The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-04 00:00:00

FRENCH CIVILISATION.

Punch, has been seized in Paris for the first
time for several mouths. Its offence was the
picture representing the Emperor standing by the
cradle of his infant, while a figure of Liberty says,
"Please may Ibe godmother 1" The Sun was
seized on Tuesday, in consequence of its appearing
with a black border as a token of mourning for
the peace, which it considers disastrous and dis-
graceful' for England. The Daily News and
Morning Advertiser were also seized.

We understand that the rectory of St. George's,
Bloomsbury, vacant by the elevation of the Hon. and
Rev.: H. M. Villiers to the mot Carlisle, has been given
to the Rev. E. Bayley, vicar of Woburn, Beds.

MUNIFICENT DONATION. - The Grocers' Company
yesterdv presented to the Royal Free Hospital a dona-
tion of 100/., in addition to former donations amounting
to 1551.

The bankruptcy of Sir Robert Price has been super-
seded. The creditors have agreed to a proposition to
pay a composition of ss. in the pound.
The Moniteur of yesterday, in an account of the grand
review of the previous day, records conspicuously that
the Emperor only wore one foreign decoration, that of
the Order of the Garter.

DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON. GEORGE ROBERT DIM-
SON.—We are sorry to hoar of the death of the Right
Hon. George R. Dawson, deputy-chairman of the Board
of Castoms, which has just taken place' after a painful
illness.

A testimonial of plate, subscribed by Sir Joseph Pax-
ton and season ticket-holders of the Crystal Palace, has
been given to Mr. Henry Schallehn, in acknowledgment
-if his original formation and management of the Crystal
Palace Band. •
ASSAULTING A REPOBTER.—At the Norwich assizes
yesterday, Richard Ferrier, sen., an I Richard Ferrier,
jun., were charged with unlawfully assaulting John
Williams De Cans, a newspaper reporter. The case was
settled by an apology.
Sr. MARK'S HOSPITAL.—The annual festival o St.
Mark's Hospital, in the City-road, was celebrated yes-
terday evening by an elegant entertainment at the Al-
bion Tavern, Aldersgate-street. A subscription of 7001.
was afterwards announced.

Emil Devrient, who appeared for two successive
seasons, a few years ago, with the Germany Company,
at the St. James's Theatre, in London, is about to retire
finally from the stage, which he has, first as a singer and
they as an actor, adorned for six-and-thirty years.
The principal item of news from Ceylon here is the
visit of his Exoellency Sir H. Ward to the northeastern
provinces. Sir Henry had been received with great en-
tkusisEm at Trincomalee, and bad visited the Cut-
cherry, Fort Osnalaurg, and the dockyard.
The French army will, it is said, return from the
Crimea in bodies of 20,000 with corresponding materiel.
About six months will be occupied in the evacuation.
It will begin in May, and last over October. A despatek
has been received from Marshal Pelissier, which an-
nounces an improvement in the health of the army.
CITY OF LONDON SCHOOLS.—Yesterday a meeting was
held at the London Tavern to adopt measures to pre-
vent the falling off in the revenue of the above schools.
A subscription list was opened, and it was resolved that
a clergyman and some laymen should canvass the city
fur support.
A deputation, to lay before the Government the great
frauds of the hay trade, had an interview with Lord
Stanley of Alderley and the Right Hon. Robt. Lowe
yesterday, at the Board of Trade. The deputation con-
sisted of Messrs. Rathbone, Argent, Hasker, Rogers,
Wilson, Boyer, M'lstamara, Willing, Hudson, Hayman,
Hartley, Hawes, and Reddin.
FINE ARTS.—To show that the announcement of peace
may, even at this early period, have had a favourable
influence on the fine art trade, we may notice that, at a
sale of the engravings, drawings, &c., of Messrs. Her-
ring and Remington, which took place this week by
Messrs. Southgate and Barrett, a copy in water colours,
by Lewis Haghe, of David Robert's grand picture of
the " Destruction of Jerusalem," was sold for 2001. ;
and the stock and lithographic stones of the same work
realised 7001., while the other lots in the same sale
brought good prices.
COLLISION ON THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—An acci-
dent, which might have been of a more serious nature,
occurred on Monday evening on the Caledonian Rail-
way. The mnil express train from London on arriving at
theVotherwell viaduct bridge, about 12 miles from
G:asgo w, came in direct collision with a goods train,
causing both engines to be considerably damaged, and
also several of the waggons and carriages, and causing
many contusions and shocks to the passengers by coming
in contact with each other ; but fortunately no limbs
were broken or lives lost.
THE PROPOSED METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.—
Yesterday a deputation waited on the Hon. Mr. Cowper,
President of the Board of Health, and urged upon the
hon, gentleman the desirability of the site of Sm:thfield
being appropriated to the dead-meat market. Mr. Cow-
per listened attentively to the arguments of the deputa-
tion, which consisted of Mr. Venables, Mr. Butler, Mr.
Bonsor, Mr. Thomas Taylor, Mr. Firmin, Mr. King,

and Mr. Potter, all extensive meat salesmen in Newgacel
market, and promised the subject due consideration.
THE MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, April 3.—The British and
North American mail steam-ship Africa will take her
departure hence for New York on Saturday, when let-
t-rs and papers will be received at the Post office at 8
a.m., with late fee at 9 a.m., and at the landing-stage
at 10 a.m. The Australian mail sailing-sh'p James
Baines will sail from Liverpool for Melbourne on Sun-
day, the letter-box closing at 8 a.m. ; but letters and
papers will be received with late fee until 9 a.m., and
at the landing-stage at 10 a.m.
THE REPRESENTATION OF CHIPPENHAM.—Nfr. John
Noeld, brother of the late representative for Chippen-
ham, having declined to come forward, Mr. Robert
Perry Nisbet, of Southbroom-house, near Devizes, has
offered himself as a candidate. dr. Nisbet has long
been a resident in the county, and some few years
ago he served, with much credit to himself, the office of
High Sheriff. His political opinions are Conservative.
As yet no other candidate has appeared.
FIRE AT A LICENSED VICTUALLER'S. —Yesterday
morning, shortly before four o'clock, a fire broke out at
Mr. John Madden's, the Three Compasses Tavern,
White Hart•street, Drury-lane. The inmates were
aroused by a strong smell of fire, and on proceeding
down stairs discovered the bar-parlour in flames. An
warm was instantly raised, when the fire-engines from
Caandos-street, Holborn, and King-street were shortly
on the spot, and with a good supply of water got to
work, but the bar and bar-parlour were burnt out.
Cause unknown. Insured in the Sun.
HIGHLAND ROADS AND BRIDGES.—From the 42c1 re-
port, just issued, it appears that the amount of charge in
1855 under the act for maintaining and keeping in repair
certain roads and bridges made in Scotland for the pur-
pose of military communication, &c., was 14,2771., and
the amount of discharge 13,1631., leaving a balance in
the commissioners' hands of 1,1131. Since the disastrous
season of 1848-49 the works under the charge of the com-
missioners have enjoyed a remarkable immunity from
heavy casualties, and the last season was unmarked by
any injury to the works beyond the ordinary wear and
tear until the sth of February last, when a storm, lasting
two days, on the western shore of Argyleshire, did
serious damage to the roads on Loch Fynne.
CAUTION TO MARINERS.—SUNSEN ROCK.—A letter
received at Lloyd's from their agent at Smyrna contains
a copy of a deposition of Captain Boyle, of the Falcon
steamer, of London, which sank on the 17th of February
in 10 fathoms of water,
.near port Katone, on the west
side of the island of Mytelene, after touching upon a
rock not laid down in Admiralty charts. The rock is
visible above water to the eastward of Cape Vourgas.
The agent states that in the course of the last year four
eessele, French and Austrian, were lost near the same,
the masters of which speak of rocks not laid down in
their charts. He states further that it is not safe for
vessels to enter Port Colonna, by the old charts and
sailing directions. It is supposed that the violent earth-
quakes which took place in Mytelene, and particularly
on the west side of the island, some two years since, are
the cause of the appearance of these rocks. The Falcon,
it i; said, is still standing with her masts up, and her
topmast head just above water.
REFORMATORY AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS BILL.—A

bill leas been introduced by Sir Stafford Ncrthcote and
Mr. Liddell to amend the mode of committing criminal

and vagrant children to reformatory and industrial
school,. It enact., that "it shall not be necessary for
any court, proceeding under the act 17 and 18 Vic., cap.
86, to name the particular school to which any youthful
offender is to be sent at the time of passing sentence
upon him," but that such court may- make an order with
the name of the school left in blank, to be filled up with-
in one month after sentence has been passed ; this ar-

rangement, however, must not lengthen the detention of
any offender in any prison beyond the time specified in
the original sentence. Orders may be amended within
a month, so as to substitute one reformatory for another,
to which the culprit will then be transferred. Young
persons must not be sent to any schools to which their
parents, on religious grounds, object. The power of the
Secretary of State to order removals, &c., is not dimin-
ished by this act. The expenses of removal are to be de-
frayed by treasurers of counties and cities (under the act
already recited), and, under the act 17 and 18 of Vic.,
cap. 74, by the parochial boards of parishes. The Trea-
sury will pay for removals ordered by the Secretary of
State.
THE Ray. G. C. GORHAM AND HIS PARISHIONERS.—
The Rev. G. C. Gorham, rector of Brampford
near Exeter, whose controversy with the Bishop of Exe-
ter is so well knowc, has had a violent rupture with a
large number of his parishioners, the result of which is
that they have commenced proceedings against the rev.
gentleman for " brawling in church." It appears that
seine of the principal farmers in the parish objected to a
certain inscription on the organ which has recently been
erected in the chnreh, and this was inserted in a notice
convening a parish meeting as one of the subjects for
consideration. Mr. Gorham objected to sign the notice
in the shape presented to him, and the 'churchwarden,
Mr. Carter, juo., affixed it to the church door without
his signature. Oa Sunday morning, previous to com-
mencing Divine service, the rev. gentleman went to Mr.
Carter's pew, and, as it is alleged, asked him how he
dared to put up the notice without his signature, and
peremptorily ordered him to take it down and bring it
to him in the vestry. For this conduct Mr. Carter, en-
couraged by a large number of his parishioners, has in-
sttuted proceedings against the rev. gentleman for
" brawling."
THE SADLEIR PERPLEXITY—MR. WAIILET'S Ex-
PlteeTlONS.—Yesterday Mr. Wakley, at an inquiry
held at Camden Town, alluded with a smile to the ex-
traordinary reports respecting the alleged deception
practised on the public by Mr. Sadleir, observing,
" The man who invented the story could not have known
that I knew Mr. Sadleir—l might say personally—for
several years that he occupied a seat in Parliament ; and
as to the rumours which have got about respecting a
change in the features of the 'deceased at the period the
body was viewed by the jury, the surmises are quite
erroneous, as there was not the least change in the fea-
tures of the deceased, the unfortunate man being appa-
rently in a
countenance, and saw not the slightest change in it.
quiet sleep. I examined most cautiously the
Indeed, I was so minute as to open the lips and look at
the teeth ; I likewise opened the eyelids, and lastly, I
turned the hair off the forehead, remarking, as I did so,
that the deceased was remarkably free from baldness.
It is, therefore, a very ridiculous and foolish rumour
which has got abroad, and one that there cannot be the
slightest foundation for, even taking into consideration
the fact of my being myself so intimately acquainted
with the deceased's appearance, and then my examining
his countenance so closely, it puts aside all such foolish
surmises."

LATEST NEWS.

STETTIN, APRIL 2.

The Emperor Alexander and the Grand Dukes
Constantine, Nicholas, and Michael, arrived at
Fredericksham in the morning of the 22d.
After having inspected the troops, the Corps
of Cadets, and the batteries, the imperial party
left for Helsingfors, where they arrived on the
23d, and inspected troops and the fortifications,
and visited the hospitals and the churches.

TURIN, APRIL 3.

The Bureaus of the Ministry of War are ac-
tively engaged in arranging the measures relative
to the return of the Sardinian army at present in
the Crimea.

Vessels are preparing to sail from Genoa for
he purpose of bringing back the troops.

COPENHAGEN, Antir, 3.

The Supreme Council has adopted, and read a
first time, the proposal of the Holstein Deputies,
fer submitting the general constitution to a spe-
cial assembly of the Diet.

A squadron of American ships of war is ordered
to cruise on the coast of Spain, pending the Anglo-
American dispute.

FRANCE.

PARIS,THURSDAYEVENING..

Lord Cowley, the British Ambassador, had the
honour of being received by the Emperor yester-
day, and delivered to his Majesty the reply of his
Sovereign to the notification of the birth of the
Prince Imperial. Count Buol Schauenstein, Aus-
trian Plenipotentiary at the Congress, was also re-
ceived by the Emperor, to deliver a similar reply,
as well as a private and autograph letter from the
Emperor of Austria. Baron de Manderstrom, the
Swedish Minister, was afterwards honoured with
an audience, to present an autograph letter from
his sovereign, and one from the Prince Royal of
Sweden.

The Paris correspondent of the Independance of
Brussels states that two regiments of marines,
three large vessels armed en flute, and some light
vessels and gun-boats are now at Toulon ready to
start for a purpose connected with the expedition
to Madagascar.
The Pays, alluding to the sitting of the Congress
on Wednesday (in which, notwithstanding the an-
nouncement of their departure in several journals,
Lord Clarendon and M. Manteuffel took part), says
it has reason to think that none of the matters re-
maining to be discussed will give occasion to any
new protocol or additional treaty. "In a word,"
the Pays says, " the treaty of March 30 is as com-
plete in tenour as in form, and will:require no new
or supplemental signature on account of any of the
points with which the Congress is at this moment
occupied."
The Debuts contains a long article on the pro-
ceedings of the Congress up to the date of signing
the Treaty of Peace :
" Of all the points on which the Conference bad to pro •
nounce itself, that which has excited the greatest difficul-
ties and will continue so to do is the new political Consti-
tution of the Danubian Principalities. The future of these
provinces occupies the attention of all the nations of
Europe. The interests of all the neighbouring or distant
States may not be the same, but they are equally pressing.
We believe too that the question of the Principalities gave
rise in the heart of the Congress to long and very animated
debates. It appears that a number of systems were proposed
more or less irreconcileable with the fundamental rule
established from the commencement, which decreed that
no breach of the rights of the Sultan or of the integrity
of the Ottoman empire should be permitted. If we are
to believe certain reports which have obtained sufficient
credit not to be disdained, some members of the Con-
ference had wished to unite these two principalities into
one independent State, to be proclaimed neuti al, and to
be entrusted to the rule of a prince chosen from among
the reigning houses of Germany or Italy. This combi-
nation implied a division of Turkey, and was contrary
to the object of the war. The Conference consequently
rejected it."