The Sun. — London, England, 1868-04-06 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TEE PUBLIC JOURNALS, The Post decision that after such a defeat as that of Friday last, at any other time the Government would have no alternative than resignation. It would be idle and unconstitutional to attempt to carry on the Government of the country in the face of an overpowering hostile majority; and, according to all parliamentary precedents, the Prime Minister would be obliged to place his resigna tion in the hands of the sovereign, or to appeal from the decision of the House of Commons to the country. The present, however, is n very exceptional occasion, because there is, properly speaking, no country to whjch to appeal. The existing electoral body has been con demned, whilst its successor has not yet been railed into existence. Dissolution is, consequently, MG of the question. The decision of another House of Commons elected in conformity with the provbeons of the Act of 1832 would prove nothing—at least it would carry us no farther than we are at present, sad no one would seriously suggest that it would be su bstantially different from that which has just been p r onounced. It therefore only remains for the Ministry to decide whether they will remain in office, and, if they are permitted to do so, obtain the necessary 'applies and complete the Reform scheme by passing the Irish and Scotch Acts, or resign. The latter, it is neetess to say, would be the more dignified—indeed, in the opinion of such men as Palmerston and Peel, the only proper course. It is obvious to Mr. Disraeli that he may be driven from office at any moment, and few men would remain in power on such conditions. Besides, however he might affect to disregard the opinion of the present Par liament, it must not be forgotten that if the second and third of Mr. Gladstone's resolutions are carried, an irre trievable step towards disestablishment will actually be taken. Mr. Disraeli might in such an event advise the sovereign not to comply with the prayer of the address embodied in the second resolution ; but if he did so, he would in all probability find the Appropriation Bill thrown out, and the Crown left without supplies. 'Unless, therefore, the Ministry are prepared to see the founda tions of the Irish Church undermined whilst they remain in office, they must, however unwillingly, give up their places to their successful rivals. With Mr. Bright the Daily Hews protests against the existence of a Government which does not govern, and an Opposition which does not oppose. This is bad enough. In a constitutional sense it is difficult to conceive anything worse. But in the lowest depth there is a lower still. The political knights of industry, whole latest alias, to use General Peel's expression, is that of the Constitutional party, have discovered and threaten us with something more unconstitutional still. We are likely to have an Opposition which governs, and a Government which opposes. Mr. Gladstone's resolutions are to be opposed, one by one ; the Address to the Crown is to be opposed ; the bill necessary to give effect to both is to be opposed in all its stages, and in both Houses. In other words, the Government is practically in opposition. If it insists on maintaining this attitude, it is bound to bring its practice into harmony with the theory of the constitution, and to transfer itself, to the left hand of the Speaker. An Admi• nistration at open war with the majority of the House of Commons is a grave public scandal. Neither the Herald nor the Standard appears to be informed as to the course which Ministers will take. The former, almost ignoring the vote of Friday, advocates royal residence in Ireland as a panacea for its wrongs. The latter declares the victory of the Liberals to be unsub stantial, and Mr. Gladstone's policy to be immoral. The Star points out that the Government —if it is fair to call by such a name the forlorn crew now clinging help lessly to the drifting hull of an Administration—find them selves about to enter upon a struggle with the certainty of being defeated at every stage on which they venture to provoke a division. They cannot carry out the policy of their opponents, and they cannot prevail upon the House to tolerate any other. The talk of a present appeal to the country is the most illogical and idle of threats. If this be a condemned and moribund Parliament, so likewise is the voting body a condemned and moribund constituency. There is really no choice for the Government but to resign now, or disgracefully drag out a little longer only to have to resign at last with increased ignominy. The Times draws attention to a coincidence, in point of time, between the contest between Oxford and Cambridge and another which is dignified by the name of the " Grand National Steeplechase," which came off at Bedford, over a four-mile course. Fourteen horses started, eight ridden by gentlemen ; the pace is said to have been first-rate throughout, and the finish was as severe as could be desired. The proceedings were " only marred by one accident"— a valuable horse, named Musketeer, having fallen heavily on landing, broke his own back, so that he had to be destroyed on the spot, and seriously injured his rider. Another horse, which is reported to have " had the quality of all there," was at the last moment withdrawn by his owner, the Duke of Hamilton, simply because the odds laid against him were not heavy enough, of course to the great loss of his other backers. Now, the leading journal does not care to draw invidious comparisons between horseracing and boatracing, to provoke Mr. Skey into another controversy on the relative danger of break. ing one's neck in a steeplechase and of damaging one's constitution by excessive rowing, or to deny that a good deal of money changed hands on Saturday as well as on Friday. The material distinction is, that while rowing is practised for its own sake, and gives healthy and innocent recreation to hundreds of pure amateurs, steeplechasing is fast degenerating into an affair of betting and speculation. No University Boatrace was ever put off or spoilt by such calculations of profit as those on which the Duke of Hamilton thought proper to act, and it may safely be said that far more youths have been improved than deteriorated in moral character by the ambition of taking an oar in the University boat. The Herald, calling attention to the agricultural trades unions proposed to be organised by Canon Girdlestone, gives the vicar credit for proper motives. Could he foresee the advent of an agricultural Broadhead, or even the future rise of a pastoral Potter, no doubt he would burn the five points of his charter just adopted at the Willis's Rooms Conference, and break up his Labour Institute at Serjeants' Inn. But it is not always given to reformers to see the ultimate issue of their labours. The seed they often drop in the ground often bears fruit they little expected. The Re v.Canon Girdlestone promises himself that no harm shall come of his new organisation ; and without doubt he thoroughly believes it. Very possibly no harm may arise for some time to come. The migration scheme which Canon Girdlestone has worked so zealously thus far is fair enough, and has doubtless done great good. But the leaguing of class against class which is now proposed is a mistake, and the best we can hope is for its failure, which happily is pretty certain. We advise the rev. canon to let alone this "organising." It may seem very grand, but it is at once inapplicable and unnecessary. The Telegraph remarks that this week the trial of the Clerkenwell miscreants will begin, and as the Clerkenwell explosion was the climax of the Fenian outrages, so our contemporary trusts the proceedings at the Old Bailey will bring that conspiracy to a close, in so far at least as England is concerned. Sedition was not indigenous here ; it was imported from across the Irish Channel, and is now under an eclipse so total that the most reckless of its advo cates—if any such still remain at large —must acknowledge the hopelessness of seeking to revive it. We dare not say so much of Ireland, perhaps ; but even of her may we not assert that the disposition which would resort to illegal modes of redressing grievances has now lost much of its power for evil ? Better days are in store for the sister country, and the people of England are eager to shew that, having vindicated authority and order with the strong hand, they are ready to do justice and thus attach the islands by bonds of mutual sympathy. MORMON MEETING IN LONDON.—On Sunday morning, at the Music Hall, Store-street, there was a con ference of Mormons, or Latter-day Saints, belonging to the London district, and great interest was shewn in the proceedings in consequence of a large emigration which is about to take place from England for Utah. At the hour appointed for the commencement of the proceed ings, twenty-three men, all dressed in black, and most of them very young, came through a side door on to the platform and sat down in a row. The president for the day (Mr. Franklin Richards) requested every one to stand while a hymn was sung—to one of the most popular airs of the day—but the twenty-three gentle. ruen on the platform sat in their chairs, without shewing the slightest interest in the matter, while everybody else obeyed the presidential . injunction to stand. The next business was to ask for a blessing on Brigham Young, his counsellors, bishops, and apostles, and this was done in a very intelligent way. Next followed the delivery of verbal reports from the elders who have charge of districts in connection with the London Con ference, the eldest of th ese e ld ers being apparently !it inoro than twenty years of age. Mr. Franklin Richards, the president of the Conference, then delivered an address. He said that in the London district there were 9 branches, 107 elders cf Conference, 53 priests, 24 teachers, 30 deacons. During the last six months 132 persons had been baptised, 16 cut off, 4 had died. The total number in the London Conference, including officers, was 1,172. .He thought it was doubtful whether all the Latter-day Saints in England would be able to get away to Utah this year, for they were admitting hundreds of new members every month, and they could not make up the necessary amount for expenses of passage. By a show of hands Mr. Brigham Young and his counsellors, the twelve apostles, the bishops, and other officers were " sustained ' 7 jn their present positions. THE IRISH PRESS ON THE DIVISIONS. The magnitude of the majority by which the House of Commons has decided that the Protestant Church in Ire land must cease to exist as an Establishment has tslen every one in Dublin by surprise. That the Horse would decide with Mr. Gladstone all knew. Teen the most sanguine Tories, who look upon the Fatablishment almost as a divine ordinance, had been lapsing into a state nearly allied to despair. But tlmy never dreamed that the decision would be so complete, so overwhelming as the division proved tv be. The effect for the moment was abso.lutely stunning, and the most earnest champions of ascendancy in the Irish press who wrote so strongly a few days ago have greatly lowered their tone. The Irish Times trusts to the powerful effect which the Premier's speech " must produce upon the English people," ap parently because " it is throughout complimentary to Ireland," and concludes its article by the expression of a " hope that for their own sakes the English people will interfere, and unmistakably pronounce that they, too, await practical legislation, and will not that the vital interests of the nation be sacrificed to gratify either jealousy or faction." The Daily Express takes its stand on the Coronation Oath, and the duty of Parlia ment to respect the obligations entered into by its prede cessors. The Express holds that it is the duty of English Churchmen to maintain for their brethren in Ireland the privileges they themselves enjoy ; that it is the duty of all Protestants to unite in defence of Protestant truth ; and solemnly adds : " The present House of Commons has signally failed in the performance of its part. Let us hope that the nation at large will not be found equally defi cient." The Evening Mail derives a modicum of satis faction from the Ministerial defeat. It asks the friends of the Church, not " under the shock of the division" to " stumble into the conclusion that the defeat of Mr. Dis raeli's scheme is necessarily a blow to the Church." The Mail thinks, had the Government adopted Lord Craw borne's manly advice, and met the onset of the Opposition with a simple defiance, however the relative numbers would have shewn, the morale and even the prospects of the party would have been very different. The Mail would prefer Mr. Gladstone's scheme, however iniquitous it may consider it to be, to the plan indicated by Mr. Disraeli in his speech on the 18th of March, which proposed the dis tribution of all the revenues and property at present vested in the Reformed Establishment among all the Christian sects at present discoverable in Ireland. The numerical test being accepted, in such a contingency as that which should apportion the fund, Mr. Disraeli's plan would amount to the cession of fully £400,000 per annum to the trustees of the Pope of Rome, unshackled by condition, without reserving a right of revision or even of audit. The Mail thinks it possible this enormous temptation, placed before the eyes of Cardinal Cullen, may induce him to support the project of Mr. Disraeli. There has been already a precipitate change of sides upon one essential point of the battle between the Government and the Opposition. An order has been actually received by the Irish members, commanding their votes in support of the Government in the matter of the charter to the Catholic University. This order has thrown the Irish vote, it is said, into something like consternation, lest it should be followed by a general order to support, in their integrity, Mr. Disraeli's ecclesiastical projects for Ire land. It is unnecessary o say with what delight the result of the division has been hailed by the Liberal party in Ire. land. It is regarded by the Freeman's Journal as practi cally abolishing the last badge of conquest and establishing religious equality in Ireland. The Northern Whig, a Liberal journal, representing the enlightened Protestant ism of 'Ulster, declares the vote of the House of Commons to be "the greatest Liberal victory of this generation." Mr. Jonathan Pim, M.P., has written to the newspapers to explain why his name is not to be found in the division on the Irish Church question. He states that he gave an engagement on the hustings that, although unfettered on the subject when treated of by a responsible Ministry, Conservative or Liberal, he bound himself not to take any part in any desultory attack or skirmishes which are a prelude to the battle. In compliance with instructions issued by the Chief Secretary for Ireland, the rigorous rules for the treatment of prisoners in Downpatrick Gaol have been relaxed in favour of Mr. Johnstone. THE BISHOP OF WINCHESTER.—In all parts of his extensive diocese joy will be caused by the intelligence that there is every probability that in a short time the right rev. prelate will be enabled to resume at least a porti, n of his labours: ST. ALBAN'S, HOLBORN.—At this church on Sunday incense was not used at the mid-day celebration of Holy Communion. In all other respects the service appeared to be the same as before Sir R. Phillimore's judgment, except, of course, the mixing for the chalice. At a 'meting of the Bradford Electoral Associa tiun, held the other evening to form a branch of the asso ciation in one of the suburbs of the town, Mr. John Priest man said that the object of the association was to select a man who would be a more suitable colleague for Mr. W. E. Forster, M.P., than the present gentleman associated with him. It was intended that a requisition should be virried round for signature, inviting Mr. Miall— and it was no use mincing matters—t.) come f r a arJ, and if a suffi cient number of voters would promise to vote for him at the next election, he would be brought forward. THE LANCASHIRE COTTON TRADE. —The short time movement is spreading in the cotton trade of North and East Lancashire. At Blackburn recently the spinners and manufacturers held a meeting, at which it was de cided to adopt the short-time system, and since then a meeting of the Preston branch of the North Lancashire Cottonspinners' and Manufacturers' Association has been held, when it was resolved, " That the members of the Preston branch present should agree in the expression of the Blackburn branch—viz., that in the present state of the cotton market it is desirable that short time should be adopted." FATAL EXPLOSION.—On Saturday evening a fatal explosion took place at the shop of a chemist and drug gist, at Nottingham. About half-past eight o'clock a porter, named John Noble, was in the shop powdering chlorate of potash in a mortar for the purpose of mixing it with other chemicals, to make what is called " red fire." While doing this it is supposed that he dropped a light into the mortar. A terrific explosion followed. Noble was killed.on the spot, one of his arms being completely blown off. An apprentice, who was standing close by the deceased, was also severely injured on the head and face, and he now lies in a precarious condition. A man named Swann received severe injuries, and was at once conveyed to the General Hospital. Several other persons who were in the shop were more or less wounded. The shop was completely gutted by the force of the explosion, the windows, doors, &c., being blown into the street, and several persons passing by were hurt. EDUCATION.—A meeting has just been held,under the cognisance of the Social Science Association, of teachers and other friends of education i for the purpose of considering the Government measure now before Parlia ment. Several of the College of Preceptors attended, and as an expression of the opinion of those practically ac quainted with the matter it might have been somewhat a guide to future action. Unfortunately, however, the greater part of the time was taken up with discuss ing how best the teacher might be benefited. Two resolutions were passed on that question, the one declaring the Revised Code to be unjust to teachers, and the other that any measure that did not provide for a good supply of preceptors was defective. Some system whereby the certificated master might look for pr >motion was recommended. With regard to other quest:ons more interesting to the general world, local rating was repudi ated, and conscience clauses were denounced. Recurring to the old subject, the meeting laid down the principle that the maintenance of an efficient body of teachers was essential to a good scheme of education. The insertion in an Act of Parliament of the terms on which grants are made was in another resolution spoken of as undesirable, as it stereotyped those terms. BRUTAL MURDER.—tI very horrible murder has been committed. John Harrison, dies " Scotch Bob," a stonemason, who cohabited with a woman named Charlotte APReady in a "hovel" at No. 2 Court, Thomas. street, Barnsley, went out drinking with her on Saturday night. When they got home about midnight they had a dispute, during which he struck her heavily. She left the house, taking with her a little girl, her daughter by another man. She took refuge in the house of a neighbour, with whom, at about two o'clock, she went back to the hovel. They found Harrison lying dressed on some straw which served them for a bed. The poor woman began to unlace his bcots, when he sprang up and felled her with a blow; then he kicked her several times on the side and on the left temple, finishing his horrible work by stamping on her temples with his heavy boots. The woman who was with her entreated him to desist ; but he seized a knife, and, threatening her, pushed her from the door and shut it. She listened a little while, an I then, going home, told her husband, who insisted that she should not interfere " between man and wife." About half-past six o'clock, another mason named Wagstaff, called at Harrison's "hovel," to go for a walk with him. He found the door ajar; he looked in and saw Harrison lying on the bed fully dressed and sleeping. The corpse of the woman whom he had trampled to death lay weltering in blood about a yard from him on the floor. He called to Harrison, who rose, glanced at thebody, then rushed from the house just as he was. lie had not been appre• hended when our parcel was despat,h d.--Tothern Daily Express. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1868 ROMAN AFFAIRS. ......--.,101.--- (Film: the Roman Correspondent of the Westminster Gazette) ROME, March 28. One of the first public ceremonials in which the new cardinals engage is that of taking pos session of their titular churches. Mgr. Gonella performed this function at Sta. Maria sopra Minerva on Sunday. It was at an earlier day than is customary, but, having to sing the High Mass there before the Pope on the 25th, it was necessary to take possession first. Though the pointed arches and polychrome of the Minerva always seem out of place in a country where architecture deals in broad spaces, and nature affords means for more permanent colouring in its many-hued mar bles, it is yet impossible to be present at any great ceremony there and not let one's fancy busy itself with the parallel between it and what our own cathedrals once were. Of course there are many churches farther north where the resemblance is much easier to trace ; but the point which impresses the mind here is its being one of the countless mementoes of identity of our own rite with that of the heart of Christendom. I Two files of Dominicans kept the way for the cardinal to pass up the nave, and on the steps of the great west door he was received by the superior clergy .of the church, who handed him the holy water stoup, and, having assisted to drape him in the flowing purple, led him to a faldstool, covered with scarlet velvet, for his genuflection to the high altar. As he rose from his knees the censers were brought and waved, and then, with the cross bearer and Swiss guard in front, he paid his devotion at the altar of the Blessed Sacrament and the Lady Chapel. After this he took his place at the new throne prepared for him ' while the Te Deum was sung. The monks were then admitted to do homage, the pro fessed being saluted by him on both cheeks, and the others kissing his hand. The official act was then read aloud from the altar, and the ceremonial closed with the presentation of a bouquet of flowers. This week witnessed also the recurrence of another and greater celebration in the same church, as a Cappella Papale is always held here to celebrate the festival of the Annun ciation. The Pope comes to it in great gala, and besides a number of cardinals, the senator and civic authorities attend in State, as well as the Corps Diplomatique. At the end of the Mass there is a distribution of dowries to a number of young women, who wear a very peculiar dress on the occasion. ' Being one of the not common occasions on which the Pope is to be seen at a function outside the Vatican precincts, it always attracts a dense crowd of people. He comes to it in great gala in his State carriage, of which the sides are of • glass, so that he may be easily seen by the people. It is drawn by eight massive black horses, with their manes platted into a perfect cornice of crimson and gold. A detachment of Dragoons and of Horse ,Gendarmi, in their gran& tenere, leads the way ; after them come carriages for the sacristans and chaplains of the Pope, another detachment of Dragoons, and then a prelate of the household on a white mule, bearing the Pontifical cross. Then, in nearer attendance on the Pope's carriage, comes the Noble Guard, while all the serving-men of the household walk bareheaded beside the cortege. The Piazza of the Minerva is always a bril liant sight on this occasion, filled with people on the look out for the Pope, and with the State equipages of the great, civil, military and reli gious, who are attending the function, while from the windows are hung out crimson velvet draperies and tapestries, and as the Holy Father passes, fair hands shower down flowers from them. . More animated and striking still is the scene within the church, when the motley assemblage, hardly restrained within the line by files of guards, surges, now forward, propelled by its instinct of curiosity, now backward, thrilled by a spontaneous sensation of awe, as the Vicegerent of Heaven is borne aloft, pouring down his benedictions on the heads of his people, canopied by the long vista of lofty pointed arches, and with the brilliant hues of the painted windows shedding rays of glory around him. The scene is too gorgeous and too stirring to allow you to hear your mass of obligation without distraction. You turn to seek a low mass, and are carried away by an eddy in the currents which are streaming through the nav e. After being carried, with sensations similar to those Edgar Poe describes, in his story, from the Maelstrom, past forms and faces the strangest and the most familiar, but with an impetus which prevents you from distin guishing the individuality of any, you find yourself landed in the chapel of the Ssma. Annunziata, where a Dominican monk who preceded you in your strange course, and regard for whose chasuble alone made a way through the throng, is just going to offer up the divine sacrifice. You lean for rest against the moulding of a plinth, and are almost startl e d as you see rest ing. it, sculptured in marble, a figure in posture and vestments almost identical with the * august presence which was just borne pas t you. It is only the monumental effigy of a Pope, and has been there for centuries, but it is another link in the chain of identity between the Church of the past and of the present. The Mass proceeds to the accompaniment of the distant strains of the Papal choir; sounds, seemingly destined always to be intermingled with a sort of dull, timeless chorus, the cease less tramp of passing feet, which, if it be a little annoying, yet consoles by reminding that they are tending to do homage to the Vicar of Christ, and of the power by which he draws all men unto him. Over the altar is a beautiful painting, which I has been ascribed to B. Angelico, but is more I probably by Benozzo Gozzoli. It is one of those old compositions of great grasp, whi c h , w hil e portraying in chief some paramount mystery, weave in some subordinate and not inharmoni ous application of it. The main subject is the dedication of the chapel—the Annunciation. In the highest part of the canvas, and on the right side, God the Father is gazing down on the kneeling figure of the Virgin, lighting up by the brightness of His presence the clouds which surround him—midway hovers the divine dove, the nucleus of a shower of golden rays which encompass the handmaid of the Lord. Before her the angel Gabriel bends re verently, and typifies the sanctity of his ads_ sion by the presentation of a lily branch. Then comes the subordinate subject. Between the angel and our Lady is a group commemorative of the foundation of the confraternity of the Ssma. Annunziata, one of whose good works is the endowment of the fund for providing the dowries given away on this festival. By bringin g the two subjects thus in contact, the recipients of the bounty are reminded that, whether they elect the religious or secular state, the Blessed Virgin is still their model for life, and the practical showing forth of one practice of charity, the fruit of the doctrines which first germinated for earth in the Incar nation, suggests to the beholder to go and do likewise. The timid, shrinking manner of the young girls, as they receive the purse our Lady holds out to them, is depicted with great delicacy and grace, but the remaining figure is worthy of all attenti on as a con t em p orar y por trait of the f oun d er . F or, w ith th e p i c t ure in our minds' eye, which modern histories have traced, we should not at first sight recognize in the simple Domini can h a bit , i n th e t en d er solicitude for the little ones he is leading up to our Lady, in the calm countenance and lowly attitude, the famous Grand Inquisitor of Spain, Cardinal Torquemada. I had fancied the Pope looked languid as he was carried into the church, but I met him later in the Scrofa on his homeward way, and found him more animated even than usual, in conversation with Cardinal Bonaparte, who, with Cardinal Berardi, was selected to occupy the State carriage, and share the honour of the floral shower. After this function, in conformity with an ancient custom, the Swiss Guard remains in the Convent of the Dominicans at the Minerva, to share the midday meal of the monks. You will have already heard by the tele grams of the withdrawal of a brigade of French troops, and that the same transports which fetch them away bring fresh reinforcements of materiel. There remain two regiments of infantry, a battalion of chasseurs, a squadron of cavalry, three batteries of artillery, and the engineering staff corresponding to a whole division, while the provision of munitions of all sorts are such as to suggest preparations for a protracted siege. The fortification of Civita Vecchia is being pushed with greater activity than ever, and it is expected it will be com pleted by the 15th of April. Something like a thousand workmen are at work, under the directions of the French engineers, though not at the cost of the French Government, but of the funds which Christendom lays at the feet of the Pope. Of course there are many surmises as to the causes of this contradictory action on the part of Napoleon. There are not wanting those who see in it proofs of treachery and complicity with Italy, and no doubt there are good grounds for suspecting this. Yet it seems more than any one would dare, in the face of France and of Europe, to set up defences which arc secretly destined to serve against th e cause by which they are subsidized. Others say that in the present exhausted condition of Italian finance, and in face of the disaffection prevailing at various points of the kingdom, it is impossible for her to draw off any considerable number of men towards the Papal frontier, and that as there is no imme diate attack to be apprehended, it is sufficient to keep a small nucleus of troops round the French flag. While at the same time as both the present Government of Italy and its supreme head are in a very insecure position, and one of the first acts of a revolution would be to proclaim an attack on Rome, it is well to have the defences in an available condition. It is quite possible, however, also that hygienic reasons have counselled a remove of the companies which have now been some time stationed at a—to Frenchmen, insufferably— dull and not over healthy post ; or that the present reorganization of military matters in France may render desirable the translation of men from here into other companies. Viterbo has been entirely left by them and has been garrisoned this week by the carbinieri esteri, under Major Costello. The conduct of Austria is a subject of great pre-occupation just now, and it is rumoured that it will not he many days before Mgr. Falcinelli, the nuncio at Vienna, will have to demand his passports for returning to Rome, and that he has already written to friends here to secure him an apartment. Crivelli is, how ever, undeniably well-disposed, and has staved off a crisis hitherto. Among: ilately arrived celebrities is Mr. Speke, who, it is to be hoped, will derive benefit from the complete change of scene Rome affords an Englishman. Also Admiral Farragut, who had an audience on Saturday, and. while he was charmed with the courtesy with which I the Holy Father received him, is said to have spoken with as great freedom as he is reported to have used towards the Prefect of Naples. Another recently arrived is the Duchess of Northumberrand, of whom a story is afloat that, being met by the Pope outside the walls —both having left their carriages to take a walk, for which many parts of the environs of Rome offer so great temptation—the Holy Father, without recognizing her, made, as she knelt before him, some allusion to the plea santness of the fresh spring air, and added, " May God grant yon health, figlia mia, and above all the health of the soul, which is the most precious." And that poor Henry Drum mond's daughter was so touched by the winning grace of the Pope, that she has delighted ever since to talk of Catholicity with the faith ful among her acquaintance, and that with an apparently sincere desire to seek the truth. When the Canadian Zouaves were presented to the Pope on Tuesday week some four or five were still without their uniforms, but were not, however, excluded from joining their com panions. The Pope, alluding to their travel ling uniform of nearly white cloth, said, smiling as he came up to them in turn, " So, I see, you have the idea of dressing like so many Popes." To another, whose name was Gideon, he observed, " Then we may be stout-hearted, indeed, if we have a Gideon among us." In another fortnight the changes in the various garrisons usual in the spring season will take place. The troops no w i n R ome w ill country, w h ere and those who trY, where the air is f b r e e s s h e e n: d u i n r t i n o g thethe are more acclimatised concentrated in Rome. A portion will also be kept and exercised by turns in the three camps to be formed as soon as the weather admits. Before these changes take place General Kanzler will probably hold a review of the garrison of Rome at Villa Borghese. Papaleises p re p ara tory rc army have been fol T lo h w e in g soldiersthe spiritualof the the Pascal Communion with most edify ingthe ex regularity and attention, in which matter the best possible example has been set them by their officers. And this not only in Rome, but at all the garrisons. Thus at Monte Rotondo, where the third battalion is stationed, the exercises of the retreat were given in dif ferent places by English, French, and Dutch priests, and the men who had been following them assembled for a general Communion yesterday morning to the number of seven or eight hundred. A special retreat has likewise been held here for Government employes at the Gesii, which has been numerously attended. There was a grand funeral service to-day for the repose of the soul of the ex-I<i ng of BaVaria, arranged by the members of St. L u k e 's Aca demy, at the Church of St. Luca, out of grati tude to his memory as a patron of art. The Pope subscribed 2,000 francs to the artist's fund to do honour to the occasion, and the general effect attained was exceedingly appro priate and successful. A very lofty catafalque occupied the space under the dome, and over it were suspended graceful draperies of black and gold. The whole of the interior of the church was marked out with hangings of the same, richly or namen t e d , an d corresponding to the lines of th e arc hit ec t ure . High up hung festoons of chandeliers, while the gloom of the church below was only relieved by four fiaccole at the corners of the bier, whose fitful glare made strange and fantastic outlines to the crowd of assistants. Cardinal Hohenlohe, as well as two or three other cardinals, assisted pontifically at the function, and in the palchi were several mem bers of the Corps Diplomatique. Later in the day the new cardinals went to the Campidoglio to return the visit of congra tulation of the Senator they were received with much picturesque state. A return of delightful weather has visited us to-day, after a few days interval of severe cold, accompanied by a strong north wind. There has been a heavy fall of snow between Foligno and Perugia, interrupting the mails. We were thrilled yesterday by a report that the Marseilles and Civita, 'Vecchia boat had been lost a few hours out of Genoa. As there was a number of Zouaves on board returning home, either on leave of absence or at the termination of their two years' engagement, considerable excitement prevailed. I had my self parted but a few hours before from some who were full of life and excitement at the prospect some of seeing their mothers and friends, showing their wounds and little tro phies, and imparting their impressions of the Eternal City, so you may imagine how it shocked me. As the north wind ought not to be dangerous in the locality indicated, I re tained some hope that the story might prove a canard, and have taken some pains to ascer tain the truth, and I am happy to say the best informed do not seem to attach much , credit to it. The agent of the company assured me most positively that he had this afternoon received atelegram from Marseilles announcing the safe arrival of the vessel, and that it was not one which touched at Genoa. He had been assailed on all sides with inquiries, but could assign no origin to the report. The telegrams from Marseilles will doubtless have informed you of the facts before you receive this, if; after all, there has been any accident. I hear the English and Belgian papers have been circulating a report as to the alleged fail ing health of the Holy Father. I never un derstood what purpose these stories serve. I have already spoken of his animation on Wed nesday, and some friends, who met him on the Scala Regia going down to his carriage a day or two ago, assure me he was never looking more robust. He walked so fast down the stairs' it was not easy to follow him, they said. Rome is still very full, but numbers are pouring down to Naples to take the usual rapid glance at her attractions, and then return here for Easter. The Girandola, it is said, is to be from the slope of S. Pietro in Montario instead of in the Piazza del Popolo as of late years, because the smoke and rocket-stocks injured the plants on the Pincio. The situation is good for the purpose in some respects, as it can be seen from a greater distance than when at the Piazza del Popolo, though hardly by so many people. However, it makes a new effect and a new sensation. The trial was concluded this week of the nine Garibaldians who entered as artillerymen with the view to carry out a plot to blow up the castle of Sant Angelo. With the usual and almost regretable lenity which characterizes the Papal Government, they are only sentenced to various terms of penal servitude. In case of any recurrence to this sort of thing on any future occasion, however, I believe a severer course of action will be resorted to. Please let me correct a typographical error which I see in my letter in the paper of the 21st—speaking of the application of the artil lery officers at Civita Vecchia to Paris for larger pieces of artillery. It should stand—" The reply was that they should be sent immediately there was any reason to apprehend that they would be required." Not, " they should be sent immediately—there was ev'ery reason to apprehend, &c." There is a very important difference in the sense conveyed. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. (From the Anylo-American Times.) PARIS, April 2. There are times and seasons when we cannot fix upon paper the photography of clear and lucid thoughts. There may be many things to speak of, but, from derangement of the human ma chinery, ideas jumble together, without lucidity or arrangement, unless one is such a writer as Dumas, who spins out his " Three Musketeers" into 20 years after, and then winds up with the almost interminable history of De Bragelonne, or, as the Viscount Tonson de Terrail, the tutelary genius of the French halfpenny newspapers, who, after killing, and bringing again to life times innumer able his hero Rocambole ,the most unmitigated scoundrel, by the way, that ever disgraced the pages of a novelist, is supposed at this moment to be engaged in again reproducing him in the guise of a Fenian. There is a pleasure, it may be, in mad ness, that none but madmen know, and which may, perhaps, account for the facility and fertility of the sensational productions of the present day ; but, as regards a simple newspaper correspondent, the case is different, and though he may indulge a little in sensationalities (if there be such a word) the varied questions upon which he purposes to treat do not ad m it o f th e high pressure and railway progress of the romancist. Finding myself this morning in just such a predicament, I strolled out to find in the fresh breeze of a lovely spring morn ing the conventional remedy. I reserve for greater leisure the amusing incidents I found in my route. The Courses de Vincennes have gone off this week with considerable eclat. The prize given by the Emperor of 10,000 francs was well contested, fifteen horses having been entered, thirteen of which came to the starting place. The race was won by the Duke of Hamilton's horse S!y Fox, beating Bon Espoir by a neck. There can be no doubt that the latter was the best horse ; the difference in weight, however (27 lbs.), together with the excellent rid ing of Cassidy, who literally lifted in his horse at the last moment, decided the victory in favour of the former. The Prize of Tourelle (1,500 francs) fell to the lot of Champ d'Oiseau, the property of the Baron Finot, a really good horse; Polar Star and La Jumelle second and third. The handicap for 1,000 francs was won by Saint Contest, Royal Tar tan second, Arthur a bad third. Whilst speaking upon sporting matters it may not be amiss to re mark that the Society of Regattas at Paris has held a meeting for the purpose of forming their constitution for 1868. M. Young has been chosen President ; M. C. Dassy, President of the Sailing Club ; and M. E. Castral, President of the Rowing Club, vice-president ; M. Thierry, treasurer. The Paris Rowing Club will make a good many of the cracks look to their laurels, if I be not very much mistaken in the opinion which, as an old row ing man, I have formed of their performances on many occasions, including that of the abortive In ternational Regatta which came off last year. I have been down this morning to look at the new office with which the increasing development of our Journal has induced you to favour us. It is very well and pleasantly situated in the centre of the Place de la Madeleine, and being just opposite the entrance of the Marche aux - Fleurs; the atmosphere is fragrant with a perfume which our numerous lady visitors will, I am sure, inhale with the greatest possible satisfaction. The transition from flowers to feathers and flounces is soon made, and leads me to speak of a very brilliant bal masque which carne off recently at Colonel Norton's apartments at the Champs Elysees. The salons were brilliantly illinninated, and redolent with the odour of exotics, the lobster salad and champagne unexceptionable. How could it be otherwise, when the Duc de Montebello himself was present in the somewhat singular disguise of a crocodile mask. The " mazy," as Mr. Jurveller says, commenced at eleven in the evening. Ido not pretend to be a connoisseur in costumes or a marchand des habits, but many of the costumes were specially elegant. Colonel Norton looked well in that of a Baden peasant, a costume something be tween that of a Spanish muleteer and Mexican majo. Madame Norton represented a Polish countess ; Madame Bouligny exchanged a very tasteful blue domino for the picturesque costume of a Swiss peasant girl ; Miss Morse, daughter of the celebrated Professor, well became the Basquina of romantic Spain ; whilst Miss du Hamel, adding to a blue domino the attractions of hair powder, brought back to the spectator the times of Louis Quatorze ; Mrs. Downing, of New York, made a very enchanting marchioness ; Miss Harbeck, a Pole of the most attractive description ; Mr. Cook represented Ravel for the Hugue nots ; Mr. Thompson Fra Diavolo, whilst Mr. Boufanti, as a Spahi, recalled the celebrated lines of Byron, which, however, I have no time at pre sent to quote. The sale of the debris of the Uni versal Exposition has brought into circulation a strange story, singular especially as instancing the unassuming outer shell in which great financial men sometimes envelope themselves. When the debris was put up to auction it was knocked down for the sum of four million ten thousand and some odd hundreds of francs. " Where is the purchaser ?" inquired the treasurer of the Imperial Commission. " lie is not here, but I represent him," said an ordinary-looking individual. The treasurer had his doubts and set off at once to the residence named of the great buyer. It was a deserted and desolate looking building, something in the style of the halls of Ivor—mouldy heaps of old iron and other debris forming the principal objects which mat the gaze of the doubting official, • who at once summoned the household by a stirring peal of the bell. " Where is Mr. M." said the great man. " Ill," was the reply of a solitary old woman, who made her appearance broom in hand. " Where are his bureaux, his foreman." "He has none," said the old woman. " Who, then, represents him?" said the treasurer, now waxing wroth. " I do," was the reply. This was, of course, enough, and, starting off at a tangent, the treasurer arrived breathless at the house of the banker, indicated as surety by the bidder at the sale. " You have a million here for me, have you not?" was the eager demand. "Pm du tout," was the reply, and the treasurer sank into a chair perfectly hors de combat. On further inquiry, it was found that the million was actually in the bank, though its destination had not been made known to the depositaries, and all went off well, with the exception of a slight indis position experienced by the treasurer from ex cessive anxiety. The instructions relative to the Garde Mobile have just been issued by his Excellency Marshal Neil, the Minister at War. It will be seen that those who enter at the age of seventeen will be enabled to obtain their discharge at that of twenty- two ; the uniform is one of the neatest description, consisting of a royal blue tunic trimmed and faced with red, and trousers of stone grey with red stripe. It is said that a new railway is in contemplation to unite at the Place de la Con corde the municipal stations of Paris. The plan, which is an exeellent one, is reported to be under the highest patronage, and cannot possibly fail success. " Hamlet" still continues attractive here, their Majesties the Emperor and Empress having last week paid a visit to the Opera, on which occasion her Majesty not only honoured Mdlle. Nillson, the representative of the fair Ophelia, with a bouquet of violets from her-own fair and august hand, but the Emperor on the next day forwarded to the same young lady a very brilliant parure of emeralds, pearls, and diamonds. The new piece at the Chatelet the " Vengeur," has proved a failure, notwithstanding the enormous expense incurred by the management. NAPLES, March 28, 1868. Admiral Farragut returned from Rome on the evening of the 25th inst., much pleased but not a little fatigued by the ovations received in the Eter nal City. In fact his strength and powers of en. durance are wonderful considering his age, while many of his officers, men much younger, complain of being quite done up. It is reported, however, that the Admiral, yielding to the advice of his friends, will not attempt to carry the cruise further by visiting Sicily and the Levant as far as Constan tinople, but will take a little rest and perhaps go to Lisbon, as the first step for a move homewards. Besides the Franklin we have in port the American sloops Ticonderoga and Canandaigua, the English frigates Endymion and Arethusa, the Russian frigate Alexander Newsky, and the Swedish sloop Gejle. Two Prussian and one Dutch vessels are expected, so that nearly all the great Powers will be represented here. Seldom has the world experienced a year of such hurricanes and convulsions as within the last twelve months. The last news from New Zealand tells of _violent gales, of floods, wrecks lining the coasts, bridges torn away, and fields inundated. At the same time we hear of a hurricane in Canada, which raged at Toronto, and killed a man at the Grand Trunk Railway Station, several others being hurt. In China cyclones have followed cyclones with unusual rapidity. - We heard lately of a fear ful gale at Madras, and when we look back over the few preceding months, we see nothing but these re cords of disaster.. General Thomas wrote to the General Command ing the Army from his headquarters in Tennessee, on the 14th March, that the rebels in the State were organising for resistance to the laws, and that this resistance-is an outgrowth of the rebellion. He desired to know if the national forces should be employed in protecting the Government of the State. General Grant submitted the letter to the President, who decided that the Federal Govern ment cannot interfere for the suppression of a State insurrection until applied to by the State authori ties. Governor Brownlow notified to the Secretary of War that his own militia was amply sufficient to protect Nashville and the State archives in case of a rebel attack. A correspondent of the New York 7imes says that Mr. Boutwell is the cold and classical Demos thenes of the 'louse ; we know that Mr. Stevens is the great commoner ; and the Tribune's corre spondent has informed the world that General Butler is the apostle John of salvation by Impeach ment. All three are among the managers of this interesting trial, and with - such grand names no one can anticipate that they will make a mess of the business they have undertaken. The New Hampshire election continues to occupy public attention in the United States. The Re publican Committee calculated on a vote of 76,531, which came out with an exactness that amazed the country, the precise number. being 76,868. The lion. E. H. Rollins, head of the State Committee, receives credit for the excellence of this organiza tion, which is said to be worthy of study and imi tation. Of these votes, the Republicans cast 3,803 more than last year, and the Democrats 4,493. The issues before the electors were—Grant for President, Impeachment, Reconstruction, and the general character of the two parties. The Demo crats were very confident, believing in the strong reaction not long since apparent ag a inst the Re publicans; and were much disheartened at the re sult. , In one of its notes of last week the Spectator alluded to the Supreme Court of the United States with much irreverence. It justifies Congress in depriving the country of the constitutional right of appeal to the Court composed of "seven old lawyers" against measures of doubtful legality by the Legisla ture. The Act passed by Congress removing from its jurisdiction certain ca ses i s s i mply usur p a tion ; that is, it abrogates in a way not permitted by the Constitution the Constitutional privileges of the citizens. The necessity that exists for such legislation is one question, its illegality is another. It may be defended on the former plea, while the latter cannot be denied. The Constitution dis tinctly lays down the means, and when the Legisla ture sets the instrument aside with contempt, which gives to itself its existence in law, it does that which no law can sanction. The sth Article says, " When two-thirds of the two Chambers judge necessary, Congress will propose amendments to the present Constitution, or on the demand of two-thirds of the Legislatures of the States will convoke a Con vention to propose amendments, which in either case will become valid, and integral tart when rati fied by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the States, or by Conventions formed by the three fourths, if Congress shall have proposed such mode of ratification, provided that no amendment made before the year 1808 affects in any manner the first and fourth clauses of Section 9, Art. 1, and that no State has been deprived without its con sent of its votes in the Senate." Mr. Thaddeus Stevens has written a letter to Colonel Forney, stating that he has long reflected with such ability as he can command on the subject of the Declaration of Independence, and his con clusion is that ‘, Universal Suffrage was one of the inalienable rights intended to be embraced in that instrument by our fathers at the time of the Declara tion. The Committee on Reconstruction have finally resolved that no State shall be admitted into the Union unless its constitution provides for Uni versal Suffrage." As the Nation observes, Mr. Stevens does not reach his opinions by ordinary human means, in other words he is a prophet, or a soothsayer, or sometbing of that kind. It is well established that you cannot refute a prophet ; your remedy is, if he becomes troublesome, to disbelieve him. As there are no logical means of driving Mr. Stevens from his position, the best mode of meeting his doctrines is to get some other elderly gentleman of good political standing to go to sleep with the Declaration of Independence under his lillow after a late dinner, and find oat what the fathers thought after they had drawn the Declaration. There would be the danger of a person with weak digestion and active brain being told by the fathers that when they spoke of inalien able rights they thought of an Eight-Hour Law, a Usury Law, and unlimited greenbacks. But this risk the Nation says must be taken to demolish Mr. Stevens, who gives as conclusive the result of his own reflections. The bill has, however, been called up in the House, and whether Mr. Stevens can argue or not, there is one thing he certainly can do, and that is to stick most perti naciously to the conclusions he has extracted from his on n reflections, and therefore we back them against the telling sarcasm of the Nation. That gentleman has asked for the re-committal of his bill to admit Alabama, so his reflections on that subject have, we presume, led him into a mistake, an admission not often made by " the great com moner." The bill removing the internal tax upon domestic manufactures has called forth a letter from Mr. M'Culloch, the Secretary of the Treasury, who ad dressed the Finance Committee of the Senate, stating that the revenue would be reduced if it be came law over $100,000,000, and that there would be an insufficiency in the next fiscal year to meet the interest on the public debt and the current ex penses of the Government. It was not, however, thought that the loss would in reality exceed $60,C00,000, as the committee propose to increase special taxes on certain manufactures, which, wi.;h one-twentieth of one per cent. on sales of large quantities of manufactured goods, will reduce the deficiency to that figure. Should Andrew Johnson be removed we should have thine Presidents in one year from this date —first , Andrew Johnson; second, Benjamin Wade; and third , whobver is elected in November next. This has happened but once before in our history, then we had three in about one month —Van Buren on the 4th of March ; William Henry Harrison, successor for one month ; and John Tyler, who succeeded Harrison. On the 17th March the House of Representa tives discussed the removal of disabilities from general Longstreet, Mr. W. W. Holden, and Mr. James L. Orr, but on the motion of Mr. Schenck decided to wait before pro ceeding for a few weeks. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Hezekiah G. Wells as Consul at Manchester for the 'United States of America. It was announced by the .New York Tribune that General Hancock and Jefferson Davis attended a proces session at New Orleans in the same carriage, and in passing the General's head-quarters that the bands played the "Bonnie Blue Flag." The Tribune has, however, con tradicted its statement. On the 14th of March the President and his daughter attended the funeral of the late well-known negro steward, at the White House, William Slade. A man named Maguire, who robbed a Missouri bank, was taken by some citizens from the Richmond gaol of that State, on the 17th of March, and hanged. This was curious treatment for an Irishman on St. Patrick's Day. Report says that General Halleck will be named for the command of the Fifth Military District, now in charge of General Reynolds during Hancock's absence at Washington. General M'Dowell is also named as likely to succeed to that district. It appears nearly certain that Hancock will not return. Halleck is well known for his works on military tactics, but ho is. considered a better soldier theoretically than practically. R. D. Butler, the Tennessee representative, is to be admitted into the House, Congress having passed a bill relieving him from the necessity of taking the test oath—an oath it would have been impossible for him to have swallowed, having been a well-known rebel soldier. He swung round at the right time, and obtained his elec tion through negro votes. Mr. John H. Wells, a citizen of Washington, but for some time past the chief of an Indian agency in Mon tana, recently committed suicide by shooting himself. Ho had just returned home, was in excellent health, and no cause is known for the rash deed. Mr. Bingham reported back the bill for the relief of the following persons from the disabilities imposed upon them : —Wm. W. Holden, C. J. Rogers, Wm. A. Smith, Calvin J. Cowles, Thos. Settle, Rufus Barranger, Victor C. Barrauger, Luke Blackmer, of North Carolina ; J. L. Alcarn, Benjamin B. Neighbors, of Mississippi ; Robert W. Flourney, . Joshua Morris, James R. Berry, of Arkansas; James Longstreet, of State of Louisiana ; Robert B. Kingsbu►y, of Texas ; Thomas J. Mackey and Jas. L. Orr, of South Carolina; and Joseph J. Brown, of Georgia. On Tuesday week the American banker at Rome, Mr. Hooker, gave a splendid soiree in honour of Admiral Farragut. Most of the members of the diplomatic body and the Prefect of Naples were present. The Wall-street Journal says General George W. Tew, General Treasurer of the State, is a defaulter to the amount of $4,000. He has resigned, and Samuel A. Parker has been placed in charge temporarily. Mr. Rose, the Canadian Minister of Finance, has received a deputation from the Montreal Board of Trade suggesting as a remedy for " the silver nuisance" an issue of Legal-Tender Notes. Minister Thornton left Washington for New York, it is said, upon private business. The Pall Mall says :--The latest excitement in the political world in America has been caused by a pro position, which is meeting with considerable favour, that the Democracy shall, at their National ConVention in New York, July 4, nominate Chief Justice Chase as the Conservative candidate in opposition to General Grant. Mr. Chase was originally a Democrat, and Separated from his party on the single issue of the abolition of slavery ; that issue being now in the past, it is believed that ho is willing to become the standard-bearer of the Demo cracy. The Pall Mall Gazette remarks ;—" The rights of women in England are fully recognised in parochial if not in Parliamentary affairs. On Saturday last Mrs. Sarah Wooster was appointed by the Aylesbury magistrates to the offices of overseer of the poor an I surveyor of high ways for the parish of Illmire ; and last year four women filled similar offices in the Aylesbury district. Among other places for which it has been held that women are eligible are those of high chamberlain, high constable, common constable, sexton, and returning officer at an election to Parliament. Secretary Seward lately left Washington for his home at Auburn, and the report at once spread that ho had decamped in alarm at the progress of Impeachment. This has brought him back, and when the last mail left he was in his roomagain at Washington. On his return he was stopped by the floods at Utica, New York, on the 16th March, and at the hotel into which ho was thus involun tarily thrown were Anna Dickenson, Dr. Mary E. Walker, and Charles Dickens. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. kustralla and New Zealand, via Sotithampton.....April 25. Ditto, via Marseilles .........Apr1l :9. Ditto, via Panama ...April 23. Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video April 6. Ditto, by French packet •••••• April 22 Cape Verde, by Brazil packet April 6. Cape of Good Hope. Ascension. and St. Helena— • • April 12 . China, Penang. and Singapore, via Southampton April 11. Ditto, via Marseilles. Falkland Islands ...... . Gibraltar, via Southampton India, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Malta, Egypt, Au. Ditto, Marseilles.. April.—. Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton_ Ditto, Marseilles .. April 18. Newfoundland ........ ....April 6 Portugal .. "' April 6 Ditto, by p rivele ship to Oporto Ditto eitto to Lisbon United States, Canada, California, &0., by British packet - April 4 Ditto, by L Lited States paoket Ditto ditto 'New York) Ditto ditto 'New York) Ditto ditt ( (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet April 3. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe April 18. West Indies and Pazific (except Mexico and Baha mas) Cubs and Mexico April 28. Bshamas, via New Y ...... April 8. Bermuda. via Halifax Births. IAY —On the 3d inst., at Edinburgh, the Lady Dalrymple Hay, of a daughter. KNAPP —On the 3d inst., the wife of Matthew G. S. Knapp, Esq., of Little Linford Hall, Bucks, of a son and heir. PITCAIRN—On the Ist inst., at Aberdeen, the wife of Lt.- Col. Pitcairn, 15th Depot Battalion, of a son. Marriages. BRINDLEY—BARRErr -On the 2d inst., at St. Pancras, Euston-road, John Brindl e y, E sq., of Derby, to Eliza beth Harriette, only daughter of Wm. Barrett, Esq., of Camden-town. NEITHERCOTT—SIIEPPARD —On the 4th inst., at St. Mar garet's, Lee, Kent, James Henry Neithercott, Esq., of Lee-ro .d, to Annie, only daughter of H. Sheppard, Esq. of Lewisham-road. Deaths. BOND- On tha 4th inst., at Rostrover, Spring-grove, Isle worth, Charles Bond, Eaq., of Fetter-lane, aged 61. DOLMAGE - On the 2d inet., at Besborough-street, Pimlico, Gideon Dolmago, Esq., Deputy-Inspector-General of Army Hospitals. GRASETT—On the 2d inst., at 58, Upper Brunswick-place, Brighton, Miss Elizabeth Ann Grasett, aged 90. JACKSON—On the 2d inst., at The Green, Amblesido, J. J. Jackson, Esq., aged 68. MILLEn—On the 2d inst., at Chester Villa, Belvedere-road, Upper Norwood, Mark B. Miller, Esq., aged 68. TOLLET—On the 4th inst., at The Hermitage, Streatham, Mr. John Toilet; aged 67. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tue SUN Odlce, No 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Cou2ty of Middlesex.—Monclty, April 6, 1868. ac. RINI p.m. x Ti Pea( the -2 Ob han' A. (fro] Con the DAN ll of no. oTI or, h oc nit all for liu tic); ti a 5s Stn all co fel ed ()]