The Sun. — London, England, 1861-06-12 00:00:00

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- THIS EVENING, the most successful Spectacle ever produced, MAZEPPA, with splendid scenery and stately effects. To be followed by the Rocky Mountain Wonders and SCENES in the CIRCLE. Concluding with the Panto mime Ballet entitled JOCK°, the Brazilian Ape. Reduced prices. Doors open at half-past 6. On Thursday, June 13th, Benefit of the Rocky Mountain Wonders. 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 Tivoli, Mr. Bernard ;the popular Solos on the Cornet-a piston, by Mr. Levy ( first performer of the day) ; the Brothers Conrad (in an entirely new and original entertain xnent on the double rope, not to be seen elsewhere); eon_ tinned success of Mr. Wood and his talented little Son. The Comic Department comprises the following favourites : —Mr. Marshall, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Blanchard, and immerous other artistes. Ite_appearance at these Concerts of Mrs. Lawrence. Musical Director, Mr. JONGHMANS. T x E O X F O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. Mr. 1.17VY, undoubtedly the best performer of the day on the Corn e t-R - Piston—Grand Selections (on the most complete scale) from Dinorah, Martha, Stradella, Sze., and other vocal and instrumental music, by Miss Russell, the Misses Stuart, and Miss Ernst, I.•lessrs. Charles Greville, Fornari, ICimber 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 Comio talent, Messrs. NV. 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 ; Balcony and stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIM DAY. —Morning, 4h. 16m.—Afternoon, 4h. 34m. TO-bionTtovf•-Morning, 41L53n00n. sh. 16m. _ TUB WEATHER. —SUN OFFICE, JUNE 12, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 69—highest since noon yesterday.: 57—lowest this morning and daring the night. o—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.23; rising still. W I ND—S. -Westerly—light ; with warm cloudy weather. 11 a, , 4 ‘1 ' ' '. .•le -, *,' K, _ ..?(,.-, ;",-. - i-L.' e , „4:N e.„ _± .. : 1 ),,L ;0 ,,, ct, _t, _, "t ni.. , -7- - THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Baokstone. THIS EVENING, the performances will oommense with Me Comedy of TILE 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. ROYAL pRIN C E S S'S THEATRE. - Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, TRUTH AND FICTION. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews,Widdicombe, Shore, Cathcart, Garden; ',Liss C. Leclercq, Miss R. Leclercq, and Miss M. Harris. Followed by HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Pechter. Sup ported by Hermann Vezin, Ryder, Meadows, &c. ; Misses Beath, lasworthy, and R. Leclercq. EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPFIL- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. eproducti on 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 (204th time), THE COLLEEN HAWN. Mr. D. Poncicault, D. wisher, BillinEr,ton, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boucicanit, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To be followed by a new apropos Sketch, THE CENSUS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Eburne, Romer, C. J. Smith ; Miss sate Kelly, Miss E. Phorne, and Mrs. Chatterley. Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 12, 'lB6l. THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12:1881. The Una brings news from New York to the 31st, the Saxonia to June Ist—as usual, the greater part being " report," " intention," and " confident state ment." The facts asserted are-Ist. That two steamers were engaging the rebels at Acquida Creek, the place at which the last accounts stated that 5,000 Federal troops had landed—this is rather inexplicable ; next, that there are 13,000 men, and great activity at Fort Monroe ; that 450 slaves had fled into General BUTLER'S camp, who, it will be remembered, now treats them as contraband of war, instead of returning them, and employs them on fortifi cations against their old masters ; that Virginia has a majority of 150,000 for Secession ; but nothing is said of Western Virginia; and that the earth works of the rebels command the roads to Rich mond and Harper's Ferry. The rebels appear to be a little bolder. They have advanced far enough to threaten Alexan dria, where the Federal troops were ready for them. And the " confident" statement is that Virginia will soon be invaded from all quarters. The Democratic party will sustain a severe loss in the death of Mr. DouGLAs, who, it is said, is sink ing daily with no hope of recovery. What is to become of La Gloire ?• We have heard it suggested since last night's debate that she must soon "go to glory." Either there, or that glorious place " the bottom," would seem to be her certain fate, should she venture to encounter but a tolerably fast British gunboat, armed with Sir WM. ARM STRONG'S last, as described to us by the Duke of SOMERSET last night. Let our readers look at his account of the matter :—" We had no end of sugges tions and recommendations. Some people recom mended indiarubber, others a thick matting of hemp, others chain armour. The answer I sent to these gen tlemen was that, if they would send their experi ments to Portsmouth, we would try them. I myself saw chain armour tried, and the very first shot de stroyed it. Indiarubber and hemp were equally ineffective. Last year it was said we should slope the sides of vessels, and shot striking at an angle would glide off; but when we came to try Sir W. ARMSTRONG'S bolts the slope made no difference at all. That was the last answer I received from Sir W. ARMSTRONG. Then it was said that the iron should be 43 inches thick. I was rather doubtful whether that would be sufficient. I ordered the vessel to be laid down at Chatham to have such flotation that she might carry at least 6 inches of I iron. I thought 6 inches tolerably safe. I now find that Sir W. Armstrong's guns have fired through 8 inch iron with the greatest facility! I n building these iron vessels it is a great problem where we are to stop. Thin iron won't do ; thick iron is very little better. It is, therefore, very difficult to say how we are to make our vessels safe." Here, then, seems to be an end of all the 4 and sli inch and 6-inch ironsides. Let them make the iron 8 inches thick—let them thicken it till it will no longer float, and Sir WILLIAM ARMSTRONG will I fairly " pulverise" the strongest iron plate which can be wrought. Ships may be made shell-proof by a compara tively moderate thickness of iron, but mark the consequences. The Duke says :—" We had some experiments at Portsmouth, and one of the first was upon an iron target of less than an inch thick. The result was that round shot, in striking the iron, broke into pieces, bat passed on into the vessel, and 700 pieces of iron were picked up insid e the ship. That showed that round shot produced as bad an effect as any shell. It seemed, therefore, that merely to case with thin iron would be to expose men-of-war to as great destruction as possible, while they were loading the ship with unnecessary weight." It would seem, therefore, that merely to render a ship shell-proof is to render every solid shot fired at her side as bad as a 31161. We cannot wonder that the Admiralty is disposed to make repeated trials before they engage largely in the most costly mode of ship building. The Duke himself strongly leans to the opinion which we have before indi cated as our ol vn, that eventually the heavy 22 inches 'of teal lining will give place to its weight of iron, and thus without injuring the flotation, make the ship fax stronger, bat several mechanical, and engineering points have to be settled before we construct wholly of iron. In the meantime, as the Duke observes, we can hardly be wrong on one point—that of giving our vessels the armament which can pulverise the sides of La Gloire, or of any like her. If we cannot quite settle the question of the best form of defence, it must be right to make our ships irresistible in offence ; the Government is therefore doing its utmost in putting ARMSTRONG guns on board our ships of war, equipped with which, and with well trained hands to work them, it seems we shall be able to give a pretty good account of all the ironsides of Europe. Large wooden ships, it appears, are no longer ordered, though some near completion have been finished. And it is eyen proposed, should circumstances call for it, to cut down the large ships we have already built, and case their broad sides with iron. They will not, however, even then be equal to a ship built to be an iron plated vessel, hence haste in this mode of creating iron sides is not desirable. Every day, however, new questions arise on the mode of fastening plates, the kind of iron to be used, and the like, so that a little delay for purposes of experiment is really time saved. Should any pressure occur, our shipyards could turn out a fleet of iron ships greater than the fleets of all Europe combined. A project of high importance, which has again and again received the sanction of the Home Go vernment and of all the Colonial Legislatures and authorities concerned, is once more to be pressed on the attention of the Colonial Secretary and the Home Government. We refer to the HALIFAX AND QUEBEC RAILWAY. Respecting the desirableness, indeed, of its completion, there can hardly be two opinions ; besides the Colonial Legislatures, such English statesmen as Lord ELGIN, Lord GREY, and the present Lord DERBY when Lord STANLEY, in 1851, have all expressed themselves strongly on the political, military, and commercial advantages of the proposal. We are not, indeed, aware that any difficulty but the money one has stood in the way, a difficulty aggravated, since the railway was first proposed, by the occurrence of the Russian war, and, we suppose, latterly, by the demands our great ally has made on us in the way of com pelling us to measures of costly self-defence. The grand point is, that we ought to have a direct communication in winter as, well as in summer with our great North American colony, through our own territory. At present, for nearly half the year, we are dependent for communica tions with Quebec entirely on the goodwill of America. If we forsee no immediate danger to the peace between England and the United States, it must be confessed, that our security lies in the forbearance and conciliatory temper of this country, and not in that of our touchy and encroaching American neighbour. So exces sively irritable are the once United States, so unreasonable even now in their anger with our neutrality, that no one can tell when they may not overstep the bounds of endurance. With their strange touchiness and rudeness combined, the dreadful event of a war with England, though we hope distant enough, is quite a possibility ; and it is one of the securities for peace with such a country that it should not hold in its own hands the power of the greatest possible annoyance. It could as things now stand, in winter time, isolate Canada from the rest of the Empire, and attack her when she could have no support from home. The Quebec and Halifax Railway would place the colony within ten days of succour from England itself, besides connecting it with New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. , The promoters of the bill observe in their peti tion that it would expedite communication with Canada by thirty-six hours, as well as take the mails through British territory ; that £25,000 a-year paid to the United States for mail convey ance would be saved; that a large annual sum in the mileage rate would be saved to the Imperial Treasury were Halifax adopted as the American port ; and that of nearly half a million which the Imperial troops in Canada now cost, a large part might be saved when regiments could be forwarded promptly, at any time of the year, from England in the hour of need. Now, for six months in the year Canada is cut off from military communication with England. It is also alleged, and it would seem with good reason, that the rapid communica tion with the colony would revive that identity of interest with it which has been too long en grossed by the United States. The practicability and cost are, therefore, the chief points for consideration. This is entirely a money question. Not such a one as that of the Grand Trunk, which has nevertheless been com pleted. There is no Victoria-bridge across a mighty stream here ; nothing, in short, of the slightest engineering consequence in the portion which now remains to be completed. The line will, indeed, be longer than it would have been bad our blundering Boundary Commissioners not suggested to the 'cute Yankee commissioners a way in which they might ask for territory which did not fairly belong to Maine, and then good•naturedly let it go. 'We have now to make a long circuit round the territory Maine thus acquired, and which, though of no use to her, projects between New Brunswick and Quebec. Still, the colonies have constructed so much of the line themselves that only 350 miles remain to complete the direct route through British territory between England and Canada. Once at Quebec, railways extending o e o s o t m a t i e l s e s ; m a n e d e n t h d e u l e i n t iemaet railways connect connect it with th tended f rom H a li fax on the Atlantic to 2, thus aneo u b e v e e r x :s will Island and the Pacific. The sum required •is estimated at about £3,000,000. This would seem to be sufficient where there is no land to purchase, the country not diffi cult, and where not a penny need b© wasted on any objects bat those of di rect ut i • lity. The colonies propose to contribute annually themselves £40,000 in money towards the interest of the ad vance, and £20,000 more 171 grants of land. This is at least an earnest of their interest in the matter; and the land thus granted along the line must speedily become so valuable that it can be hardly doubted it would repay the cost of the n line i a short time. If so, we should gain a great Imperial object at the cost of merely a temporary advance. The deputation, which is to see the Duke of Ai -7.EWCASTLE on Friday, will, we suppose, be referred to Mr. GLADSTONE, as Sir E. B. LYTTON referred a former deputation to Mr. DISRAELT. We can but hope they will succeed with both Ministers. The business of the session is at length and in earnest beginning. Time enough that it should certainly, now that June is fast running on to Midsummer. Pushing its way through a series of alarming obstructions, the Customs and Inland Revenue Bill comes within view of that final stage, the goal of every measure aspiring to be an enactment. The Bankruptcy Bill again, if denuded of half its merits (merits that were, in their integrity, few enough to begin with), after being reduced to con siderably less than half its original proportions, yet does at last promise to pass onward, in however mutilated or diminished a form, towards the same eagerly looked for destination. And yesterday a dread avoidance of what might prove the otherwise inevitable fate of being massacred ruthlessly on the approach of August among the rest of the Innocents—yesterday morn ing the House of Commons entered at length for the first time this session upon the consideration in Committee of the various Bills introduced for the Consolidation of the Criminal Law. The scrutiny of these Bills in succession in committee wa s a pretty stiff piece of work for a Tuesday morning—with an evening sitting coming on, as a matter of course, immediately afterwards. The Bills under consideration having reference, among other things, to accessories and abettors, to criminal statute repeal—(in that one direction alone, quite a glimpse of an Aegean stable of obsolete and in some respects barbarous legislation) to larceny, to forgery, to base coinage, and to divers other offences against the person and malicious injuries to property. One after another these bills—a few exceptional clauses alone having, in some of them, been reserved for future and more careful considera tion—worked their way steadily through Com mittee, The House having met at noon was by three o'clock adjourned. Yet eight important bills had within that interval passed through Com mittee! In regard to one of these bills, the Coinage Offences Bill to wit, Mr. NEVIAnoN objected to it in reference to clause 31, " that it gave the power of immediately apprehending a person who ten dered counterfeit money." Adding, " Nothing was more common than for mistakes to be made as to the genuineness of coin, and this clause gave new powers and even monstrous powers." The Solicitor-General answering to this objection " that the clause only applied to per sons who were apprehended in flagrante delicto, and unless power of immediate apprehen sion was given, it would be found that the only means of proving their guilt had been made away with." Whereupon Mr. M'MAHoN— with a chivalrously dread of the mere pos sibility of a recurrence of anything of the kind afterwards--instanced " the case of a young lady, who a few years ago was given into custody in Regent-street, for passing a bad half-crown—a half-crown afterwards discovered to be a good one." Yet, in spite of all this, upon a division in corn ; yaittee, the clause thus seriously objected to was carried by sixty-five to seven ! So resolute was the committee to get through its work boldly, rapidly, unrelentingly. We can only give our sympathy once more to WILLIAM HENRY BARBER, Attorney-at-law. That unfortunate gentleman has again had his claim for additional pecuniary compensation from her MAJESTY'S Government, ineffectually brought under the reconsideration of the Commons House of Parliament. The validity of his claim has been yet once more denied—it has been haughtily set aside by Sir GEORGE GREY, and, if that be pos sible, still more haughtily and obdurately set aside by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It was again insisted, as it has been so often insisted before now, that enough was done some few years back in the way of pecu niary compensation to Mr. BARBER the victim of an atrocious fraud and conspiracy—that enough was done in this way some years ago, when £5,000 were awarded to that unhappy gentleman by the Legis lature. Those £5,000 simply replacing the sum of money actually lost by Mr. BARBER ! And that forsooth is called compensation ! Why it is merely a pecuniary compensation, equivalent in its effi cacy to that monstrous moral compensation (save the mark !) which the law allows to any one who has been unjustly condemned (like Mr. BARBER) the Sovereign granting a Free Pardon! ! ! to a person who is proved to have been, from first to last, Perfectly Innocent ! Just in the same way, just to the same extent, Mr. BARBER may be said to have already received pe cuniary compensation by having his own £5,000 returned to him ! If only this afflicted victim, first of all of fraud, and afterwards of injustice — if only he can yet live long enough, we do not even now despair of his receiving justice at last to the extent of a paltry £3,500 additional (a generous decision would make it £5,000, and so ignore the account with some show at least of generosityl, we do not even now despair, in his regard of justice, not mercy, but simply justice, being meted out to him at length, however tardily, by the magnani mous decision of the House of Commons in the name of the British Government. The Italian Ministry, if not yet fully constructed, is in course of construction. According to the latest , advices it would seem that the follow ing may be regarded as a tolerably accurate out line of the new Administration : President of the Council Baron RICASOLI and Minister for Foreign Affairs. Signor MINGHETTI .... Interior. Signor BASTOGI . Finance. Signor SCIALOGA Gen. DELLA ROVERE War. Gen. MENABREA Signor MIGLIETTI Justice. Signor DESANCTIS .... Public Instruction. RICASOLI, at any rate for the Premiership, holding together with that supreme position the responsible charge of the Foreign Port folio. MINGEIETTI in all likelihood for the Ministry of the Interior : and DELLA ROVERE for the War Department. The rest still doubtful. Whatever may prove the ultimate selections made by the Successor of CA` Dolt, there cannot be a moment's doubt as to the projected policy of his Government. As closely resembling the policy of CAVOUR as may be in any way practicable it must be ! That is the first essential. If anything the policy of CAVOUR will be exaggerated we should think in the direction towards which the Great Minister's designs all tended. Unification—that is the first necessity. No more concessions to NAPOLEON'S lust for territorial aggrandisement—that is the second. The mainte nance of the armed force required for the defence of the new kingdom—thatis i is — h l le bes a sufficiently r s üb t a hicrd.ed for—thereAn di nre gaard t i t sub stantial as that sur a third that thereit w a is the fact that the Hero whose voice first of all • imperatively demanded that national armament, still happily survives in his island home at Caprera. If CAVOUR has been taken away—GARIBALDI has been left: The exquisite anxiety awakened upon the very morrow of the startling demise of Italy's greatest Statesman by the ominous tidings of the serious • illness of Italy's greatest Soldier—that exquisite andpre found anxiety which threatened to fill up the cup of affliction to overflowing—has, as the world knows by this time, been completely dissipated. The intelligence of General GARIBALDI'S alarming indisposition is understood now to have been little better than a cruel fabrication. So that the thoughts of those most deeply interes ted in the cause of Italian Unification may now IcYcrt simply to an immense Grief and to an immense Hope—the Grief inspired by the sudden close of the existeng9 of CAYOUR—the Hope still kindled by the remembrance of all that remarkable man had either attempted or accomplished. It is particularly noticeable at this moment, in regard to the late appalling disappear ance of Count CAVOUR from the public scene upon which he himself, at the moment of his withdrawal, was figuring so conspicuously, that the official organ of the Austrian Government, the Monitcur of Vienna, the Austrian Gazette, has, unlike so many others opposed to the policy of the dead Statesman, notified CAVOUR'S death in a man ner not unworthy of the organ of a great Govern ment. Insomuch that this reference to CAvouß's Death has already been spoken of pointedly as presenting to view " an example which Irish Catholics and French Legitimatists would do well to follow !" The Austrian Gazette referring thus, in fact, to one of the deadliest and most for midable enemies that has almost ever carried con fusion to the councils of the Austrian Government : —" The grave is before us, and we will not therefore offer a judgment on one who was our enemy. What we Austrians can say is, that Count CAVOUR has left amongst us a memory that will never die. His object was to weaken and humble Austria — that object he has fully attained. A great revolu tion has been accomplished by his hands." How different reflections like those—pronounced witVa sense of awe by the side of the sud denly opened tomb of a Great Enemy how nobly and chivalrously different from the diatribes uttered by impassioned zealots and unre lenting antagonists ! Antagonists and zealots who would do well, we cannot but think, if—by the side of that 3et scarcely closed tomb of Count CAVOUR —they could repeat from their hearts, no less than with their lips, those lofty yet lowly supplications addressed to the Divinity by one who was a Roman Catholic like themselves, those noble lines from a noble poem—POPE'S Universal Prayer : "Let not my weak unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I deem thy foe." FRANCE AND AMERICA. DECLARATION OF NEUTRALITY. The Moniteur of yesterday says the following declaration, submitted to the Emperor by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, has received his Ma jesty's approbation "His Majesty the Emperor of the French, taking into consideration the state of peace which exists between France and the United States of America, resolved to maintain a strict neutrality in the struggle commenced between the Government of the Union and the States claiming to form a par ticular confederation. "Consequently his Majesty, in view of the Ordi nance of Marine of August, 1681 ; Article 3d of the Law of the 10th April, 1825 ; articles 84 and 85 of the Penal Code ; 65 and following of the decrees of the 24th March, 1852 ; 313 and follow ing of the Maritime Penal Code ; and article 21 of the Code Napoleon declares— " Ist. It shall not be permitted to any ship of war or privateer of either of the belligerents to enter and to remain with prizes in our ports or roads for more than 24 hours, unless compelled by necessity to seek harbourage. "2d. Any sale of objects taken as prizes shall not be allowed in our said ports or roads. " 3d. It is prohibited to all Frenchmen to take a commission from either of the two parties to fit out vessels for war, or to accept letters of marque fur privateering, or to aid in any manner the equip ment or the armament of a ship of war or privateer for either of the two parties. "4th. It is also forbidden to all Frenchmen resid ing France or abroad to enrol themselves, or to take service, whether in the land force, or on board ships of war or privateers, of either of the belligerents. " sth. Frenchmen residing in France or abroad ought equally to abstain from every act which, com mitted in violation of the laws of the empire or of international law, might be construed as an act of hostility to either of the two parties, and contrary to the neutrality that we have resolved to observe. " Contraveners of the interdictions and recom mendations contained in the present declaration shall be prosecuted conformably to the dispositions of the law of the 10th of April, 1825, and Articles 84 and 85 of the Penal Code, without prejudice from the application that might be made by the said con traveners of the dispositions of Article 21 of the Code Napoleon, and of Articles 65 and following of the decr©e of the 24th of March, 1852, concern ing the mercantile marine; and 313 and following of the Penal Code for the naval force. "His Majesty declares, moreover, that all French men who shall pot conform to the present prescrip tions shall not be entitled to claim any protection from his Government against any acts or measures whatever that the belligerents may do or decree. " NAPOLEON. "The Minister of Foreign Affairs, " M. THOUYENEL." The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton give a grand entertainment to their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary t)-morrow at the ducal re- sidence in Arlington-street. The Marquis and Marehknaess of Kildare have arrived from Ireland, and gone on a visit to the Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland, at Clidden, near Maidenhead. The Earl and Countess of Southesk have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Kinnand Castle, N.B. Sir Joseph and Lady Bailey have arrived at Story's Hotel, in Dover-street. We have to announce the death of Lady Dor chester, which melancholy event tack place on Friday last, at Lord Dorchester's seat in Hampshire. Her ladyship does not leave any issue. The mortal remains of the late Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Richard S. Dundas, K.C.8., have been taken to Melville Castle, the family scat in Scotland. The inter ment takes place to-day. Married, on Monday last, at St. Thomas's Dis trict Church, by the Rev. H. T. Lumsden, in the pre sence of a large family circle, the Right Hon. Viscount Gort, to Mrs. Tudor, of Portman-square. After the cere mony the newly-married couple proceeded to their seat, East Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight.' THE QUEEN'S BIRTIIDAY.—By the sth of the Consolidated Orders of the Court of Chancery, rule 6, it is provided, that The Lord Chancellor may from time to time, by special order, direct the offices to be closed on days other than those mentioned in the Ist rule of the said order." Wednesday, the 10th July next, having been ap pointed for the celebration of the anniversary of her Ma jesty's birthday, and such event having been heretofore observed as a general holiday in the several offices of the Court of Chancery, his lordship doth therefore order that the several offices of the Court of Chancery be closed on Wednesday, July 10. SUICIDB PREVENTED BY CRINOLINE. —A girl named Jane Bradbury, living at Stafford, was about to bo married to a stonemason, named Wright, and went out to meet him for the purpose of arranging for the publication of the banns of marriage. Finding that he had taken his departure for Stoke, in company with another person, she threw herself in the mill-pool, She was buoyed up, how ever, in the water by the expansion of her crinoline, and was rescued before she could sink. She expressed her regret for the attempt An her life. TWo PERSONS KILLED BY LIGUTNING.—A me lancholy accident took place two days ago at Wambrechies (Nord). A farmer named Delos, his fema!e servant, and three labourers were engaged hoeing in a field when a thunderstorm came on. The five persons were standing in a line, M. Delos at the head, and the woman next him, when a loud clap of thunder was heard, and the lightning fell. The farmer was killed on the spot; the woman was knocked down, but rose again for a moment, bleeding at the nose and mouth, and then fell dead. The three men escaped without injury. STRANGE ACCIDENT.—A west of England paper, after describing a successful balloon ascent from Truro and the descent of the aeronaut in a cornfield, sqys : " Mr. Simmons was soon surrounded by upwards of 2,000 persons, who commenced crowding upon the silk, and, seeing this, Professor Simmons entreated the mob to stand back. A poor fellow, however, named James Thomas, a plumber and brazier, get enveloped in the folds of the silk without being noticed, and on its being discovered some short time after • awards absyciProfessorkn Simmons, th e fa c h e . e appeare d Medical t a o i d b e w s a n s ffqouciactke quickly rendered, but little hopes were entertained of his recovery. We have been unable to learn whether or not the poor fellow is still in existence. We should have stated that the yoyag.o we; a!:compliblied in 10 minutes, LATEt ,r i p NTE PARIS, JUNE 12. The Moniteur, in its bulletin of to-day, announces the settlement of the question of the Government of the Lebanon, and gives the following details in addition to those already known. The Governor of the Lebanon will have the rank of Muchir, and will reside at Der-il-Kama. Order will be maintained in the mountains by militia re cruited from the inhabitants of the country. Turkish troops are only to advance into the Lebanon on the requisition of the Governor. The Moniteur also publishes the list of the new Ministry at Turin, which fully agrees with the one published in yesterday's Gazetta di Torina, TURIN, JUNE 11. The Turin Gazette of to-day asserts that the new Ministry has been formed as follows : President of the Coun cil and Minister for Baron RICASOLL Foreign Affairs .... Interior Finance Commerce .... War General DELLA ROVERE. Marine Justice Public Instruction TURIN, JUNE 11. The Chamber of Deputies, on the motion of its President, decided to-day that a marble statue of Count Cavour should be placed in the hall of Assembly. VIENNA, JUNE 11. The Polish and Czech members of the Lower House have made a proposal that the Emperor should prorogue the sittings of the Council of the Empire until a representation of the whole mon archy be obtained, and that he should immediately convoke the Provincial Diets. NEW ZEALAND. MELBOURNE, APRIL 25. The war in New Zealand terminated on the 19th March by the unconditional surrender of the natives. Trade quiet. Wool exports, 2,585 bales. The following are the departures of gold-ships since the last mail :—The Agincourt, with 19,8820 z.; the Norfolk, with 58,7850 z. ; and the Donald M‘Ka.y, with 50,0080 z. CHINA. CANTON, APRIL 30. The Briish and French Embassies are established at Pekin. The flags of both nations were hoisted on the 26th March. The Chinese Government have resolved to esta blish an English school in Pekin. According to the latest intelligence all was quiet in Japan. The ship Japan has been wrecked near Foo- chow. THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING. The Royal Mail steamer Atrato, with the Pacific and West India mails, arrived off the Needles at 8.55 a.m. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 12. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Tagus, with the Peninsular mails, arrived off the Needles at 9.30 a.m. THE CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company have received the following telegram : "MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY MORNING. " The Massilia, with the above mails, arrived at Marseilles at 9 a.m. " The mails are to leave for London at 10 a.m." AMERICA. (PER SAXONIA, VIA SOUTHAMPTON.) NEW YORK, JUNE 1. No attack has yet been made on Alexandria, as anticipated. General Scott intends making a vigorous onward movement as early as possible. It is confidently stated that 35,000 troops will be pushed into the interior of Virginia, and 20,000 will invade Virginia from Eastern Pennsylvania. 20,000 will advance from Ohio, and 15,000, aided by naval force, will make their way up James's River. Two steamers were off Aquida Creek, and were engaging the rebel forts with good effect. An advance of 4,000 rebels was expected in Alexandria. The Federal troops were preparing to receive them. Two regiments were under orders to drive out a body of 1,400 rebels from Fairfax Court-house. Great activity prevails at Fort Monroe. Troops and ammunition are constantly arriving. The gar rison amounted to 13,000 men, and large bodies were moving into the interior for Norfolk. 430 slaves are reported to have fled into General Butler's camp. The earthworks of the rebels com mand both the roads to Richmond and Harper's; Ferry for four miles. Ex-Go - vernor Batt has been arrested for treason. General Harney has been recalled from his com mand in Missouri. _____ Virginia has ratified the Secession ordinance by a majority of 150,000 votes. Senator Douglas is gradually sinking. No hopes are entertained of his recovery. The America arrived at Boston on the 31st May; the North Briton arrived at Cape Race on the 30th May. Advices from Havannah are to the 25th May. Sugar, No. 12, was quoted 51 to 6+, reale. Stock, 250,000 boxes. Business confidence was not yet restored. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE; The foreign exchange-market is moderately active. Bankers are buying produce bills at 1041 to 105. There is nothing new to report in money. Sales of good paper are made at 9 per cent. Busi ness at the Stock Exchange is analtered. Commis. sion brokers are doing but little. New York Cen trals closed at 72 to 724 ; Erie, 231- to 23k; Illinois Central, 694 to 69; ; Illinois, 902 to 91; Panama, 1031 to 105. The cotton market is inanimate, and prices are less buoyant. Sales to-day, 800 bales at 13tc. to 14c. for middling upland. Sugar in fair demand. Coffee steady. Sales moderate. NEW ORLEANS, MAY 31. The cotton market is irregular. Sales today, 1,000 bales. Prices nominal. NEW YORK, MAY 31 (Evening), per Etna, via Queenstown. The Feddral steamers have attacked the Con federate batteries at Aequida Creek. The result is not known. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times states that the Federal Government will make a conditional call for 100,000 men. A man has been shot dead in the streets of New York for expressing secession views. More mob riots have taken place at Baltimore, and it is reported that cries were raised for Jeffer son Davis. The Confederate troops are menacing Alexandria. The New Orleiins Delta states that in Virginia the majority for secession is 150,000. The death of Mr. Douglas is hourly expected at New York. Tile Wm fork Express §tAiefi that the next Federal Congress will levy a duty on tea and coffee. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Exchange on London, 1051 to Mi. Stocks firm ; Erie, 231 ; Illinois, 691 ; New York Cen trals, 72a. Cotton unsettled ; Middling upland, 131 to 14. Breadstuffs easier. Freights less active. NEW ORLEANS, May 31.—Cotton nominal. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 12. The Liverpool, Now York; and Philadelphia Com pany's steamer Kangaroo, which sailed to-day for New York, took out £225,982 sterling in specie. LITBRA7rJRE. The Africans at Borne : being a Popular Descrip tion of Africa and the Africans. Condensed from the Accounts of African Travellers from the time of Mungo Park to the present day. By the Rev. M. Macbriar, M.A., author of "The Mandingo" and " Foola Grammars." Longmans. This little work furnishes us with a vast deal of information of various kinds, and the arrangement is very well executed. The object is succinctly stated in the preface :---" This book is a pictorial description of Africa. We ask the reader to ac company us through the interior of that continent, whilst we point out to him whatever is peculiar to the different countries and their inhabitants. By thus travelling over several thousands of miles in the short time required for perusing this volume we get aiview of various Negroes, Moors, Arabs, and mixed races in their own places of abode." Those who peruse these pages will find that this plan has been successfully car ried out, and no one can fail to increase his previous knowledge by dwelling en the details brought before him, condensed in form and impor tant in character. 'There is a map prefixed to the book, and we meet with numerous illustrations that serveto embellish the work, while they convey to the mind a better notion of the places and persons who appear on the scene. Foremost in interest among the accounts of the animals will be considered the description of the " Gorilla." The following passage is sure to prove interesting : This singular animal of the monkey family approaches nearer to the human species in its form and habits than the chimpanzee ourang-outang, or any other creature with which we are acquainted, but it strikingly differs in the formation of the brain. A full-grown Gorilla is, at least, six feet high, very muscular and strong, far surpassing the strength of a man, so that it can break a tree of three or four inches diameter with the greatest ease. Its bones are large and thi c k, its arms long, its chest ample, its legs strong. Its innate savageness is visible in its ferocious looks, especially in its large and deep eye-balls, and it cannot be tamed. The Gorillas destroy all animals in the vicinity of their habitat, refusing to have intercourse with any other creature. Woe to the luckless hunter who misses his aim, or fails to dis able a Gorilla which he is pursuing, for it would instantly pounce upon him, wrench his musket from his hands, and beat out his brains with his own weapon. Yet this creature is so devoid of everything like common sense,' that, although it enjoys warming itself by a fire left by the negroes, it never thinks of adding fuel to keep it burning." The peculiarities of the tribes are mentioned at the conclusion of the book, and in some cases there are most curious instances cited, revealing how deeply barbarism is rooted in those localities. It is difficult in noticing a book with so many sources of interest and objects of attraction to single out particular ' points and enumerate individual instances, but the reader will probably find his attention arrested by the passages which record the career of Mungo Park, and tell of his perilous adventures which, to the regret of his country, ter minated so fatally. The plate called the " Scene on the Niger " is one of the most striking, and the representation of the various tribes and the heads of the Africans are most singular, and afford us a notion of the peculiarities which distinguish the human race in that strange country. At the con clusion of this most interesting and excellent volume, the author refers to the time which was men tioned by Macaulay when he said the " literature of England would be read by the unborn millions who would cover with cities and gardens the Caff rarian and Australasian deserts." Dwelling on this promise of the better days to come, the author exclaims " What will be the future of Africa when its rivers and lakes shall be covered with steamboats and its rich plains intersected by railways,—when the labours of the engineer and the agriculturist shall have rid it of pestilential miasma,—when its fruitful soil shall support a teeming population, and abundantly furnish those commo di t i es which Europe desires to import." Land and Sea Tales. By an old Sailor. Routledge. The principal tale in this collection relates to the time of the restoration. The hero is a highway man, and the heroine is the daughter of a royalist major, who has resigned the sword and betaken himself to the ploughshare. Having contrived to establish a footing in the farm under a false name, the highwayman effects the ruin of the too confid ing girl. He is discovered by the authorities, but escapes with his mistress; he is ultimately shot, and his mistress hanged. Such is the outline of the tale, which, although the interest is well kept up throughout. is very unnatural. There are several other short tales, all more or less interesting ; but we consider the concluding one, entitled " The Pain ter of Dorb," by far the best in the book; it relates to the time when the Spaniards held possession of the lower countries, and practised all the barbarities which the Roman Catholic priests were capable of in the dark ages on those who adhered to the dog mas of the reformation. This tale is founded on fact, which of course enhances its interest. Celebrated Criminals. By Lascelles Wraxall. Kent and Co. The author, or rather the compiler, of these pages has spared no pains to form a collection of memo rable trials. His object has not been to depict extraordinary crime, but rather to search for throughout the criminal history of Europe the most remarkable trials wherein old laws belonging to past times of ignorance have been revived out of revenge, or where the injustice of many continental tribunals is to this day a blot on the boasted civi lization of Europe. Recollections of a Horse-dealer. 13y Frederick Taylor. Ward and Lock. The object of the author is to expose the tricks of the " horse-couping" gentry, who make a rich harvest out of the folly of young (and sometimes elderly) gentlemen who think because they can ride they are judges of horseflesh. Many curious examples are given and good advice as to how frau is are best detected. Of course, most of the anecdotes related are fictitious, but the author has evidently a thorough knowledge of his subject,rand the end desired is the same as though they were true stories. His advice is certainly sound when he says that a good horse will always command a good price; and that those who desire a sound horse should go to a respectable dealer and pay a fair price. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat on sale here to-day was very limited, yet the trade for both red and white qualities ruled heavy at Monday's decline in the quotations of is to 2s per qr. We were well supplied with foreign wheat, and all de scriptions met a dull inquiry at is per qr. less money than last week. Floating cargoes of grain were in limited request, at barely late rates. All kinds of barley moved off slowly, and in some in stances prices are rather lower. Good and fine qualities of malt sold steadily at full quota tions, but inferior samples were much neglected. The oat trade was very dull at fully the late decline of Gd to is per qr. Beans were in limited request at about previous rates. Peas ruled inactive, yet no change took place in their value. In flour a limited business was doing, and the value of country marks and American barrels had a downward ten dency. ARRIVALS THIS WALK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Eng1i5h........ 290 ' 1,560 I 70 1,470 ..... I 230 ( F0reign........ 6,110 2.720 14,290 1,430 sacks 7,450 brie. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is very firm at fully Monday's advance in the quotations of 102 to 20s per cwt. Duty, 170,000. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on sale here is moderate, and the trade rules somewhat inactive, as follows : Beef from: 4 B4d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 5s 2d ; lamb, 58 4d to 6s 4d; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 4s Od to os Od per 81bs. by the carcase. MADAME GRISI.—We have good reason to be. lieve that after the present opera season Madame Grisi will make a tour through the provinces as a fitting termination to her career in England, and that she will probably appear in many of our principal towns in Norma, or some of the other great parts with which her name is and ever will be associated. We are convinced, however, that this season will witness the close of her long and glorious career, and that her farewell performances at Covent -Zara= will really be Aer Imt apporances in learbn. - - SUiIfBIER CIRCUITS OF THE 'TUDORS, 1801. Yesterday, by virtue of the Queen's warrant, the Judges of the Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer finally determined, appointed, and signed the precepts naming the days for open ing the ensuing Summer Commissions of Assize of Oyer and Terminer and general gaol delivery in and for the several counties, towns, and cities on which they have been respectively appointed to pro ceed and hold such assize throughout England and Wales. The following are the official days named and signed by the Judges throughout each circuit, viz. : NORFOLK CIRCUIT. Judges—The, light Hon. Sir W. Erle, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and the lion. Mr. Justice Wight man. Buckinghamshire—Thursday, July 11, at Aylesbury. Bedfordshire—Monday, July 15, at Bedford. Huntingdonshire—Wednesday, July 17, at Huntingdon. Cambridgeshire—Friday, July 19, at the County Courts at Cambridge. Norfolk—Wednesday, July 24, at the Castle at Norwich. City of Norwich—The same day, at the Guildhall of the city. Suffolk—Tuesday, July 30, at Ipswich. Note—Business will commence on July 11 (the commis sion day) at Aylesbury. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. Judges—The Right Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock, Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, and the Ron. Mr. Justice Willes. Rutlandshire—Tuesday, July 9, at Oakham. Northamptonshire--Wednesday, July 10, at North ampton. Leicestershire—Saturday, July 13, at Leicester. The Borough of Leicester —The same day, at the Guild hall of the borough. Nottinghamshire—Wednesday, July 17, at Nottingham. Town of Nottingham—The same day, at the Guildhall of Nottingham. Lincolnshire—Saturday, July 20, at the Castle of Lincoln. City of Lincoln—The same day, at the Guildhall of the city. Derbyshire—Thursday, July 25, at Derby. Warwickshire—Tuesday, July 30, at the Castle at War wick. HOME CIRCUIT. Judges—The lion. Mr. Justice Williams and the Hort. Mr. Justice Blackburn. Hertfordshire—Thursday, July 11, at Hertford. Essex—Monday, July 15, at Chelmsford. Sussex—Friday, July 19, at Lewes. Kent—Wednesday, July 24, at Maidstone. Surrey—Thursday, August 1, at Croydon. NORTHERN CIRCUIT,. • Judges—Tho Hon. Mr. Baron Martin and the Hon. Mr. Baron Wilde. Yorkshire—Tuesday, July 9, at the Castle at York. City of York—The same day, at the Guildhall of the city. Durham—Tuesday, July 23, at Durham. Northumberland—Monday, July 29, at Newcastle. Town of Newcastle—The same day, at the Guildhall. Cumberland—Friday, August 2, at Carlisle. Westmoreland—Tuesday, August 6, at Appleby. Northern Division of Lanc ashire —Wednesday, August 7, at the Castle at Lancaster. Southern Division of Lancashire —Saturday, August 10, at Liverpool. OXFORD CIRCUIT. Judges—The Hon. Mr. Justice Hilland the Hon. Mr. Justice Keating. Berkshire—Monday, July 8, a Abingdon. Oxfordshire--Wednesday, July 10, at Oxford. Worcestershire—Saturday, July 13, at Worcester. City of Worcester—The same day, at the Guildhall of the city. Staffordshire—Thursday, July 18, at the Castle of Stafford. Shropshire—Saturday, July 27, at Shrewsbury. Herefordshire—Wednesday, July 31, at Hereford. Monmouthshire—Saturday, August 3, at Monmouth. Gloucester—Thursday, August 8, at Gloucester. City of Gloucester—The same day, at the Guildhall of the city, WESTERN CIRCUIT. Judges—The lion. Mr. Baron Channell and the Ron. Mr. Justice Byles. County of Southampton—Thursday, July 11, at the Castle at Winchester. Wiltshire—Wednesday, July 17, at Salisbury. Dorsetshire—Monday, July 22, at Dorchester. Devonshire—Thursday, July 25, at the Castle at Exeter. City of Exeter—The same day, at the Guildhall of the city. Cornwall—Thursday, August 1, at Bodmin. Somersetshire—Tuesday, August 6, at Wells. City of Bristol—Saturday, August 10, at the Guildhall of Bristol_ Note—Nisi Prius cases only will be tried at Bristol, over which Mr. Justice Byles will preside. SOUTH WALES AND PRINCIPALITY OF CHESTER CIRCUIT. Judge—The Hon. Mr. Justice Crompton, who will, after proceeding through South Wales, join Mr. Baron Bram well, and conjointly hold the Assize of the County and City of the Principality of Chester. Cardiganshire—Monday, July 8, at Cardigan. Pembrokeshire—Thursday, July 11, at Haverfordwest. Town of Haverfordwest—The same day, at the same place. Carmarthenshire—Tuesday, July 16, at Carmarthen. Glamorgamhire—Friday, July 19, at Cardiff. Brecknockshire—Monday, July 29, at Brecon. Radnorshire—Tuesday, August 1, at Presteign. Cheshire--Saturday, August 3, at the Castle at Chester. City of Chester—The same day, at the Guildhall of the city. NO. 'RTH WALES AND THE PRINCIPALITY OF CHESTER CIRCUIT. Judge--The lion. Mr. Baron Bramwell, who joins Mr. Justice Crompton at Chester. Montgomeryshire—Monday, July 35, at Newton. Merionethshire—Wednesday, July 18, at Dolgelly. Carnarvonshire—Monday, July 22, at Carnarvon. Anglesey—Thursday, July 25, at Beaumaris. Denbighshire—Monday, July 29, at Ruthin. Flintshire—Thursday, August 1, at Mold. Cheshire—Saturc ay, August 3, at the Castle at Chester. City of Chester —The same day, at the Guildhall. V- --- . acation Judge—The Hon. Sir A. Cockburn, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, will remain in town as Vacation Judge. THE VACANCY IN THE COUNCIL OF INDIA. In the course of his speech on the proposed abo lition of the exclusive privileges of the Covenanted Civil Service of India, Sir C. Wood gave authori tative confirmation to a report which had been floating about for some days before, to the effect that Col. Durand had been requested by the Go vernor-General to accept the office of Secretary in the Foreign Department, and that he would accept it when enabled to do so by the provisions of the new bill. This arrangement will make a vacancy in the Council of India. We believe that Colonel Durand was elected by the Council, and that, there fore, the vacancy occasioned by the transfer of this officer to the Indian Executive will be filled up in the same manner_ With respect to the question of succession, we are not in a position to speculate, with any sort of confidence, with respect to the selection to be made by the 14 remaining members. But it would appear to be at least probable that an offer of the seat may be made to Sir James Outram. Such a tribute of respect would be equally ve onour able to him and to the Indian Council; an d e need sir James scarcely say that should, as w e hope, Outram s health admit of hi s taking office , the arrangement will be ext reme l y a dvantageous to the public service. Tho ug h C o l on el Durand is to be h the new Indian Secretary, in the foreign or poli tical department, hi s rea l strength is in the mili tary department, an d there Out ram ' s knowledge and experience would be of the greatest s ervice. We have heard with much gratification that the last accounts of Sir James's health are of a favour able character, and that an eminent German physi cian whom he has consulted gives good hope of his restoration to permanent health and strength. In deed, we have a lively hope of seei ng hi m, before long, sitting i n the . Indian Council. Heis one of those m w hen he is onc e so far r ecovered as to enabl e hi m to taketthat stre n gthening medicine, we f ee l assure d t h a t his progress will be rapid an d h i s recovery itteinngupon whom work act s as a tonic ; and abiding. — Overland Mail. G 7t L hAg A ee ß hnd Y otrluees A anied N afo D unfl MURDER AT KIN GSWOOD , NEAR atnhde murderßhiesvw. familyals s , committed o a n i n c/Mondayswitooctc; night T j : ae l vt . n Chertsey, leaving an elderly female named Holliday to take charge of the h ouse, as s h e had done on severa l occasions. The fellows got on the roof of an outhouse joining the house, and smashed the bedroom window where the unfortunate woman lived. It seems probable that the noise awoke the woman, and that she gave an alarm. The wretches, it is supposed, then dragged her out of bed, and along to the foot of the bed, as there is a streak of blood along the floor. They then violently thrust part of an old stocking into her mouth se forcibly that her tongue was pushed back to the top of her throat. Her husband (who is lodgekeeper to T. Aio)ck, Esq., M.P.) had left her a little after six on the previous evening, and on going the next morning found his poor wife lying dead on the floor. The police are mak ing active exertions to apprehend the perpetrators of this foal deed.