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At a qnarter to 8, NO THOROUGHFARE. Mr. Fechter (his 118th appearance here), Mr. Billington, Mr. H. Neville, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. G. Belmore. Mr. C. J. Smith, and Mr. Benjamin Webster; Miss Carlotta Leclercq (her 118th appearance), Mrs. Lifted Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Lewis, &c. Commence at 7. QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre. Lessee and Manager, Mr Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING will be produced DOING FOR THE BEST, at Seven; THE FIRST NIGHT, half-past Eight; and OLIVER TWIST, quarter to Ten. MR. ALFRED WIGAN THIS EVENING, in his celebrated character of ACHthut TALMA DtiFIAD, in THE FIRST NIGHT. THEATRE ROYAL, HOLBORN.—EI ga ntl y repainted and redecorated.—Under the management of Miss Fanny Josephs.— New and Talented Company. Thi s Theatre IS NOW OPEN EVERY EVENING with Mr. H. T. Craven's famous drama of THE POST-BOY; a new grand spectacular fairy extravaganza, entitled THE WHITE FAWN, by Mr. F. C. Burnand; and HONEYDOVE'S TROUBLES. For particulars see bills. Box-office open daily from ten to five. BUTTERCUPS AND DAISIES. THIS EVENING_ THEATRE ROYAL, HOLBORN. BELLES DING DONG THIS EVENING THEATRE ROYAL, HOLBORN. ELECTRIC SPARKS THIS EVENING. THEATRE ROYAL, HOLBORN. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. - The summer resort for an evening's entertainment in London —Unabated enthusiasm. Triumphant reception of the Spanish lady, LA PEREIRA. who appears Every Et ening in her thrilling Trapeze Act. "Nothing more daring or more easy and elegant in their style of performances than these feats have been wit nessed in London within our memory."—Morning Post, April 14. The most marvellous achievements yet attempted by any feminine performer.":—Daily Telegraph, April 16. ROYAL AMPHITIIEATRE AND CIRCUS. —Debut of HENRY WELBY COOKE, the daring and dashing bare-backed Equestrian; also of M. Tournairo, the great Continental Rider; M. 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Price ls. 61.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA. AMARELLX restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. h9.ve at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street, London, B.C. 7 (11-11)1 ," , LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 11, 1868. An illustrious man has passed away from us— one who has done much in his day to merit the goodwill and earn the gratitude of his fellow- countrymen. It is true, that he has for some time retired from the stage of active life, but the circum stance of his death recalls to mind the busy part he once took in the important affairs of the country. A. generation has elapsed since his most stirring works were done, and yet he has survived to wit ness the passing of a second Reform Bill, and to take part in many of the events of this time. His death appears to have been a most tranquil one, and his attendant believed he had died in his sleep. Until the close of his long life, extended far beyond the ordinary limits of mortality, he enjoyed good health, and had been out taking car riage exercise the afternoon previous to his death. It is curious to notice that Lord BROUGHAM did not command the attention of the House of Lords to a ate period of his life, as did some of his most strik ing contemporaries in that assembly. Those he had eclipsed in his prime surpassed him in the vale of years, and were often the admiration and wonder of their peers, while he whose meridian had been so successful evidently rested from his labours, and did not at all rise to the height expected from his previous reputation. Be this as it may, now that he has passed away from among us, we must look upon HENRY BROUGHAM as one of the most notable men of the stirring days of old, and certainly as hard working a man as any that ever rose to eminence by the sheer force of his own exertions and ability. If Lord BROUGHAM did not retain his powers of eloquence to the last, it must be borne in mind that he put them forth very strongly and to very good purpose at an early period of life, and attained his political eminence at a time when many have only begun to think of striving for a certain position, and settling what line they should follow. The various objects in which he showed himself a pro ficient proved the grasp of his mind, and showed that he possessed a rare combination. Seldom if ever has one man succeeded in displaying such unusual abilities. What will be chiefly borne in recollection of this distinguished man just departed is the fact that he was connected for some years with the most notable events of his country's his- tory. It is strange to be criticising a career the most notable incident of which might have well been noticed by those who flourished thirty or forty years ago. His legal triumphs were great, but the political events in which he took a part are still more striking. Lord BROUGHAM lived also in an age which produced many statesmen of note, and he held his place well against the best of them. As might have been supposed, from the bent of his mind and the style of his oratory, his most fitting sphere was the House of Commons, and he never showed so effectively in the Senate after he had left the popular assembly where his most signal tri umphs were won. The Slave Trade was one point of great interest in the House when BROUGHAM began his career, and he distinguished himself in a re markable manner by the zeal which he displayed. In the struggles of his Parliamentary career Lord BROUGHAM made many enemies, and, indeed, was too strong in his peculiarities and prejudices not to offend some, but such a course was only to be ex pected from one of his decided bent of mind and determined energy. His stirring days were just at that period when abuses were most rife, and when there also existed a great opposition to reform of all kinds, and we, who dwell in more advanced times, should not fail to appreciate and recognise the ser vices rendered to his country by the daring Re former, who feared no one, and cared not for con sequences, provided the end could be attained, and the Liberal cause be triumphant. The work that he got through in each Session was amazing, and some of our present members of Parliament, who consider themselves very ill-used, would stare if they were expected to rival his earlier days in the House of Commons. He left the House having won for himself the reputation which will not pass away while its records survive, and if he did not shine there with the popularity of some he contrived to have many followers in the way he took in his energetic and sterling course. The years during which he was the mainstay of the Opposition were his most brilliant ones, and doubt less he both directly and indirectly conduced to the continued progress that was making while his voice was ever raised in defence of the oppressed, and his powerful aid at once invoked against abuses of all kinds in Church, State, or Parliament. In the trial of Queen CAROLINE this remarkable man found another sphere for his energies, and it furnished him with an opportunity for the exercise of his forensic abilities. The spirited manner in which BROUGHAM conducted the defence of the QUEEN made him immediately popular, but it must be said also that he won for himself thereby an enduring fame, and whenever in future years the student of history dwells on these details, he must recognise the varied powers that distinguished the advocate. His sudden ele vation to the Chancellorship created at the time much excitement, but to all intents and purposes he pursued the same policy in the one House as he had done in the other, and his triumphs at the outset rendered his position a secure one even n the Upper House. It was by these that the Reform Bill passed finally, and the part that the Lord Chancellor took in that affair can never be forgotten. When the noble and learned lord retired from the most active duties of public life, it was not to rest in dolce far 'iaente ; ,hat would not have been in accordance with his vigorous intellect and energetic temperament. On the contrary, he devoted himself to literary produc tions, and he encouraged in many ways scientific and other associations, apparently unheeded by the active , 'spirits of this generation. Lord BROUGHAM has go; le to his account, but those who form a true estima to of things, know full well that he has we n a proud place in the annals of Parliament, and to at he will live in the history of his country as or Le who worked nobly and well, and, despite some errors of judgment and extreme views of politics, rendered important services to his country men. For some time past, in fact, he has belonged to hist ory, and there his fame is in safe keeping ; while A hose who still survive, and are able to recall his more sterling days, will acknowledge that he was one of the master minds of the country at a time, when much had to be done, and when spirit and energy were loudly called for. To-night the members of the House of Commons are to leave polemics alone, and are to address themselves to the consideration of the Navy Esti mates. It is not altogether an easy: task, although it may not affect the position of Ministers or influ ence the relations of parties. The Admiralty is one of those venerable institutions which 'every one feels himself entitled to abuse and to criticise, and our naval administration, costly as it is, is one of those things which an Englishman feels anything but satisfied about. Britannia rules the waves of poetry, history, and tradition, but nobody who has studied the subject feels very comfortably assured that her supremacy, so far as ships go, is unques tionable, and the fashion we have of trying to remedy mistakes and lavish expenditure of money, though it may give us nominally a large fleet, fail to bring us up to either the scientific or the practi cal requirements of the day. So long as the only thing to be done was to find gallant sailors and good officers, England was always first i,n the race ; but of late years it has grown to be a question of naval architecture rather than of personal courage or skilful seamanship. England certainly has no lack of native abilit y in all other departments con nected with practical science and constructive skill; indeed, the war departments of other nations owe much of their power to the assistance of English genius. How is it, then, with so much ability, so much money, and so much goodwill on the part of the country at large, our naval ad ministration should be in such a thoroughly unsatisfactory state ? This is the question which a good many anxious questioners are now putting, and which no one seems to find it very easy to answer. To judge by the notices before the Houses of Commons, the Secretary of the Navy will not have a very easy time of it to-night. Be sides the usual minor questions on matters of de tail there are three successive motions of ominous import. Captain MACKINNON, on going into com mittee of supply, gives notice that he will draw attention to deficiencies said to exist in the iron clad fleet. Mr. SAMUDA follows him with an inti mation that he will call attention to the Parliamen tary return entitled " Navy Designs for Ships." Captain MACKINNON follows with a motion to the effect that it is not expedient to expend any more money on the building of duplicate ships untried. Certainly there is room for complaint on more than one ground, andiwhen we remember what the navy estimates have cost the country in the last ten or twenty years we shall not be surprised that some few at least of the members of the House of Com mons are inclined to pause before going further. Those who from their practical acquaintance with shipbuilding, like Mr. SAMUDA, or from their nauti cal experience, are aware of the requirements of a ship, and of the real condition of our navy, are sensible that the House may vote twenty millions more without our being much better pre pared to face a. combined fleet than we are now. The Admiralty and its constructors have spent ten millions in building ironclads, and the result is that during a recent cruise of the Channel fleet, in which it was, according to the official report, " favoured ships ro w ll e in re g with singularly fine weather," some of our best from an dthei r most excessive .0 n a l b v l h e e t h o t fi h r i s e i t s h e ither gunscase in singularly fine weather, it isnot • • " surprising a considerable sea and a heavy swell" sh ould find the Bellerophon rolling 20 degrees, making eight oscillations a minute, and the Lord Clyde roll ing 29 degrees, or making ten oscillations, both ships being obliged to close their ports and being unable to fire their guns. Even in fine weather the War rior and Lord Warden had to close most of their ports during five out of eight days' sail. This may pass muster very well on paper, smoothed over by complaisant Admirals for the edification of not too inquisitive Boards of Admiralty, but it is not ex actly the sort of fleet which we should like to send to face a junction of Russia and America, or France and Russia. If Admirals are to consult their chro nometers as well as the enemy, if it depends on the strength of the swell whether or no a ship can fire her guns, it will be rather diffi cult for the most skilful naval commander to carry out his plans. Another drawback to this excessive rolling is that it leaves the side of the ship unprotected. The armour-plating is carried a certain distance below the water-line, but some of our finest ironclads rolls to a degree which ig nores the water-line altogether. If a ship, we are told, rolls 15 degrees she leaves her unarmed hull exposed, but here we have the Bellerophon rolling 20 degrees and the Lord Clyde 29 ! Four ships of the Invincible class are now in course of construc tion, and good authorities declare their belief that they will roll beyond all precedent. It is no great wonder that men of practical experience are beginning to rebel against Mr REID'S theories, since he has had full scope and verge enough to carry out his plans as he likes with anything but encouraging results. Some of his late influential supporters have lately deserted his standard—a sign, we presume, that he is not much longer to be permitted to amuse himself at the national expense. HER MAJESTY'S OPERA. —Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and her Royal Highness the Princess Tech honoured the performances ather Majesty's Opera with their presence on Saturday evening. Lady Geraldine Somerset was in attendance upon their Royal Highnesses. H.R.11. the Prince of Tech was also present. Amongst the noble and distinguished visitors were the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle and Lady Susan Vane, the Marquis and Marchioness the ownsend, the Marquis and Marchioness of Hastings, Earl and Countess of Sefton, the Earl and Countess of Yarborough, the Earl and Countess of Denbigh, the Countess of Fife, the Earl and Countess Russell, the Earl of Harrington, the Earl of Listowol, the Earl of liaclesfield, his Excellency the Por tuguese Minister, his Excellency the Persian Ambassador, and suite, Miss Burdett Coutts, Mrs. Brown and party, the Viscountess Gort, Viscount Barrington, Viscount Bury, Viscount Hamilton, Viscount Castlerosse, Viscount New port, Viscount Exmouth, Lord and Lady Rendlosham, Lord F. Paulet, the Hon. Richard Curzon, the Hon. Seymour Egerton, General Sir William Knollys, K.C.8., Lady Knollys, Miss Knollys, and party, M. van Weyer, Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, Sir George Arinytage, Lady Macdonald, Lady Vitzgerald, Lady Selina Bedwell, Colonel Sykes, Colonel Seymour, Mr. Lane Fox, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, &c. The Church Tinies, a high ritualist raper, thus concludes an able article on the recent report of the Ritual Commission :—There is not, however, so far as we can see, the slightest risk of legislation following on such a report as this, and Convocation will treat it with as little ceremony as it did the episcopal "rigmarole" not long ago. The original clamour is dying away gradually, and wise mon see that there is no use in worrying toiling scholars to soothe the dying hours of that school whose patriarch is Lord Westmeath, whose saint is Dr. M'Neile, whose statesman is Mr. Whalley, whose laureate. is Mr. Tupper, and whose Gospel is the "Confessional Un masked." LATEST INTELL WINCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) FRANCE. THE EMPEROR AT ORLEANS. ORLEANS, May 11. In reply to an address of the Mayor of Orleans, the Emperor said— "I accepted your invitation with pleasure, be cause I am always happy to find myself again in the midst of a city which, whilst religiously main taining such glorious remembrances and patriotic sentiments, devotes itself with ardour to the struggles of labour, and I was desirous to ascertain for myself the progress which you have made, and to en courage your exertions, convinced that, amid the general tranquillity of Europe, it may be developed with confidence." The Bishop of Orleans said that Paris had al lowed her gates to be forced more than once by strangers, but Orleans never. His eminence laid stress upon the patriotism of religion. In reply the Emperor said : " I am much touched by the noble words which you have just addressed to me. It is on this spot that we can dwell with happiness upon how much religious faith and true patriotism can effect for the safety and grandeur of a country. In this city was produced one of the most wonderful facts of history. The river which flows beneath your walls has been one of the ramparts of our independence, in the same manner as it protected in less distant times the heroic remnants of the grand army. The Empress and myself, in coming to share in the popular festivities of Orleans, were desirous first to kneel within that ancient Basilica, and, surrounded by the grand remembrances of the past, to ask from the Almighty his protection for the future." The Moniteur of this morning reprints the article in the Constitutionnel defending the estimates of the war budget. BOURSE, May 9.—Three o'cloek.—The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cent. End of month... Ital'an Loan 3 per Cent End of mouth 69 40 Mexican Loan ... 19 Credit 31obilier End of month... Spanish Threes 37 50 Credit Foncier ...1457 50 Home Debt End of month... Deferred RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans Northern 1195 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... s7Bi Western Eastern • • Sardinian Austrian 562} Lombard 367} North of Spain 7O Saragossa Roman 43 QUEENSTOWN, May 11. The Cunard extra steamer, Aleppo, from New York, arrived here at 4.45 a.m. to-day with 95pas sengers. She landed despatches and eight passen gers, and proceeded for Liverpool at 5 a.m. All well. SOUTHAMPTON, May 11. The Hamburg and American Co.'s steamer, Teutonia, from New York on the 28th ult„ has ar rived here with 73 passengers for this port, Havre, and Hamburg, 44 sacks of mails, $152,458 for Lon don, po,ooo for France, $25,000 and 600 tons of cargo for Hamburg. On the Bth she spoke the English ship Wandsworth, and on the 9th the Hamburg ships Electric and Hevas, steamer Saxonia, American ship Chapman. The Teutonia's news has been anticipated. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY, May 10. The announcement that the Emperor would not make the pacific speech at Orleans which was expected of him has led the Opposition journals to infer that there was nothing peaceful to say. Meanwhile, the Constitutionnel attempts to reconcile us to the present state of things by a most elaborate article on the war budget. M. Fonville says that the increase in the military ex penditure has been caused by the increased cost of armaments and weapons. But, he argues, the increase in the war budget is not so great in proportion as the in crease in the total budget. The war expens:ls under Louis Philippe were 2G per cent. of the ordinary receipts, while under the Emperor they are only 24 per cent. In other words, M. Fonville would make the public believe that the 373 million francs spent on the army in 1847 are less than the 445 millions spent in 1866. I fear that he will hardly get many per sons to assent to his paradox ; nor will it be much satis faction to them to know that they have to pay a larger amount for the administration of every other portion of the Government as well as for that of the army. There is rather serious news from Vienna. In the first place, the Avenir _National declares under reserve that Baron von Beust is suffering from an attempt which has been made to poison him. Next we are told that the Austrian Cabinet has determined to interpose in Eastern Europe, ostensibly with a view to prevent further persecu- tions of the Jews. There is much excitement in the Danu bian provinces, and things seem approaching a crisis in that country of chronic excitement. In connection with this matter I may mention that Prince Napoleon is going to Vienna. Having failed in his visit to the Prussian capital, he is now going to see what he can do in the Austrian. Still more important, it is said that he is going to visit Gallicia. If this be true it . is very significant. The Prince, has long been an ardent partisan of Poland, would have gone to war with Russia in 1863, and if he now visits Austrian Poland it will confirm the deep impression made here by Prince Czartoryski's speech in London, in which he declared that the Poles must henceforth look to Austria as their leader. Is it possible that an alliance between France and Austria is now on foot, with a com mon foe in Russia, and a common purpose in the settle ment of the Eastern and Polish questions ? It would seem as if something of the sort were believed at St. Petersburg, for to-day's papers announce that the Russian fleet at Cronstadt has received orders to cruise in the Mediterranean, and that this order has caused no little ex citement at Paris and London. I mentioned in my last letter that M. de Saint Paul was about to leave the Ministry of the Interior, and that this was a blow for M. Ronher. The clever Minister has suc ceeded in warding it off. He represented to the Emperor that it was absolutely necessary for him (M. Ronher) to have some one on whom he could rely to control the elections, and so the Emperor gave way. It was said at first that in consequence of this defeat M. Pinard, the Minister of the Interior, would resign, and there was even some talk of Persigny coming back to office. But to-day it is aserted that the quarrel has been arranged, and that the not very happy family, the Imperial Cabinet, will go on as before. The much-talked-of pamphlet, " La Paix par la G u erre," which was to have been published by Dentu at the close of last week, has been postponed, if not suppressed. The reason is said to be that the defeat of the unification address in the German Customs Parliament has altered the position. The Government has sustained another and very severe defeat in one of the elections for the Councils General. The Government is likely to be defeated also in the elec• tion of a deputy at Tarn for the Corps Ugislatif. You will remember that a contest took place a few days ago, and that the Government candidate was at the head of the poll, but did not get the necessary majority, so that there must 13c another contest. The second Opposition candidate has now withdrawn, and asks those who voted for him to transfer their support to his late competitor. Should they do so, the Government nominee will be beaten by a large majority. The forthcoming debate on free trade, which begins to morrow, is expected with much interest. M. Thiers has been preparing a great speech in favour of Protection. He reckons upon getting eighty votes. Of course there is no chance that the commercial treaty with England will be repealed ; but the debate will be lively enough. M. Henri Martin has a capital article in the semi-official Constitutionnel to-day, pointing out that protection is for the benefit of the few at the expense of the many. The Luxemburgers are resolute in having nothing to do with FIVIIC3. A fortnight ago there was a great outcry at the proposed establishment of a French journal in their city. They have new positively refused to allow the Great Luxemburg Railway to be sold .to the French Eastern Railway Company, on the ground that it would } an anti-national policy to do so. The 'l'M)* National says that, "according to a widely sprcatl rumour at Vienna, the illness from which Baron von Beust has been suffering is due to an attempt to poison him. It is a subject of general discussion in Austria, and a judicial inquiry is to be made into the matter." We have now details of the quarrel which has arisen between the French and Tunisian Governments. Some time ago the English and Italian consuls, in order to pro tect the interests of their fellow countrymen who have lent money to Tunis, proposed that the Bey should mort gage a portion of the Customs to pay the interest due to his creditors. At the same time they proposed to the French consul to join the arrangement, but he declined to do so. Subsequently to that the Bey contracted a loan in France. Latterly the payment of interest has been sus pended, and the French consul thereupon pressed for arrears. It was then suggested— whether by Tunis or France is not certain— that a French •finan cial commission should be organised. To this the English and Italian consuls objected, on the ground that the interests of their fellow-countrymen would be injuriously affected thereby. For this reason the Bey declined to sign the deeree. The French consul, knowing that the commissioners were on their way from France, said that if the Bey did not sign the French flag should be hauled down. This was actually done ; and diplomatic relations having been thus broken off, the despatch of two French frigates to Tunis was ordered. In consequence of these proceedings, the English and Italian Ambassadors at Paris have made very strong representa tions to the French Government, and it is believed that the question at issue will now be settled by a joint com mission, in which all three of the European Powers will be represented, although the Etendard declares that it will be left to France and Tunis alone. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post has reason to believe that when Napoleon's advisers last met, his Excellency M. Rouher spoke out bravely about the neces sity of making economy in the military and naval budgets, and expressed himself trss ferines about the wisdom of a pplying the army reforms with as little severity as possible ; in fact, pointing out how the policy advocated by Marshal Niel .might be considerably modified by a political as well as financial revision of what has taken place during the last few months, always respecting in principle the provisions made by the Reorganisation Bill. But, we are always told, the Emperor still ccnsiders that peace is to be secured by war armaments. The Pope has recently reviewed the Papal soldiers wounded at Mentana. .They were accompanied by some Sisters of Charity, who have displayed much zeal in col lecting contributions for the alleviation of the sufferers in the different hospitals. The Pope, addressing the soldiers, said : "My dear children, the Pope thanks you! You have fought like brave men, and have given him great marks of your devotion. In fact, what greater mark of devotion can a friend give than to give his life for his friend ? You have valiantly defended the cause of right, justice, and truth. When you return to your families take them the blessing of the Vicar of Jesus Christ, who gives it to you with all the tenderness of his heart." Mr. Disraeli has got over his episcopal difficulty, and very satisfactorily. He has selected for the see of Here ford the Rev. Canon Atlay, vicar of Leeds—a clergyman known more for his parochial energy than for his identifi cation with either of the great Church parties. Dr. Atlay was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, and graduated in 1840 (the year that the Dean of Ely, Dr. Harvey Goodwin, was second wrangler), and took a some what low place among the senior optimes in the mathe matical tripos, but was a first-class (9th) in the classical tripos. Ile was also Bell's university scholar. He became Fellow and tutor of his college. From 1847 to 1852 he was vicar of Madingley, and when the late vicar of Leeds, Dr. Hook, was appointed by the then Derby- Disraeli Administration to the deanery of Chichester, which post he now holds, Mr. Atlay was selected for the important incumbency of Leeds. He was in 1861 made a canon of Ripon, and subsequently graduated D.D. As Dr. Atlay was a Cambridge man, it can hardly be said that political considerations have had much to do with his appointment. The vicarage of Leeds is in the presentation of twenty-five trustees, but in consequence of the preferment of the present vicar by the Govern ment, we presume that the next presentation will be made by the Crown. For the same reason the canonry of Ripon will be also at Mr. Disraeli's disposal, who will thus, through the death of Bishop Hampden, obtain three pieces of patronage. It is singular that , two successive vicars of Leeds should have obtained ecclesiastical prefer ment at the haw's of two Conservative AdmirOtrations. INDIA. BOMBAY, May 2. 71bs. shirtings, sr. 14a. ; 81 do., 6r. 14a. ; 40's mule twist, 12f. ; market steady. Cotton quiet. Dhollerah, 255 r. Shipments of the week, 41,000 bales. Exchange on London, 2.01. Freights to Liverpool, 50g. CALCUTTA, May 1. 7lbs. shirtings, sr. 141. ; 81lbs. ditto, 7r. 14a. ; 3lbs. madapollams, 2r. Ba.; 40's mule twist, 61; market quiet. Cotton, 19; ; linseed, 4r. ; rapeseed 3r. 4a. Exchange on London, 1 11 13-16 ; 4 per Cent. Government Securities, 931 ; 5 per Cent. Go vernment Securities, 1081; 5f do., 113/. Freights to England, 775. 6d. The Bank of Bengal has raised its rate of dis count 1 per cent. BOMBAY (HEAVY) MAIL. GIBRALTAR, May 10. The Ripon left at one p.m. to-day for Southamp ton, where she may be looked for about the 15th instant. OUTWARD MAIL OF APRIL 25—MAY 1. SUEZ, May 9. The Sumatra sailed at midnight for Bombay Clears off all cargo. ST. NAZAIRE, May 11. The Transatlantic Company's steamer Panama has arrived here from Vera Cruz on the 15th ult. She brings 361 passengers, and 11,300,000 f. in specie. The health of all on board is excellent. CRYSTAL PALACE. —Wile. Titiens and other artistes of Her Majesty's Opera appeared at the first grand opera concert on Saturday last, which was attended by 8,609 persons. The afternoon being fine, and the number of visitors thus large, the promenade after the concert was particularly gay. On Saturday next Mdlle. Lucca, Signor Mario, and other artistes of the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, will take part in the concert. It appears that at Cheltenham there is one of those abominations a proprietary chapel, called Christ Church ; and of this concern the Dean of Exeter is a shareholder. It is stated that in consequence of the edi fice having fallen into a disgraceful state of dirt and squalor, the churchwardens resolved to deduct 12s. 6d. per share from the dividend of the current and of next year for the purpose of cleaning and repairs. To this proposal three of the shareholders demurred, the Dean of Exeter who is the absolute proprietor of two shares, but who holds eighteen as trustee ; Miss Sykes the owner of twelve ; and Colonel Hume the owner of one. On behalf of this little party—who certainly do not seem disposed "to suffer and be still"—the Dean lifts up his voice, com plaining that they bad been promised a dividend of from 61 to 61 per cent.—there is no little oddity about these fractions—and that while that promise was unfulfilled, the churchwardens had no right to deduct a penny for any purpose from the profits. Nor was this the whole of the very rev. gentleman's grievance. In the spirit of the famous Scotch philanthropist who told his servants that if any victuals were left that were absolutely uneatable they might give them to the poor, the churchwardens had allotted to the Sunday school children certain seats where nobody could see or hear anything ; and this is how the very rev. Dean treats that transaction: —Every sitting made over to the Sunday school children is the property of some proprietor, intended to convey somo income. It is a part of the productive value of the church ! I Always providing, we suppose, that it can be let.] I cannot con ceive by what law of equity any church officer (one of whom is th 3 proprietor's churchwarden) compromised the interests of the persons he is elected to represent ! ! It has been said that our Lord never showed anger but on two occasions in His earthly life; the one being when the disciples would have kept the little children from Him ; the other when He drove out the money-changers from the Temple. In both respects Low Church takes the opposite line. It has no love for children at all. It hinders them from being brought to the Lord—first, by depraving the doctrine of Baptism so as to make it seem absurd to bestow the sacrament of regeneration cra un conscious infatAs ; and, secondly, by imposing an utterly unlawful and wicked tax upon its administration. Dean Boyd in barring the doors of Christ Church—Christ Church?—to the Sunday scholars is only carrying out the principle to its legitimate extent. We may well think that the disciples in forbidding children to approach their Master were actuated by a real though mistaken piety. They prob tb'y thought that useless trouble was being given to their Lord. But not even to Judas Iscariot did the brilliant idea occur—as it has since occurred to so many "Evangelical " clergymen—of charging so much a head for the privilege of receiving the Divine touch ! Church Tinto. DEPUTATION TO THE PRIMATE. On Saturday morning a large deputation from the tni versity of Cambridge waited upon the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace, on the subject of Mr. Coleridge's bill now before Parliament. The Archbishop, who was attended by the Hon. Mr. Bourke, his chaplain, and Mr. Dunning, his secretary, received the deputation in the library. Amongst those present were the Right Hon. S. H. Walpole, M.P., Mr. A. J. Beresford-Hope, M.P., Mr. Schreiber, M.P., Lord John Thynne, the Bishop of Ely. the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, Archdeacon Bicker steth, and others. _ _ The Right Hon. S. H. WALPOLE, who introduced the deputation, read the memorial, which earnestly depre cated and solemnly protested against the proposed legis lation as destructiVe of the connection between the University and the Church, and as tending to sever education from religion. The memorial was signed by noblemen, bishops, clergy of various degrees, and a large number of fellows, tutors, and non-resident graduates. Several heads of houses and others pointed out to his Grace how, in their opinion, the proposed measure would operate in reference to the government of the respective colleges, and tutors )(Anted out how it would interfere with their course of tuition. Other gentlemen pointed out the dangers which woula arise, politically, morally, religiously, and socially if Mr. Coleridge's bill should become law. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, in reply, said he enterea fully into the feelings of those who had addressed him, and quite understood with what alarm those who were respansible for the government and teaching of the univer sity regarded the propositions now before Parliament. He was a member of the royal commission which ten years ago was instrumental in the settlement by which the endow ments of universities were secured to the Church, and he could not now consent to any measure by which that settle • ment would be in anyway interrupted. He believed that to entrust the religious teaching of the university to men who had no religious creed would inevitably tend. to sap the very foundations of Christianity. Under such a system religious teaching must in the end be altogether abolished. One result would be that private institutions would be established in which the clergy would be trained apart from the laity, which he conceived would be a heavy blow to the Church and nation. He should therefore strenuously resist any measure which, like that now before Parliament, placed in peril the Christian cha racter of the education of the national universities. Mr. WALPOLE thanked his Grace for his courtesy, and the deputation retired. THE CONVICT BARRETT. The respite of the sentence of death passed on Michael Barrett for participation in the Clerkenwell outrage ex tends over seven days from the date originally fixed for execution. It is believed that this will afford ample time to complete the investigation into the truth of the alibi. Preparations had been actively made at Newgate for the execution when the respite arrived. Since the con viction of Barrett, a large number of constables, armed with cutlasses and revolvers, have night and day patrolled the streets in and around Newgate, and every precaution has been taken by the City police authorities for the pro tection of the prison. A public meeting, convened by large posters, took place in the Bell Hotel, Glasgow, on Saturday evening. There was a crowded attendance. Mr. Peter M`Corry, one of the witnesses in the alibi set up for Barrett at the Old Bailey trial, entered into a lengthened history of the steps which had been taken with a view of getting a full inquiry into the truth of the defence which had been set up. He made a minute analysis of the evidence, and maintained that there would be nothing more infamous and diabolical than to bring Michael Barrett to the gallows. It was re solved that a petition should be sent to the Home Secre tary praying for a respite to Michael Barrett till further inquiry be made, and that Mr. 111`Corry be empowered to send it up in name of the meeting. Mr. M`Corry then read the following letter which ho had received from the convict : " Condemned Cell, Gaol of Newgate, 6th May, 1868. " Mr. P. M`Corry, —Dear Sir, lam afraid that before this you will have thought me the most ungrateful creature in existence in not having written to you sooner ; yet I can assure you that such is not :he case. Indeed there is nothing but the atten• Lion which it was necessary for me to give to the instructions of my spiritual director that could have so long prevented me from doing so. I may just say that it is utterly impossible for me to collect my scattered thoughts sufficiently to convey to you any idea of my un bounded thankfulness and gratitude towards you for all that you have done for me since first it pleased God to bring these troubles upon me, knowing me to be innocent of the crime for which I am called upon to suffer, and no other object in view than to vindicate that innocence, and render an act of justice to a fellow-creature. I do, most acutely, feel for the terrible and unbearable humiliation which the verdict of the jury (in. the eyes of some) is cal- culated to bring upon you and those other poor men who also endeavoured to have justice done me without either 4 fear of punishment or hope of reward. What a strange and striking contrast to the paid witnesses of the Crown, with the gold of Government jingsing in their pockets, and their gilded bribe dangling before their eyes, ready to be grasped the moment they had secured my conviction. I am wholly at a loss to know by what means the jury came to the decision they did, the only evidence upon which the _ _ Attorney-General dared ask them for a verdict being that of the terrible man Mullany and the two people who were in the habit, they said, of seeing me at his place ; yet, in every other particular, they not only contradicted Mullany, but they contradicted each other also. I am certain there are other juries who will return a different verdict; yet, however that may be, it is almost impossible for human nature to bear up under such an indignity. If there was one thing more than another required at the hands of their masters to complete the degradation of the Irish race, it is now added. Well may they cry with the Psalmist of old, ' How long, 0 Lord ! how long ?' I can no longer allow myself to dwell upon this subject, lest my feelings should so far master me as to draw me into expressions that I have no desire to indulge in. God for- bid that I should insinuate that the jury (however strange their conduct may seem) did not act in accordance with the dictates of their conscience; but, even if we allow such to be the case, it only aggravates instead of lessening the degradation. To all my old comrades I send my most sincere love, and trust that they will not grieve for my untimely end. For my part, I am entirely resigned to the will of God. It is He who gives, and He who has a right to take, wherever and however it may please Him. As I hope myself to be forgiven, I forgive every one who has injured me, and trust that my friends will entertain no ill-feeling towards anyone on my account. This being the only letter I shall write to you before entering into eternity, permit me to say that I am your most grateful and truly sincere friend, " M. BARRETT." A vote of thanks to Mr. M'Corry concluded the pro ceedings. A Pontifical Aldershot is being established on the lofty plain nearly at the summit of the Alban Hill, which from having once been occupied by the great Carthaginian general is still called "Il Campo di Annibale." The life of the Papal Zouaves is by no means alluring. They are up at 5.30 a.m., and have to be in their barracks by 8.30 p.m. Their food consists of somewhat scanty rations of bread for breakfast, and beans for dinner, so that service in the Papal army has the additional merit of beipg a perpetual fast. Their pay is Id. a day, and those who enlist for not longer than six months have to pay 60f. for the Privilege of serving his Holiness. The number of British Zouaves is under 200, exclusive of the 130 Canadians. The Ponti fical Government has contracted for 10,000 Remington rifles, of which half are to be made in England and half in Belgium. TERRIFIC THUNDERSTORM. —A letter has been received in Edinburg► giving au account of a fearful thunderstorm which lately occurred at the Island of Coll. In the township of Cornaigmore the storm was attended with considerable injury to person and property. At that place there are five tenants named M`Kinnon, whose houses were struck by lightning. Breaches were made in the walls, stones were broken as by a blast, and planks shattered into a thousand splinters. One of the tenants, named Donald M'Kinnon, lost ten head of cattle, valued at £lOO, and his neighbour lost three milch cows. The following is an extract from the letter referred to :—" Of the thirteen head of cattle struck dead there was not a scar to be seen, and when dragged out of the byres they presented a most distressing and painful sight. But this is not all nor perhaps the heaviest loss sustained. Donald M`Kinnon and his wife, their son and his wife, and one of the chil dren have been injured by the lightning. The man and the child are now considered out of danger, but not so the women. The elder one has remained ever since in a state of stupor. Her hair and nightcap were burnt, her right ear almost roasted, besides sustaining a dreadful wound on the crown of her head. She is in a very critical state. The young wife was . asleep at the time of the accident, with her infant sleeping on her arm. The sleeve of her gown and the arm under her baby were burnt, while the infant escaped. The poor woman's body has been fearfully burnt, and she suffers much from internal injuries. Although able to get out of bed occasionally, she is not yet considered out of danger. The three other families received no bodily hurt, but in consequence of the losses they have sustained they are brought to the verge of pauperism. Each family consists of nine persons, the eldest of the children being about 13 years," 7.1.4,4 t , /mutt „ tr li z i. 4 34 HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, May 10. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon. The other members of the Royal Family also went out. Her Majesty, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, Prince and Princess Christian, and Princess Bea trice, attended divine service this morning in the ~rivate chapel. II is txrace the Archbishop of Canterbury preached he sermon Prince and Princess Christian remained at the Castle to luncheon. NAVAL AND MILITARY INIELLIGENCE. The Avon, 2, twin screw, composite built, gun boat, 120-horse power, Commander Fitzroy, fitted out and commissioned at Portsmouth for service in the China and Japanese seas, was put through her official trial of speed over the measured mile in Stokes Bay, near Portsmouth, on Friday, with the subjoined results. The vessel's draught of water was Bft. 10in. aft and 7ft. llin. forward, with every thing on board and complete for sea service. Six runs, with the engines non-condensing, gave the ship a mean speed .of 10.03.1 knots, and condensing, 10.345 knots. She sailed from Spithead at daylight yesterday morning for China and Japan. Mr. John Lloyd Crawley, acting sub-lieutenant o❑ board her Majesty's ship Pallas, was tried by court-martial on Saturday, on board her Majesty's ship Victory, in Portsmouth harbour, on charges of drunkenness. Thq prisoner pleaded " guilty," with extenuating circumstances, and the court sentenced him to be dismissed from her Majesty's navy. The first of a fleet of small screw steamers, build ing for the Imperial Ottoman Government, was launched on Saturday from Mr. John White's ship building-yard at Medina Dock, West Cowes. The vessel was named the Sahir, with the customary formalities, by Miss G. E. Prothero. The Sahir is 119 ft. between perpendiculars, 20ft. in breadth, lift. 10in. in depth of hold, and measures 225 tons o.m. Her engines will have a combined nominal power of 50 horse, and have been made for her 14 .Messrs. A. Day and Co., of Southampton. Her Majesty's screw troopship Crocodile, Capt. G. 11. Watson, will sail this morning from Ports mouth for Alexandria, to bring to England troops from the Abyssinian expedition—the 4th and 3 33 Regiment. She calls at Malta on her way out, and takes to that place the following passengers Rear-Admiral R. Fanshawe, the newly-appointe d Admiralty Superintendent of Malta dockyard ; Mrs. and Miss Fanshawe and servants ; Lieut. B. Clark and Mrs. Clark. For the flagship, for disposal in the fleet :—Lieuts. E. W. Shirley and Lockhart, Sub-Lieut. S. Johnson, Paymaster W. P. Broad wood and wife, Navigating-Lieut. W. Horn, Navi gating-Cadet J. J. Jago, Midshipmen Keppell and Foot, Engineers Watson, Murray, Spalding, and Newland; Mr. Pullen, clerk; two warrant officers' four instructors in gunnery and musketry from the Excellent, and 30 first-class boys. Captain N. A• Langford, R.N., proceeds in the ship as far as Alex andria. The crew of the armour-plated screw steam fslooP Research, 4, Commander Arthur Morrell, were paid off at Devonport on Saturday. Her masts and yards are standing, and she will be placed with the ships belonging to the Steam Reserve in Hamoaze• The gunboat Sepoy (tender to the Coastguard rigate Dauntless, at Hull) will be paid out of cons' mission to-morrow at Devonport. The screw steam storeship fox, 2, Staff-Cora" mander William S. Luke, left Devonport with stores on Saturday for Portland, Portsmouth, and ‘s, oolwich. THE OVERLAND MAIL. By the Overland Mail, which reached London on Saturday afternoon, we have advices from Bombay to the 18th, Calcutta to the 13th, and Madras to the 13th April. The only news of interest relates to the war raging in Afghanistan, and a defeat sustained by the Government troops near Kobat• A second edition of the Bombay Gazette of the 18th ult. gives the subjoined as the latest intelligen ce received :—" The present Governor of Herat, son of the Ameer Shere Ali Khan, has defeated the Ameer Azim Khan (the present ruler of Cabal) near Girisk, on the north bank of the Helman d, with severe loss, and taken Candahar. He H s also taken several Sirdars of note prisoners. gi: father, Shere Ali Khan, has been proclaimed Ruler of Afghanistan, so that we have ag ain two rulers in that unhappy country, both acknoW" ledged by the Indian Government, viz., Ameer Azim Khan and Ameer Shere Ali Khan. Th e s tate' ment made in some of the Indian papers tha t th° Bazootee tribe had received a severe defeat at Oil hands, in the affair in which Captain Buxton w e ' ll killed, near Kohat, is not correct, and the unfortty nate fact is, that the Government troops were se: verely defeated, and left their dead in the hands of the enemy. Nothing is to be done against tb: tribe, there being some fear that any further atter cl P to chastise it would rouse.the whole border tribeo* Our ignominious defeat and our apathy e° 11 ; bined will bring us into contempt along the 0 13° frontier." the Calcutta advices of the 13th ult. state tha t at ' first opium sales of the new financial year the prices realised were 133 rupees above Mr. Masse , ' estimate. SEAMEN'S MONEY URDERS.—A. return issued 11 ,, the Board of Trade for the year 1867 shows the extent w hich seamen avail themselves of the arrangement under which they can transmit money through the British n°11;8 subs at Continental ports. In the course of the yea r I,' r money orders were issued to seamen at. European ports for sums amounting together to £23,640, at Hamburg for £2,954, at Havre for £3,691, at Rotterdam for .1 ,4 , 866 L 8 ,0 Antwerp for £5,702. At ports of the United Ji-inP ° t 46,956 money-orders were issued to seamen in 18 67 h sums amounting to £271 982. Lard MANSION-Ho usE.---O n Saturday evening the a Di Mayor of Dublin and the Lady Mayoress, accompar"e-;t to their daughter, arrived at the Mansion - house o n a vi6,,-00 the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayor ess, whose gll'apj they now are. On the recent visit of the Din e° o f Princess of Wales to the Irish capital the L ord galci-00 London and the Lady Mayoress were entertained th ere v o f a special invitation from the chief magistrate of the eiit'loo Dublin, and in consideration of that courtesy they ;,0- returned the compliment by an invitation to the fan house. , , $l3 BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRY.—On SAturoa.TA official inquiry instituted by direction of the Bnarn-ort, Trade was concluded at the Greenwich Police . before Mr. Maude, magistrate, and Captains nalcerg Hight, nautical assessors, into the cireurestahn6o3 tending the loss of the ship Ranee, on th e )Ir. ultimo, on the south end of the Goodwin Sand s i . 030 O'Dowd conducted the inquiry. It appear°`:, n gr. the Ranee was a sailing vessel belonging b-oleo Dawbarn, of the Temple, Dale - street, Liverpeol• P un cler London, in ballast, for Quebec, on the 4th of APr il ', oer the command of Captain John Hennes s y , holding IT, thee tificata of competency. At 2 . 30 p .m. of the 6t O weather being rather thick, the vessel strucl;.s.‘l. south end of a l, the Goodwin, about 2 i miles OO of the South Sandhead lightsh i p , and about loter's W.N.W. of the South Calliper buoy. Th e statement was that he mistook the South Sandhe°' tota l ° 3 ship for the \Tarns. Tho ship ultimate l y becara 0 wreck. The Court, having exam i n ed the first W I t t he received a written statement from the master, bold loss of the ship was attributable to careless na vi es " to 0 0 the part of Captain John Hennessy, whose cortificcaAiettag "ordered to be suspended for a period of nih ° e irl months. The Constitutionnel publishes an artic le i3:ll:teers of it defends the expenditure proposed in the e st _ . , og th s the Ministry of War. The article, after s o o ty of th° the effective of 400,000 men is inferior to t i ' oifcr ivs f' to North German Confederation, concludes as l a to ore ef L of " the new military law the Emperor desi_refittoces an institution which, while economising th° tax ation , sq°ll. o , to h er the St it° and lightening the burden of enable France to play the part appertaining 'C Th e i l o Eu rope." ehtaft e ' ' • .ts ' Ilurninzan's Pure Teas arc Bd. per polo— - eb einP of 2,500 agents—confectioners in London, anl sup plies the country—are constantly receiving frn 1 these Bony-approred teas. Sold only Pars' `\ fc 2