to write Greek verses, or to solve difficult problems in mathematics. All this was valuable and important as a preliminary, and he would have it not a whit less than at present. But he would build upon that preparation a distinct professional education. (Cheers.) Much had been said about the duty of the laity to the clergy. They would, perhaps, permit him, though a clergyman, to speak of the duty of the clergy to the laity. Englishmen were always willing to pay a good price for a good article ; but they did not like paying a good price, or any price, for an article they did not want, or for a bad article. It was of no use telling the laity, "Your clergyman was the senior wrangler or the first classie of his year." The educated layman would say, " I grant that is a high honour ; but my senior wrangler can not read the service fit to be heard— (cheers and laughter)— and my senior classic"—he begged the indulgence of his clerical brethren, but no one would hiss excepting those whom the shoe pinched—(laughter)—"my senior classic may possibly contract with S. P. 0. of Blooms bury for a weekly supply of beautifully lithographrd sermons, and read them as his own," (Laughter.) And why did he do this ? Because at the university he was never directly taught to write a word of English. (Cheers.) Again, the delivery of a sermon, supposing it to have been written by the clergyman himself, was often so sleepy, monotonous, dull, and inaudible, that it was quite enough to empty the church. (Cheers and intsrruption.) He thought he heard a few hisses, but it was well known whence they came. (Oh, oh, and laughter.) Why was it with the agricultural classes that dissent was so popular? It was not that those classes were lovers of dissent, as dis sent. (Cheers,) But it was because they could not hear the old rector, and could not follow the young curate. (Applause.) It was not because they disliked to go to church, but because they could not understand its ser vices. They, therefore, emptied the parish church and filled the Salem or the Bethel next door to it. (Laughter.) The laity had the right to demand an article that was really use ful. When they went to physicians they went to men of skill and experience —to men of five years' training as phy sicians. They went to them not because they were Latin or Greek scholars or mathematicians, but because they were good physicians. (Cheers.) He wanted this argument applied here. He did not want the three years' university course to be diminished a day. (Hear, hear.) He did not want this, which was most valuable and important, at all interfered with 1 y any modification. But he asked for a suppkmentary year or two fur the thorough training of men in reading the service, composition and delivery of sermons, and in everything in which they were not at present trained. CONDUCT OP THE PRUSSIANS IN JUTLAND.—The following appears in the France :—" On the 27th ult., 8,000 Prussians entered Viborg. Accounts from Horsens state that the troops which have arrived there are quite young soldiers, Well dressed and newly come from Sfiesia, but their arrogance and effrontery know no bounds. They enter the shops in parties of ten or a dozen, and lay hold of anything that strikes their fancy without thinking of paying. Sometimes they even add raillery to their pillage, telling the poor shopkeepers C that the King of Denmark will pay for what is taken.' If by chance they find a door shut against them they break it open, and in some houses they have even assaulted the inhabitants, when the latter have not immediately given them what they ask for." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] FRANCE. PARIS, MAY 7. Advices received here from Tunis state that the French, English, and Italian squadrons have arrived there. They have detached ships to guard the coast. Tunis is quiet. The tribes are becoming satisfied with the concessions they have obtained, and are beginning to give in their submission. The .21reto Glaris Journal recounts an affair which has caused a certain sensation in Switzerland—the abduction of five children in consequence of reli gious prejudices. Antoine Lauber, the father of a family, living in a small town in the canton of Lucerne, had his house lately invaded by an armed force and his five children taken away by order of the authorities. The father's crime consisted in not having his last child baptised by an ecclesiastic of the place. The Swiss journal does not state what religious creed is in question, but that point does not signify, as the wrong consists in the intrusion of authority. Lauber has appealed to the Council. The Mobacher states that the Governor-General of Algeria has just ordered the establishment of five Arab-French schools at Ammi-Moussa, Zem. morab, Frenda, Saida, and Nedroma, in the pro vince of Oran. The Arabs, who begin to appreciate benefits of instruction, will thus have an oppor tunity of getting their children taught the elements of the French language without leaving home, and those who wish for a more complete education can afterwards go to the Arab French college, which will scion be opened at Oran. The Memorial de la _Loire relates the follow ing :—" Two or three days ago a respectably dressed man of about 50 called on a well-known medical man at St. Etienne and said, lam a builder by trade, and in making my contracts am sometimes obliged to drink rather too freely. Finding myself lately indisposed in consequence of those excesses, I was advised to apply to M. X— of Cana, who had, I was told, a secret of sovereign efficacy in such cases. I followed the recommen dation and took the remedy, which consisted of a white powder done up in small packets, init instead of being cured I find I am poisoned, and was told that the remedy is arsenic. ' Yes, sir,' continued the speaker with great violence, 'I am poisoned, and already to-day I have had one violent attack I' While speaking his countenance changed, his breathing became heavy, and throwing himself back in a chair he exclaimed, I am going to have another—l am dying—help ! help!' The doctor went towards him and found that he was dead. The body was conveyed to the Hotel Dieu, where a post-mortem examination proved that the man died from paralysis of the pectoral muscles, brought on by violent emotion produced by a diseased imagina tion. No trace of poison existed. The white pow der was analysed and turned out to be, not arsenic, but simply sugar of milk, a completely harmless substance." BOURSE, May 6.—The announcement of the Bank of France having raised its rats of discount to 7 per cent. has had an unfavourable effect on the market, and the business done shows lower prices. Threes for the Account are sow at 66f. 40c. Mobilier have receded to 1,127 f. 50c. Railway Market quiet, but with prices p re tty well maintained up to the present time. The market closed as follows : 4t per Cents 93 50 Do. end month 3 per Cents . 66 20 Do. end month 66 45 Credit Mobilier 1130 Do, end month 1132 50 Bank Shares 3355 Credit Foncier 1230 Roman Italian Loan 6B 30 Do. end month 6B 50 New ditto — Do. end month — Russian Austrian - Spenieh Threes 5l Rome Debt Deferred 10.11,\VANS. Cash. Account. Orleans 'ISO:. SO 875 875 Northern 975 972 50 Lyons and Neditcrranean 935 .. 935 New ditto BBO Southern .... 640 .. 640 Western Eastern .... 475 475 Sardinian i6s .. 362 60 Austrian Lorybard North of Spain Saragossa .. Ditto to Barcelona THE BOMBAY MAIL By the arrival of the Bombay mail'we have files of papers from Bombay to the 14th April, and from Calcutta to the sth April. inst.l t is understood that he We take the following summary from the Times of India of the 14th April : is expected to leave ExcellencyC:lellutitsaon the 1 has only been waiting for the production of the Bud get. It is natural that he should have wished, be fore leaving the beat of Government, to be in full possession of all information directly b ear i ng on the state and condition of the country, on the relation th t eViceroy h of its revenue to its expenditure, and on the amount of its resources as compared with that revenue and that 'expenditure. His Excellency now pro ceeds direct to Delhi, where he is expected to arrive on the 18th instant. There will be no camp formed ; and after a brief stay at Delhi, his Excellency will proceed direct to Simla. He will shortly be joined there by the Commander in-Chief in India, who at latest dates was in Cashmere, and who was expected to leave it for Simla, via Lahore, about the same time that the Viceroy would !eave Calcutta. sc Th e subject of chief interest during the past fortnight has been the Indian Budget, read by Sir C. Trevelyan in tue L9gislative Council of the Governor-General on the 7th inst. This exposition of the financial state and prospects of the country is 03 the whole favourable. The actual revenue for the year 1863-64 was £44,753,000. The actual expenditure was £44,722,000. There was a deficit on the entire Budget estimate of revenue in opium of £1,150,000. The deficit on entire Budget estimate was £217,700, The estimated revenue for 1864-65 is £46,160,000. The estimated expenditure is £45,340,000. The promised surplus for 1864-65 is £823,000. I. Th e estimated cost of the Sittana expedition and camp of exercise was £200,000. The duty on tobacco is reduced from 20 p e r c e nt. to 10 per cent. The import duty on cotton p i ece goods is raised from 5 per cent. to 71 per cent., with adjustment of value to market rate of to-clay. These aro the prin cipal features of the Budget that have reached us. Economy is recommended in view of the Income-tax expiring in July, 1865. The advancement of the tariff valuations on piece goods and yarns will certainly not commend itself to the approbation of commercial men. " The Financial Commissioners sent out from England to ad v i se th e accou nts of the Public Works Department have su bmitted their re port. The Government of Indi 4 has approved in g e neral of the reforms re commen d e d. Colonel Chesney stands appointed as Acc o u n t a nt' General , and Mr Kellner as Deptityv" COMMERCI A L INTELLIGENCE. THE BOMBAY MARKETS. (From the Ti mes of India of 14th April.) Money—The dem an d for money is deci dedly increasing, and should accounts from E n gland for cotton continue fa vourable, We shall undoubtedly see large remittances going up country. r^"'.... RUSSIA. Official returns published at St. Petersburg state that at the end o f 1863 thire were in the six Uni versities of R uss i a 4,901 students, without reckon ing the free auditors. The students were thus divided-672 at St. Petersburg, 1,802 at Moscow, 647 at Kieff, 419 at Kasen, 703 at Charkoff, and 668 at Derpat. In divicling,the budget of each uni versity by the number of students frequenting it we find each pupil costs the State annually 208 roubles at St. Petersburg, 133 r. at Moscow, 211 r. at Kieff, 261 r. at Kasan, 2075. at Charkoff, and 231 r. at Derpat—(the rouble is 3fr. 75c.) These figures have much augmented of late, and since the reorganisa tion of the universities the expenses have nearly doubled. If we consider the nurnlier of inhabitants of each circumscription, we find that the University of Derpat is the most peopled. The students are divided as follows among the different faculties :- 91 in the Faculty of Theology at Derpat (the other universities do not possess the Faculty of Theology); 319, Historico-Philological Faculties; 1,318, Physic° -Mathematical Faculties; 1,997 Juridical, and 1,140, Medical Faculties; lastly, 36, Faculty of Oriental Languages. Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments in the Civil Service, (From the Civil Service Gazette.) COLONIAL OFFICE.—Mr William Alexander Hamilton has been appointed to a clerkship. WAR OFFICE,—Mr Thomas Garnant Ca.wker has been appointed a temporary clerk in the Accountant-General's Depari went, Pall-mall. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Mr Charles Forster has been ap pointed to a clerkship in the Committee-office. PAYMASTER-GENERAL'S OFFICE.—Air Wm. A. Andoe has been appointed to a clerkship. STATIONERY- OFFICE.—A. vacancy in the fourth class has occurred, in consequence of the death of Mr H, Barnes, third class clerk. The following promotions have taken place,in consequence of the superannuation of Mr Joseph Blades, a first-class clerk—Mr George Neech, from the second to the first-class —Mr W. H. Gardner, from the third to the second-class— Mr Herbert Taylor, from the fourth to the third class. BOARD OF TRADE.—Mr William T. James has been ap pointed a temporary clerk. Mr John Mayne Curtis has been appointed a temporary clerk in the Seamen's Registry Office. COURT OF PROBATE.—Mr Amyatt Edmunds Ray has been appointed a searcher. ADMIRALTY.—The following promotions have taken place in the llydrographic Department, Whitehall—Mr T. Walker, Ist class draughtsman, has been promoted to be chief draughtsman. Mr E. J. Powell, 2d class draughts man, has been promoted to be lst class draughtsman, vice T. Walker, promoted. Mr R. C. Carrington, 3d class draughtsman, has been promoted to be 2d class draughts man, vice E. J. Powell. POST -OFFICE.-Mr Christopher E. Pribble has been ap pointed a temporary clerk, London. Mr Ludovio Walter Campbell has been appointed a temporary clerk, London. Mr Thomas Barrows has been appointed a temporary clerk, London. Mr Frederick W. Cooper has been appointed a clerk at Manchester. CUSTOMS.—Mr Henry G. Batley has been appointed clerk in the tea department, London. Mr. W. Cheetham has been appointed a clerk in the Receiver-General's Office, London. Mr William Harrald has been appointed a clerk in the Warehousing Department, London. Mr A. Lorraine has been appointed a clerk in the East and West India Docks, London. Mr. D. Minter has been promoted from 2d to 3d class of clerks, London Docks. Mr A. C. Bray has been promoted from 3d to 2il class of clerks, London Docks. Mr P. Bergin has been promoted from 4th to 3d class of clerks, London Docks, Mr G. Saunders has been promoted from sth to 4th class of clerks, London Docks. INLA.ND REVENUE.—Stamps and Tax Branch—Messrs Geoffrey Howard Young and Evelyn Freeth have been ap pointed junior clerks in the Legacy Office. Mr Henry Forbes Clarke has been appointed a junior clerk in the Accountant's Department. Mr Charles Loughton has been appointed a porter in the warehouse keeper's department. Messrs James Sugden and G. H. Bishop have been appointed to be assistant surveyors of taxes. EXCISE BRANCIL.—Mr John Williams, officer, Wands worth, Ist division, Kingston collection, has been appointed an examiner. Mr Edmund Charles Sturgeon, officer, Wotton division, Gloucester collection, has been appointed an examiner. Mr George Brooks, officer, Evesham ride, Worcester collection, has been appointed to Bromley, Ist division, Middlesex collection. Mr Charles Hall Tanner, officer, Droitwich ride, Worcester collection, has been ap pointed to Evesham ride, Worcester collection. Mr George Rodgement, officer. Alloa, sth division, Stirling collection, has been appointed to Cheadle division, Stafford collection. Mr George Johnston Murray, officer, Soham ride, Cam bridge collection, has been appointed to Alloa, sth division, Stirling collection. Mr James Slater, first-class assistant, Alloa, 6th division, Stirling collection, has been appointed officer of Sopham ride, Cambridge collection. Mr Charles Home, 3d clerk, London, North collection, has been ap pointed officer of Eastbourne ride, Brighton collection. Mr Albert Western, officer, Dundalk, Ist division, Middle sex collection, Mr William Dean, Ist clerk, Londonderry collection, has been appointed officer of Dundalk, Ist divi• sion, Drogheda collection. Mr John Lloyd, first-class assistant, Langholm division, Dumfries collection, has been appointed officer of Hinckley, 2d ride, Leicester collection. Mr John Hawkins, officer, Wellington ride, Shrewsbury collection, has been appointed to Wandsworth, Ist divisicn, Kingston collection. Mr. Thomas Allen, officer, Carlisle, 2d ride, Carlisle collection, has been appointed to Welling ton ride, Shrewsbury collection. SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, May 7.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly ; moderato breeze and fine weather, but a little cloudy. PORTSMOUTEr, May 6.—Arrived—White Star, from Can terbury, N.Z. SWANSEA, May s;—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Ethelbena, frum Caldera. PLYMOUTH, May 6.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Athens, screw steamer, from Southampton for the Cape of Good Hope. FALMOUIt, May 6,—Wind S.W.—Arrived—F. A. Alma nagre, from Sagua la Grande. BrasToL, May 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Pallas, from Huelva. LEITH, May 6.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Bertha, for Singapore. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRA.2II. CiILAVEIiIEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, May 6—Lympha, from Christiana —Antelope, from Gothenberg—and Plutos, and Soren Winkle, from Aalborg, DEAL, Saturday Morning. Anchored—Lio brig, from the north for Fayal. ' REFORMATION OF THE JERSEY COURT.—The petition of the British residents in Jersey to Parliament in favour of Mr Locke's bill for the reform of the Jersey Court, has received a large number of signatures. SERIOUS STEAMSHIP COLLISION OFF DEPTFORD— A SHIP SUNK.—Yesterday morning, between 5 and 6 o'clock, a very serious collision happened on the river, off the works of the General Steam Navigation Company, at Deptford, which resulted in the sinking of a fine bark which had recently arrived in the river from the Mediterranean with a cargo of sulphur. The barque was lying at the re gular moorings off the lower part of Deptford, on the south side of mid-channel, when a large iron screw steamship, re ported to be the Beta, bound foreign, on her way down the river, struck the ship on the port quarter, close to the stern. The steamer came stem on, and such was the fearful charac ter of the blow that the bark was cut down several feet, and driven from her moorings nearer towards Greenwich. it was then found that the ship was fast filling. Fortunately the crew were enabled to take to the boats and preserve themselves before the ship went down. She now lies in the fairway of the navigation, but the Thames Conservancy harbour masters have taken the usual precautions to protect the shipping passing up and down the pool from sustaining damage or getting foul of the sunken ship. The vessel which was lying near to the bark also sustained some damage. The loss of the bark and her cargo will involve a consider • able amount. The Beta, after some delay, proceeded on her course down the river. The bark is reported to be insured. THE CONFEDERATE VESSEL PAMPERO.—On Thursday a final judgment was given in the case by Lord Ormidale at Edinburgh, in terms of a compromise agreed upon between the parties for a nominal conviction without penalty. Minutes were lodged by the builders, withdrawing from the suit, and by the owners, stating that they adhered to the statement that, so far as they were con cerned, the counts in the information were unfounded in fact, having ascertained that Mr G. T. Sinclair, one of the de fenders, did attempt and endeavour to furnish the vessel with the intent stated in the third count; and being advised that the said vessel might thereupon be legally liable to seizure, even though her owners had -not themselves in fringed the statute, they had entered into the agreement set forth in the joint minute with the Crown. The joint minute for the crown and the owners set forth—first, that the de fenders, John Fleming and others, consent to a verdict be!ng entered for the Crown, without the intervention of a jury, on the 37th count of the information, but this on the footing that no liability is incurred by the said defenders to her Majesty's Advocate or to any of the officers of the Crown acting in their capacity of informers; and, second, that in the application of the said verdict no expenses shall be found due by either party in the suit. The Lord -Ordinary pro nounced interlocutors—first, allowing Messrs. Thomson, the builders, to withdraw from the case; second, allowing the minute for the defenders, Fleming and others; and, third, finding for the Crown on the 37th count in terms of the joint minute, the count in question being to the effect that the defenders attempted and endeavoured to furnish the said ship or vessel with intent and in order that such ship or vessel should be employed in the service of the Confe derate States, with intent to cruise and commit hostilities against a certain foreign State with which her Majesty was not then at war—to wit, the republic of the United States; the third interlocutor further declaring that no penalty had been incurred by the defenders, and that no expenses were due by either party. A MANUSCRIPT WHICH HAD BELONGED TO THE TENIERS FAMILY has lately passed into the archives of the city of Antwerp, from which it appears that David Teuiers had a son of the same name, who was also a painter of some celebrity. LETTERS FOR CIVITA VECCIIIA AND NAPLES, BY FRENCIS PA.CIEET.—In consequence of some alterations which have been made in the arrangements of the French mail packet service in the Mediterranean, letters, &c., in tended to be sent to Civita Vecchia and Naples, by French packet, despatched from London by the day mail of every Wednesday, or the night mail of every Saturday, will, in the ordinary course, be in time to be forwarded' by the packets leaving Marseilles on the following Thursday and Menday,—Dy command of the Postmaster-General, The Garibaldi Indignati . u 2 Meeting on Primrose-hill. WERE T „, p 0i , r ., ;; 8 TUSTIFIED IN SrPPRESSING IT? The following remarks thereupon are from the the Law Times of to-day : The dispersion by the police of the indignation meeting held upon Primrose-hill, to protest against the sudden de parture of Garibaldi, is likely to be submitted to judicial decision. As for the meeting itself, it was harmless enough. There was not the slight est danger of a breach of the peace, and the only ground upon which the authorities can justify their interference is, that the parks are places for recreation, dedicated to the use of the whole public, and that meetings held there would be an obstrucfion of that free enjoy ment by L all. The newspapers have very generally as sumed that the act of the police was not only illegal, but undesirable, and they have treated the question as if the point at issue is the right to hold meetings in the open air. But that right will probably be admitted, or at least it will not be contested. The sole plea of the police authorities will be that they have general orders from the Home Office not to permit of assemblages in the park that obstruct the full and free enjoyment of them by the whole public: The justification of the police is that they have acted in obedi ence to orders, and as those orders are not denied, the ques tion resolves itself into this—Are such orders legal, and can meetings be lawfully held in the parks in defiance of those orders? The special character of the recent meet ing must not be permitted to influence the judgment. It must be steadily borne in mind, that if a meeting may be lawfully held in the parks to complain of the abrupt dismissal of Garibaldi by the Government, it will be equally lawful to hold any other meeting for any other purpose, and meetings of any mag nitude and in any number. If Mr. Beales, revising bar rister for Middlesex, may make the top of Primrose Hill impassable for three or four hours to-day, any other man who seeks notoriety may block up any other path in any other park at any time he pleases—or twenty such as Mr. Beaks may take it iuto their heads, either for business or for mischief, to hold twenty meetings at the same hour, and so practically close all the parks to all but the mob ; in fact, the persons for whose enjoyment they are designed would be deprived by those for whose use they were not intended. Establish the right contended for by the newspapers, and abundant advantage would be taken of it. They forget the origin of the order of which they complain. The Sunday meetings in Hyde Park had become a nuisance, and threat ened serious consequences. What did the newspapers then? They vehemently abused the authorities for not suppressing them—they urged the self-same argument that the parks were places for recreation, and not for public meeting, and it was in obedience to an almost unanimous call for official interference that the orders now so much complained of were issued, Such is the inconsistency of writers who are moved by excitement and not by no son. They cannot, or will not, see that they must permit or refuse the use of the parks to all meet ings alike, but having procured the prohibition of meetings which they did not like, they are wrathful now at the sup pression of a meeting whose object they are pleased to ap prove. But the law knows no such distinction. It will give or deny the privilege to all equally. If it should be determined there is common law right to hold a public meeting in any public place, it will give that right to the preacher of sceptism as well as to the friends of Garibaldi; and if its judgment should be that there is no such right, both must submit to the same restriction. Thus much for the right to meet. Whether it would not have been more prudent for the police to have folded their arms and permitted the business to be concluded without interruption, is another question, We think it would. There is no doubt whatever that Garibaldi's departure was hastened because Austria would not (and indeed could not) come to the Conference. The shouts were in her ears that greeted the declaration of her mortal enemy, that he would take Venetia from her. We should have refused to send an ambassador to a congress at Paris while the Parisians were welcoming with enthusiasm the declaration of some Irish patriot that he would not rest till he had torn Ireland from England. But reasons of state such as these are not likely to be intelligible to the multitude, and their indignation at the spiriting away of their idol is natural and laudable. It is only to be regretted that they should have been so ill advised as to choose one of the parks for giving expression to it. Garibaldi Permanent Income Fund, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—At a meeting held this day at Stafford House, it was stated on satisfactory evidence that General Garibaldi would certainly decline the sub scription for the purchase of an estate to be made on his behalf. The meeting therefore resolved to desist from any farther efforts. I am instructed to express the regret of the com mittee and of the contributors at this determina tion of the General, but they fully appreciate the high motives which have dictated such a refusal.— Your obedient servant, CHARLES SEELY. P.S.—The subscriptions already paid will be returned in full. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The natural desire to present General Garibaldi with a substantial testimony ;of England's appreciation of his character and of his cause suggested the formation of a committee for that purpose before the general had touched our shores. If anything could add to that desire, it would be the un fortunate suddenness of his departure. It always appeared to the committee that the best, and indeed the only satisfactory, mode of dealing with the fund would be to place it absolutely and unreservedly at the general's disposal, entirely unfettered by conditions and re strictions, which they deemed unworthy alike of the Eng lish people and of the hero whom they desired to honour. The committee have therefore seen with great regret a separate fund set on foot, with the " purpose of securing a permanent income for General Garibaldi and his family after him," both because they consider the scheme inap propriate and even derogatory, and because, as every one knows, the existence of two funds and two committees in sures that both together shall not realise so much as either by itself, The excuse of doubt given to uaverers is too tempting. Besides this, it is well understood by his friends that Garibaldi will not accept the gift bestowed for the pecuniary well-being of himself and his children. It is within our knowledge that no official indications of this scheme has been made to thc general, perhaps beaause it was known that he would refuse it. Our fund he does recognise, and has already sent in structions for the remittance of a portion of it ; but he does not, and we venture to say will not, recognise any other — at least, any other given with restrictions and conditions. We think it right therefore publicly to suggest to the committee formed for this purpose to throw overboard all limitations, and let the English people raise a testimonial worthy to be presented by a free nation to a free man. If not, upon them must rest the responsibility of the failure of the subscription, JOHN RICHARDSON, I Treasurers. P. A. TAYLOR. P.S.—Although not distinctly authorised to publish the following from Signor Guerzoni, it seems to us so impor tant that we decide to do so on our own responsibility. Committee-room, London Tavern, May 5. [Extract.] "In answer to your request, I think I can state that although General Garibaldi did not express his mind, be cause no official communication has been made to him on the subject, it is his intention to not accept the estate for which a subscription has been raised. (Signed) G. GUERZONI, Secretary to General Garibaldi. " London, April 29, 1864." Garibaldian Party in the Italian Parliament A correspondent of the gide, writing to that journal from Turin on the 2d inst., says:—' l For the last few days Garibaldi has no longer been spoken of by his friends as the emissary of the Ita• Tian National Revolution, ready to embark in any enterprise at the head of his volunteers, but as the leader of a great constitutional party which accepts the struggle on the standpoint of the constitution and the existing laws. In a word, Garibaldi and his friends aspire to power; they openly declare they wish to be ministers, not for the purpose of falling asleep amid the sweets of power, but in order to remain there long enough to have at their dis posal the Italian army, and to direct it against Austria. Bear in mind that we are on the eve of the general elections, and that the attitude of Gari baldi and his friends is thus clearly defined only to influence those elections. In a word, Garibaldi becomes the leader of a parliamentary Left, hitherto divided and without a head. The new Garibaldian party has a year to do its work in. It hopes that that year will suffice to gain for it a Fufficient ma jority in the country. The other parties are much disturbed by this fresh declaration of policy. The Garibaidian party, sincerely anxious to keep within the limits of the constitution, and giving guarantees of patience to the democracy, may exert immense influence, for half of Italy is already with it. The ministry is at a loss how to act towards it. Ought it to treat this new party gently or boldly attack it ? There is one minister among the members of the cabinet, a diplomatist and statesman, who is very nearly converted to Garibaldi. Under any circum stances, whether Garibaldism be opposed or accepted by the majority, it will form a considerable and influential potrliiitoentury body." 1:0113,1 ~cH of wry Iricabt HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, May 6. The Queen, Princess Louise, and P r i ncess B ea% trice, drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce. Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge attended on horse. back. Earl Cowley arrived from London and had an audience of her Majesty. In the evening Lord Cowley had the honour of dining with her Majesty and the royal family. The Prince and Princess of Wales, The Prince of Wales rode on horseback in the forenoon yesterday, attended by Major Teesdale. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive in the afternoon, attended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales went to the House of Lords in the afternoon. Health of Lord Palmerston. In reply to inquiries at Cambridge House late this afternoon we were informed that his lordship was much better. We understand that the Prince of Wales will review the Volunteers of the metropolis and of the neigh bouring counties on Saturday, May 28. The review is to commence at six o'clock. THE QUEEN AND THE DANISH QUESTION.—It has been observed that both Lords Russell and Palmerston have, in Parliament, in speaking of the aggres sions of Germany, used language amounting to throats, which threats have not been carried out. This is not the habit of English statesmen, least of all of statesmen of such large experience and ripe years. It has been observed, also, that the journal which is in such matters understood to be inspired by the Premier himself, has consistently advocated a policy of action such as would make good these threats. It has been observed, too, that Lord Derby, after for a cer tain time supporting a policy of action, has suddenly come to the rescue of Government from defeat on such an issue. From these facts the public draws the inference that the actual policy which has been adopted has been moved, not by the convictions of the Ministry, but by the deference which both they and the heads of the Opposition are dis posed to pay to the personal wishes of the Sovereign in the matter in which the Constitution makes her despotic, and in which her own practice has made her arbiter. If the public is wrong in this, it will gladly be corrected; but such correction has been vainly asked for in Parliament, and we ourselves, some weeks ago, invited it in vain. Therefore, till corrected, this explanation of our foreign policy is naturally aesumed and believed to be true. If it should be so, we need scarcely point out how greatly the fact is to be deprecated. The nation, jealous always for its honour and duty, has ever felt bound to remonstrate against being pledged, by a single will, to a course of which it dis approved. It wore surely an anomaly too strange to be witnessed in this century, if the thirty millions of English men and Englishwomen, if the statesmen who have spent their lives in the service of the country, should be forced, in deference to the personal feelings of one exalted Lady, most admirable as she is in all the private relations of life, to yield up their belief of what honour, pub'.:c faith, the welfare of the State, and the interests of Europe in all time to come, demand now at their hands.—London Review. A NEW CRIME.—On Tuesday morning seven gipsies were charged, before the Rev. Uriah Tonkin, at Hayle, Cornwall, with sleeping under tents, and were each committed to 21 days' imprisonment in the county gaol, with hard labour. The party consisted of mother and six children, aged 20, 16, 15, 13, 10, and 8 years. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S GRAVE!—Mr. Coleman, of the Stock Exchange, has purchased Sir Edwin Land seer's magnificent picture of " Tho Polar Bears" for £3,500, — , - The Reader. THE CROPS IN FRANCE.--" The vast :plains of Dulphine," says the Salut Public of Lyons, " present at this moment an admirable appearance of verdure. Since the late rains, the wheat, clover, and vines have acquired an extraordinary degree of vigour, and lead to sanguine hopes of abundant crops. The rye is in the ear ; the pota toes are well above ground; the cherries are forward, and the mulberry trees in leaf. For the natural meadows more rain is wanted. The temperature has become colder." THE BOHEMIAN.—The divers at work on the wreck report that the remains of the hull of the ship and the rocks close by are covered by a tangled mass of woollen, cotton, and silk goods, resembling the piles that were cast ashore in the storm. Even at that depth (30 feet) there is considerable motion in the water, especially alter a storm. Many unbroken bales and boxes are found at quite a distance from the chip. A schooner, which cast anchor near by, found, in weighing the anchor, that it was encased in an immense mass of tangled gouds, which it was difficult to remove from the flukes. The wind storm of last week broke up much that remained of, the stranded hue.—Tart land Telegraph. THE WEATHER IN YORIisHIRE.—The whole of the present week has been more or less rainy, to the great improvement of pastures, which are thus early full of grass. Farmers were much in want of rain, which has at times come down heavily. On Thursday the northern and eastern parts of the county were visited by a succession of thunderstorms, attended by very heavy rains. No parti cular accident is reported from the lightning. The warmth and rains have suddenly placed us in the midst of the spring foliage. MONSEIGNEUR THE BISHOP OF NIMES, At whose magnificent church of St. Paul's the lately deceased painter Flandrin had executed some splendid paintings, has, by a pastoral circular letter, enjoined the priests of his parish to pray for, or rather to think of, this great painter, once at least, before the altar, " with deep fervour." His letter contains at the same time a sort of critique of the works of the master, by which the learned prelate shows himself to be one of the most competent and liberal judges of art. AMERICAN STEAMBOAT DISASTER.—Owing to a defective vein of iron, the port boiler of the Federal gunboat Chenango but at on the 15th ult. Nineteen men were killed on the instant, or died on the way to the hospital, and four more died soon after they reached the hospital ; it was feared that several more would not recover. Some of these poor men were literally flayed alive. In several the flesh was laid bare from head to foot, The calamity ex cited great sympathy in New York, and deputations from the English, French, and Russian navies attended at the Naval Hospital to express their condolence. SUICIDE BY JUMPING FROM A WlNDOW.—Yes terday evening Dr. Lankester held an inquest at the Royal Free Hospital touching the death of Mary Fowle, aged 40, a widow, who committed suicide at No. 16, Princes street, Red Lion•square, where she was residing, by throw ing herself from the attic window, a height of about 30 feet. The evidence showed that the deceased had been for some time past in a low and melancholy state of mind, On the previous forenoon a heavy moan was heard proceeding from the yard at the back of the house, when, on a lodger going there, he found the deceased lying on the pavement, bleed ing profusely from some wounds about the head. She was immediately placed in a cab and removed to the above insti tution, when life was pronounced to be extinct. Verdict-- " Temporary Insanity." DISCOVERY OF GOLD AT WORTHING.—A few days since some men were digging in a garden occupied by Mr Chapman, florist, at Worthing, when they struck upon a vein of gold. They were searching for gravel, and had dug down through layers of „garden loam and brick earth, and as they carelessly threw up the sand from a depth of 10 feet, their employer, who 'was watching them, observed a quantity of glittering particles at the bottom of the pit on a bed of blue clay, Unfortuna,ely, the discovery was not made until much of the precious (last was scattered beyond recovery. A large piece of quartz was also found on the same spot : weighing Illb 12oz. The metal has been tested with chymical preparations, and proved to be un doubtodly gold.—Brightoft _Examiner, Several of the continental journals s tate that the visit to Copenhagen of the Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, eldest son of the Emperor Alexander, is generally considered in Denmark as connected with a project of marriage between the prince and the Princess Dagraar, ono of the daughters of King Christian STRIKES IN HULL,—On Monday the whole of the bricklayers connected with the society ut Hull struck for an advance of 6d. per day. During last week circulars were sent to the various builders demanding an advance, and also threatening that the men would not work unless the demand was acceded to. In one or two instances the advance was paid. Several hundreds of bricklayers are now out. Their wages were 4s. 6d, per day. The brick layers' labourers, who had 18s. per week, have also struck for 215,, and they, where work is pressing, have got the advance demanded. The building trade in Hull is very brisk at the present time, several public buildings and largo number of first-claiis liouFes and manufactories being M course of erection. The bricklayers aro to receive 12s. per week from the club during the time they are on strike. On Saturday the labourers in the employ of Messrs. C, and W. Earle, iron shipbuilders, also struck for an advance Of 6d. per day. Some of these men have already got thorn' selves into trouble, having gone on Sunday to the house of one man who had expressed his determination to go to work on Monday, and used threats towards him in case he resumed work. Summonses were taken out against ten of them to appear before the stipendiary magistrate to answer a charge of intimidation. The complainant .110 however, been further threatened, so that he was afraid to appear against the defend an t s , and none of them answered the summonses. Warr an ts were, therefore, issued for thei r apprehension, V