The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-20 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICA.

(Per French steamer Navarre, via Bordeaux.)
BUENOS AYRES, March n.
The Standard of to-day, in its review for the

French mail, says :---
" No event of any very great importance has oc-
curred since the sailing of the English packet. In
the Banda Oriental the last opposers of the new
Government have thrown down their arms, and ten-
dered their submission to the new regime. Presi-
dent Flores, who at present rules in Montevideo, is
making use of his authority, and demonstrating
more prudence in the Cabinet than courage in the
field. The Brazilians are concentrating their forces
in the River Plate, previous to ascending the river
to attack Paraguay. The Argentine provinces are
in unbroken peace, and the Government is occupied
with domestic matters of slight importance to
foreigners abroad. The•province of Buenos Ayres,
which we have no hesitation in saying is the best in
the whole Republic, is improving more rapidly than
probably any other spot in South America ; the city
no longer wears the Moorish appearance of most
South American towns, but is being built up in
European style and elegance. The province is so
thickly populated that estancia lands command a
higher value than even the splendid farm lands in
the western States. The last year has been one
of singular prosperity for the sheep farmers, and
on a close estimate it is ascertained that the
flocks have on an average increased 30 per cent.
The condition of the wools also is so good that it
will tend to gain a more favourable acceptation for
River Plate wools in the European markets. We
hail with unaffected pleasure these signs of real ad-
vancement, and regret sincerely that we are not in
a position to speak so favourably of any of the other
provinces. The Government railway is now open
from this city to a large country town called Merl
cedes, a distance of over 75 miles, and, owing to the
strong decision of Governor Saavedra and his Minis-
ters, the works are being continued to Chivilcoy, a
town about 21 miles further out. The railway is,
in consequence of a recent law passed, about to be
sold by the Government. The passenger traffic of
the road is excellent, and probably under a more
economical management the road might be able to
pay a fair annual dividend ; but at present it only
gives 3s per cent. on the capital ; the fares, how-
ever, are extremely low, being fully 25 per cent.
under those of England, and the want of proper
accommodation for wool-carts has caused it to lose
the great carrying trade from the country. The
Buenos Ayres Great Southern Railway is employ
ing more hands than all the other railways put toge
ther. The works could not progress faster.

" Business in Buenos Ayres is pretty brisk, owing
to the saladeristas all being at work. Money rules
both dear and tight, not so much from any want of
confidence, as from the positive scarceness of the
paper money, which is the only circulating medium
we have in Buenos Ayres.

" We have to announce that during the fortnight
two foreign houses have failed ; their liabilities are,
however, small, and the assets more than at first
expected. In the river Uruguay, a saladero, be-
longing to Senor Mujica, has been completely de-
stroyed by fire. Luckily all the hides and tallow
at the establishment were saved, but the premises,
valued at 60,000 silver dollars, were . completely
destroyed.

" Emigration to the River Plate is, we are happy
to say, slightly on the increase."
The Eco. de Cordova states that on the 2d inst.,
at 2 p.m., the firing of a shot gave the alarm of a
revolution. An attack was made upon the barracks,
and the rebels failing in their attempt, the ex-
Governor and D. Pedros Cires were killed at the
entrance, and the revolt was thus suffocated. It
appears that Major Pizarro sent four men under
Lieutenant 'Vasquez, to arrest Posse, who was
coming up with five men, while Cires advanced
with ten men on the other side. Vasquez fired,
and Posse fell, the former then pursuing the rioters.
Another picket of troops then came up and
despatched Posse while he lay bleeding on the
ground. Cires was deserted by his men while ad-
vancing on the barracks, and shot. Major Ortiz,
Felix Paz, and Servando Arguello were arrested as
accomplices.

The Rosario papers contradict the pretended
revolution, and say that ex-Governor Posse was
murdered by Vasquez near his own door out of

revenge.

The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce

and the Late Mr. Cobden.

A special meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of
Commerce was held yesterday, for the purpose of
expressing the feeling of that body with respect to
the death of Mr. Cobden. Mr. P. H. Rathbone,
the president, occupied the chair. The following
letters from the parliamentary representatives of
Liverpool were read :

Bellamour, near Rugeley, 17th April, 1865.
Dear Sirs--I am this morning in receipt of your favour of
Saturday. It is a matter of much regret to me to be unable
to be present at the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
on Wednesday, and to join in the expression of sympathy
to the family of the late Mr. Cobden, as well as to record
my sense'of the value of his great services to the trade and
commerce of the country. Nothing but an engagement of
some importance should have prevented my being present.
—Yours, dear sir, very faithfully, '

THOMAS B. HORSFALL.

William Blood, Esq.
New Brighton, Birkenhead, April 17.
My dear sir,—l am very sorry that another engagement
will prevent me attending the special council which you
have summoned for to-morrow to express the deep regret
which the country has suffered at the loss of Mr. Cobden.
Indeed there is only one opinion among all parties as to
the eminent services which he rendered. We have seen
great military conquerors extolled for the bloody victories
which they achieved, and splendid monuments erected to
transmit their fame to posterity. But Richard Cobden had
accomplished a great bloodless triumph, and the fruits of
his peaceful victories will endure long after the greatest
military generals will be almost forgotten. I had a per-
sonal acquaintance with Mr. Cobden, and every one who
enjoyed that privilege must have been struck with the
gentleness of his character. He always listened with
great patience to those who differed with him,
however inferior in abilities they might have been, and
calmly endeavoured to prove how just and righteous was
the cause in which he was engaged. To him we are
mainly indebted for that good understanding which we
now so happily enjoy with the French nation, the continu-
ance of which is so important to the mutual prosperity of
the two countries, and ages yet unborn will feel the benefit
of that commercial policy which he did so much to accom-
plish, and the effect of which will be to promote peace and
good-will among the various nations of the world.—Be-
lieve me, truly yours, J. C. EWART.
The President.

The PRESIDENT moved the following resolution :
" That the Council desires to express their profound
regret at the premature death of Richard Cobden, Esq.
M.P., and to offer to his family their sincerest sympa-
thy in their bereavement. The Council also desire to
record their sense of the great loss which the country
has sustained in the removal of a statesman whose
liberal and comprehensive views with regard to
trade and commerce, urged for many years upon
the nation with great eloquence and ability, now
constitute the guiding rule of our commercial legis-
lation, and whose constant efforts were still directed
to induce other countries to adopt a policy which
must be always the best guarantee for national
prosperity and international good-will." He re-
ferred to the public services of Mr. Cobden, and
said they were proud of the deceased statesman,
because he had the manliness to stand forward and
fight the battles, not only of free trade, but to
fight other battles which he thought to be right.
lie did that combined with all the gentleness
which made him feel the pain of fighting a battle
against the prejudice of his fellow-creatures, and,
above all, he had that loftiness of character, that
transparent purity and unaffected disinterestedness,
which put him on a level with our greatest states-
men in that aspect in which we were most proud of
our English statesmen—their moral elevation, the
absence of selfish motives, and their disdain or all
that savoured of political corruption of any kind.
Mr. C. E. RAWLINS seconded the resolution, and,
after some other members had spoken on the sub-
ject, it was resolved that the chairman should write
to Mrs. Cobden, expressing the sentiments of the
meeting, and enclosing a copy of the resolution which
was adopted.
The meeting then adjourned.

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WINDSOR CASTLE, April 19.
The Queen, with her Royal Highness Princess
Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by
Lady Churlchill ; and walked and drove in the
grounds of the Castle this morning.
Her Royal Highness Princess Helena also went
out walking.

Lady Theresa Lewis and Miss Lister will leave
town to-day for the Grove, near Watford, Herts, on a visit
to the Earl and Countess of Clarendon.

Lord and Lady Chelmsford will arrive in town
to-day from Brighton.

Lord and Lady Wharneliffe will leave town to-
day for Wortley Hall, Yorkshire.

Sir Erskine and Lady Percy have left town for
Paris for the recess.

Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Hughes of Kinmel will
arrive in town early next week from Scotland.
Mr. and Mrs. Granville Vernon have arrived in
town from visiting his Excellency the Belgian Minister
and Madame Van de Weyer, at New Lodge, Windsor.
The mortal remains of the late Viscount Uffing-
ton will be removed from Charles-street to-morrow for in-
terment in the family vault at Combo Abbey, Warwick-
shire, on Saturday.

The marriage of Lady Gwendolina Anson,
youngest daughter of the late Earl of Lichfield, with Mr.
O'Shee, of Garden Ross, county Waterford, took place
yesterday at St. George's, Hanover-square. The ceremony
was quite private, there only being present a few of the
near relatives of her ladyship. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. Mr. Loughton. The bride was given
away by her brother-in-law, Loid Elcho. After the ser-
vice the bride and bridegroom left town for Leamington,
to pass the honeymoon.

University of Edinburgh.

The half-yearly meeting of the General Council of the
University of Edinburgh was held on Thursday—Sir D.
Brewster, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, presiding. The
Rev. K. M. Phin, minister of Galashiels, moved that the
council petition Parliament and memorialise Government
to grant additional endowments to this university. Ire
stated that in the faculty of law many of the professors had
nothing like the average income of a sheriff-substitute in a
country town, and that several of them had not a third of
the salary of the sheriff-substitutes in Edinburgh. They
were talking of extended sessions, which would increase
the work of the professors, and entrance examinations, the
effect of which, by diminishing their classes, would reduce
the class fees, and on both these grounds the endowments
ought to be increased. They could not expect this to be
done by private liberality, although private liberality was
doing something for the university by establishing fellow-
ships. He never had been one of those who joined in the
cry of justice to Scotland, not having much confidence iu
the discretion of many of those who raised the cry, but
here was decidedly a case of justice to Scotland. The Irish
universities, which were not educating anything like the
same number of students, were receiving a large sum from
the public purse, and why should not they insist on a cor-
' responding grant being made to the University of Edit-
burgh ? If they were only put on an equality with Ireland
in that respect it would be all they could desire. Mr. Phin
proposed that the petition should be placed in the hands of
Lord EMI() for presentation, Mr. Campbell Swinton se-
conded the motion, and in the course of his speech remarked
that if ever there was a period when they ought to approach
Parliament with a sanguine prospect of success, it was
when ono of the principal offices in the Treasury was filled
by their Lord Rector (Mr. Gladstone), who lately in his
place in Parliament had emphatically dwelt on the fix-Ilan
share of public money that came back to Scotland com-
pared to what Scotland contributed to the national re-
venue. (Hear, and cheers.) Professor Simpson said that
there were doubtless few hands better than Lord Elcho's
to which they could intrust their petition ; but seeing
they had a great office-bearer in this university who was
also a member of the House of Commons, ought they not
to put the petition into the hands of the Lord Rector him-
self ? (A laugh.) He could quite confirm what had been
said as to the small emoluments belonging to some of the
chairs. It was not a creditable thing that their principal,
who represented the intellect of Scotland, and whose name
was known over the whole world, should not have a salary
equal to that of the Towh Clerk of Edinburgh, and which
was not half that of the Procurator-Fiscal of this county.
Mr. Phin said he would be most happy to accept the pro-
posal of Professor Simpson, but the difficulty was that the
distinguished Lord Rector held another office, to which it
was possible he might attach quite as much importance as
to his office in this University—(a laugh)—and, as Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, he was naturally unwilling to open
the purse-strings. Dr. Alex. Wood said it would be in the
recollection of those who had paid attention to the cause of
University Reform that when the measure of 1858 was under
discussion in the House of Commons their distinguished
Lord Rector brought under the consideration of the house
and procured the insertion of clauses in the bill to enable
the Colleges of Scotland to form one common University
for conferring degrees. He believed that if some such pro-
posal were :now to be adopted it would have the cordial
concurrence of the Lord Rector and his support in the
giving of funds for such an institution. The motion was
then unanimously agreed to, and the memorial and petition
were approved, the latter to be given to Lord Elcho for
presentation, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer being
asked "to give it his support. The Rev. Thomas Smith,
Edinburgh, moved—" That it is the opinion of this council
that it be submitted to the University Court that all stu-
dents before entering the University should be subjected to
an examination in Latin, Greek, and arithmetic ; and that
no student should be admitted to an examination for a
degree in arts who does not produce a certificate of his
having'passed such an examination before his admission to
the classes, on the ground of his attendance on which he
claims to be examined for the degree." After some dis-
cussion, it was remitted to a committee to prepare a report.
The other business was unimportant.

THE LLEWELLYN MEMORIAL.—The memorial to
the memory of David Herbert Llewellyn, late surgeon of
the Alabama, was last week erected in the parish church,
Easton, Wilts. It may be remembered that this gallant
man refused to imperil the safety of the wounded when
the Alabama was sinking by taking a seat in the boat
with them, and went down with the ship amid the ball; of
the Kearsarge. The east window, of Gothic architecture,
in the perpendicular style, is filled with stained glass, the
centre compartment representing the birth of Christ and
the Crucifixion, and the Ascension in the quatrefoil. The
side lights have figure :subjects ; the Good Samaritan,
Christ walking on the water to save the sinking Apostla
Peter, Christ healing the sick, the Apostles at the beau-
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;iful gate of the Temple, and Faith, Hope, and Charity is
he tracery. The monument consists of a handsome black
marble slab of pyramidal form, upon which is placed
Latin cross in white marble, of prominent size ; at the foot
rests a naval anchor and cable, with shot of varying sizes.
Leaning against the side of the cross is the wand of
Esculapius, and beneath an entablature with the inscriP-
tion.— Wiltshire Indepemdent.
NEW LIFEBOATS.—The National Lifeboat Insti-
tution has just sent three lifeboats to various parts
of the coast. One of them, which is 33ft. long, is on its
way to Sunderland. The cost (X 400) of this lifeboat and
its transporting carriage has been collected in the town and
county of Derby, through the zealous exertions of jar.
Thomas Roe, mayor of that town, Mr. W. Peat, and other
friends. On Saturday the lifeboat will be publicly exhibited
in the streets of Derby, when the volunteer corps and
various public bodies will take part in the procession. The
boat will afterwards leave for Sunderland, where it is to be
permanently stationed. Another lifeboat, of similar dimen-
sions, has just been sent to Dunbar. It is the gift of Lad
Cuningham Fairlie, and is named by her " The Wallace.''
And a third lifeboat, 32ft. long, will this day be forwarded
to Newquay, in Cornwall, to replase a previous boat there,
which had become unfit for further service. The lady who
is the donor of this last-named lifeboat left at the National
Institution, some time since, the cost of four lifeboats. Two
of them are stationed in Cornwall, one in Dundrum Bay,
Ireland, and the fourth at Buckie, in Scotland. The insti-
tution has now 145 lifeboats under its management.
MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE AT D AWLISH. —On Monday
evening a woman having the appearan-ce of a lady
went to the York Hotel, Dawlish, and engaged a bed for
the night. She stated she was an American, from Nor
York, and that she was travelling for her health. She bad
come that day from Paddington, and her object in visiting
Dawlish was for the sea bathing. Her luggage was, she
said, left at the railway station. She professed to be much
fatigued, and retired at once to her bedroom, to which 5110
desired a glass of brandy and water and a biscuit might be
sent. This was done, and nothing was heard of the visitor
until midday on Tuesday, when the inmates of the hotel,
becoming alarmed at the failure of their efforts to obtain all
answer to their repeated inquiries, and being unable t°
open the bedroom door, obtained a ladder, and a man en-
tered the room by the window. The woman was discovered
dead in bed. By the bedside was the glass that had con-
tained the brandy and water, and alongside it several empty
paper packets marked " vermin poison." On examining
the deceased's clothes, the only money that could be found
was 21d. She had, however, two watches in her possession,
one gold and the other silver. She wore three rings en
her fingers, one of which was a wedding ring. No clue
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could be obtained to her identity, the marks in her pocket
handkerchief having been cut out. On inquiry at t (3.
station, it was found there was no luggage there, nor di
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any of the officials remember having seen the deceased.'
Exeter Gazette.

CRYSTAL PALACE.-ONE SHILLING DAY, Wed-
nesday, April 19.—Admissions on payment,. 5,100 ; dittq
by season tickets, 1,377; total visitors, 6,477.