The Sun. — London, England, 1868-05-07 00:00:00

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To those whose hair is naturally dry, requiring frequent dressing, its cheapness and great value will be proved. Its early use on Children's Hair will insure an abundant and bountiful supply from YOUTA TO OLD AGE. In large Bottles—price Three Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and Perfumers ErEOPEAN DEPOT AND SALES OFFICE, 266, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, ENG. I_l[ ER MAJESTY'S OPERA. (THE A:TRE-RO YAL, D tt,II RY- LA N Mdlle. Clara Louise Kellogg. Subscription Night. THIS EVENING (THURqDAY). May 7, Rossinrs Opera, LA GAZZA LADRA. ' Gianetto, Signor Bettina; Fernando ' Santley; Podesta, Signor Foli; Isacco. Mr Lyall ; Fabrizio, Signor Zoboli; Il Pretore, Signor Casaboni; Antonio, Signor Agretti; Giorgio, Signor Ballesca; Lucia, Mdlle Hersee; Pippo, Madame Trebelli- Bettini; and Ninetta, Mdlle Kellogg. Conductor—Signor Arditi. Doors open at Eight o'clock; commence at half-past Eight. Stalls, One Guinea; amphitheatre Stalls, 7s, and 55.; Reserved Box Seats, ICs. 6d: Gallery, 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and places may be obtained at the new Box office of Her Majesty's Theatre. under the Colonnade (second door from Pall-mall), open daily from 10 till 5, under the super intendence of Mr Nugent; also at the Box-office, Theatre Royal, Drury-lane (under the portico in Budges-street), open from 10 till 8. T HEATRE ROYAL, II A YIiA.RKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS rvi A CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT. Messrs Compton and Kendal ; Mesdames Chippendale, Dalton, Lewin. To be followed by A HERO OF ROMANCE. Characters by Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Compton, Chippendale, Rogers, Clark, &c.; Mesdames Robertson, Fitzwilliana, Chippendale, Dalton, Laws, and Daubigny. Conehrling with INTRIGUE. Mr. Howe, Mr. Kendal, Mr. Clark, and Miss Burke. Commence at Seven. frIIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. 11 , Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. 'WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, GO TO PUTNEY: A Tale of the Boat Race. Messrs. G. Baba - lore, G. J. Taylor, Miss Harris, sad Miss Emily Pitt. At a. qnarter to 8, NO THOROUGHFARE. Mr. Fechter (his 11:ith 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 115th appearance), Mrs. klf red Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Lewis, Btc. Commence at 7. QIJEEN!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. NJIR. ALFRED WIGAN THIS EVENING, iy_z_ in his celebrated character of ACHILLE TAL3IA DUPARD, in THE FIRST NIGHT. THEATRE ROYAL, HOLBORN.—Elegantly repainted and redecorated.—Under the management of 3liss Fanny Josephs.— New and Talented Company. This 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 HO NEYDOVE'S TROUBLES. For particulars see bills. Box-office open daily from ten to five. B UTTERCUPS AND DAISIES. THIS EVENING. THEATRE ROYAL, HOLBORN, DING DONG THIS EVENING THEATRE ROYAL, HOLBORN. ELECTRIC SPARKS. THIS Ey/SING. THEATRE ROYAL, HOLBORN. R OYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. The greatest sensation of the day, LA PEREIRA, the Spanish lady artiste, every evening, in her marvellous achievement on the Lofty Trapeze. The most daring, easy, and elegant performance ever witnessed, and univer sally admitted to be the most marvellous attempted by any feminine performer. M. AGOUSTE in his unique act, " Lea Jeux Voloci manes." Caselli, on the invisible Wire ; LES ECHASSE; and the wonderful SPANISH TROUPE of Equestrians, (lywnasts, Acrobats, Vaulters. &c. Fire& D.L. P T 0 CTIAIS Great Continental Bareback Equestrian, and other Fresh Attractions. Open at half-past 7; commence at 8 Morning per formance, Wednesday and Saturday. Open at 2, com menca at half-past. Children under ten half-price to Morning performance only. XS/ OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole l essee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, SISTERLY SERVICE: Messrs. Belford, Harcourt; Miss Sheridan. After which, THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson; Mesdames Swanborough, Lydia Thompson. Sheridan, Hughes, &c To conclude pith MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE. IMPERIAL JAPANESE TROUPE. LYCEUM THEATRE. Consisting of Twenty Artistes, male and female, including the world-renowned Little "ALL-RIGHT," in their marvellous performances, consisting of Balancing, Top spinning. Legerdemain, Tumbling, the Butterfly and great Ladder Feats, &c., under the direction of Professor Risley and M. Van Gieson. Every Night at Eight, terminating at Half-past Ten ; and Wednesdays and Saturdays at Half past Two. Stalls, 6i. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper Circle, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; Private Boxes, from One to Three Guineas. Children under Ten half-price. 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SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. LATE EDITION of " THE SUN " at IL W. SMITH'S, " Camden Stares," 78, Park-street., Camden. tows , rb (1 4 :iji 41; \ Sun LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1868. It must have been with a feeling of great satis faction that Mr. DISRAELI turned from the strug gles of official life and the turmoils of Parliamentary debate to enter upon the genial subject of li era ture. Last evening he presided at the anniversary banquet of the Royal Literary Fund, and a nume rous and distinguished company assembled. Mr. DISRAELI is always fortunate in filling the best of chairs, and contrives to select what reminiscence appertains to each subject that can give a charm and a grace to it. Thus, in proposing the health of the QUEEXI he reminded hi s h earers th a t s i nce he had had the hor.our i nf dining with the Literary Fund her MAJESTY had inserted her name in the memorable list of Royal authors, and her success was most suprising, for those who read her pages " must have recognised in them the touch of nature which make all hearts kin." In the allusion male to the members of the Royal family, the Chairman mentioned the satisfaction experienced at the Prince of WALES having been chairman at the banquet of tha institution, in which he followed the example of his father, who did more for the " refinement of the taste of this country than any prince who flourished since the days of the MEDICI." The attempt made on the life of the Royal Prince in Australia naturally awakes a deeper interest when the Royal family is mentioned, and the reception accorded to the Prince and Princess of WALES in Ireland is a proof of the loyalty of the people not to be overlooked. In pro posing the toast of the evening the Chairman was particularly felicitous, and he carried his audience with him, although he prefaced his remarks by the declaration that he had spoken before as chairman, and could not say anything new ; besides, he added, he came among them " like one who from the heat of combat repairs to the pureflow of some pls cid stream to slake the thirst of battle," and it was with an effort, he said, that he attuned his mind to the gracious and refined offices that he had then to perform. He was, however, sustained by what must ever en dure—his sympathy for the good old cause. The Literary Fund is an ancient institution, but it is I one which has met with well-deserved encourage ment ; the changes inevitable to humanity that have taken place since the period of its foundation have materi,illy affected the position of the author, and t h ese were well summed up by Mr. DISRAELI. It will be borne in mind that the right hon. g well qualified to discourse upon this subject, for he is himself a man of letters, and, even more than that perhaps, possesses that true sympathy with I his earlier calling, which is alike so essential to true knowledge and so rare to witness. When the Literary Fund sprung into existence, the man of letters escaped from the patronage of nobles, and took refuge in the more substantial protection of the bookseller. But, as the Chairman reminded the assembly last night, there did not then exist the great feature of our time—" a reading public." " Instead of the Grubb-street of Queen ANNE'S time, literary men have founded a compact, a well organised, and an honourable profession. Still, though literature has so happily flourished, we must not suppose that the necessity for the Lite rary Fund has diminished, or the active exercise of its offices is not called for. Mr. DISRAELI has studied the subject deeply, and [he assures us that, on the contrary, there is an increased demand for it. The author is of peculiar organisation, and it is a suggestion worthy of all praise that such individuals should not have to resort to the com mon practices of charity, but should find an institution which, like the one flaw referred to, should minister to their wants and " appreciate their idiosyncracies." The object of the Literary Fund, as its gifted exponent said yesterday, was to found a society which, instead of expecting grati tude from those succoured, feels that it is honoured by his acceptance of the sympathy offered. In re viewing the causes which create so universal a sym pathy with the literary character, Mr. DISRAELI truly said that one important reason was that there was a feeling that society was greatly indebted to literature ; and if we think for a moment what society would be without books we may fully ap pre;iate the justness of that expression. Thos e who are themselves unlettered owe a vast deal to the " cultivated record of the im pulses of invention and the discoveries of truth." The state cf its literature is the test of the condition and mind of a country, and if we look at the em pires of antiquity we shall see that they arc but phantoms in the consciousness of men. They have not left us " human examples" to be our instruction ; and why not ? " Because they have left us no books, they have left us no literature. We have heard of their conquerors, their statesmen, and their poets, but never of their authors." Other countries that are equally remote still impress us by their litera ture, and though three thousand years have passed since they flourished they will probably continue to influence mankind till the end of time, because they left us literature and produced authors. Mr. DIS RAELI thinks that England may be well satisfied with her exploits in this line, and if called upon to mention the leading characteristic of our literature, he would remark upon its " exu berant reproductiveness." There is a vigour and versatility in our literature which has well sustained the commanding influence of the English language. Englishmen now do not appeal to the inhabitants of their own island, illustrious though that be; its confines do not bound their aspirations and set limits to their intelligence. On the contrary, if the author is capable of it, " he may affect the feelings and influence the conduct of the inhabitants of every transatlantic city, and his productions soothe the labours and solace the life of the workers of the antipodes." The very tone of all this proves how important it is to sustain and support the votaries of the Muse, and through whose noble efforts maintain the high place of English literature from the rising to the setting of the sun. Many causes may conspire to bring about results that are fatal to the prolongation of the one cherished pursuit, and then it is that the Society referred to steps in to minister to the needs and necessities of the worn-out and exhausted author and man of letters. Mr. DISRAELI pleaded the cause of the profession he has adorned with the most brilliant success ; he spoke with real feeling and perfect understanding of his subject, and he Lams • a right, to for he in one who has always appreciated the true nobility of in tellect and the real importance of literature. The brotherhood of literature to whom he addressed himself must have felt the truth of his remarks, and acknowleige the importance of the society which brought them together on that occa sion. Lord STENHOPE proposed the health of the Chair man, and thanked him for his excellent speech, which he said would greatly further the interests of the society. The noble lord made an interesting Epeech, and in descanting upon the merits of the right hon. gentleman who presided over their enter tainment on that occasion, ha said they were much indebted to him for coming among them at a time when the cares of state pressed so heavily upon him. Whatever might be their political opinions, they could not refuse their admiration to the great talent which, in spite of many formidable obstacles, had raised the Chairman to the position of the . first man in what with pardonable partiality they might call the first country in the world." In " Coningsby," one of the most popular of Mr. DISRAELI'S works, he had said of one who had to make his own way up the steep hill of life, that " he was master of his subject, in all things the secret of success ;" and this, Lord STANHOPE thought, well illustrated the career of their distinguished president on that oc casion, for a knowledge of details marked his pre cepts and practice. In some respects the occasion of last night was particularly interesting. The Prime Minister, a man of letters himself, presided over the anniversary festival of the Literary Fund, showing at the same time to what a height literature may lead the aspirant in this country, for it was by his pen that Mr. DISRAELI first became famous, and we now see how he is appre ciated by those in high places. This is as it should be, and all true lovers of literature will rejoice to find it duly honoured, while they must feel that those in prosperity cannot do better than seek to aid those whose adversity is doubly sad, since it is partly caused by the efforts that have excited the admiration of society, and which gifted minds may delight to dwell upon when the creator of the glow• have passed away from the scene ionfghpiaassataruggesemesa! The continued illness of Mr. STANBERY has thrown Mr. JOHNSON'S defence into other hands, but there seems no lack of ability or of legal in genuity in the conduct of his case. At the continua tion of the Impeachment Trial, on April 25, Judge NELSON delivered a long argument on behalf of the President. He sketched his life, and cited his loyalty during the rebellion, declaring, moreover, that his case did not come within the provisions of the law. Judge NELSON quoted the opinions of several Attorneys-General in support of the Pre sidential right to remove and appoint members of the Cabinet. Another point on which the advocate insisted was one which the Radicals would be very unwilling to allow. Congress, with ten States unrepresented, has, he affirms, no constitutional right to attempt an Impeachment. We cannot suppose that the force of this argument will be admitted for a moment by the PRESIDENT'S adversaries, yet it must have weight with those who are not blinded by party feeling or absorbed in personal ambition. The Impeachment professes to be carried on in the name of the whole nation. Mr. LINCOLN and Mr. JOHNSON were elected as President and Vice-President of the United States—not of the Northern States alone, and conse quently Mr. JOHNSON, who in the natural course of things has succeeded to Mr. LINCOLN'S vacant place, cannot in reason be deposed from his autho rity without the express consent of the whole nation. The Congress, whose members are so bit terly hostile to the PRESIDENT, and who profess to be such strict upholders of Constitutional law, are in reality acting in direct opposition to all laa and tradition. It was never contemplated by the founders of the American Republic that so large and important a share of the States was to be omitted from the general representative assembly. Taxation without representation was the burden of their complaint against the British Government, and yet the Southern States are taxed heavily by their descendants without being allowed to take the slightest part in the government of the country. If any of the primary actors in the affair were really desirous of establishing a sound constitutional pre cedent, they would assuredly realise the folly and inconsistency of such an attempt under the present constitution of Congress. This is one of the strongest points in favour of the PRESIDENT, se far as reason and justice is concerned, but unfortu nately reason and justice have very little to do with the matter. We learn that Mr. JOHNSON has nominated Gen. SCROLFIELD Secretary of War, vice STANTON, to be removed. Another of these unlucky secretaries pro tem. is, therefore, preparing to assume the troublesome dignity, with what success remains to be seen. It is not very likely that Congress will under existing circumstances give its consent to any appointment or nomination of the PRESIDENT'S, while it is scarcely possible for a Minister to act in defiance of it. The House of Commons, which has been of late too much absorbed in political contests to pay much attention to minor affairs, fills up its leisure on a Wednesday by a series of small bills of no particular moment. It is well, however, that some fraction of time should be spared for them, since there is good reason to fear that we shall have very little practical work done this session. Last year members of both sides prided them selves on the quantity of business which they had got through in spite of sundry disasters and drawbacks, but at the close of this session they are not likely, if we are to judge by present appear ances, to have much to boast of. Last night the Mines Assessment Bill was brought under discus - sion, its second reading being moved by Mr IVvrmuat. The object of this bill is to obtain a more equitable distribution of local taxation. As matters are at present arranged, the burden of the rates falls unequally on the local proprietors. The proprietors of mines are not bound to contribute to the rates, and are of course glad to avoid doing so if possible. But the wear and tear of the roads from the heavy mineral traffic necessitates great expense to the rest of the community, and, what is worse, a large number of miners are often thrown upon the rates owing to the dangerous character of certain mines Thus, in 1865, in one of the Cornish districts out of 324 paupers who were relieved, 273 were miners, the miners not having in better days con tributed a farthing to the rates. At the same time while Mr. WYNDHAM is anxious to remove these anomalies, he does not wish to press heavily on the holders of such property. In Devon and Corn wall, where mining operations have been during the lass two years in a de pressed state, he proposes to treat them exceptionally, while D er b ys hi re mines he would exempt altogether from the operations of the bill, as they contribute to existing rates. The general principle of the measure was received with favour, though some objections were taken to matters of detail. Th e w h o l e quest i on o f highway assessment demands investigation, since the charges in many instances press very un equally on the local owners ; and while some are taxed for the benefit of their neighbours, others are altogether omitted or very slightly chargei. We must have a full and fair investigation into the manner in which the local taxes are assessed, since no one likes to be unduly pressed for his share of public burdens even though the sum charged may be of no great moment. LATEST INTELL LGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) PROPOSED ➢IARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE SS LOUISE. COPENHAGEN, May 7. The Dagstelegraphen of to-day says It is stated on reliable authority that the English Minis ter, Sir Thomas Wycke, will arrive here shortly with instructions relative to the proposed marriage of the Crown Prince with the Princess Louise of England. B ANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. (Incorporated by Royal Charter.) The Directors of the RANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA do hereby Give No:ice that the YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of PROPRIETORS will be field, pursuant to the Deed of Settlement, on TUESDAY, the 2d June next, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, at One o'clock precisely, when the Election of Three Directors, in the room of those going out by the provisions of the Deed, will take place. By order of the Court, J. COX, Chief Clerk. 124, Bishopsgate-street Within, London, 7th 3ltty, 1868. LONDON AND GENERAL WATER PURIFYING COMPANY (Limited). PATENT CISTERN FILTER, charged solely with animal charcoal. The latest patented Filter in general use, and requir ing, when once fixed, no attention whatever. 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The Epoque of to-day asserts that the guarantee ing Powers have s imultaneously presented a note to the Roumanian Government, demanding that an indemnity should be paid to the Jews. The same paper also states that an order has been issued directing two frigates to proceed to Tnrin. BOURSE, May 6.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 4f per Cent. End of month... Ital'an Loan — 3 per Cent End of month 69 424 Mexican Loan ... Credit. Mobilier End of month... 240 Spanish Threes Credit Foncior ...1467 50 Rome Debt — End of month... Deferred — -- RAILWAYS. Account Orleans ... 865 Northern 11974 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 577 Western 557 Eastern • . — Sardinian Austrian 566 Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman ................. . HUDSON BAT TERRITORY.—The transfer of the territories of the Hudson Bay Company to the Govern ment has been agreed to by the chairman, Lord Kimberley. A measure to effect this will be introduced into Parliament in the course of a few days.—The The great organ for the New Alexandra Music Hall, 3fuswell Hill, says the Observer, is the grandest ever built. It is constructed by M r . Henry Willis, t he builder of the celebrated organ in St. George's Hallo Liver p ool. It possesses five claviers, four for the hands and one for the feet; there are 101 stops, 87 of which are sounding stops. All the inventions of modern times have been introduced to render this instrument perfect, and the re sult is the attainment of a volume of sound, articulation of speech, imitative character, perfect quality of tone, and precision of action in its mechanism, that has never pre viously been realised. The wind is supplied by two steamengiues placed in the basement, remote from the organ itself. The instrument is governed by ingenious contrivances for varying its powers and qualities of tone ; amongst these are the pneumatic pistons for the hands, each clavier possessing six. There is also a complete system of combination pedals, acting precisely as those in the grand organs recently erected in the Cathedral of Notre Dame and the church of St.-Sulpice, at Paris. The pedal organ contains four stops of 32 feet, three of which are open. The front elevation is designed by the builder, with architectural developments and details by the archi tects of the palace; and some idea may be formed of its gigantic dimensions when it is stated that the centre pipe in front is forty feet long and two feet in diameter, and the metal is representative of CCOC (the only metal pipe of that size near London)." All receive with satisfaction the announcement, that in consequence of the Reduction in Duty Hbrninzan's Pure Teas are sold 8d per pound Cheaper. 2,500 Authorised Agents—Confectioners in London and Chemists in the Provinces—supply Hardman's Tea only in Packers. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIB. (Fitoza Oult OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS. WEDNESDAY, May 6. I think it may now be taken as certain that France has no intention of disarming, and that, let the Emperor's speech at Orleans be ever so pacific, he will not suffer any reduction of the present bloated armaments. You will remember the excitement which was caused three or four weeks ago by the article in the Constitutionnel, which called upon other nations to set the example if they really wished a disarmament. This was considered a sort of challenge of the gravest kind. It was taken up by Bismarck with his usual astuteness. He ordered 12,000 Prussian troops to be sent on furlough, and at the same time stated that he did so, not in consequence of any representations from without, but simply from motives of economy. While he thus avoided the dangerous experiment of raising this subject to the importance of an international question, he at the same time gave France an opportunity of spewing that her Ilesire for disarmament was real. lam afraid that even the most sanguine of the optimists must have very grave doubts on that point, or rather that there is no room kr doubt at all. France does not mean to disarm. At first it was thought that the example of Prussia would he followed exactly to the same extent, which, though insignificant, would at least have been something. But to-day two semi-official papers have dispelled this slight hope. The Itlonite , r de l'Armie has discovered that France had anticipated Prussia by granting furlough to a certain number of men, and cannot therefore be expected to dismiss any more ; and the Constitutionnel comes out with another article, not so sen sational indeed as the first, but still sufficiently decisive, declaring that the LiberM is unpatriotic in borrowing ar guments from the London Times, and telling the Liberty to ads: its English contemporary how it is that England does not reduce its army and its navy. The Constitutionnel, of course omits to mention that there. has been no increase in your armaments for some years past, and that therefore the argument does not apply. The very irrelevancy of it, and this excessive love of " the lore of nicely-calculated less and more " are, I fear, only too convincing proofs that we must expect no improvement in the present situation, and that to-day's rumour of a reduction of the loan by four millions sterling is the wildest of inventions. The Emperor and the Empress are to arrive at Orleans on Sunday, and to distribute the prizes to the competitors at the Agricultural Show. Everyone supposes that the Em peror will make a speech, but of course no one can vouch for the proceedings of so uncertain a personage as his Majesty. A good deal of curiosity was felt as to whether the Bishop of Orleans u , u'd consent to take part in the reception. One of the newspapers mentions, with regard to the question of peace or war, that Prince Napoleon, before he went to Italy, hal an interview with M. Emile 011ivier, and told him that he was afraid that " very active influences about the Emperor would not permit his assu redly pacific ideas to triumph." This is what so many of us fear. There was to have been a grand dinner at the Tuileries on Monday, but it was suddenly countermanded almost at the last minute. This matter caused some talk, and many explanations are current. I believe that the true reason was, that seven of the commissioners entrusted with the task of drawing up a report on the Budget, and who aro still holding out for a reduction, had been asked to the dinner, and that after accepting it they came to the con clusion that it was better for them not to attend, inasmuch as they might be exposed to influences which it would be difficult to resist. They also declined for like reason the dinner to which M. Magne, the Finance Minister, invited them. Although the relations between the Russian Court and ,ur own are by no means friendly just now, the departure , f Baron Budberg has called forth some very lively sympathy for a so'newhat hardly-used man. Besides the dinner at the 'trots Freres, given by his brother diploma. tists, which I mentioned yesterday, and at which, by the way, the Princess Metternich proposed the health of the Baroness Budburg, the Emperor and the Empress have shown their regard for a diplomatist who has now resided here for many years. The Emperor has given the baron the portraits of all the Imperial Family, with their auto. graphs, and the Empress has given the baroness a medal lion, with a gold chain of beautiful workmanship. The absence of General Dix, the American Am bassador, at the above-mentioned dinner has been much commented upon. Are the lately fast friends,Russia and the United States, sulking about the Alaska business? Monsignor Chi,gi, the Papal Nuncio, also was absent, but that is easily explained by the bad terms upon which the Pope and the Czar have long been, in consequence of the rigorous treatment of the Catholics in Poland by Alex ander. _ _ There is /napy a slip betwixt the cup and the lip, and so Prince Achille Murat must confess. His marriage with the Princess of Mingrelia, which was to have taken place some days ago, has been deferred. At first it was said that some necessary certificates had been mislaid ; but this excuse will no longer avail, and now it is said that the Princes's, who is a member of the Greek Church, insists upon having her children brought up iu that communion, and that Prince Murat objects. No fewer than three democratic journals are about to be started in Lyons. No wonder that M. Maupas and Count Sdgnr d'Aguesseau are alarmed at the new Press LaVi% No little excitement has been caused in financial circles by the judgment just given in the great Crcidit Mobilier case. The directors of that concern, seven in number, including the two Pereires and Michel Chevalier, three years ago obtained the consent of the subscribers to double their capital from GO to 120 million francs (.£2,400,000 to £4,800,000) on the strength of representations as to the satisfactory condition of the company. They also lent, it is said,without guarantee and without consulting the shareholders, 80 million franca (E 3 ,900,000) to the Association Immobili?re. It now appears that the Credit Company was in a state of hopeless insol vency, and that liquidation was imminent. Shortly after the 120,000 new shares were issued they fell rapidly from 51G'C5f., until at length they have become worth only 238.50 f. This fall, no doubt, was partly due to the general crash which took place in 1805, and perhaps still more to the war in 1866. However that may be, certain sub scribers to the new shares brought an action against the directors, on the ground of misrepresentation, and also because, as they affirmed, the meetings at which the issue of new shares was authorised were packed by the directors. ,Tudgment has now been given for the plaintiffs on both issues, and the directors now find themselves liable for no less a slim than £1,400,000, and, if the illegality of the loan to the Immobiliere Company should he established, to a further sum of £3,200,000. This, of course, is simple ruin, rich as the directors are ; and you will not, therefore, be surprised at the talk which this affair has caused to-day on the Bourse. The 13ourse and public companies are not the only places at which people lose money. There have been some enor mous losses hi the gambling rooms lately. One young count lost no less than £20,000 in a few evenings. The Grand Prix of the Academy, £4OO in value, has been given to M. Dareste for his " History of France." The Prince Imperial makes his first communion to morrow, alone, in order that his devotions may not be interrupted. There has been a great fire at a cotton factory near Bel fort. The loss was £40,000. The Emperor has sent £BO for the use of 400 workmen who hare been thrown out of employ. A correspondent of the Post, writing from Adabaga, on the 13th April, three days after the defeat of Theodore, has nothing better to tell than that he hopes soon to hear of the release of the captives. His letter, however, con tains an interesting description of au interview he had with the brother of Kassai, Prince of Tigr6. Great civility was shewn on either side, the correspondent de lighting in sheaving the wonderful things he carried—bunt ing-knife, sword, revolver. At length the watch was iaken out, whereupon the chief produced his own, begun wind it up, and got his visitor to do the same. Seeing that his wound up in the handle, the savage claimed it .►nd gave his own—which does not appear to have been of ;irst quality—in exchange ; whereupon there was some unpleasantness, and not until other presents had been offered to make it up did the writer get his watch back. By ,he by, these presents consisted of a looking-glass, some needles, and an indiarubber doll that squeaked. It is said that all the diplomatic body at Berlin congra tulated Lord Loftus, our Minister, on the taking of Mag dala, except M. Benedetti, the French Minister. The granting of furlough to 12,000 Prussian soldiers turns out to be, as we expected, a clever diplomatic move the part of Bismarck. He knew well enough that the dismiss-gal to their homes of this small number of men would make no real difference to the strength of the army, especial:y as they could be recalled on the shortest notice. At the same time the measure had a good aPPearanci.i : it presented Prussia, to Europe in the light of a Peace -loving Power ; it was an answer to the diplomatic representations made in favour of disarmament by the French Government, and it was a test of the sincerity of that Government. We now learn from the Aloniteur de l'Annec that France was nut sincere, and does not mean to disarm--for, says this journal, France had previously given furlough to a larger number of men than 12,000. Considerable importance is attached in Paris to the .ecent Polish dinner in London. Prince Czartoryski, chose speech was thought worthy of being telegraphed pecially to the Paris journals, had an interview with the Anperor just before starting for this country. Prince - napoleon's sympathy with the Poles is well known, and ..s not likely to be diminished by the coolness between Ameelf and tlie , Russian Ainbaeaador in Italy, INDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIPS. On Wednesday evening, at a meeting of the Department of Economy and Trade, a branch of the National Associa tion for the Promotion of Social Science, at the office of the association, in Adam-street, Adelphi, Mr. Currer Briggs read a paper on ",Industrial Partnerships." , Mr. Thomas Hughes, M.P., had intended to preside, but Mr. Fawcett, M.P., who in his absence was voted to the chair, explained that sudden illness prevented Mr. Hughes from attending the meeting. Adverting to the subject of Mr. Briggs's paper, The CHAIRMAN said that he some years ago carefully considered the question of strikes, and came to the con clusion that legislation could not put an end to the dis putes between masters and men, and that the only way of doing so was to adopt some scheme for the formation of a mutuality of interest between employers and em ployed. Mr. BRIGGS commenced by observing that industrial partnership was the last and most important phase of that co-operative movement, the idea of which, twenty four years ago, was first conceived in the shrewd brains of a few Rochdele flannel-weavers. The special object of such an association was to establish a direct inter course between the producer and the consumer, whereby the intervention of middlemen and dealers was dispensed with. Co-operative workshops went beyond that, and were attempts on the part of labourers to dispense not only with the middleman or dealer, but also with the capitalist or employer. Such at tempts, however, could prove successful only in small and, as it were, retail businesses. The employment of capital was essential to production on a large scale. Industrial partnerships between capitalists and their work men possessed combined elements of success, which did not belong to the ordinary relations between employer and em ployed, or to any association of mere labourers unsup ported by capital from without. Those elements of success which were essential to the prosperity of any combined enterprise—viz., first, unity of authority in management, and, secondly, the stimulus given to the productive energies of the labourer by granting to him a direct personal interest in the prosperity of the undertaking wherein he was engaged—were practically illustrated in the report which he was about to lay before the meeting of an undertaking with which he was connected—the %Vhitwood and Methley Junction Collieries. He had carried into actual practice the system of industrial partnerships in that undertaking, which dispensed nearly £1,200 weekly in wages to 1,200 men and boys. A few years ago there were constant struggles between the employers and the employed ; Whitwood was a hotbed of strife and ill-feeling between them. During the ten years that he had actively participated in the management of the collieries previous to the adoption of the industrial partnership principle, there were four strikes, which lasted seventy-eight weeks, besides innume rable miners' disputes and consequent interruption of work. Since August 1865, when the industrial part nership principle was introduced, there had been no strike, and it had not been necessary to bring a single case of neglect before the magistrates. Peace and pros perity had succeeded perpetual strife and suffering. In November 1864, the employers announced to their workmen that they were willing to register their company under the Act of 1862, with the primary view of securing the co-operation of all connected with the collieries, whether as managers, workpeople, or customers, that they would retain at least two-thirds of the share capital, which would be taken at the sum then standing on the books of the company as capital, that they would retain in their own hands the control and management of the col lieries, and that in the distribution of the remaining third of the share capital a decided preference would be given to applications for shares, first from the officials and the operatives, and secondly from purchasers of the produce of the collieries. They also announced that whenever the profits of the collieries exceeded 10 per cent. on the capital employed, the officials, agents, and workpeople should receive one-half of the excess profit as a bonus in addition to their respective earnings. Eighty per cent, of the workpeople had taken shares in the company. Recently the company afforded a dividend of 12 per cent., and the results were so gratifying that he hoped the industrial partnership principle would be established throughout the country. He was convinced that it was the only means of putting an end to quarrels between masters and men. (Applause.) In answer to a question, Mr. Briggs said the company allowed their workpeople to contribute to a union. The majority of the men, how ever, said there was now no necessity for making such contributions. Some years ago 600 or 700 of the work men contributed ls. weekly to a union, but new only twenty did so. After some conversation en the subject of the paper, and a vote of thanks to Alr. Briggs, the meeting separated. Tax CHANCERY VACATION.— On Monday next the Whitsuntide Chancery vacation commences, and will end on the 20th inst., both days inclusive. Vice-Chancellor Malins is the vacation judge. It is said that a club is about to be established in the new Avenue Napoleon, Paris, under the title of •` The Foreigners' Club," where gambling, and roulette, and trente et quarante will be again sanctioned by authority. A CARELESS VOLUNTEER.—At Bilston, John Beach, a rifle volunteer, was charged with shooting near a highway. After leaving drill the defendant discharged his rifle with a blank cartridge near to the highway, and a boy was struck by the charge. The defendant was fined 6d. and cost; and ordered to pay a sovereign to the boy. TRIPLE BIRTH. —On the 20th of April, the wife of Richard Roberts, in the parish of Llanbedr, near Con way, North Wales, gave birth to three children, all girls. Although one of the infants has since died, her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to send a donation of £2 to the Rev. James Hughes, M.A., rector, for the benefit of the parents, who have ten children surviving out of thirteen, THE ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF THE DUBE OF EDINBURGH.—The Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Scot land, at a meeting presided over by the Earl of Dalhousie, have adopted an address sympathising with her Majesty in consequence of the attempt made on the life of the Duke of Edinburgh, expressing the horror and indig nation which the Freemasons of Scotland felt at the atrocious and cowardly attack made on his Royal High ness, and conveying to her Majesty their warmest sym pathy and congratulation at the providential and happy preservation of his Royal Highness from mortal injury.. A similar address has been agreed to by the Bath Town Council. A NOVEL POINT. —The Lord Chancellor has in timated his intention to ask the common-law judges to be present in the House of Lords to hear the arguments in the case of Mulcahy v. The Queen, which is to be argued at the bar of the House on an early day after Trinity Term. The appellant is a Fenian prisoner now in the convict establishment at Woking, who has appealed against his conviction for treason-felony on the ground that one of the jurymen who tried him was upwards of 60 years of age. The point to be raised is en tirely novel. We understand that Assistant Commissaiy-Gene ral Henry Robinson has been despatched by the War Office to Abyssinia, for the purpose of advising Sir Robert Napier as to the best mode of dealing with the large quan tity of stores and war material which has been accumulated in that country for the objects of the expedition. Mr. Robinson is a very active and intelligent officer, who has seen a large amount of foreign duty, and obtained the order of the Bath for his services inthe last China war. —Herald. THE LATE HON. THOMAS D'AncY M`GEE.—A petition to the Government is now in course of signature amongst the Irish members of the House of Commons, praying that a vote of money may be made out of the Royal Bounty Fund to the surviving sister of the late Mr. M`Gee. By the assassination of her brother—who was her sole support for years past—she has been rendered entirely destitute, and, as it will be a graceful act on the part of the Government to make the grant, we have no doubt that a favourable answer will at once be returned to the peti tion. We believe the amount will be £lOO per annum.—. Canadian News. DEAN CLOSE ON THE IRISH CHURCH QUESTION. —A meeting of clergymen and others has been held at the Athena um, Carlisle, for the purpose of " offering prayer in behalf of our Church and nation in the present crisis of their history." Dean Close, who presided, wound up the proceedings by a short address. He expressed a hope that all those present were intelligent members of the Church of England ; if they were so, and if they agreed with him that it was the duty of every nation on earth to have a religion, and to bind that religion not only round the altar, but round the throne, let them exert all their influence, and be determined that in this remarkable crisis of our Church and people they would stand up for the Church of their fathers and mothers, and not lightly consent to allow that glorious edifice of the Reformed Church of England to be sacrificed in a moment to the convenience and passion and ambition of political parties. They would soon have an opportunity of shewing themselves. He himself believed before God that the religion of Christ ought to be the established religion of the nation ; and he must do all that in him lay—and he exhorted them to do the same—to preserve this treasure intact for our descendants, t a m 4, ir . 4 4 it 434 HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, May 6. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday after noon. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise, walked in the grounds this morning. The other members of the Royal Family also went out. THE ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES. Mrs. Stern has received the two following short letters from her husband : " Amba, Magdala, March 31, 1868. " My dear Charlotte, —We have at last reliable intelligence of the onward movement of the army. On the 25th inst. Sir Robert Napier was only a few days distant from our Amba, and it is expected that he will be here on Monday or Tuesday next. The King, it is said, receives through the peasantry daily news of the progress of our troops. He is not a little nervous about the issue of a con ttst he has most reck lessly provoked. Last Sunday he visited our fort with all his European workmen, and most of his fol- lowers. As usual, he indulged in all sorts of im potent brag. His subjects (?), his priests, and the late Primate, with whom, as ever, he associated my name, came in for a profuse share of abuse—the well-known method by which he vents his rage on those whom he has most wronged. To Consul Cameron, Mr. Rassam, and others he also adverted, and that, too, in no very gentle terms. With Mr.Ras sam he had a long chat. Their conversation was in the uld conciliatory, friendly, and flattering strain, interspersed here and there with exaggerated compli ments about the nobleness of Kings, the greatness of their hearts, and the superiority of the mould out of which they are formed. At Mr. Rassam's especial request, his two companions, Mr. Prideaux and Dr. Blanc, were relieved of their fetters, a favour which he promised yesterday to extend to all the other captives. Whether he will really do so or not is not just now a matter of great signifi cance. IVe are, without exception, strictly guarded, particularly the old prisoners. The motives which prompted the Negus to impose on us this fresh annoyance I do not feel disposed to interpret. Perhaps he wants to intimidate us ; and also it may be that it is a mere Abyssinian tonic to fortify, by an ostentatious display of authority' , the courage of his timid band of adherents. Myself and, I believe, the majority of fellow-prisoners are quite impervious to these flashes of pride and indig nation. We may have a few more unpleasant shocks, a few more ugly encounters and trying epi sodes, and then there will be freedom from fetters, release from bondage, and rest from disquietude , trouble, and suffering. Cheer up. God is with me He will succour, shield, and deliver his oppressed captive servant. " April 3. " You will be glad to know that yesterday the Negus, at the earnest request of Mr. Rassam, re lieved us of our fetters. Mr. Rassam had a long interview with him, in which he still dilated on his faded greatness,and the ungracious repulses his prof fers of friendship had met with in foreign lands• The Emperor Napoleon, he asserted, had taken his envoy, Mr. Bardel, by the neck and turned bin ► out of his palace (?). Consul Cameron came back and brought me no answer to my letter ; then 1 beat Stern. Subsequently I discovered that he had written ill of me.' And then, as if to check him self in. his not very palpable accusation, he said, in reply to a remark about his energy and per severance, Ah! even Stern calls me in his book most wonderful man.' Such and similar topics formed the staple of five hours' converse with Mr- Rassam. " Mr. Rassam deserves the most unqualified praise for the adroitness sad tact which he has dis played in his intercourse with this strange King• General Sir Robert Napier is very near us, and with God's blessing, and that wisdom which corneal from above, I believe all will en•l successfully an d prosperously. " In great haste, yours affectionately, " H. A. STERN." NAVAL AND MILITARY IN7ELLIGENCg• The Bellerophon, 14, screw (armoured) iron frigate, Capt. R. J. J. S. Macdonald, has gone into Portsmouth Harbour from Spithead, to complet e some gun carriage fittings and other trifling matters preparatory to sailing to join the Channel Fleet at its rendezvous in Portland Roads. The Elk, 2, twin screw (composite built) gall' boat, 465 tons, 120 horse power, launched daring the past winter from Portsmouth Dockyard, an subsequently fitted with her engines and boiler il ' was placed ten weeks since in the old shipping basin of the yard, to wait there the finishing of he r pair of screws, which were ordered to be cast front enlarged patterns. On Tuesday last she was taken out of the basin again and docked to receive he r , screws, which bad in the meantime been compl eted for her. On attempting to clean the ends of t he shafting, however, to receive the screws, it was dis covered that galvanic action had been at work to such an extent that the " key" pieces on the shaf t : ings were reduced to plumbago, and other parts n' the metal " honeycombed." The fact appears to ._ be that the small area of water in the old ship basin is but seldom opened to the admission of the tide has always three or four copper-Bottomed ve ssel floating upon it, and is, therefore, a chemical 1)30' whose power has been so unexpectedly yet c° 13 1 : 0 vincingly displayed upon the screw shafts of t Elk. The Dwarf, 2, twin screw (composite built) 10, 1 :: vessel, Commander C. Walker, sailed from sl3l' head yesterday for China. r The sailing ludiaman Calcutta, Young, milste f arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from CA lo cutta, with 153 time-expired soldiers belonging to various regiments on board. Her Majesty's paddle (despatch) steamship gelfi; con, of the Channel Fleet, pursuant to or l e e Portland Harbour for the westward on Tue sci 7 ; last at a ]ate hour, notwithstanding the str° :d easterly wind and heavy sea outside. It is supiP s , the Helicon will call at Plymouth for further 1° struct ions. A court-martial, which lasted all day, wa s yesterday on board her Majesty's ship Formidaue° flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir B. W. Walker, L e ,', 13 ,..j. on Mr. Thomas M'Lucas, carpenter of the t'o class, belonging to the Sheerness steam reserve, .vor two charges. First, with having called his ellP eri v 0 officer, Lieutenant Odevaine, " a --- s cv ee : l3 ' d and secondly, with refusing to receive a rePrie3-tfis from Commander %V. Partridge, of her gaj es 4p, ship Cumberland, on the quarter deck of that 0 ; se for the first-named charge. The Court, a l i t : of lengthy consultation, found the prisoner g in ." (1 both charges, and sentenced him to be dim is her Majesty's service. 61 The colonelcy of the 7th Regiment of Foot (g Fusiliers) is vacant by the death of Sir Stly itie rple Auchmuty, G.C.8., on the 30th ult., at P 31 1,.. Mr , deceased General was the second son of the lawd the Samuel Auchmuty, of Brianstown. lie entered fill army as ensign, in October, 1797, and gag l e er o 4 his promotions by service in the field. Il e s ho 1 809 several years in the West Indies, an d in of to accompanied the 2d battalion of the 7th - :,;_ e i ; e ral Portugal. As Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant'`ies of to the 6th Division, he was present the h 3tt o va Busaco and Fuentes d'Onor. lie was APl3°s,Lic extra aide-de-camp to Gen. Sir Lowry Col e ' anc lea seeding to the regimental majority be eotrnreigaclet b the light companies of Major-General R oss's se; at and served with them at Orthes and rfouWel. the latter was promoted Brevet Li e ut.-Col on is fool gallant General served on the Staff ill le .. cl eigb ° 1848 to 1852. In 1857 he was madeGrOci 186 1 a, of the Commander of the Batb, and in Cross of the Order. He had been Colonel Royal Fusiliers since January, 1855. 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