The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-24 00:00:00

State embankment -4o the sea ?—So stop all Pensions, and Pay, above £365-yr ; no Queen's nor Ministers' money, Default on Russell's (1683, N. Bedford/eva Carr-), attaint. JAPANESE MISSION CO's., its KATHAY Baton Rouge RivEu-ot—of ' England's Privy Council. rft Articles 3.—.18, and 21, under texts Hollandaise' for 14 years' revision, signed on 26th August, 1858, and attested by the Russian intermediate, Count Ignatief in 1859, under Pekin'e Inn-Tien-('lin Treaty—in Alcor's Vi and caputSlation), Obedient t o h eaven ' s Zenith 4 + so l ita-meter Spiral-sphere fate 'Z overhead' earth-fist, distinct from the Sun's r- planeterry declination N. and S. for Frei Japan's Cantonal-1586 in Ton- Quin's Le Chua c. J., on Ed w. lll's Sceptre Chancery Court, ht./ of Maca6 Cabotaqe guard as England ' itself' of the Isles, against Tartar-british Chinaman-slave—pirates. You are hereby called on to register the old La Montee Q' civic limit-wall of China, as the Jeao-horizon o f London, 40e N., as England's 1581 Receipt of Exchequer, and take out ' Yedo copy of Standard Pigmeter weights' for regional exemplification, under your red moon disc mark—of the Msnan-cab°yian empire of th e Bornes ile's, on Q. Eliz. and J. I.'s Elan aam to Sicily's 4 • font in alt ° s kyset link, (as between Man and God) so Serpentine ::.. • fly audits.' Explain to the Tycoon's Free-haired Tailmen as of Our fathers, That this results from my sole Macao charge, on Holy Alliance of Christian-clubs, t Abolition 29th August, 1825, by 11 G. m. c 65--founded on 14 G. m., c 83, 1774.0 for the one Nefean meter •rod of Earth's empyreal spirit-'-level guidance—restored in 1824, suspended one year to kill off the life and death 1815 justice-men' for '26 Romish-pope —so cause of Ms illegal ' white Mitre' being set to all the criminal law exchequer deeds, over which, if not removed the writer will sign for the people's rights, without any Ruff-C4.tian v 5.A..C." coolie marks of 1842's bald pated Chi nese Tartar shaved mark of Macartney's '92 /word, CAR, and u:)-harness foist—for a -papal British government mis rule by confusion—as seen in Pekin summer palace. The suspended 1824 Act— became re-incorporated in 1835—and writer its StatelswAll trustee under 1837-43, for the lineal spirit-level inter-'-national oathing for all offices, without sect creeds idea—on Stafl inset-poy'ze sight. Turf; on water trespass,' YEH'S ask of Lisbon's Macao Company's governor in 1857—(0f the Romish Pope) ? who was England's 1594 Stil-laird of Guinea of 1712 and 1826, Kings Oersfa Judge River Conservator, on Brazil-marshal Beresford's baton rouge submission to Admiral G. Ha • mond's flag-lieutenant II Montague II Ackerley—for facing in court the Red-man Tycoon Imperator, by . law as typic in the rites in Q. Ann's Bnty office, Westminster, 1841 act. Your P. Council P" raISSION was to unite the treat 9 1664, with Anglvnutch executive of Holland, its marshes as of Leicester's create 1560-85 so Cromwell and Louis 'lv., 1655, affirmed by Parliament, of 16 Car. 11., re-embodY'd on Phillipine-isles 6 & 6 native jury-1764-Sch olastic teachin g the Red Indians by Act of 1832 for making N. W. America Behring's land-guarantee of Dutch-loan extends to New foundland-1820 as Crown colony Antipodean to N. Zealand, Siam, and its Ceylon trop'arctic //word de x pendencies. You'll now see into the May 14 Bar'ing-visit (leading by Labuan Macdonald, to the son ASHBURTON treaty) of my state-associate—and afterwards to Northumberland-house to pass before the Supreme Indian portraiture of Joseph Brant, (Stamp Act Sag6moth Chief of 1774-'93 of Anglo- Chinese America, west to east), uncle and predecessor of the now Siderial-crown. Income-tax Freeman herein Basqu eta' d as P. NwPwarr, one of y our race under the ligne tiree for Washington § Texas—Extradition act, 1843—its alien's having no French white' flag for their Co-chin Le Bua- Annara assumption ' vers Vann& 1821 Colberti-restaurate,' on m y Mexi-micmac Brazil-Canton sponsorship. By letter, save disproved acts, Ye are of the out'd-1585 Dairy-snma or high Sinto Papists, separated from the state 2-kub 9 ship-coroner . 1 . so, not of the peoples 'mats-mai y-/tr. pole elect-Ty-cone Zenith Courts—over the provincial Dia mi-6, and district Sio-mi-6. If so ? ' Rip' or Ratify by meter oath for Angl°China—as East-Searehmen 'on the water flaglimit by the high contracting parties,' April 7, 1862—W. Seward & R. Pemell, City nickname LYONS ; Amer. Ind. Co‘mission'rs by Art. 1, rule 2 within the territorial waters of the other (L'aiitre neutre) party' —in Carib's right to search ' mother earth's legistatrices by Brants. Peter.§ IN conclusion—Know that the Portugue-papal Tartar change of your national Red water flag disc -K,l by the Macao'd Chancery (1594-1618), and others, in the Scotch Dutch Japanese treaty with China Oct. 1663 to Feb. 1664, —signed by Tycoon, for BORT & Vander Does, whereby a White flag with red moon was set as the Gaduch'yrs Mexi- Anahuac' emblem, over your (Embassy in London. - line base qui (fit Armer la race-rouge si grand. 7, 2 ; Sous la loi civique ¢), piss avec Fierte I oa l'on volt que jamas I'ENOLAND' ne marchande 8 Quand it faut par la mer leur donner Liberte . -*- . 4.-1. • • • N.l CHARLES ' ACXERLEY, rt •• • 1-2 W. Iv., No. 54, Chamberlayne' Die-sworn. a. • PETER BASQUET, Income-tax chief (1842, unpaid.¢ 511 • China nufwall circuit horizon of—'London, May 24, h i , 1862), its Montezuma-Texas-peace Red Flag. tl So Paris-gab 'Wight ship' Selgiss-vacant Kalfateren skiff .20 Om-egfi " Het fchip svylt wel, het is ras in svylen, —item, het is een klock-ship in fallen." Ilreva-G-aw6. I t By 7.25 Hen. lll.:the Purser discargo-rer' or steward is deputy-juror for Neighbours to the fact,' under Shipping Act aid'anus, to avoid Ty-cons Coroner's sequestration in log default on deaths or Offences to the Person by the 1842 British-triad Emigration Soc:, /3 vac-sign Belly-skin mark' a. A. C. initials of Sandwich Isles, Australia and Californian k Peru poll-tax on Spanish goldfinders. (See The Sun of April 19, 28, and May 16.) 1 1 11EATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Lessee Mr. J B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE WOLF AND THE LA WS. After which, at half-past 7, will be performed (131st time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Spanish Ballet entitled LA CONTRA RANDISTA. Senora Perea Nena, Senor Ricardo, and the Corns de /muter , . 10 COnatuav ..Au- my Ems ROY AL LYCEUM THEATRE. Sole Lessee and 3lanag - er. —Mr. Edmund Falconer. ertghe or She "ontinuons run of "Peep o'Day." THIS E VENING, 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 musical, pictorial, poetical, and ballet interlude, entitled KILLARNEY. Miss Anna Whitty and Miss Lydia Thomson. To conclude with the new farce entitled I COULDN'T HELP IT. Characters by Mr. Addison, Mr. Warlow, and Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at r. Box-office open daily from 11 tlll5. Commence a 7 ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, THE LOST LETTER : Messrs. Wid dicombe, 'Jiggle ; Miss Howard and Miss Rose Leclercq. After which, at a quarter to Eleht, LOUIS XI. Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean (their first appearance, after an absence of three years), supported by Messrs. J. F. Cathcart, B. Potter, Everett, Shore, R. Cathcart, Raymond, Sze. ; Miss Chapman, and Miss N. Chapman. To conclude with THE TWO POLTS. Mr. Widdicomb, M.. R. Leclercq. Commence at 7. No half-price. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL-... Sole proprietor and Manager, Mr. 13. Webster. THIS EVENING, A PRIVATE INQUIRY : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Billing,ton ; Miss K. Kelly and Miss K. Bl a nd. To be followed by 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 conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAISE : Messrs. J. T. Toole, Billington, Emery ; Misses K. Kelly, Laidlaw, K. Bland, and Mrs. H. Marston. AND FINE CANTERBURY HALL bk HI'S GALLERY. The miraculous STECKEL at a quarter to 11 The renowned RUMSEY and NEWCOMB MINSTRELS at Nine o'clock. Grand Selections from "La Sonnambula," by Miss Rus sel, with Band and lull Chorus, conducted by Mr. Jongh mans. UNSWOR ill, in his celebrated Stump Speech " Or any other man," and ECIGENE, the great Burlesque Singer and Dancer, at Ten o'clock. The best Comic talent in London. Messrs, Morton and Stanley be to inform visitors to Lon don during the E x hibiti on th a t the GALLERY of PAINT INGS well be Open, tree between the hours of Twelve and Two o'clock on and after Monday. THE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREKT.— EverY Evelling.—HENßl and PFAU on the Flying* Trapeze (last two weeks). The unrivalled Ethiopian Come dians, in and NeWoomb's Minstrels, and Unsworth and in addition to a host es comic talent.—Operatic Selec tions Eugene. and the cantata of :`, MAY DAY" (by G. A. Macfarren) and the "Jolly Beggars rG. Linley), supported by the including Ise Busse entire company , Mdme. Enderssohn, Messrs. Morley, Greene, and Albert. —Pall Band and Chorus. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghman B . Ball, gd.; Balcony and Stalls, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATEI AT LONDON BRIDGE , TR is DAY. ---Morning, 1011. 57m.—Afternoon. 11.11 25m . To-Ifouttow.-Morning, 1 lb. sam.—Afternoon, h . NOTICE. All remittances are, h e ncsforth, to be mad e to Mr. JOHN CHAPLIN, at Vie Sun office, 112, Strand, who has been appointed, by the Lord Chancellor, Receiver and Manager of The Sun new spaper, and the outstanding debts due in respect thereof. ------- f - P - i) N ~ !<•,,,,ir fe'' ~,,s.e, --,_,„'. ;..-r . : •i:.. '''. ~4 A •' ~ i .;,' \...... 8.--7 1 ; ; , ,•••t,- ; ), r•%( • . -.... .7 r•-• • be, 1 ~,,,,cv,•-•-.":,--1.t.:14 ' t- kf.tl '~, C~ii~c ~ti.-~ THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1862. The short but explicit telegram received by a firm which a conteml;orary justly indeed terms an " eminent" one, will, we have little doubt, turn out to be tr ue . Th e N ew Y or k correspondents of such a house are not likely either to be deceived, or to deceive. Canards are not forwarded between such correspondents, and we shall therefore expect to learn that MICLELLAN and the other two Generals—perhaps FREMONT also Co-operated— have closed in upon the retreating Confederates. BANKS and M'DOWELL were advancing, as we all know, from the North upon Richmond ; but whether the Confederate army had reached that city is, of course, as yet uncertain; we should rather expect they have been overtaken by M'CLELLAN, and by FRANKLIN, whom he had sent up the York River to West Point, It is to be remembered that the Confederates, at last, really fled. At Williamsburg and at West Point they were beaten after fighting well. But the last authentic accounts left them crossing the St. James River, on which Richmond stands, to its southern side. The Confederate gun-boats were ascending this river, and the whole peninsula being abandoned, the road to the capital was quite open to the Federals. If, however, as the telegram re ports, the "Confederate army is defeated and sur rounded," M'CLELLAN must also have crossed to the southern side of the St. James River in pur suit, or both armies must have met near Richmond. Assuming the full truth of the news, the war would be really over. No second army could be gathered in Virginia. Norfolk navy-yard, and all the little naval hopes of the South, must fall with the capital, indeed they are threatened already by BURNSIDE. BEATJAE GARD'S army i so lated at Mem phis, and faced by one quite its equal , could have no chance of any ultimate advantage, even should the bravery of despair drive back RALLECK for a time. With the fall of Virginia and an utter defeat of its army, Confederation itself will have fallen. It will become but a business of winding up. A complex business, indeed as the Federals now begin to see. The forms of the constitution, and the hostile tem per of the conquered, will make it a task of more than one generation to bring all into harmonious working action; it is even possible that a kind of brigand, or guerilla local defiance of the Union may last for many a year, even if ,the North completely triumphs. It is, however, early to speculate on news which awaits confirmation, although we are inclined to regard it, looking at the quarter whence it comes, as substantially true: The only possible—at any rate the only probable Tug of War this session, is likely to follow just upon the close of the Whitsuntide liolidays. Mean ing, of course, in reference to Mr. STANSPELD'S motion relating to the national expenditure. When ever that motion comes on both the Ministers and Opposition will have their opportunity. Already the apparent simplicity of the queition thereby brought under the consideration of the House has received, however, the promise of a very agreeable complication, by the announcement betimes of more than one important amendment. There is the amendment of which the Hon. Member for Stroud gave notice last evening, viz. :—" That the House while deeply impressed with the necessity of economy in every department of the State, and especially mindful of that necessity in the present condition of the country and its finances, is of opinion that the sums voted under the present and late Administrations for the military and naval services of the country have not been greater than are required for its security at home, and the pro tection of interests abroad." And there is the amendment again, in which, not Mr. HOUSMAN this time but Lord ROBERT MONTAGU, proposes that the Commons should formally declare, " That her MAJESTY'S Government alone are responsible to the House for the supplies which her MAJESTY asks the House to grant, and that this House alone is responsible for the sums which have been voted." Explicit though each of these amendments affects to be, it is impossible not to recognise the tendency it has at the same time to involve in a maze of confusion theoretically —a practical matter in it of the simplest possible descrip tion. The gist of the whole problem that in this matter is thus to be brought under the considera tion of the House of Commons, signifies, as we all of us very well know at heart, the reconciliation, so far as may in any way be at all practicable, of two Lutugts wawa are I.llZrittsuUsity us tsu Etat cuss" rruuicy antagonistic and utterly irreconcileable character. To secure the efficiency of the public service and the security of the national defences : and yet— at the .same time—to appreciably moderate our expenditure ! The exceptional character of the last two or three years, Mr. GLADSTONE has very fully and very recently explained. That the last three years especially have been exceptional, is a truth absolutely notorious and undeniable. Added to which fact—a fact in itself almost sufficient, one might say, to explain the otherwise bewildering magnitude of our late yearly disbursements—there is the equally notorious fact, that our warlike arma ments, both by sea and by land, are in a transition state, the like of which has never before been wit nessed in the history of the world. The science hitherto regulating our Artillery and Engineering Departments, in connection with the great central War Department at the Horse Guards—the science, the totally distinct science, hitherto regulating all the notions in respect to naval architecture hereto. fore in. vogue at the Dockyards and countenanced by the Admiralty—we all know have both within a very recent period,been altogether set aside. The old smooth-bore pieces of ordnance are, in point of fact, as obsolete in their way by this time as the cross-bow or the catapult. The old heart-of-oak three-decker men-of-war are in their way too as much things of the past, are as completely given the go-by in all our calculations as to any future maritime war as the lumbering old battle-ships of HENRY VJII.'s time, or as the triremes of the ancients with their banks of rowers. At an epoch so extraordinary in regard to the warlike armaments of the world —not ours alone, but those more or less of all the civilised races—it cannot surely be in any way matter of sur prise that the sum required for our sea and land forces should have a scope of such unusual magnitude. Until the ordnance department is thoroughly trans formed and entirely reorganised, until the navy of England is completely reconstructed, it were idle to dream of anything like economy in regard to either the one or the other_ The ambition to secure the efficiency of our maritime defences and the hope of moderating our annual expenditure, in truth, have during the last vear or two clashed so diametrically that up to the present moment ev en a Master of Finance as consummate as Mr • GLADSTONE has failed to discover any means of reconcili ng harmoniously t in h em, of n o g r e o f Budget. knitting them A t s t e he s t o o n g g e t h h a e s r it, the good time is of course coming —not, perhaps, h " Piping tim es o f peace " the songwriters gene rallytose are so fond of dreaming about; but, on the contrary, those seemisglv—(only, however, seem- I i ng ly)—more bellicose times when we shall have our Iron Fleet fully equipp e d, and when England shall have both ashore and afloat, her full and efficient supply of Armstrong s . Then—(it may not, after all, take so long or somuch to accomplish all these gigantic and costly labours in the way o f transformation and reconstruction)—then, but not till then, can England seriously and securely, w i th an eye to her Army, with an eye to her N avy, begin in those departments her deliberate and philosophic efforts at economising. Lord PALMERSTON'S Government is especially strong in this position, however—because, out of the very fullness and depth of its patriotic determi nation, it subordinates its hope of economising—to its ambition to ensure, as rapidly and as reso lutelymay be, the strength a n d efficiency of the as sional Defences. " A strong man armed k e e e t p his s e'"-saith Eternal Wisdo m Himself. N man," observe! But " a strong man strong o armed." It is in accordance with that simple truth, in obedience to it, in recognition of it, that the Government a England is now acting. Coute qui Cou:k•-•-fTell though it be 70 . ,000,00 0 a year—Eng. land, if she is to maintain her supremacy, if, like the strong man guarding his house, she is resolutely to hold her own against all comers, she must be armed in proportion to her strength. And this is precisely what she is doing—she is arming not ag gressively, but: defensively. She is manufacturing her formidable stare of Armstrong guns. She is watch ing and encouraging and developing every improve ment in the shape of iron war vessels, steel clad men-of-war, and cupola ships cased in plated mail like metallic armadillos. And, in so doing, who shall have the temerity to aver that she is not in very truth and deed wise in her generation ? Lord PALMERSTON, as Chief of the present Govern ment, is, no doubt of it, in principle, avowedly an Economist—and yet his Chancellor of the Exchequer spends within this year of peace upwards of £70,000,000! Yes—but besides being in principle an Economist (wherever and whenever Economy is 'in any way practicable), Lord PALMERSTON is far beyond that—heart and soul an Englishman !I Secure the honour of England, ensure the safety of England—so far, at least, as by human agency honour can be secured, so far as safety can be en sured—and THEN, when you have really done that, economise—THEN, if you will, moderate the ampli tude of your annual expenditure! Such is the obvious meaning of Mr. HORSMAN'S bold and outspoken amendment. That every syllable of that amendment ought not be carried by acclama tion in the House of Commons, is inconceivable. It appeals to the patriotism of all alike—both on the Ministerial side of the House and on the side of the Opposition: The little abstract amend ment of Lord ROBERT MONTAGU may, as it doubtless will, bewilder a great many—even if it seriously be brought on, as a pendant to the pro mised motion of Mr. STANSFELD. But the amend ment by the right hon. member for Stroud is so tranquilising, we cannot but think in its influence, that it cannot but surely take the wind altogether out of the sails of the Opposition Fleet now moving down so very majestically against the Treasury— every man at his post, the Great Guns double shotted, the bran new banner of Economy fluttering from each mainmast ! France is now distinctly committed to Mexican intervention in an undisguised form. We have the EMPEROR'S own account of it in the Moniteur, and at pretty full length. There is first, a recital of the convention, then the EMPEROR'S interpre tation of it ; and, finally, his General's proclama tion to the Mexicans. What diplomacy, coupled with action, may teach us we therefore know. The convention furnishes, indeed, but slender ground for the new action taken by the French. It is very express in renouncing all intention to intermeddle with the internal affairs of the coun try ; and the EMPEROR explicitly acknowledges this. But, he is a very old hand at giving liberty to countries—hls own included—to do what he wishes. Her MAJESTY does not, with greater certainty of the result, give any cathedral Chapter in England " leave to elect" the Bishop she nominates, than Louis NAPOLEON gives liberty through universal suffrage and the ballot them selves, to chose an Emperor, or to assent to a transfer of allegiance from a King to an Em- peror. The EMPEROR wills, therefore, that the Mexi cans be free; but it is much in the same way as the Romans enjoy freedom, that is in the pre sence of the French troops. His instructions to his Admirals were, therefore, explicit on the point that the Mexicans were freely to act for then solve.. But he nroeeeds to show +how , 4 "` " presence of the allied armies might encourage the " right-minded men "—the party of " order," as it was called in December, 1852—t0 arouse them selves to put an end to anarchy. This would, of course, be a blessing to Mexicans, the allies, and to the world. It would save trouble of fitting out future costly expeditions to compel justice towards foreigners. " Ephemeral and senseless Governments" would be succeeded by a stable one with whom other Governments could safely treat. Should such an opening present itself, of course, France is too generous not to become so great a benefactress to Mexico. The Generals appear quite to understand their instructions. They declare war not against the Mexican people, but against the Mexican Govern ment, which has insulted them by its unworthy propositions. The Mexican people are not con founded with a violent and factious minority. The free Government created by free France is, they tell the Mexicans, the guarantee of the sincerity of their intentions—that is, the Government originated by the coup d'etat, and its consequences, cannot be sup posed for a moment to cherish designs hostile to popular liberty. "We want," say the French com manders in Mexico, in the name of their master, "equal justice for all, and we wish that it should not be imposed by our arms. The Mexican people must be the instruments of their own deliverance. Our sole object is to inspire the honest and pacific portion of the country, that is to say nine•tentbs of the population, with the courage of manifesting their own will." The conclusion to such magnani mous manifestoes of this kind is appropriately " the flag of France has been planted on Mexican soil, — that flag will never flinch—let all honourable men receive it as a friendly flag—let madmen dare to fight it." So here beginneth French intervention in Mexico. Where it will end, Heaven only knows. Englishmen and Spaniards are quitting it as fast as they can. In whose behalf ? the inquiry is still. The old story is repeated, that a platonic admira tion of the Archduke MAXIMILIAN of Austria still influences the mind of the EMPEROR. He declared himself to a distinguished Mexican as willing to accept any candidate Mexico might choose; a prince from neither Spain, France, nor England could be thought of, but an Austrian one, and of such merit too, was unexceptionable. A bargain about Venetia, of course, never crossed his mind, which we fear is too likely. Some Mexicans wished for MAXIMI LIAN, they were doubtless the " party of order"—the " honourable men"—so the watch-word, we suppose, is really to be, " France for MAXIMILIAN and Mexico !" The watch-word; what the thing watched for is to be, it is not for us to conjecture. We have already said that we have not the slightest jealousy of France recolonising Mexico, if she likes. Better that she should have it than the Federals or Confederates or both should seize the soil and cover it with the curse of slavery ; and, better, if the MONROE doctrine is to be practically scouted, that it should be done by France than by England. It will be seen th a t M r . E S TCOURT has laid be• fore the H ouse hi s reso l ut i on, w hi c h h e f e lt hi mse lf pledged to bring forward by his majority of one. His resolution proposes to follow Mr. BRIGHT so far as to abolish the present means of enforcing Church -rates, also to give facilities for pay ment of expenses through pew-rents, where that practice exists or may exist in churches. So far no party will object. But the remaining part of the proposal will oause, we ap prehend, a fierce battle. If voluntary contributions do not prove sufficient to maintain the parish churc h i n a fit condition for divine service, accord- ; ing to certain specified particulars—then a parish to be vestry of owners, as well as occ u pi ers, are THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1862. authorised to lay a special rate for this purpose. The rate is-1. To be charged wholly on owners; 2. To be limited to the ecc.esiastical district on which the church stands ; 3. To be recoverable as Highway-rates and Poor-rats now are. Such is the compromise now proposed. It strikes us that it will be impracticable to carry it. In a house of so many " owners," Mr. ESTCOURT will find that they do not prefer taking charge of the repairs of the churches whith adorn their estates, or improve the value of their aouse property. Dis senters will, of course, oppose it, since many of them are owners. Besides, they object to all com pulsory payments for religiots purposes, which, with their practical experience of the sufficiency of voluntary contributions, they ire quite justified in doing. Mr. ESTCOURT'S bill handed on the resolu tion would be a fabric rate, colected with increased facility by being levied on )wners, and enforced through a simple and summary law, instead of the present nearly unmanageable ict. The redoubtable Liberation Society, the terror if Evangelical Dukes, and of country clergymen, rural deans especially, will, no doubt, be all alive to this codicil to the last will and testament of the Hose of Commons, which cut them off without even "!he shilling." And we shall soon find that the whole subject is as far from a settlement as ever—indeed, there is but one ; Sir JOHN TRELAWNY'S, or, what is the same thing, to Dissenters, and pleasanter for the the Church, the scheme of Lord EBUZY and Mr. BRIGHT to abolish the power of enfcrcing the rate. M USIC. Tender and True. Ballad. The words by Miss Moloch. The music by A. M. Pares. C. Lens- dale : Old Bond-street. As sweet and tender a ballad as we have met with for many and many a long day—" Tender and True" wins its way to our heart at once and irresistibly. The mere selection of her theme evi dences upori,the instant the composer's appreciation of the pathetic and the bealtifal . ; for the verses here set to music are in the depth of their emotional grace worthy in every way or the gifted author of " John Halifax" and of so many other remarkable additions of late years to our living literature. The love lament here articulated so exquisitely in words by Dinah Muloch and in music by A. M. Pares —possesses this one peculiar and distinguish ing characteristic, that the vary repetition of the words of the singer (the blenish of almost every other ballad composed and sung !) lends to the touching and tearful chautt over the grave of Douglas, its last crowning End perfecting charm. Wherever it is heard, it is secure of winning for itself a widening popularity. Erin Waltzer. Coinposed ard inscribed to the Lady Henrietta Morant, iy William Frederick Wolley, Esq. Addison and Co., 210 Regent- street. A charming waltz, very suitable for the dance, the time being admirably yell marked. And, re garded as a musical composition, it is noticeable that in it a very graceful melody floats on through three different keys, and th ro ugh a movement most artistically varied. Y The proceeds are to be given to the Ragged School Reading Rooms, Westminster, and we can therefore cor dially commend it to ail who wish at once to add a charming waltz to their repertoire, and to contri bute towards a charitable undertaking. On Thursday evening next, May the 29th, a grand concert at the Hanover-square Rooms—in aid of the Band Fund of the 48th Middlesex Rifle Volun• teers (The Havelock), under the command [the Regiment, of course, not the Concert] of Lieutenant-Colonel George Cruikshank. If only for the goodwill we all have for the owner of that ever welcome and delightful namo, an heartily z..aa J•li;uesti L 4-1 1.1.1 t t;LILCTLUILILUca+I. Th a t suc cesbn is likely to have, however, for many other reasons. It is an entertainment, as its very purpose indicates, in furtherance of the great popular end patriotic movement of the Rifle Volun teers. Again, the whole arrangements of the ' coming concert have been so excellently well prepared Its patrons including amongst them Influential names such as those of the Earl of Shaftesbury (may we not, after last night's Gazette, add ?), K.G., and the Countess of Shaftes bury, Viscount and Viscountess Bury, Lord Ebury, Lady Havelock, Mrs. Milner Gibson, &c. The performers engaged, numbering amongst them artistes as eminent as Mdlle. Parepa, Mr. Lawler, Mr. George Buckland, Mr. Cooper, the violinist, Mr. Grattan Cooke with his Oboe, and Mr. Kiall• mark as conductor and as performer at the Grand Pianoforte. While everything prospectively in re gard to this concert is thus really couleur de rose— who possibly, we cannot help wondering, corrected the proof of the little programme of the entertain ment itself ? It is irritating to find a name " familiar in our mouths as household words" there within eo brief a compass misprinted—a well-known name like that of George Cruikshank. But--worse than this—it jars upon our nerves to read mention made there in this programme of the " Stabet Mater" of Rossini ! His Excellency Count de Lavradio, Portuguese Minister, has just left London on a short tour to the Con tinent. During his absence the Chevalier dos Santos will act as charge d'affaires. Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury entertained at dinner, last evening, the Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Emily Duchess of Beaufort and Lady Edith Somerset, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Coun tess of Glengall, the Duchess of San Arpino, Lord and Lady Foley, the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon, Lord Dunkellin, the Marchioness of Ely, Lord Stanhope, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, Viscount Fowerscourt, Viscount Chelsea, the Earl Annesley, Col. the Hon. Cecil Forester, and the Hon. Frederick Calthorpe. The Earl and Countess Fitzwilliam have arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-square for the season. The Countess Dowager of Morton and the Ladies Douglas have arrived in Lower Brook -street from Italy. Lord and Lady Methuen have arrived in town. His lordship has taken a residence in Lowndes-square for the season. Lord Herries has left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley square, for Everingham-park. Lady Macdonald Lockhart (of Lee) has fixed r.la.y., T , ,Tim 6 and 13, for her bang at 82, Eaton-square. Lady Laura Grattan has arrived in Lowndes street for the season. Mr. and Lady Augusta Milbanke and the Misses Milbanke have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Thorpe Perrow, Bedale. Mr. Mark Milbanke has also arrived at Thomas's Hotel, The Admiralty have at length settled with Cap tain Coles. The terms, after considerable deliberation, have been arranged as follows :—The nation becomes the exclusive possessor of the invention in consideration of paying down £5,000, and granting to Captain Coles £lOO for every cupola brought into the service for the next 14 years.—Army and Navy Gazette. MILITARY MURDERS.—The bill to provide "for the more speedy trial of certain homicides committed by persons subject to the Mutiny Act, and for giving jurisdic tion to the Central Criminal Court to inquire into such homicides," has been printed, and is issued to-day. The principal clause is as follows :—" Whenever any person shall have been committed for any murder or manslaughter committed or supposed to have been committed at any place in England or Wales, and out of the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court. and it shall appear to her Ma jesty's Court of Queen's Bench in term time, or to any judge thereof, or of any of her Majesty's superior courts of com• mon law• at Wo , tminster, at vacation, that the said person (hereinafter called the prisoner) was at the time of the com mission or supposed commission of the said murder or manslaughter subject to the present or any future Mutiny Act, and that the person (hereinafter called the deceased) for the murder or manslaughter of whom the prisoner shall have been committed was at the time subject to the said act, it shall be lawful for such Court of Queen's Bench in term time, or for such judge in vacation, without the prisoner being brought or appearing in person before the said court or judge, upon the application of her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the War Department, and upon his certificate in writing, that it would contribute to the maintenance of good order and military discipline if the said prisoner were to be indicted and tried at the Central Criminal Court, to order that the said prisoner shall be in dicted and tried at the Central Criminal Court." Captain Collinson, R.N., C. 8., has been electedlan Elder Brother of the Trinity House.—.Artny and Wavy Clauteft LATEST NEWS. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. The following most important despatch was re ceived in London by the Bremen steamer, which arrived at Southampton on Thursday. No such intelligence reached us from our own correspondents, bat it may have been received by telegraph in New York so close upon the departure of the steamer that there was no time left for the intelligence to become public. We (Times) give it as we have received it, not vouching absolutely for its authenticity, but with entire confidence in the good faith of the eminent firm to which it was addressed : " Confederate army in Virginia defeated and surrounded." TURIN, MAY 23. The Official Gazette repels the insinuations thrown out against the Government respecting its conduct in the late events at Brescia and Bergamo, and says : " It is entirely false that the Government has in any way connived at the disturbances or hesitated as to what measures to adopt. The Government will be ready to justify its proceedings before Parliament. In the meantime the public may rest assured that the judicial authorities will act with strict impartiality." MADRID, MAY 23. According to news received here from Mexico, General Doblado has given a written engagement to sign e. treaty which had Already been drawn np for the payment of the claims and expenses of the expedition to Mexico, and in which every satisfac tion is guaranteed for the future in favour of Spain and England. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company have received the following telegram : MARSEILLES, MAY 24. The Valetta, with the above mails, arrived this day, at 5 a.m. The mails leave for London at 11.30 a.m. AUSTRIA. The Vienna journals refute the rumour that M. de Schmerling is to leave the Ministry. But a mo dification will take place. The Archduke Regnier will leave the Presidency of the Council, because, in consequence of the responsibility of Ministers, Ministerial functions are held to be incompatible with the position of an Imperial Prince. There is some talk also of replacing M. de Plener, the Minis ter of Finances, as well as the Minister of Justice. Finally, the Minister of Marine and of Commerce will be relieved of one of his portfolios. FRANCE. BOURSE, May 23.—The tone of the market has visibly improved, and the arrival of the English funds with an advance of I , per cent. has tended to strengthen the favourable movement. A fair amount of business has been done at an improvement on the closing rates of yesterday, Threes, for the Account, being now at 70f. 40c. Railway Share Market quiet ; but in most cases prices firm. The market closed as follows : 4t per per Cents ... 97 85 Bank Shares 3140 Do. end month.... Credit Fonder 1555 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 70 80 Piedmontese Fives 7l New 3 per Cents .. 69 55 Italian Loan 7l Do. end month.... 69 50 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... Spanish Threes s2k Do. end month.... Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Withein - New ditto Lyonaand Mediterranean 1110 -- .. 1113 75 Geneva.. 370 .. 372 50 Southern B5O .. 847 76 Western Eastern .... ....... , 565 .. 566 25 Sardinian Austrian Loirbard 597 60 .. 697 50 SPAIN. The Epoca of Madrid publishes the following strange letter from Paris, purporting to give an account of an interview at the Tuileries between the Emperor and M. Cipriano del Mazo, a Spanish agent sent to the French capital, on the Mexican question : " When about to leave Paris, M. Maze received a letter from M. Thouvenel, informing him of a wish expressed by the Emperor to see him, and re questing him to call at the Tuileries the next morn ing at ten. At the reception, which took place at the appointed hour, the Emperor said that nothing had been so agreeable to hire as to see the arms of France and Spain make common cause in Mexico, where their interests were identical ; that he ad mitted that it belonged to Spain to exercise the principal influence in that country, where she had interests, traditions, and rights which France could not dispute, as she had in that part of the world only small colonies, such as Guadaloupe and Martinique, and that for that reason he had never thought of taking on him the direction of the expedition. The Emperor added that there was in the policy of France an official part, that of the treaty of London, the spirit of which in his opinion was, not to treat with Juarez; and a non.official part, that of Mexican interests which could not com promise the Empire. If he had believed the idea to be acceptable of calling the Archduke Maximilian to the throne of Mexico, it was on ac count of the high qualities of that. Prince, knowing, moreover, that the three intervening rowers did not wish to claim anything for themselves in Mexico, and knowing also that the Prince belonged to a dy nasty friendly to Spain, and whose well known dis interestedness in the question would not allow any suspicions to be entertained that he had been an instrument of France, the rival of Austria in Europe. ' Nothing,' said the Emperor, ' was farther from my mind as to give offence to Spain and to impose on Mexico any kind of Government whatever, with out the assent of the nation. I know that the re miniscences of the past have left suspicions against me, but tell Spain and your august Queen that, being united to a Spaniard, Spain will never have a more faithful ally than France.' Napoleon 111. then conducted M. Maze into the apartments of the Empress, who expressed with emotion her re gret at what was taking place in Mexico. I will defend with perseverance,' said her Majesty, 'the legitimate interests of the nation in which my son was born, but in everything beyond that I will never forget that lam born a Spaniard. The sin cere and noble alliance of the two nations and the grandeur of Spain are as dear to me as the grandeur of this country. Be kind enough,' added her Ma jesty, to say to her who was my sovereign, that my most ardent wishes are in favour of her prospe rity and of that of the nation which owes her so much. Those who attribute to us other sentiments, calumniate both us and the French nation. Such was the interview, which produced the deepest emotion in the mind of M. Mazo." POLAND. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT WARSAW, MAY 18. Whatever the means employed by the Russian Government, they have lost their influence, if they ever possessed any, with the Archbishop Felinski. This prelate has now, from the purest motives of religion—which is not only the fundamental strength of the people, but a guiding star in their severe trials—thought it his duty to expostulate strongly with the authorities ; and in a long letter addressed to the Director of the Ministry of Wor ship and Public Instruction, stated that, as the head of the Church in Warsaw, he felt personally offended by the orders given him to prohibit the singing of hymns and other religious chants. He even added that it was derogatory both to his sacred dignity, and to the Government likewise, to issue' such instructions, which he, far one, would not be disposed to obey. On the 17th the Lieutenant-Governor of Warsaw had ordered the police authorities should abstain for two days from making any arrests in the churches for the singing of the hymns, leaving to the clergy to use their influence with the congrega tions in persuading them not to pursue this ob noxious course to Russia. But if this short armis tice prove a delusion, the soldiers and the police will have to recommence their daily work by ar resting the .persons whom they will find to be incorrigible. It appears that though the churches were filled during those two days, not one voice was raised, thus showing that the Poles are not unwilling to be led and governed by their own countrymen. Can there be any better evidence of the wrong system pursued by the Czar in selecting always his own Russian or German hirelings to oppress a people who only want, and are entitled to, those rights which the whole of Europe has solemnly guaranteed them. There is no doubt that a vast conspiracy has spread among the Russian ranks—both among those sta tioned in Poland and in the interior of the empire. Here domiciliary visits took place, and several offi cers are confined in the citadel, but their late is a mystery. A regular propagandism is established in St. Petersburg, and a frequent exchange of communication passes between the heads n London and Germany. Agitation in the minds of the soldiers, and particularly of the subaltern officers is upon the increase, and a violent storm seems to be approaching. Such a state of things .can but be advantageous to the Poles, who, notwithstanding their unparallelled sufferings, are determined to bide their time. Of the so often trumpeted concessions, reforms, and hard labours of the Council of State, we hear nothing at present. All is quiet with thp expop. tion of a few municipal councils which were ordered to meet, in order to choose new members, in place of those who are either imprisoned or whom the Government do not approve. The Draconic laws and the most intolerable severity are still in full force, and lead to many tragical acts. Towards the end of April, a Swiss tutor in the family of Count Starzynski, near Lub lin, had been marked out as an agent of the Poles, and an order was given to a Russian colonel to arrest the individual. On arriving at the Count's house, in company of Captain Cywinski and another officer, he took charge of the tutor, and, while com ing out with him, the prisoner begged to be per mitted to take something. This was granted, when of a sudden the son of Count Starzynski, a youth of 18, rushed out with a revolver and shot dead Captain Cywinski, and the other officers, one of whom had since expired, mortally wounded the Russian colonel, and then blew out his own brains. Horrible as is this tragedy, it tells of what metal the Poles are made, and that the Russian tyranny can never succeed in Poland. As much may be said of the Polish ladies, who still persevere in wearing the prohibited dresses, and who are being daily arrested in considerable numbers and lodged in the citadel. THE FRENCH CUSTOMS'. The Moniteur Industriel, the organ of the Pro tectionists, analyses the Customs' returns for the months of January, February, March, and April, to show the injury it alleges to be done to trade in France by the Commercial Treaty with England and Belgium. In the first place, the importation in iron have increased in "enormous proportions." The cast iron introduced from the Ist of January to the 30th of April has increased from 116,000 quin tals in 1860 to 226,000 in 1861, and to 660,000 in 1862. In April particularly the importation of cast iron was remarkably active. In April, 1860, it was 12,000 quintals ; in the corresponding month of 1861, 62,000 ; and in 1862, 202,000 ; showing a pro portion of Ito 17. England and Belgium are cre pted with maim. or the four months just mentioned England has sent, as compared with the corresponding period of 1860, from 67,000 quintals to 530,000, and Belgium from 38,000 to 121,000. :In bar iron the importation from 1,281 quintole in 1800 is more than 200,000 for the same period in 1862. The importation of forged as of cast iron has also rapidly increased ; for the single month of April it amounts to 77,000 quintals. For the four months England stands at 156 quintals, and Belgium at 39,000. In steel bars the importation for four months in 1860 was 1,544 quintals against 7,000 in 1862. The value of ma chinery introduced in 1860 was 1,038,000 E; in 1862, 4,219,000 f. In textile products the importations of tissue:: pure or mixed there is a considerable ad vance. Eighteen millions worth was entered dur ing the four months above-mentioned. This, how ever, is the amount declared ; " whereas," observes observes the Moniteur Industriel," it is well known that the declared value is far inferior to the real." Side by side with the increased importation of woollen tissues is to be remarked the diminution in raw wool, which, comparatively with last year, has fallen from 120,000 to 69,000 quintals ; " these two facts being," the Moniteur Industriel adds, "one the logical consequence of the other—our manufac tories working less and employing less of raw ma terial as the manufactured article enters in greater quantity." To show the bad effects in France of the Decree of the 24th of June with reference to foreign ships in the transport of sugars, it states that, whereas in 1860 and 1861, the sugar imported in foreign bottoms was insignificant, not reaching 1,000 quin tals, in 1862 it was 81,000. In April, especially, the sugar imported in foreign vessels was 30,000 quintals, an amount equal to one-half of that im ported in French ships. " Let us now ask," concludes the Moniteur In dustriel, " Where is our compensation ? We look for it in the returns before us, and we look for it in vain. Our wine growers, to whom the commercial treaties were to open a magnificent market, have been egregiously disappointed. We exported during the first four months of 1860 693,000 hectolitres, and only 678,000 in the corresponding period of 1862. In 1860 we sent to England 29,000 hectolitres, and in 1862 26,000. Our exports in eaux-de-vie to all quar ters has decreased from 73,000 hectolitres to 51,000, and, as regards England, from 36,000 to 26,000. And the same may be said of our articles of luxury, whi.•h wore exported in greater quantity before than since the Treaty. Thus the Customs' returns confirms at each publication all we had anticipated." On the other hand, I give the same returns as analysed by M. Block, in the Temps:— • " The Commissioners of Customs and of Indirect Taxa. tion have published comparative returns of the principal ariicles of merchandise imported and exported during the month of April last and the first four months of the present year. The following is an analysis of these returns. The consumption of colonial produce has increased. In cocoa, the quantity imported in the present year amo un t s t o 1 7,255 quintals, against 15,811 quintals in 1861, and 10,207 quin tals in 1860. The coffee imported during the present year amounts to 134,565 quintals, against 129,199 in 1861, and 60,081 quintals in 1860. Sugar amounts this year to 308,790 quintals, against 188,482 in 1861, and 183,155 in 1860. Several other articles of colonial prodUce have likewise increased in the bonded stores. The rape crop not having been abundant last year, the importation of oil and of seeds for crushing has increased. Seeds have in creased in the present year to 38,313 quintals from 25,818 o i I h B o 6,and 81 increased i ilia greater in eate ' r l p B r 6 o o B p . ortio u h proportion, , t to e i 73 7 s p 2 o B rtation of in the pres en t year f rom 29,433 in 1861, and from 57781 in n 1860. The importation of raw and cast iron has likewise considerably increased during the present year. Cast iron shows an importation of 660,131 quintals against 226,416 in 1861, and against 116,063 in 1860. The bar iron imported during the first four months of the present year amounts to 200,611 quintals, including 117,326 quintals of rails, against 2,838 in 1861, and 1,281 in 1860. Of this sum total Eng.. land supplied .530,288 quintals of cast iron, and 156,760 quintals in bars ; Belgium, 121,943 quintals of cast iron and 39,799 of bar iron. The importation of coal diminished during the month of April last. The importation of wool, which rose in the first four months of 1861 to 120,516 quintals in consequence of the reduction of the duty, has fallen this year to 65,673 quintals. The woollen cloths im ported into France this year on which the duty was calcu lated according to the value amount to 19,016 quintals, valued at 18,030,5 88 f., and the duty paid to 2,704,698 f. ci T o h i e n t w o loso,lle andn duty ,importedpaid wasby Weight 4 a f7 o i u , n h t e e d w t o o o 1 7 1 e 2 06 carpets imported weighed 1,129 quintals, valued at 550,797 f., and the duty paid was 8 3,310 f. The cotton cloths im ported, and on which the duty was paid by value, amounted to 4,230 quintals, valued at 3 ,566,393 f., and the duty paid was 515,537 f. The cotton cloths on which the duty was p a id by weight amounted to 5,282 quintals, and the duty paid to 366,994 f. On examining the exports, I find a diminution in the cattle exported. On the other hand, the export of ordinary wine and liquors has slightly increased. They amount in the present year to 678,611 hectolitres, to 645,661 hectolitres in 1861, and to 693,927 hectolitres in 1860. The export of brandy has remained nearly stationary at about 51,000 hectolitres, but the quantity of spirits of wine exported has declined sensibly. It is a remarkable fact that the cotton wool exported this year amounts to 61,226 quintals, while the cotton wool imported amounts to only 65,910 quintals, so that the stock has been in creased by only 4,684 quintals. The exportation of wool and of woollen thread has increased. The soap manufacturers do not appear to have suffered by the suppression of the drawback. The export of millinery has greatly decreased. The export of silver in coin and in ingots continues to de crease. The export of silver in 1860 amounted to 5,470,633 hectogrammes. It fell in 1861 to 3,902,950, and in the present year to 2,721,832 hectogrammes. The export of gold presents the following variations :—ln the year 1860, 97,844 hectogrammes; in 1861, 222,085 hectogrammes; and in 1862, 113,441 hectogramnaes. These figures explain in some measure the reappearance of so many five-franc pieces. The export of manufactured silk has remained stationary for the last three years. These returns show further, that neither the linen nor woollen trade is making much progress in France." EXPERIMENTS O,V ENTOZOA. The Academy of Sciences has received a curious communication from MM. Pouchet and Verrier, sen., on the migrations of entozoa, or parasites, especially the tape worm and similar genera. Va rious doubtful theories have been propounded, and even admitted, on this difficult subject ; thus a naturalist has affirmed that tmnias may be produced in a dog by feeding it with the ccenures found in sheep ; whence he concludes that the two creatures are the same. But the chief object of our authors has been to subject to a new verification the opin ions held concerning the Teenia serrata, a tape worm which is frequent in dogs, and the Conurus cerebralis, a vesicular and polycephalous worm, very common in sheep, on which it produces the symptoms of turnsick, a disease in which the ani mal turns round and round till it falls exhausted to the ground. According to naturalists, dogs eat the heads of sheep afflicted with this ccenurus, which thus enters their intestines. Each of the heads of the ccenures then separates from the trunk, grows to an enormous length, and becomes a tania. The rings of this teenia being from time to time expulsed by the dog, fall on the grass which is nibbled by the sheep. The eggs contained in these rings are hatched in the intestines of the rumi nant, producing microscopic larva which travel up to the head, perforating ell the tissues they find on their route, and even the base of the cranium. Having thus reached the brain, they are trans formed into the ccenures which are to cause the animal's death by turnsick. This' circle of trans formations and peregrinations is evidently too complicated to be accepted without confirmation, and MM. Pouchet and Verrier have, by a new series of experiments, dealt a heavy, .and it would seem a fatal, blow to this theory. First, they quote cases in which they administered the ccenures in question to dogs, and, after 16 days, found the latter afflicted with teenias varying in length from 2 to 80 millimetres ; after 23 days, the lengths varied from 4 millimetres to 60 centimetres ! How could such an enormous difference in growth be accounted for on the principle that the emu rus produces the tmnia P In another series of ex periments 60 heads of ccenures were administered to a dog, and 78 tasnias were discovered ; again, 100 heads of ccenures produced 237 tmnias. These re sults can hardly be reconciled with the supposition that the ccenurus produces the tmnia ; and other experiments have proved that tronias introduced into the intestines of the sheep do not cause any coenures to migrate to the brain. Our authors are still continuing their experiments. OLUNTEERING IN THE EAST INDIES. The following is an extract from a letter from Bombay, dated the 26th ult.:—"l believe it is not generally known to the English public that a little band of warriors has lately .prung up here, which caough the force may be, will, with umislanh drill, be of great use when afloat in defending them selves from privateers, and at the time of the late . Indian mutiny would have been invaluable in iA. stilling some slight degree of confidence into the minds of the panic-stricken public who had t'ne ill fortune to have their residences placed outside the fort on that momentous occasion. The employes of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamships, when in port, have, in deference to the wishes of the directors of that company as expressed through, their able superintendent here, Captain Black, gone through a series of chill—that is to say, three times a week—on board her Majesty's East Indir m s hi p Adjdaha, at great gun practice, under the experi enced tuition of the gunnery lieutenant or. that ves sel, Lieut. Robison, I.N. (who, by tbb by, I hear holds an A 1 certificate from the Excellent), and at small-arms practice under an able gunner. To have seen at early dawn about 100 Eng lishmen going through their facings, extending skirmishers,' and forming squares' around the antiquated mango trees with which the neighbour hood of Mazagon abounds, would have convinced the most sceptical that it was their firm determina tion to enter into it with spirit as far as they were individually concerned, and endeavour to carry out Lord C. Paget's grand object, which is to form part of a well-educated and practical body of men (these 1 1 are his lordship's words), trained in the science, so that in time of war they would prove an adjunct to the Royal Navy, and also be prepared at all times to defend themselves, in case of need, from any of those daring privateers that might have the audacity to follow the San Jacinto's example, and fire across their ship's bows. The necessary machinery, in the shape of armaments and projectiles, with a suitable powder magazine, which is in course of construction,. will in another day or two be placed on board the company's steamship Pottinger, lying off Mazagon 4 in this port ; and opportunities will often occur tis. give the men target practice, so that they may at no far distant period become members of the gyeat national force just established, showing that the words of advice which the Secretary to the Admi craltycnoie,neveyed in his Anglesey letter t o the packet companies, onipa in answer to the vote of thanks to him passed by the shipowners, and masters at their meeting held et the London Tavern, were received as intended and strictly acted up to." THE MARSBLAND DELUG.E. The loss and ruin upon some 10,000 acres of de luged farms, noted as the best corn land in the. I country and highly managed by the occupiers, wilt doubtless meet with practical sympathy, not only from the Middle Level proprietors and tenantry,Wh o are at present saved from inundation by the breach_ which has precipitated Middle Level waters ove r the neutral district of Marshland, but also from the public, who who so royally subscribe to colliery a cc id ents, Hamburg conflagrations, and Loire floodings. De tails of the scene of disaster shall be presented ; but, meanwhile, a great engineering difficulty occurs in obstructing the ingress of the tides. The surface of the flat tract lies 15 to 17 feet below the level of high water at spring tides ; and the salt.: water, having free ingress, with so great a fall,. pours impetuously into the district, as one at tempted dam after another is carried away by the stream. A master mind has been wanted on the spot to throw his spirit into the undertaking; to order and urge, to fix men in their places, to see, at least, that there shall be no such absurd accidents from barge after barge breakingloose from their moorings - , as if there were no chain cables and anchors in Lynn harbour. Local engineers have all along predicted the failure of the means hitherto employed, declar ing that sufficient materials must be collected before operations are begun; and then the simultaneous: driving of a large number of piles on each side the stream, and securing the heads of these by braces and shores to the banks, and even chains and an- chors in the bed of the drain, until another set of piles can be driven, would securely check, or throttle," the current; and the piling, beginning with a broad base at each b an k , might be gradually advanced until the oppo s i te j etties met and closed the channel. This is p art l y the course now being pursued with long serew..piles, under the supErin tendence of Mr. Hawkshaw's engineer, Mr. Smith; and there is hope that the barrier will be complete and firm enough to oppose the spring tides of Sun day.