The Sun. — London, England, 1862-07-02 00:00:00

THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. I Dion Boucicanit, Lessee. TO-NIGHT, Wednesday, Jul ,. 2, 186?, the performances will commence at 7, with the SPITAL FIELDS WEAVER : M essrs. Atkins, F. Robinson, Sara Stevins. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN : Messrs. Dion Boucicault, H. Vandenhoff, F. Robinson ; Madame Celeste, Jessie M'Lean, Stevins. T o conclude with THE KISS IN THE DART( Messrs. Atkins, Farrell Bars. G. Jordan. -office open from SO to 5. THEATRE -RID Y Al,. HAY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Mr. Compton, Miss Caroline Hill, After which, at a quarter to 8, will be performed (164thlime) ard, Mr. Buck- OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Treneh stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Spanish Ballet entitled Licardoit CONTRA BANDISTA. Senora Peres Nena, Senor R, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with Simc-KENTS. UOY AL LYCEUM THEATRE. -cm) Sole Lessee and M ana ger —Mr. Edmund Falconer. - 197th Night of the c ontinuous run of "Peep o'Day." P O'DAY or, Savourneen Deelish. THIS EVENING. PEE M essr s. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, and Edmund Falco ner : Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston, and Miss M. Hudson. After which, a new musical, pictorial, poetical, and ballet interlude, Lydiaentitled mson KILLARNLY. Miss Anna Whitty and Miss Tho. 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. R Chatterton. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING. Hiss M. 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 THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELP Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, A PRIVATE INQUIRY Messrs. J. L. Toole, Billing,ton ; Miss K. Kelly and Miss K. Bland . To be followed by THE COLLEEN HAWN. Messrs. D. Murray, Emery, D. Fisher, Billington, Stephenson, 8 . 1 J . J. Smith, Romer ; Miss Agnes Burdett , M iss Woolgar, . Killington, and Mrs. H. Lewis. To conclude with THE SHILLING DAY. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Emery, Miss Latimer, Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. C ANTERBURY HALL. STECKEL, The Greatest Trapeze Performer in the World, at 10 o'clock Immense success of the Grand Selection from Donizetti's Opera. " DON StII3ASTIEN," (Produced here for the fir st time in this country). Arranged and conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Principal Artistes —Miss Russell and Signor Tivoli. The Great Comic Trio, Eugene, Duley, and Unsworth (the original of the celebrated Stamp Speech, " Or any other ma n "). Also the following array of Comic Talent, viz. : F. Marshall, J. G. Forde, Hollingsworth, Miss Geor gina Smithson. and Joe Brown, the renowned Dancer. T " OXFO R D, 6, OXFORD STREET. " THE DAUGHTER OF THE ISLES," a Cantata composed by H. LESLIE, Esq., and written by A. MATTIIISEN, Esq., in honour of the Marriage of her Royal Richness the Princess Alice, will be produced THIS EVEN ING, in addttion to the usual entertainments, which include operatic selections by Miss Russell, Madame Enderssohn, Messrs. Morley, Greene, and Albert, with Full Band and Chorus ; the Comic performances of Miss Caroline Parkes and Mr. W. Randall, the Ethiopian oddities of Rumsey, N e wcomb, Little Bob, Eugene , and U nsworth (the original " or any other man"), and the astounding feats of the miraculous tSTECKEL, Champion Trapezist. Admission, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, 15. ; Private :Boxes, 105. 6d. • HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAT.—Morning, sh. Om.—Afternoon, sh. 20m. To-momutovr.-Morning, bh. 40m.—Afternoon, sh. 58m. 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. The Question as it now stands between the pub lic and the Duke of BIICCLEIICH may be very simply stated. An Embankment along the nor thern borders of the Thames from Westminster Bridge to Blackfriars Bridge was resolved upon at the recommendation of a Government Commission. In obedience to the recommendations of that com mission, a Bill for the carrying out of this grand scheme of an Embankment along the northern side of the Thames was formally promoted. The im- provements contemplated by this Bill was incontes tably the grandest of all the improvements designed for the beautification of the metropolis. Upon this noble project in all its details a Committee of the House of Commons has for some time been sitting. The proceedings of that Committee have been conducted of course openly so far as Com mittees go. They have been conducted at any rate not with closed doors. Witnesses have been exa mined. Some of these witnesses have been severely cross-examined by counsel. Thousands of questions have been asked, and more or less directly or evasively answered. Shorthand writers have day after day been in attendance, and as a result of their "pencillings, by the way" the public out of doors have been enabled to obtain a glimmer ing of these proceedings in committee. First of all, piecemeal, throvgh the columns of ourselves, and of our other contemporaries. Lastly, and very re cently, in a complete form in the shape of a sub stantial Blue Book. Before ever this blue book, however, passed through the printer's hand to be come purchaseable by anyone who listed, at so much avoirdupois rumours were afloat at the clubs and in the Parliamentary purlieus down at Westmin. ster—hints, pretty broad hints some of them, were thrown out in the newspapers—" A West Lon• donee among others had taken his pen in hand — it was S. 0. again (as Mr. DICKENS facetiously has it ) showing up another S. 0. B. A noble lord, a mem- ber of the Committee—no other than Lord ROBERT 1 MONTAGM, it will be remembered—eventually the whole affair deliberatly before the House of Commons charging the chai rman of the comm i ttee (h i mse lf a Minister of the Crown), t o wit, Mr. W. COWPER, ' v ery unfairly by his brother w ith having acted committee-men, for inasmuch as he, Mr. COWPER, quoth the noble lord, had been prompting a tall gentleman of the name of &Quills to charge the committee with meanness and subserviency. The cat had slipped out of the bag, 11 - t his matter, it appeared, through the s i m ple accident o f a mis directed envelope. A certa in communicatio n had fallen into the hands of a Mr. HIGGIN S for whom it had never been intended. Instead of going as it ought to have done by rights into the hands of Mr. J. O.—or rather, we should say, into the hands of Mr. SI. HIGGINS, the tall gentleman. The upshot of all this, being_. as must be within the very recent recollection of our readers--that Lord R. MONTAGU'S accusation against Mr. COWPER whirled back awkwardly enough upon his lord ship's own knuckles without touching the right hon. gentleman against whom it had been hurled like a mix-thrown boomerang. The discussions provoked by the noble lord the member for Huntingdonshire, however, are now fortunately and definitively closed. We are to hear no more of those wretched little squabbles, and recriminations, and explanations, all about nothing —all literally beside the question. For— here before us, in a very substantial form indeed, is the official report, in the shape of a very bulky Blue Book, of the whole details of the proceedings , from day to day before the Thames Embankment Committee. The murder is fairly out. It is no longer with rumours or hints that we have to deal, but with facts put upon record and published under authority. 44 0 that mine enemy would write a book !" Here is the very Book produced by a little group of enemies —certainly, at least we may say %hie, those who have distinctly shown themselves ito be not friends of the public at large, but friends .„ •: , :i.i . ,‘ . ..' .. fi -• . .... . I ',R. eVi - ~,,,,,,,,,..z . s „& ?'',. ••••,;:,•• .i ,- ,' . - 4 1 .7 •',' '' . ‘ltoP,`' , . •,•.dff — ... • • ..!.,, •F,7 - ..,; i !,',. ' , ...-. 4 . ** , '''' s: h'• 4 ,1 1 . 4 ' , i ' 40 I; ) ." .„... •-. T ti—.1—j17;;;;;7141:!,,:•,',„,':' 4.1'..., .. ..,,iit•-• .- , 1" — ?7,": R THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1862. rather (at the expense of the public) of his Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH and QUEENSBERRY! Let us give their names at once, they are those of the members of the Thames Embank ment Committee—they are the names espe cially of Sir ,ToEN SHELLEY, and Mr. CRAW FORD, and Mr. GARNETT, and Sir WILLIAM JOLLIFFE, and Lord ROBERT MONTAGU, and Mr. KEB SEYMER, and Lord HARRY VANE. Whether or not, under the guidance of those members of the committee, the interests of the public are to be sac- rificed to the whims and fancies of the Duke of BIICCLEUCH remains a problem yet to be solved The House of Commons will more immediately have an opportunity of solving it. Already they have the facts to go upon, put upon record, and submitted to their scrutiny. Perusing the pages of the Blue Book just published, it is within the capacity of anyone to pronounce whether or no the majority of the committee, in this affair relating to the Duke of BrccLEucn, have been guilty of meanness and subserviency. The facts, as they are now distinctly be 'ore us, are undeniably to the effect that the Thames Embankment is to be very seri ously marred, that the gardens of Montagu House are to be extended and improved * to the advantage, of course, of the Duke of Buc- CLEUCH, and to the detriment of the Public—and at whose cost ? Why, absolutely, in one direction, by spending £300,000 of the public money, and in another direction, by drawing an additional sum of £90,000 sterling from the Treasury ! If any one is incredulous, let him turn to the Blue-book pub lished under authority, as the authentic report of the proceedings of the Committee. Let those who are naturally incredulous upon the matter, who doubt if such things seriously can be, turn to the evidence of one witness alone—the Hon. CHARLES GORE. It will be quite sufficient to do that. The evidence of Mr. GORE alone affords us all the in formation we could possibly need, a great deal more than w e could possibly desire, in respect to these charges of meanness and subser viency. , Whitehall Gardens, more particularly the river frontage of those portions of Whitehall Gardens appertaining to Montagu House, the newly-built town mansion of his Grace the Duke of BuccLEuctr, come, as a matter of course, under the consideration of the committee. Mr. GORE, as an important witness, is under examination. He is asked by Lord HARRY VANE—" Do you consider that the Duke of BUCCLEUCH would be sufficiently compen sated by the land which this bill proposes to give to him ? This bill proposes to give to all the lessees of the Crown certain land, for ornamental purposes, to be added to their gardens." Whereupon thus answers the Hon. CHARLES GORE—" The Duke of BUCCLEUCH represented to me that the amenity of his house would be seriously injured by making a road between him and the river; that he would much rather not have an embankment made, as far as his personal interest was concerned, and that he did not wish an extension of his gar den, and that therefore no extension of his garden would remove the objection which a roadway be tween him and the river would give to him." This, however, is not by any means enough. Following the same witness yet further, in his very notable examination before the committee, any one who ex amines this blue book will come at last to the fol- lowing amazing series of questions and answers between the examining counsel and the Hon. CHARLES GORE :- " Do you mean that the promoters of the bill, or the Metropolitan Board of Works, are to make it, and you to pay the expense ?—That portion in front of the Crown property. " You are prepared to encounter the expense of making it, that is to say ?—Yes. " Have you consulted with the other public de partments with reference to that matter; the Trea sury, for instance P they are your masters.—l named it in a report which I made to the Treasury, object ing to that portion of the plan recommended in the Report of the Royal Commission. " But have the Treasury confirmed your wish to undertake this expense P—l do not apprehend they would make any objection ; they have made none whatever. " But have they signed their approbation P—lt is only necessary, under the Lands Revenue Act, that the Treasury should give their consent when I bring before them estimates for the carrying out of the work. "Have the Treasury taken the preliminary step of entertaining the paying for this Embankment ? —I can only say that I have had communication with thS Chancellor of the Exchequer, under whose notice this subject was brought, and he did not dissent from it as an application of Crown revenues to which the Treasury would object. " Did he signify in any way his assent ; did he approve ?—I only say that it is not the practice of the Treasury, till a distinct estimate is brought before them, to do a work (and this has not arrived at that point which would enable such a proposal to be submitted to the Treasury), to express their assent. " In point of fact, there has been no assent of the Treasury ; that is all I care about P—No dsent, be cause no assent has been required ; but I think that if the principle I proposed had been thought objectionable, during the last six months they would. have signified their dissent. " They have not signified any opinion either way P—They have not expressed any dissent what ever. " Or assent either P—Because their assent is not yet required. "Nor is their dissent, I presume P—l think they would have stopped it in the preliminary state if they had objected to the principle." The fencing of all these queries by the witness cannot but be regarded as in itself most significant. Remembering that it is upon evidence such as this that the majority of the Thames Embankment Committee have acted, who shall have the effron tery to assert that in this transaction relat ing to the Duke of BUCCLEUCH they have not been guilty of the most flagrant meanness and the most pitiable subserviency? Party to proceedings of this kind, however, the Rouse of Commons will not be. It is to the House of Commons that we look in this matter for the tenau ee cins ervation of the public rights and for the main of the public interests—and for both, in this matter , we look to the House of Commons with implicit confidence. The indications • of a - Federal check, presented by t h e news brought by the Persia, are confirmed by h treesceaivsseudmbye a mo re me the N orth American. " The Confederates id:t menacing attitude." They continu e their harassi ng %tu cks on the in vading army, and open fire on the fleet which seeks to reach the city. The PederalB appear, however, al ways to have the a d v „,„ • ...Lage, if; indeed, their object be to have the last shot and not merely to disturb and wear out. Reinforce ments also continue to arrive, which does not look as if the Confederates were short of provisionp, i n which case they would not accumulate more con sumers in the same place. Neither does it look as if evacuation were the ultimate intention. M'CLEL LAN reports " daily skirmishing," and "fire from heavy guns," and shelling," but no harm done, and his own preparations "progressing well." IM'CLEL LAN'S own reports have always been as correct as circumstances permitted, and we may presume, therefore, he feels himself 'strong enough to hold his own, if not strong enough, without reinforce ments, to make the grand attack. The Secretary of War is calling on the Governors for more THE;fSUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1862. HER MAJESTY'S THEAT.RE. , c DON GIOVANNI." The story of " Don Juan" for almost a period of three centuries has been one of the most widely diffused and popular in the whole range of modern fiction. It has not only exhausted in its history every form of dramatic treatment, but it is further distinguished by the fame of having attracted the sympathy and developed the power of the greatest comic and lyric genius which modern ages have produced. Oriental in its origin, it entered and traversed Europe as a ballad of " the jon gleurs,"—rose in Italy as a pantomime, when that :entertainment w as revived as the immediate precursor of the drama—made its first appearance on the stage ,in Spain in the " Burlado de Sevilla" of Tirsa de Moleno—obtained its due expansion at the hands of Moliere, when, in 1666, he produced his " Festin de Pierre" in Paris, and created an uproar among ,he priests only inferior to that subsequently raised by the " Tartuffe"—became afterwards in the same country the grand :exemplar of serious ballets, through the talents of Noverre—and finally reached the height of its fame, when the genius of Mozart de tected in its story the amplest field for musical ex pression, and applied to that end a power which resulted in the greatest triumph that the lyric drama has yet displayed. The cause of the story's attrac tion it certainly is not easy to explain—ualess Don Juan is to be taken as a type of the comparative reaction which grew out of the spirit of chivalry. After woman had been unduly worshipped, she be came to a certain degree despised—the adoration of one age led to the persecution of another. Gal lantry, which in the first instance was a term that meant the protection of the sex, grew at length to imply its conquest—till the rake, instead of the " preux chevalier," became the hero of novel and comedy, and Don Juan was regarded as the arche type of his class. The story, also, it must be re membered, owed a portion of its attraction to its extraordinary romance—to its striking and rapid admixture of the comic, tragic, and supernatural, which at one period of its history had almost seemed to compose the eventful drama of daily life. The genius of Mozart easily detected in such a sub ject the peculiar force as well as variety which were essential to evoke his power. Here he round room to interpret almost every feeling of the human heart, from the deepest and purest filial devotion, down to the most seductive, selfish passion. Here he could contrast the gay and terrible, the rustic and the elegant, the most simple mirth and inno cence with the most courtly grace and splendour, many of the great realities of this life with some of the deepest mysteries of another. Here also, side by side with the jovial daring of his libertine hero, and the retributive terrors of his unearthly visitant, he could paint the humour and misgivings of the world-famous Leporello, that grand type of the stage valet, that human pendulum who, in his vibrations between the interests of his pockets and his bones, presents a picture and a moral, welcome to the laughter of all ages. In his treatment of this great subject only a few of his many superb distinctions need be referred to. In the first place we may remember that with him the voice is always paramount. In order to illustrate human passions he felt that his best instrument was the human organisation. As was said afterwards of Piccini in comparison with Gluck—he placed the statue on the stage, and the pedestal in the orchestra. He did not attempt, as in later times, to subvert this just relation, and make the servant do the work which is only proper to the master. Thus he is eminently vocal—his instrumentation is but an aid to the functions of the voice—is but the imaginative embroidering of the subject vocally illustrated; whilst, to make his work still more dramatic, he concentrates his music in the mouths of his chief characters. He has many arias, and few choruses. Those who are at all acquainted with the progress of the lyric drama, will remember that this rule has been reversed by modern writers. In Verdi especially we have an instance of as much chorus as we have solo. Another distinction of his genius equally rejected in these flays is the gentle ness of its expression. Mozart was in this respect the very opposite of modern writers. The trumpet —their chief resource—was to him a source .of horror. There is an anecdote that when a child he fainted at the sound of one. His whole soul was most affectionate, and naturally found vent in the most tender mani festations. His constant cry as a child became his symbol as a writer. In all his works we detect the utterance of his infant question, " Do you love me?" Simply and grandly as this work was written, it was too majestic and too profound for instantane ous appreciation. Mozart had feared as much, for he confessed that he had composed it to please his friends and not the public. It required a period of thirty years to find its way to Paris (1807), where it was so little understood, that Garat the singer said, "Don Juan is a gentleman who is known everywhere bat at the opera !" It required ten years further to find its way to London, when its extraordinary success, and we are proud to record it, rendered its reputation European. Its production was so decisive as to restore the fortunes of the theatre, and constitute what must always be considered an epoch in our lyric history. A perfect presentment of this master piece we suppose must beviewed as hopeless. Whencan we expect under one roof to see an entirely adequate Giovanni,Leporello, Donna Anna and Zerlina. The nearest approach to its complete treatment which has been given in our time was undoubtedly that at Covent Garden, when Mdlle. Patti last season was associated with Grisi and Rosa Csillag, Faure, Ronconi, Tamberlik, and Formes. However, if excellence was never to be presented but when it could be given in perfection, we fancy the enjoyments of the world would suffer some curtailment. Mr. Mapleson possessed re sources for presenting this opera, in some respects, far beyond any other theatre, and the per formance of last evening was not more demanded by the talent he has so fortunately at command than the desire .of a public so thoroughly able to do it justice. Of the Donna Anna, of Madame Titiens we can do nothing but reiterate our long accustomed eulogies. This was one of the characters in which she most success fully invaded the domain of Grisi, and in which she now must be allowed to excel without the least approach to rivalry. In absolute tragic grandeur —the most lofty and sustained expression of some of the profoundest and purest emotions —by means of a style the most broad and massive—and a voice the most grandly sonorous that has been heard in recent years—the Donna Anna of Madame Titiens exists without a parallel. Her exclamation alone on her recogni tion of her father's murderer—" Oh Dei, quegli e it carnefice del padre mio"—was a burst only pos sible to the highest order of tragic genius—and, coupled with this, her description of the outrage of the libertine, and, still more importantly, her delivery of the noble aria in which it culminates—the " Or sai the Vonore"— in which she adjures her lover to revenge the insult to herself and the crime against her father, were of a character whose lofty vehemence could not possibly be surpassed. The 0 ttavio of Signor Giuglini was another feature of this per formance. No singer in recent years has brought a voice to its lovely music comparable to that of this great favourite—nor so great a depth of feeling—whilst it is to his good taste we owe the enjoyment of the restoration of one of the most exquisite airs of the opera—the " Dalla sua pace," always omitted by Signor Tamberlik. In the delivery of this, as w ell as the " Mio Tesoro," no expression could be more p erfect —and no success more entire. A third feature of th e evening was the Zerlina of Miss Louisa pyne, being her her first appearance at th is theatre, and, if our memory serves us rightly, her first appearance in this character. Her conception of it is so entirely distinct from Mdlle. Patti's, both vocally and dra matically, that it offers no points of co m p arison w ith that of the young favourite, an d may be said to address itself to an entirely d istinct taste. It a i ms neither at the vocal brilliancy o r t h e piquant coquetry of the l atter ; but on th e contrary cheerful utterance which i s impossible to contetn plate without being affect ed by and charmed at a natural tenderness, and innocent troops, and all looks as if the hot weather would be on them before the Federals were able to move on Richmond. Still we must remember that M'CLELLAN is one of the make•sure, Lord CLYDE school. JACKSON appears to be a very able man. After having driven BANKS to Harper's Ferry, alarFned Washington, and compelled M'DOWELL to •remain where he was at Fredericsburg, instead of joining M'CL-ELLAN before Richmond, he had to retreat before the reinforcements of BANKS and the arrival of FREMONT. He did this with such ability as to inflict heavy loss, while retiring, on FREMONT; he went on retreating, and to rejoin, it was thought, the Confederate army at Richmond. Nothing of the sort, however. He only fell back for reinforce ments, and, these obtained, he in turn became the pursuer of FREMONT—re-entered the valley of the Shenandoah, and appears likely to beat FREMONT, BANKS, SHIELDS, and all there opposed to him. This valley is of great importance. Militarily, its possession by the Confederates keeps Washington disquieted, and prevents the different army corps from marching to the South and joining M'CLEL LAN. As a source of supplies, it is the most fertile wheat district in Virginia, and is said to be abun dantly able to supply the whole Northern Confe derate army with food. While the Confaderates are strong there they will not want provisions, at least after harvest has commenced, and they will prevent the full force of the North from being brought to bear on Richmond. Oar readers must keep their eyes on this " valley of the Shenan doah ;" it has much to do with the fate of Rich mond, and with the course the Confederates will take should they have to leave that place. In the west we learn that the Federals think of closing the campaign for the hot weather. BEAU REGARD has still with him, according to Northern accounts, a large army in Mississippi; POPE has given up following him, and the Federals are to be content for the present with the care of Corinth and Memphis, ceasing from aggressive movements dur ing the summer months. The Confederates will therefore have ample time to reorganise themselves in those parts The city of Mobile, situated in its own fine bay on the Gulf of Mexico, and defended by the very strong Fort Morgan, is making a vigorous resistance. The fort at least refuses to yield. The gunboats could doubtless easily pass it into the bay, as they did Forts Philip and Jackson on the Mississippi, but the unprofitable bombard ment of the city would be too bad. The Confede rates are accumulating force there, and the Federals do not appear to have a military force sufficient to hold the place. It is the only place of importance in those parts now left to the Confederates. Like Savannah, however, and Charleston, it does not appear willing to yield easily to Federal demon strations. BUTLER reigns supreme at New Orleans —he hung a man for lowering the Federal flag, and justifies his infamous proclamation. At Memphis too the strongest measures are taken—the press is of course put under supervision, and the sentinels are to shoot persons who molest the Federal flag. The Federals seem to understand how to keep order, as well as Marshal St. ARNAUD did on the 2d of December. The House of Representatives has at last agreed to a bill for confiscating the slaves of rebels. Whether the Senate will assent to it is doubtful. The PRESIDENT, perhaps, will think it useless, for he has told an Emancipation Committee that a pro clamation of emancipation would fail of its object, because the constitution itself cannot be enforced in the South. This is true. Bat it may be doubted whether Mr. LiNcoLN's determined support of the pro-slavery clauses in the constitution at first, is not the reason why the valuable parts of it are not to be enforced now. Now that the South has hun dreds of thousands of men in the field it is useless to proclaim emancipation, nor would the negroes believe the North ; had Mr. LINCOLN begun with attacking the cause of the rebellion, it is doubtful whether the whites dare have left their slaves and united in armies which it taxes all the resources of the North to meet. The public will learn with pleasure that the Royal couple married yesterday are to be domiciled in the native country of the bride. We all remem ber how the departure of the PRINCESS ROYAL, so early in life, to a foreign land, and to a country not very high in the esteem of England, touched every heart with a feeling of sadness. " Poor thing, and so young," was the exclamation we ourselves heard, as her carriage passed along the street, from the lips of rough-looking working men, whom no one would have suspected to be guilty of the senti mental. We believe that a proportionate gratifica tion will be felt by all classes that our next young princess is not to be taken from her home ; and this, indeed, will go far to reconcile us to the choice of a foreigner for the hand of the Princess ALICE. He will be now, to us, an English man, and our beloved SOVEREIGN Will not be deprived of the society of that one of her children who is endeared to her by some peculiarly tender though melancholy reminiscences. We may well believe also, and hope, that the creation from the bosom of her own family of another family circle in this country, with whom our SOVEREIGN will be on an equality of social confidence, will do its part in mitigating the monotony of that sorrow she has so long borne. His Royal Highness Prince Louis will commence the first of that series of Royal fami lies, which, following the example of the family whence they spring, are destined, we trust, to com fort the heart of our widowed QUEEN, and to adorn by their character the highest places in the land. The wedding itself, if a happy occasion, could hardly be one signalized by the usual marks of joy and gladness. The absence of the one who would have given away his daughter—the presence of the one, who in the deepest mourning, attended by her four bereaved children, reminded all that she, who of all spectators would have been most happy, was the most sad—these visible facts could but give their hue to the whole ceremony. Rarely, perhaps, in the thoughts of all the circle admitted to the marriage, and in the minds of all who read of it, have the thoughts of sadness and of joy, of cheer fulness and solemnity—of long and painful separa tion, and of a hoped for long and happy union, been more intermingled. Insensible, indeed, must be the heart which would not be bettered by con templating this touching combination of mar riage and mourning, occurring as it does in that I circle in which we almost instinctively imagine that all is sunshine, unclouded by the cares and troubles of vulgar life. The young couple enter on life with unusual monitions of what life is ; nor can the effect of real court and national mourning fail, for some time, to give its tone to all their habits. Not only mere cold etiquette, but we have little doubt th a t th e i r ow n sentiments also, will , interdi ct to them those assoc i at i ons an d amusemen t s which w ou ld otherwise, and at t h e i r age , b e so natural. Possibly ' however, with the quiet tem there may b e _which propriety will for a time perament which is understoo d to characterise both, nothing like self-denial in the com parative pri vacy r equire of them. It is not •in every case that the usual social consequenta of the Honeymoon are t h os e which the young married couple would them selves prefer; and perhaps le ss so , in proportion to the depth of their mutual attachment. with. It is in this spirit she is able to deepen ' the pathos of the " Batti Batti," and give a more earnest expression to the tender plead ings of the " Vedrai Carino." Her suecess in both cases was decisive, the audience rewarding her exertions with a very general encore. These three features of this performance were quite sufficient to account for the crowded house which it attracted and the very great satisfac tion which it yielded to its audit ors . The Don Giovanni and Leporello of Signors Gassier and Vialetti were also, we are bound to add, very able impersonations ; the chorus and band, we must also sa y, were admirable throughout. OXFORD MUSIC HALL, MR. HENRY LESLIE'S CANTATA. Prim. Mr. Leslie composed this cantata in honour of the mar riage of her Royal Highness the Princess Alice ; and although it had been performed by Mr. Leslie's choir once at the Crystal Palace and once at the Queen's Concert Room, its production at the Oxford Music Hall on the day of the august ceremony was an appropriate and inte resting record of the event. We may assume that our musical readers already know something about this grace ful composition, and that nearly all that is necessary is to record its complete success at the Oxford Music Hall, In deed, at certain portions of the cantata, where the allegory makes pointed allusion to the Royal nuptials, the sympa thies of the audience were awakened to enthusiasm. The cantata has evidently been got up with great care by Mr. Jonghmans, the Oxford " choir" exhibiting its well-trained powers in the concerted music, and the band evincing great delicacy in the accompaniments. The somewhat Mendel sohnian chorus, " Bring ye huge branches from oaks of old England," which brilliantly opens the composition, was sung with force and expression. The succeeding deli ciously flowing air, "The roseate blush of morn," allotted to " The Knight" (the Prince Louis of the allegory) was more especially well sung by Mr. Bervon, considering that gentleman undertook the music at a very short notice, in the absence of Mr. Lawrence from indisposition. Miss Russell (the " Bride" in the cantata) sang the recitative and air, " Wakes the morning from the day spring," with much feeling ; and this lady obtained a rapturous encore in the prayer, "Fount of love, how I adore thee I" in which she fully entered into the devotional spirit of the music, singing throughout with the greatest impressiveness. In immediate contrast with this beautiful composition comes the jubilant chorale, "Let the joy-bells, clear and merry" (announcing the completion of the bridal ceremony), and the paraphrase of a verse in the National Anthem, with which the cantata closes, worked the audience up to positive enthusiasm, which finally merged into calls for Mr. Leslie, for whose absence an apology was made by Mr. Caulfield. The part song, " From your coral chambers speed ye" (a deliciously undulating air) was greatly applauded, and the fine bridal march—a thoroughly martial strain, splendidly dashed off by the band—also narrowly escaped a well-deserved encore. The words of the cantata, by Mr. Arthur Matthison, are far above the average of ordinary libretti. This makes the third cantata which has recently achieved a brilliant suc cess at this music hall, Verdi's International is promised forthwith. E WS. PARIS, JULY 2. The Senate having passed the Budget, the ses sion of the Chambers will close to-day, TURIN, JULY 2. It is stated that Garibaldi will arrive at Naples on Thursday next. MADRID, JULY 1. The statements made in the French Chambers by M. Billault with regard to Mexico have aroused great indignation among the friends of General NEW YORK, JUNE 21. According to news received here the route from Vera Cruz to Orizaba is open, and supplies have been forwarded to the French troops. ALEXANDRIA, JULY 1. Intelligence from the Mauritius states that the cholera still continues tc prevail in the island. FRANCE. BOURSE, July I.—Speculators are occupied with the settlement of their monthly accounts to the ex clusion of any new operations of consequence. The market has been quiet, but rather firmer. Threes, for the Account, are now at 68f 25c. The Railway Share Market rather heavy, The market closed as follows : Bank Shares 3140 Credit Foncier 1640 Piedmontesc Fives 72 Italian Loan 72 Roman Austrian Spanish Threes 6ll Rome Debt PAM Cash. Account. Orleans lOO5 .. 1003 75 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1090 .. 1092 50 Geneva.. 4t per Cents .. 96 60 Do. end month.... 96 60 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 05 [stew 3 per Cents Do. end month — Credit Mobilier 847 50 Do. end month 847 50 BAIL' Southern Western Eastern Sardinian - • • -- Austrian Lowbard THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (Per North American, via Quebec and Londonderry.) NEW YORK, JUNE 21, Morning. An active skirmish has taken place before Rich mond, the Confederates assuming a more menacing attitude. The Confederates opened fire upon the Federal fleet at City Point. The Federals returned the attack, silencing the Confederate batteries. General Buell's army has left for East Tennessee, via Huntsville. General Jackson has a considerable force at Har risonburg and Fort Republic. General Shields has concentrated his forces at Strasburg. Fremont is advancing to New Market, and an engagement is expected in the Valley of the Shenandoah. General Pope has relinquished his pursuit of Beauregard. It is reported that the Federals will now form a defensive line from Corinth to Memphis, and aban don their aggressive policy in the West during the summer months. The Confederates continue to receive reinforce ments at Richmond. It is reported that the Federal Secretary of War will call on the Governors of the various States for additional troops. The Federals have occupied Cumberland Gap, evacuated by the Confederates. No material change has taken place in New Or leans. One man has been hung in that city for hauling down the Federal flag from the Mint. Pierre Soule has arrived at New York, and is confined in Fort Lafayette. The House of Representatives has passed a bill confiscating the slaves of rebels. A Federal supervisor of the press has been ap pointed in Memphis. The Federal sentinels have received orders to shoot any persons attempting to lower the Federal flag or to molest Union citizens. Three thousand bales of cotton have been shipped from Memphis. Guerillas are reported to be burn ing the cotton in Northern Mississippi. In reply to the Emancipation Committee, Presi dent Lincoln said that an emancipation proclama tion would not attain the desired end, as the con stitution itself cannot now be enforced in the Southern States. The Committee of Ways and Means have re ported it bill largely increasing the temporary duties upon imports, imposing an additional duty of 25c. per gallon upon brandy, and an additional duty upon all spirits, iron, copper, coal, carpets, woollens, books, tobacco, coke, and drugs; in fact , upon all articles of foreign importation. The Naval Committee have reported a bill to Congress establishing naval depots and yards on Lakes Erie, Michigan, and Ontario. (LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO FATHER POINT.) NEW YORK, JUNE 21, EVENING. The Confederates have been largely reinforced at Mobile, and are making extraordinary efforts to prevent the capture of that city. The Federal troops at Key West will reinforce the troops before Charleston. The Federal gunboats have captured a Confede rate battery on White River after a sharp engage ment. Beauregard is at Okalona, with 80,000 men. Kirkby Smith is at Anooga 20,000 strong, and Vandorn with a small cavalry force is at Granada. Wild rumours of the defeat and success of M'Clellan are current this afternoon, but cannot be traced to authentic sources. General M'Cle]lan re p or t s this afternoon that " things are pretty quiet to-day, and there is not quite so muc h shelling as usu al. Our prepara he continues, 4‘ are progressing well. The enemy opene d fi re w ith some heavy guns yester day, but did no harm." _ Other despatches state that nothing more than daily skirmishing has yet occurred before Rich mond. The c onfiscation of the steamer Circassian is con firmed. The schooner Mary Stuart Nashua has been captured while running the blockade. The crew escaped ashore. The City of Washington, leaving today, taken out 2,400,000 dols. in specie. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENC E. Money abundant. Gold, 6 premium. Stocks dull. Cotton slightly firmer. Provisions steady. NEW YORK, JUNE 21, The New York journals publish advices from Vera Cruz to the Ist of June. Almonte was acting as Provisional Governor at Vera Cruz. 130 had issued a notice permitting the entry of flour on the payment of 3'dols. per barrel duty. The New York Herald has Mexican news from Yucatan to the 28th of May, stating that the Mexi cans were rising in large numbers to resist the French, who would be compelled to surrender. The officers of the French fleet in New York harp boar report, that the late s t spatches were very favourable to the French. CALCUTTA AND SOUTH- EASTEzN OF BENGAL _RAILWAY. Yesterday an extraordinary general raeetng of this company was held at the offices in Gre,ham house, Old Broad-street, for the purpose of conirra ing the special resolutions passed at an extratrdi nary general meeting of the company, held on the 29th May, for authorising the directors to raist further sum of £50,000 by debentures or shares, ald to increase the capital of the company to that e$ tent. Mr. Borrodaile was in the chair. After the usual preliminaries, The CHAIRMAN said it would be his duty aitnPlY . to move the confirmation of the resolutions passed at the previous meeting, but as they had present Mr. Schiller, the company's agent, who had recently returned from India, some of the shareholders would perhaps be desirous of knowing the progress and prospects of the undertaking. He then formally moved the confirmation of the resolutions. Mr. MARSHAM seconded the resolution, which was unanimously carried. Mr. F. SCHILLER, in answer to various questions from the shareholders, said he had had the honour not only of being in India the representative of the company, but he and several of his friends were deeply interested in the success of the railway and the port of Mutlab, with which the line was so intimately connected—a port which must prove of the greatest possible assistance to Calcutta itself . The cost of the line would be much beyond the original estimate, and although he could not look for 25 or 30 per cent. on the outlay, he was satisfied he could fairly reckon on a profit of at least 10 per cent. The promoters of the scheme for opening a line from Calcutta to the river Mutlah were induced to enter on the enterprise by facts which were familiar to those who were acquainted with the. navigation of the Hooghley. They saw that in order to provide properly for the commerce of Ben gal, they would be obliged to accommodate a portion of the traffic which now went up to Calcutta —(hear, hear)—for Calcutta must ever remain the capital of Bengal. It was probable that the share holders would not for twelve months after the com pletion find the undertaking remunerative, but he was sure the undertaking contained within itself all the essential elements of success. Public opinio n in Bengal, which was at the commencement of the line adverse to the prosecution of it, was now en tirely changed, and it was universally recognised that the port of Mutlah would be necessary for the support of the commerce of Calcutta. He would, in support of this view, mention a few facts. Three years ago certain lots of land which were to be 0 01 , d in the neighbourhood of the line were put up for disposal, but there were few bidders except those who were in favour of the railway ; the conse" quence was that the greater part of the land via ° disposed of at the price of one rupee per sor e with 100 rupees rent. Slime that time some of the land so purchased had changed hands at 1, 000 rupees per acre, and before he left India a person who had purchased an acre for one rupee disposed of it for 1,000, and this lot, had it been in Calcutta► would have realised 25,000. In referring to the advantages which the port of Mutlah would confer on the shipping, he stated that returns showed that during the last twelve months vessels of the aggre' gate tonnage of 74,000 tons had touched ground in the river Hooghley, and that a large amount of loss had taken place in consequence. Having pointed out the delay which must necessarily be avoided by shippers using Port Mutlah, he concluded a short but interesting speech amidst the applause of the shareholders. A cordial vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. COLONIAL BANK. The half-yearly meeting of the Colonial Bank took place to-day—Mr. Charles Marryat in the chair. The report presented to the meeting gave the net profit for the six months to 31st December last at £37,265 7s. 6d., out of which it was proposed to pay a dividend of 6 per cent, for the half-year, free of income tax, which would amount to £30,000, and therefore leave a balance of £7,265 7s. 6d. to be added to the reserve fund, which will then amount to £109,195185. 9d. The chairman proposed the adoption of the report, and after briefly alluding to the progress of the bank's operations, said he believed that the disturbed state of America must inevitably injure the business in the colonies. Already the price of sugar in this country was less than it was sold for abroad. This fact was attributable to Havannah and other places not having so large a market for their produce in the United States. He also alluded to the subject of slavery, in which Spain, after receiving money from this country to emancipate their slaves, allowed them to be imported into Cuba, and the result was that England had to contend against forced labour. The report was unanimously adopted, and, after a vote of thanks to • the &rectors, the meeting terminated. A penSiOn of 'XIOO a-year, we rejoice to learn, has just been,, conferred upon Mr. Leitch Ritchie, in consideration of his literary abilities, by the generous decision of Lord Palmerston. DEATH OF THE DUCHESS DOWAGER OF BUCKlNG futm.—This lady died at Stowe on Saturday last, after a lengthened illness, alleviated by the attention of her son and daughter. Her ladyship was the youngest daughter of the first Marquis of Breadalbane, and, distinguished in all the relations of life, she has died regretted by a very nume rous circle of friends. _ AN INNOCENT AMUSEMENT.—A Court-martial held at Agra on the 24th of April last presents one or two novel points. Lieutenant Glover, desirous of testing the penetrant power of clay bullets, compelled one Meer Khan to stand target, invested only with a coarse quilt. Of course Meer Khan came to grief, but the Court-martial recom mended that Lieutenant Glover be dealt leniently with, on the ground of indiscretion and boyish folly. This has given occasion to the Commander-in-Chief to read a sharp lecture to the officers composing the court, refusing their request, ar;d winding up, characteristically, by observing that "his Excellency cannot believe that if the act had been com mitted on any friend or relative of any member of the court they would have come to the same conclusion." And so the frolic lieutenant is consigned for three months to the fort of Agra—a punishment which Sir Hugh Rose pronounces by far too lenient. —Homeward Mr. Grantley Berkeley, in answer to a letter in the Times, says :—" Before any one writes himself as hav ing gono to the dogs' he should be quite sure that, when placed in that enviable position, he thoroughly understood the 'tail' he dealt with. Sir Edwin Landseer, if he asserts that our rounding' of a foxhound's ears is an act of cruelty, or the taking off their dewclaws' either, and for that rea son that those hounds should be prohibited from competing for a prize, commits a monstrous mistake. If we did not ' round' the ear and render it less in the way of briars, fox hounds would suffer terribly in their passage through cover; and if the ' dewclaw' was not taken from all hounds and dogs used for speed, they, too, would be more often lamed than they are now. I sp eak under my well-known love for animals, and under the tuition of a life's experi- ence." THE DANISH GUNBOATS.—The Thames Iron works and Shipbuilding Company of Blackwell, and Messrs. John Penn and Son, engineers, of Greenwich, have within the last few days completed two very fine iron armour plated gunboats for the Royal Danish navy. They are about 603 tons measurement, with engines of 100-horse power, and at the mile trial attained a speed of about 111 knots. The first of these, the Absalon, left Blackwall on Sunday last, at noon, and arrived at Copenhagen (against contrary winds and bad weather) on Wednesday. The Second, the Esbern Snare, will leave the Thames to-morrow morning. They are exceedingly beautiful vessels of their class, and too much praise cannot be given to Captain Schonbeudcr, R.D.N., who has been sent by his Govern ment to this country to superintend their construction. RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN PARLIA MENT.—Yesterday, in the Lords, the bill for the Mid-Kent and Addiscombe Railway was passed. The Mayor of New port and other witnesses were examined on the West Mid land Company's bill, and Mr. Rowbotham, manager of the North British, in favour of the Amalgamation of that com pany with the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, and West of Fife. The opposition of landowners and of the inhabi tants of Cheltenham is now on in the committee on the East of Gloucestershire Railway, and the proceedings on the Stafford and Uttoxeter have also reached that stage. The London, Chatham, and Dover Company's extensions to Deal and Dover and St. Mary's Cray, the Llanidloes and Newton, IVlid-Wales and Manchester and Milford, Birken head, Caledonian, and Bristol and South Wales Union Railway Bills were passed in Lord Redesdale's committee. In the Commons, the case in promotion of the Ellesmere and Oswestry lines was concluded ; and the opposition of Lord Brownlow was opened in evidence. VOLUNTEER MUSKETRY INSTRUCTION. The fol lowing circular has been issued from the War-office : 46 Classes for the musketry instructio n of rifle volunteers, under the provisions of article 171 of the volunteer regula tions, will be formed at the School of Musketry at Fleet- , wood on the 15th instant, and at the School of Musketry at Hythe on the 29th instant. Officers commanding rifle volunteer corps in Scotland, or in any of the following counties, viz., Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmore land, Durham,Yorkshire, and Lancashire, wanting to send a M ember to the class at Fleetwood, may send in their ap plications for permission t o d o so to the War-office on or be fore the Bth instant, and officers din r ifle . volunteer cor ps in the remaining nortiono e f o G n2 r m ea a t n ßri g tam may apply for permission to send a member of their corps commanding officer's the class at Hythe on or before th e 22d instant. application s h ou ld in each case T be accompanied by ch a certificate in th e f orm g i ven in apllll 5 of the vol teer regulations.—M. M`M unno , War-office, July 1 ,1862 t c dt ::% vv V h i VOL UNTEER EFFECTIVES.—The followingtihc cir cular has just b een i ssued from the Wae on r offie i z ti — e view to the b e tt er understan di ng of the constitute an effective volunteer according to th e provisions of the V o l un t eer Act, the Secretary of State for War thinks it desirabl e to point out t o o fficers commanding volunteer corps, that no member should be returned as effective unless he has att en d e d at the annual general inspection of the corps, or is a c c o unted for as absent with the Officers commanding volunteerleve corps the rp s officer commanding• may rely th a t ev ery care will be taken that the general in spection ordeeed by the act should be held each year at the time best suited to meet the convenience of the volunteers. --TRQKAs Cilicataz 13Aniziv, THE ELECTION OF SHERIFFS. Yesterday was the last day of the poll, and during the day quite a spirited contest took place between the two successful candidates, and Mr. Alderman Lawrence polled 272, while Mr. Jones polled 174. The poll was closed at 4 o'clock, when the numbers were as follows : Alderman Lawrence .. .. .. 1,310 Hugh Jones .. .. .. .. 1,196 Mr. Nissen .. .. .. Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE, amidst loud cheers, thanked the livery for the manner in which they t h h a e d e s l u e p c t p i o o r n t , e t d o h s i t m a n , d a nadt the e a b h l e e a d d hi m, of t h athe e t pol c . o s T e h o e f hope he had expressed had been realised, and the Livery of London had proved that they were not a dead, but a living body, and able to support +h b ei friends on all occasions. He was happy to s ay a ir t r; the late contest had not been embittered with arld s of those rancorous feelings which were somat a° vi ed on shown on similar occasions. It had been ear with good feeling between all the parties. fle teren : tamed the same feelings towards his two fr 4o who had entered into a contest with each other see who should be his colleague during his year °, office as he did previous to his election. (Hear.) it only remained for him to thank the Livery who ba d been kind enough to come forward to support one who would always endeavour to merit their kind ness. The present election was not like others. Everybody had come forward to record their votes of their own free will; no means of conveyance had been provided, and none of the ordinary measures had been resorted to; and it gave him gratification to see the number who had thus spontaneously come forward with their votes. He had no anxiety what , ever from the first. He was quite sure whatever position the Livery thought him fit to occupy that would he cheerfully undertake, and would ever be watchful of their interests ; and he was sure that if occasion required it double and treble the number would have come fqrward to support their friend. Mr. JONES then briefly thanked his friends whn had recorded their votes in his fav o u r. He said before he entered the contest—he could hardly call it a contest, since none but feelings of friendshiP had existed between the candidates—he was a com parative stranger, but a larger numb er of gentle men had promised him their support, and he bad no doubt that had there been a necessity they would all have voted in his favour, but not seeing the need they bad not voted at all. He would s a y that from Mr. Alderman Lawrence and Mr. Ni ssen he had e xperienced nothing but kindness and fr iendship during the election. He was grateful for the sup port which had made him a colleague of Mr. Alder man Lawrence, and he would leave it to a future occasion to express more fully his thanks for the kindness which had been shown to him. (Cheers.) HE REMOVAL OF ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL, AND T RAILWAY.—TheCHLRING-CROSS RAILWY.—The bill no w under t h e con sideration of Lord Redesdale, and abo ut f is to inquiry to a committee of the House of Commons, m a London and te enable the Lord Mayor and corporatlono convey the site t h o to o be r o jo e o fer s r , ed or f governors of St. Thomas's Hospital t the railway company, and to acquire ability of the g over n or s to sell the hospital, the Charing cr oss R ailway Company have s are no t empowered so to do, objected that the governuo_r_oinny a new site e lsew here. Doubts having arisen as to the settled it is desirable that and that as it has been jdi be dissipated and set at rest. all doubts thereon sho uld for the hospital, amounting to the purchase uwen pa id by the railway company i n t o the thencelay ar t e r of Edward VI., and stating that of Chancery, the bill asks for statutory p ower s to Court £ A 2 f 9 t After 000 reciting has as be confirm the agreement and to erect a new h osp i ta l on a new site, and to raise in addition £50,000 for the purposes of the act. TUE CHARGE OF POISONING AT KNIGHTSBRIDGE. _A highly-influential and numerously attended public meeting of ladies and gentlemen took place at the Duke of Wellington's Riding-school, Knightsbridge, last evening', to consider the propriety of expressing public sympathy with Mr. Phillips, at the late unfounded charge brought against him of poisoning his wife, which, together with the exhumation of that deceased lady's body, and a coroner's inquest thereon, created considerable excitement in th e metropolis. The Rev, Dr. Wilson, of Gough-house, Chel sea, presided on the occasion, and was surrounded by seve ral influential and medic.,l gentlemen. Mr. Nicholls, with appropriate remarks, moved the following resolution:— '• That this meeting, consisting of the friends and neigh bcurs of Mr. Henry Richard Phillips, desirous of expressing their feeling of indi gnat i on at the recent unjust an d gr ound' , showing the deep less charges brought against him, take this opportunity his distressing position, and their extreme gr ratification that, orr. a full investigation of the case before the coroner, at he ce _ sympathy they have felt for him in W I : sal-green, Juno 23d, 1862, it was declared by that officer these charges." and the jury that there was no foundation whatever which was was unanimously agreed to. Several other g e Duke of ad dressed the meeting. A vote of thanks to the Duke and _ Mr. Lownds seconded the resolution, Wellington, for the use of the Riding similar compliment to the reverend chairman prowediAge, sctiocolo,edatao