The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-07 00:00:00

liar military organisation of the Prussian army and
rules of the Berlin War-office rendered it necessary
to call out the reserves, instead of using the forces
at once disposable. This demonstration, if such it
may be called, in fact consisted in that summoning
of the men who had already served their allotted
term under the colours, but were liable to be called
out on an emergency, and few believe that it will
be carried any further. Whether it be or not, the
sword has certainly not been drawn, and M; von
Vincke's expression is, therefore, inappropriate.
There is no chance of his address obtaining much
support, although, as a reply to the speech, it is
decidedly more comprehensive and to the purpose
than that of the advanced Liberals, with which
there is reason to believe that some of the deputies
of the Left Centre are dissatisfied, on account of the
meagreness and repetitions they impute to it. As
a concession to the Bockum-Dolffs party, it has
been agreed to introduce a paragraph relating to
the Hessian question. As to anything that comes
from Vincke, there is evidently no disposition to
show it favour on the part of the Left of the Cham-
ber, one of whose organs last night spoke of him
and his " constitutional fraction" as a general and
his staff without soldiers. This may be very true,
but it suggests the inquiry of how the advanetd
Liberals are off for officers, and whether they do
not, to some extent, resemble an army without tried
generals, and consisting in great part of raw re-
cruits. They muster very strong, but it remains to
be seen whether they will know how to derive the
full advantage from their numerical strength.

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

The interior of the building presented a magni
ficent appearance yesterday, crowded as it was, al
the fashionable hour, with the largest (half-crown
company that has yet been returned. Every par
of the building appeared to be full and busy, and
the Eastern platform was especially thronged by an
audience collected to hear Mr. Distin's concert,
which, happily, on this occasion met with no oppo-
sition from the organ. Whilst we stayed a selection
from " Norma" was played, and it seemed to obtain
cordial acceptation from the company. The various
jewel cases were also terribly beleaguered by fair
assailants—so much so in the case of the Koh-i-noor
case, that the police were obliged once or twice to
clear a passage through the nave. Mr. Hancock's
beautiful collection was also almost unapproachable,
so attractive were the diamonds and the sapphires,
opals, and all the other varieties of precious gems
with which the public are now becoming so familiar.
There is also in this case perhaps the greatest rarity
in the whole building—namely, a piece of solid gold
plate, it being a singular fact that elsewhere there is
not a single specimen of the most precious of the
metals exhibited. This solitary representative of
the Australian gold fields is a handsome vase of the
value of £lOO, and was manufactured by Mr. Han-
cock, from pure Victoria gold, to be presented to Dr.
Adler, the chief rabbi, by some of his colonial co-
religionists. The intrinsic value of this beautiful
little article is not very considerable, but being, as
far as we could learn, the only piece of gold plate in
so vast an accumulation of the world's treasures, we
have thought it deserving of some mention.
Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Helena and
Maude, attended by six or seven ladies and gentle-
men of the court, visited the Exhibition early, and
devoted a good deal of time and attention to the
Process Court, where the numerous sewing ma-
chines, the printing, and the pipe-making appeared
to attract considerable attention from the illustrious
visitors. The Princess Helena honoured Mr. Rey-
nolds by going into his workshop and watching
the process of making three or four pipes, all of
which were carefully put aside to be preserved as
memorials of the Royal visit, Her Royal High-
ness asked several questions which indicated con-
siderable knowledge of chemistry and minera-
logy, and e.apressed herself much interested in
the simple but ingenious process which she had
witnessed. We regret to be obliged to add that the
royal party were forced to leave the building much
earlier than they had intended, in consequence of
the rude and shameless way in which they were
literally mobbed by persons wearing the garbs of
ladies and gentlemen. Some of the " ladies" rushed
forward and coolly peered under the bonnets of the
young Princesses, to the utter confusion and annoy-
ance of the latter, and in defiance of the expostula-
tions of the police. The men were quite as bad, and
when the police remonstrated, were insolent and
abusive, acting, in fact, as if they had an inward
conviction that the privilege of staring at the royal
Princesses in a manner which, if it had been done
to ladies of lower rank, would assuredly have pro-
cured for the offenders personal chastisement from
their male escorts, was a legitimate portion of the
value of the half-crown they had paid for admis-
sion. To the honour of the working classes, we
have to record, on the best authority, that on the
previous (shilling) day, when the building was
crowded with mechanics and their wives, the royal
party passed through the various courts compara-
tively unmolested. A considerably crowd followed
them, it is true, for a short period, after the quality
of the distinguished visitors became known, tut a
single word from the police-sergeant in attendance
was sufficient to induce the people to fall back in
the most deferential manner, and during the pas-
sage of the party through the courts the royal ladies
were wholly unobstructed. We have strong reason
for believing that the illustrious head of the Royal
family will visit the Exhibition to-day, but it will
be at so early an hour as to preclude the possibility
of annoyance such as was yesterday visited on its
younger members.
M. Rouher, the French Minister of Agriculture,
has arrived in town for a month's sojourn, during
which he will give the building and its contents a
careful inspection with the view of preparing a re-
port for the information of the Emperor. It is
whispered further that the visit of M. Rouher has
another object, namely, that of making arrange-
ments for an early visit from the Emperor himself
accompanied by the Empress.
In the evening Earl Granville and the royal
commissioners gave a soiree at the South Kensing-
ton Museum, to which nearly 4,000 of the fashion-
able world and all the foreign notabilities at pre-
sent in town were invited to meet their Royal
Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Prin-
cess 6
Mary, and her Serene Highness the Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz. The whole of
the courts and gallery were brilliantly illuminated
and tastefully decorated with flowers for t.he recep-
tion of the company. The new court, in which all the
rare " loans" which have recently been got together
by the indefatigable exertions of Mr. Cole, was a
is said that the
powerful object of attraction.
objects of art temporarily accumulated in this de-
partment reach the almost
Th fabulous
Sevres value
china ex e
ofhi-
two millions sterling.
most valuable in the world,
bited is the rarest and
and there are also collected here for the first time all
the specimens that exist in England of the famous
ware, of which there are only "
Henri Deans" fifty-
three pieces in the world. English collectors have
tlwye at
contrived to securetwenty-three twenty-three, and theymp were
all all inspected yesterday evening by le company
the soiree.
Three military bands attended, abun-
dant refreshments of the most luxurious description
were provided, including hot-house grapes at 16s.
a pound, and eathing was left undone to make the
fete the most successful of many seasons.
Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously
pleased to intimate her intention to present 800 of
the female students of the Schools of Art through-
out the United Kingdom with tickets of admission
to the International Exhibition, available on any
Friday and Saturday.

Th© number of TisitorB yesterday was as follows

The committee of the above fund met at the
morning. Mr. F. Lyeet t
Alitooakitil°len House
likewise present :—Messrs. C. Barber, W. Morley,
J. Armitage. and S. flilbercglue.
Mr. GIBBS, the acting secretary, submitted the
cilloairs,ea ynedstetirideayfollowing gentlemen were
financial sheet, showing that the total amount re-
ceived up to Thursday evening was £5,502, of
which amount the sum of £3,650 l.ad been already
forwarded to different towns.. Letters were read
from the rectors and incumbents of different dis-
tricts applying for aid, from which it appeared that
the distress in all the operative districts round Man.
chester, &c., is very great. The incumbent
Blackley, in asking for assistance for that town,
said that not only were the indolent and improvi-
dent in want, but families who had hitherto been
well to do were now starving. He mentioned one
family in particular which he had visited. There
were five children, and the parents, who hai:
merly been in tolerably good circumstances, were
completely debtitutc, everything.baving been dis-
posed of even to the bed and 'bedding. One of the
little children was lying dead, and the parents had
no means whatever of burying it. Last week one
man driven by want hung himself within a few
yards of the writer's own door, and he himself had
taken one poor girl into the rectory to save her
from perishing. The applications having been
considered by the committee, it was finally resolved
that the following sums should be sent forthwith:
—To Tintwistle. £5O; Middleton, £100; Failsworth,
£100; St. l'arish,Manchester, £5O ; Tonge,
£5O; Blackley, £100; St. Catherine's, Newtown,
£5O. The committee, also taking into consideration
the increasing and continuing distress in certain 1
towns, to which sums of money had already been
forwarded, and the additional fact that next week
being Whitsun-week, the usual three days' holiday
will, in consequence of the stoppages of the mills, be
extended to the whole week, resolved that the fol-
lowing additional sums should be forwarded :—To
Stockport, £l5O ; Blackburn, £lOO ; Wigan,
£100; Staleylvidge, £100; and Ashton-under-
Lyne, £lOO. An application was received from
the chairman of a local committee of All Souls
parish, Manchester, asking for some assist-
ance, as their own fund was entirely expended.
The secretary was directed to write for inquiries,
and in the event of receiving a satisfactory reply,
to forward a cheque for the sum of £25, which
would make a total of £1,075. Mr. Gibbs also read
letters acknowledging the receipts of the several
amounts forwarded last week to several districts,
and containing the grateful thanks of the recipients.
The following additional donations were received
yesterday—Mr. W. B. Storr, £2O ; J. Sleaines and
Co., £2O; M. A. W., per Messrs. Child and Co.,
£5O; Mr. G. Hilbert, £2l; Mr. J. Hopgood, £10;
Mr. S. Turner, £lO pa. ; Mr. C. Bloomfield, a ;
Mr. A. Atkinson, £5 ; the Rev. H. Rish, £2 ; Mrs.
Reniord, H. A. Martin, per Messrs. Martin, £2
Mrs. F. Robinson, £2 ; Rev. A. G. Townsend, 42
25.; T. A. H., £2 2s.

MR. COBDEN ON THE-IANTWERPI
FORTIFICATIONS ,

The following letter was written, it is said, in
consequence of its having been stated by M. Vila
Ryswyck, at one of the late public meetings at Ant-
werp, that it was the English Government who were
urging that of Belgium to proceed, at all hezards,
with the expensive works around that city, and of
an inquiry having been made of Mr. Cobden as to the
truth of what had thus been so openly asserted :
" Midhurst, Sussex, April 24.

Sir,—l do not know to what extent you may be
justified in accusing Lord Palmerston of being the
author of that ill advised project, the fortifications
of Antwerp. You say that such an accusation was
made against his lordship at a public meeting ; but
there are many ftssertions made at public meetings
in England for which it would not be easy to find
any proofs. Until, therefore, some better evidence
can be adduced, you must permit me to believe that
the affair is at least doubtful. I care little, however,
about knowing who is the originator of the project,
though I cannot help thinking that in every point
of view it is one in which little good sense is disco
covered. Belgium owes its existence to moral influ-
ence, to the consent of the great Powers, not to any
strength of its own. The only risk it runs of losing
its nationality is that of being annexed to France, but
at the present day it is no longer the custom to annex
provinces without the consent of their population ;
so long, therefore, as you shall be lightly taxed,
you will enjoy greater liberty and greater pros-
perity than if you were annexed to France, and
for that reason you will most certainly prefer to
remain independent. Now, the best way to secure
these benefits is to avoid the burden of groat arma-
ments, which would be of little avail against the
only enemy that can absorb you, and of which th©
only result will be to impose heavy charges on the
people, and thus make them reconciled to the idea
of annexation, Such is my programme of your
policy, and I cannot conceive how any statesman
can act otherwise. If I were the king of the Bel-
gians, and wished to preserve the crown to my ,
descendants, I should only maintain some few
thousands of men. I should consider myself as
king by moral influence only, and I should say to my
powerful neighbours, "You have proclaimed my nen-
trality, and I intend to give to my people the benefit
of that situation in making them the most lightly
taxed and the most prosperous in Europe ; " and
that, believe me, will be the most certain method of
making the Belgians attached to their indepen..
dente. But to construct fortifications at Antwerp,
with the idea of making it the rallying point
for an
army in the event of war, and of thus inviting all
Europe to make it their battle-field, is to place the
that
people in so frightful a position that they would of
course prefer annexation to such a destiny, I shall
only e
n
ceadthda't sthlaitowifs you are
such an insane policy has had
its origin in England, I shall be in possession of any evi-
delightedd if you
will furnish me with the requisi • •
te proof, and I have
the honour, &c., " RICHARD COBDEN."

PRESS PROSECUTION IN
havingGERMANY.—The Stutt-
gart Bcobachter___
published several outspoken articles
—one of them an extract fro pamphlet by Karl Blind—
on the question of Electoralni a Ilesse, the police effected a
confiscation of the paper, and a prosecution is now being
instituted against that organ of advanced liberalism.
APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The following gentle-
men passed their examination in the science and practice
of medicine, and received certificates to practice, on Thurs-
day, June 5, 1862 :—Chas. Augustus Prater, 15, Thomas-
street, -Woolwich ; Richard Sweuting, Nassau, New Pro-
vidence, Bahamas ; Fiancis Edwin /lacaulay, Sheffield ;
Charles Taylor, 19, Shrubland •Grove, Dalston ; Samuel
M. Bradley, Victoria-park, Manchester; George Herring,
University of Edinburgh ; John Oliver Taylor, Ceylon ;
Athenodore de Negri, 9, Camden-street South ; Samuel
Ruthrford, P ulborough, Sussex; Edmund Venning, Gene-
ral Hospital, Bristol ; Wm. James Le Tall, Sheffield. The
following gentleman also on the same day passed his first
examination :—Charles liolman Parks,. Stevens's Hospital,
Dublin.
SINGULAR ACCIDENTS.—Last evening an accident
of a singular character occurred at a baker's shop inrttk!
Borough-road, near the Surrey Theatre. A strong not
five
west wind had sot in during the afternoon, and sbou..
the
o'clock a sudden gust carried away the Eh°P front,
facia, and the whole of the wood work.
struck Some
e by the
who were playing just opposite the shop
ore
accident of a
pieces of wood and severely injured. Another
time to a
more serious nature occurred about the same
‘ in the Borough.
painter at work on the front of a house,
and he fell
The wind blew him completely
.off the ladder,
heavily to the ground, being seriously injured by the fall.
1110 was taken to St. Thomas's hospital.

NEWS PAPE R
uoc:i tah
ter idu emb
pa tsh
for
uTr ud eps da
la
my ,e r es,44*tre
te
bi~
e. els;
VON
Mr. Hersh:Lem contributed au able ;ere iugS
isl
speech. In a review of the foreign policy of the
country from a period eaterior to the Russian war
up to the present time, he pointed out, with clear-
ness and consistency, the evil results which had
from time to time arisen from neglect of our arma-
ments, and from the consciousness of our physical
weakness. "There were three great occasions," he
said, "on which the apprehensions of England
had been excited, and the experience of insuff-
cleat preparation had been deeply felt. These were
to
the Crimean war, the Conspiracy Bill, and, thirdly,
the seizure of Savoy, under the accommodating
cloak of a commercial treaty." E:,ch of f hese events
he represented in the light Of foreign aggres3ior,
encouraged, if not directly ino,_'lstefd, by Er; gland's
supposed deficiency in military pea 'r•
al the first
and second occasions, the nation rose with indig-
nation, and drove the Ministry front power. Oa
t. be t hird, we netrd differently. aria wit h watch.-
leg the armamentaof Fraree, and roused icy a fresh
proof of her ambition, we gave, peeLsps, too ready
credence to the threats of her colonels, ism' deter-
mined once for all to place ourselves in it position
h
uwoh
longerc
dependentul d ren de u r
ons
ful neighbour. If Mr. Htfhr oe
rfsomr ba ena rhaande ecc from future
saidofP at:pi cosi: -aoenrrac-
than this, his speech would have commanded our
entire approbation. But his account of the origin
of the volunteer army differs materially from the
above view. The panic, or "something approaching
to a panic," which existed At tho time of its founda-
tion, was, according to him, "not fear of what might
be done by English enemies abroad—it was fear of
what might be done by foreign auxiliaries at home."
"The volunteer movement," he eowinued, " which
was one of the most remarkable events of ollr time,
was nothing but a great national vote of distrtzst
in
of the Peace
part in the executive. It was aloud, general, and solemn pro-
test against the ascenclencY
e binet. It y r
councils. It was a rcbukg to th was a our
cauncils. It was archukto the Cbinet. It was art
unmistakeable warning to its Chief that there was
a feeling in England which had already on two
occasions called two Ministers to account,and which
would possibly make a more serious example of
nd
a
third, if
should again be made subservient to the exigencies
the safety and the honour of Engla
of party politics." Surely, these are words which
call aloud to us for an immediate and earnest ex-
pression of disapproval. Scarcely can we think
that Mr. Horsman is serious in representing the
`Volunteer movement as a new power in the State,
instituted for the purpose of rebuking the Cabinet,.
making an example of the Ministry, and entering
an armed protest Against the apostles of peace. If
such were the meanit;,7 and intention of the citi-
zen army, they would, instead of a blessing, be as
great a curse as we could well inflict upon society.
But a very little reflection, and a very cursory ex-
amination of the composition of the fOree, will show
that no such design as that imputed to u 4 by Mr-
' Horsman could ever have existed. The Volontleer
movement was dictated by anything rather tstan
the spirit of party. The men in our ranks belong
to all parties, the only common opinion which binds
them together being the love of that freedom under
which they may agree to differ. There is 'nothing
whatever to prevent even the members of the Peace
party from occupying a place among us. So far
from true is it that our object has been to coerce
the Government into more extensive armaments,
that a cry was raised last year, not without some
foundation, that the existence of the
the Volunteer
very par force
was to be brought forward, by
against whose ascendancy we are said to bo a pro-
test, as an argument for the reduction of the regu-
lar army. We are not even clear that Mr. Cobden
himself is opposed to the Volunteer movement. Re
has never, as we are aware, distinctly recorded him-
self as our enemy, and as long as we adhere to the
motto "Defence, not defiance," we can see no
reason why we should not regard him as a
triend. True it is that we differ from the mem-
bers of the Peace party io our estimate of the dan-
ger we should run by remaining unprepared for
war; but we also hold that we should he false to
our calling as British Volunteers did we not agree
with them in thinking that the sole object of our
ormamcnts should be to secure us independence of
action, not to place in our hands the argument of
force. It is not a little curious that the fancied rise
of a power which some of the mast intelligent
of
its opponents regarded as a serious danger incident
to the Volunteer movement should have struck Mr.
Horst-Ilan as thus worthy of commendation. The
experience of foreign countries, where the armir4;
of the people had led to coercive measures against
their Government, was regarded by some among us
as a warning of the danger of raising up a force in
this country which might at some future time be
employed as an internal menace, or possibly as an
instrument of rebellion. 'We trust that these fears
have before now been dissipated. But the opinion
now advanced by Mr. Horstnan, that the Volunteer
army is to be considered in the nature of a political
faction, which sprang into existance as an opponent
of another, of whose constitutional acts it disap-
proved, gives us occasion to impress once more upon
our readers the vast importance of confining the
Volunteer army to its legitimate sphere of action.
As civilians, it is material that our duties should
not be coefounded with those of the regular arrnyi,
as armed men, it is no less importantthat weonttea
keep clear of the influence of party—
Service Gazette.
Vol

EXT.R.AOBDINARY SUICID.

----0----
y coroner for Middlesex,
nt and Castle, Camden
Yesterd Mr.
eahna'o do Laurotes, aged 40,
witted suicide by swallowing a
an Italian, who com
ofether, under
of sulphate
dinaryquantity.
heldrrow Town, on
n inquest
tne bo at tylitohufemo.E.all :err
Ellen Butler said she resided with deceased at
5, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square. He was a
professor of music. On Tuesday morning he went
others,aliieci by
out in company with a person who called upon
orcunastanc.es.
him, and returned about twelve o'clock, when
ndacctowmop the man he went away
and who followed him up
to his apartment. Deceased appeared much agi-
tated, and after getting some
hweithwaas
papers witness sud-
denly saw him put
a bottle to his mouth. She
rushed towards him, and screamed, as she be-
lieved, for a d
doctor. Deceased replied to her is
"
Italian, It is too late and " died almost
imme-
diately. Deceased was very excited and depressed,
being in a state of fear and in great pecuniary. diffi-
cilltY• She believed what he had taken to be sul-
phate of ether which be used in photography
Mr. John Shaen, solicitor, of Bedford-row, said
he had been instructed to institute criminal proceed-
ingthat he was not so bad as had been
ras
arties,
Witness accompanied him, with the otl.iehr ii)iirn
to Charlotte-street, and went up w° took
„d
went back apparently for more.
the papers to witness he turned to
took
d round, and wit-
b the scream of the
against the deceased and another man, on ac-
count of being charged with forging the signatures
of some of the ministers of the King of Italy, with
a view to obtain money. He alleged that the Italian
Government owed him large sums of money, and
that these forged documents were authority for re-
ceiving it. He was traced to his lodgings in Char-
lotte-street, and was on the morning of his death
brought to his (Mr. Shaen's) office. He said if 1.1.,
would allow him to return to his lodgings lie woouviao
produce some important papers which would
ci ro u t .
his room. He went to a cupboard
and then
out some papers, which he sealed_t2r,ng
handed
ness s attention was attracjoteo.
illY ,
g as she rushed up
previous witness, and on
ho K
neck, witness observed
. and clasped him roanditis
tuouth. She called for a
. I him take a bottle fri?itin
Itialian, "Too late, too late 11'
. doctor, and he said io
the
bed, she still clingiur to
Tie staggered haollfet
or two gasps and fell back' al,-
him. 11° FaN'° Witness sent for a doctor ill,-
parently lifeless. vas a strong smell of eTer.
.
Aantly. Th re'
db e sur '' '0 f 0
H. liTil or , .
~t. n, o ~, Char!ottc-
Mr. (3 •
street, Fitzroy-squre,io A hen he Lirivcd he
found deceased dead. The piliai produced had eon-
• c
t aind sulphate of ether. lie had nude a post
tnortem examination, and found the lungs congested,
and hnd no doubt that the sulphate of ether was the
cause of death. There Was no case on record of a
death having resulted from sulphate of ether, and
therefore it was impossible to • state with accuracy
what quantity 'would produce it.
The first witness was recalled, and said the bottle
when she saw it was about a quarter full, and Mr.
Wildbore gave it I • • •that that was quite
as his opinion
enough.
The jury ultimately returned a verdict „Thatof
the deceased destroyed himself in
a inerenenst ions
aberration of intellect, arising from apPr ~
1 of arrest on a charge of a criminal nature,