The Sun. — London, England, 1861-06-08 00:00:00

THEATRE,' -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. E. Backstotie. THIS EVENINi:, the rerlormaneee oonirrionee with the Comedy of THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. Chas. Mathews, Buekstone, E. Villiers, Rogers, &e.; Mrs. Wilkins, - Mrs. C. Mathews, and Miss E. Weekes. Followed by THE ADVENTURES OF A LOVE LETTER. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. And THE SUN AND THE WIND. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- TAssee and ManaEer. Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, TRUTH AND FICTION. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews,Widdicombe, Shore, Cathcart, Garden; Miss C. Leclercq, Miss 11. Lcclercq, and Miss M. Harris. ' Followed by THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR Messrs. Phelps, Vezin, Widdicombe, c. EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Reproduction of "The Colleen Bawn. " The Adeiphi "Census" every Evenin7. THIS EVENING, the successful new Farce, entitled A TURKISH BATH. Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. P. Bedford. After which (201st time), TFIE COLLEEN BARN. Mr. D. Boncicauit, D. elsher, Rlllincr,ton, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boncicault, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billlngton. and Mrs. Chatterley. To be followed by a new apropos Sketch, THE CENSUS. Messrs. J. Toole, Eburne, Romer, C. J. Smith ; Miss Kate Kelly, Miss E. 'horne, and Mrs. Chatterley. Doors open at half past B—Commence at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- THIS EVENING, Production of the Grand , pectacle of M AZEPPA, with new scenery, dresses, &c., supported by Mr. James Holloway and a most powerful Company. To be followed by SCENES in the CIRC LE—The Rocky Mountain Wonders. Concluding with a Comic Ballet. Reduced prices. Commence at 7. CANTERBURY -HALL CONCERTS AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. EVERY EVFININu. Two Grand St lections from celebrated Operas. including Verdi's new Opera, THE BAL MASQUE (first produced in England and only to beheard at this Establishment), with a Chorus of Forty Voices, and upon a scale unequalled at any other Concerts. Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Greville, 'h r. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Bernard; the popular Solos on the Cornet- - piston, by tit.. Levy (the first performer of the day); the Brothers Conrad (in an entirely new and original entertain ment on the double rope, not to be seen elsewhere); con tinued success of Mr. Wood and his talented little Son. The Comic Department comprises the following favourites : —Mr. Marshall, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Blanchard, and numerous other artistes. Re-appearance at these Concerts of Mrs. Lawrence. Musical Director, Mr. JONGHMANS. O X F O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. Mr. 'Gm, undoubtedly thr best performer of the day on the Cornet-a-Piston—Grand Selecti-ns (on the most complete scale) from Dinorah, Martha, Stradella. &c., and other vocal and instrumental music, by Miss Russell, the Misses Stuart, and Miss Ernst Messrs. Cliarles Grevilte, Fornari, !Umber- Joy, Bernard, Beaumont, Bervon, Huish, Signor Tivoli, and Mr. Henry Herbert, with full band and powerful and selected chorus; conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans.—The following Comic talent, Messrs. W. Randall, J. Blanchard, W. H. Wie land, Hollingsworth, E. Marshall, Harvey, and French, and the Brothers Conrad in their latest and best entertainment, every evening. Admission, Hall, sixpence; Balco n y and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes , 10 s. 6d. T H E HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, Ih. 46m.—Afternoon, 2h. sm. To-noßßow.-Morning, 2h. 20m.—Afternoon, 2h. 40m. TRH WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JUNE 8, 1861. THERMOMETER, TN THE SHAD/4. 61—highest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning and during the night. 55—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29. 96 ; falling. WIND —N,Ea,sterly ; light, with dull, cloudy weather. Rain in the evening and night. (Sktei-4. t :11 , •-•!.- , . % • • , o 1 , THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1861. From no body of men could a tribute of honour to the memory of Count CAVOUR be paid more ap propriately than from the British Houses of Parlia ment. He was a noble by birth, a commoner by position, and the constitutional sentiments of both our Houses found in him a fitting representative. The Lords were first to speak ; and Peers of opposed politics, and none more emphatically than those who had had diplomatic intercourse with the Count, joined in their expressions of high regard for the great statesman whose loss they sincerely deplored, as a loss both to Italy and to Europe. Last night the Commons added their cordial acknowledgments of the great merits of the deceased statesman, and their regrets at the seemingly irreparable loss which his country has sustained. From no one could the introduction of the subject be more graceful than from Sir ROBERT PEEL. It was openly proclaim ing that no differences of opinion on important matters of detail could interfere with his hearty re cognition of the fact that Count CAVOUR was "a man who was certainly the most conspicuous states men that ever directed the destinies of any nation on the continent in the path of constitutional liberty." Generously he remarked—a generosity which all England will share—that "many of us— perhaps from not knowing the difficulties and dan gers which encircled his course questioned his policy and criticised his conduct, but he is gone —he lies wrapped in the hand of Death, end I believe it is befitting us, when we see the merits of his character rising so con spicuously, to give some expression of our sympathy and regret." The Foreign Secretary and the Premier followed with eulogies of his statesmanship not more decided than just. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had, like Sir itOBEE.T PEEL, on one occasion at least, written to the Count's Government in a tone which he pro bably soon regretted, seeing the pain it gave to his own countrymen ; but the Count replied with that almost unvarying good nature for which he was so distinguished, and with a diplomatic logic which Lord JOHN'S countrymen greatly preferred to that of their own Foreign Secretary. And now the constitutional lord could say of the man who is beyond doubt the real founder of Italian constitu tionalism—" I cannot but feel it due to the memory of him who is gone to say, that I believe there never was a man who devoted himself heart, and mi n d , and soul, more entirely to his country than the late Count CAVOIJR. 9 Not less distinct was Lord PALMERSTON'S testi mony to the worth and merits of the great Italian. Sir ROBERT PEEL seemed to wish for some record on our journals similar to that which the French Parliament entered on theirs, on the occasion of his father's death; but this, as the Premier observed, was not English practice in reference to the loss of even her greatest statesmen. His tribute of praise Was, however, more specific, and much warmer, than that of the Foreign Secretary. It was something for his loss to be spoken cf by the most veteran statesman of Europe, amidst the long and loud cheers of the house, as " the loss of that distinguished man—a loss not only to his own country, deeply to be de plored, but a loss undoubtedly to the whole of Europe, and whose memory will be embalmed in the grateful recollection of his countrymen, and in the admiration of mankind so long as history will record his deeds ;" something to have it said by such a man that his acts which attracted most the attention of the world were probably surpassed by others for which his countrymen would yet more revere his name. "It should be recollected that he laid the foundation of improvements, legal, politi- Cal, and social, in all the internal affairs of the Italian people, which will long survive him, and will be remembered among those who are to come berearter." That the tccral to be " drawn from the life of Count Cavour is this—that a man of tran scendent talents, of indomitable energy, of inex- , ---- 1 ,tinguishable patriotism, was, by the impulses which bis own single mind may give to his country men , aiding a righteous cause—which I shall so call it, in spite of what may be said—and seizing favour .i,, able opportunities, notwithstanding difficulties , I which appear insurmountable, may confer upon his countrymen the greatest and most inesti mable benefits. That is the moral to be drawn." Nor can we easily describe better than in the Premier's words, the nature of the Count's achievements; the moral of his life he had given ; he added, the tale with which his memory will be associated is one of the most extraordinary, I may say, of the most romantic, recorded in the annals of the world. We have seen under his impulse and guidance a people, supposed to have been torpid in the enjoyment of luxury, to have been enervated by the pursuits of pleasure, to have had no know ledge of or feeling after politics except what they derived from the traditions of their history and the jealousies of rival States--we have seen that people at his call, and under his guidance, rising from the slumber of ages with the power of a giant refreshed, breaking that spell by which they had been so long bound, displaying on a great occasion the courage of heroes, the sagacity of statesmen, the wisdom of philosophers, and attain ing for themselves a political existence which for centuries bad been denied them. Sir, I say, that this is a great event in history, and that the man whose name will go down to posterity connected with that series of events, whatever may have been the period of his death—however premature it may have been for the hop es of his co u n trymen —can‘ not be said to have died too soon for his glory and his fame." It often happens that on occasions like this some one is found willing to become the foil to set off the praises justly and gladly bestowed by others ; in the Lords the Marquis of BATH proffered him self as the accuser of the dead whose well earned honours he grudged. In the Commons the same magnanimous office was assumed by the O'DoN OGHIIE. He rose to express, Ist, his entire dissent from the praises which had been lavished on the Count. 2dly, to accuse him of hostility to the temporal power of the Pope. 3dly, to accuse gentlemen of the House of Commons of prejudice, and the people of this country of " stupid bigotry." 4th, to tell the House that " he saw in the death of Count CAVOUR, the finger of God's justice." Having said which he sat down amidst exclamations which may authorise him to sign his name in future as the " Ch-DoNoGlluE.” The Count's Roman policy will certainly need no vindication to our readers—as the '.oh"-Donoghue might say, because they are " stupid bigots ;" but this much we may remark, that we find Roma❑ Catholics repudiating as nick-names the epithets " Popery " and "Papists." Now we never prefer to call persons by denominational or party names they do not like, but in Count CAVOUR'S case it was just Popery and Papists to which he was hostile, while, as his death equally with his life bore witness, he was a sincere Catholic. Pope worship—that belief in his right divine which would assign several hundred thousand human beings to the government of such heartless wretches as Cardinal ANTONELLI and his comrades—to this Count CAVOUR was hostile. It is clear that he was not an opponent of the spiritual claims of the POPE, but, with another sincere Catholic, D'AZ EGLIO, he thought Pro NONO would be a much better Pope if he outwardly as well as inwardly resembled more the Divine Man whose vicar he professes to be. Count CAVOUR was opposed to the Popery which cares only for liberty for Papists—which makes a great stir here because in workhouses the Irish poor, who accept the charity provided by taxes paid almost exclusively by Protestants, cannot find a school to teach the children Popery—but which never sent a word of remomonstrance to their fellow Catholics in Italy or Spai❑ against the shameful denial by them of all religious liberty— even of religious sepulture to Protestants. On the profanity we may spare comment. The " Oh," DONOGHUE has not yet informed us by what light he sees the finger of GOD more in the death of the Great Count than in the flight of each of the Italian Princes, and of the POPE'S Governors from the Legations, and the defeat of General LAMoRI CIERE. Of course, it cannot be through "stupid bigotry." If Americans will not be satisfied with what took place in the House of Commons last night they ought to be. Not only are the acts of the Government studiously neutral, but that grand arena of debate on every subject, the House of Com mons decides for neutralLty also. It is ready enough, generally, to debate foreign topics. Our memories must be short, indeed, to forget a year in which its foreign talk was not cited as an apology for doing hardly any domestic work. But the merits and demerits of the Southern or the Nor thern cause are equally refused a hearing in our House of Commons. We have strictly prohibited our citizens from acting as privateers. We have refused to allay prizes to be brought into our home or colonial ports, and we have submitted to the inconvenience to which blockades expose our trade. We have told them both that we are sorry for the quarrel, and hope they will soon settle it in the best way they can ; but we do not offer even mediation, we simply say—it is no business of ours ; for, though our trade is deranged by your disagree ment, you have a right to disagree, if you like. I 1 We believe, however, that neither party, in their I hearts quite like this. The South relied on our love lof cotton—and our disgust with Northern protec tion. They thought we should refuse to permit blockade of cotton exporting ports, and that they could command and purchase supplies' through the commercial sympathies of Europe. The South, however, says little, but rather persists in speaking well of the old country and of Europe. The North is much more proud and touchy. She has shown displeasure, that we should acknowledge the belligerent rights of the South. She seems half inclined to demand that we shall declare ourselves on the side of the North. She has told us, through some of her officers too, of the consequences which may come upon us, if we do not—in the hour of diffi uty —make special friends of the N ort h . She has n threatened us with, no one knows wh a t, if we even v e l s h ou ld acknowledge the "so - called confederate States." To all this our con sis tent and unvarying reply is—We leaveyou entirely to yoursel ves ; v draw us into your disputes. We have but one national wish—the abolition of y slavery, for that neither of you are prepared. A addressed n requisition w t h a o s on n 0 1 b V i e e d n e l o s d r d ay last MAJESTY'S Foreign Secretary by an important deputation. The deputation was one from the Association for the Preservation of the Fisheries of Great Britain and Ireland. The requisition was one running to the effect, that Lord JOHN would, if possible, use his influence with the French Go vernment in order to induce it to assist in prevent inc:littllz destruction of sal mon d ur i ng the fence ni by prQliibiting tho sale of it in Paris. Does any one deem the Matter referred to one of comparatively small importance? Let Lord SAL TOUNs be hea r d—L ord SALTOUN, by the way, is President of the above -mentioned Association—let Lord SALTOUN be heard, as he was heard by Lord JOHN RUSSELL on Wednesday - afternoon, making a statement to the effect, "That we were now en gaged in legislating upon the salmon laws, but that THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY T - EVENING, JUNE 8, 'lB6l. legislation would be useless if the present destruc tive practice of exporting salmon to France dur ing the fence months continued to be permitted. Among the principal causes," Lord SALTOUN argues, " among the principal causes of the decay of our salmon fisheries was the killing of the fish during the fence months, when they were heavy in spawn, and many of our rivers were almost destroyed, and others much damaged by this exportation." And the noble lord, having so far prepared the way for the information that immediately followed there- upon, assured the Foreign Secretary that " The Association he had the honour to represent had taken upon themselves to obtain information con cerning the exportation to France, and they found that during the fence months, which might em brace a mean period of, say, 20 weeks, not less than 50 tons, and probably far mare, of foul fish were exported to Paris, and in every kind of package which would disguise the nature of the contents." The particulars that follow are cer tainly sufficiently disgusting. They are at any rate enough to take the relish from any fish, how ever disguised, placed at these seasons before the gourmands at the Maison Doree, or the Trois Frere deProvince. " Parsons," remarked Lord SALTOUN, with frightful particularity, " persons who had seen the contents of these boxes and baskets, described them as a loathsome mass of putrifying garbage, with the spawn running out all over the fish, oozing through the packages, and utterly unfit for human food ; and how the French cooks managed to make them eatable he could not imagine. They found," moreover, said the noble lord, " also, that on many of the rivers in Devon shire the fry were taken by bushels, and sold to be converted into sardines." In fact, anything that can in any way be learnt in regard to these malpractices, does most undeniably go far, indeed, to show that the evil complained of by the Association, of which Lord SALTOUN is the President, requires prompt and energetic inter. position on the put of the authorities, with a view to the effectual prevention of its recurrence hence forth. The noble President of the Association, speaking on his own behalf and on behalf of his fellow associates, reminded Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in his capacity as Foreign Secretary, on Wednesday, that " the French Government was very much en gaged and interested at the present time in improv ing their salmon fisheries, but that it would be diffi cult for them to protect their own rivers while they admitted English salmon, because they could not, of course, tell the difference between French and English salmon ; and therefore," he added, " as the French I were as much interested in the matter as ourselves, the Associatio❑ had asked for this interview with his lordship to lay this statement before him, and to beg that he would represent the matters to the French Government, and ask its consideration of the case." Hardly a word more was requisite after this, in enforcement of the urgent request made to the Secretary of State, on Wednesday, by the deputation then waiting upon him. Yet even that word was added, and added it should more over be said, most effectively by the Earl of NIALMESBURY. The ex-Foreign Secretary observ- ing " that, when he was in office, a request was made, emanating from French salesmen and others, that English grouse might be admitted into France before the French season, which did not generally commence until the Ist of September, and the English Government willingly acceded to such an arrangement, and therefore he thought it fair to suppose that, in return, the Frensh Govern ment - might be able to lend us any little assist ance required in this instance." Surely, that would be only reasonable. We put it to Mr. COBDEN—we put it to his Imperial MAJESTY on the other side of the Channel—a compliance with the request made in this instance would be only reasonable now that, in the midst of this age of Free-trade, the Apostle of the Free-trade Doctrines and the Imperial Pupil in the Free trade Doctrines have together revived—however oddlS , it matters nothing to our present purpose—have together revived the " golden mean " of Reci procity. Galway has sent us American news at last. The Parana, which we have heard so much of, has arrived there, having left Boston on the 28th, and St. John's on the Ist of June. The latest tele graphic news therefore, we may consider to be but seven days old. The position is little altered. The Manassas alluded to is a railway through a gap in the Alle ghanies of that name, by which Western Virginia is connected with Alexandria and Washington, and by which the Secessionists might be taken in flank at Harper's Ferry, while the Federalists also advanced to that place in front, across the Potomac. It is not clear which party threw up the entrench ments at Alexandria; the place was in posession of the Federalists, being within sight of Wash ington on the Virginian side of the Potomac. Harper's Ferry, as we anticipated, seems likely to be warmly contested. The Minnesota is about to take the place of the Niagara in the blockade of Charleston ; no mention is made of the arrival of the former vessel at any other port. General BUTLER, is operating actively at the entrance of Chesapeake Bay, from Fort Monroe. Marshal de M'Mahon took possession of his com mand of the camp of Chalons on the Ist inst. The Em peror is expected to visit the camp in the beginning of July. By the arrival of the Magdalena from Buenos Ayres we learn that the surveys for the projected Grand Southern Railway by the agents of Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Betts were progressing favourably. The city terminus will be in the Plaza de Constitution. The accounts received at Buenos Ayres of the earthquake at Mendoza are most fearful. It was stated that at least 13,000 people were sacrificed, and not a wall was left standing. As the situation of the city exposed it to a repetition of the catastrophe there was but little chance of its being rebuilt. INNER TEMPLE.—The undermentioned gentle men were yesterday called to the bar by the Hon. Society of the Inner awarded in Temple,viz.:—lillia Michaelmas mWil t l e is r , m ß , . l A B6 . 0(), Joseph holderof thestudentship Green, B.A. (certificate of honour), Emmanuel Maguire Underdown (certificate of honour), Montagu Woodmass, 8.A.., St. Aubyn Barrett Lennard, M.A., Reginald Carew Glanville, 8.A., Andrew Thomson, 8.A., LL.B., John Simson, Thomas Child Hayllar, S.C.L., Markham John L svi a ozc w G.ie , t ß yAL .: ofs . w , Gr D iarNn a a n yeNe i , el Dirt, George Thomas Edwards, 8.A., Arthur Yardley, and Stuart Rendel, M.A. Gray's Inn, s holden pension doefnu ny jevs.treßr o idt f ayy t c, h ot e hl ee H gue - n :t I dLe o or n u n r ad a ton b ne l d o ; gentlemen were called to the degree of Barrister at Law, s G , e m o r u g e e i HarryKyz William Palmer, of the BridgesUni e v e ersitv of Glasgow, M.A. ; Henry Clarke, formerly of Queen's College, and d m W br il i l d ia g m tlu Cambridge, LL.D. r eOT i L s D,A can statute requiring that, b ß e A fo N re K a OF .SCOTLAND compromise be made of the nature proposed between the directors and the shareholders of the Western Bank o f Scotl and, a resolutio n that compromise must be ado p ted at two consecutive c t*lv approving meet ings of the bank, and t he first of thes e meetineesehavin g been already held,'the s econd came off in the Merchants' Hall, Glasgow, on Tues da y , Bailie Blackadder, Edinburgh, presiding. On the motion of the chairman, seco nded by Mr. Thomas Cochrane, the resolution of the previous meet ing was agreed to, and the liquidators were urged to tak e the most active measures to secure that the deed of agree. inent be signed by all the shareholders. THE BIRMINGHAM CANAL.--WOLVERIIA 'UPTON Juno 6.—The water in this canal broke through a largo fissure into one of the extensive coal mines which this canal intersects at Westbromwich yesterday. The water was all drawn off out of the canal last night, an a considerable length entirely emptied. The Staffordshire Ironworks at Westbromwich, and the Eagle Ironworks at tk same place, were both stopped at - twelve o'clock last la ight in conse quence of the supply of water for the engines being cut off from the above cause. This unfortunate affair will throw a large number of men out of employment for a short time, LA T E E T NEW kt'S. COUNT CAVOUR'S FUNERAL. TURIN, FRIDAY NIGHT, JUNE 7. The obsequies of Count Cavour have been per formed with almost Royal pomp. All the bodies of the State, the authorities, and various deputations joined the procession, which was followed by the whole population. During the funeral ceremony frequent discharges of cannon took place. All the houses were draped in black. SATURDAY, TUNE 8. The Nationalites of to-day states that Garibaldi is rather seriously ill at Caprera. AMERICA. - , (1 , GALWAY, SATURDAY. The Atlantic Royal Mail steamship Parana arrived here this morning. She left Boston on the 28th of May and St. John's on the Ist of June, and brings 160 passengers. NEW YORK, MA/ 27. It is reported that the Secessionists are throwing up intrenchments at Manassas (P). They have effected a junction at Alexandria, and expect reinforcements from Richmond. The report of fighting at Alexandria has not been confirmed. An immediate attack on Norfolk is expected. The Federal forces in Virginia will be reinforced by 5,000 men. Strong intrenchments have been thrown up com• manding Alexandria. Western Virginia has declared itself against seces• The capture of Hampton by General Butler has been confirmed. No attack was made on Sewall's Point, and General Butler has returned to Fort Monroe. 10,000 Southern troops are at Harper's Ferry. It is expected that a movement of the Federal forces will take place to cut them off from Rich mond. The war steamer Minnesota was to leave Fort Monroe for the blockade of Charleston, and will be followed by others. Twenty-three prizes have been taken to For Monroe. The Malatengo gold diggings at Vera Cruz have proved very rich. The Federal Loan of 9,000,000 dols. has been subscribed for at 85 (?). The Prince Albert has arrived out. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Exchange firm-104 to 106. Stocks steady New York Gintral, 711; Erie, 22 ; Illinois, 671 Cotton unchanged. Sales to day, 800 bales ; Mid• dling Upland, 131 e. Freights firmer. NEW ORLEANS, MAY 25. No sales of cotton have taken place. ST. JOHN'S, JUNE 1. The telegraph wires have been cut. No later news has consequently been received from New York. The North Briton passed Cape Race on the 30th of May. SPECIE FOR AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING. The Royal Mail steamship Africa sailed to-day for New York. She took £65,115 sterling in specie. ~:., THE BRITISH INSTITUTION. PRIVATE VIEW.-THIS DAY. Another of those charmingly interesting collec tions annually brought together in the three rooms constituting the " Gallery" of the British Institu tion, we have visited this forenoon. The Private View taking place to-day, in anticipation of Mon day, when the exhibition will, as usual, be thrown open to public examination. Altogether there are this year 214 paintings on the walls of this noble suite of apartments. Specimens they are of many great masters of the Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, French, and English Schools of Painting. They are gathered together as hitherto from divers scat tered quarters—a fresh " pick" from the royal and from numerous private collections. Her Majesty the Queen and various noblemen and gentlemen being among the number of the munificent patrons, in this way, of the British Institution. Although the collection for the current season is to our thinking rather below the ordinary standard of excellence, there are in it, as a matter of course, several works of particular interest, landing an especial attraction to the collection for 1861 at the British Institution. The portraits this year, for example, are (several of them at least) of extraor dinary merit. There are, for example, two MORON'S in the North Room—(No. 29) " Portrait of a Gentleman," and (No. 55) " Bartholomus Bon gus"—a bishop this latter, we presume, from the heraldric device in the corner—quite admirable in their way. Life itself not simply the man being represented but the man's very idio syncrasy. In the same room there is (No. 49) " Portrait of a Gentlemen,"—(strange it is the identity of these pictures should be lost)--a bril liant Vandyke ; and near the doorway, (No. 36) a splendid Velasquez—hung rather too high for our liking—a handsome portly figure of a man, entitled in the catalogue " A Spanish Noble man." The place of honour (No. 1) is occu pied by Baroccio's " Noli me Tangere." But near it, low down, is hung a beautiful little quaint specimen of Fra Angelico (No. 5) " The Death of St. Francis." A hideous grotesque Her rera el Viego, is displayed above the line in (No. 25y—showing us the same holy monk, St. Francis being introduced to the mother of St. Bonaventura. Near the doorway, on the opposite side to the Velasquez already particularised, is (a repetition of) a figure of " St. Michael" (No. 39) by Pietro Peru gino—a figure that will he instantly recognised by those familiar with the same master's larger pic ture in our National Gallery Collection. We have scarcely crossed the threshold leading us back into the middle room—the room" welled" by the staircase—when we notice there upon either hand—a Canaletto. One of these Canalettos (No. 64) is a truly exquisite specimen—" The Rialto and the Grand Canal." Looking at it, one feels disposed to hail a gondola and to be—" off, off and away," like the Stranger in the old love-song. There are also particularly noticeable in the Gallery two delightful exemplars of P. le Hooge. One of these (No. 77) a charming little " Garden Scene with figures"—the principal figure in the act of just going to bowl down some spindling skittles or ninepins. The other P. la Hooge (No. 108), a pretty peep in a doorway of sante queer little old fashioned " Children at Play." There is an excel- lent Rembrandt too in (No. 123), "Portrait of an old Lady." Though it might almost as lief have been called "Portrait of an old Gentleman" —if not even "Portrait of the old Gentleman," it is so grim and and ghostly. In Van Huysum'a (N). 135) " Flower Piece" there are some delicious creamy little eggs in a mossy nest that it would do Mr. W. Hunt's heart good to look at. The numerous portraits from the hand of Sir Joshua Reynolds, form the distinguishing peculiarity and attraction of this year's collection of bygone masters in the British Institution. They are principally to be found in the South Room—where, however, we must at once direct particular attention to (No. 159) a portrait by Riley. It is the most deeply interesting picture to us of all at this moment, being a representation of the heroine of that exquisite historic love story told so admirably by Lord Macaulay in the posthumous volume of his great history (vol. v., pp. 28-32) but just published. The heroine of that story may there be seen upon the canvass of Riley —" Lady Clancarty, daughter of Robert Earl of Sunderland." A passing word now abcut the Sir Joshuas. Among these, there are (No. 160) "The School boy," (No. 174) "William Beckford," the author of Vathek, as he was in his youth, (No. 148) " Garrick," with his thumbs together (everyone knows the picture) : there are besides two (Nos. 192 and 203) of Georgiana the beautiful Duchess of Devonshire (who won a vote for Charles Fox by letting a butcher kiss her) — (No. 190) a cabinet portrait of the great " Doctor Samuel Johnson" in his cauliflower wig—and (No. 177), a portrait by Sir Joshua, also of Frank Barber (the " Mr. Francis Barber " of Boswell), the black servant man, first of all of Dr. Johnson and afterwards of Sir Joshua Reynolds. The visitor to the gallery ought to direct one glance up to (No. 201) Romney's vivid portraiture of himself and his father—and upon the opposite side of the room, another glance up to (No. 173) Opie's noble head of " Mary Wollstone craft." Other works of great interest, and several also of peculiar merit deserve attention, but these we cannot pause now to enumerate. sion. ..-~---- PRINCESS' S THEATRE. On Thursday evening Mr. Phelps appeared, for the first time during his present engagement at this theatre, in the part of Sir John Falstaff, in the " Merry Wives of Wind sor." Mr. Phelps' Sir John is admitted to be one of his greatest parts, and certainly on no other occasion has he better acted the character than on the one of which we speak. There was all that jovial chuckle and unctions humour which renders the part so famous in his hands, and so highly delights his audience. Mr. H. Vezin's Mr. Ford was also a very meritorious performance. His portrayal of the jealous-pated yet loving husband was in all respects perfect. The scene in the second act, a Room in the Garter Inn, in which Ford, as Master Brook, sounds the fat knight relative to his love for his (Ford's) wife, was given by both gentlemen with immense spirit, and elicited the greatest applause, which, in truth, it richly deserved. The other male parts in the comedy were well supported. Miss Atkinson and Miss Leclercq appeared as the two " Merry Wives of Windsor°" and well they acquited themselves. The comedy was "mounted" in the same elegant style that is a distinguishing feature of the present management. There was a very fashionable and crowded audience to witness the performance of the comedy, which is to be repeated for the second time this evening. STRAND IHEA'ERE. A laughable farce, entitled " On and Off," by Mr. J. Williams, was pro :arced on Thursday evening with much success. Mr. James Rogers is the prime mover of the mirth, by his enactment of Mr. Peter Dunducketty, a middle-aged bac'aelor, who has not got over the excitement of waltz music and the fascinating influences of pic-nic. All parties acted wit') great spirit, and Mr. Rogers threw into his part that mixture of character and caricature which renders his acting so amusing. The farce will long con tinue a favourite. Mr. Byron's comedy of " The Old Story" and his bur lesque of "Aladdin" continues to run with unabated appro bation. WILLIS'S ROOMS. Mrs. Key Blunt, an American lady, the daughter of Francis Scott Key, of Washington, author of " The Star spangled Banner," gave at these rooms last night a " Read ing from the Poets," in the presenee of a numerous audi ence. The extracts chosen for the occasion were of a mis cellaneous character, selected from the writings of Shaks pere, Goethe, Edgar Poe, Tennyson, Kingsley, and Sydney Dobell. Mrs. Blunt reads with grace and significance of gesture, and with propriety of emphasis. In several of her recitations she was zealously applauded, and it is evident that she is a lady of refinement and intelligence, with a certain charm of air and manner about her vividly felt, but not so easily described. 211 E SWIS SINGERS. A change of programme has taken place in the attractive concerts given by the Swiss Female Singers at St. James's Hall, and the entertainment as now arranged is without doubt one of the greatest musical treats in the metropolis. The voices of the fair singers harmonize extraordinarily. The choruses are admirably rendered, and the part singing is perfection. The comic solos by Fraulein Johanna Claussen calls forth the most enthusiastic applause. Madlle. Fredericka Kelley, the leading soprano, and the contralto, Mada me Anna Decker Schenk, both possess voices of great compass, .and the purity of taste exhibited by all the singers entitles them to the highest praise, MADLLE. VALEN7IN'S CONCERT. Madlle. - Valentin, a pianiste, well known and greatly ad mired in fashionable circles, gave her annual concert at the Hanover-Square Rooms, yesterday morning, when 8 1 ao jus tified her claims to the patronage she has so long enjoyed by the performance of Beethoven's " Sonata appashionata," the same composer's sonata in F, for piano and violin (in which she wes supported worthily by Herr Ole Bull), in Choi in's fantaisie in C sharp minor, Weber's " Moto per petuo," Sephen Heller's tarantella in E minor, and a duet with the admirable violoncellist M. Paque, composed by Golterman. The rooms were crowdej by a fashionable company. 211 AD AZL' LAURA BAXTER'S CONCER2. Last evening Madame Laura Baxter, one of our best native contraltos, gave her annual concert at St. James's Hall. The accomplished beneficiare displayed her magnifi cent voice, skilful method, and expressive style to the best advantage in H enry S mart's poetical song, entitled " Es ; Benedict's popular ballad, " By th esa d sea waves; " Bishop's "Horne, Sweet home," s and Balk's duct, "The sailor sighs," in the latter of which she enjoyed the in valuable assistance of Mr. Sims Reeves. Miss Matilda Baxter also appeared on this occasion as a pianist, for tho third time in public, in which she displayed much talent, and fully justified the favourable anticipations which her earlier efforts created. The hall was fully and fashionably attended. Mouth of the Hudson. By George 1,. Brown. A very beautiful picture from the hand of a young artist of considerable promise, Mr. George L. Brown, is now on view at No. 120, Pall Mall, better known as the French Gallery. It is in the same apartment with the royal pictures already noticed by us the four remarkable court pictures, painted, two of them, by Phillips and two by Winterhalter. Mr. Brown's painting, the property, we believe, of H.R.H. the Pince of Wales, a picture, if we recollect rightly, presented to his Royal Highness before his departure homewards from the United States depicts an exq u i s it e sweep of sky and water, of land and cloudland. " The Mouth of the Hudson " it is —and as such, as a reminiscence of the wonderful scenery in the vicinity of New York, that great transatlantic combination of Lotadon and Liverpool, it will be viewed with intense interest by all who have visited the locality and who are thereby qua lified to recognise .the faithfulness of the resem blance. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNIC/L-0 n Wednes day Mr. Black, M.P., gave a sumptuous entertainment at the Trafalgar, Greenwich, to the contributors to the last edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica and several of his personal friends. Among the former we observed Sir John Herschel, Mr. M. Mines, M.P., Mr. M'Culloch, Major- General Portlock, Mr. Caird, M.P., Mr. Robert Chambers, Mr. Bazley, M.P., Mr. Hepworth Dixon, Professor Masson, Drs. Letheby and Lankaster, &c. Among Mr. Black's private friends were the Lord-Advocate, Sir John Ogilvie, M.P., Sir William Dunbar, M.P., Messrs. Edward Ellice, M.P., T. A. Mitchell, M.P., W. S. Lindsay, M.P., Walter Buchanan,M.P.,W. E. Baxter, M.P., William Mellor,M.P Mr. Peter Dickson, Mr. Thomas Young, Professor Pillan;, Mr. Thomas Vardon, &c. After dinner Mr. Black .pro posed " The Health of the Contributors," and ex pressed his deep sense of the great obligations under which he was laid by the invaluable assistance he had received from them in carrying to a successful completion his great work. After alluding to the advan tages conferred on the world by the labours of men of literature and science, he concluded by returning his warmest thanks to the contributors to the Encylopedia for the kind and efficient support he had received from them. Mr. Monckton Milnes, after alluding to various Encyclo paedias which have appeared from time to time and to the number of Scotchmen whom he saw around him, and who, he hoped, did not mean to subdue the Southern States, con cluded a speech full of humour by giving " The Health of Mr. Black," on whose ability and sterling independence he pronounced a high eulogium. The Lord-advocate, after eomplimentini Mr. M'Culloch for his contributions to poli tical science, not in the Encyclopedia Britannica only, but in other publications, concluded by proposing his health. Mr. M'Culloch replied in an • effective speech, and con cluded by proposing the health of Mr. Black, junior, the efficient manager of his lather's establishment during the absence of the latter in London. 2,1 r. Black read a letter from Lcrd Brougham, in which he stated his great regret at being hindered by ill-health and the prohibition of hit; medical attendant from meeting so many of his distin guished contemporaries and friends. Mr. Black then gave the toast of "Better Health to J..ord Brougham." After a very feeling and eloquent response from Sir John Herschel to his health, proposed by the chairman, the company separated, highly gratified by their entertainment. IRON-CASED SHIPS. The following letter has been addressed to a contemporary : Sir,—ln the discussion on the Nayy Estimates on Monday night Lord C. Paget is reported to have made the following statement "Lord C. Paget wished to correct an impression that seemed to exist, that the Admiralty never consulted anybody bilt the Controller of the Navy in the construction of ships. They had consulted several of the most eminent shipbuilders, including Mr. Laird, of Liverpool, and Mr. Napier, of Glasgow, as to the construction of these ships." I was applied to by the Admiralty on the 28th of January, 1859, with several other private shipbuilding firms, and also, I have heard, some of the master ship xrights of the various dockyards, to give designs and detailed information respecting the ( onstruction of iron-cased ships of large size. The dimensions and form of vessel were left to the parties applied to, but general information as to the weights, armament, stores, &c., to be carried, the height of ports out of water, was furnished by the Admiralty. _ _ I sent in the plans and information, as request ed, on the Ist of March, 1859, and, as the other parties refered to no doubt did the same, it would appear desirable that the description and dimen sions of vessels proposed by the several parties applied to, and the report of the Controller of the Navy on the various plans submitted, should be published and laid on the table of the House of Commons for the information of members and the public. Soon after the plans and information above referred to were sent in (on the 30th of April, 1859), the Admiralty requested tenders for the construction of an iron-cased ship (since called the Warrior), and I am not aware that any private firms have since been asked to submit plans, but I believe that all the other frigates now building are constructing on the designs of the late or present Controller of the Navy. I regret to see the decision that has been come to by the Admiralty to build wood ships and case them with iron as, it is generally admitted that the adoption of iron for the construction of vessels of war of large size is not only desirable, but is the principal means by which the increasing ex penditure in our dockyards can be put a stop to. I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, Birkenhead, June 5. JOHN LAIRD. AN ENGLIsII CONSUL CAP2URED BY BRIGANDS. A letter from Genoa of the 3d in the Gazette de France, says :—" The English Consul at Valermo has been placed under ransom by some brigands. Mr. Rose had left the city with his family, and when he arrived at Porazzi his carriage was stopped. He was made prisoner, and a ransom of 2,000 gold ounces demanded. Mr. Rose disputed the sum, and got it reduced to 200, which he pledged his word as an Englishman to send to his captors. The latter imposed on him the condition of not saying a word on the subject, which he agreed to. His watch was taken from him, but he was pro mised that it should be returned when the money was paid. Mr. Rose was then set at liberty. He determined to pay the 200 gold ounces, and not to lodge any complaint, but the coachman and the children talked of the affair, and on its coming to the ears of the authorities they interfered to prevent the money being paid. Mr. Rose replied that as a private individual he must keep his word, but that as British Consul he must refer the matter to London ; from whence applications would be ad dressed to the Government of King Victor Em manuel, which is responsible for what takes place on Italian ground. Mr. Bastoggi, the Minister of Finance, will have to reimburse the 200 ounces." 7HE CASE OF M. MIRES. M. Mires appeared on Thursday before the Tri bunal of Correctional Police, that day having been fixed for his trial. He was very pale. His co accused, Solar, did not appear. After answering the usual questions as to his name and profession, his advocate, M. Matthieu, made a formal demand that all his papers and private correspondence, which had been seized, should be given up to him, that he should be allowed to take copies of them, &c. M. Mires, after his advocate had done speaking, said :—" I place my defence under the protection of the Tribunal. Since the first day of my arrest I hive suffered from the measures of precaution which have been taken against me, and from which persons dear to me suffer likewise. I am subjected to serious humiliations. lam not allowed to see my wife or my daughter, except in the presence of a turnkey! Order, I pray you, that these mea sures may cease." The President told M. Mires that the Tribunal had no power to redress the grievances he complained of, and it then decided that the application of his advocate could not be en tertained. After some discussion, the trial was postponed for a fortnight, and M. Mires was taken back to prison in a cab. DEATH OF ANOTHER CELEBRATED ITALIAN.— Yesterday evening, says the Unita Italiana of the 4th, died at Milan Baron G. H. Avesani. He was with Daniel Manin, the most illustrious exile from Venetia, and shared with Mania the honour of the revolution and of the defence of Venice. Extensive politic Al and legal knowledge, and a firmness beyond proof, distinguished this ardent Italian patriot. He died at the age of 68, and devoted himself to the redemption of his country to the last hour of his life. DEATH OF MAJOR CHARLES NASMYTH.—AII those who were proud to know themselves his fellow .citi zens will hear, with a regret keener even than that of his countrymen generally, that Major Nasmyth, the gallant defender of Silistria, expired on the 2d instant, at Pau, in the Pyrenees. Major Nasmyth, a son of our well-known and esteemed citizen, Mr. Nasmyth, Charlotte. square, was in 1843 nominated a cadet of the late East India Company's seminary at Addiscombe, and in 1845 passed an examina tion, and was appointed direct to the Bombay Artillery. Having lost his health by service in Guzerat, he was sent in 1853 to England on sick certificate, whence he was recom mended to take change of air to the Mediterranean. After a short at Malta he proceeded to Constantinople, and thence to Omar Pasha's camp at Shumla. From Shumla he visited the Dobrudscha after it was vacated by the Turks supplying information to Lord Stratford de Redcliffe re garding the state of the country. Having reached Silistria in the month of May, ere yet the siege had commenced, he made his services available to the garrison, and for so doing he received the approbation of both English and Turkish Governments, the latter accompanied by medals for the campaign of the Danube, siege of Silistria, and the order of the Medjidie. The hardships, privations, and anxieties of that period again shattered his health, and he was for some time afterwards laid aside at Constantinople, having lost all his personal property. In 1854 he was transferred from the East India Company's service to the Royal army, with which he served in the Crimea, and obtained the medal with clasps for Alma, Inkermann, and Sebastopol. From the Crimea he was invalided on account of bad health, and returned to England. He was then appointed to the Kilkenny district as an Assistant-Adjutant-General, after- i wards Brigade-Major at the Curragh, and later Brigade- Major and Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant-General in Dublin. At the Curragh his health, however, had been further damaged, and, not rallying in Dublin, he was transferred to Australia ; but disease had taken too strong a hold upon him, and he was invalided home in the end of 1859, when he reached Pan, in the south of France, where he remained until his death. It will be in the recollection of our readers that the freedom of this city was in the most flat tering manner, after his gallant and successful defence of Silistria, conferred upon Major Nasmyth; and all must lament the early removal of one whose professional skill and personal gallantry effected so early and important successes in the Turkish campaign. It will be a consolation to his friends to know that he faced the last enemy with the same composure and courage which distinguished his whole career, and with the resignation becoming a Christian. Whatever consolation his respected father and the other members of his family may derive under their bereavement from the conviction that they have the sincerest sympa thies of the public, and especially of their fellow-citizens, they may be assured of possessing in the fullest measure Scotsman. BANKRUPTCY OF NON-TRADERS. —Lord Chelms ford has given notice that he will move in Committee of the whole house on the Ba nkru p tcy Bill that a non .trader be not liable tobedmebatdies b eo a n n t k r r o u o p te t d ex e c f e t p er t ot the ethe passingpetiti on of thisof a creditor bllThe h w e hose select committee of the Lords have merely in serted a clause providing that a non-trader shall not be made onit c e b o a ° le e k , n r u e n p t t o o f n t a he de A bt ot c e o n n t t i r t a le c d te t d o a a l n r y ea e d s y, tat i e f o h r e p is ro a p t e t r h ty e c which is subject to forfeiture in case he should be bankrupt. Some minor distinctions have been made in the Lords'Com mittee between a trader and a non-trader. A proviso has been inserted that a non-trader abroad already shall not be deemed to remain abroad with intent to defeat or delay his creditors (an act of bankruptcy) until the expiration of six months after the passing of this bill. Lying in prison for debt for 14 days is to be an act of bankruptcy in a trader, but it must be for two months in the instance of a non -trader (an execution against a person's goods is not by the Bill an act of bankruptcy if he is not a trader). A non-trader is also to be allowed longer time (two months, as against seven days for a trader) before ajudgment-debtor summons can be taken out against him on non-payment of money ordered to be paid by a decree in equity; but the same ells tinction was already in the Bill in respect to judgment debtor summonses for judgment debts. Lastly, the power given in the Bill to the Bankruptcy Court to refuse the bankrupt's " order of discharge" or sentence him to a year's imprisonment, if the Court shall be of opinion "that his insolvency is attributa'ile to rash and hazardous specula tion or unjustifiable extravagance in living," has by the Lords' Committee been limited to the case of traders, THE BANKRUPTCY BILL. The Bankruptcy Bill, which almost exclusively occupied the earlier portion of the session, and upon which the eyes of the commercial classes were for some time so earnestly fixed, is once again before the world. It passed almost triumphantly through the House of Commons, and was sent up to the Lords with a general acclaim, scarcely warranted, perhaps, by the rather circumscribed character of its general scope. There, however, it met with a less favourable set of critics. It was regarded with much more suspicion than enthusiasm, and it: was sent upstairs to a select committee for close, searching examination. There were many points upon which the general community had con siderable misgivings, and upon which they lo lsed to the Law Lords for information, and perhaps for protection. The non-traders were in some measure apprehensive that their rea sonable security was about to be sacrificed, iu order' to gratify that eager rush to judgment which seemed to have become the prevailing desire of all commercial men. Quiet folk, who have nothing to do with money or articles of merchandise, and who know money only as a regular income which they earn, receive, and spend, were afraid of being caught up and drawn into a terrible machinery the rapid action of which was only necessary to seize the fleeting assets of men whose business it is to deal with large sums of money as jugglers deal with balls and knives, making them move rapidly before our eyes for a certain time, and then mysteriously disappear altogether. To allay these fears live looked to the Lords and their Select Com mittee. But we had no desire and no apprehen sion that the Peers would interfere with the general mechanism of the bill, so far as it related only to the administration of bankrupt estates •, and we certainly expected that the commercial body would. have been allowed to be the best judges of their own interest in collecting and distributing the assets of a bankrupt trader. This bill is now brought forth from its secret torture-chamber, and we must confess that it is a decrepit and a broken spectacle. The rack has been used more relentlessly than we had ever anticipated. We little thought, when we saw Sir Richard Bethell's offspring passing so jauntily upstairs for a sort of friendly examination, it would. come halting down again so haggard and so wan- Doubtless very many of tne excisions which we see are improvements. Some of them are cor rections of clumsy drawing not very creditable in a Government bill. The non-professional reader may be astonished to find the Lords quarrelling with the special provision that when the bill speaks in the singular number it should be understood to include several matters as well as one matter, and when of the masculine gender that it should be understood also to speak of the feminine gender.. But the Lords are aware that there is a general Act of Parliament which has already amply pro vided for all these small matters of interpreta tion, and that it is not only a very useless and a very inartistic, but also a very noxious practice, to encumber the statute-book with unnecessary and conflicting interpretation clauses. When, however, we have passed over about a dozen of these merely foe mal amendments, there is a terrible remainder of great organic changes. In the first place, the Court of Bankruptcy itself, which the original bill esta blished, is swept away. The Chief Judge, with his £5,000 a-year, his rank among the Superior Judges, his Secretary, his Registrar, and his retiring pension, is removed off the face of the bill. This looks like striking the character of Hamlet out of the play. The Chief Judge of this Court was the central figure of the great design; everything else seemed to lead up to it ; and, if we are to lose this most imposing part of the scene, and to go back again to such old properties as the Court of Appeal in Chancery, we lose a great deal of the novelty, to say the least of it, of the Attorney-General's new production. The new important portion of this bill was the assimilation of remedies against traders and non-traders, and the fusion of jurisdiction ire cases of bankruptcy and insolvency. It was in this we expected to find the most grievous mutila tion, for it was against this that Lord Chelmsford's hostility was principally directed. Strange to say, however, this part of the bill has been scarcely touched, except to render its provisions more clear in their expression. A little more latitude is given to the non-trader to remain abroad or to lie in prison at home, but generally he is left open to the operation of the Bankruptcy Law pretty much as he was by Sir R. Bethell. A third prin ciple of the new measure was to throw the collection and distribution of bankrupt estates into the hands of the creditors. The principal grievance brought forward by the Chamber of Commerce was the expense attending the proceedings towards a divi dend ; it was always said that this expense was principally ccasioned by the working of the system of official assignees. It was accordingly provided by this bill, that for nearly all purposes a creditors' nominee should take the place of the official as signee; and, perhaps, one of the most important clauses in the bill was that which provided that upon the appointment of the creditors' assignee the bankrupt's estate should be divested out of the official assignee and vested in the creditors' assignee. All this has disappeared from the bill. The creditors are allowed to choose their assignee, but what his duties and powers are to be does not very clearly appear. All those which were assigned to him by the original bill have been entirely disallowed. There is one other alteration in the bill which will be felt to be of importance to the general public. The mea sure which passed the House of Commons contained a provision that, even in cases where a bankrupt was not opposed, the Court might consider whether his conduct, as it appeared from the proceed ings, disclosed any reasonable_ objection to his discharge, and also whether there appeared to be ground for charging the bankrupt with conduct amounting to a misdemeanour. In the latter case the Judge was empowered to try him for this mis demeanour. By the Bill as amended, however, the power to refuse a discharge to unopposed bank rupts is struck out, and the power to try a bankrupt in the Bankruptcy Court is made conditional upon the bankrupt's consent. These are the principal alterations which the Lords have made in this important Bill. We fear they will be considered both by the autbor of the measure and by the commercial classes to be by no means improvements. It is by no means certain that we might not, if it be necessary to save the Bill, give up the Judge and his Court, and content ourselves with the accustomed judicial services of the present Commissioners. We might also, for the sake of peace, forego some portion of the protection against commercial swindling which we had hoped this bill would give us. It is hardly, however, to he expected that the Chambers of Commerce will be satisfied to surrender their favourite point of getting t he funds out of the hands of the lawyers and adminis tering them themselves, and we may be sure that that battle at least will be fiercely fought. On the other hand, Lord Brougham and his friends in the Peers are known to be equally strenuous in their convic tion a gainst the policy of creditors' assignees. Surely, however, this is a matter upon which the desires of the parties who are interested ought to prevail ? They must be supposed to understand what their own interests are. As there is no party que stion involved, and no great principles of policy in di,s ue pute, we may hope that all these points may yet . temperately discussed, and that some compronnse, may be effected between the professional view s 01 the Law Lords and the trading views of the Cham bers of Commerce. Something, perhaps, is to be conceded on both sides. There is so much good still left in this bill that we should be sorry to see it miscarry even as it at present stands, but Nv . e mus confess that we have been disappointed an the extentandtheimportance of these Lords' amend ments.—Tines. As the history of our first iron men-of-war is a matter of public interest, and as many contradictory reports respecting their armaments have gone the round of the press, according as the opinions of the Admiralty are balanced in favour of rifled or smooth-bored guns, we give the following as the latest resolution which has been arrived at on the matter—The Warrior and Black Prince are each to have, on the main deck, thirty-four6B- pounders, 95 cwt, smooth bores; on the upper deck, two 1 00-pounders, bow and stern, pivot guns, rifled, and four 40-pounders, rifled. These guns will be provided with ammunition as follows — The broadside gnus, 80 rounds; pivot guns, 190. The arma ment of the Achilles, now about to be built at Chatham, is of a more formidable character, namely—Forty-four 100- pounders, rifled guns, four 4 0-pounders ditto, and two 32-pounders, smooth bored. These are entirely independent of 25-pounder Armstrong guns for the pinnaces and launched. It will not surprise us to hear that the arma ments of the Warrior and Black Prinee have again under gone modification, and that a larger proportion of rifled guns are introduced ; but the above is as the order stands at present. The Duke of Wellington. 131, is ordered to receive nine Armstrong heavy guns, similar to those sup plied to the Marlborough.—Army and .Navy Gazette. THE MAILS, &c.—SOUTHAMPTON, June 7.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steamer Alham bra, Captain N. Roskell, sailed hence to-day with the mails for Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo, 12 passengers, and £B,OOO in sovereigns far Lisbon. The Tyne, Captain Woolcott, leaves on Monday with the mails for Capo Verde, Brazil, and River Plate; the Delta, Capt. Field, on Wednesday, with the Mediterranean and Bombay mails ; and the Bremen, Capt. We: sell, on Wednesday, with mails for New York. The Ellora, Capt. soy, is expected here on Monday with tho heavy Bombay and Mauritius mails; the Tagus, Cap tain Hall, with the Peninsular mails, on Tuesday ; the Saxonia, Captain Ehlers, with mails from New York of the Ist inst., on Thursday ; and the Atrato, Captain Woolley, , with the West India and Pacific mails, on Friday,