The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-25 00:00:00

EPSOM SORATCHINGS.

The following have been struck out of their Epsom en-
gagements since the publication of the last Calendar :
THE DERBY.—King John, all Mr. Saxon's homes, Jack
Frost, Weatherglass, colt by Orlando out of Lady Palmer-
ston's darn, Ccour de Lion, Mamhead, Sacramento, Bonnie
Glen, Nestor, Stiletto, Verger, Jacob Omnium, Calista
colt, Forager, Nucleus, Greville, Vauxhall, Pixie, Horse
Marine, Vavasour, and Skeffington.
THE oA.KS.—Revival, all Mr. Saxon's fillies, Take it
Easy, Lady Bohun, Attica, Secresy, Leila, Hippolyta,
Gondola, Isca, Flower Girl, and Duchess of Kent.
.2Etna, out of the Brighton Stakes.
Greenland and Accident, out of the Town Plato.
rout of th:, Heathcote Plate.
Maltster, out of the Four Year Old Stakes.
Duchess of Kent, out of the ltou,i and all engage-
ments.

hind of Utopia, out of Epsom engagements.

We regret to announce the death of Mr. R. E. Wilson,
well-known in racing circles in Yorkshire, who died sud-
denly at Epsom this morning, atter a few hours' illness of
diptheria.

Dreadful Death by Fire at Cashiobury.

WATFORD, Tuesday,

Last evening an inquest was held at Caahiobury-
house, the seat of the Earl of Essex, to ascertain the
cause of the death of Horatio, widow of Le Comte
Achille de Septeuil, the eldest sister of the Earl of
Essex, who lost her life by fire at the residence of
her brother, undar the circumstances detailed in
evidence.

The Coroner, Mr. itobert Geogre Lowe, solicitor,
of St. Alban's, having empanelled a highly respec-
tablejury, the following witnesses were called.
Charles Dodds, servant in the establishment of
the Earl of Essex, deposed that Lady de Septeuil
was on a visit to her brother, the Earl of
Essex, at Cashiobury-house, and that on Satur-
day night about a quarter past 10 o'clock
he heard the belt of the green drawing-room ring
violently. He was proceeaing to that room in
haste, when on passing into the cloister-room he
saw Lady de Septeuil lying on the floor with her
clothes burning, and the Earl throwing a large red
cloth over her. Her ladyship was screaming,
"Fire, fire," "Save the house." Witness had seen
her ladyship about five minutes before he heard the
li
lordship
es
hha
candlestick
l etso bedroom,
tiecxkti
and in
tnngesas assistedsilve
thensilver
goingchamber
his
bell
gheni w
finish the flames, and then ran into the bedroom,
hand.rainegc.arlrSvyhe was
•
Witness
cs
iagr
hp
teet
dp, aarntdl ygbeunrenr
at .1 l y Twhoerde ece
where he found a chair on fire and the cushion and
spectacles.ased w a was
very near-
Sarah Chittenden, one of the female servants,
stated that she SSW Lady de Septeuil immediately
I after the accident. Her ladyship said that she had
set the e.andle on the toilet-table, and then turned
round and saw herself in flames. She threw herself
on the bed, but, finding she had set that alight, sho
ran downstairs screaming. The deceased had on a
black tarlatan dress trimmed with black lace, and
that was a very inflammable material. Her lady-
ship was 59 years old..
Dr. Brett, of Watford, deposed that he was sent
for to the house, and arrived there a little before
11 o'clock on Saturday night. He found Lady de
Septeuil in bed in great pain, the whole of her body
being fearfully burnt, except her face and the soles
of her feet. She was cold and pulselesa. He applied
the usual remedies in cases of burning, and admi4
nistered stimulants, but her ladyship diet/. about 19
hours after the accident.
A verdict of Accidental Death Was returned:
, The body of the deceased will be removed to
France for interment to-morrow.

ao--Consumnti ----------'
CADvERBrteIs:LEN-Oojmplaints iri
ell, all nervous, bilious
liver,a 1 td by , a every stage, are only eg-
gs vate and aoceerse drugs of every description, but
and
byDu Barry's
perfectly
Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had
been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62,914.
s ng
o t with
blood,
p fearful
ergpir a
t coi
oungsh,
hollow
miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical men had
abandoned all hopes of her recovery from the last stage of
pulmonary
'ex p e
etoration.
exhaustion, consumption,pi
ttcheeks,
emaciated, to a skeleton. She is now, thank God, a perfectly
healthy, blooming, fleshy girl.—N. Lange, Commissaire de
I:olice. Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Friar ley'
Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spittini: of blood, liver
derangement, and partial deafness.--Cure, No. 47,121. Miss
Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion,
gatherings, low spirits, and nervous farcies.—Cure, Isio.
54,616. :lie Rev. James T. Cam:bell, Fakenham, Norfolk,
of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted
all medical treatment. In tins, 11b, 25 9d; 2:1), 45 Cid ; 51b,
I is; 121 b, 225; 211 b, 405. Barry du Barry and C 3., No. 77,
acgcnt-street, London ; also Form= and
_Alason ;,.. and all
grocers and chemists in every town of the Wed Kingdom,
[ADVERTISEMENT,]—IIOIIOWay'S Ointment.— Painless
Cures.—Sores, wounds, ulcerations, mid other diseases
affecting the skin are amenable by this cooling and healing
unguent. It has called forth the loudest praises from per-
sons who had suffered for years from abscesses and chronic
ulcers after every hope of cure had long passed away. None
but those who have experienced the soothing effect of this
ointment can form an idea of the comfort it bestows by re-
straining inflammation and allaying pain. Whenever this
ointment has been once used it has established its own
worth, and has again been eagerly sought for as the easiest
and safest remedy for all ulcerous complaints. In neuralgia,
rheumatism, and gout the same application, properly used,
gives wonderiul relict

IOYAL ITALIAN OPERA,'
Covent-garden.
rom this time until the end of the season there will be f aar
Opera nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Tm.,'esclay,
Thursday, and Saturday.
Extra Night.
[dlle. Lucca ; Madame Didiee. M. Fan e ; Signor Graziani ;
Signor Mario.
TO-MORROW EVENING (Thursday), May 28, will be
ertormed, f ar the second time this season, Gounod's Opera,
MAKGFIERITA. Mar. herita, Mdlie. Pauline
ucca, her second appearance in that character in England ;
riebe , Madame Didiee ; Marta, Mdlle. Anese ; .31efisto'e e,
1. Faure ; Vale ;tin°, Signor Gr ziani ; Wagner, t, ignor
ragliatice ; and Faust, Signor Mario, his second appearance
a that character.
Conductor, Mr. Costa.
Commence at half past Eight.
pit tickets amphitheatre rta Is,
phitheatre,. 25. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had
t Or. box-office under the portico of the theaTre, which is
epen from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and
librarians'.

happily, by unnecessary bloodshed, Marshal PELIS-
BIER, in his earlier days had been somewhat too
much of la disciplinarian. His sterner qualities were
in his later years tempered with moderation and
prudenne, so that at the last he came to
be ref;arded only as c'.nspicuous for the virtues
of the soldier. Those virtues are now over
_his, gallant sword will never again be
unihnathed by its master's hand. The " paths of
glom" have again led but "ti the grave. Peace
to bis ashes! He leaves behind, the memory of a
gallant soldier and a loyal citiz3n—a Frenchman
whose name was dear to his country's friends and
terrible to her foes—such a reputation is a posses-
-9 ion no less honourable and noleps enviable than the
ducal coronet that adorn:d his brows, or the mar-
shal's baton wielded by his hand.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
GRAND EXTltt NIGHT.
FIRSI TINIE OF LES HUGUENOTS.
TO-MORROW EVENING (Thursday , May 26, will be per-
formed, first time this season, Meyerbeer's Grand Opera,
LES HUGUENOTS.
Signori Giuglini, Marcel o Junca. Santley, Gassier, Boss!
Casaboni, Mantredi, Mariotti, and Tavella; Mdlle. Louise
Ltebhardt, Mdlle. Trebelli, and Mdlle. Titiens.
Conductor, Signor ARDITI.
In the Incidental Ballet, Grand Pas de Deux, Mdlle. Cata-
rina Ber.tta and Sig. Ammaturo.

Saturday Next, FAUST.
Grand 3lorniug Performance, Wednesday, June Ist.
FAUST.

---
Notice.—ln active 'preparatio-, Beethovene in that chas FIDELIO-
.
Leonora, by 310111 e. Titiens (her first appearanc
racter:.

Commence at Half-past Eight o'clock.
Pit Tickets, 7s. ; Reserved Box Seats, lOs 6d. ' • Amphi-
theatre btalls, ss. and 7s. ; Gallery, 25. 6d. ; Private
Boxes, in
the Upper t ircle, 215.
Box Office of the Theatre open daily, where places may be
secured ; also at Mitchell's,Bubb's, Lacon and Oilier's, Bond-
Street ; Leader's, Opera Colonnade ; Sam's, St. James's-
street, Cramer, Wood, and Co.'s, and Hammond's. egent-
street ; Keith, Prowse, and Co.'s, Cheapside ; and at Chappell
and Co.'s, 50, New Bond-street.

lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
ONE GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE.
WEDNESDAY, June 1.
Gounod's celebrated Opera,
FAUST.
Tilens, Trebelli ; Sant:ey, Gassier, Giuglini.
Conductor, Signor ARDITI.
Doors open at Half-past One. Commence at Two o'clock.

111 HEATRE ROYAL HAYNI ARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone.
THIS EVENING. THE BALANCE OF COMFORT.
Howe and Miss L. Angel.
Atter which, DAVID GA.RRICK. Messrs. Sothern,
Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Weathersby, ;
Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam.
After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND
ADONIS. Messrs. Comton, Wm. Farren, Coe. AccWright,Wes-
dames Louise Keeley, Snopwden. NellyPOWer, Hill, r
Itogers,
To conclude with MRS. Mr. Compton.
Commence at 7.

OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter.
Mr. FECHTER will perform lIAMLEP THIS EVENING
(Wednesday). Claudius, Mr. Emery ; Polonius, Mr. John
Brougham; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden-
h ff ; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedigger, Mr. H.
Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. f. Charles ; Messrs. W M'lntyre,
F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall-
bank, Collett ; Opbelia, Miss hate Terry ; Actress, bliss M.
Benrade ; and Gertrude, Miss Elsworthy.
The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin.
Notice.—The doors open at half-past 7, and Hamlet com-
mences at S.
Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy
O'itafferly, Mr. Dominick Murray.
After which, Shakspere's ROMEO AND JULIET. Ro-
meo, Mr. J. Pelson; Mercutio, Mr. Vining ; Nurse, Mrs. H.
Marston ; Juliet, Mdlle. Stella Colas.

NEW THEATRE-BO YAK., ADELPHL-
soIe Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster.
Last Week but two of Ihe Great Tra,gediene, Miss Bateman,
in the character of LEA 11.
THIS EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S
HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson.
Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by
Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Biliington, Stuart, Eburne,
Stephenson ; Mrs. Bi.lington.
To conclude with T iiE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole,
P. Bedford, A. 'tomer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis.
Commence at 7.

MISS BATEMAN.-L E A H.-THIS
EVENING and EVERY EVENING —Miss Bateman
will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish
ma den ur.til further notice In order o give due effect to
this most remarkable succes4 of the se .son, eaiirely new
scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. 1. anson and cons,
a,, a. Thompeen. New dr. ss .8 and appo ntments have be, n
prepares for its productio3.—N.ll. In consequence of the
'hressing and numerous Applications at the Box-oth,e,
ob-
ar-
=gement- have Low been made by which Seats m yb.:
tained a Fortnight in A.uvAn e.

ROYAL ST, JAMES'S TUE A.TRE. under the
Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER.
Crowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new
Comedy, by Di ,n Boucicault, Esq., every Evening.
Re•enga.gement of those ce ebrateJ and popular artistes, Mr.
an Mrs. Charles Mathews.
Amongst the artists engaged will be found the gopular
names of Mr. Be.hjamin Webster, Mr. Charle, Mathews. Mr.
Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. .1. Clarke, Mr. P,til
l3edforii, Mr. F. obinson. Mr. Asnley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews,
Mips II rbert, Mrs Frank Matthews, Miss H. aimms, Miss
A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss
Wentwortn, and Mrs. Stir.ing.
EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE
WEDDING. Miss Herbert.
At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and original Comely
in 5 acts, by Dion Boucicaulr, entitled THE FOX CHACE.
Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews,
Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Cham,er-
laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and 3liss
Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here).
At 10, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles
Mathews and Mr. Frank ,viatthews.
To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke; Miss
Fanny Josephs.

Commence at 7.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough.

THIS EVENING, TURN HIM OUT.
Followed by THE MAID OF UONOUR. Miss Ada
Swanborough.
After which, MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, James,
Fenton, Turner, &c. ; Marie Wilton, Simpson, Acc.
To conclude with TIMOTHY TO THE RESCUE. Mr.
T. Thome.

Commence at 7.

COALS.—The LILLESUALL COMPANY'S
COALS.
Direct from their own Collieries.
Marquis'. ..... 24s. per ton. D0ub1e......... 20a. per ton.
Top 23g. „ IN utS... ... 183. ~
Deep 2ls. „
Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De-
pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf,
Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N.
Beat Coke
Terms cash.
JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent.

;ME THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,"
JL Containing. the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,
ga.n be bad Every Evening 01
R. GLkNIE, NEW% AGEXT,

No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park.

The 'Weather--S tui Office, May 25, 1864.

-

THERMOMETER.

This day at Two o'clock 6l
Barometer-30.33.
Wind—W.; moderate breeze, and cicudy.

SIGH WATER. AT LONDON BE.IDGE.
HIS DA:T.—Morning, 4h. 29m.—Afternoon, `4h. 50w,
1.0-x"a°w*-31°raillg, 51. Rm.—Afternoon, 15il•

J .
„,
SA-VM4411.
0, sit
tljg

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1864.

It is satisfactory to find that the Lord Chan-
cellor's Bill for the Amendment of County Courts
Act has passed tLe second reading. The bill may
probably require a careful revision, and some of
the clauses may need to be eliminated, or at least
amended before it can be suffered to become law.
Nevertheless, the principle upon which it is founded
is a good one, and if it only deserves the purpose
of directing public attention to the harshness and
injustice of our present laws for the recovery of
debts, it will have done good service. There is,
however, every reason to :hope that a little de-
liberate and impartial consideration will remove
all inconsistencies and drawbacks, and convert
the bill into a really practicable and useful mea-
sure. It is true, as some of its opponents re-
marked, that there are two sides to the question,
and that the creditor must be considered as well
as the debtor. But it remains to be seen how
far the honest and moderate creditor is benefited
by the imprisonment of his debtor, when, as must
be always the case among the humbler classes, it
is only by the labour of the debtor's hands that
he can hope to be paid. To imprison a man who is
in the receipt of regular weekly wages, in order to
compel him to make good hie deficient instalments,
is e. very unsatisfactory way of setting about the
business. If a man cannot, or will not pay, when
he is in the receipt of 18s. or 20s. a week, it is not
very likely that he will do so when he is deprived
of his employment and consequent wages. Neither
is it very probable that his wife and family, how-
ever anxious they may be to see their bread winner
set free again, will be able to pay the debt. They
have, in most instances, more than enough to do to
keep themselves, and it is lucky if the anxiety of
the law to protect the debtor's interests does not
end by throwing a whole family on the parish—a
burden to the ratepayers. The argument which
some noble lords brought forward against the bill
appears to us to be even mere untenable than the
plea for the creditor's rights. Lord ST. LEONARDS
and some other peers contended that the measure
was most undesirable, and would press
hardly on the poor man, because it would
deprive him of his only capital credit.
Very often, said Lord ST. LEONARDS, the agricul-
tural labourer who earned 14s. or 15s. a week, could
get on very well while he had work, hut in wintry
weather he was only employed for a short time, and
if he had not credit with the grocer and baker with
whom he dealt he must go to the workhouse. By
their aid he could get through the time of enforced
idleness, and could pay his debts when he got work
again. But the debts must be paid out of the in-
come of 14s. cr 1.55. a week sooner or later, How
much better then would it be for the labourer to
save it beforehand, to provide in the summer for the
expenses of the winter that is coming, not the one
that is past. By this means be would be free from
the chain of debt always hanging round him, he
Would get his goods much better and cheaper, and
in case of sudden accide.nt or illness his family would
be beforehand with the world instead of behind•
hand. The credit system is always a ruinous one
for the poor. They do not kno P, their own expenses,
they are tempted to incesr debts for articles that
they would never ',lay ready money for ; and the
creditor too oft en takes full advantage of their obli-
gations to 'aim by charging 50 or 60 per cent.,
knowing they dare not leave him. Then when the
fatal, order in court comes they only shift the bur-
teen from one shoulder to the other, running into
debt in a fresh place until the instalments are paid.
The poorer classes are always too ready to trust
recklessly to the future, and to mortgage as it were
their coming gains. This may be seen every day
in the case of domestic servants, who, however,
good their wages, are seldom in possession of any-
thing beyonds the wants of the day. If such spend-
thrift management is censurable in the case of the
matt of business or the speculator, they have at
least the excuse that the morrow may bring them
I a considerable addition to their means, but how
reckless and foolish is it to forestal neat month's or
next year's earnings when there are the chances of
illness, accident, or loss of work to be taken into
consideration, and under no circumstances is it likely
that higher wages will be gained than those already
found insufficient. Lord CRANWORTII very truly
said that credit was no doubt important in the mer-
cantile and manufacturing world, but it could be
no possible good to the poorer classes. " The ques-
tion was asked what the poor man was to do when
he was out of employment. But the question really
was whether it was desirable to encourage the work-
ing man to spend by anticipation wages which he had
not yet earned, or to live upon what which he had
put by for such an occasion," Lord LIVEDEN,
speaking from his experience of the agricultural dis-
tricts, declared that no greater boon could be of-
fered to them than the abolition of what he styled
the pernicious system of credit, " which was di-
rectly responsible for all the frauds practised on the
poor, the rotten garments cold for them to wear
and the miserable food palmed off for them to eat.':
The debtors, said the noble lord, felt dependent on
the tradesman who had trusted them, and went on
running into debt for bad and dear things, fearing
--- that if they left him he would enforce the law
night announces a heavy loss against them.
The Moniteur of last whatever may be thought of the
to France and the EMPEROR in the death of Marshal wording of some of the clauses, or as to the best
complained of, few
PELISSIER, the Dec de Malakoff, and the official means of redressing the evils
announcement is, in this instance, something more persons can object to the proposition of Lord WEST-
than a mere form of customary compliment. The BURT as to the questions which should be put to a
death of the gallant soldier whose name is associated creditor who demanded his debtor's imprisonment.
with the triumphant issue of the Crimean campaign, He proposed to ask such a creditor whether he knew
whose ducat coronet was earned in the stormy the position of his debtor when he suffered the debt
glories of the Malakoff, cannot fail to excite very to be incurred; whether he knew him to be a labour-
general interest and regret. In this country the itig man dependent on his weekly earnings, and
brave old Marshal has a double claim upon our liable to lose them from sickness or other casualty;
sympathies. As a Soldier and as a Diplomatist, whether he gave him credit without inquiry, merely
31 erehel PELISSIER is an obj,,et of peculiar interest for the sake of involving him in his books and
to the English peopl. Side by side with our own charging him 100 percent. for the accommodation?
ch:efe, be led the allied armies of France and Few creditors of the poor would pass satisfactorily
England in the day of victory, and since then, when through such an examination, and in a large pre.-
Ambassador from the Court of the Tuileries to that portion of cases it would be proved that the debt
cf St. Slimes, at a time of. particular diplomatic dif- had been really paid by the extra prices charged
fieulty, he fulfilled his mission with a tee`, and dis- for the articles supplied. The more the poor are
cretion hardly to hale been exp:cted from his war- compelled to make to-day provide for to-morrow,
like antecedents. The embassy of Marshal instead of for yesterday, the greater will be the
PELISSIER is still fresh in the popular recollection, advantage to themselves and their families, and it is
rendered more remarkable, as it was at the time, by a very questionable kindness which, under cover of
the marriage of the veteran Duke. Since .that
giving them temporary assistance in
difficulties,
period the whilom Ambassador has re- involves them in a network of debt and law which
ceived yet greater honours at the hands can hardly be escaped from by years of toil and
of his Sovereign, having been appointed struggle. Half the trouble and anxiety spent in
Governor of Algeria, where many of his earlier I getting out of the clutches of the taliymau, or in
laurels had been gathered—laurels tarnished; --
ea 1 wiping off the score at the general shop, would keep

a family out of such evils altogether if taken at the
right time, and since no preaching or lecturing will
suffice to guard against the temptation,the best plan
is to make it the interest of the tradesman to secure
reacy money, when he must give good articles at a
fair price if he hopes to retain his customers.

Among the min), societies which abound with
us, and which fl)u/iBh so favourably through the
munificence and appreciation of the community,
the Royal Geographical &clay is worthy of a I
prominent position, and ought to receive due con-
sideration. In no country other than ours should
such an institution find a more flittering recep-
tion or receive a more genial welcome, for we
have the greatest interest in all that concerns
f2reign nations, and our commercial transactions
extend to all parts of the earth. It has truly
been said that "the chart of our colonies is the
chart of the world in outline, for we sweep round
the globe and touch every shore." The words of
BYRON are truly applicable to the sphere of our

authority—
" Far as the breeze cau bear the billow's foam
Survey our empire, and behold our home."
The anniversary meeting of the society appears to
have been a satisfactory one, and Sir RODERICK
MURCHISON'S re-election as President testifies to
his successful fu!filment of the duties of that
arduous position. The banquet which took place
in the evening was a very brilliant entertainment,
and there was ample scope for the display of else
quence and the interchange of thought. The
President very appropriately observed that the
Prince of WALES had been a very distinguished
traveller. In this more than anything else the
education of the heir to the throne was excellent;
for if culture and information do not always im-
part the requisite knowledge, experience of the
world cannot fail to do so. it must have been a
satisfaction to the President of such a society to
be able to recognise in the future ruler of these
realms a Prince who "had seen many lands," The
President, in an interesting speech, described the
difficulties with which that Institution had had to
contend before it had reached its present prosperous
condition,. There are few things more instructive
and more suggestive to notice than the early efforts
which have been made by the founders of these
societies to attain the height which is their due,
and to assume the influential eminence from which
they can impress their fellow countrymen with the
right seese of their importance and influence. Cer-
tainly it is a matter of congratulation that the time
has gone by when the members of this society had
no place to meet in, and no receptacle for their
books or maps. Such a condition of things was a
disgrace to the country, and it is well that, amid
all our shortcomings and failures, this discrepancy
has at least been remedied. There is great truth in
the assertion of the President, that the grant of
public money for the diffusion of geographical
knowledge was one which "redounded to the honour
of the British. Government and Leglislature." The
members of this society have done much to serve
the country, and have made its name famous in
countries unexplored by those of ancient times. A
more national society could hardly be imagined
than one which facilitates our knowledge of other
lands and our intercourse with distant reces. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer was, doubtless, glad
to avail himself of the opportunity thus afforded to
him of leaving the arena of politics for one more
congenial to his taste, and to quit the storm of
debate for the calm contemplation of science. As
might be supposed, his address on:the occasion was
well worthy of perusal, and must have afforded
great satisfaction to the assembly. He commenced
by giving a geographical illustration of the forlorn
condition o: the society when it could find no rest-
ing-piece. He compared it to the island of " Pelos.''
This of course created much imusement, and gave
an appropriate finishing touch to the explanation 60
elaborately conveyed by the President. Mr. GLAD.
STONE, in those eloquent terms of which he is so
skilled a proficient, described the importance of
this Geographical Society as a national institution
of the country, and truly stated that it "was
the love of adventure, the boldness in facing
danger, the strong self-reliance, the ready presence
of mind, and all that constitutes the powerful indi-
viduality that lies at the root of the greatness of
this country, which likewise had lain at the root of
the greatness and the performances of the Royal Geo-
graphical Society. The hon. gentleman then con-
cluded his impressive oration by expressing an
earnest hope that that-institution might long take
root and flourish among us as one of the many
societies which, emanating from private enterprise,
are the wonder and admiration of all foreigners
who seek our shores. It is not necessary that a
master of eloquence, like Mr. GLADSTONE, should
inform us of these truths ; but when the reality is
placed before us in glowing utterances it should re-
ceive more marked attention, and be requited with
a surer recognition. It is to be trusted that the
merits of this noble institution may be more fully
recognised, and that many hitherto ignorant of
its full deserts, or indifferent to its many merits;
may come forward and assist to the extent of (heir
capabilities a society which can boast of such a
glorious goal for its energies and so extended a field
for its enterprise. To bring man face to face with
man ir. regions hitherto untrod since the birth of
time is one of the grandest exploits in which human
nature can engage; and all that tends to increaae
our intercourse with foreign States, to extend our
knowledge, and to improve our comprehension, is so
much gained from the reign of ignorance, and added
to the sphere of science, in whose improved and
extended light it is our boast to walk, in the hope
of approaching near and nearer to its perfect day.

Recognition of the South.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—We should think that enough of our kinsmen's
blood has been spilled in what Earl Russell at first desig-
nated as a lust for "empire and dominion"—Mr. Gladstone
against the North stating that President Davis "had made
a nation," and Sir Robert Peel that it was useless for the
N orth to continue such a useless struggle against a people
resolved to be free.
Now, as Mr. Lindsay's motion for the simple recognition
of the South is to be brought forward on the 3d proximo,
men of all parties, save the republicans of England, should
support it.
England recognised Belgium only a few months in re•
bellion, when Holland was able to subdue her. France
recognised the present United States revolting from Eng-
land two years after their rebellion and many years before
their independence. Why then should not England and
France on the same grounds recognise the South ? If they
can give reasons, let us have them.

FAIR PLAY.

OCEAN SUPREMACT.—The United States in 1860
had a greater mercantile tonnage than the United
Kingdom. owing to the shipping of the States having a
monopoly of their own coasting trade (the greatest in the
world), as well as enjoying pari passu with British ships
all our colonial, intercolonial, and coasting trade. In 1804
the shipping of the United States, or rather of New York
and New England, is laid up, and the carrying trade of the
ocean is transferred to other flags. What will be the con-
sequence when the South shall be independent ? That the
shipping of England, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick
will take the place of New York and New England between
North and South, and thus England will again reciver the
supremacy of the ocean, and become once more the mistress
of the seas. Will any nation object to this?
FATAL ACCIDENT TO A SON OF PRESIDENT
DAVIS.—The Richmond Examiner of the 2d reports the
death of Joseph E. Davis, aged four years, second son of
the Confederate President. lie fell from the portico of the
house, a distance of 15 feet, fracturing his hip and injuring
his head. Jie lingered a day or two and then died,