The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-02 00:00:00

vHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1866.

by themselves, or by any one else—the obvious Prussia were sedulously endeavouring to thwart all
course the fairest, clearest, most straight-forward the wir 3hes and disappoint the expectations of Austria.
course for them to have pursued would have been In everything it is the same, whether it be disar-
th. To have made a deduction from whatever mare ent or the settlement of the Duchy question—
might, upon the taking of this division, have been they e is always something in reserve, some arriere
told off on the side of the Government—To have pen; see, which spoils everything just as affairs seem in
made a deduction (from the aggregate number) of train. It is said that hostilities willprobablybreak out
the actual number of Cabinet Ministers in- , in Saxony in the first instance, and this suggestion is
Supposing, in other words, that carried out by the fact of a very unfavourable reply
clearetihuedeciin it
majority set down upon the paper, :having been sent by Baron Von BEUST to the
when that paper was on Saturday morning Prussian Minister ;it was presented to the Count
handed to the Government Teller, had turned out Ton BISMARCK yesterday. If this be the case it
to be not Five (as it was) but Eight—then Her MA- will be a very proper retribution to Prussia for the
JESTY'S Ministers, after deducting those seven of policy she has pursued towards the lesser States of
their own body (above enumerated), those seven,
members of the very Cabinet in which the
Commons (according to the Cabinet's own view
of the question) were asked to avow confidence
or no confidence—then, we say, her MAJESTY'S
Ministers ought to have deducted seven of them-
, selves, as officially disqualified from pronouncing
upon such an alternative, in order to have ren-
dered the result at any rate so far satisfactory
that it gave a • clear, distinct, and positive ma-

Germany. Of course, they had no real right to any
part of the spoils of war, but they had as much as
the aggressive Powers, and at any rate they ought to
have been treated with common respect and cour-
tesy. In vain now does the confused and perplexed
BISMARCK seek to set himself right with these
States. One day he upbraids them, and the next
he tries flattery, but all to no purpose, because they
have grown weary of so much deceit and treachery,
and feel justly indignant at the ignominious treat-
ment they have received.
The Opinione of Florence states that England
and Bavaria have sent communications to the
Austrian Government, urging upon them the " de-
sirability of abstaining from further armaments,
since the Italian Government maintains a
pacific attitude." The respective ambassadors
at the Court of Vienna have taken diplo-
matic steps relative to such representa-
tion. We do not see, however, that much
responsibility rests with Austria ; the chief manage-
ment of the affair is in the hands of Prussia and
Italy. So long as they combine, directly or indi-
rectly, covertly or openly, it cannot be that a dis-
turbed state of policy must prevail. In fact, until
all the armaments recently increased are put down,
we can place no reliance on the promises of any
Power, nor confide in their declarations of peaceful
intentions. They are there as sighs and tokens of
imminent peril, and no subterfuge can con-
ceal their meaning, or casuistry pervert
their intentions. The storm has been brewing
for some time in Germany, and far-seeing observers
and those politicians well versed in the affairs of
the Continent have opined that sooner or later it
would burst. Now that the catastrophe seems ap-
proaching many affect surprise, and some actu-
ally fgel it no doubt, but who that has studied the
aspect of affairs for the last two years can wonder
at the crisis now at hand in Germany? It was not
possible that Prussia should be allowed to have it
all her own way, and her arrogance and assumption
have been indeed enough to provoke the tamest,
while it was most dangerous to concede to all her
demands.

jority of ONE to the Government ! That is, we
repeat, supposing the nominal majority had
turned out to be not (as it was) FIVE but EIGHT•
That clear (nominal) majority of Eight, deducting
from it the Seven Ministers, would still have left them
One ! As it is, the nominal majority of Five having
only been arrived at by the 318 Ayes including
among them, as we have shown, Seven of
the Cabinet Ministers, the actual result as a
settlement of the Question of Confidence or No
Confidence leaves the Cabinet distinctly before the
country in a minority of Two in the largest division
ever known to have been taken in the House of

Commons.
A deduction of those Seven from the nominal ma-
jority—as affording a fairlt st to all parties as to the
lowest limits of any majority enabling the Govern-
ment to stay in with a due regard to their own self-
respect, is clearly obvious upon the very face of it !
Whatever the number of the Cabinet Ministers
voting upon a division involving within it, accord-
ing to their own view of the Question then
before the House, a Question of confidence or no
confidence—whatever the number of the Cabinet
Ministers voting upon such a division, that
number ought manifestly to have been exceeded
by at least one in any clear majority, so as to enable
the Cabinet still to hold office without a loss of self-
respect, without a lose of dignity to themselves
in the estimation both of the House and of the
Country. Seeing that there were numbered in
this particular division, no less than Seven Cabinet
Ministers, the only clear majority that would have
enabled them (one might have supposed), without
derogating from their dignity, without a loss of their
own self-respect, still to hold on, would have been
a clear majority, as we have already put it, of, at
the very least, Eight A clear majority that—
after deducting their Seven Noble and Right Hon.
Selves, would still even then have left another
clear supplementary vote upon the side of the
Government. More particularly, also, ought
the Cabinet Ministers participating in any such
division as that which took place on Saturday
morning to have been " allowed for " in the
Parliamentary calculations in the precise way we
have described, seeing that the gross aggregate
of the Ayes would still have left intact among the
number of those swelling the vote of confidence in
the Government, all the subordinate members of
that Government having seats in the House of
Commons ! The Under-Secretaries and all the rest
of them ! Mr. FORSTER, Mr. LAYARD, Sir ROUN-
DELL IAL3IER, Mr. CHICHESTER FORTESCUE, Lord
CLARENCE PAGET, in fact the whole mass of those
holding offices of any kind under the administration.
Not satisfied with counting votes like these, as it is
only fair, of course, that they should count them,
Ministers have counted also, as we have seen, seven
of their own members, actually seven members of
the Cabinet itself, as qualified to settle the alterna-
tive of Confidence or No-confidence in themselves !

In the House of Lords, yesterday, a bill of con-
siderable public importance was introduced by the
Lord Chancellor. The question of Capital Punish-
ment has long been regarded as a difficult and re-
sponsible one. We have happily left far behind us
those days when human life was taken almost with
indifference for every few shillings' worth of pro-
perty stolen, still more for every forgery or serious
fraud. Too often the convictions were based en-
tirely on circumstantial evidence or testimony of a
doubtful character, and accordingly it happened,
with painful frequency, when we consider the vital
interests at stake, that the victim was proved, too
late, to have been wholly or partially innocent
of the crimes laid to his charge. There
was one particular case of this kind in
which a young woman suffered the extreme penalty
of the law, and was afterwards found to have been
unjustly condemned. Her youth, her terror of the
scaffold, and her innocence deeply impressed the
public mind, and no doubt assisted the movement
which was afterwards set on foot for bringing about
a more humane system. It has always been found
that crimes and offences increase in number and in
degree in proportion to the excessive severity of the
penal code. Life is held so cheap that men get
reckless, and knowing they may suffer death as a
punishment for minor offences, they have no induce-
ment to refrain from committing the greater. Of
late years we have gone perhaps a little to the other
extreme, and many excellent and humane persons
in their pity for the murderer, forget the sufferings
of his victim and the necessity of preserving the
majesty of justice, while not forgetting the preroga-
tive of mercy. No sooner has man or woman been
condemned to death during the last few years than
a party is immediately formed to endeavour to pro-
cure a mitigation of the sentence, and their efforts
have so often been successful that a degree of un-
certainty now attends the capital sentence, which is
unfair alike to the public and to the criminal.
The only plea which can be urged on behalf
of capital punishment is its deterrent effect,
and this is undoubtedly a very powerful
one, but to have this effect the punishment must be
certain. Every criminal will hope that he may be
fortunate enough to get off if there is a loophole
left, and what with the plea of insanity and other
excuses there are now only too many such chances.
.No doubt the public generally would be glad if so
terrible an alternative as punishment by death could
be dispensed with, but we must consider the ques-
tion in all its aspects, and there is nothing to justify
us in concluding that we could safely dispense with
it as a protection to human life. Certainly murders
have not decreased during the last few years,
when the remissions of the capital sentence have
been so frequent, and there is nothing to en-
courage us in venturing on so decided a change.
A minority of the Commissioners appointed to in-
quire into the subject were, as the Lord Chancellor
last night, in favour of an entire abolition of capital
punishment, but the majority approved of its reten-
tion for murder. In this view the Commissioners
were supported by the majority of the speakers last
evening, who approved of the main features of the
bill. It appears to be a moderate and sens-
ible measure, just and humane in its provi-
sions, and making due distinction between
wilful and premeditated murders and those
committed under less heinous circumstances,
such as under extreme provocation and without
premeditation, which are not to be placed under the
same category.. For the former class alone the
punishment of death is reserved. It is manifest that
under such a law the cases of VICTOR TOWNLEY and
WRIGIIT, which excited so much indignation, would
have been exactly reversed. With regard to another
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over night or very early in the morning, and the
drinking that inevitably ensues from idleness and
restlessness, we shall certainly not be inclined to
think the circumstances favourable to serious reflec-
tion. The conduct of such crowds is generally de-
scribed as reckless and indecorous to a degree, and
it would be a very great gain if more real solemnity
could attend so terrible a scene. The list of murders
has lately been so long that it Li quite time to make
some change.

Hence—to put the matter quite plainly—their seven
noble and right honourable selves have decided that
they shall, though nominally only in a majority of
Five—though actually, as we have shown, in a
minority of Two—their Seven Noble and Right
Honourable Selves have decided that they shall still
continue to hold office, that they shall still continue
to be a Government!

The last news concerning Prussia is not so reas-
suring. We learn from Berlin yesterday that the
proposals of Austria concerning the Duchies are
declared to be inadmissible by Prussia. It is said
that no " immediate rupture" is apprehended, but
Austria will submit her proposals to the Federal
Diet, by whom they will be referred to the special
committee on the affairs of the Duchies. This is
not likely to lead to much ; but still it shows the
determination of Austria on this point. Of course
the present position of things is very critical, be-
cause the armaments of the two Powers are still
maintained, and at any time some mischance
may occur to fan the smouldering embers into a
flame. So far, from the numerous despatches on
the subject of demobilisation of troops having cone
to any definite end, we are now told that the arma-
ments of Prussia will be increased in a short time.
The last Note of Herr BISMARCK to Baron Von
WERTHER at Vienna is by no means satisfactory,
and indeed we may almost call it indicative of a
collision between the two Powers. It states that
Prussia cannot agree to the proposal of the Vienna
Cabinet relative to the Duchies, and that
there is a great community of interests
between Prussia and Italy, which is quite
a contradiction in terms ; but we suppose Herr
BismAncx must try some new dodge. An evasive
answer is now given to the Austrian proposals for
disarmament, which seems very inconsistent 'after
after the fuss made so lately by the Berlin Govern-
ment on the question. The fact is, that all the
parade about disarmament was a contrivance to
gain time on the part of Prussia, while she carried
The Presse of yesterday in
on her game in Italy.
Vienna states that the negotiations between the
Prussian Cabinet and a
" special agent" of the
Italian Government are still being continued.
A very dangerous game is being carried on by
Italy, and we are alike surprised and disappointed
at it. It must be most complete infatuation that
leads the Italian Government to believe that any
gain can accrue from relationship with the Cabinet
of Berlin. They are only losing that sympathy
and respect which theyhadwpitrhevaiopuoswlyergaliikneedthbayt
allying themselves so closely
of Prussia. Of course the obis remarkablejectofthe thatlatter
country is plain enough, but it
the Italians should have been so taken in. From
Berlin last night, at a late hour, we hear that it
is probable the Prussian armaments will soon be
increased, and that Prussia will no doubt submit
the question of Schleswig-Holstein on ber own
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to nothing. But we do not see how the most cre-
dulous can now believe that the continuance of peace
rests on anything like certainty. it seems as if

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(FROII OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Tuesday Evening.

The Moniteur does not contain any political news
of importance to-day, official or unofficial. It
copies from the Invalide Russe some further par-
ticulars relative to the attempt to assassinate the
Emperor of Russia. The Commission of Inquiry
have ascertained that, in spite of the obstinate
denials of the assassin, he was born in the Govern-
ment of Saratow, and that his real name is Dimitri
Vladimirow Karakozow. (What's in a name ?)
His father had a little property in the district of
Serdobsk. The assassin, who followed a course of
study at the University of Moscow, was always of
a melancholy and hypochondriacal disposition, and
had been under medical treatment. He wrote a
letter to a fellow-student, asking him to procure
some opium, as he wanted to put an end
to his sufferings. Karakozow has made two visits
to St. Petersburg this year, once in February and
at Easter. He is an advanced Socialist. The Com-
mission are pursuing their inquiries with a view to
ascertain if he has any accomplices among the
Socialists, which is believed to be very probable.
The Emperor and Empress are about to leave
Paris for some time on a tour in the provinces, to
their usual sojourn at Fontainebleau. Their Ma-
jesties will leave Paris on Sunday next, and are
going in the first instance to Auxerre. I believe
that the Imperial Prince will remain at home for
the present, but this point is not yet decided, so at
least says my Court informant.
The Siecle, whose opinions carry great weight in
Paris, has the following summary in regard to the
political position :—" The French press is completely
divided, whilst the greater portion of our journals
accepts the facts as they are so lucidly illustrated by
General de la Marmora, all the habitual supporters
of the right divine, of Legitimacy, and of Ultra-
montane ideas make, in imitation of the Gazette de
Vienne, a formal accusation against Italy. From
ber, they argue, comes all the evil ; she it is who,
by her intemperate armaments, has compelled un-
fortunate Austria to fortify herself in the Quadrila-
teral and to concentrate 200,000 men in Venetia.
There is no longer question of Schleswig nor of Hol-
stein, nor of the opposite pretensions of the Cabinets
of Vienna and Berlin. If Austria should take up
arms, it would be because she is urged to extremi-
ties by the provocation of King Victor Emmanuel
find M. de la Marmora, his accomplice."
An illustrious foreigner has just arrived at the
hulks of Toulon, a real Chinese, born at Canton,
who has been condemned to hard labour for a seri-
ous offence committed in one of the French posses-
sions in Cochin China. As this is the first instance
of a Chinese coming to take up his residence at the
hulks, his arrival (so says the quaint account) has
produced a certain sensation among his companions
in chains.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

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AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA.
VIENNA, MAY 1 (Evening).

The Archduke Heinrich will, it is announced,
shortly proceed to Verona to take command of the
Division of the Army in Venetia. Prince Alexander
of Hesse will also receive a command. The jour-
nals of this city continue to publish intelligence of
Italian armaments.

The I resse asserts that in the Prussian despatch
summoning Saxony to disarm, Count Bismarck
demands explanations respecting the Saxon arma-
ments, and threatens to take measures against
Saxony in case she should return an unsatisfactory
reply or refuse to disarm.

The inhabitants of the fortified towns in Bohemia
have recieved notice some time back to lay in pro-
visions for a considerable period in consequence of
the imminence of war.

It is stated that the Prussian reply delivered here
yesterday to the Austrian note of the 26th ult. de-
clares the Austrian proposals for disarmament to be
completely nullified by the military measures she
has taken against Italy.
The Vorsdadt Zeitung says that Austria addressed
a second note to Prussia on the 26th ult., in which
she repeated her proposal that the Duke of Augus-
tenburg, having the best title to the Schleswig-Hol-
stein throne, should be installed Duke of those
Duchies.
It is rumoured that a courier has arrived with an
autograph letter from the Emperor Napoleon to the
Emperor of Austria.
According to the Fremdenblatt, the intention of
holding an universal exhibition in this city has been
relinquished, on account of the threatening appear-
ance of public affairs.
The Vienna Chamber of Commerce proposes
sending a deputation to the Emperor to beg him
shortly to convoke the Reichsrath.

The Prussian papers state that on Sunday last
while the troops were defiling before the King at
the Palais Royal, Berlin, a madman threw his stick
at his Majesty, which was weighted with lead like
a life preserver. The miscreant is a man named
Slaw. Happily, his Majesty was not touched by
this dangerous weapon.
The Paris papers seem pleased at the idea of tell-
ing their readers almost daily that there is an
unusual abundance of clever English pickpockets in
the capital at the present time, and that they were
very active at the races on Sunday, a great deal of
property having illegitimately changed hands. One
instance is mentioned as the unkindest cut of all, an
unfeeling English pickpockerhaving robbed a police
officer (sergeant de ville) of his watch and purse.
The stormy weather continues at Paris. It has
been rather cold and very rainy to-day, and the
accounts from the ports mention heavy weather at
sea. It was so boisterous in the Channel yesterday
that the usual morning mail did not arrive in Paris
last night.
The Paris papers are singularly indifferent about
the fate of the Reform Bill. They published the
result of the division on Sunday morning, and with
the exception of one remark, that the majority of
five was " rather a small one," I have not met with
any comment worth mentioning.

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, MAY 2.

On the 27th ult. the Prussian Government ad-
dressed a circular note to the German Governments
declaring that the essence of the Prussian proposal
for reform, made on the 9th April, was that a period
should be fixed for the assembling of a German
Parliament before the different Governments en-
tered upon a discussion of the reform propositions.
Prussia will consider the rejection of this point
by the different Governments of Germany as a
virtual refusal seriously to entertain the question of
reforming the Federal Constitution.
The Saxon despatch, in reply to.,the Prussian
note requesting the disarmament of Saxony, which
was delivered here yesterday, explains that the
armaments in question were made in preparation
for the event of Saxony being called upon by the
Federal Diet to furnish her contingant. The de-
spatch further states that the Saxon Minister of
the Interior is preparing the division of the electoral
districts for the return of deputies to the German
Parliament.

SPAIN.

MADRID, MAY 1 (Evening).

A man who attained rather a bad eminence in
1830, M. Guernon 1e Ranville, has just died at his
chateau of Ranville, in the department of Calvados,
at the age of 80. He was then one of the Ministers
of Charles the Tenth, and his signature was attached
to those fatal ordonnances against the Press which
led to the Revolution, and drove that monarch
ignominiously from the throne.
In a few days the election will take place of a
member to fill the seat at the Academy of the Fine
Arts, vacant by the death of the musician Cla-
pisson, of whom I sent you a short memoir
at the time. It was in 1795, the time of the forma-
tion of the five classes of the Academy of the Fine
Arts, thatthe seat of Clapisson was for the first time
occupied by Mehul, the author of " Joseph." From
1817, the period of the death of that great composer,
till 1834, the chair was occupied by Boieldieu, the com-
poser of the beautiful opera of the " Dame Blanche.'
From thence until 1854 llalevy occupied it. The
section of music is formed of 14 members--Auber,
admitted in 1829; Cavafa, 1837; Ambroise Thomas,
1851; H. Reber, 1853 ; 11. Berlioz, 1856. Although
the section of classics is composed of but six mem-
bers, that of painting includes 14, and those of
sculpture and architecture, 8 each.
The exhibition of paintings of living artists was
opened to-day, and, considering the unfavourable
weather, was well attended. I shall take an early
opportunity of giving a notice of it. The Emperor
went to the private view yesterday and made a
choice of several articles. His Majesty expressed
to Count Nieurweske, the superintendent of the
fine arts, his extreme satisfaction at the exhibition.

The Patria of this evening says :—" It is in vain
that the Bank of Spain claims the maintenance of
its monopoly. We begin to understand that the
principles of free trade in banking can alone save
the embarassed finances and the trade of the
country."

PRINCE ALFRED.

BRUSSELS, MAY 2.

Prince Alfred arrived here yesterday from Coburg.
A court carriage, in waiting at the station, con-
veyed his Royal Highness to the Palace.

THE BRAZILIAN MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, Mx 2.

The Royal Mail Company's steamship Oneida
has arrived here this morning with the above mail,
138 passengers, £52,651 in specie, four packages of
diamondsvalue not stated—and 3,217 packages of
cargo, chiefly coffee and cotton. OU the 16th ult.
she spoke the English barque Governor ; on the
21st, the steamers Kepler and Thales, and the ship
Montrose ; and on the 25th, the ships Robert Pul-
ford and Wallace, and the barque Birch Grove.
The English squadron was at Montevideo.

DREADFUL STORM AT BUENOS AYRES.
BUENOS AYRES, MARCH 27.

This city was visited by an awful storm on the
19th inst., which has not been equalled in violence
since that of 1805. A hurricane of dust was suc-
ceeded by total darkness, and the city seemed
threatened with total destruction. A complete
panic reigned among the population. Mothers
sought their children in vain, and the scenes in the
coffee-houses and clubs baffled description. The
hotels were crowded, but no lights could be ob-
tained, and the confusion and alarm were thus
increased.. Several houses were blown down and
every building in the town shaken to its founda-
tion. The loss in the river was very severe and
many persons were drowned. The railway stations
were destroyed and great damage was done to
private property.
The money crisis in Buenos Ayres has subsided,
and gold has fallen considerably. Discount is also
lower on the Bolsa. The Saladarislas are working
slowly. Much attention is being paid to the curing
of beef for the English market.
Business is brisk. Exchange on London, 51,1
to 52.

LIGHT IV INES.--In 1865 the quantity of wine
entered for home consumption was 12,061,000
gallons, of which about 9,310,000 were strong wines, and
only 2,750,000 light; and if the customs duties upon the
latter were reduced to 6d. the gallon (one penny the
bottle) instead of Is.—decided upon by the Govern-
ment—the loss to the revenue would be only £68,750
per annum, and this inappreciable amount would every
month become less until the revenue had not only re-
covered itself but showed an increase. The wine is
frequently obliged to be imported in bottle ; it is either
too weak or the flavour too delicate to bear the journey
in cask ; and one penny is the highest amount the light
cheap wines can pay, in consequence of the expense of
transport, which from the wine districts in the interior of
France to domicile in London cannot be considered less
than 6d. the bottle, the original cost of the wine, which
is thus necessarily, withoUt the duty, doubled in value.
From Paris alone to the Regent's-park the author paid for
the transport of a case of 12 dozen of wine sd. per bottle ;
for another case of eight dozen, aid. ; and for a third case
of four dozen, 4d. the bottle. In the reign of James I. one
farthing per dozen bottles was considered a sufficient duty,
and wheat then averaged 325. the quarter.—Mr. IV. Ray
Smee on French Wines. Fourth Edition.
RAINE'S MARRIAGE PORTION OF £loo—Yesterday
being the Ist of May, the parish of St. George's-in-
the-East, Wapping, was in a state of great liveliness—the
cause being the marriage of one of the "Hundred pound
girls," as the successful candidates are called, who was
brought up, educated, and trained in the asylum founded
by Mr. Henry Raine,
an eminent brewer in that locality,
in the year 1719, and the celebration of other ceremonies
in connection therewith, in accordance with the will of the
donor. The fortunate young woman was Elizabeth Ann
Beddington, and the happy man Charles Daniels. The
ceremony was performed in an impressive manner by the
rector in the great room of the asylum, Charles-street, Old
Gravel-lane.

RIO DE JANEIRO, APRIL 9.

The holiday season has interfered with business.
In the Assembly nothing important had been done.
A decree had been signed opening the coasting
trade of Brazil to foreign vessels.
There is no news of importance from the seat of
war. The fleet entered the Upper Parana on the
21st ult. The Paraguyans have fortified a narrow
position, and planted there 90 cannon for the pur-
pose of depriving the Allies of the use of their fleet.
It is reported from the Rio Grande that a force
of Paraguayans had crossed the Parana at Cande-
laria, and driven back the Allied vanguard, and
were advancing to give battle to the-Brazilian army
under Baron Alegre.
Coffee had advanced 100 reis. Money abundant
at 7 to 9 per cent.
The American ship Young Mechanic was burnt
at sea on the 10th of April and was totally lost.
the crew and passengers were saved by the French
barque Eugenie, and landed at Pernambuco.
The Bahia sugar market was dull. The new
coffee was arriving at market. Freight to Channel,
475. to 51s.

A YOUNG WOMAN BURNED TO DEATll.—Yester-
day an inquest was held on the body of Maria Alston, aged
19 years. On Friday last the family were alarmed by loud
shrieks, and the deceased was found with the bedding
burning around her, and the bed clothes on fire. The
flames were promptly extinguished, but the injuries sus-
tained by the deceased were most extensive, terminating
fatally on Sunday. The jury returned a verdict of acci-
dental death.

THE CINQUE PORTS.—At a meeting of the Cor-
poration of Dover yesterday a communication was
read from Earl Granville, intimating that in consequence
of the death of his brother-in-law and sister, Lord and
Lady Rivers, it would be exceedingly painful for him to
receive at present so great an honour as the ceremony of
his installation as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and
suggesting the postponement of the inauguration, which
rwas to take place on the 22d inst. It was resolved that the
Town Council sympathises with his Lordship under the
painful circumstances which called for the postponement,
in which they willingly acquiesced, but desired that the
Lord Warden should fix a convenient opportunity for the
event,