The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-26 00:00:00

riIHEAT RE-RON AL, HAYMARKET. Lessee Mr. J. B. 13uckstone. THIS EVENING, THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. After which, at half-past 7, will be performed (132 d time) OUR AMERICAN COUSN. Asa 'frenchard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. anew S F o ll o wed bySpanish Ballet entitled LA CONTRA BAN DISTA. Senora Perea ,Nena, Senor Ricardo, and the Corps dc Ballet. To conclude with THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. fleet on the Mississippi has also turned up. Eight in number, and iron clad, it attacked six boats under Commander FOOTE, and after an hour's action lost two by their being blown up, and one by sinking, and "injured" one of the Federal boats. They re treated, it is added, under the guns of FOOTE ; whether this is intended to say that their courage or iron plates enabled them to do it, or whether it is a misprint for the " guns of the fort," that is Fort Pillow, from which the account comes, further accounts will show. 0 YAL LYCEUM THEATRE. 1.5.) Sole Lessee and Manager —Mr. Edmund Falconer. 165th Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day.” THIS EVENING, 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 musical, pictorial, poetic,al, 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 Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at n Box-office open daily from 11 tills. Commence a 7 At present the Confederates appear to have the better army and general on the Mississippi, sur rounded as this, too, is, or nearly so; but the Fede• rals speak with respect of its immense strength. The latter, having taken New Orleans, are now engaged in the capture of Mobile, the only other city whence BEAUREGARD could obtain supplies— with what success is not yet known. The ac counts of the cotton burnings are contradictory. Positive as they seemed at first, they were after wards contradicted. Then again they were re peated. The truth can only be guessed at, which we take to be that damaged cotton bales, per haps spoiled by use for fortifications, and some which, it wa s supposed, the Federal s m i g h t se i ze h for, and which c ou ld not b e re moved,witout p we a r y e i d n e g stroyed; but we see no reason now to believe that a bale was burnt which the holders hoped they could save and turn into meney. The account of General BUTLER'S admini stration of martial law at New Orleans reads very harshly. But, doubtless, as there are two parties in the City, stringent measures are neeessary to keep the peace. That he should send the corpora tion to prison seems natural enough, after the little specimen they gave the world of their behaviour to those who had so clear a de facto authority over them. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. Harris. T HIS EVENING, THE LOST LETTER : Messrs. Wid dicombe, Higgie ; Miss Howard and Miss Rose Leclercq. Alter which, at a quarter to 8, THE WIFE'S SECRE C. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean ; Messrs. Everett, J. F. Cathcart, &c. ; Miss Chapman and Miss N. Chapman. To cenc'ude with THE TWO POLTS. Mr. Widdicomb, Biss R. Leclercq. • - - - Commence at 7. No half-price. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL soIe 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 K. Kelly, and Mrs. H. Marston. To be followed by THE OCTOROON. Messrs. Dion Boucleault, Emery, Jamison, Billington, P. Bedford, Phillips, Stephenson, Powell, Romer ; klrs. Billifigton, Mrs. H. Mar ston, Miss Latimer, and Miss DenTIL Commence at 7. C A NTERBURY HALL AND FIN E ARTS GALLERY. _ _ - - --- The miraculous STECKEL at a quarter to 11. Grand Selections from " Lucrezia Borgia," by Miss Rus sell, with Band and lull Chorus, conducted by Mr. Jongh mans. Great success of UNSWORTII, in his celebrated Stump Speech "Or any other man " the original), and EUGENE, in his Burlesque Singing and Dancing, at Ten o'clock. JOE. BROWN, the renowned American:Prize Jig Dancer for a few weeks only. Also the following Comic favourites -Mr. Randall, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. J. G. Forde, and Miss Caroline Parkes in her new entertainment. Messrs. Morton and Stanley beg to inform visitors to Lon don during the Exhibition that the GALLERY of PAINT INGS well be Open, tree. between the hours of Twelve and Two o'clock on and after Monday. The blockade is, by proclamation, relaxed at New Orleans, and at Beaufort or Port Royal. Vessels can sail from foreign ports to these ports, by ob. taining licences from the American Consul, the licences showing that nothing contraband of war has been shipped on board the vessel obtaining one. Similar precautions are required for the return home In other respects, the blockade remains in full force. Its effect on the cotton market will be, we apprehend, but slight. As the chief towns of the South fall one after another into the bands of the North, the South must become increasingly unable, not only to import, but also to manufacture. Its supplies of the requisites for war itself must become less and less every month, for, with an effectual blockade, even if it could sell its cotton, it could get no arms and ammunition in return. We may be quite sure the North will not fail to reduce the South to the last extremity of commercial distress it is in its power to inflict. And we rather think the time is coming when the contest will be between conquer ing armies and a population with a temper as un subdued as that of the Hungarians or Venetians. Would that, like them, they were free from the guilt of enslaving others, while they were demand ing their own independence, they would then have our entire sympathy. rrHE OXFORD, 6 , OXFORD-STREET._ A. Every Evening.-13ENRI and PFAU on the Flying e (last two weeks). - The unrivalled Ethiopian Come dians,Tn- eznumsey and Newcomb's Minstrels, and lins wor th an d Eugene, in addition to a host of comic talent—Operatic Selec tions and the cantata of " MAY DAY" (by G. A. Macfarren) and the " Jolly Beggars " (by G. Linley), supported by the entire company. including Miss Busse. Mfilme. Enderssohn, Mess rs. Morley, Greene, and Alb e rt.—Full Band and Chorus. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Ball, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, lc ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 21m.—Afternoon, 12h. 4201 TO-moßßow.-Morning, lh. 2m.—Afternoon, lh. 26m NOTICE. Ail 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 Sun newspaper, and the outstanding debts due in respect thereof. A', . -... / kr , . — l. • I -- '''''' !, cie, ,- ~,.. ' , • .:,.:, _......' I 4 , s. s . "....-•••• .i ~.„-; .. . g, ,ze*:,-, •,------.. I „____ ~. ._ M:„.44.,;,4 ,, !t0t54 .......... ,4#` ' '•yi o ',.„. brtol '. - ' ; ; • - , ....,-;;.--Pos , 'N...- '*,‘,...-,,, c' . THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1862. On Saturday, the forty-third anniversary of her MAJESTY'S Birth was, in one direction, at least, • very beautifully celebrated. Exactly upon that The whole bearing of the naval and military forty-third anni versary of the very hour and mo. news from America looks gloomy for the Confede- meat when —mo re th an a whole generation ' since— ration. One partial success does not redeem its a quarter to four o clock on S a t ur d ay morn i ng, , first opened general character at all. The telegram received on her Majesty Queen VICT ORIA Saturday—" Defeated and surrounded "—is indeed her eyes to the light in the country she a rather Northern summary of the position of the has now been governing happily for close South ; still, we now see the facts on which it was upon a quarter of a century—perhaps the most based. The " defeat" was an expulsion without a remarkable of all the great bridges in a metropolis battle; the " surrounded" was an addition to the especially remarkable for those structures, was for number of points from which the Federals are mally inaugurated. A more imperial monument of marching on Richmond. the memorable event thus celebrated could hardly '.,' .A. 1.. r..a.-....1 --., , 1 7 tu--- 1-- b “'''"" u " , have been devised. It was especially a happy was within 22 miles of the city, at New Kent thought that suggested it. Far better than any of Court. house, and the Confederates are supposed to those ephemeral pomps and ceremon i es usually usher ing in these fete days of a reigning S overe i gn was intend making their stand about four miles nearer the city ! they are reported to have retreated that simple little i nc id en t w hi c h took place at latterly in good order, the waggons and war when the barriers were thrown down, and the material moving by day, the troops by night. public were allowed, for the first time, to pass freely Even from Northern lights we learn that the to and fro upon the new bridge at Westminster. retreat is admirably accomplished. Yet, after The only courtly adjunct of the occasion being 4 11 they appear to be more than ever "surrounded." the discharge of a royal salute of " twenty-five" To the three Northern armies already converging guns—exactly the number of years already noted on Richmond, North, East, and West, a fourth, down in the living or current annals of the reign though at present a small one, has begun to move of VICTORIA. Surely a celebration, this, in its way, on from the South. The veteran Wool., who from is better than all the fireworks and illuminations, the beginning has held Fort Monroe against all by which the loyalty of the people might be, no corners, has crossed over Hampton Roads to Fort doubt, very resplendently, but, also, it should be Willoughby, the point opposite, with 5,000 men, remembered, in a very fleeting way manifested 1 and marched direct on Norfolk and its Navy -yard. The very locality in which the incident we are This was on the 10th—the distance is not great, here referring to took place, moreover, did not fail and on the eleventh, the Merrimac, after so many to enhance the dignity and appropriateness of its changes of fate, was blown up ! We, in E urope, character, as a permanent monument of the joyful would have given a trifle fo r her as a naval curl. anniversary it serve d t o ce l e b rate. The new bridge, osity, a study for our shipbuilders, and target thus makers, and constructors of rams. She is gone gracefully ina ugurate d , spanning the noble r i ver that bisects the capital and with her went the docks for ever, o f her MAJESTY'S empire immediately within the p rec i ncts of the seat of her Govern and the yards, and we may add the Confederate troops in the place, who seemed in no way inclined meat ! Und er th e s h adow of the ancient Abbey to fight it out with th e old soldier, who that witnessed th e coronat i on, and of the new Pa with a mod era t e f orce a t fi rst, was pre p ar ed to hare lace of the Le g i s l a t ure where the Lords and Com stifled the great rebellion in its birth. mons of England are assembled session after session t The old Gen era l, h owever, was not conten t to re- to aid the monarch i n presiding constitutionally main inactive looking at the ruins of the navy- yard over the destinies of the Anglo-Saxon race. and the utter destruction of the Confederate fleet— It is something to be enabled, as we really are he has pushed on to Suffolk, a town of the highest enabled, to say of the new bridge now actually cora military importaace. It commands two railways, pleted and opened down at Westminster, that it is one south-west to the Carolinas, placing him in coworthy in every particular of it s topographical the other mmunication with G eneral BURNSIDE— • ' , thr oug h Petersburg, plac- in him in relation with the position. While it is, beyond any qu es ti on what nlrth-west to Richmond other armi es which ever, far and away the cheapest bridge of it s s i ze g yet erected in the metropolis, it is far and away are marching on it, and requiring the Confederates to be prepared to face him in that direction. It also the widest, the flattest, and in very m any par was doubtless this change of positi on of General ticulars decidedly the handsomest bridge n ow span- Wool. from Fort Monroe to th e ning the Thames. Hitherto the wid es t b r id ge i n comman d London was of course London-bridge, the extreme of the Suffolk and Petersburg Raabe," which suggested the re,presentation of th y e width of which is exactly 53ft. bin. The new bridge at W es t m i nster b e i ng, on the contrary, e i ghty feet Confederates b e i ng "" surroun d e d." Wh en We in width add to this, the ascen t o f t h e Ri c h mon d River, he old b ri d ge there! Again—while the new —aa nearly a s p oss ibl e d ou bl e t h e w idth o f the St. James, by the F e 'a era l gun b oa t s , now w h o ll y is y y free from fear of any ' , Southern fleet, it seems indeed bridge at W es t m i nster i s not b means the an i ngeat bridge erected in London (Waterloo Bridge 1,380 feet in length, and Hungerford Bridge like being surrou'Aded. And M'CLELLAN, who b - eing as much as 1,636 feet in length) this new bridge at nvake-sure commander of the CLYDE seems to be a school, will ( aisappoint expectation if he has not Westminster (Whi c h i already become master of Richmond, or will not than London Bridge , a exactly four feet shorter soon do, it. As we have seen , the two main armies latter 994 feet in I ge, the former being 990 and the ea gth), has a were but three or four miles distant from each than twelve feet low e gradient no less r than the old bridge down at when the last accounts left. Westminster. Yet, while all tn The Confederate advantage we referred to is in and obvious advantages have bee n -nee varied, great the West. There they have compelled General bridge is still more con secured, the new Freicuous POPE, whom BEAUREGARD had summoned from already reflected 4 .71 the waters f among its rivals o the Thames, at Mississippi work, to recross a creek over which he once by t' the great cheapness and the superior bad partly advanced—with heavy loss, it is said, on bear:, - yof its construction. Its cost per square both aides. As the account is Northern, we know foot, it is really marvellous to bear in • mind, is no that POPE, Who is a good soldier, must have dufferedf more than £4 sterling—the cost of the old bridge but we are not required to believe. d ine same of his which it has replaced having been ver opponent, th oug h , it is . likely enough to be double that, or £7l6 s . p er square f oo t— t h e cost of y nearly true, for both sides are fi g hti ng we ll in H unger f or d S uspens i on Bridge, £4 16s, 63.—the She West. 1.7. ( n'n had only part of his force cost of Waterloo Bridge, £lo—that of the Iron across the reek th 0 Confederates advanced to cut Bridge at Southwark, £ll ss. 101—that of Lon it off, and their General found himself obliged to don Bridge, £ll Gs. And while such is absolutely withdraw the part y e Which had crossed, to the pro- the comparative cheapness of the new bridge at m tection of the ai n bod y , Whi ch the Co n f e derates scale upon whi c h t h e w h o l e struc - Westminster, the did not venture to cross the Creek a n d attack. It tare has been raised has been one so vast (as in was an action which can have no effect on thechief effect the superior width of it will h ave a l rea d y . - operations there, but it shows h ow alive BEATTp innicated) that the materials used in its fabri ca ti on ---. "' E GARD is to every opportunity, and how from first to last have been set down at 4,200 t ons Welt his of cast and 1,400 tons of wrought iron, at 30 , 0 00 men fight under him, Ihd Confederate gunboat cubic yards of concrete, 21,004 cubic yards of bricks ME SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NAY 26, 1862, work set in Portland cement, 165,000 cubit feet of granite, and 46,000 cubit feet of timber. A scale only to be eclipsed in its way upon our turn ing to the estimates made very recently in regard to the quantity of material employed in the subterranean labours connected with the main drainage scheme of the metropolis—where (from which estimates) we learn that the number of bricks alone used in those Cyclopsen tunnellings must be set down at 100,000,000. Not the least extraordinary part of the history of this new and noble bridge down at Westminster, is the manner in which, without any disturbance whatever of the usual traffic, it has been gradually and quietly carried out to its completion. Gigantic and massive though the structure thus designed, and slowly built up under the wise supervision of Mr. PAGE, the architect—that gentlemen has con trived nevertheless so to arrange his undertaking that in the process of its development, it has slowly grown and grown to its actual completion. Within a brief interval of just three years in all, the whole project has been begun and finished. The designer may be said to have got fairly to work, in full energy, about midway in 1859—and here, on the 24th of May, 1862, the work is done, the new bridge is inaugurated ! It is superfluous, of course, to remind the public that in accomplishing this marvel there were feats of engineering performed, that are wonderful even in this age of engineering wonders. The mere cir cumstance that there have been no coffer-dams whatever employed in the process of building up the bridge now solidly completed, is still, and must ever remain matter of astonishment. The plan adopted instead being thus described : —The piles having been driven deep below the bed of the river, on the site of the pier, down firmly into the London clay—" Round these [piles] again were forced massive iron circular piles, grooved at the edges, so as to admit of great sheets of cast iron being slid down like shutters be tween them. When these shutters, if we may so term, had been fixed and closed by drivers, the space they shut in was carefully dredged out of mud down to the bed of the river, the piles tied to gether with iron rode, and the space filled in be tween with concrete up to low-water mark, when the masonry—enormous slabs of granite, weighing from eight to twelve tons—was fixed for the pier, and on these were raised the massive stone piers themselves." Altogether, the entire bridge thus slowly built up, little by little, in these three years past, spans the river with seven graceful arches, varying in dimensions gradually from the central one of 120 feet, which is, of course, the longest, to the two smallest which are 96 feet—the centre arch being 20 feet above high water level, while the two outsiders are 16 feet above the same. Now that the new Bridge at Westminster has been carried thus successful to a state of completion, our next thought, our next hope and ambition in that way turn our regard in the direction of Blackfriars. A curious story has reached us from quarters which give it something like weight, or, to use the regular phrase, from " those who ought to know." We are not at liberty to give our readers more dis• tinct references, but we certainly do not exaggerate the credit which we think due to our informants. It is to the effect that the recent speeches of Mr. DISRAELI are part of a coalition planned to upset Lord PALMERSTON. His last battle for the forts— which we ourselves, with perhaps a majority ofLibe rals, think was unwise pertinacity--has provoked some of them beyond measure. They avow that, " slippery as an eel," it is impossible to hold him to any step tending to a reduction of expenditure, and they are, therefore, ready to compel him to quit office, and yield to more economical men. But how was this to be managed ? His foreign F utiuy W tl5 pupuiar, tsuu torten are 11UL VULCU IVE aversion to expenditure. These, then, were the leading ideas—Tories like office, and spending what is to be spent, be it little or much. More would come into Tory hands out of even reduced national expenditure than out of a larger expenditure by Whig. So, Mr. DISRAELI was to secure the aid of the Tory country gentlemen, who were to join the Manchester school in demanding large retrench ments. Mr. GLADSTONE, of course, could not use his eloquence against thorn after his speeches. The next thing was to insure that the Tories should for once be able to make good their promises. For this purpose Mr. COBDEN, or some other unofficial di plomatist, in whom the Emperor of the FRENCH has confidence, should get him to proffer to the new Cabinet a large reduction of armaments, suffi cient to justify them, with the applause of the public, in considerably reducing our expendi ture, perhaps in even getting rid of the income tax ; a feat which would undoubtedly enable them to carry almost every constituency in the kingdom. Hence, we are told, the present Tory move towards retrenchment and economy. Hence the attack on "bloated armaments." All things were set in order; the "salt is even said to be laid on the EMPEROR'S " tail"—the avowed financial reformers and other independent Liberals were counted on, either as active conspirators or as "accomplices after the fact," while the whole body of the Tories was to be moved forward in full force—Mr. DISRAELI'S eloquence was to back the written eloquence of " the three Panics"—the country was to be made dissatisfied with its burdens, tht. Premier was to be ousted, he was to ad vise her MAJESTY to send for Lord DERBY, who was immediately to receive the offer from the EMPEROR, which would enable the new Premier to announce, for certain, the last year of the income tax. The session was then to be quickly wound up, and a new Parliament elected to the cry, " DERBY. DISRAELI, and no income-tax !" year. It is reasonably assumed that Mr. GLAD- STONE is too much a man d honour to speak as he has done in public of late, as well as in Parlia ment, did not the Cabinet wish him to do so. Hitherto the TORIES, not the Ministry, have been the obstacle to the reduction of expenditure. Had the Government proposed it, we should have heard no end of lamentations ane invectives from Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, Mr. DISRAELI, and Lord DERBY, on weakening the defences of the nation. With his present narrow majority,LordPALmEßsTort could not therefore have carried reduced estimates. But Mr. GLADSTONE, to whose office it was appro• priate, has been pretty plainly telling the country, on behalf of 'the Ministry, if you will demand to pay less, you shall do so. Mr. DISRAELI sees this ground going from beneath him and hence the very man who has just been satirising Mr. GLADSTONE for not getting more from the people—for not preserving iarger balances in ex ceptional years, that the Tories might come in and spend them—this same man now comes forward to lecture on enormous expenditure and "bloated armaments !" The trick is too plain not to be seen through, but its author would little care for that if it were but successful. There is also yet another little hitch in the scheme ; Lord PALMERSTON might advise her MAJESTY not to send for Lord DERBY, but to dissolve Parliament. Like a soldier dying bravely upon the battle field, the Senior Surgeon at St. Bartholomew's Hospital breathed his last on Saturday afternoon nobly and honourably at his post. Mr. STANLEY is related to have expired saddenly, struck down by apoplexy while in the discharge of his duties, while going Lin uustorn.ry daily rounds there, through the wards of that great establishment, at tended by the usual cluster of the Students in Sur gery, who thus, according to the professional cus tom, obtain about the most valuable lessons of all the most practicalstores cf knowledge they pick up namely, by means of clinical instructions. Nobler, however, than the death of any soldier—the busi ness of whose life is (whenever such may be deemed requisite) to destroy—was the death thus on Satur day of this able and gifted Senior Surgeon of St. Bartholomew's—he whose life, there in that very hospital, for nearly half a century, has been assidu ously devoted to the healing of disease and the alleviation of suffering. Here, in truth, was a Sol dier, not of War, but of Humanity, passing away from amongst us in the very midst of his labours, in his , battle-harness. So far as relates to his position in regard to his fel low-men, the death of this good citizen is, in its way, an enviable death. It is a demise, at any rate, eminently well worthy of being long and honourably held in remembrance. It seems to illustrate in a somewhat remarkable, certainly in a very startling manner, the resolute devotion of lives, and talents, and energies, and ambitions, of men of great worth and:eminence, to the furtherance of the interests of those, perhaps the noblest, of all among our numerous eleemosynary institutions-- our London Hospitals! supported by Voluntary Contributions," as the inscription upon the walls of each, simply and emphatically indicates ! Hos pitals where " all the ills that flesh is heir to" are humanely housed and tenderly cared for ! Where the lowliest and the most destitute are received with an undistinguishing generosity. Out of calamity often comes the happiest conse quence. So, we would fain hope that it may ac tually be in the present instance. And that, by reason of the sudden and affecting death of the Senior Surgeon at St. Bartholomew's, the atten tion of many practical and zealous philanthropists amongst us may be directed to the furtherance, now more energetically than ever, of those .__••a • • , • _ j v•t. VLIC ui the best of which the name and the fair fame of the late Mr. STANLEY has now for nearly fifty years been identified. PEI NCESS'S TILEA7RE. After an atsence of three years, and with rather a short announcement, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean made their appearance at this theatre on Saturday evening in the historic drama of " Louis the Eleventh." The audience was a most brilliant and fashionable one, and the reception that both artistes received was something enormous. For some minutes the acting of the play was entirely stopped by the enthusiastic welcome given to Mr. Kean on his entry in the second act, and whether it was owing to the hearty reception or not, most certainly he never gave a finer delineation of the hypocriti cal, remorseless, crafty, and treacherous French monarch than on Saturday evening. The character of Louis we have always looked upon as one of Mr. Kean's most finished perform ances, as from first to last, the most intense study is evident, without which it would be impos sible to depict, in all its hideousness, the super stitious monarch—so relentless in hatred—so un flinching in purpose— so profane in his appeals for heavenly aid, even whilst plotting murder— and so false in his professions, that what he sought to accomplish by his cruel policy was bis people's good, and not his own aggrandisement. The well-known scene, in the 4th act, in which Nemours encounters Louis, the murderer of his father, was wrough ap to the highest pitch of excellence; but the culminating triumph was the close of the drama—the death of the tyrant. It was a performance that produced the most startling effect, and that, too, without in the slightest degree " o'erstepping the modesty of nature." Who could behold the death of that bad man without horror—a man who, even in his death throes, forgets not that he is a King, and commands his subjects' prayers. The applause elicited was tremendous, and certainly never was it better deserved. Mrs. Charles Kean sustained the little part of Martha, the miller's wife, but, with the true taste of an artist, she made the part stand so nobly out, that in her hands it became, after Louis, one of the most prominent characters in the play. Mies Chapman, as the Dauphin, and Miss N. Chap man as Marie, both acted with great taste and excellence. The Duo de Nemours was admirably sustained by Mr. Cathcart, who certainly deserved all the applause the excellence of his acting evoked. The other parts in the play were well supported by Messrs. Meadows, Shore, Basil, Potter, and Ray mond. Now, supposing all went smoothly, the French EMPEROR and all, the majority so to be procured cannot well be doubted. It would be a nice annual bribe, of from ten to twenty pounds, to the great majority of ten pounds householders and tenant farmers, and the result cannot be doubted. What patriot would not deem himself justi fied in voting to save his pockets £lO a year, if, by the help of Louis NAPOLEON, the Tores could satisfy him that he in n) way in jured his country. But unfortunately conspiracies, relying on the co-operation of several parties with distinct or opposing interests, generally are weak somewhere. Concerning the partnership or trust worthiness of the Emperor of the FRENCH, we most The Countess Apponyi's ball will take place on certainly know nothing; we only know th a t NI . Thursday the sth, instead of the 12th of Jure. FOULD has a desperate task in endeavouring to pre- The Marquis Camden entertained at dinner on t S h a e t rd, a t r c h h i o residence L i n o n G d o r n o s d v e e rr n y o r - t zu are— r a Earl serve his financial balance. But as to the indepen dent Liberals we already see that one of them has and Countess of Ashburnham and Lady Katherine Ash made his peace with L or d p A LmERsToN, and intends burnham, the Count ess C aw d or and Hon. VictoriaCamp to bring all th e grea t power o f hi s e icquence bell,cwn Cornwallis s un an t d an ady Viscountes sJuliac Falmouth, ornwal li sL Ladyord Elizabeth and Lady to the d e f ence o f th e "bl oate d armaments. " Next Pelham, Viscount Hamilton, Lord Charles Lanes Ker, Lord ROBERT MONTAGU has proffered his enig- Hon. Lionel Ashley, Capt. Stewart, Capt. Vandeleur, &C. matual resolution, which, though it reads like a The Countess of Craven has issued cards for an assembly on Thursday next, at her residence in Charles truism, may be used, a second time, to birch the street, Berkeley-squaro. novellist orator, for truancy from Tory notions on The Earl and Countess Poulett have arrived at expenditure. All this looks as if Mr. DISRAELI was the family mansion in Hanover-square, from Hinton St. not to have unanimous aid from independent George, Somersetshire. Liberals and his own benches in at k' tac ing the es 1- The Earl of Cathcart has left Maurigy's Hotel for Thornton.le•Street, near Thirsk. mates ha has already voted. The Visco untess Cruillamore has arrived at 19, But there is yet one thing more. The present Eaton-place, for the season, from Rockbarton, her lady. Government appears to see, as well as the Tories, s hip's residence in Ireland. that our expenditure is for a peace exp en dit ure un- His Excellency the Count P racon tal, accom panied by Mon s , (In Blorzy, has arrived at Maurigy's reasonably high. It has reduced the estimates Ws' gots', from Paris, At the fall of the curtain the applause seemed longer and louder than in the early part of the cycling. Both Mr. and Mrs. Kean had to acknow ledge " a call," of the enthusiasm of which they may well be proud. EBB MAJESTY'S 78E,4T.R.E. VERDI'S EXHIBITION MUSIC. If the Exhibition is a great success, the opinion seems pretty general that the Commissioners have been a failure. They have received what they should have rejected, and they have rejected what they should have received. If Mr. Palgrave, with his precious handbook has embroiled them with the painters, not less has their treatment of Signor Verdi exposed them to the outcries of the musicians. Whilst in the one case they have inadvertently sanctioned an attack on men of genius, whose con tributions they had solicited, in the other by reject ing what they had in like manner invited, they seem to have impugned the claims of one of the most popular composers of the day. Into the merits of this question we can have no occasion to enter. Their conduct, of course, has been unintentional, and aris ing entirely from a misunderstanding—only on a great national occasion when business habits are imperative, the excuse must seem to many almost as unfortunate as the offence, However, whatever was the cause of the rejection of the Cantata which Signor Verdi was requested to compose for the opening of the Exhibition, on the ground of his representing Italian music in the same manner that Auber and Meyerbeer represented French and German—the desire naturally arose among all lovers of lyrical genius, as well as of national con cord, that the music so excluded should obtain its claim elsewhere. This was felt to be no less due to one of the most eminent' of living writers than to the public expectation, which had been so much excited by the matter. Mr. Mapleson, there fore, very properly felt compelled to reply to this demand, and to offer the means of reparation, by presenting the boards of Her Majesty's Theatre as a highly effective vehicle, and there ac cordingly on Saturday evening, after the perform ance of the "Barber of Seville," the cantata woe produced, and it gives us great pleasure to add, with the most unqualified success. Nothing could be more perfect, in the first place, than the per formance of this music. The chorus was enlarged on this occasion to upwards of two hundred voices —selected from the principal London choirs—and all the solo strength of the theatre was added to this force, including that of the sisters Marehisio and Signora Trebelli, Signors Guiglini, Armandi, Zucchini, Mon. Gassier, and, we are pleased to say in addition, Mr. Santley ; whilst the only change of the treatment from its original d es i gn was one which few persons we fancy would be found to de mur to, namely, that of the transposition of the solo part from a tenor to a soprano, in conseqnence of its passing from Signor Tamberlik to the hands of Madlle. Titiens. Never was the incomparable voice of this great singer more nobly employed than on this occasion, or exerted with more success. The construction of this cantata has a simplicity and dignity quite in accordance with its purpose. It consists of but three divisions. An opening chorus of " The people of all nations," a solo, culminating in a prayer, by " one of the people," and a concluding chorus, or finale, embodying the national airs of England, France, and Italy, It opens with a well-marked passage for the bass voices in unison, upon the words " Gloria per cieli," to which the entire chorus replies in harmony, and to thb soprano voices are next allotted a very charming phrase et the second verse of the chorus, " E in Questo di Giocondo," the whole forming a gradully augmenting and very happy introduction to the solo " Spettacoli sub lime," in which the cantata paints in noble strains the moral and artistic triumph of the exhibition, as contrasted with the barbarous results of warfare, and so rises by a natural expansion to a hymn of wonderful beauty to the Giver of all Good, whose blessings are not less evidenced, than whose pater nal will is endeavoured to be obeyed by the great event whose noblest feature is its spirit of fra ternity. This hymn, which is just as exquisite in its melody as in its feel:ng, cannot fail to become generally popular, and survive as a worthy memorial of a true genius and a great occasion. The finale, which takes up in succession the Eng lish, French, and Italian national airs, is very ad mirably instrumented, as is also the whole of the recitative leading up to the hymn, and brings the music to a conclusion with the greatest vigour and :•••••en.ern ovine, of tit -- r-- fect as could be given, and its reception, we need not add, was enthusiastic to a degree. Madlle Titiens' delivery of the hymn—" Signor the sulla terra"—must alone have insured a great impression, and the chorus and band throughout were not un worthy of her efforts. The consequence was, that though the time was Saturday night, and close on the stroke of 12 o'clock, the cantata was warmly encored, and given a second time with even more fervour than the first. Signor Verdi, as will be sup posed, enjoyed a due ovation. First led forward by Madlle. Titiens, he was summoned three times by the audience, and amidst a shower of bouquets and floral crowns, received the heartiest testimony that his delighted patrons could present him. The cantata is to be repeated to-morrow evening, together with the " Semeramide ;" and can scarcely fail, we should suppose, to become as attractive as it is meritorious. Its performance was preceded by a second and very successful representation of the " Barbiere," in which Signora Trebelli renewed her marked im pression in the young Spanish inamorata. Her clear and brilliant voice, her thorough musical culture, and her true Italian feeling, all qualify her to do justice to the spirit as well as richness of the great maestro, Rossini, who is only to be interpreted by a delicacy and grace that duly elevate tacility. Her una voce wa s an abundant illustration of these qualities, and not less her share in the " Dunque io son ;" whilst her singing lesson in the second act, in which she sub stitutes Signor Arditi's valse—" Il bacio"—for the usual Rhodes's variations, was an additional testi mony to the elegance and spirit of her style. Alto gether her Rosina must be regarded as her most successful effort. Signor Bet tini was the Alma viva, and delivered its music with all its deli cacy, if somewhat wanting in its spirit. Mons. Gassier was the Figaro, and certainly the most animated, and, saving Ronconi's, the very best the stage possesses; and Signor Zucchini made his second appearance in Dr. Bartolo, and displayed all the evidence of a comic artist, and a good singer. The band and chorus were irreproachable. The house was well attended. Lady Louisa Mills was safely delivered of a daughter on the 23d inst., at her residence in Grosvenor square. THE JAPANESE MISSION.—This morning at 9 &clock the Japanese Ambassadors, accompanied by Mr. Macdonald and about six or eight of the principal officers in their suite, left London for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, start ing from King's-cross station and travelling as far as York by the'Great Northern Railway. The principal object of their visit to Northumberland is to see a coal-mine in full operation. It is said their own country, among other mineral products, contains coal, but that the people know little or nothing of the proper modes of working and ren dering it available for use. Hence the trip of the Ambas sadors to Newcastle. '1 here they will arrive about half past 4 or 5 this afternoon, and stay overnight at the hotel attached to the central railway station. The whole of Tuesday they will spend in some part of the coal field in the immediate neighbourhood. Early on Wednesday morning they will start from Newcastle to Liverpool, travelling as far as Carlisle by special train. On Wednesday evening they will be entertained at a banquet by the mayor and corporation of Liverpool. They will return to London by way of Birmingham, making a short stay in the metropolis of the Midland Counties to see some of the principal objects of interest there. Their trip to the north will Le more hurried than they could have wished ; but expecting, as they do, almost daily the arrival here of Mr. Alcock, the English Minister in Japan (accompanied by a high official personage from their own country, bearing despatches), they are anxious to lose no time in returning to London, consistently with the desire to witness all that is calculated to interest them in the three great towns which they have elected to visit, Yesterday they paid a visit of ceremony to Baron Bentinck, the Minister of the Netherlands at this Court, and the greater part of Saturday they spent at Hoi den at a farm occupied by Mr. Claridge, the proprietor of the hotel at which they are quartered, and where they played at cricket and football, and 'engaged in some feats o archery. Arrangements have been made by the autho rities at the Foreign-office for affording them a sight of the great spectacle on Epsom-downs on the Derby-day. They will travel by road in two open carriages, each drawn by four horses, with a couple of postilions, and preparations have been made for their prop er rece pti on a nd entertain- Merit at the greLicl.fitexa. LATEST NEWS. TURKEY AND MONTENEGRO. VIENNA, MAY 26. The following intelligence from Ragusa has just been received : I , The Montenegrins are still in possession of Niksich. Dervisch Pasha has suffered great losses in fruitless attempts to force the formidable defiles of Douga." PARIS, MAY 26. The Moniteur of this morning says— " The Emperor having decided that, on account of the reduction of the effective strength of the French army, the corps of occupation in Rome shall be organised anew, General Goyon has been re called to take service near the person of the Em perm, who has nominated him a Senator, in proof of his high satisfaction." The Moniteur also publishes a deer( e, raising M. Chasseloup Laubat, General Goyon, and M. Ingres to the rank of senators. The Moniteur also reproduces the article of the Patrie of yesterday evening, on the affairs of Mexico. FRANCE. BOURSE, May 24.—The market, without being so animated as yesterday as regards the amount of business, has not been deficient in firmness. Prices, it is true, slightly retrograded at the opening, but they soon recovered, Threes, for the Account, be ing at 70f. 40c. Railway Share Market quiet, but pretty firm. The market closed as follows :- 41 per per Cents ... Bank Shares 3140 Do. end month.... 97 75 Credit 1.0/Icier 1575 3 per Cents .. 7O 30 Belgian di — Do. end month.... 70 30 Piedmontest Fives 7l New 3 per Cents .. Italian Loan 7O 60 Do, end month.... Austrian Credit Mobilier.... Spanish Threes — Do. end month.... 828 75 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1320 .. 1322 50 Northern .... New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1108 75 .. 1110 -- Geneva 373 75 .. 375 Southern B4l 50 .. 842 60 Western Eastern .... ,.. 561 25 .. 562 50 Sardinian Austrian Lombard , 590 .. 692 50 AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, MAY 25. The Royal Mail steamship America, from Boston, on the 14th, and Halifax on the 16th, arrived here at 4 18 p.m. to-day. She brings 137 passengers and 61,153 dols. specie. She landed 182 sacks of mails and 11 passengers, and proceeded at 4 30 p,m. for Liverpool; all well. DESTRUCTION OF THE ME RRIMAC BY THE CONFEDERATES. (PER AMERICA, via BOSTON AND QUEENSTOWN.) NEW YORK, MAY 13, MORNING. General Wool, with 5,000 men, landed on the 10th at Willoughby Point, and marched on Nor folk. A delegation of citizens met General Wool near Norfolk, and surrendered the city. No resistance was offered. The Confederate General Huger with drew his force, which, it is supposed, was much reduced in numbers by reinforcing Gen. Johnson. The Confederates blew up the Merrimac on the 11th. The late reconnaissance of Federal vessels was in such force as to prove that the chance of successful contest was hopeless, and the Merrimac drew too much water to proceed up any of the rivers. General M'Clellan's forces have advanced beyond New Kent Courthouse, within 22 miles of Rich mond, The Confederates were still falling back, having destroyed the railway from West Point. The Con federate rear was three miles distant. The Confederate retreat is reported to be admi rably accomplished; they carry their waggons and nrovisions in the daytime,and their troops by night, covering their retreat oy a line of skirmishers stretched across the country, and driving in their stragglers at the point of the bayonet. From the best information it is supposed that the Confederates will make a stand at Bottom's Bridge, 18 miles from Richmond, the head-waters of the Chickahominy River. Captain Davis officially reports from the Missis sippi, above Fort Pillow, that eight Confederate ironclad gunboats attacked the Federal flotilla under Commander Foote. The action lasted one hour. Six Federal vessels were engaged. Two Confederate gunboats were blown up, and one sunk. The Confederates then retreated under the guns of Foote. One Federal vessel was injured. Corroborative accounts received state that im mense quantities of cotton are being burnt at Memphis, and most of the sugar and molasses are being thrown into the river. A Secession plot to hand the town over to the Confederates has been discovered at Paducah, Ken. tueky. The conspirators have been arrested. A largo meeting of the Conservative members of Congress has been held at Washington, denouncing Abolitionists and Secessionists. A resolution was passed denouncing the confiscation measures. • DESTRUCTION OF THE NORFOLK NAVY YARD BY THE CONFEDERATES. (PER AMERICA, VIA BOSTON AND ROCHE'S POINT. NEW YORK, MAY 13, EVENING. At Norfolk, the Navy-yard, dry dock, naval machinery, and all vessels were found to have been entirely destroyed by the Confederates. The Federal steamer Galena has proceeded up the James River, and silenced the Confederate bat teries at Day's Point. The Southern newspapers state that the Federal squadron had arrived off Fort Morgan to attack Mobile. The result of the attack is not known. The Federal General Pope officially reports that the Confederates, 20,000 strong, advanced upon his Brigade, stationed on the banks of a creek near Fal mington, five miles north-west of Corinth. Pope's Brigade held on for five hours, but, find ing that he could not sustain his troops without his whale force crossing the creek, which would have brought on a general engagement, Pope withdrew his forces. The Confederates did not cross the creek. The loss of the Federals was considerable; that of the Confederates is also reported to be large. Gen. Beauregard is still fortifying Corinth, in the neighbourhood of which the Confederates are re ported to be in immense strength. Both belligerents continue preparations for an extensive battle. The ACemphis Avalanche of the 6th says that the Mayor and Aldermen of New Orleans have been sent to prison for refusing to take the oath of allegiance. The greatest distress for provisions prevailed in New Orleans. General Butler occupied the St. Charles Hotel as his bead-quarters. The General had sent a proclamation to the newspaper offices for publication, but they refused to print it. A Federal guard was sent to the newspaper offices, and Northern printers were procured, by whom the proclamation was set up and published, proclaiming martial law in New Orleans. The House of Representatives has passed a bill abolishing slavery in the territories of the United States by a vote of 85 to 5:;. (PER AMERICA, via BOSTON AND QUEENSTOWN,) General Butler's proclamation of martial law i n New Orleans was to the following effect : " The violation of pr o p ert y or persons protected by a t A he ll F p e e d rs e o r n al s mustarms teat will lt be punishable with d eat h . the Federal flag with t h e severeutmos p t unisdeferencehnt.and respect, under p ena l ty of " The keepers of all public property, whether State, national, or Confederate, must make a return to General Butler's head-quarters. " All shops and places of amusement are to be kept open in the accustomed manner, and service is to be held in the churches as in times of pro found peace. "The circulation of Confederate notes emoug the • poorer classes will be permitted so long as inconsi derate persons will receive them. " Federal officers will be appointed to examine all editorial newspaper comments and correspondence before its publication will be allowed. " All assemblages in the streets by day or by night are forbidden." President Lincoln has issued a proclamation that the blockade of New Orleans, Beaufort, and Port Royal shall cease from June Ist, on the following conditions : Vessels clearing from foreign ports destined for New Orleans, Beaufort, or Port Royal, must obtain licenses from American Consuls abroad, which will be granted upon satisfactory evidence that such vessels will convey no person, property, or infor mation contraband of war either to or from the above ports. These licences must be exhibited on arrival to the cellectors at the above ports. When cleared outwards from the above ports such vessels must have the collector's clearance, showing that the above conditions have not been violated. The violation of these conditions will involve the forfeiture and condemnation of vessel and cargo, and exclusion from the privilege of entering the United States during the war. In all other respects the existing blockade re mains in full force and effect, and is only relaxed in regard to the above ports, (PER AMERICA, BY TELEGRAPH TO HALIFAX AND via QUEENSTOWN.) NEW YORK. MAY 15 (Evening), The New York press thinks that the proclama tion of Lincoln relaxing the blockade will end all idea of foreign intervention. A portion of General Wool's forces has occupied Suffolk. It is reported that General Siegel will reinforce General Halleck. Captain Pennock officially reports that in a naval engagement near Fort Pillow one Federal gunboat was sunk and one disabled. The Baltimore American says that relieved pri soners coming from Richmond on the 12th inst. re port that they had passed the Federal steamers Monitor and Nangtucket beyond City Point, steam ing towards Richmond. The Galena was also following. The steamers Jamestown and Yorktown were at Rocketts, near Richmond. General M'Clellan's forces were at Cumberland, Pamunky river, 26 miles from Richmond. In the night . of the 13th a skirmish occurred with the Confederates who were in their immediate front. Rumours were current in Baltimore of the cap ture of Richmond, but no confirmation has been yet received. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money abundant; gold 31-- premium. Exchange quiet. Stocks steady. Cotton dull. Breadstuffs very firm. Provisions inactive. THE DUBLIN COURT MARTIAL. The court martial on Veterinary Surgeon Paul Anthony, of the 11th Hussars, was resumed this morning. The prisoner handed in testimonials from Colonel Douglas and Colonel Peel, who were his former commanding officers, and then proceeded to address the Court in his own behalf. It was consoling to him in his present position to think that the tribunal before which he stood, while blaming and censuring his acts, would at the same time feel indignant at the insults to which he had been subjected by Cor net Delacour, and which were the inciting cause of all that followed. He had said or done nothing to warrant the imputation which Cornet Delacour levelled at him. White admitting that he should have restrained his feelings, it should be remem bered that it was always easy when there was time for refitction to moralise upon what should be done by a man whose feeling was raised by undeserved taunts and imputations. Cornet Delacour at mess, in the hearing of strangers, imputed to him that he entered a horse at the Bangor races under false pre tences, and had won the race under those discredit able circumstances. This was the commencement of the transaction, and he submitted that direct provocation was then given to him. The prisoner referred to the evidence, which he thought sus tained him, and concluded by commending his case to the favourable consideration of the Court. Lieutenant-Colonel Frazer, 11th Hussars, replied as prosecutor. He contended that the accused was clearly guilty of the charge laid against him, and that the first words of insult came from him, when ho called Cornet Delacour a "cur" and a "liar." The defence seemed to suggest that the case should be regarded by the Court as one for the merciful interposition of her Majesty, but he (Lieutenant- Colonel Frazer) believed there was nothing in the conduct of the prisoner to call for any interposition of mercy. The court was then cleared, and some time after wards was declared adjourned. The decision will be given on a future day. CONSUMPTION OP DRINKS. Twenty years ago the consumption of tea per head among the population of the United Kingdom was only 1'371b; since then the duty nas been reduced from 2s 2id per lb to is sd, and in 1861 the consumi tion per head was 2 671 b, and the revenue received had risen from 2s Hid per head to 3s 91d. Of coffee the consumption 20 years ago was I.oolb per head ; the duty has been very greatly reduced, and the consumption per head in 1861 was 1.211 b; the increase of consumption has not been so great as in tea, and the population contributed on coffee to the revenue in 1861 only 31d per head, instead of 71d., which was the rate in 1841. The consumption of sugar was 171 b per head in 1841; the duties have since been reduced and equalised, and the consumption more than doubled; in 1861 it was 35 . 211 b per head, ani the revenue obtained was 4s 2.1 d per head, having been only 3s 10d in 1841. If now we take a stronger class of beverages, we find malt showing little °hang° ; the rate of consumption per head was 1.35 bushel in 1841 and 1 49 in 1861, and the rate of contribution to the revenue per head in this respect 4s Id in 1841, and 3s B,ld in 1861. The wine duties, it will be remembered, have been greatly altered, and the consumption of wine rose from 6,184,960 gallons in 1841 to 10,693,071 in 1861, or from 0.23 gallon per head to 0.37, the rate of contribution to the revenue per head in taxation upon wine falling from Is 31d to 10d. The duty on British spirits has been raised considerably, and the amount of duty received is greatly increased, but the consumption has somewhat fallen off; in 1841 the rate consumed was 0.77 gallon per head, and the individual contribution to the revenue 3s 81d ; in 1861 the consumption was 0.67, and the contribution to revenue 6s 71d. But on foreign spirits the duty has been reduced ; hence, though the consumption has largely increased, the contribution to revenue remains about the same, is 91c1 per head, the rate of consumption rising 0.13 to 0%18 gallon. The consumption of tobacco increases; in 1841 it wa s 0.831 b per head, in 1861 Fl 9 ; and the contribution to re ianTnleBdllß, British hme spirits 3s l 0 d a i non alone hav e O a v l e l n t u h e e 2articles perk above ead n di minished in absolute quantity consumed in the last 20 years ; the consumption of no beverage has increased so much as that of tea; but smokers also have increased and multiplied. MALTESE SYMPATHY WITH THE POPE.—VALETTA, may 21.—The Archbishop, Bishop of Malta, Monsignor Pace Porno, left Malta on Saturday last for Rome, to be present at the conclave of bishops which is assembling from all parts of the world. He carries with him an address to the Pope, to which is attached some 50,000 signatures. Double the number might have been obtained 3f necessary. It expresses the warmest sym pathy of the Maltese people in his Holiness's present troub!es, and their fervent prayers for his independence, temporal and spiritual. The various copies of the address from the difierent towns and villages were elegantly bound together in velvet and silver, and formed a massi‘ e volume, which was exposed for public inspection in one of the churches, It was afterwards carried in state through the streets by a deputation of the clergy and laity, to the Epis copal Palace, and handed to the Bishop, with the request he would lay it at the feet of the Pope. Before embarking his reverence went to St. John's to offer up the usual prayer for his safe journey. The spacious cathedral was crowded to suffocation, and innumerable thousands waited outside, unable to obtain admittance. Such an i mmense assemblage of people has seldom been witnessed in Malta. The whole island seemed to be in the streets on that day. It is calculated that upwards of 50,000 persons were pre sent. A party of lads carrying Papal and Maltese flags preceded the bishop as he walked from the church to the place of embarkation, and bestowed his episcopal benedic tion on the multitude. The vessel soon afterwards steamed out of port amidst the most enthusiastic evvivas for rio None Papa Re, T wo or th ree R oman Catholic Bishop s from the East h ave ptme d t h rQug l A 940 island during OA week for ilorae l •