The Sun. — London, England, 1860-06-25 00:00:00

BENSON'S WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism." —Morning Post. Gold Silver 2to 50 guineas. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descrip tive of every construction of watch now made, with their prices. Watches sent to all parts of the kingdom fres by post, or to India and the Colonies for ss. extra. 33 awl 34, Ludgate-hill, L0nd0 n Eet ..... 1 1 .. ....___„,„........, 3115hed 1749. THEA'T'RE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Leasee, Mr. J. B. Buekstone. THIS I:VENING the performances will commence with THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buck stone, Compton, Chippendale, Rogers, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. With HE WOULD BIE AN ACTOR Mr. C. Mathews. To conclude with THE ODDITIES OF THE OHIO. By the Leclercqs. Cammence at 7. tpOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. — Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE MERRY wivEs or WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Phelps. To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Mr. Meadows, Miss C. Laclercq, eta Commence at 7. A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. ..r3k Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Reproduction of the powerful Adelphi drama, "The Flowers of the Forest." Ninth week of the popular American Actress, Miss Julia Daly 'PHIS 0: VEXING, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Powell, Romer ; Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly, Mrs. Billington, Miss Laidlaw. After which, OUR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs. Stuart, C. Selby, Billington, burne, Miss Julia Daly, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley. DRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Directeur, M. Talexy.—Lessee, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. M. LECLERE. THIS EVENING, UN VIEUX DE LA VIELLE ROCHE (first time): Pelletre, by M. Leclerc. ANTENOR POLYPHEME. Polypheme, by M. Leclerc L'INVITATION A LA VALSE : Maurice, by De'vaeX. M. Paul Orchestra Stalls, Is. 6d. ; Balcony Stalls, 55.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. Private Boxes, from Two Guineas. Commence at 8. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY. NOTICE !—A Grand MID-DAY PERFORMANCE and JUVENILE FETE on THURSDAY, June 28.—Splendid Equestrian and Gymnastic Entertainment.—Commence at 2 o'clock. New Engagement, for nine nights previous to his dep*rture for the Continent, of the Greatest Rope Dancer in the World, HERR CRRISTOFF, and the popular French Clown, MONS. L'EPINE. MADLLE. LEONTINE received with enthusiastic applause. the superb Hippo-drama is a decided success. On Monday, June 25,1860, and during the week, the En tertainments will commence with the Grand Historical spectacle in Three Acts, entitled "FAIR ROSAMOND, or the AMAZON CRUSADERS." To be followed by an incom parable display of Equestrian Achievements in the Scenes of the Arena, supported by the most talented Artistes in Europe, including Madlle. LEONTINE. To conclude with a Popular Farce. Doors open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. CONCERTS.- CANTERBURY HALL THIS EVENING. C. H. GOUNOD'S OPERA, FAUST. .====, First Time in this Country. - 17 --- '" Faust Mr. Henry Herbert heles Mr. C. Bernard. Mephistop siobel Mrs. Anderson. litlarguerite ..... Miss RusselL Conductor Mr. Ainghmans.' And selections from Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, Is Hall. 6d. Combo Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic). and W. T. Critchfield. The AFRICAN OPERA TROUPE, their first appearance since 1852 consisting of ELEVEN STAR PERFORMERS, who will , give the whole of their inimitable entertainment every evening. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. ~~~ THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 24, 1660. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 66--highest since noon yesterday. 60—lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30. 05 . WIND—South -Westerly; light, with fine weather. JUNE 25. TH11111031:11TEN, IN THE SHADS. 67 —highest since noon yesterday. 56—lowest this morning and during the night. 69—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.78. WIND—South -Easterly in the morning—with rain, now Westerly, fresh, with cloudy weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT.—Morning, 6h. 10m.—Afternoon, 6h. 36m. To-moßßow.-Morning, 7h. 3m.—Afternoon, 7h. 30m. CAP 4 t ,„ , __:.„,...„.;,..., \ -cf. (--- ~,,,, %.-- i _. ,:,,,; tiZi-fk-- olq'i--a„,--,-:,5,:it f - Z e V^S I ,ll # d t .-r .~ THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1880. "No ADMITTANCE EXCEPT ON BUSINESS "—this was the unpretending but seasonable notice prepared on Saturday for all the coasts of Old England. It is a notice frequent enough on doors, behind which are carried on those peaceful operations which cannot afford to be interrupted by inquisitors or by idlers, and for which our Gallic neighbours are wont to laugh at us as a nation of shopkeepers. Never mind. We are not an inhospitable people, but we. are a practical people, and we do not want to be interrupted and put out of our way. All who have fair business with us, even the business of running away from despotism, or from the fury of an out raged people, all are welcome ; but for those who would interfere with us we have the one warning— " No admittance except on business." M. TRIERS, M. JOINVILLE, M. BONAPARTE, and MESSIEURS, the fire-eating Colonels, all see this notice now. They had perhaps before overlooked it ; or, we may confess, that our intense devotion to business may, like a vigorous undergrowth of brushwood, have concealed the notice-board from eyes that did not search for it ; it will be over looked or hidden no more. The review of Satur day was very much like some authority saying to a stranger whose looks or movements indicated inten tion to trespass—" You see that notice, sir." Of course the stranger saw it—he meant no offence — why should he ? " All right, then, move on, ani attend to your own business," or " keep on the footpath." We, who called attention to Rifle Corps among the very first, if not the first, of their now numerous advocates, may well rejoice over the illustration afforded on Saturday of the practicability of our views. We confess, indeed, that it far exceeded what we had ventured to hope, when two or three years before it attracted public attention, we earnestly suggested Volunteer Rifle Corps as one of our most natural and efficient national defences. We did not ourselves expect that our young men in such numbers would learn their drill so quickly and efficiently ; we felt confident that with a little encouragement the youth of our country might be made excellent, and fairly disciplined rifle shots, by tens and hundreds of thousands, but we had hardly hoped that in a short twelvemonths from the project being taken up by the public 122,000 men could be collected, 20,000 of whom could go through military exer cises in a style to excite the wonder and admiration of certainly not favourabl a critics. The result seems indeed to have convinced every competent observer that in a very moderate time the men who did so w e ll on Saturday would be able to do any thing that any commander could ask of them in face of any marauders who dare venture to show their faces on the shores of our fatherland. We should think it likely that the spectacle of Saturday will tell more on foreigners than even the grand naval display at Spithead, and indeed than any reviews of our fleet. Our naval superiority is a tradition of long standing, our par tiality for marine amusements even, as well as the vastnos of our commercial navy making us -mor e than any other country of Europe, a nautical people—are a p art of the p o p ular belief of Europe.rn But from thg Ural Mountains to th e western coasts of Fra ace, and from the shores of the Baltic to those against which we hope GARIBALDI i will soon be op,,;rating, t was supposed that Eng lishmen were not soldiers. True, from the battle of Maida till that Of Waterloo, it was seen that if we could get men into the field they did their work ; that they would even, as their great leader once said, " get him out of his blunders," as well ism conquer for him when led as he could lead them. Still the idea was that we were not a martial people —that we had no conscription, no compulsory service; that our idlers, and scapegraces, and men to whom the workhouse was the alternative, turned soldiers, and made good soldiers too, but, that the shopkeepers thought of nothing!. but their calicos, silks, or groceries, the clerks -about their accounts and their copying only, and the me vu facturers about their power-looms and spinnint!:- Jennies. All these fancies are dispelled for ever. Young England, does not, indeed, take to soldiering for simple display; nor does Old England encourage its juniors to take the evenings or their half-holi days for learning drill without a practical object in view ; but—let that object appear, and all Europe now sees what metal we are made of. A neighbour Government sees fit, with the blandest professions, to keep a spare one or two hundred thousand men, with an excess of naval force utterly useless, except for the purpose of placing these hundreds of thousands on a neighbour's shore. Our rulers, while reciprocating the bland language, show their real opinions by almost doubling the cost of our army and navy; the " nation of shopkeepers" sees that there is a practical object before it, and an army half as large as our regular army springs up in a twelvemonth. Where did they come from ? The despotisms of the Continent cannot understand it, they know of only the good old plan of making men turn soldiers ; but they see the freest people in Europe placing an army at the disposal of the Crown, almost entirely at their own cost and in spite at first of Governmental and Horse Guards discouragement. But, even though almost snubbed and discouraged they pressed on—they compelled the aristocratical and professional contemners to commend what they had despised, and persevered till a Royal Levee, and and a Royal Review have rewarded their zeal with the highest approbation which the highest authority in the land could bestow. Her MAJESTY'S heart, we know, throbbed with joy as she gazed on these volunteer defenders of her Kingdom ; but the offering was the nation's free-will offering alone. To her belongs the credit of grateful encouragement ; to the volunteers from the people the greater credit of sacrificing time and money for their country. May we not then say with our Scotch bard : " Who will not sing, ' God save the Queen,' Shall hang as high's the steeple ; But while we sing, God save the Queen,' We'll ne'er forget the People." Let but a popular novelist write a sparkling book of travels, and how many critics are down at once upon him as though he had been guilty of some high crime and misdemeanour ! It was thus when Mr. DICKENS published his two delightful volumes of " American Notes." Any one reading the reviews of that work—reviews scribbled, one might almost have fancied, with venomous little steel pens dipped in vitriol-and-water—might have been led to suppose that the book was a villainous libel and a malignant caricature ! When it was in reality nothing less genial than the sketch book containing the pencillings, so to speak, of America and the Americans as they appeared to the view of the most warm-hearted and large hearted Humorist who ever adorned our English Literature. There was another book—written by a lady novelist—about America, that had previously called down upon the devoted head of its author, if possible, a still more virulent and copious flood of objurgation. It is almost needless, we believe, to add, that this writer was no other than the creator and celebrant of " Mrs. Barnaby" and the " Vicar of Wrexhill"—keen-witted FRANCES TROLLOPE! In point of fact, the book of travels here referred to was Mrs. TROLLOPE'S first work—its issue from the press inaugurated her career as an authoress. " Domestic Manners of the Americans" the book was called ; and it recorded in a graphic manner the impressions produced upon the mind of the writer after a three years' residence at Cincinnati. It is now some eight-and-twenty years since the date of its original appearance. Since which time not only has Mrs. TROLLOPE herself contributed largely to the national library of fiction, but her two sons—ANTHONY and ADOLPHITS—have built up for themselves within the last five years distinct and notable reputations in imaginative literature. ANTHONY TROLLOPE especially has latterly proved himself to be not only one of the most prolific, but also one of the most popular and successful among the younger generation of novelists. Instead of be ginning his career as a writer, however, with a book of transatlantic travels, according to the example of his mother—ANTHONY TROLLOPE after publishing some half-dozen works of fiction, adven tures upon the publication of precisely that kind of production—gives to the public a book of travels, and a book of travels that may be also designated transatlantic. " The West Indies and the Spanish Main" is the title of the work, which is nothing more--pretends to be nothing more—than the record of observations made during the course of a pleasant excursion. Mr. TROLLOPE'S book of travels, like many a previous novel from the same hand, proves to be singularly readable. It wins golden opinions from all sorts of men upon this aide of the Atlantic. But notwithstanding all this — unlike any of the same writer's novels—the work calls down upon ANTHONY TROLLOPE in some quarters almost as hearty abuse as that lavished upon his mother's record of travels upon the North American Continent: One of the assailants of Mr. ANTHONY TROLLOPE in his capacity as a traveller has recently been holding forth rather vigorously in the Corn Exchange at Northampton. The acri monious critic in this instance is a rev. and a BROWN—[TOM BROWN has told us what the BROWNS are made of, and how manly and out spoken they can be]—the Rev. J. T. BROWN, Minister of the College -street Chapel, in the afore said town of Northampton. Mr. BROWN it appears has been a traveller in the West Indies as well as Mr. TROLLOPE. Mr. BROWN has been to Jamaica with his eyes and ears open—like Mr. TROLLOPE. But, speaking to the audience recently assembled to listen to his experiences of the West Indies, but particularly of Jamaica—what says Mr. BROWN about Mr. TROLLOPE ? Let us see. It is Mr. BRowN, remember, who is loquitur He should have been ashamed—his (Mr. BROWN'S) opinions might be worth something or nothing, but facts were facts, and he could give facts to prove what he said, and he did say—he should have been ashamed to have written a book so ignorant on some points relative to Jamaica as that of ANTHONY TROLLOPE, and he should have blushed if lie could have been guilty of so wicked a thing as to write the review of that book which appeared in the Times. Whin he road some of ANTHONY TROLLOPE'S pictures he had been amused sometimes, and sometimes indignant ; but when he read that review it made his heart go down ; it did indeed sink very low. He knew where Mr. TROLLOPE had beenslainprke;alheaknew how he was crammed. He could. point to men w h o now laughed, and said, We helped to cram him.' If he (Mr. BROWN) had hi s sparkling and ready style he could write three different books about Jamaica, and none of them true. He could write one all praise, as beautiful as those flowers before him, and that should be true as far it went ; or he could write one as black, and that should be true, too, as far as it went; or he could amuse people with ludicrous things, and make them laugh at the black men, and that should be true as far it went. But neither the first, nor the second, nor the tkird should be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." Now, out of his own mouth, Mr. BROWN —while uttering these extravagant words of blame —stands forth clearly before us self-condemned. He admits, as plainly as words can admit any , thing, that Mr. ANTHONY TROLLOPE'S book, as far as it goes, is True. That we may presume to h e,ve been the one ambition of its writer, that it shou-ld prove true as far as it went—but not fur ther. A book of travels is a book of travels — should bo treated as such—affects to be nothing more. It is simply absurd to look to a work of that kind, ;_ l " astily sketched off, and undertaking no more than to give, as graphically as may be, the writer's individual impressions—it is simply absurd, we say, to look to , a work of this kind for the dis sovery in it of a profound historical, ethnological, and politico-economic disquisition. The production referred to in the abovo unmeasured terms of abuse simply undertook to coil vey to us the personal im pressions of its very clever author, Mr. ANTHONY TROLLOPE—and, as an effusion of that character, it was reviewed in the columns of our chief morn ing contemporary. So that when the Rev. J. T. BROWN talks of the book itself as so " ignorant" that he (Mr. BROWN) should have been ashamed to have written it, and vilifies the review itself as nothing less than wicked—he talks arrant non sense, and renders himself excessively ridiculous. _HURRAH- FOR OUR RIFLEMEN! THE SUN, ImADON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1860. BY ELIZA. COOK. Hurrah for our Riflemen I men of the land, Who hsva sprung with a brave-hearted yearning ; Not willing nor eager to kindle War's brand, Bat to guard what that brand might set burning. They have limbs for a march, they have fronts for a blow ; Show them laurels, and see how they'll win them ; They have hands for a trigger, and eyes for a foe, That will prove the true Briton is in them. Then, Here's to the Grey, and the Green, aad the Blue ; Never heed in what colour you find them ; But be surethey'llbodyedaßlood-rel, through and through Ere the chain of a Despot shall bind them. Let them come from the loom, from the plough and the forge; Let their bugles ring louder axd louder; Let the dark city-street, and the deep forest-gorge, Prove that Labour makes Valour the prouder. Let them dwell in sweet Peace, till a moment may comp When the shot of an enemy rattle ; And the spirits that cling the most fondly to home, Will be first to rush forth in the battle. Then, Here's to the Grey, and the Green, and the Blue ; Never heed in what colour you find them ; But be sure they'll be dyed a Blood-red, through and through, Ere the chain of a Despot shall bind them. H.E.RE KURE'S CONCERT. Herr Kuhe, of whose celebrity as a pianist we need not remind our readers, gate his annual con cert recently at the St. James's Hall, with the co-operation of Miss Louisa Pyne, Madame Rieder, Monsieur and Madame Sainton, Mr. Tennant, Signor Oliva, Signor Belart, Mr, Santley, and Herr Louis Engel. Herr Kuhe's talent was most effectively displayed in a new fantasia of his own, on airs from " Dinorah," and a new " galop de con cert," also from his pen, both of which, if we mis take not, are destined to become rapidly popular. Herr Kuhe further displayed his executive powers to great advantage in Dussek's sonata in B flat for piano and violin, in which,he was ably assisted by M. Sainton ; and an ingenious and brilliant duet for piano and harmonium by Herr Engel, who played on the latter instrument with his customary skill and taste. Herr Kuhe was warmly applauded in all his efforts by a crowded and fashionable audience. BA YMARKET THEATRE. Miss Amy Sedgwick concluded her engagement here on Saturday evening, when a new comedy by Mr. Edmund Falconer, bearing the interro gative title of " Does he love me ?" was pro duced in the presence of a very numerous audi ence, by whom it was received with every de monstration of applause. The leading incidents of the story are accurately described in the fol lowing sketch of the plot. The scene is laid at the country mansion of Mr. Vandeleur (Mr. Chip pendale), who having been raised to afiluence by the inheritance of a large fortune, is anxious to ennoble his daughter by marrying her to Lord Mowbray (Mr. Howe), whose encumbered estates would be greatly relieved by the wealth of the young heiress. The young lady has, however, a strong objection to be marricd for her money, and, taking a hint from a mistake into which Mrs. Comfort (Mrs. Wilkins), the housekeeper in their new residence, falls, she agree with her cousin, Miss Melrose (Miss Bulmer), that each shall personate the other, and with some difficulty makes her father consent to favour the deception. By a singular coincidence, Lord Mow bray, who is also of a romantic turn, resolves to play a similar trick on his intended, and engages his friend, Everton Leigh, to personate the peer, who is introduced as his humble companion. The result of this double game of cross purposes is that the viscount falls in love with the supposed portionless cousin, while the heiress is deeply smitten with the poor young man with whom his noble friend deigns to associate. Old Vande leur perceives this, and, getting alarmed lest his daughter should be snapped up by an adventurer, tells the. soi-disant Lord Mowbray of the plot his daughter has contrived, and urges him to make love to the supposed Miss Melrose, who is in fact his daughter. Miss Vandeleur has been an unseen hearer of this confidential communication, and, to foil her father, causes a letter to be written to him from his confidential solicitor, informing him that Lord Mowbray and his friend Leigh had exchanged homes and places, and caution ing him against the deception. The old gentle man, on receiving this letter, changes his tactics, and, becoming suddenly generous, when he finds that the so called Leigh and his daughter are really attached to each other, gives his consent to their marriage. The only persons who have really been deceived are the lovers, who have each believed the other to be poor, when obey. ing the dictates of a noble and generous passion. There is a comic character, Bubbles, the confidential clerk of Mr. Van deleur's solictor, who comes down from London charged to inform the solicitor of the deception which they were aware Lord Mow bray and his friend Leigh intended to practise by assuming each other's names. Bubbles is, how ever, always interrupted when on the point of making this important communication ; so the wcßoahmbeenhdlyea;tproceeds to' its artistic completion, and seeacnret dcoomnith es e o e u r t g a o t od the nor mo h m ar e m nt . Miss Sedgwick plays the heroine with spirit and address; Miss Melrose finds a graceful repre sentative in the person of Miss Bulmer • and Mrs. Wilkins has in the character of the house keeper a part which suits her exactly, and to which she does all possible jus tice. Mr. Howe acts, as he ever does, with earnest feeling and genuine passion ; and Mr. Vil liers, who always dresses and, what is more impor tant, looks like a gentleman, deserves praise for his careful performance of a part which, though of no great importance, he contrives to render interesting. As for Mr. Buckstone, his name is sufficient gua rantee for the admirable manner in which he as usual acquits himself. At the conclusion of the farce which followed— " Fitzsmy the of Fitzsmv the Hall"—Miss Sedgwick volunteered (appropriately enough to the day and the occa am s t i i o e n T ) Ra y a e n laodr o i r n i og g ns i addressn;tlhe whicho 'l‘lDr 'loin ccawsioasn io.efeeliievie•dreNcveitnht much applause. OUIWARD BOMBAY MAIL. The Delta, from Southampton, on the 12th, arrived at Malta at 7 a.m. on the 21st, and sailed for Alexandria at 6 p.m. on the same day. The Nubia, with the Calcutta and China mail, of the 20th and 26th May, broke main shaft on her way down the Red Sea towards Aden. The Norma took the mails, &c., on to Calcutta. FRANCE. BOURSE, June 23.—The market has been steady, with little doing. Threes been done at 68f 80c and 68f 75c; Mobilier at 675 f; Austrian, 527 f 50c; Lombard, 505 f; Lyons, 878 f 75c; Orleans, 1,342 f 50c; Southern, 518 f. 75c; Northern, 983 f. 75c. The following are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 97 Credit Foacier Do end month.... —1 Belgian 41 96 75 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 75 Roman Bank Shares . . ——l Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 675 —1 Spanish Threes — Do. Account 676 25 'Home Debt .. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1341 25 .. 1345 Northern New ditto B7O -- Lyons and Mediterranean 877 50 .. 877 75 Geneva.. 4OO .. 400 Southern Western Eastern • 598 75 600 Sardinian Au strian Lombard TILE ROYAL MAIL STEADIER SEINE. On Saturday another magnificent addition was made to the Royal Mail Company's fleet, their new steamship Seine, commanded by Captain Robert Revett, then making her official trial trip to the perfect satisfaction of the Government authorities. This noble vessel, which is a sister ship to the ill fated Paramatta and the more fortunate Shannon, was built by the Thames Iron Shipbuilding Com pany. Her principal dimensions are as follows : ft. in. Length between perpendiculars, 330 0 Length over all, 339 0 Length on loadline, 328 0 Breadth of beam, 43 91 Tonnage (builders' measurement) 3,092 54-94 Area of midship section, 777 Displacement, 5,180 tons. The boilers and feathering paddlewheels have been constructed at the Royal Mail Company's factory in the Southampton Docks, under the superinten dence of Mr. Robert Ritchie, their superintending engineer. The boilers are tubular, and hive been built with great care, in order to produce the largest quantity of steam combined with economy of fuel. They have been fitted with superheating apparatus designed by Mr. Ritchie with a view to increase the economical results, and its perform ance has justified the expectations formed of it, as the steam was superheated to 388 degrees during Saturday's trial, and at full speed of the engines the safety valves were strongly blowing off. The engines, which were constructed by Messrs. Sum mers, Day, and Co., of the Northam Ironworks at Southampton, are of 800-horse power, on the oscillat ing plan. They are the largest oscillating engines ever made in Europe. The cylinders are of 97 inches in diameter, and 10 feet stroke, while the paddle-engines in the Great Eastern are only 74 inches diameter, and 14 feet stroke. The castings necessary for engines of such enormous size were, as may be imagined, on the largest scale. The Seine left the Southampton Water about 11 o'clock on Saturday morning, and proceeded at once to Stoke's Bay, where she ran the measured mile four times, and was subsequently taken down the Solent towards the Needles, then rounded to, returning to the docks shortly before sin the afternoon. There was a party of nearly 200 persons on board, including a large number of ladies and gentlemen from London. On the re turn home the company sat down to a sumptu ous banquet in the spacious saloon, under the presidency of Captain Mangles. The trial of the Seine was made under very unfavourable conditions, as the wind was blowing half a gale from the S.S.W., the force, according to the Admiralty gauge, being between 6 and 7 ; and the Government authorities at Portsmouth had the same morning refused to take one of their ships to the measured mile. Notwithstanding this disadvantage, the average speed attained by the Seine was 14.195 knots per hour, equal to 161 statute miles ; and in the opinion of practical men on board another knot might be added to compen sate for the unfavourable weather and the bad trim of the ship. The four runs on the measured mile were made as follows : Runs. 11in. Sec. Average Runs. Min. Sec. Average 15t.... 4 13 .. 13.953 3d.... 4 24 .. 13.636 2d .... 4 19 .. 13 900 4th.... 4 4.. 14.754 Revolutions, 181; pressure of steam, 221 b. to the square inch ; vacuum, 2511 n. ; indicated horse power, 3,572. Draught of water forward, 17ft. 3in. ; aft, 171 t. Tin. The Seine will leave South ampton on the 2d proximo, with the West India, Pacific, and Mexican mails. THE ASSASSINATION 1N JAPAN. LATEST N E W S• Thi following telegrams have been received at Mr. Renter's office : PARIS, MONDAY. The liloniieur of this morning announces that Prince Jerome expired yesterday evening. VIENNA, JUNE 25. Tho interview of the sovereigns at Baden has brought about an understanding between Austria and Prussia as regards the reorganization of the military constitution of the 'Confederation. The Prince Regent of Prussia has invited the Aus trian Cabinet to send a military representative to the Conference on that question, which will take place at Baden. Austria has sent a Colonel of the General Staff. BERNE, JUNE 24. The Federal Council received two days ago a despatch from M. Kern, the Minister of Switzer land at Paris, in which M. Kern gives an account of the conference he had on the 19th inst. with M. Thouvenel, in reference to the accomplished an nexation of Savoy to France. The French Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that his Government would not object to this question being brought before a European Conference at which Switzerland would take part. M. Thouvenel added—Switzerland hav-; ing, by her vote of the 23d May last, rejected the French proposals, the Court of the Tuileries entirely withdraws them, and France will henceforth merely place herself in the position formerly occupied by Sardinia in reference to the obligations resulting from the neutralisation of Faucigny and Chablais. M. Thouvenel is said to have further declared that the Emperor Napoleon would not give up any por tion of the territory of Savoy. TRIESTE, JUNE 24. The steamer which left Alexandria on the 18th of June has arrived in 129 hours. She brings advices from Point de Galle to the 28th of May. The Malabar, with Lora Elgin and Baron Gros on board, was wrecked when about to leave Galle harbour on the 22d of May. All the passengers and crew were saved. A portion of the mails was saved. Both Ambassadors have lost their credentials and papers. All the bullion and baggage sank with the ship. Tho Ambassadors will sail on the 6th of June for Hongkong. TURIN, JUNE 25. The Opitzione of to-day publishes the following despatch from Naples : " The King is seriously ill. " The Government is said to be deliberating upon the restoration of the captured vessels, together with the passengers and merchandise." GENOA, JUNE 23. According to advices from Naples to the 19th inst., the Government had despatched three columns from Naples—viz., one to Basilicata, another to wards Salerno, and a third to the Abruzzi. The Castle of St. Elmo had been fortified. It was asserted that it was the intention of the Government to restore the two captured vessels. The American Minister, however, desired repara tion for the insult offered to his national flag. The King was ill, an 4 was staying at Portici. 20,000 more soldiers would leave for Sicily. GENOA, JUNE 24 According to advices from Palermo, to the 18th inst. the National Guard occupied the different posts in the town. The organisation of troops was progressing. The first division, under the command of Colonel Turr, Bixio, and Spanguro, was ready for departure. The marine was also being organised. The Republican party adhered to the Government of King Victor Emmanuel. Sardinian flags were everywhere displayed. Letters from Rome state that Dr. Manning had been appointed Prelate. NAPLES, JUNE 24. It is officially stated that the Commander de Mar tino has receited from the Emperor of the French the formal assurance that France will not recognise the annexation of Sicily to Piedmont. It is also officially asserted that the Emperor, as well as M. Thouvenel, have drawn particular atten tion to the fact that the Court of the Tuileries has not recognised the annexation of Tuscany and the Romagna to Piedmont. It is further stated in official quarters that the King of Naples, yielding to the counsels of the Emperor of the French, has declared himself ready to enter frankly on the path of reform by granting a liberal constitution, to be placed under the gua rantee of France and England. In exchange for of Naples demands the guarantee of ever, has been refused. hthisisptoliseseKssiiong possessions by the Western Powers. This, how- The number of prisoners taken on board the two steamers captured by the Neapolitan frigate is about 900, all of whom are confined in the prisons at Gaeta. TURIN, JUNE 23. It is stated that Garibaldi is marching agains. Messina. Count Cavour approves and maintains the pro test which was lodged at Naples on the 11th inst. by the Marquis de Villamarina rgainst the capture of the Sardinian steamer by the Neapolitan frigate Fulminante. Advices have been received here from Sicily, stating that Prince 'rorrearsa had been appointed President of the Council and Deputy of the Dictator Garibaldi at Palermo. BADEN, JUNE 24. It is stated that during the Conference at Baden the Prince Regent of Prussia directed the attention of the august assembly to the state of affairs in Italy. The Prince Regent is said to have declared that the Sardinian Government was already over run by revolution, and that if no attention were paid to the further course of events all Europe might be threatened by revolutionary agitation. It is also said that Baron Schleinitz has been ordered to draw up a circular note informing the diplomatic agents of Prussia abroad of what passed at the in terview at Baden. In this note particular mention will be made of the words pronounced before Napoleon 111. by the Prince Regent of Prussia on the affairs of Italy. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 24. Count Moltke, the Danish Minister Plenipoten tiary in France, has arrived here, haying been summoned by the Government ou account of the affairs of the German Duchies. ST. PETERSBURG, JUNE 23. It is said that by order of his Majesty Count Stackelberg, the Russian Minister at Turin, has been.instructed to declare to the Sardinian Cabinet that, should the Sardinian Government not hence forth prevent the departure for Sicily of the expedi tions in course of organisation in the different ports of Sardinia, Count Stackelberg, with the whole personnel of the Legation, would quit Piedmont. PARIS, JUNE 23. The Patric of to-day states that Garibaldi held a council of war on the evening of the 21st inst., at which it was unanimously decided that the insur rectionary army, after having collected all the ne cessary military forces, should march on Messina. The volunteers brought by Colonel Medici had been chosen with great care ; among them were officers and sub-officers of engineers. It was believed that the march on Messina would commence on the 28th inst. PARIS, JUNE 24. Prince Jerome is in a state of extreme weakness, and has lost all consciousness. The Illoniteur announces that Prince Jerome re ceived the last sacrament yesterday. MADRID, JUNE 25. The Spanish Government, by the medium of its Charge d'Affaires at Turin, has presented a protest to Count Cavour against the assistance indirectly given by Sardinia to the Sicilian revolutionary party. I 'Should the remonstranse of Spain remain with out any effect, the Spanish legation will be ordered :o quit Turin. PARIS, JUNE 25. The Grand Duke of Baden arrived here yester day evening, and left again for London at seven o'clock this morning. POINT DE GALLE, MAY 28 (via Trieste). The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Malabar has been totally wrecked in the harbour. She parted her hawsers in a gale of wind, bumped heavily against the rocks, and went ashore on the sand. The passengers and mails were saved, but no thing has been recovered from the wreck. The Malabar lies with her stern deeply imbedded in the sand. Divers are endeavouring to recover the specie which was on board. SHANGHAI, APRIL 28. The allied forces occupied Chusan on the 21st of April without opposition from the Chinese. The movements of the rebels are becoming more alarming. Trade is stagnant. CANTON, MAY 6. No answer has been received from the Chinese Government to the second communication from the British Minister. The Chinese are making extensive preparations for resistance. The rebel disturbances are over. Trade has improved: HOMEWARD CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Nemesis arrived at Suez on the 16th inst. The Ceylon arrived at Malta at 3 a.m., and left for Southampton at noon on the 22d. She will pro bably arrive on the Ist July. The Valetta arrived at Marseilles at 6 a.m this day. Mails left for London at 10 a.m. A series of despatches from Mr. Alcock, the Eng lish representative in Japan, were issued on Satur day from the Foreign-office. The first three or four refer to the murder of the Japanese interpreter, whose death and funeral were lately described by our correspondent at Yedo. Another of later dale, however, describes the attempted assassination of the Regent. MR. ALCOCA TO LORD J. RUSSELL (RECEIVED JUNE 6). Yedo, April 2, 1860. My Lord,—On the morning of the 24th March, as the Go-tai-ro, or Regent, was on his way to the Tycoon's castle, surrounded by his retinue, a band of 17 men made a sudden attack on the cortege , in tending to slay him in his norrimon. They did not succeed, it appears ; but there is something se illus trative of the state of the country, the times, and people in the whole affair, that a short account of the details will not be without interest. None but the most determined men, willing to sacrifice their lives (had the largest number given been doubled), could have ventured on such a des perate enterprise. They do not seem, however, to have omitted anything calculated either to ensure success in their object, or their own escape after wards. As regards the plan of attack, the choice of time, place, &c., some strategic skill was shown. The morning selected was wet and black, alter nately snowinc , and raining heavily, from which they derived :double advantage. Their adversaries were all hampered by rain-coats and waterproofs, ill prepared to use their arms, while they them selves were enabled to conceal beneath the same vestments their equipment and coats of mail, and approach close without giving rise to suspicion. The distance to be traversed was so short, they , were limited as to choice of place—for the Go tai-ro's mansion stands on a gentle acclivity, 500 paces from the bridge and gate leading to the Tycoon's palace, and a broad road between the house and the bridge lies along the edge of the great moat. A wider space is formed by a broad road which debouches on the bridge coming from the city, at the angle where the two roads meet, and here they made their attack, one of their number pretending to thrust himself between the advanced guards and the norrimon which bore the Regent. Those immediately about his person on each side rushed to the front, where the rest of the conspira- _ tors, profiting by the confusion, and throwing off their rain-cloaks,discovered th6mselves armed to the teeth in coats of mail, and made a dash at the nor rimon, severing the hands of some of the bearers at a blow, and making desperate thrusts through the sides of the vehicle - in which the Go-tai-ro was seated. Several of the attendants were cut down ; two of the assailants also were killed on the spot. While the melee continued some officers from the adjoining Damio's house, seeing the danger of the Go-tai-ro, rushed out, and snatching the norrimon up in their arms bore it away, and thus rescued its occupant from his perilous position ; not, however, before he had received several wounds. The attacking party, seeing all was lost, and over powered by numbers, took to flight. One being too badly wounded to make good his escape, after a short effort, his companions instantly struck off his head, and one of them ran off with it, so that, living or dead, its owner might tell no tales. This man was only arrested at some distance, and after he had dashed through a gateway across the road. His flight cost the officer in charge of the gate his life, as he was ordered the next day to perform the " hari-kiri," and despatch himself, as the penalty of his inefficient guard. The Damio, also, whose office it is to guard the bridge and gate which lead to the Tycoon's, and whose house is situated just at the angle, has been imprisoned within his own walls ; and to-day, as I rode past, I saw his gateway boarded up. He is not even allowed to cook any food ; but, under cover of the night, his people are said to be allowed to find means of saving him and his family from dying of starvation. From this rapid history of the affair in its leading Circumstances, it will be seen that such an event is well calculated to give rise to serious reflections as to the state of the country. So far as I have the means of judging, it has created a profound sensa tion among the ruling powers. All the gates of the city were closed last night; a large increase to the number of police and officers attached to each of the legations was instantly made, with a brief verbal intimation that they were anxious for our safety. I had only just arrived from Yokuhama the morning of the attack, having left both my col leagues there after our consultations on the spot as to the distribution of land. Since then, new gates, fences, and guard-houses have sprung up in various directions, about the legations, and in the city. On the third day after the event the Minister of Foreign Affairs sent two of the governors to give me official information of the scantiest kind, and that in some degree extorted, to the purport that an attack had been made. Several of the assailants had been seized, and they were in hot pursuit after the remainder, who certainly could not long escape, since in their hands they held the means (by torture was implied, but not expressed) of gaining all needful informa tion. Two of those who fled, it is reported, finding their pursuers gaining upon them, deliberately stopped, and laying bare the abdomen, performed the " hari-kiri," it being a point of honour never to interrupt or interfere, even for the ends of justice, with a man so honourably engaged. Here, then, is the highest personage in the em pire, after the Milkado and the Tycoon, close to his own residence, on the great highway of the official and mooted quarter, surrounded by his own retinue (always a large one), preceded by a brother of the Tycoon with his retinue still in sight, and followed by another high Damio and his escort, all of whom, it appears, were mute spectators, attacked by a small armed band, variously represented as 10 and 17 in number, with a desperation which shows they must have deliberately consented to the sacrifice of their lives to obtain the end. They were the Prince of Mito's men, one of the " Go-san-kay," as the three brothers of the Tycoon are styled, a disaffected pretender to the succession. His territories lie some 70 miles from Yedo, behind the head of the bay, and it is said tkey are a prey to insurrection among the followers. The old prince, soon after the death of the late Tycoon, was deposed for plotting against the young Tycoon, and his son, a man about 40, was installed in his place, such being the usual practice when the head of a house falls into disgrace. We app'ar in the Isles of Japan, then, to be transported back to Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, or still earlier, when feudal princes and nobles lived surrounded by armed re tainers, raised their own levies, and waged war on each other, or their suzerain, as passion or interest might suggest—chiefs who had settled their own feuds by a guet-apens for the assassination by their followers of an obnoxious rival—the times of our Richards and Henrys—of Francis 1., the Charles and Henrys of France, or the Guelphs and Ghibe lines of Italy. The question which first suggests itself on a re • view of the facts is one of grave importance. Is this a commencement of a civil war for the succes sion, or merely a feud between the Prince of Mite and I-kamonokami, the hereditary regent of a minor, or was it merely an attack of " loonings," as the government would have us believe—dis banded soldiers and ruffians ? Whatever may be the true answer, a country where seventeen men can be found, at the bidding of any master, to devote themselves with a sort of heroic contempt for death, almost without a chance of escape, and to that which is more terrible still, torture such as the Japanese employ with truly Oriental refinement, can offer little security either to individuals or governments. And to this con clusion the ministers and councils of state would appear to have arrived, if one mighttrust their own acts and speech. As regards the foreign representatives here and the consuls at Kanagawa, either the Japanese offi cials designedly exaggerate their sense of alarm (too ready as they are to turn everything to account in order to curtail our liberty and make us virtually prisoners in their keeping), or they have seen cause for great anxiety. They have certainly displayed no ordinary diligence in providing ostensible means of protection. I say ostensible, for if it were in deed a part of the designs of any Damio, as it has been said to be that of the deposed Prince of Milto and others, to have us massacred in order to embroil the actual government with the western powers, I cannot say I have any faith in our two-sworded officials ; I doubt if they would be the slightest safeguard against such determined assailants as those who recently undertook to kill the Go-tai ro in the midst of his escort; and where these came from more, doubtless, are to be found of the same stamp. When the ministers, then, send two gover nors of Foreign Affairs, as they have done to-day, with instructions to urge on me and my colleagues the extreme danger of stirring outside our g a t es, there being so many of these same " loonings" abroad, and requesting that we would consent to imprison ourselves within our respective legations, or take the risk and peril of anything that might happen on ourselves, it is difficult to say what are the proportions of truth and of statecraft which enter into such representations. I could only ' n s wer that under no circumstances could I con.se...t. to this virtual imprisonment, or release them from their responsibility to afford efficient protection ; a nd finally, that such danger as they hinted at would reach me just as certainly Within the gates possible contingencir of Allth legation t i a o s non without... kuc h must, on the other hatd, be idle, for the simple reason that nothing the foreign representatives can do, short of abandoning their post, could ma terially influence the issue, or afford that security which the Regent himself vainly hoped he enjoyed in the capital, surrounded by his own people. It is reported that he sent a despatch off instantly, to be sent on at the rate of ten miles an hour to his dominions, a distance of some '220 miles, with orders to muster all his armed retainers, and join him without delay. I thought it right, on receiving the official intelli gence, to address a few lines of condolence to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, and congratulation also, at the escape of the Go-tai-ro out of the hands of the assassins. I added, that possessing some surgical experience, my services should be at the disposal of the Regent; but I have little idea that they will be accepted, nor have I much reason desire it, under all the circumstances. Yet, looking at the low state of their medical and surgical know ledge, it seemed but an act of common humanity, as well as of courtesy, to make the offer, and I trust your lordship will approve of my having,taken this course.—l have, &c., (Signed) RUTHERFORD ALCOCK. MRS. CHISHOLM TO JOHN BRIGHT, ESQ., M.P. (LETTER II.) Sir,—ln my last letter to you I referred to the successful working of the ballot in these colonies, and to the opposition which the Times, in his num ber of the 13th of April last, gives to its passing in England. That paper, it is well known, is the organ of a powerful political body ; I cannot, how ever, avoid saying that I consider the opposition of the Times the very strongest argument that can be brought in recommendation of passing the ballot in England. The question itself is momentous. There are such vast and varied interests involved in it, that it is of paramount importance that you in Eng land should know something of the working of the ballot in this hemisphere. The objectors to it in England ground their arguments upon mere hypo thesis, nothing tangible, while we in Australia ' have to offer, in contradiction to these baseless con jectures, a great and palpable fact : we have the ballot—we have tested it, and proved it, and we find it working• to our satisfaction beyond the most sanguineexpectations. The Time thinks proper to compare the voters to" rats and mice," to designate them as "cowards, knaves, and poltroons," and to give them other opprobrious epithets. He must surely have for gotten that the ballot-voters in Australia are of the same blood and race as those around him ; that they have their relatives in Eng land, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, and let him feel assured that they have not degene• rated either mentally or physically from what they were ; on the contrary, as the people have ad vinced in their social improvement by the change of country and circumstances, so they have risen in the scale of humanity, and feel a proud conscious ness that they now stand as independent men when they can give their vote by ballot. They feel that landlords or employers cannot rightly presume to ask for their votes, or to inquire for whom they are going to vote. It is, therefore, a glorious privil9ge which the humblest ballot voter now pos sesses in Australia ; on this point he stands on a par with the wealthiest man in the land. The Times, in the article under notice, asks one or two questions, for which we cannot give him credit on the score of simplicity. It is self-evident that the object sought is to keep down and sink one class, and at their cost to uphold the interests of a fa voured few. He asks," Why is an exception to be made in favour of some supposed class of voters specially, on account of their low, weak, and con temptible character ? Why are the small fry to be allowed to give votes as good as that of a mil lionaire ?" How indignantly does nature respond to these aspersions ! Does she not ask, "Is not the intelligent mechanic, the hard-working and frugal labourer, made up of the same stuff and endued with the same mind as the millionaire ?" If justice were to weigh, some of the millionaires, and some of the superfluously rich, by the same standard with this despised class, it can hardly be ques tioned but some of the former would be found, both in the eyes of God and man, far more" contemptible characters" than the latter ; some of whom obtained their wealth by bribery, some by extortion, some by oppression, and some by other unjustifiable means. It would be well if the Times were to send to the colonies one of his " special correspondents" to watch and report on the working of the ballot. He would find that Mr. Berkeley judged rightly as W what would be the result, should the ballot be car ried in England. The Times says, " Mr. Berkeley assumes that all bribery and intimidation, all seduction and oppression, all treating, feasting, and drunkenness, all that now disgraces a British elec tion, would necessarily be extinguished by the ballot." His correspondent would find these de ductions fully verified in Victoria and New S o uth Wales, and that the opposite assumptions of the Times are entirely at fault, when he affirms that, " It would not make the least difference in these respects ; there would be drinking, mobbing, and all the rest of it." Such correspondent would, in Australia, see nose of these badges, orange, red, or green ribbons, until, I believe, lately used in Eng land at elections, or any of those distinguishing flags carried by the contending parties. He would be hold none of those violent mobs marshalled under their respective bullying leaders, and meet perhaps in the middle of a street in contentious strife, and which, as the Times truly observes, now disgrace a British election." It was only last year when one of your candidates, and an esteemed friend of mine, the Right Hon. R. Lowe, nearly losthis life through the outrageous violence of one of those mobs ; and I observed by a late mail from England, that three men were killed, and three more wounded, in the streets of Limerick at one of the late elec tions. Truly, such disgraceful scenes as these, such bare-faced bribery, are an iniquitous scandal to a civilised nation. The only remedy for it is the Ballot. I have, both in Victoria and New South Wales, questioned several of the ballot voters, and they ins variably stated that they proceeded to the polling booth with a strong feeling of the responsibility Of their act. Everything connected with it is con ducted in such a quiet, orderly, and systematical way; some have remarked that the pr ocee di n gs carried with them something of the solemnity of a Court of Justice, so totally different from the violent and uproarious scenes which they had been accustomed to see on like occasions in England. Even the Catholic clergy looked amazed at the sudden development of the Irish mind; men who had been so tenacious of their influence, and had been accustomed to proclaim to their people from their altars what men they should vote for, now' hardly venture to acknowledge they know the day of poll. The ballot has given the people the legitimate power to free themselves from every species of political thraldom, whether such were imposed upon them by the landlord, the employer, or the clergy. Well might the limes have said, "with the Ballot there will not be a vote in the market." The occupation of the Carlton Club will be gone. The political sway of every religious denomination will be gone. Religion will be tested by its own merits, and viewed as the saving, not the political, power. In this colony the working of the ballot was singularly tested. The Prime Minister, Mr. Cow per, stood at the head of the poll, and the Rev. Dr. Lang also took his stand where here he deserved to be placed, for his untiring efforts to secure the political rights of the people. Again, the proprietor of the Sydney Morning _Herald, a bank director, a favourite, an old colonist, a conservative, and one who had a large share of the commercial interest of the city within the grasp of his hand, lost his election through the instrumentality of the ballot, not only i n Sydney, but afterw ar d s i n t h e country . If it had been open voting, the Sydney interest would have been brought to bear on local interest, until the gentlemen's election would not have been problematical, but certain. The gentleman in question is deservedly much esteemed, but some of his opinions clashed with some of the popular ques tions of the day. As an illustration of our political position, I may mention to you that as London has its political nur sery, Spitalfields, so Melbourne -has its Richmond, and Sydney its Redfern. It is in this last locality I reside, where men have been forced by circum stances to become thinkers. The great battle, the severest contest, was that of Sir Daniel Cooper, the millionaire of New South Wales, the late speaker of the House of Assembly, the most influential merchant in the colony, and chairman of the bank of New South Wales, and yet with all these powerful appliances, with a well regulated machinery in the way of committees, placards, letters in the public press, &c., his elec tion was only gained by a hard contest, inch by inch, almost vote by vote.—l remain, Sir, yours faithfully, CAROLINE CHISHOLM. Redfern, New South Wales, April l4, 1860. Lord Stratheden's motion for appointing a neW consul at Mozambique, on the east coast of Africa, having been twice postponed, is fixed to come on to •night in the House of Lords. MR. RAREY AT THE ALTIAMBRA.--We particu larly recommend a visit to Mr. Rarey's exhibition on Wed nesday morning, Juno 27, at two, which he believes will prove one of most intense interest and excitement, arrange ments having been made to bring from'the Rawcliffe Pad docks, York, for that occasion, the redoubtable horse " Idle Boy," (by II arkaway, dam Tole by Sir Hercules acid sire of Mary, Pretty Boy, and many of the greatest racers), who will probably prove to be the most notorious subject which Mr. Rarey will ever encounter before the public, requiring the exercise of all the cool intrepidity which resulted in the subjugation of the celebrated " Cruiser." -"\ I