The Sun. — London, England, 1862-06-05 00:00:00

THE SUN LONDON, THURSDAS EVENING, JUNE 5, 1862. TREAT RE-RO Y AL, HAY MA RKET. Lessee, Mr. J B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, a Household Picture, under Two Lights, entitled THE WIFE'S PORTRAIT. Mr. Howe, Mr. W. Farrell, Mrs. C. Young, ttC. Alter which, at half-past 7, will be performed (141st time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenohard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Spanish Ballet entitled LA CONTRA BANDISTA. Senora Perea Nena, Senor Ricardo, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager —Mr. Edmund Falconer. 174th Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day." THIS EVENING. PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, and Edmund Falcone! ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston, and Miss M. Hudson. After which, a new mus i ca l, R i c t o rial, poetical, and b a ll e t interlude, entitled KILLARNLY. Miss Anna Whitty and Miss Lydia Thomson. To conclude v-ith the new farce entitled I COULDN'T HELP IT. Characters by Mr. Addison, Mr. Warlow, and Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 8, to commence at v. Box-office open daily from 11 tlll 5. Commence a 7 A I OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, PLAYING WITH FIRE. Mr. John Brougham, Mr. Ryder, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Widdicomb, Mrs. Weston, Misses Rose and Carlotta Leclercq. After which, the Mystic drama, THE ANGEL OF MID NIG El I . Messrs. Shore, B. Potter, Ryder, Cathcart, Wid dicom be , Jordan, Meadows, Raymond ; Mies Elaworthy, Miss Fielding, and Miss Henderson. Commence at 7. No half-price. NEW T HEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, a new domestic drama, entitled DOT : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Emery, Billington, Stephenson ; Miss L. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, Miss H. Simms, Miss K. Kelly, and Mrs. H. Marston. To be followed by THE OCTOROON. Messrs. Dion Boucicault, Emery, Jamison, Billington, P. Bedford, Phillips, Stephenson, Powell, Romer; sirs. Hillingdon, Mrs. H. Mar ston, Miss Latimer, and Miss Denvil. Commence at 7. C A NTERBUIca HALL ARTS GALLERY. The miraculous STECKEL at a quarter to 11. Grand Selections from " Lucrezia Borgia.," by Miss Rus sell, with Band and full Chorus, conducted by Mr. Jongh. mans. _ _ _ AND FINE --- Great success of UNSWORTII, in his celebrated Stump Speech " Or any other man " (the original), and EUGENE, in his Burlesque Singing and Dancing , a t Ten o'clock. JOE BROWN, the renowned American Prize Jig Dancer, for a few weeks only. Also the following Comic favourites -Mr. Randall, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. J. G. Forde, and Miss Caroline Parkes in her new entertainment. Messrs. Morton and Stanley beg to inform visitors to Lon don during the Exhibition that the GALLERY of PAINT INGS well be Open, free. between the hours of Twelve and Two o'clock on and after Monday. rr LIF, OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET.- A_ Every Evening.—The unrivalled Ethiopian Come dians, Rumsey and Newcomb's Minstrels, EUGENE and UNSWORTH (the original " or any other man"), in addition to a host of other comic talent.—Operatic Selections and the cantatas of the "Jolly Beggars" and " MAY DAY " (sup ported by the entire company. Full Band and Chorus. - Musical Director, Mr. P. Tonghmana. II all, Id. ; Balcony and Stalls, ls. ; Private Boxes, 105. 6d. In rehearsal, Verdi's " Great International Exhibition Cantata," and will be produced shortly. HIGH. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars DAY.—Morning, 6h. 44m.—Afternoon, 7h. 9m, To-MORROW.-Morning, 7h. 38m.—Afternoon, Bh. sm, 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. 4 I, , , to-,t,A, , • ^1 : ' f.r. .... ... - -rt . c ., -- 0 . -.,.., ; .g.'":l'.E.',- ' - ' 4 . 7 i 1 ~4,11::. --..- - - A4 fiir —.." r--- l ...,.., ~S _~ /~ f: (1~~ ~:~'~"' '`~,~;-~ THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1862. Now that the first surprise at the half ludicrous termination of the six resolutions' debate is over, we can look a little more calmly at its character and probable result. We are inclined to think the country will not be altogether dissatisfied with the termination: We should of course have liked, very much, a thorough and competent investigation of the whole subject of our financial policy—a subject wholly shirked by our wary Premier. We should have liked the increased expenditure amendment of Mr. GRIFFITH, and the income-tax abolition of Mr. WALPOLE, and all the intermediate phases of finance, to have been thoroughly discussed. and a little more light to have been thrown, had it been in any one's power, on our financial prospects, and on the means by which safe retrenchments could be made. The country, after what Mr. GLADSTONE, as well as Mr. DISRAELI and the recreant spokes man for Monday's Conservative meeting, has said, are naturally interested in the very serious question —Are we paying £3 15s. per cent. on our incomes for objects unimportant to us, or through wasteful mismanagement and needless haste in pursuit of those objects ? Every clerk, every clergyman, every one living on limited fixed ineomes, every small tradesman, every farmer, and thousands with larger incomes too, are anxiously asking the ques tion—Does patriotism really require my submis sion to this most grinding and inquisitorial of taxes ? On this subject the lower stratum of the middle classes feels more acutely than it is in the power of wealthier men to conceive—but all feel it more or less. Our direct extra armament rates, as represented by the income-tax, equal at least our direct local rates, And Lord PALMERSTON can hardly be surprised that, when his own Finance Minister, and Lord DERBY'S meeting of Monday, gave no obscure hints that these doubled rates I might be halved, those who have enough to do to satisfy the overseer should feel exceedingly desirous to get rid of the quarterly calls of the income-tax collector. The first impression would be that Lord PAL MERSTON would insist on more rampant expenditure than ever. His triumph seemed so complete, rout ing his first antagonist by compelling Tory forces to muster under his banner, and ultimately discom fiting, and Indep en d en t next, Tories, Iri s h men w. We hardly Liberals, all together , that might suppose he would take a new lease of expenditure, think, however, such will be the case. /le must be far too awake not to see that hi g h expendi ture is, even to him, a rock ahead • knows that casua l resources and lie E xehe.. quer balances can be used no longer. R e knows that even a penny in the pound more income-tax would excite deep discontent when people are rather looking for its rapid diminution. He will hardly venture on any more of his oft refuted stories of French naval armaments rival ling ours, to create a panic. Re cannot well expect the Customs and Excise another year to maintain their pro'auctiveness, when the millions employed on the cotton manufacture can hardly earn enough to maintain life. The Income-tax itself must, in the actual state of trade, fall off considerably under Schedule D. Lord PALMERSTON must be well aware of these broad financial facts, he is aware too of the use which will be made of them if he do not adapt his expenditure to them, and we are therefore inclined to think he will make a vigorous effort to redress the balance of revenue and expen diture by some efficient economies. We need not say he will have willing coadjutors in his own Cabine t Hewill thus in all probability save Mr. DISRAELI the unpleasant lash of bidding again for office in 1863. But why, after all, did Mr. WALPOLE and the more timid of the Tories dissent from Mr. Dis aA ELI ? Why did the former suggest to Mr. DISRAELI au appeal to the sympathy of any gentleman of the turf Yesterday, w h ose horse, with which he expected to win, t urned out a b o lt er ? We apprehend there are two very clear reasons. These timid men knew that a majority for the WALPOLE amendment :night easily be carried, if the Tories, Irish, and Independents, stood firm ; bursome of the Tories themselves—SirWM - lAm HEATIICOTE for instance—were not prepared to turn out Lord PALMERSTON yet. More than that, a " penal dissolution" impended, and the case for the Tories would not have been the clearest: Lord DERBY on the Friday had done his best to avoid committing himself. He only wished for retrench ment—had an impression that reductions might be made, would not say they could, and tried to ex plain away Mr. DISRAELI'S " bloated armaments," though Mr. DISRAELI himself would not do it. But worst of all the more timid Tories know that the country has not the slightest confidence in Mr. DISRAELI'S power to carry his professed followers with him, while it utterly detests his foreign policy. To Englishmen Mr. DISRAELI'S foreign policy is synynomous with extra petting of Austria, with tender pity for the expelled Italian Dukes, with the temporal despotism of the Pope, with opposi tion to Italian unity and liberty. We believe that the clerk on £lOO a-year, while he pays his income tax with a sigh over the painful deprivations it necessitates—would yet rather pay it, than help to curse Italy with Mr. DISRAELI'S policy. With the financial state of the nation now broadly brought before him, we believe the country may hope well from Lord PALMERSTON. It has no faith whatever in Tory sincerity—it loathes their foreign policy and their truckling to Irish priests for votes, and unless the Premier be singu larly wanting in tact he has an opportunity offered him which will not soon recur, of out bidding the Tories by commencing the work in earnest which they only talked of as a bid for office. The game is now in his hands—he knows the state of the country—and the next Tory retrench ment biddings ought to find him well prepared. We should not, however, be surprised to find some of the Tories turning round next session and blaming Lord PALMERSTON for not spending enough. This economy fit of theirs is a fit merely. The effect of recent discussions about the relative numerical strength of the iron fleets of France and England will go very far, we should imagine, to enforce the argument put forth recently by Mr. COBDEN in the last, and perhaps the best, of all his political pamphlets. Facts are stubborn things proverbially. They have certainly proved so in the present instance. What with the revelation of them on Tuesday evening, now by the right hon. . member for Bucks, now by the hon. member for Rochdale, the flagrant misstatements (put forth too upon such high authority !) about our Impe• rial neighbour having thirty-six iron ships already to oppose to our twenty-five—fades out, melts into thin air, evaporates, and vanishes like the veriest bubble of a canard blown by the lips of the most unveracious gobemouche living ! And yet the utterer of this base coin, the forger of this flimsy note of Elegance on the Bank of Credulity, was one who certainly ought to have known better. Speaking precipitately, we suppose, in an unfortunate moment of hallucination, he sets down what is simply " intended" to be done in France as a thing actually accomplished. As cer tainly as Rome was not built in a day—iron ships are not constructed in a year. They are not to be manufactured anywhere, even here in England with all our skill and all our appliances, and all our expe rience, in a way so very off-hand. Adequate time for the performance of the labour is as essential in regard to these iron ships, as the money that is to pay for their construction, or the very material out of which they are constructed. And so, it comes to our knowledge, not by any means es a matter of surprise, that two, or three, or even four years are necessarily consumed in the fabrica tion of one of these formidable iron war vessels. Accepting at once all as actually done that has ever been merely spoken of across the Channel, there in the EMPEROR'S antechamber, in the Minister's cabi net, in the official bureaux and the dockyards—the Prime Minister himself has massed together in the lump—the iron ships that are ordered, the iron ships that have been built, and the iron ships that are merely in course of building ! And not only has a huge error been thus blundered into, but— Mr. COBDEN blurts the simple truth out—Lord PALMERSTON has talked, almost " awfully," certainly ore rotundo, about these French iron ships numbering already thus in all THIRTY-SIX to our five-and-twenty ! When— as the hon. gentleman the member for Rochdale tells us bluntly—several of the iron structures thus spoken of big-mouthed by the English Premier as " ships," are really and truly no ships at all ! Some of these Mr. COBDEN amused the House on Tuesday by intimating are actually at this moment in a warehouse over yonder in France—having been constructed so as to take to pieces and put together again : these portable iron boats being in point of fact designed not for deep sea navigation, but for the tranquil waters of the Lake Garda! Yet has there been an attempt made " to fright the isle from its propriety," by contrasting our own twenty-six iron ships with these thirty-six French iron ships. Thirty-six !—some of them being only now in pro cess of construction —some being simply in nubibus or only ordered to be built —several (if the bull is allowable) of those already built being, we repeat upon Mr. COBDEN'S authority, no ships at all, but merely little boats that would hardly live through a gale upon the broad ocean. If only the hon. member for Rochdale were taken frankly at his word, meaning in respect to his negotiating between the Governments of France and England, some modification in their present labours (at any rate, we will say) towards the massing together of " bloated armaments." Casually and serio-comically though the intimation was thrown oat by Mr. COBDEN on Tuesday—it was neverthe less a distinct assurance enough that he, Mr. COBDEN, would really, in good faith, pledge him self to carry out such a negotiation supposing he were ever entrusted with it. And our own serious conviction in the matter is that, supposing he were en trusted with th e con d uct of such an enterpr i se, h e If so-- would • tahrri i r o t nic out triumphantly.boas teboast e d entente c l o s r i d t impracticable mp r m a c u t s i t c a l b a l ek eP almost e verything in the way of genuine cordiality. It cannot a c t ually be so very sound at heart. " Concealment " of ome kind—like the canker in the rose—must "feed on its damask cheek." Might it not—even supposing the effort proved a failure altogether might it not to ask, be advantageou s to we are temp ted make the endea vour ? An endeavour "glinted more than once during the last few years by the ri g ht hon. member for Bucks, and now for ma lly and impressively endorsed with the approval and even earnest commendation of the hon. member for Rochdale. The very failure of the effort (a result nevertheless that we cannot for an instant seriously imagine, particularly if the negotiator were a man of the tact and discretion of Mr. COBDEN), the very failure of the effort would be so far advantageous that it would instanter put us seriously on the alert as to the designs of a neighbour so mysteriously bent upon advancing, in spite of "chronic deficits," towards those bugbears of the leaders of the Opposition, " bloated armaments." Heartily rejoiced—who can ' doubt it P—would be both France and England if any colourable excuse could be but found for their both simultaneously desisting from their pre sent costly and Cyolop;an labours iu developing the science of naval architecture as it is being worked out nowadays in iron. As yet the passion of their " peaceful" rivalry in this way w void seem to be profanely in its articulation, but as an echo of that battle cry of MACBETH in his warlike contest with MACDUFF—" Damned be he who first cries hold, enough !" At every effort in this momentous struggle for priority and pre-eminence —instead of blood, the money gushes forth abundantly. Every effort, in fact, on the one side or the other is like a new and for ' midable wound—relaxing inopportunely in time of peace the tension and energy of what are happily termed the sinews of war. Cannot any one pos sessing at ones the character of an economist and of a peacemaker —say Mr, COBDEN—interpose before long, benignly and betimes, between those loving competitors ? The Americans are thorough good haters. The North hates the South—the South yet more bitterly hates the North, and South is to unite with North in yet bitterer hatred to England. The North hates us traditionally—and the South, till the grand break up, hated us on that ground even more than the North. The North, then, hated us because we would not almost declare war on the South, the South is gathering up fresh hatred because we would not break the blockade for cotton ; the North hates us because we demanded SLIDELL and MASON, and made Captain WILKES' orators swallow their leek ; the South hates us because we gave these pests, who cost us £BOO,OOO sterling—not incon vertible paper—the cold shoulder, when they did come; and sent them back to Richmond to tell the Confederates that England would have nothing to do with a Republic based on slavery. The North hates us because Canada has no mind to be absorbed into the shattered republic—the South because its slavers used to run off to Canada ; so when the war is over, a date not yet fixed, both sections of the republic are to be welded into a union once more, and hatred to England is to produce the welding heat. We are not writing from public information only. We saw yesterday, for instance, a long letter from an American clergyman to a personal friend in England, a clergyman resident in the polished city of Boston, a D.D., an evidently very intelligent man, and one, too, who expresses per sonally kindly feelings towards us, and he describes at length the growing sentiments of aversion towards this country which he witnesses around him. Singularly enough, the perfectly marvellous conduct of the great body of our operatives in not demanding breaking of the blockade is never men tioned, while the impatient exclamations of a few operatives at some meeting are quoted as proofs of England's feeling against the North. If, however, we had any fear of what the North might attempt, we have increasing evidence that it will not so easily unite the South with it in any action against either England or France. All ac counts, from whatever source, concur in represent ing the feeling of the Southerns as implacable. When, as at New Orleans, a report is circulated that the Union sentiment was found only panting for liberty of expression, it is soon followed by other accounts showing how entire was the misre presentation. The city was governed by martial law, and not a compositor could be found who would set up the Union General's proclamation. He had to call printers out of his regiment to do it, at printing offices on which he seized ! In Tennessee the ladies—generally good exponents of public sen timents—cannot be kept from offering the most un bearable insults to the Federal flag and officers, while martial law is required, because the few Unionists are insufficient to carry on the civil Go vernment. In all the Atlantic and other ports which have been seized, either the whole inhabi tants remove, or the few who remain show the most unconquerable aversion to Northern rule. The veteran General WOOL can no more conciliate their regard than the young and fire-eating Generals. IVI‘CLELLAN finds no co-operation in the country he has forced himself through. He might starve were it not for his own commissariat and the rivers on his right and left. It is also confidently said that the French ambassador, M. MERCIER, who went to see with his own eyes, has returned from Richmond, fully satisfied that the North may in deed make a military conquest of the South, or at least of a great part of it, but that reconciliation of the two sections is now an impossibility. We find, indeed, the more thoughtful part of North, in proportion as their hopes of military success increase, beginning to be anxious respecting the final policy. So plain has their error become, in believing that there was an extensively sup pressed Union sentiment in the South, that they begin to see that a restoration of the old Federal Union with the North will be a simple impossi bility. There will be no popular elements from which to construct State legislatures favourable to the Union ; none to elect representatives to the Federal Government who would not be the subversion of all possible government in the Federal Congress. Nothing would remain but Government by martial law, or some despotic mode of administration, backed by an occupying army, the expense of which, added to the interest of the war-debt, must beggar the North. The last language of the PRESIDENT, in repudiating Gen. HUNTER'S emancipation proclamation, seems like the warning of the near approach of quite another era, and the wail over the necessary libe ration of the negroes. Some even go so far as to predict that the planting slaveholders, who are but a small class, though all-powerful in the South, will have to be evicted from their plantations, and a new race of Northern colonists introduced to culti vate the plantations by free labour. The consequence is that, in the North itself, the democratic and republican parties are recovering their old bitterness; and even while they are trem bling for the fate of HALLECK in the West, and while M'CLELLAN, BANKS, and FREMONT, are all more or less in an uncertain position, the party feuds are becoming as fierce as ever in Washington itself. England may therefore look very uncon cernedly on this great nation, or two nations of haters, for, while confident that she has done no thing to deserve their ill-will, she may be quite sure that they will never be friends enough to unite in discharging their spleen on her. arrived at His Excellency Nubar Bey bas Maurigy's Hotel, from Alexandria. The Duke and Duchess of Athole have arrived at the St. George's Hotel. Viscount and Viscountess Dalrymple have left the St. George's Hotel. Lord and Lady Churchill have left the St. George's Hotel. Park on Saturday, th e 21 s t i nst. Baron de Soub e y ran , aecom p anied by Mons. Sablons, has Lady Taunton will give a fete at Stoke Par Jules Pell e ti er and Mons. Jules Tarbe des arrived at the Brunswick Hotel. 4'l'l'3 Sir W a l ter and Lady Caroline Stirling enter the Earl a nd Counte ss o f R ose b erry, the Earl and Countess house of Leicester, and L a d y Julia Coke, the Hon. Mrs. Wode- Lord , Lord and Lad y Carew, Sir Janes K. Shuttleworth, and Lady Elibank, Colonel and Mrs. Adair, the Earl of Bantry, and Mr. aud L ady Harriet Ramsden, As 3 0 1 f r. ext William e n s ive M P r o o r p e l e a r n t y d in Clare, was riding h ome yes . IRELAND.—ANOTRER AT TEMPTED MURDER,— tor , an Engli s h gentleman, proprie t terday to his residence near Sariff, he was fi re d at by an arm assassin at Bridge of Fo r t Anne. sl and riddled his coat skirt s . L ord Dugs vatetrated one v•-• has re- Nb. .ceived a threatening letter, orde r ;' ; - °epic) ....g him to prepare his ~e COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR CASTLE, JUNE 4. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by her Rol, al Highness Princess Alice, drove out yesterday. Major-General Seymour was in attendance. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, went to London this morning and visited the Great Exhibition. Prince and Princess Augustus of Saxe Coburg arrived from London, and returned in the afternoon. Viscount Palmerston had an audience of the Queen. N.R. AND 11MADAME GOLDSCHIIIIDT'S SACRED CONCERT. The third and last of this series of concerts for benevo lent purposes was given last evening at Exeter Hall, "Elijah" was performed in aid of the Royal Soeiety of Mu sicians and the Royal Society of Female Musicians, two well known and excellent institutions, of great benefit to the musical prsfession, both of which, we believe, have already partaken of Madame Lind Goldschmidt's beneficence. The performance of "Elijah" was similar to that of " The Mes siah" and " The Creation," on the previous evenings. The solo singers were Madame Lind Goldschmidt, Miss Susannah Cole, Miss Eyles, Miss Palmer, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Walker, Mr. I'. Distin, Mr. Lawler, and Mr. Weiss. The band and chorus consisted of upwards of five hundred performers. Mr. E. Hopkins was the organist, and Mr. Otto Goldschmidt was the conductor. The performance was perfect in every respect. Madame Goldschmidt's grand reading of the principal soprano part is well known, and on this occasion it was as grand as ever. To the scene of the widow, whose child is restored to life through the prayers of the Prophet, she gave a beauty and pathos entirely her own; and in her delivery of the grand air which opens the second part, " Hear ye, Israel 1" there was a sublimity easier to feel than to de scribe—a fervid, inspired expression, which no other singer that we have ever heard has been able to reach. Sometimes her greatest displays of vocal power are attended with a greater degree of effort than once was required ; but the power is still there without diminution, as well as the beauty. Mr. Weiss, as the representative of the Prophet, is well known to have no superior. Independently of his magnificent singing, there is a dramatic consistency, a lofty and dignified tone maintained throughout, which shows the artist of genius. Mr. Sims Reeve sustained the tenor part, and, as usual, made a strong impression in his great air, "If with all your hearts ye truly seek me," Miss Palmer sang the beautiful contralto music charmingly; and Miss Susannah Cole sang the little part of the "Youth" sent to watch the aspect of the heavens, with a clear, sweet voice that was very pleasing. The choruses were well given, and the instrumental band was accurate and effec tive. The hall was, as at the previous concerts, crowded to excess in every part. The Japanese Ambassadors ou Tuesday visited the International Exhibition, and afterwards paid a length- ened visit to the establishment of Messrs. Grant and Gask of Oxford street. If the Governmental passion for teaching every body their business could be fully gratified, we should have inspectors of everything at every street corner, and no man would be required to think for himself. There would be an inspector of shirts, whose duty it would be to see that all the buttons were in their places, and that the fronts were properly starched. There would be an inspector of shaving-water, an inspector of slippers, and another inspec tor to see that the bed-room candlesticks were in proper order. Barriers, with comfortable official dwelling-houses attached, would be built at the end of every street, and no person or thing would be allowed to pass these bar riers without examination and an official order. Every man's pulse would be felt and tongue examined every morning by travelling doctors, before he was allowed to go to business, or to start on a journey. Every city would be turned into a huge barrack, and every man in it would be treated as a soldier on duty. The food for breakfast would be fixed by official order; and also the hour and dishes for dinner and supper. The complaint about cold mutton would be no longer a table-squabble be tween man and wife, but a thing to be filled in on an official form, and sent in to a particular department. Sheets of folio foolscap with a margin would be in demand at every turn of existence, for without them no protest could be officially brought before the constituted authorities. The hour for going to bed and putting out the light would be fixed as it was in the curfew days, or as it is fixed now on board ship in the docks. Producers and consumers would not be allowed to trade together on their own terms, but as it is now between cab- drivers and cab-hirers, water sellers and water-buyers, gas-sellers and gas-buyers, the price which one should give and the other should take would be settled by an army of inspectors. The area-bell, the street-door scraper, the knocker, the chimney -pots, and the letter-box, would all be under the charge of a staff of sub inspectors. No bread, nor wine, nor beer, would be eaten or drunk before it was tested, and perhaps analysed by a Government officer. Births, deaths, and marriages, would be regulated by a state department, and no child would be allowed to come into the world, or go out of it, without giving three days' clear notice to the managing secretary. —Once a Week. THE PUBLIC RECORDS.—The report of the Deputy-Keeper of the Public Records states that the searches and inspections last year produced £BlB in fees, besides which 142 literary inquirers inspected records with out payment of fees and attended 1,514 times. The Govern ment documents are in course of examination, and useless papers are converted into pulp ; 55 tons of War .office papers and 165 tons of Admiralty paters have thus disappeared. The calendars and indexes of State papers are proceeding ; it is a work of great labour and difficulty, but of the utmost service ; in fact, really throwing open the treasures of the office to the historical inquirer by making them more easily and better known. It is impossible to speak too strongly of the value of these printed calendars as pointing out the materials for the history of the period to which they relate. The materials for the history of the reign of Henry VIII., which Mr. Brewer has with great pains brought together in the calendar now publishing, exceed in importance any thing of the kind that has been published in this or any country. They throw a most vivid light on the religious, political, social, and financial proceedings of this reign, and afford a curious insight into the manners and customs of the time. The very sayings and doings of the sovereigns and stateemen on the continent are recor d e d, an d th e mos t minute evidence is preserved by ey e an d ear w it nesses o f their words and actions. But it is not merely calendars and indexes that are being published ; five years ago the Master of the Rolls submitted to the Treasury his proposal for the publication of materials for the history of this country from the invasion of the Romans to the reign of Henry VIII., i and already 25 volumes of chronicles and memorials of great importance and interest have been issued, and 14 more are in the press, edited by gentlemen specially qualified for their task. It is to be regretted that until another block of the Record repository shall be built, a large collection of these valuable public documents is necessarily deposited in houses in Chancery-lane, exposed to the risk of fire and otherwise unsafe, and occupying room of great value for offices or dwellings. SERIOUS FIRES AND FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.-- Yesterday morning, between two and three, a fire broke out in the premises of Messrs. Bates and Cs., wadding manufacturers, Lock's fields, Walworth, Owing to the timely arrival of assistance the flames were soon extin guished, but some hundred weight of cotton were con sumed.—A fire of a calamitous character happened during the night on the premises belonging to Mr. C. R. Copeland, linendraper, carrying on business at No. 22, St. John's road, Heaton. It appears that some light goods hanging in the shop became ignited through falling against a gas burner. Mr. Copeland rushed upstairs to the second floor, to secure his money, but upon endeavouring to gain the stairs, was driven back by the flames, and made his appear ance at the window. A gentleman named Kennedy, who was passing, called to him not to jump out, as the Royal Society's escape was near the house—it being then only eight doors away. Regardless of the danger, however, the unfortunate man jtipaped out. He was taken to the hospital, when it was found necessary to amputate both legs. The premises were burned down, and those of Mr. Blanford, hatter (No. 24), and of Mrs. H. Chrees, milliner (No, 20) were damaged. The sufferers were insured in the Phcenix, Alliance, and Imperial fire offices. Had Mr. Copeland remained in his room only a few seconds longer he might have been saved. CURIOUS CASE OF LETTER STEALING IN FRANCE, —The Court of Assizes of the Haute-Vienne has just been engaged tvi o days in trying a married woman named Navail, for stealing certain letters, the property of her master, M. --, sub-inspector of forests at Limoges. A man named Turon was also charged with receiving the said letters knowing them to have been stolen. The female prisoner and her husband had been some time in the ser vice of M. -- while guard-general of forests at Mar mande, and accompanied him to Limoges when promoted the sub-inspectorship there. While residing at Marmande M. had formed an illicit connection with the wife of M. Edouard P---, and on his removal to Limoges the lady frequently N‘ rote to Mtn. Those letters the female prisoner took from her master's bureau, and on learning their contents, determined to use them for her own advan tage. Having been discharged froth his service in May, 1861, She gave, the letters to her accomplice, Turon, and told him to m a k e as muc h o f th em ,as he could. Hei said they ought to produce at least 10,000 f., to which the woman Navail r e pli e d th a t if ha eond get her 4,000 f. she would be content. Tilron accordingly began to threaten Mme. P -- with the publi ca ti on of the letters if his demands were not acceded to. Not meeting with a satisfactory answer, anonymous letters Were addressed to her son and sister-in law, and these annoyances were continued until the pri soners were arrested. The counsel for the female prisoner stated that his client had been seduced by M. -- at the age of 18, and had afterwards lived with him as servant and mistress far 15 years, and was at last turned destitute upon the world. Anticipating such a termination to their connection, she had taken these letters and used them as a means of vengeance, and he maintained that her master had no moral right to prosecute her for an offence which was the natural result of the condition to which he himself had reduced her. The learned counsel concluded with de claring that letters of guilty love were not a property the law ought to protect. The President having summed up the facts of the case, the jury retired, and atter a brief de liberation, returned into court with a verdict of not guilty. The Court then ordered the primers to be pet at liberty, I LATEST NEWS. PARIS, JUNE 4, EVENING. The Patrie of this evening publishes the bllow ing despatch from Mexico : " VERA CRUZ, MAY 15. " The towns of Tepeaca, Cholula, Acalungo, and Tlascala have declared themselves hostile to the Government of Juarez. The movement is spread ing. Admiral Jurien de la Graviere, after a month's absence, will resume command of the fleet." TURIN, JUNE 4. In the Chamber of Deputies yesterday Signor Ratazzi introduced a bill on the subject of associa tions, the discussion upon which will take place to-day. The letter of Garibaldi, read in yesterday's sitting, was to the following effect .—" I left Caprera at the summons of Ricasoli. When the new Ministry approved the plan of instituting national rifle clubs it was desired to raise two battalions of Genoese Carabineers. Many young men hastened to enlist, but the project failed. Some hundreds of young men, not being able to return to their homes, asso ciated themselves together in Lombardy for armed drill. The Government, however, viewed heir pro ceedings with suspicion, and made several arrests. The Ministerial journals declared that it was in tended to attempt an invasion of the Tyrol. This is false. Our cry is always ' Italy and Victor Emmanuel !' It is necessary to complete the arma ments in order to give the Italians an organisation similar to that of Prussia or Switzerland. The Crown of the people will then be rescued from every kind of unwarrantable influence." In the Chamber of Deputies to-day General Bixio made the following statement : " I believe it my duty to assure the House that, in the interview in which the question of the expe dition was raised, the President of the Council for mally declared that it would not have been tole rated. Upon another occasion the President of the Council demanded the word of honour of the son of Garibaldi that the Genoese Carabineers should not be employed in illegal expeditions. The Ministry were not aware of the expedition. I my self had been charged by Garibaldi to make com munications to Signor Depretis, but I refused, being unwilling to place a friend in opposition to the Government. It is incorrect that those who have been arrested were taken with arms in their hands." VIENNA, JUNE 4. A telegram received here from Constantinople states that Omar Pasha has announced a victory gained on Sunday by Abdi Pasha, near Yenekoi, over the Montenegrins, commanded by the Prince in person. FRANCE. BOURSE, June 4.—Great animation again pre vails in the market, and with a good amount of business doing, pi ices, however, have not improved, but remain firm at the closing rates of yesterday. Threes, for the Account, are now at 70f 55c. Rail way Share Market also firm, with prices in some cases rather higher. The market became rather heavy towards the close, and left off as follows :- 41 per per Cents 97 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 45 r Bank Shares 3135 I Credit F oncier 1595 Belgian 41 — Pieclmontest FivQs 72 30 Italian Loan 7l 80 Austrian Spanish Threes — Home Debt rAYS. New 3 per Cents .. 69 35 Do. end month.... 69 70 Credit Mobilier.... 827 50 Do. end month.... RAIL" Cash. Account. Orleans 1295 1300 Northern .... New ditto . 985 Lyons and Mediterranean 1105 1107 50 Geneva 370 Southern 855 .. 852 50 Western .. Eastern .. 560 .. 562 50 Sardinian Austrian Lombard AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, WEDNESDAY. The Inman steamer City of Edinburgh arrived this morning, having left New York on the 24th. The latest despatches from the army of General M'Clellan are as follow ; "To THE HON. E. M. STANTON, SECRETARY OF WAR, M'Clellan's Head-quarters, May 21, 8 p.m. " I have just returned from Bottom's-bridge. Have examined the country on the other side, and made a recon naissance on the heels of the enemy, who probably did not like the skirmish of yesterday. The bridge will be repaired by to-morrow morning, and others constructed. All the camps have advanced to-day. "G. B. M'CLELLAN, Major-General Commanding." Washington had been distracted with rumours of a battle, but they were without foundation. From Corinth the latest despatches speak also of skirmishing : " Halleck's Head-quarters, Thursday, May 22. " There was considerable skirmishing along our whole line yesterday. In every case the enemy was driven back, with a total loss of about 40 killed and wounded. The enemy's was about the same. Deserters continue to come in daily in squads, mostly from the 13th Louisiana." " Cairo, Wednesday, May 21. "An arrival from the fleet on Monday states that a flag of truce went round Craighead Point for the purpose of exchanging released prisoners, in accordance with an ar rangement made some weeks since. After waiting some hours the flag returned without being met. by the rebels. Late in the afternoon one of their boats came up and effected an exchange. It is believed among officers of the army that the rebels have evacuated Fort Wright and fallen back on Fort Randolph, as no rebel gunboats could be seen around the point. A reconnaissance in force, sent down by Commander Davis to ascertain the position of the enemy, had not returned when the boat left. Memphis papers of the 17th inst. announce the arrival of the National fleet at Vicksburgh, which had met no successful resistance. Fort Adams is 100 miles below Vicksburgh, and the presump • tion is, that a fight had taken place." A special despatch to the Times, dated Fort Wright, 20th inst., says:— " From indicationemade apparent yesterday, it is clearly evident that the enemy have evacuated Fort Wright, and fallen back on Fort Randolph, a strong fortification on the second Chickasaw Bluff, 12 miles below their former posi tion, Officers of the flotilla, who went down the river yes terday with a flag of truce, returned with the intelligence that neither troops nor gunboats were visible ; that Fort 'Wright, and as far below as the eye could reach, were de serted. Towards evening the rebel craft came up with a flag of truce, and exchanged prisoners. No explanation was offered as to why our flag was not answered in the morning. Taking all the circumstances into consideration, there is not the least doubt that the rebels have left Fort Wright, and in their new position can maintain a more thorough defence, and be less exposed to the fire of our mortars," " CHICAGO, Friday, May 22. "Deserters, who came aboard the Benton on Tuesday, report that Commodore Farragut's fleet left Nicksburgh on Saturday last, their destination being Memphis." From the mountain department there is news of a fight, and the seizure of the Central Virginia Rail road by the Federal forces : " FRANKLIN ; Wednesday, May 21, via Baltimore, Thursday, May 22. "Despatches have been receivel from General Cox, coin.. manding in the fight at Princetown on the 18th. It was a very warm affair, in which some 30 IN ere killed and 70 wounded on our side. Pl isoners taken by us state that the rebel loss was double or treble ours. Colonel Cox, com manding at Lewisburgh, Greenbriar County, has made a successful dash on the Central Virginia Railroad, seizing at Covington, its terminus, a guerilla chief and one other noted bush-whacker; also the telegraph office, and de spatches showing that the rebel Provost-Marshal of Allegheny County had sent to Jackson, at Staunton, for reinforcements, which had been promised. He then went to the Jackson River bridge, 10 miles east of Covington, and blunt the bridge—thus cutting off any present move ment over the road. This demonstration has had a capital effect in the county. The Union sentiment is more bold, and the Secessionists are alarmed and puzzled." A letter from Washington says;— " Voluminous despatches have been received from the Gulf. They relate principally to the details of the recent movements connected with the capture of New O r leans. The vessels of the fleet have been judiciously d is tributed , a number under Commander Lee going up as far as Vicks burgh for purposes which it would be improper to state.. , It appears front the documents that Commander arragut carried out his instructions to the letter, and was ably and cheerfully sustained by all under his com mand. On our forces occupying Pensacola, the Mayor promised that the citizens would behave themselves peace fully. The rebels had evacuated the place on hearing that our steamers the day before were going to run into Mobile Bay, and that the squadron and mortar boats would soon follow. Commander Porter left Ship Island on the 7th, with the steamers belonging to the mortar fleet and the Sachem for Mobile Bar, for the purpose of fixing a place for the mortar vessels to lie, and plant buoys for the ships to run in by, when they should arrive. Great excitement seemed to exist within the forts at the progress of the fleet. There was reason to believe that Fort Gaines was evacuated, and that the troops there were leaving to reinforce Fort Morgan. The Clifton got ashore under the guns of the latter fort, which opened fire upon her, and when they had got her range beautifully they threw shot over her. Lieut. Commanding Baldwin went to work coolly, and got his vessel off just as Commander Porter sent him assistance. The weather being bad, and for the pur pose of coaling, the vessels left for Ship Island." The following private letter from Lieut. Constable, commander of the gunboat Stevens (Naugatuck), addressed to Capt. John Faunce, gives a description of the recent fight on James River, and explains the bursting of the heavy gun on board of that vessel during the engagement : " United States gunboat Stevens, Hampton Roads, May, 19, 1862. " My dear Captain,—We arrived here yesterday from Norfolk, having brought down the killed and part of the wounded in our last action, and left them at the hospital there. The squadron to which we were attached, consist ing, besides the Stevens, of the Galena, Monitor, Aroostook, and Port Royal, worked our way up James river, and, at a battery at a place called Harding's Bluff, about five miles above Day's Point, we saw the rebel steamers Yorktown and Jamestown, but they ran from us, ascending the river. When we arrived at City Point wa found the storehouses there, containing tobacco, 45tc., in flames, and nearly con sumed. "On the evening of the 14th instant we arrived about ten miles below Richmond. The Stevens had led the squadron, keeping about 200 yards ahead of the Galena, sounding out the channel, and looking out for obstructions and torpedoes. We were, on account of our light draught of water and the readiness with which the vessel worked) of great service to the squadron. From information which we had gained we learned that the enemy had, about two miles above us, heavy obstructions across the river, consist ing of spiles and sunken vessels, defended by a very strong battery on a high bluff, called Ward's-hill. This Ward's hill was but eight miles below Richmond, and at a council of war held on board the flagship (the Galena), consisting of the commanders of the five vessels, it was arranged that the squadron should the next morning attack the battery in the order arranged. If successful In shelling them out the Stevens was to haul out the spiles, while men from the squadron spiked the guns, I was provided with a chain for that purpose, and intended pumping out aft and submerging forward until making fast and heaving taut, then pump out forward, and submerge aft to loosen the spile in its hold, and then haul upon it until drawn, ire. We likewise learned that the enemy had rifle pits well manned, and even while at anchor on the afternoon of the 14th we were fired at several times from musketry in the bushes along the shore. At the request of the Commodore I threw a shell from our Parrot gun at quite a large force of the enemy on a hill about two miles distant, which started them off at ' double quick,' and then threw two or three rounds of canister from our light guns into the bushes where the rifle shots had come from, and during the night we heard nothing further from them. " I fortunately learned that evening that the Galena had several large sheets of boiler iron not in use (6ft. by 31t.), 25 of these I procured, and fastened them on the outside of the pilot-house and cabin, and to their protection we were all indebted for our lives in the action of the lOth, The next morning, on the first of the ebb, the vessels moved up to their positions of attack, under a very annoying fire of rifles from the woods (the river being less than 200 yards wide). We opened fire upon the battery with our heavy gun, and threw shell and canister from our broadside ones into the woods. Our station was abreast of their rifle-pits, and was only about 40 feet from the shore, so that their sharpshooters had a fair chance at us. During the fight, and while our heavy gun was performing splendidly, it burst, but fortunately disabled but one man. It burst, from the vent to the trunnions, in two halves, throwing one half overboard on the port side, while the other half was landed on deck on the starboard side. " Sincerely yours, " Capthin John Faunce." "D. C. CONSTABLE. A letter from Washington says : "Experitrents have been made in the Navy Yard here to test the capability of the description of iron armour adopted by the Navy Department to resist shot. It was found that it amounts to a perfect shield against such ord nance as easily pierced the armour in England similar to that of the celebrated vessel Warrior. The President wit nessed the experiments, the details of which it is improper to publish." THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN CANADA. The Quebec and Toronto journals received yester day explain the circumstances which have brought about a ministerial resignation in Canada. The rejection of the Militia Bill was caused by the de fection of the Lower Canadian members who usually support the government. The bill was lost by seven votes. The ministers had a majority of seven among the Upper Canadian members separately taken, but as among the Lower Canadian members they were in a minority of fourteen votes ; the result was that which we have to record. The bill was rejected silently. On a previous occasion a discussion had taken place ; but when the Minister, Mr. Cartier, moved the second reading, nobody spoke; the mo tion was at once put to the vote, and the bill was rejected. The bill was not . considered a good one, but it was the only proposition for placing the defences of the country on a sound local basis, and its absolute rejection has an appearance otherwise than that which would have been presented if it had been rejected avowedly for its defects of detail. The colonial supporters of the Ministry blame them for not announcing at first that the bill represented their view of the duty of the colony towards the mother country, and that they would stand or fall by it. The Quebec Chronicle makes some very severe remarks on the conduct of the French Canadians, accusing them of insincerity in their professions of loyalty. It says— " The fall of one cabinet or the rise of another is a minor consideration compared with the grave issue which is now presented as between Canada and Great Britain. By their votes yesterday a ma jority of French Canadians have put on record their refusal to respond to the reasonable requirements of the Imperial Parliament; they have said in effect that Lower Canada will contribute nothing towards the defence of the province; they have formally proclaimed thai their recent ebullitions of loyalty on the arrival of the 131„,!ish troops were either s h e e r selfishness or an egregim;.! sham ; and they have deliberately assumed a position which must mate rially affect their future relations, al;„. d the relations of the province, to the British Crown. " It is of no avail to remind us that other groOnds of complaint existed than those which appear in the rejection of the Militia Bill. Whatever qualifica tions local knowledge may enable us to attach to a Lower Canadian majority of 14 against the bill, in England, France, and the United States, it is sus ceptible of but one interpretation. It is a declara tion on the part of 37 Lower Canada constituencies that the colony will not discharge its duty to the Crown in the vital matter of defence ; and so the world is bound to estirtmte it. No amount of lip• loyalty will suffice to obliterate this impression. A French Canadian majority have refused to pay a few dollars, and to perform slight service, as the price of continued British connection ; and their action must so stand before the world." The organs of the French Canadians repudiate this interpretation of the votes of their represen: ti-ies, admitting at the same time that it is the one which is most favoured by appearances. .Le Jour nal de Quebec says:— " This vote will, in England , have an effect for us Lower Canadians fatalelys . fidelity andgnificant. Our devotedness energetic protestations of demonstrations noble f lustbleposiyteioanr w w h il i l e n h o w l e on l g vo e n r bbeyboeulirevdeed in mon, at will be irrevocably lost. It is generallyfeletothnattrytnoen m a i g n u is e t s e t r io s no did s wisely o ely t in not going to the country delicacy. The Toronto Globe declares that the vote of the house was determined by objections to the Ministry, and not to a well-considered Militia Bill, which another set of Ministers will find no difficulty in passing. It says:- 6 , The sole pretext on Which a dissolution could be based by Mr. Cartier is entirely taken away b) the fact that the gentlemen who have defeated the government on the Militia Bill, are avowedly as favourable to a proper re-organization of the militia of the pr ;vine° as the present ministry can be They voted against the bill because it was too cuai• brous and too costly, and because they oould not entrust the carrying out of its provisions to the hands of the present men. Lord Monck, we fancy, will have no difficulty in forming an administration from the legitimate opposition, prepared to deal properly with the militia and volunteer question. There seems little reason to doubt that Mr. Cartier and his colleagues have known for some time that they could not get through the session, and that they elected to fall on the Militia Bill. The determined opposition of the Government to any reform of the representation system stripped it of all hearty sympathy among Upper Canada members ; the Bankrupt Bill, offered for the second time in a shape to court defeat, and the Grand Trunk Subsidy Bill, brought forward under ministerial auspices, increased the dissatisfaction even among their supporters; and the frightful extravagance and jobbery dragged to light in the debate on the Ottawa buildings and in the proceedings of the Public Accounts Com mittee, excited the strongest feeling of indignation in every quarter. Mr. Galt's speech, announcing increased expenditure, a deficit of five millions, a new loan, increased duties on tea and sugar, and a stamp tax, capped the climax ofpopular indignation. It was utterly impossible that the ministry in its exhausted condition could work through measures so unpopular as these, and it was a mere question of time on what day of the session the blow would fall. The announcement that it had fallen took no one in Toronto by surprise yesterday afternoon. There vi as but one expression of gratulation at the news among men of all parties, and decidedly those most hearty in their rejoicing were conservatives, who almost to the last had supported the adminis tration." The following list of the new ministry is pub lished by the Quebec Chronicle as authentic : "UPPER CANADA.—J. S. Macdonald, Attorney- General; M. H. Foley, Postmaster-General; W. P. Howland, Minister of Finance ; W. M‘Dougall, Commissioner of Crown Lands; James Morris, Re ceiver-General ; A. 'Wilson, Solicitor-General. " LOWER CANADA.—L. V. Sicotte, Attorney- General; A. A. Dorion, Commissioner of Public Works ; T. D. M'Gee, Bureau of Agriculture and Emigration ; U. J. Tessier, President of the Coun cil; F. Evanturel, Provincial Secretary; J. J. C. Abbott, Solicitor-General." These gentlemen are not taken exclusively from any one Canadian party. ARRIVAL OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE VICEROY OF EGYPT AT TVOOLIVICII. A special train, consisting of the state carriages used by her Majesty the Queen and the royal family, arrived at Woolwich Arsenal station yesterday morning at 10 15, via Paddock-wood and Maidstone, containing Said Pasha and his nephew, Mustapha Pasha, together with the officers and attendants,, upwards of 80 in number, composing the suite of the Egyptian Court now visiting England. His Highness was received on his alighting at the sta tion by Sir Richard Dacres, the Major General commanding the garrison ; Col. Kennedy, Depot Brigade; Brigade-Major Milward, Major Field, Deputy Assist.-Quartermaster-General, and other officers, in full uniform. His ExcellencyM.Musurus, Mr. Larking, the Egyptian Envoy and Consul- General in London, and the Hon. Charles Murray, our late Consul in Alexandria, were also present to receive the Pasha. A guard of honour, consisting of 100 men of the 15th Brigade Royal Artillery, bearing the national colours in command of Col. Clifford, and the full regiment band, were drawn up in front of the station, and as soon as his Highness made his appearance the colours were sloped, and the band struck up an appropriate air, the Egyptians having no national anthem. The Viceroy and his nephew, and the principal officers of the Court, then entered the state carriages, which had been for warded from London by the Turkish agents and authorities there, and proceeded to the Royal Ar senal pier, accompanied by Sir Richard Dacres and and staff on horseback, the Pasha's band of about .25 instrumentalists following on foot, while the majo rity of the Egyptian suite immediately took the ordinary train for London. Mr. C. W. Eborall, the company's principal superintendent, and Mr. Knight, the superintendent at Dover, accompanied the train to - Woolwich. Mr. Bartholomew, the stationmaster, having been apprised on previous day of the Viceroy's arrival, had prepared the landing place and the whole of the platform and stairs leading to the carriages with crimson cloth. The Pasha's state yacht,the Faid Gahaad,built byMessrs. Samuda, was stationed alongside the T pier ready for his immediate reception, and on the Pasha's approach. the whole of the crew mounted the rigging, manned the yards, and set up a shout of rejoicing, " Allah ! Alhallatt!" and the name of the Pasha being clearly audible. His Highness then descended the companion ladder, accompanied by his own attendants, and Sir Richard Dacres and staff with drew, his Highness expressing a desire to obtain some repose, being fatigued with his journey. A couple of Royal Artillery sentries were stationed. on either side of the companion ladder, and strict injunctions were issued to the police to keep the pier clear of visitors at his Highness's special request. A salvo was fired from a battery of 21 Armstrong guns specially brought on to the Arsenal wharf, in command of Capt. Taylor, R.A., and the Royal standard was hoisted at the flagstaff, to re- 4 main during the Pasha's stay in Woolwich. Atter partaking of some refreshment on board, the Pasha. informed Mr. iVlurray that he should not stir for two days, and that he had no intention of leaving the yacht until Friday morning, when he purposed inspecting the department of the Arsenal, and on Saturday he should take a trip down the river. The Faid Gahaad is a paddle steamer of the most elegant and costly build, her exterior decorations being white and gold. Her length, it is stated, is 15 ft. over that of the Himalaya, and she is the largest steamer which ever attempted to coma up to Woolwich. She left the docks at Liverpool in command of Mr. Petley, Master Commander of the Admiralty steam yacht Black Eagle, at 12 40 on Sunday, the Ist inst., and passed Land's End at 1 47 on Monday, making a speed of from 12 to 14 knots per hour, She arrived in the Downs at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, anchored at Gravesend, and ar rived yesterday morning at 3 o'clock at Woolwich. Notwithstanding her immense length and extraor dinary proportions, she was turned, and made fast close to the pier without the slightest mishap. The deck, being a " flush deck," forms an un interrupted pron,.nade of 383 ft., the vessel having been lengthenea l 69 ft. by ft. The quarterdeck the original being 314 1 th d c l h e Messrs. o s oa . :oweohriet Forrester, canvas dsoaeutrren, Liverpool, einnthegde. is covered with a : from the sun and rain a. The saloons are fitted wit pportsbeoifngthseilrviecrh-ess,;tlt,aoanddmq most epanel lingiabo principaland decorationssu rate workmanship, without reference to cost. The state bed is emblazoned at each end with a gilded representation of the rising and setting suu, and e e m ni , s t a h m e e C n r t e s sc o e f n t t h , e is wh in o t i r e o o dl t a: t c h c o d throughout t he furnitureEgypatinatduh arrangements e em m b b l of the ship. The Faad Gahaad's draught of water on leaving Liverpool was 18ft. 6in. ; her consumption of coals 75 tons per day, and her stowage 600 tons. Her engines, by Maudslay and Sons, are of 800 -horse power. THE BISHOP OF MALTA.—We regret to learn that the Roman Catholic Bishop of Malta on arriving at Messina in the steamer Qusinal, was grossly insulted by the inhabitants of that city, who swarmed iu boats with Italian flags round the vessel, shouting " Purco it Vescovo di Malta 1" " Spia dei Borboni 1" " Maledetta l'anima sua I" " Ford Maltesi 1" and other expressions of a simi lar nature. They even, it said, went so iar as to attempt to board the steamer, on seeing which the crew were placed uLder arms. The captain of an Italian frigate in the har bour is reported to have shotted her guns, and warned the people that he would fire on the boats if they cid not dis perse. It is, more,,ver, rumoured that the English Vice Consul, after conferring with the supreme local authority, who expressed every desire to protect the bishop as far as the circumstance of an excited rabble would permit, advised him and the Maltese on board not io land. The French t.onsul, it is also stated, protested against the insult to individuals enjoying the protection of toe French flag, and it is added that such was the panic on board that the packet steamed out of harbour, picking up some passengers in the Straits, without even landing her goods deliverable at Messina, or transhipping that part of her cargo destined for the Levant,—Naeta Times. I E Qm..,.