The Sun. — London, England, 1859-07-14 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under tne iianagement of Mr. Charles Kean. HENRYING will be revived Shakspeare's ra,gedy ci VIII. Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean ; Queen Katharine, Mrs. C. Kean. After which, IF THE CAP Firs. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Diane, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Followed by THE CONTESTED ELECTION. After which, NOTHING TO WEAR. To Conclude with THE WATER WITCHES. Commence at 7. W THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS a nd EN M VING, THE RIF I.E VOLUNTEERS. Mr. C. Selby oreland ; Misses Woolgar an d K. K elly. After which, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. John laildmay, Mr. A. Wigan ; Mr. Potter, Mr. Charles Selby ; awks ley, Mr. Billington ; Mrs. Mildmay, Mrs. Billington ; Mrs. Sternhold Mrs. A. Wigan. Followed by DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. Mr and Mrs. Henri Drayton. After which, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Chas Selby, Billington • Misses Keeley, Arden, and Laidlaw, and Mrs. Billington. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Mice open from 10 to 5 -no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborongh THIS EVENING, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses Swanborongh, Oliver, and Lavine. After which, QUIXOTE, JUNIOR. Mr. J. Clarke. Followed by. THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence at 7 o'clock. ROYAL SURREY THEATR E —This Evenin g THE MARBLE HEART. Mr. Leigh Murray. Followed by THE MASKED MOTHER. Mr. and Mrs. C. Calvert. VERDI'S OPERA OF MACBETH. The whole of the first part of this Opera, now produced for the first time in this country (the remaining three acts being in course of rehearsal), is sung nightly at the CAN TERBURY HALL CONCERTS. THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, - -" consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SLY, and SIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios eve written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France and Belgium. They will perform TWICE EACH EVENING, in addi tion to the usual Entertainments. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JELY 14. THE3I.IIO3IE'TEIL, IN THE SHADE. 84--highest since noon yesterday. 61—lowest this morning and during the night. 73—this day at noon. BARoiceTzpi-30 . 33. WIND, Northerly ; light, with fine weather, but dull, and much cooler. Yesterday was a burning day, but the wind changed to the North in the evening, and was quite refreshing. The war being over, the Emperor NAPOLEON has addressed a Proclamation to the Army of Italy, to console them for the mock treaty of Peace which he has palmed off on the liberated Italians ! We cannot help pitying the poor people of that ill fated land for their highly-cherished hopes having been so cruelly blasted by the sudden caprice of the Emperor NAPOLEON. His conduct in the pre sent instance strongly reminds one of the famous ditty— " The King of France, with twenty thousand men, Marched up the hill ; and then—march'd down again I" NAPOLEON must have had this idea in his mind or he never would have gone to Italy, simply to return, leaving his proposed achievement so miserably undone. He evidently got alarmed at the Quadri lateral fortresses, and. so made much ado about nothing, and suddenly brought matters to a dead lock. He now affects to tell the army that he " only stopped because the struggle was likely to assume proportions which were no longer in relation with the interests which France had in this fearful war." So, then, it was for the interests of France that he deelared war, and not for the interests of the Italians ! It is said that people who are in the habit of telling stories ought to have good memories ; and we think the late and previous proclamations of the Emperor NAPOLEON come within this definition, for there never was a more glaring inconsistency between a man's sayings and his doings than that exhibited by NAPOLEON in this Italian war,—a war begun with a splendid flourish of trumpets, and now brought to such a lame and impotent conclusion. Count CAVOUR is of the same opinion and has resigned ! Mr. Du CANE was rather unlucky in his quota tions last night. He had however the good luck to be followed by a grave and earnest Dissenter, Mr. BAINES. Had any one with a spice of the gift of repartee replied to him, he would have felt rather awkwardly. Think of quoting in defence of Church Rates, and against an Abolition Bill, those lines which describe " The good old rule, the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can." Why this is just the artillery with which every outvoted minority of wronged and wrathful dis senters would assail the majority—the majority, it may be of one, of their conforming fellow-parishion ers who enforced payment of a rate on the un willing. Certainly when the Dissenter pleaded that there is no justice in his paying for his own worship, and in his yet being corn gelled by his neighbours to pay for theirs too, he has the best reason to exclaim that that his Church fellow-parishioners were adopting the rough and. ready plan of "might, not right." Again, said. Mr. Du CAN E— "Vestigia nulla retrorsunz." Hear, hear ! Mr. Bait/ Es surely exclaimed. Le not take a single step f . us have the same majority thi s backwards let Abolitionist s year as last Church rate defenders were long in arnajority ; some years back the Abolitionists got a small majority, that ma jority has increased every year and with every new Parliament ; let this year, and this Parliament, the fourth or fifth which has given Abolitionists large majorities—let this Parliament not take a backward step. And the new Parliament has obeyed the motto of the honourable Member, discard ing his absurd application of it. It has kept up the majority well, and it did one thing more, it has conquered one Whig Minister after another ; till this time it has actually brought round the joking Tory Premier himself. He thinks it now no joke to fight every hustings in the kingdom, and therefore, but We must acknowledge in capital temper, he gives in, and says Abolition we must have. Nulla restigia retrorsum; which means, the Premier would say, that even Lord PALMERSTON is no match for the hustings. --- --- Two quotations were, however, not quite enough for Mr. Du CANE. Abolition, he added, would '• Skin and film the ulcerous place, While rank corruption mining all within Infects unseen." Surely here Mr. BAINES, Mr. HADFIELD, Mr- FRANK CROSSLEY, and allthe Dissenters, redoubled their cheers., They were quite prepared to prove that the Churcb. of England was a huge ulcerous place in the State, and that Church-rate abolition would, so far a s it went, skin and film the ulcerous place, and mal ce all seem pleafiant for a little while, but that the s ore would surety break out again and again, till thi ; Establishment itself was abolished. . - .. ,4, , ...4 , ' .4 ,, , r..u , ; 4 _ , _1(., • -- r.; • 'Z' ' - 4 F- - ;',- -41/t% s k 14$0.1:" soli 911 4, ° t:-- fr• '• . ,*e.l_.-e.....,;', "CZ „ . 11;N ~ , „ r •. , ,„........ ... - A- -''''4V:7o',.. 10n.% - . -,,,,, ' iiialturank,. i., , , ~. ....„ 410,. .. „,,,‘....--• • ..-ta.. ~ , ,I, • ... THE SUN. THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1859. Mr. Du CANE had certainly in future better rely on " native county wit" than on quotations. But Lord ROBERT MONTAGU (for the lead in the Church-rate battle seems to be now intrusted to the county members) was the great gun of the - evening on the Opposition side. His artillery was very heavy indeed. It was carefully placed in position, but it seemed to tell very•little ; indeed we could hardly perceive its effects on succeeding speakers, or on the division. It furnished for those who have a taste for such topics, nearly two columns of semi-theological arguments. The old Nonconformists were duly quoted and pitted against their degenerate Anti-State Church successors, and the speeches of Anti-State Churchmen, and . the writings of the Liberation of Religion Society, were quoted at full length. We have no doubt the society is deeply obliged to Lord MONTAGU for publishing their writings for them, set too in all the graces of his oratory. Nothing probably do they desire more than to get their clearest and strongest statements noticed. They think them true, and avow them- selves content to let them make their own impres sion. They, we must do them the justice to say, never even pretended that church rates were an alternate object with them ; on the contrary, their speakers have, again and again, declared that the Church-rates were a grand help to their object. They keep up, they say, an establishment blister on the sides of thousands of parishes ; get a hearing at vestry meetings when we could not get up a lecture on our chief object; they irritate people into the adoption of our views; they are a text for us everywhere ; if they are abolished we shall lose, at a stroke, thousands of platforms from which we:now; proclaim our doctrine—these have been the frequent statements of the Libera tion Society, and we doubt not, therefore, it feels heartily obliged to Lord ROBERT MONTAGU. But the definite conversion of the Whigs to Abolition is the great feature of the night's debate. Lord JOHN RUSSELL indeed indicated at the close of last session that his trepidation for the safety of the Throne and the House of Lords, as well as the Church of England, in the event of abolition, had given way to better hopes. An election was near, and large majorities had taught him wisdom. Sir Sir G. C. LEWIS now went into an elaborate argu ment to prove that as things are the Church can not only do without rates, but do better without them. The voluntary funds raised for Church-rate purposes were larger in amount than the rates themselves, and while the sum raised by rates had been every year decreasing, that raised voluntarily had been every year augmenting. And now Lord PALMERSTON himself says—" I am . a convert—l have changed my opinion—that is, my statesman's opinion ; individually I prefer Church-rates in some form, but who am I that I should oppose public opinion expressed again again in this House by large majorities, and by public opinion in every shape out of doors." The fact which has satisfied Lord PALMERSTON of the safety of abolition, is the ease with which such numerous district churches have been built and maintained for so many years. The Chancellor of the Exchequer also strongly felt the weight of the fact, that for the last 20 years with diminished rates churches have largely in creased in number, and been kept in better repair than ever. Thus yielded the Whigs ! A notable lesson for the advocates of every honest popular demand. Thus, and sooner than they yet may think, must they yield on the Ballot. Thus will they at last discover that the House of Commons can really be an " Honourable House," and the House of Lords and the Throne be safe, though the people should vote for themselves, and not at the bidding of bribery in the boroughs and intimidation in the counties. Thus will they discover that public opinion is master on the great questions of political as well as of religious liberty. That liberty, in fact, in this country, though too slowly, has advanced, is advancing, and will continue to advance, and that if Whigs stand in its course, they, as well as Tories, must be carried away by the stream. We congratulate the friends of religious liberty on their victory. The day of their complete triumph cannot be far distant, and that that of Parliamentary Reform—of the greatest of all reforms—independent voting is, we may be assured, not very distant also. Whigs have long lived on the cry of civil and religious liberty, they must now be content to see the cry con verted into a reality. Whether we have or have not lost a year in legislation must be pretty obvious, we should ima gine, by this time. Here is July running out rapidly towards August, when grouse-shooting comes into season—leading the way on to the autumnal deer-stalking, and the partridges of September. And all that the new Parliament can contrive to do is just to struggle as rapidly and carelessly as may be, through the estimates. Everything—except the inevitable paying is postponed until next year. Next year ! a sort of political To-morrow, that never comes. Parlia mentary Reform is put aside—until next year ! The very purification of the great river reeking with pestilential vapours through the heart of our capital, under the very walls of the Legislative Palace at Westminster, under the very noses of the national representatives, even that flagrant abo mination is to be taken into account—next year. A reformer in this country, according to the new fangled system of the Whigs, " never is but always to be blessed," in the realisation of his aspirations. We are always, according to the GREYS, ELLIOTTS, and RUSSELLS, just one session only from the attainment of all our hopes of all kinds of Parliamentary improvement. Next session—everything is to come to us, if we are to believe these great constitutional authorities. Every most desirable boon is to come to us—well, next session ! We don't very much wonder at this par tiality of the Whigs for postponement. It has answered hitherto so admirably in their regard, as a politcal contrivance. It keeps the Reformers en permanence upon the tenter-hooks, or as Mr. BUMBLE 110 less graphically terms it, in a moment of failing memory, upon " the broken bottles" of ex pectation. The arrangement in this p Articular really bears some resemblance to that ingenious device hit upon by the hero of a very humor ous caricature. If we remember rightly the gentle man referr e d t o was re p r esented as on e havin g far more individualcelebratedtioursrteemseadnitdatfiavreilyes_sirritability than the to himselrfes and thenil l l i N f ry o l n u ha fi ci ci . t n l a t l wallop him, oh, no,. yldoanakdesy_what would'nt go, Whereas in the grotesque limning er n e ° 'ceferred to, the more amiable charioteer is conquering the ob stinacy or sluggishness of the animal in harness by means not of an ash stick or ayard of whipcord, but of a succulent bunch of carrots suspended enticingly within a few inches of the nose of the unf or t u nate an d tantalised quadruped. It is p rec i se l y b y t hi s kind of device that the Whigs for years past have co ntrived to be dragged on at a rattling pace in triumph by that deluded animal the British lion hungering for Reform and racing after it under their g uidance with th e tem p tin g lure " dangling" por p e_ tually—all but within reach of immediate attain- THE SIMITLONDON, TTITTRSDAY EVENING, JULY 14, 1859, SUB 'RE. For the first time for many years Shakespear's tragedy of "King John" was performed at this theatre last night, and met with an enthusiastic reception. Mr. Vezin's King John is as fine a per formance as all his previous efforts; his elocution was perfect, and his acting nature itself. Mr. Leigh Murray, who is fulfilling a short engagement here, sustained the part of Falconbridge ; but, as we expected, he was very much overweighted, and the result was not one of this gentleman's happiest efforts. Mrs. Vezin's Lady Constance was very good, and won great applause. With a compliment to Mr. Basil Potter and pretty little Miss Yokes, who respectively sustained the parts of Hubert and Prince Arthur, our praises must end ; the other characters were very indifferently supported. We cannot omit to notice the great ability with which Mr. Vezin performed the part of Othello on Monday last. It is evident he has studied the part with the greatest care and attention ; that he has well weighed every syllable and sentence, and, as a natural consequence, his Othello is quite worthy to take its place in the foremost ranks of his Shakes pearian representations. The speech before the senate was admirably delivered ; there was a man liness about the manner, with an occasional touch of tenderness when alluding to Desdemona, which rendered it one of the most effective pieces of decla mation ever listened to. The great scene with lago was admirably played ; the different phases of pas sion were given with a consummate knowledge of art, and the climax was perfectly worked up. His burst of pent-up fury, as he accuses Desdemona to her face with infidelity, was terrific, and the last scenes were given with the most pathetic tenderness and heart-rending remorse. Mr. Basil Potter, as lago, enacted that difficult part with praiseworthy ability ; and Mrs. Vezin, as Desdemona, was truly the gentle lady married to the Moor." Notwithstanding the intense heat of the weather he house has been very well attended. ment. It was thus that the Liberal Ministry of Lord MELBOURNE kept in adroitly for more than six years—for exactly six years and 138 days—from the 18th of April, 1835, until the 3d of September, 841, when the heart of the nation grew sick at last with hope deferred, and gladly installed Sir ROBERT PEEL in power for more than four years at the head of a Conservative Government. It ivas by a precisely similar contrivance again that Lord Jomes purely Whig Cabinet retained power during very little less than six years altogether—for exactly five years and 239 days—from the 26th of June, 1846, until the 22d of February, 1852, when sick again by reason of the same nauseating in fluence of hope deferred, the country, with a sense of absolute relief, handed over to Lord DERBY and his Tory colleagues the cares of Administration. Throughout those more than six years of Lord MELBOURNE'S Liberal Government —throughout those just a trifle less than six years of Lord JOHN'S Whig Administration —we are always just one session short of realizing our aspirations. Next year ! That was always the excuse—the one mono tonous evasion. It was thus that under Lord MEL BOURNE the evil day was invariably put off--to thirty six—to thirty-seven—to thirty-eight—to thirty-nine to forty—to forty-one ! Thus likewise, under Lord JOHN, was the evil day, the day of actual reckoning for Reform put off in easy sequence—to forty-seven —to forty-eight—to forty-nine—to fifty—to fifty one ! Scarcely could the Tories remain " in" for ten months, when the affection of the Whigs for power, place, and patronage, led to the coalition under the Earl of ABERDEEN. And during the existence of that notorious and effete Coalition — don't we remember well how, from session to ses sion, Reform was kept " dangling" before the nation delusively ! Don't we remember afterwards, in like manner, how the same " dangling" was per petuated as a positive system under the Ministry of Lord PALMERSTON ? Five whole years were again thus consumed—two under the Coalition, three under LordPALmEnsToN. And now, when we have secured to us simultaneously the double boon of a Coalition and a Coalition under the Premier ship of Viscount PALMERSTON — there is revived for us the old, inevitable, inexorable dodge of Reform in Perspective ! The cuckoo cry of the Whigs may be again heard distinctly—evasively. Next session ! Everything—reform above all things —next session'' The British Lion—tickled again into momentary animation by the Whig whip— is going off anew once more at a canter after the old, illusory bunch of carrots ! Ts ! is ! Hola ! En avant ! We are to have a feast of reform after our long fasting—positively, abso lutely this time, in—the next session of Parlia ment ! WHEN THOU WERT NIGH. [Foil Music.] When thou wert nigh, I did not heed What voices blamed—what lot befel ; For where I found a charmless weed, There always sprung a flower as well. The shades of Life might come and go, I thought not how—l cared not when— The darkest cloud the world could show Was ne'er without its rainbow then. But now thou'rt gone, the morning ray Seems dim and dull as evening's close— I see the cypress on my way, But cannot find the rich, red rose. The cloud now comes with gloom alone, The weed now springs with baneful power ; With secret tears my heart must own Thou wert the rainbow and the flower I ELIZA COOK His Royal Higness the Duke of Cambridge will review three battalions of the Grenadier Guards to-morrow morning, at nine o'clock. The Duchess of Sutherland has been confined to her room for some days past from the effects of a severe cold. Her grace was unable to attend, as Mistress of the Robes, at the late investiture of the Order of the Bath. The Countess of Derby will have an assembly this evening at the family mansion in St. James's-square. THE NAVY.—The supplementary estimate of her Majesty's navy for the year 18.59-60 has been published by order of Parliament. The estimate of the sum required to provide for the payment of gratuities (equal to half the respective amounts of bounty granted to volunteers into the navy under the royal proclamation, dated April 30, 1859) to seamen now serving in her Majesty's ships, who have at least five years to serve, or who engage to serve for five years if required, amounts to the sum of £lOO,OOO. ST. LUKE'S CHAPEL, CONSUMPTION HOSPITAL, BROMPTON.—The Bishop of Kilmore is to preach a sermon in commemoration of the consecration of this elegant little chapel on Sunday morning next. As the chapel will be thrown open to the public on this occasion, no doubt that many persons will gladly take advantage of the opportunity of being present. Salmon was never known to be so abundant in the Shannon as at the present season, and it is now selling by hawkers at 6d. per pound, whilst large quantities are sent off daily by rail and steamer to the London markets. But for the export of this delicious fish it would be within the reach of the poorest of our fellow-citizens, as it was in former years.—Linierick Chronicle. IRON BRIDGE OVER THE NILE. —The Kaffre Azzyat malleable iron girder beam bridge across the river Nile, on the Egyptian Railway near to Alexandria, was opened to the public on the 25th of last month by the Pacha of Egypt. The structure is nearly 1,400 feet long, has 11 openings, two of which are 104 feet each, and spanned by the swing beam. The centre of the swing rests upon a foundation pier, composed of six pillars of 10 feet diameter each, and the remaining 11 foundation piers are of two pillars, each 10 feet diameter. These 28 foundation pillars were sunk by compressed air, on Mr. John Hughes's prin ciple, to an average depth of nearly 60 feet below the bed of the river, and to 8o feet below High Nile ; the internal pressure in the caissons while sinking ranging from 231bs. up to 341bs. on the square inch, in accordance with the depth in the ground and height of the Nile. The time oc cupied in sinking these 28 caissons was less than 12 months, and the aggregate length of that portion of them sunk below the bed of the river exceeded 1,500 feet. The extreme width of the bridge is 42 feet, comprising a single line of rails in the centre, and a camel track on each side.— Builder. MR. COBDEN AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.—On Tuesday evening a meeting of the Rochdale Reform Corn. mittee, that has taken the active part in securing the return of Mr. Cobden for Rochdale, was held at the Public Hall, Baillie-street. The object of the meeting was principally to consider in what manner Mr. Cobden should be asked to meet his constituents. Some took one view and some another, but at last it was agreed to appoint a sub-com mittee to consider the question, and report to the general meeting of the committee. A meeting of this committee was then held, but nothing decisive was. agreed upon. There are many who consider the Public dall too small for the purpose of receiving Mr. Cobden, as not only his constituents but the country at large will take great interest in the reasons he may assign for refusing to join the cabi net of Lord Palmerston.—Manchester Guardian. THE SUPPOSED OUTRAGE IN SOUTH STAFFORD sun/E.—lt was found on Monday afternoon that the body of the poor female who was discovered drowned, under sin gular circumstances, at Gornal Wood on Sunday morning, required almost immediate burial. A jury was therefore re-summoned for Monday evening instead of Wednesday. The jury accordingly assembled at the White Chimney public-house, Gornal Wood. The jury, without hearing any witnesses, after seeing that the body had evidently been unfairly handled, by the appearance of bruises on the arms, ordered a post mortem examination to be made by Dr. J. M. Ballenden, of Sedgeley. It was stated that ne thing additional had transpired to strengthen the supposi tion of murder. The presentiment that she was not going •to live long, by her kissing her brother-in-law and others, and saying she should "never see them more," leads to the belief that she might have committed self-destruction. Since our last despatch, it has been made known that a person on the night in question heard a "bubbling " of the water about the time the unfortunate girl was seen walking alone on the Hanley-road. The body was found within a very few feet of the place where the sound was said to have been heard, and the general belief now is that the poor girl threw herself over the bridge adjoining the road. The in vestigation stands adjourned until Monday next.--lfan- Mester Guardian. NOVEL MODE OF CURRYING LEATllER.—Yester day morning about 150 gentlemen connected with the leather trade assembled at the large establishment of Messrs Smith, Patient, and Smith, Bermondsey, to witness an 'exposition of the new method of currying leather just patented by Mr. Gregg, an extensive currier, of Sheffield. Amongst those present were members of the following. firms :—Messrs. Streattield, Lawrence, and Mortimer, Boutcher, ano Co., Brooksbank and Sons, Bevington and Co., Nichols, Fisher, and Sons, Francis and Co., Sons, Reaper an d C o ., G. M a th ews , Oas age and W e l s h, J. an d T. P owe ll, Hepburn e p a b a u d r n Palmer, and I Sham and Morris, Smith, Patient, and Co., F. Burdge, G. Bl ow , John Poole, W. Sharpe, Mackintosh, J. Bar row. F. Gale, J. 11. Smith and Co., Slee and Sons (Brad ford), Quelch awl Co. (Oxford), Newton and Co. (North ampten), Samuel Ashby (Northampton), W. G. Gibson (Godalreing-, and othe,.s. The chair w as t a k en by Mr. Wen. Stockil, of Bermondsey, The patentee having been introduced to the meeting., gave a .oncise description of his system, by which the old courhsethoefaifdouofrtteue,onopfrhoiesemsseens has been reduced to seven ti a nd the time required for com venreyw method of Pletion from a fortnight to bo N u v t it two days. Mr. Gregg then illustration e e which iso hisf put on his working dr a es e s t , and, proceeded to gi process, the principal stage of his stuffing," or saturating with dubbing the skin is d • or other oleaginous matter while after soaking what is called - ." in water. Some veryfh' beautiful specimens were then exhibited, the whole o_ . w ic had been corn. Pleted in three days. rest, and terminated with a _ , The proceedings excited great inte unanimous vote of thanks to the chairman. Mr. Gregg, the inventor, and STRAND THEATRE. Mr. Byron's last novelty at this theatre is a new burlesque on the " Lady of Lyons," which, though scarcely equal to his famous " Maid and the Mag pie," has all those elements of attraction in the shape of pun, song, and grotesque dancing that have served so well on former occasions. The plot of Sir E. B. Lytton's play is closely followed, and a comical effect is produced by the likeness which Mr. J. Clarke, as Beauseant, is made to bear to a living Emperor, while Miss Charlotte Saunders as Melnotte, returned from the wars, is exactly like the founder of the Imperial dynasty. When the baffled Beauseant, conspicuous with his pointed moustache, starts on beholding the stout figure of the intruder, and exclaims, " Oh, my prophetic soul, my uncle," the roar is immense. Miss Saun ders, it should be observed, is a very clever and original actress, who thoroughly understands every resource of the grotesque school of art, and who, though she has been many years on the stage, has first found at the Strand Theatre an appreciation of her talents. Miss Oliver as Pauline Deschap peles, Mr. J. Clarke as Beauseant, Mr. Poynter as General Damas, and Mr. J. Rogers as old Mother Melnotte, one of the best characters in the piece, put forth their energies in capital style, and the mirth never flags for an instant. ST. JAMES'S HALL. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office PARIS, JULY 14. The Moniteur publishes a proclamation of the Emperor, announcing to the soldiers the basis of the peace which has been concluded:— " The principal aim of the \ tar is obtained, and Italy will become for the fix-st time a nation. Venetia, it is true, remains to Austria, but will, nevertheless, be an Italian province, forming part of the Italian confederation. The union of Lom bardy with Piedmont creates fDr us a powerful ally, who will owe to us its in dependence. The Italian Governments which have :remained inactive, or which have been called back into their posses sions, will comprehend the necessity of salutary military reforms. Italy will he iceforth be mis• tress of her destinies, and it will be her own fault if she does not make progress in o rder and liberty. " You will soon return to Francs !, and your grate ful fatherland will receive with de light the soldiers who carried our arms to such e: salted glory, and who, in two months, have freed Piedmont and Lombardy, and only stopped because the struggle was likely to assume proportions which were no longer in relation with the interests which France had in this fearful war. Be therefore proud of your success and of the results obtained, and, above all, be proud of being beloved children of France, which will always be a great nation as long as she possesses a heart to -understand noble causes, and men like yourselves found ready to de fend her." PARIS, JULY 13. A telegraph from Turin states that Count Cavour, in consequence of the conditions of the Peace, has thought it his duty to tender his resignation, which has been accepted by the King. There is good season to believe that it was the Emperor of Austria who refused peremptorily to consent to the assembling of a Congress. PARIS, JULY 13. The /1/oniteur publishes a second warning to the Univers on account of the article of its political director Louis Veuillot in the number of the 10th July. TURIN, JULY 13. News from Milan of to-day states that the King of Sardinia arrived there this evening amid the plaudits of the populace. Ills Majesty subsequently presented himself on the balcony of his hotel, and was greeted with warm acclamations of " Viva it Re." BERLIN, JULY 13. The Prussian, Gazette, says :—ln consequence of the completion of the treaty of peace orders have been transmitted to the troops on march to halt at the respective places where they may now happen to be. Prince Windischgratz went to Potsdam at noon to-day to take his leave. Although the season of the Christy's Minstrels is approaching its termination, their power of at traction does not seem to be in the least diminished, crowds still admire, in spite of the heat of July. Unlike their blackened predecessors, they by rid means confine - themselves to songs and humours of the purely " Nigger kind," but cultivate ballad singing as an additional art, without reference to sable joys or sorrows. Mr. J. W. Rayner, the manager of the company, who has a sonorous bass voice, and sings with immense feeling, has acquired a distinctive reputation by his pathetic achieve ments, and a new song and chorus, called " Nelly Gray," which has been composed for him expressly by Mr. Balfe. now holds a prominent place in the Christy Concerts. No pains are spared by the Minstrels to secure variety in every form, and their efforts are well'rewarded. The Prince with his suite will leave to-morrow on his return to Vienna. NAPLES, JULY 11. The King is at present residing at Naples. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY THE GREAT HORSE-TAMER. (THIS DAY). This afternoon, between twelve and two o'clock, Mr. RAREr enacted once more in the arena of the Alhambra Palace, Leicester-square, the part of the modern Alexander —having successively (among other remarkable exemplars of his extraordinary skill in horse -taming) the world-famous Cruiser and the equally, if not still more formidable, King of Oude, as his Bucephalus. It is the latter animal that Punch describes this week as " a terrible horse, called the King of Oude, whose savageness was appalling, and whose scream of rage was like that of a railway engine gone mad." Altogether three noble quadrupeds were exhibited to-day in the amphitheatre by the celebrated Ameri can trainer, and with them one littl e , ti morous filly. A su ccession were perf e ctly mas t ere d. Il ofthese in Cruiser, of course, was an old friend, already long since introduced to Mr. Rarey, and by Mr. Rarey to the public—a lion trans formed into a lamb in temper, though still in appearance having all its leonine -charac teristics ! A savage but yesterday, as it were —yet to-day perfectly civilised ! Any description of Mr. Rarey's gentle, humane, rational, and admirably quiet, and yet wondrously rapid system of taming, were surely by this time, as the lovers :of long words delight to say, a :natter of supereroga tion. The strap buckling up the near fore leg, first of all—the other strap buckling up the off fore leg afterwards—the struggle with the horse, first upon three legs, and next upon its two hind legs and fore knees—the prostration of it (in some instances in three minutes, in others, and those quite exceptional cases, at the outside in fifteen) the unbuckling of the straps, and the throw ing them away at last as altogether useless—crowds of London sightseers are already perfectly familiar with these and other simple, but all-mastering manoeuvres. It is impossible to listen to Mr. Rarey's frank and most lucid explanations —to see him handle a horse—to watch his every look and gesture—to note above all things that his mandates are caresses, and not to recognise the perfection of his own mastery over his system, nay, not to acknowledge at once that it is in truth a system commanding our instant acceptance and winning our unaffected admiration. The magic of Mr. Rarey's art is simply the Magic of Kindness. And watch him for an hour or two in his wonder fully cool and self-possessed manipulations, we cease to marvel at last at results apparently, at the commencement, both incredible and incomprehensible ! To see him jumping backwards and forwards over a prostrate horse that another man, but a few minutes previously, could hardly have dared to approach with impunity ! To watch him sitting upon it anywhere, everywhere—kneel ing on it—resting one foot upon it—opening an umbrella in its face—beating a drum upon its back, and at last, with a roaring rub-a-dub upon the drum-head, luring the terrible King of Oude after him like a tame lamb triumphantly out of the amphitheatre ! No wonder Mr. Rarey is rapidly making his fortune, if he has not already made it —as we swear by Martin's Act he nobly deserves to make it ! No wonder he has already made for himself, not merely an American, or an European, but a world-wide—as it is also a generous and honourable reputation. Last night Paris was illuminated in honour of the peace. The Boulevards looked unusually gay; coloured lanterns and flags being universally dis played in all directions ; the cafés were crowded, the public buildings lighted up, and the theatres all flash and glitter. At the Bourse to-day the majority looked with dissatisfaction on the bases for peace. It was con cluded that fresh troubles would take place in Italy ere long. The French troops in Italy will, now that peace is agreed to, be split up into fractions and stationed apart, until ordered home, so as to avoid the in convenience arising from large agglomerations of men. Their new cantonments will naturally be placed in sheltered places and near rivers. A good many of the relatives and friends of the offi cers and men are 'preparing to go to Italy to see them ; and pleasure trains to the army are to be organised. PARIS BOURSE, July 13.—The market has been heavy, and sales for realisation continue to be made. Threes, after having been done at 69f. 80c., de clined to 69f. 40c. ; Mobilier varied from 755 f. to 845 f. ; Austrians, :575f. to 567 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,360 f. to 1,350 f.; Lyons, 880 f. to 875 f.; Southern in good demand at from 535 f. to 540 f. The following were the last quotations : 4% per Cents. .... 96 50 Do. end month .. 96 651 A shocking accident, which resulted in the death of a labourer named Cornelius Irons, ag-ed 57 years, occurred on the London and North- Western itaihvay on Saturday morning last: The deceased, with others, was eng a g ed in getting the hay from the sides of the embankment of the above line, near the Marsh Brook, Hampton-in-Arden, and was in the act of crossing the rails, when the down express train was heard, and deceased's attention was called to it. In order to escape the danger, deceased stepped on to to direction came upon him and struck him down , scattering his brains in every direction, and mutilating h is bod y in a frightful manner. The driver of the train, who saw the clan ' ger when too late to prevent it, instantly shuntedback to a n opposi the up-line, when another express train from the spot. An inquest was held upon the . body on M b onday. It appeared that no blame was to be attributed to any one, and a verdict of " accidental death " was recorded. —Man chester Examiner, Credit Fonder.... 660 Belgian 4f .. Piedmontese (5) .. 87 Roman B2 50 Austrian — Spanish Threes IHome Debt 4O 3 per Cents 69 10 Do. end month 69 25 Bank Shares 2850 Credit Mobilier .. 810 Do. Account ..... 835 RAILWAYS. Cash. Accoun t. Orleans 1350 .. 1350 Northern . 935 . „ 937 50 New ditto B2O .. 825 Lyons and Mediterranean B7O .. 870 Geneva 545 • • 5 55 Southern Western Eastern 657 50 .. 650 Sardinian 430 .. 430 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 11c. ; money, 25 f 'lie.; three months, paper, 24f. 971c.amoney, 24f. 95c. NAPLES. A Naples letter of the sth says : " The Prince of Satriano, although he had sent in his resigna tion, still remains in power, as his offer to withdraw has not. been accepted. Everybody is now fully aware that the general does not enjoy the confidence of the Government to the extent he thought he had a right to expect. Thwarted in his plans, and con sequently finding himself utterly unable to do any good, he had ev inced a desire to be relieved of th e heavy responsi bilit y i imposed by the exercise o f power. The King will find in the end that hi s only plan is to grant . the necessary amount of power. B aro n Bremer persists in maintaini ng a strict reserve; he has, however, made know n that h ' e thinks the retirement of General Filan ieri most inexpedient. Count de Salm our , e pi e dmontese Envoy, continues indisp ose d ; g th and the relations between Piedmoat and the Nea politan Government are anything but intimate. ' By superior orders the theatre of St. Carlo was opened again yesterday ; the reason for closing it was solely the fear of a demonstration which was expected on Baron Brenier's entering the house, the authorities being apprehensive that the cry of Viva l'ltalia ! Viva la Francia!' would be raised. Yesterday Baron Brenier went to reside at Castel lamara, and all danger was thereby removed." Another letter from Naples of the same date The town of M ess i na, w hi c h rema i ned says :—" perfectly quiet on the passage of the French fleet, owing to the prudent conduct of Admiral Bonet- Williaumez, narrowly escaped becoming the scene of a serious disturbance o i the arrival of the Sar dinian squadron. The inhabitants had received the French admiral with respect and sympathy,but when the Sardinian commodore, M. 'Fholosano, appeared they indulged in far more ardent demonstrations. Huzzas were uttered by the people for Italian in dependence and Victor Emmanuel. This last cry seemed to express a desire for annexation, a remi niscence of 1848, when the crown of Sicily was offered to Victor Emmanuel's brother. As soon as the Sardinian sailors came on shore they echoed the popular cry. In consequence of these manifes tations, which the authorities were unwilling to interfere with during the day, as it was the festival but is soon compelled to lament the extravagance of Corpus Christi, a considerable number of persons and coarseness which follow. Mr. West, a preacher were arrested during the night. The next day the whose homeliness of language, and familiar illus- Sardinian commander addressed a kind of. procla - trations are very similar in style to Mr. Spurgeon's , is also cited as a sample of the popular extempo mation to the Messiness, engaging them to await raneous school. After considering the styles of the day of their deliverance. Happily no further preaching most likely to attract the general atten disturbance took place, and everything finished bon, the writer comments upon the dangers which much better than was expected." attend any attempt to introdue a more popular style. A paper entitled " France," takes a careful review of the political tendencies and position of that great nation ; the national characteristics that have aided or retarded her advancement, and the nature and prospects of the English alliance. Mr. Fitzball's " Thirty-five years of a Dramatic Author's Life" furnish an interesting paper on " The Drama of the I)ay," which also takes a review of the drama and dramatists of other days, and the causes of the present decline and deterioration of the stage. The following passage gives a list of the principal causes which the writer considers have affected the position of the drama : " The change in our social habits. has borne the blame of impairing the taste for the stage. But it is only one of the causes that have contributed to this result. There are many offsets of the drama that affect the parent stem. Ist. There is what may be termed the comedy of the drawing room, differing from theatrical entertainments only in being performed in a room, and by one or two actors in place of a company. Mr. and Mrs. German Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paul, Mr. Woodin, and others, though deservedly a ttractive, both diminish the available forces of the theatre, by standing apart from it themselves, and draw thousands yearly away from it by the popularity of their representa tions. 2ndly. Lectures OR every imaginable subject gratify the taste for the drama without contributing to its welfare. 3dly. The influence of club-life militates no less against the influence of tragedy and comedy than the old coffee houses, where wits and templars used to congregate round Dryden and Addison, directly advanced them. From those incommodious rooms it was agreeable to migrate, to the comparatively spacious playhouse. Whereas gentlemen once comfortably ensconced in well-padded sofas and arm chairs, and well provisioned for the evening with news papers, periodicals, and novels, or discussing with congenial minds the fall of ministers or of stocks, the prospects of the grouse season or the opera season, are reluctant to imprison themselves in stalls and boxes, even if well-graced actors invite them. 4thly, Be it said, with all respect to plays and their providers, that they flourish best in times when the spectators have fewer resources in themselves. When the reading of a country gentleman seldom went beyond Baker's ' Chronicle,' and the ' News Letter,' and when linendrapers bold rarely opened a book except the Bible and the Whole Duty of Man,' the most flimsy of farces possessed a charm which it is almost impossible to realise in this much-reading, if not deep-reading generation. othly- The more general cultivation of music has materiallyaffected the drama. Mr. Hullah and Exeter-hall, and the hun dred and one singing-rooms in London, are powerful diver sions from pit, gallery, and boxes. Music for the million' is one of the drawbacks on his receipts on which every manager must reckon. And the opera itself has added to its proper attributes the further attraction of excellent acting. The descriptions of an pera libretto, by Addison or Thornton, in the Spectator' and Connoiseur,' are as inapplicable to Lucrezia. Borgia; or the Huguenots; as Hone's or Collier's account of a morality or mystery is to play of Shakspeare or Sheridan. It is on record that Addi son's sketch of the lyrical drama of his day, when trans lated into Italian, convulsed even a pope with laughter, 5 0 utterly absurd were the words and sentiments which were then married to music. But bulls and decretals are scarcely, more serious matters than Rigoletto' or the Trovatore, and affect an audience like The Fatal Marriage' or' Venice Preserved.' The opera has indeed long taken its place among the indirect opponents of the national theatres. It is notorious - , that of the hundreds who habitually are seen in the stalls and boxes of Covent-garden Theatre, very few enco urage the corresponding portions of the Adelphi and _ the Haymarket. It is not considered by the nobility of this country to be one of their social duties to maintain the English stage. To the above causes of the partial decline of the drama in England we forbear to add one that is usually alleged among the foremost—the religi ous scruples which pervade a large class of the community. These we believe to have always been operative ever since the re opening of the theatres at the Restoration, and are tbere fore not material to our present purpose." Any serial making its appearance at this season would be incomplete without a notice of the Art Exhibitions of the year. We have accordingly ?A article on the subject which takes a cnmprehensiv e review of the chief exhibitions and exhibitors. The opening remarks on the refining influence of a national taste for art are correct and forcible. A paper on the " Campaign in Italy" is written in a spirited manner, and appropriately concludes quarterly which reflects the topics and opinions of the day. AMERICA. [BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.] QUEENSTOWN, THURSDAY MORNING. By the arrival of the Kangaroo we have advices from New York of the 2d inst. She brings 19 cabin and 126 steerage passengers, and 759,935 dollars in specie. The steamer Borussia arrived at New Yorle on the morning of the 2d inst. The Ocean Queen sailed on the same day, with 750,000 dols. A large portion of the specie by the Kangaroo is to pay the interest on American securities held abroad. The stock-market is dull, and prices of Railway Stocks are depressed. New York Central shares depressed 1. Flour firmly held, which tended to check sales. Wheat lower; corn firm, but less active. Pork little doing, and less buoyant. Bacon nominal, at 94e. to 10c. Private advices from England were more encou raging to the cotton trade than the published ac counts. The week closes at an advance of tc. to per pound. Sales yesterday, 3,000. Advices from New Orleans last evening show sales of 12,000 bales at 111 to 111 for middling. Freights for Liverpool, 3s. Bd. asked. Some en gagements for New York at Bd. The steamer Argo is a total wreck. It is reliably stated that her loss was the result of false informa tion given by a fisherman. The Edinburgh is ready for sea, waiting the arrival of the Glasgow to convoy her home. The Argo's passengers were safely landed at St. John's, Newfoundland, with serious loss of luggage. They will be sent on in the Glasgow. A train from Chicago, when near South Bend, Indiana, was precipitated into a chasm 25 feet deep produced by recent heavy rains. Of 150 passen gers, 75 were killed and about 45 wounded ; 46 steerage and 10 eabin passengers landed at Queens town. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Saxonia steamer, from New York, brought 100,000 dols. for England, and 20,000 dols. for Hamburg. She spoke July 6th, lat. 43 25, long. 46 47, the Hamburg barque Raleigh ; 9th, lat. 48 38, long. 22 20, the British barque Fairy ; 11th, lat. 49 20, long. 17 30, the American ship Rhine ; lat. 49 22, long. 17 0, Norwegian bark Albios, from Mi ramichi for Bristol ; 12th, lat. 49 30, long. 11 30, British ship Ring ; lat. 49 30, long. 10 20, Ameri can ship Eliza ; lat. 49 32, long. 9 15, Dutch gal hot Aurora ; 13th, 15 miles E.S.E. of Lizard, screw steamer New York, hence for New York. DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF SIERRA LEONE. We have to record the death of the Right Bev' Dr. J. Bowen, Bishop of Sierra Leone, the third prelate of that see since its establishment in 1852. Dr. Bowen was for some years a resident in Canada , and having come to this country in 1842 entered as a student of Trinity College, Dublin, where he ill due course graduated. He was ordained by the pre sent Bishop of Durham, who had at that time the episcopal supervision of the diocese of Ripon. In 1847 he went to Palestine and the East, arid returned to England in 1851. Afterwards he visited Nine veh, where he formed the acquaintance of Mr. Layard with whom he was associated during many of his investigations. He visited the East a second time in 1854, and came back to England again in 1856. Through Mr. Layard, who is a relative of Lady Huntly, Dr. Bowen received from the Marquis of Huntly a nomination to the rectory of Orton • Longueville, near Peterborough, to which he was instituted by the Bishop of Ely in 1853.• The parish having but a small population, he obtained without difficulty a licence for n on-residence , in order that he might indulge in his Eastern travels* This living he held up to the time he was appointed to the bishopric of Sierra Leone, to which he Was consecrated in the chapel of Lambeth Palace, on the 23d of September, 1857, by the Archbishop °L Canterbury, who was ass isted b y th e Bishop 01, Peterborough and the Bishop of Victoria, who holt pened at that time to b e in England. 3 On the of December, 1857, Bishop Bowen arrived at Sierra Leone, and on the 28th of May last he died in con sequence of a malignant attack of yellow fever. Three bishops have thus been sacrificed to the tel climate of Sierra Leone. The see was consti tuted in 1852, and the first bishop appointed wa s the Rev. Owen Emeric Vidal, of St. John's College, Cambridge, incumbent of Trinity Church, Arlieg; ton, Sussex. He had not pursued his e piscopa l duties many months when he sickened and cattle back to England for the restoration of his health. Full of hope, he determined to return to his dio cese, and on his passage back he died. He was ~succ eeded in the episcopate by the Rev. John Wills Weeks, incumbent of St. Thomas's Church, Lsa,: beth, who was consecrated in' Lambeth peris' church in 1855. He died at his post early in 1857, and was succeeded by Bishop Bowen. Upon the death of Dr. Weeks in 1857 several gentlemen holding high positions in the Church earnestly pressed upon the Government the de sirableness of appointing to the vacant episco pate what the Rev. Canon Stowell had . 0 ! short time previously designated in one of ins speeches " a real black bishop," there being mall coloured African gentlemen in holyorders—ordained by the Bishops of London after satisfactory exami nation—who were accustomed to the climate, and eminently qualified by their g Christian character, e the duties of the the native population to.di r resentations were un episcopal office, but their e P the Duke of New heeded. It now remains with and kitsirenhteegnaecrquaintance with e N t v a h r o y, , will nominatel have jur jurisdiction d f i o c u t o t h as his predecessors have had over the coast between c ß a i s s t h l eo,pt of fe Sierra Colon ial 20 deg. north and 20 deg. south latitude, and more the colonies of Sierra Leone, the Gambia , Le S on ec e r , tehspeeGcioalldlyCoast and their dependencies. The gross income of the see is £9OO a year, being £5OO a yea; as the bishop's allowance as colonial chaplain, and £4OO a year from the Colonial Bishoprics' Fund. LITERATURE. St. Patrick's Eve in My Own Parlour ; with Tales and Thoughts in Prose and Verse. By Jonathan 1 Freke Slingsby. Dublin : M'Glashan and Gill. We are glad to see that the brilliant and viva cious Slingsby has made this agreeable and judicious selection from his contributions to periodical litera ture. He has joyousness for the light-hearted, and ideality for the fanciful ; and his thoughts, whether in verse or prose, are always imbedded in a rich vein of sentiment. His speciality amongst con temporary literateurs consists in the facility with which he can ultimately exhibit his powers in prose and poetry. Of the two, if we must make a choice, we prefer his poetical effusions. He is a master of the curious metres of rhythm, and there is the nerve in his lyrical effusions that can only evince the springing energy of a scholarly mind, supported and quickened by the temperament of genius. "Slingsby" has long been known in the literary world to be the nom de plume of John Francis Waller, an accomplished member of the /Irish bar. He has a singularly versatile intellect, and some times we could wish that he concentrated all hi s faculties in one particular direction ; but variety i s a charm in itself; and these tales before us are like a literary bazaar, in which we meet with all kinds of ingenious intellectual fabrics, worked up with rare taste and skill. In his Anacreontic vein Slingsby is very happy— Take this cup, my friend, and fill it With the glowing wine, Lot no sign of sorrow chill it— Chill the draught divine. Beauty's eye may beam more bright To the lover's cheated sight, And Beauty's lip have balmier dew Than the goblet's brim for you Yet take this cup of mine. Raise the wine-cup high and drain it With devotion deep, Though joy . has fled, 'twill soon regain it, And brighten eyes that weep. Beauty's joys are quickly past, Ours will flow while wine shall last ; When Beauty frowns we sigh in vain— The vine bunch pressed, soon foams again ; Then drain the wine-cup deep. The following words have been set to music, and the song is a favourite one : I LOVE TRH GROUND YOU TREAD ON. I love the c , round you tread on, As flowers'the dew they're fed on ; I deem the shade Your form has made Bright as where sunbeams spread on. Your voice brings deeper pleasure Than music's softest measure, Yet still untold, Like miser's gold, My hopeless love I treasure. As lamps within the tomb, love, Unseen 'mid damps and gloom, love, With faithful light, Through endless night The worshipped dead illume, love ; So in my heart for thee, love, Though lone and dark it be, love, The flame burns on, Still turned to one That 's as the dead to me, love 1" In this collection of Slingsby's papers there are several capital illustrations of social life in Ireland ; and tourists in the sister country will find this little volume a pleasant railway companion, with its happy mixture of frolic and pathos. We are happy to learn that Slingsby is shortly to appea r before the imperial public in a more extensive and important work, in which the full range of his fine powers will be recognised by all. Bentley's Quarterly Review. No. 11. The second number of Bentley's Quarterly has just made its appearance on the literary stage, and fully maintains the reputation acquired by the first. The articles include a wide range of subjects cal culated to attract readers of very varying tastes. It opens with a lengthened and somewhat uninteresting paper on " The Faction Fights," which leaves the reader in some doubt as to the views of the writer. We come subsequently to an article on Lord Corn wallis, which gives a succinct account of his career, and arrives at the conclusion that his public ser vices have hitherto been insufficiently estimated. In common opinion, observes the writer, his repu tation as a general has been associated with the disastrous issue of the American war, and the merit of his campaign against Tippoo Saib has been for gotten in the fall of Serin gapatam. The volumes now published will, his critic thinks, restore him to a higher position in public estimation. Many of his readers may differ from these sentiments, but the article is well worthy of perusal as a summary of the career of one whose fortune or misfortune it was to be placed in positions of the highest respon sibility at the most stormy times. There is a very attractive article on recent novels, which places fore most in the category the eminently successful story of " Adam Bede." There are some discriminative criticisms and just observations on the tendencies and characteristics of the modern school of litera ture. " Popular Preaching " is the title of an essay which contains much truth, though somewhat flip pant in its tone. It discusses the qualifications and abilities necessary for a good preacher. The writer observes, doubtless with truth, that many men who have all the high intellectual qualities necessary for a good preacher are commonly tempted to try their fortunes at the bar; and he regrets that men of ability s hould enter a profession already over crowded, instead of following one which has much need of gifted and eloquent recruits. The sermons of the Rev. J. C. Bellew, and those of Mr. Spur geon are c riticised and compared. Some favourable specimens of the latter gentleman's style are given, and the critic commends their simplicity and force, THE LOSS OF THE ALMA. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) ADEN, JUNE 24, I have no further news to send you of the stranded Alma. Her Majesty's ship Furious hos doubtless been at the reef since the 18 th , ands e Cyclops, which left our harbour on that day , s to call there on her way up the Red Sea , and to dir charge the tanks, lighters, &c., which she took . 11 P_ to aid in the attempt to get the ship off. Brigadlet Coghlan, the Political Resident , als o purposes to despatch the Lady Canning in a day or two to II I : . quire whether any assistance is required from Ade; The remaining passengers by the Alma , for NO° no accommodation could be found in the Bom bay i ; will proceed to Suez to-day in the Candia. Columbian, which ought to have been her e on the 18th from Australia, has not yet made her apPefii; ante, and I have just heard that the Bengal, whic took on the last Calcutta mails, ran ashore at Guil e ' and has suffered considerable damage. Her pass, en ; gers and mails were transferred to the Bemires, le the Bengal, I am glad to hear, was nevertheless au a to proceed to Calcutta. The Malta, which arri s q ' e a here on the 18th with the English mails of the u• is still in the harbour disabled. Her piston r od 1 : broken. The mails were forwarded on tbe ir g by the French barque Concordia, which, during II; this season, is likely to reach Bombay about tk 30th. The ex-King of Oude, we lea rn f r om the Calcutt: Phoenix, “ lately forwarded through the Foreign. Ofliceutig. ode composed by himself, and addressed to Lord Cant u ... 4 n t, 3 l in which, in the flowery an d fi gura ti ve l an kuage of °",..en-d'o poetry, he supplicated th e represen t a tiVe of EllP — re ls greatness in the East, to have pity on a captive In° ll % s and procure him justice. The ode, we are informed, .‘''.Aea rather lengthy composition, written in Persian, and d at ." to into a number of parts of so many stanzas each, the hPorset assuming the forms of apostrophes to his lordships irip s tent, palace, sword, and elephant in tarn. 'rho os -1 1 . 03 7, bestowed some very flattering epithets upon the V e ic%.,,11 whom in one part of his composition he styles th Moon of the World,' a title at which the Viceroy wil i _ ce d feel as c•ratified as when his new earldom was annow. to him."