The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-11 00:00:00

indeed was the one which was appropriate for the LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
occasion before them. A man's faculties may not
(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
last, or he may be summoned away before he has
made a due provision for his family. It is in these
cases that this fund comes in appropriately and
works with good effect. The Archbishop very
properly denounced the theory that he had heard
the other day that all charity was either " useless
or mischievous." All right-minded persons will
agree with the truth of this remark, that the indoor
relief of the workhouse was not " the proper and
only resource of the widows and children of those
who had instructed us, amused our leisure, and im-
proved our lives." It is also very true what the
most reverend Chairman afterwards said, that in
bodily labour a man must desist if he was incapaci-
tated, but in mental labour it was otherwise. The
Dean of Westminster made a very intefesting
speech on English Literature, and the evening was
altogether a very pleasant and profitable one. Up-
wards of a thousand pounds were subscribed to the
fund in the course of the evening, which is satisfac-
tory. It is certain that no institution exists more
worthy of support and sympathy, no recipients of
relief can require the aid afforded to them more
than the overtasked labourers of literature stand in
need of occasional and timely assistance, and it
should be considered that to smooth the rugged
road and lighten the heavy burden of some of these
benefactors of their race is an honourable task and
a praiseworthy endeavour. It is a scandal and a
reproach,to a civilised country if those who are the
mainstay of its intelligence and the promoters of its
refinements pine in silence and languish in loneli-
ness, or if they fall and perish by the wayside weary
of the march of life, and leave their families to
starve. The Royal Literary Fund is a Society that
represents the claims of the highest kind of labour,
and an enterprising community will be unworthy
of their privileges if it fail to acknowledge its
title to support and encouragement.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE GERMANIA.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 11.

The Hamburg and American Company's steam-
ship Germania, from New York on the 29th ult.,
has arrived with 310 passengers for this port,
Havre, and Hamburg, 82 bags of mails, $7,600 for
England, $34,500 for France, and $11,500 for
Hamburg.

On the 4th inst. she spoke a steamer, supposed to
be the City of Manchester or the Glasgow ; on the
6th, the British steamer St. Lawrence ; and on the
7th, the steamers Saxonia and City of Boston.

Lord GRANVILLE, as Chancellor of the University
of London, presided yesterday at a meeting held at
Burlington House for the purpose of admitting to
degrees those who passed the various examinations,
and of awarding certificates and medals to those
undergraduates who had passed with honours. His
lordship's discourse on the occasion was a very
happy one, and he seized upon all the salient points
which called for attention. The University of Lon-
don represents the spirit of toleration, and it recog-
nises the largest amount of religious liberty. This
University has also set the example of viva voce
examinations and of local ones. In short, as the noble
President said, it might declare that the sun did not
set upon its " educational improvements," for these
examinations were now increasing in every direction.
Lord GRANVILLE made an amusing allusion to a
remark that some one had made the other day, to
the effect that he and Lord PALMERSTON did not
like hard work. Now, said the noble lord,
he would not question the justice of the charge
personally, although he had always found that if
he was successful it was owing to hard work ; but
with regard to Lord PAL3IERSTON the statement was
quite erroneous. "He was the hardest-working
man ever known, and had been so from his youth
upwards, and he would venture to say that none
of the young men around him had, from the age of
16 to 24, worked as hard as Lord PALMERSTON did
now in his eightieth year for the benefit and wel-
fare of his country." All must concur in the
truth of these remarks from the noble lord, and
also in his after observation, that it was owing to
the effects of hard work that Lord PALMERSTON
had gained the respect and confidence of all
" political opinions, and of all classes in the coun-
try." It is a great incentive to those entering on
their career to be encouraged to proceed and in-
cited to exertions by those who are distinguished
among their countrymen, and Lord GRANVILLE'S
speech was in every respect worthy of the occasion.

NEW Yong, April 30 (Noon).

The following despatch first announced the cap-
ture of Booth and Harrold, and the death of the

former :

" War Department, April 27, 9 a.m.

" Major-General Dix.—J. Wilkes Booth and
Harrold were chased from the swamp in St. Mary's
County, Maryland, to Garrett's Farm, near Port
Royal, on the Rappahannock, by Colonel Baker's
forces. The barn in which they took refuge was
fired. Booth, in making his escape, was shot
through the head and killed, lingering about three
hours. Harrold was captured. Booth's body and
Harold are now here.

" EDWIN M. STANTON, See. of War."

The following particulars of the affair are taken
from the newspaper reports :—lt having been ascer-
tained positively that the assassins had crossed the
Potomac, a force of cavalry at once started in pur-
suit, and, on the night of the 26th inst., the fugi-
tives were found to have secreted themselves in a
barn near Bowling-green, in Carolina County,
Virginia. A detachment of the 16th New York
cavalry came up and surrounded the barn. Booth's
flight had been impeded by a broken leg, he having
his horse fall with him on the night of the assassi-
nation, thereby fracturing his ancle.
This accident finally led to his discovery. The
surgeon who reduced the fracture has been ar-
rested in Maryland, and the necessary information
derived from him, and others in the same neigh-
bourhood.
As soon as the barn was surrounded, Booth was
called upon to surrender. The following colloquy
is said to have taken place between Booth and Lieu-
tenant Baker of the cavalry :
Baker—You must give up your arms and sur-
render. We will give you five minutes to consider,
and then we will burn the barn.

Booth—Who are you, and what do you want ?
Baker--We want you and intend to take you.
Booth—This is a hard case. lam a cripple with
one leg; but give me a chance for my life. With-
draw your men 100 yards from the barn and I will
come out and fight.
Baker—We don't come here to fight, but to take
you prisoner. You must give up your arms and
surrender.

Booth—l could pick off a dozen of you while you
are talking ; but I (la not wish to kill anybody. I
will never surrender though—never be taken alive.
Baker—Then we will fire the barn.
Booth—Well, my brave boys, prepare a stretcher
for me.

Harrold by this time having concluded to sur-
render, thrust his wrists through the door to be
handcuffed, and was then dragged out, denounced
as a coward by his desperate companion. All this
took place in the dark, the night being cloudy.
Colonel Conger in command of the cavalry, being
satisfied that further parley was useless, set fire
to the barn through the crevices of the barn,
and the building was soon in flames. Through
the cracks- between the boards Booth was seen in
the middle of the floor leaning upon a crutch which
he now threw aside, and, grasping a carbine, he
limped towards the door. Sergeant Corbett, who
had crept up to the barn, now fired through an
aperture, the shot taking effect in the head of Booth,
who fell to the floor. The soldiers then entered the
barn and removed the body of the dying man to
the porch of an adjoining house, and Col. Conger
at once sent for a surgeon. Booth was at first
insensible,. but finally revived a little, and said to
Col. Conger in a feeble voice," " Tell mother I die
for my country. I did what I thought was for the
best." When an effort was made to revive him, by
bathing his hands-and face with water, he uttered
the words, " Useless, useless," and soon afterwards
expired. He was shot at fifteen minutes past three
a.m., and died about four hours afterwards. His
body was convoyed to Washington, and is said to
have been fully identified and secretly buried, being
first merely sewed up in an army blanket.
Harrold has so far been quite reticent and morose.
His trial is to take place immediately.
Lewis Payne, the man who attacked Secretary
Seward, is now in gaol inWashington. He recently
attempted to beat his brains out against the iron
bars of his cell, but was prevented. He is securely
bound and his head. encased in a wadded cap, in
order to frustrate any similar attempt at self-de-
struction.

Secretary Seward is rapidly regaining strength
and has already been out riding. His son is out o:

danger.
It is said that a Cabinet meeting was held last
night in order to provide against further danger
from the conspiracy, which is reported to have ex-
tensive ramifications. Secretary Stanton has not
yet furnished to the public any corroboration of his
insinuation that the " President's murder was
planned in Canada and approved at Richmond."
Nor has the slightest evidence been produced in any
quarter that the Confederate authorities were cog-
nisant of any such conspiracy.
The surrender of General Johnston is officially
announced as follows :
War Department, April 28, 3 p.m.

Major-General Di;
A despatch just received from Gen. Grant, dated
at Raleigh, 10 p.m., April 26, states that " Johnston
surrendered the forces in his command, embracing
all from here to the Chattahoochie to Gen. Sherman,
on the basis agreed upon between Lee and myself
for the army of Northern Virginia.
EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary-of-War.
The following deSpatches were previously pro-
mulgated :

War Department, April 27, 9.30 a.m.
Major-General Dix,
The department has received the following de-
spatch from Gen. Halleck, commanding the Military
Division of the James :
" Generals Canby anil Thomas were instructed
some days ago that Sherman's arrangement with
Johnston was disapproved by the President, and
they were to disregard it and push the enemy in
every direction.
" E. M. STANTON, Secretary-of-War."
RICIIMOND, VA., April 26, 9.30 p.m.
Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War.
Generals Mead, Sheridan, and Wright are acting
under orders to pay no regard to any truce or orders
of General Sherman respecting hostilites on the
ground that Sherman's agreement could bind his
own command only, and no other. They arc directed
to push forward regardless of orders from any one
except General Grant, and cut off Johnston's re-
treat. Beauregard has telegraphed to Danville that
a new arrangement has been made with Sherman,
and that the advance of the 6th corps was to be sus-
pended until further orders. I have telegraphed
back to obey no orders of Sherman's, but to push
forward as rapidly as possible. The bankers here
have information that Jeff. Davis's specie is moving
south from Greensboro' in waggons as fast as pos-
sible. I suggest that orders be telegraphed through
General Thomas that Wilson obey no orders from
Sherman, and notifying him and Canby and all
commanders on the Mississippi to take measures to
intercept the rebel chiefs and their plunder. The
specie taken with them is estimated here at from
six to thirteen millions.
H. W. HALLECK, Major-Gen. Commanding.
On the afternoon of the 25th inst., the remains of
Abraham Lincoln left this city for Albany, en route
for Springfield, Illinois. It it estimated that nearly
100,000 person's gazed upon the fote of the departed
President at the City Hall. The funeral procession