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 Bells," 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
Jezabel."

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

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

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

TENNYSON'S NEW WORK 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 Fisher•.nan"--which has been in print more
than a twelvemonth, the author's fine critical taste being not
quite satisfied. It being, in fact, one of the secrets of the
Laureate's success, that he does not hurry before the public.
THE GRAND SEAL OF THE MEXICAN EMPEROR
MAXIMILIAN is being engraved at Briinn.
AMERICAN STEAMERS DUE THIS WEEK.—The
man Company's steamer Ciy of New York, Captain
Kennedy, from New York ol the 19th instant, is due at
Queenstown to-morrow ; and the Cunard steamer Austral-
asian, Captain Cook, from flew York on the 23d, is ex-
pecten to arrive at Queenstovn in the course of Saturday
next.

SAYINGS BANKS.—Fron 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 £1,309,719 113 6d. The amount of interest ac-
tually paid during the same reriod was £11,678 4s Id.

From Palm Sunday to Good Friday, both in•
eluded, 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 choi:. of Notre Dame. The relics
are shown in a new reliquary of silver-gilt, made at the ex-
pense of the Chapter. On thee high-backed Byzantine
chairs, placed on a salver, are seated St. Louis, wearing a
crown set with rubies and emeralds, St. Helena with the
laoly cross, and Baldwin It., 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 lactern of rock crystal, round
which are grouped the statues of the Twelve Apostles, with
intervals between them, so asto 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 stones, 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-
trani.

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
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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-hodse,
whore he was at once recognised, by a woman who had his
photographic portrait, as a murderer named Buckley,
who had shortly be!ore 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 cafe, 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
was 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. He was
put in prison, and a few days after confessed that he was
Buckley.— Cralignani.
A HUNDRED YEARS TOO LATE.--When, in 1764,
one of the earliest friends of the Newcastle Chronicle
sent for insertion the following 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 bo 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 bo 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 on the 24th of March, 1701; and of the nine and
twenty advertisements which it contained, the foregoing
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 books of the office. Time had written over him
Ron est.
He was clean gone—he,
his genteel house and smell gar-
den—all were forgotten. And the honest applicants who
offered themselves so unexpectedly 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
IVIIII. Hirschfeld, Peraire, and
Co., leather-cloth manufacturers, of London and Pans,
against the Western Railway Company to recover 10,000 fr.
damages under the following circumstances :—The Ang,lo-
- 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
Pails 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, he applied at the custom
house, and Northern and Western Railways. The first two
refused to satisfy his curiosity, but ho learned from a clerk
of the Western Railway the du'ies and value of certain
Packages which have been sent by that line. Hirschfeld
and Co., thinking this communication made to a rival alto-
gether unjustifiable and calculated to injure their interests,
commenced the present proceedings. The counsel for the
Western Railw y Company opposed the demand on the
ground that•the plaintiffs could not produce a single docu-
ment emanating from the company. He 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 Wiling 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 onlyef the dates and declared value
of the goods sent, without giving the names of the plaintiff's
customers, it could not do them any injury, and that the
demand for the damages must therefore be rejected with
coats.