The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-29 00:00:00

State embankment--to the sea P—So stop all Pensions, and Pay, above £365-yr ; no Queen's nor Ministers' money, Default on Russell's (1683, N. nedfordlev e 1 Carr-), attaint. JAPANESE MISSION—its Kaths6 Nipon from Pekin's River .< fork-o i —of England's Privy Council in Carib's Virgin Islands—St. Thomas 'Porto Rico.' The allied treaty for Juge de' Paix et Amitie' of trade, by Articles 1,3, 18, 21, under £ coin-texte Hollandaise' for revision every 14 yrs, signed on 26-August, 1858, and tested by the Russian intermediate, Count Ignatief in 1859, under Pekin's Xun-Tien-('sin Treaty—in ' Alcor's Vi and 'Ki demands), Obedience to the heaven's Zenith +4 sol Ata-meter sphere fate 'Z overhead'-spiral earth-fiat, distinct from the Sun's n planeterry declination N. and S. for free Japan's Cantonal-1586 in Ton- ouin's Le Chua c. s., on Edw. lll's 1327 Duch Chance Crt, hit of MacaO's Cabotage guard as England itself' of the Isles, 50' ' pied-de-noi,' against the Tartar-british Papuapugis China-manslave trade. You are called to register the old Tegra-cone La montee .Rucivic limit-wall of China, as the Jeso-horizon of London, 40e N., as England's 1581 Receipt of Exchequer, and take out Yedo copy of standard Pigmeter weights' for regional exemplification, under ' your red moon' disc mark—of the Menan-cab° empire of the Arro Isles, Borneo, on Q. Eliz. and J. I.'s Ennaam to Sicily's s. font in alto skyset link, (as between Man and God) its Serpentine ::.. • fly audits.' Explain to the Tycoon's Free-haired tailmen as of Our fathers, That this results from my sole Macao charge, on Holy Alliance Abolition of Christian t clubs, 29th August, 1825, by 11 G. in. c 53—founded on 14 G. m.. c 83, 1774. 0 for the one meter-rod, by 5-6 W. 4, c. 63, as Earth's empyreal spirit-°-level—restored 1824, suspended one year to kill off the life and death 1815 justice-men' for 6 Jan. '26 Romish motu—so cause of 12th Leo's white Mitre' being set to all Criminal law exchequer deeds (by reason of yr-1246 grant for an Abbot's mitre—as precedent—for 1604's Paduan canon '5B for a parish Gown' from the Tuthill-fair rates for the 2 Wardens' daysman-investiture), over which, if not removed I will sign for the people's rights, without work house Ruff-ctian cropping of 1842's bald pated Chinese Tartar shaved, Jesu mark of Macartney's '92 /word, CAR, and en-harness foist—for a 1-papal British government mis rule by confusion—as seen, in Pekin summer palace. ea- The suspended 1824 Act-- became re-incorporated in 1835—and writer its State,!.wall trustee under 1837-43, for the lineal spirit-level inter-Q.-national oathing for all offices, without sect creeds idea—on Staff inset-poy'ze sight. Titus on water trespass,' YEH'S ask of Lisbon's. Macr Co.'s governor in 1857—(50 ?of the Romish Pa us) 1826, who was England's 1594 Stil-laird of N. Guinea 1716 an Kings Gerefa Judge River Conservator, on Brazil -marshal i al G. Ha fin g Beresford's Baton ♦ rouge submission to mond's flag-lieutenant II Montague A c keri A ez d a m w _ as fo r r ac in typic court the Red-man tycoon Imperator, in the hrt's in Q. Ann's Bnty office, Westminster, 1841 act. Your Philipii 11. MISSION was to 9.• unite the treaty 'AD.' 1664, with Anglvnutch executive of Holland, and marshes as of Leicester's create 1560-85 so Cromwell and Louis XIT., 1655, affirmed by Parliament, of 16 Car. 11., re-embody'd on Phillipine-islea 6 & 6 native jury-1764-Scholastic teaching the Red indians by Act of 1832 for making N. W. America Behring's land-guarantee of Dutch-loan extends to New foundland-1820 as Crown colony Antipodean to N. Zealand, Siam, and its Ceylon trop'O.rctic ffword dexpendencies, bar ing the Belge-jesu re. statue d Pedro r. at Rio Jan. '62. You'll now see into the May 14 Bar'ing-visit (leading by Labuan Macdonald, to the son ASHBURTON treaty) of my state-associate — and afterwards to Northumberland-house to pass before the Supreme Indian portraiture of Joseph Brant, (Stamp Act SagOmoth Chief of 1774-'93 of Anglo- Chinese America, west to east), uncle and predecessor of the now Siderial-crown Income-tax Freeman herein Basqu eta' d as P. Niel'warr, one of y our race under the ' ligne thee for Washington § Texas—extradition act, 1843—its alien's having no French white' flag for their Co-chin Le .13u4s nnam assumption ' vers l'annee 1821 Colberti-restaurate , ' on my bleximicmac Brazil-Canton sponsorship '25. Br letter, save disproved acts, Yo are of the out'd-1586 Dairy-soma or high Sinto Papists, separated from the state B-kub'ship- coroner t so, not of the peoples 'arats-mai yitr pole Zenith Court, of elect Tycone over the provincial Dia and district Sio-mi- b. If so ? Rip' or Ratify by meter oath for Angl°China—as East-Searehmen on the water flaglimit by the high contracting parties,' April 7, 1862—W. -H. Seward & R. Pemell, City ninname LYONS ; Amer. Ind. Co'mission'rs by Art, 1, rule 2 ' within the territorial waters of the other (L'ailtre neutre) party'—in Carib's right of search ' mother earth's legistatrices by Brant Peter.§ Know I That by 28 H. 111., as Pekin, the W.mineter tidal octagon tower flag of Parliament 1265, when sitting at the Xi Aid 'Apt-ery house, was of Red Sarsinet, with a Gold Dragon 4 Tetra-conic—thus the Portugue-papal Tartar change of your National-river Red flag disc-.c by the Macao'd Chancery Rips (1594-1618), under the Ru/Scot Dutch Japanese treaty with China Oct. 1663 to Feb. 1664, —signed by Tycoon, for BORT & Does, whereby a White, flag with red moon was set as the gaduch'y Mexi-Anahuaq' emblem, over your Tail-hut'd embassy in London. - Une verge qui (fit Armer la race-rouge ai grande Pour la lui civique § ), pese avec Fierte I • Oa l'on voit que jamais I'ENGLAND' ne marchande Quand it faut par la mer leer dormer Libert4 . . ÷-i• • • • N. ] II CHARLES ACKERLEY, Is. • • 1-2 W. iv., No. 54, Chamberlayne' Die-sworn. Pp-. • PETER BASQUET, Income-tax chief (1842, unpaid.§ c 1 . • China Rufwall circuit horizon of—. London, May 29, - .74 1 14 1862), its Montezuma-Texas-peace Red Flag. So Paris ' White ship' in red flag, 1189—gelgre-vocmt Natfateren-to skiff' Het /chip stlylt reel, het is ras in seylen, —item, het is een klock- ship in failen'—by CapeTi'awl. t By 7.25 Hen. 111. the Purser discargo-rer' or steward is deputy-juror for Neighbours to the fact,' under Shipping Act aid'onus, to avoid Ty-cone Coroner's sequestration in log default on deaths or Offences to the Person by the 1842 British Emigra triad-sesu Soc:, ' Belly-skin Vac-sign marks 's. A. c.' of Sandwich Isles, Australia, California, and Peru .. hut-poll-tail-tax, by Spanish goldfinders. (See 7he Sun of April 19, 28, and May 16.) T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. J B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. After which, at half-past 7, will be performed (135th time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Spanish Ballet entitled LA. CONTRA BANDISTA. Senora Perea Nena, Senor Ricardo. and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. 114 , OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, -Lc Sole Lessee and Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. 168th Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day." THIS EVENING, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Waiter Lacy, Addison, Charles P. Geo. Melville, and Edmund Falcon Mrs. D. Bowers, Miss ClFalcons 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 Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager —Mr. F. B. Chatterton. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Hr A. Harris. T HIS EVENING, THE RENDEZVOUS. M essrs. Higgie, Meadows, &c., and Mies Maria Harris. After which, at a quarter to Eight, HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. C. Kean ; Gertrude, Mrs. C. Kean. Commence at 7. No half-price. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL- Sole 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 Boucicault, Emery, Jamison, Billington, P. Bedford, Philips, Stephenson, Powell, Romer; Alre. Billing - ton, Mrs. H. Mar ston, Miss Latimer, and Miss Denvil. Commence at 7. A NTERB UR Y HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. The miraculous STECKEL at a quarter to 11. _ . Grand Self4ctronetrOn " Lucrezia Borgia," by Miss Rns sell, with Band and full Chorus, conductcd by Mr. Jongh mans. Great success of UNSWORTII, in his celebrated Stump Speech " Or an other man " • the original), and EUGENE, in his P.orlesque y Singing and Dancing, at Ten o'clock. JOI; BROWN, the renowned American Prize Jig Dancer, f or . a few weeks only. Also the following Comic f avour ites -3 , 1" r. Randall, Mr. 1 10 )1inesworth, Mr. J. G. Forde, and Miss Caroline Parkes in her new entertainment. doMessrs. Morton and Stanley beg to inform visitors to Lon- Gs wet yreienge:he Exhibition that the GALLERY of PAINT _ he Open, free. between the hours of Twelve and on and after Monday. ri HE O XFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET.- z EverY Evening.—llENßl and PFAU on the Flying Trapeze (last two and The unrivalled Ethiopian Come dians, Burnsey and N eweonsb's Minstrels, and Unsworth and Eugene, in addition to a host of comic talent—Operatic Selec• tion s and the cantata ot ‘. MAY DAY" (by G. A. Macfarren) and the "Jolly Beggars" Ty G. Linley), supported by the entire company, i i -ne • u ding liss Busse , Mfilme. Enderssohn, Messrs. Morley, Greene, and ' as Band and Chorus. Musical Director, Mr. P. Jonp,hraan„ Is, , , Balcony and Stalls I • Private Boxes, 108. 6d. II all, 611; S. IVOODIN'S CABINET ----- C_U p ß o p y : • SITIES — NewIy Polished and Ite_i ofih ed GR A P IBC 1 - 1 ALL, King William-steet pt Saturday), The scenic TO-NIGHT, and every Evening, at e i ght (x eharing-cross, 17 and under with new characters, music, songs, and dan ee ee s amphitheatre, illustrations and effects, entirely new, painte . d , amp the direction of Mr. William Callcott . Mornin Saturday, May 31, at 3. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2a 5 erf °". ance 15 ' 130 x-office open from eleven to five. Mr. Viroodin as Mr. Sothern, _of th , !__Elay , m , Lrket, v., celebrated character Evening. of "Lord vunureary, bio m i n - " , hib -g and 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 Sun newspaper, and the outstanding debts due in respect thereof. H 9rx) ,-, • gtp. 1 1 . • 1/ 0 S • N Atte , ' • '• •i• THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1862. The Commissioners on National Defences have at length issued their Report on the proposed system for the fortifications at Spithead. Remembering— as who can fail to remember it just now P '— the ma lion set down upon the papers of the Commons by Mr. STANSFELD for a day as yet unnamed, this Report of the National Defence Commissioners will be looked to by every one with lively interest. For it is precisely upon the maintenance or the abandonment of this scheme of South Coast Forti fications that the whole of our problematic financial difficulty may be said (at least in a very great mea sure) to depend. The alternative of Surplus or Deficit, we might assert without extravagance, oscillates at that extreme point of Spithead ! It will be observed that the Report of the Com missioners has been subdivided by them into exactly two dozen sectional paragraphs. These reach their climax in the twenty fourth, which runs, in point of fact, in the manner following :—" The fore going considerations lead us to the conclusion that fortification is a necessary element in any arrange ment for our permanent security, and that the con struction of forts at Spithead is essential for the pro tection of that anchorage. In proportion to the development of the power of artillery, the value of the forts will be increased, and the space to be de fended by floating batteries diminished, But, tiowrthsatis ever that space may be, the supp ort necessary to give the defence a superiority over the attack. We therefore adhere to the opinion expressed in our report of the 26th of February, 1861, appended hereto, that the combined system of forts and floating batteries therein recommended will be not only the most economical, but the only really efficient mode of providing for the defence of Spithead." So that—resolute persistence in the scheme originally projected a whole year and a quar ter since, the Commissioners may be said distinctly to pledge themselves, and with themselves, of course, the Government. Let it be once formally decided that the project sketched out on the 26th of February, 1861—a project now delibe rately endorsed under date the 20th May, 1862, by the whole eleven Commissioners, to wit— HARRY D. JONES, Lieutenant-General, GEORGE ELLIOT, Roar-Admiral, F. ABBOTT, Maj or-General A. COOPER KEY, Captain, R.N., J. H. LEFROY, Colonel, R.A., JAMES FERGUSSON, members of the Royal Commission; and Rim. COLLINSON, Cap tain, R.N., J. ST. GEORGE, Colonel, R.A., W 32. S. WISEMAN, Captain, R.N., H. D. HARNESS, Colonel, R.E., associated members; with Wm. F. DRUM MOND JERTOIS, Lieutenant-Colonel, R.E., and As sistant 1.G.F., Secretary. Let the project proposed in the February of 1861, and now in the May of 1862 confirmed as the most advisable among them all, be but once fairly entered upon—and all the rest follows by a sort of necessity. More, far more, will be involved in such a decision as that, than the mere covert insertion of what is familiarly spoken of as the small end of the wedge. A metaphor that which necessitates a succession of blows, more or less violent, with a view to driving the said wedge—slowly or swiftly, as the case may be—home ! Whereas, in the in stance immediately before us, the sequel would work itself out naturally and necessarily. Let Parliament, in obedience to the recommen dati©n of her MAJESTY'S Ministers (themselves acting under the earnest and deliberate advice of the Royal Commissioners) once distinctly re solve upon the carrying out this gigantic scheme of land fortifications and floating batteries together, and the expenditure will increase and increase upon our hands as inexorably and un avoidably as by the principle of gravitation. It is in consideration of this that compels us all alike to recognise the perfect opportuneness of Mr. STANSFELD'S motion, and of the searching discussion that must arise out of it, and out of the two important amendments appended to it— the amendment, first of all, of Mr. HORSMAN, and, secondly, the amendment of Lord ROBERT MON TAGU—the former of these so outspoken, the latter so oddly enigmatical; the first such a direct home thrust, the second such a dazzling, but apparently idle, and, to all appearance, perfectly harmless flourish of a buttonless foil ! Of course—if the Commissioners can be proved to be arguing upon sound premises, the Cabinet and the Com mons have no alternative whatever. Cost what it may—what must be must—in regard to the adequate defence of the nation. Even though it should necessitate the indefinite continuance for years of the dreaded and detested income tax; even though it should cause all hope of any considerable surplus in the next half-dozen Budgets to fade away in perspective before our keen and eager anticipa tion—England must at all cost be placed as speedily as possible, and as securely as pos sible, in a proper state of defence. The question still remains, however, as to the best way in which this should be done. Shall it be done by enormous floating batteries in combination with gigantic stone fortifications P Lord PALMERSTON answers decidedly in the affir mative. His colleagues go with him, even his re luctant and agonised Chancellor of the Exchequer. The royal commissioners deliberate and report upon the matter, and confirm the Administration in its expensive resolve, In simple and honest truth, however, we cannot but protest that we ourselves remain altogether unsatisfied as to any such neces sity. Demonstrate that it is " a necessity" at the same time, and we will no longer demur. As it is the Commissioners have wholly failed to convince us by their Report. The only decision of theirs that we can really go heart and soul with them in, as thoroughly rational and perfectly national, or patriotic into the bar gain, is—the Twenty-Third. Where their Com missionerships declare—as certainly becomes them in their capacity as Britons, while it peculiarly and especially befits them in their character as the " beloved" and chosen advisers of the Sovereign— that " In any general system of defence that can be proposed, the Navy, whether it be of iron or of wood, must be, beyond all question, the arm on which the country must mainly depend, whether for the purpose of protecting our commerce, of offensive operations against the enemy, or of opposing a descent upon our shores." Here the Commissioners add, however, immediately, "But, if the naval resources of Great Britain are to be applied to the best effect, our defensive arrangements should be such as to require that the number of ships and sailors fettered to our ports should be as few as Possible. Any means that can be adopted to re duce the number of vessels and seamen required for the defence of our arsenals is an addition to our nav al Power. Fortifications at once increase both our offensive and defensive power; for, by their aid in the defence of our bases of operations at Portsmouth and elsewhere, we are enabled to apply greatest amount mot suoeffbenasmi our naval m ean , • v a e n p n o e w r e a r s to eg a e ff i o n r e d t t t h h e e enemy, and of defensive Power for the general pro testion of the kingdom; abtters at present s t an d i n E. nreopnoDrt of ! C th er e t cm ai o nly y thi s . m i t i i e s e € :e n n o e t r " e e m A o n n d s t r e a s t e matters respect to the state of ou r D efences, on the one hand, and of our Finances, on th e other, we do cer tainly hope and pray with all imaginable fervour that, while they are about it, the Comm ons will think twice before finally committing themselves to this enormously expensive scheme of Stone Forti fication. It is manifestly a hobby of our noble and veteran Premier's, to begin with. Let us see that it don't run away with him—and with us also So far, in this crisis of the prevailing anxiety about it, in these last moments of deliberation as to the alternative whether the scheme under notice is really " to be or not to b e" --111 r.STANsFELD's motion, with Mr. HORSMAN'S amendment upon it, and Lord ROBERT MONTAGU'S to boot, will follow oppor tunely enough hard upon the heels of the Commis hays just Come forward- • goners, 110 W that they ~„, 611 -- IHE SUN, LONDON, TriaRSDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 18621 M••••••••••• 11. their report upon that core of the whole of our tin_ —the m pr e o d j i e a e t t e o fi f n o a u n r cia c l o d a i s ffi t c E ul o t r y ti , fi , c t a h t a i t is to m ons,be c g o ia e n ' i ' ng at Spithead! For the scheme has clearly this pecu liarity about it. Decide upon one, and others will follow to a number as indefinite and alarming as the Shadow-Kings seen in the witch-glass by MACBETH. The first stone fort erected according to this plan anywhere a l o ng our coasts—say at Spithead—will be like a stone dropped into water: circle upon circle, forti fication upon fortification will widen out from it. For all which JOHN BULL will have to pay the piper—out of a yearly £5,000,000 or 810,000,000 income tax. Wherefore it clearly behoves the old gentleman to be exceedingly careful just now as to what it is he is really about. One way or another the Commons will have an opportunity of deciding this momentous question upon the occasion of the motion to be brought before it by the hon. member for Halifax. After looking through the long series of papers on the Mexican affair, we have nothing to blame out Government for but commencing the undertak ing at all. The papers do but confirm the original impressions we received from public facts, and which we have so recently expressed, that England entered on the undertaking in perfect good faith, and with no reserved thought whatever; that Spain thought to outwit both her allies by anticipating both on the scene of action, and calling forth a Mexican demonstration in her favour; and that France had also her own object, which is now de veloping itself. The excuse made at Madrid for Spain's so obviously attempting to repeat the part she played at St. Domingo is altogether nugatory —it is "distance from the scene of action." We fear that the true explanation of the present virtue of Spain is that "the grapes are sour." Our con temporary, the Scotenzan,makes a statement which, assuming its correctness, explains everything on the part of Spain; it says that " the Spanish General PRIM (who is either brother-in-law or son-in-law of DOBLADO) was sent to Mexico with the design, on the part not only of himself bat of the Spanish Government, to be set up as President; and once in that position he was to pave the way, as oppor tunities might serve, for the advent of a Spanish Prince. Tkis design became known to the French, and was openly charged against PRIM at a Coun cil, and an intimation made that France would act independently of Spain, though she had no objection to have the aid of Spanish forces in so acting. General PRIM, not denying the charge, assumed indignation, and withdrew his forces." On the other hand, France early began to put forth such extravagant claims to pecuniary compen sations as seemed designed to be the forerunners of disagreement and rupture; but all was brought to a crisis by the French permittin g General ALMONTE, and other known reactionaries, who had been banished the country, to land under French pro tection, and even to advance with the French into the interior, there to plot with the resident oppo• nents of the existing Government at their leisure. That this should be followed by petty hostilities on the part of JUAREZ and his Government was but a. natural consequence ; and equally natural that France, being on the watch for such an opportu nity, should make it a pretext for declaring war against the JUAREZ Government. France had ap parently been really induced to believe the repre sentations of ALMONTE and the other fugitives, that the Austrian Archduke MAximmart would be welcomed by the Mexicans as , a Constitutional Monarch, to terminate the present endless revolu tions, by the peaceful blessings of HAPSBURG rule. The French contrived, therefore, to break up the arrangement for a conference in which all claims were to be arranged, and before it could be held, to place themselves in a position to march on the capital to enable the Mexicans freely to choose their cwn Government when the existing one had been ousted by French arms. This, therefore, is how the quarrel now stands, English and Spanish have withdrawn and watch the doings of France from their own shores. France meantime is marching on the capital, probably by this time she is there. Lord RUSSELL communicates to Mr. WYKE our Government's full approbation of his- breaking off the joint action, when Franc• persisted in provoking civil war in Mexico, by encouraging General ALMONTE and in refusing to treat with the Government of SUAREZ. Lord Rua- SELL, however, asserts that England could have pursued no other course with honour than that of joining in the original expedition, when she had the same claims to make as the other allies had, and that the evils of not uniting at first with the allies would have been greater than the pre sent separation. It seems almost amusing, after all this, to find his Lordship stating that nothing has occurred to "impair the friendly relations" between the Governments of France and England. Nothing certainly to cause a quarrel. France has a right to take her own course with Mexico; only when three persons agree to act together,we should say that the one which separates from the other two is the prima facie offender. Evidently France had a wish from the beginning to attempt setting Mexico right. It is a pity she did not say so, as it might have saved us some useless expense. As to Spain, we cannot pity her; it is but too plain that she would have liked to do what France is doing. We must do the Lords the justice to acknowledge that if two of them, a temporal and a spiritual peer, could be found to utter the most unmitigated bigotry on Tuesday night, all the rest, whether lay or temporal lords, had a word to say in favour of some degree of liberty in subscription. The Bishop of OXFORD'S High Churchism stands to him, in the place of his worthy father's conscience. The con science of the father, by his excessive solicitude to be right, often kept his Parliamentary friends in painful suspense, whether he and the half-dozen who usually voted with him would give their votes to their party or to a scruple. All were certain he would vote as he believed he ought, though they thought he frequently employed weights and scales too delicate for political matters. Of the son, on the contrary, you are quite sure how he will vote, because you know that his Church is his conscience—his Church, unreformed, unmiti gated, with all the beauties of TUDOR and STUART creation, and, indeed, all the ivy and moss which was not scraped off at the Reformation. These are its charm in his oyes. Hence the temper into which the Right Rev. Father in --- threw himself with Lord EBURY'S Bill. It actually had tho audacity to propose some mitigation of the pressure on clerical integrity in the matter of subscription.— some modification of an act certainly worthy of the darkest ages —the Act of Uniformity. We have all of us read enough of history to know that not one of our st an d ard historians now ventures to defend th at monume n t o f b ygone b igotry, indeed, hardly one can b e found who does not implicitly or ex plicitly co ndemn it. O xFono will Never mind—the Bishop of maintain" is a pillar th© ainst all comers ; that it a° With most lib e Church. r -' fault they -41. minded Englishmen, the only would find with L or d E BURY ' S bill wr'' „aid be, that it did not go far enough. The question is simply this —The Act of Uniformity requires of all beneficed clergymen, and many others, not only an engagement to conform to the Prayer•book in their conduct of public wor ship, but a declaration that " nothing in it is contrary to Holy Scripture," and that they give their " unfeigned assent and consent" to everything in it. How much there is in it few of us know. Often as we use its ordinary service, how many of us have ever read all the services for every occa sion, and how many ever thought of examining the theological truth, or even consistency of the parts ? By nearly all, who have so examined, the parts of this compilation of cervices, creeds, catechism, ar ticles, &c., are declared to be many of them contra dictory to each other—and we presume there can be little doubt of the truth of Lord CHATHAM'S dictum uttered in the House of Lords, that "we have a Calvinistic Creed, a Popish Liturgy, end an Arminian clergy." We have all of us the vague impression that the Articles favour the Evangelicals, while the Liturgy is the stronghold of the Ro manizers—an impression justified by the conduct and preaching of both parties. Things being thus, let us, says Lord EBURY, not require all our clergy to declare that they believe all things written in this possibly incongruous col lection of creeds and services—lut us be satisfied with accepting their declaration simply, of confor mity. Let the clergyman merely say that he will use these services, and no other, in his official capa city. This seems a very moderate proposal. How is it met ? That admirable theologian, Lord DUN GANNON, moved the rejection of the bill, in a speech which we searched in vain for arguments. What seemed most like one was a sort of picture of a con gregation listening to a clergyman who declined to express his " unfeigred assent and consent" to all he read to them—hcw then must their faith in him be weakened. But, unfortunately for this argument, if he were not required to express it, his congrega tion could not be aware that he differed from his book—and, still mire unfortunately, as things stand, the preaching of at least three great sects in the Charch the Puseyites, the Evangelicals, and the Broad Church—makes the people think something much worse of them—namely, that they have subscribed to what they do not believe ! So that the question is not whether the congregation shall doubt their believ ing every iota of th, Prayer-book, for they know the contrary, but whether the congregation shall think their clergyman a man who will not only take liberty to doubt and disbelieve many things, but the further and ruch more questionable liberty of signing what he dies not believe. The rest of the Lords and Bishops, although all having something tc say for the " venerable Act,', or for the need of " ctution" in the mode of dealing with it—still felt that something was really needed to make an old Act of the time of the STUARTS square with the irrelligence and the spirit of inquiry of the preseat age. Lords RUSSELL and SHAFTESBURY felt this very strongly, and the son of WILBERFORC E am, the theological Viscount made but sorry figures by their side. For ourselves, the whole subject seems iardly to admit of dispute. To think in the year 1.62 of requiring any educated human being, with I conscience to call his own, to sign to implicit belielin all and everything in an old Book so big, and so of controverted matter as the Prayer-book, setts like an insult to his under standing. When po4tion and emoluments are made to depend on subseiption, as in the case of the Established Church,the demanders of subscription are almost guilty o! subornation to perjury—of subornation of unbeieving subscription they cer tainly are. In the sleepy unexamining times of the Church, so vividly painted by MACAULAY, subscrip tion was done in the lump, and, as a matter of course, like Custom-house oaths. The Revenue Service has, however, abolished its impractic able oaths, and the Church must abolish her im practicable subscri?tions. The Church must rise to the civil standart of morality, or she will make pharisees of the cifilians. It can no longer be en dured that clergynen shall be forbidden to think out of the ruts of the Prayer-book, because they have pledged themielves not only to use it, but to believe it from thefirst to the last sentence. MADAME LIND-GOLDSCHMIDT'S CONCERTS. If it were possible for Exeter Hall to have been fuller than on the occasion of Madame Goldschmidt's last ap pearance there, we should say that the crowd was still greater last night, when Haydn's " Creation" was given for the benefit of Brompton Hospital for Consump tion. "While it is impossible that so faultless a mistress of every point in the art of florid vocalisation can sing the grand airs in the " Creation" otherwise than most perfectly, it is nevertheless true that this oratorio is not calculated, like Handel's "Messiah," for the full development of that particular feature in Ma dame Lind-Goldschmidt's performances which will consti tute her the grandest living exponent of sacred music so long as she shall see fit to sing at all—viz,, the spirit of fervid exhortation or deep devotion which sho infuses into every word conveying the least part of that religion whose principles it is her highest triumph to set forth in her songs. The soprano airs in the " Creation" are for the most part glowing and descriptive rather than religious in cha racter, and require artistic skill snore than depth of feeling to give them due expression ; and thus it is that, missing the inspiration by which Madame Goldschmidt carries heart and judgment alike captive while singing Han del's music, we are necessarily more conscious of the havoc which time has made upon her once peerless voice to an extent for which her absolute mastery of every mechanical difficulty does not always compensate. In the third part, however, where the enunciation of sentiment be comes the task of the treble voice, she was far more herself : the first duet was beautifully sung, but the part of Eve in the second piece, beginning, "Oh, thou for whom I am 1" was a truly glorious effort, exquisite in tenderness, and overflowing with passionate and devoted feeling. It took the audience by storm, and, notwithstanding the previous outburst of admiration for her execution of the favourite airs in the first and second parts, was Madame Goldschmidt's most triumphant success. Mr. Sims Reeves was the tenor of the night, and in the beautiful air, " In native worth," sang in the very best manner, and would have been encored if he had seen fit to respond to the in vitation. Mr. Beletti was as ever careful and effective, and the choruses were of the best quality. LIFE PRESERVED BY A WATCH.—At a meeting of the East Riding Militia, a day or two ago, at Westwood, Beverley, one of the spectators of their evolutions had a marvellous escape from death. A private named Harring ton neglected after loading his rifle to remove his ramrod, and on the firearm being discharged the rod was shot away and struck a man named Bartle. Fortunately the end of the rod came in contact with a double-cased silver watch Bartle had in his waistcoat pocket. The watch was shat tered to atoms, but to the resistance it offered its owner was indebted for the safety of his life, as from the force with which the rod struck him there is no doubt it would have penetrated his body had not the watch warded it off. The rod when picked up was found to have been bent into a zig zag form by the force of the collision. Bartle did not suffer beyond feeling an acute pain in the side for a short period. _Leeds Nercury. RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR PRESTON.—On Mon day morning an accident occurred on the Preston and Wyre Railway by which a tender and two carriages were thrown off the line, and the lives of a large number of passengers were endangered. The 8.30 a.m, express train from Fleet wood to Manchester, due in Preston at 0 o'clock, neared the last named place about that time and when coming round the curve north of Maudland the rod of the self acting points broke, and the engine and carriages, instead of going on to Preston, went towards the Maudland station for a distance of 200 yards. The tender and two of the carriages were thrown off the line by the shock, but fortu nately they suffered little damage, and the passengers also escaped serious injury. The train was a very heavy one, consisting of ten carriages, the passengers being chiefly merchants from Preston and Manchester, who in the sum mer time spend Saturday and Sunday of each week at Fleet wood, Blackpool, and Lytham. A portion of the rails were torn up by the dragging of the carriages. It is fortunate that the train stopped where it did ; a few yards further, and it would have been on the crossing of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, on which a train was due, where a collision would have been inevitable, and a fearful loss of life not improbable. GROUSE PROSPECTS ON THE OCHILS. The accounts of the present prospects of the grouse on the Ochil moorland ranges are anything but cheering. A keeper who has lately traversed some of the best parts, and who has had long experience of the sport in these districts, states for the last 10 years the prospects have not been so bad, as many of the birds are dying of disease. This will tell sadly upon the hatching season, as few of the birds are apparently able to bring out their young. Perhaps the prevalence of the disease at present is owing to the excessive rains in March and April. The early part of last winter was very severe for them, but the month of February, which was mild and open, revived them much, and good hopes were entertained of cheering prospects during the hatching sea son. Owing to the abrupt conclusion of the sport last year, by reason of the weather, a larger number of birds than usual were left on the mcors, but the present epidemic will soon lessen it.—Scotsman. EXTRAORDINARY DEATH FROM OVER-EATING. —An inquest was held before Mr. Bedford, the coroner, at Westminster Hospital, on Tuesday, on the body of a man unknown, who died from the effects of over-eating. From the evidence of Police-constable Gill, 106 A, and others, it appeared that late on - Wednesday night last week the de ceased was observed seated upon the steps of a house in Parliament-street, and from the groaning noise and other sounds he made, attention was called to him. The constable found the poor fellow almost in a senseless condition, rolling his head in a most peculiar manner. With assistance he was conveyed to the Westminster Hospital, where he ex pired a few hours after admission. Deceased never rallied, and no clue to his identity has been obtained since. He had the appearance of a respectable mechanic. A paper was found in his pocket, with the words, written in pencil, " Liptff, Dublin, 46, Pall-mall, and 27, Chesham-place." He was about 35 years of age. Dr. Tanner, the house phy sician of Westminster Hospital, stated that when the de ceased was brought in, efforts were made to remove some thing from the stomach, when it was found that the stomach-pump became choked up .with large pieces of meat. Every effort was made to restore the deceased, but he expired in about two hours. A post-mortem examination had been made, from which it was clearly shown that death had resulted from disease of the heart, caused by the de ceased having eaten a large quantity of pork and fat, which was found in lumps in the stomach. The coroner having remarked upon the singular nature of the case, the jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence. THE GOLD IN NOVA SCOTlA.—Subjoined is an extract from a mercantile letter from Halifax regarding the present state of the gold-fields of Nova Scotia :—" I have to report very favourable accounts from the gold-fields generally. A lead has been discovered on the Carr lot, on the lands of Townsend, and I have no doubt that rich leads run all through these lands. The prospects for new dis coveries and of the localities already discovered continue good. The miners are beg-inning to send gold to market. The new discoveries which are exciting most attention are those at Ehnsdale, on the line of the canal and railroad, and at Nine-mile River, in Hants county. The latter is spoken of as promising great things, and the people in that neigh bourhood are quite confident that this locality will prove very remunerative. The Laurencetown washings look very favourable for the interests of such as are prepared to go into the work in the right way. Tangier, after a long and tedious winter, is looking up. Many who were driven out of their claims by the heavy and continuous rains last fall have resumed work, and many more will join as they have put in their crops. Those who held on during the winter have uniformly done well. Prospecting, since the weather has improved, has been going on with a good deal of spirit. At present there are three crushers at Tangier, a ton of quartz is stated to have been put through one of them, which yielded 3oz. 3dwts. of gold, in addition to 100 dollars worth of specimens taken out of the same lot, making the total yield of gold and specimens 157 dollars for a single ton of quartz." CLERGY RELIEF BlLL,—This Bill of Mr. Bou verie has emerged from the select committee with some alterations, and stands for discussion on the 18th of June. The declaration to be made by a clergyman desirous of being released from his clerical status was originally proposed to be one of " conscientious dissent from the doctrines of the Church ;" it is now proposed that it may state his dissent from the doctrine or the discipline of the Church, or from both. It was provided by the Bill, when introduced, that although released from clerical obligations and deprived of clerical rights, he should not for a year be qualified to sit in the House of Commons; it is now provided that he shall not be qualified to set there at all. THE SEED AND TIIE FRUIT.—A physician, re ferring to the effect of different modes of education, says, of thirty boys who were brought up in contempt of all useful knowledge and occupation, spending their days in reading novels and the lives of pirates and murderers, and their evenings in the streets, at the dramshops, gambling saloons, the circus, and theatre, one was hung for murder at the age of forty-five, ono for robbing the mail, three as pirates, five died in the penitentiary, and seven lived and died as useless vagabonds; three were useful mechanics, and he was igno rant of the fate of the remainder. Of forty boys educated with him by a moral and scientific teacher, under a rigid system of restraint, at the age of fifty-five one was a mem ber of Congress, one a judge of the Circuit Court, three physicians, five lawyers; fourteen were dead, and the re mainder were farmers and mechanics; not one was ever charged with crime, all were respectable, and all but two or three had respectable homes.— Anieriean Paper. CRIEFF.—SHEEP SHEARING.—During the last eight days a large number of sheep have been clipped in this district. All accounts agree that the crop of wool, both as regards quantity and quality, will be the best which has occurred for a long series of years. Ihe stock of wool in the market is nearly exhausted ; but, notwithstanding, it is anticipated that there will be a great reduction in the price of wool this season, owing to the heavy fleeces) com bined with the depressed state of trade in all the manufac turing districts, and the millions of operatives who arc pur chasers of our woollen cloths are unable in a season like this to buy goods when they cannot fond employment. oicotoman. LATEST NEWS. TURIN, MAY 29. A report is current that a royal decree will forth with be issued, ordering the incorporation of the Chasseurs of the Tiber with the regular army. Prince Napoleon has been received with marks of sympathy at Trapani and Calatafima, and has taken his departure for Girgenti. WARSAW, MAY 28. The first meeting of the Municipal Council, under the presidency of the Town President, Von W oyda, took place yesterday. MM. Zamoyski, Schlenker, Lewinski, Zulinski, Kragenski, and Natanson were also present. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY, 10 A.M. The mail steamship Norman, Commander Ladds, from the Cape, St. Helena, and Ascension, is now approaching the port. FRIA' Cr.eSS , S TLIEA7RE. Mr. Charles Kean lLst night appeared in the favourite play "The Corsican Irothers," being the first time he has represented the part sine he retired from the post of lessee. The announcement d the representation drew a very crowded audience, and it is almost needless to say that Mr. Kean went through 'he performance with the greatest effect. The high-born courteous, and vindictive Corsican is raised by Mr. Kean 'ar above the level of ordinary melo drama, and in the thin! act, where he appears as the incar nation of an avenging NemLsis, his stern earnest demea n6ur and concentrated energy, are admirably effective. Every faculty, mental ,nd corporeal, seems strained to the one work of retribution, which, without passion or scruple, he calmly performs as a solemn duty. Mr. Jordan as Chateau-Renaud is a good representative of a professed man-slayer, though he lacks some of the conventional at tributes of the French roué. The fantastic pleasantries and bustle of the masked ball arc managed in the best style. PRINCE ALFRED AND THE CHANNEL FLEET.---A division of the Channel fleet, comprising the Revenge, 90, Captain Fellowes, b e aring the flag of Rear-Ad m i ra l S mar t ; the Trafalgar, 90, Captain Dickson; the Emerald, 51, Cap tain Cumming; the Chanticleer, 17, Captain Stirling ; and the Porpoise, gunboat, arrived off Great Yarmouth on Tuesday, and were still lying yesterday in the roadstead, where they are awaiting the arrival of the St. G eorge , 90, Captain Egerton, having his Royal High ness P r i nce Alf re d, with Major Cowell, &c., on board. The St. George was to sail from Burntisland, near Leith, on Tuesday, and was expected to reach Yarmouth last evening or this (Thursday) morning. Up to yesterday afternoon, however, she had failed to make her appearance. The five vessels now in the roads came to Yarmouth through the Downs. It is quite uncertain how long they will remain in their present anchorage after being jailed by the St. George, the officers of the squadron being themselves in ignorance as to their future movements. Tha ships are at anchor within about a mile and a quarter of the shore, and are objects of much interest to the townspeople and numerous visitors now at Yarmouth, who have pan off in steamers and beach gigs, although the occasional vetness of the weather has some what damped the ardour of excursionists. The arrival of some ships of war at a place like Yarmouth is, of course, quite a godsend to strangers having much time on their hands, and if the squadron remains somo days in the road stead it will doubtless be visited by large numbers of per sons from the surrounding country. REPRESENTATION OF SHREWSBURY.—The writ for the election of a representative in the place of the late Mr. Slaney was received on Tuesday by the Mayor, who has fixe.l the nomination for Saturdaynext. There are three candidates in the field, viz., Mr. Banner Oakeley, conserva tive; Mr. Henry Robertson, liberal; and Mr. Henry Atkins, who, it is understood, is unfettered by party trammels, The two former gentlemen have addressed their respective sup porters, but we have not heard that Mr. Atkins has done so yet. All three are actively canvassing.—Shrewsbury Journal, ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT EASTERN AT NEW YORK. —LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.—The Etna, which arrived off Queenstown at eight o'clock on Tuesday night, has brought intelligence of the safe arrival at New York of the steamship Great Eastern, after a very rapid passage. It will be remembered that the big ship left Milford Haven late at night on the 7th May, and according to the advices by the Etna she reached Now York early ou the morning of the 17th; thus (computing the time of her departure for and arrival at New York) she made the voyage out in nine days and five hours, which is one of the quickest voyages on record. The Great Eastern will leave New York for this port on Saturday next, the 31st instant, and if she makes an equally favourable run home she may be expected in the Mersey on the evening of Monday, the 9th June, or the following morning. We understand that it is the intention of the directors to have her thrown open for vi sitors as soon after her arrival as possible—probably the next day, so that the great numbers who visit this town during Whitsun week may have an opportunity of inspect ing the ship. Some anxiety is felt for two or three New York ships, now considerably overdue, having sailed three months since. One of them, the Mansfield, is classed A 1 for 14 years, and her rates of insurance at Lloyd's advanced yes teat,' to 50 guineas, FRANCE. BOURSE, May 28.—There has been no material change in the tone of the market, and business con tinues very limited, the arrangements for the ap proaching settlement occupyi4the whole attention of speculators. Threes, for the Account, which opened at 701 25c, are now at 70f 30c. Railway Shares quiet, but pretty firm. The market closed as follows :•=• 4t per per Cents 96 85 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 30 New 3 per Cents Do. end month 6O 50 Credit Mobilier..., 823 75 Do, end month 826 25 RAIL' Bank Shares 3135 Credit Fonder 1575 Belgian 41 — Piedmontese Fives 7l 30 Italian Loan 7O 90 Austrian Spanish Threes s2f Home Debt FAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1320 .. 1316 25 Northern .... New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1110 .. 1112 50 Geneva 370 370 Southern Western Eastern .. „ 562 50 .. 563 75 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 596 25 .. 595 THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, WEDNESDAY. The Inman steamer Etna arrived this mornin g She was off Ur) harbour at 8 o'clock last night, bu was detained by fog. She_left New York on the 17th inst. From the army of General M'Clellan the fol lowing is the latest despatch. It is of May 14, from Cumberland, Virginia : " General M'Clellan's head-quarters were esta blished here yesterday, and are now pleasantly located ou the banks of the Pamunkey river. The main body of the army is rapidly concen trating at the point designated by the Commanding General. The quartermaster's and commissary stores are in abundance. The advanced guard of the army, under General Stoneman, still re mains at White House, within sight of the enemy's position. A contraband, who arrived from Richmond yesterday, states that between that city and the Chickahominy river (a distance of some 17 miles) the enemy are encamped in large force, where they expect to await the arrival of the army of the Potomac. As the rebels fall back they drive before them most of the cattle, sheep, and hogs, leaving only such things as they cannot remove. Two ex plosions were heard yesterday in the direction of the Chickahominy, which . ‘a ere supposed to have been caused by the blowing up of the railway bridge." A special correspondent of the World, writing under date of the 13th, from White House, New Kent County, says : " One week ago today the enemy evacuated and retreated from Williamsburg, 35 miles dis tant. From that day the roads have improved rapidly, and can now be no better, but are liable to be worse from incessant travel, if not from bad weather, and even the latter promises to-night. This point is the extreme of our progress. The scarcity of transport and want of provisions may have de layed a more rapid advance. Other things may have caused it. Strategy may have demanded it. But one thing is undeniably true the strength,spirit, and intentions of the rebels were rapidly giving way when they left Williamsburg in such great haste. Now they have had lour days in which to cross the Chickahominy, get ready for a fight, and to-day they show their rear in a saucy and defiant manner. Stoneman pushed ahead with great vigour, but be is too much of a leader to leave a wide gap between himself and the head of the main column for an enemy to introduce himself from either flank." On the 13th the whole army moved an average of 12 miles. It was expected the advance would have reached the Chickahominy. The weather was very warm. The writer adds— " The gunboats have penetrated thus far up the Pamunkey, end as soon as the ruins of the railroad bridge are cleared away they will go up to Hanover, eight miles further, to which point the river is na vigable for vessels drawing nine feet. This is well on the left flank of the enemy, and about 24 miles from Richmond." General M'Clellan has issued the following order : "To THE HON. E. M, STANTON, SECRETARY OF WAR. " CAMP, 19 MILES FROM WILLIAMSBURG, MAY 11. " Without waiting further for official reports, which have not yet reached me, J. wish to bear tes • timony to the splendid conduct of Hooker's and Kearney's Divisions, under command of General Heintzelman, in the battle of Williamsburg. Their bearing was worthy of veterans. Hooker's Division for hours gallantly withstood the attack of greatly superior numbers, with very heavy loss. Kearney's arrived in time to restore the fortunes of the day, and came most gallantly into action. I shall pro bably have occasion to call attention to other com mands, and do not wish to do injustice to them by mentioning them now. If I had had the full infor mation I now have in regard to the troops above named when I first telegraphed, they would have been specially mentioned and commended. I spoke only of what I knew in the time, and I shall rejoice to do full justice to all engaged. " GEO. B. M'CLELLAN, Major-General Commanding." A description of the Galena's passage up the James River appears in the New J ork Herald:— " Gunboat Galena, May 11, 1862. is I suppose by this time you have heard of the Galena leaving Hampton Roads. I was glad of it ; for such a fine ship as this ought not to be kept in such times as these, and the boys were all anxious for a fight. We got under way and left the Roads 15 minutes past seven o'clock on the morning of the Bth, and it was not long before we passed Sewall's.peint, without one shot being fired at us. As we passed Newport's News we were hailed by loud and long cheers from the men of the fort, who them about glad to see us make a move to help their soldiers. But we had onl p passed about 25 minutes when, to our great joy, a battery He gave hove in sight. It was first seen b y the well ex perienced eye of our gallant captain . orders to Lieut. Newman to call all hands to quar ters, which he did in his usual cool way; for he is always cool and brave. This order was promptly obeyed by t h e crew, w ho thought every minut e an hour, so anxious were they to try their skill on the rebels. al le y soon had a chance; for 15 minutes to 10 o'eleck:the ball was opened by our pivot gun for_ ward. Th e shot fell short. The second and thi r d were fi re d ; but there was no reply. We ran in under their gun range, and then they opened on us from six or eight guns ; but all of the shot fell harmless l a gainst our iron sides. I hardly think fly ink fromthervinew w h a t was coming at them. We e our whole battery, and made it pretty warm for them. We sailed back and forward by the fort three or four times, and soon levelled their flag and made it drag ,in the dusts After an action of 40 minutes they ran like' red sharks,' as they always do from the well directed fire of our brave sailors. Not one shot damaged us up to the end of an engagement. " The action at Fort No. 2 commenced about one o'clock, three-quarters of an hour after we had silenced the first battery. In this fort we found a more formidable opponent than the first. It mounted twelve guns, and after an hour and fifteen minutes' bombardment, eleven of them were silenced. The remaining one fought us for an hour afterwards, making this bombardment of two hours and fifteen minutes' duration. The gunboats Aroo stook and Port Royal were with us, but did not take an active part in the engagement, though they did some execution with their long guns. " The rebel gunboats Jamestown and Patrick Henry were lying under the guns of the second fort, but, instead of assisting in its defence, they got up steam and ran away with all speed towards Richmond. Our damage in the engagement was small. One shot struck the Aroostook, and. went through her bulwarks under the hammock nettings. No one was injured. One or two shits struck us but they only left their mark on our iron mail, and glided off. " After passing the second fort we started up the river, but the buoys had been removed, and there we stuck hard and fast, waiting for high tide. The batteries silenced were called the Upper and Lower Shoal Batteries. Great praise is due to Captain Rodgers, First Lieutenant Newman, and Engineer in-Ct.ief Thompson." From Norfolk there is no news of importance. The following is the latest from Fortress Monroe to the 15th : " General Wool also visited Norfolk to-day. All is quiet there. Orders have been issued by General Wool prohibiting the sale or distribution of news papers in Norfolk or the surrounding country; also prohibiting the transportation there of supplies or merchandise of any kind, whether by sutlers or otherwise ; and also prohibiting officers, soldiers, and citizens from visiting the city except on busi ness connected with the troops belonging to the department of Virginia. We understand that the embargo upon travel to Fortress Monroe from Balti more will soon be removed, and free transit to and fro resumed." The following official order has appeared : " WAR BULLETIN. " Washington, May IG. " The skilful and gallant movements of Major- General John E, Wool, and the forces under his command; which resulted in the surrender of Nor folk and the evacuation of strong batteries erected by the rebels of Sewall's Point and Craney Island, and the destruction of the rebel iron-clad steamer Merrimac, are regarded by the President as among the most important successes of the present war. He therefore orders that his thanks, as Commander in-Chief of the Army and Navy, be communicated by the War Department to Major-General John E. Wool and the officers and soldiers of his command, for their gallantry and good conduct in the brilliant operations mentioned. " By order of the President. " Made at the City of Norfolk, on the 11th day of May, 1862. " EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War." The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Gen. Wool to be Major-General of the army. A special despatch to the Tribune from Cairo says :—" The steamer Gladiator, from Pittsburg, has arrived. There was a rumour that General Beauregard had sent a flag of truce to General Halleck, asking an armistice of 10 days. This was subsequently corroborated by deserters, who said the matter was under consideration when the Gladiator left." The Teresa has arrived from China with 380,400 pounds of tea. The Sagittarius, Captain Provo, from London, sailed from Dartmouth on the 6th of August, for Shangha e, and not having since been heard of, is now considered at Lloyd's a lost ship. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Wed nesday, May 28.—Admissions on payment, 2,187; ditto by season tickets, 789 ; total visitors, 2,976. THE SPITHEAD FORTS.—The report of the Com tuirsluner3 uu rfationat Derences, on the quetiou referred to them as to circumstances whether the action between the Merrimac and the Monitor in Hampton Roads were not such as to modify their opinion respecting the adapta bility of forts for the defence of Spithead was issued yes terday. The report goes over a variety of considerations on the question which, say the commissioners, "lead us to the conclusion that fortification is a necessary element in any arrangement for our permanent security, and that the construction of forts at Spithead is essential for the protec tion of that anchorage. In proporvon to the development of the power of artillery the value of the forts will be in creased and the space to be defended ty floating batteries diminished. But whatever the space mey be, the support of forts is necessary to give the defence a superiority over the attack. We therefore adhere to the opSaion expressed in our report of 26th February, 1861, appended hereto, that the combined system of forts and floating batteries therein recommended will bo not only the most economical but the only really efficient mode of providing for the lefence of Spithead." SHOCKING ACCIDENT IN A BREWERY.—Ashock ing accident, attended with fatal results, occurred yesterday morning, at Mr. Roberts's brewery, South-street, treen heys. A young man, named Richard Clements, was engaged in whitewashing the ceiling of one of the u)per rooms. On the floor below a man, named Thompson, vas superintending the hoisting up a number of boxes. Har ing an unusual thumping noise, he was induced to look ul, and, to his horror, perceived that Clements had been caught by the stiaft of the hoist, and was being whirled round by it. The engine was stopped as soon as possible, and the poor fellow was extricated, his head and arms having been beaten to pieces by dashing against the wall. He died be • fore a surgeon could arrive.—Manchester Examiner. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY.—The Special Commission for the trial of the persons accused as the perpetrators of the recent outrages in the counties of Tipperary and Lime rick has been issued from the Hanaper office, but neither the time at which the trials will commence, nor the judges who will preside, are as yet known with certainty. All the twelve judges are named in such commissions, and they, by private arrangement, appoint two of their number. It is considered probable that the du'y will devolve upon Baron Deasy and Judge Fitzgerald. Fifteeß days must elapse between the issuing of the precept to the sheriffs and the opening of the commission, which cannot, therefore, take place before the 12th or 13th of June. Yesterday being the first day of Trinity Term the courts were opened with the usual formalities. In the course of the day a meeting of the benchers was held, at which Mr. O'Connor Morris was appointed Professor of the Law of Real and Personal Property, and Mr. J. A. Byrne Professor of Con stitutional and Criminal Law. Mr. Morris was called to the Bar in 1854, having obtained a certificate of honour of the first class at the Inns of Court in London in 1853, and second class in classics at Oxford in 1844, and a schnlar ship there in IM4. Private letters in London from America speak of the more recent events as favourable to Confederates, and also represent the anti-Northern spirit in the South as more inveterate than ever. The C o nfederates had obviously ceased to have any chance of success in districts within reach of gunboats, and, by retreating in good order to the interior of their own States,where there is no water cat riage, where the roads are bad, and the population hostile to the " invaders," they ado p t the tactics which will best baffle th e i r opponents. Persons who have l a t e l y b een at Rich mond report the population to be as one man in the i r i ntense hoaietr Fr ferocious. It is no gre a t secret t h at M . M erc i er, the French Minister, came aw ay f rom R i c h mon d conv i nce d tst e:l uiof the North, and the women esp ec i a lly as b e i ng ab solutely that the Seceders could only be brcught back into the Union by being reduced to a state of slavery as absolute as that of the blacks. A WELSH TRAGEDY.— About shop About ten days ago the wife of Mr. Ge orge W ard, a printer, in Welchpoo l , Mont gomeryshire, 'Was a rres t e d on the charge of robbing a in that town. The search which the police made at her house resulted in the discovery of a large quantify of stolen property, and further inquiries showed that the robbery of this shop by the prisoner had been con ducted very systematically, and had been carried on for a very long time. The police also took into custody the mother of Mrs. Ward, who was charged with receiving seine of this property knowing it to be stolen. Both pri soners were committed for trial, bail being taken for their appearance. When Mr. Ward was made acquainted with this he became very nervous and very desponding, the shock being very great, inasmuch as he occupies a highly respectable position in the town. On Tuesday the neigh. bourhood in which they lived was aroused by the alarming cries of his niece who lived with them. She ran out into the street imploring assistance, as her uncle and aunt had cut their throats. On the arrival of the neighbours it was found that both.had dreadful wounds in their throats, and the medical men give little hopes of their recovery. It is believed that the man intended to murder his wife and then cut his own throat afterwards. We (Manchester Guardian) believe there is no foundation fur the report connecting the name of Mr, Massey, M.P., with the vacanoy caused at the War -office by the death of Sir Benjamin EaWM r -