The Sun. — London, England, 1868-05-13 00:00:00

_ - SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIM JOURNALS, As the policy of the Emperor Napoleon is not revealed in the anxiously-looked-for Orleans speech, the Times i,urns to an article in the semi-official Constitutionnel of ?aris. It vindicates the expenditure proposed in the ~stimate of the Ministry of War, and insists upon the necessity of keeping up such an armament as may " enable France to play the part which befits her in Europe." It contrasts the war budget of the Second Empire with that of the July Monarchy, and asserts that, although there certainly has been an uninterrupted rise in the military expenditure, yet this has so closely kept pace with the general increase in the national revenue that in reality the Imperial Government devotes to military purposes a smaller portion of its income than the Government of Louis Philippe. Under Louis Philippe, however, it is added, France was insuffi ciently armed, and the new Imperial ruler in 1854 found it necessary to raise the yearly contingent to 100,000 con scripts, and thus obtained a force of 600,000 combatants. Even these numbers were, however, inadequate to the need, and the Emperor contrived, by the introduction of the Prussian system—a moderate standing army with a large reserve—to bring his own forces to a level with those of the German Confederacy—that is, to have an active army of 480,000 men, a reserve of 270,000, and a National Guard of 500,000, making up a total of 1,250,000. This plan combines the greatest efficiency With the utmost economy, inasmuch as it empowers the Government to rid itself of a great part of the expendi ture by keeping half its available force either in the reserve or at home on furlough, while in ten or twelve days' time all the absent soldiers can be brought back to their ranks. The Times never had any doubt that the application of the Prussian system to France was the object of the Emperor Napoleon when he framed his original Army Bill ; but it has also often been explained that the Emperor's object was frustrated, and that, in order to dispose of a numerical force equal to that of North Germany, France must incur twice the Prussian expenditure, and cause the weight of military duty to fall twice as heavily upon her people, condemning them to a service in the active army double the duration of that of Prussia. All that France has achieved, or will achieve at the end of five or six years, is to bring her army up to the standard of the North German Confederacy ; that is, France, with 38,000,000 inhabitants, will muster about as many soldiers as North Germany, with only 30,000,000 souls ; and to obtain this result France must strain her resources in men and money to the utmost, while Prussia, whose system is already complete, can, besides the rtesfos she draws from her Northern Confedera c y , rely also on h troops of her South German allies. The alleged inferiority of the French forces to those of Germany is an evil which admits only of one remedy, and that a violent one. The French law of conscription cannot keep pace with the Prussian system of e nlistment, and if France would really establish a numerical balance between herself and her rival, she must do so, not by adding to her own forces, but by bid ding German; reduce hers. Napoleon's visit to Orleans, says the Daily IVews, turns out to have been a little episode in the domestic life of the empire with which, beyond admiring it, foreigners have nothing to do. No tranquilising assurance, no caution, no challenge made to reverberate throughout Europe has been pronounced in the ancient city. It is true that great Churchman, the Bishop of Orleans, meeting the Emperor in the porch of Henry "'V.'s grand cathedral, spoke like a soldier of the readiness of France, or at any rate of the men of Orleans, to fight as of yore, and almost urged his sovereign to give them an opportunity. But the Emperor answered him like another St. Louis. Monseigneur Diipanloup was justly proud that Orleans had never had her gates forced by the foreigner, although, if D'Anville is to be believed, at a time when it bore another name, Julius Cesar did it the (honour to plunder and burn it. Higher thoughts, however, were working in the breast of the pensive Emperor. "On this spot," he exclaimed, " we can dwell with delight upon how much relig,rioue faith and true patriotism can effect for the safety and grandeur of a country." We cannot do better than leave this good man where he has placed himself, like Mr. Disraeli, "on the side of the angels," and hope he may never be worse occupied than, as at Orleans, in kneeling in basilicas, exchanging compliments with mayors and bishops, and giving prizes for horned cattle. The Standard complains that the Emperor did not speak at Orleans. If peaceful counsels do really prevail in the Imperial Cabinet, and, what is of still more importance, if the Emperor himself be bent upon the maintenance of peace so far as in him lies, as our contemporary not only hopes but sincerely believes that he is, it is much to be regretted that he does not seize with some eagerness upon such an opportunity 02 telling us plainly of his intentions. The public in France does not care at all for the assurances of the official press, and regards the utterances of M. Rouher as expressing his own views rather than those of his master. What it wants is a positive assurance from the man in whose hands rest absolutely the issues of peace and war. It has been dis appointed in its expectations of receiving such an assur ance. The war rumours will now rise to fever heat, to the great disquietude of France and no small trouble of Europe. The only consolation we have is that matters might have been worse. The Emperor might have sounded a note of war, instead of blowing this trumpet of doubtful tone. lle has not done so, and we may still hope that he will not. The Post rejoices at the passing of the Private Execu tions Bill. The measure meets every reasonable objection that has been raised against the substitution of private for public executions. No one, not even the least edu• - cated, will ever entertain the slightest doubt that the • sentence of the law has been carried into effect ; whilst the circumstance of that sentence being executed in private will invest such execution with unknown terrors, probably far greater than any inspired under the present system. Many, perhaps, will be inclined to regard this law as a step towards the total abolition of capital punishment. We cannot, however, regard it in this light. Many persons may well be averse from those degrading and demoralising spectacles which have so frequently caused thousands to congregate, who nevertheless consider that the crime of murder shoald be expiated by the offender's blood. The same argument which proved so irresistible forty years ago in confining the punishment of death to cases of mur der operates with equal force to-day in retaining that punishment for that exceptional crime. Formerly there was no inducement to a burglar or a highway robber tc spare the life of the individual he sought to pillage, but, on the contrary, he had the strongest motives for slaying possi bly the only person who could convict him of his crime. Under the existing law, however, the burglar or the robber may, independently of other considerations, hesi tate to take life, knowing as he does that in the event of detection his own will be taken in return. Abolish capital punishment, however, and you restore the ancient state of things and once more offer the criminal a direct induce ment to take human life. This is a consideration which our contemporary is happy to find weighed with the majo rity of the House of Commons on a recent occasion when an attempt was made by Mr. Gilpin to pass a bill abolish ing capital punishment. The Telegraph does not regret the attempt, unsuccessful though it proved, to reduce the navy estimates, made in the House of Commons on Monday. The failure of Mr. Childers's amendment, however, indicates a defect in the endeavours usually made to reform our naval expenditure, which goes far to explain the almost uniform ill success that attends them. An independent member who selects some individual item in the estimates, and in a House care fully manned by the supporters of the Treasury bench, endeavours to have that item rejected, only invites defeat. Isolated attempts of that kind, repeated at long intervals, are no check to official extravagance; indeed they only serve the purpose of giving an apparent triumph to the department assailed. Mr. Childers was outvoted, and the Admiralty issued from the engagement with colours flying and amidst salutes of triumph. Yet it is highly probable that the member for Ponterract was substantially right in his de-• inand, and could have established it by a fuller develop inent of the details. Something more, then, is required for success beyond the possession of a good case. The member who takes it up must so entirely master the sub ject, so thoroughly and plainly unfold the facts, as to fix public attention on the abuse, and he must persevere in exposing it till even official obstinacy or inertia is shamed into granting redress. All this, of course, requires much energy, exhaustless perseverance, and constant devotion to one end—qualities which a re not wanting in the present House of Commons, but which have been allowed to go to rust for lack of active exercise. A parliamentary return shows that the estimate required in the year ending March 31, 1869, for the expenses of the British Museum is 09,380, shewing a net increase of £3,934 on the sum spent (hiring the past twelve months. Salaries and wages absorb nearly £50,000 ; purchases and acquisitions, £24,000 ; book binding, £10,500 ; furniture and fittings, £6,365. The r rincipal increase is in salaries and purchases. Last year the number of visitors admitted to view the general col lection was 445,036, a larger number than in any year since 1862, when the International Exhibition was open. To these must be added : readers, 103,469 ; to the galleries of sculpture for the purposes of study, 2,416 ; to the mausoleum, 520 ; to the print room, 2,792 ; to the coin nil medal room, 2,084. Total, 556,317—a number which aF. , not been equallcd since ISO 2. THE LATE RIOTS AT ASHTON. Up to Tuesday night all was quiet at Ashton, but hairs were entertained that the disturbances might be renewed at Stalybridge or Dukinfield. A procession attempted to leave Ashton for Stalybridge, but it was dispersedly the constabulary. The scene in the streets at Ashton twenty-four hours previously was of a very violent character, and it was found necessary to call in the aid of the military. Shortly before seven o'clock the English element assembled in Henry-square, and marched direct to Charles-street and Hill-street, better known as Reyner-row, and commenced sacking the houses in that locality, which are princi pally inhabited by the lower class of the Irish people. The rioters met with little or no opposition, and in a very short time every house in the row was forcibly en tered, the window frames and doors were smashed to atoms, and the furniture andbedding were hurled into the street, where they were burnt. Tables, chairs, sofas, pie tnres, chimney glasses, ornaments, carpets—all were thrown into one heterogeneous mass and consumed by the flames. Information of the work of devastation was conveyed to the Town Hall, and, in the absence of the mayor, Mr. Hugh Mason, Mr. James Kenworthy, and other magistrates were speedily on the spot. It was found that the rioters had received a considerable accession of numbers from Stalybridge, armed with the most formidable weapons, and it was determined at once to have recourse to military aid. Accordingly, a mes senger was despatched to the Ashton barracks, where the troops had been confined, under arms, the whole of the day. In the course of a quarter of an hour a troop of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons arrived at the double trot, and charged the mob, who fled in all directions, merely to meet again and renew their work of destruction when an opportunity afforded. The arrival of the dragoons was speedily followed by two companies of the 70th Foot, the whole being under the command of Colonel Cowper. The soldiers were heartily cheered by the mob, but no sooner had they cleared one street than the rioters returned by another route and resumed their dastardly work until again interrupted by the soldiery. This state of things did not, however, last very long, for the specials were so disposed of that the mob were kept continually on the move, and those who possessed dangerous weapons were disarmed. The military were set at liberty about eleven o'clock, and the special constables, with the exception of No. 1 Company, were also dismissed to their homes. The mayor and other magistrates remained at the Town Hall until two o'clock on Tuesday morn ing, and everything being then reported quiet, the whole of the specials were dismissed, as also were the members of the county constabulary, who had remained on duty up to that time. A meeting of the magistrates was held during the night, at which the mayor suggested that a committee, consisting of the whole of the magistrates, should be appointed, for the purpose of inquiry into the necessities of the poor people who have been rendered home less, and to make temporary provision for their wants. The appeal was promptly responded to by the magistrates present. The town was patrolled throughout the night, but no further disturbance occurred. The authorities entertain a fear that they have only seen the beginning of a fearful struggle. During the rioting on Monday night a respectable woman, the wife of Mark Bradbury, of 59, Park-street, was trampled to death by the crowd. The unfortunate woman had gone lo the end of the street, about twenty yards from her own door, when the rioters made a sudden rush from Hill-street, pursued by the police, and in the confusion which prevailed Mrs. Bradbury was knocked down and literally trampled to death. When picked up her breast was found quite black with foot prints. Dr. Nowell was speedily in attendance, but life Was extinct. The deceased was 67 years of age, and was much respected by her neighbours. St. Ann's Catholic Chapel was again attacked on Monday night, but the police prevented them from doing any damage beyond breaking the few window-panes that remained. When the rioters in Reyner-row found that they were overpowered, the cry was raised, "To Stalybridge," whither a large body of them at once proceeded, followed by the borough police to the boundary at Cock Brook. Here they were met by the Stalybridge force, strengthened by a large body of special constables. The mob, seeing the preparations that were being made to receive them, turned off at Reyner's mill, the object being to get to their destination by Bayly's new road. In this they were partially successful, reaching Lee's-row, Bridge. street, which is thickly populated by Irish of the lowest class. The houses of the poor people were attacked, and the work of destruction speedily commenced ; but this had not continued long before the constables arrived on the scene, and charged the rioters in capital style, driving most of them into the River Tame. A section of the mob succeeded in reuniting themselves in Caroline-street, where they were again charged and dispersed. A number arrests were made. LAW AND POLICE. ZIIING DAMAGES. — In the Court- Pleas, an action was brought by a man named Anglia", against another person for slande The defendant had, it was alleged, called the plaintiff a thief, and said he had picked his pocket and robbed him of £2 while he was asleep. The defendant denied that he had uttered some of the words attributed to him, and justified the re mainder. He called a witness, who said that he had seen the plaintiff take a mackintosh which did not belong to him, and the defendant himself said that with reference to a pony race he had stated that Angliss had " picked him up two or three sovereigns," and not that he. Angliss, had picked his pocket. The jury found a verdict for the plain tiff ; damages, one farthing. DAMAGES FOR A DOG'S BITE. --In the Court of Exche quer the case of Godwin v. Dewick was heard. It was an action to recover damages for injuries sustained from the bite of a dog. The plaintiff and his wife went to a public-house to meet a person, and when going into one of the rooms of the house they saw the defendant's dog with the defendant's servant. The plaintiff knew the servant King, and shook hands with and afterwards patted the dog. " Don't touch the dog," said King, and as the plain- tiff was in the act of withdrawing his hand the dog seized him by the forearm and lacerated it severely. King struck the dog, and it ran out of the house, and in its progress bit the landlord's son. The plaintiff succeeded in discovering the owner of the dog, and went and complained to him of the injury he had received. The defendant said the dog would do no more harm, for it was already dead. A doctor had administered half an ounce of prussic acid, which the dog, it appeared, seemed to relish, and subsequently strychnine was administered, and the dog died. The defence was that King was not the de fendant's servant, but the servant of the defendant's mother, and that although the dog had been the property of the defendant, King had taken him out without his authority or knowledge. The jury found for the plaintiff with £23 damages. CHARGE AGAINST A COFFEE-HOUSE KEEPER. —At Wor ship-street Police-court, Henry Palmer, a coffee-house keeper, was charged with having a quantity of skeleton keys and housebreaking implements in his possession. A plain-clothes constable of the G division said that there had been found concealed on the prisoner's premises 200 skeleton and other keys, together with a pick-lock, a jemmy, three small crowbars, a file, two life-preservers, a hook used by burglars to unfasten door chains, a bottle of aquafortis, a bag of bed linen, and a box containing a pair of light scales for the weighing of jewellery. When the skeleton keys were discovered the prisoner made a dash at the door, threw it open, and made off. He was followed, overtaken, and brought back. On being searched at the station a watch and chain, a knife, and an eye-glass were found upon him. When apprehended the prisoner said that he would sooner have given £5O than have had it happen. The magistrate sent the case for trial. BREACH OF PROMISE TO 1%1 Ann Y. —ln the Court of Queen's Bench the case of Fane v. Higgins came on for trial. The plaintiff, a young woman about 20 years of age, was met by the defendant, who is a builder, in the Haymarket, and he accompanied her home. After this the defendant became enamoured of her, and they lived together as man and wife. Defendant then proposed to send her to school, with the view of eventually marrying her, and he wrote to a lady at Bath, but she had no vacancy, and could not receive her. She then obtained a situation at a draper's shop at Woodford, in Essex, where he visited her, and when she came to London he met her at the omnibus or station, and they spent the day together. At that time she had given up her former course of life, and had become a respectable young woman. Subsequently a coolness took place between the parties, and the defendant was written to by the plaintiff, but did not answer her communication. The jury, after hearing witnesses on both sides, were discharged without coming to a verdict. The Prince of Wales has signified his intention of being present at the annual dinner of the 10th Royal Hussars, which is to take place on Saturday, the 30th inst., at Willis's Rooms. The report is contradicted that the passage money to America of " Colonel" Nagle has been furnished by Mr. George Francis Train. Nagle is to be sent from Queens- town to New York at the expense of the American Govern ment ; but he cannot boast of the generous treatment he is receiving from its representative here, who has taken only a third-class berth for his gallant countryman. The story goes that Nagle speaks freely of the deception that was practised upon him by the American heads of the or ganisation, who hail led him to believe that the people in Ireland were ripe for revolt, and that the power of the British Government would easily be oygtlgo,N% THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE EDUCATION BILL. Lord GRAN VILLE said that he understood that the noble duke opposite had postponed this bill till Friday, the 22d. Would it be brought on on that day ? The Duke of MARLBOROUGH said that in the pre sent state of public business the noble earl must be aware that it was impossible to say what might happen. He should be obliged to postpone his answer till Monday next. UNITED PARISHES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Lord COLONSAY moved the second reading of this The Earl of DALHOUSIE said that he was not going to oppose the bill, but he must object to the eighth clause, which treated of the consolidation of parishes. He wanted to know what would be done with the parish church when this second church was annexed ? Lord COLONSAY said that when there were two parish churches the parish was now bound to support both. The bill would prevent that anomaly. The Industrial Schools Ireland Bill was committed and passed. BROMPTON FERRY ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. THE NEW NATIONAL GALLERY. Lord HARDINGE asked what were the plans proposed by the Government with regard to the construction of the new National Gallery. He said that at most a year had elapsed since it was announced that the property which was to form the site of the new National Gallery would be in the hands of the Government; he thought it very fair to ask what plans the Government intended to pursue. He thought that it was highly desirable to know what the Government intended to do with the barracks and the building of the gallery. The Earl of MALMESBURY said that as soon as the report of the committee was received they applied to the trustees of the National Gallery for information, and ob tained some very succinct advice from them. The plans were now ready to be inspected, but he could not at that moment say what was to be done. He would, however, make inquiries. Lord OVERSTONE said that he regretted that the an swer which had just been given by the Government was so unsatisfactory. It was a question of the highest import tance, both for the preservation of those magnificent pic tures, and that the people might enjoy the prospect of them. He seriously and earnestly hoped that tho plans of the National Gallery would be immediately carried out. The subject then dropped. 'TIE GUILDFORD BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The Earl of CARNARVON moved for copy of corres poncience which had recently passed between the Poor- Law Board and the Guildford board of Guardians, in reference to the relief of vagrants. He said that the board had appointed as the officer of the Union a person who had once been a policeman. To this there was no ob jection, but he understood—in fact, it was well known to tho whole neighbourhood that it was so, that the relieving officer had taken his course of inquiry into the conduct of the various applicants, and not granting relief to those who were in the habit of habitually living upon relief. Now he (the noble earl) considered this idea of his duties to be quite erroneous, though persons who lived on vagrancy were liable to bo punished, and it was not for the Board of Guardians to decide when application was made to them. Several communications had been made to them by the President of the Poor-law Board telling them that their course of conduct was illegal, but by a vote of the majority no notice had been taken of the communications. Ile thought that such being the case all information ought to be given to the house. The Earl of DEVON said that there was no objec tion to the production of correspondence, but he would ask his noble friend to modify his motion that it might include the body of correspondence which had passed not only between the Poor-law Board and Guild ford Union, but other boards of guardians. As regarded the Guildford Union it had done what his noble friend had said ; they had appointed an assistant relieving officer a man who bad been a policeman, and in that he thought they had exercised a wise discretion. They (the Poor-law Commissioners) had told the Board of Guar dians, and believed that whatever the character of the ap plicant for relief, that if ho or she required it, they were bound by the act to give it. An inspector had had an in terview with the board of guardians, and impressed upon them what was the nature of the law. Lord OVERSTONE said that this was only a fore shadowing of what was coming, viz., a largo, full, and comprehensive administration of the Poor-law. He thought that every person ought to be relieved without regard to conduct, character, or the circumstances which surrounded them. Lord REDES DALE said that he quite agreed with the nob A l f e t e r lord a f o e p w po t o e rd i s n af from that h a t t h h e e D h u ad ko sa o i f d. CLEVELAND, the motion was agreed to. 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In reply to Mr. GLADSTONE, Mr. ADDERL EY said that it was entirely owing to the information from Cape Town not being as full as that from Columbia that Miss Burdett Coutts was not described in the parliamentary return, No. 575, as the lady who ha d provided the endowments for the two former to the ex tent of £17,530 each, as we ll as th e en d o wment for the latter. An amended r e t urn wou ld b e printed, and laid on the o t y ab A le L as cL early as possible. RO YAL COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND. Sir C. O'LOGLILEN asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland when he would lay upon the table of the House the draft of the charter her Majesty's Government pro pose to grant to the Roman Catholic University of Ire land ? The Earl of MAYO said a correspondence had been going ou with respect to the subject, which would very soon be closed, when the subject would be laid before Parliament. THE RITUAL COMMISSION. Mr. WALDEGRAVE-LESLIE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why the second report of the Ritual Commission, which was laid upon the table of that house on the 30th of April, by command of her Ma jesty, has not yet been distributed among members, and how soon it would be in their hands. Mr. HARDY said the delay had been occasioned by the fact that a large blue-book of about 300 pages had been attached to the report. The report, however, would, he thought, be in the hands of hon. members to-morrow. THE FORTIFCATIONS. Mr. O'BEIRNE asked the Secretary of State for War whether he would place upon the table of the house a statement of the several contracts entered into and still unfinished for work connected with or for the pur poses of the proposed fortifications for the de fence of the dockyards and naval arsenals, &c., of the United Kingdom and the colonies, showing the date of each contract; the nature of the work to ba executed or material to be provided ; the total amount to be paid ; the extent of work executed or of material already provided; the amount already paid on account of each existing con tract; and the date fixed in each contract for its comple- tion. Sir J. PAKINGTON said the sum voted for the con struction of works amounted originally to about seven millions and a half sterling, and up to March last about four millions of money had been expended, but he was not able to say exactly what had been expended up to the present moment; but he might safely put the amount down at five mil lions. The work was all done under contract, with two exceptions, one of which was compensa tion for land. Ho did not think it was convenient for him to give a long and detailed statement on the sub ject, but if the hon. member would move for a return it would give him a better opportunity of dealing with the question in a more satisfactory manner than merely an swering a question. THE IRISH CHURCH. The COMPTROLLER OF HER MAJESTY'S HOUSE HOLD brought up her Majesty's answer to the address of the house on the subject of the Irish Church. It stated that her Majesty had received an address praying her to place at the disposal of Parliament her interests in the temporalities of the archbishoprics, bishoprics, and other dignitaries, and benefices of the Established Church iu Ireland. Relying on the wi,doin of her Parliament, her Majesty has desired that her interests in the temporalities of the United Churches of Ene.and and Ireland Wight not stand in the way of a consideration by Parliament of any measure relating thereto which may be introduced during the present session of Parliament. Mr. GLADSTONE then gave notice that to morrow he would move for leave to bring ill a bill ICG, MAY 13, 1868. JOAN OF ARC'S FESTIVAL. to restrain the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for a limited period from making any new appointments --4--- to the Church in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) 'The 439th anniversary of the deliverance of PUBLIC ACCUUNTS. 07eleans from the English was observed with great tromp and success on Friday, the Bth of May. The Mr. DILLWYN moved the following resolutions : That those who conduct the audit of public festival was established at Orleans in the year 1429, accounts on behalf of the House of Commons on the day after the English retreated from the ought to be independent of the Executive Go- town, and has been kept tip with few exceptions vernment and directly responsible to this house ; that, throughout the years that have elapsed since that inasmuch as the appointment, salaries, and pensions date. The Calvinists, who held Orleans in 1561, of the officers entrusted with the 'conduct of such audit are more or less under the control of the Treasury , the pre- were the first to suspend the ceremonies and forms sent system was one which imperatively calls for revision.. which had been arranged by the civil and ecclesi- The hon. member contended that the audit ought to be astical authorities of the town at the time of the under the control of the house, and the best way of secur - deliverance. The famous Scottish Bishop of Orleans, ing such an arrangement was for Parliament to ap - John Kirkmichael, or Jean de St. Michel, had been point a standing committee, which would result in assisted by the bastard of Orleans (Dunois) in the work being done much better than. it was under the present arrangement. He hoped the Go- drawing up the regulations for the festival, and it vernment would support his resolution. had become canonical by the Bull of Cardinal Sir G. BO WYER seconded the motion. The Con t r oller of Estouteville, who admitted it into the local calen dar under the title of Feast of the Deliverance of the Exchequer was the person in whose nam e all the money of the country stood , and he thought i t m ost ob- Orleans. In 1565 the Catholics returned to power, jectionable that he should be the auditor of the public ac and celebrated the anniversary, though not with counts. If a proposition was made at any of the public companies in the city that the cashier was to fulfil the office out much care and circumspection, lest they should of auditor, such a proposition would be laughed at, come into collision with Protestant scoffers, of and such being the feeling in public bodies, he did not see whom there were still a good number in the city. why the Government should continue a prett ie s wh ich, In 1791 and 1792 the procession of Joan was to say the least of it, was most absurd. stripped of all its ecclesiastical elements and be- Mr. T. HANKEY thought the accounts of the nation came purely military. In 1793 it was summarily very well kept now, compared with what they were pre vious to the report of the committee which had sat to in- and altogether suppressed, and for ten years Orleans quire into the system. was deprived of its annual rejoicings. In 1803, at Mr. P. URQUHART thought it possible to alter t he the prayer of the citizens, the First Consul issued present mode of auditing the public accounts with groat a decree for the renewal of all the ancient cere advantage to the country. monies of the Bth of May. In 1831 religion was The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explaine d unpopular, and the procession dared not leave the the system under which public money is paid in and out of the Exchequer, which he contended supplied perfect cathedral. In 1840 a reaction permitted the ac and stringent checks against irregularities. The Auditor- customed rites to be renewed. In 1848 the anti- General, he maintained, was wholly independent of the ecclesiastical irritation rendered it prudent to ab- Treasury ;he held his office during good behaviour, and, stain from any but civil and military observanoes ; with the exception of first appointments, he had the en but since the Empire the celebration of the deli tire control of his staff. The new system of accounts in- v erance of Orleans has been reinstated in its full troduced by the Act of 1866 had not yet got into com p lete omp. In the present year even snore than the working order, but there was every reason to believe that 1 1 it would give Parliament a complete knowledge of the wonted honours have been paid to the peasant girl national expenditure, and, after some observations from of Vaueouleurs—whom, in accordance with con- Mr. O'Reilly, ventional usage, we call Joan of Arc, rather than Mr. CHILDERS insisted that the Treasury must be the Jeanne Dare—in consequence of the desire that great controlling power over the " spending departments," exists to procure the crown of canonization for the and deprecated any change which woul 1 lessen its power. He agreed with the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the heroine of so many fights. Rome, however, has Act of 1866 when it came fully into operation would fur- not been so docile as might have been hoped, and Irish the most complete accounts. it is said that a word of warning was sent to Bishop Ultimately Mr. DILLWYN, yielding to an urgent ap- Dupanloup advising him not to commit himself by peal from Mr. Gladstone, withdrew his resolutions. pronouncing the panegyric in his own episcopal Sir M. LOPES next brought before the house the local charges on real prope r ty, an d moved a resolution " that, person, as he had intended to do. In obedience inasmuch as they have of late years much increased and to this, or some other pressure, monseigneur handed are annually increasing, it is neither just nor politic that over the responsibility of proving Joan's right to all these burdens should be levied exclusively from this the saintly crown to a less prominent but not less description of property." In support of these propositions eloquent advocate, the Abb6 Baunard, a cathedral be showed, in an able analysis of the local taxation of the canon. country, that the se c h arges have doubled within the last , Tor weeks past the respectable town has been 30 years, that they have risen by a million during the last year, and that m ore th an £16,000,000 is raised from real roused from its provincial apathy by the necessi ty property of an annua l va l ue of £90,000,00 0 . ' When• onr for cleanings, and decorations., The civic "authorit present fiy stem of assessment was founded real property ties have . voted extra' supplies. An undersized was the only visible signs of a man's means acrd ability, b al u l t now it was o n ly £90,000,000 out of £2O these lo ca l c h arges b e i ng levied on it exclusively, £6 ,000,00 Q. But .ea t m th i e an t d ee s t e h t 11 `w iP i ° t Il h sta. - tile of Liberty, has been - cOn yertsd into' aPer- SOni4eatibn of . the town of O oli rt ail oversizeel pedesta ~ arm o , out of £7 of the income of the country might be said to. escape local taxation altogether ; and in enforcing the in- sword' justice and i m p o li e Y of this eXeMption he pointed o u t th a t ' and . halbert;-and.- Of that Orleans can re • , quire. • Tritimphal . - ar'ehes,' flags, escutcheons, of some of the large s t , incomes of the country, b e i ng derived all kinds and sizes, aPpogto and inapposite, have from capital invested in commerce and foreign funds,. enlivened the uniform •grey' of ,the elderly streets. were not liable to the support of the poor by whose la ,. ,: Even the cathedral towers have been elaborately hour the capit a l h a d b een cre ated, and he urged that by discouraging imp rovemen t s in land they checked produc spotted over w ith coats of arrias and blazonries up to the very top. The actual round of festivities tion. The moti on w as seconded by Mr. CORRANCE, an d began as early as the third of the month with the Mr. 11 , LAREN pointed out some considerations on th e name-feast of the cathedral, which is dedicated to other side of the luestion, reminding the landholders that the Holy Cross. Then a horticultural show pro they had been relieved of their original obligation of doing vided gaiety for a day o r two, the tents bein g illu- urinated at all our fighti ng an d suppor ti ng the poor, and that the land night in a manner ravishing to the tax imposed o n t h em i n li eu o f it was levied on the original assessment of Willi am 11.1. Real property, too, had a con - Orleanists, but scarcely w orth y of a caf6 chant a n t siderable advantage in not being rated higher to the in- in Paris, or of the anise en scene of the most meagre come tax than personal property, and, on th e wh o l e , Mr. Chateaux des Fleurs. An agricultural show sup t 31‘Laren maintain e d that if there were any changes plied additional distract ions, man y En g lish names h burdens on real property must he considerably in creased. at noon, the Emperor competing freely f rom his model farm of Mr. LIDDELL ma d e some o bservations on the exemp appearing among the machin er y entries, and the La Motile Beuvron. On the 7th , tions from taxation enjoyed by metallic mines ; and Mr. Neste, while ad m i t ti ng t h a t rea l property paid more than g bells ur nd at i oihi. honour. o f J r o . an ' ssn its share of loc a l t axat i on , asser ted that it had a return in nuai tolled har forth vesto the ina of worship Every its comparativ e exemp ti ons f rom Imperial taxation. fifteen mi utes their metallic w ail was heard, re- Mr. READ, i n a ddi t i on t o th e two exemptions of mines calling in accordance with old custom, the an g uish and woodlands, p o i n t e d t o a third, the deterioration of o f t h e b e l eagure d c ity. At half-past eight o'clock, g rent, and theref o r e o f ra t ea ble value, caused by the over- , stocking of land with game, and he indicated some grounds for believing that the reasonable annual profit entered the town, after taking t he Fort des Ton the hour at which Joan c rossed the bride and I and would b e a b e tter basis of assessment than the annual ' relies, this doleful clang became suddenly a merry rent. Though heartily deprecating a national rate, which peal of joy. The principal streets blazed forth in must lead to extravagance and centralisation, he held that illuminations ; as did the Place du Martroi, on the Consolidated Fund ought to assume the expenses of which is a statue of the maid with a Do n Q uixote lunatics and other similar fixed charges. The subject, he sort of air • so did the towers of t he cathedral, expected, would receive greater attention from a house - , ' hold Parliament than from this. though as yet only partially. A military pro Mr. MILL m aintained that though real property bore , Cess ion wound along the streets and quais, and an extra s h are o f ) (se al taxation, it did not bear the whole. ' crossed the bridge over the Loire to the celebrated That part of it which was proportionate to the rent of land place des Tourelles, where stood the fort Joan had fell on the laud, but that which was proportionate to the ' to take before she could win her way into the rent of houses was a house-tax, than which nothing could ' town. At the great porch of the cathedral the be fairer. The land, however, had strong claims to con bishop and chapter and other clergy ranged them sideration ;but this must be borne in mind - that, though , selves in order, awaiting the arrival of tie mayor. its burdens might have increased, its value had also bee n largely increased by the general advance of the com- ' Presently that functionary appeared, escorted by munity, w i t h o ut an y exertion s of its owners. But the military torchbearers, who formed a semicircle question of local taxation — how to obtain the means fo r in the broad place, and bearing the banner of Joan carrying out necessary local improvements — was a gro w- of Arc. As he presented this to the bishop, for ing one, and must be speedily taken into serious tonal- yet another annual benediction, the whole front of deration. Mr. FLOYER replied to Mr. Mill that though the land the cathedral burst out instantly into a maze of had increased in value from the general prosperity of the lines of red light. The sky was dark and stormy, country, the increase did not bear an extraordinary pro- which added to the beauty of the sight, and the portion to the large sums invested in its improvement. illuminations had been so arranged as to After pointing out some inaccuracies in Mr. M‘Laren's i pick out to perfection the architectural points historical retrospect, he argued strongly against a natio nal f the grand building. The bishop then o p oo r- r ate, by which all the value of local management - re-entered the cathedral, in the midst of a would be sacrificed. Mr. sciaTER-Boonl was also decidedly opposed to i crowd of banners, Joan's banner taking precedence throwing local burdens, whi c h oug h t to b e b or ne from over those of St. Michael, St. Aignan, St. Enverte, local resources, on a national rate, but though visible Orleans, io as and pro o ooccasion St. Callinice, and St. Marguerite, the tutelary perty ought not to repudiate its original liability for the saints of the city. St. Aignan and St Enverte ma i n t e nance of the poor, he held that there were many f -ri o re r r in e er in of tthheei%t ,i o me performed n of new charges, such as the cost of lunatics, and the like , to which property not now rateable ought to contrib ute. Much relief, too, might be obtained by sweeping awa y something like that of Joan herself, driving an a feat the walls of the town. be unfounded exemptions. On the part of the Government, sieging enemy from the The Mr. Sclater-Booth requested Sir M. Lopes not to press his troops filed off, music en tete, and took up a posi resolutions, and they wore ultimately withdrawn. i tion at the foot of Joan's statue in the Place du There was a long discussion on going into committee Maar& 1, the said statue being provided with sundry on the County Courts (Admiralty Jurisdiction) Bill, which as-burners about the helmet, representing a g lory. w as opposed by Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen, Mr. Gorst, g and others, on the g round that the Commission on Judica- i After a few symphonies from the band, the moon ture may possibly recommend changes which will super- came out from the dark clouds, the illuminations sede this legislation. Ultimately the bill passed through paled and died out, and by eleven o'clock the goo] committee. old town was asleep. Mr. Sergeant BARRY moved the second reading of the At sunrise on the Bth the bells announced the bill extending to Ireland the English Act which prohibits the presence of military at Parliamentary elections, and anniversary of the festival. By the way, Orleans confines troops to, their quarters during the time of poll- cannot boast of her bells ; the cathedral itself only ing, and his chief argument for this legislation was that possesses three, and they are not much worth. The the military aro used at Irish elections not to prevent riot quarterly tolling continued throughout the morn nor to defend the electors froM attack so much as to act as ing, but no longer representing a wail, it is to be custodians of herds of unwilling voters, who are driven resumed. At t. n o'clock all the magistrature and to the poll to vote for their landlords against their own , officials of the place went in state to the cathedral. opinions. The Earl of MAYO opposed the bill, for it was impossi- The bishop celebrated the Mass. The -Abbe ble to dispense with the use of troops as long as scenes of Baunard pronounced the panegyric. Then a pro riot and violence were so common at Irish elections, and cession composedof the clergy of the twelve he objected, too, to an interference with the discretion of parishes, the seminarists, the various banners, the the Government in employing the military for the p reser- holy relics of the Cross, issued from the cathedral, vation of order. A motion by Mr. Bagwell to adjo urn the debate was and wended its way to the other side of the Loire defeated by 57 to 37 ; but a subsequent motion for adjourn- to the Place des Tourel'es. The choristers of the ment was agreed to. cathedral sang during the solemn march a motet The other ord ers were disposed of , a nd the House ad- s p eciall y composed for the occasion in 1843, partly journed at ten minutes to 2 o'clock. I Latin, partly French. —....-------........... After the return from the Place des Tourelles the procession drew up in the Place St. Croix, the bishop raised on high the famous relic of the Holy Cross, gave a blessing, and dismissed the world to their homes. In the evening a display of fire works, and next day the Emperor, whose speech was to have have been an event, but proved to be purely formal and mea,ningle:.s. —Pall Mall Gazette. FADVERTISEMENT.j—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Society's Safeguard.—Whatever the disease may be, wherever it may discover itself, whether externally or in. ternally, its victims may enter on Professor Holloway's treatment with hearts of hope that every day will bring some amelioration of the infirmity. 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Cure No. 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness Important Caution.— Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority Baron Liebig's name is most auda ciously attached In this at Is. lid.; 1 lb., 2s 9d.; 2 lbs., 4s. td,; 5 lbs. ns. ; 12 lbs., 22e.; 24 lbs., 408.—BAnai DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Reg3nt-street, London; also Fortnum and Mason, 182, Piccadilly, anti at 61, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside; 63, 150, and 298, Qatad - statit 330 Utraal ; and all stwurs 9,241 chemiata. , _ _ The Northern TVhig urges the claim of Belfast to a third member, on the principle of the representation of Minorities. That town has now 160,000 inhabitants, and nothing could be more unjust (it says) than to give a Conservat►ve colleague to Mr. Bright in Birmingham, and a Conservative member to the City' of London, on the minorities principle, and to refuse a Liberal colleague, on the same principle, to the. Tory members for Belfast. The Murat-Mingrelia marriage will take place in a few days, the obstacles which stood in the way having been removed. The Emperor is to pay the Prince's most pressing debts. In speaking of Mr. Whitbread's resolution, the Cork, Examiner says that Roman Catholics will await further assurances as to what may be the action of Parlia ment. The Regium Donum and the Maynooth grant are not, it contends, analogous. The former is a religious ' endowment of the sauce character as payment to the Cathol:c clergy would be ; the Maynooth grant is a counterbalance to the school of divinity of Trinity Col lege. "It wovld be preposterous to suppose that the Maynooth grant, a purely educational subsidy, could be taken from the Catholics, while so vast an establishment for the education of Protestant ministers was maintained out Of the public =eye." MR. DICKENS'S WELCOME HOME. The Athelixtot says very charmingly, in men tioning the fact of Mr. Dickens's arrival again in England—" Every English man, woman, and child who reads a great story-book' will rejoice in the return of Mr. Dickens from his visit to the United States. The fatigue must have been great ; but the welcome was magnificent. On the occasion of the farewell dinner at New York every kindly feeling was awakened. A public meeting of the kind is too often a forced celebration. This was a thoroughly hearty and genial one. There can be no doubt that such a visit so received has a humanising in fluence of no common value. Oar great novelist must rest beneath his cedars of Gad's Hill with the assurance that his work on the other side of the Atlantic has been well done ; and can only hear good fruit, not merely for himself, but for the vast audiences whom he charmed—so well and o wisely." The Spectator remarks that—`• The American journalists gave Mr. Dickens a farewell dinner ou April 18, and Mr. Dickens, who is said to have made £lO,OOO by his hundred readings in the States, delivered an eloquent although somewhat turgid pceeh. He pledged himself to bind up with every copy of the American Notes' and Martin Chuzzle wit' which he may hereafter sell, his testimony that he has been received in America with unsurpass - able politeness, delicacy, sweet temper, hospitality, consideration, and respect for privacy."' According to the Exanitner " it is said that Mr. Charles Dickens has cleared not less than $200,000 by his American trip." While the Saturday Review, among other com ments upon our great novelist's return home, ob, serves—" Mr. Dickens's popularity certainly illus trates the importance of tha tolerably notorious fact that the Americans talk English. In some respects the two races not only differ, but tend to diverge from each other. The Anglo-Saxon race' must really be a small minority of the population of the United States. The German and Irish emigrants and their descendants are constantly reinforced by new streams swamping the original Yankee. In political and social institutions the cjntrasts are per naps greater than the 'resemblances. The one in lisputable bond of union is that Mr. Dickens is very nearly as intelligible at New York and San Francicj as he is in L)ndou. This certainly implies a close relation between the two nations, and a relation of a remarkable kind. That one nation should be in fluenced by the great religious or political thinkers of its neighbours might be expectel. The European nations are all sufficiently allied for the thoughts which powerfully affect one to be propagated throughout the whole family. But it is much more difficult for one nation to understand the jokes of another. Mr. 'Dickens's works, when translated into. French, amuse Englishmen by the grotesque effect Of their new dress, but we should imagine that .they simply bewilder Frenchmen. Ou the other hand, the humour of Mr. Pickwick or Mrs. Gatup is as much appreciated across the Atlantic as it is with us . The currency of an English joke is co extensive, not only with sovereigns, but with great backs. The Americans, in this department at least, are able to make us some return. If they have pro duced anything distinctively American in literature, it is their peculiar turn of humour. Yet the Big low Papers,' in spite of many local allusions, and still more the fun of Artemus Ward, have been as popular with us as in their native place. Orators who wish to establish a resemblance between us should put in the background bits of eloquence about the Auglo-Saxou race, and rely upon the much more indisputable fact that we all see the*point of the same witticisms. The popularity of Mr. Dickens in the Uaited States is an illustration of the intellectual similarity, whatever it may be, implied in this curious sympathy; and if a mutual power of relishing each other's humour is a proof that we ought to be intimate friends, Mr. Dickens has done more than any one in confirmation of the proof." AMERICAN CITIZENS ABROAD. (From the Anglo-American 2 inaes.) Of all nations the United States should be the most cautious in legislating on naturalization, so as to establish a principle. It is of the utmost con sequence to her that her people should be fused ,ud held together as one. At the present moment, ,nd perhaps for a century to come, a great objet will be to attract people into the wastes of her ter, ritories. This object, however, requires no legisla tion ; the natural attractions being sufficient. Over so vast a space there cannot fail to be diver- sifted interests, and it is a far higher object to en deavour to implant in the min.'s of her citizens an overruling passion for national ity than merely to attract population. In erecting a nation it is better to build on a rock than to run up a showy edifice that has no real and lasting strength. The rights claimed for naturalized citizens who come from abroad are rights that must be granted to the native-born of the Republic who choose to go. The United States cannot pretend to enforce on foreign nations laws relating to their natural-born subjects wbo may seek a home in the United States, which they do not extend to their own natural born citizens who s.;ek a home in foreign countries. In all nations except among the -few where imme morial usage has reconciled the people to the exist ing state, two principles have been at war—the one centralization, the other decentralization, local government, or nationality. The late struggle arose out of these conflicting elements. Other principles, of course, as in all wars, entered into the contest, but emphatically it was a war for local government. Had it been successful, the United States would have been brought face to face with the question of naturalization, and the ex treme danger of loosening the cords which bind the citizen to his native country would have been brought forcibly home. Laws must be framed and principles laid down to meet probable and possible events, not merely the emergency of the moment. What guarantee is there against a future severance of the States? And if the legislation of the hour be based on an erroneous principle, it cannot fail in such a case to complicate what must in the nature of things be a difficult position. Working on the pre amble of the bill just passed by the House of Repre sentatives concerning the rights of American citizens abroad, a combination of States might on it assert their right of expatriation to be a natural and inhe rent right of all people claiming to expatriate them selves ; but not choosing to leave their land, they might insist on voting as to whether the States em bracing the Confederation should not be severed from the Union. If the people have the right at any time to throw off their allegiance, they have a right to carry their territory with them ; and if the Government recognizes the right of all people to shake off their allegiance, not by the forms which their native Government may dictate, but by the forms which any other Government may prescribe, then we maintain that the bonds of natural allegi ance are severed, and the country which establishes such a principle will hold its people together by a very slender connection. It is clear, however, from the debate that the United States, does not recog nize the principle as applicable to herself. Represen tatives have commenced legislation at the wrong end, endeavouring to force a principle on foreign Govern ments before they have established that principle in their own country. The law of the United States regarding expatriation is similar to that of England, the absurdity of which is very properly condemned. But the first thing to do, if the House is legislating to establish a righteous principle, is to lay down clear laws by which citizens of the Union may, if they desire it, shake off their nationality. Mr. Plume VAN Titumr, of Ohio, offered an amendment., de claring the right of expatriation on the part of Americans; but Mr. BANKS refused to give way. The arguments brought forward in the bill mainly had reference to American citizens arrested in Ire land, and turned on the power given to the PRESI DENT iu the 3d section to arrest all subjects or citi zens of a country where any case had occurred in which the provisions of that Act were infringed. Henry L. DAWES, of Massachusetts, pointed out that, by the Act, the PRESIDENT would be enabled to suspend the Habeas Corpus in time of peace, thus violating the Constitution, which guaranteed to all residing within the boundaries of the country the right of the writ of Ilabeas Corpus. It was also shown that individuals would become liable to arrest and indefinite imprisonment without an investigation of the offence, or even without a charge being preferred. But, in truth, the bill • goes much beyond this, for it permits the imprison ment of persons wholly guiltless of any crime, a principle of legislation only worthy of an uncivi lized country, and one that would ill become even, a despotic Government. While denouncing the arrest of American naturalized citizens in Ireland on what appears to Mr. BANKS an insufficient cause, he de sires to place among the statutes of his country a bill sanctioning the arrest of foreigners in the United States for no cause. Legislation such as this must tend greatly to lower the character of the House of Representatives in the eves of the world. Otie- sided enactments are sure sooner or later to come back unpleasantly against th 3 interests they wera passed to protect. Nor was there any necessity for this hurry in the House to truckle to the mob. The question can no more be settled by C ong ress than it can be by the Parliament in London or that in 13..T1in. indeed it would be wise not to press in any undue manner the North German Confedera tion. Count BISMARCK is, in truth, master of the situation, for it would be almost impossible to con ceive a country more wholly beyond any measures of compulsion, and it might suit Prussia to stop the German exodus, at least for a spell. Such a bill, instead of strengthening, will weaken the hands of the Executive when the subject of naturalization and expatriation comes up for settlement. In the first instance, it will compel the United States to base the question both of the expatriation of their own citizens as well as that of foreigners on the principles they have laid down. To demand what they are not prepared to concede is simply to meet with a derisive refusal, and a foreign combination against their unjustifiable arrogance. To concede it with out clearly defined restrictions is to lay down a principle which will yet militate against the well being and peace of the United States. And what is Mr. BANKS'S object ? Is it to give im punity to Fenian conspirators iu tbeir assassina tion of members of the Royal family, and in blow ing down streets of houses of the poor ? Can England be accused of having done anything unjust or harsh in her attempts to suppress this atrocious conspiracy—this gang of secret assassins ? If she has, why not openly bring forward and prove the cases and demand satisfaction ? It is proposed in the Dominion to make one year's residence sufficien t for naturalization—why not one month, and what would be the effect? That a JEFFERSON DAVIS might in a few days shake off his allegiance to the United States, and claim as a foreigner to be exempt from trial on a charge of treason, while, in truth , he was plotting as a native against his own Govern ment. This is the position assumed by the Fenians, and as sure as the sun shines this will be the posi tion assumed by some future enemies of the United States, when General BANKS will discover that he has been playing into the disloyal of their own more than of foreign countries. It is not in Massa chusetts, perhaps the most enlightened spot on e arth, that General BANKS, as member from the State, will receive countenance. He must look elsewhere, and among a very different community, for those who give their support to such legislation. p i° United States is too great and too advanced for such paltry and contemptible measures, and our regret is that a House of Representatives could be found, even when half empty, to pass an Act se crude, so unjust, and even absurd. It has lately often been predicted that the Representatives, like the English House of Commons, after breaking down the power of the PRESIDENT, after trenching on the constitutional rights of the Supreme Court/ would endeavour to sponge out the Senate, th us centreing all authority in itself. With such sample of its handiwork before the nation though t- e ful men will feel little inclination to entrust th well-being of the United States into such ha nd !' We believe that there is no other legislative bonty which more requires the careful supervision of 1_ acts by a superior assembly, and we are happY think that recent events have tended to elevate the Senate so greatly in public estimation, that in aeY struggle between the two houses that great bodf would receive the ardent support of the most ee" Lghtened in the United States. - - - - - - The London correspondent of an American p erto dical, writing about the inordinate multiplication of cbel t9 magazines, says :—The Cornhill, which but l atel y 1,3'1,5 circulation of over 80,000, is now generally supposed 1,(1 be 35,000, but in "The Row" it is spoken of as not over 18,000 copies ; Macmillan, supposed circulation 18:000: while "The Row" says about 7,500; Belgravia, edited by Miss llraddon, began with over 36,000, in The Row' " 4 1 . put it down at 18,500 ; London Society is increasing °LI sells over 20,000 ; Temple Bar, supposed circulation 20, 00 ' we " Tho Row" say not over 13,000 ; Blackwood's )16 1: zinc sells about 7,500 ; St. Paul's, edited by Anthony r° lope, our latest, and most promising in conte nts, bey 3 a 1 with 50,000, but does not now sell more th an half O number; Tinsley's Magazine, edited by Edmund -late: and containing a story by Dr. Russell, of the Tinizs, d°6-0 not sell ten thousand copies per month, an d h ie on. Even of the famous Sylvanus Urbana, the venso" o Gentleman's Magazine, which last year departed frac, tv traditions of a century or more, to admit fiction t ° pages, he tells us that its announced reduction in Prilasl from two shillings and sixpence to one shilling is " a -- Writ flickering before expiring." wit! h D: h -itten to the Mr. Hepwort_ ixon nas written Table to show that Dr. Marsh drew largely from bis,,, b° ,„ ° 0 " The Holy Land," for his pictures in " Walks and 1.0":0 of Jesus." The Round Table had observed th at if ere been plagiarism at all, Mr. Dixon must have berf°,;;liee from Dr. Marsh, whose book was in print before e to til Holy Laud" appeared. Mr. Dixon gives cop ious olcl from each work, as.-erting that Dr. Marsh had berf lr , the descriptions, as he had not been in Palestine, tha t d o Dixon had never heard of Dr. Marsh's book till after " notice in the Athenaeum, and he maintains that Dr. 151.° had lifted much from "The Holy Land." dorl Macnzillan's Magazine for May repeats the 7 - th e told in the American papers of Theodore Til ton 0' to Independent that the proprietors of the pape r offor e- ° raise his salary to $ 1 2,000 per annum if he would the lecturing, and confine his attention exclusively t 0 b it Independent. Mr. Tilton declined the offer ; from Wht appears that he finds lecturing a very profitable bust Ong The Pacific Mills, of Lawrence, began operl' o o, in 1853. They now contain 100,000 spindles for cott 00 with carding, picking, and cleaning machines; spindles for worsted goods, and 18 printing n'aciie tsiro The machinery is driven by eight turbine wh oels ' of which are 84 inches in diameter. The YiN klY A`tbo duction of cotton goods is about 700, 000 yards, ° 3l- e vt sales about 7,500,000 per year. The comp an y are 13 employing about 3,600 hands. been The Round Table alludes to a report it has acto • unable to trace to au authentic source, that M. do I,°,toife ville left among his papers the MSS. of an entire`-',, edition of his "Democracy in America," in which bar of chapters are wholly replaced, and the au Modified Modified in many essential points. Silas C. Herring, of " Safe" fame, has f ir e- i th e transferred from his farm in Brimfield to No v largest horse in America. The animal is si% y ea len over 19 hands high, weighs 2,0001 b., a nd will real° a It svgs did addition to Mr. Herring's stud of truck horses• sire foaled in Westchester county, N.Y., the mare 11 being both Canadian. Births. , IS°' GARFORD —On the 12th inst., at 31, R u ssell-sc1 113 " e1 Ar'''' Garford, of a son. i .,t, P;„ , KENDERDINE —On the 12th inst., at 12, Ila,g e "„,; s e - d' -e terrace, Gloucester-gate, the wife of Isaac J. o e-- of a son. ~ W rca Steri ScRoFE 7 On the 9th inst., at Spetcbley Par' , ° Mrs. Simon Sctope, of a son. - It Marriages. 0N, 131. :4 Ross—Rusx—On the 11th inst , at St. Georg°'6l, ,- 4 13 lianover-square, James Ross,.Esq., Luton 11 , 3r j;. P IS to Sarah Ann, second daughter of the late ..-.• Lindsey, Suffolk. VIVIAN —BOEBU CK—On the Gth inst ,at S ,• 0 1:1, 0 1, ' r Southsea, the lion. John Brabazon Vivian, C °° ' Royal Navy, to Alice Mary Disney RoA)talg• Deaths. 0 , 01 0- wan d° BELL—On the oth • inst., at Bath-terrac e, O. road, William Bell, Esq a d'l ~ ge b . O Of BECK—On the 10th inst at W li" t t.isse:c, —„,cl, as mg on, i• A. Beck, Esq., solicitor, " son of th© lat© gajor ./. 1 11.M.'s 17th Regimet, aged 47. C r oft, 49t V CitoFr On the 11th inst., Mr. 'Thomas OA° Whitechapel-roal, aged 67 CRAWFUED —On the 10th inst.. ,_ at 4. ~...,Iv3-4,-,.t°s°• f t. jado' s 00 0 0 . Queen's-gate, John Crawford, Esq., - F. ll- "7 / ft i c os t „ 'l rl FO,,TER—On the 10th iust at Rome Willi '''' J' 0' 66 Merton College, Oxford, eld ' est son of' the WY' t. rector of Po.xettrth, Essex, aged 23. le l'C'Y rar'' IiEC LIFER O n the 10th lust., at Budding shire, Lady Radcliffe, aged 71. so —-------- ~ , A ND I ^ I ll' London : Printed and Published by WILLINAx so o f of No. 112, Strand, P r i n t e r, at TUB SUN XlBo3loe'oo ot/ Strand, in the Precinct of the e e voy, al ALiddlosoL—Wednesday, May 13, Oa.