The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-10 00:00:00

oN TUESDAY next. " THE SEASIDE ;
_ MRS. ROSELEAF OTTT OP TOWN' 1:2•. ar

Secondly, ,they have had all along, and
still have apparently quite as strongly, in
aid of them no less, the seeming apathy or be-
wilderment or however else it may be the most ac-
curately expressed of their political Opponents ! Of
that expanded and strengthened Opposition, loyally
and constitutionally called, whether it happens to
be strong or weak, formidable or insignificant, her
MAJESTY'S Opposition. Powerful by reason of the
immense personal popularity of the Prime Minister,
powerful by the mere prestige of comprising among
its members statesmen of such European reputations
and of such unquestionably large capacity, as Earl
RUSSELL and Mr. GLADSTONE—powerful by reason
of the very hesitation and apparent bewilderment
of their otherwise intrinsically formidable
antagonists, the serried ranks of an Opposition
lai-ger in numbers, and more vigourous in organize.
tion than any Opposition that has for years con-
fronted the holders of office in the British House
of Commons—the Cabinet has contrived, during the
last five years, with delightful ease, to hold its own
against all corners ! The Prime Minister laughing
off all serious opposition with a good-humoured
carelessness sufficient in its way, one might have
thought, to have maddened the more hot-blooded of
the Conservatives confronting him, to what Mr.
HENLEY would have called "an ugly rush" from the
left-hand side to the right•hand side of the Speaker.
Such was not to be, however. Even with Lird
ROBERT CECIL, there, often speaking daggers,
and Mr. C. BENTINCK looking there
occasionally, from the Opposition Benches,
Ministers have, during five do-nothing years,
been fated to dawdle on in office with an air,
for the most part, positively of undisguised indif-
ference. Lord PALMEBSTON has had only to crack
his amiable:little jokes ad libitum. Earl RUSSELL has
had only to go on writing,despatehes ad nauseam.
Mr. GLADSTONE has bad only, now and then, upon
any seeming emergency, as, for example, but the other
day in that matter relating to the franchise, to argue,
with his splendid gifts of rhetoric, ad captandunz.
Mr. LAYARD has had only to snarl away tiny tendency
to over-inquisitiveness, putting awkward queries
aside haughtily ad referendum. And the five years
of no reform at home, and of ultimate meddling and
muddling abroad, have been eked out admirably well.
Talk of the Pear being ripe for the Conservatives !
It seems to have turned sleepy ! Talk of its being
simply ripe ! It threatens to be rotten ! Delay upon
delay is all that Ministers need trouble themselves
about. Their one successful system is that of a per-
petual put off. Wait and you will see. Don't ask
premature questions. Negotiations have commenced.
A Conference is about to assemble. The Conference
has assembled—is sitting. Several of the pleni-
potentiaries have written home for further in-
structions. Arrangements are on foot with a view
to a pacific settlement. First of all, there is no
armistice, but there is a hope of one. Then that
long-delayed hope is at last realised. There is an
armistice for a month. The month is just draw-
ing to a close, and at the last gasp of
it, there is a supplementary armistice arranged for
another opportune fortnight. And so—by a sue.
cession of wonderfully cleverj but painfully trans.
perentAifts or dodges, the evil day of open discus-
sion in the House of Commons is put off, week
by week, month by month, until the session is
drawing on towards its conclusion, with not only
nothing done, but nothing even explained. It is a
capital contrivance this system:of procrastinations.
A capital contrivance—for retaining °Mee ! But—
for governing a great country ? Better than any
attempt to answer that very natural inquiry--
better, far better for Ministers still to cry Vire la
Bagatelle

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ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
OFFICE.
Royal Exchange, London, 21th May, 1864.
The CnURT of DIRECTORS of the COITTORATION of
the ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE do horeby give
notice, that their Transfer rooks will be SHUT from Tues-
day, the 14th of June next, to Tuesday. the sth of Ju y
followtrg and th .t a GENERAL COURT of the said Cor-
poration will be holden at their Moe at the Royal Exchange,
on WEDNESDAY, the 22d of June, at 'Twelve o'cloct at
noon, to consider of a Divide :d.

ROBERT P. SPEELE, Secretary.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA,
Covent-garden.
Thane will in this week be five opera nights, viz.. Monday,
Tuesday. Thursday. Friday, and zaturday.
Special Extra Night.
Mdlle. Aclelina Patti, 31dlle. Fr cci ; M. Faure, SignorCiampi,
Signor RoncOni, Herr chmid, and Signor Tamberlik.
THIS EVENING (FIIIDA I', June 10, will be performed
lloza is opera, DON GIOVANNI. 1i ith the tollim ng
pswerful caAt :—Donna Anna, 2.llcille. Price' ; Zerlina, Mdlle.
Adelir,a P tti ; Elvira, Madame Rudersdorff; Dun Glovanui,
M. Faure; Leporeilo, ignor Ciampi ; Masetto, Signor
Itoticoni; 11 Commendatore, Herr Schmid; and Don Ottayio,
signor lamberlik.
The minuet will be danced by Mdlle. Salvioni and
Despiace2.

Commence at half past Eight.
'Fit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre sta Is, 10s. 6d., 78., and 58. ;
amphitheatre.:2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had
at the box-office under the portico of the theatre, which is
open from ten to live, and at the principal musicsellers' and
librarians'.

iiIHEATRE ROYAL HAYM ARKET.—
.x Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone.
THIS EVENING. THE BALANCE OF COMFORT.
Mr. Howe and Miss L. AngeL
After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern,
Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Weathersby, ;
Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwillism.
After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND
ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe, Sze. ; Mes-
dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, Nelly rower, Hill, Wright,
Ro:;ers,
To conclude with AN UNLUCKY MORTAL.
Commence at 7.

jitoymi LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter.
Mr. FECHTER will perform HAMLET THIS EVENING
(FRIDAY). Claudius, Mr. Emery; Polonius, Mr. John
Brougham; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden-
-11, if ; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore; First Gravedigger, liar. H.
Widdi b com ; Osr
mond, ic, Mr. F. Charles ; Messrs. W. M'lntyre,
F. Morton. Ray Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall-
bank, Collett ; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, Miss st
Henrade ; and Gertruie, Miss Elsworthy.
The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin.
Notice.—The doors open at half-past 7, and Hamlet com-
tences at 8.
Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five.

EW THEATRE-RD YAK,, ADELPIII.--
801 e PreDriltor and Matazer, Mr. B. Webster.
Last Two Nights of 'he Groat Tragediene, Miss Bateman,
in the character of LEAN.
THIS EVENING,an apropos Sketch. SHAKESPEARE'S
HOL SE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson.
Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by
Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, Eburne,
Stephenson; Mrs. Billington.
To conclude with THE AREA BELLE : Hessrs. J. L. Toole
P. Bedford, it. Itomer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis.
Commence at 7.

MISS BATEMAN as LEAH.-LAST TWO
NIGHTS of the Great Tragedienne in her original
character of the Jewish Maiden, in which she has appeared
btifore crowded, fashionable, and delighted audiences every
evening for the past e.ght months. The great attractiveness
of this closing series of representAions render it necessary to
secure seats at once, as th, box book Is being rapidly filed.

OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the
Management of Kr. B. WEBSTER.
Crowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new
Ccmtdy, by DLn Boucicault ,Esq., every Evening.
Re-engagement of those ce ebra'ced and popular artistes Mr.
an Mrs. Charles Mathews. ,

Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular
names of Mr. Bekiamin Webster, Mr. Charle, Mathews. Mr.
Yrank. Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole,
.Mr. .1. Clarke, Mr. Poll
Bedford, Mr. F. iobinson. Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews,
311 ms H. rbert, Mrs Frank Matthews, Miss H. 6imms, Miss
A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miso
Wentworth, and Mrs. Stiriing-.
EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE
SVECDING. Miss Herbert.

At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and ori2inal Comely,
in 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled THE FOX CHACE.
Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews,
Mr. J. Clarke, Sir. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Cham er-
laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss
Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here).
At 10, OCT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles
Mathews and Mr. Frank .*latthews.
To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke; Miss
Fanny Josephs.

Commence at 7.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manacrer, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, THE SILENT SYSTEM.
Followed by THE MAID OF' HONOUR. Miss Ada
Swanborough.
After MAZOURK A. Messrs. Honey, James,
Fenton, Turner, .&. ; Misses Marie Wilton, Simpson, &e.
To conclude with TIMOTHY TO THE RESCUE. Mr.
T. Thornla.

being shut up in a cupboard to regale him•
self on the sly with prohibited luxuries, is not
exactly attractive to the tastes and habits of the
inhabitants of this country. All laws that tend to
promote the growth of deceit and foster the devices
and contrivances of cunning are very much to be
reprehended. This plan is open also to the objec-
tion of giving rise to jealous feelings between
classes, which of all others is an evil to be dreaded.
The poor man shut out from his miniature world
will naturally compare his isolated state with that
of the wealthier classes who were free to partake
of everything that fancy might suggest, or money
could procure. The real and right thing to trust
to for the formation of temperance and the decrease
of excess, is the improvement of the great body of
the people. This can only be done by time and
patience, and na vehement changes and violent
measures will ever accomplish the much desired
end. Captain JERVIS said that " drunkenness was
dying out of the country not owing to penal enact-
ment, but owing to the spread of education, the
labours of the clergy and ministers of all denomi.
nations, and the example of the other classes,"
Mr. ROEBUCK denounced the bill in his forcible
style. He said he had never seen a more mischievous
measure introduced in the whole course of his
experience in Parliament. The hon. and learned
gentleman carried oat his remarks in his usual
facetious manner, and put a case to Mr. LAWSON
for his consideration. If the ratepayers of West-
minster decided to put an end to all places where
intoxicating liquors were sold, he asked if that
prohibition would extend to the refreshment-room
of the House of Commons. Mr. BRIGHT was also
strongly against the proposal. He said that
sobriety was greatly increased of late years, and
the middle classes were now very different to what
they were some time past. The hon. member very
truly remarked that the permanent remedy against
excess was the improvement and instruction of the
people, and " this, it was evident, must in any case
be their sheet-anchor." This is, indeed, the only
reliable means of attaining the desired end, and it
would be well if the enthusiasts and Utopians of
the present day would have more patience and
exercise more hope. Mr. BRIGHT explained the
very great confusion which would be occasioned
by the introduction of this bill—how it would
affect the trade and interfere with the property of
the country in a new and mischievous manner. The
immense majority which decided the fate cf the
measure is an unmistakeable proof of the feeling
with which it was regarded; and it is to be trusted
that this signal failure will be a warning to others
who entertain such extreme views and move the
adoption of such one•sided measures. Without the
maintenance of discipline and order, the public
peace could not be preserved, but at the same time
it would never do for us to tolerate in the smallest
degree any infringement of those rights or inter-
ference with that liberty which have made this
country so justly ctlebrated throughout the world.
Arbitrary regulations and tyrannous devices are
quite out of date at present, and it is quite as idle
to attempt to put them into practice as it would be
to endeavour to promote the observance of early
hours by the revival of the curfew bell.

that time of moat critical importance. After the
delay occasioned by the Indian mutiny, he pro-
ceeded to his destination, and negotiated the Treaty
of Tiee-tsin. Coming to his own country he was
occupying a public office of great utility,
though not of great distinction, when the
refusal of the Chinese EMPEROR to ratify the treaty
recalled him to that country. Many and serious
obstacles were in b:8 way, great and perplexing
were the difficulties with which be had to contend,
but befora he returned to England the treaty was
ratified and our Minister established at Pekin.
Subsequently his dealings with the Japanese opened
that valuable commercial channel to our commerce,
and it is remarkable that the fearless and straight-
forward Scotchman should be the one to succeed in
negotiations with these treacherous and untruthful
nations. The last link in the long chain was his
appointment as Governor-General of India, an office
for which, in the opinion of most public men,
he
As might have been antici-
pated, pined in giving their cordial sup-
port to Lord PALuefitted.
RsToN's proposal, Lord STAN-
LEY giving graceful expression to the unanimity of
feeling on his side of the House with regard to the
recognition due to services rendered not to a party
but to the State. No narrow system of policy, no
petty motives of self-interest, fettered Lord ELGIN'S
actions, and it is fitting that his countrymen should
us testimony to the merits o
publict
spirit was no less consp
ca u statesmano renderu s
than
e i
his
whose
us nability,a unanimous

BANE OF FRANCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)

PARIS, June 10.
The Moniteur of this morning publishes the usual
monthly debtor and 2redit Jr account of the Bank or
France. The corrrespouding figures of last month
are added :

DR JUNE.
. t.
Capital of the Bank ...... 182,500,000
Profits in addition toCapital
(Art. 8 law June 9 1857) 4,938,380 42 4,709,955 63
Reserve in tho Bank and
its branches 12,930,750 14 12,980,750 14
Now Reserve 9,125,000 9,125,000
Reserve in landed Property 4,1100,000 4,000003
Notes in circulation. 725,381,925 767443 , 475
Bank notes to order 5,109 609 53 ,
4,448,, i3l 83 Receipts payable at sight 1,519,7E1 1415,591 Treasury sc... cur. creditor 62.844,441 72 56,,641,313 58
Current accounts—Paris 130,565,550 13 143,14 283 79
Do. branch-banks
Dividends pays bl.
...... 556,723 75 687,948 7.5
Commission on deposits 3,200,998 93 5,038,022 45
Discounts and sundry
interests... .....•
... 21,708,976 84 19,052
Re-discounts of the last ,775 98
six m0nth5...,........ 3,078, 97 61 3,078,997 61
Sundries ................ 11,880,937 95 11,700,022 04

M AY.

182,500,000

1,205,641,762 05 1,261,316,288 70

CR.
Cash in hand..
Do. branch-banks 201,589,187 155,689,913
Commercial bills ov,-rdue 547,957 63 €05,732 64
Commercial bills discounted
not yet due ....... 305.907,852 60 372,102,289 27
Do. branch-banks 271,39d,67L 311,223,228
Advances
on deposits of
bullion
Do. branch. banks.... 2,9 9,500
Advsnces on French public
securities ............ 16,970,Z00
Do. branch-banks.... 10,178,510
Advances on rsii• shares
and debentures 30,754,700 32 32,275,700
Do branch-banks.... 20,125,341 21,309,900
Advances on Credit Fon-
cier Bonds 354,400
Do. branch-banks 417,000
Advances to the State
(Convert. June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000
Govt. Stock Reserve
Do. disposable
Rentes immobilisees (Law
June 9, 1857) 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of the
Bank
Lauded property, branches 5,177,688 5,-99,828 --
Expenses of management 1,857,268 1,464,t.82 81
Sundries . . 11,688,736 37 9,867,890 59

18,193,800
2,186,300

17,441,109
11,939,9:0

381,100
353,100

100,000,000

Last evening the House of Commons was called
upon to fulfil a graceful yet melancholy act 431
public duty. The claims of a statesman and diplo-
matist of no common order were laid before them
by the Prime Minister; and in recognition of the
many and varied services which Lord ELGIN has
rendered to his country, they were called upon to
give a loyal and hearty assent to the Royal Mes-
sage, recommending that a pension of £l,OOO a-year
should be bestowed upon his widow. A further
token of the high estimation in which the late
lamented nobleman was held in our Eastern pos-
sessions was given in the unanimous resolve of the
Indian Council to settle an equal amount upon that
lady from the revenues of India. The claim of Lord
ELGIN to grateful remembrance by all Anglo,lu-
diens is not only based upon his wise and temperate
judgment during the few months which he
was permitted to direct the public affairs of that
dependency, but upon the promptness, the judg-
ment with which he hastened to render assistance
at Calcutta in the terrible year 1837, It will be
remembered that Lord ELGIN was on his route to
China, in charge of a high diplomatic mission,
with every prospect of achieving honourable die-
tinction by carrying it to a successful issue, He
was accompanied bytroops, and therefore, on hearing
of the outbreak in India, he at once returned to
Calcutta sacrificing all personal considerations in
his desire to lend Lord CANNING the benefit of hie
aid and the State the service of his troops. It was
one of those occasions which test the character of a
Statesman, since it required prompt and cool jadg.
went, great decision of parpose, and rapid action.
It was assuming a responsibility from which men of
feebler mind would have shrunk, and it was break•
mg through those fetters of routine which so often
hamper the actions of really able men. The value
of the assistance which he thus gave to the Indian
Government in the hour of peril and distress is
readily acknowledged by its members when the
danger has passed away, and their authority re.
established. As Sir C. WOOD observed—" Lord
ELGIN rendered distinguished services to India at
the time of her greatest need, and had thereby
established an undeniable claim to the resources at
the disposal of the Council." Bat it is not in India
alone, although that country is now so closely asso-
ciated with his name, that Englishmen hay e to bear
witness to Lord ELGIN'S services. The outline of
his career was briefly but graphically sketched by
Lord PALMERSTON, who remarked that—" It has
seldom fallen to the lot of any public man to per-
form services more varied with regard to the scene
of their action, more important with regard to their
results, or attended with greater personal exertion
and exposure than were performed by the late Lord
ELGIN." The noble Premier might have added,
that it has fallen to the lot of few men to be so sig-
nally and so consistently successful. Like the hero of
old, whose magic touch turned everything to the
most precious of metals, Lord ELGIN converted the
most unpromising and even hopeless of ceases into
a success. He was one of the rare exceptions who
can boast of having made no failure, of having to
record no catastrophe, during a most eventful career.
His happy combination of cool and clear judgment,
with prompt and vigorous action, was doubtless the
principal cause of this nnvaried success; but it
needed the union of many gifts and qualities to
enable him to accomplish the objects of his diplo-
matic missions to such people as the inhabitants of
China and Japan. His first official position was as
Governor of Jamaica, which post he held for four
years, and in that comparatively brief period he had
given so forcible an impression of his capacity by
hwiass adtrmanlnfiZetdi°t a
fio
of amffaarier s
importantin t hat island
o.c
eteh—hatt hee
Governor-Generalship of Canada. His labours
during the eight years in which he remained there
produced most satisfactory results, and for the first
time his diplomatic abilities came into play, since,
by his missioa to Washington, he concluded the
treaty of reciprocity between the Government of the
United States and the British North American
colonies. In 1857, as we have said, Lord ELGIN
xas seleoted as Ambassador-to Chins, an cage at

1,205,541,762 05 1,261,316,235 70
Certified by the Honorary Vice-President of the Council
of State, Governor of the Bank,

AD. VUITRY

YEAR'S WORK OF A CORONER.--The Social
Science Review publishes a sketch by Dr. Lankester
of his work as coroner for the central district of Middlesex
in the year ending July 31. 1863. The population of the
district is stated at 805,975 (meaning probably at the census
of April, 1861), and he held 1,080 inquests (203 of them at
hospitals, prisons, or asylums), one for every 746 persons.
The proportion is very much higher in St. Giles's ; yet the
medical officer of that parish has to state that in 1862 45
bodies were Interred without an inquiry when there ought
to have been one. "It is intolerable in a civilized country,"
he says, "that persons dying in this way should be Interred
without inquiry; in at least two cases there was priina
facie ground for suspecting poison." Dr. Lankester blasts
that "the registration of death and the burial of the body
without any medical certificate is of very common occur-
rence in London." Very unsatisfactory medical certificates
are alsi) accepted by some registrars ; sometimes the medi.
cal man never saw the deceased either alive or dead, Irre-
gular certificates ought always to be referred to the coroner.
In the course of the year there were 63 deaths of new-horn
children with verdicts of wilful murder or neglect, very often
on the part of some person unknown ; there were besides 8
deaths of new• born children from "unknown causes, and 8
"accidental deaths," making 69 inquests on new-born
children. It is, says the coroner, a fearful picture of
the moral condition of the district. The crime of infan-
ticide is very much more fr(quent in some parts of central
Middlesex than in others, and the subject seems one that
demands investigation. The crime appears to be most fre-
quent among women in domestic service. Sixteen children
were picked up in the streets that had never breathed. The
absence of any registration of stillborn children is undoubt-
edly a source of crime. Children are often brought to the
undertaker for burial as stillborn without any guarantee for
that fact, and where women can find accomplices this pre.
cents a very ready method of getting quit of children without
any inquiry as to the cause of their death. As many as 90
children were suffocated in bed, some of them first-born
children of young mothers ignorant of the necessity of
fresh air for sae life of the offspring, others the children of
parents who had gone to bed not sober and caused their
child's death by culpable neglect. With regard to inquests
on adults, the coroner reports that 70 of the 1,080 deaths
were suicides. The largest number of the suicides was by
poison, and this is effected of en by articles extensively used
in various branches of industry, and therefore easily pro-
cured for an improper purpose. The year's inquests imply
that the tendency to commit suicide is more than twice as
great among men as among women, and that men prefer
hanging or the knife, women poisoning or drowning. In a
large proportion of these cases habits of intoxication had
preceded the act of suicide.
ALLEGED LUNACY OF A LANDED PEGERIETOR.-
03 Monday and Tuesday a Court was held by the
Sheriff of Midlothian, with a jury, to inquire into the state
of mind of Mr Alexander Christie, of 13aberton, a landed
proprietor, residing in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh.
The proceeding was at the instance of Mr Braithwaite
Christie, his brother, for whom Mr Gordon and Mr Fraser
appeared, the Solicitors General and Mr. Macdonald ap-
pearing for the defence, Mr Fraser stated that Mr A.
Christie was a man of about 40 years of age, and in 1861
succeeded to the estate of Baberton, worth about £l,OOO a-
year. He was originally a man of defective intellect, but
during the last twelve years his mind had been further
impaired by a course of gross intemperance, and he had
taken up with associates of the lowest class. He had
lived at Juniper-green for above twenty years with John
Barr, a man with whom his father had boarded him as a
measure of restraint, but his intemperate habits had gained
upon him, and scarcely a day passed without his going into
Edinburgh and getting drunk. The circumstance which
had led his friends to interfere was that in April last a
butcher named M'Donald and a mason named Law had in-
duced him io sign a promise of marriage to Agnes Mossman,
an old 'woman and a pauper, whom he had been in the
habit of visiting. They went through a pretended form Of
marriage, and presented a petition to the Sheriff-Substitute
for having it recorded, but the Sheriff was so much struck
by Christie's appearance that he declined to grant the
petition, thinking laira not in a fit state of mind to give a
valid consent. The woman's friends then gave in the names
for proclamation in order to marriage by the parish clergy.
man, but a representation being made to the Kirk session
by Mr. Christie's relatives as to his con tition proclamation
was refused. Since that time Mr. Christie had been kept
concealed, and his relatives were unable to get access t 3
him. The relatives now asked to have Mr. Christie cog-
nesced, and declared to be in a fatuous state, Mr. M`Donald
asked the jury to observe that they were Hiked to find, not
simply that Mr. Christie was unfit to manage his affairs,
for since his father's time these had been in charge of a
curator, but that he was fatuous, or, in other words, had
no mind at all, It was quite true that Mr. Chlistio had
impaired his constitution by drinking, but he had been
quite neglected by his family until this marriage was pro-
posed, when the brother, who otherwise would be heir to
the mate, stepped forward in his own interest to prevent it.
Mr Christie had lived with the woman Mossman for 16
years, but his friends never thought of interfering until he
proposed to merry her. Although unable to manage his
affairs, and although 12 years ago he had voluntarily inter-
dicted himself from alienati,n of his property, he was not
insane or bereft of mind ; and ho had not been a spend-
thrift, for since his accession to the estate he had not, spent
above a fourth part of the income. A great deal rf evidence
was adduced, showing the eccentricities and the low and
depraved habits of Mr Christie, but it failed to come up to
a case of insanity, and on Wednesday morning the " brisve"
was withdrawn, ag the jury were discharged without a
verdict,

LIM
6UA, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, jIJNE 10, 1864.

LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

TRIP TRIAL OF THE NEW BALLOON,

The first ascent of Mr. Cexwell'e new billoon,
and the five hundred and seventh ascent of Mr.
Coxwell himself, took place yesterday evening st
the Crystal Palace. Of making big balloons there
is no end. The Nassau was a wonder in its day, but
the Nassau had to hide its diminished head before
the, Mammoth, and now the Mammoth itself must
yield the pride of place to the Britannia. Exclud-
ing M. Nadar's machine, which was intended to go
to China, but which broke down on tho German
frontier, Mr. Cox well's new venture is the largest
on record; and certainly no ship of the air was ever
built more quickly. Her "lines," so to speak, were
only laid down on the day when. G aibaldi entered
London, so that no time has been lost in getting
her ready. She is a comely craft, and does credit to
her builder's skill ; capable of holding 100,00 cubic
feet of gas, she will probably enable our aeronauts
to reach a still higher elevation than that which
was attained in Mr. Glaisher's memorable ascent
from Wolverhampton ; and so far as her trial
trip enables us to judge, she may safely be classed
A 1 for any number of years in an aerial Lloyd's
Register, and be pronounced airworthy and in good
condition. A peculiarity in her construction is the
introduction of some india-robber cloth, whose
powers of expansion wiel, no doubn be tested in her
high ascent. The little cruiss of yesterday was
merely a trial trip ; but, viewed in this light, it left
nothing to be desired. The passengers enjoyed it
thoroughly; it was full of interest and variety ; and
the "skipper" never showed to better advantage.
For the last three days the Britannia has been exhi-
bited in the Crystal Palace; yesterday she was taken
oat into the grounds and inflated. The day was
somewhat overcast and cloudy, and a couple of pilot
balloons, which were sent up a few minutes before
starting, showed that rather a brisk south-Westerly
breeze was blowing. At five minutes before seven—Fa little earlier than the time appointed—the
Britannia rose swiftly into the air, amidst the
cheers of the crowd. She carried a pleasant corn-
r any of eight, all told, the majority of whom
had frequently ventured the risks and enjoyed
the pleasures of aerial navigation. In two minutes
and a half she was half a mile from the
ground, and then, rising more slowly, reached the
mile in about eight minutes. The travellers looked
out on one of the loveliest landscapes in England;
and althought the pleasant blossoming-time was
over, and the purple and golden glory of lilac and
laburnam had laded away, there was plenty ot
colour in the dark green woods, on the broad heath,
and away over the Thames, which at times glittered
brightly iu the evening sunshine. The sky was so
broken that, even when the balloon had passed above
the bulk of the cumuli, the earth was still in view
through rifts and open spaces ; and strange indeed
was the contrast between the houses and fields, ell
dwindled down until they seemed but toy-models ot
the famili r reality, and the grand and solemn
waste of level cloud. A vast whine table-land seemed
to stretch away fur miles ; as the breeze cropped,
there was scarcely a change upon the surface of
this grand expanse, end in the distance—but sharp
and distinct in that clear air—stood up clone-
castles, upon whose almost immovable battlements
the sunlight quivered and played. At times
we heard the b aking of a dog ; now and then, dim
and faint rose the strains of a band : and there were
shouts from cricketers at play or from rustics in the
fields. London itself was hidden in the baz ,
through which, when it lifted, momentary glimpses
could be caught Of St. Paul's; but es the' balloon
moved towards Greenwich, the wide Kentish land
shape was singularly clear. Past the Observatory,
and affording the travellers a peep at Mr. Giaisher'e
house on Blackheath went the Britannia. The Has
pital seemed strangely small ; and the Dreadnought
little more than a child's plaything. It was now
half-past seven, and there was a somewhat angry
look about the clouds, which to Mr. Coxwell ep-
peered to indicate wind; so he- determined to dip
down to terra.firreta and S 6) whetter the descent
was likely to be easy. The balloon had travelled
over the Ktdbrook fields and was now following
the line of the Dover-road, past Woolwich 'common,
the new barracks and the Severndroog Castle, on
Shooter's-hill. This steady pr,gresbion on a line
nearly parallel with that of the Thames was no
doubt one of the reasons which induced Mr. Cox
well, who has a wholesome objection to Sea Reach,
to descend. Leaving the strange solitude end more
than Sabbath stillness of the sky, the balloon rapidly
descended, the captain showing all his old skill in
mar ecavring. The grapnel caught in a tree in
West Wood, tore a branch or two away, then held;
in a minute a crowd collected, the balloon touched
the ground almost imperceptibly, and a hundred
willing hands were eager to hold her down. Three
minutes bet he) we had been alone in the air; and it
was almost grotesque to see, after that sudden fall,
how red-shirred navvies and blue-coated gunners
pressed in around the car. FA. a time, Mr. Coxwet
indubitably blocked up that old and respectable
Queen's highway, the Dover.road; but no on
was particularly inconvenienced, and the onl
signs of dissatisfaction—they were very slight—
were given by a lively potty. A brief council o
war was held ; on the one hand, a re-Lscput migh
very possibly mean a night in the Esse::: marshes
on the other, sanguine observers urged that the
wind had fallen, and that the sunset was drew
due." The skipper inclined his ear to tbe "pert:,
of action," and it was determined to pay another
visit to cloud-land. And a very awkward visit
might that same have been. The crowd had be
hayed well hitherto; but when the word was given
to let go, a fellow, who had probably been drink-
ing, clung obstinately to a rope, and could not be
induced to relax his hold. On the left cf the
road were a few houses; the balloon rose with
a leap, dragging the stupid lout into the air;
and Mr Coxwell, trying to check the ascent
in order that the man's life might be
saved, could scarcely see for a moment that
the car was driving right on to a chimney. For.
tunately the fellow let go in time; instantly ballast
was thrown out, and the balloon, darting upwards,
just cleared the chimney about a couple of yards.
It was sharp work, eteadity done, but in thirty
seconds more there would have been an awkward
smash. And now, swiftly rising, the balloon passed
again into the upper air. A mile, a mile and a
half, two miles, were successively attained, and the
cold soon gave warning t hat the ascent was rapid.
The change from summer heat to a temperature of
41 deg., only nine degrees above freezing-point, was
scarcely agreeable; but the thermometer might
have fallen those nine degrees more without much
disturbing the intense enjoyment of that glorious
scene. Brighter and more various combinations
of colour have often been witnessed, but no aerial
voyager ever gazed upon a grander wilder-
ness of cloud. Like an Arctic desert, the white
cumuli lay spread out for miles—gave when, here
and there, their sombre monotony of snowy surface
was broken by aerial streams of blue; and far 'to
the westward, each bar of burnished red glaring
angrily, the great sun sank slowly down. Men
talked but little; the sight was not to be idly criti-
cised; and it would have seemed almost a profanity
to babble adjectives of admire tion as we travelled
through this wondrous wilderness, under the great
dome of pure and perfect azure. It was only when
wesgain neared the earth that people cared to speak,
and then, indeed, an American traveller, who had
seen all Iceland, and a Cambridge man, who had
but lately journeyed amidst African deserts, were
ready enough to admit that they had never wit-
nessed a solitude so magnilcent. Still following
the river line, the balloon went slowly on; soon
after half past eight it crossed the Thames
to the Essex shore, and by this time the light
grew dim and the shadows darkened. A faint
halloo came now and then from the sailors on the
river—the red lustre of the sunset died away, and
there was a sombre loneliness about the long broad
waste of marsh land, where the mists were already
gathering low and thick, The grapnel was lowered,
it took the ground at once, and the balloon slowly
descended in the Eighteen acre Marsh near Rain-
ham. And assuredly a more peculiar greeting than
the travellers met with could scarcely b 9 conceived ;
for, frisking their tails, and capering with a mar-
vellous agility, cows of many colours of many kinds
executed a kind of comic vaccine war dunce rented
the Britannia. They smelt the gravid, and gave it

Arrival of the Emperor and Empress of
Russia, at Potsdam,
BERLIN, JUNE 10.
The Emperor and Empress of Russia arrived
yesterday evening a: Potsdam. They were received
at the railway station by the Ring of Prussia.
Their Majesties were welcomed at the Castle of
Potsdam( by the members of the Royal family, and
;he Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg.
A grand review was held this morning in the
Tempelhof field.
This evening a dinner will be given in the Oran-
gery House to the Imperial guests.
Their Majesties will leave for Darmstadt to-mor-
row morning at nine o'clock.

tie :

Up as a mystery; they s'nelt the rope, and abandon
it as one of those things which r;o cow col
ever understand ; they almost pushed their bog
into the car, and only. retired when discordant nOiE
proceeding from lungs new invigorated and I
freshed, warned them off. At length thig strso
assembly, which was absurdly christened the 'Poi
Cowmitotus of Essex" by a traveller who ought
hive known better, dispersed; the animals, of whi'
there had been c,niiderably more than 40 stain
like one, withdrew ; and the balloon, which, wbE
ever it may descend in the open fields, is as sure
attract a crowd from unknown places as a Lond(
fire at 3 morning, was surrounded by nearly 1(
civil and well-behaved folks, who willing
rendered whatever aid Was required. Thus, at
quarter to 9, ended the trial trip of the Britannia,

More Tidbits from " Manhattan."

A YANKEE GENERAL IN A FUNK!
A brigadier general from this State, named Job'
Henry Hoh.rt Ward (he is a grandson of the lei
Bishop Hobart) was arrested by his commander
after a late battle, for cowardice in the face of
enemy. The facts appear to be, that during tial
battle Ward was riding about so scared that b'
could hardly sit on his horse. General Binney, bit
commander, in pity, said, " Old top, Yen ale!:
shaky as a high wind, you had better get LID"'
cover." General Ward then escaped in an an:ll3v
lance, and his valuable life was spared to his ea"
try, Will you believe it, that after all this a meal•
ing was got up at the Astor House yesterday to
endorse General Ward. There was plenty of rod
free, and of course a large meeting, and very elitileci
siastic. He was endorsed by these resolutions,Bll,
letters proving that Ward was a hero were Tau
from Generals Scott, Hooker, Kearney, Grant'
Meade, Lee, Pope, and Stanton (furnished by TV6ru)
This bears anything that has lately occurred.
committee of nine was appointed, and I should not
be surprised if it resulted in bringing forward Wirt
as a prominent military candidate f r President e
the United Sts: es, in place of Alititelladt scbc)iS
going to Europe, and expects to get a reception is e
London that will throw into the shade the
crowd for Garibaldi.
BARNUM " BOUGIIT" AND "SOLD!" „
Bonner made the fortune of a weekly by ndle;10
rising that he had hired a sister of N. P. Willis T—t
write for him at the rate of 100 dols. a column. '-
was an unusual price. Miss Fanny Fern was
known, and hundreds of thousands bJught the Pripet
toy discover the mystery. A rival paper, called tu"
Mercury, is trying to do the same dodge °Pill;
foe proprietor has hired Barnum, and has agree
to pay him 1000 dols. a column. Barnum is to writ;
a chapter every week about the humbug Persaes 6:
Europe. He also writes witty articles. Here 15

THE PRINCE 0P HUMBUGS SOLD.—' He is the highest
man in the world,' said Barnum recently to Saiggies' who
was at the time admiring the proportions of the
•Rizes'-„i
giant at the American Museum. ' Bet you ten dow.rs
can, in less than twenty unnutes, produce one .11Yer,'
swered the hero of a thousand practical jokes.. _Voile,' fiats s
Phineas. Sniggles went out to where he had a law
before lett the conqueror of Yankee Sullivan, and I;:eton°
leading the veteran Tom by the hand. Allow
Barnum, kaid he, 'to
,introduee to you Mr Thema 'Tr:,
Barnum 'saw the point,' and forked over the greenlucA6'
OLD ABE'S LAST LITTLE Joliti!
ee
Mr. Lincoln will have his little joke, even if
was shelling the White House. His iliiDOla friends
feel that they have a right to lecture him upon the
conduct of the war, and to tell him when he bluer
tiers. " What the devil did you maze Balks t
general. for ? Why the deuce don't you O." cut
General Butler, he has nearly defeated Grain'-
plans ? Finally old Abe broke out end said
"Illinois hosses,—Suppose all the property You :7-of
worth was in gold, and you had put it in the handsid
Blondin to cal ry across ,he Niagara river on a ror,
you shake the cable or keep shouting nut to him, ,
sand up a little straighter; Blc,ndin, stoop a little wore"-
go a little faster—lean a little more to the North—least
little more to the South ?' No; yon would hold your breath
as well as your tongue, and keep your hands off until
he
was safe over. The G)vernment are carrying an inimoss
weight ; untold treasures are in their hands ; they are doing
the very best they can ; don't badger them. Keep silericei
and we'll get you safe across."
GOVERNMENT EXPENSES ALL GOING U.P.!
When Pierce was President in 1856, and wile°
Edward Everitt was anxious to get Fremont elected
plr. Fremont always stops at his house in Boston),
and Edward expected to be Minister to France, be
published a statement of the awful expenses Of
Frank Pierce in Blrnum'6 Leader,
"LIBERAL EXPENDITURES.—The expenses of the Go-
vernment ut the United States, uncitir the present acniuis"
tition, are as toPows :
Dols. 75,686,400 a year I
6,307,200 a month!!
1,452,920 a week 1 I I
207,560 a day 111 I
8,600 an hour II!!!
144 a minute Ill!!!
2.49 a second 11:111 k ?
"Two dollars and forty cents at every tick of
chat will do tor Young America P But where does
money go ? what is it applied P 'Under .A.lr Pul a
administration, during the Mexican war, when we 111
_d d
nundred thousand men under arms, anti large armies, 1"n
,e 3
numerous garrisons in Mexico, the annual expenses 011'4
government were a little over forty-lour millions a year.
Our expt rises are now over
2,000,C00,000 dots. a year.
166,666 666 dols, a month.
41,666 666 dots. a week.
G,OO ,u 1 dols, a day. the cloche
I erim Of course this sum does nut inciude claim P
nd
stony that will amodnt to probat.,ls, ten th°aBki
There is but one consolation /0 our in„
creased ea/nem:its. it does not niake a bit cf
or
-ace whether they are twenty millions a day
Wort.
only one. The greenbacks will ail bcconw rth
ess, there are so many of them, except. to 0 w°
seven cents a pound to be retuads up into g"
white paper.