The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-07 00:00:00

Health of Lord Palmerston.

In reply to inquiries at Cambridge House late
this afternoon wo were informed that his lordship
was much better.

We understand that the Prince of Wales will
review the Volunteers of the metropolis and of the neigh-

bouring counties on Saturday, May 28. The review is to

commence at six o'clock.

vV
THE QUEEN AND THE DANISH QUESTION.—It
has been obsezved that bath Lords Russell and
Palmerston have, in Parliament, in speaking of the aggres-

sions of Germany, used language amounting to threats,

which threats have not been carried out. This is not the
habit of English statesmen, least of all of statesmen of such
large experience and ripe years. It has been observed, also,
that the journal which is in such matters understood to be
inspired by the Premier himself, has consistently advocated
a policy of action such as would make good these threats,
It has been observed, too, that Lord Derby, after fora cer-
tain time supporting a policy of action, has suddenly come

to the rescue of Government from defeat on such an issue.
From these facts the public draws the inference that the
actual policy which has been adopted has been moved, not
by the convictions of the Ministry, but by the deference
which both they and the heads of the Opposition are dis-

posed to pay to the personal wishes of the Sovereign
in the matter in which the Constitution makes her despotic,
and in wtdch her own practice has made her arbiter. If the

public is wrong in this, it will gladly be corrected ; but
such correction has been vainly asked for in Parliament,
and we ourselves, some weeks ago, invited it in vsin.
Therefore, till corrected, this explanation of our foreign
policy is naturally assumed and believed to be true. If it

should be so. we need scarcely point out how greatly the
fact is to be deprecated. The nation, jealous always for its
honour and duty, has ever felt bound to remonstrate against
being pledged, by a single will, to a course of which it dis-

approved. It were surely an anomaly too strange to be
witnessed in this century, if the thirty millions of English-
men and Englishwomen, if the statesmen who have spent
their lives in the service of the country, should be forced,
in deference to the personal feelings of one exalted Lady,
most admirable as she is in all the private relations of life,
to yield up their belief of what honour, public faith, the

welfare of the State, and the interests of Europe in all time

to come, demand now at their hands.—London Review.

A NZIV CIUME.—Oa Tuesday morning seven
gipsies were charged, before the Rev. Uriah Tonkin, at
Hayle, Cornwall, with sleeping under tents, and were each.

committed to 21 days' imprisonment in tho county gaol,
with hard labour. The party consisted of mother and six
children, aged 20, 16, 15, 13, 10, and 8 years.

SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S GRAVE?—Mr. Coleman,
of the Stock Exchange, has purchased Sir Edwin Land-
seer's magnificent picture of " The Polar Bears" for

£3,500.—The Reader.

THE CROPS IN FRANCE.-"The vast :plains of
D olphine," says the Salut Public of Lyons, " present

at this moment an admirable appearance of verdure. Since
the late rains, the wheat, clover, and vines have acquired
an extraordinary degree of vigour, and lead to sanguine
hopes of abundant crops. The rye is in the ear ; the pota-
toes are well above ground; the cherries are forward, anel
the mulberry trees in leaf. For the natural meadows more
rain is wanted. The temperature has become colder."
THE BOHEMIAN.—The divers at work o❑ the
wreck report that the remains of the hull of the
ship and the rocks close by are covered by a tangled mass of
woollen, cotton, and silk goods, resembling the piles that
were east ashore in the storm. Even at that depth (30 feet)
there is considerable motion in the water, especially after a

storm. Many unbroken bales and boxes are found at quite
a distance from the ship. A schooner, which cast anchor
near by, found, in weighing the anchor, that it was encased
in an immense mass of tangled goods, which it was difficult
to remove from the flukes. The wind storm of last week
broke up much that remained oft the stranded huil.—.Port-
land Telegraph.
THE WEATHER IN YORKsHIRE.—The whole of
the present week has been more or less rainy, to the great
improvement of pastures, which are thus early full of grass.
Farmers were much in want of rain, which has at times
come down heavily. On Thursday the northern and
eastern parts of the county were visited by a succession of
thunderstorms, attended by very heavy rains. No parti-
cular accident is reported from the lightning. The warmth
and rains have suddenly placed us in the midst of the
spring foliage.
MONSEIGNEUR THE BISHOP OF NIMES, 51 whose
magnificent church of St. Paul's the lately deceased
painter Flandrin had executed some splendid paintings, has,
by a pastoral circular letter, enjoined the priests of his
parish to pray for, or rather to think of, this great painter,
once at least, before the altar, with deep fervour." His
letter contains at the same time a sort of critique of the
works of the master, by which the learned prelate shows
himself to be one of the most competent and liberal judges
of art.

AMERICAN STEAMBOAT DISASTER.—Owing to
defective vein of iron, the port boiler of the Federal
gunboat Chenango burst on the 15th ult. Nineteen men
were killed on the instant, or died on the way to the hospital,
and four more died soon atter they reached the hospital; it
was feared that several more would not. recover. Some of
these poor men were literally flayed alive. In several the
flesh was laid bare from head to foot, The calamity ex-
cited great sympathy in New York, and deputations from
the English, French, and Russian navies attended at the
Naval Hospital to express their condolence.
SUICIDE BY JUMPING PROM A WlNDow.—Yes-
terday evening Dr. Lankester held an inquest at
the Royal Free Hospital touching the death of ,Mary Fowls,
aged 40, a widow, who committed suicide at No. 16, Princes-
street, Red Liota•equare, where she was residing, by throw-
ing herself from the attic window, a height of about 30 feet.
The evidence showed that the deceased had been for some
time past in a low and melancholy state of mind. On the
previous forenoon a heavy moan was heard proceeding from
the yard at the back of the house, when, on a lodger going
there, he found the deceased lying on the pavement, bleed-
ing profusely from some wounds about the head. She was
immediately placed in a cab and removed to the above insti-
tution, when life was pronounced to be extinct. Verdict—.
"Temporary Insanity."
DISCOVERY OF GOLD AT WORTIIING.—A few•
days since some men were digging in a garden
occupied by Mr Chapman, florist, at Worthing, when they
struck upon a vein of gold. They were searching for gravel,
and had dug down through layers of garden loam and brick
earth, and as they carelessly threw up the sand from a
depth of 10 feet, their employer, who was watching them,
observed a quantity of glittering particles at the bottom of
the pit on a bed of blue clay. Unfortunately, the discovery
was not made until much of the precious dust was scattered
beyond recovery. A large piece of quartz was also found.
on the same spot, weighing Illb 12oz. The metal has been
tested with chymical preparations, and proved to be un-
doubtodly guld.—Brighton _Examiner.
Several of the continental journals state that the
visit to Copenhagen of the Grand Duke Nicholas of
Russia, eldest son of the Emperor Alexander, is generally
considered in Denmark as connected with a project or
marriage between the prince and the Princess Dagmar, ona
of the daughters of King Christian IX.
STRIKES IN DULL; On Monday the whole, of the
bricklayers connected with the society at Hull
struck for an advance of 6d. per day. During last week
circulars were sent to the various builders demanding an
advance, and also threatening that the men would not -work
unless the demand was acceded to. In one or two instances
the advance was paid. Several hundreds of bricklayers are
now out. Their wages were 4s. Gd. par day. The 'crick-
layers' labourers, who had 18s. per week, have also struck
for 21s„ and they, where work is pressing, have got the
advance demanded. The building trade in Ilull is very
bribk at the present time, several public buildings and a
large number of first-class houses and manufactories being
in course of erection. The bricklayers are to receive 12s.
per week from the club during the time they are on strike.
On Saturday the labourers in the employ of Messrs. C. and
W. Earle, icon shipbuilders, also struck for an advance of
Gd. per day. Some of these men have already got them-
selves into trouble, having gone ou Sunday to the house
of one man who had expressed his determination to
go to work on Monday, and used threats towards him in
case he resumed work, Summonses were taken out against
ten of them to appear before the stipendiary magistrate to
answer a charge of intimidation. Tho complainant had.
however, been further threatened, so that ho was afraid to
appear against the defendants, and none of them answered
the summonses. Warrants were, therefore, issued for their
apprehension.