The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1859.

THE LONDON.—The attention of Clergymen,
-A- Officers, and Professional Gentlemen, is especially
drawn to the advantages offered in these elegant and spa-
cious Saloons, which fulfil all the requirements of a West-
end club of the most aristocratic and exclusive character.
F. SAWYER, Proprietor,l9l, Fleet-street.

THE LONDON.—S AW Y E R'S famous
LONDON DINNER, consisting of two soups, two
fish, two entrees, joints, two sweets, cheese, and salad, at a
fixed charge of 2s. 6d. (attendance, 3d.), is served from Two
till Eight in the spacious Saloon.
In the Coffee-room, Dinners from the joint, with vegetables,
cheese, and salad, ls. 6d. (attendance 3d.), and soup, fish, en-
trees, &c., a la carte, are served from One till Nine o'clock.
Ladies' Private Rooms and Dining Saloons. Spacious and
well-ventilated Wine, Coffee, and Smoking Saloon.
An extensive and carefully selected stock of Rhenish, Mo-
selle, and other Wines, imported expressly for the London
Dinner. Open on Sundays from Four till Nine.
F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street.

THE PATRICIAN. This Establishment is
now Open for first-class DINNERS, LUNCHEONS,
Are. The PATRICIAN DINNER, in the large Dining-room,
at 2e. 6d. comprising Soup, Fish, Entrees, Joints, Pastry,
Cheese, The Wines with correspondinCeconomy. In
the Coffee-room, Dinners and Refreshments ala carte. Spe-
cial attention is invited to the numerous Private Apartments
for the Patrician Dinner, at ss. The Smoking and Chess-
room combines comfort and elegance. The lavatories, vesti-
blles, and spacious entrance, with the general unique arrange-
ments, ensure an acknowledgment that this noble Mansion is
worthy of its title—THE PATRICIAN. Open at Five on
Sundays.
Orders, addressed to J. HOLMES and CO., The Patrician,
New Coventry-street, will have the best attention.
N.B.—Wedding Breakfasts and Ball Suppers, with first-
class attendance.

THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL. A NEW
SOUTH --
COLONIAL MONTHLY NEWSPAPER.
No. I. will be published on the arrival of the next Mail, due
in London about the 4th of May. Price Cd.
Office for Advertisements, No. 11, Bouverie-street, Fleet-
street.

. LONDON JOINT-nOCK BANK.
•
21st Apt'll, 1839.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That an
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the
SHAREHOLDERS of this COMPANY will be held in the
Board Room of the Bank, in Princes-street, Mansion House,
on THURSDAY, the 19th day of May next, at Twelve o'clock
precisely, to elect a Director in the place of George Holgate
Foster, Esq., deceased.
And Notice is further Given, That John George Maclean,
Esq., has, in conformity with the provisions of the Deed of
Settlement, given notice of his intention of offering himself
as a Candidate for the Office of Director.
By order of the Board.
A. G. KENNEDY, Secretary.

GEORGE SMITH, formerly of Aldgate, in the
city of London, and afterwards of Walcott-terrace,
Lambeth, in the county of Surrey, linen draper, is requested
to communicate at once with Mr. W. B. Paterson, solicitor,
4, New Bridge-street, London. The said George Smith left
England in the year 1823, and a letter was received from him
dated from America, in the year, 1824, since which
time nothing has been heard of him. Should the said George
Smith be dead, any person furnishing information of the date
and place of his burial will be rewarded for his trouble.

BENJAMIN EDGINGTON'S MONSTER
TENTS, FLAGS, BANNERS, &c., for Political Meet-
ings, Public Rejoicings, and Private Parties. Address,
BENJAMIN EDGINGTON'S, Marquee, Tent, Flag, and
Rick-cloth Manufacturer, 2, Duke-street, London-bridge,
S.E., and 32, Charing-cross, S.W. Early application for
Second-hand Rick-cloths. An Illustrated Catalogue sent
free.

HART'S PATENT ECONOMISING GAS
BURNER, the great desideratum of the age to all con-
sumers of Gas. By its use the objections to the introduction
of Gas into private dwellings are removed, inasmuch as every
particle of gas, on reaching the orifice of the burner, is fairly
consumed, and thus the diffusion of those noxious vapours so
injurious to health, and destructive to works of art, bindings
of books, &c., is entirely prevented.
The burner can be fitted'by the most inexperienced hand to
any chandelier or bracket.
May be had at the Depot, 69, Fleet-street, E.C., price Two
Shillings each : one sent on receipt of 30 postage stamps.

ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET
COMPANY.

The following is the report of the directors, to be
submitted to the general meeting on the 27th
instant :
" The report is accompanied as usual with a statement of
the company's accounts, upon which the directors have to
offer the following remarks :—The credit side or the work-
ing account for the past year exhibits an increase in freight
and passage money, as compared with that for 1857, of
£7,647 18s. 3d., notwithstanding the unsettled condition of
Mexico, which has, it is believed, materially interfered with
the exportation of specie from that country. In order to
preserve uniformity in the accounts with the European and
Australian Royal Mail Company, and consistency with the
working agreement between the two companies, credit is
taken in the working account for £34,392 14s. Bd., the
amount of the hire of the Tamar, l'eviot, and Wye, em-
ployed in the service of that company; but it must be borne
in mind that this sum does not represent actual realised re-
ceipts, but that it simply forms part of the debt due by the
European'and Australian Company. On the other side of
the account, the item of coals shows a diminution, as com-
pared with 1857, of £6,721 Bs. 2d., arising -mainly from the
more favourable terms on which tonnage has latterly been
obtained. Wages show an increase of £4,005 Bs. 11d.,
which is accounted for by the additional pay of the officers
and crew of the ships chartered to the European and Aus •
tralian Company. In provisions a decrease of £3,312 13s.
7d. occurs, notwithstanding the increased receipts for pas-
sengers conveyed ; this result is to be attributed to the more
complete organisation of the arrangement for victualling
the company's ships, more especially those employed in the
intercolonial service. The differences in the other items of
the account call for no particular observation, but it may be
stated that the Australian service has been charged; as in
last year's account, with a portion of the: office expenses
and salaries, which items in consequence appear less
than the usual average. The result of working the Aus-
tralian service, which will terminate, on the part of this
company, with the arrival out of the mails despatched
from Southampton in February last, cannot be ascertained
until sufficient time has elapsed for the receipt of final re-
turns from the colonies, and the subsequent completion of
accounts in the London office. The directors can only itate,
therefore, in general terms that the loss will be greater than
was afttieipated at the time of the last general meeting, and
under the circumstances they have deemed it prudent to
appropriate the surplus beyond £200,000 to the credit of the
insurance fund, viz., £51,949 7s. 5d., as a provision to meet
such loss. The shareholders will observe that the amount
of advances to 31st December, 1858, on account of the Aus-
tralian service, still appearing in the balance-sheet, is
£126,490 13s. 3d. This sum, however, would be diminished
by the contract money due on the let of January last, and
the additional allowance of £6,000 per month, amounting
together at that-time 'o £82,250. The difference will form
a part of the amount against which the company hold the
Tasmanian and other property as security. In the report
submitted to the proprietors on the 21st of April last year,
reference was made to contracts which had then been en-
tered into for the construction of four new ships, viz., three
of abour 3,000 tons each, and one of about 1,00 tons
builders' measurement. The directors have now the satis-
faction of stating that two of the larger class, and the smaller
vessel, have been launched, and that the whole of these
three vessels will shortly be engaged on the service for
which they have been provided. These vessels have been
well and substantially built, and it;is expected they will sa-
tisfactorily accomplish the accelerated speed required under
the new contract with her Majesty's Government. The
fourth ship will- not be ready for sea until the early part of
next year, it having been recently decided to build new
engines for her, instead of removing those from the Mag-
dalena, as at first intended. -By this arrangement the com-
pany will be enabled, if they should so decide, to run the
Magdalena for some years on the Brazil line, and thus turn
her further services to beneficial account, the vessel being
still in good condition, and possessing greater capacity for
the traffic upon that route than the vessels at present em-
epeloa, ylemdiolnl
eieetuwre a while her
higher
rghratetre
of speed.
As stated at the
last meeting, the outlay for repairs during the past year has, from carrying less
been considerable, in consequence of the large number of
intercolonial vessels withdrawn for overhaul and refit, and
the expense of new engines for the Wye. To meet this out.
lay, the directors have deomea it prudent to write off eight
per cent. to cover wear and tear, though they still hope that
in future six per cent. will be found sufficient for this pur-
pose. In April, 1857, the shareholders were informed that
the number of directors, besides the chairman and deputy-
chairman, had been limited by a special court to nine. The
directors have now to state that the number has been in-
creased to ten, as formerly, and theyhave much pleasure in
expressing their hope that Sir James Duke, who is the only
candidate on this occasion, will prove a valuable acquisition
to the company. The balance of the profit and loss account
available for dividend, &c., is £36,683 18s. 9d., out of which
the directors recommend that the ordinary dividend of £2
per share, free of income tax, be declared. The dividend
warrants to be posted on the evening cf the 29th inst."

SPIRIT-.RAPPING.

At the sitting of the 18th of the Academy of
Sciences, Dr. Jobert. de Lambelle read a very in-
teresting paper on the curious practice of mediums,
by which they play on the credulity of the believers
in spirit-rapping. A short time ago Dr. Jobert was
requested to visit a young girl, who, although not
seriously ill, was labouring under a curious affec-
tion, consisting in a certain noise, like a succession
of knocks, issuing from her person. Her friends
had already begun to attribute these knocks to a
supernatural cause; but Dr. Jobert, after some in-
vestigation, discovered that they were caused by the
peronceus, a muscle of the leg. There are, indeed,
two muscles of this name, the longus and brevis, the
former arising from the fore part of the head of the
fibula, and ending at the root of the metatarsal-
bone of the great toe, and the other arising from
the external part of the fibula, passing under and
ending at the metatarsal bone of the little toe.
Both these muscles aid in turning the foot outwards,
and extending it a little. The tendon of the former
runs along a groove in the os euboidee, and it seems
it is them it may produce the noise described. In
the case of Dr. Jobert de Lamballe's patient the
noise was involuntary, and owing to a slight local
imperfection, but with a little practice it may be
produced at will ; and this acquired faculty, as Dr.
Jobert showed, is the whole secret of mediums and
spirit-rappers. The muscles and tendons, both of the
leg and shoulder, are equally liable to produce
such noises. A lady has been known to produce
them from her hip by assuming a certain posture.
Certain conjurors are so clever at this kind of
exercise as to produce a kind of harmony by a
succession of knocks. Some have been known to
imitate the tune of a dance, or of a popular
march; others to make their audience believe they
heard the dead rising from their tombs, or soldiers
reviving from the dust of the battle-field,and falling
into rank again to continue their march. Some
years ago Dr. ScMll, in the United States, made a
similar discovery, and delivered several public lec-
tures, in which he showed that what were supposed
to be the replies of spirits were nothing more than
the effects of muscular motions caused by some local
injury. But credulity is so tenacious that few paid
any attention to him, although he accompanied his
lectures with practical demonstrations. We cannot
foresee whether Dr. Jobert's fresh exposure of such
impostures will put an end to the superstition of
spirit rapping, but his communications produced an
immense effect at the sitting, some wishing him joy,
others, on the contrary, giving him to understand
that his disclosures were by no means palatable to
them.

SWINDLING.—Four females named Moreau, Lam-
bourg, Dosse, and Gendron, were three days ago tried by
the Tribunal of Correctional Police of Saumur for swind-
ling. The case was somewhat curious from the credulity
of the dupes.' The women arrived at that place from
Nantes some weeks back, and took up their residence in a
low lodging-house. They soon scraped acquaintance with
two fishwomen, named Delhumeau and Durand, and then,
under a solemn promise of secrecy, they stated that the
woman Moreau was wife of Henri V., daughter of Charles
X., Archduchess of Valence, Princess of Lorraine, &c.,
&c., that the woman Lambourg was Baronne d'Ervilhers,
lady of honour to "her Majesty," and that the other two
were ladies of rank who from devotedness to the Queen had
consented to follow her. The two fishwomen, not doubt-
ing what was said, readily supplied "the Queen" with
money, of which she was in pressing need ; but they
stipulated for their reward when her Majesty should be
raised to the throne, one requiring a pension the other the
place of lady superintendent of the palace, with the title of
Marquise de Mont-Thabor, and in addition the title of
Duke de Marigny for her son. Having got all the money
they could, they condescended to accept from the poor
women wine and food. At last they left the town. The
fishwomen, notwithstanding their promise of secrecy,
could not refrain from boasting of the grandeur that
awaited thorn. This came to the knowledge of the po-
lice, and they, having no respect for royal dignity, sent
after the Queen and her suite, and had them arrested. The
tribunal condemned her Majesty to 3 years' imprisonment,
the baronne to 15 months, and the ladies to six months
each.

MICHAEL ANGELO AND THE POPES.—Pisa sent
an expedition to Greece for art-specimens ; but when Rome
was subsequently ransacked, many fine Grecian works were
found among tho ruins. It was at this time that Michael
Angelo appeared upon the stage. His father wished to make
him a wholesale clothier; but he had a thirst for art, and
his father, finding it impossible to make him a clothier, was
obliged to comply with his son's request, and allow him
to become an artist. The character of Michael Angelo
might be drawn from the manner in which he deported
himself with reference to the powerful pontiff Julius 11.
The Pope hearing of his extraordinary abilities, and con-
ceiving the project of erecting a magnificent mausoleum for
his own remains, sent for the artist, to execute the works.
Michael Angelo was, however, kept waiting in the Vatican, as
the Pope was not "at home ;" and so offended was he at
this discourtesy, that he sold his goods to the Jews, and
returned incontinently to Florence. The Pope sent messen-
ger after messenger to him, and finding he would not
come, undertook the conquest of Bologna. It was then,
and not till then, that Michael Angelo consented to be
reconciled to his patron, and subsequently executed the
celebrated statue of Julius, in bronze, of which, however,
there is now no trace left. His next great work was paint-
ing the ceiling of the Sistene Chapel, a surface of 132 feet
by 44 feet. This was done by his single hand; and al-
though it contained between 200 and 300 figures, any one
of which might make the fortune of a modern painter, the
whole was concluded within the space of about 20 months.
Leo X. a man of elegant mind and refined taste, succeeded
Julius IL ; but he and the great artist could not get on
together ; and the latter was virtually banished for years,
on an expedition to search for marble in some distant quarry.
--Mr, .4, Kerr, in The .01641er,

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, APRIL 23.
The screw steamship Kangaroo has arrived with
the United States' mails of the 9th and 292,508 dols
on freight.
The screw steamship Alps, which left New York
on the Bth, has also arrived, with 250,000 dols. on
freight.
The Royal Mail steamship Canada had arrived at
Halifax.
The trial of Sickles had fairly commenced. On
the 6th a full jury (out of 110 persons summoned)
was obtained. The majority of those disqualified
expressed sympathy for the prisoner. On the 7th,
before the commencement of the proceedings, the
following conversation took place :
" The Judge—After the jurors were dismissed
yesterday one of the 11 came up to,the bench and
asked if he could say a word to me.' I told him
'No, not about this case.' However, he went onto,
say, ' I answered the question put to me, but since
I have been sworn and been in the jury box I have
been reflecting on this thing. lam not quite satis-
fied with myself.' On which I said, I cannot re-
lieve you."lurning round, he went off. I think
it right to mention this publicly, in case counsel
may think proper to move about it. So little im-
pression did the. man's appearance make on me, that
I cannot recognise him now, but he is one of the 11.
" Mr. Moore, the juror,-standing up, said—l was
impressed with the responsibility that rested on me,
and, felt a kind of shrinking from the duty.
" Judge—l hope you were.
" Juror—lt made me feel unpleasant ; but this
morning I can say to the Court that I feel perfectly
satisfied in my own mind.
" Eidge—Very well, I am glad to hear it ; it was
the duty of the Court to state this.
" Juror—l am very glad I have this privilege of
making explanations."
Mr. Ould then opened the case for the prosecu-
tion, which occupied about 40 minutes, after which
witnesses were examined, one of whom, the medical
man who examined the body of Mr. Key, pro-
duced a portion of the deceased's garments. The case
for the prosecution closed on the Bth, An effort
was made on the part of the defence to compel the
District-Attorney to call Mr. Butterworth, Mr.
Wooldridge, and the Hon. Robert J. Walker, but he
refused, and he was sustained in his refusal by Judge
Crawford. The grounds on which the Judge based
his decision were the personal friendship of Mr.
Butterworth for the accused, and the fact that
Messrs. Walker and Wooldridge were not actual
witnesses of the act of killing.
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Times gives a sketch of Judge Crawford :

"As for Judge Crawford, before whom the case
is heard, he seems to have so far agreeably disap-
pointed the expectations of the defence. Except in
the matter of cooping up the prisoner, his decisions
have been marked by firmness and impartiality.
He is evidently an old, gentleman of strictly routine
habits, which he displays most satisfactorily in ad-
journing regularly at three o'clock. His great age,
extended apparently beyond the threescore years
and ten, has not dulled his reason or impaired his
faculties. On the contrary, he observes the case
and recalls the evidence with as much acuteness and
clearness as any of the counsel at the bar."
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Courier and Enquirer gives a favourable account of
the relations with England respecting the Central
American question. He says :

" The President stated to a friend to-day, that on
the reassembling of Congress no important foreign
question would remain unadjusted. The policy of
co-operating with England as an American Power,
in settling disputes relative to Central America, has
at length been adopted, and with gratifying success.
The Monroe doctrine, never very clearly understood,
has been definitely abandoned, and will probably
no more be heard of in our diplomatic discussions.
It must necessarily soon cease to furnish pabulum
to those disposed to use it as a cause of contention
with other nations. It has been discovered that
British interests on the continent do not conflict
with American interests. The consequence
is a compact for the suppression of Fill-
busterism, and a mutual guarantee for the security
of the various transits between the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans which will prove equally beneficial
to American and European commerce. This has
been done in quiet disregard of the traditions of the
Democratic party, and in hostility to all its maxims
and rules for the conduct of our foreign relations.
And it has been done in such a way that it is not
even necessary to conciliate Democratic antipathies
by the submission of the treaties in which these
difficult matters have been arranged to the Senate.
Mr. Buchanan has adopted the really ingenious
expedient of using the agents and the power of the
British Government to procure for us privileges
which we could not obtain by direct action for our-
selves."

Intelligence of the settlement of the dispute be-
tween the United States and Paraguay had reached
Washington.

Lord Lyons and suite, accompanied by Lord
Napier, who had met the new Minister at Anna-
polis, arrived at Washington on the 7th. He had
been presented to General Cass.

Advices from Fraser River, British Columbia, to
the 29th February, state that the Americans con-
tinue to resent the Governor's prohibition respect-
ing the celebration of Washington's birthday. Her
Majesty's steam corvette Satellite, 21 guns, was
under orders to visit Nettinette Sound and punish
the Indians who committed the recent piracy upon
the brig Swiss Boy, if upon investigation the facts
of the case were as represented. The revenue offi-
cers had seized five or six canoes and their cargoes,
bound up the river, without either a sufferance to
navigate the river or paying duty upon the goods
they were carrying into British Columbia. - The
parties were taken to Langley.
The fugitive slave case referred to in The Sun of
Tuesday last had resulted in the discharge of the
prisoner by the Philadelphia Court. The decision
was founded principally on the failure of the pro-
secution to establish the identity of the alleged
fugitive. The claimant says that he escaped in

November, 1854, while it was in evidence that he
was in Harrisburg as early as the winter of 1853,
or the spring of 1854. The height of the negro also
varied three inches from the description in the
power of attorney. The decision was greeted with
immense applause. Daniel was carried on the
shoulders of his friends through the streets, intense
excitement prevailing in the city. The Aboli-
tionists proposed a public celebration.
Four men were executed on the same scaffold at
Baltimore, on the Bth, for murder.
The Montreal Herald announces that Sir Wm.
Eyro had sent in his resignation of the command of
the forces on the ground of ill health.
. _ .

SUNDAY, April 24.

The royal mail steamship Persia has arrived with
the American mails of the 13th, and 1,209,829 dols.
The City of Baltimore and Lebanon had arrived
at New York.

The trial of Sickles was proceeding. On the 9th
counsel for the defence opened the case. He went
at length into the question of adultery, and con-
cluded that Sickles, in killing Key, but obeyed the
sudden and uncontrollable impulse of his phssion.
He quoted very freely from the Scriptures and from
other sources to show the heinousness of the crime
of adultery. On the 11th prisoner's counsel con-
cluded his address, and the examination of wit-
nesses commenced. No new facts of interest were
elicited. On the 12th, as a friend of Sickles was
giving his testimony he was so overcome that he
had to leave the court. Mrs. Sickles' confession of
guilt was put in as evidence. She states that the
criminal intimacy with Key commenced in April.
It is stated that the Paraguay squadron on its re-
turn would be employed on the Nicaraguan coast.
Advices from Vera Cruz to the Sth had reached
New Orleans. Telegrams from the latter place
report that Miramon, after reconnoitring Vera
Cruz on the 18th ultimo, retired to his main
army, which was encamped nine miles off. The
women and children in Vera Cruz were transferred
to the ships, and the Liberals prepared to make an
animated defence. Miramon sent 1,200 men
against Alvarado, but finding the place strongly de-
fended, they retired without attacking it. Mira-