The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-16 00:00:00

PAXTON.

Lay him among the flowers and trees,
lie cherished them all as children dear ;
Let the fanning hush of the woodland breeze
Play over his bier.

Let diamond glints of prismatic domes
Rainbow his grave-sward's mossy grass,
Like the light that he flashed through a thousand
homes
From his halls of glass.
Many a stumbling task-choked brain,
Many a panting, aching breast,
Flung off its load in his fairy fans,
And the maker blest.

Equal in those fraternal bounds,
Master and servant, lord and churl,
Freely for each the music sounds,
And the fountains curl.

Camps unbloodied wad armies mild
Trampled his temple's flowery skirt ;
In the thick of the press a yearling child
Oft has strayed unhurt.

Was it not godlike thus to scheme
A glorious boon for his follow-men,
To work fruition of Art's fair dream,
And to vanish then ?

What could he further seek on earth
Than daily bubbled beneath his eyes ?
A nation's simple spontaneous mirth
In its purest guise.
Year by year as the crowd outflows
From noisome alley, from sottish lane,
When the dull blood quicken; the weak heart glow;
He will live again.
Live in each upward strain of thought,
Live in each innocent pulse of bliss—
If ever God's work was nobly wrought,
I think 'twas in this !
Crystal Palace, Juno 15, 1865.

MISS BATEMAN'S BENEFIT, and Positively Last
Appearance, we have here to announce (with
mingled feelings of pleasure and regret) as fixed
for to-morrow week—that is, for Saturday, the
24th instant—when the gifted young Actress will
perform, for the first time, the character of Pauline
Deschappeles, in Sir Bulwer Lytton's charming
Play of " The Lady of Lyons."
TuE LATE SIB JOSEPH PAXTON. —Yest erday
Sir Josaph Paxton was buried at Edensor, near
Chatsworth, close to the scene of his earliest achievements.
Among the friends who attended the funeral were the
Duke of Devonshire, Lord Richard, Lord George, and
Lord Frederick Cavendish, Mr. Jackson, M.P., Mr.
Brassey, Mr. Wythes, Mr. Owen Jones, Mr. Mark Lemon,
Mr. Evans, Mr. Scott Russell, Mr. Grove, and Mr. Bowley.
A long cortege of carriages followed to the churchyard, and
the whole neighbourhood had assembled to pay the last
tribute of respect and affectionate regret to the memory of
" the grand old Gardener."

Horse-racing is becoming as popular in the south
of France as in Paris. The Memorial de Vaucluse
states that the engagements for the races to be run this
month aro more numerous than during any preceding
year. Seven horses are entered for one race and eleven for
another, all belonging to sportsmen in the neighbourhood.
There are fourteen horses entered for the plate given by
the railway company, all bred in the South of France.
The Memorial further observes that the number of horses
entered for thess varous races is a convincing proof of the
increasing taste for horse-racing in the south of France.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 16.

The Royal Mail steamer Atrato has arrived here
with 212 passengers, $966,490 in specie, and 2,074
packages of cargo, consisting chiefly of cotton,
coffee, cochineal, and cocoa. She left St. Thomas
on the 29th ult., and on the following day her port
engine became disabled, and she made the voyage
with one engine oily.
The Spanish fleet in Chili had been heavily rein-
forced by further arrivals, and coal and store depots
had been established for their use. Much anxiety
existed in Chili as to the position of affairs with re-
gard to the claims made by Spain. No official in-
formation of the question at issue had been made
public, but one of the demands on Chili was that
they should salute the Spanish fleet, which it was
said the Chilians would not do.

The new customs tariff met with strong opposi-
tion from the merchants of Valparaiso, and a com-
mittee which had been formed had framed an
amended tariff, and offered it to the Ministry, as
superior to that coming into operation on the Ist
of May.

Business at Valparaiso was quiet. Exchange,
46 to 46i per dollar.
The revolution occupied public attention in Peru
and the speedy crushing of the rebellion was anti-
cipated.

On the Bth ult. a simultaneous attack by sea and
land was made by the Government forces on the
revolutionists at Arica. After a short struggle the
revolutionists abandoned the defences in confusion,
and Arica was taken by the Government troops.
The Spanish steam ram Numancia, 6,000 tons, had
arrived at Callao, to reinforce the Spanish squadron.
Business was depressed. Exchange, 36i to 37.
In Guatemala Congress assembled on the Ist of
May, and General Cerna was elected President by
a large majority. The Republic was quiet.
The revolutionary rising in the department of
Olanoho, Honduras, continued.
In Salvador uneasiness prevailed on account of
an attempt by the friends of Barrios to overthrow
the present administration. Trade and agriculture
were flourishing.

In Nicaragua a plague of locusts had done great
damage to the cotton plantations. Congress had
adjourned till next year.

The Costa Rica Congress was opened on the Ist
May.
Wet weather at Trinidad had interrupted the
sugar making. Tonnage was plentiful, and freights
low. About one-third of the crop had been
shipped.

Sugar making was proceeding rapidly at Barba-
does, and the quantity was good. Provisions were
scarce and the island healthy. Exchange, 90 days,
475.

Business was dull at Jamaica, and rain was fall-
ing all over the island. The sugar crop, owing to

the long drought, was short of the average. Coffee,
545. to 565. Rum, 24d. to 25id. per gallon, 18
proof in bond. Sugar, ordinary, 13 to 14;
15 to 16 ; fair, 17s. per 100 lb. Exchange, 60 days,
2 per cent.