The Sun. — London, England, 1862-06-26 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE.—To-morrow, HANDEL FESTIVAL. Admission, Seven Shillings and Six pence. ISRAEL IN EGYPT to-morrow, THE GREAT DAY. COME EARLY. HANDEL FESTIVAL.-THE LAST DAY.- The extraordinary acoustical improvement attendant • upon the construction of the New Roof over the Great Orchestra, so apparent at the full rehearsal on Saturday, and still more marked at the p er f orma nces on Monday and on Wedneslay, has greatly enlarged the number of really good places for hearing. The extreme grandeur of these great musical performances is so incontestable, that the Festival Committee feel justified in STRONGLY URGING EVERY PERSON TAKING an INTEREST in SACRED MUSIC to avail themselves of the opportunity of hearing " Israeli.. Egypt" TO-MORROW. They adopt this somewhat unusual course in entire confidence that it will be admitted by all that such a cpm_ pletely magnificent musical display has never yet been wit nessed. B 7 order of the Festival Committee, GEO. GROVE, Secretary. Crystal Palace, June 26, 1862. lANDEL FESTIVAL.—Th e E xeter H a ll Office obeli for the Sale of Tickets up to TEN O'CLOCK TO-NIGIIr. Exeter Hall, Thursday Afternoon. HANDEL FESTIVAL.-NOTICE- In reply to v , ry numerous communications respect ing tie possibility of giving' one more performance, the Fes tiv,,l Committee are compelled to state that the engagements of the ladies and gentlemen of the orchestra, and with the railway companies, render such a course impracticable, And that the Festival MUST CLOSE with the performance of Israel in Egypt" TO-MORROW. By order, Crystal Palace, June 26, 1862. GEO. GROPE, secretary. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY.LANE. Dion Boucicault, Lessee. TO-NIGHT, Thursday, June 26, 186', the performances will commence at 7, with the SPITAL FIELDS WEAVER: Messrs. Atkins, F. Robinson, Sara Stevins. After which, THE COLLEE N HAWN : Messrs. Dion Boucicault, H. Vandenhoff, F. Robinson ; Madame Celeste, Jessie M`Lean, Stevins. To conclude with THE KISS IN THE DARK : Messrs. Atkins, Farrell ; Mrs. G. Jordan. Box-office open from 10 to 5. THEATRE-ROYAL,HAY MARKET. Lessee Mr. J B. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, at Seven, MRS. 'WITH. Mr. Comp ton, Miss Caroline Hill, Mrs. E. Fitswilliam. After which, at a quarter to 8, will be performed (159th time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck. stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Spanish Ballet entitled LA CONTRA BANDISTA. Senora Peres Nena, Senor Ricardo, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. OY AL LYCEUM THEATRE. .11-‘) Sole Lessee and Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. 192 d Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day: ll THIS EVENING, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savonrneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, and Edmund Ealconet ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston, and Miss M. Hudson. After which, a new musical, pictorial, poetical, and ballet interlude, entitled KILLARNEY. Miss Anna Whitty and Miss Lydia Thomson. To conclude with the new farce entitled I COULDN'T HELP IT. Characters by Mr. Addison, Mr. Warlow, and hiss Lydia Thompson. Acting. Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices AS usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to oommence at 7. Boa -office open daily from 11 tlll5. Cammenoe a 7 ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING. Hiss M. Harris. Atter which, at Eiuht o'clock, LOUIS XI. Mr. and Mrs. C. Bean. Supported by Messrs. J. F. Cathcart, B. Potter, Everett, Shore, R. Cathcart, Raymond, &c. ; Miss Chapman, and Miss N. Chapman. To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Commence at 7. No half-price. NEW THEATRE-ROY AL, ADELPHL-... Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. TO-NIGHT, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAISE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Billington, Emery ; Misses K. Kelly, Laidlaw, K. Bland, and Mrs. 11. Marston. To be followed by THE COLLEEN BAWN. Messrs. C. Verner, Emery, Billington, Stephenson, Eburne, C. J. Smith, - Romer; Miss Agnes Burdett, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. H. Lewis. To conclude with THE SHILLING DAY. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Emery, Miss Latimer, Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. CANTERBURY HALL. STECKEL, The Greatest Trapeze Performer in the World, at 10 o'clock. Immense success of the Grand Selection from Donizetti's Opera, - " DON SEBASTIEN," (Produced here for the first time in this country). Arranged and conducted by Mr. Jone:hman s. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell and Signor Tivoli. The Great Comic Trio, Eugene, Duley, and Unsworth (the original of the celebrated Stump Speech, " Or any other man "). Also the following array of Comic Talent, viz.:— E. Marshall (in Paul Pry), J. G. Fordo, A. B. Hollings worth, Miss Georgina Smithson, and Joe Brown, the re nowned Dancer. T H E OXFORD, 6, OXFORD STREET. The miraculoUs STECKEL, Champion of the Trapeze, in new and unapproachable feats. Verdi's TRAVIATA," "IL TROVATORE," " SIMON BOCCANEGRA," &c. ;G. Linley's "JOLLY BEGGARS ; " G.A. Maciarren's " MAY DAY. ' Principal Vocalists - Miss Russell, Madame Enderssohn, Messrs. Morley, Greene, and Albert. Full Band and Chorus. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comic—Miss Caroline Parkes, Mr. W. Randall, and those imrivallod Ethioninn rnrnprlifins. impc:v. awn"— Li 4. 1 a Bob, Eugene,anci Unsworth (the orig Th ina, or any other man {l ). Admission, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, Is. ; Private Boxes, 108. 6d. Shortly will be produced Verdi's Great International Exhibition Cantata. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TR IR DAY.—Moving, Ih. 20m.—Afternoon, ernoon, 43m. TO-Moßßow.-Morning, 2b. 3m.—Afternoon, 2h. 20m. NOTICE. All remittances are, henceforth, to be made to Mr. JOHN CHAPLIN, at The Sun office, 112, Strand, who has been appointed, by the Lord Chancellor, Receiver and Manager of The Sens newspaper, and the outstanding debts due in respect thereof. 1 1 t 1., Z !'•':',- 4 :, 4. - .- ,7 :-'Y-2: -. 4.' c " . :q;•-• . _ se ai , V'4, , `.7". -- 7- - . 4 ‘ . , ; T.L.-•t 1 ;' ~ ..2 -C i ' l; - )1 cpWi. •- , 4 ,'--,. AN \A , ,_! .. (7':' , . , 1 !,,t,gr. a ~4-::•, . .;,,c7 57, 3 _ ,;..7...Er 7 t . ., A , ~Ne ;L : ._, , 2, , ,.-.- • ' ' ' r' '' ''' ''';' " . ` ..T N ' - • . ' 4k‘,44IALS _ THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1862. An affecting and impressive scene was witnessed yesterday at the London Tavern. Lord BROUGHAM after battling for sixty years against the African Slave Trade, as never philanthropist battled before (so persistently, so heroically, so continuously !) --still stood forth there in this, the eighty-fourth year of his age, to raise once more his eloquent voice against a system which, exclaimed the venerable orator, in accents of exultation, "Eng land, thank GOD, no longer calls a trade but—a crime," No ' wo nder —remembering Lord BROUGHAM'S career and his achievemen ts—that the ex-Chancellor upon his entrance into the assembly, and upon his appearance on the platform, was greeted by that immense meeting With an ovation of the most enthusiastic kind. No wonder that after the cries of love and honour and respect that greeted him had died out sufficiently to enabl e hi t , to obtain at la s t a hearing ; no wonder that, w h en he ' , Poke at length to his audience, Lord BROUGHAM's voice f a l tered at times (the reporter tells us) with evident emo tion. It is not often that a great philanthropist is afforded so striking an opportunity of enforc ing the arguments enunciated by him, more than half a century previously, and of crownin g the labours of a long life, crowded with practical evidences of good-will to his fellow-men, by the ut tering of words so touchingly demonstrative of the noble consistency or his Whole existence. As a champion of the holy cause of liberty, as the sworn foe to slavery, as the friend of the African, as the arch advocate of E mancipation, Lord BROUGHAM has happily had no further reason, during many years past, to lift a fin ger or to whisper a syllable in behalf of the poor negro anywhere in the whole range of our 'world wide dominions. Heartened to that beneficent decision of hers by the truths articulated so eon vincingly'.by the lips of men like BRQVGiIAm, and CLARKSON, and WILBERFORCE, 2ngland has long ago washed from her escutc —and so acted that /. ..icon the guilt of slavery ', her sons and , daughters can come into oon:: with clean hands when (as yester day)tt; grand old cause is again pleaded. Pleaded again it was yesterday, and still—as sixty years ago--by the voice of HENRY BROUGHAM. Then, at the commencement of these last (sixty years, in 1802, it was the voice of HENRY BROUGHAM, when full anal twenty. No w i t is that same voice, the v oce of that same indomitable Advocate of Freedom, of Progress, of Enlighten ment, when, at the patriarchal age of e i ghty-four, HENRY Lord 13Rovoini is recognised and rev ere d by all classes of his fellow-countrymen as—what he was most happily designated but very recently by the ex-Chancellor of Ireland (NAPIER)—" the Hero of Humanity !" Immediately before Lord BROUGHAM'S address to the meeting yesterday in the London Tavern, the venerable Chairman directed the attention of all present to a handsome intelligent-looking coloured boy in front of the platform. The bright-eyed little negro child thus pointed out to the assembly by the grey-beaded ex-Chancellor, being, as the latter intimated to his hearers, the eldest son of the King of Bonny—the African monarch whose petition Lord BROUGHAM but two sessions back presented to the English Parliament. A petition this, let it be remembered, laid upon the table of the House of Lords in the year 1860, by Lord BROUGHAM--a petition from a Negro Prince beseeching the mighty aid of England to put an end, if possible, to that horrible slave-trade which still bears away 60,000 blacks yearly from the shores of Africa—bears them away across the waters of the Atlantic, in this ac cursed traffic, to a life and death of servitude ! As Lord BROUGHAM remarked yesterday, out of those 60,000 negroes stolen from their homes by the African slave traders, 40,000 are landed annually as slaves in Cuba-40, 00 0 40,000 out of the 60,000 reac h th e C u b an shores nba— to breed and work and be bought and sold like cattle—the other 20,000, who never reach the opposite shores of the Atlantic, perishing by the way, through the horrors of the middle passage ! " Was it to be endured," asked Lord BROUGHAM, in referring to those most terrible and afflicting particulars, "that we should not exert ourselves and use the legitimate influence we had, or ought to have, with Spain in this matter ? Delicacy to wards her might prevent us," he said," from naming, or even alluding to, the subject in diplomatic cor respondence, but we, the countrymen of WELLING TON, after having freed her from the domination of her enemies, and set her up at the expense of our own blood, might well interfere to the extent of calling on her to fulfil the solemn engagement in consideration of which she received half a million of our money. The only part of that engagement," added Lord BROUGHAM, "which Spain had fulfilled was to take possession of the money, an d leave the rest unperformed." It is certainly incumbent upon England, remembering her own renowned antecedents, on the one hand, as regard to Spain, and, on the other hand, in regard to Slavery, that she should at any rate attempt at length to do something more than simply to lament, as she does, this persistence in their detestable traffic by the Spanish slave traders. Happily for ourselves, under the guidance of philan thropists like BROUGHAM—Traffic of this kind has for more than forty years been branded as a Felony any subject of the British Crown proved to have been guilty of trafficing in human creatures (since Mr. BROUGHAM'S Bill of 1811 was passed into a law) being liable to trans portation for a period of fourteen years ! And all the while, in regard to this diabolical trade, it should be observed that there is a hideous temptation, because (lamentable to relate) of its remunerative character in a pecuniary point of view. Here, in the Slave Trade, observes Lord BROUGHAM, " the gains are so enormous that if one ship out of four or five escape seizure the fortunes of her owners are made!" After the venerable orator had eased his heart, once more, by enveighing against the horrors of the Slave-trade, echoing, with evident emotion, to wards the close of his remarks upon its dreadful consequences those burning ejaculations— " Accursed trade I which thrives on human pain, And calls forth every misery for gain ; Accursed men ! who, building wealth on woe, Force tears and blood to stream in ceaseless flow I " Lord BROUGHAM referred, not inaptly, certainly most refreshingly, to the prospect of the happy results that might ensue, by way of a diversion, from the slave-trade, from the more and more sedulous cultivation of Free Grown Cotton in our own dominions. Here and there in our own colonies, among other places in Jamaica. As an indication of the fact that cotton can be grown advantageously in Jamaica Lord BROUGHAM mentioned to the meeting yesterday the follow ing particulars :—"Early," said the noble and learned lord, " in September last cotton seeds were sent out to Jamaica from this country ; they re mained but four weeks in the ground, and from them a crop was gathered, manufactured, and sent over to England, and he himself was now wearing a waistcoat made of part of it," [Cer tainly a case in point illustrated by proof positive.] " Capital alone was wanting," continued Lord BROUGHAM; "there was no want of labour which might not easily be supplied ; for if the labour there of our own free negroes or mulattoes was not sufficient, there were, independently of coolie labour, resources in the island of Porto Rico it self, where there were 60,000 slaves and 30,000 free peop!e of colour. Even under existing circum stances there was no want of labour in Jamaica. The wages of negroes were ls. a-day, and whereas the cotton, some of which he was now wearing, cost Bd. a-pound in the manufacture by free labour, it would have cost 10d. by slave labour. The whole expense, including the capital expended in cultiva tion and the hire of premises, amounted to 6d. a pound, whereas if slave labour had been employed the cost would have been 25 per cent. greater." As the noble orator had himself remarked earlier in the day, " Ont of evil comes good," out of the Cotton Famine comes visibly before us, not as a brilliant and illusory day-dream, but as a very reasonable probability, the prospect of more abundant and reliable supplies of Cotton than ever; and this through the systematic cultivation of cotton by free labour upon our own soil, whereby, through the mercy of Heaven, the last horrors of the accursed slave trade may be brought at length to a close. Dr. LUSIIINGTON'S decision in the case of the Essays and Reviews, as it might be properly termed, will be studied with interest by a very wide circle, and 45 substance will be a ma tt er o f i n t erest to t h e whol e reading community. Our readers, saw last night that the legal result was that some of the articles wer e admitted in the cases both of Mr. WILLIAMS and Mr. WILS ON , b u t were to b e re formed; leave bein g given to the parties t o appea l . This is the techni ca l end. legal position; but what will be of far more interest to the large public which has read' with curious interest the Essays and Reviews, as well as to the c l erical body, is the principles laid down by the lea rned Judge as the foundation of his judgment, since these involve the amount of liberty accorded to clergy men in regard to matters of doctrine. To spare the reader the necessity of wading through a n e l a b ora t e l e gal judgment, we will state the important points of this kind laid down by 1), LusHINGTox. The charge in the case is "promul gation of doctrines contrary to the articles of re ligion, and in derogation of the Book of Common Prayer." What is required to make out the charge is, let The articles (of accusation) must specify' the the opinions which the clerk has advisedly main tained. 2d, The doctrines o f t h e . Church which the opinions are alleged to cont ravene, an d t h e pat • ticular articles or formularies Which contain these doctrines. Iu Dr. WILLIAMS' case, there is the peculiarity that the writing Prosecuted is a Review, land this is tha first case of a clergyman prosecuted for writing a review of a heterodox book. It is ob vious that such a review might be for the most orthodox purposes ; but the doctor laid down that the clergyman, after stating clearly the heterodox opinions of the book reviewed, must not leave his own opinions in the dark, otherwise he might re publish with impunity an infidel work. Dr. WIL LIAMS' approval of BUNSEN is general, but not in discriminate. In this case he was bound to take care that he left no doubt of his rejecting such of BUNSEN'S opinions as were in conflict with the doctrines of the Church of England. The next point discussed by the learned judge was one of fundamental importance. The prosecutor had introduced as standards of Church doctrine, the Holy Scriptures, and especially those parts which, as lessons, epistles and gospels, are made part of the Church :service. The Judge rejects the Ecriptures as the legal standard of Church doctrine. His grounds are, we think, clear and his reasons un answerable. The Court has no power to determine what the doctrines of the Church of England ought to be, but what they are. He showed that the Articles, the Liturgy, the Prayer-Book, and the Homilies were each made by law standards of doc trine—the Articles primarily, because they were expreisly drawn up to prevent any diversity of doc trine. The learned Judge, in his official capacity, could not notice the opinions of orthodox divines of the highest reputation as legal standards, though an incriminated party could appeal to them to show that his opinions had been so advocated without offence. He repudiated even the protest of all the Bishops against the "Essays and Reviews" as any guide to him in his judicial character. He noticed the argument that to hold the ar tieles, formularies, and canons to be binding on the clergy would be to deny that right of private judg ment which is the foundation of the Reformation. But the learned Judge holds, with Mr. DIS RAELI, that clergymen must keep heretical opinions to themselves. They are not, he says, prohibited from holding any opinion whatever, but from promulgating it, if contrary to the legal standards of the Church. The statute of ELIZABETH "assumes that the truth of the Articles is so proved that it cannot be shaken." . And again he says, " the Act of the Legislature proceeds on the basis that, for the purposes intended, the Church is in possession of all truth, and that nothing in that respect remained to be discovered." If it is said that this is to deny to clergymen participation in the discoveries of modern science, he replies that " the clergyman is not at liberty to use such dis coveries so as advisedly to maintain what is repug nant to the Articles." It may, he says, be a true and an important discovery, one held to be proved by eminent scholars and divines— but " is the Court to discuss whether the discovery be a true one or not ?—the Court can do no such thing—it can only administer the law—the duty of the Court is to shut its ears to all such discoveries—it is bound by law to do so." Had GALILEO been a clergyman, and come before Dr. LIISIIINGTON, we fear he would have fared almost as badly as he did at the hands of the Roman tribunal. The Doctor, however, is unquestionably right. Dr. LUSHINGTON tells us that if greater liberty be wished for it must be sought from the Legisla ture, not from the courts of law, who are bound to administer the law as they find it. The only open questions have, in the GORHAM case, been decided to be those which are not determined by the Articles and Liturgy. What, then, is the meaning of the act of subscription to these articles and for mularies ? This is a question which was not only discussed at the trial, but has been raised into fresh importance by a controversy now vigorously going •,, men, now, in subscribing to the very articles and for mularies which the 2,000 ministers of 1662 refused and became in consequence the celebrated ejected of St. Bartholomew's day. The doctor is very decided on the real character of subscription. "It is,a most solemn act—the Court cannot take cognisance of the subscriber's intentions, but the law will hold him to have taken the obligation secundum animuns impo nentis ; and that sense is, the plain grammatical sense of_the articles themselves. The subscription to such articles is a declaration by the subscriber of his conviction of their truth, and a promise to abide by them." Then, again, in regard to the construction of these articles, the GORHAM case decided that " the rules to be applied are the rules by law applicable to the construction of all written instruments. The consideration of exter nal and historical facts is to be imported only so far as is necessary to understand the subject mat ter and the meaning of the words employed. We seek the plain literal and grammatical sense." In giving his judgment, therefore, the Doctor kept closely to the articles and formularies; he regarded no learned divine's opinion; he rejected the Scrip tures, considering the use of them in the service to be apart from doctrinal objects, and an appeal to them as involving a theological, not a judicial, inquiry. We may add that the chief doctrines and teaching found to be legally heterodox in the two cases judged by these standards were, Ist. Advisedly maintain ing, whether in direct or indirect language, that the Holy Scriptures proceed from the same mental powers as produce other works—or that the powers which produce both differ only in degree—such teaching would make " the holy Scriptures not God's word written, but the work of man." 2nd. Though criticism may be permitted so far as the rejection of verses and passages proved to be spuri ous, and even to rejecting the commonly-received authorship of books, it would be contravening the articles to reject a whole book. 3rdly. The doc trine that finally all, both great and small, would escape condemnation, was contrary to the ereeds and formularies. 4thly. Of course, the opinion that the Holy Scriptures " were not written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and were not necessarily at all, certainly not in parts, the Word of God could not be allowed. As a peasant of Toutorzette, a village near St. Lever (Landes), was last month driving two oxen to drink, one of them ran at a dog which lay under a tree by the roadside. The dog immediately seized the animal by the nostril, and held on till the ox, by a violent effort, threw it off. The dog fell into a pond, and was killed immediately after by the peasant. On returning home the man caute rised the ox's wound with a hot iron. The ox showed no symptoms of disease until the 36th day, when it refused its food, and on the following morning no doubt could be en tertained that it was mad. Its owner immediately pro cured assistance, and strangled the animal by means of a running knot thrown over its head. An extensive ledge of cinnabar has been dis covered in Nevada territory. Its locality is in latitude 40 deg. N., long. 119 deg. 52 rein. W: from Greenwich, and within the limits of the Truckee reservation secured by the Government to the Pi-Ute Indians. Specimens brought in yield 60 per*cent. quicksilver, and the supply of cinnabar is inexhaustible. Immediate measures will be taken to supply the machinery necessary for the reduction of the chamber, in expectation of meeting the immense demand for, quicksilver in this territory, at prices greatly reduced from present rates.--Silver Age. RI.oENT EXPLOSION AT BIRMINGHAM.— The inquest relative to this accident was commenced yester day afternoon before Dr. B. Davies, the borough coroner. Several witnesses were examined, chiefly as to identification of the , bodes and so forth, but the inquiry had not touched any of the main facts as to the cause of the explosion at the time our ins parcel was de s p atched. Mr. White, the Govern ment pector appointed to take cognizance of the ages of children in factories, was present. LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY (Limited). _T ra ffic receipts for the week ending June 22, 1862, £15,435 14e, sd, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1862. HER MAJES7r S THEATRE. DON PASQUALE. The genius of Donizetti has yet got to be appre ciated. His brief career and immense fertility were alike injurious to his fame. He should have lived longer, or written less. When a writer is said to have composed nearly a hundred operas in twenty years, we may acknowledge his invention, but we must doubt the possibility of that thoughtful and maturing art which is equally required to crown his toils with immortality. At the same time, it must be allowed that to launch a hundred works on the uncertain tide of public favour, and be able to say, as in his case, that even seven continue afloat, is no ordinary test of power. Of all the writers of the last century—from Handel down to Saccbini, with the sole exception of Mozart —not one opera remains with us. What do we produce of Gluck, or Piccini, of Jomelli, or Paisiello. Even among the con%- posers of the present century—who average their twenty works for the most part—which of them is likely to contribute his six or seven enduring favourites ? Certainly not Rossini, who, at the utmost, has given but four—nor Meyerbeer, unless, at his present rate of production, he is destined to triumph for two centuries. But another fact, which is quite as important, is the inclusive genius of Donizetti. He stands apart from the mass of his contemporaries, on the illustrious ground of his combining both the tragic and comic sympathies. He can interpret both the ideal and the real of humanity. He is both the poet and the humorist, who can deal with man entire. Since the days of Mozart—the lyric Shakspeare, no other composer has been so distinguished, with the sole exception of Rossini, and he, it must be remembered, more on the comic than the tragic side. When we recollect, therefore, that Donizetti has given four such tragic operas as " Anna Bolena," "Lucretia Borgia," the "Favorite," and the " Lucia," together with three such comic triumphs as the " Elisir d,Amore," "Don Pasquale," and the "Figlia de Regimenta"—we assert that, whether in respect to the depth or range of such a genius, it has not yet obtained the acknowledgment which is so unquestionably its due. Of all the evi dences of his comic power "Don Pasquale" is cer tainly the highest—approaching closest to the " Barbiere"—that true standard of lyric comedy, and Mr. Mapleson could scarcely have gratified his patrons more completely than in presenting it with such resources as his theatre now commands. Distinguished not more by its genuine gaiety than its marked dramatic character—when produced in England originally it achieved the utmost popu larity, and also continued for many years to be a universal favourite, owing to the absolutely perfect manner in which it was interpreted. Who can forget that its hero was Lablache, and that its heroine was Grisi—that its doctor was Tamburini, and that its lover was the unrivalled Mario ? The loss of these great artists, but more especially the first, for whom the amorous Don was written, and who embodied it in a manner it is idle to expect we shall see repeated, fully accounts for its comparative neglect in recent years, and accordingly its fresh ness to many an auditor on its revival at this house last evening. That revival, in nearly everyrespect, reflects the highest crrdit on the theatre. Signor Zucchini's Don Pasquale—it is but the merest jus • tics to say, is t'ae very best that has been witnessed since that of its great original. It is the perform ance of a genuine comedian, as well as of a thorough musical artist, who can be unctuous without coarse ness, and vigorous without excess. It has all the traits of the most careful study, developed by the most humorous spirit and sympathy, and has an effect that is just as natural as it is pleasant and enjoyable. Nothing can pos sibly be more comic than his delighted encounter with his bride from a convent, who pretends to be so shy she can scarcely endure the sight of a man, and whose charming prejudice he feels that his personal interest must soon subdue—or his astonish ment on discovering that all her innocence is a trick, and he is entrapped for life into the clutches of a fashionable virago. The restless transport of his expectations, and the entire collapse at the re sult, is as comic a piece of contrast as we remem ber to nave seen. Lqually goon is the wonder and rage to which he aeouses from his stupor, when he finds his bride is going to ruin him, not only in pocket, but in character, and intends a visit not only to the theatre, but a meeting with a gallant. Here his wonder, as he stares at her, when she tells him to go to bed—his rage when she persists on leaving him, and his overthrow again when he receives the box on his ears, and murmurs, e finita Don Pasquale,' all you have got to do is to go and drown yourself," were all rich in the extreme. The melancholy snivel, too, with which he enters, entirely prostrate in the last scene, and says to Malatesta, " Brother in-law, you:see a dead man walking upright" (" Un morto che:cammina"), was a most amusing touch of nature—and, in accordance with the dramatic, is the vocal merit of his performance. His delivery of the aria, " Un foco insolito," is a most spirited and expressive effort ; and his share in the finale of the second act, when he is raging at the discovery of his betrayal, carries a comic indignation to the extreme height of which it is capable. Alto gether this is a performance which esta blishes the claims of Signor Zucchini, and we should suppose cannot fail to become as popular as it is genuine. Another feature of the evening was the Malatesta of Mons. Gassier, which was a very humorous and gentlenianly effort that must advance this excellent artist another step in public favour. Equally good in singing and acting, his delivery of the charming air, especially " Bella Siccome un Angelo'—is worthy of all praise. A third attraction was the Ernesto of Signor Giuglini, who proved to the delight of the audience that he had entirely regained his noble voice, and whose delivery of all the music—whether in its tenderness or melody—could not possibly be exceeded. Most delightful was his rendering of the " Sogno soave e caste)," the lover's adieu to all his hopes, his share in the exquisite quartett of the second act, which was very properly redemanded, and his delivery of that gem of serenades, " Corn e gentil," which was also, and as loudly and as pro perly, encored. The only exception we can take, we regret, is to the Norina of the evening. Mdlle. Guerrabella has every personal accomplish ment for her task—a charming appearance and engaging manners, -but her want of sufficient ♦igour, both in respect to voice or expression, abated the illusion, most unluckily, where it most required to be sustained. Her most successful vocal effort was her share of the exqui site duett, " Tornami a dir," in which Signor Giuglini's faultless expression seemed to inspire her own. The performances terminated with the " Barbiere," compressed into one act, in which Mdlle. Trebelli renewed'all her good impressions. The house was well attended. HANDEL FESTIVAL. The Festival terminates to-morrow with "Israel in Egypt. It is necessary to state, in order to correct an erroneous impression that very generally prevails, that it will be impossible to give a fourth performance. A body of vocal and instrumental performers, 4,000 in number, it should be borne in mind, is by no means so easy to deal with as an ordinary assembly of musicians. How they are got together is sufficiently a puzzle, and coming as they do from all parts of the kingdom, under specific arrangements as to the length of their stay in town, and with railway return tickets for the week only, it must be obviously im possible to keep them all together after to-morrow. Tho instrumental members of the orchestra have numerous other professional engagements, and under all the circum stances it is somewhat surprising that the idea of a fourth performance should have been entertained. We recom mend et ery one to embrace to-morrow the last opportunity of participating in this brilliant musical festival. The offices at Exeter Hall for the sale of tickets have been literally besieged this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the EucLess and the Princess Mary of Cambridge, with a host of other distinguished visitors, will be present at the performance of the incomparable "Israel in Egypt" to morrow. A LAWYER MISREPRESENTED.—A certain lawyer had his portrait taken in his favourite attitude —standing with his hand in his pocket. His friends and clients went to see it, and everybody exclaimed, " Oh, how like 1 It's the very picture of him." An old farmer, however, die• sented. " Doe't you see," said he, "he has got his hand in his•own pocket ? 'T would be as like again if he had it in, somebody else's," THE PRINCE OF TVALES. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 25. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Arthur, and attended by Major. General the Hon. C. Grey (Captain Grey, Equerry to his Royal Highness), and Major Elphinstone (Governor to Prince Arthur), landed in the docks this morning, at half-past eight from her Majesty's yacht Fairy, Master Commander D. W. Welsh, from Osborne, for the purpose of attending the Battersea Park Show of the Agricultural Society. Their Royal Highnesses were received on landing by Mr. P. Hedger and Mr. John Levy, principal officers of the docks, on the part of the Dock Company ; and Mr. R. Beach was in attendance on the part of the South-Western Railway Company. Their Royal Highnesses left for London at 8.40, and appeared in the enjoyment of the best of health. A letter from Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrenees), states that a heavy fall of snow occurred three days since on the mountains in that neighbourhood. The temperature had been very low for three or four days before. The Prefect of the Basses• Pyrenees has just ad dressed a circular to the sub-prefects and mayors of his department, autiorising them to pay a reward of 25c. per head for the destruction of vipers, many serious accidents having recently been caused by these reptiles in that part of the country. The Lyons journals state that the French Impe rial Commission for the London Exhibition has granted 12,000 f. to the delegates of the Lyons workmen who are to visit England. The Municipal Commission and the Chamber of Commerce each gave 6,000 f. for the same pur pose. The Progres of Lyons has received a first warn ing for publishing false news calculated to bring the Go vernment into contempt, in a Paris letter inserted in its number of the 21st. THE MIDDLE LEVEL.—The dam which has at last been successfully constructed is found to work effi ciently, the flow of the tidal waters into the drain having been completely checked. Every day this week the work has been further strengthened, so as to enable it to resist the pressure of the high tides which will again prevail to-mor • row and Saturday. The drainage of the flooded country and the relief of the drain itself is to be effected by 12 great syphons, each of 3ft. diameter; and it is expected that in a few days the " Middle Level inundation," which has be come almost as familiar in men's mouths as " household words," will be merely a matter of local history. If report, however, speaks truly, something more will be heard on the subject in the courts of law, as the sufferers from the cala mity intend to obtain some compensation, if possible, from the Middle Level Commissioners. REPTILES AS FOOD.—No reptile which lives in Australia is too large or too small for the natives ; from the crocodile to the lizard, they eat them all. In fact, there is nothing which has life in Australia which is not turned to account for food—nothing at which the native noseis turned up, or against which the native stomach revolts. The Australian crocodile (which is also called an alligator) re turns the compliment, and is strongly suspected of liking the flavour of man. He is a formidable fellow, that croco dile or alligator ; sometimes, according to Captain Stokes, as much as 15 feet long. But the natives of Port Essing ton hunt him into a creek, where there is very little or no water, and, as he has a silly way of thrusting his head into the first hole he meets with, under the delusion that he is safe from his pursuers, his hind quarters fall a prey to their weapons, and he is thus easily despatched. His flesh ip described as resembling veal. The tortoise of New Hol land (Chelodina longicollis), which is more like a snake about the head and back than a tortoise, is a great delicacy among the natives of Western Australia, and is eagerly sought for ; as is also the Wango snake, and a horrid yel low-bellied venomous snake, from five to six feet long, which they call "Dubyt." They are very much afraid of this reptile when alive, and, perhaps, for that reason, have the greater pleasure in devouring them dead, as some can nibal tribes eat their enemies more from revenge than a taste that way.—. Bentley's Miscellany. A NOBLE AND REV. BANKRUPT.—Amongst the persons who appear in the bankrupt list stands the name of Lord George Osborne Townshend, late of Richmond. The noble and rev. lord is the only brother of the Marquis Townshend, and uncle of Viscount gaynham, M.P. The family is one of great wealth, holding large estates in Nor folk and in Hertfordshire, as well as at Tamworth. His lordship was ordained a clergyman of the Church of Eng land about the year 1824, but it does not appear that he ever held any ecclesiastical preferment of any consequence. He was raised to the rank of the son of a marquis by Royal warrant, in 1856. He is to surrender in the Bankruptcy Court of London on Tuesday, the Bth of July. THE MEXICAN - WONDER.—Amongst the marvels of the present day, and the benefits conferred on mankind by magnetism, as applied to chronic maladies, &c., those who have had the opportunity of witnessing its effects must render justice to the extraordinary powers of the Mexican Somnambulist, the Marquese de San Milan, now giving con sultattuns in London, at her residence, Nu. 70, Cambridge terrace, Hyde-park. The wonderful cures effected by this lady in various courts and cities of Europe, are proved by tangible testimonials of gratitude to her merits, and attes tations from many medical practitioners, The Marques() de San Milan has nobly devoted her life to the service of her fellow-creatures, and to medical science. Her travels in America, in Europe, and in Africa have been made with a view to the study of medicinal plants and minerals in their respective countries, and their properties (hitherto un known), in reference to the human frame. The extensive knowledge and penetration of this remarkable lady can only be equalled by the tender solicitude and intense interest she takes in the speedy cure of her patients, as proved by nu merous certificates, to which reference may be made, or by application personally to members of all ranks in'society, restored to health by her skill. A BLASTED LIFE. —The late Mr. Sands sued a wealthy damsel for damages in a case of breach of promise of marriage. He was offered two hundred pounds to heal his bleeding heart. " Two hundred pounds," exclaimed he, " for ruined hopes, disappointed love, and a blasted life! Two hundred pounds for all this ! No—never. Make it guineas, and it's a bargain I" FUNERAL OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.—Six months passed away, and the gloomy monotony of Fother ingay was suddenly broken up by the arrival of pursui vants, heralds, and officers of state. Queen Elizabeth had suddenly decided on giving " her dearly beloved sister and cousin, the late Queen of Scots," a pompous state funeral, and to perform the office as chief mourner by proxy. The funeral was to be solemnised at Peterborough Cathedral, at which all the faithful servants of the said queen were to assist, and to be clad in suitable mourning, at the expense of her gracious Majesty of England. Officers of the royal wardrobe and tailors arrived with bales of black cloth, crape, and mourning silks, both for the gentlemen and ladies. She had, moreover, sent a French gentlewoman to make caps and hoods for the ladies in the most approved fashion for a royal funeral procession. But these true mourners unanimously answere3, " Such poor black as we had, dr could procure, we assumed when deprived of our dear queen and mistress six months ago. We have worn it ever since, and desire none other, nor will we accept any thing that is the Queen of England's gift." Though all Queen Mary's personal attendants, both male and female, walked in procession at her long-delayed funeral, none would attend the prayers and sermon, except the two Mou bray sisters, Barbara and Gillies, and Sir Andrew Melville, who were Protestants. They united, however, with the others in refusing to attend the funeral banquet, to which they were all pressingly invited, and were remanded back to prison, in consequence, perhaps, of the indignant manner in which they had repelled all the proffered civilities of the Queen of England.— Agnes Strickland, in the English woman's Domestic Magazine. WASHINGTON AT WATERLOO.—" My dearly be loved hearers," said a very popular preacher down South, when haranguing his hearers on the importance of perse verance and fortitude during the present war, " you must do like General Washington done at the battle of Waterloo. In the heat of the skirmish hia horse was killed by a British cannon ball. Did Washington give up his horse to the enemy ? Not he. He sung at the top of his voice, 'A horse, a horse Imy kingdom for a horse. A horse was brought him by Frank Marion and he drovs the British from the field, and secured the liberty of South Carolina." THE EMPRESS EUGENIE.—Wren Eugenie de Montijo espoused Napoleon 111., envy, hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness were arrayed against her; she was not royal; she was not French; she had English blood in her veins, an English complexion, and most protably Znglish tastes. When she returned from Notre Dame after the marriage ceremony, the vast crowds assembled near the Tuileries to view her entry there,gave her no welcome, re ceived their Empress in silence; yet in a few months France unanimously pronounced her charming. She had none of the conventional manner prescribed to royalty; she laughed when she should have been grave, and wept when she should have been composed; she wore fancy dresses, offensive to court etiquette, yet in spite of all this, , in spite of her being a snatural as Frenchwomenare generally artificial, she w a pronounced charming. her beauty and grace captivated the other sex; but we have no hesitation in saying that one cause of her popularity with her ow n was her being beyond al comparison the best-dressed woman in the empire. The French look upon the toilet as a work of art, and pay the same tribute to it that we do to any other artistic production. They accepted and valued her success as another proof of the supremacy of Prance iu this as in other matters.—London Social/. A deplorable accident happened at the theatre of St. Etienne on Sunday last, during the performance of the ballet •' Sir Job," by the actors of the Grand Theatre of Lyons. In that piece N. Laurengon, a comic dancer, plays the principal part, one of the most laughable scenes of which is his attempting to commit suicide with a wild goose gun, the Jung barrel of which reaches above his shoulder. Unfortunately, on this occasion the gun burst, and the spectators were horrified to see that the poor man's left hand was almost blown off, Amputation was immedi ately performed, wad the istaerer is likely to recover, ILATEST NENITS. AMERICA QUEENSTOWN, WEDNESDAY, 9 55 P.M. (PER ►STEAMER CITY OF NEW YORK.) NEW f ORK, JUNE 14. General Halleck reports officially that General Beauregard with the main body of the Confederate army of the South-West, has retreated upon Okolana, as originally reported. He has lost from 20,000 to 30,000 men by death, capture, desertion, and other casualties. He still commands a force of from 80,000 to 90,000 men. It is reported that he has despatched a portion of his force to the aid of General Kirby Smith at Knoxville, in Tennessee, and that Nashville is in danger. General Stonewall Jackson has made good his retreat from the Valley of the Shenandoah, though closely pursued by Generals Banks, Shields, and Fremont, and has escaped over the Blue Ridge Mountains en route to Richmond. QUEENSTOWN, JUNE 25. The steamship City of New York from New York on the 14th inst., which arrived here this evening, brings 1,225,500 dols. in specie. Her news has been anticipated. The New J ork World says M. Mercier proceeds to Europe next week. PARIS, JUNE 26. The Noniteur of this morning publishes a decree, by which, until further orders, the different Custom house clearances on raw sugars imported from Cuba under the Spanish flag will be received at the time of re-exportation as refined sugars, with the benefit of drawback, and with a deduction on the surtax for navigation of 2 francs per 100 kilogrammes. CASSEL, JUNE (Evening). A Mini;terial Decree, dated the 24th inst., has been published to-day, ordering the election for the Diet to take place in conformity with the Electoral Law of the sth April, 1849. PARIS, JUNE 25. The Presse of this evening publishes despatches from Mexico, stating that the corps of General Lorencez had again taken up its position at Orizaba, in a suitable encampment, to await reinforcements. The same journal, in speaking of the departure of Admiral Surien de la Graviere, adds that the Ad miral's plans have been entirely approved, and that his presence will have favourable results for the solution of the Mexican question. " It is asserted that henceforth there is no longer any question of establishing a monarchy, or of sup porting the pretensions of A lmonte or any other person, but simply of protecting the interests of our countrymen." The Corps Legislatif voted the whole extraor dinary budget to-day. TURIN, JUNE 24. The Opinions Nazionais of to-day states that a company of English capitalists has applied to the Ministers of Public Works for the concession to con struct all railways in the Island of Sardinia, in con sideration of the Government guaranteeing them the sum of 30,000 f. for every kilometre of railway laid down, and ceding them 300,000 hectares (700,000 English acres) of Crown lands. JUNE 25. It is asserted that M. Rattazzi has notified to the Parliamentary Committee on the Budget that he intends making the integral approbation of the clauses of the Budget by the Chamber of Deputies a question of confidence in the Ministry. To-day in the Chamber of Deputies Signor Deboni questioned the Government respecting the enrolments made in several towns, the expense of which was, according to report, defrayed by the Government. Signor Deboni also mentioned the existence of a rumour that the Government represented that these recruits were to be banished, or sent to Mexico or the United States. Signor Rattazzi said, in reply, that the Govern ment was strongly opposed to the enrolments in question, and was endeavouring to discover the authors of them and the places where they were carried on. "In this task," continued M. Rattazzi, " the Government meets with many difficulties, seeing that the enrollers have left no documents nor any proof on which to found legal proceedings. The Minister further assured the Chamber that the enrollers will never be able to carry out any expedition, as the Government had the means and the strength to prevent them. Signor Crispi complained that some Venetian emigrants had been sent to the Island of Sardinia. Signor Rattazzi maintained, in reply, that the Government had the right of fixing the domicile of the emigrants subsidized by the State. BERNE, JUNE 24. A meeting of French Legitimists took place to day at Lucerne; 1,600' persons were present, in eluding, besides the nobility, men of science and tradesmen. About 125 persons assemble every day to dinner at the Count de Chambord's. BELGRADE, JUNE 25. The Special Commissioners despatched by the Porte to inquire into the recent disturbances have arrived here. The Prince of Servia demands the evacuation of all the fortresses. The organisation has been directed of several battalions of soldiers who have fulfilled their term of military service, comprising all descriptions of arms. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAIL. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company have received the following telegram MARSEILLES, JUNE 26. " The Vectis, with the above mails, arrived this day, at 8.30 a.m. " The mails leave for London at 11.30 a.m." FRANCE. BOURSE, June 25.—The market bas been heavy, and speculators have again relapsed into that state of inaction under which they have lately so often laboured. For the Account, Threes are now at 68f. 40c. Th e R a il way Share Market also d e pressed . The market closed as follows : 3110 4t per Cent s 96 50 Bank Sh ar es ...... Do, end— Credit k oneic_ vs r . . v. • 72 75 3 per Cent s _6O I t‘ ) T o e . w en 3 d re tri r r n b t . s 6 6 8 8 4 4 0 0 ..Roman ............ __72 Do, end mon th 6B 40 usti— Threes.... 52 Credit Mobili er ... • 850 S ly i : m o rebt .• 49 50 Do. end m on th B5l 25 Cash. Account. 1271 25 .. 1265 1000 -- .. 1058 75 Orleand ............... Northern .... - - NOW ditto ............ : • _. .. ___ ..._ Lyons and Mediterranean 1097 50 .. 1097 50 G en eva 360 Sou thern ...... 8 15 .. 846 25 IVes t e rn ...... Easterlt • ... ..... a• 1 • • MO .. 551 25 Sardinian 3BO .. 380 Austrian ...... Lowbard s 612 5) .. 612 50 FRANCE AND MEXICO. Le Pays publishes the following : A letter from Vera Cruz, addressed by a Spanish staff officer to a comrade at Madrid, mentions the following fact : " General Douay, at the head of the 500 men who landed with him at Vera Cruz, and 500 others taken from the Marines of the garrison, encountered a Mexican column 2,000 strong, which endeavoured to intercept the communication between Vera Cruz and Orizaba. General Douay is reported to have routed that small army, much superior in number to the detachments placed under his order, and is said to have entered Perrot() after having driven out General Lallane, who commanded the Mexican tro )ps." COUNT DE CHAMBORD. A letter from Lucerne says : " The Count de Chambord was on the 18th and 19th at Einsiedeln. For the ten days of his sojourn at Lucerne he has fitted up a chapel at the hotel of the Schweizerhof in the most sumptuous style for himself and suite. A great number of French Legitimists have arrived. As they could not find a room convenient enough to hold their meetings, as the hotels are full of strangers, they have hired the first-class cabin of one of the steamers at anchor on the quay." POLAND. The session of the Council of State of the king dom of Poland was opened on the 10th of June by Aide-de-Camp General Count Luders, acting as Lieutenant of the kingdom. He spoke as fol lows : " Gentlemen,—ln opening the present session of the Council of State of the kingdom I am happy to be able to bring to your knowledge a new and striking proof of the incessant solicitude of our Emperor and King for the welfare of the country. " The Emperor has deigned to inform me by a telegraphic, despatch of the Bth of June that on that day his Majesty appointed his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine Nicolaievitch his namiestnik in the kingdom of Poland. " The Marquis Wielopolski has been appointed Superior Chief of the Civil Administration of the Kingdom. "His Majesty has ordered me to continue to ful fil the functions entrusted to me until the arrival of his Imperial Highness. "In making known to you these resolutions of our most gracious Sovereign, I deem it superfluous to dwell upon their high importance, convinced that you, yourselves, well know how to appreciate in all its extent this proof of the confidence which his Imperial and Royal Majesty accords to his sub jects of the kingdom. " I, therefore, hope that the whole country will respond to the expectations of the Emperor and King,•-and will contribute to the accomplishment of his high and benevolent intentions, and that the arrival of the august brother of his Imperial Majesty will render possible the commencement of a new era of welfare for the kingdom. " I declare the Session to be open." ALGERIAN COTTON, LAND, AND 'RBI- GATION COMPANY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In reply to " One of the First Applicants for Shares" in the above company, the which ap peared in your issue of yesterday, I beg to state that the directors will shortly issue their notices for closing the list, neither they or the promoters wishing to take any undue advantage in the allot ment of shares—the names of the board being a sufficient guarantee for that There will be n) monopolising the company's shares in favour of the directors or promoters, and subscribers sending in their applications may rely on being fairly dealt with. I enclose my card, and beg to subscribe myself, Sir, Your very faithful servant, ONE OF THE PROMOTERS OF THE COMPANY. M. BENEDICT'S ANNUAL MORNING CONCERT. The programme this year put forth by M. Bene dict, for his concert at St. James's Hall on Monday next, fairly eclipses all those that have gone Wore. Amongst the vocalists we find the sisters Marchisio, Mdlle. Trebelli, Miss Louisa Pyne, Mdlle_ Parepa, Madame Lemaire, Madame Guerrabella, Madame Titiens, Madame Sherrington, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Santley, Mr. Wiess, Herr Formei, Sig. Belletti, and a host of others of the highest ability. The concert will consist of selections from most of M. Benedict's operas, the music performed at the open ing of the Exhibition, and several pieces for the pianoforte, harp, and French horn, which will be performed by M. Benedict, Mr. J. Thomas, and M. Vivier. The pragramme cannot fail to attract a very large audience. M. APTO.SIMA'S HARP _RECITAL. This entertainment attracted a most numerous audience. The programme was gone through in the most satisfactory manner, and the applause awarded to M. Aptomma was loud and enthusiastic. As there only remains ono more recital to complete the series, we recommend•all lovers of the instrument to avail themselves of the opportunity of hearing a performance which we hesitate not to say will excite their wonder and delight. TERMINATION OF THE SPECIAL COMMISSION.—" CLONMEL, Wednesday.—The judges sat at 10 o'clock, when Richard Burke, charged with the murder of his wife by poison, was placed at the bar. Mr. Johnstone ap plied for a postponement until the assizes, as it was neces sary to institute inquiries as to several witnesses who had recently mide depositions, and also to have the assistance of a chemist. The Attorney General did not oppose the appli cation, although the crown were ready to proceed, and the case was one of great social importance. Some observations were made by the Attorney-General and the judges in re ference to the imperative duty of the executive to issue the special commission. Had Burke's trial been proceeded with it would have occupied two days. The Attorney- General said he would soon inform the judges whether the special commission would be resumed at Limerick on the Ist of July. The judges left for Dublin by the 9.45 mail train from Waterford. ITHE MURDER OF MR. FITZGERALD.—THE SUR RENDER OF WALSH.—LIMERICK, Wednesday.—Wals h , who was committed to jail yesterday, affects perfect been remarked that he got stwter since he w r as li _ , which indiffe rence as to his position, and appears in good spirits., It has the run," and he now has got hair on his t upper est point of partly hides the mark which was az° % jog the jail he identification with him. On Walsh some shout. He gave a " wheel," accompanied with:o.d. F o n the day of the wears no article of dress which h© o l f 'll pe L r L 6o A ns /V , OR utL E . , , murder.—Dublin Freeman. junAeN2O4T.—HOERn theTil RniEgAhTtEoFhit:hoG2N3d",,,lpCaEr.t—y house of Thomas Doolan, a known, armed, went to 0 g h, and fired a shot at his door, farmer residing at F in the morning, found a threatening w v i h th ich de a a n th oth if e h r e pa h r a ty d Doolan, on getting 4 t h ro im m t° '1 Freemen. 'ated in April was evi OF THE REV-. DR. PENNINGTON.--• COMMITTAL T. C. Pennington, D,D,, a coloured man, who The Rev.a farm n threatening o f land some time in England travelling, and address inghas been for and temperance bodies, was finally committed religious a n n o y ti t c h e in p g os t t o ed sa o y utsi yes terday for a month by the Liverpool ma g i s t rates, on t h e Charge of stealing a book from the shop of a Mr. Stephens, in the neighbourhood of Dale-street. Mr. Melly, ono of the magistrates, in committing the prisoner, said that seve ral letters had been received from friendsrof the prisoner, stating that ho was a highly respectable man, and that ho had evidently taken the book " in a fit of abstraction.' RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN PARMA- , mENT.—Yesterday, in the committee of which Mr. Puller is the chairman, on the proposed extension lines into Hull, the committee intimated to the parties that they were pre pared to decide as between the South Yorkshire Company' 0 Hull ,Extension and the North-Eastern Company's Hull and Doncaster Branch, that both bills presented advantages and disadvantages, but th:,t on the whole they were pre pared to prefer the bill of the North-Eastern; and in the event of their decision being given in favour of the latter they should exact from them a stipulation to carry the bill out this session. Hereupon the South Yorkshire Company withdrew their bill, and Mr. Sergean4 Wrangham ad dressed the committee for the bill of the Lancashire and Yorkshire, which was declared not proved, that of the .North-Eastern Company being eventually passed. The case of the Oswestry and Ellesmere lines is still progress ing i n Lord Stanley's com mittee; and engineering eve East idence from Mr. Fowler occupied the committe e on the Glo tteebter,:hire Railway in the Lords.