The Sun. — London, England, 1858-07-12 00:00:00

.„„ 4 -:-.- , i; - , -, z - ,Ll't AitAN .... iks, 414ptit ,„„... 4 .,.., _....----F-.. % , .., ~ 1 ..... 13. - - LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 12, 1858. A very horrible outrage has taken place, one of the most atrocious character, which proves beyond the possibility of doubt the deep-rooted animosity that prevails amongst some fanatic Mahomedans against Christians, and which has not been averted or alleviated by the extraordinary exer tions made on behalf of Turkey by England and France at so great an expenditure of men and money. The melancholy intelligence was received yes teraay at the Foreign-office, at 1.30 a.m. It appears that on the evening of the 15th June the Mahomedan inhabitants of Jeddah, the port of Mecca, rose and massacred the Christian resi dents. It would seem as if the sanguinary onslaught had been carefully and deliberately planned. The English and French Consulates were first attacked and plundered Mr. PAGE, the English Vice-Consul ; M. EVEILLARD, the French Consul, his wife, and about twenty others, were included amongst the victims. There would probably have been no survivor to tell the sad tale, but that H.M.S. Cyclops fortunately happened to be anchored within two miles of the town, so that some Greeks were enabled to swim to her, and thus to obtain the protection of the British fisg. It isunnecassary to say that boats were forthwith despatched to shore in order to rescue as many of the helpless sufferers as could be saved from the onslaught. But even these were attacked and compelled to fire in their own defence on the miscreants who attempted to intercept their retreat. Twenty-six Chiiitians were rescued, including the daughter of the murdered French Consul, and the French interpreter, both of whom were severely wounded by those cowardly assailants. The Cyclops landed the fugitives at Suez, where it is to be hoped they will receive such compensation as money can afford from the Ottoman Government, and that immediate and adequate measures will be adopted for the punishment of the blood-stained assassins. On the 19th, four days after the massacre, the Governor-General of the Hedjaz, who was at Mecca, arrived with 800 men. Having an ade quate force under his command, it is to be hoped thrAt he had taken instant steps to vindicate the Ottoman Government from the stain that must otherwise attach to it. Such abominable trea chery should receive exemplary punishment; and n PP a tildpeLaalo that E9; 1 :111(1 ar4 Fr whose representatives have been so brutally murdered, should insist ou ample satisfac tion. It is but a short time since Mr., FONJLANQUE was attacked at Belgrade. But there it was only a single fanatic that was engag ed. , From what we have as yet learned from Jeddah, it would seem that it was a general rising of the Mtioulman population, and that au HER MA.,TE3TY'S THEATRE. — Signor GIUGLINI has the honour to in form the Nobility, Gentry, and his Friends that his BENE FIT will take place on THURSDAY, July 15 when will be presented (for ',he first time this season, LUCIA DI LAM MERNIOOR. Lucia, Madlle. Piecolomini ; Enrico, Signor Belletti ; Bidebcnt, Signor Vialctti ; and Edgardo, Signor Giuglini, . After which a Divertissement from La Sounambula, in which Madame Rosati will make her last appearance. To be followed by Paegiello's Comic Operetta LA sErtvA AD RONA. To conclude with a sem from Rossini's Oper9. IT A LI ANA IN ALGIERS, iccludine th 3 ccicimated trio, " Pap" patici " by Signori Ciuglini, Vialetti, and Rossi. SATURDAY, July 17 (last night of the Subscription), IL TROVATORE. And a Divertissement in which Mdlle. Bor chetti will appear. Applications to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LUCREZIA BORGIA. TO-MORROW (TUESDAY), July 13 (last night but one of the Subscription), LUCREZIA BORGIA, with the fol lowing powerful cast : Lucrezia Borgia, Madlle. Titiens ; Maffeo Orsini, Madame Alboni ; Duke Alfonso, Signor Belletti ; Onbetta, Signor Vialetti ; Gaz Ala, Signor Beneventano ; Petrucci, Signor Aldighleri ; and Gennaro, Signor Giuglini. Conductor —Sig. Arditi. And the highly-su , cessful Divertissement from La Son nanabula, with Madame Rosati (her last appearance but one), and Madame Pocchini (her last appearance). The Opera commences at 8 o'clock. A limited number of Boxes have been secured tothe public. Price 21s and 31s 6d each, which may be had at the Box Office, at the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Reduced Prices. The following performances will be given, comprising the talents of Titiens, Alboni, and Piceolomini ; Belletti, Bene ventano, Belart, Vialotti, Rossi, Aldighieri, and Giuglini. Ballet, Madame Boschetti. Tuesday, July 20, LES HUGUENOTS. Thursday, July 22, DON GIOVANNI, and Ballet. Friday, July 13, LA TRAVIATA, and Ballet. Saturday, July 24, LUCREZIA BORGIA, and Ballet. To commence at 8 o'clock. Prices— Pit stalls, 12s. 6d. Boxes, grand tier, 3/. 35.; one pair, 2/. 12s. 6d. ; pit tier, 21. 25.; two pair, 1/. 55.; three pair, 155.; gallery, 10s.; pit, 3s. 6d. ; gallery stalls, 3s, 6d. ; gallery 2s. May be had at the Box-office after Thursday, the 15th. In the meantime places may be secured on application to Mr. Fish, stage door. ROYAL ITALIAN OPEII.A, COVENT GARDEN, NEW THEATRE. _ To commence at half-past 8. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. THIS EVENING, MONDAY, July 12, a Grand Extra Night, (being most positively the last Extra Night but one tgis Season), will be given, on which occasion will be per fotmed Auber's Opera. FRA DIAVOLO. Zerlina, Madame Bosio ; Lady Allca.sh, Madllo. Marai Il Marchese, Signor Gardoni ; Lorenz.o, Signor Neri•Baraldi ; Matteo, Signor .Poimini ; Beppo, Signor Tagliafico ; Giacomo, M. Zelger ; and Lord Allcang, Signor Ronconi. Conductor—Mr. Costa. LA BALTARELLA, in the third act, will be danced by Madllo Zena and M. Desplaces. Pit, lOs. 6d.; amphitheatre stalls, lOs. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. ; second tier boxes, V. 12s. 6d. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. I.lb Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented the new farce, en titled 'DYING FOR LOVE. After which, Shakspere's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shyloek, Mr. C. Kean—Portia, Mrs. C. Kean. riIREATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. Thelrish Boy and Real Yankee Gal. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams, for Six Nights.—THlS EVENING, IRELAND AS IT WAS ; with OUR GAL ; and BARNE Y THE BARON—in which Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams will appear in three pieces, and introduce Irish jigs and Yankee melbdies. Their last appearance. STRAND THEATRE. —Lessee and Directres3, Miss Swanborough.—This Evening will be performed ALL TIIAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD. Followed by THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. Messrs. Chas. Young, Turner, dm: Miss Swanborough, drc. After which VENUS IN ARMS. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENENTG.—The follow tng comliany of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, D UETS, &c., viz. : —Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Kiss Brnnell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard; Messrs. John 0. Forde, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil . Hicks • harmonium, Mr. Coartnay ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. uppers, &e., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening in a Selection from "LA DAME BLANCHE" (THE WHITE LADY), first produced at the Canterbury Hall. English words by Desmond Ryan, Esq. THE WEATHER—Sux Orrunt, JULY IL THIRMOMETER, IN ME SHADE. 65—highest since noon yesterday. SG—lowest this morning and during the night. • 71—this day at noon. IBABOMITEB, 30.15—rising. WIND. North-Westerly; rather fresh, with fine sun. shiny weather. JULY 12. • 74—highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and daring the night. 74 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.15. WIND, W.N.W. ; light, with fine cloudy and sun shiny weather. • HIGH WATER AT LONDCN BRIDGE. TRW •DAT —Morn., 35 min. aft. 2—Even., 1 rain aft. 3 To.MoP.Row—Morn., 28 min. aft. 3—Evan., 50 min. aft 3 SRE SIT N, LON D ON, were implicated in c.,‘,a of the most atrocious out rages ever perpetrated on innocent persons. It cannot be doubted that the SULTAN will adopt the most energetic measures for the con dign punishment of the miscreants concerned. Such a course is due to France and Eng land. It could not be safely refused. Nor shall we do ABDUL-MEDJID the, injustice of supposing that he would, under any circumstances, remain insensible ,to the demands of justice. That he will give stringent instructions to his sub ordinate officers is certain. But will they be carried out in a fair and bona fide manner ? That is a totally different question, and it must be ascertained that there is no collusion, no connivance with the offenders, by the agents of the Government. The avengers of innocent blood must be prompt and decided. Every drop so wantonly shed must be accounted for ; and should there be any slackness on the part of the Turkish authorities, the 'Western Powers will be prepared to take the matter into their own hands, and to exact ample retribution. We cannot for a moment tolerate this outrage on the honour of the Western Powers., who so boldly stood forward on behalf of Turkey in the dark hour of danger and distress—who spared neither the lives of their gallant soldiers nor their treasures to restore " the sick man" to health, and to guard his possessions from the hungry expectant of his assets. Our own position, as well as the security of our fellow-Christians, require vigorous action. We are now traversing the Red Sea, and should it for a moment be sup posed that such an outrage could be perpetrated with impunity, there would be no security for the crews or passengers on board British vessels. The tel' , 7,lpli is also to be established by that route. What would be the fate of the clerks at the different stations, or how could it be ascertained that messages could be I safely transmitted, when any fanatic could sup pose he would be permitted to wreak his wrath on " the Christian dogs " who might be within his power? The question is of vital importance, and must be dealt with in a proper manner. Not only the Christian name and the Christian people, but the honour of the two mightiest nations in the world, have been outraged. Let the SULTAN see that full redress be granted ; if not, we shall look to it ourselves, and deal with the subject as it deserves. Another giant monopoly is now doomed. Im ' mediately after the disruption of the East India Company as a governing body in Asia—the Hudson's Bay Company, as a ruling power in Ame rica, will in due course, according to legal phraseo logy, cease and determine. It is the prospective realisation of one of our own long-cherished day dreams. Years and years back, in the columns of this journal, we have inveighed against the mon strous incubus imposed with the leaden weight of ab solute stagnation upon one of the noblest and fairest, ' •ne of the most gigantic and prolific among all our colonial possessions. It extends—this stupendous r monopoly—across the whole width of the great ' North American continent, from the shores of the Atlantic to those of the Pacific ; from the Gulf of Georgia to the Coast of Labrador. It excludes from these enormous territories the whole teeming population of the British Empire—preserving the wild forests as the hunting ground of the fur traders : the haunt of the servants of the Com pany, sent forth in parties of twos and threes in quest of the skins of the wild beasts most valued in the trade—the furs of the otter and the beaver, of the musk-rat and the martin, the bear, the deer, and the lynx, the ermine, and the buffalo. The monopoly we speak of dates back to a period nearly removed from us by two centuries. It virtually commenced in 1670, when a charter was granted to Prince RUPERT and others by King CIA.ELES the SECOND, almost immediately after the Restoration. It empowered those named in the royal charter to trade exclusively with the aborigines in and around Hudson's Bay, and thereupon sprang into existence a commercial association, known even then by the name, style, and title of the Hudson's Bay Company. At length, however, after an existence of 188 years, it is announced by Her Britannic Majesty's Secre tary of State for the Colonies that the trading licence over a portion, at least, of the terri tory hitherto granted to the Hudson's Bay Company, shall, at the date of its next expiry, namely, next year, A.D. 1859, alto gether terminate. After that year, according to the explicit declaration of Sir EDWARD LYTTON, on Thursday evening, in the House of Commons, the Company will have no other privileges there than any other of Her Majesty's subjects. A bold and sweeping, a magnificent and compre hensive measure this—opening up at last to the energies of the Anglo-Saxon race a considerable portioned the gigantic dominions hither to abandoned entirely to the development of a purely selfish and most exclusive mercantile enterprise. The de struction of this huge monopoly is, as we have said, necessarily delayed until next session, when, by the expiry of the trading licence, the CROWN will be afforded the requisite opportunity. Mean while, however, we have at last the solemn and explicit promise of the long-desired ehange—a promise frankly given and readily volunteered by Her Majesty's Colonial Secretary. Nay, now, even now, there is the small end of the wedge already actually inserted and driven home. The Government of New Caledonia Bill has been read a first and sec3nd time, and is down for this day to be passed through Committee. The unanimous and cordial acceptance of this measure by all parties is a sufficient testimony as to the wisdom of the proposed enactment. It received the earnest commendation at once of Sir EDWARD LYTTON'S predecessor in office, Mr. LABOUCiIERE. It was forthwith pronounced by Mr. ROEBUCK, the most outspoken of our popular Tribunes, as a step in the right direction. It elicited from the hon. member for Bodmin—a high authority, one of the highest authorities among our geographers —a congratulation proffered to the right hon. baro net upon that his first ministerial effurt at legisla tion. There appears, indeed, to be only one positive objection to it, and that a mere objection of detail, namely, that in reference to the name henceforth to be accorded to the territory affected by the measure now before Parliament. The territory in question-400 miles in breadth, 800 miles in length—lies between the shores of the Pacific and the range of the Rocky Mountains. It has been called, for want of a better name, Now Caledonia. But then it is ob jected that, not far from Aut•tralasia, there is already an island of no inconsiderable dimensions down upon the maps by the same name as New Caledonia. Beyond which, quoth Mr. LOWE, in the course of the discussion on Thursday—is there act already on the opposite shores of the same North American continent a province called by a name conveying vtry much the same meaning— Nova Scotia ? Some have proposed that the territory upon which the house is now legislating should be called Oregon—but then immediately contiguous to it is the Oregon of the United State; It might with more reason take to itself the glorious name of the immortal discoverer of the New World --becoming henceforth, distinctly and expressla,what it has been fora considerable time vaguely designated all along those coasts--- Columbia. One member, i^t is true (Mr. Warm), in the midst of the general admiration excited by the inaugural speech au .d measure of the new Colonial Secretary, suggested, amidst the acquiescent plaudits of the l louse, that the name selected might be that of BIILWER-LYTTON. Whatever its ulterior appellation, New Cale donia, British Oregon, Coluvilia, or whatnot, it has now, under the happiest .au.spice.7, the reason able prospect of assuming to itself the dignity of a separate colonial possession, one already of con siderable importance, by real on of its gigantic dimensions, of its geographica 1 position, and of its undoubted fruitfulness. Since writing the above, additional intelligenee —news of a remarkable kincl—has reached us direct from Frazer's River. Our despatches from the gold-diggings over against Vancouver's Island will be found given at some length in another portion of our impression of this evening. Alto gether, the gist of this timely'i:ntelligence will be found in the highest degree satisfactory. The "yield" of the precious metal gives promise of surpassing even the first brilliant anticipations The used up diggers of California are in conse quence all a-gog for adventure forthwith upon the novel and attractive enterprise. Thousands are afoot for toil, not "in fresh fields and pastures new," but for labour more lucrative, active research for the uncoined ingots scattered profusely in dust and nuggets over that recently discovered TOM TIDDLER'S ground, New Cale fornia, it might almost be called New California ! Saith one correspondent at San Francisco, under date 4th .Tune, " Panama just in : the news from Frazer's River is great—gold plenty as black berries, the city full of of excitement, the prospect is that thousands will go!" Quoth anotherfrom the same place under same date, enlivened of course by the same most welcome and authentic intimation —" There is not a doubt of the gold-fields being extensive and exceedingly rich—as rich and large as the California placers of 'forty-nine"—nay, adds the writer, "if report be true, more rich !" No wonder, with tidings such as this startling them from their (comparative) propriety, that the more adventurous spirits are all of them " off " to the bran-new gold diggings of this new El Dorado of New California ! No marvel that the "Pikes," alias the " Greybacks," are shouldering their picks and shovels, and are carefully carrying with them besides those delightful cradles with which they hope to rock their new-born fortunes into maturity ! " I will not give my opinion as to the permanency of the new discovery, and the effect of it on our population," writes one of these correspondents from San Francisco — "but," he adds, pithily, " others better informed than I am say it will strip this State (California) of at least 25,000 the coming year !" Time enough, indeed, then, is it for our Government here at home to act promptly and energetically, with a view to the immediately strengthening of the " powers that be" out there, on the spot, itself, or, at any rate, in the immediate neighbourhood of the contiguous Island of Van couver. lit is doubly, trebly satisfactory, all things considered, that the New Caledonia Govern ment Bill, having been read a first and a second time in the House of Commons, should be under consideration there in Committee upon the very day upon which we receive this startling mass of information from the very regions to which the Bill is designed to afford the instant advantages of a vigorous Government. As to the state of things out there, nine years ago we denounced the idea of giving up that magnificent island of Vancouver, when first the monstrous " job" was talked of—the miserable job (for it was literally nothing else) of giving up that additional territory to the company of furtraders already gorged with the possession of half a gigantic continent ! Nevertheless the evil deed was done—the Hudson's Bay Company got fairly into their possession the whole of Vancou ver's Island, in addition to their stupendous continental possessions. Next year the trading license of ten years' duration expires : and next year (Sir EDWARD LYTTON consoles us with the assurance) that trading licence will not be re.; newed ! Vancouver's Island will then, in 1859, revert to the CROWN. But until the expiration of the fated ten years, it continues, of course, in the sordid grip of the Company. The mistake was that of our old friends the Whigs, during one of their ever-memorable epochs of mal-adinini stration. Having blundered into this engagement with the Hudson's Bay Company cf America, however, the imperial GoVernment is constrained to hold good to the conditions up to the welcome period when the ten years license shall have duly expired. Wherefore, Governor DovoLiks, servant of the trading company though he is —(in his capacity as its Chief Factor)—in error though he may be in some of his resolute measures in regard to "certain boats and other vessels entering Frazer's River for trade"—will have to be supported in his anomalous position as far as may be in any way consistent with prudence—as far as may be compatible with the interests of the Crown and of the Colony. The sudden difficulty of the position, however, illus trates in a very glaring way the folly of the old insane compact entered into with the Hudson's Bay Company, in spite of all remonstrance, by that extremely far-sighted and patriotic imposture, the Old Whig Government. SirE. BIILWER-LYTTON, as her MAJETST'S Colonial Secretary, has here, how ever, in these (among so many other) ill-fated legacies of the Whigs, a magnificent opportunity. Hap pily, too, the Right Hon. Baronet is evincing a readiness to avail himself of this opportunity in a manner highly creditable at once to his capacity, to his sagacity, and to his vigour as an Adminis trator. The House of Lords has now an opportunity of substantially relieving the public, and doing a statesmanlike act. To-night we believe Viscount GAGE will give notice of moving the second read ing of the Marriage Law Amendment Bill, which Viscount BURY has carried so successfully through the House of Commons. It is to be hoped that the Lords will not deem another vic tim necessary, to console them for their penurious liberality on the Jewish question. In the pre sent case it cannot be pretended that there is not a real grievance ; nor that, considering the na tore of the question, the number is small who are interested in it. To us, the bitterness of opposi tion in some persons is wholly unaccountable. Lord CAMPBELL, for instance, is a Scotchman, and that may account for a good deal of perti nacious prejudice, on what he holds to be a theo logical question ; but Lord CAMPSELL is also a staunch friend of religious liberty, and how, therefore, he Val.( UUllai.ite,ll4 make law of h is theology, and refuse legal rights to a man whose theology differs from a I e f e L p o t r a d b e C t A o xt t P h B e E LAL his own, it is hard to say. s xt neighbour o a u s r thinkswell as consonant it an act with nature, to marry the sister of his deceased wife, will Lord CAMPBELL step in with his Itornish ?VICI DA d, _ Ji.TLY l2, 185 S, interpretation of the Jewish law, and cow - Vera Protestant Ciristian to act upon it ? Were it passible for any man to propose a law like that of .he Jews, compelling a man, under certain circumstances, to marry his brother's widow, we could justify the revolt of all brothers and of _all nen of common sense, against what would now be such a monstrous proposal. But the simple demand that Lord CAMPBELL'S and Lord CHELMSFORDS interpretation of Leviticus shall not bind Close, who, both reject the Levitical law as a gude for Christians, and interpret that law itself qiite differently, is so eminently rea sonable, than the difficulty lies in inventing de fences of whit ought to be its own argument. It will, however, be a disgrace to the Lords if they do not bok at the measure in a practical light. There are sow thousands of innocent children, and we may with truth add, of innocent men and women, braided, by a recent decision, with legal disgrace, awl subjected to legal.disabilities ; the former, indiiputably, without any fault of their own ; the fitter for nothing which they can feel to be a fault. The Legislature in deference to past superstitions, has created an artifi cial sin, and these persons have innocently fallen into it. Something must be done. The rights of so many British subjects and the necessity of clearing up the relations of property, necessitate the confirming of the mar riages in question. Lord CAMPBELL says the bill is worse than previous ones, because Ireland and Scotland are omitted 1 Whose fault is that ? Cer tainly not the fault of Lord BURY, or of the friends of the measure, but of Popery and Pres byterianism shaking -hands over the matter. If Lord CAMPBELL will assent to the second reading of the bill, and then movo tho omission of the limiting clause, the promoters of the bill will glad:y vote with him. That limitation ought not to exist, but if requisite to propitiate some oppo nents it could be easily repealed any session, as it ought to be. Let Scotland and Ireland be as free as England on this point. We, poor mortals, have real sins enough to answer for, and no legis lation do we more detest than that which creates artificial sins at the bidding of superstition and asceticism. Let each religious sect, the Episcopal and Presbyterian sects as well as others, be con tent to punish with Church censures offences against the rules of the Church ; that is fair, since no man is compelled to belong to one church more than another ; but let not any sect be allowed to inflict legal penalties on free Englishmen for not conforming to its views to their Gospel according to LEVITICUS. We may add that the marriages just declared invalid must be declared valid soon, and the lega l right of marriage in the disputed case conceded , too. We put it, therefore, to Lord DERBY whe ther he ought not at once to interfere, and pre vent the Marriage Amendment Bill from becom ing another of the standing quarrels between the Upper and the Lower House. The repeated judgment of the latter, and the very numerous petitions, coupled with the urgency of the circum stances of thousands, require that the question should now be settled. Reform is generally supposed to have been put off till next session. But has it ? Has 1859 really and truly secured to itself this monopoly of legislative inaprov3ment ? Has all Parliamentary amelioration literally been denied to 1858 ? Will Hansard for the present year have nothing whatever to record of changes for the better effected by mutual consent of the Lords and Commons down at. Westminster ? Why—in answer to these inquiries —first and foremost the historian of the present session (this still incomplete Parliamentary session of 1858) will have to record that, "at one fell swoop," down came one of the Points of the Charter en- Irolled by univ e rsal consen t u p on th e statute books of the nation—part and parcel henceforth of the laws of England—meaning, of course, the dissipation from this time forth, and for ever, of the old bugbear, Property Qualifications ! Secondly, the annallist of our Parliamentary doings in 1858 will have to relate how, during this same notable session, the Rouse of Peers "gave in" at length in regard to its hitherto most obstinate and pertinacious opposition to the pro posed admission of the Jews to a seat in the Im perial Legislature. Thirdly, it will be told, in regard to 1858, that in that 3 ear, and notiu its vaunted successor, the monstrous folly of a double Government for Elindostan was done away with by a single sweeping enactment—a measure by which the sceptre of imperial rule over from 100,000,000 to 200,000,000 of the human family was trans ferred from a company of merchants to the grasp of the Sovereign, guided by the councils of the Government. Fourthly, it will be remembered of 1858 that then at last came the guarantee of another over turning of a monopoly of a most monstrous de scription—the old odious monopoly, delivering over to a sordid gang of fur-traders the half of a huge continent, namely, the vast, and it is not extravagant to say, the stupendous, dominions of the Hudson's Bay Territories. It will be gratefully borne in recollection how, M liisB, the reduction of the income tax duly took place according to preconcerted arrangements, without necessitating any grinding addition, in any other way, to the system of either direct or indirect taxation—this, moreover, des:Ate the puaeling fact of a deficit of very nearly 4,000,000/. ! Neither will it be forgotten that Parliament laboured staunchly this year at the monotonous but most useful mill-wheel of Committees ; fore most among its now memorable toils of this de scription being the Committee organised with a view to the purification of the Thames, by means of some more rational system of drainage to the diffi cu lt problem of rapidly an d effectually the sewageremoving applied of the capital from its im mediate neighbourhood. Besides Which, these have been two most praise worthy and c onsc i ent i ous com mittees of inquiry held in regar d t o individua l cases , (san ". of them, however, th ough subject's the co mm i ttee inquiring strictly personal, affecti ng ma t ters of general pr i nc i p l e , an d one o f them of p aramount importance . Th ere h as b een dire.lted aga i nst into the cruel charges Mr. Burr, a member of the House of C ommons—out of the satisfactory settle ment ef whi c h i nquiry the sol u ti on of a difficulty not un f requently h as come forth incidentally fraught with vexation and em b arrassmen t t o t h e professional r e p resentat i ves. There has been yet again, the other interesting more recently, com mittee of inq u i ry holders in regard to the grievous and most i n h uman wrong inflicted upon an un fortunate gentleman, unjustly condemned, and subjected thereupon to the harshest, cruellest, and most dastardly series of ignominious punishments. The conclusion arrived at in Mr. BARBER'S case was but the simplest act of justice—it was an act of justice reserved for 1858, however : and may it now lead swiftly ail,' bur4y to soa:c!hing f, nearly as possible approaching to adequate com pensation ! Altogether, we do not think 1858 will shine indifferently as a year of . Parliamentary reforms and legislative ameliorations. LATEST NEWS. INDIA AND CHINA. ALEXANDRIA, JULY The Calcutta and China mails have arrived to day with intelligence from Calcutta to the 3d of June, Madras to the 10th, Hong Kong to the 22d of May. On the 31st of May Sir Colin Campbell was still at Futtehghur. The Calpee rebels were ad vancing upon Gwalior. They were not plunder ing, but paying for everything. A British column from Calpee was marching in pursuit. General Rose had refused the command in Gwalior on account of ill-health. Scindia is reported to have been beaten by the rebels on the Ist of June, and to have arrived at Agra. The rebels were again becoming troublesome in Central India and re-occupying many forts from which they had been driven by General Rose. General Jones had burnt Mohumdee and the adjacent villages without opposition. Chundy was occupied by Smith's . Brigade. Troops were marching against the Moulvie at Shahabad, and working parties had been set to destroy the jungles in which the mutineers still held out. The Barrackpore regiments have received the option of disbandment or of service in China. At Calcutta the import market continnes gene :4ctive ; the Imsiness in produce dull. The money market was unaltered. Exchange, 2s. ld. for credits ; 2s. Id. for documents. CHINA. The allied fleet was at anchor off the mouth of the Peiho on the 29th of April. Six days had been allowed for a reply to the demands of the Plenipotentiaries ; the time having expired on the 13th, the steamer Sampson had taken up two gun boats and 150 Sappers to the Peiho. Her Majesty's 59th Regiment was reported under orders for the North. The French transport Gironde had arrived with 900 marine infantry. At Hong Kong prices of imports had improved Exchange, 4s. Bd. for credits. At Canton a large business had been done. SHANGHAI, MAY 15. The tea-market is very dull, but there has been a large business in silk. All prices are lower, and the reports of the new crop favourable. Exchange, Gs. 2d. for credits. We have been favoured with the following telegram by the Foreign•ofce : " ALEXANDRIA, JULY 7. " The steamer Bentinck arrived at Suez yester• day morning with Calcutta dates to the 4th ult. " British columns marching on Gwalior.. " I have no information from Madras, dates from which place are to the 10th. "The intelligence from Lord Elgin is to the 20th of April, when the allied forces were in the Gulf of Peihek. The French had got two gun boats over the bar, but our two despatch-boats had stuck. " The English and French Admirals were both at Peihok, and it was expected that in a few days the first blow in the North might be struck by the capture of the forts at the mouth of the river, " The Chinese Government bad named Corn missioners to negotiate, but the letter announcing the fact had retired, adwing [owing ?] to an as sumption of superiority on the part of the Chinese. g' This telegram arrived at Malta from Alex andria by the contract steam-packet Vectis at 3.15 p,m. on July 10th. "M. STOPFORD, Rear-Admiral." THE-ATLANI'IC !LEGRAPE (Er Di insa AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) QUEENSTOWN, JrLi - 12, 11 A.M. The Agamemnon has just arrived. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIB,—At a time when the public may naturally feel discouraged by the successive failures of the Atlantic cable, and be disposed to regard a submarine telegraph to America with despair, it becomes my duty to re move, if possible, impressions formed under existing circumstances, and from a want of knowledge of the appliances which have already been proposed, and may still be brought to bear upon such undertakings, so as to render them all but a certainty. Now, Sir, however it may be attempted to disguise the fact, there cannot be a doubt that the oriyo mall —the great cause of the former and present failurf g— hee in the cable itself, whose structure, however suitable in shallow waters, is entirely inapplicable, from its construction aad specific gravity, to the e--:- treme depths and span of the Atlantic ; and it now, therefore, becomes evident, that if such an enterprise is ever to be successful, it must depend upon the employment of a light rope, based upon principles en tirely different to that on board the Niagara and Agamemnon. In support of this view I need only refer to a leading article on the Atlantic cable, in the Times last year, in which they state as follows :—" In our judgment the whole cable is constructed on a wrong principle. In a previous article on the subject of submarine tele graphic communication we pointed out the errors which have already led to the destruction of so many cables, and the simple manner in which they are re medied by Mr. Allan's patents. This Atlantic cable, though with regard to lightness and cheapness a step in the right direction, is still not in the right path." I have now, therefore, merely to state that a company has already been formed with a view of rendering the patent in question available, and it will be for the public, after a full examination of its merits, to decide how far it is calculated to supersede all other attempts o nr.bipta parr,-) nti.ot. I may add that the means which I propose to Vuiploy some of the most eminent engineers of the day, and also received the highest countenance in. official quarters.- 1 am, Sir, yours most obediently, THOMAS ALLAN. 1, Adelphi-terrace, June 10, 1858, It is said that Quesa Victoria will be accom panied to Cherbourg by Lord Malmesbury, Lord Derby, Mr. Disraeli, and the Duke cf Malakhoff, and that her Mitklity will spend only one day there. The Minister of Marine has ordered the inscription recording the com pletion of the works and the inauguration of the inner dock to be changed, in order that the Royal vizit may be included in the scroll. The Illoniteur announces the Queen's arrival for the 4th o f A ugust. The Earl of Darby, after the breaking up of the Cabi net Council on Saturday, left town, accompanied by the Countess and Lady Emma Stanley, for Otterley Park, near Brentford, where the noble Premier will remain till this day. The - Marquis of Salisbury left town, after the Cabinet Council, to join the Marchioness and family, at Hatfield Home, Herts. The Earl of Malmesbury, immediately after the close of the Parliamentary session, will proceed to Osborne, there to embark on board the Royal yacht, to accompany her Majesty during her excursion up the Rhine to Coblentz, and will aftcrwatds attend the Queen on her visit to the Emperor and Empress of the French at Cherbourg. The Right Hon. Sir John Pakington leaves town at the close of the session, on the nsuai annual inspect tion of the ports and dockyards, accompanied by the Lords of the Admiralty. The marriage of Lord Norroys, eldest son of the Earl of Abingdon, with Miss Townley, daughter of Lady Caroline and Charles Townley, Esq., F.R. S., was solemnised ou Saturday at the Bavarian Catholic Chapel, Warwick-street, Golden.square. The marriage of Captain Walsh, eldest son of Sir J. Walsh, Bart., M.P., with Lady E. Somerset, daughter of the Duke of Beaufort, will be solemnised on Wed nesday next. We (Plymouth, Mail) believe we may announce that Sir John Yarde Buller has consented to accept a peerage, and will take the title of Earl of Churston Ferrer,. The second title will probably be Viscount Lupton. A Bombay telegram will be due in England on Fri day next, with news up to the 19;la A letter from St. Petersburg states, that in not fewer than 38 governments of Russia, in which there are 9,713,000 serfs, committees of emancipation have been ormed. GAS IN THE METROPOLIS.—The select committee of the House of Commons have determined to hear no further evidence this session, and recommend to the House their re-app.iintment in 1859. Sunny V. SUSSEX AND KENT.—The following match resulted in a draw in oonsequence of the rain. Score —Kent and Sussex : Ist innings, 152 ; 2nd innings, 132. Surrey : Ist innings, 169. HARROW V. ETON.—This match, now again revived, was brought to a conclusion at Lords', on Saturday afternoon, notwithstanding the continual rain. Dr. Vaughan was loudly cheered as he left the ground. Score—Eton : let innings, 44 ; 2nd innings, 97. Harrow: Ist Innings, 148. The correspondents of the New York Herald, writing on the 23rd ultimo, report a total cessation of the visi tation of American trading vessels by British cruisers, The United States fleet off the island made a very respectable show. The British gun-boat Styx arrived at Havana on the 16th from a cruise off the north-east corner of Yucatan, and thus pleads an alibi to many charges cf outrage preferred against her. EXPLOSION OF A GASHOLDER AT CARDIFF.—On Friday afternoon a large and recontly-erected gasholder at the Cardiff Gas Works, Bute-street, exploded, shaking the houses near, and breaking a great many windows, but fortunately causing no loss of life. The gasholder was about 100 feet in diameter, and contained at the time about 20,000 feet of impure gas: lt is not known how the explosion was canted. RISING OF PARLIANIENT. — Ministers expect to eat their white bait dinner in July, and some now name the 22nd as the day of the dinner, and the 27th as the day of the prorogation.• But we are more disposed to think that the business before parliament cannot be concluded for a week later. There are still three more sets of estimates to be laid upon the table of the House of Com mons before the appropriation clause can be introduced, and these are the miscellaneous estimates, which are generally objects of lively discussion, with the additions made at the last moment. We are inclined, therefore, to think that the prorogation will probably be deferred till the 2nd of August, iu time to allow the Queen to start for Cherbourg on the 4th of August. Arrange_ ments have been made to charter a vessel of the Penin sular and Oriental Company, by several members of the House of Commons, and her Majesty's visit to France will be accompanied by a considerable following of both houses of parliament. Civia SERVICES.—The estimate (No. 7) of ser vices for special, miscellaneous, and temporary objects for the year to end on the 31st of March, 1859, Was printed on Saturday. The amount of the estimate is 658,810/. against 598,0151. in 1857. The Acme include 7,4001. for the General Board of Health, 3,000/, for the inspection cf burial grounds, 1,000/. for th e O ranoe River territory (Cape of Good Hope), 10,000/, for British Caffraria (native tribes), 2,0001. for the Historical Por trait Gallery, 6,000/, for the Nelson column in Trafalgar. square, 8,8361., for the main drainage of the metropolis, 111,4291. for Westminster ne w b r id ge , 70 ,000/. for the Court of Probate, 19,2961. for the Embassy-house in Paris, 13,0001. for the British Consulate in Constan tinople, 5,0001. for Newhaven Harbour, 1,500/. for the North American exploring exeedition, and 1,0921. for the Havelock statue and Royal Artillery monument a; Woolwich. The various commissions and miscellaneous charges fill up the list. There is also a vote of 3,0001, for compensation to Major-General Chesney in connec tion with the cost of printing the first twu volumes of his " Euphrates Expedition." ST. JAMES'S,, CURTAIN-ROAD.--00 Thursday last one of those interesting sights now so frequently to be seen in the metropolis took place—viz., the rector and his parishioners having their annual excursion with the children of the National and Sunday Schools of this densely-populated parish. The excursion hitherto has been to the Ryo House, Hertfordshire, but this year it took place by the Eastern Counties Railway, to Epping Forest. The train stopped at Loughton, and the party, which consisted of several hundred adults and children, proceeded to the forest, accompanied by a brass band, and the band of the East London Ragged Schools Shoe Black Society, under the superintendence of the inde fatigable collector, Mr. W. Thompson. The party amused themselves in a variety of ways until dinner time, when,. under the presidency cf the amiable and beloved pastor, the Rev. J. W. Markwell, a very excellent entertain ment was served np at the Crown Inn, Loughton, which reflected credit upon Mr. Salter, the host. Mr. Mark well was supported by S. Archer, Mg., the church warden, and several influential persons, including the Rev. Mr. Andrews, curate of St. Pancras, and Mr. S. Parker, the over seer o f Sh ore dit c h . Aterample justice bad been done to the good things provided for the occa skin, au adj , urnment to the delightful gardens of the Crown lon took place, and t to rfiereoor, wag agreeably spent. The children were them arranged into a circle, tea and currant cake and bread and butter were liberally dealt out to them, previous to which, and after, they sang an appropriate grace. About half-past eight o'clock the return to town commenced, and Loughton once more resumed its usual quiettle. It should be stated that Mr. Salter, of the Crown Inn, and Mr. Osborne, the station master at Loughton, paid every attention to the comfort and cenvenieece of the company. Several poor members of the congregation at S.. James's were gra •:•` j "" " --- ^ 4 en the orcaeion. The St. J. mes's •, . • schools have attelueu ae •-e- " evil - of the instruction afforded, and honourable mention has been made of them in the '`Minutes of Council on Education," by the Gov( rnment inspector, and since their first establishment many thousand children have received the important advantages of a sots td, good education. MASSACRE OF CHRISTIANS AT JEDDAH. The following despatch has been received from Malta : "An outbreak of Mahomedans took place at Jeddah on the 15th of June. The English and French Consuls, and the wife of the latter, were murdered. " In all about 26 persons were massacred. " The daughter of the French Consul escaped, though severely wounded, and with 22 other re fugees, principally Greeks, was brought to Suez on the 3d inst., by her Majesty's steamer Cyclops "No Christians remained in the place." The following telegram, from Acting Agent and Consul-General Green, was received at the Fo reign -office, via Malta, on the 11th of July, at 1.30 a. m. .— " Her Majesty's ship Cyclops arrived at Suez from Jeddah on the 3d inst. "On the evening of the 15th of June the Maim rnedan inhabitants of Jeddah rose and massacred the Christians. Among the victims were Mr. Page, the English Vice-Consul; M. Eveillard, the French Consul, and his wife, and about 20 others. The English and French Consulates were plundered. The Cyclops was anchored about two miles from the town, and during the night some Greeks swam off to the vessel. The next morning two boats sent to the town were attacked and obliged to fight [fire ?] on those who endeavoured to intercept their retreat. On the 19th the Go vernor-General of the Hedjaz, who was at Mecca, arrived with 800 men. "The Cyclops left Jeddah on the 24th, anti' brings up the Christians who escaped, including the daughter of the French Consul and the French interpreter, both badly wounded, and 24 others." The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naviga ion Company have rectived the following tele- grams : "MALTA, JULY 10. "The steamship Bentinek, with the India and China mails, arrived at Suez on the 6th. " The Vectis arrived here at 3, and the Northam at 5 p.m. this day ; the former started at 8 for Marseilles, and the latter will leave at 11 for 6o u fiauiptyli• " CADIZ. "The steamship Pera, with the outward India and China mails, arrived at Gibraltar in 90 hours from Bouthampton, and left at 6 aim. on the Bth for Malta. THE OUTWARD INDIA MAIL. MALTA, SII.NDAY, MIDI I~iiHT. The Pera, with the India mails of the has just arrived, only seven days eight hours from Southampton. This is unprecedented. Admiral Fanshawe, in the Marlborough, arrived this afternoon. EGYPT. A letter from Alexandria of the 29th ult, states that the Viceroy is having a very rigid investigation instituted relative to the accident on the railway which caused the death of the hereditary prince. All the clerks and other persons employed, both Europeans and Arabs, have undergone the most minute interrogatory, many persons being of opinion that the accident was the result of a crime. Som® alarm his been lately caused in Alexandria by the report that a case of plague had occurred there, the first since 1848 ; the hope, however, prevailed that it was only a solitary case, and that the disease would not spread. THE AFRICAN MAIL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, MONDAY MORNING. The Royal mail steamship Hope, Commander Macintosh, arrived this morning. She left Lagos June sth, Sierra Leone 20th, Teneriffe July let, Madrid 3d. The Hope brings some gold, and among her passengers Mr. Campbell, Consul at Lagos ; Dr. Davey, of the Niger Expedition ; Mr. Armstrong, magistrate at Sierra Leone ; and Captain Murphy 'Pie, from the Gambia. The coast is healthy. Trade is improving at Sierra Leone. The affair of the recapture of the French ship Regina Cooli is looked on as a vexed question, and will be adjudicated at Monrovia. Her Majesty'a steam-vessel Hecla was at Lagoa June sth. The Alecto left Sierra Leone on the 19th June. HAYMARKET THBATRB. The season at this theatre closed with Mr. Buck stone's benefit, who on this occasion chose to do two novel things, play Sir Bashful Constant, and make a long speech. " The Way to Keep Him," one of the comedies of the period that lies midway b -tween the profligate wit of Congreve and the sen timental rubbish of Morton and Reynolds, was re vived and curtailed for this occasion, Buckstone playing the bashful man—we will not say the bash ful baronet—because, although he made it highly amusing, he by no means confined himself to the manners of the time, or the persons represented, or intended so to be, by the author. These sententious plays, the dialogue of which is half sermon, half brisk impertiniencies, have no hold on this age. They accolded. with the sentiment and style of the time they were written in, but these being entirely changed, they are now but listlessly listened to, or else totally disregarded. After the comedy, in order to give the manager breathing time for his speech, Mrs. Howard Payne sang very nicely her ballad of "King Frost," from her popular entertainment of" Patchwork." This being concluded, Mr. Buckstone re-appeared, and, after being clamorously applauded, gave the follow ing speech in his very best style : " Ladies and Gentlemen,—ln previ ous a dd ressee, on the occasion of my annual benefit, I have for five years appeared before you only to thank you, and bid you fare. well from one right to the next ; but after this evening the curtain will fall for a vacation of seven weeks, for the purpose of repairs and renovations necessary to be done to the theatre ; and, but for which necessity, the house should not have closed at all, although it has been constantly open through summer and winter, for five years. Such a long season has never before been known in any London theatre ; and, as regards the Haymar ket, 1 trust it may be looked upon as a sign that the drama is not destining in these classic walls, whatever may be its coedition elsewhere. In deed, ladies and gentlemen, I can never join in the dreary cry of that decline, for why should I ? And, taking the present state of the stage generally, there is no reason for such talk, for where rhymesters in addresses, and old playgoers in newspapers, prate of the drama being bankrupt, it can generally be traced to authors who cannot get their plays acted, ambitious actors out of engagements, or, more frequently, to that portion of the public which never pay for admission. And what is this state of bankruptcy ? One prosperous manager, Mr. Webster, is rebuilding his theatre. The old Adelphi was not large enough, or convenient enough, and there fore he intends to give you a more commodious and a handsomer house. Is he bankrupt ? Mr. Charles Kean, at the Princess's, places before you the plays of Shak i,pere, produced in a manner unknown and undreamed of by the Garricks and the Kembles, and his theatre is nightly filled by admiring audiences. Is he bankrupt Are the worthy lessees of another thriving theatre—the Olympic--bankrupts ? And are we bankrupts here ? As Brutus says, ' I pause for a reply.' No, ladies and gentle men ; give the public anything good, and that public will come to see it, and in greater numbers than it did fifty years ago. During ,the past season of five years, ladies and gentlemen, I have produced eighteen new comedies, many farces and Easter extravaganzas, five pantomimes, with ballets and the Spanish Dancers. Many of the comes dies have been played for sixty, seventy, and one hundred nights. It would be tedious to enumerate them all, and I will therefore only allude, as a sample of what a suc cess ought to be, to the "Unequal Match." During these five years, we have been so orderly and so peaceable every night that for the whole of the time we have never had anything approaching a tumult in the theatre. I but mention this fact, ladies and gentlemen, that you w ay know what respectable people you all are. My great predecessor here, George Colman the Younger, has said that ' few men glide through private life with out encountering an enemy ;' but an actor, a mana ger, and a dramatist, accumulates fresh opponents as often as he courts fresh notice. But though, ladies and gentlemen, I have been for many years, I hope, an actor and a dramatist, and now for a consider able period a manager, I think I have reason to be proud, that while I believe the number of my enemies to be very small, the number of my friends can be known by the numerous and brilliant assemblage of this even ing. We know that competition leads to exertion ; and, while at school, most of us have written in our copy books, Emulation is a noble passion,' Of British com petition no one ought to complain ; but our English managers have bad to contend against three Italian operas and one Italian dramatic cempany. Whether they have all succeeded I do not know, but the fact that they have existed proves the British public may be enrolled amongst the Friends of Italy,' though it is cer tainly not exactly right that, in a wealthy metropolis like London, there should be three Italian operas, and not one establishment for the encouragement of the English composer and the English singer. As for the future cioiageat the Haymarket, I can promise you many im portant novelties. New comedies by Mr. Tom Taper, Mr. Bay le Bernard, and other well-tried dramatic writers!. There will also be a pantomime at Christmas and an ex travaganza at Easter ; and as a better company of per. formers cannot be procured for the purpose of represent- • ing the standard comedies of England than that now engaged here, there will be no material alteration in it, although I shall certainly be constantly on the watch for talented additions. I heartily thank you, ladies and gen tlemen, for your generous and constant patronage during our long season in this ' The Little Theatre in the Hay market ;' and though it is no longer the little theatre of the days of Foote, or of the commencement of the present century, yet it will, no doubt, be called so to the end of dramatic time, while my ambition will always be to make it the great theatre in the Haymarket—that ie, great in your estimation. And now, ladies, and gentlemen, I bid you farewell until the let September, a day celebrated in the sporting world, when, instead of bringing down par tridges, we shall again assemble here in the hope of bring ing down your applause." The facts here stated require no comment, and the public perfectly appreciate Mr. Buckstone's able and diligent manageruent during a season of unprecedented length. The offices of Dean of the Arches and Official Princi pal of the Arches Court have been conferred by the Archbishop of Canterbury on the Right Eon. Dr. Ludington. The functions of the Dean of the Arches are now merely nominal, but the Official Principal of the Arches' Court is the Judge of the Court of Appeal of the Proviuce of Canterbury. The Court of Appeal was formerly held i❑ Bow Church, or the Arches' Church Sancta Maria de Arcubus), and hence it de rived its name of the Arches' Cuurt, which accompanied it when the seat of judicature was transferred to the Common Hall of the College of Advocates in Doctors' Commons. It is reported that Dr. Travers Twias will succeed Dr. Lushiegton as Chancellor of the Diocess of London. NARROW ROAPES.—gre. Orr mentioned a narrow escape she had (a; the siege of Lucknow) some time ago. She was sittiEg on a chair outside her door, and was in the act of /eating ferw at d to pick up something for her child, when a rout d shot came in and broke the chair she was sitting on without touching her. A gentleman, ft)tv days ap, , o, had half his pillow carried cff by a round shot whilst he was lying on it, and it L.id n,,t even awake him. These wonderful escapes are so frequent here that one hears them related without feeling much aritouisbmeut—Day by At, at Lucknow, 4 Mrs, Case. O. The ad tricts rei improver tions of I goods sui ings had improved rately ac had eat] has been cloths, ar the varic ten dance prospects ness at Bi facturers, not yet tions of tingham haveslighl can markc the home minghara The best 1 prices hal the make] district ti hardware kas been ing been e Letters market on; and prices The sales which were way Share and the qu dined. 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