The Sun. — London, England, 1868-04-21 00:00:00

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVT&N, 'That the _A • NLIAL GENERAL MEET J .NG of the EURO PEAN SSURANCE SOCIETY be holden at the Office:, t 6, Regent-street, London, on WEDNESDAY, the ISt- ..ay of May, 1868, at Twelve o'Clock at noon. • By Order of the Boa rd. HENRY LAKE, General Manager. 21st day of April, 1868, 316, Regent-street, London. IFE BOAT SERVICES.—Draing the Storms of the past year the National Lif%thoat Institution con tributed to the saving of 1,086 lives from various ship wrecks and 85 vessels from dest!zuction. The Institution also expended £31,845 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £3,189 for rewards. The Committee of the institution earnestly appeal to the public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on their 186 Lifeboat Establishments. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. IT Elt MAJESTY'S OPERA. (THEA TRE -ROYAL, DitURY-LAND. VAlle. TITIENS and Mdlle. CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG. THIS EVENING- (TUESDAY), April 21, Mozart's Opera, IL DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Mdlle. Titiens ; Donna Elvira, Mdlle. Sinieo; It nd Zerlina, Mdlle. Kellogg. Don Ottavio, Signor Bettini; Le p ,rello, Signor Zoboli; Masetto, Signor Casaboni; II Commen d', tore, Signor Foli; and Dun Giovanni, Signor Gassier. Conductor —Signor A rditi. Doors open at Eight o'clock; commence at half-past Eight. n tails, One Guinea; kmphitheatre Stalls, 78, and 58.; Reserved $Ol- Seats, 10s. 6d; Gallery, 2s. 6d. ves, stalls, and tickets may be obtained at' the Box-office of Her ,lajesty's Opera (Theatre Royal, Drury-lane) ; and at the new 1) lx-office of Her Majesty's Theatre, under the Colonnade (s scout.' door from Pall-mall), open daily. riTHEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Bnckstone. Tars EVENING. A CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT. Mos,rs Compton and Kendal ; Mesdames Chippendale, Dalton, Lewin. To bc followed by A HERO OF ROMANCE. Characters by l'essrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Compton, Chippendale, Rogers, Clark, &c.; Mesdames Robertson, Fitzwilliam, Chippendale, Dalton, Laws, and Daubigny. Concluding with INTRIGUE. Mr. Howe, Mr. Kendal, Mr. Clyk, and Miss Burke. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfied Mellon, THIS EVENING, GO TO PUTNEY: A Tale of the Boat Race. Messrs. G. Belmore, G. J. Taylor, Miss Harris, and Miss Emily Pitt. After which, at 8, NO THOROUGHFARE. Mr. Fechter (his 101 st appearance here), Mr. Billington, Mr. H. Neville, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. J. Smith, and Mr. Benjamin Webster; Miss Carlotta Leclercq (her 101st appearance), Mrs. Mired Mellon, Mrs. Billington, M ommence at 7 rs. H. Lewis, &c. C. QUEEN'S THEAT RE, Lon g - acre. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. TtilS 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, Miss M. Hodson; Bumble, Mr. L. Brough; Bill Sykes, Mr. H. Irving: Nancy, Miss Nelly Moore. To conclude with the Extravaganzt. LA VIVANDIERE; or, TRUE TO THE CORPS. The Scenery by Messrs. W. and T. Grieve, Johnson, and Assistants. Messrs. J. L. Toole, L. Brough, and Sanger; Misses P. Markham, F. Addison, Jordan, Montgomery, Heath, Sylvia, h. Everard, and H. Hodson. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Acting M a nager, Mr. W4l. Liston. Box-office open daily from Ten till Four. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 7, POOR PILLICOD DY. Mr. D. Murray, W. Gresham ; Miss Polly Marshall, E. Bar nett, ant Mrs. Addie. After which, JEANIE DEANS ; or, The Heart of Mid-Lr. hian. Mrs. Dion Boucicault; Messrs. G. F. J. G. Shore, Maclean, H. Forrester, D. Leeson, W. G, ham, and Cathcart; Mesdames Litton, Fitzgerald, E. Than Ott, and Mrs. C. Harcourt. C mcluding with the Farce, No. 1, ROUND THE COUNER. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, H 0 LB ORN.—E legantly repainted and redecorated.—Under the management of Miss Fanny Josephs.— New and Talented Company. This The,ttr,i IS NOW OPEN EVERY EVENING with Mr. H. T. Craven's famous drama of THE POST-BOY; a new grand spectacular fairy extravaganza, entitled THE WHITE FAWN, by Mr. F. C. Burnand; and an original Farce, by Mr. Wilmot Harrison, called SPECIAL PERFORMANCES. For particulars see bills. Box-office open daily from ten to lbw. B UIFERCUPS 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. ",Halle. Pereira's performances upon the lofty trapeze are not t► be surpassed for elegance and agility. Nothing mord 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. " TIF3 concluding exploit of swinging 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. M. AGOUSTE, the Champion Equilibrist of the World, in his extraordinary act of Equilibrism. TJnanimously ac knowledged by the entire London and provincial press to be incomparable. In addition to the above the wonderful SPANISH TROUPE Every Evening. Opin at half-past 7; commence at 8. 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Spies report that the enemy is at about sixty miles distance, and that THEODORE will make a stand at Magdala. This is contrary to the accounts of the prisoners, who state that he will leave it. Should he do so there are some grounds for apprehending that he might take the captives with him and so baffle our efforts. Under these circumstances Sir ROBERT NAPIER is wise in decid ing to push forward without any loss of time, since the expense and delay would be indefinitely in- creased by a chase after the KING and his pri soners through the mountainous districts of the country. The great object of the whole expedition —the rescue of the captives—would be seriously imperilled by their removal from Magdala ; and if Sir ROBERT NAPIER can move up in time to pre vent this he will be half-way to success. 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It is the more satisfactory that matters have progressed so far, because the severity of the climate is beginning to make itself felt, and rain and thunderstorms have been frequent. We shall look with eagerness for the next intelligence, which will probably reach us before many days are over. Mr. CHARLES DICKENS has made a most success ful affair of his visit to America, and has reaped golden opinions from all sorts of men. Now that his departure is at hand he feels natural regret at quitting a country where he has been so warmly welcomed and so hospitably received. We learn by a despatch from Boston, dated the Bth inst., that he gave his final reading there in Tremont Temple before a very numerous audience. The applause he met with was most hearty, and the reading table was decorated with flowers in the most beautiful manner. Mr. DICKENS read " Dr. Marigold" and " Sairey Gamp," with his usual spirit, and after the reading was over made a brief but impressive address to his friends. Strange to say, he commenced his labours in Boston on arriving in America, and as he put it, My previous and generous welcome in America, which can never be obliterated from my' remembrance, began here ;" and, he added, that his departure began there too, for not until that mo ment had he felt that he was actually going away. As Mr. DICEEN'S said very truly, " It is always sad in this short life of ours to do anything for the last time; and even though, when he turned fromthem, he was about to revisit his own native land, and all that made home dear, still the thought, the place before him, and all that it contained, would have vanished from before him for ever more, was indeed a sad con sideration. Of course we must take the rough with the smooth, and when there is enjoyment of any kind there is sure to be some countervailing influ ence. In this instance it may be fairly said that the bright side is the most imposing, for it will cast an influence over the future, and, as it is said in this speech we are alluding to, "It is my consolation that the spirit of the bright faces, the quick per , ception, the ready replies, the generous allowance, and the cheering sounds that have made this place joyful to me, will remain, and you may rely upon it that spirit will abide with me as long as I have the sense and sentiment of life." In some respects this visit of Mr. DICKENS to our transatlantic brethren is an era in our literature, for there has not been anything exactly like it before ; and while it will long live in his own grateful recollection and the minds of those who have thronged around him in the far West, it may also be looked upon as in some sort a landmark in our literature, for it has served as a connecting link between the thinking minds of that nation ; and after all the angry sentiments that have been enter tained, and the unfortunate events that have taken place respecting Fenianism and other matters, it is a relief to turn to a more genial atmosphere and dwell on more grateful themes. The friendly feelings, the congeniality of taste, the reciprocity of interest, and the refining influences that have been called forth by this visit of our great humourist and novelist across the Atlantic have been of especial service, and we may well believe that their effect will not pass away, but remain to do all their good work when the subject of the admiration thus kindled has returned to his distant home. Among all the disturbing and distracting influ ences that unfortunately prevailed to render our rela tions with the Americans at least anything but sa tisfactory, it is amazing to learn that on one point we are equal, and even identical, iu taste and feeling. Literature can do wonders in making the crooked straight and the rough places smooth, and the more the soothing effects of its agency prevail the better and more enduring will be the respect and regard that Englishmen and Ameri cans will entertain for each other. It has been well said of the triumphs of the Saxon tongue— It climbs Now England's rocky stoop as victor mounts a throne; Niagara h6.rs, and owns the voice still mightier than its own. So we may trast that hereafter a better spirit may prevail, and, despite the jarring influences that must sometimes hold sway, the great Republic may recognise what is great and good in the mother country, even when the points that attract admiration may not be indigenous to their own soil. Force and violence can never do any thing in the way of conciliation, and men must agree to differ if they would, in a true and fair spirit, fulfil the mission entrusted to them, and carry on the great work of elevating and improv ing the human race so far as they can in their day and generation. As for Mr. DICKENS himself, this visit to America has been a great success, both in a personal sense and in a literary one also ; and he may feel as if he had now reached to heights that at one time would have seemed unattainable, or at best only fitted to adorn and enliven the dream of the enthusiast in his youthful romance. In taking his farewell of the assembly at Boston, he declared that his remarks bore no reference to the private friend ships that had long made the name of that city dear to him, but that his language belonged to the pub lic place irrespective of private associations. " I say it purely in rememberance of, and in homage to, the great public heart before me. Ladies and gentlemen, I beg most earnestly, most gratefully, and most affectionately to bid you each and all fare well." It has been said that to live in hearts we leave behind is not to die, and so Mr. DICKENS may feel that he does not altogether take leave of his friends and admirers across the Atlantic or quitting the shores of America. His visit will have asso ciated him still more closely and intimately with them than he could possibly have been before, and they in their turn will influence others. Short as his visit has been, comparatively speaking, it has been replete with such striking events and incidents that it required to occupy a larger space of time, and in the spirit of the thing, which is after all most vital to consider, it has far more than realised all that was expected or hoped for in England. For many reasons, then, we may rejoice at the result of this experiment, and while we feel flattered at the tribute that America has paid to us in the homage she has given to our representative, we can also look upon the affair in a broader sense and with a more elevated view than any that can be bounded by ties of home or country, for literature is in a measure independent of such considerations, and makes all men brothers and all countries common ground, while she exercises her speech and exerts her influence. The telegrams from Washington report that the House of Representatives are determined to pro ceed vigorously in their legislative reforms. Yes terday, by 99 votes against 5, they passed a bill of an extraordinary kind, whose object appears to be to provide a casils belli with European Govern ments, It has been supposed that the Americans, like the English, were inclined to alter and amend the troublesome doctrine of perpetual allegiance, with the view of giving greater freedom to indi viduals, and removing a burden from rulers. But the manner in which the House of Representa tives propose to proceed is curiously one-sided. Mr. BANKS'S Bill, passed by such an overwhelming majority, enacts that any decision of officers of the United States Government questioning the right of expatriation is null and void ; that all naturalised citizens of the States shall be entitled to the same protection as native-born citizens; and last, but not least, that wlaen any citizen of the States is arrested by a foreign. Government, on the ground of his allegiance to his native Sovereign, the PRESIDENT shall be empowered to order the arrest of any subject of such foreign Covet nment who may be found within the jurisdiction of the United States, By the wording of this bill,ttherefore, if an Irish- American be detained by the British Government the PRESIDENT of the United States will have the right in the view of Congress to imprison the British Ambassador himself ! This sudden regard for naturalised citizens has no ground in recent events, unless the temporary detention of Mr. TRAIN has brought about the measure. It has been proposed that a thorough examination of the neutrality laws in both countries shall be undertaken by prudent and moderate counsellors, with a view to simplification and amendment of international law, but this random and sweeping change in a matter of such importance entirely fails to remove existing difficulties, or to prevent the possibility of future complications. LATEST INTELL fGENCE. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. We (the limes) have received the following tele grams from our Special Correspondent with the Expedition : MARCH 22. The head-quarters of the expeditionary force are to-day at Lat. The British forces are marching rapidly towards Magdala in three brigades, without baggage. The first brigade is under the command of Colonel Mil ward. Spies report that the enemy is distant about 60 miles. The prisoners report that King Theodore will leave Magdala, but azcording to the accounts of spies he will make a stand at that place. MARCH 29. The head-quarters are to-day on the high ground at Redela (?). The 2d and 3d Brigades are following close behind. It is believed that Magdala is about 60 miles distant. Our spies report that the enemy will make a stand at Bhilo. The enemy is reported to muster 10,000 men, 5,000 being riflemen. The climate has been very severe, with thunder storms and rain. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ZULLA, April 2. It is stated that Sir Robert Napier has made a rush on Magdala, in light marching order. He was expected to be there on the 2d inst., but the result is unknown owing to an interruption of the tele graph near Senafe. AUSTRIA• VIENNA, April 21. It is stated that C. Skene, the Reporter of the sub-Finance Committee of the Reichsratb, is about to propose the rejection of the Government pro posal for the consideration of the public debt, and submit a counter proposition, whereby the whole public debt, with the exception of the bonds of the lottery loan, which bear no interest, shall be con verted into 4 per Cent. Rentes. INDIA CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. GIBRALTAR, April 20. The Bangalore left at 9 p.m. to-day. All well. She may be expected at Southampton about the 25th inst. The Baroda left Saez for Bombay at midnight on the 12th inst. GREENCASTLE, April 21. The Canadian steamer Peruvian, from Portland on the 11th inst., arrived here this morning. AMERICA. TIIE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. WABRINGToN, April 20th. The Impeachment trial was resumed to-day. The Court refused to receive the testimony of Secretary Welles and others offered by the counsel for the defence, to prove that the Cabinet, including Mr. Stanton, advised President Johnson to veto the Tenure-of-Oflice Bill, and that the Cabinet had since agreed that the act was inapplicable to the case of Mr. Stanton. The evidence for the defence was concluded, and the Managers of the prosecution will argue in re ply thereto on Wednesday next. P, via Queenstown.) (Per the City of .Antwer NEW YORK, April 11. The Impeachment Trial was resumed on Thurs day. The managers offered as cumulative evidence testimony that Mr. Johnson had refused an appli cant an official position upon the ground that he sympathized with Congress. General Butler an nounced that the case for the prosecution was closed. Judge Curtis opened the case for the defence in a long speech. He denied that the Tenure of Office Law was applicable to the case of Mr. Stanton, who was not appointed by Mr. Johnson, and whose ap pointment, under President Lincoln, was made in 1862, only commissioning him to hold office during the President's pleasure. The Senate confirmed that appointment, but it could not entitle Mr. Stanton to hold office until 1869, under a different President. The Tenure of Office Act admitted several constructions. Mr. Johnson had acted under the construction adopted in consonance with the views of the Cabinet and his constitutional ad visers. The charge that Mr. Johnson had conspired to influence Major-General Emory to violate the Army Bill was based upon an assumption unsus tained by evidence. Mr. Johnson's speeches did not denounce Congress, but only a dominant ma jority in that body. His speeches were a lawful exercise of the freedom of speech. The defence offered the testimony of Adjutant- General Thomas, relative to his conversation with Mr. Johnson. The Managers objected to this evidence being received, but the Senate voted that it should be ad mitted by 42 to 10. General Thomas deposed that Mr. Johnson never ordered him to use either force or threats to obtain possession of the War-office. Under cross-examina tion by General Butler, General Thomas admitted threatening to use force upon his own responsibility, and testified that Mr. Johnson recognised him as Secretary ad interim in the Cabinet meetings. General Meade has issued an order suspending the collection of the taxes in Georgia. Gen. Gillam has refused to tecognise the legality of the Arkansas Legislature. Mr. Johnson has signed the treaty with the North German Confederation. CANADA. Advices from Canada state that further evidence has elicited that Whelan was the assassin of Mr. D'Arcy M'Gee. The Fenians from Philadelphia,arrested at Mon treal, have been charged with complicity. Several other arrests have been made. The New York Herald states that a Fenian plot has been discovered to blow up the House of Par liament at Ottawa. The steamer Seagull has been burnt on Lake Michigan. Fifty lives were lost. ^~4BBEEFONDENCE FROM PANTO; (FROU on OWN CORRESPONDENT. PARIS, MONDAY, April 20. I have nothing very definite to tell you to-day respect ing the great question which causes so much anxiety. The Emperor was to have gone to Rennes to meet his son, and it was hoped would have made a speech there, but as the Prince does not stop at the Bretagne capital for the season I mentioned yesterday, we are deprived of the new assurance of the fact so very difficult to believe, that l'Empire c'est la paix. One of the papers publishes an item of information which is significant. Baron von Beust is said to have assured an eminent financier that he could guarantee peace for three months. Herein lies the secret of our disquietude. We have no confidence, no certainty. The form of government under which we live puts it in the power of one man to plunge Europe into war, and all the indications are that he means to do so. It is a question of liberal insti tutions at home, or foreign war ; and it is impossible to deny that the Army Conscription Bill renders the chances of the latter alternative far greater. War may "not be to-day, nor even this summer, but that it is contemplated to come off within a few months, no one doubts ; and the only hope is that something may occur to put an end to ,the present armed truce peaceably. The Emperor is GO years old to-day, though none of the Paris journals that I have seen takes notice of the fact. What a joyful anniversary it would have been if he had an nounced his intention of surrendering his autocratic power, and consenting to rule as a constitutional sovereign over the people whom he has now governed for nearly twenty years. As if to still further discredit the pacific assurances of the semi-official journals, never received with much confidence, those papers have fallen to quarrelling amongst each other, strenuously contradicting each other's statements. One says that copies of M. Baroche's speech have been sent to all the prefects ; another declares that its contemporary is misinformed ; whereupon the first tells the second that it is a journal without circulation, and the second retorts upon the first that it is a journal without genius. The Opposition papers, which constitute the great bulk of journalism, are highly delighted at this exhibition, and comment upon it with that light and trenchant ridicule of which French writers are such perfect masters. M. V6ron writes a sarcastic article in the Siecle, entitled " Pourquoi." After describing the various military pre parations, and ending each description with c'est to paix, he goes on to tell a parable by way of illustrating the present position of affairs. "An ingenious man," he says, " came to me, and told me that he had hit upon a new arrangement for getting rid of all the fuss and ex pense of fire insurance offices. 'By my plan,' he remarked, ' every citizen will keep a body of firemen lodged and equipped in his own house, so that if a fire should break out they will be ready at the first notice." "An excellent plan," replies M. Wron ; " only, my friend, if at the end of ten years you should not have had a fire, you will have spent nearly three times the value of your house upon your firemen. Perhaps, under these circumstances, it would be almost better to run the risk of a fire." " You are a fool," said the inventor, and turned his back upon M. Wron. Count Orloff has thought it due to Baron Budberg to deny in the papers the report that the Czarewitch had treated the baron with rudeness because he had not challenged Baron Meyendorff. The count says that the report is quite unfounded. Three elections take place next week. At Dordogne, M. de Malleville is the Liberal candidate, and has issued an address protesting against official interference. The Government has brought forward a candidate ; and there is a third in the person of M. Gibiat,who supports the Govern mcmt, but calls himself independent. At Tarn, the Baron Decaze also protests against official candidates ; but here the Opposition party are divided, and a second candidate, in the person of M. Gorsse, has appeared to do battle with the Government nominee, M. Gangiran. In the Seine Inferieure M. Ddnoyelle is the Liberal, and M. Corneille, son of the late deputy, is the official candidate. M. Bosredon is favoured by the Government in Dordogne. We have bad news from Italy. There is no doubt that disaffection prevails to an alarming extc,nt, and that, let the telegraph say what it will, many arrests have been made. I fear we shall see serious troubles when the flour tax comes to be enforced. The statement that Mr. N. N. Hodgson, mem ber of Parliament for Carlisle, was about to retire, is contradicted. The Paris correspondent of the Herald mentions as one satisfactory circumstance, which to a certain extent coun terbalances the activity of Marshal Niel, that no prepara tions for war are being made in the department of Marine. Brest, Cherbourg . , and Toulon seem to be perfectly quiet, and though the French navy would without any additional preparation be in a position to cope with the combined navies of Prussia and Russia, the correspondent is inclined to think that the inactivity of Admiral de Genouilly is an indi cation that no war will take place this year. He cannot, how ever, get over his apprehensions altogether, and in a hurried F,stcript expresses considerable anxiety on account of the following paragraph in the semi-official Etendard, which is part of an article in reply to one in the Norddeutsche Zeitung. The French paper says : "If the fear of war be so easily excited on our side of the Rhine, it cannot be denied, and above all in Prussia, that this sensitiveness of public opinion is duo to the attitude of the German press last year with reference to the Luxembourg question. The peace of the world, we have not ceased to repeat, and we say so once more, depends less on the good-will of Trance than on the political wisdom of Prussia." The Berlin correspondent of the Times writes that the Prussian Government has resolved to take a decisive step in the Schleswig question. Confidential negotiations h a ving led to nothing, the question whether the Prussian terms will be accepted is, without delay, to be officially put to Denmark. If, as is to be foreseen, an answer in the negative is returned, this Government will either declare that it has done all in its power to carry out the Prague treaty of peace, and considers itself acquitted of any further obligation, or it will cause the inhabitants of the northernmost part of Schleswig to decide by universal suffrage whether they will join Denmark, and then leave it to the latter to accept them or not. At any rate, the business, so far as depends on this Government, is to be settled immediately. No organ of the Opposition is so persistent in calling -upon the Government to declare what it means to do as the Times. On Monday morning it assumed as a certainty that the Prime Minister would without delay make a statement to the House of Commons as to the course upon which the Cabinet had decided after the re cent vote. Mr. Disraeli, however, did not open his lips throughout the sitting, nor was Mr. Gladstone present during the evening. Angry as was the Times with the Ministry, its indignation is great against the Opposi tion leader for not having at once questioned Mr. Disraeli as to whether the Government will at once resign, dissolve, or go on only with necessary business. Mr. Gladstone is told to lose no time in eliciting this information, and is further informed that should he fail to do so, the duty will be performed by another. Meetings on either side continue to be held, few of them presenting special features for comment. One, however, at Aylesbury, deserves to be noticed. It was a gathering of clergy and laity, under the presidency of Archdeacon Bickersteth, prolocutor of the Lower House of Convoca tion. The Rev. G. W. Clubbe, vicar of Hughenden, said that among the many calumnious attacks which were made on the Prime 'Minister it was often said, "He may go to church, but is he a communicant ?" To that he could reply that for the last seventeen years Mr. Disraeli had been a constant communicant, and he wished that his calumniators could have been present on Easter Day and have seen him kneeling side by side with the humblest man in the parish. It is difficult to see what cause is to be served by such advocates as Mr. Edward Harper. It is still more diffi cult to estimate the intellectual calibre of an audience which could endorse the statements, gravely made as sober truth, which were put forward at the Hanover square Rooms on Monday night. Mr. Harper assured his sympathising hearers that " the great topic of the day was the attempt made to subvert the Protestant Throne of this country—the disestablishment of our churches, and the restoration of Popish rule in England. The result of the disestablishment would be a rupture of the union between the two countries. Instead of being a united kingdom, the country would be a ruptured empire the Sovereign would lose the throne for violating the Coronation Oath, and the Lord Chancellor would stand a fair chance of losing his head. There was no doubt but that a widespread conspiracy existed to hand the country over to Rome, and for an amalgama tion of the Romish and Anglican communities. Mr. Gladstone was the supporter of this scheme. It was a fact that Mr. Gladstone had entered into a compact with the Romish party to secure the support of that party on condition of four concessions, one of them being the dis establishment of the Irish Church. Two years ago the Russell-Gladstone Ministry entered into negotiations with 44. Alderman Dillon, of Dublin, the conditions for the support of tile Romish party being a reform of the land laws, the repeal of obnoxious oaths, freedom in education, and the disestablishment of the Irish Church." A Mr. Hiley, who similarly libelled Mr. Gladstone last week, has been brought to book and compelled to apologise. Yet in the face of this Mr. Harper makes the monstrous assertions which we have ducted Above. THE FENIAN TRIALS AT THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-THIS DAY. This was the second day of the Fenian trials at the Central Criminal Court. By a quarter-past 10 the Lord Chief Justice and Mr. Baron Bramwell had taken their seats upon the bench, the counsel for the prosecution and the defence were at the bar, the jury, brought in in the custody of the bailiff of the court, were in their box, and tire prisoners, William Desmond, Timothy Desmond, Nicholas English, John O'Keefe, Michael Barrett, and Ann Justice, were placed in the dock. As the day wore on the attendance of the public was much augmented, but, owing to the admirable arrangements made by the sheriffs and under-sheriffs, at no time was the court inconveniently crowded. Several ladies were furnished with seats under the judges' bench. The cross-examination of the informer Mullany was immediately proceeded with by Mr. Warner Sleigh, who appeared for William Desmond. The witness, who answered the searching questions put to him by the learned counsel by no means so glibly as he did those of the Attorney-General of yesterday in his examination in chief, admitted that he had for some years been a Fenian, and had at various times entertained Fenian centres at his house. Was present about the 3rd of December at a meeting at Little Queen -street, at which he was now quite sure, although he had not been so at first, that William Desmond was there. Could not say whether or not, when lie gave his evidence on the 28th of January, he omitted to mention that William Desmond was at the meeting. Was present at Father O'Connor's meeting, but did not know whether Vaughan was there, though he had seen him several times since. Nor did he recollect seeinit William Desmond there. On the 11th of December there was a meeting at William Desmond's house. It was not on that night that going into the room he said to Desmond " I want you to heel a pair of shoes." That was on another occasion. In reference to the letter from Burke to Murphy, it was not a long time ago that the copperas was used to bring out the ink. When lie saw that letter in Murphy's hands it was not read out aloud, and he had not said that William Desmond was present. Mr. Straight, who appeared for Timothy Desmond, and Mr. Montague Williams, who, with Mr. Edward Clarke, appeared for O'Keefe and Justice, asked the witness no questions. In reply to Mr. Keogh, who appeared for English, the witness stated that he had never read the bills offering a reward in connection with the Clerkenwell explosion. On the day of the explosion English and 'William Desmond asked him to go with them to Clerkenwell. Could not say that anything was said about there being an explosion, but it was well known that the attempt to blow up the prison was to be made. Closely pressed as to his connection with Fenianism, the witness admitted that originally his sympathies had been with the Fenian movement, and stated that he was led to turn informer because he knew that English was about to " split," and because he thought of his family. He did not know whether he should get anything ; he was in the hands of the Crown. English had told him in the waiting-room at )3ow-street that he was going to `• split." It was about a week after this that he (the witness) made up his mind to turn informer, fully believing that English meant to ado) that course. In answer to Mr. Baker Greene, who appeared folt Barett, the witness said he was unable to state whether after his arrest any of the officials of the prison told him that English was about to turn inforthera The first time he saw Barrett was perhaps a fortnight before the explo sion. The letter from Burke was exhibited at Desmond's house, he thought, on the Barrett and English being present. Had told the Crown solicitor about the letter before he was examined at Bow. street, but when there he was asked no questions about it. When he subscribed half a sovereign for powder he knew it was to blow up the prison. Was not himself present at the explosion. Was in company with Barrett after the abortive attempt to fire the barrel had been made, when he told witness that it would be done effec tually the next day. Morris, his apprentice, had stated, when examined at Bow•street, that Barrett had come to the house of witness on the night of the explosion, and that his whiskers were on, and that he was accompanied by a man whose ear had been injured. The truth of this statement the witness denied, reiterating the evidence given by him yesterday, to the effect that he met Barrett in a public-house after the explosion, and that he joked him upon having lost his whiskers. Re-examined by the Attorney-General: The O'Connor meeting had nothing whatever to do with Fenianism. It was a meeting called to collect funds for the purpose of building a church. Before being examined at Bow-street he had made statements in reference to others than those a present in the dock. The witness was then removed in custody. James Vaughan, another informer, examined by the Solicitor-General, deposed that he was formerly a member of the Fenian Brotherhood, having been sworn in in 1865. Further questions upon this subject were objected to by Mr. Straight, as it was apparent from the depositions taken at the police -court that the object of them was to chew that his client «aq at th It time a Fenian. The Lord Chi -f Justice ruled that a matter so remote could not be gone into. It was, however, competent, for the purpose of sheaving a motive, to ask who was present at the meeting. The witness then stated that the person who adminis tered the oath to him was Timothy Desmond. He pro ceeded to say that on the day of the explosion he saw Timothy Desmond, who in conversation remarked that he was " about to take a jump," adding, in a whisper, that "it must be done." Witness asked what he meant. Des. mond replied, " The House of Detention must be blown up." He continued, that they had found out from Ann Justice, who had been into the prison with Casey's dinner, the time at which the prisoners exercised. " The trick," he said, " must be done between half-past one and four." Having added, " When I am blasted into eternity, pray for me," and " if I get off and am arrested the next place will be Milbank," he kissed witness, who did not see him r ain till he was a prisoner. On the evening ol the day of the explosion witness saw English, who said, "For God's sak e g i ve me as much as you can, for we are going to send them all off." Gave him 25., and asked him what had happened. He-replied by asking witness if he had not heard that the House of Detention had been blown up. Seeing him afterwards at a newspaper shop, the witness referred to the explosion as diabolical. Tc this English replied, "It will be more diabolical yet, fos we will burn all London down." The next day he saw O'Keefe in the street, who asked where English was. Talking about the explosion, witness said it was a cruel thing, so many lives being lost. O'Keefe replied, " Such a thing could not be done without a great sacrifice." They then went with twc or three others into a public:- house. William Desmond came in and said, " What do you think of that fool ?'' meaning Timothy Desmond's wife. He continued, " She has been calling him a coward,' adding, " Did you ever hear me call Timothy a coward ?' At this time English came in. The witness then went on to state that both William Desmond and English, in reply to a remark that " it was a pity," meaning that Timothy Desmond was arrested, said it served him right, as he had been told to keep away from the scene of the explosion. They then left the public-house. On the following day (iunday) witness warned William Desmond that Lill house was being watched by detectives, and advised him to get out of the way.. Had met Barrett twice, once in the company of English. In answer to Mr. Straight, the witness said he had been in the army, but until closely pressed objected to state whether ho had deserted. fie had twice boon in St.James's Workhouse ao occasion c a a s l i o o dg lodger, d , but un he erin could rost ra no t. lie d n t say t h e a o t n he e hado remember been e on either n all tmb er he knew was that Dr. French told himhe ought m not ; to drink. By Mr. Baker Greene—When members of the Fenian Brotherhood were sworn in only two persons were present. Know that the explosion was to take place, but thought only the wall Of the prison was to be blown down. Had never seen Barrett at any Fenian meeting. In the conversations with the Desmonds his name was never mentioned. By Mr. Montague Williams —Had been tried by court martial and reduced to the ranks, having been a corporal. Since giving information had been kept by the police. Gave information about 20 hours after seeing the reward offered by Government. Expected to get part of the reward if the men were convicted. Had known Mullany for a consider able time, but had never any conversation with him. In cross-examination the witness said it was for absence without leave that he was reduced to the ranks. When he said there were only two persons present when a Fenian was sworn in, he referred only to the ordinary members of the brotherhood. John Patrick M'llowitt, clerk to Messrs. Harvey and Curtis, deposed to an application for the purchase of 501 b. of powder made on the sth of December. On the following day four half barrels wore taken from the works at Houn slow to Pultney-court. William Purchase, carman, deposed that he took 2001 b. of powder to one end of Pultney-court, asking for a persin named Smith. Half a barrel was taken into No. 8, the others were placed on a truck, which some man had brought to the entrance, and the truck was wheeled away in the direction of Golden-square, being covered with a piece of tarpaulin by the man called Smith. Witness was paid .£3 is. 6d. for the powder. Martha Kempsley, who resided at Mrs. Martin's, 8, Pulteney-court, also identified Barrett as having often been in the house. Saw him there on the Sunday prior to the explosion. He then had whiskers. By the Lord Chief Justice—He came to see Mrs. Martin. [We shall continue the report in our later edition.] 61,131 Cir ; Tar HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, April 20. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Louise, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. The other members of the Royal Family also went out. CIIA RLES DICKENS A 7 BOSTON. A despatch of the Bth inst. from Boston says : " Mr. Charles Dickens gave his final reading in Boston this evening in Tremont Temple before one of the largest and most cultivated audiences that ever greeted him in this country. His reading table was profusely decorated with rare and beauti ful flowers, and as he noticed the graceful com pliment on approaching the footlights, Mr. Dickens said, ' I kiss the fair hands unknown who have so beautifully adorned my table.' He read 'Dr. Marigold' and Sairey Gamp' with a spirit and life showing that he felt the magnetic charm of the friendly faces around him, and was resolved on this parting occasion to do justice to the fruits of his genius. lle was again and again greeted with applause, and at the close of his read ing he responded to the enthusiastic plaudits with the following words :—" Ladies and Gen tlemen,—My precious and generous welcome in America, which can never be obliterated from my remembrance; began here. (Applause.) My departure begins here too, for I assure you that I have never until this moment really felt that lam going away. In this brief life of ours it is sad to do almost anything for the last time, and I cannot conceal from you that although my face will so soon be turned toward my native land and to all that makes it dear, it is a sad consi deration with me that in a very few moments from this time this brilliant hall, and all that it contains, will fade from my view for evermore. But it is my consolation that the spirit of the bright faces, the quick perception, the ready replies, the generous allowance, and the cheering sounds that have made this place joyful to me will remain, and you may rely upon it that spirit will abide with me as long as I have the sense and sentiment of life. (Loud applause.) I do not say this with any reference to the private friendship that have for years and years made Boston a memorable and belovel spot to ms, for such private references have no business in this public place. I say it purely in remembrance of, and in homage to, the great public heart before me. Ladies and gentlemen, I beg most earnestly, most gratefully, and most affectionately to bid you each and all farewell." (Overwhelming applause.) As Mr. Dickens was leaving the stage the audience rose en masse, and while the gentlemen hurrahed over and over again, their wives and daughters waved their handkerchiefs until he had retired from view. BROADSTAIRS NEIV LIFEBOAT. The National Lifeboat Institution has forwarded a fine new lifeboat to Broadstairs. The boat is 3 6 feet long, 9 feet wide, and rows 12 oars double banked. It possesses the usual valuable pro perties of self-righting, self-ejecting of water, and other characteristics of the boats of the institution. It was built by the Messrs. Forrestt , of Limehouse. 'I he cost of the lifeboat has been contributed by a lady, a friend of Captain Fishbourne, R.N., C. 8., in memory of her deceased son, after whom it is named the Samuel Morrison Collins. Through the kindness of the General Steam Navigation Company the boat was towed in the neighbourhood of its station. The institution is much !indebted to Captain Elyard, Dr. Walter, and other gentlemen of Broadstairs for their valua ble co-operation in the organisation and manage ment of the new lifeboat establishment. It maY be added that during the past year the National Lifeboat Institution contributed to the rescue of 1,086 lives from various shipwrecks. In the same period it expended £31.815 on its lifeboat establish ments, besides granting pecuniary rewards for ser vices in saving life to the amount of £3,189. This society has now 186 lifeboats under its manage ment. Each lifeboat station, including cost of boat, transporting-carriage, and boat-house , involves an expense of about £650, and sub sequently each boat requires about £5O a year to keep it always ready for instantaneous ser vice. It is therefore evident that a large sum i 3 required by the institution to enable it to maintain in a state of efficiency its numerous lifeboat estab lishments, and that the great national work in which it is actively engaged can only be perpetuated by the continued support of the public at large. Mr. Michael A. Boyd, of Roscommon, has ob tained the gold medal in surgery, medicine, an d midwifery, of the Catholic University for 1867.8. There are said to be gold deposits in Peru equa l if not superior in richness to any yet discovered in California or Australia. Two weddings in which members of the Orleans family are concerned are engaged to take place this summer. The Duke de Penthievre, son of the Prince de Joinville, and brother of the Duchess de Chartres, is betrothed to the Princess Amelia of Saxe Cobourg. The Duke is at present travelling in Brazil with Duke Philip of Cobourg, but is elc pected home in May. The other marriage is that of the Duke of Alencon to Princess Amelia' daughter of the Duke of Montpensier. The eve weddings will, it is believed, be solemnized at the same time and place. One of the Princes of the House of Orleans is in treaty for the purchase of i 4 mansion at Kingston. The Rev. William Kelley, of St. Mary and St' Michael's, Commercial-road, writes to the Dail Telegraph to state that a letter purporting to b ° signed by him, and describing the ill-usage be re" ceived at the Protestant meeting in St. James ,B Hall, is a forgery. So far from having attended that meeting, the rev. gentleman was employed is his own church on Friday night until 10 p.m. In the Church of Les Norrieres, the other day' just as High Mass was concluding, a loud crackieg was heard, and the gallery over the principal en" trance of the church suddenly fell down. It con" tained at the moment about 90 persons, and many more were underneath. One woman was found t ° be dead; about 120 persons were injured, 20 of then'' it is feared, mortally. One of the incidental results of the present dead; lock in the American Government is that the Coat: of St. James's is likely to be without an a ccredite d . , representative of the United States. Mr. Adams has remained at his post for a longtime past only t e accommodate Mr. Seward, as no one whom President might nominate as his successor would .r likely to receive the approval of the Senate. Adams, it is understood, will not postpone his re turn to America beyond the time he has already fixed, and unless Mr. Wade supersedes Mr. Johnse. ll almost immediately, and nominates a Minister satl ° ; factory to the majority, the post may lie vacan t f° months. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Mr. T. E. Smale, t he treasurer of this theatre, takes his first benefit e ll e Monday next, when, in addition to the members of tb. ` . company, Mrs. Stirling, Miss Ada Cavendish, Mr. W alt it a , Lacy, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. 11. J. Montague, and other pc: i 1 ,; 10 lar artistes, will appear, and the part of Shylock, Merchant of Venice," will be, for the first time, assai l/ by Mr. Dominick Murray. Alrg' Mn. BOUCICAULT'S ILLNESS still CORtiLlUing, or Boueicault will not act at the Princess's beyond alittl;y, week. After this they will both take a long boll abroad.en MDLLE. PATTI.—At the last State concert gl v 0 at the Tuileries Mdlle. Patti told the Empress that elle:.tog engaged to marry the Marquis de Caux ; the wed' dt takes place iu the coining autumn, and she is n ot t° golf the stage until 1870. The Empress expressed hecroir pleased to learn that the betrothal was an affitire cl _ do° . Th e newspapers are teeming with references to er cr , 30 my in tea by co-operation. Horninan and Co. hav e I oo re years co- operated through Agents to supply tea °n • tea advantageous terms than by the ordinary channel; the l _ t he reaches the consumer in the same pure state as it leave grower, as it is secured in packets. -Bat uret er And quote( to 12 can til( Orient In 1 p er better Mi Price s graph Ver C I Loud( Ab , fro m 1 reeei , Inent Was i , Per 3 Di iste Pe4 New D ‘ . l 41 1 to D c -utzeh TY ( 14 41 13( Arg ( Au 3l Bran U, 1) o ,,ub Cull ID 001( D a , D„