The Sun. — London, England, 1861-06-04 00:00:00

THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone- THIS EVENING, the neriortnanoes will commerce with the Comedy of THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. Chas. Mathews, Buckstone, E. Villiers, Rogers, (to.; 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. RO YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris, THIS EVENING, TRUTH AND FICTION. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews,Widdicombe, Shore, Cathcart, Garden; Miss C. Leclercq, Miss R. Leclercq, and Miss M. Harris. Followed by DON CESAR DE BAZAN. Mr. Fechter. To conclude with NURSEY CHICKWEED. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.— We Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Reproduction of "The Colleen Bawn. " The Adelphi "Census" every Evening. THIS EVENING, the successful new Farce, entitled A TURKISH BATH. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford. After which (197th time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. D. Bouoicault, D. fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, 'C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Wad ; Mrs. Boucicault, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To be followed by a new apropos Sketch, THE CENSUS. Messrs. J. 1.. Toole, Eburne, Romer, C. J. Smith ; Miss Kate Kelly, Miss E. thorn, and Mrs. Chatterley. Doors open at half past s—Commence at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- THIS EVENING, Production of the Grand Spectacle of MAZEPPA, with new scenery, dresses, &c., supported by Mr. James Holloway and a most powerful Company. To be followed by SCENES in the CIRCLE—The Rocky Mountain Wonders. Concluding with a Comic Ballet. Reduced prices. Commence at 7. CANTERBURY -HALL CONCERTS AND FINE ARTS GALLERY• EVERY EVENING, Two Grand Selections from celebrated Operas, including Verdi's new Opera, THE BAL MASQUE (first produced in England and only to be heard at this Establishment), with a Chorus of Forty Voices, and upon a scale unequalled at any other Concerts. Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Greville, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivqll, Mr. Bernard ; the popular Solos on the Cornet-a piston, by Mr. 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. tinned 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. T H E 0 X FOR D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. • Mr. LEVY, undoubtedly the best performer of the day on the Cornet-a-Piston—Grand Selections (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. Charles Greville, Fornari, Kimber ley, 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 !pest entertainment, every evening. Admission, Hall, sixpence; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. DAT.—Morning, 10h. 56m.—Afternoon, Ilh. 28m. To-stoanow.-Morning, 11h. 54m.—Afternoon, h. m. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 4, 1661. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 52—lowest this morning and during the night. 62—this day at soon. Biutourralt-30.10. WlND—North-Easterly—light ; with dull weather. Slight rain in the morning. •,1,. I ; ,• i,..,,,,;-7'.:7 1: : " :;,....-) .. .. e'l k .,-,: „....- ,-- , :•--,—.. x . f., 6, ..:5....' ..41 ,., , , - 7,' ..4 ti, :. - 7 A !_...(t.,./.54 , ..7 -- ~ ~,•••‘;.,, , f7‘"..'t...,^,>, ' i t.;: ii. ; ., i ' . 7,-;L i i 0 '' ; -,•: ~,.,(:•; i , • : . .-,41 , ,, 7 •• c- - -., ' -."---.: ' ' 4 . 4; ___,, --A, " t ic !i% du..)-; THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1881. The correspondence and the newspapers by the last mails are even warmer than the telegrams in regard to England and foreign powers—they are the flame to the sparks. We must be very careful, or we shall have the Great North down upon us in a little time; it will first give the rebels their thrashing, and then round and" lick the Britishers." It is proverbial that apostates are the bitterest persecutors of their old creed, and the hottest in their new one. No one more angry than Lord DERBY with beloved Austria, when she jilted him by going to war without his leave, and adversely to his political interests; and Mr. SEWARD appears to be no exception to the rule. With an absurd self-complacency in his own wisdom, which pro voked a smite, he refused to believe in prolonged rebellion and a hostile Southern movement, he wasted abundance of valuable time, smiling in inaction—but, now that his dreams have been thoroughly disturbed, his wrath with rebels, and with any one else whe only looks at them, knows no bounds. There is nothing he will not do, not only to bring the rebels to subjection, but to punish afterwards those who may " comfort and abet them." Mr. SEWARD finds himself, indeed, compelled to follow the people ; and makes up for his unsea sonable past backwardness by being more mad than the mob itself. We should, however, be ex ceedingly sorry if Lord JOHN RUSSELL could de scend to regard in the least all this braggadocio of boyish statesmanship and to modify the straight forward and excellent policy which he has already chosen. It is that of the strictest neutrality. For, however thoughtless and angry politicians may be at New York and at Washington, to acknowledge belligerent rights for the South is not to acknowledge the Southern Government. M. THOUVENEL went further, for he annoyed the Washington representative not a little by remind ing him that the modern practice of Europe had been to acknowledge de facto governments, and it would be certainly difficult to show that the Southern Confederation did not deserve that name. We are sorry to observe that the Washington Ad ministration itself is not backward to compli cate our relations with a view to its own advantage. It accepts the Canadian Regiment which has offered its services, touchy and insolent as it was respecting our enlisting American citizens in a late war fully as righteous as their own, and certainly more disinterested. We shall, however, continue to look on Southern crews of privateers not as men to be hung at the yardarm by the commanders of American ships of war ; nor do we believe that such a threat can ever be carried into execution. Most certainly, if it were, the sympa thies of all Europe would be at once with the Slaveholding States. Another form of Washington bluster is that Mexico has been warned that the MUNROE policy must be strictly carried out ; that no European Power may help her against her rebels ; and that Spain is to come to grief if she 'lnsist in her wicked attempt on St. Domingo. We believe that attempt to be wicked enough ; but whether the Northern States be pleased or not, we hold it to be perfectly optional with all European Governments to take what part they think wisest in the affairs of America. Any European State is , quite as much at liberty to admit the de facto Government of the Southern Confederacy, to ally itself with it, and to aid its efforts for independence as France was to give aid to America for the same purpose when the Thirteen Colonies revolted. Preparations appear to be making to attack Virginia from three points, from the east moving along the Bay of Chesapeake to Fort Monroe at its entrance, where a considerable force will be eon- Coo trated, as it will become the base of further operations. By this means, the Norfolk navy yard will again be in possession of the Federal Government. One small fort at the entrance of the harbour has already been destroyed by the ships of the Federalists, and a whole fleet of prizes lies in Hampton Roads under the guns of the ships there. From Fort Pickens the intelligence is, that an attack is not unlikelY. The 'Dirt •i s thought, however, to be impregnable, and it 48 now 1,500 defenders; but that force is wholly in competent to attempt anything like the capture of the navy yard opposite. Fort Pickens mounts 215 guns, and is situated on the long narrow island of Santa Rosa, which commands the entrance of the Bay of Pensacola, the Gulf port of Florida. Altogether, we must say that the North seems as yet far from organised for immediate ac tion. It has got a respectable force to the front ; but its reserves are far from ready, and it appears almost as much disposed for defence as for attack. The South, now, thinks of nothing but defence. Not until Monday, the 10th of June, will the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill, after all, reappear in the House of Lords, , for consideration there in Committee. It was so announced from the wool sack on Thursday evening by the Lord Chancellor. Not without expressions of very comprehensible re gret falling from the lips of that Noble and Learned Lord at the extraordinary variety:and character of the changes introduced into the measure by the Se lect Committee—the Committee appointed by the Upper House to examine more carefully and mi nutely into this comprehensive outline of an en actment for the re-arranging and more perfect con solidation of the Laws relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency. Lord CAMPBELL, in expressing these regrets of his, while avowing his determination " to remain silent for the present," in order that he might not thereby give occasion for any premature discussion in reference to the amendments suggested by the Select Committee—neverthless could not refrain from protesting, almost in the same breath, that he deemed some of the changes so radical in their character that they were rather to be re garded as alterations than amendments ! "Amend ments," in fact, the ;Lord Chancellor appeared to look upon as a ludicrous misnomer in reference to changes, he, for one, could not estimate in any light as amendments. He considered some of them of such peculiar importance, that he pre mised, while addressing their lordships on Thursday, that those at least would require their most serious consideration. With a view to facilitate which after-scrutiny of the measure as now re arranged, the Bill as amended (P) is in the interim to be reprinted, so that the Lords will be enabled the more readily to perceiie in what particulars it differs in its present shape from the original draft as sent up to them from the Commons. According to all that can yet be learnt in respect to the modifi cations and in point of fact the absolute trans formation adventured upon by the Select Committee there appears to be little likelihood that the First Law Officer of the Crown would be able to recognise his own offspring, so changed is it since it passed from his paternal and protective care to the Upper House of Parliament. In reality the changes introduced are understood to be so many and so great—[the chief of them may be found enumerated, by the way, in another of our impres sion of this evening, in a very suggestive passage culled from the Times City Correspondence]— and the session itself is already so far advanced, that we begin to fear that the Bankruptcy Bill may not be passed after all in any shape that the Attorney-General would consider satisfactory. We have just seen a purely party victory, we shall soon see whether a victory for party, and principle too, will be as decided. The battle was, indeed, to have been fought to-morrow, but Mr. S. ESCOURT has persuaded Sir JOHN TRELAWNY to give him and his friends a fortnight to com plete a Compromise Bill, by which they hope to please all parties—a perfectly vain hope ! It is not to be denied that the divisions on the Budget have been quite equal to what the balanced state of parties in the House could entitle any Govern ment to expect. But it is as little to be denied that they were party divisions merely. No Liberal principle has been at stake in the question which tax should be repealed or lightened by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer to get rid of the estimated surplus. The fight has been one for the occu pancy of the Treasury benches, and had the Tories triumphed instead of the Liberals the victory would not have been directly, adverse to any Liberal principle. It will not be so on Church-rates. One of the most distinctively Liberal Questions will then be the subject of a severe struggle, and Toryism will make an unusually strenuous effort on behalf of Religious Monopoly, Religious Domination, and, if we may put the two words together, Religious Coercion. We do not use these words vitupera tively. The opponents of Church-rate Abolition, we may say, accept them. They do not deny that they resist Sir JOHN TRELAWNY'S Bill not so much on account of the importance of the amount raised by Church-rates, as because their abolition would be so far a dimi,nution of the privileges, enjoyed by the Episcopal Church at the cost of all the rest of the nation ; that it would be the surrender of one badge of its supremacy. And, if the Church must part with the right to tax Dissenters, a large section of Churchmen still ask for power to coerce their brother Churchmen to pay the rate. Liberals of all , grades, indeed, includ ing a few of the more liberal Tories, have confessed by their speeches and their votes that Church-rate Abolition is the flag under which the principle of Religious Liberty has been fight ing for many years, its parliamentary and its paro chial battle. Liberalism struggles to advance its objects under two great divisions, Civil Liberty and Religious Liberty ; and wisely so, for never has it been yet known that one was long secure without the other. Perhaps, indeed, the conception of the sacred rights of conscience, is that which most distinguishes the struggle for liberty in modern civilisation, as compared with similar struggles in ancient times. In this struggle along its entire history, and markedly so at the present time, every trustworthy Liberal in politics is a firm supporter of all measures of Religious Liberty ; while it is equally notorious that the most zealous advocates of Religious Liberty, are also the most zealous in their demands for extended civil liber- ties. We desire, however, from special as well as from general considerations, to remind Liberal members that the battle of Church-rate Abolition is on e in which they must confirm their late party victory for the sake of their party itself. For one Liberal elector who took an interest in Paper Duty repeal, for its own sake, there are at least a hundred who are deeply interested in Church-rate Abolition. Paper duties were hardly known of beyond the paper mill —Church-rates are not only known, but are a sub ject of contention in almost every parish in the kingdom ; perhaps there is hardly a parish in which some one does not feel aggrieved by them. When i scanning the lists of votes on the paper duties, the remark would be, this member or that stood by Lord PALMERSTON, or " ratted ;" when looking through the lists of votes on Sir JOHN TRELAW NEY'S bill, the observation would be, Mr. So-and- So stuck to Religious Liberty and the Liberal cause—or Mr. So-and-So was recreant to Liberalism. We cannot doubt that the presence of members will be looked for with much deeper personal inte rest by hundreds of thousands at the Church-rate battle than it was at the Budget battle. Men who t 'have been fighting an up-hill b a t t l e of thirty years, - I and who b.aye for several years been victors ; who THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1861. in his opinion, was unanswered and unanswerable, and repeated the propositions enunciated in that communication. He declared that if ever the old flag of England became associated with the black flag of the South, the star-spangled banner of the United States and the tricolour of Imperial France would be seen together against her, for, Mr. CASSIUS CLAY added, France had not forgotten St. Helena." Yet, says Lord JOHN RUSSELL, " the feel ings of all States towards this country are friendly !" The Times' Paris Correspondent (of that date !) adds—" I may observe that behind the chairman the French flag floated from the head of the EMPE ROR'S bust, flanked on each side by the ' stars and stripes,' and to these associated emblems Mr. CLAY pointed several times." And our Foreign Secretary can all the while see no indication whatever any where of the merest chance of the possibility of the disturbance of our political relations, either with regard to " any" of the great European nations, or with regard to America! Sentiments like these, expressed only the other day in the Hotel du Louvre, at Paris, by—not an ordinary American citizen, but by—Mr. CASSIUS CLAY, the American Minister to St. Petersburg; sentiments so auda cious and insolent as these imperatively demand, we cannot but think this, imperatively demand imme diate diplomatic explanations. STRATEGIC WAR POINTS OF THE UNITED STATES. Mr. James Wyld has now given us his map of the places which every reader of newspapers needs to know about. It contains first, a map of the country round Washington; secondly, of Charleston Harbour; thirdly, of the country round the Bay of Chesapeake, and up the Potomac as far as Wash ington ; fourthly, of the City of Washington and the District of Columbia; and fifthly, of Pensacola Bay and its fortifications. The reader has thus the whole country from Harper's Ferry on the West to the entrance of the Chesapeake on the East before him, with enlarged views of each of the principal scenes of military action. It will be a highly ac ceptable aid to all of us at the present moment. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by the Princess Alice, and the Pzincess Helena, and attended by the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, took a drive iu an open car riage-and-four yesterday afternoon. Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood was in attendance on horseback. THE BARON DE BODE CASE.—This case is this evening to be brought before the House of Commons by Mr. Denman. THE WESTERN FISHERIES.—About 54 boats at the port of St. Ives (Cornwall) have been engaged lately in mackerel fishing. Some of them have been taking from 400 to 3,000 per beat, which have sold at from los. to 225. per 100. At Mevagissey the shoals have been small, vary ing from 200 to 800 each. A quantity of mackerel has been taken on some parts of Devonshire coast during the last few days. GLASGOW, June I.—Cotton.—We have had a quiet cotton market this week. Where sales have been effected, however, it has been at the rates current last week, as holders, in view of the present aspect of American affairs, will not submit to a decline. Goods and Yarns—There is a fair demand for yarns, and for some counts a slight ad vance has been obtained. Goods, on the other hand, are in very depressed state, and prices aro maintained with diffi culty. Iron—The pig iron market has exhibited a hardening tendency throughout the week, apparently attributable to the stoppage of the Eglinton Works, on account of a diffi culty with the colliers in Ayrshire. Another small work in the Lanarkshire district has stopped from a different cause. DANGEROUS COSMETICS,—At a recant sitting of the Academy of Medicine here, Dr. Reveil read a paper on the necessity of preventing perfumers from selling poison ous or dangerous articles, which should be exclusively left to the responsibility of regular chemists, and not sold with out a physician's prescription. "To show the danger there is in allowing the unchecked sale of certain compounds," he said, "I need but state that arsenic, the acid nitrate of mercury, tartar emetic, cantharides, colchicum, and potassa caustica form part of their ingredients. The kind of soap called lettuce soap which is sold with the announcement that it has been acknowledged by the Academy, does not contain the slightest trace of lettuce. This and other soaps are all coloured green by the sesqui-oxide of chromium, or of a rose colour by the bi-sulphuret of mercury known as vermillion. Some which are cheaper contain 30 per cent. of insoluble matter, such as lime or plaster, while others contain animal nitrogenous matter which, having escaped the process of saponification, emits a bad smell when its solution is left exposed to the air. The various toilet vinegars are so far noxious that, being applied to the skin still impregnated with soap and water, they give rise to a decomposition, in consequence of which the fatty acids of soaps, being insoluble in water, are not removed by washing, become rancid, and cause a chronic in flammation of the skin. The preparations employed for hair-dye under the pompous names of African Water,' Florida Water,' &e,, all contain nitrate of silver, sulphur, oxide, and acetate of lead, sulphate of copper, and other noxious substances. All cosmetics for removing hairs or freckles are dangerous; the lait antephelique, for instance, contains corrosive sublimate and oxide of lead. Were a chemist to deliver such a remedy to a customer without a regular prescription, he would be liable to a fine of 6,000 f." Dr. Revel concltided by express ing his regret that certain physicians should so far forget their own dignity as to lead the support of their names to such noxious inventions.—Galignani's Messenger. IRON-PLATED Sllirs.—At one time it was sup posed that the Lords of the Admiralty would wait to see the performances of the Warrior at sea before ordering any further iron ships to be built ; but it would seem that either the slowness with which this pattern ship is progressing in her equipment, or the rapidity of the movements of our Im perial ally on the other side of the water, has induced their lordships to change their minds upon the subject, for we have reason to believe that at least six additional iron plated ships will be constructed in private yards as soon as the drawings can be prepare& These ships will be of the most formidable character, and we have no doubt will be built on designs which will combine great speed with vast powers of resistance. The Iron Plate Commission, which, under the presidency of Captain Sir John Dalrymple Hay, R.N., has been for some time past sitting in Victoria-street, Westminster, has, for the furtherance of the important ob ject for which it was originally formed, called into its sup port a consultative committee of gentlemen whose occupa tions would naturally lead them to an acquirement of con siderable knowledge in reference to the structure of iron plates best adapted for the covering of ships' sides, and the public will learn with satisfaction that Messrs. Laird, Samuda, Scott Russell, Fairbairn, and Palmer are among those who will be applied to for advice. Sir J. Pakington, in his evidence before the Admiralty Committee, stated that he had not only the sanction of the Government of which he was a member, but that of her Majesty the Queen, to re tire compulsorily all flag-officers whose age and infirmities would prevent them from serving. A rumour is now cur • rent that the Duke of Somerset is prepared with a a scheme embodying the views of Sir John upon this subject; and it is further affirmed that, if only a gentle amount of pressure is brought to bear upon the Government, the plan will be developed.—Army and Navy Gazette. GOOD OUT OF EVlL.—With difficulty we find our way to Barnsley-street, a place of evil repute, which was one of the possessions of the miserly Mrs. Emsley, who supplied the pcor with tenements which the people say were " not fit for dogs," and met with a terrible death. It is a feature of this neighbourhood that many of the streets have no names attached to them, or these are so indistinct as to be almost illegible. This has caused the difficulty in finding Barnsley-street. We have at last reached it, and see that great improvements are in progress, for the pro perty has come into fresh hands. The houses, so far as the walls are concerned, are substantial ; but when in Mrs. Emsley's care the interiors were allowed to go completely to ruin; every room wan let to a separate family, and the revenue she must have derived by this means must have been very great. Considering it was not good for the people themselves, many of whom were of very bad character, to live in this way, the present owners had certain of the houses cleared of their tenants. The buildings were put into repair, painted, and papered, and into these some of the most respectableof the inhabitants were glad to remove, taking care not to overcrowd. The other houses are under going the same process ; and as soon as one is finished it is immediately let. The registrar of deaths will be able, ere long, to report on the results of this change.—Builder. THE EXPLOSION at WALTHAM AI3BEY.—On Saturday afternoon Mr. Longmore, the deputy coroner for Hertfordshire, held an inquest at the White Hart, Waltham cross, on the body of Samson Woodharn, aged 35, who died from the effects of an explosion which occurred at the Go • vernment gunpowder works on the morning of Monday last. On the conclusion of the evidence the coroner summed up, and the jury returned the following verdict :—" We find that the deceased met with his death from an explosion of gunpowder at the works at Waltham-abbey, caused by not using the hide leathers provided in removing the run. Hers; and the juryiwould recommend that the foreman be instructed to see that the leathers are used by the men, and any other precautionary measure be adopted that the autho rities deem fit," Colorill Askurth, superintendent of the factory, assured the jury that every possible precaution was adopted for carrying on the manufacture of powder at Wal tham with safety; but it could dot be foreseen that four men would be so foolhardy as to remove six runners with out leathers, or using the ordinary precautions. He would see that leathers were provided ;for every runner in tLe cotablislaucut. have had, indeed, nothing to fear but from the Stock Toryism of the Lords, naturally expect that their representatives vill be present and sustain their hard-won position. Liberal members must also look at the general position of their party. Wednesday victories over Religious Liberty have been the chief device of the Tories for making the country out of love with the Liberal party. That party could always muster in sufficient strength to leave the other party in a minority. It has failed to do so. It even suffered an amendment to be carried this year by a majority of five, on so long triumphant a measure, and one so simply a measure of religious liberty, as the Marriage Bill—this is ruinous neglect of their own interests by the Liberal. party. They might well take a lesson from the opposite party. Thus The Press, showing how much these damaging defeats of the Liberals on their own ground do for the Tories, adds—" All that is wanted to complete the disasters of Ministers is the defeat of the Church rate Bill on the third reading !" Our contemporary is quite right. We believe nothing better could be done to render Liberal electors supine in their support of the present Government than to see it not exerting its influence suffi ciently to secure a good majority (relatively, we mean, to such a Tory Parliament as this) for Sir JOHN TRELAWNY. The principal Liberals in the Cabinet (for Mr. GLADSTONE is merely a commer cial Liberal) have all given in their adhesion to the Bill, and hence though it is not a Government mea sure, it is so far a Liberal Cabinet measure, that the Cabinet would lose the confidence of the coun try by its defeat. Of one thing there is no doubt, the Tory pha lanx is well in hand, and will do its work. Not a man who can be present will be absent. To defeat the long-victorious Churoh-rate Abolition Bill will be almost a compensation for their own defeat on the Budget. They will be able to point to more victories over Liberals, than of Liberals over Tories, this session. They will proclaim themselves as the conquerors, so far as distinctively Liberal measures are concerned, and to accomplish this end they will naturally strain every nerve. Their tactics, really creditable from the party front of view, can be met successfully only by imitation of them. If Tory members will make the requisite sacrifice to be present in full force at every division on a Liberal measure, Liberal members must make the same sacrifice, or leave the country to conclude that its Liberal majority is more indolent than the large Tory minority. Of course the next thought will be, if they give themselves no trouble to serve us, why should we take trouble to keep them in Par liament. On the merits of the question we have said nothing. Everyone understands them. All resolves itself into this—" Are the members of the Church of England as competent as those of every other sect to pay for the expenses incidental to their worship, and the repairs of their places of worship P" Seeing Dissenters not only do this, though confessedly far less wealthy, but also pay the salaries of their own ministers, and build all their own places of worship, it seems childish to argue the question. We are ashamed of Churchmen who can degrade their own Church by asking coercive powers for what others effect so easily by voluntary subscription. It will be remembered how very pacific were the anticipations of our leading statesmen seven or eight years ago, when we were all the while drift ing into war with Russia ! It will also be borne vividly in recollection by those who listened to the debate in the House of Commons on Thursday night, the 30th ultimo, the night of the last great division—how very pacific also was the tone of the closing words of the speech delivered upon that occasion by the noble lord her MAJESTY'S Foreign Secretary. It was the most bland and consolatory peroration well imaginable. It was tinted with the purest couleur de rose. It was calculated, if only it could have been accepted by them as pro phetic, to lull to rest for ever all the evil anticipa tions of her MAJESTY'S Opposition. "It is neces sary," said Lord JOHN RUSSELL, "It is necessary I should assure the House that neither with regard to America, nor with regard to any of the great European nations, do I see at present any prospect that our pacific relations will be disturbed. The world, however, is in a state of change, and far be it from me make any prophecy that peace will, in all the changes, be preserved. All I can say is that, as far as I know, the feelings of all the States towards this country are friendly: that there are no questions pendingupon which any conflict is likely to arise; and that, as far as my humble means can promote the cause of peace and goodwill upon earth, I will exert them to that end." Whereupon the House broke forth into loud cheers —or, at any rate, the Ministerialists did, as in duty bound. Now, look for a moment to these words precisely as we have printed them. Note those we have emphasised by italicising them. They are worthy of particular consideration. Because, while they are Lord JOHN'S zpsissirna verba, his identical utterances as reported the next day in the columns of the public newspapers, they appeared upon that morning of Friday, the 31st ultimo, in the columns of our chief morning contemporary, simultaneously with an incidental running commen tary of a character the most deplorably inoppor tune ! Another part of the Times of that date gave, as usual, the latest intelligence transmitted to that journal from France by its able Paris Correspondent. At the head of his communication, under date "Thursday, the 30th," (the very day of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S speech in the House of Commons, that benignant foreshadowing of a roseate future, as sketched out by the bewitchingly pacific peroration already quoted)—at the head of the Paris Correspondent's letter, of that date, to the Times newspaper, the writer gave the subjoined circular, intimating while doing so that it had very recently been in circula tion in the French capital:— " THE CONSTITUTION AND THE UNION. " All citizens of the United States now in Paris desirous of uniting in an expression of devotion to the Constitution and the Union of their country are invited to breakfast at the Hotel du Louvre, on Wednesday, May 29, at 12 precisely. Ladies are particularly invited." Appended to which c i rcu l ar were t w o authenti cating signatures—namely, J. W. TUCKER, 13, Fau bourg Montmartre, and C. F. HONEY, 79, Richelieu. After the explanatory prefix of the which circular, come the Paris Correspondent's report of the pro ceedings which really took place in the Hotel du Louvre at this festive cel ebration —proceedings of which we gave the full particulars only as recently as yesterday, referring to them casually in our leading columns of last evening. And now in regard to that earliest report, and in regard t 5 those same proceedings, it will be suf ficient if we here remark that, in the midst of that instant reference to it the Miles Correspondent at Paris observed:— " Mr. CAsslus CLAY, the American Minister to St. Petersburg, was then called upon by the chair man to address the meeting, which he did at some length. He spoke with energy on the conduct of England, and of the belligerent rights' recognition and the English Government. He quoted his own letter addressed to the Times some days back, which, LATEST NEWS. INDIA. BOMBAY, MAY 12. Mr. Laing introduced his Budget in the Legis lative Council on the 27th April: The army is to be reduced to 200,000 men. The Budget shows a reduction of £3,600,000 in the expenditure, and an increase of £2,080,000 in the revenue. Mr. Laing proposes to raise £500,000 by taxa tion through the local governments. These three operations balance the finances, and leave a surplus of £250,000. There is to be no new loan on account of in creased expenditure for public works. Local legislative councils are to be established. The import duties on cotton yarn and twist are to be lowered to 5 per cent. The income-tax is pronounced to be a failure, and is to be abandoned. The license tax is to be withdrawn. The Scinde Railway was opened to Kotree yes terday by commission. The Army Amalgamation Order has been pub lished, and received with intense hostility. The European rank and file volunteer freely. The officers stand aloof. An important official plan for the peaceable re tirement of 1,000 supernumerary officers has been surreptitiously published in Calcutta. It will now be hard for the plan to be adopted. General Congreve died at Simla on the 29th of April. Major Atkinson has died at Umballah of apoplexy. Captain Boddam, of the Bombay Engineers, died on the 2d inst. It is rumoured that the ex-King of Oude is dead, TURIN, JUNE 3, EVENING. On Sunday Count Cavour passed a restless night. He was bled this evening for the sixth time, and is now better. His physicians declare his illness to be a very mild form of typhus fever, without any alarming symptoms. PESTH, JUNE 4. To-morrow the discussion in the Lower House on the Address will terminate, and the Tote will be taken. It is probable that the Address proposed by M Deak will be adopted. FRANCE. PARIS, RINE 3. In the Legislative Body, MM. Darimon, Jules Fayre, E. 011ivier, Henan, and Picard, having given notice of their intention to propose a reduc tion of 1,000,000 fr. in the secret service money, the committee on the budget thus remarks on the proposition :—" The object of this amendment ap pears to be not so much to criticise the amount of the credit, as to obtain the revision of certain penal laws. The committee which you have charged to examine the budget does not think that it has re ceived from you authority to deliberate on such a matter, and it therefore proposes to you to vote the sum of 2,000,000 fr., which for several years past has been accorded, without its necessity having ever been contested." BOURSE, June 3.—The market Ihas been dull, caused principally by the arrival of the English Funds with lower quotations, but prices have not materially varied from those of Saturday, Threes, for the Account, being now at 69f. 25c. Railway Shares also heavy. The following were the last quotations : 4f per per Cents ... 96 20 Credit Fonder 985 Do. end month.... —! Belgian 4} — 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 30 ! Roman Bank Shares 2895 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 695 , Spanish Threes 5O 25 Do. Account 697 50jHome Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1355 .. 1356 25 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 926 25 .. 927 50 Geneva 405 .. 403 75 Southern 572 50 ~ 571 25 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lowbard PRUSSIA. In the Prussian Chamber of Deputies on the 31st ult., before the vote on the War Budget was taken, Prince Hohenzollern read a declaration to the effect that the Government, in order to defend the security and maintain the power of Prussia, must insist in principle on the demand for the aug mentation of the army, and could not, as regards the reductions to be effected, exceed a certain limit ; however, to show a conciliatory spirit, it would, he said, admit the amendment of M. Kuhne, proposing a reduction of 750,000 thalers, which is within that limit. That amendment was adopted. ITALY. The Italie states that Kossuth has been on a visit to Duke Litta, at his villa of Lainate. General Klapka is stated to be constantly moving backwards and forwards between Caprera and Milan. King Victor Emmanuel has addressed the fol lowing order of the day to the troops, on the occasion of the distribution of the new colours, a ceremony fixed for the second of June : " Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Soldiers, --It is now nearly 13 years since my august father, on crossing the Ticino to begin the war of indepen dence of our country, gave you the tricolour with the Cross of Savoy, and pronounced these prophetic words :—' The destiny of Italy is ripening.' Under this flag you have replied to that auspicious augury by brilliant victories, but for an instant stopped by contrary fortune. But the power of virtue and constancy of purpose again made it wave gloriously in distant regions, side by side with the colours of the most powerful armies of Europe. Then, en tering the field of Lombardy, still fresh with the recollections of Goito and Pastrengo, you culled splendid laurels in conjunction with the renowned eagles of France. A new lustre of gl.ory then spread over the whole peninsula, and the people of Italy, rallying round the banner of national independence, accomplished deeds and acts which our children's children will remember with grati tude and love. Now the destinies of Italy are ripe. Soldiers ! I give you these new colours in the name of Italy, which has again become free. They bear the names of the battles fought. I en trust to your virtue these emblems of loyalty and honour, on which the arms of my house, illustrated by eight centuries of bravery, are united to the symbol of the nation restored to independence." The following is a fresh despatch addressed to the representatives of Francis 11. at foreign courts, and dated Rome, 25th ult. : " Sir,—The Government of the King of Piedmont has just presented to the Parliament of Turin a bill for a loan of 500 millions of francs. If this were solely a financial operation of Piedmont, and for herself alone, no other Government could have a right to interfere with it, but as the greatest part of that money will be devoted to ex tend still more the yoke which weighs on the people of the Two Sicilies, and to increase with a new public debt the burdens which the dis order of usurpation already renders insupportable, his Majesty thinks himself compelled, both for him self and for his people, to loudly protest against this projected loan, declaring at present (in order that no person shall deceive themselves on the subject) that he is decided never to recognise the effects of it as far as regards the interest of the Two Sicilies. You will, sir, be pleased to communicate this protest to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Govern ment to which you are accredited.—Accept, &c., cc DEL BE." ST. DOMINGO. Accounts from St. Domingo, received by the last West India mail, represent that the pop,ulations are not, as stated in the Spanish journals, unanimously in favour of the annexation of their country to Spain. On the contrary, the accounts add that in some places the people have risen against the new Spanish Government, and conflicts be. tween them and the troops have taken place at Samana, and near Neyva. General Cabral, who commanded the Dominican army, but would not take any part in the annexationist movement, and who had retired to Hayti, has appeared on the frontier, and issued the following proclamation : " Dominicans !—I am now on the territory of the Republic, and am ready, as I offered you, to shed my blood to aid you in saving the country which Santana has just sold. I render thanks to Providence for opening to me the path by which I have arrived among you. Our national honour is intact ; General Sanchez has assured you of that, and I guarantee the facts We are about to commence a great conflict, which will prove to the world that we are free. We will seek out the man who sold the country, in order to see if he is as brave as he is traitorous. We will preserve our beautiful land from the chains of servitude, and carry the national flag in triumph through every part of the Republic. Countrymen !—ln this campaign which, forced by tyranny, we com mence, we shall not engage in civil war from hatred of our brethren. No; but, obliged to take up the challenge which the traitor has cast in the face of the Dominican people, we reconquer our violated rights. We must be terrible in com bat ; but, when victorious, let us be generous and humane. Dominicans ! Who are in the ranks opposed to us? I know that you are forced to combat against your brethren, but put down your weapons, and join the ranks of the soldiers at liberty! Our arms are open to receive you. We only seek to chastise the cowardly execu tioner of the Veterans Duverge and Matias de Vargas, whose venerated shades protect us. You know my patriotism, and you know that at the head of the national reaction is the chief of our indepen dence. Will you continue to believe in those who deceive you ? In your presence, I will display with one hand the banner of the Cross, and in the other I will hold the sword which the country has confided to me for its defence. At that signal, Ido not doubt that you will abandon the ranks of the traitor, and silence the calumny which has served as a pretext for reducing you to slavery. Up then, Dominicans ! Let there be union, bravery, enthu siasm, confidence ; and I swear to you that the country shall be saved in spite of the tyrant who enchains it. Long live the Dominican Republic ! Liberty, Independence, and Union for ever ! Given at Caobas, 6th April, 1861, the seventeenth year of Independence. " JosE M. CABRAL." ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. " Il Barbiere di Siviglia" was performed last night. The entrance of Mario was the signal for a burst of applause, such as the proverbially apathetic audience of the Royal Italian Opera are seldom known to indulge in, but which marked in the most emphatic manner their de light at the re-appearance of the greatest tenor of the day, the only artist who unites in his own person all the qualities which are requisite for the perfect representation of those graceful and insouciant heroes who express in delicious music the tenderest passions, and walk through their mimic life as if the world were a scene of comedy in which none but elegant forms and manners were to be allowed to figure. There was nothing to complain of in any of the melodies, and all the exquisite phrases and graceful turns with which Rossini has enriched the character were poured out with that perfect tone which dwells upon the ear. Indeed, the whole opera was given with a thorough sense of its grace ful comedy, and every part was represented in a spirit of geniality, and at the same time of elegance, completely in accordance with the nature of the intrigue and the style of the music. Signor Mario was, as we have said, received with enthusiasm, was recalled once in the course of the opera, and with the other principal artists at its close. DEATHof VICE-ADMIRAL SIfIIICHARD S. DUNDAS, K.C.B. - We sincerely regret to have to announce the sud den death of the senior Naval Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. The melancholy occurrence took place yesterday shortly after noon, at his residence in New-street, Spring-gardens, under painfully sud den circumstances. The respected and gallant offi cer attended Divine:service on Sunday as usual, at St. Matthew's Chapel, apparently in possession of excellent health, and yesterday morning descended to breakfast at his customary hour. After partak ng frugally of that meal, he complained of illness, and left the room for his bedchamber, to lie down ; but, still finding no relief, medical aid was called in. Dr. Freeman was sent for, but had only been a short time in attendance when the gallant Admiral ex pired. We understand the cause of death was dis ease of the heart. The late Sir Richard was the second son of Robert Saunders Dundas, second Viscount Melville, by Anne, daughter and co-heir of Richard Huck-Saunders, M.D., and was born on the 1 Ith of April, 1802. On leaving Harrow School, at the age of 13, he entered the Royal Naval Col lege, and in June, 1817, first went afloat as a Volunteer on board the Ganymede, 26, Captain the Hon. Robert Cavendish Spencer, brother of the late Earl Spencer, with whom in that ship, and the Owen Glendower, 42, he served as mid shipman on the Mediterranean and South American stations. Having obtained his rank as lieutenant, he was for some years actively employed, when in 1823 he was appointed commander of the Sparrowhawk, 18, on the Halifax station, and in the Mediterranean, until he was posted. In 1825 he was appointed to the Volage, 28, fitting out for South America. In the spring of 1827 he was ap pointed to the Warspite, 76, in which ship, the first of her class that ever circumnavigated the globe, he returned to England from New South Wales in the October following. After commanding the Belvi dere, 42, he was appointed to the Melville, 72, and subsequently in that ship he bore a part in the open ing scenes of the first war in China. While there he obtained the thanks of Sir Gordon Bremer for his conduct in the capture of the Ty-cock-tow, in January, 1841, and was present with her Majesty's plenipotentiary at a formal meeting held with the Chinese commissioner. On the 26th Feb. following he took up his position in the most gallant style in the action which preceded the capture of the forts of the Boga-Tigris, and for his gallantry on that occasion had his name most honourably mentioned in the Admiral's despatches to the Admiralty. He paid off the Melville at the end of 1841. From 1829 to 1830 he was private secretary to his father, Vis count Melville, when First Lord of the Admiralty; and in Jan., 1845, on the late Earl of Haddington becoming First Lord, he assisted that nobleman in a similar capacity until his lordship's retirement in 1846. He was appointed Captain-Superintendent of Deptford Dockyard in 1851, and in Dec., 1852, was selected as one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, which office he held up to Feb., 1855, when he was selected by the Board of Admi ralty as Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic fleet, in the room of the late Admiral Sir C. Napier. In 1857 he resumed his seat at the Admiralty Board, Whitehall, and has continued ever since attached to that department of the Government. In 1841 he was created Companion of the Order of the Bath for his services in China, and in 1856 was no minated a Knight Commander of that order of knighthood, after the close of the Russian war. The deceased officer's commissions bore date as follows :—Lieutenant, 18th of June, 1821; commander, 23d of June, 1823 ; captain, 17th of July, 1824; rear-admiral, 4th of July, 1853; and vice-admiral, 2 4 th of Februar y , 1858 . The late Sir Richard was a grand officer of th e L eg i on of Honour, and has received the honorary degree of D.C.L. from the University of Oxford. The la mented deceased was brother of General Viscount Melville and the Hon Robert Dundas, Storekeeper General of the Navy. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, accompanied by several aldermen and councillors of the corporation of Dublin, have arrived in town, and will this day present a petition signed by nearly 20,000 of the inhabitants of Dublin, against the removal of the Galway subsidy. This petition will be presented by the Lord Mayor at the bar of the House of Commons. DEFENCE OF THE UPPER ADRIATIC.—The Archduke Albert arrived at Trente on the 26th of May, to inspect the works which are being executed in the citadel road the fortifications along the road to Riva. The next day the Prince left for Borgo. Valsunana, and Feltre. After inspecting the fortifications in the latter place he will go to Venetia. Trento is now the central point of the for tifications of the frontier, which are of vast Wont and ex trAorcii.uary IHE CIVIL WAR IN AME.RIC". The following is a copy of the letter laid before the House of Commons by Lord John Russell last evening : " Foreign-office, June 1, 1861. " My Lords,—Her Majesty's Government are, as you are aware, desirous of observing the strictest neutrality in the contest which appears to be imminent between the United States and the so-styled Confederate States of North America; and, with the view more effectually to carry out this principle, they propose to interdict the armed ships, and also the privateers of both parties, from car rying prizes made by them into the ports, harbours, road steads, or waters of the United Kingdom, or of any of her Majesty's colonies or possessions abroad. " I have accordingly to acquaint your lordships that the Queen has been pleased to direct that orders is conformity with the principles above stated should forthwith be ad dressed to all proper authorities in the United Kingdom, and to her Majesty's naval and other authorities in all quarters beyond the United Kingdom, for their guidance in the circumstances. "I have, &c., "J. RUSSELL. "The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty." Similar letters have been addressed to the Secre taries of State for India, War, and the Colonies. ARRIVAL OF TILE GREAT EASTERN: LIVERPOOL, MONDAY NIGIET. The Great Eastern, which left New York on the morning of the 25th ult., arrived off the bar about nine o'clock p.m. She brings 240 passengers. Her highest rate of speed was 350 knots in the 24 hours. She was stopped two days ago by the Fulton, but failed to communicate. She will run into the Mersey about 10 o'clock a.m. Further reinforcements had been sent to Fort Monroe from Washington. Major-General Butler had reviewed the troops there. The Confederate Congress was to meet at Mont gomery on the 20th of July. An attack on Fort Pickens was imminent. North Carolina had definitely seceded. Owing to a false light having been exhibited the British ship Albion had been wrecked near Cape Henry. The Northern troops had occupied Alexandria, with the loss of Colonel Els worth, who was shot on the stairs of an hotel by the landlord, who was afterwards stabbed to death. Exchange at New York, 1051 to 106. Stocks had declined, owing to the advices from Virginia. Cotton quiet ; middling upland, 131 e. to 131 c. Flour easier. Wheat unsettled. THE BLOCKADING FORCE OF THE UNITED STATES. Not one private armed vessel will be employed for any such purpose, with the exception, perhaps, of a few yachts that are used in the waters near Washington, and the services of which will be dispensed with as soon as we shall have de veloped our naval resources. There will be small occasion for the employment of craft of that kind. By the Ist of June we shall have in the blockading fleet the steam-frigates Niagara, Wabash, Min nesota, Roanoke, Colorada, Mississippi, and Pow hatan ; and the steam-sloops Brooklyn, Mohawk, Pocahontas, Crusader, and Pawnee. There will also be 17 steam-gunboats employed, without counting those that shall arrive from distant cruising grounds. Some of these latter vessels have already sailed, as have about half the larger ships. Then we have a dozen excellent sail ing vessels, including frigates, brigs, and sloops, and all regular naval craft, and not brought into the navy from the merchant service. There aro the frigates St. Lawrence, Sabine, and Santee • the sloops Jamestown, St. Lo u i s , Savannah, Mace donian, Cumberland, Vincennes, Mexican, Dale, Preble, and Vandalia ; and the brigs Perry and Bainbridge. Then we have the whole revenue fleet that is employed in ordinary times, and which is an experienced, trained service, and ought to be a very efficient arm in the work to which it must hereafter be devoted. By the Ist of July the block ading force will not be less than 60 sail, without counting the revenue cutters, and new vessels will be in course of constuction. The line of coast to be blockaded extends to 2,500 miles, but much of this long line will not require to be watched, as there are no ports on it, and no means of carrying on trade from it. We are strong enough to shut up every port of the South if not to watch all its coast ; and if your Government should not think 60 vessels a sufficient force we will soon make it 100 sail,— Letter from America. THE VICTOR.QI IiALLS IN AFRICA. Some very interesting news has been received from Dr. Livingstone. His description of the Victoria Falls is worth quoting. He says : " After a second visit, I am inclined to believe that the Vittoria Falls are the most wonderful in the world. It is the only grand sight the gentle Africans have to show. I tried to get them taken by an artist, but, to my regret, I failed. The breadth is not one thousand yards, as I conjectured, but between one statute and one geographical mile—we say 1,860 yards, by way of assisting the memory, but it is a little more. Then the river of this breadth leaps down, not 100 feet, but 310 feet, e.e., if my memory deceives me not, double the depth of Niagara. It is a few feet more, as the weight attached to our line rested on a slope near the bot tom. Then the fissure into which it falls, though, when seen from Garden Island, is like the letter L, is prolonged in the most remarkable zig-zag manner, The promontory formed by the zig-zag enabled me to see the falls on the east side, as well as from the island, and being . level, and of the same altitude as the bed of the river above the falls, you can walk along and see the river some 300 feet before you, and on both sides of you, jammed in a space of 20 or 30 yards. The base of one promontory is only 130 paces from a dry fissure, and the base of another is only 400 paces broad, measuring from the fall fissui eto it. Nothing but several oil paintings could give an idea of the wonderful scene, and it was sorely against my will that I had to forego this, which would have been a feather in the cap of our expedition, and a good thing for our artist as well. " The river was now very low—never saw it so dry; indeed, people could wade from the north bank to my Garden Island. This enabled me to see the whole thing plainly, but even now there were 800 feet of waterfall. The columns of vapour were fewer; only two good ones I think. I could not measure their height —probably over 200 feet. The lips of the fissure at Garden Island, when measured by sextants, were eighty feet ; but we could not throw a stone across, so it may be more. Come when you may, you will not be disappointed by the falls of Victoria. We bought canoes at Sinamanes, and dropped down the stream to below Chicona. Kensalo has no impediment, but a basaltic dyke a little below it makes a dangerous rapid for canoes. " There is another dangerous rapid for canoes at Mburuma's, but a boat would go through easily. The canoes were but six inches above the water, and easily filled." A NEW MARTYR A letter from Hong Kong of the 14th April, in the Monde, makes a melancholy announcement in a very strange manner:— the Church rej o i ce, A glorious pi ece o f news, which will make all has arrived from Tong-King. At Sontag, the capital of the province of that name, at the end of 1860, M. Neron, a French missionary, had his head cut off for having preached the Christian religion. This new martyr was arrested in August, and was kept for several months, heavily chained, in a cage. On his first interrogatory he was subjected to the torture, but not a complaint escaped his lips. He walked to the place of execution with his eyes downcast, and praying fervently; the executioner, not being ac customed to such executions, got nervous, and felt his arm tremble just as he was about to raise the sword. He offered money to different persons to replace him, but no one had the courage to accept. He struck twice, and at the second blow the head f e ll. Immediately the spectators, and even the executioner and his assistants, hurried round the body, and tearing the blood•stained garments into shreds carried off the pieces as relics. Shortly after another French missionary, M. Venard, fell into the hands of the mandarins, was put in chains, confined in a cage, and condemned to death. He is now waiting with joy the moment of sacrifice; per haps even he has already been executed, and the Church of France possesses a martyr the more. According to a circular of Messrs. Arles Dufour and Co., of Lyons, with regard to the progr ess o f th e s ilk c n e districts, the extra ordinary complaints that have beencrop, rieteiesivheod frompedtha t t h , notwithstanding o m ts e v s i t th a s d tan va d n i abundan'e of seed and the fineness of the weather will lead to a result much superior to that of last year. In consequence of the check to consumption in the United States the French silk manufacturers show the greatest caution, and prices have a downward tendency ; which may become more serious, if the helm of a satisfactory crop are not entirely disappointed,