The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-28 00:00:00

Art Gossip.

Mr. MILLAis, it is said, will send several paintings to
the Royal Academy, one, it is whispered, is a continuation
of "My First Sermon," showing the result of a three
hours' discourse of soporific tendencies.
Mr. FAED'S picture is taken from "Auld Robin Gray"—
"He was father, mother, and a' things to me."
Mr. SANT has "Dick Whittington Listening to the
Story of the Balls," and portraits of Lord Raglan's son, of
Lord Braybrooke's hazel-eyed little girl, and of the late
Lord Herbert's daughter.
Mr. ARMYTAGE has chosen a sacred theme, "Ahab and
Jezebel."

M. FLANDIN, the French artist who painted the portrait
of Prince Napoleon, which was in the International Exhi-
bition, is recently deceased.

M. Guizot is about to publish an answer to Renan's
" Vie de Jesus." The title of 31, Guizot's book is to be

" Jesus Christ."

THE PLOT OF MR. CHARLES DICKENS'S NEW
NOVEL, " Our Mutual Friend," it is rumoured, will relate
to some of the incidents of the late Roupell ease.

TENNYSON'S NEW Worth: will not appear just
yet, according to a statement put forth by a contemporary.
It will be a small book, containing only one poem—

" Enoch the Fisherman"—which has been in print more
than a twelvemonth;the author's fine critical taste beingnot
quite satisfied. It being, in fact, one of the secrets of tLe
Laureate's success, that he does not hurry before the public.

THE GRAND SEAL OF THE MEXICAN EMPEROR
MAXIMILIAN is being engraved at Briinn.
AMERIC IN STEAMERS DUE THIS WEEIL—The In-
man Company's steamer City of New York, Captain
Kennedy, from New York on the 19th instant, is duo at
Queenstown to-morrow ; and the Cunard steamer Austral,.

asian, Captain Cook, from New York on tho 23d, is ex-
pecten to arrive at Queenstown in the course of Saturday
next.

SAYINGS BANKS.—From a Parliamentary return
issued on Saturday it appears that the total amount of
interest credited to savings banks on the capital sums in-
vested with the commissioners in the year ending Nov, 20,
1863, was £1,309,719 lls 6d. Tho amount of interest ac-

tually paid during the same period was £11,678 4s ld.

From Palm Sunday to Good Friday, both in-
cluded, the fragments of the true cross, the crown
of thorns, and one of the nails used at the cruc:fixion of our
Saviour, have been exposed to the veneration of the faith-

ful at the entrance to the choir of Notre Dame. The relics
are shown in a new reliquary of silver-gilt, made at the ex-
pense of the Chapter. On three high-backed Byzantine
chairs, placed on a salver, are seated St. Louis, wearing a
crown set with rubies and emeralds, St. Helena with the
holy cross, and Baldwin 11., Emperor of Constanti-
nople. These three figures wear the costume of
the middle-ages, and aro well executed in silver.
Over their heads is a kind of canopy resting on
the backs of the chairs and richly ornamented with diamonds
and turquoises. From the centre of the canopy rises a
column surmounted by a lantern of rock crystal, round
which are grouped the statues of the Twelve Apostles, with
intervals between them, so as to leave visible the crown Of
thorns inside, over which is the royal crown of St. Louis
set with rubies, emeralds, and pearls. This reliquary cost
the Chapter 53.000 francs, exclusively of the diamonds
and precious atoms, estimated at 200,000 f, One of the
diamands is of itself valued at 11,000 f. Another reliquary
contains the largest known fragment of the true cross, en-
closed in a rock crystal crucifix, supported by two angles.
Below the cross is the holy nail in a crystal cross.—Galig-

SINGULAR CAPTURE OF A MURDERER.—The
French brig Jeanne et Joseph has just arrived at
Havre from Nagasaki, in Japan, with an assorted cargo of
porcelain, tea, and about 200 bales of cotton. This is the
first vessel that has arrived at Havre direct from that coun
try. A remarkable incident occurred on board the Jeanne
et Joseph whilst at Nagasaki. A man, who gave his name
as Ratley, and pretended to be an Irishman, engaged a
passage at Shanghai for Japan. The captain thought it
strange that an Englishman should embark on board a
French vessel while there were many ships of his own
country lying in port for the same destination, and on ar-
riving at Nagasaki he invited him to go on shore with his
papers to the French Consul's office in order that his name
might be regularly inscribed on the ship's log. The stranger
in reply urged that he was ill and could not go. This refusal
increased the suspicions of the captain, who also remarked
that the man always concealed himself when any European
came on board. The captain then desired the mate to pro-
pose to the stranger to go on shore for a run in the evening,
so that the man should not have a pretext for declining to
go to the consul's office on the following day. The stranger
consented, and accompanied the mate to a coffee-house,
where he was at once recognised, by a woman who had his
photographic portrait, as a murderer named Buckley,
who had shortly before killed an American captain at
Shanghai, and was also accused of other crimes in
California. The man, seeing that he was identified, sud-
denly left the eafe, and returned on board the ship. The
captain, on hearing what had taken place, had the passen-
ger watched all night, and sent word to the French consul
that steps might be taken for his arrest. The next morn-
ing, the man being requested to go on shore with the cap-
tain, again refused, but seeing that he would be forced to
do so, at last consented to proceed to the consul's office. He
*as there placed under arrest and searched, when a loaded
revolver was found on him. He was asked if he wished to
apply to the English consul, but he declined. Ho was
put in prison, and a few days after confessed that ho was
Buckley.-- G!alignani.
A HUNDRED YEARS Too LATE.--When, in 1764,
one of the earliest friends of the Newcastle Chronicle
sent for insertion the folio Ring advertisement, he little
dreamt over how long a space of time responding applications
would be made :—" Wanted, a middle-aged woman (who
has been a servant in genteel families, and can be well-
recommended for her honesty), to take care of a single gen-
tleman's house in the country. She must undertake cook-
ing and setting out the table. A gardener is also wanted,
who, having but a small garden to take care of, will be ex-
pected to assist occasionally in the house or stables. If a
man and wife can undertake the above places, provided
they are not inoumbered with children, it will be more
agreeable. Apply to the printer of this paper." Yesterday,
in celebration of the centenary of the Chronicle, we distri •
buted among our subscribers reprints of No. 1, first pub-
lished hedonadtvheert2i4sethmeonftsMwahrcichh it contained, the foregoing, 17G1 ; and of the nine and
twenty
stood at the head. The sheet had not been reissued many
hours, when a respectable, worthy looking couple, entering
the publishing-office, and, advancing to the counter, inno-
cently inquired the address of the " single gentleman I" All
the establishment was at fault. Its " oldest inhabitant"
could not remember the name of the advertiser. The rustic
bachelor was unknown. No account stood against him in
the
wboaoskcsloefanthgeoonffie—ee.hTe, hie genteel house and small ime had written over him NO4 est.
He
gar-
den—all were forgotten. And the honest applicants who
offered themselves so unexpentediy in answer to his call
were apprised, to their astonishment, that they were 100
years too late,—.Newcastle Chronicle.
The Civil Tribunal has just given judgment in
an action brought by I\ol. Hirschfeld, Peraire, and
Co,, leather-cloth manufacturers, of London and Paris,
against the Western Railway Company to recover 10,000 fr.
damages under the following circumstances :—The Anglo-
American Leather-Cloth Company, of London, some time
since commenced proceedings against the plaintiffs in the
English Court of Chancery relative to a trade mark, and
Mr. Lorsont, the manager of the company, came over to
Par is to procure evidence in support of the company's suit.
Wishing to ascertain the quantity of goods sent by Hirsch-
feld and Co. from London to Paris, ho applied at the custom
house, and Northern and Western Railways. The first two
refused to satisfy his curiesity, but he learned from a clerk
of the Western Railway the duties and value of certain
packages which have boon sent by that line. Hirschfeld
and Co., thinking this communication made to a rival alto •
gather unjustifiable and calculated to injure their interests,
commenced the present proceedings. The counsel for the
Western Railway Company opposed the demand on the
ground that the plaintiffs could not produce a single docu-
ment emanating from the company. Ho also explained
that the information had been inadvertently given by a
clerk under the impression that Mr. Lorsont was connected
with the firm of Hirschfield and Co., but that the intelli-
gence given was of so trifling a nature that it could not
possibly do them any injury. The demand for damages
was therefore inadmissible. The tribunal, after taking cog-
nisance of the information given by the defendant's clerk de-
cided that as it consisted onlyof the dates and declared value
of the goods sent, without giving the names of the plaintiff e
customers, it could not do them any injury, and that the
demand for the damages must therefore be rejected with
costs,