The Sun. — London, England, 1868-04-20 00:00:00

if Durinf ;the Storms of .IFEB OAT SERVICES : JILI the past year the National Lifeboat Institution con tributed to the saving of 1,086 lives froi n various ship wreaks and 35 vessels from destruction. The Institution also expended .E 31,845 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establihments, in addition to granting .C 3,189 for rewards. The Committee of the Institution earnestly appeal to the public dema nds c to enable them to meet the continued jaeavy on their.lB6 Lifeboat Establishments. Contributions will be thankfully. received by the - London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, sq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. TIER MAJESTY'S OPERA. (THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE). Mdlle. TITIRNS and Mlle. CLARA LOUISE IraLLOGG. TO-MOBROW EVENING (TUESDAY), April 21, will be per formed Mozart's Opera, IL DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Mdlle. Titiens ; Donna Elvira, Mdlle. Sinico ; and Zerlina, Mdlle. Kellogg. Don Ottavio, Signor Bettini; Le porello, Signor Zoboli ; Masetto, Signor Casaboni; 11 Commeu datore, Signor Foli; and Don Giovanni, Signor Gassier. Conductor—Signor Arditi. Doors open at Eight o'clock; commence at half-past Eight. Stalls. One Guinea; kmphitheatre Stalls, is, and 55.; Reserved Box Seats, les. 6d; Gallery, 2s. 6d. Boxes. stalls, and tickets may be obtained at the Box-offlce of Her Majesty's Opera. (Theatre Royal, Drury at ; and at the new Box-office of Pa l iajsty Theatre, under the Colonnade (second door from mall), open daily. }IEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING. A CO - O PERATIVE MOVEMENT. Messrs Compton and Kendal; Mesdames Chippendale, Dalton, Lewin. To be f o llowed by A HERO OF ROMANCE,. Characters by Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone , Comp ton, Chippendale, Rogers, Clark, &c.; Mesdames Robertson, Fftzvrilliam, Chippendale, Dalton, Laws, and Danbigny. Concluding with INTRIGUE. Mr. Sowe, Mr. Kendal, Mr. Clark, and Miss Burke. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. TIIIS EVENING, GO TO PUTNEY: A Tale of the Boat Messrs. G. Belmore , G. J. Ta y lor, Miss Harris, and Miss Emily Pitt. After which, at 8, NO THOROUGHFARE. H. Mr. Pechter (his 100th ap peara nce here), Mr. Billington, Mr. Neville, r Phillips . , Mr. G. Belmore. Mr. C. J. Smith, and M. Benjamin We b ster; Miss Carlotta Leclercq (her 100th appearance), Mrs. (Mired Mellon, Mrs. Billington, ence Mrs. H. Lewis, Ix. Comm at 7. QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. Tills EVENING, MARY JONES. Messrs. W. H. Stephens, Wyndham, Sanger, and Miss P. Markham. After which will be produced OLIVER TWIST. Master Dawkins (the Artful Dodger), Mr. J. L. Toole; Fagin, Mr. Ryder; Oliver, Mies M. Hodson; Bumble, Mr. L. Brough; Bill Sykes, Mr. H. Irving : Nancy, Miss Nelly Moore. To conclude with the Extravaganz. LA VTVANDIEBE; or, TRUE TO THE CORPS. The Scenery by Messrs. W. and T. Grieve, Johnson, and Assistants. Messrs. J. L. Toole, L. Brough, end Sanger; Misses P. Markham, F. Addison, Jordan, Xontgomern Heath, Sylvia, IL Everard, and H. Ftodson. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Acting Nanaser, Mr. W. H. Liston. B e l-office open daily from Ten till Four. itOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 7, POOR PILLICODDY. Mr. D. Murray, W. Gresham ; Miss Polly Marshall, E. Bar nett, and Mrs. Addie. After which, JEANIE DEANS ; or, The Heart of Mid-Lothian. Mrs. Dion Boucicault; Messrs. G. F. Neville, J. G. Shore, Maclean, H. Forrester, D. Leeson, W. Gresham, and Cathcart; Mesdames Litton, Fitzgerald, g. Barnett, and Mrs. C. Harcourt. Concluding with the Farce, No. 1, ROUND THE CORNER. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HOLBORN.—Elegantly repainted and redecorated.—Under the management of Miss Fanny Josephs.— New and Talented Company.—This Theatre IS NOW OPEN EVERY EVENING with Mr. H. T. Craven's famous drama of '1:1:1E POST-BOY• a new grand spectacular fairy extravaganza, entitled THE WHITE FAWN, by Mr. F. C. Burnand; and an original Farce, by Mr. Wilmot Harrison, called SPECIAL PERFORMANCES. For particulars see bills. Box-office open daily from ten to five. BUTTERCUPS AND DAISIES. THIS EVENING. THEATRE ROYAL, HOLBORN. BELLES. DING DONG THIS EVENING , THEATRE ROYAL, HOLBORN. ELEcTRIC SPARKS. THIS EVENING. THEATRE ROYAL, HOLBORN. R OYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Increased and unequalled combination of talent. Bril liant success of the Holiday Programme. Unprecedented and enthusiastic reception of the Spanish lady LA PEREIRA in her terrific flights from the Lofty Trapeze. "Mdlle. Pereira's performances upon the lofty trapeze are not to be surpassed for elegance and agility. Nothing more recklessly daring, or, we are bound to add, more easy and elegant in their style of performance than these feats have been witnessed in London within our memory."— Morning Post, April 14. " The concluding exploit of syringing across the arena on the lofty bar beneath the ceiling, and the descent, by lime-light, in a series of graceful gyrations, may be pro nounced the most marvellous achievements yet attempted by any feminine performer."—Telegraph, April 16. (10USTE, the Champion E9 . pilibrist of the World, in his extraordinary ea of Equilibrism. Unanimously ac knowledged by the entire London and provincial press to be incomparable. In addition to the above the wonderful SPANISH TROUPE Every Evening. Open at half-past 7 ; commence at 8. Morning per formances, Wednesday and Saturday, at half-past 2. Children under ten half-price to Morning performance only. Doors Open at HALF-PAST SEVEN ; performances commence at EIGHT O'CLOCK. Ito YAL STRAND THEATRE. 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Nothing could exceed the enthusiasm with which the Prince and Princess of WALES have been re ceived in Ireland, and this is doubly satisfactory, since it shows that the old spirit of loyalty has only been dormant, and not extinct, as some philosophi cal reformers would have had us believe it was. On Saturday the grandest part of the programme was celebrated, and his Royal Highness was made a Knight of the Order of St. Patrick. The grand ceremonial which accompanied the Installation took place in the Cathedal of the patron Saint. No care was neglected, and no pains were spared to render the occasion a most successful affair, and so it was in every sense of the word, and we have no doubt that the day will long be remembered and looked back upon with feelings of pride and satisfaction. The crowds lined the streets to witness the procession, and even the roofs of the houses were filled with eager spectators. The scene in the interior of the Cathedral was most im posing, and long before the stated hour arrived eager spectators were on the qui vive, and vied with those outside in impatience and excitement. The Prince and Princess were loudly and repeatedly cheered along the whole route ; and it must be borne in mind as a significant part of the. affair that the procession had to pass through some of the most dreary parts of the city, and the fact that the Prince went in an open carriage through some of the poorest quarters, and was well re ceived, is not to be lightly appreciated. In some respects it was like the transformation scenes of the stage, or the magi touches recorded in fairy land, for the squalid streets nud dingy thoroughfare. were filled with brilliant groups, and the high and mighty passed along in splendour, pomp, and pageantry. This was fortunate, as it happened, for the Prince's visit was tendered thereby all the more complete in consequence of his travels through the city not being confined to the best and most favoured spots. No doubt had this royal visit taken place at an earlier period much the same re ception would have been given to the illustrious guests, but at any rate we may say better late than never, and no one who witnessed any part of the ceremonial of Saturday could fail to recognise its complete and perfect success. The scene within the cathedral was imposing in the extreme, and perhaps the brilliancy of the effect could not possi bly have been enhanced by any combination or con trivance. The presence of the Princess lent addi tional charm, and her Royal Highness witnessed the proceedings with the greatest interest throughout. The good order that reigned during the proceedings was a noticeable feature in the affair, and the more to be commended, because it was impossible for every one to see in consequence of the pillars coming in the way, and the shape of the building was also not convenient for the display of the investiture. In the evening the chief streets were brilliantly illuminated contrary to the advice tendered by the authorities, who, fearing a disturbance, had re display not to take pl ace . H owe ver, quested the nothing occurred to justify these fears being enter tained, and the demonstration, which was a most spirited one, was rendered doubly satisfactory by the order which was apparent throughout the evening. His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant entertained the Knight, the Royal visitors, and a select company in St. Patrick's Hall, and the entertainment was given upon a scale of splendour and magnificence befitting the occasion and the party assembled. In proposing the toast of the evening, his Excellency made some interesting remarks, which gave general satisfaction to those to whom they were addressed. It was, as he emphatically said, a toast the most in teresting and important that had been proposed in that hall in their generation, that of the health of their illustrious guest and Chief Knight the Prince of WALES. There was no occasion to offer his Royal Highness a welcome on the part of Ireland, for the Irish people themselves had already given that " fully and unreservedly." The shouts of accla mation that for four successive days " have rung in our ears, the thunders of applause and congra tulation that have greeted the illustrious heir to these kingdomsin the streets to-day,show the kindlynature of the Irish people, and the attachment that may be awakened in their cordial and generous hearts." In returning thanks, the Prince of WALES spoke in a most earnest and impressive manner, and laid great stress on the peculiar circumstances under which he appeared before them, as a IKnight of the illustrious Order of St. Patrick. He regretted that the QUEEN was not able to be present, but he felt proud, he said, to wear the star and ribbon of the Order. This Order was instituted by the great grandfather of his Royal Highness, as a sign of his goodwill to the country, and the Prince • declared that he hoped his receiving its decoration on the roll of the country might " be the means of his showing, in the name of his Sovereign and mother, her goodwill towards it. In the name of the Princess and himself the Prince tendered his thanks for the reception they had met with in Ireland, adding that some might have ex pected it to be otherwise after the sad year through which they had just passed. " I for myself," said he, " felt confident that we would meet with that reception, and we have not been disappointed ;" the whole Irish people were included in the thanks thus THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1868. offered for their k'eordial, heartfelt, and friendly welcome." The assembly seemed to feel that there was more meaning in the speech of the Prince than there often is in the orations delivered on such occasions. He appeared to .realist: the importance of the occasion in its full significance and import, and no doubt when the more epheL aeral part of the pageantry is over and partially forgotten the most interesting feature connected with the Royal visit will still flourish fair and fresh in the memory respecting the spontaneous welcome which Ire land has accorded to the Heir Apparent of these realms. The trust and confidence which his Royal Highness has declared that he reposed in the people will gain for him golden opinions from all classes; but it needed not his expression of such a sentiment that was patent to the world by his going to visit Ireland at all ; and we feel sure that he will not have cause to repent of it. We hope and believe that the prophecy of the Lord-Lieutenant will be realised, and that no empty knighthood will have been inaugurted, but rather an " era of increased attachment and mutual confidence and interest between the people of Ireland and the Prince's illus trious House." The Prince has done all that he can to show his sense of the reception he has met with, and nothing now remains but for those who have so cordially welcomed him to continue to show by their steady conduct that the loyalty they have just expressed has a deep foundation, and will not again be easily shaken. Forty thousand men, in full possession of their pbysical and mental qualities, form, one might readily believe, no inconsiderable portion of the most wealthy and populous community. Their in fluence must be extensive, their action not unim portant, their welfare or their misfortunes could never be a matter of indifference. If they formed part of a regular army, they would be no inconsider able contingent, and upon their courage and their military skill might depend the issue of the most momentous campaign. If we look at thorn as be longing to more pacific fields of action, we may na turally conclude that a very large proportion of these two score thousand men have wives and families whose happiness and prosperity depends upon theirs. We may consider these 40,000 men to represent the interests of some 120,000 or 130,000 members of the community at large, and indirectly they must affect a great many more. If they are working men, their employers are within the circle of their influence. Their fellow-workmen, on the labourers whose work depends on theirs, will double or treble the number, while the landlords, whose rooms or houses they live in, the shops where they deal, and a dozen other degrees of social relationship, will all be sensible of the consequences of their suc cesses or disappointments. It is, therefore, no slight or unimportant piece of intelligence that 40,000 men are believed to be now standing idle in the various branches of the iron trade. Belonging as they do to a trade of such world-wide importance, we must add very considerably to our estimate of the persons affected by their conduct. Besides their own immediate employers, we must include those whose trades depend on the supply of iron, the Continental purchasers, the Continental workmen, and the national Exchequer. There can be no question that the depression of the iron trade has told very seriously upon the public finances. Iron has long been one of our national strongholds of trade and industry. It has been remarked that the ancient nations, skilful as they were in the use of various metals, never em ployed iron. It is application to the purposes of industry and manufaoture belongs to more laborious and more skilful times. Modern life would find it difficult to proceed in its ordinary channels without the iron highway, the iron horse, the iron steamship, the iron machinery. Iron is so constantly and universally applied that like the sun and the air we can hardly realise how much we should miss it were it removed. To her manufacture of iron Eng land chiefly owes her commercial greatness, and ' the iron hidden in her mines has proved as prolific a source of national wealth as the gold of Australia , or California. It is quite time, however, that our iron masters and iron workers should recognise the fact that we have not the exclusive possession of this valuable material, and that it is quite possible, if we slacken in the race that other competitors may push to the front ! We have shown them the way to success, we have proved what iron can do, we have very convincingly demonstrated the wealth and importance derived from its skilful manufacture. Having done all this and made the iron trade one of the most important in the world, our iron men and masters suddenly find out that it s impossible for them to agree, and 40,000 of them stay their hands. Having created the want they ref useothers it—what can be more natural than that should step in to fill their places? What ever individuals or classes may thi n k of their own to abilities or their own personal or national im portance, it is very certain that if they stand idle there will be no vacuum. The demand has only to exist to call into action those who can fill it. If Englishmen and English iron will not supply the markets, there will not be want ing those who can. Other countries possess mine ral wealth as yet but partially developed ; others, again, and prominent among them some of our own colonies, are as yet ignorant of the extent of their natural resources. England will find it harder to regain a lost place than to keep it when won. She may learn a lesson from her great rival America in this respect. The United States were facile princeps the masters of the cotton supply of the world. They presumed upon this knowledge, and thought that by the all-potent agency of King Cotton they could compel Europe to yield to their wishes. But King Cotton, displaced from one throne, raised up another; the supremacy which Americans trifled with can never again be theirs. Their inaction produced terrible suffering and temporary paralysis, but the want created must be supplied, and the demand called forth the dormant energies of India, of Queensland, of South America, and of Egypt. India, in particular, will henceforth prove as dangerous a rival to America for cotton as she has done to China for tea, and the Ameri cans, though prompted by very different motives from those which actuate our trades unionists, have taught the world the same lesson as the latter are now teaching it—it is possible for the world to do without them. Some of the less prejudiced and more reflecting among the workmen are beginning to realise the truth of the warnings they have often heard, and to ask whither the road they are now pursuing is tending. They see the dangers which lie in wait, and are endeavouring to persuade their associates to adopt other measures for the regulation of trade differences than the com mon ones of strikes and lock-outs. Some of the London unions have determined to call a conference, to be held between large employers of labour on the one hand, and representative working men on the other, to consider whether the relations between capital and labour cannot be brought into more harmonious action, and the dis putes now constantly arising be averted. Among the qnestions to be considered is the one to which we have been alluding that of the Unions having driven the trade away from this country to the Continent. Some of the prominent Uunionists are now in favour of arbitration in matters of dispute between employers and em ployed. The system of strikes and lock-outs, and such methods of retaliation, is simply suicidal—both parties suffer, and at the end they are generally obliged to do what they might have done without weeks of loss and idleness—more especially is such conduct rash and foolish in a country where all out-door work is liable to be so seriously affected by the variations of the weather. To-day, when, after weeks of warm, bright weather, the " storm wind of the Equinox " has suddenly descended upon us, we have an instance of the fluctuations to which much of our labour is liable. We need not take the trouble to invent courses cf difficulty and inaction; all wise men, whether personally interested in the trade or no, will do their best to smooth away obstacles and foster a kindly feeling between masters and men. So long as the natural allies-- capital and labour—persist in " shooting in each other's mouth," it is useless to expect that trade will prosper, or the national wealth and prosperity of the country remain undiminished. LATEST INTELL IGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) ITALY. FLORENCE, April 18 (Evening). In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, Count Cambray Digny, the Minister of Finance, in conformity with the order of the day proposed by Signor Minghetti calling upon the Ministry to submit, during the month of April, proposals for savings in the Budget of 1869 to the amount of 100 million lire, presented a series of proposals to that effect. The savings proposed included a reduction of 26 millions in the Army and Navy Estimates. Count Cambray Digny declared that it was the intention of the Government to effect a financial operation on the Church property in order to abolish the forced currency.; Signor Cadorna defended the conduct of the Go vernment in the recent disturbances at Bologna ; the Government had acted in strict conformity with the law; no person had been arrested unless taken in flagrante delicto, or by the order of the judicial authorities. The Minister of Justice presented a Bill for a re form of the judicial administration. The members of the Diplomatic Body have left for Turin to attend the marriage of the Crown Prince of Italy. Count von Usedom, the Prussian Minister, has left for Verona to meet the Crown Princa of Prussia. AMERICA. (By Atlantic Telegraph•) NEW YORK, April 18. The steamers leaving to-day for Europe take out $1,000,000 in specie. According to Messrs. Neill's report the week's re ceipts of cotton at all ports amount to 35,000 bales, and since the Ist of September to 2,025,000. The week's exports to Great Britain are 33,000 bales, and since the Ist of September 1,040,000. The week's exports to France are 6,090 bales, and since the Ist of September 194,000. The week's ex ports to other ports are 1,000 bales, and since the let of September 213,000. Total exports for the week,4o,ooo bales ; since the Ist of September, 1,450,000. Stock at all ports, 270,000 bales. Closing Prices :—Gold, 1081. Sterling exchange on London, 110. Five-Twenty United States' Bonds, 1882, 1111; ditto, 1885, 1091; Ten-Forty Bonds, 101 k. Illinois, 141 ; Erie, 67. Cotton, middling upland, 31c. Petrolouw, etandard white, 26c. Flour, extra State, $lO 40c. Corn, old mixed, $1 21c. (Per the Palmyra, via Queenstown.) NEW YORE, April 8. Three persons accused of being implicated in the assassination of Mr. D'Arcy M`Gee have been ar rested, one at Toronto and two at Ottawa. The Pennsylvania Legislature have passed a reso lution requesting the President to demand the restitution of the island of Alto Vela from San- Domingo. A bill for the continuance of the Freedman's Bureau has been introduced in the Senate, and also a bill providing that no persons shall serve as Pre sident for two terms. CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.; PARIS, SUNDAY, April 19. We are still discussing the great question of peace or war. We are so sceptical that we don't place any re liance in Ministerial assurances. When it is a question of words against deeds we are bound to believe the second, and there is no manner of doubt that these point to war. The semi-official journals now announce that M. Baroche's speech has not been sent to the prefects, as was reported. That Government should have taken the trouble to deny the tumour seems to shew that we are not to attribute to the speech the importance which was at first assigned to it. Certain it is, that the military preparations go on incessantly. The journals tell us that General Raasleff has returned to Copenhagen, and has convinced hii Government that France does not intend to take up the Schleswig question. Thus, then, we understand that that venerable cause& teterrima bell!: is not to be revived. But, of course, they will not be wanting others if the Emperor should have, made up his mind to fight. I think it is more probable that the armaments of Prussia will be seized upon as the occasion for hostilities. The Liberee publishes a letter from London, which states that in English official circles the belief that there will be war is stronger than ever ; but it is supposed that it will be postponed to the autumn, when France, with her hardened troops, would be able to fight at an advantage compared with the Prus sian Landwehr. Everybody is talking of Marshal Niel's comment upon Baroche's speech, and, though there are various versions of it, they agree in representing the Minister of War as declaring that he had received the Emperor's instructions to prepare for hostilities, and as being resolved to carry them out. Some of the French journals publish prominently a de spatch just addressed by the Bavarian Minister of the Interior, to all the presidents of the kingdom, explaining the Bavarian policy. Herr von Hormann says that while fully prepared to carry out its obligations to Prussia, the Bavarian Government declares with frank firmness that it does not desire, nor will it seek, the entry of the kingdom into the Northern Confederation. Some persons attach importance to this, and think that it means an alliancet between Bavaria and France. I doubt it ; for Ido not think that even in Southern Germany the interposition of France in-German affairs would be end ur ed The semi-official Etendard continues to speak of the satisfactory way in which the conscription is going on through the departments. Not content with its previous announcements of perfect calmness and tranquillity, we are now asked to believe that the conscription is giving rise to absolute enthusiasm. For instance, at one place ,the conscripts presented the prefect with bouquets (!) and wine in order to drink the Emperor's health. (Query : Did the prefect first give them the wine?) At another' place the conscripts carried flags, and shouted Vive l'Empereur !" In fact, there is quite a martial furor among the country bumpkins, according to the Etendard. We have very interesting accounts of the journey of the Prince Imperial. He had a very rough cruise from Cherbourg to Brest. But though he looked somewhat pale, he was not ill. He passed a good night, and was up betimes the next morning with his young companion, Napo leon Louis Conneau, to witness a sunrise at sea. The Prince stood on the gallery, and his governor pointed him out the various interesting spots on the wild Bretagne coast as they were passed. Arrived within sight of Brest, the scene was most animated. The bay was filled with ships,' all gaily dressed, and looking very fine in the brilL liant sunlight. As soon as the Reine Hortense had anchored she was boarded by the Maritime Prefect, who paid his respects. The Prince then landed, and made as excursion in the neighbourhood, visiting among other spot the curious caves at Douarnenez Cape. The Breton; everywhere gave the Prince an enthusiastic reception Yesterday he went on board the Inflexible, and saw the gunners go through their evolutions. He then went the whole length of the port in a steamer, and he also visited the arsenal and other public buildings. He will not visit his godmother, the Princess Baciocchi, who is suffer ing from smallpox, but will return straight from Brest to Paris on Tuesday. M. Durny, the Minister of Education, who, as you i,Enow, is a Protestant, has just been making a speech at the distribution of some prizes, which may be considered as a counter manifesto to the Bishop of Orleans's letter tc the bishops of France. The Minister dwelt much upor, the importance of recognising the truths of science, and of the groundlessness of any alarm at the progress of science He said " One qught not to be astonished if, among the ancient pastors of the people who watched them beneath the shade of the cathedrals, some of them were disquieted, and would have kept them back. Nevertheless, human science does not propose to turn them away from the sanctuary. It demands only that while they listen to the sweet and holy voice which has been speaking to them for eighteen centuries, they should hear also the new voice which is the second revelation of God by science." Immense works are now going on for giving Paris a better supply of water. The waters of the River Vannes sre being brought in by an aqueduct 105 miles in length. The aqueduct is in some points subterranean, in others built on ftrehos, and at sovoral to or000,.;„.,.0 and other impediments by means of syphons. The water will be brought to Montrouge at about 230 feet above the level of the sea, and will then be able to supply the highest parts of Paris. It is calculated that the aqueduct will discharge 110,398 cubic metres (a metre is 31 feet) every twenty-four hours. A reservoir will contain about 300,000 cubic metres. Yesterday there was a sale of pictures at the Hotel des_ Ventes, which, for the number sold, is supposed to have produced almost the largest amount ever known; probably quite the largest since the famous sale of Marshal Soult's Q oll e ction. It was the S an Donato Galler y , consistin g ok 23 pictures by Teniers, Ostade, Cuyp, Vanderwelde, Wouvermans, and others, and the total amount was E 54,546. Not a bad day's work, especially as the day lasted only one hour. The pacific correspondent of the Times, who general's takes the most cheerful view of affairs, speaks in a grave tone of the present condition of the Continent. He says that in spite of M. Baroche and the Afoniteur France is not tranquillised. The Bank reserve increases—this is a s ymptom of the disquietude. The National Mobile Guard is being organised with feverish haste, Marshal Niel refuses to adopt the recommendations of the Budget Commission for a reduction of army expenditure, and the Presse (" Journal de l'Empire ") speaks of Prussian armaments b e ing a menace to France these are the causes o' the disquietude. The Presse says : "It is a matte. .of doubt to no one that the accumulation Prussian forces on our frontier is a danger for our Eastern provinces. It keeps up an agitation and disquiet in them which our Government cannot be indifferent to, an d it justifies all our remonstrances. Has the French Government replied to the Prussian proposition for placing a certain nu mber of soldiers on furlough b y a co unter pro position for the disarming of a certain number of strong places, the reduction of their garrisons, and a diminution of their war material? We have reason to believe it bas dons so ," If it has, the proposition is, the Presse thinks, a little tardy, but it will enable people to judge if Prussia is sin cere or not. The Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph takes a more hopeful view of the situation, as in private duty boun d. He says that he is able to state what ait the true wishes of the French Government upon the ques= tion of peace and war. " Nothing they desire so much as peace, but, to get that peace, France must be so armed that the French can say, ` We are at peace, because we do not want to make war—not because we are not pre pared for war.' A few months ago France was not in that position; within a few weeks she will be. When she i s perfectly prepared for war, then she will begin tc preach peace. There exists an idea here that a mutual disarmament may be brought about, and that as soon as France feels her strength she will propose it. Depend on this, if no great crisis intervenes, we shall have the Emperor's favourite project of a `congress' once more produced." The correspondent goes or to say that while there is danger in the present armed truce of all Europe, and " a very small thing would cause a fight when both sides are ready, and perhaps willing," the Emperor will do all that he can consistent with the honour of France to maintain peace. " If France should be assailed or insulted, it would be too much to expect that she would remain quiet. She has been caught napping once, but never will again ; and the aggressor had better remember that nearly two years have elapsed sine( Sadowa. But who is likely to attack her ?" The corre spondent cannot see. He forgets that the chief danger of the present situation lies in the sensitiveness of France ; in the probability that she will be all the more touchy when she is fully armed, because she was compelled to pass over some serious affronts before attaining that state of preparation. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Advertiser say: that the Ministers are divided on the great question of the day. M. Rouher and four of his colleagues are all foi peace, and Marshal Niel is as openly for war. Tin Marshal told his guests at his last party, when they asked him his opinion of AI. Baroche's speech, " that he had not seen it ; that such matters (lid not concern him. If the Emperor thought it necessary to put the country into ar efficient state of armament, it was his duty t( carry out his sovereign's orders, regardless of any clamour." The Marshal is certainly having his owr way as far as the preparations for war are concerned ; an( the enormous military expenditure and the anxiety tc which it gives rise dam up the sources of commerce. It it expected that the Emperor will shortly go to Orleans tc attend the Joan of Arc fetes in that city, and it is hope( that he vigmake a speech there. TTIE FENIAN TRIALS AT THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-THIS DAY. This morning, with all fitting state, the Lord Chief Justice of England, attended by Mr. Baron Bramwell, came down to the Central Criminal C - ourt to preside at the trial of the Fenian prisoners. Of these, William Desmond, Timothy Desmond, Nicholas English, John O'Keefe, Michael Barrett, and Ann Justice were in six separate indictments arraigned on the charge of murder perpe trated in the diabolical attempt made on the 13th Decem ber to blow up the House of Detention at Clerkenwell. The victims whose deaths were compassed by that rash act were Anne Hodgkinson, Martha Evans, William Chitton, Humphrey Evans, Sarah Mark Thompson, and Minnie Abbott ; and all the prisoners —though some appeared to have acted chiefly as accessories before the fact —were, under the provisions of an alteration in the state of the law made some four years since, jointly charged as principals. The other three prisoners —Burke, Shaw, and Casey —were placed at the bar on the minor offence of treason-felony. That nothing might be wanting to the proper conduct of a State trial so important, the prosecution was conducted by the Attorney-General in person-, Assisted by the Solicitor- General, Mr. Giffard, Q.C., Mr. Poland, and Mr. Archibald. The interest excited in the proceedings, although no doubt it has somewhat waned, would have more than -filled a building three times as large as the wretched hole, by courtesy called a court, in which the chief criminal jurisdiction in the City of London is administered. The accommodation is simply execrable, and the condition of the atmosphere knows no medium between stifling heat tend excessive draught. Fortunately, the arrangements for admission to the court were so admirably conceived and _carried out by the sheriffs and under-sheriffs that a good, deal of the inconvenience experienced on former occa sions was avoided. Stern janitors prevented anyone entering the precincts of the building who was not duly armed with a pass, and no amount of cajoling could melt their obdurate hearts. The little gallery immediately over the dock was filled, as far as its limits would admit, with thelso jurymen whom it had been deemed necessary to summon, lest the right of the prisoners to challenge should be So freely exercised as to exhaust the panel, and thereby cause lelay. At a few minutes before half-past ten, Sir Alexan der Cockburn and Mr. Baron Bramwell entered the court, attended by the civic authorities ; and the prisenerg, the two Desmonds, English, O'Keefe, Barrett, and Justice, were at once placed at the bar. There is nothing at all remarkable in the appearance of either of them, and the whole, when sailed upon to plead, did so in a clear and emphatic tone, the woman Justice remarking, " I am not guilty ; I didn't know anything about it." As was anticipated, a strenuous effort /was made to get the trial of treason-felony taken first, Mr. Montague Williams, who appeared for Ann Justice and O'Keefe, urging that he had only re ceived instructions in the latter case late on Saturday night. Should it not be possible to postpone the trial, he asked that the case of Justice might be taken separately. To this the Attorney-General strongly objected, but at the suggestion of the Lord Chief Justice agreed that the evidence affecting the prisoner in question should not be dealt with until the last necessary moment. The same arrangement was entered into in the case of Barrett, for whom Mr. Baker Green appeared. This point settled, another arose, Mr. Green objecting that an irregularity had arisen in the proceedings, no panel of the jury having been exhibited in the proper quarter to enable the prisoner (his client) to prepare to exercise his right of challenge. To this it was replied, that it was not the practice in criminal cases to furnish a copy or to allow an inspection of the panel. The process of getting a jury was tedious in the extreme. First of all, the gentlemen whose names were called out had to struggle amidst great difficulties from the gallery to the court. When arrived there, so many had excuses-to offer, which had to be done upon oath, why they should not serve, that it was half-past eleven before twelve were in the box, and then one was chal lenged by Mr. Straight, on behalf of Timothy Desmond. At length the learned Attorney-General arose amidst breathless silence to open the case for the prosecution on the first indictment charging the prisoners with the wilful murder of Anne Hodgkinson. At considerable length he set out the facts connected with the arrest of the Fenian prisoner Burke, his examination at Bow-street, and his annrisonment in the House of Detention. He traced the course of communication which ensued between Burke and the prisoners through Barrett and a person called Murphy, who, immediately after Burke had been com mitted to the House of Detention, came up to London from the country. There could be little doubt that the original idea of rescue was to attack the police-van as it conveyed the prisoners from Bow-street ; but that this was overruled by the advice of Burke himself, and it wag determined to blow up the walls of the House of Detention. About the 2nd of December, it would be shewn, there was a meeting held at which Barrett, Desmond, and other members of the Fenian Brotherhood were present, when it was determined that money should be subscribed for the purpose of purchasing powder in smallziaon ordered, whiches.T Two days afterwnrd onr..M.rqlo. .. was, on the Gth Dec., delivered at a house in P ulteney court. Evidence would be brought to prove that at subse quent meetings at which the prisoners were present the arrangements for blowing up the prison on the 13th were perfected. The learned Attorney-General then detailed the circumstances under which the barrel of gunpowder was brought to the prison, English, the two Desmonds, and O'Keefe being seen in the immediate neighbourhood. As far as Ann Justice was concerned, the evidence against her was, that having had an interview with Casey in the orison, she was afterwards seen in conversation with rimothy Desmond, remaining in the vicinity of the prison intil the explosion had actually taken place, when she .vas arrested. The evidence would fully prove that, whether or not others had a hand in it, the barrel was actually fired by the prisoner Barrett, who, imme diately after it took place, was seen washing from his neck and face the marks of gunpowder, and the following day it was observed that his whiskers had been shaved off as if for the purpose of disguise. English and William Desmond, in the course of conversation with a personnamed Vaughan, had referred to the explosion in a way which left no doubt that they had been instrumental in bringing it about, and had warned Timothy Desmond, who at the time was the worse for liquor, to absent himself when the barrel was fired. Having reminded the jury of the care that must be exercised by them in the reception of the evidence that would be offered by those who had turned informers, and remarked again upon the distinction that existed between the case of Anti Justice and that of the other prisoners, the learned Attorney-General pro ceeded to call witnesses. During the address the prisoners, who had received per mission to be seated, exhibited the most marked attention, but scarcely once glanced at each other. Exception should be ntade in the case of the woman Justice, who exhibited great restlessness, her eyes wandering to every corner of the court, but never resting upon any one spot for more than a moment. The first evidence adduced was that of Mr. John Butler, who, by the assistance of a model and plans, described the damage done by the explosion. The witness was followed by the policeman Richardson, who had assisted in remov ing thb body of Sarah Anne Hodgkinson from one of the injured houses. The deceased was identified by Edith Wright, and Mr. Edward M'Lean, one of the house surgeons at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, was called to describe the wounds found upon the body when brought to that place. Charles Mullany was the first witness of whose evidence the prisoners took any special notice. Immediately he was placed in the bar the two Desmonds. and English in particular manifested great interest, - and at once proceeded to take notes. The witness explained that he was in custody for treason-felony. When he was sworn-in a member of the Fenian Brotherhood at Temperance-hall in Holles-street the prisoner English was present with about a dozen other persons. On a second occasion English was also present. After the arrest of Burke the prisoner Barrett had been at his house with a man called Captain Murphy. This was ten days prior to the explosion, and Murphy then had a carpet-bag with him, which he said contained eight revolvers. The witness then proceeded to detail the conver sations he had had with Barrett about Burke, and the best way of getting him released from prison. No definite plan was, however, hit upon. A letter addressed to Mur phy in invisible ink was shown to the witness and t o Barrett in the house of the former. It was only by the aid of copperas th at the writing could be distinguished. The letter was afterwards produced at a meeting of the Fenian Brotherhood. Mr. Montague Williams (objected to the contents of the document being given in evidence, as it was not on the de positions. Inspector Thompson was called to prove that the person Murphy, in whose hands the letter was last seen, could not be produced. The witness then proceeded to state that the letter, which was from Burke, was to the effect that arrangements should be made to bring about the explosion. [We will continuo our report in a later edition.] There are now eight elections pending—viz., South Lincolnshire, Grantham, Leominster, East Kent, Radnorshire, Stirling Burghs, Stamford, and Cockermouth. When all these vacancies, actual and pending, are filled up, the number of new members returned to the House of Commons since July, 1865, will be increased to 74. Leader. M. BERRYER, as an orator, no contemporary has contested his supremacy, and his fellow-countrymen pro nounce him to be only second to Mirabeau. "La parole est h Berryer," says an ardent admirer of his, "comma le marbre a Michel Ange, la couleur 14 Bubens, nonionic It Beethoven." 'War?" /fre t ' 11 44 Tar HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, April 19. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal 13igh ❑ess Princess Christian, drove out yesterday after ❑oon. Her Majesty, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, Prince and Princess Christian, and Princess Bea trice, attended divine service at Whippinghani Church this morning. "MR. DISRAELI'S COMPACT WITH 7IIE TORIES." The following paragraph has appeared in several daily papers, and also in the Observer, as an ex tract from an article on the Disraeli Ministry in the new-published number of the Edinburgh Re view : " It was not until the great schism had taken place in the Tory party on the repeal of the corn laws that Mr. Disraeli can be said to have influenced a party in the House of Commons. A distinguished observer of the events of that time has recorded an anecdote, which we do not remember to have seen in print, but which throws a singular light on the origin of Mr. Disraeli's relations with his future ad herents. It was early in the session of 1846, when a knot of ardent Protectionists, boiling over with a rancour and resentment they had not words to ex press, addressed themselves to Mr. Disraeli. They proposed to him that he should undertake to direct systematically and at short intervals the whole battery of his vituperative powers against Sir R. Peel. On their part they engaged to be present en masse on these occasions, and to support their mouthpiece by vociferous cheering. The interview was a curious one. We have seen an account of it by one who knew all that passed ou the occa sion. Mr. Disraeli requested to have twenty minutes to consider the proposal. At the end of that time he accepted it. The bargain was kept by both parties. Mr. Disraeli spoke ; the Tories cheered. They considered him their ser vant ; but in such service there was the voice of a master. It had probably occurred to Mr. Disraeli in `.those twenty minutes, or before, that the man who spoke for them, and who thought for them, who was ready to act for them, and who conde scended to be the instrument of their prejudices and their passions, would be cheered so lustily by these blind bawlers, that they would at last discover that they had bawled him into absolute power over their party and themselves." We are authorised to say that there is not a shadow of truth in the foregoing statement, the whole being without foundation. A letter fram Cherbourg gives some particulars of the visit of the Prince Imperial to that port. Elis Imperial Highness visited at 9 in the morning of Wednes day the breakwater, the colossal work so often abandoned and recommended, and finally terminated under Napoleon 111. After breakfasting, the Prince, in the uniform of a Corporal of the Grenadiers of the Guard, accompanied by his youthful friend, Louis Cerlean, General Frossard, his Governor, and Vice Admiral Reynaud, Maritime Prefect, visited the vessels lying in the roadstead, and went succes sively on board the iron-plated frigates the Savoie, the Gau loise, the Guyenne, and the following smaller craft—the Gorgone, the Corse, the Clorinde, and the Beaumanoir. The sailors were all drawn up on deck, and heartily cheered the Prince. There was no sham fight, as had been announced and many were consequently disappointed. At half-past one the Imperial yacht re-entered the military port amid the acclamations of the assembled multitude. On landing the Prince received the chief officers of the marine service, and a group of young girls of all ranks presented him, by the hand of Mdlle. Reynaud, daughter of the Admiral, with a handsome bouquet—that young lady requesting at the same time permission to embrace his Imperial High ness, which was graciously accorded. The Prince also paid a visit to several of the workshops, and was everywhere warmly received. One young boy of 11, son of the Sapper Bougeard, of the Ist Regiment of the Marine, in the name of his youthful companions, the children of the regi ment, wished his Imperial Highness a hearty welcome and presented him with another bouquet. The Prince thanked them in a few well-chosen words and embraced young Bougeard. Every one hero is charmed with the intelligence and graceful bearing of his Imperial Highness Th , Prince left Cherbourg at noon for Br.r, in the midst of loud acclamations from as Immense crowd. He reached Brest at G o'aucK on Friday morning. At 1 he went to rue 3lai Unlit) Ptcfcctura, where the principal authorities and the Bishop of Quimper awaited him. 1 1 ° traversed the town in an open carriage in the midst of the warmest acclamations. After a drive in the environs and through the faubourgs, the Prince visited the Borda school, the pupils receiving him with great enthusiasm. He remained two hours among them. In the Court of Common Pleas on Saturday an action was tried before Mr. Justice Willes for the recovery of damages for wrongful dismissal. The plaintiff was a school-teacher, and the defendant was the proprietor of Byron House Academy at Ealing. In April last year the latter engaged the plaintiff, an Irishman, as an assistant English tutor, at a salary of £3O a year, in addition to board and lodging. One of the plaintiff's duties was to take the boys to church on Sunday, and he, being a Cathe- lie, declined to d o so, un l ess h e was a l lowed to go to his own church either before or afterwards. The plaintiff's case was that the defendant thereupon gave him notice to leave his employment in a fortnight, but subsequently said that he might remain until the end of the quarter. When the quarter ended the defendant enclosed to the plaintiff a cheque for £3 13s. 6d., being the balance due for two months' salary. The plaintiff contended that it was a yearly engagement, and in cross-examination ~he denied that the defendant took him only on trial. He did net tell the defendant at his first interview that he was gi Catholic, because he did not think it necessary to do so. The defence was that the plaintiff was taken only upon trial, the defendant's custom being not to make any en gagement with teachers until he had tested their abilities. Another assistant teacher named Pitman said that the plaintiff had told him that he had come to an arrangement with the defendant to leave it at the end of the quartet Mr. Justice Willes left it to the jury to say what the plaintiff's engagement was, and what notice he was en titled to. The jury expressed their opinion th a t th e plain tiff ought to have had three months' notice, and theY found a verdict for him for £l6 10s. From the more detailed account of the murder of D'Arcy M'Gee it appears that after leaving the Parliament House—where he had delivered an eloquent speech on the position of Nova Scotia with respect to the North Ameri can Confederation --he was about to enter his lodgings, when ho was shot through the head. Death was instan taneous. The motive of the assassin is still uncertain, but the general idea is that the bullet was aimed by a Fenian hand. Great excitement prevailed at Canada in conse quence of the atrocious outrage, and the Government had offered a very large reward for the discovery of the as' Bassin. The general sitting of the Council of State was on Thursday interrupted by a sad incident. Count Dubobill one of the members, formerly Director-General of Rail" ways, was suddenly struck with apoplexy and died almost instantaneously. He was the son of Dubois, member of the Convention under the first Republic, but who subse quently abjured his Republican doctrines, and accepted the post of Senator and the title of count from the Emperor Napoleon. This melancholy incident occurred in full council while M. Dubois was in the act of speaking. One of the French law courts has just had to decide a singular question. A person recently deceased had left by will to a poor needlewoman, during her life soup and boiled beef for every day in the year. The point to be established was the sum which such a legacy repre sented. The tribunal has fixed it at lf. 25c. per day. It is stated on competent authority that at thi moment at least 40,000 working men, colliers, ironworkeret and others, are "at play"—that is, on strike, doing 0 : thing, or perhaps worse than nothing—because they an d their employers cannot agree as to the wages which in the present condition of trade ought to be paid for work. On Thursday night a mob of some 400 men and boys attacked the Catholic chapel, Dukinfield, in Stair bridge, smashed the windows, split the crucifix, and tore down every ornament on which they could lay hands. There was so little valour in them, however, that a ser geant of police and four officers dispersed them. Maul of the rioters carried loaded staves. Seven who were eV' turod have been committed for riot and felony to Chester Assizes. The Charivari publishes a woodcut representing an auctioneer, hammer in hand, offering for sale a statuette dressed like the god Mars, and bearing on his shield th e word " War." Below the high official seat stand a number of persons in uniform—Austrian, French, Prussian, Eng lish, " Como, gentlemen," says the salesman, will bid for this fine lot? War ?' Who desires wa r? No one will have it ? You have all well considered and decided ? No ? Withdrawn for want of bidding." The ball given for the benefit of the English poor in Paris at the Grand Hotel on Thursday night was very successful. There were a good many Americans, sou l° Russians, and generally a fair sprinkling of foreign° ° .. The noble hall of the Grand Hotel was brilliantly Moll nated and handsomely decorated. FRANCE• PARIS, April 20. Yesterday the Emperor received the successful competitors for the prizes awarded by the learned societies of France collectively for the best histori cal essay, when his Majesty expressed his satisfac tion at the activity displayed by the departmental societies. The Prince Imperial is expected back at Paris on Tuesday next. BOURSE, April 18.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 41: per °eat. End of month... Itahan Loan 3 per Cent End of month 69 05 Mexican Loan 19 Credit Mobilier End of month... 242 50 Spaxish Threes Credit Foncier ...1455 Rome Debt — End of month... Deferred R.LUMA.YS. Account Orleans Northern ....................................... 1182 Lyons and Mediterranean ............... 932 Southern— 572 Western ....................................... 547 Eastern .. Sardinian Austrian 550 Lombard 365 North of Spain Saragossa Roman 451 NAVAL AND MILITARY IN7ELLIGENCE. Her Majesty's Indian troopship Serapis, with the detachments of troops, &c., conveyed from Bombay to Suez in the Jumna, arrived at Malta on the morn ing of the 17th inst., and after embarking three officers and 90 men, with families, sailed the same evening for Portsmouth, where she may be expected about the 26th inst. The Pallas, armour-plated screw ship, Captain Lambert, has left Spithead and anchored off Os borne, where she will remain during her Majesty's stay with the Royal family. Urgent, 4, Capt. The iron screw steam troopship Samuel H. Henderson, was removed on Saturday from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound, and made a trial of her engines at the measured mile. She was appointed to leave on Sunday morning for Ports mouth and Sheerness to embark trooPs• The Swedish frigate Vanadis, from the West Indies, is hourly expected in Plymouth Sound. The Pandora, 6, screw sloop, 80 horse-power, Commander W. Spratti has made her final trial over the measured mile in Stokes Bay, near Ports mouth, and realised a mean speed of a good nine knots. She sailed from Spithead on Saturday after noon for the West Coast of Africa. The Avon, twin screw gunvessel, composite built, 120 horse power, was commissioned on Saturday at Portsmouth, by Commander G. D. Fitzroy, for ser vice on the China and Japan station. The Bellerophon, screw (armoured, iron) frigate, 1,000 horsepower, 14 guns, Capt. Macdonald, will commence her trials under steam with six runs over the measured mile in Stokes Bay this day. The frigate is in excellent order. Ilorniman's Pure Teas are Bd. per pound cheaper. Their 2,500 agents—confectioners in London, and chemists in the country—are constantly receiving fresh supplies of thorn Ong-aPPrOnd tot gold 9/sty W /et% x( are wit Agra • dis. ; 2 28 to 2 tox I and WI London al to 3 Credit c In F, Chonta The v in spec Ilig ic e in spec A re ori ace( The undersl Year. 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