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London, England, 1865-05-08 00:00:00

Extension of the Dockyards.

Papers have been laid before the House of Com-
mons by the Secretary to the Admiralty relating to
the proposed extension of basin and dock accommo-
dation in the royal dockyards. The Director of Works,
in a memorandum of the 23d Jan., states .that his
estimate of the probable expenditure in carryinginto
effect the recommendations of the select committee
of 1854 on dockyards is £6,000,000. But a very
considerable saving may be anticipated if convict
labour be employed side by side with contract work,
and his estimate based on this combination is
as follows :—Portsmouth, £1,500,000 ; Chatham,
£1,250,000 ; Keyham, £750,000 ; Cork, £150,000;
Malta, £500,000 ; Bermuda, £250,000 ; advances
to companies in aid of the construction of docks to
be always available for , her Majesty's ships,
£250,000—making in all £4,650,000. The direc-
tor takes 15 years as the period over which the ex-
penditure would be spread, involving an annual out-
lay of about £310,000 ; but so much expenditure on
make-shift alterations of works constructed with a
view to a former state of things would be saved that
the addition to the present annual vote for naval
works would probably scarcely average £lOO,OOO a
year. But he considers it desirable that Parliament
should so approve the scheme in its entirety as to
justify the Government, if the contingency of war
should arise, in engaging so large a body of free
labour as to secure the more rapid completion of the
works even at the amount of the first estimate,
£6,000,000. The director suggests that when once
the expenditure has been fixed after deliberate ex-
amination and approval of the plans it should be
sanctioned, if practicable, by an act providing for
the entire cost, removing the scheme from the in-
fluences which so often obstruct and impair the effi-
cient execution of• extensive public works. When
the Government can enter into no contracts beyond

the year, the practical result is that higher prices
must be paid, and too often the results for which
they have been paid are not obtained. This view is
supported by the Admiralty in correspondence with
the Treasury relating to the dockyard extensions at
Chatham and Portsmouth, the matters were imme-
diately urgent, the Admiralty are anxious to ob-
viate the necessity for a proviso for an allowance to
contractors in the event of Parliament thinking fit
to refuse or reduce the necessary annual vote, a
proviso which inevitably leads to the payment of a
higher price, as contractors are unwilling to enter
into engagements so fettered, however large the com-
pensation to be paid them in such a contingency.
Although the total estimate for the work in the first
column of the Estimates is generally understood
as sanctioned by Parliament when the first vote for
the work is passed, yet the director of works has not
always felt authorised in cases of considerable amount
to propose to pledge the Admiralty to prospective
expenditure, and such anticipations of future votes
are especially open to objection when the first instal-
ment would be no criterion of the amount of future
instalments, or when the first " total estimate" is not
based on actual tenders or detailed specifications.
The practice does not seem to be guided by any rule,
and the Admiralty suggests that it should be con-
sidered not merely with reference to the Admiralty,
but other departments also. If contracts for these
dockyard extensions can be made with firms of the
highest position, spreading the payments in fixed in-
stalments over a series of years, great economy will
be the result. • To this the Treasury can only reply,
in their letter of April 26, that so far as concerns
these particular works at Chatham and Portsmouth,
the Treasury, having regard to the magnitude of the
works, would have been inclined to suggest the in-
troduction of a bill authorising their completion
within a definite time out of moneys to be voted,
thus giving Parliament the opportunity of authoris-
ing definitely the proposed scheme. But what the
Admiralty desire is to introduce a new system gene-
rally with respect to contracts for public works, so
as to give the public the advantage possessed by the
private trade of certainty in respect of engagements
of character. The Treasury feel that they could
hardly sanction this course of proceeding without
the sanction of Parliament, but they have no ob-
jection to the question being submitted for the con-
sideration of the House of Commons.

RESPIRATORY APPARATUS.-A series of experi-
ments were made a few days ago in the barracks of
the Rue Culture-Ste.-Catherine with an apparatus, invented
by M. Galibert, to enable a man to breathe in the midst of
deleterious' emanations. A quantity of flowers of
sulphur was set fire to in a collar, and a sufficient
quantity of sulphurous acid being thus/evolved, a
fireman, who had never used M. Galibert's apparatus,
which is a combination of air tubes, communicating with
a sort of knapsack filled with compressed air, entered the
cellar, and stayed 12 minutes in it, without experiencing
any injurious effects. His nostrils during the time were
strongly compressed by a sort of spring, and his eyes pro-''
tected by a pair of spectacles made for the purpose. .The
man did not leave the cellar until called by his colonel.
The cellar was then filled with a dense and acrid smoke,
and another man went in with the same success. At length
Col. Willerme himself put on the apparatus, and stayed
considerable time in that atmosphere of suffocating
his vapourswn
of every description, and convinced himself by
experience that a man could breathe as freely with the
werein
at the
Voepersnailaliers., Similar
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m apparatusent s hav ase
blie ohne performed
one of the cellars of the Societe d'Encouragement.b When
the air in the reservoir has become foul th o action of
breathing, fresh air may be easily y introduced ; the knap-
sack, which is of metal, has a tin
bottom, but the lid con-
sists of a skin or leather bag. To drive
out the foul air,
this leather bag has only to be pressed down, and to fill the
space with fresh air the bag is
pulled up again. To fill a
of a
larger space, like that goat-skin, with air, M. Galibert
uses a pair of bellows, a slower process, but better adapted
to the size of the recipient.

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A public meeting was . held in the Subscription
Rooms at Stroud, on Friday evening, to express in-
dignation at the late assassination, and sympathy
with the American people. There was a crowded
audience, and great enthusiasm and unanimity pre-
vailed. Lord Amberley, in proposing a resolution
expressive of the feeling of the meeting, said if any-
thing can comfort the people of the United States at
this time of profound grief, I trust that they will
derive some consolation when they see the manner
in which this sad intelligence has been received in
England. There have been times in the course of
this war when the prospects of the Federal army
were not quite so brilliant as they are at present.
At such times we may have thought it a most despe-
rate undertaking to continue in the attempt to effect
the restoration of the Union ; but though I could
not tell how this war might 'end—although it
was impossible to say whether it might result in the
subjugation or in the separation of the South—
yet it always appeared to me that it would infal-
libly result in strengthening the power and adding .
to the greatness of the United States, inasmuch
as they would be delivered for ever 'from
the burden of a great injustice. (Cheers) It is im-
possible
for any nation to continue in-the perpetra-
tion of a gigantic wrong without deriving from that
wrong something of weakness. (Hear, hear.) Now .
that this consummation is happily approaching, we
look with feelings of hope towards the United States;
and if I might endeavour to interpret what I imagine
to be not only the feelings of this meeting, but that
of the country in general, I would say that there is
mingled with that hope a gread deal of anxiety.
(Hear, hear.) We are anxious lest the people of the
North should be led by the misguided counsels of
sanguinary men into acts of hostility and hatred
towards the Southern people. We trust that they
will continue to be animated by that love of
humanity and kindliness which is said to have char-
acterised Lbraham Lincoln. (Cheers.) We trust
that in all their dealings with broken-and humbled .
adversaries they will be actuated by no spirit of
hatred or revenge, but by one of mercy and forbear-
ance. (Cheers.) They will have a great task befoe
them—the task of utterly extinguishing and uproot-
ing the institution of negro slavery. That is one
of the highest duties that has ever fallen to the lot
of any nation. (Hear, hear.) The American
people have had in this war to solve an extremely
difficult problem—the subjugation of the South.
They have succeeded in that, but they will have to
contend now with a problem which perhaps is more
difficult still, for that unhappy race of negroes who •
have been degraded, morally and intellectually, by
so many years of servitude, have a right to demand
at their hands not only emancipation, but also that
education and those material comforts which will
enable them to use and wisely to enjoy the blessings
of liberty. (Cheers.) This will be a glorious duty;
and I for my part cannot doubt that the people of
the United States will be fully adequate to its per-
formance—that they will perform it in a spirit of
wise humanity and moderation and justice—and
that having performed it they will rise to a position
even greater and higher than it has ever been their
lot to occupy among the nations of the civilised.
world. (Loud cheers.)

THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.—
HAMBURG, May 4.—ln conformity with an adver-
tisement in the local papers convening a public meeting
of the United States citizens residing in this
city, to give expression to their feelings on the late atrocious
tragedies at Washington, they assembled yesterday very
numerously at the United States consulate, Mr. J. R.
M'Donald, the United States Vice-consul, in the chair, when,
after several eloquent speeches had been delivered, the fol-
lowing resolutions were moved, seconded, and unanimously
agreed to :—" Resolved,—That as it has pleased our
Almighty Father to suffer our beloved President Abraham
Lincoln's useful and honourable career to be brought sud-
denly to a close, we, the undersigned citizens of the United
States, temporarily removed from our transatlantic homes,
have assembled to give expression to the overpowering
sorrow and regret with which we received the intelligence
of that melancholy event. God in his infinite mercy per-
mitted him to live long enough to impress us with the
deepest and most indelible sense of his many virtues, and
in our hearts he will never die. His memory will remain
to us, and with the Father of our country' he will jointly
occupy the post of honour as the first in the hearts of his
fellow citizens.' " "Resolved,—That our chairman, James
R. M'Donald, the United States vice-consul at Hamburg,
be requested to send a copy of this resolution to the Secre-
tary of State, and convey to Mrs. Lincoln the expressions
of our deepest sympathy and heartfelt condolence with her
on her irreparable loss.—Hamburg, May 3, 1865." (Follow
the signatures.) Last evening, in the sitting of the Bur-
gerschaft, on the motion of Mr. A. Sanders, seconded by
Mr. G. A. Schoen, the following resolution was put and
unanimously carried :—" In the firm conviction that the
Senate will not fail to give official expression to the general,
feeling of indignation and sorrow caused by the abominable
assassination of the President of the United States, this
assembly requests the Senate to mention specially that the
Burgerschaft of Hamburg unanimously entertains the most
lively sympathy with the United States on their melancholy
loss."

TOB&CCO.—The Presse Scientifique contains an in-
teresting article, in which Dr. Joly's late researches
on tobacco in a hygienic point of view are analysed. Dr.
Joly is a declared enemy of the " fragrant weed," and some
of his arguments are certainly telling. Thus he shows that
while the tobacco of the Levant, Greece, and Hungary does
not contain any nicotine, that of Arabia, Brazil, Havanna h,
and Paraguay contain 2 per cent. of that deleterious base ;
that of Maryland contains 2.29 per. cent., of Kentucky 6.09,
and that of the department of the Lot nearly 8 per cent.,
while the sorts of Alsace, the Pas-de-Calais, Ille-et-
Villains, and Virginia are not far removed from the two
latter figures. It evident therefore that tobacco is
noxious in proportion of the nicotine its contains ; and
that if the Turks, Greeks, Hungarians, and Brazilians
smoke with impunity from daybreak to sunset, it is be-
cause their tobacco either contains no nicotine at all, or at
best very little. Other nations smoke very innocent herbs,
such as hops, teas, aniseed, &c., and hence the very diffe-
rent opinions held by medical men concerning the effects
of smoking. Nor is the mode of smoking indifferent
either. John Nicol, in order to promote the custom of
smoking, imported a quantity of long hollow reeds from
Lisbon, to which he attached a small silver bowl, not un-
like those now in use, made of meerschaum or clay. Dutch
pipes were introduced next, then the long Oriental ones,
&c., but the most noxious of all are the short ones, while
the cigar is the least objectionable of all. Napoleon did not
smoke at all ; and Goethe says that a man of genius can-
not cultivate both his science and his pipe together and
that if there are a few illustrious exceptions to the.rule,
still it is certain that there have always been more learned
men taking snuff than smoking. According to Dr. James
Johnston, BQO millions of men smoke difforents sorts of
tobacco ; 400,000 smoke opium and its compounds; 300,000
hemp and haschisch, 100,000 betel, and 40,000 the Ame-
rican plant coca.

THE MOTHER OF KANGAROO.-Although the high
priced Kangaroo was defeated for the Two Thousand
Guineas, the history of his clam, Yarra Yarra, who has re-
cently been brought into notice again in consequence of
Kangaroo's recent successes—forms such an equine romance
that it is worth a brief record, even at the risk of diverging
from our direct narrative. Stranger oven, indeed, than the
career of the Godolphin Arabian—so vividly depicted by
Eugene Sue—has been that of Kangaroo's dam. She was bred
by Sir Joseph Hawley in 1856, being by Cowl—Diversion,
disposed of
and was purchased by Mr. "Dunbar" as a yearling at Tatter..
sail's at the sale of a draught of Sir Joseph Hawley's stud. •
Not caring about her, however, Mr. "Dunbar"
pa her
ssteod3 intof r. S
imhiet h,
possessionan dho also
of beingr. Alfred Salt. Mr. Sait disappointed in her, she.
however,liko hor previous owners, "did not find her answer,"
and disposed of her to Reeves, the trainer, of Epsom. Once
smoreucce
ss
shf elawma was
ha sa r edestinedee
career—running
" change hands," for, after an un-
running seventimeS without scor-
ing a win—she was sent to Messrs. Tattersall, and pur-
chased privately of Mr. Edmund Tattersall by Mr. Bien-
lso
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a tired
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she 1860
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hunter;
returned
. Blenkiron
three times '
without provoking a bid, nobody, as heretofore,
appearing willing to have her—Mr. Tattersall wrote and
asked Mr. Blenkiron to take her back again. This he even-
tually did, giving 30 sovereigns for her, and subsequently
sold the foal for the same amount. Yarra Yarra was now
put to Hobble Noble, and Kangaroo was the produce. Sho
was again covered the following year, but proving barren,
she was once more discarded, and sold as a hack for 25
sovereigns, but, like all who had previously possessed her,
her new owner did not like her,• and she was returned to
Mr. Blenkiron, who then exchanged her for a little Volti-
geur mare, valued at about 15 sovereigns, and once more
she became the property of Mr. Reeves. lie, however, did
not keep her long, for, losing money by her, he sold her to
a cabman. Tho cabman, however, could not get her
to go in harness, and got quit of her for four sovereigns.
Her new purchaser then had her raffled for, and she was won
by a costermonger, who had her turned out at the rate of
about Is. or is. 6d. per week. The recent successes of Kan-
garoo, however, caused attention to bo once more directed
to his dam, and Reeves having traced her out and secured
her after some trouble, Mr. Blenkiron, a few days since, re-
purchased her in a very forlorn condition for 300 sovereigns,
and she will be, or has been, put to Dundee. Suchis equine
life, and such have been the vicissitudes experienced by the
dam of angaroo.---,BelrB Lire.

THEATRE-ROYAL, E-R OY AL, DRURY-LANE,
Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING th- performance will commence with
a new Play, entitled LOVE'S OR.DENL ; or, The Old and
New Regime : Messrs. Walter Lacy, E. Phelps, E. Falconer,
Mrs. Hermann Vt zin,
After which, on a scale of gre it splendour, 'Stilton's Stsl
of COMUS : Messrs. Waiter Lacy, v% Lby, Cooper, en:
Drayton, Miss Toole, Miss Augusta Thumson, and Mrs. H.
Vezin.

THEATR E-R OYA L, HAYMARKET.
Lessee. Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, MY WIFE'S MOTHER. Mr. Chip-
pendale; Miss N. Moore, Miss Snowdon, Miss F. Wright, tuc.
After which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs.
Sothern, Buckstor.e, Chippeadale, Braid, Gorjon, Rogers,
Clark, White, Coe, tke. ; Mesdames :.nowdon, Stuart, hill,
Harris, Wiight, &C.
And EASY SHAVING. Miss Louise Keeley, Miss F.
Wright ; Clark, Gordon, Rogers, ttc,
To concl.lde with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST.
To commence at 7.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL_
,L.. IS, re attsici.
THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. Mess s. C. H.
Stephenson and Eburne; Miss K. Kelly.
After which, at 8, FAZIO ; OR, THE ITALIAN WIFE.
B anca, Miss Bateman; supported by Mesars.Jordan, Stuart,
C. J. Smith, Eburne, Ashley, and Mrs. Billington.
To conclude with THE STEEPLECHASE; or, In the
Pigskin. ]Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford ; Miss K. Kelly.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Sole Management of Mr. k echter.
THIS EVENING, A DAY AFfER, TILE WEDDING.
Messrs. C. Horsman, Collett, 3l'lntyre, &o. ; Mesdames C.
Morsman and G. Leigh.
After which, at Eight, RUT BLAS : Ruy Bias, Mr.
Fecht,r ; supported by Messrs. Ryder, E. Garden, Ray-
mond, M'lntyre ; Miss C. Leclercq, Mrs. C. Horsman, &c.
To conclude with THE LOST CHILD. Mr. IN iddicomb.
Doors open at Hall-past Six.
The Box-office open daily from Elev,n till Five.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, a new Farce, by Mr. David Fisher,
entitled HEART-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STRINGS.
Alter which, AR KAH NA 1 OGLIE Messrs. Dion Bouci-
cault, J. Brougham, H. Vandeohoff, D. Fisher, D. Murray;
Mi s Boucicautt and Miss M. Oliver.
To conclude with AN AMPLE APOLOGY.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7, DEAF AS A POST. Mr. Thorne.
Mesdames Johnston, Weston, and Hughes.
Atter which, at 8, ONE TREE HILL. Messrs. Craven,
Stoyle, James, Belford; MISS A. Swanborough and Miss M.;
Palmer.
'to conclude with ALADDIN. Messrs. Thorne, Jomes
Mesdames Hughes, Weston, Thorne, and Eliza Holt.

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LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1865.

Notwithstanding the ingenuity with which the
discussion on Mr. BAINES'S motion was postponed
sine die, the Government has thought it more
prudent to make a gracious concession. It has not
availed itself of the opportunity for delay, but has
consented to the debate being continued this very
evening. It will be remembered that, during the
very animated discussion which preceded the
Speaker's decision on Wednesday evening, it was
suggested that Monday evening should be fixed for
the resumption of the debate--a suggestion that was
received with very little favour by the occu-
pants of the Treasury Bench. Mr. BAINES
himself expressed his readiness to accept that or
any other evening, but the difficulties which Sir G.
GREY and Mr. GLADSTONE perceived in the way
were so great that they could not allow the decision
to be made. Whether the very unfavourable im-
pression created in the House by the shuffling
policy of the Government had its effect, or whether
the shrewd and keen-sighted leader of the Minis-
terial forces perceived and corrected the mistakes
which his subordinates had fallen into, it is at any
rate certain that the triumph so hardly gained has
not been profited by, and the day might as well
have been fixed at first without any equivoca-
tion. We have yet to learn whether the Lord
Advocate is to represent the opinions of the Govern-
ment, or whether the same desire to conciliate the
electors, which prompted the concession of the dis-
puted point of the adjournment, will open the lips
of some more prominent Minister on the subject.
The country has, indeed, a right to expect a frank
exposition of Ministerial policy on this important
topic. Year by year the grievances of our non-elec-
tors grow more prominent—year by year their re-
dress is postponed, shuffled off, talked of, and for-
gotten. The inconsistencies and inaccuracies of
our present system of representation are too glaring
to be altogether overlooked by the most preju-
diced or the most superficial observer, but
there is never wanting an excuse for the delay of
real Reform. It is evident to the most careless
calculation that the state of things which was
adapted to the population and the property of thirty
years since cannot be suited to the requirements of
to-day. Between 1835 and 1865 there have been
wonderful changes, an increase not only of the
wealth, but of the intelligence and education, the
moral and mental possessions of the country, be-
yond all precedent. The classes that were com-
paratively insignificant from their scarcity of num-
bers have now risen into prominence ; those who
are in reality their allies and partners in trade,
whose prosperity is identical with their own. If the
men do not yet fully understand this similarity of
interests, neither do the masters ; and if we are to
wait for the extension of the franchise until each
side has enlarged its views on the rights of labour
and capital, lookers on might suggest that the em- '
ployers as well as the employed should be excluded.
The sweeping assertions which we so commonly
hear as to the terrible effects which would follow
any increase of the number of electors are really no-
thing but empty words, to support which the de-
claimers have actually no evidence whatever. One
would think from the denunciations made against
any change of the franchise, that it was pro-
Fwd to recruit the Parliament itself, and
not the electors merely, from the lower
classes, that the six pound householders were to fur-
nish not merely a proportion of voters, but of legis-
lators ; not a portion of the constituents, but the
members themselves. Yet Mr. LOWE considers that
the division of those mystical four pounds is the only
plank between us and absolute anarchy. If the ex-
cluded class is half as influential as these objectors
pretend, where is the right or the justice of depriv-
ing them of all voice whatever in political matters?
If so large a body really has a grievance to complain
of, it is neither right nor politic to give them grounds
for disaffection and discontent. If anything
would
make our sober English artisans disgusted with
the existing regime, it would be the pertina-
city with which they are excluded from that
which
t at
which is felt to be their right. Such was not ti-,
principle on which our Parliamentary representa-
tion was originally based, and such narrow and
arbitrary distinctions as are now insisted on were
never contemplated by the large-minded and
patriotic framers of our constitution. The working
classes of Englishmen, a large proportion of whom
are, indeed, included already in the election
without any fear of falling heavens, have given so

many proofs of their respect for law and order that
it is superfluous to argue upon that point, though,
perhaps, it would be safe to affirm that no class, as
a whole, is less inclined to anarchy. The President
of the Reform League, Mr. EDMUND BEALE, has
just addressed the unrepresented classes, urging
upon them the importance of unity and
organisation, of the steady and consistent
defence of their rights, and above all of
respect for law and order. The manhood suffrage,
which this gentleman upholds, is, we believe, a mis-
take, and it is neither in accordance with the habits
of the people nor with their general feeling. The
Ballot, on the contrary, though often stigmatised as
" un-English," an easy argument, is in reality already
in existence among us. In the clubs of all ranks,
in many social arrangements, in committees, and
associations it is constantly employed, yet the very
gentlemen who make use of it in the club-house or
the committee-room come forth into the outer world
and denounce it as " unmanly" and " un-English."
Here are empty words again, as empty as
those which threaten us with a political de-
luge as soon as the franchise is lowered
by £4. But our Reformers must bear in mind that
this is a very different thing from the adoption of
manhood suffrage, which would give the worthless
and thriftless an equal voice with the steady man who
has given hostages to the State. By perversely with-
holding the one our legislators will, if they do not
take care, drive matters to such a pitch that they
may be forced against their better judgment to re-
sign themselves to the other.

The establishment of local metropolitan museums
is a subject that is just now uppermost and deserv-
edly engages attention and regard. Last Saturday
a meeting was held at the South Kensington
Museum, for the purpose of considering the subject.
Lord GRANVILLE, who presided, said that the ori-
ginal iron building was not now required on account
of the new building at South Kensington, and there-
fore it was deemed advisable to utilise the structure
as far as they could. When the noble earl had
stated that, on the part of the Committee of the
Council on Education, he should be glad to hear
any suggestions that might be made, it was amusing
to notice the excitement that prevailed among those
gentlemen who had claims to prefer and separate
interests to attend to. The south, west, east,
north-west, and north-east of London were all set
forth in terms as requiring notice, and as being
deserving of attention in this respect. Taking all
things into account, it may be said that the various
speakers were about on a par as to the merits of
their claims, and it is well that a period of six
months has been allowed in order that time may be
given to so important a subject before it is finally
decided on. Mr. BERESFORD HOPE was, perhaps,
the most successful in his description of the
matter when he said that there ought
to be five " local museums in Lon-
don." He advised that they should, first of all,
decide upon the general principles, and afterwards
leave London the task of providing for these addi-
tional museums. Allowing that the British Museum
is the centre, it appears, as Mr. HOPE truly ob-
served, that there should be other museums in the
north, north-west, north-east, south, and south-
east, or else some division will be sure to complain,
and with justice, that it has been left out. Mr.
LI:CRAFT, a working man, made an interesting
speech, which clearly showed the necessity which
existed for the erection of these local buildings. He
said that he had been deputed to represent the in-
terests of his brother workmen at Hoxton. He was
a cabinetmaker, and if he had to perform any work
which called for extra care or forethought, he and
his fellow-workmen had no resource but to proceed
to South Kensington. This expedition took three
hours, which of course was too great a tax upon the
working man. He also said that the artisans of
this country were just now exposed to very "severe
competition." Without complaining of this upon
principle, he argued that the Government should
place every facility in the way of those whom they
had exposed to foreign competition. It is satisfac-
tory to notice the opinion that is entertained of the
merits of the South Kensington Museum, and it
encourages one to hope that similar success may
attend the efforts of those who seek to ex-
tend such advantages to their own immediate
neighbourhoods. Lord GRANVILLE spoke very
fairly in reply to the several statements that were
made, and said that the Science and Art Depart-
ment were not desirous of making a monopoly at
South Kensington, but, on the contrary, they would
be delighted to witness the establishment of museums
wherever the inhabitants of any district desired
them to exist, and considered them necessary and
agreeable. We agree with Lord GRANVILLE in his
remark that the meeting had been satisfactory,
though not definite. His lordship made an amus-
ing allusion to the proverb of " not looking a gift
horse in the mouth," which he said had not been
very strictly adhered to by some present in their
criticisms on the structure which it was proposed to
demolish. We may consider then that, taking the
difficulties of the subject into account, the meeting
of Saturday came to a satisfactory conclusion, and
that there is a fair promise of future benefits
accruing from the exertions of those now active in
the affair.

An inmate of the St. Pancras Workhouse has
made a complaint against the authorities of that
place, and on Saturday inquiry was made into the
matter at the Clerkenwell Police-court. Last Mon-
day GEORGE GRANT sent a letter to the Magistrate
stating that he had been confined for thirty-three
consecutive days in one ward, which had no means
of ventilation, except by the door. To add to the
discomfort of the position, the dead-house is exactly
opposite, and the consequences were most unplea-
sant, and also deleterious. The man further de-
clared that he was not allowed to change the air.
Of course counter statements were made to this
declaration, and it was said that the man could
have left the ward had he asked. This is
somewhat doubtful, however, for it seems
that he was put there by order of the Board,
because he had appropriated a sum of money be-
longing to another inmate. When all parties
appeared before Mr. D'EYNCOURT, GRANT stated
when sworn very much the same that he had
written' in his letter, and declared that he sought for
protection for himself and the other inmates. Mr.
D'EYNCOURT said he would write to the Poor Law
Board as to " whether they would take the matter
up, or as to whether he should proceed in the matter."
This is so far satisfactory, and it is of course im-
possible to form a definite conclusion until more is
elicited, but it may safely be said in the present
stage of the affair that some alterations ought to be
made in the regulations of workhouses in this respect
of " separation wards." It is a dangerouspractice for
theguardians to order any one tobe confined in sepa-
rate wards, and it would be far better when an
inmate is guilty of a criminal offence for him to be
handed over to the police. It would obviate many
objectionable practices, and insure, at any rate, that
the health of the delinquents should not suffer.
There was contradictory evidence as to whether or
not the occupants of these " wards" had exercise,
and altogether it may be said that health was
rather at a discount in the carrying out of the order
for separation. The Poor-law Board 1 aye certainly .

got enough on their hands just now ; this year has
been prolific of cases for inquiry, but the more light
that is -thrown upon the subject the better,
for at present many err unknowingly for
want of experience and full comprehen-
sion of the requirements of a case. It is cer-
tain the inmates of workhouses are not allowed
sufficient air and exercise, and the effects of these
deprivations, combined with poor food, are most
unfortunate. At any rate, we shall now stand a
chance of many revelations taking place, and the
more known the better for the cause of improve-
ment and progress where they are so much needed.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

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AMERICA.
(Arrival of the Europa, via Roches Point.)
NEW YORK, Arm. 28, 1 p.m.

Mr. Stanton reports to-day that Booth and Har-
rold (his accomplice) were chased from a swamp in
St. Mary's County, Maryland, to Garrett's Farm,
near Port Royal, on the Rappahannock by Colonel
Baker's detectives. A barn in which they took
refuge was fired. Booth was shot at and killed. Har-
rold was captured. Booth's body and Harrold are
now in Washington.
The following further particulars have also been
received. It appears that Booth and Harrold,
dressed in Confederate uniforms, reached Garrett's
Farm several days ago. Booth was wounded. In
conversation, he denounced Lincoln's assassination,
and said that the rewards offered would doubtless
be increased to half a million. The Garretts, when
arrested, asserted that they did not suspect it was
Booth. Canadian bills for a large amount were
found upon him. Harrold remains incommunicative.
Booth was shot through the head ; he lingered
for three hours. His foot also was injured, and he
used crutches. The cavalry who surrounded the
barn summoned Booth and Harrold to surrender.
The latter seemed inclined to acquiesce, but Booth
accused him of cowardice. After the barn was fired
Harrold surrendered, but Booth shot at the cavalry
sergeant, who returned the fire and killed him. It
is supposed that Harrold is an accomplice of the
assassin who attacked Seward. Dr. Mudd, of
Maryland, set Booth's leg, and supplied him with
crutches. Mudd has been arrested.

Booth's brother, Junius Brutus, has also been
arrested.

The Confederates burned 94,000 bales of cotton
before evacuating Montgomery.
Gen. Canby reports that he captured in Mobile
and the defences on the west side of the Bay 150
guns, 1,000 prisoners, and 3,000 bales of cotton.

Unofficial accounts state that altogether 3,000
guns, 20,000 to 30,000 bales of cotton, and several
gunboats were captured at Mobile.

A blockade runner, with 1,000 bales of cotton on
board, was captured up the river.
Smith's corps is marching on Montgomery.

The army of the Potomac remains in the vicinity
of the South-side railroad.

Nearly all Mosley's command, including the
officers, except Mosley himself, have surrendered.
Kirby Smith's army is said to be disbanding.
General Halleck's command embraces the depart-
ment of Virginia, the army of the Potomac, and
such parts of North Carolina as are not occupied
by Sherman. General Ord retains his command
for the present, but is to report to Halleck.
The Government has furnished passports and
passages to Halifax to those officers of Lee's army
who wish to leave the country.
Two sentries have been shot at Richmond by
some unknown individuals.

NEW YORK, APRIL 25, NOON.
Business was entirely suspended yesterday and

to-day.
Mr. Lincoln's remains laid in state in Indepen-
dence Hall, Philadelphia, on Saturday and Sunday.
On the whole route from Washington there were
great demonstrations of mourning. The remains
arrived in New York yesterday, and lie in state in
the City Hall. The funeral procession will take
place to-day.

A courier reached Washington on Friday,
announcing that Sherman had agreed upon a tem-
porary suspension of hostilities, and had arranged
terms of peace on the 18th with Johnston, Breck-
enridge being present. Grant and the Cabinet
unanimously disapproved of Sherman's action, and
ordered him to resume hostilities. Sherman was
informed that Mr. Lincoln's instructions to Grant
on the 3d March had been to hold no conference
with Lee except as a preliminary to surrender, and
these instructions were approved and reiterated by
President Johnson to govern the action of the mili-
tary commanders. Grant immediately left for North
Carolina to direct the operations against Johnston.
The terms arranged between Johnston and Sher-
man, subject to the ratification of their re-
spective Governments, were as follows—Forty-eight
hours' notice to be given of the renewal of hosti-
lities. The Confederate armies to be disbanded,
and deposit their arms and public property in the
State capitals, subject to the action of the State and
Federal authorities. The Federal executive to re-
cognise the State Government. The Supreme Court
to decide upon the legitimacy of the conflicting
State Governments caused by the war. The Federal
authorities to guarantee to the people civil and po-
litical rights so long as they obey the laws. Finally,
a general amnesty to be proclaimed, and the war to
cease.

The Federal Government disapproved of Sher-

man's proceedings as an improper assumption of
authority. His agreement, it was considered, prac-
tically acknowledged the rebel Government, pre-
vented confiscation and the punishment of rebels,
and would enable them to re-establish State Go-
vernments with slavery. It might also render the
Government responsible for the rebel debt, formed
no basis for a lasting peace, and would enable the
rebels to renew the war when their strength was
recruited.

Mr. Stanton apprehends that Sherman's suspen-
sion of hostilities will enable Davis to escape to
Mexico or Europe, with the plunder of the Rich-
mond banks and other accumulations.

Halleck has ordered Meade, Sheridan, and Wright
to push forward and cut off Johnston's retreat,
regardless of orders from any one except Grant, on
the ground that Sherman's agreement bound his
command only.

Canby and Thomas have been ordered to push
the enemy in every direction. Sherman was aware
of Mr. Lincoln's assassination before concluding
the agreement with Johnston. The newspaper
correspondents assert that Johnston offered to
surrender on the same terms as Lee, but Sherman
claimed full powers, and granted more favourable
conditions. The press generally stigmatises Sher-
man's proceedings. Some hint at his action being
treasonable, others censure Stanton for the severity
of his remarks concerning Sherman.

Sherman issued an order to his army on the

16th announcing the suspension of hostilities, and
stating that the agreement with Johnston, when
ratified, would make peace from the Potomac to
the Rio Grande. Ile hoped soon to conduct the
soldiers home.

Correspondents state that the assassination of

Lincoln had caused a bitter feeling among Sher-
man's troops, who received the armistice order very

coldly-.

Wilson occupied Macon on the 20th, taking
Howell Cobb, Gustavus Smith, and other pri-
soners. All claimed the benefit of the armistice.
Sherman directed Wilson to withdraw from Macon
until further orders,
.unless he believed the rebels
were changing their status to the prejudice of the
Federals.

Several members of the Carolina Legislature are
en route to Raleigh to negotiate the restoration of
the State to the Union.

It is reported that Jefferson Davis was at Hills-
boro' during Sherman's negotiations, and wrote the
terms of Johnston's surrender. Other accounts
say that Davis had previously left Hillsboro' for the
Trans-Mississippi Department, escorted by 200
cavalry. According to a rumour not considered
trustworthy, he crossed the Mississippi at Turkey
Bend on the 16th inst.

A Richmond banker has received information that
Davis is having specie, estimated at from $6,000,000
to $13,000,000, conveyed in waggons south from
Goldsboro'.

The Attorney-General has given an opinion
denying the right of paroled Confederates to take
up their residence or to wear the Confederate uniform
in the loyal States.
Paroled prisoners have been ordered to divest
themselves of their uniform.

The Governor of Western Virginia is said to
have been instructed to establish a State Govern-
ment and assemble a loyal Legislature in Richmond.
Mr. W. H. Seward is rapidly progressing towards
convalescence. His son is also daily improving.
The New York Assembly has adopted the Central
Railroad Fare Bill. The people have petitioned the
Governor to veto the bill.

President Johnson has made a speech, in which
he stated that the rebel leaders must be punished
and impoverished, and their local position destroyed.
Union men in the Confederacy should be remu-
nerated from the pockets of those who had brought
suffering upon the country. He advocated leniency
to the Southern masses, but was equally opposed to
dissolution and consolidation. He attributed the
assassination of Mr. Lincoln to the fiendish spirit of
the rebellion, and appointed the 25th of May to be
a day of mourning and humiliation on account of
Mr. Lincoln's death.
Mr. Stanton has announced that he has received
information that the murder of the President was
organised in Canada, and approved of in Richmond.
He says the assassin who attempted• Mr. Seward's
life is now in prison, and is believed to be a St.
Albans raider. It is believed that Booth fell from
his horse and fractured his leg on the night of his
escape from Washington.
Telegraphic communication is open between San
Francisco and British Columbia.

The Bremen and City of Washington have 'ar.

rived out.

- The Royal Mail steamer Europa, from Halifax and
Boston, arrived at Queenstown at 7.45 a.m. to-day.
She brings 121 passengers and $16,163 in specie.
She landed 140 sacks of mails and eight passengers,
and proceeded at 8 a.m. All well.
Sho experienced easterly weather. "