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xis. CANA'S JOVRICAL. Itistnedlately, in post Svo., D IY by DAY at LUCKNOW, Being a JOURNAL of the Sizas of Liiciaiow. By Mrs. CASE, Widow of Colonel Case, 32d Regt. (Queen's). Loudon Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. Immediately, with Illustrations and Plans, IN ACCOUNT of the MUTINIES iu OUDH ; and of the SaGE of LUCINDA RESIDENCY, with some obser v..tions on the Causes of the Mutiny. By MARTIN RICHARD GUBBINS, Financial Commissioner for Ondh. London Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. ILI ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. .1 I LA NOZZE DI FIGARO. THIS EVENING (THURSDAY), June 3 (Extra Night), will be repeated Mozart's opera, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. The Countess, Madlle. Titiens ; Cherubino, Madame Orto lan' ; Susannah, Madlle. Piccolomini ; II Conte d'Almaviva, Signor Beneventano; Basilic., Signor Belart ; Antonio, Sig. Costelli ; Bartolo, Sig. Rossi ; and Figaro, Signor Beiletti. Conductor—Sig. Arditi. And the Ballet Divertissement, CALISTO ; ou, Le Renvoi de l'Amour, by Mesdames Pocchini and Annetta. The Opera will commence at S o'clock. A limited number of Boxes have been secured to the public. Price 21s and 31s 6d each, which may be had at the Box Office, at the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S T HEATRE.— Titiens, Alboni, Giuglini. Piccolomini, Ortolani, , Belletti, I3eneventanoZZE , Aldighieri. 70-NIGHT, Thursday, June 3 )ENO DI FIGARO, and Ballet, with Madlle. Poeehini. Saturday, June S—IL TROVATORE and Ballet. Monday, June 7—Grand Morning Performance, DON GIOVANNI, and other Entertainments. The Ballet will include Mesdlles. Pocchini and Marie Tagßoni. Morning, dress only will be necessary. To commence at half-past one. Tuesday, June 8, will be produced (for the first time) Verdi's opera, LUISA. MILLER. Applications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. NEW THEATRE. First Appearance of Signor RONCONI. First Appearance of Signor NERI BARALDI. First Night of LUCREZIA BORGIA. First Appearance of Madlle. ZINA. THIS EVNNIN., THURSDAY Jane 3, will be per. formed (for the first time this season), Donizetti's Opera, LUCREZIA BORGIA. _ _ Luerezia Borgia, Madame Grisi ; Maffis Orsini, Madlle. Didiee ; Don Alfonso, Sig Ronconi (his first appearance this season); Gazella, M. Zelger; Rustighello, Sig. Soldi; Gubetta, Sig. Tagliafico ; Astolfo, Sig. Polonini; Vitellozzi, Sig. Rossi; and Gennaro, Signor Neri Baraldi (his first apperrance this season). Conductor—Mr. Costa. After which, the Ballet Divertissement entitled LA BRESILIENNE. Principal characters by A adlle. Zina (her first appearance in England), Madlte. Delccbaux, Madlle, Esper, Madlle, Zelia (her first appearance), Mr, Payne, and M. Desplaces. To comm . eoce at B'O'clock. Prices of Admission :—Boxes—pit tier, 5/. 15s. 6d.; grand tier, 6/. 6s ; first tier, 5/. ss. ; second tier, 2/. 12s. 6d. ; orchestra stalls, 1/. ls. ; pit, 10s. 6d. ; amphitheatre stalls, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. Application for boxes, stalls, and pit tickets, to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, under the portico in Bow street, and at the principal musicsellers and librarians. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, NEW THEATRE. On . SATURDAY NEXT, June 5, will be performed (for the first time this season) Rossini's Opera, IL 13ARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Principal characters by Madame Bosio, Sig. Ronconi (his second appearance this season), Signor Tagliafico, M. &Igor, and Signor Mario. After which, LA BRESILIENNE. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, 9 COVENT GARDEN NEW THEATRE. AMP H ITHEATRE STALLS, Visitors to the Amphitheatre Stalls are respectfully informed that on and after TIIIS EVENING, (Thursday), a separate and exclusive ENTRANCE and Staircase will be provided for therm, the approaches to which will be in Hart-street. ItOYAL p r . R t l or, N iu e E C S h S' I S s T K H EAT R E. Pror.THIS EVENING will be presented the new farce entitled THE STOCK EXCHANGE ; or, The Green Business. After which (for the last time but three), FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mephistophiles, Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with the mew farce, entitled SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. TiIb.:ITRE ROYAL, lIA.YMA.RKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with THE SWISS CO rTAGE. Followed by AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Messrs. Buekstone Chippendale, Compton, W. Farrell, Rogers,iClark, and Miss A. Sadgwick, Mrs. B. White, Miss Lavine, and Mrs. J. Fitz• Alter which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND P ROSERPIN E. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of th evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes... .......... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 2 01Pit 1 0 ... 0 G ...... 1 0 :Gallery Gallery STRAND THEATRE. —Levee and Directress, Miss Swanborough.—This Evening will be presented MARRIAGE A LOTTERY, supported by Messrs. Emery, Ray, Belford; Mesdames M. Oliver, Portman, Victor and Selby. After which, a new Burlesque, entitled THE BRIDE OP ABYDOS. Messrs. Charles Young. Turner, ate.; Misses M, Oliver, Swauborough, dec. To conclude with MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. The characters by Messrs. N. H. Swanborough, J. W. Ray, Chas. Young, M esdames Leigh Murray, M. Ternan, and C. Melville CANTERBURY HALL, Weatminater-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow tn7 company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance n S 3lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, C HORUSES, GLEES, D UETS, dge., viz.:—Miss Russell, Sirs. Badzey, %figs Brulell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Mi. 43 Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; llerr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. ioner, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badzcy, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard , Messrs. W. T. Critehdold, John G. Fordo, and E. Mackuey. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Mr. Courtnay ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &a., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening in a Selection from "LA DIME BLANCHE" (TILE WHITE LADY), first produced at the Canterbury Hall. Engliih words by Desmond Ryan, Esq. Mr. SAM'. COWELL will Sing Two of his Favourite Songs this evening, in addition to the usual Vooal Entertainment, THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 3. IHERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 81—highest since noon yesterday. C6—lowest this morning and during the night, 78—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29. P 7. Wisp, Easterly ; light, with very fine weather. HIGH WATT R AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAY—Morn., 50 min. aft. s —Even., 12 min. aft. 6 To-Mounow—Morn., 36 min. aft. 6—Even., 0 rain aft.? rrif'; , . (*--),_,... 4 : 4 ' - i) . ,- ,- .), , - - ‘42), j I; 71-34 I „...----• 4,1 ,.... . - , tit • . ~,.. _.,,,,,,-.e.:.,_,•,..,.......„. § t,.... -,.,_:,.... ..„_... . , 4,......., LONDON THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1858. The Property Qualification A has passed through committee, notwithstanding the deter mined and energetic opposition of Mr. BUNTINCK. The majority was decisive ; 222 Hon. Gentlemen decided that the sham should terminate, while 109 only desired its continuance. As usual, the croakers foresaw the destruction of the British Constitution in the concession to public opinion. The constituencies were to select bankrupts or in solvents for choice—to choose only "spendthrifts or paupers.", Of course the stringent law now in operation secures the respectability of every Mem ber. There could be no such thing as a fictitiou qualification, by no means improved by a solemn de claration, perhaps made befure a magistrate of the district, and certainly in the House of Commone. Many have treated this as a mere legal fiction, but it has unquestionably kept many good tnen out of the Legislature, those whose consciences Were not of quite so convenient and elastic a cha racter, as to make a deliberately false statement. Any person careless of these obligations migh easily obtain all that was required, so as to pass the scrutiny of any Election Committee. If h had not a wealthy.friend wiling to confer a colour able qualificati on , he could easily purchase it in the market. There was a fixed and recognised tariff. 100/. conferred an adequate title to becom ficed for the a knight of the shire, whil e 501 . suf tuddest wants of a citizen or burge ss . A man might represent the Metropolis, Liverpo o l, Man chester, or Glasgow, at that easy cost, that is to say, if he could only secure a majority of the con stituents. A Gentleman who had acquired high distinction in literature, who would be an orna ment to any assembly, such as the late Dr. krotrrumr, or one who might be an East Indian Director, and - having a knowledge of the highly TH'l SUN, LONDON, TiIIiRSDAY EVENIINM, JUNE 3, 1858. important questions at issue, in which 150,000,000 of our fellow-subjects were deeply interested, that would be excluded, while the really bankrupt spendthrifts would be eligible, - provided they were prepared to make a ridiculously false and un founded declaration. A gentleman perfectly in dependent from the possession of high professional attainments, or an eminent commercial man might be set aside, although paying Income-tax on a large amount, while a blockhead, having neither brains nor property, would be unexceptionable, provided he had a sufficient amount of reckless mendacity. It is time that these legal fictions should be abolished. The privilege belongs not to the elected, but to the electors. They have a con stitutional right to confer a seat in the popular branch of the Legislature on any man whose views on political topics agree with their own, and whom they consider capable of adequately repre senting their wants and wishes. It is the consti tuencies, not the individuals, who are wronged by the exclusion of the objects of their choice. The matter is also obviously unfair in making a dis tinction between income and property which is not recognised by the collectors of taxes. The majority of yesterday is decisive so far as the House of Commons is concerned. But many ask what will be the course adopted by the Upper House ? We venture to predict that there will be no interference by Peers, with a matter ' exclusively relating to the constitution of the co-ordinate branch of the Legislature, and solely concerning the House of Commons. Their Lordships are in no degree interested. The son of a Peer is exempted from the ope ration of the law, so are those of county members. The representatives of the Universi ties avoid the pitfall, and those of Scotland laugh it to scorn, for they cannot be involved in the meshes of the net. And yet they are by no means the least meritorious or independent parties who occupy seats above or below the gangway, and it would be well if their examples were fol lowed by many of those in the colourable 6001. or 300/, per annum, the talismanic sums that con fer political virtue, genius, and enlightenment on the fortunates who are prepared to swear they enjoy them. _ . . The speech of Mr. WALPOLE should be decisive on the subject. In answer to the challenge thrown out, he showed that there was no inc3nsistency on the part of the Government, or any of its members in supporting the wise and salutary measure. It is true that it is but an instalment of the Reform Bill that may reasonably be antiei pated. But why reject a wholesome proposition, because all that could be desired is not at once conceded? It is an integral part of the subject, and may fairly be dealt with, per se. Should there be an appeal to the country, on the question of the qualification, or mode of voting of electors, it will render it more decisive, when they are enabled to select without let or hindrance the representatives in whom they have confidence, and that those representatives are not bound i►n the first instance to degrade themselves by becom ing parties to a false and fraudulent statement. It may be but a form, but it is one " more honoured in the breach than in the observance." The Hertfordshire electors have had presented to them for one tantalising moment a somewhat enviable opportunity—an opportunity which, thanks to the ignominious withdrawal of Mr. CARDWELL'S motion, has been for the time being wholly denied to all the other constituencies. It appettlined for an interval exclusively to the electors of the county of Herts—to the voters there of both the great political sections alike—in other words to the more advanced Liberals and to the more enlightened Conservatives ! The op portunity we speak of was obvious till yesterday upon the first hint—upon the faintest intimation. It was that of being privileged in the face of the whole country to pronounce a deliberate and dis tinct opinion upon Lord DERBY'S Government. When three months ago the new Cabinet was suddenly called into existence—some ten or fifteen right bon. gentlemen and noble lords on accepting office appealed, according to constitutional custom, to their constituencies. Therefore, in not one single instance—although under the vigilant scrutiny of many, the precise policy and the future intentions of the new Ministry were, by necessity, from the very abruptness of their transformation from an Opposition into a Government, in a very considerable degree purely hypothetical—never theless, not in one single instance were the new Administrators opposed before their constituen cies. The Derbyite candidates were returned at once, ea masse, without a shadow of opposition. Not one solitary Palmerstonian ventured any where to appear on the hustings as an antagonist. The reason of this frank and cor dial unanimity was very simple and very apparent. It was entirely because it was universally and almost instinctively recognised that the new Mi nisters had not in any way scrambled into power —that they had fairly and constitutionally won their way to its possession—that the fall of the late administration was an inevitable necessity— that the choice of the new Government was the choice of the SOVEREIGN. Hence the unani nity with which Ministers were returned, without even a show of opposition by their consti tuencies—at the first blush, at the first moment of their collective nomination ; and when, as we have said, it was by necessity ex quisitely difficult, if not absolutely impossible, to conjecture, with anything like certainty, the nature of the policy, or the bias of the intentions of Lord DERBY'S newly-con stituted Administration. In thus acting, three months ago, the electors acted simply in obedi• once to the fine old national prejudice in favour of fair play—their maxim was "a clear stage and no favour" —a maxim at all times, but especially in times of sudden emergency, dear to the hearts of Englishmen. c) But since then a whole quarter of a year has elapsed, and now neither Lord DERBY'S nor Lord DERBY'S intentions can anywhere be regarded, for one instant, in any one particular, as in the smallest degree hypothetical. The been strikingly illustrated again policy has and again by a variety of brilliant admini strative achievem ents—b y a des patch answered w ithout detriment t o our alliance— by a deficit met without a grinding increase of taxation—b y fellow-citizens released from durance vile i n a foreign land, after having endured a prolonged and barbarous incarceration ! But, instead o f c3ntinuing the enumeration of the remarkable catalogue of Ministerial triumphs, won, in rapid succession, since the date of Lord DERBY'S acces• sion to power, may we not more appropriately extract those few pithy words in which the now Colonial Secretary', in the course of his address to his constituency, the electors of Hertfordshire, has epitomised the policy inaugurated by his colleagues—words, the eloquent and epigra matic terseness of which is as distinctly indicative of the authorship of the document as the very signature appended to ii—" Abroad liberty befriended without sacrifice Of peace ; alliances secured without loss of honoUr ; where war is inevitable, English vigour ; where victory is achieved, English mercy." Those were the einciples by which the Government had proved i . tself to have been actuated during the first three months of its existence, and at length—at length —art the close of that first quarter, there really did a ppear, until yesterday, the chance of bringing thatpolicy, those principles, the whole question for or against Lord DERBY'S Government distinctly and deliberately before a constituency, the constitu ency of Hertfordshire. A Cabinet Minister was at last to be bearded upon the hustings by a formidable representative of Palmerstonianism. Th s Opposition candidate was actually selected— a youe.g untried politician, but one who, it was hoped, would be acceptable as the son of his father. The Hon. Captain GROSVENOR was to go, and see, and conquer—Sir EDWARD BULWER LYTTON, the new Colonial Secretary. It mattered nothing that the Minister was not simply one of the foremost men of his party, but one of the foremost men of his time. Sir BULWER LYTTON was, of course, a great roan, a great author, a dramatist, a novelist, an orator, a poet—emi nent in many departments—one whose reputation is not merely national, but European. It was comparatively of no account that the Colonial Se cretary had a Parliamentary experience dating back as long as seven and-twenty years ago, when, as a very young man, Mr. BULWER first sat for St. Tves, in 1831, and afterwards for Lincoln, and finally for Hertfordshire. It was scarcely worthy thinking of that Sir EDWARD LYTTON, while yet Mr. BULWER, in the midst of his first successes as a debater in the House, and as a laborious Committee-man, wrote a book called " England and the English," which may still to this day be accurately designated as the wade mecum of a member of the House of Commons—as the very abstract and condensation of all the machinery and mysteries of our com plicated and exquisitely balanced Constitution. It signified not a jot, of course, that there also —years and years ago—Mr. BULWER published a certain political pamphlet, iu a certain momen tous political crisis, a pamphlet called significantly The Crisis—that (pamphlet though it was) "told" so wondrously at the time, that it ran through several large editions in the course of a few slays, and so affected the position of parties during the emergency, that the then Prime Minister of England offered place (as his own well-won recompense) to the young pamphleteer. With perfect grace, as well as perfect truth, can Sir E. LYTTON say now (as ho does) to his constituents, " They who know me best are aware how little, at any time of my life, the desire of office has actuated me in the part I have taken in public affairs." And so Lord MELBOURNE'S offer was declined magnanimously through diffidence by the youthful and gifted politician who has since risen so high as an orator and a statesman. " I accept office now," says Sir EDWARD BULWER LYTTON, in the ripened maturity of his powers, " with a profound sense of its responsibilities, and that sincere diffidence" (still vital in his nature) " which impels men to supply by assiduity and labour their defects in ability and experience." Yet with a rashness and self-reliant temerity worthy of a better cause, the Opposition —it may not be said the Cabal—thrust forward (for ono brief interval), in direct antagonism to this skilled and practised Gladiator, one who had never been known to wear the political cestus, a new aspirant for Parliamentary distinction—but one at any rate, if not " a POWLER —a GROSVENOR. At length, after the most elaborate pre paration, after a grand flourish of trum pets, and the gates being flung wide open, and the arena cleared, and all Ilerts on the tiptoe of expectancy—there is no redoubt able c'ialupion after all to be vanquished. If the very shadow of him is to be caught sight of at all, it is only to the cry of "Stole Away !" And so Sir BULWER LYTTON has to content himself with an Oration instead of Victory. And so Mr. CARDWELL'S policy of withdrawal is renewed in Hertfordshire. And so, while reviewing again that policy so very confused and so very craven, every one is led once more to the inevitable ejaculation, " Oh, most lame and impotent con elusion !" We confess ourselves entirely at a loss to ac count for Lord DERBY's pertinacity on the ques tion of the Oaths and the Jews —or, rather, on the simple question of keeping the latter out of the House of Commons. In his younger days, to be sure, his Lordship did write a little book on the Parables, and a good one, too ; but it con tains no indications of the religious bigotry which any one, who knew him merely by his speeches on Jewish Emancipation, would certainly attri bute to him. Men, far his inferiors in intel lectual powers, are giving way either to the reasons lot the demand itself, or to its political necessity ; on Monday night Lords LIMAN, STANHOPE, and MALMESBURY followed many pre cious converts to the expediency, at least, of now conceding to the Commons that they shall be authorized to admit a Jew to be sworn in the way most binding on his conscience. What causes a man of Lord DERBY'S intelligence to lag so far behind noble lords who do not even pre tend to be his equals ? Lord DERBY talks of its being a question of principle. But a statesman is not required to import all his own religious princi ples or scruples into legislation ; the time for that is surely gone by. The Statesman must allow others to have principles as well as himself, and must allow the principles of the majority the practical ascendancy. In this case, the great ma jority of the Representatives of the People, hold the opposite principle to that of the Noble Lord. Is the principle of the permanent, and now vast majority of the Commons, which has steadily in creased to the number of 140 members, to be for ever contravened, by the principle of a much smaller number of members in the Upper House ? In politics, surely, when both sides appeal to principle ; the principle of the majority ought to prevail, or business must come to a dead lock. Lord DERBY is not answerable for the convictions of others, but as a constitutional statesman he is bound to give effect to the convic tions of the great majority. But demand of surely we thosee may take the almost universal Peers who spoke on M on d a y, f or a compromise, as a proof that the Lords will not have the consummate folly to pit any longer the little clique of hereditary legislators, against the obvious sense of the country. L)rd Lucix's amendment was to give to either House the power to administer the oath to Jews by resalution, iu the form most binding on a Jew's conscience. The proposal is somewhat novel. It is but a poor lame compromise at best, still it would attain the object with the present House of Commons, and there is not the slightest danger of any house becoming less enlightened on questions of religious liberty. As to the Lords, they would retain the precious right, if the Sovereign should make a Jewish millionaire a Peer of the realm, to checkmate her MAJESTY by flinging their pet oath in his face. L)rd DERBY himself owned that the scheme looked plausible, pleaded that it ought to be done by a bill for' the purpose, not by a mere clause in shill , would not at the moment altogether oppose the proposaa but must have time to think of it. We believe all the speakers but one were desirous, in one form or another, to terminate these annual and un seemly differences between the Houses ; and, if compromise must settle it, a fairer one could hardly be conceived than one which should leave each House to deal with a Jew according to its wishes. Perhaps, indeed, the thing most resented is, that the Peers should by such a shabby and hateful device as that of an oath devised for another purpose, persist in excluding Jews from the People's House. The little expressed but very general feeling probably is, " What have they to do with our House ?" The pro posed compromise would enable the House of pure Gentiles to modify to their wishes alt Bills from the Lower House tainted with Judaism. But how does this mere supposition expose the childish folly of the Noble Lords ? Who imagines that a syllable or a letter of any future Act of Parliament would be modified by the presence of one-third or one-sixth per cent. of Jews among six or seven hundred Gentiles ? Lord DERBY and his Lord Chancellor com plained that none of the reasons sent up by the House of Commons were new ? Whose fault was that ? Is it due to the Commons that the affair has been in hand so long that every possible reason has been brought for ward years ago. But we beg to remind the Noble Lord that his answers were certainly not more novel than the reasons of the Commons ; and, as the country has heard his answers again and again for many a year ; and, as it has shown by successive Parliaments, that it thinks his an swers insufficient, it is he who is bound to find new and satisfactory answers, and not the country that is to find new reasons. We may also ask Lord DERBY whether the Lords have not had always, on popular questions, to yield to old reasons ; and, for the very good rea son, that they have always negatived all popular demand, till the reasons for them have become as familiar to all the nation as the Cate chism, or even the multiplication table. As a Statesman, Lord DERBY should rather acknow ledge that, when, after a thirty years' conflict, the House of Commons, in the name of the con stituencie, sends up a string of reasons which they have long urged in behalf of a popular de mand, those reasons, notwithstanding all their Lordships' obstinacy, are still held to be valid by those whom they concern. A. curious reason for persevering resistance was insisted on by Lord CHELMSFORD, and not over looked by Lord DERBY, that if required to yield this question to large and repeated majorities of the House of Commons, they would nut be able to stop there—that they would have to yield on others also. It was distinctly stated that a Church Rate Abolition Bill, and a Bill fur legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister, were soon to be expected, and were they to yield these demands also ? Now, this may seem a very potent argument to some wilful Lords—but surely, to the great majority of even Tory Peers, it must appear a very dangerous ono. Is it for the credit, or even the safety, of the Upper House, that one of its prominent Members should hold forth a list of measures which the nation has passed by considerable majorities of its represen tatives, and should tell the country, " We do not intend to grant you any of these, and, therefore, we refuse the first, lest you should expect us to yield on all ?" What is this but to proclaim an irresponsible despotism for the House of Peers ? Practically—we say it with all due respect for the powers that be—the Crown has ceased to be one of the ebtatea of the realm ; or, rather, as it nomi nates itu responsible servants in accordance with the wishes of a majority of the House of Commons, it must be regarded as one with that House. The Lords, therefore, and the Commons are left, as every one knows, in practice, to settle all matters of legislation between them. Now, is it wise to raise thus nakedly the question which house is to be master ? In this and in a neighbouring country that question has been answered by shutting the doors of the Upper House, or by requiring it to vote with the Lower House. There is probably no danger of that now, but it is just because all the men of character and sense among the Peers have fully recognised their office to be that of a check on hasty legisla tion, not of an obstruction to all legislation. Very absurd, as it will strike the country, is, however, the course actually taken by the Lords, as also the real reason for it. It was wisely and strongly urged on theta to adjourn for a Bill to give effect to Lord LIICAN ' s Bill, as most Lords seemed to be submitted to the House, and p i f ) o r r r e o tfpneori proposal, p m t a h i r a g a t h t t e a sent down to the Commons with the amendments on which the Lords " insist." But no ; Lord DERBY thought it was only consulting the dignity of the House to " insist" on the amendments, and say nothing about a Bill, even if they meant to pass one l He himself could not deny that a compromise, such as the ore proposed, looked very plausible. but he would throw it on the House of Commons, " to hang up the measure for a fortnight" to see what the Lords would do. He must give the Commons the kick pure et simple ; then, perhaps, if they took it as it became Commons to take such a thing from Peers, in consideration of their good behaviour he might allow a little concession. But what if the Com mons should imitate the Peers in their folly ? What if they should 1310117 that the Representa tives of the people are as much bound to consult their dignity as the Hausa which represents itself only I What if they should snub the Peers by doing what Lord DEBBY undoubtedly dreads, by seating Baron ROTIHCHILD by resolution ? For all that might follow, with the eventual humbling of the Lords, the Premier, and his notion of the dignity of obstinacy, would be alone responsible. ... DINNER AND TESTDIONIAL TO MR. F. P. SMITH.—A dinner was gi ven yesterday evening A St. James's-ball to Mr. Srbitb, whose name, in connection with the adap tation of the screw 'propeller, is familiar t o the p ublic. Mr. R. Stephens o n, M.P., who presided , in p ro p osin g "the h claim f it that gentleman any exclu sive merit. Mr. S p i th baal d ti: of M however, m w i t o il : " k i s n a g id froin that a platform which hft did no: might have been raised by others, as Watt had done, and as o her great man had done, made a stride in advance which was almost tantamount to a new invention. It was, in his °pia m, almost impossible to overra'e the tiring and devoted patience which a ivantages which this cr.unt . ry bad deri ved from the ecl at )wed upon the subject of propelling of the screw ; and it Was t) 8 low the sense entertained 'of those 6.1-Ticea that they bad invited Mr. Smith to meet then' that' eTeni-ig. The hon. g entleman then presented Mr. Smith, in the Toluca of the company pre sent, and of A gent su bscribers to the fund, with a band °me eal.r.r and claret je . ;-. Tue arrangements left nc th rig to bedeso ei l. . A LIVERPOn PHILINTH R OPIST.—Mr. Mailer; Melly, a Liverpool inerJhant, to whom the p ublic of that town are indebted fir its numerous beautiful drinking foun tains, has just established, at his own cost, a free public l% vessels by means r. Smith had Le. gyrnna4utu for the Avoiking & ass es of Liverpool, t o who n he has issued the f Roe i ig address : — "Frieuds, —This playground is iotdoded for your enj Iment, en I is placed uuJer y Air care. The p3les, ropes, laidtrs, sad chain will bear any fair usage ; it will be fur o 6 : a : rah . a oi nn n gg d you to protect them from wilful damage. The trees will adorn your playground if they are allowed t.) grow up, arid you will I am sure prevent them. from being destroyed. This playground is hereby placed in your bands ; Ist it be used for the purposes fur o ra b np v dr i e o v u aa e l i l l i y o. w it t en e to n t d l : et d ro .en stone L et ah e Let o g w o i o n dh ou quarrel l ingrm among your younger members. It rests with you 'Ag o odhie 1i yourselves, te itmi I whe ther the first attempt at free out door amusement in town be a success or a failure.;— __ _ _ our U. Y. MELLY.— Liyerpool, June 1, 1858." L &TEST NEWS. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Tagus, steamer, Capt. Christian, bas arrived. She left Gibraltar May 25th ; Cad'z, 26th ; Lisbon, 29th ; Oporto and Vigo, 30th ; and brings 81 ps sengers, 54,3111. in specie, 605 half chests and 26 quarter boxes of oranges, 250 boxes and 220 baskets of potatoes, and 80 packages sundries. On the 29th the British squadron (which had gone out to Lisbon in honour of the King of Por tugal's marriage) sailed, the Diadem and Curagoa returning to England with the Marquis of Bath and suite, and the Renown and Racoon proceeding to the Mediterranean. Lisbon exchanges for three months were 52/ to ; on London, with bills over, at 521 ; Paris, 542 ; Amsterdam, 411 ; Hamburg, 461 ; Genoa, 538 ; Three per Cents., Registered, 46 to 4 ; Coupons, 45 to i ; Deferred, 28i to 29 ; Bank of Portugal shares, 7/ to 81 pm.; Oporto Bank, 25 to -a pm. The royal marriage festivities had been well sus tained, and the young Queen was everywhere most favourably received. On the 27th the King was invested with the Order of the Garter at Belem Palace by Sir Chas. Young, Garter King-at-Arms, who had gone over with the Marquis of Bath for that purpose, attended by Lord Burgherah, Sir Harry Smith, &c. The King, who is the seventh Portuguese invested with the Order, acknowledged the compliment in a pleasing address. Their Majesties afterwards gave a State dinner, at which the whole of the British Legation and Special Mission were among the guests. A grand ball had also been given at the British Embassy in honour of Quq , en Victoria's birthday, which was attended by al: the important personages attending the marriage festivities, including Prince Leopold, the Queen of Portugal's brother. Gibraltar exchanges on the 22d were—London, 491 ; Paris, 5.29 ; Genoa, 5.31 ; Marseilles, 5.30. cannon and musketry ; he at once ordered his troops to advance, and at 9 o'clock arrived in view of the Turkish camp, but at a considerable distance from it, on the con trary side to where the fighting had taken place, precisely en the spot previously occupied by the Voivode No ltadowitch, who on hearing the cannon advanced closer to the enemy. On lea' nieg Mirk o's arrival, Ivo Rado witch sent in his report of the combat. Peter Ste phanow had informed him that he could hold out, pro vided he received a reinforcement of one division, so as to prevent the Turks falling upon him, and exterminat ing him with all their troops. Almost at the same time a Montenegrin arrived, stating that all was right, that the Turks bad been repulsed with a lose of more than 300 men. This news had an electric effect upon the troops, who asked at once to be led against the enemy. " At 10 o'clock the Montenegrins recently arrived (from the Rieke) had taken up a position about half a pistol-shot distance from the Turkish ntrenehments, making a right angle with the Montenegrins, under Peter Stephanow. A small range of hills sheltered them in some degree from the enemy's fire. Another Montenegrin division came up announcing that all was right, that the Turks bad been driven back with a loss of more than 300 men. This suc cess electrified the troops, who unanimously asked to be led against the enemy. "At 10 o'clock the Montenegrins recently arrived (those of Rieke) took up a position about half pistol-shot from the Turkish entrenchments, making aright angle with the Montenegrins of Peter Stephanow, a small ranee of hills shellvoirig them from the enemy's fire. Another Montene grin division, taking advantage of the occupation by the Turks, turned their camp, one party taking up a position on the Klobuck road, the other the open ground, one side of which had been fortified by the Turks to defend the ad vance to their camp. " The Montenegrins, despite a heavy rain, held their positione.till nine o'clock in the evening. Then only the order was given to retreat, as the troops had been without food and water since the evening before. "On the 12th Mirko changed tactics, and resolved to starve the Turks in their camp. Peter Stephanow's divi sion, which commanded the water, was strengthened, as also the division which cut off the communication with Klobuck, whence the Turks drew their provisions, but ready to advance to the aid of the two divisions above named, upon whom the success of the new plan depended. " Daring the day an armistice of four hours allowed the Turks to draw water. During this interval my secretary asked from H. E. Hussein Pasha, General of Division, the permission to pass through the camp to proceed to .Klo buck, to confer with the Consuls and with his Excellency Kemal Effendi. Hussein-Dahim-Pasha gave him a pass, and the secretary immediately informed Peter Stephanow that he was about to cross the Turkish camp for Klobuck. This was about three o'clock. With the pass of safe con duct of the Pasha comme.ndit.g the invading troops, and by making known the respective positions of the two armies, my secretary hoped, through the medium of the Consuls, to Wing about a settlement without bloodshed. " Hussein Pasha then offered to conduct him in person to Klobuck. This the secretary declined, on the ground that the pass of safe conduct was quite sufficient. The Pasha insisted upon taking such measures as seemed best suited to protect the Montenegrin envoy, but he saw so well how impossible it was to withdraw without a combat that he asked for a letter, to the effect that if any accident should happen to the Montenegrin envoy on his journey the Pasha was exonerated from all blame. The letter aas given to Hussein Pasha, the secretary observing at the time that his mission to the Consuls and his Excellency Kemal had not anything to do with the army ; that it in nowise bound the Montenegrin leaders, who would act according to circumstances. To make the Pasha better understand the difficulties of his position and the danger of his resolu tion relative to his departure to Klobuck, the Secretary requested the Pasha to inform in a loud voice (it was at night) the nearest Montenegrin division, that of Peter Stephanow : " That the Secretary of the Prince and an escort were leaving for Klobuck.' Pater replied by exclaiming, within hearing of both armies, that he advised no man to risk himself on the road to Klobuck. " This significant hint did not change the Pasha's reso lation; only, instead of leaving that same night, as he had at first, intended, he deferred it to the following morning. This delay was caused by news from Klobuck. On the following morning two battalion., escorting a convoy of provisions, were to leave the camp, and the Pasha hoped to join them on the road. " On the morning of the 13th his Excellency Hussein Pasha ordered the Turkish army to depart, and requested the Secretary of the Prince to inform the Montenegrins of the departure of the Turkish army for Klobuck with a view to accompany the envoy of the Prince to Hemel Effendi and the Consuls ; that the Turks left their tents at Grahowatz • and to insist, in the name of the Prince, that they should be respected. " This was done by the Secretary, who, renewing his former observations, said it was of no avail, as he had no control over the army, and the Turks were sure to be attacked on their retreat. This opinion was shared by the whole Turkish army, and the letter asked for by Hussein Pasha the day before gives his opinion on the subject. " The Pasha, at the moment of departure, sent the above mentioned communication to Mirko, and in his haste sent it in French untranslated, so that Mirko afterwards asked me what it meant. " The Pasha commenced his retreat before the Secre tary's letter reached the Montenegrin camp. " On the very first move of the Talks the surrounding heights were occupied by the Montenegrins. As the Turks proceeded the Montenegrins drew a closer circle round them ; their return to the camp was already cut off. The distance between Klobuck and Grahowatz is about four leagues (four hours' march). The Turks proceeded slowly; the convoys and cattle hampered their march on roads by no means easy. At half-an-hour's distance from the camp the Turks were attacked. The cattle were first abandoned, then the guns, and the Turkish battalions, thrown back upon each other, were compelled to fight with the bayonet. " The hope of succour slid animated the men ; they kept their discipline, and were two hours' march from the camp when they beheld advancing against them a body of Monte negrins, who, after destroying the reinforcements which had left Klobuck, were advancing on the camp. Hus sein Pasha's orders were now no longer obeyed ; the rout was complete, every man seeking his safety in flight. My secretary, hitherto in company of Hussein Pasha and his officers, was left alone. He was recognised and taken pri soner by the Montenegrins. They gave him a horse. A French officer in the Sultan's service was made prisoner at the sane time. " In concluding the recital of these events I beg of you, M. le Consul, to observe that it was after many warnings, at his own risk and peril, when he might have awaited the return of my Envoy from Klobuck, that Hussein Pasha resolved upon a retreat. I regret the blood shed which has followed that resolution, but I be lieve I have done everything to shield me from blame in the matter. I had ordered my brother Mirko be fore his departure not to crass the frontier of my territory ; that order he was to obey, no matter what happened. After the departure of the Turkish army, after it had lost its guns, muskets, and ammunition, I repeated that order. The army wished to advance on Klobuck and Gasko —an open tract of country abounding in resources ; it would have met with sympathy there, and no resistance. My troops on the eastern side at Drobniak would have followed up the movement. They would have advanced in a Christian country, and con quered half the Herzegovina without firing a shot. "I had placed my hopes in the Government of the Em peror who deigns to give me the greatest marks of his favour; after what he has done for me and for my count try it is my duty to conform to his desires and to follow his counsels. "I am, &c., "For the Prince and I.y his order. "May 22. " 11. DEL ARUE." MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. To-day's market was but moderately supplied with beasts, yet the demand for all kinds ruled very inactive, at Mon day's currency. The show of sheep was by no means ex tensive. All breeds sold slowly, but without leading to any change in price. We had a dull sale for lambs, at a decline in value of 4d per 81b. Calves ruled heavy, and prices gave way 4d to 6d per 81b. In pigs and mulch cows next to nothing was doing. Per 81bs to sink the offals. a. d. a. d. I e. d. R. (1. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 2 PrimeSonthdown 4 6 4 8 Second quality.... 3 4 3 6 Largo crse. calves 3 8 4 2 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 2 Prime small do 4 4 4 8 Prime Scots, die. 4 4 4 6Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 BiSmall porkers 4 2 4 4 Second quality ...3 10 4 2 Suckling calves 18 0 23 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 2 4 41Quarter old pigs 17 0 22 0 FOREIGN SUPPLY. INSURRECTION IN CANDIA. The villages of Laki, Moskla, Therion, &c., took up arms on the 16 Lh ult., and occupied the strong position of Malaxa. The Governor, Vely Pacha, was at Heraklion at the time ; and on learning what had occurred he sent orders to Ozer Bey, Director of the Police, to march against the insur gents at the head of a small detachment. On ar riving at Malaxa, Ozer Bey summoned the insur gents to lay down their arms, but he was received with a brisk fire, which forced him to retreat. He then sent a flag. of truce, to recommend the peasants to send a deputation to the Governor to make him acquainted with their grievances ; but they replied that they had no faith in the Gover nor, on account of the acts of violence which he had committed against those who, after many fruitless attempts, hid at length: suttee led in obtaining an audience of him to expose the griev ances of the people. Ozer Bey then roqUested the insurgents to allow him to retire with his troops without molestation, which was consented to. The number of insurgents assembled at Malaxa amounts to 2,100 men ; great fears are entertained at Canes that the insurrection will spread over the whole island. For the present the insurgents only do mand the removal of Vely Pacha, and the pri vileges granted to the island of Samos. They de clare that they wish to remain faithfwl to the Porte, but that, after having suffered so long, they think they have a right to claim redress." VIENNA, June 1. A private telegraph received this day from Ra gusa, states that six Turkish vessels, having 3,600 men on board, and 12 pieces of artillery,arrived on the 31st of May at Gravosa. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Emperor and Empress returned to Paris yesterday at eleven from Fontainebleau, to see the Queen of Holland once more before her departure. .ilis Majesty took advantage of his visit to Paris to hold a cabinet council, at which Prince Jerome was present. His Majesty, with the Empress, returned to Fontainebleau at four in the afternoon. The Queen went the thy before yesterday to dine at the Chateau de Villegenis with her uncle Prince Jerome. Prince Napoleon and the Princess Mathilde were also present. Yesterday evening her Majesty left Paris to return to Holland. The departure of the Emperor for Plombieres will take place, it is said, about the 22d inst. The Montteur de l' Armee states that the same imperial decision whA:ll commuted the sentence of Lieut. de Mercy into perpetual imprisonment orders the commencement of that punishment to be preceded by military degradation and removal from the lists of the army. ,The weather in Paris has suddenly become set tled, with a very marked elevation in the tempera ture. At six o'clock yesterday morning the thermometer of M. Chevallier stood at 17 degs. 6-10tlos Centigrade (63 2-3ds Fahrenheit) ; at noon, at 30 4-10ths C. (86 2-3ds F.) ; and at 2 o'clock at 29 C. (84k F.) BOURSE, June 2.—The market continues heavy in the Rente, and the settlement of the share ac count has been difficult, with a further fall on the principal shares. The following were the las quotations :- 4.} per Cents 93 40 150. end month — -- 3 per Cent. ..... 69 40 Do. end month 69 50 Bank Shares Credit Mobilier 617 50 Do. Account 615 Credit Foncier Belgian 4 Piedtuontese (5) Roman BB Austrian Spanish Threes Ilome Debt 3B - Fort CAKE. RAILWAYS. Orleans Northern New Ditto 730 Lyon and Mediteran 739 New Ditto ........ Midi Western 560 Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian ... Austrian Geneva PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin says : " His Royal Highness Prince Albert has arrived at Coburg. As her physicians have decided that it is better the Princess Frederick William should not undertake the journey to Coburg, Prince Albert will pay a visit to the Princess at Babelsberg. "The Duke of Brabant has left Berlin for Stettin. His Royal Highness is inspecting the sys tem of fortifications in Prussia, with a view to make the fortifications which are shortly to be con structed at Antwerp as perfect as possible. " Lord Wodehouse, ex-British Ambassador at St. Petersburg, has left Berlin for London. MONTENEGRO. The MOniteitr of yesterday publishes the fol lowing letter addressed by Prince Daniel of Montenegro to the French Consul at Scutari : " Monsieur le Consul,-1 have the honour to send you a statement of recsot events at Grahovo ; should ad ditional particulars reach me I shall immediately com municate them to you, requesting; you to bring them to the knowledge of Count Wa!ewski. "On the fhef May the Turks entered my territory in the Grahovo district. They remained there four days without being attacked, owing to the orders I had given. From Babocan to Spila, from Spila to Vilonee, they burned and pillaged everything. I compelled the Montenegrins to put up with these outrages, hoping the Turks would retire. I was wrong in not giving battle and sending troops at once to Grahovo. • One of my senators, Peter Philippe, held with about 400 men the fortress of Iluinatz and the passes leading from the plain of Grahovo to the district of the Montenegrins of Soutzt. This inaction, this purely defensive attitude which was counselled rue with so much kindness, probably encouraged the Turks ; they established a camp at Gra'iowatz and e itrenched themselves. " Peter Puilipp, then sent by a Turk of Kori , anitzi to the commander of the o:,tcman trope a dispatch in which he complained of the violation of territory, adding that io the present situation of drain an aggresrion would entail serious cir cumstances, that the question of Montenegro wae, now under an amicable discussion, that he did net se the necessity of an act which would ciniplicate the diffi col irs, and which would make it necessary to decide a que tioa of right by . the s,A ord. That despatch did not receive any reply. • " Informed of the failure of this attempt at reconcilia tion, I seat a reinforeeine it of 4,000 men to Peter Phi lipp, commanded by my brother Mirko. Coutiogeot of the Nahia Katenska left first with my cou in Keret() and the Vuivodes Peter S-epha now and Ivo Itadowit&i. Immediately on their arrival they took up a position of observation, but did not attack the Turks. On the 10th of May Mil ko joined them with the rest of the army. " From Grahovu to Grahowatz, an elevated plain, when e the Turks Lad pitched their camp, there is about a tl roe hours' journey through mountain Pas " Peter Stephanow had placed his men on the e s banks o f a torrent, which alone separated them from the Talks. Ou the morning of the 11th a struggle _ importance took place for to . the possession of the stream, equally of both armies. The Turks attacked P eter Ste p hanow front, while they sent two battalions to turn his flank. h heard the sound of Mirko was at Grahovo when —0 Lamb, 5a 8d to 62 Bd. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts .. 9OO Sheep and lambs Calves 4OO Pigs 3OO Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. - The trade generally ruled inactive, as follows : -Beef, from 3s Od to 4s o,li Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s Gd ; Lamb, 5s Gd to Ge Gd ; Veal, 4e Od to 4s 81; Pork, 33 21 to 43 01 per Blbs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, June 2.—The supplies of each kind of stock ou sale to-day were moderately good. On the whole, the trade ruled steady, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 43 to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 6s Od to Cs 10d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; Pork, 3s 6cl to 4a Od per 8113 s, to sink the offal. Rom Foul), June 2.—The trade generally ruled steady, at very full prices : - Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 44 01 to 5s Od ; Lamb, 5s 6d. to Gs 8d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 01 ; Pcrk, Os 01 to 03 01 per Blbs ; Store Pigs, a to --s ; Mitch Cows , 15/ —s to 18/ —s ; Loan Cows —/ to —/; Sucking Calves, 17s to 26s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 41 Os; clover. 31. 103 to 51 Os ; and straw, 11 4I to 11 83 per load, A full average supply, and a heavy demand. COMBERLIND. —Meadow hay, 21 103 to 41 OS ; clover, 31 103 to 51 Os ; and straw, 11 4 s to 11 93 pur load Supply good, and trade dull. WUITECHAPEL. — Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 41 Os; clover, 31. 103 to 51 Os ; and straw, 1 1 4s to 11 8s per load. Trade dull. THE SUICIDE OF A COLLIERY PROPRIETOR AT LEEDS —Mr. Blackburn, c)roner for Leeds, held au inqo s: r.sterday, at the White Horse Inn, Low-road, Hunslet on view of the body of Mr. Jos e ph L oug b o tt om, w h o , e frightful death has bena mentioned in tte San. Toe jury found the deceased had thrown himself into the pit whla in a state of temporary insanity. Mr. Longbottien has left a widow and a large family. NOVEL APPLICATION OF PHOTOGRAPHY.—Mr. Grant, the well known aruet of New York, is at present in England for the purpose of securing lett-rs patent for a valuable discov, , ry in phot.)graphy, the principal feature , of which are unerring certainty of trenefer, under cir cumstances hitherto considered insurmoutAtble. His most important agent is a prepared waterproof paper, which permits of a portrait being coloured in a life-like manner in a few seconds. This paper is called Niello, and resembles, befere it is operated upon, our black court plaster. The examples which have already been shown in London have elicited from connoisseurs in art and the photographic profession deserved admiration. Mr. Grant has expressed his intention to practice for a while, and to impart a knowledge of his process to others, in thie country. THE ADELPIL: TREATEE. This theatro, last night, was the scene of a very interesting collection of performances, given for the double purpose of celebrating the last performance that will take place within its walls, and for the benefit of Mr. Webster. All the living celebri ties of the theatre came to do honour to the occa siL,n :—Mr. T. P. Cooke to dance his unequalled hornpipe as William, in " Black-eyed Susan ;'' Mr. Buckstone to personate his original part of Gnatbrain ; Miss Woolgar (Mrs. Alfred Mellon), in lit.r original part of Mephistophiles ; Mr. and Mrs. Keeley appeared in the favourite farce of "That Blessed Baby ;" Mr. Wright re-appeared as Mr. Osnaburg, in " Welcome Little Stranger;" and Mr. Alfred Mellon returned once more to lead his old baud in the orchestra. The performances were so various that we can only thus briefly_ allude to them ; and the grand f e at ure o f th e e ven, ins was an address spoken by Mr. Webster, with cx-_;ellent effect and with great feeling. It is so con cise and interesting an account of this theatre, and the varied fortunes it has been subject to, that we cannot do better than give it in its entirety. The speaker was cordially recognised, as he deserves to be, as one of the ablest, most characteristic, and indefatigable of our genuine English actors : LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,—In venturing a last address to you upon these time-honoured and theatrically-hallowed boards, it is with a mixed feeling of pride and sorrow—the remembrance of the unique triumphs that have been achieved here and of many of the admirable exponents of the dramatic art associated with this est a bli s hm en t. Their name is legion, and the celebrated remains of your favour here, who have honoured me by their efforts on this pecu liar and anxious occasion, I think you will admit, show that the old leaven may be backed against all England. Here those inimitable artists—Power, Mr. and Mrs. Yates, the elder Mathews, Terry, Wrench, John Reeve, 0. Smith, Mrs. Nisbett, Mrs. Honey, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Way' lett, and many others known to fame, who, all but one, have now passed from among us, have been wont to excite your sympathies or sent you laughing t o y our b e d s ; and if they live in your memories, the actor's only rec ord, it will be the golden frame to the pictures in life they SO exqui sitely drew for the present regul a r oc cu p an t s o f the popu lar arena. On their own merits modest men are dumb-- Plaudite et valeta, (Terence, hem 1j The dramas, farces, and burlesques p ro d uce d h ere have been characterised by such singular seccess that not only do provincial managers win confident audiences to their temples of histrionic display by the announcement of an Adelphi drama or screaming farce, but in almost every provincial town of importance there is an Adelphi theatre, the highest complimeet perhaps that can be paid to the popularity t oo , of your appeeciation. The a uth ors , of this ‘ little set" have more largely benefited, I beli ev e, by their successes here, than in any other establishment ; but they can speak for themselves, and may their shadows never be less. To enlarge upon the coincidental history of this theatre world trespass too much upon your time and pa tience; but strange things are brought about by the whirligig of time. On this very spot stood the roadside farm of the celebrated actress Nell Gwynne, in whose kindly heart Chelsea Hospital, that refuge for the poor worn out soldier, had its origin. Under my feet i s the well of pure spring water that still bears her name, that she loved to drink when halting here, on her way to the village of Charing, to eat fish and curds with the Merry Monarch ; and here, after a lapse of nearly 2a3 years, a theatre has grown up, ranking high in repute ' tion, and honoured by the frequent presence of royalty* How it became a theatre is equally singular—it was coa -1 sequent upon " True Blue," in the year 1802, through ° dye of that name having been invented by a Mr. Scott, or "True Blue" Scott, as h e was f am i liarly called, w h i ch gave such a peculiarly delicious tint to the peculiarly de• licious habiliments of the fair sex, that a rapid fortune was the consequence—an established fact, when feminin° influence is brought to bear on anything material or ire' ' material. " True Blue," being of an imaginative turn, cast the fortunes of his dye on a heap of ruins that stood, or rather fell, here, and raised out of them 0 Temple of variety, wherein he enacted a variety of enter' tainments that could eva le the law and the monopoly of the legitimate drama. Here Miss Scott held sway with stet/ and song ; and the piano descended through a trap, to make 1 room for Frikell acts of legerdemain. Here Charles Dih' din, the bard and life of the wooden walls of old England. gave his attractive illustrations of men and manners, until I " True Blue " Scott finding acting under a mask as profit ; able as his dye, threw it off for the bare-faced article, an ,: 1 erected a theatre here called the Sans Pareil. Success av; i tended this second move. It then passed into the hands °' I Messrs. Rodwell and Jones, of " Tom and Jerry " Wa g ' who realised by that extravaganza almost fabulous sell Aften then, it became the property of Messrs. Terry Yates, who kept up its notoriety by many species of 3 ' • tractions, from Mademoiselle Djeck and the Bayaderes, l l to those undying dramas of " Victorine," " The Virse„, Ashore," " The Pilot," and many oth ers t oo numero us 1 "'„ mention. When Terry ceased to b e , th e e ld er ildatherf: i joined Mr. Yates, whose unflagging energy and judgeue g : never ceased to gratify the public. In the course of lig g ; 1 this freehold pet of the public u lti ma t e l y f e ll i nto the Pg': 1 session of a person of wh om y ou h ave probably heard, 011 " e t Benjamin Webster, wh o , I t rua t b y "G reen B us h es, " " Jgl3-1. I Pride," " Flowers of the Forest," "The Willow Cops e ! " The Poor Strollers," &c., h as endeavoured to folloW ll / 1 the steps of his predecessors. Having spoke of the tAst , ,,, will briefly allude to the future, as I do not profess, look into the seeds of time. Ever since I became posseas o4 ! this property, I have felt the necessity a a better theult combining modern comfort with increased powers of effe e t A theatre honoured by the marked patronage of her ruf b g e gracious Majesty, and that real patron of the dranes , , L „ , Prince Consort, ought, with the finest site in the nesiq polis, if not in the world, to be second to none, o' l ' proper means and appliances, and these I shall strive to employ to general satisfaction. With regard to the o , l g . lish drama itself, it is in your power, l a di es an d ge ntle' men, to give it a new life; for it is still strong . 013 1" us, both with regard to authors an d ac t o rs, gu . r : . as it exists, no foreign nation h as ever equa lled 4 , 1 4 power, construction, poetry. and purity. I then hope the British public will not allow us to be sol fa'd out a ° to birthright, though our stages have been lately devoted,.. four Italian operas in one night. I have yet faith in i t ' l l ,. strength of the Saxon language being triumphant in a " 1. 0 matic sense, as the Saxon mind and body are dorainantallis art, science, war, and peace. We live to please, and 1 0 . confident you will please to let us live. To every one a ro ployed about me, to the Press generally, to the kind he s e i s who have clung to the old craft and its commander, on t" last night of the Adelphi, both b e f ore an d b e hi n d the e gr. , 1 tain, I heartily offer my sincerest thanks. It speaks W e te for us all, and is particularly fl a tt er i ng •t o me. trut"„;" end of September next, when I h o p e t o we l come you 'jai new and approved theatre, 1 respectfully wish you hex and happiness. After the audience had retired the companY tor sembled on the stage, and presented Mr. Wet „ with a gold watch and chain, of splendid workree—ni ship. The watch, which was offered in the name " aro the corps dramatique by Mr. Paul Bedford, b e t the following inscription :—" This r emem brance wne the Adelphi and its fortunes for 14 y ea rs was Pr e ; seated to Mr. Benjamin Webster after the last P e formance on Wednesday night, June 2, 1858. b. funds for its purchase were raised by a general s u i , scription in every department of the theatre, e „ t', and all rejoicing in the opportunity of record l 7 their respect for the man, admiration of the aCt o and confidence is the manager. Mr. Webster, who was received with the M e !! cordial applause, acknowledged the compliment I graceful and impressive terms ; and so closes ° lf' history of the old Adelphi. SADLEh'S WELLS THEATER. Verdi's star being now in the ascendant, his trng i t opera of " Luisa Miller" was last ni g ht produce d Sadler's Wells Theatre, f the first time in bs - coun.ry, and received with well-merited success. me r plot, which is interesting, and drew forth the e 4 d ie attention of a respectable audience, taxes, like. 5 6 . music, the whole energies of all concerned in its p „.. velopment ; and as each alike determined upon o `.,{ Con, the result was satisfactory. The approbation :, the public was warmly elicited in the first act of tb opera, by a pleasing air, sting by Luisa (Mies an effective duett, by Count Rodolfo and the Dac he i ; Frederica (Mr. Haigh and Mlle. E. Poma); and II creased by the finale, which caused the curtain to fa, amid great applause, and comp e ll e d th e re - ca ll of 63- vocalists. act, an exceedingly pretty q In the second usrtett unaccompanied, was much ad m i re d ; and a patbet,.l air, sari , with great tast e a n d f ee ling by Mr. Ha i g ii ; was loudly encored, and will become assuredll...A general favourite. The dramatic effects in the' t,1110`; act, wherein Count Rodolfo and Luisa die by P° l ' i b 9 at the feet of their parent, excited the audience er their intensity ; and as Mr. Haigh and Miss 1) ,/,‘ spared no pains to render the scene as truth/ 1n possible, the opera closed amid well-earned de a l, stations of approval. Mr. Tully, whose duty W d arduous, was unanimously called for at the end, received with deserved and long-continued plaudits' The Mieses M'Alpine's annual concert, nuder therfe s e S di tinguiehed patrcaage, is fi xe d f or th e evening O f 14th inst., at the Hanover- s q uare R o om.. P" gramme is of a highly attractive character. THE WEATHER AND THE C R OPS IN WEST SOMEnor.. Extraordinary prog ress has b ee n m a de in the g" Wi e l l crops during the past week, vegetation having as' n f e e• v 1 a healthy and luxuriant appearance since the fi all 0:1 $ ther set in. Fruit trues are full of promise ; the „—a and other cereal crops are thriving splentlid l Y , 14 ; for good deal of grass West Somerset is already s al the scythe. An early and capital crop of grass , 133 „1 ii ready been cut at Wellington. The potato P' 3 " t ee generally strong, and there is reason to hope that di' ea ein this important esculent has abated. p DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON. WILLIAM YATES R i g ht e jIoL ----We have to announce the demise of the Rig--aob rt William Yates Peel (next brother of the late Sir t,"ssror Peel), who died on Tuesday last, at Baginton Sa l eoe wickshire. The right Lon. gentleman was seeci n ,f of the first baronet by his first wife, daughter € W. Y,tee, of Bury. He w.ie born in 178 9 . In b o f 1817, he was returned to Parliament for the born ug fo e itossiney, but on'y ripresented that constituenef months, for in 1818 he was returned fur his IA iv 01 ) borough of Tam worth, which he sat for continuou' Cl to 1830. He was then elected for Yarmouth, 16rtie001' Wight. Ie 1831 he was returned to the House ofilverof m in s, iu conjunction with the late Right 11 00 : f „ a tiog Goulbure, for the University of Cambridge, ci e n - o oe" Viscount Palmerston and the present Duke of ".eie shire, then Mr. W. Cavendish, In 1835 he Wa B ; s et elected for Tainworth, which he continued to r e e l. 01 1 up to the general election in 1337. From that 0 61 wo e to 1847, he remained out of Parliament, when bt l a t ee again returned fcr Tamworth . That year he bibtedlf 'misfortune to lose his wife, to a ho m he was de vn g „j to a tt a ched, and her death so affected him tha t he eea'-d hi' take part in public duties. He consequently reiili ne 4 ,1 0 seat iu the House of Commons, and h a s since th e secluded ••.y,.... M Co - •s et Joint-S bl i htl g yre declin e d I Ge neral 0 B RtT Isx a ktri,StockDitto .„1. a ~`" eent. I , ,e:' Cent, li e 4 ' 3 Per 1 1 W2i p er / 4414 Stook Il dia Lo a 1 I) itto n l adi , Scr 0018 ' 44, ucli t knts o4l for ""oStler klu e , o b eu eelll( itto .1% Z..,, l'it lCE - i 3 t ltil. B, 1 4 ,, 140 Acc , rtu ft „ tti le , i :gese bitt n 11°1 °. 4i akilikh Bo: 13 e 1, tia ti 2i Cons u l Congo'