The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-18 00:00:00

THE }JAVAN SILVER-LEAD MINES COMPANY (Limited), Cardiganshire. Capital, £25,000, in 5,000 Shares of £5 each. D 'posit, 10s. per Share on Application, and 20s. on Allot ment. DIRECTORS. M. C. Teton, Esq., Maids-hill, and Wheal Seton and Treskerby, Cornwall; Director of the Silver Mountain Mines Company (Limited), Cardiganshire, &c. R. Hesketh, Esq. (late British Consul at Rio Janeiro), Director of the Don Pedro North Del Rey Gold Mining Company (Limited), Brazil. A. Alison, Esq., 72, Sloane-street, Cadogan-gardens. General R. Shortrele, Blackheath, Director of the silver Mountain Mines Company (Limited), Cardingehire. E. Edwards, Eeq , C.E., Adelphi, Director of the Silver Mountain Mines Company (Limited), Cardiganshire, the Don Pedro North del Rey Gold Mining Company (Limi'ed), Lieut.-Colonel F. Wemyss, Kensington, Direc`or of the Silver Mountain Mines Company (Limited), Cardigan shire, BANKERS—EngIish and Irish Bank, 25, Poultry, E,C. SECRETARY—Mr. Holland Dell. Temporary Offices—tB, Gresham-house, Old Broad- street, and 1, York-buildings, Adelphi. The objects of this Company are the purchase and work ing of the celebrated Havan and Henfwich Mines, situate in the parish of Talybont, Cardiganshire, and surrounded by some of the greatest Mines of the dad', in cluding the Welsh Potosi, East Daren, and the Cevmsymlog United Mines, as well as the Silver Mountain lelines,which, after being worked for a few months under nearly the same Directors, already bid fair to become as profitable es any in the country. The sett (which has been developed sufficiently to make its success a matter of certainty) is held at a royalty of one fourteenth from Pryse Lovedon, Esq., is very extensive (upwards of 700 acres), and includes several very strong and celebrated lodes. Two long edit levels have been driven parallel with the main vein for the purpose of developing it; but as far as can be ascertained the lode (which is of great size, averaging from 20 to 50 feet wide) has only been cross cut in two places, two rich courses of ore being the result. A number of similar cross-cuts will be commenced almost immediately in the different levels • and should th e t r i a l s b e attended with equal res ults, of Which there seems every certainty, a Mine of enormous wealth will be at once esta blished. Four shafts are sunk from the surface to the adit levels, thus thoroughly ventilating the whole of the works ; good direct roads from Aberystwith and unfailing streams of water pass through the sett, whilst offices, workshops, &c., being already erected, the works can at once be prosecuted with great economy and regularity. The whole of the shafts, &c., are timbered in a most sub stantial manner; a tramway is being laid in the Henfwich adit level for conveying the ore to the dressing floors. Powerful crushing, drawing and pumping machinery is being delivered on the mine, and will be erected complete and at work (dressing ore for market) in less than three months from this time. The mines have been inspected by many captains and engineers (some of whose reports are annexed) who unani mously agree as to their great value, and recommend that operations be carried on with vigour. The value of the mines is further cinfirmed by the fact that Mr. Sheldon, of Aberystwith, who worked only a small portion of the Haven Mine (little other than surface diggings) sold before his death upwards of £20,000 worth of lead, and made a handsome fortune. The whole of these valuable mines, including plant, ore discovered and raised, crushing, drawing, pumping and other machinery ready for erection, Ste, have been trans ferred for £3,000 in cash, £1,200 paid-up shares, and a further sum of £3,000, to be raid three months after the shareholders have received dividends to the extent of ,El.OO per cent. on the subscribed capital, which will probably be within three years. Applications for shares, accompanied withdeposit, which will be returned in full, if no allotment be made to the appli cant, may he made to the Bankers, or to the Secretary, at the offices of the Company, where specimens of the Ore, and Plans and Sections of the Mines may be inspected. Extract from Report from Captain M. Francis, Cardigan. shire. The driving under Sheldon's ore ground may be taken at £1,000; so that, leaving out the value of the pre sent machinery and workings, a sum of about £3,000 would bring the mine into a fair work ing state without taking credit for the returns, the value of which, however, are indicated in the above calcu lations ; and which, in all probability, would begin to come into effect in about six months after the works were seri • ously started, say with a ccst of £l5O per month. The chances of the general extension of the in once that it is brought into a profitable state, appear to be very great. The whole range of side lodes seems never to have been seen or thought of ' • besides which there is the deep mining of the mine, which is in effect the main feature of all mines situate in so deeply a productive rock as the Clay Slate; and the trial by extension east and west of the lode of the present mine, more especially to the westward, where the chances of successful mining would be considered by any miner to be highly satisfactory. From all that can be judged of these great mines in their present state it is difficult to predict for a judicious system of working any other than a most successful issue, termi nating in the establishment of Mines immense in extent and produce, and once established upon a profitable footing, likely to last for many generations; and whoever will take the trouble to look into the " History of the Cardiganshire Mines" will find this to be the case in almost every in stance. One strong proof in favour of this assertion rests in the fact that one of the Cardiganshire Mines mentioned by name by Pliny, the Ron. an historian, as working in his day (Cwmystwith), continues in a healthy and a very profit giving state at this very moment. Extract from Report from Captain Charles Williams, Ma nager of the Silver Mountain, East Bronflayd, and Cwmsymlog United Mines : As far as situation goes, the Havan Mines can scarcely be equalled. The sett is very extensive, having a range of two miles on the course of the lode, with an equal width. Water power is plentiful in all seasons of the year, and can be made avail able for working the machinery at a trifling cost. A good course of ore is discovered and laid or en 15 fathoms in length, worth on an average full one ton per fathom. This course of ore is whole to surface, but the length and full value of it is not yet ascertained. The lode at this point is very strong, being upwards of 20 feet wide, and by every appearance is making a very great mass of ore below and above the level. In the meantime, the backs can be stoped away at a great profit, and regular sales of ore tent to market monthly. In this adit there is another good course of ore discovered, but the level being full of ore stuff I could not get in to ex amine it. The Havan adit level has been driven into the hill by the side of the lode for a considerable distance, leaving the productive ore-bearing part standing whole to the north, and is ventilated by two shafts. The back of the lode shows an excellent gozzan with large lumps of ore through it. This edit should be properly opened out, and the lode cross-cut in several places. and I have no doubt it will lead to grand discoveries. This level will inter sect the course of ore discovered in No. 1 and 2 shafts 50 fathoms deeper than the Heniwich edit, and thus lay open an immense amount of ore ground to :stope away. These Mines are of a very great extent, and from merely surface scratching have produced .enormous wealth. The main lode on which are the works is one of the great champion veins of Wales, and parallel to Cwmsymlog, East Daren, Cwmystwith, Dyliffe, S.lver Mountain, Goginan, stc. An enormous amount of heavy and expensive work has been done in the most substantial manner; splendid new crush ing, drawing, and pumping machinery is now being deli vered on the Mines, and will be at work within three months, and the dressing floors will be ready in le-s time ; consequently, with a further moderate outlay, you will make this Mine one of the greatest in Wales. The Marchioness Townshend's dance, announced for June 10, is unavoidably postponed until Monday, June 16. The Marquis Drogheda is expected to arrive in town to-raorrow from Ireland. The Earl and Countess de Grey entertained a select party at dinner on Saturday evening at their resi dence in Carlton Gardens. The Pope is erroneously reported to be again ser iously ill with erysipelas in his leg. The aff ec ti on is but s s light, the health of his Holiness being otherwise excellent. The Pugin Memorial Committee having raised a fund of £l,OOO, have resolved to place it at the disposal of the Institute of British Architects, in trust, for the estab lishment of a Student's Travelling Fund, under certain conditions. The result of the concert given by Madame Lind- Goldschmidt at St. James's Hall last week, for the benefit of the Royal Hospital for Incurables at Putney, is a con. tribuiion of £526 to the funds of that charity. Pedestrians in London Dave been much interested this week in a rather perilous -looking attempt to re-gild the ball and cross of St. Pant's Cathedral. Happily the workmen have succeeded in placing scaffolding all round the summit of Sir Christopher Wren's masterpiece, and People now amuse themselves by watchinr , through tele scopes the operations of the men at the' giddy height at which they are compelled to work. As there are so many mistakes made ab out this ball and cross, it may be stated that the ball is 56 steps from the outer gallery immediately below it, that it is 6 eet in diameter, and that it weighs 5,6001 b. ; and that the bott om of the cross is 30 feet far ther, weighing 3,3601 b. Mr. Cope, says the Atheneum just completed the fifth of his series of picture; has. whole is intended to Cor ridor, Houses of Parliament. Th e Ithe Peers' :-1 Charles illustrate the history of the Civil War, the First erecting the Standard atiNottinghusa House defended by the Cavaliers against the 2. Basins wealth troops ; 3. Expulsion of the Fellows of 4a.CCl:ounllZe--a; Oxford for refusing to sign the Covenant; Charles the First; 5. The Speaker Lenthall asserting rial of Privileges of the Commons against Charles's attempt 12tthe to se ize the Five Members ; 6 . The setting out of the Lon don Train Bands to raise the Siege of Gloucester ; 7. Em barkation of a Puritan Family for New England ; 8. Part. lug of Lord and Lady Russell. 'i Curious, now, ain't it, Brown," observes a police sergeant in the Hoe. Mrs. Norton's new novel, "Lost and Saved," " how like females are ono to t'other ? This one's a real marehiones.3, with a real sort of marquis, dining with the queen and all that; and here she's been a-behaving for all the world like Betsy Blane, the fish woman as I had in the lock-up last night. She's as like her—as like as one oyster .shell is to another." THE DRAWING Room —The Court Journal of this day (Monday) contains by far the most complete and detailed account of the drawing-room of Saturday, the pre sentations, debutantes, descriptions of costumes, and an especial and exclusive at ticle on that event. Price sd. ; stamped, 6d. W, Thomas, 26, Brydges-street, Covent garden, and all newsagents. FIRE AT THE WEST-END —At about two o'clock o m n ise Sa s b turday morning a fire happened in tl:e pre to Mr. Cole, a carver and gilder, Rupert street, belonging to The fire could not be extinguished until the workshops front house damages, contents were destroyed aud the e ! .. . 5 r0. 10 in the same street, belonging to Mole and Princes-street,. Mr. Haye, pork butcher; 64, ditto,' bi t r ti :DaNues ; and 53, Mr. Salter, the Princes Tavern, were and water ; insu re d. ° damaged, principally by breakage _ , . ~. CRYSTAL PALACE-FLOWER - SHOW, SATURDAY NEXT. MAY 23.—THE GREAT FLOWER SHOW OF THE SEASON.—Doors Open at Twelve. Admission, 7s. 6d. Tickets taken before the day, Is. GUINEA SEASON TICKETS FREE. Tickets at the Crystal Palace ; at 2, Exeter Hall ; and of the usual Agents. NOTE.—The varied Floral and Musical Attractions of the Crystal Palace Flower Shows are too well known to need comment. The unusual fineness of the sea-on gives tro mtse of the forthcoming Show surpaseing even all previous shows. F LOWER 5110 W. - FIVE SHILLING TICKETS NOW ON SALE. T riEAT .e.E-R0 Al., H AY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buokatone. THIS EVENING, FISH OUT OF WATER. After which, 2d time, a new and original comedy, entitled FINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter-Spy : Mr. Buclotone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, and Miss Louisa Angel. Followed by an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of Wales in the East. To conclude with MRS. WHITE. Commence at 7. THE DUKE'S MOTTO THE HUNDREDTH AND THIRD NIGHT. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. PECHTER. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pniogne, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter, supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, H. Widdhombe, P. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. NEW THEATRE-ft° YAL, Solo Pronriator and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, the Second and Third Acts of THE GREEN BUSHES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Bil lington, and Miss Avonia Jones. After which (sth itoe), a new Drama, in one act, entitled THE WOODEN , SPOON MAKER. Messrs. B. Webster, Stuart, Stephenson, Seftcn ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. El lington. To conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole, &c. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather... Sun Office, May 18, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock Barometer-29. 70. Wind—N.E. ; light breeze, and cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDUE. TRIS DAT.—Morning, 2h. 25m.—Afternoon, 2h. 45m. To-won.now.-Morning, 3h. 3m.—Afternoon, 3a. 20m. - - eke tijt 1:7:44 .1 c 4akv4 .***l7. e't LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 18, 1863. Additional particulars have only tended to con firm us in the impression instantly produced upon The chief subject of interest in Paris just now our mind by the first telegraphic intimation received is the attack made by M. DE PEESIGNY on the on Saturday afternoon, and thereupon expressed free discussion of the press. His last action has by us very distinctly in our columns of that same been to attack the France, which, curiously enough, evening —in reference to the magnitude of the is one of the most zealous supporters of the Govern disaster which had befallen the Federals on Satur- went. The charge brought egainst the journal in day the 2d and Sunday the 3d of May at Chan- question is that of "in affecting to express the cellorsville! The triumph there achieved upon secret thoughts of the Government daily, but spe those two successive days by the Confederates turns cially in the article incriminated, it distorts and out—the more we learn of the facts—to have been disguises its policy in the elections so as to mislead quite unmistakeable. And it appears to have been public opinion." Apparently, Count PERIGNY is a success obtained by the good generalship of inclined to echo the words of CANNING—" Save General LEE, the Confederate Commander-in-Chief, me from the candid friend." It has been rumoured a success confirmed and carried to the climax of that he is personally mortified at something insin victory by the vigorous dash and the unflinching uated against himself conoerning the mistake of determination of General " STONEWALL" JACKSON, putting down the anciens partis. Be this as it may, the most distinguished among that Commander's the very harsh proceeding referred to is a most many able and gifted Lieutenants. Not one jot less unwise and very inconsistent one. The st.ntence than the notorious skedaddle of Bull's Run, the which is said to have given such dire offence is flight of the Federals from the battle-ground on simple and harmless enough to the eyes of the the 2d inst. proves to have been a veritable English public, and it would puzzle anyone here to satire qui pout, Although we have yet to say in what capacity it has deserved a visit from a learn the number of the killed and lemmissary of police :—" M. le Ministre of the In wounded upon these two terrible days ot tappa _ leg of tor labours under the delusion that the an c i ens e netfs require to be put down, at the very time when all the world acknowledges that they are utterly powerless. He has fought them ardntly as though they were present in the flesh, and has not perceived that he wee merely contending against shadows." conflict, for once the anticipative mention of a " carnage " awful, threatens to be in no way ex aggerated. For three hours and a half on Satur day, the 2d, for four hours, immediately after day break on the following (Sunday) morning, the work of butchery seems to have gone on. A butchery mostly on one side, upon the Saturday, in cons( queues of the ignominious fight of the Federals before the victorious Confederates. A butchery somewhat more equally shared by the belligerents on Sunday, seeing that then at last the Federal forces appear to have turned at bay, and to have met with a sort of desperation of resistance the fierce onslaught of the foe. Remembering all the while how nearly identical these opposing armies are in blood, in birth, in religion, in language—it cannot be without a shudder that the " News of Battle" from the American seat of war, of that most miserable and deplorable of all wars, Civil War, is brought to us, at uncertain intervals, thus, across the Atlantic. Jocular references have been made before now to the extravagant state ments put forth (principally by the Federals) since the commencement of the war, the extravagant and preposterous statements put forth as to the number of the killed and wounded upon the different battlefields, since then, contended for by the belligerents. If we remember rightly, it was Punch who facetiously estimated that if thus massed together into one simple aggregate, the total number would amount to something like a few odd millions. The dreadful truth, however, is beyond the reech of contradiction, that the carnage, though exaggerated a the tt lss, in the time of its occurrence, piecemeal, is, never woeful reality, something truly lament able in its actual magnitude when it comes to be looked back at. It has grown, at length, this ag gregate of slaughter, to proportions so huge that Europe cannot but yearn, more earnestly than ever, to witness, to become the cause of, if that may but yet prove in any way possible, a reconciliation of some kind between these infuriated antagonists. The French EMPEROR has twice essayed to inter f are be tween them with his diplomacy. Twice he lase striven to secure to himself, there, in theilnotreyreorafts of our common peace maker. the c e oson benignant the generous effort was common u hu p m on a e n a it c y h , i ns t a ntly recog. i be d 7 by all but the over zea l ous counsels of the Tuileries, to have been hopelessly premature. It was so recog nised—reluctantl y , but our own unavoidably so recognized—by . Admini strators. In arriving at that conviction, in point of fact, our Ministers had no choice whatever before them. The negotiation of a peace between North and South, then and there, upon each of th ose occasions, however desirable it was i n itself, w as all the w hil e , i n t h e actua l s it ua tion of things, simply impracticable. All that a rea scnable Government could do under these circum stances our Government did and did instantly. That is to say, without a moment's unnecessary delay they expressed their regret that this was im possible— waiting themselves watchfully, urging the French imperial Government to wait in like manner, always eagerly on t h e alert f or (wh at sooner or later mu s t come ) the fitting opportunity. - Whenever a more than ordinarily great disaster of any kind happens upon either side, wheth er upon the side of the Federals or upon the side of the Confederates, one is naturally driven to the inquiry —ls this the opportunity ? The hope comEs to us almost inevitably now, as it has come to us time and again before now—it comes to us now, for the moment, at least, more forcibly than ever—when General HOOKER'S army (a sort of a grand forlorn hope in its way after the Federal failures of the past) is actually understood to have been TALLEYRAND, in alluding to the act of come im portant personage that had caused great confusion observed that "it was worse than a crime, it was a blunder ;" and surely this remark might with true force be applied to the Count de PERSIGNY at the present juncture. Nothing could be more impolitic than to offend, by an overt act of harshness, just when it is so important and essential to be on good terms with every one, and to maintain a Lie cha racter before the eyes of the nation. In a private and personal sense also it is nearly as great an error as in a public view of the matter it seems a mis take. It is always a false move to allow any pri vate motive to actuate a public action, and the com bination in this instance of an affront that is too trivial to take up at all with the recognition of a political wrong in a mere form of expression, con duces to place the Minister of the Interior in a false position before the country as a statesman. He has been too ready to rush into extremes, and has shown himself incapable of that restraint and endurance which are such essential qualities in any man who has to come prominently forward and brave the attacks of various opinions, and offend the prejudices of several classes. The system of surveillance that has long been ex ercised over the press of France has been often lamented by the impartial lookers-on in the neigh bouring States. When the EMPEROR trede his famous speech some months ego, exhorting the French to emulate the English in the glory and success of their free institutions, it was hoped that this eterated expression of liberal sentiments would inaugurate a better and brighter deriod for the Press, since, in nothing could our continental brethren so 'wisely or so happily tread in their foot steps. Those who indulged in such expectations will be doomed to disappointment, if this event is to be the Precursor of the Government policy in the eventful time of the elections, All well-wh-hers to the Napoleonic rule will deplore this unwise pro ceeding, which must damp the expectations of rtteuli danger and therefore friend s , an d g i ve a brindle to the e nem y, th roug h its abruptness and sev er i ty . T here is one satisfac tion, ss however, thatt wheEeTaPER must hopeoßca thndoatj, with uasst he pleases, s foresightand his u re f s r c o imn and t afar,h ethese ea nd discrimination, revoke t regulations,h h ev e s eh c v ah i r l 1 1 ) ti ;r scent arny. nice over and trample down the weak and powerless to do harm, while they incense and infuriate others, who, if not exactly strong men, may some day be dangerous to the welfare, if not inimical, to the ex toltthise pnroetsslikinelyF, if perfect the privilege wou freedfreedom Id be abused, and, at all es en t e , i t mice, that e f t - a e re d l n l on dynasty d . would be worth while to settle the vexed qeastion, once and for all, by mekirig the experiment. The coal could easily be put on again if it were the case, and the Government that made the Experi ment would be entitled to the best thank.; of the community, while it would gain the applause Etnd admiration of Europe for its noble endeavour to raise the standard of freedom in the heart of its dominions. It is the same with Eatiuns ea with individuals, those are always the strongest who have discussions, and do not • shrink from any from any criticism, but rather court conduct is valid, they will s tand the test, and that if their actions are mistaken, this is the wisest way of proving them. The judgment of one generation THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1863. believed by very many both at New York and at Washington to have been all but cut to pieces by the victorious Confederates at Chancellorsviile. As we could not but take occasion to remark on Satur day--a remark echoed, we are glad to obt,erve, to day by every one of our morning•eoncerporaries-- the silence, the reticence, the suppressio yeni notice able on the part of the Federal Government, as to the result of the Sunday's fighting, as to the events of the day following, looks ominous of evil for the North, admits but of one very melan choly construction for the Federal population. Contrary to the principle of the old familiar adage— "No news is ill news" under any such a combina tion of circumstances. A Government similarly situated, when it suppresses the announce ment of facts eagerly looked for by the people, virtually acknowledges, and, by so doing, that it has no news of a satisfactory character to give—nay, on the contrary, that the news it is known to be hiding is too disastrous of its kind to be whispered about. Never before have we had greater reason to look forward with eager solicitude for the sequel of the blood-stained narrative of yet another frag mentary incident of this direful civil war in America. Eagerly looking forward to this sequel, more eagerly, we say, looking forward to it than ever, because upon the nature of that sequel may, in truth, more probably than ever now depend the chances of a close being at length put to a carnage so very frightful, and threatening at times almost, one might say, to be interminable. The once Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Forces, General MiCLELLAN, is still, as we all know, popularly spoken of by his admirers as The Young NAPOLEON. For what reason no rational European who has watched his career hitherto can in any way, for the life of him, con jecture. If only General LEE, the Confederate Commander-in-Chief, or General JACKSON the first of his Lieutenants, knows in any partial degree even, what the Great NAPOLEON knew to perfection, how to follow up a victory, our next c,dvices from America may tend to strengthen the vague and fitful hopes that have been awakened in us by the news brought to us on Saturday by the Persia—the hopes, encouraged by these later tidings now of the route on Monday of General SEDGWICK'S division—the hopes, namely, that, in regard to this deplorable war in America, there are becoming at last momentarily visible the glimmering indications of a beginning of the end. does not differ on essvltial points from that of another, and no great qualities that are wrongly app ied cannot gain the esteem of toe present, will obtain that of the future. Sir RODERICK MURCHISON's letter will he perused with great interest and satisfaction by a large class of readers. In the first place, we must all rejoice in learning the safety of the brave and enterprising Englishman, who was reported a short time since to have fallen a victim to his labours in the cause of discovery. Consul PETHERICK is already familiar with the peculiarities and dangers of the African climate, and the interesting; work on the country' which we owe to his pen, bears witness to his know ledge and ability. It will also be a great satisfac tion to those who are interested, as all intelligent and cultivated minds must be, in the progress of geographical science, to find that the great question as to the source of the White Nile is believed on good authority to be satisfactorily settled. Curi ously enough, it is the great lake Victoria Nyanza whose discovery obtained for Captain SIEKE the Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society, that he now concludes to be.... " The cradle of that mighty birth, So long a hidden thing to earth." " The Victoria Nyanza," writes Capt. SPEKE, is the great reservoir of the sacred Bahr el Abiad, or White Nile and his discovery has thus proved to be of even greater importance than was first supposed . Another Englis.hmo;i,whose popular work on " The Rifle and Hound in eeyton" has made his exploits familiar to the English reader, has resolved to pro secute his researches still further, and has gone to the south-west to extend his explorations, hoping to find another great interne' lake, or branch of the White Nile. He intends to be absent one year, but tin chanced and changes of African travel forbid an exact calculatien. He was the first Englishman who encountered the returning party, and supplied their wants with a liberal hand. Captains SPEKE and GRANT effeccd their proposed junction with Mr. PETIIERICK at Gondokoro, on the White Nile, on the 23d of February, and Captain SPEEE, writ ing a month later, reports that ho left Mr. PETIIERICK, his wife and party, all well. The spirited lady who shared her husband's perilous exploits has, therefore, happily not suffered from the consequent hardships. Thanks to the energy and daring of our country men, combined with the love of science and die-. covery which has always been a prominent feature in the national character, the interior of that vast continent, once a complete terra incognita, is now becoming gradually opened to European enterprise. It is not many years since the tide of discovery first turned in the direction of Southern Central Africa. It would seem as though, having exhausted the secrets of the Northern seas, whose dreary winter and terribe army of icebergs,rcndered the achieve. ments of invasion a fruitless triumph, English ad venturers had naturally turned their inquiries to districts where the task was more hopeful, and offered, when accomplished, more substantial bene fits to mankind. The love of spoil has drawn ttither some adventurers who, have done good service by exploring untracked paths and opening communication with the tribes of the interior. Captain SPEKE has long been known as one of the pioneers of African discovery. In conjunction with Mr. BUR TON he accomplished an expedition of fatigue and danger. His subsequent explorations in Zanzibar and its vicinity will be fresh in the re collection of the readers of Blackwood's Magazine, from the interesting account of his ad centures which he forwarded to its pages from time to time. His long course of labours has now met a fitting reward in this triumphant discovery, which Sir RCA) ERICK MURCHISON—no incompetent judge —styles " the mast remarkable geographical feat of our age." It adds another to the many noble testimonies to the labour and sagacity of.our countrymen : while the rapid progress made in the path of African discovery affords us ground for hoping that the dawn may be breaking over that benighted country, and that we may yet see in our own day the first steps taken towards its civili sa ti on and devel opment. I t i s evi dent th ere i s a large supp l y of water in the interior, which, when th e a ppli a nces of s c i ence are b rought to bear, will be of inestimable value. The proposed cultivation of cotton in Southern Africa is another step in the right way, for if the thoughts of the natives are once turned from the plunder to be obtained by war to the profit made by peaceful traffic, from the gain derived from the sale of wretched cap tives to the sums to be won by honest trade and barter, a very important point will have been gained. The travels of Dr. LIVINGSTONE, have already done good service in the direction of the Zambesi, and savage and uncouth as the interior tribes may be, they have yet learned in many quarters to respect the white man's justice, to trust his honcur, and to fear his skilful hand and deadly weapon. It is too much to hope that all subsequent travellers and emigrants will keep up the high standard main tained by these gentlemen in their dealings with the natives, b u t if such a thing were possible it would be the most valuable ally we could have in our dealings with the natives. 'Ye are glad to find that Captain SPEKE and his party are now on their road homewards, to receive, we doubt not, those tokens of admiration and cordial welcome which their countrymen will readily accord them. On Friday the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association was held at Willis's Rooms, the Duke of CAMBRIDGE presiding. There was a con siderable assemblage present. The Duke of CAM BRIDGE made a brief speech, in the course of which he alluded to several interesting facts. First of all, his Royal Highness mentioned one circurnwanue that was rather unpropitious, and that was the annual subscriptions were not so considerable as thu committee required. This was, he said, an invidious task to perform, but it was also ,a highly caential one, since unless the subscriptions were very consi derable it was difficult for the council to perform their functions at all. " I hope," said his .11, Highness, " that the council have met the feeling o ho volunteers in the country, as we all know that the arm in use by the volunteers should be brought more forward, and arrarganents have been made with that view." It is to be hoped that this defect will be remedied before another meeting is held ; K.nd it is of essential importance that st ifictent means are afforded for the working of this excel lent association. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE simply stated the facts, and left his hearers to point a moral for thenEelves. It too often happens that then plans are set on f oot with great enthusiasm at fi rst, but after a s h ort time they are suffered to fdl into decadence, until at lest they are given up i n de ("pair. It w ou ld be a great pity if such an under t .king as thi s was to fail, and therefore it bdiovcs all interested i n i ts success to bestir themselves, and to make great efforts to carry out its original inten tions with spirit and energy. The committee have taken great pains to meet the requirements of the case, by establishi ng prizes for the next competi tion ; in particular th ere are the sixty new pr i zes f or all comers, rank and file, using the Govetnment rifle. Too much attention can hardly be paid to this subject; and although some persons may con sider it overrated and ruined to many other public - concerns, it is not so in reality, and the Duke of CAMBRIDGE is entitled to the thanks of those whom it immediately concerns for coming f‘x ward so spontaneously and doing his best to advocate the claims and uphold the importance of this associa lion. A ti:nely watnirg is often of great servic-, and it is to be trusted that it will prove so in this instance, and that the meeting of July will record more satisfactory details of flourishing finances. HAYMARKET THEATRE. THE NEW COMEDY. An original comedy from the pen of a grand ' daughter of Sheridan is an event in theatrical annals of more than ordinary imporlance. The theory that genius runs in the blood-- / - ,owever materialistic in respect to mind, and however rarely supported by any distinctive and decisive instances —has nevertheless an attraction for us which is pretty generally diffused, and which leads to exp, c tations that are more easily indulged than they can be accounted for. Little wonder, there fore, that a name so illustrious .as that of Sheridan should excite such expectations in a more than ordinary degree, and hestr.w on the event in question an infinitely higher interest then has been raised in dramatic circles for very many years. Another circumstance must be referred to as greatly strengthening such impressions. The writing of elegant comedy has become so rare in recent times, that we were beginning to include it in the list of the lost arts, and accordingly its as sumption, by Lady Glferd, seemed such a coming to the rescue that we welcomed the effort for its opportuneness, quite as much as its superior promise. A most important branch of our drama seems in the last stage of decline—and here was the promise of resuscitation held out to us from the highest chan nel—the removal of the greatest want in the comic literature of our day was connected, however re motely, with the greatest name in its especial pro vince that has enlarged the honour of our country. We wish it had been in our power to say these hopes had been fulfilled. The new comedy by Lady Gifford, produced at the above theatre on Saturday evening, under the title of "Finesse," is, in the first place, not a picture of existing English manners. Its scene is laid in the Mediterranean half a century ago; and its aim is mainly to illustrate one of the many chequered phases of the old Napoleonic war. Its action takes place at Messina in 1811, — when Sicilywas under the protection of England— and was the asylum of Ferdinand the 4th, who had been driven from Naples by Murat, and its story turns chiefly on the intrigues of the French party on the Island headed by an escaped English convict named St. Clair, and a certain Count Filipo—who seek to subvert the English authority, and whose roils are frustrated by the skill and fiefelity of a Dr. Bertrand, a French Emigre, and his son, Jules Dar tigney, the latter of whom is in the English service and volunteers as a spy to obtain a knowledge of the enemy's plans and direct evidence against their leaders. With this leading historical interest, which is by no means clearly made oat, two minor ones are combined—the story, in the first place, of the Emigre, who believes he has lost his son in France, and unconsciously employs him as the spy, in utter indifference to his fate—his son purposely withholding his secret from his father, and volun teering for his dangerous task in order that he may secure the latter's safety—and, secondly, the story of Lucy Branden, who is beloved by an English naval officer, but is destined by her aunt, the wife of a visionary German, to become the bride, or rather the victim, of one of the French conspirators. With this foundation is interwove; some broadly comic situations, consisting of the ad ventures of a Mr. Poppleton, a young Englishman who disports him at Messina as a specimen of a British sailor, abounding in his distinctions of a love of hornpipes, grog, and fisticuffs ; and also of a German baron, who believes he has discovered the elixir vi , w, and proposes to try it on a mummy with which he is to be furnished by Dr. Bertrand, with the view of restoring the dead to life. Such a melange as this, even though it referred to our own day, could scarcely be classed with comedy, and especially that of Sheridan, nor is the divergence narrowed by the writing, which, though agreeable enough throughout, makes no pretension to the wit and satire of the great exemplar we have just named. This comedy is, in fact, a comic drama in three acts, which, on the interest of the Emegre and his son, threads some capital broad Farce of the German Thron and the amateur Sailor, which also presents a lively picture of the motley life that diversified the time and place that it pour- trays, and which, on the other hand, has the defect of an historic portion that is almost unintelligible as it is detailed, and which is wholly uninteresting. We shall not attempt to follow the complications of the plot that remind us of nothing so much as the si nuosities of a Bauyon stream iu Louisiana—but aim plycootent ourselves with saying that the youngspy having succeeded in penetrating to the councils of the French leaders and obtaining evidence against them, is enabled to return to the English lines by being conveyel as a dead body in a mummy chest to the German Baron, who proposes to restore him to life by means of his elixir virm—from whence he makes his way to his ship, and at length returns from it with a iorce in time to arrest the French conspirators just tie they are on the point of making capture of Lucy Brandon and her friends. The success of this drama, which was very great, was undeniably owing to its acting. Mr. Wigan Ls Dr. Bertrand—who is [mother version of his Mons. Tourbillon, changing the lost dlughter for a son—played with all his usual truth and feeling ; and in the last scene, where he believes his son is about to be arrested, fzed he seizes a sword to defend him, exhi oited a force that was so masterly it contributed much to the result of the night. Scarcely less im portant, however, was the exuberant humour of Mr. Buckatone in the English tar, after the fashion of ,ur old minor theatres, with his perpetual jig and fisticuffs, or the dreamy characterisation of Mr. Chippendale as the Garman Baron—the scene of the two especially, when Poppleton takes the place of the escaped spy, and is supposed by the Baron to be the dead body that his elixir Vita!, has rescuscitaled, causing an uproar of laughter ouch as that we have never heard exceeded. The notion of restoring a mummy to life by means of an elixir vitae, is taken from the old Lyceum farce which John Reeve was once so famous in ; but th e result of the resuscitation as given in this scene, where the Baron fancies he has saddled himself with a great scoundrel for the rest of his days, was an original conception, that. was very humorously worked out. Miss Angel, in the slight sketch of Lucy Brandon, was very engaging ; and Mrs. Wilkins, as the Baron's wife, who is jealous of nim, aryl believes he has resuscitated a natural son, was very spirited and comic. Mrs. Wigan, in the servant Bobbin, a girl who detests foreigners and is full of horrid tales about them, was very natural, but so weak, that half the effect o f the part was lost, especially when contrasted with what it would have been in the hands of Miss Louise Keeley. Mr. Howe, as the Eng lish officer, was manly and pleasant as usual; and Mr. Walter Gordon and Mr. Braid, as the two con spirators, played with character and purpose. We must not forgi-t also the very earnest sketch of the nuns spy by Mr. l'cr.R.rr&n. The house, it is lie€ dless to odd, wos filled to over flowing, and the audience at the fall of the curtain, after calling with great heartiness for the loading actors and the alithOress, received the antounce went of the drama for every evening with a loud burst of approbation. THE DERBY AND OAKS.--TELE " COURT JOUR NAL."—The sporting article in the Court Journal is gene rally acknowledged to be the best that appears in any Eng lish newspaper, as being addressed to the practical ques tion, and founded upon exclusive and, to others, inacces sible information. The number for Saturday, y 16th, is especially worth c onsu l ting, as the review of the Derby and Oaks is not only much longer and more detailed, but far more accurate, than that appearing in any :of the pro fessed spotting papers. Price sd. ; stamped 61. W. Thomas, 29, Bryd ges - attest, Covent-garden, and all nowgagents,, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. ANOTHER DEFEAT OF THE FEDERALS TOTAL ROUTE OF GEN. SEDGWICK'S DIVISION. LIVERPOOL, MAY 18 An extra edition of the New York Herald of the 6th inst., published just at the departure of the Persia, has been received here. It contains the further intelligence. Advices from Hooker's main army to the night of Monday, 4th inst., announce that General Hooker maintained his new line without important change. Monday was a quiet day. No fighting what ever took place until late in the afternoon, when General Hooker advanced a division to feel the enemy. A brisk action ensued, lasting half an hour. The Federals afterwards retired to their main line and rested. General Hooker is busily entrenching. Advbes from General Sedgwick's for,:es are to two o'clock on Tuesday morning (sth inst). General Sedgwick's division, 15,000 strong, was hotly en gaged throughout Monday. It was terribly cut up, gave way, and finally reeroesed the river during ►he night. The slaughter was frightful on both sides. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, MAY 18. The Ministers did not make their appearance in he Chamber of Deputies to•day. The President !Tad a letter from the Ministry, of to-day's date, relw ive to the late resolution of the Chamber. This let ter concludes as follows:--_ " The Ministry have not asked that the Presi• dent should relinquish his right of interrupting their speeches, but only that he should deck re that he has no disciplinary privilege, especially that of calling the Ministers to order. The Ministry repeat that unless such a declara tion be made they will not be present at the sittings of the Chamber. POLAND. BRESLAU, MAY 17 Private letters from Poland state that the Russian Government has ordered the efficers and civil func tionaries in Poland to send their wives without delay into the interior of Russia. THE BOMBAY MAIL. The following telegram has been received at Mr Renter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company : MARSEILLES, MAY 18, The Valetta, with the above, arrived at Mar seilles at 8 a.rn. this dey. The mails leave for London at 11.30 a.m. FRANCE. BOURSE, May 16.—The market remains inani mate, but without any further material decline in prices, Threes, for the Account, being now at 69f. 50e. The Railway Share Market has been quiet. with yesterday's prices up to the present time pretty well maintained. The market closed as follows : 11 per Dents. . . 97 Italian Loan 72 Do end month.... Do. end month — 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 69 55 Do. end month -- Gredit Mobilier .... 1435 Russian no, end m0nth....1437 50 Austrian Bank Shares 3400 Spani,h Threes.... Uredit 1 mot er 1470 Home Debt .. — RA IL WAYS. Cash. Acco • nt. Orleans lOO5 .. 1010 Northern New ditto . 1015 .. Lyons and Mediterranean 1067 50 .. 1072 60 Geneva.. Southern Western Eastern .... ...... ~ Sardinian .. 450 .. Austrian Lnr , •barl North of Spain Saragossa 7,°o .. 751 25 Ditto to Barcelona BANK OF FRANCE. The following is the account for month ending Thursday, May 15 : ASSETS. F. C. .. 117,089,32 R 49 277,060,217 - 491,548 56 Cash and ingots Cash at the branch-banks .. Bills due to be paid to-day.. Bills becoming due in Paris, of which 60,204,4 lBf. 77c. are from the branch banks . • .. 272,777,272 3 • • . Bills in the bra nc h-b an k s 225,6.54,576 Advances on coin and ingots .. 9,268,900 Do in the branch banks Do on French secur i t i es 69 2, 7 34 6 4 1 , , 6 0 0 0 0 _— Do in the branch -banks • • .. 17,825,600 Do on railway shares and bonds .. 57,227,600 Do in the branch-banks .. 32,890,650 Do on Credit Foncier Bonds 402,300 Do in the branch-banks . • • • 351,450 Do to State by treaty, 1848 .. .. 60,000,000 Rentes of the reserve-fund 12,980,750 14 Rentes, disposable funds .. 30,545.726 86 Rentes immobilised (law of June, 1857) .. 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank .. 4,000,000 Real property of branch-banks .. 6,042,5.3 Expenses of administration .. 1,585,758 56 Sundries .. .. 7,655,353 71 1,305,958,384 35 LIABILITIES. Cap:tal • . es .. .. .. 182 ,500000 Reserve-fund 12,980,750 14 New Reserve 9,125,000 - Reserve-immobiliere .. • • 4,000,000 - Profits to be added to Capital (Art. 8 of law June 9 1857) •• •• •• Notes to bearer in circulation in Paris and the branch-banks Do. to order (Post-bills) „ Bills payable at sight Acc. cur, of Treasury Creditor .. Various accounts current . • .. Do. branch-banks Dividends to be paid • • • • Arrears of value s deposited .. Discount, interest ' and expenses .. Re-discounts of th e last half-year Sundries . • 2,316,503 57 .. 773,448,075 - .. 3,800,037 1 .. 5,814,438 - .. 94,866,954 62 .. 163,707,447 76 .. 30,81)6,626 - 893,613 75 .. 4,312,143 21 .. 12,612,819 71 .. 1,850,877 89 .. 2 873,097 59 1,305,958,384 35 Death of Mr. Western Wood, P. We record with deep regret the death of Western Wood, Esq., member of Parliament for the City of London. This melancholy event took place at half past nine o'clock yesterday morning, at North Cray Place, Kent, the residence of the lamented gentle man. Early in the past week Mr. Wood was at tacked by inflimmation of the lungs, and his illness being accompanied by pleurisy, soon presented such a complication of symptoms as bAllcd the skill of his medical attendants, anal rendered his case hope lees. The deceased was the youngest son of the late Alderman Sir Matthew 'Wood, Bart., who re presented the City in Parliament for twenty-eight years. The brothers of Mr. Wood are the Rev. Sir J. Page Wood, the present baronet, and Sir W. Page Word, the Vice-Chancellor. Mr. Wo,:d was a magistrate of the county of Kent. He vial re turned for th e Ci ty i n 1861 , hi s opponen t being Mr. Cubitt, who was started in the Tory interest. The contest will be long remembered as one of the most exciting that ever took place in the City. The politics of Mr. Wood were decidedly Liberal, as may be gathered from his electioneering pledge to sup port any measures calculated to secure an improve ment in the representation of the people, an in3reased diffusion of education, and an equitable adjuwnent of the vexed question of church rates. Mr. Wood was born in London on the 4th of January, 1804, aid was, consequently, in his sixtieth year. g Y was educated at Winchester College, and in 18'29 married a daughter of John Morris, E-q., a director of the Ee.st India Company. The issue of this union, still living, is two sons and three daughters. By Mr. Wood's death a vacancy occurs in the re nreaentation of the City. iriav &Uri itufgr. HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, May 16. Thn Queen, with the members of the Royal Family accompanying her Majesty, arrived safeli at a quarter to four this afternoon. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Princess of Wales and the Princess Louis of Hesse took a drive in an open carriage on Saturday The Prince of Wales honoured Mr. Frith with sitting for his picture of the Royal Wedding, at hi.' studio, on Saturday. Mr. Theodore Jensen has had the honour of a second sitting from the Princess of Wales, for the purpose of taking a life-sized portrait of her Royal Highnesses. The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, attended by the Countess of Macclesfield and Major Teesdale , honoured the performance at the Lycem Theatre with their presence in the evening. Yesterday morning the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse attended Divine service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Tne Communion Service was read by the Bishop of London, the Rev. T. Randolph, and the Rev. J. Antrobus. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of London from Genesis, chapter i., v.2 l ' The anthem was, " God is gone up"—Croft. Mt. Goss presided at the organ. Their Royal High ceases were attended by the Countess of Menke field, Baroness von Schenck, Baroness von Grand'', Major Teesdale, and Captain Westerwellen, The Archbishop of Armagh, the Earl of St. Germanes and Viscount Sydney also attended the service. The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse visited the White Lodge in Richmond-park. Her Majesty's Drawing-Room. By command of the Queen, a Drawing-room syss held on Saturday in St. James's Palace by bet Royal Highness the Princess of Wales on behalf of her Majesty. The Court was attended by a bout 2,000 of the nobility and gentry. The presentations of ladies upon this occasion exceeded 500, and, 131 he Queen's pleasure, were considered equivalent to presentations to her Majesty. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, and escorted by a party of Life Guards, arrived soon after two o'clock at St. James's Palace, and were received by the Mistress of the Robes and the Great Officers of State of the Queen's Household. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse arrived from Marlborough House, attended by Baroness von Schenck, Baroness von Grancy, Captain Westerweller, and Mr. Becker. His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange Was attended by his Gentlemen in Waiting. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was attended by the Hon. James Macdonald. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Coal' bridge was attended by Lady G. Somerset and Col. Home Purvis, Equerry to her Royal Highness the Dueness of Cambridge. Prince Frederic of Holstein also attended the Drawing-room. The Royal Body Guard of her Majesty's Han• Carps of Gentlemen at Arms was on duty in the State Saloons, under the command of the lieute nant. Captain Philips, the sub officer, was on duty with the corps. The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty, com manded by Captain Parkes Rickford, the Exon is Waiting. The Princess of Wales took her station in front of the throne, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the other members of the royal family. Her Royal Highness wore a train of rich white silk, having a deep trimming of white crape, and wreaths of white lilac and Honiton lace; the petti coat richly trimmed to match the train. The headdress of the Princess was formed of a diamond tiara, feathers, and tulle veil. Tne ornaments were diamonds and opals. The Prince of Wales wore the uniform of the 10th Hussars, of which regiment his Royal High ness is colonel. The Princess Louise of Hesse wore a train of silver moire, richly trimmed with pale violet velvet and silver bullion ; the petticoat of white crystal-. line with bouillonnes of white tulle, covered Wit h Irish point, looped with velvet and silver to matc h the train. The headdress a diamond tiara, a tulle Vei l ornamented with pearls and feathers. Diamond necklace, brooch, and ear-rings. The Princess Mary of Cambridge wore a petti.- coat of white satin, trimmed with tulle and band ° of lilac velvet, covered with a tunic of Honiton lope; the train of lilac silver moire antique, trimmed round with Honiton lace. Her Royal Highness's headdress was composed of a diadem of diamonds mounted on lilac velvet, feathers, and silver tulle veil. Necklace, stomacher, and ear-rings of pearls and diamonds. In attendance on the Princess of Wales were the Duchess of Wellington, Mistress of the Robes to the Queen ; the Countess of Gainsborough, Viscountes s Jocelyn, Countess of Desart, Marchioness of EIP and Lady Ch urc h h i tl, Ladies of the Bedcham b er to the Q ueen; the Countess of Macclesfield, Lady in Waiting to her Royal Highness; Hon. Lucy gear Hon. Victoria Stuart Wortley, Hon. Flora Mac' donald, Hon. Horatia Stopford, Hon. Emily Cath" cart, and Hon. Beatrice Byng, M a id s o f H o nour to the Queen ; L a dy Ch ar l otte Copley, Lady Sara h Lindsay, Vi scoun t ess C uewton, Hon. Mrs, Carar bell, and Viscountess Forbes, Women of the Bed' chamber to the Queen ; Hon. Mrs. Cooke, Women of the IR dehamber to her Royal Highness; the Ear l of St. Germans, G.C.8., Lord Steward; Viscount Sydney, G.CJ3., Lord Chamberlain; Marquis of Ailesbnry, Master of the Horse to the Queen; Lord Harris, K. 5.1., Chamberlain to her Royal Highness; Viscount Bury, Treasurer of the House' hold; Viscount Castlerosse, Vice-Chamberlain; Viscount Torrington, Lord in Waiting to the Queen; Lieut.-Gen. Sir Henry Bentinck, Groom in Waiting ; Lord Alfted Paget, Clerk Marshal; M , jor-General the Hon. A. N. Hood, Equerry in Waiting ; and the Pages of Honour in Waiting to the Queen. The Prince of Wales was attended by Lord Alfre d Hervey, Lord in Waiting ; Lieut.-Gen. Knollyot Comptroller and Treasurer; Mr. Charles L. Woos' Groom in Waiting ; Major Teesdale, Equerry itt We are enabled to state that their Royal Nig h' nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will honou r with their presence Epsom Races on the Derby Day. Their Royal Highnesses will a l so v i s it A sco t on t h e Cup Pg." and Eton festival on the following day, the sth of Juaa• Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Ca ul' bridge and the Princess Mary honoured Sir Al.elg ander and Lady Arabella Bannerman with their con2Pa nn y at dinner on Friday evening, in Grosvenor-place. T he following guest s h a d th e h onour of meeting his roya l high "- nesses :—The Austrian Ambassador and Countess APP °° Y" the Duke of N ewcast l e, M ar i a Marchioness of Allo burj.,„a a the Earl a n d C ountess Delawarr, M. George Russe ll and Lady Charlotte Ru sse ll, th e E ar l o f S efton, t h e Earl 0 ' Listowel, Viscount Hamilton, Viscount Chelsea. Lady Geraldine Grrahli ne Somerset end Colonel H ome P ar ves were '- waiting en their highnesses. The Duchess of Inverness will be honoured by the company of their Royal Highnesses the Pr ince and Princess of Wales at dinner on Monday next, at K° u _i sington Palace. Th e i r R oyal Highnesses the Duke ti Cambridge, th e D uc h ess of Cambridge, and the Prinegso Mary have been invited to join the royal circle. de The Ductless of M3rlbo roug h' a p ar ty, announce for the 22d, is unavcidably postponed. The Duke of Newcastle has )eft Thomas Ilu tei ' Berkeley •square, for Mansfield. fl atus The Duke of Cl eve l an d an d L a dy Aug- co Gra Paulett have arriv e d a t B ou l ogne f rom P ar is. or in improved health, and is expected home on TuesdaY Wednereay next. weal A. matrimonial allianc e i s on the tapzs be mi s the Hon. R. Cavendish, son of Gen. Cavendish, and t . lb Cockburn, d aug ht er o f the Right Hon. Sir A. C Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Both bride and b r t,il _ l ('4 4 groom have embraced the Roman, Catholic faith. 'W ff 11‘..