The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-30 00:00:00

THEAT RV-ROY AL, HAYMARKET. L e ssee. Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. THIS EV-ENING, THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. After which, at hall-past 7, will be performed (186th time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Spanish Ballet entitled LA CONTRA.- BANDISTA. Senora Perea Nene, Senor Ricardo, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with TAE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager —Mr. Edmund Falconer. 169th Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day." THIS E VENLVG, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, and Edmund FalcOner Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston, and Miss M. Hudson. After which, a new Lnusical, Pictorial, Poetical, and ballet interlude, entitled KILLARNEY' Miss Anna Whitty and Miss Lydia Thomson. To conclude with the newf entitled I COULDN'T Addison, Mr. Warlow, and HELP IT. Characters by Mr: Miss Lydia Thompson. A c ting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Doors open athalif-past 6 , to commenCe at Roz-office open daily from 11 tills. Commence a 7 ------- 11..? OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. Harris. ri IS EVEG, THE RENDEZVOUS. Messrs. Higgie. Meadows, anditc. Mies Maria Harris. After which. THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Fabien and Louis de Franchi, Mr. Charles Kean ; Meors. Jordan, Everett, R. Cathcart, Meadows, dm ; Mesdames Fielding, Chapman, R. Leclercq, Henderson, and N. Chapmait To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Commence at 7. No half-price. NL E W THRATRE-RO YAL, ADELPH- Solo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, a new domestic drama, entitled DOT : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Emery, Billington, Stephenson • Miss L. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, Miss H. Simms, Miss H. Kelly, and Mrs. H. Marston. To be followed by THE OCTOROON. Messrs. Dian Boncicault, Emery, Jamison, Billington, P. Bedford, Phillips, itephenson, Powell, Romer; 'qrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Mar ston, Miss Latimer, and Miss Denvil. Commence at 7. - CA NTERBURY HALL ARTS GALLERY. The mit'sctilous STECKEL at a quarter to 11. Grand Selectioos from " Lucrezia Borgia , " by Miss Rus sell, with Band and full Chorus, conducted by M. Jongh mans. Great success of UNSWORTIL in his celebrated Stump Speech "Or any other man " the orig-inal), and EUGENE, in his Burlesque Singing and Jouncing, Ten uclutaL. JOE BROWN, the renowned American Prize Jig DaliCer, AND FINE for a few weeks Only. Also the following Comic favourites —Mr. Ralinendall, Mr H o lli n gsworth, Mr. J. G . Forde, and Miss Caro Parke in her new entertainment. n ley beg to inform visitors to Lon- Messrs. Morton and S ta don during the Exhibition that the GALLERY of PAINT INGS well be °P en, free. between the hours of Twelve and 'Two o'clock on and after Monday. rrHE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET._ k Every Evening.—HENßl and PFAU on the Flying Trapeze (last two weeks). - The unrivalled Ethiopian Come- Rumsey and Newcomb's Minstrels, and Unsworth and in addition to a host of comic talent. —Operatic Seleo- Eugene, and the the cantata of " MAY DAY" (by G. A. Macfarren) and the ",lolly Beggars " (by G. Linley), supported by the ent i re company, including Mies Russe Mdme. Enderssohn, l i ess rs. Morley, Greene, and Albert —FUII Band and Chorus. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. bail, 6d. ; Balcony and Stalls, ls. ; Private Boxes, los. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE This DA.Y.—Morning, 2 h. 58m.—Afte r noon, 311 . . 15m. To-monitow.-Morning, 3 h. 31m.—Afternoon, 3h. 48m. NOTICE. ,---.---- henceforth, to be made to All remittances are , Mr. JOHN CHAPLIN, at The Sun office, 112, Strand, who has been appointed, by the Lord Chancellor, Receiver and Manager of The Sun newspaper, and the outstanding debts due in respect thereof. • ;1.0. J• MA tS z • • *4 ' ,' k . " 0 • • 4 4 - rTo rf ' eijt.--P p— ' • , - ....Ai THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1862. A very alarming possibility was, last evening, hinted at as actually " upon the cards" by Mr. GRIFFITH. It is satisfactory to know at once, however, that it was swept aside as an utter impro bability by a few authoritative words from the lips of Lord PALMERSTON. Until the Premier's assurances were heard yesterday, the danger ap peared to be that the policy which two-and-twenty years ago led the British forces into such appalling disasters, among the- rocky passes of Cabool, might, 1.,s revived there speedily after that long and blessed interval Of tranquillity. nistery, was felt, might here again (according to its mys terious wont, so often observed elsewhere) repeat itself. A cloud, no bigger than a man's hand, it is true, is perceptible still to this very moment upon the verge of that remote horizon. The hat again that minute and peril was, however, t apparently insignificant forewarning might spread—upwards towards the zenith, to the right hand and to the left—until we might suddenly awaken to the recognition of the fact that it altogether over-shadowed us ! Remembering the horrors of that last miserable war in Affghanistan ; remembering the three sanguinary campaigns that were fought in rapid succession in those innermost recesses of the continent of Asia ; remembering the blood and gold that was poured out there so lavishly by the pride and ambition, incarnate in the British Government —the question put to the First Lord of the Trea sury last, even i n g by Mr. GRIFFITH was certainly one calculated to produce a shudder of anxiety among those members present whose recollections went back vividly to the events of 1840. Was it likely that upon the fresh pretext now, to all ap pearance, at once temptingly and threateningly held out to us, we might once more be dragged into another cruel and costly conflict in Cabool and Affghanistan ? By a very few words of explana tion, we repeat, Lord PALMERSTON has dissipated this momentary cause for solicitude. He has de monstrated, as clearly as language could demon strate anything, that the idea of any such renewal of hostilities is altogether preposterous. He has recalled to mind, the formal and substantial gua ran tees we have of the maintenance of peace between our own Government and that of the Shah of PERSIA in regard to the very p oint now in dispute, in respect to this precise s ource o f di squ i etu d e . The relations between the two Governments, those namely, of Gr eat Britain and of Pe rs i a , have been regulated no w for upwards of fi —ve years in accordance with the treaty which, in the March of 1857, closed the last war between those two coun tries. And according to a n express stipulation of that treaty, the Shah of PERSIA distinctly disclaimed any right whatever of sovereignty over the SuvrA l i or Ruler of HERAT. The Shah of PERSIA further more distinctly undertook by that Treaty no longer to allow of money being coined in Herat (as it had been coined at intervals previously), stamped with the name an d effigy of himself, the Shah, as Suze the Treaty of 1857, in fact, the rain. Throug h Persian ght of authority SOVEREIGN deliberately foregoes for once he might pre and for all any ri Tiously have claimed over the people and the Sultan of HERAT. The Shah, moreover, posi tively engaging, by the terms of that treat y , not to interfere idany way in f uture with the internal affairs of Affghanisttsn ; but stipu lating, as plainly as could be, " that if any difference arose between him and tiny of the states orAffghanistan he was to ask the good offices of the British Government, in order to endeavour to obtain a proper settlement. On the other hand," a, Lord PALMERSTON observed the other day, " the British Government undertook to use its good offices with th e States of Affghanistan to prevent them from in a n y way giving offence to the Shah of PERSIA, and that if any differences should arise between Persia and Aff g h an istan the Government of Great Britain would en d, aYour to compose the quarrel in such A manner as ebt,_ —9OA be honourable and satisfactory to Persia." Now; In the light of these diplomatic reminders, we can all of us com prehend the more readily, and examine with some thing more of equanimity, the incidents that have --__ recently taken place, that are still taking place actually at this very moment in that direction, in the direction, that is, of Herat ! Herat lying geographically exactly midway between Persia, Tartary, and Affghanistan ; or, viewing its relative situation more minutely, being equi-distant from Cabool, Bokhara, and Khorassan. AHMED JAN, the present Sultan of Herat (a pro vince, remember, formerly owning allegiance to 1 Persia, but since 1857 completely independent), has it appears very recently marched upon and taken possession of Furrah—a border town, a sort of Berwick-upon-Tweed, long in dispute between Herat and Candahar. For merly Furrah belonged to Herat —latterly it has belonged to Candahar. AHMED JAN has recently recaptured it. And it is in regard to to this disputed prize that severa l confl icts h late taken place between the troops of the Sultan of HERAT and those of the Sultan of CABOOL— between the soldiers of AHMED JAN and those of old DOST MAHOMMED. ' Not a single Persian trooper has taken part in these late engagements. It is wholly and entirely a dispute among the several States of Affghanistan. Directly or indi rectly, the SHAH is declared to have had nothing whatever to do with it. So that all the rumoured notions about the Sultan of HERAT having re cently aggressively at the insidious instig actedatioofn h the Shah of PERSIA—the latter hav ing again been goaded on to those sinister proceedings by the wily ambition of the Czar of All the RUSSIAS the whole of this elaborate conspiracy having for its ulterior object the destruction of the British Em pire in the East by, as it were, striking a deadly and poisoned shaft deep into the heel of the Anglo- Indian ACHILLES !—All this fantastic and highly elaborated canard now vanishes, upon the instant, from the ken of all. It melts into thin air. The glimmering of a war slowly (according to rumour) advancing towards the frontiers of the Punjab, proves, upon a moment's careful examination, to be of no further import to us than the glinting of the merest moonshine. The Sultan of HERAT may with Furrah still in his possession, have corn mended his forces to march boldly on southwards in the direction of Candahar. The sons of old DOST MAHOMMED may, in their turn, be advancing from the capita; of CABOOL to intercept and confront the invading army from Herat. All this may possibly be stated thus quite accurately, as the situation of affairs yonder among the integral States of Affghanistan. Still, admitting that it is so—accepting these warlike par ticulars as facts—they merely constitute one of the very contingencies pointed out by the Treaty of March, 1857, as suggesting friendly negotiations between the Governmenfs of Persia and Great Bri tain. For everything like actual interference be tween the disputants we have no appreciable reason whatever. A reason we should have certainly—and we should then have no hesitation about acting upon the first hint, supposing there was at any time anything like actual threatenings of an inva sion from the direction of Affghanistan. Lord PALMERSTON and his Commissioners will read the news from America with great satisfaction. It will seem to excuse their determination to absorb the whole loan voted for the fortifications which almost everyone else still believes would be so much money sunk, in at least a most uncertain, and we should say, a useless speculation. Five Federal gun boats have been repulsed from a river fortification— Fort Darling—about seven miles below Richmond. Amongst them was the vanquisher of the Merrimac, the redoubtable Monitor, with others whose names, though recent, we have seen before. But we beg to remind the advocates of the PALMERSTON LULL.= -ay. IP •••,/ „ hence—at Spithead, that there are extenuating cir cumstances for this, probably temporary failure, which go far to invalidate its testimony in favour of forts versus ships. Not only is it the first failure of the kind in this war, but the causes were obvious. The Monitor, on which so much reliance had been placed for attacking land forts, while in vulnerable herself, was disqualified by being unable to elevate her guns sufficiently. The fort is situated on a river bluff, or lofty hill at the bend of the river, a small in land Gibraltar—and the tower of the Monitor, unlike Captain Colin' cupola, does not admit of the requisite elevation of the guns. The most trusted vessel of the little squadron was therefore useless. But, even now, it is not shown that the Monitor could not easily have passed the fort had the river been clear. Then the Naugatuck was unfortunate in bursting her one hundred-pounder gun at the first fire, an accident similar to which, it will be remembered, sent back the Merrimac on her second cruise into Hampton Roads. Hence there were but three boats left to continue the now unequal battle. What, however, should be most instructive to Commissioners and Premiers is, that after all it was not the forts, but the obstacles placed in the river, which compelled the Federal squadron to retire. We presume . no one thinks of attempting to block the Spithead channel by any such de vice. In a comparatively narrow river that is practicable ; but even the Mississippi proved too wide to construct a barrier which the Federal fleet could not pass. The St. James being so much smaller, this could be done, and the consequence was that the Fede ral boats were detained at the barrier with very limited means of replying to powerful batteries. Yet with all these advantages we have no account of serious damage done to the Federal ships. Part of them returned to James' Island, much lower down the river, perhaps two-thirds of its length from Rich mond. The most difficult part of the story to explain is the loss of Vs. They were all small gunboats, yet we are told that the Federals lost eleven hundred men, an account which, as it comes from Northern sources, can hardly be exaggerated; we should have supposed all their crews together could hardly have amounted to more. Were there transports in Com pany with the boats ; they, however, would hardly have been taken into action. Neither can we suppose that the small gunboats were used partly as transports. Much of the loss, on the narrow river, appears also to have been attributed to rifle pits on shore. No mention i land force, and we musattaade of an there f ore e a wn for accompanying t that we can see no natural explanation of the heavy loss. One thing, however, can be very plainly seen— thatrahsuattno a d b s e t w srtu i e l ga l gd no el steadily probablycs n t h t e h e other s C u o r nr hand, e an d nd e de r : a : R e v s L f h o um u L g oLn h Ad t N Was e b i etl advancing in his Lord CLYDE-like style. Hi s a dvance is now reported to be about fifteen mil es from the city. And, notwithstanding the repul se of the gunboats much nearer the city, ho still has them protecting both his flanks. The Pamunkey mentioned in the telegram, in which his gunboats were quite successful, is the continuation of the York river along his right wing, while the St. gunboats there, is on his left , alnadmetsh,eweiotmh hismodore is said to be preparing mor tars to reduce Fort Darling itself. It cannot probably long bold out, now that the Whole Chesapeake feet is liberated by the destruction of the Merrimac and Norfolk navy yard. And, if THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, EVENING, MAY 30, 1862 MTLELLAN continue his advance, it will be taken in its rear. It will, however, probably be a teaser for the Fed era's. Its great elevation enabled it to send eighteen shots through the Galenaot not heavily iron-pleed vessel. Mortars are evidently the best reliance of an assailant. From Mobile, the neighbour port to Pensacola, we learn that the latter has also fallen. The Con -1 federates destroyed the navy yard and forts there, also, before they quitted it, and removed all the public property. It is singular that we hear no thing of Mobile itself, the now sole remaining Con federate fort in the Gulf States, especially as we had been informed that the attack on Fort Morgan, I situated on one of the islands which commands the entrance to its bay, had already commenced. The most favourable prospect for the Confederates con ' tinues to be in the West. BEAUREGARD is even thought to have a larger army than HALLECK, and hitherto all his attacks have been successful. The Confederate chances there are proved by the extreme anxiety at Washington, and by the embargo laid on all intelligence fiorn the West which has not the sanction of Government. As we quite expected, the bold proclamation of general HUNTER, emancipating the slaves of Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina, because he had proclaimed martial law, and martial law was incompatible with slavery—has been annulled by the PRESIDENT. He accompanies, however, the disavowal with a declaration of his own powers— in terrorem. He reserves the powers, in fact, arro gated by General HUNTER, to himself. As Com mander-in-Chief of the United States armies, it be longs to him to say when military exigencies, or the necessities of Government, may require the emanci pation of sta c. iu tally state. But ho go.. further. The Border States, hitherto, have been irritated, rather than rendered compliant by the offer of the Government to co-operate in purchasing the eman cipation of their slaves. The PRESIDENT now " earnestly appeals to the people of these States." He beseeches them to make their own arguments, not to be blind to the signs of the times, not to reject his proposition, nor to give occasion for future lamentation, that. they have neglected an oppor tunity to do so much good. Such language in con nection with the numerous anti-slavery steps taken since the beginning of the war, seems to show that the North is becoming desperate on the slavery question. Mr. LINCOLN has, up to this time, never taken a step in advance of the people, and it may therefore be fairly presumed that he sees the Abolition tide swelling and rising, so as to be likely to carry all before it. Congress is crowded with all kinds of Emancipation Bills, under various forms ; a little time ago we should have thought none of them likely to be carried; but in the heat of war the Abolition sentiment is evidently ripen ing fast. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. All the Ministers were present. Prince Theodore Zaque has arrived at Manrigy's Hotel from Paris. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Countess de Flahaultentertained at dinner last evening at Albert-gate House—their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl of St. Germans, the Earl and Countess of Euston, the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon, Lord and Lady Bagot, Lord Charles Bruce, Count Wimpffen, Sir Henry and Lady Sophia Des Vamx, Mr. Henry Gre ville, etc. _ _ _ The Earl and Countess Stanhope received at dinner last evening, at their residence in Grosvenor-place, Mr. and Mrs. Grote, Mr. and Mrs. Ellice, Count de Las teyne, M. Wolowsky, Mr. Dslane, M. Victor Masson, M. Doctor, Mr. Venables, Mr. Stevens, &c. The Earl of Norbury arrived at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, on Wednesday, and left yesterday for the Continent. The name of the Marchioness of Clanricarde was by mistake inserted in the list of the ladies patronesses Count Borromeo has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Milan. The Countess de Vaila has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel. The Count de Piper and Mr. de Dinesen, Cham bellan aupras de la Cour de S.M. le Roi de Danemark et (Meier sup. d'Artillerie, have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Termyn-street, from Switzerland. The Lady Henrietta Harvey and family have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from the Continent. Colonel the Hon. H. B. Bernard and Mrs. Ber nard have left Farrance's Hotel for Dicklebrough, near Scole, Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. W. Baines have arrived at Queen's Gate, Hyde-park, from Kemp-town for the season. Yesterday being the Feast of the Ascension the Venerable Thomas Earle Welby, D.D., late Archdeacon of George Town, South Africa, was consecrated in the privatio chapel of Lambeth Palace to the Bishopric of St. Helena rendered vacant by the translation of the Right Rev. Dr. Piers Calveley Claughton to the Bishopric of Colombo. DEATH OF THE GRAND DUCHESS OF HESSE.— The Grand Duchess Mathilde of Hesse, daughter of King Louis of Bavaria, expired at eleven o'clock on Sunday morning at Darmstadt. The Grand Duchess was aunt to Prince Louis of Hesse, the future consort of the Princess Alice of England. In all probability this event will lead to a postponement of the marriage, which was announced to take place next month, or early in July. The late Grand Duchess was sister to the reigning King of Bavaria, who was a few days back in Lyons, which he quitted immedi ately on receiving the news of his sister's death. The Grand Duchess expired peacefully, after four weeks of much suf fering. "The loss," says the Cologne gazette, "of this admirable and highly-gifted princess, who was her people's mother in the noblest sense of the word, is, indeed, irre parable." THE METROPOLITAN RIFLE CONTEST.—At this contest, which will last three days, commencing from the 12th June, the following prizes will be competed for by volunteers of the metropolis and all comers—viz., first day, a silver cup, a Kerr rifle, a Whitworth, or Henry rifle, a second prize, Turner rifle, London Armoury Company rifle, and a second prize; sweepstakes, first prize, two-thirds; second prize, one-third. Second day.—Three silver cups, two London Armoury Company's rifles, a Turner rifle, a second prize, and the Metropolitan Stakes, viz., first prize, one-half; second prize, one-third; third prize, one-sixth. Third day.—Extra prizes and pool firing. CRYSTAL PALACE. -- The great meeting of the archers of the United Kingdom commenced yesterday in the grounds of the Crystal Palace. Upwards of 90 com petitors entered the lists, including 30 lady archers, amongst .na,sm were xonac of the most nored torrophilites in England. The weather was fine, the grounds were in the best possible condition, and a goodly company were at tracted to see the shooting, which was commenced by the gentlemen at 11 o'clock. The following made the beet scores :—Mr. E. Townsend, woodman of order; Mr. G. Edwards, Astor", park Archers; Mr. H. B. Hare, West Somerset Archers; Mr. H. A. Ford, Cheltenham Archers ; Mr. W. Swire, Vale of Mowbray Archers ; Colonel Clowes, Worcestershire Archers; and Mr. Spedding, Royal Torrophilite Society. SIR MORTON PETO'S BURIAL BILL.—The select committee of the House of Commons, to whom Sir Morton Veto's bill, empowering nonconformist ministers to conduct their religious services in Church of England burial grounds was referred, have agreed to report in favour of the principle of the bill. This information has been conveyed by Mr. Collins, M.P., a member of the committee, to the Church Institution, and a meeting of that body is to be called in the course of a few days to consider the matter, as the bill will be put down for third reading on a very early day after the Whitsuntide holidays. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.-Yesterday morning an inquiry was held at the Spotted Dog Tavern, High-street, Poplar, respecting the death of Mr. William Hubert, aged 35, who lost his life upon the river Thames last Thursday night, under the following circumstances : It appeared from the evidence that deceased was superin tending the conveyance up the river of an iron bridge, up • wards of 100 feet in length, from the works of Messrs. Rennie at Miliwall, and that the ponderous mass was supported on large blocks of timber placed across two barges at some dis tance from each other. Owing to the unwieldy nature of t i li n e t fl h o e a d ti a n r g ku s e t e r o u , cture, it was found necessary to have it able. Deceased towed up the river at night, to obviate the chances of a collision with moving craft, and when it had got opposite theiv h which I im projected tu g, l3e an c d o f r n considerably e a o r i n a o e b n l the Victualling Yard at Deptford, something went wrong and jum th d e whole affair became unmanage ttbiirioonndsgoetio the captain of the latter, but, not seeing an unpro tected along f tfoo t r hi i avred barge s tn somet h o l t . lensdt instruc tions e: toted opening in the bridge, he fell through into the 1 , 7 atar, land sank instantly. Boats were immediately put off to his assistance , but th e b ody was not found until. Sunda,' raorning. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. ' HER MAJE S2T'S THEATRE. g , LES HUGUENOTS." This noble opera, the acknowledged masterpiece of the modern lyric dram; and, with the sole excep tion of " Don Giovanni,"the greatest triumph of its class that has ever been achieved, was produced at this theatre last evening with the utmost atten tion and success, and dil not fail to attract an audience that filled th 3 house to overflowing. There can be little wonder at the fact of its steadily enlarging popularity. Itis a result that is to be traced not more to the advance of musical know ledge than to an essentia. dramatic force, which strengthens the hold of this great work as much on the feelings of its most casial as its most cultivated witness. The infinite skill of its dramatic treat ment, in which a grand historical interest supplies the largest possible excitement both to the ima gination and the senses—in the ample pic ture it exhibits of medieval passions, framed in all the vivid colcuring of mediaeval grace and movement—whild this historic interest, at the same time, is so subordinated to the human that the sympathies are enabled to seize its central purpose—the fate of the yoing lovers—and reduce all its vivid aspects to the mere rank of illustrations, is undoubtedly some explanation of the great attrac tion this work possesses. Quite on a par, however, with this merit is the extraordinary power of the music which can interpret such a subject with such infinite sufficiency, and which, whilst dis playing the greatest union of dramatic insight and musical knowledge, of ability to depict the passions, and at the same time to invest them with the most imaginative colouring, never sacrifiees for a moment the solemn grandeur of its character, but carries its wonderful mingling of the heroic and religious sentiments to the highest point of poetic beauty. Little wonder, then, that so constructed, this work should yearly grow on the public. But for the illness of Signor Ginglini. which him to ba replaced by Signor Armandi, who is still suffering from indisposition, the performance of lest night would have been all that could be wished. We had first Madame Titiens in all her strength—the only rival of Grisi in,the character of Valentine, and now, it may be easily allowed, its indisputable possessor. If our great teutonic song stress scarcely invests the patrician maiden with the peculiar dignity with which Grisi so refined and elevated her passionate struggles—those struggles themselves she is able to penetrate to as great a depth of intensity, and with the advantage of a voice capable of seconding every prompting of her musical art or her deep sym pathies. Last evening it was in excellent order, and she never sang or acted with more brilliancy or force. Whether in the great duet with Marcel, or the still greater one with Raoul, feebly as on this occasion she was sustained by Signor Armandi; there was all the magnificent passion, and all the clear ample resonance of her incomparable tones, which have raised her to her al ways great and her now unrivalled eminence. Another feature of the night was Signora Trebelli, in the character of Urbain, who made another and very positive advance in public favour. Her de livery of the " Nobil Signor," bad a mingled grace fulness and gaiety that could not be exceeded, and almost better was the extraordinary spirit of the "No, no, caso equal," in which her notes were so electrical that she obtained a vehement encore. Her charming appearance and graceful bearing had also something to do with the matter. A third success was the reappearance of Madlle, Michal, in Marguerite, a character which she sustained at this theatre some three seasons ago. If we cannot say this lady is improved, she has lost none of her good qualities. Her voice is still a clear and pure soprano of consi derable fluency and compass, if with a certain hardness in its tones which abates its effect at times. The graceful "Ah Questa sola voce" with which her music opens, and the piquant and fanciful duett with Raoul were delivered with great cleverness, and produced a due impression. A fourth success was the reappearance of that thorough artist and good singer—Signor Vialetti—in the character of Marcel, in which he made so much impression a few seasons ago. His Huguenot Soldier is still the best which we • - anttn.•--- Marini's and roughly natural than Zelger's. His singing also is excellent, and despite the sharp ness of his tones—his delivery of the " Piff Paff " has a bluff reality and power which we have never heard surpassed. The chorus was rather uncertain in the first act of the opera, but it grew steady as it proceeded. The band was firm and spirited; and the scenery and movement were highly characteristic. CONCERTS. Yesterday Messrs. Louis and Adolph Ries gave a mom ing concertin the Queen's Concert-rooms, Hanover-square, which was fully attended. The vocalists were Mdlle. E. Behrens and Herr Formes, and the instrumentalists were Mr. Adolph Ries, Mr, Louis Ries, and Mons. E. Vieuxtemps. The first part opened with a trio for the pianoforte, violin, and violoncello, op, 52 (A, Rubinstein), which was played in a very masterly manner, and warmly applauded. The second part opened with a sonata for the pianoforte and violin, op. 35, No. 2 (F. Ries), and termi nated with a grand duo for the same instruments on themes from " Don Giovanni," played by Messrs. A. and L. Ries, and in a style of great perfection. Mr. A. Ries played a solo on the pianoforte, and showed great bril liancy of execution. The concert was a very successful one. The fourth of the series of the new Philharmonic con certs for the present season was held on Wednesday night, St. James's-hall being filled with a fashionable audience. Mr. Alfred and Mr. Henry Holmes made their first ap pearance at these concerts, and by their skilful and finished performance of one of Spohr's splendid works, achieved an unequivocal success, and amply justified the very favourable opinion of their ability which has been expressed by the great master himself. The Sisters Marchisio, who were received with great cor diality, sang with unmistakeable taste and feeling, which gained for them an enthusiastic encore, in the duet from Rossini's " Semiramide." Herr Jael's performance on the pianaforte of Mendelssohn's charming Concerto in G minor was brilliantly executed, and as warmly appreciated, Madame Louisa Vinning's annual concert at the Han over-square Rooms, onWednesdsy morning, was an elegant entertainment, and attracted a large and fashionable audi ence. The pieces sung by herself showed her talents in a variety of styles. In all the pieces she gave great pleasure by her fine voice, musician-like execution, and unaffected simplicity of rsanner. A young pianist, Miss Jane Jack son, made her debut before a London audience with great success. Miss Fanny Corfieid's concert on Wednesday, at Col lards's Rooms, was attended by a crowded and fashionable audience. The concert consisted of music of the most classical kind. She played herself a trio of Beethoven, a sonata of Clernenti, two short pieces of Stephen Heller, and Sterndale Bennett's beautiful chamber trio, in which, and in the trio of Beethoven, she was accompanied by Herr Molique and M. Paque. Several fine vocal pieces, sung by Madams Guerrabella and Miss Eleanora Wilkinson, gave additional interest to the concert. THE BALLOT DIVISION.—Mr. Henry Berkeley, writing to a contemporary, gives the following as the " true cause" why the division was taken early on Tuesday night : —" For the first time since I have been in Parliament—now a quarter of a century—two attempts were made to count out the house, and get rid of the Ballot question by a side wind—both miserable failures—a paltry expedient to throw discredit on the question. These counts,' unfottunately for the parties who plotted them, showed a decided majo rity of Ballot men at their posts. On the second attempt, on consultation with Lord Fermoy, Sir Charles Douglas, Mr. White, and other gentlemen, strong adherents of the question, we agreed to indulge these troublesome persons in their desire to get rid of the question, and I consequently placed it at once in Mr. Speaker's hands. The result, how ever—such is man's ingratitude—seems to have given little satisfaction to them or the Times. I have to apologise to many of my friends who took pairs up to ten or halt past ten o'clock, on my in'orrnation that I thought the question would not come on before nine o'clock, and that myself and Lord Fermoy together might be supposed to occupy an hour and a half. Among those who consequently did not vote were my own nephews; but I think, under existing circumstances, that it will be deemed right that I should take advantage of circumstances as they arose, and were developed by the paltry tactics of our opponents." CHILDREN IN WORKHOUSES.—At the commence ment of the present year there were at least 52,125 children in the workhouses of England and Wales; probably the real number was about 53,000, as returns have not been sent in by several parishes. Of the 52,125, 4,393 were capable of entering upon service. 13,743 were illegitimate. Of the others 7,313 had lost one parent, and 11,385 had lost both parents. 6,344 had been deserted by the father, 2,10 by the mother , 1 ,880 by Loth parents. The fathers of 1,031 were either transported or in prison for some crime. LA TEST NEWS. INDIA. (BY TELEGRAPH FROM JUBAL.) BOMBAY, MAY 12. The troubles in Affghanistan are ended. According to news published in the Bombay papers, Dost Mahomed and the Persian Govern ment have agreed to a compromise in reference to Farrah. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Shirtings firm and active ; 5r 13a. Mule twist has decidedly improved ; 40's are quoted Ilia per lb. Cotton—Higher prices demanded. Broach, 240 r; sawginned Dharwa, 275 r. Copper dull. Malwa opium dull, at 1,580 r per chest. Exchange on London, first-class credits, 2s. Old. Government Securities—Four per Cents., 959 ; Five per Cents., 105 ; Five-and-a• Half per Cents., 111 i. Freights to Liverpool for cotton, 62s 6d. (BY TELE6RAPH TO BOMBAY.) Shirtings firm, but little doing. Mule twist firm. Copper sheathing dull and unchanged ; tile 4 annas lower. The indigo crops are progressing well. Linseed firm: Rice dull and unchanged. Exchange on London—First-class credits, 2s. 00. Government Securities—Four per Cents., 93 ; Five per Cents., 105 ; Five-and-a-Half per Cents., 111. Freights to London for seeds, 655. PARIS, MAY 29. The Paris papeit: publish the following, dated Ragusa, May 28:— " Hussein Pasha, having thrown a bridge across the Lemna, occupied Bielopooluski. " Abdi Pasha entered the Montenegrin territory by the Albanian frontier at Podgorizza, while Der visch Pasha attempted an invasion at Grahovo. " Dervisch Pasha returned to Belecia, after hav ing threatened to burn Banjani. " The town of Nicksich has been burnt, and the fortress is blockaded. "The Prince of Montenegro has protested against the invasion of his territories to the foreign consuls st Mostar and Scutari." This being Ascension-day, no business was done m the Bourse. SCUTARI, MAY 27. The Turkish troops who entered the Montenegrin district of Bielopavlovich on the 23d inst. met on the following day, after two hours' march, a body of 6,000 Montenegrins occupying an advantageous fosition on rocky ground. The Montenegrins were immediately attacked by two columns of the Turkish troops, by whom they ere dislodged fi ora their position. They then made a retreat through the villages of Upper and Lower Martinich, Revina, Choupina, Gliziva, Ponsiezi, and'Glivitza. The houses and towers of these villages, being butt of stone, became for theMontenegrins so many fortresses, which were, however, successively stormed and taken by the Turkish troops in the midst of the flames kindled by the Montengrins themselves on their retreat. Although the Montenegrins had in the meantime been reinforced by 11 companies of 100 men each, they were forced to give way before the Turks, who pursued them into the mountains. The Montenegrins left 500 dead on the field, ex clusive of those they were able to carry away with them. The number of their wounded is estimated at 1,000. The Turkish loss amounted to 57 killed and 137 w'uncloil antnna Whom was Mt...4...f5t 11.7 4 .0 Colonel. The number of houses and towers burnt was 890, including 400 huts. The 25th was a day of rest, during which the Turks celebrated their victory. The following day they continued their march. THE BRAZILS MAIL. LISBON, MAY 29. The Royal Mail steamship Oneida has arrived here with the above mail, and will leave for South ampton at 10 a.m. to-morrow, with 124 passengers, £9,286 in specie, 1,347 rolls of tobacco, and 300 packages tapioca. A despatch from Rio Janeiro, dated 9th May, says :—" The Chambers were opened on the 4th inst. The Ministry do not hold a strong position, as they scarcely command a majority in the Cham ber of Deputies." Exchange on London was quoted 251. Coffee sold at 7,400. The shipments since the last mail amounted to 67,960 bags, of which 16,994 were for the Channel. Stock, 180,000 bags. Freights, 70s. Exchange on London, at Bahia, was quoted at 26, Cottons, 9,500. Sugar, 1,900. At Pernambuco sugar was quoted 3,500; browns, 1,900. Cottons, 11,400. Exchange on London, 25g. The Messageries Imperiale steamer Navarre ar rived at Pernambuco on the 12th of May. THE MAURITIUS. ALEXANDRIA, MAY 29. According to advices received here, the cholera in the Mauritius is diminishing, the total mortality up to tto present time amounting to 3,400. Sugar is in demand. Stock small, 7,000 tons. The April export to England amounts to 1,700 tons, while nothing has been sent to France. The coming crop is estimated at 140,000 tone, THE WEST INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. There is as yet no news of La Plata, with the homeward West Indian mails. It is supposed that she has been detained at St. Thomas's for the inter-colonial mails. POLAND. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) WARSAW, MAY 21. The Canon Bialobrzewski, who, you will recol lect, had been sentenced to death by a court-martial for closing the churches in this city, and subse quently sent to a fortress in Russia, has now re turned, in virtue of the recent amnesty granted to a few by the Emperor Alexander. The whole jour ney of this venerable prelate, from the place of his exile to 'Warsaw, was a perfect ovation. In every town and at each station, as he travelled in a private carriage, people of all classes assembled in great numbers to testify their esteem for both his reli gious and patriotic conduct. Bouquets of flowers never ceased to sho wer into his carriage, speeches and poetry were delivered, and at Bizesc and Ko luszyn the horses were taken from the carriage, which for a considerable distance was drawn by the inhabitants ; in one word, a more triumphant re ception could not have been bestowed upon any one. General Luders, Governor of Poland, afraid of any such demonstration here, ordered that the prelate should reach Warsaw= in the dead of the 'night: Notwithstanding this precaution, crowds of people welcomed the Canon Bialobrzewski with all the j joy inspired by his return, and the Waters, toget) , : r with the police, hack 41;1 i 0 I.' apply v g °r A the whip and the Lutts of the m uektt; to disperse this national manifesta.i..!3n, The next day persons of the hig hest class hastened to lease their cards at his door, and it was found necessary to put a picket of Cossacks before the house of the prelate to prevent the crush. The system of espionage has reached its climax, for even the very altars in the churches are not free from it. On the 16th inst. the commissary of police, Jachimowskoy, had placed two police agents, Bialy and Hertzberg, dressed as civilians, on the very steps of the altar, who, with an assumed air of piety, kept a look-out on the congregation, and in leaving the churoh pointed out persons suspected of having had the intention of singing national hymns. To arrest people for such or such intention is a novel idea, worthy of the Muscovite rule ; and the vengeance against singing is carried to such a point that any religious chant is construed into a mani festation, and dealt with according to martial law. Such a state of things can hardly be endured, and it is evident that the Russian Government employs all means to provoke a rising among the Poles. The treatment of the ladies recently arrested is revolting, as almost all of them being under age and possessing a good education, are placed in a prison together with the questionable fallen characters, whose language and manners shock every pure and honest heart. Here are the names of some—Miss Anna Czajensig, 15 years old ; Sophie Rutkowski, 16 ; Matilde Rutkowski, 17 ; Emilie Henke, 16 ; Alexandrine Milobendzki, 17; Frances Drzewsecki, 18; Mary Ann Roszynski, 20; and many others. What a cruelty it is to punish such young persons, and in the manner described. Such a brutal work cannot be done except by overpaying the tools employed for it. Therefore, in addition to their salaries, substantial gratuities were awarded from the public Treasury to the functionaries in the office of the Governor-General, to M. Szwecow, £1,330 ; to Aloise Komornicki and Michael Ludogowski, £327 each; to George Leoniew, £170; and to Felician Krukowski, £lO5, all well known for their humiliating conduct. This freedom with the public money, which could not be tolerated in any constitutional country, sustains the state of siege hi Poland, as the Governor-Gene ral, General Luders, is an absolute little king here, and he does what he pleases. Some curious details respecting the arrest of the Russian officers here have transpired. Two visits have been paid to Count Tolstoi (one of the most distinguished families in Russia), the first by the chief of the police, who, on appearing, was saluted by the Count with this laconic answer :—" You come to search my papers! Now, I tell you if you do not get out immediately I shall blow out your brains." The functionary, without saying another word, ran to General Kirzyzanowski ; and the latter, having obtained a written order from Gen. Luders, repaired to the Count's apartments, but no papers compromising him were found. Among the higher officers who received visits from the police are General Prince Bebutoff, Generals Mer cheleurz and Gicewicz. Of the subaltern officers who have already been sent before courts martial are Lieut. Nieprenin, Pleszkow, Sliwicki, and Arn hold, chiefly charged with diffusing liberal ideas in the army. It is reported that the Marquis IV ielopolski, who was on the point of leaving St. Petersburg, delayed his departure at the desire of the Emperor, who again promises to sanction the Marquis's plan for the reorganisation of public instruction and schools in this country. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (PER NOTA SCOTIAN.-LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO CAPE RACE.) NEW YORE, MAY 20. The Federal Colonel Campbell has, with the au thority of General M'Clellan, officially reported that the Federal iron-clad gunboats, consisting of the Monitor, Galena, Nangatuck, Port Royal, and Aris took, has been repulsed by the Confederate batteries at Fort Darling, seven miles below Richmond. Washington despatches state that the James River is clear of obstruction to within eight miles of Richmond. At that point there is a heavy bat tery on a high blu ff, the river being t em p orar il y closed to .navigation : by sunken vessels, piles, and ,chains. The 'Monitor could not elevate her gun sufficiently to reach the high battery, and was The 100-pounder gun of the Naugatuck exploded at the first fire. The banks of the river were filled with rifle pits, from which a constant fire was poured on the Fede ral fleet, part of which was engaged at 600 yards distance from the main battery. After an action of four hours the Federal fleet withdrew, The Federals are stated to have lost from 1,000 to 1,100 men. Col. Campbell's report states that the Federal dead were interred on the banks of the river, and adds that part of the gunboat fleet had re turned to Jamestown Island. Gen. M'Clellan's advance has arrived at Beton's Bridge, 15 miles from Richmond. The bridge was destroyed when the Federals arrived half a mile from the other side of the Chickahominy river. The Federal gunboats have made a reconnais sance 25 miles above White House, on the Pa munkey river. The Confederates destroyed two of their own steamers and 20 schooners, They are also reported to have destroyed all the bridges, and to have placed every imagin able obstruction in the way of the Federal ad vance. The Newbern Progress states that the Gover nor of North Carolina had refused to afford further aid to the Confederate Government, and ordered home all the North Carolina State troops. The Mobile Advertiser announces that the Con federates have evacuated Pensacola after destroying the navy-yard and forts. All public property was removed. The Federals had sent a force from their pickets to occupy the place. EVENIN G. President Lincoln has issued a proclamation, declaring General Hunter's recent proclamation null and void. The President further declares that he reserves to himself to decide whether he is competent, as Com mander-in-Chief of the army and navy, to declare slaves of any State free, and also to decide whether, at any time or in any case, it shall become a neces sity indispensable to the maintenance of Govern ment to exercise such supposed power. He refers also to the resolution adopted by Congress to co operate with any Slave State for gradual emanci pation, and says : "I now earnestly appeal to the people of those States. I beseech all to make arguments for your selves. You cannot, if you would, be blind to the signs of the times. Will you not embrace the pro position ? May the past and future not have to lament that you have neglected an opportunity to do so much good." The commander of the United States' steamer Tuscarora has written a letter to the New York Herald declaring that Captain Patey, of the Royal Navy, had not held good faith towards him in the case of the Nashville, and declaring that British justice is measured by false weights, and that neu tral obligations have never been allowed to interfere with British interests. He concludes with an assertion that the British Government has coquetted with the Confederates from the beginning. Eighteen shots from Fort D4rling penetrated the Federal steamer Galena. The Monitor is reported to be uninjured. No official details of the affair have yet been issued. Commodore Goldsborough is reported to be pre• paring mortars to attack Fort Darling. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, MAY 20, EVENING. Money abundant. Exchange very firm at 1131 to 114• Stocks very firm. Cotton steady. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY EVENING. The Hamburg-Ameri can C ompany ' s screw steam ship Hammonia, Capt. Schwensen, bringing mails of the 17th inst. from New York, arrived off Cowes at 5.30 p.m., and went on to Hamburg after trans shipping mails, &c., for this port. She brings 175 passengers, of whom 36 are for this port and Havre, and 139 for Hamburg, On freight she has 192,152 dols. for England, 167,900 dole. for France, and 1,200 dols. for Hamburg, and a large cargo. During the voyage the Hammonia experienced fine weather, and light westerly winds. On the 28th, in lat. 9 16 N., long. 8 20 W., she spoke the Altona ship Esther, Captain Nielsen, bound west ; and off the Start Point she spoke the Hamburg brig Canoe, N 0.338, also bound west. The advices are of the same date as those per Etna, but a few additional items of interest are gleaned from the New York papers brought by the Hammonia. The following is a copy of General Hunter's order, declaring slaves in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, free : "Head-quarters, Department of the South, Hilton Head, S.C., May 9, 1862. "The three States of Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina, comprising the Military Department of the South, having deliberately declared themselves no longer under the protection of the United States of America, and having taken up arms against the said United States, it became a military necessity to declare martial law. This was accordingly done on the 25th day of April, 1862. Slavery and martial law in a free country are altogether incompatible. The persons in these three States—Georgia, Florida, and South Caroling—heretofore held as slaves —are therefore declared for ever free. " DAVID HUNTER, Major-General Commanding. "Ed, W. Smith, Acting Assistant Adjutant General." NONCONFORMIST COLONY, NEW ZEA LAND. DEPARTURE OF 800 EMIGRANTS. Yesterday, at noon, there WP.s an imposing de monstration at the East India Docks, Blackwall, in connection with the sailing for Albertland, New Zealand, of 800 emigrants, constituting the first portion of the thousand Nonconformists who are proceeding thither to found a new colony. All the morning the trains on the Blackwell and North London railways, and the steamboats from London bridge, were filled with the emigrants and their friends, and by eleven o'clock the East India Docks presented a very animated scene, from 8,000 to 10,000 people having assembled. A considerable number of them made their way to the North Dock, where a large enclosure had been secured for the holding of a farewell service. Although a charge was made of sixpence each person, many hundreds passed through the barriers, and occupied the space in front, and on each side of the spacious platform erected for the occasion, and which was filled by ministers and gentlemen and ladies who have .been concerned in devising and carrying forward the in teresting project of which this was the consumma tion. Baptists ministers and the Metropolitan leaders of the temperance movement were by far the most prominent of the occupants of the platform.-- a circumstance which is accounted for by the fact that the great body of emigrants are Baptists and. teetotallers. Mr. H. TWELVETREES took the chair, and made an exulting speech, expressing his high satisfar.tiou at the success of the scheme, and his conviction : that the thousand for whose departure arrange ments had now been made would be speedily fol lowed by many thousands more—a remark which was loudly applauded. The Rev. Wm. LANDELLS, of the Diov Atina Ch ape l , Regent's-park, d e li vere d an elabora t and very elo quent oration. He felt admiratir,n, he said, f or th e heroism of many of th ose who were about to dep ar t on this great enterprise ; arid 'while advising them to lay their account with many difficulties, he controlled them to be st-eong in hope and in pur. pose ; to have confiden ce in each other, and to repose unshaken faith in Divine Providence. He held it to be one, of the most remarkable of all the emigration movements that had taken place in. English history, and likened it, is some of its fea tures, to the exodus of the Pilgrim Fathers to New England 200 years ago. These Nonconformists Were not going forth because of persecution, but yet their purpose was largely a religious one. They did not have in view merely the bettering of their own wordly condition, but they desired to sow the seeds of perfect religious equality in that far off region, which was destined to become a mighty nation. He earnestly besought the emi grants to beware, on the one hand, of any course of conduct which should lead to the breaking down of their design, and, on the other, to unite heart and soul for its full accomplishment, pointing out to them the disastrous effect which failure would in evitably have upon the principles which they che rished, and how success in this first attempt would. bless the colony and promote the welfare of Non conformists at home. He eulogised Mr. Brame, the nricrinatnr " 4 " - -1 -- highest possible terms of the Rev. S. Edgar, the minister elect of the settlement. Mr. Landells con cluded his address with a touching farewell, which brought tears to the eyes of hundreds of his audience. The Rev. S. Edge.", Mr. Brame, Mr. W. Heaton, of the Freeman, the Rev. J. Penrose, and Rev. J. C. Middleditch took part in the proceedings. At the close of the meeting A brass band headed a long procession to the dock, at the entrance of the river, where the two ships (the Matilda Watten bach and the Hanover) lay ready foil exit, gaily decorated with flags on the rigging of each, and their decks crowded with the women and children and their relatives. A considerable number of ladies and gentlemen, who were pro7ided with tickets to accompany the ships to Grave&.nd, went on board the Matilda Wattenbach, anj at one o'clock the gates were opened, and this nod e ves sel, of nearly a thousand tons register, was towed out, amid the cheers of the thousands assembed on the piers, as well as those on board, th e b an d )lay ing " Cheer, b o y s , cheer" in a highly inspirting style. The Hanover speedily followed, ant a salute of six guns having been fired from the Wit tenbach, and with the baud playing " God sa-re the Queen," both vessels dropped down the rive*, and were soon lost to sight. The third ship--Wm, Miles—is to depart on the 10th of July, MILITARY RESERVE FUND.—The account of this fund for the year ending with March last states, as the chief augmentations in the year,—£36,Boo by sale of commissions in succession to officers placed on the seconded retired full pay and half-pay lists, and £16,827 by officers on selling out receiving sums which were short of the full value of their commissions. The expenditure included £112,234 paid in purchasing the commissions of 61 officers upon half-pay who desired to sell, thereby saving £7,898 a year upon the half-pay vote ; £14,641 paid to officers of cavalry on retire ment in consequence of the reduction in the prices formerly paid for cavalry commissions, £7,200 paid to officers and pri vates of the Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, in which the system of purchase has been abolished, the appointments in succession having been given to old officers of the army as a reward for past service; £11,500 paid to the Yeoman of the Guard in a similar manner; £7,900 paid in buying out officers in regiments liable to reduction, thereby saving half-pay or absorbing officers who had been retained as supernumerary upon full -pay ; £450 paid for a commission for a student at the Rorkee College as a prize for high at tainments. The balance in hand was reduced from £167,636 at the beginning of the year to £53,850 at the end of it. Tha Foot Guards' reserve fund account was augmented by £7,300, and diminished only by £1,200 paid in buying out a supernumerary caused by the appointment of a Page of Honour to a commission ; and the balance in hand at the end of the year was £18,46G. _ . _ few w i n dtahyes,Taanya "takes" on all the stations, ro SALMONvedco has TA im ir p h th e e fl p s a h s i t n both upper and lower. On Saturday afternoon last the first nsi F de i r S a li bl i y N w a it — hi rr n yesterday there were very g ood grilse of the season was land e d a t t he Friarton I s l an d , t h e ncrieffe—the fish • property of Sir Thomas Mo _ weighed 311 b. Salmon trouts are now comin g for ward, are of large size, and in capital condition. Salmon is selling in Perth at ls. 6d. per lb., and trouts at ls. 4d. per lb.—Scotsman. THE WANT OF SMALL BIRDS.--It is said that in the Vale of Evesham a severe blight has fallen upon tho fruit trees generally, and in particular places has completely destroyed all chance of crops. In Bengeworth and on the eastern and exposed sides of the town the greater injury has been done, and the cherries end damson plums appear to suffer the worst attacks. In some places the trees are quite shrivelled up, and sapless and withering, as though a blast from a hot furnace had swept across them, and the severity of the blight has gone in belts of varying widths across some of the plantations. The common green cater pillar is the insect working so destructively. In the more favoured localities thero is still a fair average crop in a growing and vigorous state. The potato and vegetable crops negerally are looking well.— Worcestershire Cht oracle. LOCAL HONOURS TO LIBRARIANS.--Mr. Panizzi, the prineipal librarian of the British Museum, has been elected a vestryman of the parish of St. George's, Blooms bury. Mr. Mudie, the well-known librarian, has been re elected a vestryman of the same parish.—City Press. - - At the meeting of the Labuan Coal Company yesterday, Sir J. D. Elphinstone, M.P., in the chair, the report stated that advices had been received from Mr. Sin clair, the manager, to the 17th of Apt il, from which it ap- Pe ars that the sinking of one p i t is making favourable pro gress, that another is about to bo commenced, and that both will probably be completed by the end of October next, when the veins will be sufficient to yield 100,000 tons of coal per annum for 10 years ; also that in the interval while the pits are in, procer.s of being sunk a fair supply of coal wil be raised for sale, that the cost, including expenses of every kind, is not expected to exceed 6s. per ton, and that a suppl of 85 tons has already been furnished to her Majesty's steam ship Scout. t