The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NAY 17, 1E65

be shortly, the papers asked for would be found LATEST INTELLIGENCE•
in the appendix. The right hon. baronet
(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
defended the system of competitive examination,
and showed that other opportunities presented
themselves in this country for men trained at the
Universities, but he declared that the Government
desired to widen the " field of selection" as far as
they could, and to choose their candidates quite
irrespective of the places where they receive their
education. This is a very wise resolve, and indeed
it must appear to many that there is no reason why
such a preference should be shown for those who
have been at the Universities, because the practical
qualities that are most in demand for service in
India are not those which are most called forth by
a classical education, and one of the chief advan-
tages of the great demand for civil servants
in our Eastern Empire is that it throws
open chances for the large number of
young men who must fight their own
way in the world, and whose families can
afford them no assistance by influence or otherwise
when once they have provided them with a good
education. Many persons will adhere to their old
prejudices and peculiarities, but the general verdict
of public opinion will be in favour of the principles
laid down by Sir C. WOOD, when he said that " our
object is to go into the world and get well-educated
young men wherever they are to be found, no mat-
ter where or in what manner their education has
been acquired." The right hon. baronet displayed
more wisdom and foresight in his speech last night
than he often does when he discourses upon Indian
topics. He too often exhibits a dogged obstinacy and
a reluctance to follow the path of progress, which
tend greatly to mar his success and militate
against the influence he should possess in his arduous
and responsible position. In so important a case as
the competitive examination of civil servants for
India, it is most satisfactory to find that he enter-
tains liberal and comprehensive views, that he
eschews the conventional dogmas of prejudice,
and advocates a course in conformity with
that bent of mind which is one of the chief
characteristics and distinctive features of the pre-
sent age. English society can furnish plenty of re-
cruits to swell the ranks of any service abroad,
without confining itself to narrow limits ; and the
statesmen who realise this fact and recognise this
truth have at all events made some progress in their
study of the national character and the development
of the national resources.

Grand Universal Bazaar.

THE RUSSIAN SQUADRON.

PLYMOUTH, MAY 17.

The Russian squadron, under Rear-Admiral Les-
sofsky, with the remains of the late Czarewitch,
arrived and anchored' in Plymouth Sound at 11 a.m.
to-day. Flags were hoisted half-mast high in her
Majesty's ships in commission, on the forts, and at
all the public departments. The Liverpool screw
frigate, as the senior ship in the Sound, fired a
salute of 21minute guns. The Port Admiral's ship
Royal Adelaide also gave a similar salute.

ITALY.
THE KING OF ITALY AT FLORENCE.
FLORENCE, MAY 17.

The King was enthusiastically received last night
at the Pagliano theatre. The festivities will con-
tinue for three days. Public order has not been
disturbed.

His Majesty has made a contribution to the
funds of the working men's society.

SPAIN.
MADRID, MAY 16, EVENING.
General Cialdini has arrived here. •

FRANCE,

PARIS, MAT 17.

The Moniteur of this morning announces that on
the occasion of the exchange of the ratification of
the treaty of commerce between France and the
Zollverein, the Emperor, before his departure for
Algeria, conferred the Grand Cross of the Legion
of Honour on Herr von Bismark.

BOURSE, May 16.—The market opened to-day
with a better disposition to effect transactions, but
subsequently relapsedinto the same state of inac-
tivity which has been noticeable during the past few
days. Notwithstanding the favourable dividend
announced at the general meeting of the principal
shareholders of the Cr&lit Mobilier yesterday, the
stock of that company has shown no appreciable im-
provement, and the business effected has been con-
ducted with great reserve at 800 f. Threes, for the
Account, and Italian Fives show no augmentation
on yesterday's closing quotations. The market
closed as follows :

4} per Cents 93 50
Do. end month —

3 per Cents. 67 70
Do. end month 67 • 70
Credit Mobilier

Italian Loan 66 15
Do. end month 66 10
Ditto Threes
New Mexican
Russian 9O 50
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred

Do. end month 7BO
Bank Shares 3700
Credit Fonder 1290
Boman 76

airs.
Cash. Acct.
Orleans
Northern 1067 50 ... 1070
Lyons and Mediterranean BB7 50 ... 901 25
Southern 6OO ... 602 50
Western 530 ..•
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 547 50 ... 550
North of Spain 257 50 ... 260
Saragossa 350 ... 347 50
Ditto to Barcelona

The above is the title of a very grand banal*, which
commenced yesterday, and continues every day during
the week, in St. James's Hall. Bazaars have hitherto
been held for the benefit 'of one particular charity,
but the Grand Universal Bazaar puts forward its appeal
for the following distinct objects, and a more cosmopo- ,
litan affair has perhaps never been known in this coun-
try before, for contributions from many a distant country
have been sent in the laudable desire that by their sale
some one asylum or institution would be enabled to con-
tinue in its beneficent course, and would be helped for-
ward in its career of usefulness :—The Infant Asyliun
and Orphanage of the Sisters of Charity, the House of Re-
fuge for Female Prisoners, the French Schools of Sisters
of Charity, the Servants' Home, St. Edward's Convent,
Blandford-square, the 'ltalian Church and Charities, the
New Church, Kensington, the Little Sisters of the Poor,
the Hospital of St. John and St. Elizabeth, the New
Schools, Warwick-street, Golden-square, the German
Church and Charities,, the Orphanage, Vicarage-place,
Kensington, the St. Nicholas Industrial School, Waltham-
stow, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and others. What
potent spell but that of charity could possibly have united
so many institutions in a joint effort to promote the wel-
fare of each and all ; and what other influence could have I
induced so many high-born ladies to undertake the labour
of love in which they were yesterday engaged, and in which
they will continue for some days yet ? An enumeration of
the various aims and objects sought to be accomplished by
the institutions mentioned would occupy a lengthened
space, but the philanthropist will know how many wretched
applicants are daily seeking shelter in some of them,
how deserving of support are the good Little Sisters of
the Poor in their efforts to soothe the last hours of the
aged whom they tend, how many discharged prisoners are
afforded refuge and assistance, how many neglected souls
are cared for, how many poor children of many nations are
rescued from the streets and alleys of this huge metropolis
and trained in paths of usefulness, how many poor servants
out of place are received in the charitable asylums named,
and protected from temptation and want until new situa-
tions are found thorn; and, lastly, how all this is accom-
plished by the self-denying exertions of those who take
an active part in the labours involved in the conduct of so
many charitable institutions.
The interior of the building yesterday presented a scene
as curious as pleasing. The stalls were arranged on either
side the entire length of the great hall, and in the centre
was another large block of entrepots, on which was dis-
played painting, sculpture, dresses, feathers, embroidery,
engravings, photographs, gold and silver ware, lace,
autographs, pipes, cigars, flowers, artificial and natural,
and graceful cases revealing female treasures of

RAIL'

Lawn as white as driven snow,
Cyprus black as e'er was crow,
Gloves as sweet as damask roses,
Masks for faces and for noses,
Bugle bracelet, necklace amber,
Perfume for a lady's chamber,
and an endless variety of indescribable but useful luxu-
ries. Presents had also been sent to the bazaar by the
Empress Eugenie, Queen Marie Amelie, the Countess
d'Eu, and the Comte de Chambord, the first mentioned
being a pair of splendid Sevres vases, exhibited
on the stall of the Marchioness of Londonderry,
and valued at 300 guineas. Even the raised platform of
the orchestra was converted into a fancy bazaar for the oc-
casion, and instead of hearing there the dulcet tones of
songstresses warbling their enchanting solos and duets,
the ear was charmed by the seductive voices of ladies,
young and handsome, who, in a manner which could
not be resisted, sought to procure a goodly list of sub-
scribers for some pretty object which had been entrusted
to their care to dispose of to the best advan-
tage. In the body of the hall was hoard a very
Babel of tongues, for many nations had their fair einissaries,
who were indefatigable in their exertions to emulate each
other ; and hard and obdurate must have been the heart of
him who could resist the inducement to purchase a small
bouquet, abrilliant piece of music by Kuh6, offered with so
much grace, or to invest a shilling or half-a-crown, as the
case might be, in a scheme the result of which might be
that the investor might become the possessor of a gorgeous
smoking cap or a clock-work monkey.
Amongst the ladies who so kindly lent their valuable aid
in the disposal of the large stock of articles contributed by
the charitable were the Countess Apponyi, the Marchioness
of Londonderry, the Dowager Marchioness of Lothian, the
Countess of Newburgh, the Dowager Countess of Buchan,
Viscountess Norreys, Lady Edward Fitzalan Howard, Lady
William Hervey, Lady Georgiana, Fullerton, Lady Arundel
of Wardour, Baroness Marochetti, Hon. Mrs. More O'Fer-
rall, Hon. Mrs. Henry Petro, Hon. Mrs. Charles Petre,
Lady Blount, Lady Bedingfeld, Lady Chichester, Lady
Clifford, Madame A. Deveaux, Madame Gueneau de
Mussy, and many others. Lady Georgiana Fullerton was
also assisted by the Princesses Blanche and Marguerite,
the daughters of the Duke and Duchess de Nemours. His
royal. highness was present during the day, as were also
the Duchess of Newcastle, the Duke de Sotomayor, the
Earl and Countess of Fife, Lady Taunton and Hon. Miss
Labouchere, Lord Herries, Lord and Lady Petra, Lady
Arthur Lennox, Lady Caroline Towneley, Baroness Lionel
de Rothschild, Hon. Charles Langdale, Hon. Heni Petre,
Hon. Thomas Stoner, Sir Charles Clifford, Sir Charles
Winston Barron, Sir Reginald Barnewall, Madame de
Lizardi, &c.

OPENING OF THE STETTIN
EXHIBITION,

CALCINED FLDTT.—In 1720, during one of his
journeys to London, the horse Astbury rode be-
came affected with a disorder in ono of its oyes ; he there-
fore, upon arriving at Banbury, consulted the ostler of the
inn at which he stayed. The man, well skilled in simple
remedies, fetched a nodule of tho flint common in the neigh-
bourhood, burnt it to a red-heat in the firo of the room in
which the traveller sat, and after plunging it into water,
reduced it easily into a fine powder. A portion of this he
blew into the horse's eyes, to their immediate relief and
present cure. Astbury watched this process ; and being
attracted by the whiteness of the calcined flint, and the
easy method by which it had been reduced to powder, it
occurred to him, by one of those happy inferences which,
empirical as they are, have been so fruitful of results in
relation to scientific advance, that the same substance
might be found useful as a material in pottery. Willing to
try the experiment, he had some flints collected and for-
warded by waggon to Shelton, where upon his return they
were fired in a kilne aftere the ware was baked, and then
pulverised in a mortar. This powder he mixed with pipe-
clay and water, and tried it as a wash for hollow ware.
The result exceeded his expectations ; he eventually intro-
duced calcined flint into the body of his white ware, with
the best possible effect, both as regarded a larger amount
of vitrification and a purer colour.—)leteyarcl's Life of
Wedgwood.

THE EMPEROR'S VISIT TO ALGERIA,
ALGIERS, May 13.
The Mobacher, an Algerian journal, gives the
following :
" The morning after the arrival of the Emperor
in Algiers, his Majesty honoured the Bach-Aghas
and Aghas of Algiers, and also the two members of
the Council General of the same province, with an
invitation to breakfast.

" At the conclusion of the collation, Si• Hassen
ben Brimath, one of the members of the Council
General, addressed the Emperor in the name of his
co-religionists there present, in a long and flatter-
ing speech, professing the greatest devotion towards
his Majesty, and concluding the discourse with cries
of Viv l'Empereur ! in which he was unanimously
joined by the rest of the guests.
" In reply, the Emperor expressed to the native
chiefs the satisfaction it afforded him to have heard
their protestations of devotion and fidelity. He also
said that he indeed looked upon them as his children,
and that he placed reliance in their oaths.
" Your religion,' " his Majesty added, " like the
Christian faith, enjoins the strict observance of
sworn faith. God is the common father of all men :
he reads all hearts, and treats every one according to
his works.

" ' You know that it is God who has imposed upon
me the duty of rewarding those of my Mussulman
children who serve France with fidelity, even as he
orders me to punish with severity those who revolt
against my authority and sow agitation in the
country. In speaking this to you, who have all
remained faithful, I am convinced that you will
aid the Governor-General to prevent crises like that
which occurred in the past year."

STETTIN, May 13
The Crown Prince of Prussia yesterday opened
the Universal Exhibition of Industrial and Manu-
facturing products in this town.
In reply to an address, his Royal Highness said—
" Gentlemen,--I greet you to-day with joy and
satisfaction in- presence of this completed work.
You have been certain from the commencement of
my warmest sympathy in promoting the Exhibition,
and I can, therefore, now, as Viceroy of Pomerania,
express my pleasure at its success, both on account
of its importance to Stettin, to this province, and to
our general country.
" Next I heartily bid the foreign guests welcome
who have largely contributed by their zeal and par-
ticipation to the adornment and splendour of the
Exhibition.
"It has filled my heart with thankfulness and
emotion to find that you entertain a kindly
recollection of the high services rendered by the
lamented Prince Consort in the impulse, develop-
ment, and promotion of manufactures and industry.
May his spirit and his creative activity, which is
now daily more and more recognised in its full
importance, constantly impart to our efforts the
richest blessing, and thus be beneficial to the ob-
jects of this our undertaking.
" Let us proceed, then, to the opening of the
Exhibition with the wish that it may conduce to the
prosperity of Stettin, the province of Pomerania,
and our whole more immediate as well as general
country."
The Crown Prince then made the circuit of the
building, declared the Exhibition opened, and called
for three cheers for the King. His Royal Highness
passed several hours in the building, and returned
the following day to Berlin.

The Countess of Dalkeith has not sustained any
serious injury from the accident on Monday, though her
ladyship was much shaken by being thrown out of her
carriage. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of
Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, together with a host of
the nobility, called yesterday to inquire after her lady-
ship's health. The answer was that the Countess had
passed a good night, and was much better than was ex-
pected. Owing to the accident the Countess was unable
to accompany the Earl of Dalkeith to the State ball at
Buckingham Palace last night.
The Right Hon. Chiehester Fortescue, M.P., and
Frances Countess Waldegrave had a dinner party yester-
day evening at their residence in Carlton-gardens. There
were present the Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Earl and
Countess of Airlie, the Earl of Abingdon, Viscount and
Viscount Bury, Lord Stanley, M.P., Lord Houghton, the
Right Hon. C. lidderley, M.P., the Right Hon. General
Peel, M.P., the Hon. Mr. Brown, the Hon. Mr. Cartier, the
Hon. Mr. M'Donald, the Hon. Mr. Galt, Mr. Goschen, M.P.,
and Mrs. Goschen, Mr. C. Buxton, 31. P., and Mrs. C. Bux-
ton, Mr. Kinglake, M.P., and Mr. Shaw Lefevre, M.P.
Count Alexander Stenbock has left the Clarendon
Hotel for Paris.
The Earl of Orford has arrived in Paris from
Germany.
The Earl and Countess of Winchilsea and Lady
Constance Finch-Hatton have arrived at the St. George's
Hotel.
The Academy of Inscriptions and Bellcs-Lettres
elected in Saturday's sitting Mr. W. H. Waddington to be
a member, in the room of Count Peugnot, deceased.