The Sun. — London, England, 1862-06-23 00:00:00

TREAT OPAL, DRURY.LANE. Dion Boucicault, Lessee. TO-NIGHT, MONDAY, June 23, 186', the performances will commence at 7, with the SPITALFIELDS WEAVER Mc-;s; s. Atkins, F. Robinson, Sara Stevins. After which, THE COLLEE \I SAWN: Messrs. Dion Boucicault, H. Vandenhoff, F. Robinson ; Madame Celeste, Jessie .11.`Lean, Stevins. To conclude with THE KISS IN THE DARK : Messrs. Atkins, Farrell ; Dirs. G. Jordan. . Box-office open 1 rota 10 to 5. THEATRE-R0 Y AL, HA N i M ARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at Seven MRS. WHITE. Mr. Comp ton, Miss Caroline Hill, Mrs. IS. Fitzwilliam. Alter which, at a quarter to 8, will het erformed (1' 6th time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN Asa ard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Spanish Ballet entitled LA CONTRA he - BANDISTA. Senora Peres Neva, Senor Ricardo, and t Corps do Ballet To conclude with M Y HUSBAND'S GHOST, I, l s OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager —Mr. Edmund Falconer. 189th Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day." THIS EVENING, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneeti Deel sb. 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, poetical, and ballet i n t er lude, entitled KILLARNEY. Miss Anna Whitty and Miss Lydia Thomson. To conclude with the new farce entitled I COULDN'T JIELP 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 8, to commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 tills. Commence a 7 R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING. Viss 3f. Harris. After which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Fabien and Louis de Franchi, Mr. Charles Kean; Messrs. Jordan, Everett, R. Cathcart, Meadows, &c. ; Mesdames Fielding, Chapman, R. Leclercq, Henderson, and N. Chapman. To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Commence at 7. No half-price. NEW THFATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI. Solo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. TO-NIGHT, ICI ON FABLE FRANCAISE : IVlessrs. J. L. Toole, Billington, Emery ; Misses K. Kelly, Laidlaw, K. Bland, and Mrs. H. Marston. To be followed by THE COLLEEN BAWN. Messrs. C. Verner, Emery, Billington, Stephenson. 14.burne, C. J. Smith ;Romer ; Miss Ades Bendette, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. H. Lewis. To conclude with THE SHILLING DAY. Messrs. J. L. Toole, I'. Bedford, Emery, Miss Latimer, Mrs. H. Lewis. Co mence at 7. ---------- RBURY HALL. ANTE STECKEL, Th e Greatest Trapeze Performer in the World, at 10 o'clock. Immense success of the Grand Selection from Donizetti's Opera, " DON SE BASTIEN," (Produced here for the first time in this country). Arranged and conducted by Mr. J ongtmans. Principal Artistes—Miss Kussell and Signor Tivoli. The Great Comic Trio, Eugene, Duley, and Unsworth (the original of the celebrated Stump Speech, " Or any other man Also the following array of Comic Talent, viz.: — E. Marshall (in Paul Pry), J. G. Fordo, A. B. Hollings worth, Miss Georgina Smithson, and Joe Brown, the re nowned Dancer. T H E OXFOR D , 6, OXFORD STREET. The miraculous STECKEL, Champion of the Trapeze, in new and unapproachable feats. Verd 'a "LA TRAVIATA," "IL TROVATORE," " SIMON BOCCANEGRA," ttc. Sre. ; G. Linley's " JOLLY ' BEGGARS ; " G, A. Macfarren's " MAY DAY. " Principal Vocalists Miss Russell, Madame Enderssohn, Messrs. Morley, Greene, and Albert. Full Band and Chorus. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonihmans. Comic—Miss Caroline Parkes, Mr. W. Randall, and those unrivalled Ethiopian Comedians, Ramsey , Newcomb, Little Bob, E ugen n and Unsworth (the original " or any other man"). Admissio, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Shortly will be produced Verdi's Great International Exhibition Cantata. HIGH WATER NVA'iER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TniS DAY. —Morning, 1 lb. 10m.—Afternoon, llh. 41m. r.f -MORROW.-Morniitg, h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. 10m. 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. \ 0.0 !• M A4. I " <Lc . kt,c";fl , ; ( *Y r .— A . THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, JUNI?, 23, 1862 A. week's later news from America leaves M'CLELLAN in the position he retained at what is now to be known as the tattle of Fair Oaks. In deed, the constant rain had so swelled the Chicka hominy that the valley was impassable for troops, and enforced an armistice of many days. During that time he has, however, been making assurance doubly sure, for he has been reinforcing his army by considerable additions, but whether to the extent of 60,000 men, as reported, may be doubted. He has now given us an exact account of his loss in the last bloody battle ; it amounts to 89) killed, 3,627 wounded, and 1,222 missing -6,739 in all. This, therefore, is his least loss. What that of the Confederates was we have no means of knowing accurately. 8,000 was mentioned in a Richmond paper; from the nature of the last day's fight, it having been a battle with the bayonet, it must have been severe. There is no information at all trustworthy of Confederate proceedings. We are left to conjecture whether they will evacuate Richmond, as they have done so many places, before the Federals know anything about it, or whether they will fight to desperation. If the former be their intEntion, the weather has singularly favoured them; since, on account of the swollen state of the River Chicks hominy, which keeps the Federals five of six miles north of the city, they could not pursue them, nor even,know what is going on. We hear no more of the rumour that the Federal gunboats had forced a pas sage before Fort Darling, from which they were; repulsed in the recent attempt. We fear the worst though a fierce attack, repulse, and subsequent evacuation of a place seems to be quite a Confede rate line of things ; yet Richmond, their capital, — with the loss of which they would be far worse off than. I taly without Rome, which he has not yet had_may prove an exception. If they cannot bring up f orces in proportion to the rein forcements Isi`CLELLAN is receiving, of which they are sure to hear, they will probably not fight ; but if any of BEAU REGARD'S army can get ~,„-u by the a • • can adequately a l t o e n l y g route open to it, in time, and they reinforce themselves, they will then tp: battleobably fight may to desperation, and th e locali ty Of b deserve the name of Aceldama. In the West the Federals a pp e ar to be entirely triumphant. BEAUREGARD'S army seems to be melting away , probably from want of the means of support. They have stripped the country, for HALLECK finds the women and children of all classes perishing for want of food, the men having been forced into the army. Money, be says, is use less, food must be sent {hem, and, to the credit of the North, this is being done with the utmost promptitude and generosity, A great number of prisoners have been taken who at first wished to be exchanged, but, on second thoughts, have pre• ferred to take the oath of allegiance to the Federal Government. Perhaps they find they have better commons for carrying a Federal musket. BEAURE GARD'S loses by casualties, prisoners taken, and desertions are estimated at from 20,000 to 30,000. Some of the last arc men of Tennessee and Kentucky, who were being taken south between more trusted regiments. • The naval victory on the Mississippi was com plete, and was followed by the surrender of the ri ver capit a l, and Port of Tennessee, Memphis. But one of the Confederate gunboats got away, and she was being por;ued. We are not told how many vessels the Federals had, but we know from a pre vious account that they Were in a superior condi tion. The rebels had eight. On this occasion we had a little illustration of naval fighting with "Rams." The comman der of the "Rata Fleet" gives us a description of his work. Republicans as the North are, they seem 'to think royalty and prowess go together, for one of these steam rams is named the Queen, another the Monarch. The Queen struck a Confederate boat, and stuck to it some little time, but on drawing out its iron beak the Confederate began to sink. But the Confederates played the same game, and the Queen herself was struck and disabled, though not fatally. The Monarch then went to work, and sunk the boat that struck the Queen. Another boat strikes the Monarch, but the Monarch heeds it not ; on the contrary, her Majesty dashes into and beats in the sides of the Beauregard, who also gets a shot into her boiler from another gunboat. Meantime the Monarch dashes at the Little Rebel, but not having enough head way, pushed the smaller ship before her, the com modore and crew escaping — h o w is not said—in boats, probably. Then the Monarch seeing the Beauregard sinking, and desirous to save a trophy, turns round and tows her into shoal water to cradle herself there. Our Admiralty will surely endea vour to get full particulars of this renovation of the battles of a ntiquity—battles fought with brazen beaks and banks of oars—and now on the Missis sippi with beaks of iron and steam for the motive power. Assuredly, it will not do to build our gun boats and larger ships too fast. Memphis surrendered in better style than New Orleans. There does not seem to have been much cotton burnt, or much if any waste of propeztY and with a little mob resistance, the Federal fla r e was hoisted on the public buildings. The Union ist sentiment was, however, not to be found. The Mississippi may be said to be quite open, for Vicksburg can oppose no resistance to the combined fleets. But the North has still three important seaports to take, Mobile, on the Gulf of Mexico, has had a squadron beleaguering it some time, but is not yet captured nor do we hear that Fort Morgan, which guards the channel has been taken. Savannah, in Georgia, has been left unmolested, even since the fall of Fort Pulaski, its only important defence, but against Charleston a serious move has been made. The Federals have taken possession of islands which command the place, and they will be sure to make an example of the Traitor City, the prime mover in the Rebellion, and the first to fire on the Federal flag and trail it in the dust. The cry in the North is that Charleston must be made like Sodom and Gomorrah ! On the whole, the Federal arms seem to be again everywhere triumphant. BEAUREGARD'S army is dispersing; FREMONT is in hot—too hot—pursuit of JACKSON ; M'CLELLAN is in his position before Richmond, largely reinforced ; and waiting only the falling of the waters ; and it hardly seems probable that the Confederates, who failed to crush a part of his army first, can now crush or resist the whole. To all appearance a battle substantially decisive of the great military campaign must be heard of in a few days. The only alternative sug gested is, that the remains of all the Southern armies should make their way to Texas. This, however, would be useless. The North would never let them rest there ; and woe to the French EMPEROR if he should venture to acknowledge the South, receiving in return its acquiescence in a French protectorate of Mexico. The Cotton Famine increases. In Blackburn alone the number of unemployed now exceeds ten thousand. Of these 1,000 are receiving, certainly, irregular employment just for the time being, at the rate of a shilling a-day from the local board of guardians. Enough, and probably (in:remembrance of their families) but little more than enough, to keep body and soul together. While a solitary thousand out of the ten thousand and upwards thrown out of regular employment by the compul sory closing of the factories in Blackburn and its immediate neighbourhood, are thus humanely kept alive by the care of the guardians of the parish— not less than 9,500, it is calculated, are there abso lutely without any occupation whatever. It will be uuderstood,then, through this single instance of the town of Blackburn, how lamentably true was that remark made the other evening in the House of Commons by the hon. member for Stockport, to the effect that the cotton famine meant in realty a dearth of food—destitution—starvation. And the deplorable results of this lack of the raw material of cotton go on increasing and multiplying. As the summer advances, and the terrible winter sea son comes more distinctly within our ken, at but a very little distance from us, there in perspective— the miserable plight of the poor factory operatives at Blackburn—(fixing our regard for awhile upon the state of things just now visible at Blackburn simply as a case in poin!)—the utterly forlorn con dition of those poor factory operatives at Blackburn appears every day to become more and more piteous, and more and more threatening. To show how seriously beyond the average is the general amount of destitution now Billet ing that particular locality, it will be enough to bear in mind for a moment the afflicting contrast brought to view, upon a comparison of the returns laid before the guardians by the relieving officers of the parish, in the single week but jusj past, and those which were in the same way presented to the guardians for the corresponding week in the last twelvemonth. The week particularized was no other in point of fact than the one ending on last Saturday. During that week more than eleven thousand (11,193) persons had been relieved. A cost being thereby imposed upon the parish of £660 2s. 4d. Whereas in the corresponding week last year the exact number relieved was set down at 2,432 persons—this comparatively moderate ex tent of parochial relief necessitating an outlay of of £132 9s. 4d. It is particularly lamentable to learn, as we do, that out of the eleven thousand and odd who a week ago received aid in kind from the parish authorities at Blackburn, over four thousand of these (4,064) are described in the returns as " ablebodied." Altogether the re , oipients cf parochial relief down at Blackburn are known to have already increased since last year at the rate of more than 600 per cent,—the advance in the mole way in the number of those seeking and obtaining relief this year and last year in the con tiguous districts of Darwin and Oswaldtwistle, showing-an increase at a rate of little more than 100 per cent. „ . haul a single year, remember! a t that on© district of Blackb urn an i ncrease i n t h e amount of the local d estitution of considerably being w i tnessed down in the manufac turing6oo per cent. ! overthat one particular, from that on e isolated illustrati on of the state of imagined h ow it may alarmingbethe consequences tilifgs dniossvtricts, of the cotton famine ha ve become. Besides all th at very serious, how very has been here mentioned in regard to the actual state .of things at this moment down at Blackburn, there is a supplementary intimation yet to be made to the effect that nearly two hundred ( 190 ) more inmates than there were last year aro - now housed in the Blackburn Workhouse. All this while, apart from the energetic efforts made to re lieve the prevailing distress in that locality by the parish guardians, the Relief Committee is hard at work, and that unceasingly, in the same generous endeavour. The members of that benevolent Re lief Committee having within the self-same week, ending last Saturday, distributed there among the carefully-selected recipients of its bounty, among other items, 13,9701b5. of bread. and 13 ; 80011as. of oatmeal. Alas ! that we should have to add, after 1 our previous remarks as to the vretohed condition of that unemployed manufacturing community at Blackburn, ex uno disce omnes. Blackburn is point : and unhappily, ' s to im o, p b ly u ' t wliettlreepmeaot; a et c h a a s n e :a in n average case. If the parish authorities of Blackburn have bad reason to number up during this past week 9,,500 destitute persons looking for prompt aid to their benevolence, the guardians at Preston have numbered up still more within the same interval—they have num bered, in fact, as many as 10,810, who during the past week have received out-door relief at their hands, at a cost of £661 lls. 9d. That, in the midst of so much wretchedness, there should have been no outrages on the part of the suffering population, is, in truth, a noble and affecting indication of their loyalty and of their endurance. Her MAJESTY had reason to to comment in terms of affectionate pity and ad miration —through the speech delivered by her Royal Commissioners at the opening of the present session of Parliament —upon the calm and brave manner in which the inhabitants of the manufacturing en durance met the.evil fate brought upon them by the lack of cotton consequent upon the blockade of the Southern ports of North America. Her MAJESTY will have still greater reason to utter the same comment couched, of course, this time, in language still more emphatically expressive of those feelings of mingled pity and admiration through the medium of the Speech from the Throne with the vicarious delivery of which the Lords and Commons will now very soon be dismissed from their legislative duties. In the presence of this Cotton Famine and of all this consequent destitution among our .English cotton manufacturers, two responsibilities are quite manifestly, and, we hope and believe also quite irresistibly thrust upon the rest of the com munity—not similarly afflicted. First—the re sponsibility, Bo far as may be in any way prat tieable, of affording relief to the increasing multi tude of sufferers. And, secondly, of taking measures, so far, again, as may in any way be practicable, to prevent the recurrence of any like calamity in future among our cotton manufactures. How this is best to be accomplished we all know now perfectly well: namely, by rendering our cotton 1 manufacturers independent of the Southern States of North America for the bulk of the supplies of the raw material annually required to keep the cotton factories of England in full and active operation. "Do you grow your own hemp ?" whimsically asked CJIARLES LAMB, when writing to a corres pondent of his in Australia. "We must grow our own cotton" aught henceforth to be the axiom of our English imcorters of that raw material for the use of our manufacturers. We have certainly a large choice of new cotton-growing countries, ready to hand, for irrigation and planting in our own colonies. Far and wide they lie absolutely at our command—lndia, Ceylon, New Zealand, Jamaica, Guiana, Australasia. All we have to do in this matter is to make a judicious choice, and then at once energetically to commence operations. Everybody, in turn, is still asking, "Is the EMPEROR coming to London to see the Exhi bition ?" Here is Midsummer already past, here is June rapidly hastening to its close, the Parliamen tary session has nearly come to an end, and not a hint yet as to the realisation of what was once in the early spring a very general expectation. It will be remembered, in effect, that the statement of the EMPEROR'S approaching arrival here in Eng land was formally announced but a few months back, in a semi-official communication that bore upon it all the appearance of its perfect authen ticity. A telegram one forenoon was even flashed under the waters of the Channel, mentioning the number of the Imperial ships of war that would be in attendance upon his MAJESTY on his passage' from the shores of France to those of England. NAPOLEON would be accompanied, it was said, by his Imperial Consort, and by their youthful son, the heir apparent to the sceptre of DAGOBERT. Her Majesty the QUEEN, it was understood had placed Buckingham Palace at the command of her imperial guests during their stay. If anything could retard the coming of the latter, it would only be delayed a little while, according to the general impression, until the return of the Prince of WALES from his tour in the Holy Lands. Since then, however, his ROYAL HIGHNESS has returned. But not a sign as yet of the EMPEROR'S advent. His Imperial Highness the Prince NAPO LEON, it is true, is at this moment in London, and on Saturday paid his first visit to the Exhibition building in South Kensington. But, instead of there being any indication of the approaching arri val upon our shores of the EMPEROR and EMPRESS and tho PRINCE IMPERIAL, preparations have for some time been making for another elaborate and systematised tour by NAPOLEON through a part of his dominions hitherto unvisited by him since the date of his accession. The London season is passing by, therefore, rapidly under another manifest disad vantage, and one which, at its outset, was not by any means anticipated. In the unavoidable absence of the QUEEN from the metropolis during the year of the Exhibition, it was confidently expected that our Imperial Ally would for a brief interval again have been the guest of the capital in which both the EMPEROR and EMPRESS, but a very few years back, received so cordial a reception. It is, per haps, not yet too late, however, for the tardy fulfil ment .of our almost abandoned expectations in this matter. The EMPEROR'S coming is still, in other words, a possibility. We can hardly venture to call it any longer, however, a probability. Russia is in a singularly excited state. The pas sive resistance of the Poles excited much sympathy in the capital ; and the suppression of the Univer sity was not in accordance with popular feeling ; but it seems there is a political excitement which will find manifestation; and the CZAR has found him self obliged to put down military Sunday Schools Chess Clubs, and Reading Rooms. - It seems that every kind of meeting, in which intelligent persons can assemble, has become actually dangerous to the Government of St. Petersburg. But the numerous, and, unquestionably, incen diary fires, appear to show that even a humbler stratum of the population is in a state which seeks wild revenge, or in which it takes this violent means to force attention to its wishes. In not fewer than twenty-seven places has the city been on fire in one week, and the public buildings and stores of wuod seem to be special objects of attack. There is a determination to put an end to the old order of things. The serf emancipation has ~ unsettled all classes. The nobles cannot get their rents, as the serfs cannot be moved from the land, 1 yet will not pay for it. The serfs think the full concession of what is promised them iS unreasonably delayed. While all parties rise against the official nobility of Russia, whose corruption-is indeed so notorious—it is fair to add so necessary to their bare subsistence—that they are the objects of universal detestation. What With the deep unquietness at home and the national aspirations of Poland, Russia has not within living memory been in so dangerous a state. The disturb ance at the accession of NICHOLAS was a trifle to the deep unsettlement of all classes throughout the Empire. The Transfer of Land Bill had, we thought, suc cessfully passed its ordeal in the Commons, and overcome the obstruction of the lawyers, a goodly phalanx of whom assembled against it, but such is not the case; another attempt is being made by the lawyers to defeat it, and they are endea vouring privately to influence, we might almost say, coerce, members of the house to oppose it. Previously to Monday last, when it seemed, and we thought that the lawyers' opposition got its coup de grace, the Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom had presented to the house a petition against the bill, containing no less than 86 sections of complaint, not one of which, nor even the whole of them, contains the least ground for ignoring the bill, but merely complaints of minutiae, which, as far as they relate to the clauses which were gone through in the committee of the whole house, were shown to be entirely groundless, with only one or two most trifling exceptions. The Incorporated Law Society, doubtless finding, as is the fact, that the remainder of their objec tions are equally groundless with those which have been disposed of, have now resorted, in their last extremity, to an attempt in which we feel assured they will most signally fail. The Society of the Attorneys, Solicitors, Proctors, and others practis ing in the Courts of Law and Equity of the United Kingdom have now forwarded to each of its members a print of the petition, together with a letter, suggesting the expediency of eutinnuul eating with members of Parliament, and of re questing them to support the petition, and oppose the bill. It is well known that the attorneys and solicitors throughout the kingdom have much influence with the constituencies, as well as personally with the members ; the electors, however, are paramount, and we trust that they will remember at the next opportunity any factious or unreasonable opposition which may be offered to the bill. We have very carefully read and considered the petition, the whole 86 sections of complaint, and have not only found nothing stated to justify the rejection of the bill, but, on the contrary, very much to show the necessity for it; the petitioners themselves must have had grave misgivings on the subject, because, after attacking the bill with six objections, to show that its whole scope and object is injurious and vicious, they conclude with a prayer, not to reject the measure, but that the bill may not be passed as it now stands, and that it may be so amended as to give effect to the recommenda tions of the Registration Commission of 1854, by establishing a registration of titles to land. It may be as well to give an instance or two of the petty peddling exceptions which the petition takes to the bill. One exception is that the bill provides that a title may be registered " subject to a con tingency which has not happened," and that it is therefore implied that a contingency which had happened might still exist as a contingency ; another exception is that the bill provides that a title may be registered, subject to " some uncertainty which cannot be ascertained," and that such means some uncertainty which is ascertained, but the solution of which cannot be ascertained. These exceptions are a fair sample of the whole; indeed, in the petition itself it is ad mitted that some of the complaints are mere verbal criticism. Several of the proposed enactments are complained of as being quite insufficient for the purposes proposed, but on reference to them we find them to be most ample apd carefully prepared. The petition, however, discloSes the 'real cause of the opposition, which is, that the fees and charges, and professional emoluments of the attorneys and solici tors will be greatly reduced by the bill; the question, therefore, is whether the great boon of the bill is to be withheld from the public, because it will re duce the emoluments of the lawyers. As the Solicitor-General said, when by the simple honesty of purpose which he showed, he last Mon day in a committee of the whole house overcame the strong oppositions, some subtle and some open, which were offered, the bill may not be perfect, and may need some amendments by future legislation, but we are satisfied that its principle is correct, and that it will get rid of a great blot in our law, which has been acknowledged by all parties of every political grade, but which no one has had the ability and determination to strike out but the framer of the bill, and we hope he will I succeed in his endeavour. THE IN7EBNATIONAL EXHIBITION. The following is a table of the past week's re. turns:-- Monday ..•••••.• is Od Tuesday. .. is Od Wednesday is Od Thursday Friday 2s 6d Saturday 2s 6d It is expected that the Queen will return to Windsor about the 21st of July.—Court Journal. The wedding of the Princess Alice will be con ducted so privately that there will not even be music ; and the great officers of State will take their departure imme diately after luncheon.--Cour t Journal. The Queen will reside at Windsor at much longer periods than heretofore. Her Majesty has said she shall be more endeared to Windsor than ever.—Court Journal. _ _ The meetings for the present week of scientific societies are :—Tuesday, Zoological, 9, " New Corals, and British Species of Habellum," Mr. Holdsworth. Wednes day, Society of Literature, 41 ; Society of Arts, 4 ; Annual General. Thursday, Philological, 8 ; Horticultural, 1, Rose Show. The Cambridge meeting of the British Associa tion for the Advancement of Science has been postponed until October. Professor Willis will preside, with the Dean of Ely, tho Master of Trinity, the Astronomer Royal, and Professors Sedgwick, Adams, and Stokes as the vice••pre sidents. Dr. Hopkins will act as general secretary and Mr. Spottiswoode as treasurer. The first meeting will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 1. _ _ TIIE MIDDLE LEVEL:DELTIGE.—Not only have the spaces between the walls of the dam ,been filled up, but a very large bank of crunch has been formed against its seaward face, so as to protect it from the utmost influence of the tidal waters, So extensive is this sank that it affords a broad footway across the drain, and it will be further in creased, so as to be a solid defence against which the tide will fall harmlessly. The efficiency of the work has been tried by the tide, and up to the present time it has stood well. THE MOORS AND FORESTS.—Much anxiety was felt during the last fortnight in regard to the state of grouse and other game, owing to the almost continuous rains and the prevalence of Lail showers and cold winds. Since Sa turday, however, gamekeepers and watchers have been out on the greater part of the moors of Perthshire, and all re ports agree in stating that the grouse have not suffered nearly to the extent which was generally anticipated. On the extensive shooting grounds of Breadalbane, the early hatched broods of grouse have suffered but little injury , but the nests newly hatched appear to be weakly. On the range extending from Crieff to Argyllshire, where last sea son upwards of 5,000 braco of grouse were killed, the ac counts are also encouraging. On the north hills of Strath ellen and the moors stretching to the south-west end of the county, the reports are as favourable es could be expected after the incessant rains. The young broods of pheasants, which are the most tender of all the game species, appear to have suffered most from the cold rains, for in a good many eases numbers of the birds have been found dead. Partridges are plentiful in all the districts of the shire, and as the broods were hatched earlier than usual, the birds are now able to withstand unsettled weather. In the forests of Athole, Breadalbane, and GlenartneY, fawning has com• menced ; and this season, as well as last year, an unusual number of the deer have had twins, but a c ontinuance of the present unsettled weather would soon prove injurious to the young fer`wns. The rain yesterday again fell in tor rents the whole day.--. Edinburgh Courant. _LATEST NEWS. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY NIGHT. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Tagus, Captain W. B. Hall, arrived at 9 pan., with mails in charge of Com. Pritchard, R.N„ naval mail agent. She brings 42 passengers (of whom 28 are first class, six second, and eight deck), £3,094 is. 2d. in specie, 598 half-chests and 72 boxes of oranges, 65 boxes of lemons, 155 boxes of eggs, and 6 packages of sundries. This packet left Lisbon on the 17th inst., Oporto on the 18th, and Vigo on the 19th. From Lisbon to Vigo she had strong northerly winds, thence to Ushant fine weather and fresh N.E. to N.W. breezes, and subsequently moderate to N.W. winds and fine weather. On the 20th, at 6 a.m., in lat. 44 N., long. 8.40 W., the Tagus exchanged signals with the Alhambra steamer, steering S.W. PORTUGAL. When the Tagus left Lisbon the House - of Depu ties had voted a great part of the budget, and it was expected the session would close about Satur day, the 21st. It was stated that the bill relating to the dowry, &c., for the King's marriage would be passed before the close of the session; and it was confidently expected that the Princess Maria Pia, daughter of Victor Emmanuel, is to be the future Queen of Portugal, which will be very popular in the country. The French Transport Orenoque left Lisbon with the Sisters of Charity on the 9th, their embarka tion being treated with indifference by the people. The Royal Mail steamer Magdalena arrived at Lisbon on the 15th inst., and sailed for the Brazils the same day. The exchanges for this packet were, at three months, for London, 5311 Paris, 532; Genoa, 524 ; Hamburg, 48 ; Amsterdam, 42.50. Three per Cent. Stock, 46 to 461; Bank of Portugal Shares, 558 to 560; Oporto Bank, 253 to 255. CASSEL, JUNE 23. The Government proclamation, mentioned on the 21st as being in preparation, was issued here yesterday evening. It relates to the re-establish ment of the constitution of 1831 and the electoral law of 1849. FRANCE. BOURSE, rune 21.—The market, which opened at a slight decline on the closing quotations of yes terday, has sinco somewhat recovered, but there is but little improvement visible as regards the amount of business done. For the Account, Threes are now at 68f 35c. Railway Share Market quiet, but with a few exceptions pretty firm. The market closed as follows : 4t per per Cents 96 60 Do. end month 96 95 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 30 New 3 per Cents 68 20 Do. end month 6B 30 Credit Mobilier 846 25 Do. end month 847 50 BAIL' Bank Shares 3180 Credit Fonder 1645 Piedmontese Fives 72 95 Italian Loan 72 80 Roman — Austrian ...... Spanial Threes — Rome Debt vAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1260 .. 1262 50 Northern New, ditto , . 995 .. Lyons and Mediterranean 1092 50 .. 1093 75 Geneva.. 362 50 .. Southern Western Eastern ... , . 552 50 .. 552 50 Sardinian .. 375 .. 377 50 Austrian Low bard DO SHOW AT THE NEW AGRICULTURAL BALL, ISLINGTON. Up to 6 o'clock on Saturday evening the arrivals of the representatives of various distinguished canine breeds had been so numerous that some idea could be formed of the magnitude and singular variety of this exhibition, which has expanded from the num ber of 250 dogs—shown in Birmingham three years since, and then considered an egregious quantity— to upwards of 1,000 dogs of every size, shape, breed, and quality, from the toy Maltese to the great Cuban bloodhound—the tiny worrier of rats to the hunter and puller down of man. The "music" in the hall throughout the day from " Brauts," " Gellerts," " Boxers," "Leos," " Roses," "Tartars," " Vixens," and the like was such as would have driven any poet but Somerville out of his ears. Nor was the day without its incidents, as now and then some mastiff, of panther-like proportions, would slip his collar, and forthwith " Foigh-a-ballagh" was the word, and " Clear the way" the cry, until Mr. Appleby, or some of his 200 "young men from the country," got the honoured brute back again into safe keeping. This was occasionally varied by a fight whenever any two dogs of equal propor tions happened by accident to be half an inch too close to each other, and thus have an opportunity for deciding which was the better dog without the intervention of the judges. There were some remarkable dogs, among which were specially noticeable a black and white foreign boar-hound, a dog to be remembered from Snydera's pictures. He stands mate than a yard high, and would weigh, it is thought, about 200 lb. Near him are two of De Saussy's noble St. Reynard mastiffs, the cry and bowl of which, once heard, will never be forgotten. There is a mastiff of Lord Kingsdown that looks every inch a prize dog; and Leo, an English mas tiff, and Ringwood, a thoroughbred Cuban blood hound, the property of Mr. Boon. Nor should the secretary's dog Yep be passed over as a curiosity. He is a Tartar dog, and "right black through, sir," for his tongue is black:and his throat inside is black. Two Newfoundlands, one of them the property of Mr. Felix, the celebrated cricketer ; three exqui sitely delicate black and tan terriers ; a model ter rier bitch, for proportion, strength, and beauty; a grand upstanding English mastiff, clean and true bred ; a black muzzled mastiff, of fine colour, sitting up in a corner, and looking like the celebrated negro picture "Am I. not a man and brother P"—these, apart from sporting dogs, are the gems of the exhibition. Of course we except the Duke of Beaufort's 40 hounds, which arrived in a carriage drawn by four post horses at a late hour—a noble pack, for which their illustrious owner has declined to receive the prize of a silver cup, inasmuch as so great was their repu tation that other foxhound owners declined to compete with the Badminton kennel. At the re quest of the duke, therefore, the cup stands over as a rrize for next year's show, his Grace only reserving to himself the right of entering the same dogs again. The arrival of the dogs was watched by a numerous crowd with the same animation as attends the anticipated coming of some distin guished guest aat national festival. This was a curi ous sight ; nor was it less so to mark the affectionate parting, and the painful scenes that took place on the various masters leaving their dogs for the five days over which the exhibition is to extend. The injunctions as to feeding were very impressive, and in some instances the excellent character given some dcgs as to temper were singularly in contrast with their askant looks and well armed jaws at the approach of a stranger , At the time of closing, the singers at the Suburban Music Halt in the im mediate vicinity must have Enjoyed a sinecure, for the howling was in full chorus. The decision of the judges will b 2, given this day, immediately after which the exhibition will be opened to the public. At the recent interview of the directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Company with the Viceroy of Egypt, his Highness announced his intention to doublo the fine of railway between Alexandria and Cairo, in order to facilitate the traffic through Egpyt to and from the East. His Highness also stated that he had contracted for the purchase of a number of locomotive engines en the most improved models which h o h ad seen at the I n t e rnational Exhibition. ST. JAII7ES'S THEATRE. THE NEW COMEDY. This now agreeable and popular theatre reopened I on Saturday evening with a new and original comedy, by Mr. Watts Phillips, entitled " His Last Victory," which achieved a complete success. The story, which is laid iu France, and in the present day, turns on the pas3ion with which a young and wea lthy widow—the Countess Reauregard—has inspired both an uncle and nephew, the former a military veteran, General Lacroix, who are mutually ignorant of the fact. The widow, who reciprocates the feelings of the nephew, Felicien Doncet, but finds him apparently indifferent to her, and in order to draw him into a declaration encou rages the attentions of the uncle, till he is urged to this end himself. She is, however, tempted to turn him into ridicule by keeping him on his knees before her till her visitors have entered the room and raised a loud laugh at his expense. Springing to his feet indignantly, the old general resents the insult and quits her house, informing her that he shall live to obtain his revenge. In the second act it is afforded him. The widow has placed herself in the power of a Parisian roue, Baron de Fauconvike, wbo possesses some letters, which he wields as a threat against her in order to compel her to marry him; but her lover, Felicien, discovering it, challenges the Baron, in order to compel him to give them up, which chal lenge, falling into the hands of the uncle, who has by this time learned the state of Felicien's feelings, is delivered by himself instead, and the result is an encounter, ending in the roue's defeat and the re covery of the needed documents. If there was no particular novelty or strength in these positions, they afforded abundant scope for acting, and were very well sustained both by Miss Herbert as the Countess and Mr. G. Vining as the General ; the ladylike bearing of the one, and the military bluffness of the other contrasting very happily in their several scenes. The General's servant, Sergeant Pons, was also very well played by Mr. Belmore—an artist in everything he does — and the Parisian roue, gambler, and dead-shot, a sort of chateau Renaud, was very effectively sus tamed by Mr. Charles, who is rapidly advancing as one of our young gentlemanly comedians. Mr. Ashley was also amusing as an astrologist, Mr. Copernicus Kopp. The great merit of this comedy, however, is its thoughtful and brilliant dialogue, Mr. Watts Phillips's great distinction among his brethren at present, which tended not a little to ensure its entire success. At the fall of the curtain he was loudly called for, as well as Miss Herbert and Mr. Vining. We must not omit that the comedy is very charmingly placed on the stage. The house was crowded to the roof, 7HE HANDEL FESTIVAL. Although the commencement of this great musical fes tival is s3t for to-day, the performances on Saturday must be considered to be the actual beginning, for assuredly a more magnificent "rehearsal" never took place, the more so as upwards of 20,000 persons were present. In a musi cal point of view, the term rehearsal cannot be applied to the performances of Saturday. A rehearsal is a private preparation for a public performance, not the public per formance itself. The chorus and the instrumental orchestra, the individual singers and players—are mus tered under the standard of their chief, are arranged in their proper places, go through privately what they are afterwards to go through publicly, every error being vigilantly observed and corrected by careful repeti tion, till the requisite precision is obtained. But this is a thing which cannot be dons in presence of a crowd of audi tors and spectators. Let the: ebe ever so many mistakes, they must, unless they are so great as to amount to a posi tive standstill, be quietly passed over, and the so-called rehearsal becomes nothing more than an imperfect perfor mance. Nobody knows this better than the able conductor, Mr. Costa, who, it is well known, makes a point of his rehearsals being private in every case in which he is con ceited, save only the Handel Festival. To have arehearsal, with 4,000 performers, at the Crystal Palace, was perhaps impossible, or at any rate would have involved a heavy expense, while a nominal rehearsal would produce a large amount of profit; a hile it so happened that many of the pieces performed on Saturday, particularly the choruses in " The Messiah," were so familiar to the performers that they stood little in need of rehearsal. Ono advantage cer tainly was gained by the rehearsal of Saturday. The various bodies were " brigaded together," taught to know their places and their neighbours, and formed into an or ganised whole. This musical host was such a one as never was assembled bafore. Not to go back to the " great commemorations of Handel" in the last century, which, though matters of wonder at the time, have now become insignificant, the growth of these armies, in our day, has been enor mous. So recently as 1857 the musical strength at the Crystal Palace was about 2,500; in 1359, about 3,000; in 1862, about four thousand ; and, at the same rate, we may prospectively estimate the assembled host, three years hence, at 5,000, or perhaps a still greater num ber. Whether this accumulation of numbers is a real in crease of strength, is a question into which we shall not now enter. The number just mentioned, of 4,000, includes the chorus only. There is besides an instrumental orchestra nearly 300 strong, in addition to the great organ. The choral voices are drawn, not from London alone, but from all parts of the kingdom ; Birmingham, Norwich. Gloucester, Worcester, Hereford, Leeds, Manchester,' Liverpool, Brad ford, York, Halifax, Huddersfield, and many other places contribute their quotas, and before this day those detached matses have only been twice brought together, at Exeter hall on Friday evening, and on Saturday morning at the Crystal Palace. The readiness with which they seemed to coalesce, and the smoothness with which, on the latter oc casion, they moved together, was really surprising, and gave a striking proof of the high condition which chorus singing has reached in England. We may note for the curious in these matters, that while at the Westminster Abbey Handel Commemoration in 1784, 48 first violins were supported by 21 violoncellos and 15 double basses; and in 1834, at the same place, 40 first vio lins were backed by 18 violoncellos and 18 double basses— an improvement certainly—on Saturday, 98 violins had 75 violoncellos and 75 double basses to give - roundness and depth; while the improvements in bass wind instruments, and their greater relative number, put all comparison as to instrumental effects out of the question. The drums, too, deserve a word. The three large kettle-drums in the centre, under the manipulation of Mr. Chipp, and the immense tambour of Distin, would have delighted the tympanum of the giant composer, could he have obtained them in his time. That Handel was anxious for resonant drums in his own performances of his oratorios, is shown by a curi ous fact lately brought to light—namely, documents, signed by his own hand, acknowledging the loan from the th en Master-General of the OrdnanM, of the " Tower Drums," and entering into engagements far their safe return. These very drums are now preserved at Woolwich. They were taken by the Duke of 'Marlborough at the battle of Mal plaquet, in 1709, and long after Handel's death were in frequent request at festivals and State ceremonials. They were, however, outstripped in size by the " Double Kettle Drums" provided for the Handel Commemoration Festival at Westminster Abbey in 1784, a full description of which is given by Dr. Burney, in his account of the Commemora tion. The dimensions of these are again vastly exceeded by the splendid drums in the present orchestra, by far the largest ever made. The selection on Saturday consisted of the following pieces, beginning and ending with the National Anthem. Chorus : For unto us a child is born, " Messiah ;" chorus, Hallelujah, " Messiah ;" air and chorus, He shall feed his flock—solos by-Madame Sainton Dolby ; Let the bright ser aphim, " Samson," Md lle. Tiet j ens,with tr umpet obligato by Mr. T. ry D d e e n a A O ' adrech toS. Day_m from t ietjens and chorus ; the p assage from Dry theconelduidieing passages . T den's Alexander feast, beginning, Revenge I revenge, '1 imotheus cries—Signor Belletti. The noble and patriotic chorus, Tyrants now no mere shall stand, from " Her cules. Hush, ye pretty warbling choir, " Acis and Ga latea," Madame Leremens Sherrington, admirably ac companied by M. de Folly on the piccolo. This was fol lowed by Mr. Sims Reeves singing Loves in her eyes, from the same serenata. Then, after a pause, in which there seemed to be some slight hitch in the arrangements , came the chorus from " Solomon," May no Rash Intruder ; followed by the chorus from " Acis and Galatea," Wretched Lovers. The first part ended with the air and chorus from Milton's "L'Allegro,", Haste thee, nymph, in which Mr. Weiss led the chorus of laughers in the repeats of the last line. The second part of the Rchearsal contained ten pieces. The chorus from " Deborah," Immortal Lord ; the Israe litish woman's air, So shall the lute, capitally sung by Madame Lemmens-Sherrington. The andsolo ous from " Solomon," M us i c , spread thy vo ice around, o by Madame and airs from the same oratotio, ow . . e Sainfon-Dolby and the choir; with the d e i e ff q o u r e en n:c m ho a rus r es t I.(v, Joshua"), s u h s u i c a )f, thatwas composition. 0 , try, through the h whcaldi-krJwunbald'sesleyrripe who was then splendidly sung by Mdlle. Tietjens , hailed entrance with prolonged plaudits, and honoured with athe an r other burst of enthusiasm before retiring. The trio from " Joshua," intreduced in " Judas Maccabams," See the conquering hero comes, was next sung by Mdlle. Tietjens, Madame Lemmens-Sherrington, and Madame Sainton-Dolby. The single and double chorus took up the jubilant strain, and all three parts were re demanded by acclamation, and sung again. Then the chorus executed, sublimely, the wondrous chain of t choruses from "Israel in 'Egypt," which recount tL• e hailstones, darkness, and plagues sent upon the Egyp• tiara. The duet, The Lord is a man of war, by signor Belletti and Mr. 'Weiss, ended the rehearsed selec tion. At its close the immense auditory stood up uncovered, once again God save the Queen was impressively performed, and the vast assemblage rapidly broke up to disperse them selves amid the sparkling fountains and gay parterres. The rehearsal inspired unanimous confidence in the mu sical success of the Festival, which, there can be little doubt, will far and in every respect excel its predecessor of 1857 and 1859. On Wednesday the miscellaneous perform ance will take place; and on Friday the Festival winds up with the incomparable oratorio of " Israel in Egypt"—the oratorio of the plagues and miracles, the delivery, the Ex-. odus, and the thanksgivings. THE DISINTERMENTS AT SHEFFIELD. The Archbishop of York has written to the Rev. John Livesey, incumbent of St. Philip's, Sheffield, in reference to the charges preferred against the rev, gentleman at a large public meeting in Shef field. The correspondence is as follows—" 43, Upper Grosvenor -street, June 16.—Dear Sir,—You are no doubt aware of the memorial that has been addressed to me, calling upon me to institute an inquiry into your conduct in having been cogni sant of certain malpractices that have take place in the churchyard belonging to the district of St. Philip's, such as the removal of a number of corpses that had not long been buried, and their being flung into a large hole in another part of the ground ; that coffins have been taken out of the graves and broken up, and bodies mutilated or destroyed to make room for new occupants; that bodies have been buried without the performance of the funeral service, and fees received for dead that have never been interred. Before I take any proceedings in this case I think it but fair that should give you the opportunity of offering any explanation you please.—Believe me yours truly, C. T. EBoR." To the above letter Mr. Livesey re plied as follows :—" St. Philip's Parsonage, Shef field, Jnne 17.—My Lord Archbishop,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your grace's letter of yesterday. I was not aware of the me morial referred to. I am obliged by the kindness of affording me an opportunity of explanation. A personal explanation, however, to your Grace would not, I am convinced, meet the exigencies of the case. I therefore confront the allegations of the memorialists by a general and emphatic denial, and earnestly request your grace, in the interests of truth and for the vindication of my character, to issue at once a commission of inquiry.—l have the honour to be, my Lord Archbishop, your Grace's faithful servant, 'JOHN LIVESEY." The Archbishop has now written to the memorialists for specific charges against Mr. Livesey as a neces sary preliminary to a commission of inquiry. IRELAND. DUBLIN, SuNE 21. The Special Commission for Tipperary opened at Clonmel yesterday morning. Thomas Bohan was arraigned, and pleaded "Not guilty." A great number of witnesses having been ex amined on the part of the prisoner Bohan, to prove an alibi and to testify as to his character, and the Solicitor-General having replied, denouncing the defence as a conspiracy, the jury, after a feW minter' deliberation, brought in a verdict of Not Guilty. The result was received with tremendous cheering by the populace. " AT THE LAST." This beautiful poetry appeared originally in the Indepen dent, written upon the passage, "Man goeth forth unto his work, and to his labour, until the evening." The stream is calmest when it nears the tide, And flowers are sweetest at the eventide, And birds most musical at the close of day, And saints divinest when they pass away. Morning is lovely, but a holier charm Lies folded close in Evening's robe of balm; And weary man must ever love her best, For Morning calls to toil, but Night to rest. She comes from Heaven, and on her wings doth bear A holy fragrance, like the breath of prayer ; Footsteps of angels follow in her trace To shut the weary eyes of Day in peace. All things are hushed before her, as she throws O'er earth and sky her mantle of repose: There is a ca►m, a beauty, and a power That Morning knows not in the evening hour. "Until the evening" we must weep and toil, Plough life's stern furrow, dig the weary soil, Tread with sad feet our rough and thorny way, And bear the heat and burden of the day. Oh 1 when our sun is setting may we glide, Like summer evening, down the golden tide, And leave behind us, as we pass away, Sweet, starry twilight round our sleeping clay I SPORTING INTELLIGENCL. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-SUNDAY. For the Northumberland Plate, Paste was steadily sup ported to-day, 6to 1 being taken freely. Knutsford and Cape Flyaway were also firm, although the prices taken did not vary much from yesterday. Brighton was not very much inquired after. 10 to 1 was laid, but afterwards 9to 1 was taken. 100 to 8 was taken about King of Kars. The other business done vas upon outsiders, and not to very large amounts. No other event was speculated upon. Closing prices : . NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. sto 1 agst Paste (taken) 7to 1 agst Knutaford (taken) Bto 1 aget Cape Flyaway (taken) 9to 1 agst Brighton (taken) 10 to 1 agst Wild Rose (offered) 10 to 1 agat Matador (offered) 12 to 1 agst King of Kars (taken) 16 to 1 agat Gardener (taken) 25 to 1 agst Jackal (taken) 25 to 1 eget Joey Jones (taken) 25 to 1 agat Sir William (taken) 33 to 1 agat Welcome (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1862. JUNE. Carlisle Newcastle Hampton Odiham Bibury Club Newton Stockbridge 3 Airdrie Winchester Newmarket Cambridge Worcester Mansfield _ ___ Liverpool Abingdon Pontefract Hungerford . ... *7 Nottingham Southampton 2t Stamford 24 Knutaford Marlborough Goodwood BER. OCTI Edinburgh and L. C.... 1 Bedford Royal Caledonian Hunt and Kelso Newmarket S 0 l3 Perth Gloucester Newmarket II ROkAL LONDON YACHT CLUB. on Satur day concluding regatta of the season came a prize to the first dfoalylo. wi T n h a e p e r l i u ze b s, ha v d iz, o : ff — er F ed or , w th it e h fl it rn s stt u c s i u s a se l , li a b b ff e er in a g lit y y a , ch th t e s exceeding 20 tons, club measurement, 1 0 in money to the boat of the value of theseLoOdiitniopnlstaote,A. Aprizes, c k the ne c a o n rn d m n o ° F r e . valued at £4O first boat and secondad vice-commodore b t ; a and i n a d r (isi e s sr ze s Smith) had jointly g l ivnetshseeilrsoorvdeinr asnead-guopintgo given which had not been launched or £lO 35 second boat, for minute per ton for difference of 50 tons, to a s t themselves, but the aforesaid - vessels to tonnage th a o under g 35 tons three-quarters of a minute per ton. allow" 'Unfortunately the entries for the first-class race did wtroimn,ampirtihzae7eliiryt:tihnhi a n a Y g l y f ae s a a t r a , a t d o i s n a g i according to laws, and the e x t ra match, therefore, w not fillthe only one sailed. This, howev er, repaid those who had regretted the absence of the first-class vessels, as a very fine race ensued. The entries were as follows : Names. Tons. Owners. Eva Pearl Amazon Maid. o'-the-Mist 31 ..... S. P. Mumford, Esq. Mars ...... 39 ........ George Haines, Esq. Oriole -q . Out of these th e Amczon did not start. , The commodore was the officer of the day, and under his direction the yachts started at Erith at Ilh. 57m. The vessels rounded the steamer between Southend and the Chapman, the Mara leading by a minute, and in turning to windward home she rapidly increased her lead upon the Oriole, and, after seine changes, the race concluded as under at Erith:— H.M.S. ..... o EPl‘ll r e;l i aia o rcri l s e ..... " " ;776 14119: 53:00 _essrs. George Peabody and Co., the American house, have given to each of their clerks £1 worth of tickets and three days' holiday, to enable them to visit the Exhibi tion, in addition to the period annually allotted for recrea ion, --~ - UTE StrN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENIKG, JUNE 23, 1862.