The Sun. — London, England, 1856-06-23 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madlle. JOHANNA WAGNER. TO-MORROW EVENING (Tuesday), June 24, will be performel Bellini's Opera, entitled I CAPULETTI ED I MONTECCHI. Romeo, Madlle. Johanna Wagner ; Juliet, Madlle Jenny Baur ; Tebaldo, Signor Reichardt ; Lorenzo, Signor Bouche ; and Capellio, Signor Beneventane. In the Ball Scene will be introduced a Divertissement, Pas de Deux—Mdlle. Marie Taglioni and M. Charles. After which, a Ballet Divertissement. Pas do Quatre— Mesdlles. Katrina, Liseroux, Galby, and Pierron. "La Seguidilla"—Millle. Marie Taglioni and M. Charles. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket. ITALIAN OPERA and BALLET.— ROYAL SURREY TEIEATRE.—In congequence of the ex traordinary success of Italian Operas at this Theatre during the past week, arrangements have been made for another series of represen tations, commencing THIS EVENING (Monday, June 23), when will be performed Bellini's grand Opera, NORMA. Norma, Madame Lorini ; Pollio, Signer Lorini To bo followed by the new Ballet Divertissement, LA NYMPHE DES BOIS, which Miss Rosina Wright will appear. Doors open at 7 ; performances commence at half-past 7. At the Usual Surrey prices —Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. TIIXATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Air. E. T. Smith. ENGLISH OPERA. THIS EVENING will be produced DER FREISCHUTZ. After which, The Last Act of IL TROVATORE. To conclude with The Last Act of THE BOHEMIAN' GIRL. THEATRE ROYAL, 11.tY JARKLT. Under the Management of Mr. Bucketone. TIM EVENING, SINGLE LIFE. After which PEREk NENA and the Spanish Dancers will appear. Followed by GRIMSHAW. BAGSHAW. AND BRADSHAW To conclude with THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TiIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Ifinagement of Mr. CHARLES KLAN. THIS EvENING, A PRIN.7E FOR AN' HOUR. After wttlen, TIE WINTEWS TALE. ROYAL THE !LTRF. AOELPIII. Proprietor and Manazer, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celesta. TTITA EVENING, THE FLYING DUTCHMAN'. Follow° I by LIKE AND UNLIKE. ROYAL OLYNEPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manazer. Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING A FASCINATING INDIVIDUAL. After whieh, RETRIBU LION. To conclude with CATCHIgG A MERIIIID. ROYAL SIT3REY TITEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd Ind Cresvvick. THIS EVENING, NORNA, To conclude with A BALLET DIVERTIASESIF,Nr. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITIIFATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. wm. Cooke. THI3 EVENING, The Romantic Equestrian Spectacle, THE HORSE OF THE CAVERN, or the Mounted Brigands of the Abruzzi, with the novel feature of the Italian Bandits on borsOack, the Neapolitan Dragoons, and Mr. W. Cooke's stud of trained horses. After which, The EQITESTRIAN SCENES of ART in the CIRCLE. with Deseret's celebrated performing Dogs and Monkeys, as exhibited before her Majesty. Te conclude with THE FESTIVAL OF PEACE ; or Honour to the Brave. A Mid-day Performance this day (Monday) at Two e'clock. Box-mike open frsm Eleven till Fo ir. Stave Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER, AT LONDON BRIDgE. THIS DAY—Morn. 7 rain. aft. s—Evening 31 min. aft. 5 TA-MORROW—Morn. 57 min. aft. s—Evening 23 min. aft. 6 THE WEA.THEit—Scrg OFFICE, JUNE 22. THERSIOXETER, IN VIE SHII3II. 6g—highest since noon yosterdny. 58 —lowest this morning and during the night. 66 —this day at noon. Ba.hom wrlt - a-30.03. WIND, S.W.—Rather fresh, with doubtful weather. AFTERNOON—Fine sunshiny weather. JUNE 23. 68 —hiehest since noon yesterday. 58 —lowest this morning and durfnz the night. 64 —this day at noon. BAROSIETER-30 . 27—rising rapidly. WrNn, North-easterly.—itather flesh, with fine weather, but dull and cloudy. 2r~ T. 31111 , , LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1856. A new phase of Coburgism will be exhibited this evening in the Honse of Commons. We are perhaps wrong in terming it altogether " new," for the unfortunate interference has been going on for several years, and the decision on which the present proceedings are based took place in August, 1853. The harvest time has, however, at length arrived, and we shall witness the fruition of the seed then sown, or its summary destruction by an independent vote of the sei disctnt guardians of the public purse. It appears that his Royal Highness the Prince Consort has for some time been actuated by an earnest desire to remove the National Gallery from its present site, to a position where the visi tors may be more select, although far less nume rous, than those who go to study or admire its varied collection of good, bad, and indifferent paintings. The aristocratic connoisseurs should not be impeded by the presence of the many, who had no right to come " between the wind and their nobility." Trafalgar•aquare, although at one time asserted to be " the finest site in Europe," had the disadvantage of being too cen tral. Persons who could only devote a few hours to their amusements could get there too easily and too cheaply. It could not he appropriated to what are rather vulgarly but expressively termed " carriage folk," who, having their private vehicles available, cared not for a few miles more or less. Besides, the locality substituted might be made equally convenient to " the upper ten thousand," " the little world," whose convenience is not only the first, but apparently the sole consideration of our rulers. A great coup might therefore be effected, and the opportuni4 l was afforded by the hand some surplus which remained from the proceeds of the Great Industrial Exhibitio n of 1851. was the President of the Commissioners. His influence was naturally very Powerful. Few would wish to oppose one placed in so elevated a position, and who, from his interference in almost all the public departments, had the opportunit y of rewarding adherents, and whose coolness would be considered an evil of no ordinary magnitude. He might therefore be regarded as the Dictator of any Board over which ho presided. And we can scarcely feel surprised that any project which he recommended should be carried. The only wonder, indeed, seems to be, that the other Commissioners were equally divided, and that the plan for the interment of the National Gallery should only have been carried by his own casting vote—there having been six (including H.R.H.) for and five against the removal of the Gallery to the intended mausoleum at Kensington-gore. The first step in this direction was the purchase, at an exorbitant rate, of certain property at Ken s'ngton-g,ore. The whole of the profits of the Industrial Exhibition were absorbed in this im provident acquisition. It would perhaps have been better for the country that they had been cast into the sea, or expended in fireworks. The land being obtained, something should be done with it. If it remained unused it would remain a perpetual monument of the folly of those who bad unibetu,nately been chosen as true.- • tees for the nation. H.R.H. is a practical farmer, but the cabbages that might be obtained from the land would scarcely be considered as either sufficiently profitable or ornamental to justify so heavy an expenditure, by which the trust fund was completely exhausted. Something more should be done. The first outlay should be more than quadrupled to justify the previous expenditure. The National Gallery offered the means of providing work for the demon thus raised. "The finest site in Europe" was unhesitatingly con demned. The obvious expedients of restoring the whole building to the use for which it was origi nally destined, and letting the Royal Academy find a place of exhibition for itself, or of consti tuting a temple of art more worthy of the British nation were disregarded. Trafalgar-square was eschewed, and a new site sought for. Kensington Palace was equally objectionable. The park and gardens might attract visitors who would compound for the fatigue and expense by the beauty of the walks, and purity of the air. The aristocratic paupers who had obtained cheap lodgings at the expense of the nation could not be disturbed ; and, therefore, while all the war burdens were still fixed on the over-weighted tax-payers, many hundreds of thousands were to be applied in the construction of a new and unnecessary building. The Crown property at the south side of Pall-mall was equally ignored, and eventually the precious bargain obtained by the Commissioners, the cabbage gardens at Kensingtone-gore were selected by a majority of one, that is to say, by the direct vote of his Royal Highness. This evening will, as we have already stated, witness the consummation or rejection of the scheme. There is a great opportunity for the House of Commons of vindicating its character for independence, of showing whether the nation is so wholly German ridden, that every suggestion of the predominant influence must be eagerly adopted. We believe that "the cabbage-garden site" is about the worst that could be adopted ; that the saddling the nation with a heavy expenditure, for the sole purpose of excluding the people from any opportunity of inspecting their own property, is one of the most obnoxious propositions that could be brought forward, and that its sanction by Parliament will be one of the most unfortu nate events that can be conceived for those from whom it emanated. We trust, therefore, that the House of Com mons may be true to itself, and establish a claim to the national gratitude by preventing the erection of a monument, more durable than brass, of national subserviency and toadyism, that will incur the contempt and reprobation of future generations. A discreet silence is observed this year in the reports given to the public of the annual dinner at the Trinity House on Saturday ! A discreet -silence as to the political sentiments expressed upon the occasion by H.R.H. the Master when proposing the customary toasts to the assembled Brethren in his convivial capacity as Chairman of the Symposium. Not a syllable finds its way into print now as to the Prince Con sort's avowal of his opinion that the representative institutions of England are upon their trial—actually no further than " upon their trial "—in the middle of the nineteenth century ! Well, perhaps, all things considered, it is about the best thing that could be done in regard to the speeches of H. R. H. at all bearing upon matters of a political character. Elsewhere than at the Trinity House, we have a remembrance of H. R. H. giving utterance to views of a Icn? pecu liar description in regard to questions of a politico historical kind bearing upon the popular notions as to our national system of government. We have a recollection of H. R. H. avowing (at some Exeter Hall meeting, if we are not very much mistaken) that according to his judg ment, WILLIAM the Dutchman was incomparably the greatest of the Kings of England ! A very Whig sentiment truly— one welcome, of course, to every intellect biassed, as for example Mr. MACAULAY'S great intellect is biassed, by the warping influences of infatuation. Quite a "party" estimate of our annals—quite a view of our history acceptable to Orangemen—quite an opinion, moreover, that might be anticipated from a foreigner ! The Dutchman the greatest of our English Kings, quotha—the cold-blooded Prince of Orange the ne plus ultra of royalty in Great Britain ? A sagacious ruler in truth ho was beyond all doubt—one whose "policy" it was, fortunately for our common country, to advocate liberal principles as opposed to those of arbitrary Government. But—the greatest of the Kings of England ?—Absolutely a most absurd notion (although uttered by a R.H.), remembering not so much, we will say, our HENRYS and our EDWARDS, the glories of tl,e TUDORS and of the PLANTAGENETS, the anointed heroes of YORK and LANCASTER, as, bearing in mind (lot us hint), a glorious Monarch like the one, the thousandth anniversary of whose birth was not many years ago comme morated by a grateful posterity in this commonwealth of ours, a commonwealth ruled by him, ten centuries since, with so much wisdom and magnanimity. ALFRED the GREAT— so called by historian after historian, from BEDE to LINGARD—ALFRED the - GREAT, at Once an heroic warrior, a munificent patron of the arts, and a renowned law-giver (not a poetic myth like ALTRUR, nor yet a dramatic creation like CY3IBE LINE)—ALFRED the GREAT to be ignored by his Royal Highness for the purpose of giving the preference and priority to WILLIAM the Dutch man I Eh Lien—chacun a son gout i Ellen— de gustibus non disputandum ! But then H.R.H. thougiit and spoke, of course, as one born, and bred, and educated in Germany, in the land conti guous to the land of the Dutch Paragon—while we think, and speak, and believe, and aspire as simple hearted, simple-minded Englishmen. All things considered therefore we don't fancy there is much lost by what we consider in truth as the very judicious suppression of the after-dinner eloquence of H.R.H. and his distinguished convives at the Yearly banquet holden at the Trinity House on Satu r d ay evening. Mr. Itoesueres truly patriotic homily at the great meeting of Administrative Reformers, held in the London Tavern on Saturday last, may be considered as divided into four heads—first, the dangerner ; 01 this,tile country ;zecond, the causes of th a t dg obligations a ll gco d c iti zens are under to strive to rem ove those cause s ; an d, danger fourth, the mode o f procedure to be adopted to ensure the largest amount of success. Everything, he says, un der the first h ea d chal lenges our hearty concurrence or most profound sympathy. For the last few years the country has been "in a state of great danger," and at this moment is " at the very brink of a precipice, down which it may be precipitated to-morrow." The interests of the empire have been, and con tinue to be, " sacrificed" to " party interests." Ministerial imbecility did bring about the War with Russia—imbecility and corruption did mark tha conduct of that War. Our army, " after THE SION LONDON, MONDAY EVENINGS JUNE 23, 1856 having conquered the enemy in the battle-field," did " melt away like a wreath of snow under the sun of summer," owing to that imbecility and corruption, and to the same causes must be attri buted the enlistment difficulty with America. The respectable well-to-do classes are open to the charge of looking after their own selfish indul gence, and " leaving the State to take care of itself." Imbecility and corruption are still at the helm, or biding their time to be there, and the vessel of the State cannot but be in danger while this state of things continues, even were Europe not trembling, as it does, in the incipient throes of revolution. Equally certain is it that the immediate cause of this disaster and of this danger is the irrespon sible position of our rulers. Government is in the hands of a few, and these few, feeling there is none to bring them to task, administer public affairs so as best to promote their petty party in terests, and not the interests of the country. The story is an old one, and will, almost as a matter of course, be repeated so long as this irresponsi bility is suffered to continue. The chief blame, how ever, is with the constituencies, we have said so again and again, and Mr. ROEBUCK is of the same opi nion. If the country has been so sacrificed, and is in such danger, the fault is theirs. The con stitution invests them with all controlling power, and if that power is usurped and abused by petty cliques, who else is to blame but themselves I Mr. ROEBUCK is not far from the truth when he says the country " owes a great degree of gra titude to the Press." It was the Press that rescued the army in the Crimea from extinction and saved the honour of the country from utter abasement. The country has neither been nor is "alive to the danger of the State." While the best interests of the Empire have been perilled, we, for one, have contemplated with " sorrow," if not with "shame" the apathetic state of the public mind. At a crisis when it especially behoved the nation to look closely after the management of its affairs, the constituencies stood by as spectators—not wholly indifferent, to be sure—instead of princi pals deeply concerned in the consequences of every move. Their charitable impulses, their patriotic ardour did not slumber—they suffered them in par t to be misdirected. What came of imbecility being suffered to be at the helm, is now largely felt. What might have been the case had the Press not done its duty, posterity will best appreciate. It will not do to make a scapegoat of the House of Com mons. Rarely, indeed, has there been a worse, but unpardonable as its faults are, the constituen cies are chiefly to blame for them. The House is their House—its members are their representa tives—and dared not have acted as they have if they had been duly reminded of their duties. Such results having followed this neglect, the obligation of the constituencies, always imperative, becomes tenfold more so now. To them is entrusted the honour, welfare, and security of the country ; and all these have suffered, and are still greatly imperilled. Were there not sufficient motive here for more concern on their part in the administration of public affairs, abundant may be found in the fact, that in that peril their own selfish interests are involved. If patriotism be impotent to move them, what shall be said of Mammon ? Hear Mr. ROEBUCK : " The people of this country, like the people of America, are worshippers of the almighty dollar, and so long as they are that—so long as they will be made like beasts of burden to bear the yoke, they deserve to bear it ;" and, let us add, that yoke will necessarily touch the pocket more and more heavily, as well as degrade the national instincts. f Consider that, after being told " You are un- worthy of the name of freemen if you do not act up to the obligations which it imposes." If you would rescue this country from its perilous condi tion, and your selfish interests along with it from like danger it is your bounden duty—and youmust look more closely to the management of public affairs. Are you prepared to do so ? So far we have been enabled to express our concurrence in Mr. ROEBUCK'S sentiments and views. Now that we come to the mode of pro cedure we are somewhat at varianc?. Mr. ROEBUCK believes worse of the people of England than we do, and appears to us somewhat illogical beside. He is of opinion the people of England would turn a deaf ear to a measure of Parliamentary reform, and yet tells us "It is idle to talk of Administrative reform un less they are ready to have Parliamentary reform." To be sure he tells us the latter end may be ob tained by other means. But we would ask him, if the people are not in a condition to listen to a measure of Parliamentary reform, in what their readiness consists, and what prospect is there held out of Administrative reform ? The natural order is Parliamentary, and then Administrative reform —given the one, the other will inevitably follow. Mr. ROEBUCK, however, conceives he can make a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Two corrupt trees indeed—for he would use the reform-despis ing constituencies to reform their reform-needing representatives, and thereby reform the State. We are afraid he is in error, and that the pro cess 'will prove almost as valueless as rea• soning in a circle. We don't mean to say that nothing can be done by means of the scheme he proposes of bringing the dereliction of mem bets before their ponstituencies, and shaming or frightening the delinquents into a semblance of virtue. Our fault with it is that it does not begin at the beginning, and if exclusively relied on will occasion the loss of much valuable time. Rouse the constituencies and the masses to the necessity for Reform in Parliament, and all will be straight forward sailing into port. Try to " influence" the House of Commons as proposed; and, though some measure of suceess be obtained, the country will, or we are mistaken, still sigh in vain for substan tial Administrative Reform. We have spoken hesitatingly, perhaps a little obscurely ; but the evils of our administrative system lie deeper, if we are not greatly mistaken, than Administrative Reformers generally appear to imagine, and we heartily desire Administrative Reform. Wo earnestly invite attention to an article which we have extracted from a provincial con temporary, the Liverpool Albion, in reference to " General THOMPSON and the Continental Free- Trade Movement.'' The labours of the veteran reformer, the author of the well-known " Cate chism of the Corn Laws," have been the most beneficial and the worst rewarded of any in the great cause of "unrestricted competition ;" while others have received valuable testimonials, he has not even been allowed to retain his seat in Parlia ment, in which he had made himself so pre-emi nently useful. He is still, however, indefatigable in the cause to which he devoted his disinterested and efficient labours. Ho has now placed at the disposal of the Brus sels Congress a pamphlet in French—tracing the entire history of " politico-commercial" progress. Such a work, from such a quarter, will, doubtless, be d u ly appreciated—and conduce greatly to the success of the interesting and important conven tion - which will be held iu September' in the Bel gian Metropolis. sc^iptions received by It is stated th a t, up to l ast even i ng , the total stib sufferers by the lundatiAs in 'France had reached 17,000 1 . the Lord Mayor on behalf of the LATEST NEWS. BERLIN, JUNE 21. Thanks to the mediation of Russia an arrange ment has bean concluded between Denmark and the United State; in virtue of which a provisional toll convention will remain in force till June 1857. The Sound Dues will be collected under this con- vention as formerly. MADRID, JUNE 22. The Qaeen has been indisposed since the 19th. She was bled for this, and yesterday a miscarriage ,00k place. FOBTRAIT OF GENgBAr, WILLIAMS, OF KARS. Major-General Sir William FEnwick Williams, Bart., K.C.8., attended by his aide-decamp, Major Teesdale, visited the Westminster Photographic Gallery, in Par liament-street, on Saturday, after being invested with the insignia of the Bath by her Majesty, and honoured Mr. John Watkins with a sitting for his portrait. We have seen an impression of the photograph taken on this occasion, and can pronounce it equally successful as a likeness, and meritorious as a work of art. The picture is on an important scale, and represents the " Hero of Kars" seated, holding his plumed hat in the right halal, while his left rests on the sword, which is placed across his knees. The noble soldier-face of the distinguished general wears an expression of calm dig nity that will be recognised by all who know him as pe culiarly characteristic, and his breast is covered with the decorations that have been 'conferred on him by the monarchs of Turkey, France; and England. Mr. Wat kins's well-known gallery of portraits contains many celebrities of various kinds, but to none of them at the present time is so strong an interest attached as to this life-like representation of the gallant general whose heroic defence of Kars shone so conspicuously in the late war, and won for him the admiration of the world. Another portrait, privately shown to us, of the late Captain Langhorne Thompson, taken by Mr. Watkins immediately after the decease of that brave and lamented young officer (who reached home to die but a few hours before the arrival of his brave chief), is a touching me mento of the departed heroism that must be of inesti triable value to the bereaved relatives. There is nothing painful in this photograph ; the features are of the finest type of manly beauty, and the expression is that of tranquil repose in sleep.—Monting Chronicle. Major-General Sir William Williams, attended by his aide-de-camp, Colonel Teesdale, visited the West minster Photographic Gallery, 34, Parliament-street, on Saturday, after having been invested with the insignia of the Bath by Her Majesty, and honoured Mr. J. Wat kins with a sitting for his portrait. The photograph taken on this occasion is equally successful as a likeness and meritorious as a work of art. It is on an important scale, and represents the hero dressed in the uniform of a general of artillery and wearing all his orders.--.2im a. HER MAJESTY AND TEE RETURN OF THE GUARDS. The return of the brigade of Guards from the Crimea will give to the inhabitants of London another great holiday. Sir G. Grey has announced that sufficient notice will be given of the time, and it is stated on authority that her Majesty and her Royal Consort will meet the return ing heroes at the railway station in the Waterloo-road, and that their march into London will be headed Ly the Qtleen herself i❑ person—on horseback, we presume, as the simply going before in a carriage would scarcely be a royal compliment. The route of the return will be up the Waterloo-road, across Waterloo-bridge, by the left along the Strand to Charing-cross, and thence by Pall-mall and St. James's street to Hyde-park, where the troops will be drawn up in line and reviewed. After the review, it is proposed to give the guardsmen a public dinner by subscription in the great tent now used for the azalea show at Cremorne Gardens. The subscription is under the management of several distin guished officer, and will be arranged so that the gene ral public may participate in the pleasure of giving a pub lic dinner to these brave fellows, who have so well sup ported the ancient character of the British soldier for indomitable courage in the field and invincible good-na ture when the battle is fought and won. 'Borne suggestions have also been made in giving to the Guards, on their return from the Crimes, an invita tion to visit the Crystal Palace. The subject is, we un derstand, under the consideration of the directors, hut the difficulty is to decide in what manner the visit shall be paid. If the whole brigade is invited, and the men are required to be formed into line for the purpose of a grand military display, it will afford but little pleasure to Those for whose benefit the invitation would be given ; and, if the visit be paid, we trust that the Crimean ve terans will, like other visitors to the Palace, eujo7 freedom from the restraint of military discipline, and be permitted to enjoy themselves among the beauties of nature, and the wonders of art and science which are provided at Sydenhaan. SUNDAY .34USIC IN THE PARKS. Notwithstanding the threatening appearance of the weather during the morning, the attendance in the Re gent's Park yesterday to hear the band play was exceed. ingly numerous. The band has been augmented and improved, and appeared to give general satisfaction. Several hundred chairs were provided for the accommo dation of the visitors, but the demand for them greatly exceeded the supply. A number of respectably-dres, ed persons carried programmes, which were sold at one penny each, "in aid of the band ;" but in several cases the purchasers paid as much as a shilling, and even half. a-crown, for one. One gentleman yesterday handed 20s. to a member of the committee. The usual order and regularity prevailed, and everything passed off in the most satisfactory manner, with the exception, perhaps, of the smoking, which should not be indulged in so near the b.tnd. The following programme was performed : Gra, , d March "Lion" Cavat in a, " Lucia di Lammermoor" Donizetti. Pas Redouble "Love on" Polonaise Waltz " Vesuvian " . Lanner. Duet "Norma" Grand Slow March Selection . " Figlia del Roggimento" Donizetti. Aria " By tho sad Sea Waves" Benedict. Quadrille National Anthem. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the Foreign-office. Present Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Ear! 'Granville, the Earl of Ilarrowby, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Lord Pam - mire, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Hon. M. T, Baines, and the Duke of Argyll. The Council sat two hours. THE PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.—It is confidently ruam=red in political circles that the present session of Parliament will be brought to a close the third week in the ory.sning month, as it is anticipated all public busi ness will be concluded by that period. The Prince Regent of Baden has arrived in Paris from England on a visit of four or five days to the Em- peror. The King of Sweden has charged Prince Oscar, his son, to present to the Emperor for the Princa Imperial the insignia of the order of the Seraphim. Count Orloff has returned to Paris from Montpelier. M. de Seebach is again i❑ Paris. Tan RAILWAY STRUM—LIVERPOOL, June 21.---The turnouts held another meeting this morning, and ap pointed a deputation to wait upon the directors, respect fully requesting them to submit the questions in dispute to ai'Atrittion. The deputation was informed by Mr. Booth, the secretary, that the directors had definitively deciled never to employ any of the men who bad struck. REBUILDING OF COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.—AII matters having been amicably arranged with the pro prieterw, the Duke of Bedford and Mr. Gye, it is now determined that Covent Garden Theatre shall be rebuilt. Sir C. Fox and Mr. Henderson have entered into a con• tract, and pledged themselves that six months from the day they enter the work of reconstruction, the theatre will he ready for operatic performances.—Musical World. ITALIAN OPERA. AT THE SURREY THEATRE.—The en tertainments at this theatre on Saturday evening, which were for the benefit of Miss Rosina Wright, consisted of the second act of "Norma," and the entire opera of " Lucrezia Eorgia"—Madame Lorini being the represen tative of the first heroine, and Madame Caradori that of the second. The attendance was so numerous that, not withstanding the advertisements had stated that it was the "last night of the series," the directors, relying on the success which had attended their efforts, caused an announcement to be made that they had determined upon giving another series of operatic performances, com mencing this (Monday) evening. It was also stated that the opera of "La Sonnambula" and other favourite com positions would be immediately produced, with every ad vantage which could be derived from orchestral and ch , rat effects, aided by the decorative art. THE TIPPERARY BANK.—The publication of the letter addressed by John Sadleir to his brother James a few weeks before the stoppage of the Tipperary Joint-Stock Bank, detailing the plan for presenting fictitious ac counts to the proprietors, was, on Saturday, a topic of universal attention in the City. If anything could in duce shareholders in public companies to distrust the financiers, who parade uniatelligible statements, and who, relying on the popularity of unbounded promises, contrive, in their practised manner, at every meeting to put down plain inquirers, this document should be fol lowed by that result. The probability is, however, that its only effect will bo to stimulate for a moment the dis position to investigate the position of such few concerns as may be notoriously opened to suspicion. Even this limited movement will do good, and should be aided in every way, and in that sense it is proper to inquire the reason for surpressing in the printing of Mr. Sadleir's letter the names of the three Banks which be appears to have cited as establishments from whose proceedings he had modelled his own course of infamy. As this letter, together with such of Mr. Sadlei►•'s general pa pers as may have fallen into the hands of the legal con ductors of the case, most probably implicates others as well as his brother James in his deliberate conspira cies, it is also expedient to ask whether any steps are in progress to reach all such persons by criminal prose cutions. A letter from Parma says :—" It is high time that steps should be taken by the Government of England to give that support to the Duchess of Parma of which she stands in need, ii she is really bent upon resisting the encroachments of Austria►, by giving her the moral sup port of the British Minister here, and thereby convinc ing her that if she takes the initiative in it troducing the desired reforms, she would bs cr untenanc ,d therein by the friends and well-wisbers of Italy. A commencement of reform, even in the small State of Parma, would Le the signal for reforms in the other Italian States." . . QUICK PASSNGE FROM CHINA. • -The fine cipper ship Stuatt . Wortley, 1,000 tons, commanded by Capt. George Simsdn, arrived in the Downs on Saturday with a valuable cargo, of tea and silk. This ship is one of several built for Sir George Hodgkinson by . the late Mr. John Smith of Sunderland, whose excellence of model the splendid passage of this ship (only 100 days) is h anffivimt proof. CRIMEA. The Alexandre arrived at Marseilles yesterday, with advices from the Crimea, dated June 6. The Russians have announced that they will not allow the importation of merchandise into the Crimea except by Theodosia and Eupatoria. " General Jaknowsky has been appointed Civil Governor of the Crimea. " The 71st Regiment has been sent back from Balaklava, to Kertch, at the request of the Rus sians, until the departure of the Turks. "The 88th has left by the Belleisle the 2nd Battalion of Fusiliers by the King Phillip ; and the 31st by the Charity. " Surgeon O'Connor has committed suicide. " The Russians have offered to purchase the old huts. " The weather is fine, the heat moderate, and the army in good health." There are yet of all arms, 12,000 troops in the Crimea. Marshal Pelissier has fixed the sth of July as the last day for the evacuation. From that day all military protection of natives or fo reigners will be withdrawn. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE ' June 13.—The Turkish jour nals confirm the demolition by the Russians of the fortifications of Reni and Ismail. The engineer officers employed on this duty have 2,000 workmen under their orders. The stones taken from the ramparts are placed on board small craft, which convey them to Odessa. In stating these facts, the journals of Constantinople recall the declarations of Lord Clarendon, according to which the fortifications now destroyed ought to have been preserved. - The town of Kars has been restored to Turkey. The fortress of Redout Kale has just . been eva cuated by the Turkish troops. Kipris Pacha, it was said, would be appointed Ambassador of the Porte at St. Petersburg. Ferrek Khan is to go to Paris as Ambassador from the Schah of Persia. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. The Monitettr announces that the senate met in its bureaux on the 20th, for the purpose of proceeding to the nomination of a committee empowered to examine a project of senatus-consultutn concerning the regency of the empire. This committee is organised as follows :—Count Portalis, president ; M. Ferdinand Barrot, secre tary ; President Barthe, Marshal Caurobert, Pre sident Delangle, General Count de Flahault, Gene ral Marquis dlautpoul, General Count d'Ornano, the Marbuis de Pastoret, M. Sapey. TilE BOURSE, June 21.—The following were the closiKr, quotations : End of Month. —f. —c. 70 90 Czar. fr. e. per Cents 3 per Cents 7O 63 Now Loan 7O 70 Bank Shares 4,050 Roman CrMit Mobilier ) ,555 Austrian Fives 93.2— Sdanish Threes Piodmontese(s)... 2 . 92 Home Debt RAILWAYS-108 CASE. Ir. c. fr. , Orleans 1,315 Western 932 50 Northern Lyons ...... 1,470 -- New Ditto ..... .... 852 50 141editerranoan l, l -;87 50 Grand Contral Lyons Geneva 782 50 Teste Cet,te RUSSIA. VIENNA, June 19.—The "reformed" Russian Cabinet is composed of the following individuals : Foreign Affairs, Prince Gortschakoff; Messrs. de Tolstoi and Osten-Sacken are his assistants; Home Department, Prince Sergius Lanskoi ; President of the Council of Ministers and of the Council of the Empire, Count Orloff; War, General of Artillery Suchozanet ; Minister of the Imperial house and head-quarters, Lieut.-General Adlerberg ; Chief of the Imperal Staff, Baron Lieven ; Controller of the Empire, Lieut.-General Annenkolf. General TAchevkin is the successor of Gen. Kleinmichelas, Supreme Director of the Departm en t f or P u bli c Works and Communication by Land and Water. The portfolios for Naval Affairs, Finances, Justice, and Pubic Instruction are in the same hands as they were when the Emperor Nicholas was living. ITALY. In central and southern Italy there has existed for years a certain sect, known as the San fedesti, or Defenders of the Faith. That sect, organized after the fashion of a secret society, and under the denomination of Cattolica Apostolica Societa dei -'an fedesti, is placed under the patronage and pro tection of the police ; and its avowed object is the defence of the " Throne and the Altar," to be at tained by the extermination of the Liberals by all the means in their power. The following is the form of oath taken by every new brother on his admission : I, N. N., in presence of the Almighty God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, of the ever immaculate Virgin Mary, of the whole Celestal Court, and of the ho , noured Father, swear to let my r'ght band be cut off, my throat cut, to die of hunger amid the most atro ,:ious torments, and I pray the God Almighty to con demn me to the eternal pains of hell, should I betray or deceive any of the honoured fathers or brethren of the Catholic Apostolic Siviety, in which I this moment en rol myself, or should I not scrupulously fulfil its laws, or not render aid to my brothers in need of it. " I swear to hold firm in the defence of the holy cause which I have embraced, not to spare any individual belonging to the infamous gang of Liberals, whatever be his birth, parentage, or fortune, not to have pity for the tears of infants or of the aged, and to shed, even to the last drop, the blood of the infamous Liberals, without regard to sex or rank. " Finally I swear implacable hatred to all the ene mies of our holy Roman Catholic religion, the only true one." SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 16th inst. The day bAore the Queen granted an audience to Count Waldkirch, envoy extraordinary of the King of Bavaria, who formally demanded the hand of the Infanta Donna Amalia for Prince Adalbert of Bavaria. The envoy thus addressed her Ma jesty on the occasion : " Madam,—Thank a to the extreme kindness and bene volence with which you have deigned to receive me. The preliminary negotiations for the fortunate conclusion of a marriage between Prince Adalbert of Bavaria and the Infanta. of Spain Donna Amalia, have terminated to the c )mplete satisfaction of the high contracting parties, and in a manner c indueive to the mutual interests of your Majesty and of the King my august Sovereign. I nave accordingly been ordered by King Maximilian IL of Bavaria, my Sovereign, as chief of the Royal Huse of Bavaria, to demand in his name and in that of Prince Adalbert, conformably to the contents of the letter I have the honour of most humbly submitting to your Majesty, as chief of the Royal House of Spain, the hand of the Infanta Donna Amalia, daughter of the Infant of Spain, Don Francisco de Paula, for Prince Adalbert of Bavaria. The Queen replied : " I feel much gratified at the satisfactory conclusion, with your co-operation, of the negotiations of the matri• moniai contract of my most beloved cousin and sister the Infanta Donna Amalia Filipa Piiar, daughter of the Infant Don Francisco de Paula, my beloved uncle, with Prince William George Lewis Adalbert, brother et his Majesty the King of Bavaria. The con tract, which I intend to ratify without delay, having been signed, and the projected marriage being autho rised Lee the Constituent Cortes, I am extremely happy to accede, as chief of my Royal Family, to the wishes of your Sovereign, and to those expressed in the letter you have just handed me, by his brother, Prince Adalbert, to whom I grant, with pleasure, the hand of my most beloved cousin and sister, the I n fanta Donna Amalie." OUR ARMY THE CRIMEA. WAR, DEPARTMENT, JUNE 23. rin e gt , jnonuree 7 _,, Health of the reports : to Lord Paumure unSdierrldVal CA eCritna army, good. Ten regiments remain for embarka tion." TbA importation of gold in Paris in 1855 was 380,000,000 c., and silver 120,000,000 f. The exportation was—gold, 162,000,0001., and silver 318,000,000 f. CONVICTION :OF THE DUBLIN FORGER OT RAILWAY TRANSFER DEEDS.—At ten o'clock on Saturday night, James Knighting was convicted of forging transfer deeds on the Great Southern Railway, and sentenced to six years' penal servitude. ROYAL MAIL STEAM COMPANY.— Captain Chappell, who has been secretary of the Royal Mail Steam Com pany for a long time past, has resigned his office, and Mr. R. T. Reep has been appointed his successor. GENERAL THoMPSON AND THE CON TINENTAL FliffE-TRADE MOVEMENT. In an age, as in youth and in his prime, the as sociate and literary legatee of Bentham is the same ardent apostle of the Greatest Happiness Principle; and, as ever, is ready to illustrate his precept by practice. He is now in the van of the agitation for the completion abroad of the edifice whose foundation-stone he may be said to have laid at home ; for, as Mr. Cobden, to his own infinite honour remarked, on the termination ef the labours of the League, the ever-zealous, never-flagging first practical assailant of monopoly and restric tion in this country was the author of the " Cate chism of the Corn-laws." As such he must ever be remembered with the admiration due to an origi nating, vivifying genius, as compared with the claims of copyists and followers, however merito rious. Mindful of this character, more so than many of his own ingrate and oblivious countrymen, the Belgian Free-trade Association, whose address calling for English assistance in behalf of the forth coming Congress at Brussels in September next we lately published, requested the aid of the veteran, who bad assisted as one of the deputation, in the same capital and for the same purpose, with Mr. W. Ewart and others, in 1847. He responds with the promptitude that might be expected from one of his uniform antecedents. With a view to popularise the objects of the Congress through the medium familiar to the educated classes on the Continent, lie places at the disposal of the As sociation a pamphlet in French, written by him several years ago, together with a preface, bringing down the history of politico- commercial progress, to the present time, and apropos especially of the present Belgian movement. From the letter to the London agent of the Association conveying this donation, which has been gratefully accepted, we are permitted to make the following interesting extract : " The history of the pamphlet is remarkable. It was composed by me in 1834, at the express invitation of Dr. Bowling, who was at that time on a kind of diploma- tic mission it Paris. The translation was executed by M Benjamin Laroche, since deceased ; and we laboured at together, with all the precautions familiar to those who have been engaged in preparing documents for publication in the languages of the East. It was printed by a Pari sian printer, and on the very day contemplated for publi cation (which I. think was the 17th of Nov.) came informa tion of the dismissal of the Liberal Ministry in England. Dr. Bowring's mission was at an end ; our Parisian pub lisher took alarm at the possibility of the publication being unpleasant to the Government of the day after such a change; and the work could never be got into anything like general circulation. In 1847 the present reprint in stereotype was made at Blois, at the instance of an Eng lish friend residing there. But again the publication was found impracticable. Having never been able clearly to ascertain the reason, I will not hazard any vague sur mises. But the fact was there, that nobody would sell the pamphlet or assist its circulation. Perhaps under the auspices of the Association, the air of Belgium might be found more favourable to the work and its object. I look back with great pleastree on the share I was enabled to take in the proceedings of the Congress in 1847. The slight hold a Liberal has on the support of a constituency in England under the absence of the Ballot. joined to the virulence of religious parties whom I had done all in my power to assist in the hour of their distress, dismi.sel me on the first opportunity from Parliament, and cut me off from the power of placing anything like public character at the service of the Association. The will, however, is the game, though the power is for the present departed." The power has not departed ; far from it. The example of a man at General Thompson's time of life, and so well entitled to repose after such pro tracted and inestimable labours, being ready to put lance in rest once more, is in itself a potent in centive to those who have yet their spurs to win in the coming campaign against restrictive conti nental tariffs, now staggering under the blows just dealt in respect to coal and iron in Bel gium, and sugar and a variety of imports in France. It is not merely the copyright of the pamphlet that the General places at the dis posal of the Association, but the stereotype plates, which he has had printed at his own cost ;—therein adding another item to the large aggregate of ex penditure, amounting to many, many thousands of pounds, incurred by him in the gratuitous and one rous prosecution of a cause productive of substan tial profit, as well as extensive fame, to others. We have seen an impression from these plates. The pages are very large, and the type is very small, arranged in the well-known mode of summarising the contents:in marginal notes, and notes interwoven in the text, so familiar to the readers of the "Catho lic State Waggon," "Taxes on Knowledge," and the innumerable original brochures and reprints from the Westminster Review that had made the name of Col. Thompson a household word to liberal ears, and a sound of terror to monopolists for a long series of eventful years. Bradford, for which the gallant author sat when the last Congress met, has since awakened to the importance of what was then being attempted, if not to gratitude towards the leader of such attempt. That, and most of the other large towns of Yorkshire, are preparing to im part the strongest' possible British industrial signifi cance to the commercial and manufacturing gather ing of the nations at Brussels in September next. The invitation of the Newcastle Chamber of Com merce to all Associations of a like nature in the United Kingdom to follow its spirted example in sending a repreneentative to Brussels, or to con tribute to the expenses necessary to the efficiency of the machinery now hieing employed in Lon don towards that end, is experiencing a most gratifying response. At its meeting, on Wednesday week, the Commercial Association of Manchester resolved to open a correspondence with M. Corr Vander Maern, the President of the Belgian Free trade Association, and his colleagues in London. The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, and the nu merous other bodies in this great focus of trade, will, we trust, hasten to lend their aid in every way to an agitation which has very recently effected a most important modification in restrictions upon the ingress to the Continent of two main staples of British produce, and whose ultimate object is the universal practical establishment of the great fundamental principle—that the lowest duties com patible with the strictest fiscal necessities is the soundest course of action, political, social, and pecuniary, that any State can pursue.—Liverpool Albion. Naval and Military Intelligence. The steam-transport Khersonese, No. 10, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Gibraltarand Lisbon. Her Majesty's stea'n mortar-ship Forth, 12, Captain Lord John Hay, C. 8., is ordered to leave Portsmouth for Plymcutb, and will sail as soon as the weather (very rough yesterday) moderates. It is said that she will take a cruise in the Channel with a small squadron of gun• boats. The transport Belgravia, No. 105, arrived at Ports mouth on Saturday from the Black Sea, with 194 men and the officers of the 39th Regiment. The Mayflower, Lieut.-Commander Grenville M. Temple ; the Carnation, Lieut.-Commander Philip San marez ; the Insolent, Lieut.-Commander C. H. Smith ; and the Plover, Lieut.-Commander Keith Stewart, gun boats, on Saturday were ordered to be taken into the basin at Sheerness to refit and get ready for immediate service. The Mars, 80 guns, new screw steam-ship, sent from Sheerness to be docked at Chatham, is ordered to bo ready to be put out of dock by the Ist of July next, and Captain Hall, late of the Hecla, is oersted to be under orders to hoist his pendant on board the Mars, when she is ready for commission. Captain Halsted, lately appointed to command the steam reserve at Sheerness, took up his commission on Saturday on board the Formidable, 84 guns. The following vessels are being fitted in tie great basin at Sheerness :—Scylla, 21 guns, screw st. am cor vette (recently launched) ; the Persian, 12 gun sloop ; the Firefly, 4-gun paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Captain 11. C. Otter ; the Wildfire steam-vessel, tender to the Waterloo ; the Fearless steam-vessel, tender to the For midable; the Vigilant, 4 guns, new screw steam-vessel, Commander William Arinytage ; and the new floating battery, Terror 16 guns. There are also fitting in dry docks the Nimrod, 6 guns, new screw steam gun-vessel ; the Wasp, 14 gun., screw sloop ; the Bridiant, 20 guns ; the Lizard, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com mander T. B. Christopher ; and one new mortar-vessel. The Lizard will be pot out of dock to-morrow. The Elk, 12. gun sloop, and the Acorn, 12-gun sloop, now fitting at Chatham, have been victualled from the department at Sheerness, and are ordered down to Black stakes to take in powder, shell, rockets, &c., and after swinging for the adjustment of their compasses to pre pare for their immediate departure on foreign service. The Germania, from Cork to Weymouth, with the Ist Devon Militia on board, after remaining off the Land's End in a thick fog for 20 consecutive hours, ignorant of her exact position, suddenly, on the afternoon of the 13th, found herself on the rooks Senning's Cote, Land's End, and was inimminent danger of being lost with her freight of 600 persons, but the captain's admi rable presence of mind, aided by some Cornish fisher men, succeeded in getting the ship safely off. The regi ment were all on deck, but the officers were on the instant at their pust , , and oe ing to their control not a man moved, and not a voice was heard save those of the captain, the look-out, and the pilot fisherman The officers of the regiment addressed a letter to Clptain Neynaber, previous to dise m b ar k a ti on , express i ng their appreciation of the admirable self-possession displayed by him on that occasion, adding also a hope that if ever they should again be placed in similar peril they might have to trust, under God, to a heart equally stout and courteous. Tk e Germania arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from Cerk with 16 officers and 450 men of the 4th Middlesex Militia. She went into harbour yester day, and the troops will disembark this morning. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenant E. A. P. Stubbs, to the Victory ; J. A . Parks, master to the Acron ; Alfred F. Gibbonr, second master to the Magicienne ; John 11. Perry, second roaster t) the Tribune ; Archibald M'Clatchie, surgeon to the Brilliant ; C. 11. T. Russell, naval cadet to the Calcutta. Upwards of 250 candidateA have passed the required examination at Sandhurst College, and are now waiting for commissions in the army. THE PANAMA ROUTE. (From the Times City Article.) The following letter calls attention to the advan tages of the Panama routelor the mail and passer ger traffic to Australia. The disregard shown not only by the Government but also by the commer cial public to the demonstrations constantly pre sented in its favour has for years been a subject of comment in the Times, and probably the only ex planation that can be suggested for it is the pre ponderance of the East Indian interest in this country, which prevents any question connected with the American coasts of the Pacific from being taken up with vigour or impartiality. Even in the existing state of affairs Australian despatches by the clipper ships are constantly anticipated by com munications received via the Isthmus and New York ; and at this moment the latest papers from Sydney in the hands of our merchants are such as have been received through that channel, ow i n g to the accidental arrival of a Failing vessel at Callao :-- " Sir,—Painfully , impressed, both as a private individual and as recently the chief magistrate of a colonial comma' Pity deeply interested in the subject, with the convictio n that little practical consideration has been given by the Imperial Government to the Australian steam question, I venture to offer the results of my own experience of the comparative advantages of the only two routes that can really occupy] the attention of competent judgee---v lO .. Suez and Panama. Lately arrived from Port Philip, afte r , a residence of 18 years, I learn with surprise, which I know will be shared by those I have left behind me, th at the Treasury has decided upon the former. The reasons for this preference I am at a loss to discover, the advantages being, to all qualified eyes, so clearly in favour of the lat ter, as I hope very briefly to render apparent to your read' era who may not have considered the matter. "I made the voyage from Melbourne to Valparaiso in a • • sailing vessel, from the latter port to Panama in a steam?r, thence across the Isthmus by the railway, and from AsPle" wall to Southampton by the West India Mail packet. MY railway trip convinced me of the fallacy (now happily ex:. ploded, I rejoice to hear) of all opposition on the score 0 1 web insalubrity.. ; " Not only did neither myself nor any one of some hen; dreds of fellow-paesergers experience the slightest effects, but I was soured by a medical gentlenian that the Isthmus is now so healthy that the services of his prefer sion are seldom in requisition. This truth was emphati cally corroborated by the appearance of all the emploYe' along the line and the residents at either terminus, esPe e ' - ' ally on the Pacific side, to which objections as to mim es ' &c., chiefly applied in the early history of this extraordi nary enterprise of joining the two oceans by a transit 0f two hours with punctuality, safety, ease, comfort, and olvl lity to all making the run. Doubtless, the Isthmus before, being cleared produced malaria, and the construction 0, the railway was attended with considerable mortality, eoPe" cially among the Chinese and Coolies, who were so ill pro' pared to withstand the noxious influences which then abounded. But there is au end of all that now, and every day diminishes the possibility of its returning. So far as I can possibly ascertain from inquiry or ob servation, no person who has ever made the Anglo-Austr a. lien journey home or out by way of the Pacific would dream of attempting it by the Indian Ocean if there were on the former waters that reasonable certainty as to arrival and departure which steam would afford. Anti for very obvi ous reasons. Sailing on the Pacific, particularly between Panama and New Zealand, which important colony, b e it borne in mind, can only be directly se r v e d postally by Iveyof the Isthmus, is like sailing on a mill pond, Calms.a re the only impediment to speed, o r ra th er t o punctuality the one thing needful to the greatest uniform rap s " dity and consequent punctuality is screw-st e amers on t he Pacific, but judiciously managed, and no t w ith such crud e Quixotism as justly discredited the Americ a n experime n t by the Golden Age, made under most di sas trous circura stances, in the fever of the nugget mania, with p r ovisions , fuel, wages, and every incidental expense at r ates that would prevent any imaginable traffic from leaving a divi dend on the capital employed. All th a t i s now w holly altered, and the example cited becomes merely a warning of ignorant rashness to be avoided, instead of a pre cedent of prudent boldness to be repe a t e d. " Very different is the c ase as regar d s th e tempestuous Indian Ocean with the run (dread e d by un d er w r iters) slog. the stormy Cape Leeuevi n , sa yi ng no thi ng of frequen" transshipments. These must ever r en d er Suez alike e x " pensive and inconvenient to p as s engers , w holly imPra c. ticable for heavy merchandise, and even unsu itable for the enormously bulky mails which Au s t ra li a n ow requires, including newspapers and P ar li amen t ar y publication s, while, moreover, consideri ng w h a t we co l on ists will b e forced to pay, and what we would willingly pay for proper accommodation, we have a right to insist on the full benefi t of the book-post being included in this service. All?: tralians are peculiarly sensitive to a first false step in t 1 .1 1: direction now. Eager as they are f or th e rapid recap and despatch of their letters, and knowing that the Panama route would give them that desideratum, they know Aso that it would give another, scarcely less important, which Suez will not—viz., a direct, expediti ous , an d (because °f the postal subsidy) reasonably economic means of their two great staples, bullion and fine wool, reaching the hom e market. " Australians read with astonishment in ;.he America n papers of coals, lighthouses, guano, &c., making nearly the whole circuit of the United States frontier, from Maine to Oregon, across Panama, of course at a profit to those engaged iu the transport. Why do not the British public if the British Government will not—act upon so or gestive an example? Already about one-half the whole distance--namely, from Southampton to Aspinwall -1° traversed by the Atrato, La Plata, and the rest of the magnificent 'paddles of the Royal West India Mail Coin' pany. Why is not that company empowered to complete the other moiety of the undertaking, and so bring Mel" bourne and Sydney within 50 days of London, New Zealand thereby participating in suchlcelerity ? Sooner or later this will have to be done, for in no other way can the objects of the colonists be attained. Why it is not done at once —why the British public do not insist on its being done, or at least on knowing the real reasons for its not being done, is a mystery the elucidation of which is desired with exceeding anxiousness by many thousands of English subjects at the antipodes, in whose behalf you are now addressed by,—Sir, your obedient servant, " W. H. BAYLIE, " Cork, June 19." Ex-Mayor, Geelong, Victoria, DESPATCH FROM GENERAL PELISSIER AND ,stiISECEI OF LORD GOUGH. The French Minister of War has just received the following report from Marshal Pelissier, dated the 6th inst. : Monsieur le Mar&hal—The ceremony of the investi ture of the Order of the Bath took place to-day, a t the headquarters of the English army. At balf-past tea General Codrington did me the honour to call for me' and, accompanied by the general and other officers wh o were to be decorated with the order, I went to the Beg mented with the colours of the two nations, lish quarters. There, under a large marquee, " ea- Gough, formerly general-in-chief of the army in Ind ia ' who had been delegated by the Queen of England to Pre- side at the ceremony. The English infantry and ar t " . lery were drawn up to form three sides of a square OP posite the tent. After reading the decree of her MajestY Lord Gough delivered an address suitable to the occasion. His lordship then decorated me with the insignia Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, as well as Genera lai de Salles and de M`Ma.hon. Next came the turn of tbe knights commanders and the knights companions, to each of whom Lord Gough addressed a flattering comPli ree e ll :e: The investiture was followed by a review of the Ens troops, whose appearance was then, as on all occasions, was Lord remarkably fine. At the close, as at the commencement of the ceremony, salutes were fi re d by th e at' v tillery, and were returned gun for gun by the French artillery, stationed at some distance. When the salute ° were terminated the troops withdrew to their quarters, and we partook of a collation offered by Gen. Codrington. Toasts were drunk to Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and the Emperor Napoleon, in the midst of expressions Of the most cordial esteem. These sentiments, w hichllui te the English and French emits, and which have•been only strengthened by a prolonged daily intercourse, we re never more clearly shown than on the present occas ion. I experienced the most liv e ly satisfaction, and I ate happy to express it t o y o u r exce ll enc y. PELISSIER. The Moniteur appends to the above report th e following speech delivered by Lord Gough on di e. tributing the decorations : Toe Queen, my august Sovereign, h a vi ng a t heart 0 confer the highest military honours upon the officers °f ' the French and English armies in the Crimea, as a tes t ' mony of her high approbation and as a mark of her i.en tire admiration of their distinguished services on the fiel d of battle, and the Emperor of the French having gra"' ously acceded to her Majesty's wishes, I have been de", puted by my august Sovereign, and I have receivea from Prince Albert, the Grand Master of the Order , the, necessary powers to come here, upon the actual theatre es, your glory, to confer, in the presence of the two armle ss the dignity and the insignia of the Most lionouraha Order of the Bath upon his Excellency the Mars o h Pelissier, the Commander in-Chief of the Fren army, upon General Salles, and General 3 " ah t ":l. The absence of General Mor r i s d e p r i ve s me of the satisfaction of investing that di s ti ngu i s h e d o fficer 'NI, a similar mark of her M a j es ty' s cons ideration. is also an agreeable duty fo r me , i n con f or mity with the= orders of my Sovereign, an d as a t es timony of : royal approbation, to invest with the insignia of Spiel °. Commanders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Generals Thiry, Herbillon, Bonat, and Aureliej The absence of Generals Carnou, Autemarre, ee d'Allonville, deprives me of the satisfaction of conferring upon them the same distinction. I need not express to you, my comrades of the English army, all the pleasur e and pride which I feel in having been commissioned to confer upon yoa, Lieutenant-General Dacres, Dr. 1/14 11 1 Inspecter-General of Hospitals , Lieutenant - Gen eral Barnard, and Lieutenant - General Lord Rokeby, the well-merited honours which are so graciously accorded' by our august Sovereign and mistress. May you long live to enjoy the just reward of your valour and loyalty. Although I am much flattered by the gracious choice, of my Sovereign, I cannot help saying that the ,tot ' able mission I now fu l fil would have belonged nitleu.?•*: rather, had it pleased God to spare him, to the brave and noble soldier who victoriously led the English ' armies upon these battle fields, and under whose orders you gained these honours. However, I rave myself command e d cons id era bl e f orces o f the English army, and have learned the anxieties and respon sibilities of such command. I may, therefore, be permitted to appreciate at their just value such distill!' tinguished and brilliant services as pure. I will U attempt to describe the glorious services and brilliant feats of arms of the Frenob and English armies is this terrible struggle, which has been so happily terminated by heroic efforts against an enemy worthy of suclh ad' vert.alies. These armies have, the pride and sati4factio a of knowing that it is to their valour and devotedness. that Europe owes a peace honourable for all partie s, and on that account, in all probability, the more durable. The soldiers of France and England have fought side by' side in this grand struggle without any other rivalry' than that of striving which should best serve their sr?' vereign and their country. May this union and th . 1 .5 friendship, engendered by an admiration for g reat 10/11, tary virtues and cemented by the prodigal sacrifice a the two greatest military nations of t h e world. the beet blood of the two peoples , r e main ever dear to I Mop coma t ._ lc; ecnt. 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