The Sun. — London, England, 1861-06-18 00:00:00

riIIIEA TR ?.-R OYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. 3. 13. Bnakstate. THIS EVENING, the Performances Will commence with the Comedy of THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. Chas. Mathews, Buckstone, E. Villiers, Rogers, ,tc. ; Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. C. Mathews, and Miss E. Weekes. Followed by THE ADVENTURES OF A LOVE LETTER. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. And THE GALICIAN FETE. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, TRUTH AND FICTION. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthew.,Widdicombe, Shore, Cathcart, Garden; Miss C. Leelercq, Miss R. Leclercq, and Miss M. Harris. Followed by THE MAN OF THE WORLD. Mr. Phelps. Concluding with THRICE MARRIED. Messrs. Shore, Meadows, Garden, and Miss C. Leclercq INT EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Reproduction of "The Colleen Bawn. " The Adelphi "Census " every Evening. THIS EVENING, the successful new Farce, entitled A TURKISH BATH. Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. P. Bedford. After which (209th time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. D. Boucicault, D. kleher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, 'C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boucie,ault, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To be followed by a new apropos Sketch, THE CENSUS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Ebnrne, Romer, C. J. Smith ; Miss Kate Kelly, Miss E. ehorne, and Mrs. Chatterley. Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. Positively the Last Week of the present Company. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— TMS 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 JOCKO, the Brazilian Ape. Reduced prices. Doors open at half-past 6. 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 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 ; popular Solos on the Cornet-a-piston, by Mr. Levy (the first p erformer of the day); the Broth ers Conrad (in an entirely original entertainment on the double rope, not to be seen elsewhere); continued success of Mr. Wood and his talented little Son. The Comic Department comprises the followingfavourites —Mr. Marshall, Mr. Hollingsworth ; the NERVES, by mesas. Harvey and French ; and Mrs. Lawrence. Musical Director, Mr. JONGHMANS. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. THE NER ?ES. a Comic Duet, by Messrs. Harvey and French, EVERI'r EVENING. T " O X F O R D, 6, OXFORD -STREET. Mr. LEVY, undoubtedly the best performer of the day on the Cornet-a-Piston—Grand Selvtions (on the most complete scale) from Dinorah, Martha, Stradella, and other vocal and instrumental music, by Miss Russell, the Misses Stuart and Miss Ernst, Messrs. Charles Greville, Fornari, Stuart, ley, Bernard, Beaumont, Bervon, finish, Signor Tivoli, and Mr. Henry Herbert, with full band and powerful and selected chorus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans.—The followin Harvey, and French and Comic talent, Messrs. W. Randall, J. Blanchard, W. g• ieg land, Hollingsworth, E. Marshall, Balcony and the Brothers Conrad in their latest and best entertainment, every evening. Admission, Hall, sixpence ; Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Two DAY.—Morning, 9h. 24m.—Afternoon, 9h. 56m, To-monnow.-Morning, 10h. 28m.—Afternoon, 11h. 5m TER WEATHER.—SuN Ormax, Jurrz 18, 1881. THERMOMETER, IN TIM BEADN. 69—highest since noon yesterday.: 49—lowest this morning and dttring the night. 70—this day at noon. BAnomrrnn-30.17. ; WlND—Easterly—fresh ; with fine sunshiny weather. Vt- ..I r, . :.,2 _ ,... . , ,, 4 . e* t ".'''''' ='' .`"1 L:',..j. sj:, ' el, , at . ,,,c: -'' ' t 4' .4.7 1 1. 1 - - ''''''--L---ds 4. ,, t. A „. ,, . i.,0 05, 0. , )1„ ... 21_•.11r . THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1861. What the Northerns will think of our sending a few regiments to garrison our Canadian towns properly, we may well imagine from their unac countable indignation with England for the mea sures of neutrality which we have adopted. Among the New York mob, and in the columns of the New York Herald and Times, edited as they are by emigrant Irishmen, bitterly hostile to this country, wo should not be surprised at anything, however unreasonable and furious, against the British—but that the intelligent cor respondent of a contemporary writing from the well-educated and half-English city of Boston should describe the feeling as increasing there, is very remarkable. In a letter by the last mail, dated 4th of June, he says :—" The feeling against England is much on the increase in this country, and threatens to bring about a return of those bad old times when it was held to be the first duty of an American to hate all Eng lishmen. The telegraphic report of the royal pro clamation of May 13 had a favourable effect, but the publication of the text of that document has had quite the contrary effect. It is contended that the tone and language of the proclamation are in sulting to the United States, and that we are ranked in it with the man-stealers of the Con federacy. The debate in the House of Peers on the proclamation has also given offence; and the announcement that the British Admiralty were sending Armstrong guns and other weapons of war to Canada is construed into a menace against the American Union. Nor is this feeling an ill-founded one, for assuredly there is not a man in America Who thinks of making an attack on Canada, except as the consequence of a war with England; and Such a war we no more desire than the Romans could hav e w i s h e d f or a G au li s h i nvas i on w h en t h ey had Hannibal on their hands and Canna3 fresh in their minds. Men reason that such preparations are directed. against this country, and that your Government are making ready for a war that they regard as in evitable. They may be wrong. I pre sume they are; but you might as well expect the ascendancy of reason in a fever hospital as here, remembering in what a state of excitement-we have been living for six or seven months, and that now our sole business is connected with war, for there is literally nothing else doing or to be done in either the Union or Confederacy." We would charitably believe that the last re mark gives the true account of the case, and that our cousins ;'iavo really lost their heads with ex citement. He adds that the people are ready for anything, and seems to fear that they may get the upper hand as they did at the First Revo lution in 1790, yet speaking, as it were, for himself, as well as others, he says—" We are nog conscious of having done anything to deserve the treatment we have received from your Government, and it is supposed that you believed that it was a Over with the Union, or else you wouldn't have made such haste to endorse the Confederacy." To Which we may certainly reply that we are not con- ?anions of having endorsed the Confederaey." In deed, we know of nothing to which such an expres 'sion would s,pply unless it were to our having helm° wledged belligerent rights to the South, which, we hardly need say, is a totally different Thing. We need not defend that step either for our own country or for France, since the able New York writer whose views we gave a few days ago, has shown, in the most con- Vlusivo manner, not only that it was the only view We could justly take, but also the only one vhich would justify the Southern blockades, save the North from responsibility to us for Southern inju ries to our commerce, and avoid placing us in the position of umpires. What we could have done more, as neutrals, we cannot understand. We have not denied the right of the North to hang 1 1 ,nglishinen if they find them on board pirate vesF;els, though we more than doubt whether it du.re treat a Southern privateer as a pirate ; that their concern; but we decline o urselves to re gard the privAtecrs as pirates. We have forbid- The battle indeed is no longer one of argument but of votes. The decision might just as well be taken to-morrow without a single speech. Every one knows what every one will say ; the only thing uncertain is how the few will vote who may turn the scale either way ; and the votes of these parties are influenced by some consideration quite aside from the real issue, a Royal Ocean Mail contract or something in the political world, something it may be in Paris or Rome, and having nothing more to do with Church-rates than the Galway Contract with the Paper Duties. A contemporary, we ob serve this morning, gives us a long leader to show that the Establishment is at stake—that the battle is really for its existence. Can the writer seriously think so? Can any one at this time of day, seeing what the Voluntary principle is doing, both within and outside the Church, believe that the subtraction of Church rates can injure a hair of the Establishment. Wherever a new church is wanted, if it be but made known, either the neighbourhood, or some wealthy person far off, soon furnishes the sum. And here, within sight of our own windows we see non conformists erect and pay ready money for a chapel which cost £30,000. It is really absurd to tell men living with their eyes open, who see the Free Church creatinga new voluntary Church for all Scotland— who see the Methodists supporting a vast Church throughout England, who see the Roman Catholics and sects of all kinds maintaining their ministers and places of worship without difficulty—who know, too, that considerably more than half the worshippers, at the date of the Religious Census, worshipped in all respects at t heir own expense— it is absurd to tell those what is bef ore who just lo o k on them, that the Established Church can lose anything by undertaking a part only of those charges which poorer bodies so easily defray. Let Churchme n b ut b e straightforward. lv esa y, we have not only no fear for the Church, but the most absolute confidence that the change will greatly invigorate her, as well as re li eve her from national hostility. But let those who would maintain compulsory powers for the Church of England tell the truth. They really want to retain an unrighteous domination over other sects. They cannot think, more than we do, that Churchmen would not freely subscribe more than they and Dis- senters together are now forced to pay. We hold ,hat it is high time for English Churchmen to ge rid of the feeling of hauteur which, adopting the national, that is the nationally endowed creed, is too apt to inspire and to acknowledge the equal reli gious position of all Christian sects. The Appropriation of Seats Bill, if not as momentous a subject for discussion in the House of Commons as that renowned Appropriation Clause which, a generation back, involved the Fate of a Ministry and the existence of a Go vernment, has certainly proved quite as interest ing a theme for debate between the respective sup porters of the Coalition Cabinet and the Tory ,Opposition. The Times, for once just, we will den enlistment, we have forbidden privateers and prizes to enter our home and colonial ports. Touchy as Americans now are, we may fairly ask them to look back a little, and they will see that they have not done much to conciliate our good will under their present difficulties. They freely accept British subjects, but they most captiously resented our acceptance of American volunteers during the Crimean war. They falsely accuse us of sympathy with slaveholders, but they ostenta tiously proclaimed their sympathy with that brutal despot NICHOLAS, the man who crushed Hungarian liberties, and those of the Principalities, and who aimed to appropriate Turkey. When we wanted to bring our soldiers from Canada, under protest of neutrality, they prevented their coming to Portland by railway, because part of our line to Quebec was through their territory; and the St. Lawrence being frozen, the troops had to be brought on sledges by a rough and circuitous route to the British port of Halifax. There was no unkindness they could show us in that perfectly disinterested war, which they did not; yet they seem angry because we do not fight for them in a war which is simply and purely a war to make the Union again a great sla very republic. They are fighting not for liberty, but rather against it. They will liberate slaves only when compelled by circumstances, they wish on the contrary to return to the hateful regime of subjection to the Fugitive Slave law—little indeed have these objects to interest us, except that they are non-slave-holders fighting against slave-holders; but it is to re-enter into partnership with slave holders, not to compel them to liberate their slaves. Of the Morrill Tariff we need not speak—but the s imple fact was, that as soon as they were able by the withdrawal of Southern Members to do it with out hindrance, they immediately attacked the indus try and trade of England! Verily we think it is England not America which has a right to com plain. To-morrow is to be another Wednesday battle of no slight importance. The Conservatives intend, at least, to do their part. They assembled yester day and discussed their plans, but have not made them public. With so many divisions in their own camp, the consultation was quite needful, but we strongly suspect they could agree on one point only—to resist Abolition. What should be done, if Sir JOHN TRELAWNY were defeated, was a very different question. It is just possible that, well drilled as Conservatives are, they may have resolved on combined action for one of the rival schemes—the Mends of rejected proposals agreeing, for party's sake, to forego their own preferences ; but we should think it more likely the meeting only resolved on the most effective possible whip for to-morrow to get if but a small majority against Sir JOHN TRELAWNY. Mr. DISARELI boasts of these Wednesday battles against Religious Liberty and Equality, the country clergy have aided him politically with wonderful energy, and the result is that the Conservative party has made Church Rates and other religious grievances their battle horse. They fight, as they have avowed, for the " dominancy of the Established Church." The Liberal party is, therefore, now bound not only by its principles, bat by its party necessities, to accept the battle ground chosen by their oppo nents:.They cannot run off to the shelter of a Select Committee on Church Rates. The responsibility lies on them of successfully defending a post which their party has gained, and which, if surrendered, will prove the signal for its speedy disruption. If the Liberals cannot,even in this Parliament,maintain their position on Church Rates, they are undone as a party. The country will not trust them. It will remember that it could gain majorities, and large ones, on this subject under a Tory Government, and the old cry will be raised that the advanced Liberals succeed best when Tories are in office. The prin cipal members of the Government have all com mitted themselves to abolition ; and though they have not made it a Cabinet measure, and cannot while the religious protectionist, Mr. GLADSTONE, holds a prominent place among them, their reputa tion as a Liberal Ministry will be ruined if they desert their colours ; and if they cannot gain the victory under them, their supporters will soon desert them THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 1861. say, for once—failed in its attempt to dictate the course to be pursued by the Government! It is true that on Monday, the 10th, the 3d Clause had been rendered a mere skeleton clause by the erasure of the names introduced into it by the Home Secretary, those twin names of Chelsea and Kensington. Ministers having been baulked in that laudable endeavour to enfranchise the inhabitants of the West-end of London, must, perforce, it was argued, drop the Bill altogether. Ministers, however, it has now turned oat, did not by any means think thus them selves. There were many suggestions proffered of new names wherewith to fill up the hiatus left in clause 3, and the Cabinet complacently determined to give the members of the House generally the opportunity of substituting some other name or names for the obliterated names of Chelsea and Kensington. Sir JAMES GRAHAM had suggested on Monday last what Sir F. GOLDSMID suggested for him yesterday—that is to say, the London University. Mr. SCULLY—evidently agreeing with Colonel DUNNE that " there were no interest so badly represented in the House of Commons as those of Ireland" (a truly Irish lapsus lingua that instantly, upon its utterance, called forth shouts of laughter)—Mr. SCULLY evidently concurring with Colonel DUNNE in this sagacious opinion— proposed to accord the vacant seat about to be apportioned by clause 3 to the " County of Cork." Mr. DUNCOMBE talked of " Burnley " in Lanca shire. Mr. KNIGHTLEY moving in fine an amend ment, that an additional member should be accorded to the Metropolitan County of Middlesex. This last proposition it was that Ministers them selves at length decided, after some hesitation, upon regarding the most favourably. Mid dlesex they could not but recognise had many conspicuous claims—containing within it 2,208,000 inhabitants (not according to Sir GEORGE LEWIS'S statistics, which are rapidly acquiring to themselves a certain pre-eminence as about the faultiest anywhere to be met with) — and far beyond this of course, in fact beyond every other imaginable consideration, Middlesex having had the distinguished honour, naively announced by the hon. gentleman the member for North Warwick shire himself, by a lapsus lingua funnier even than that of Colonel DUNNE'S already particularized— Middlesex we say, having had the distinguished honour of having given birth to Mr. NEWDEGATE Everything in fact encourages the Cabinet in this final determination to stand by Mr. KNIGHTLEY'S amend ment and award the vacant seat of clause 3 to Middlesex ! The committee goes to a division-- Ministers troop after Mr. KNIGHTLEY into one lobby—into the other passes forth in solemn order the formidable throng of the Opposition. Numbers are announced—for the motion 186, against it 236 —clear majority against the awarding of an addi tional member to Middlesex—Fifty ! And then, quite as a matter of course, we read in the Parlia mentary reports a sentence fast assuming to itself the privilege of being stereotyped—" the announce of the numbers was received with loud cheers from the side of the Opposition." Previously to the division in question, Colonel FRENCH has agreeably suggested to Ministers the ad visability in the event of their being again defeated (as they have been) upon "clause three," they should summarily abandon the bill altogether. Not so, however, thought the Home Secretary, who instead of throwing the Bill aside, simply suggested when the cheers of the Opposition have died out, that the clause itself, merely that little vexatious, annoying " clause three" should be negatived. Whereupon we read, with a sort of gusto, it was negatived accord ingly. Afterwards comes " clause four," according a new member to Birkenhead—that clause with the very reasonable proposition involved in it having been carried, upon a division, triumphantly. When the report of the Bill shall have been brought up, we shall learn what is likely to be the ultimate decision arrived at first of all by the Government, and afterwards by the House, in its regard. As yet its fate is—to this ♦ery moment—sufficiently problematical. Sir JAMES GRAHAM is yet to be heard, if he should only be restored to health, as we earnestly trust he may, early enough for the personal advocacy of his own favourite amendment—Sir J. GRAHAM, we say, is yet . to be heard pleading the cause and enforcing the claims of the London University. That safe seat is to be got ready for Mr. GLADSTONE in South Lan cashire. The Scotch members are still hankering after a colleague who shall sit as representative of the University of Modern Athens. The Irish members are still hungering and thirsting with an insatiable appetite for a new county member, who shall enable Cork to go on more swimmingly. Finally, with an eye to the gratification alike of the North and the South of England, Mr. DISRAELI (who last night went dead against the appointing of one new member to Middlesex) looks favourably upon the notion of so dealing with the Four Vacant Seats that the West Riding of Yorkshire after being split in twain shall have TWO more, while the other TWO shall be, according to a simi that last sngyes:ion, certainly under the circum stances ! However, we may implicitly trust the clashing interests of the Societies and of the Public generally, to the wise 'discrimination of her MAJESTY'S Commissioners. Doing this, how• ever—we must yet remark distinctly and sue cinctly in conclusion, that while we love not less the Temple Gardens, we love assuredly still more the long-hoped for project of the Thames Em- bankment. CONCERT OF THE VOCAL ASSOCIA TION. The last Subscription Concert of the Vocal Asso ciation, which takes place to-morrow evening at St. James's Hall, promises, from the contents of the programme, to excel in attraction the preced ing ones. Madlle. Anna Whitty will make her first appearance at the hall this season, having a choice variety of music assigned her, which cannot fail to charm her audience. Madlle. Koch, who has formed a great feature at the Gewandhause concerts at Leipsic, Miss Stabbach, and Miss Messent will lend their valuable aid in illustrating the beauties of Mozart, Haydn, and Rossini. The delicious old canzonet— lar arrangement, given to the metropolitan county of Middlesex. So that Sir G. C. LEWIS'S Bill is still as dubiously " dangling" before a great variety of tantalised constituencies, as the Larger Measure of Reform has ever done before now, at the in- " Iffy mother bids me bind my hair," being among the selected moreeaux of melody. Herr Dalle Aste, who has gained an enviable fame at the Theatres Royal of Dresden and Am sterdam, will sing the exquisite air, " 0 Isis tend Osiris," from Mozart's "Flauto Magico," and two favourite German songs. Signor Belart and Signor Belletti will render numerous solos and duets from our most popular operas ; and the Choir, of two hundred voices, will have a full share of work, giving for the first time Bach's beautiful chorale, " God is our refuge in distress." The zealous attention and talent exhibited by M. Benedict in the " getting up" of these concerts, reflect infinite credit on him, and place him in the first rank of those enthusiastic artiste: who claim the thanks of a gratified public. stance of successive Administrations, to the anguish and distraction more or less of the entire com- munity. If there is any particular spot that can b e pointed out as the green oasis in the Desert of London, it is certainly that refreshing little sou'- west corner of the City upon which still bloom the Temple Gardens. If there is any particular portion of the river bank upon the northern margin of the Thames along which we would entreat the pro jectors of the Thames Embankment to " tread lightly' , as upon, if not holy ground, at any rate classic ground—it is certainly that very portion where still flourish, through winter and through summer, N e NEWwe Highnesst i T t h : ei E p A r T i n R c E e - o R f l O v Y a A l e L s , A pr D i E nc L e PHl.—His Royal the evergreens (not, observe, as " Boz" describes Hesse, the Duke of them accurately enough with regard to most London jor Bruce, and suite, honoured the perform gardens, the "ever-browns"), of those same charm- ante of The Colleen Baton last evening. ing little twin gardens (may we not say arcades PARTY FEELING IN AMERICA.—The advices from ambo ?)—the Gardens of the Inner and Middle New York, it is t o b e regre tt e d , d escr ib e p ar t y f ee li ng Tem against this country as yet very vehement. In the mo ple. Nobody wants those verdant retreats to mentary excitement, England is accused of desiring to see be marred, much less destroyed. They take con- the United States permanently divided into two rival Go spienous rank in the very midst of this vast and vernments, in order to be the supreme na% al and commer itthaleratesoatuosondon's green pleasaunce. When we stroll ye a 1 cial Power of the world, and also for the sake of cotton, which, it is alleged, rules the hour. The approaching of SIIAKSPERE, that beautiful through o t u h g e h r rose-bushes—have 0 - bpuesrheens perennial a h l a e "leavesw e n o , t , Congress is looked for with the most intense anxiety. There wafted back is a lingering hope yet among the peace-makers, but their RICHARD 11., where in the midst of a court e q n uarr i e n l inanciddadtopte'd numbers are few. It is said Mr. Lincoln will ask for a ni largenne money increase e l l s e e e tin theth the crisis.arm y andTh The and s a a y s y ln ia appropriations expected to he of a short one. The condition of the various country banks t respectivelyhe he roses symbols culledthenceforth of the to be in a precarious position.T The e n Chicago gold is now the causes much uneasiness. Those in the West aro reported terrible rivalry dividing from each other the royal only recognised cur , re n n o c t y w . i a m bi por t ters e l a o r n , eL successive s i r v e a mains at 1051, 106 have sold goods, notwithstanding the houses of York and Lancaster ?Coming down to more arrivals of gold from this side. The majority of dealers therereceive paths,of familiar now, it m one fromy and ar e the o t m countrymeeting g their dealersto liabilitieswhom t they th recent associations ofa hardly less attractive character embalmed in the amber of our national literature, in consequence. The latter, tllerefore, are not remit e there to the demand manufacturer, and conse formshave we wa n n d o e t rin g quently is may be—in converse, now in reverie—the portly probability that speocieenireamnidttafonrcebsilflrzo; and E there ld is ever e form, let us say, of p oe t or JOHNSON i n his eauli- a A e c p e r i o D fi x ta il bly for some months yet.-11/orning Post. wandering down ses thosehere and d avel ed suit, or perhaps the anaTAlOtOP, o cl is ock owlNG.—On Sunday morning, flower wig and snuff.co. l .2 l l/ between 9 nSMITH airing his 4 ter, who has d been for some the time wife an of iti v t l h l e i dD tookean o b f y W o . r t c e k s 0 - awkward shape of Doctor Go: :tite medi snitbe- of bloom-coloured velvet, getting an app . tine, which sheofoulapupdgaz b in place of some other fore going off to dine with GARRICK at Sir to co ji,.in., The unfortunat:tysthaanadaimainrhemerasinieekdr.oom lOSHITA's ? Even fiction haunts that charming / state of syncope, with a few partially rallying 1 moments, seclusion down by the river Thames behind the dingy southern courts where the Strand and Fleet street meet at Temple-bar ! Don't we all remem ber that pretty love scene between RUTH PINCH and JOHN WESTLOCK hard by the Middle Temple Fountain—still happily plashing there to this day at the top of the Garden Steps. In a word—we yield to no one in having a fondness for the Temple Gardens. BUT - ! The Templars, it would actually now appear, claim to themselves a right of ob truding those Gardens between three millions of Londoners and their long cherished hope of a Thames Embankment. The societies of the Middle and Inner Temple, consisting as those societies do of most able lawyers, are quite capable of taking care of themselves. There cannot consequently be an instant's fear, therefore, of anything like an un just encroachment being adventured upon in their regard by the projectors and promoters of the great national scheme of the Thames Embankment. Sa tisfied, perfectly satisfied as we are, upon that point —we hesitate not to protest at the same time that we cannot 'but deem the demands put forth by those two honourable and learned societies, with:a view to the maintenance of the pri vacy hitherto appertaining to their respec tive Gardens, and consequently while so doing to the obstruction of the scheme of the north em bankment of the river Thames—as demands in many respects really and truly very extravagant. It appears, according to the report of yesterday's proceedings before the Royal Commission upon the Thames Embankment, that resolutions have recently been passed by the Societies of the Middle and Inner Temple—resolutions which, if acceded to by the Commissioners and afterwards by the Government, would render futile the dream of London ever Possessing upon the north bank of the river Thames one uninterrupted line of embank ment. "It vas their opinion," we read—i.e., the opinion of those two hon. and learned Societies of the Temple, meaning, of course, their Benchers sitting in sole= conclave, or, as it is called, magni ficently enougo, down at the Temple, deliberating in " Parliament,"—" It was their opinion that the constructon and maintenance of a public thoroughfares along the north shore of the Thames, and extending from east to west in front of the property of the Inner and Middle Temple, in whatever way such a work should be carried out, would most injuriously affect the value of their property, and therefore they were opposed to any such roadway being formed there." Cer tainly a sweeping proposition. " Still," it is added, " if in the wisdom of Parliament it should be determined that an embankment should be formed, the bodies which they respectively repre sented considered that the least objectionable mode in which suca a scheme could be carried out, as far as fhe interest of the society were concerned, would be by constructing such a road at the lowest possible level, and at the greatest possible distance from the present river frontage of the Temple-gardens." The report thereupon adds—" With respect to the combination of a railway with the roadway, they felt strongly upon:this part of the projects submitted to the com missioners, and considered that such a scheme was not necessary and not required by the public, and if adopted would have a tendency to in crease the injury 'and depreciation of their property." The Societies, moreover, not only earn estly entreat her MAJESTY'S Commissioners not to sanction the proposition for the in tended embankment, but absolutely we read, " They (the Societies) also expressed a hope that if a scheme should be ultimately adopted which should leave any space between the present river wall and the Inner or Middle Temple Gardens and the proposed roadway, that such space should on no account be applied to the formation of docks, but should be considered as the property of the societies, to be dealt with by them in the manner which they might consider to be the most ad vantageous to their interests !" Pretty modes LATEST N Mr" RECOGNITION OF THE KING OF ITALY BY FRANCE, PARIS, JUNE 17. CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 17. The Sultan continues ill. A physician has been telegraphed for from Paris. PARIS, JUNE 17, The Paris papers of this evening state that im mediately after the departure of the French troops from Syria disturbances broke out near Moucktara, which were, however, speedily suppressed by Fuad Pacha, One Druse chief was executed. This example, it is added, intimidated the Druses, but fears of retaliation were entertained. CONSTANTINOPLE, TUNE 17 Davad Effendi, an Armenian, and now Director- General of Telegraphs, will be Governor of the Lebanon. MADRID, JUNE 17, Experiments have been made at Cadiz with the view of testing the effect of shot on the iron-plated planks made at Toulon for armour-clad vessels. The result of the trial was unsatisfactory. PARIS, JUNE 17. The Patric of this evening says :---The Govern ment has obtained an immense majority in the elections of the members of the Conseils General]; which have just taken place. Out of 1,000 members elected only twelve belong o the opposition. Advices from St. Petersburg of the 10th inst. state that the Emperor of Russia has appointed Prince Alexander Gortschakoff Minister of Foreign Affair, and brother of General Gortschakoff, who died recently at Warsaw, President of the Commis sion entrusted with drawing up the new laws for the Kingdom of Poland. The Commission will meet on the Ist of July next at Moscow, and will remain there until its labours are terminated. SYRIA. Under the head of "Latest Intelligence" La Patrie publishes the following, a summary of which has already appeared : " A despatch from Beyrout, dated the 9th inst., announces that Fuad Pasha had arrived at Alokhtara on his return home from an expedition against the Druses of the Plain, who had attacked two Marmite villages and ill .treated the inhabitants. The Druse Chief who commanded the attacking party was arrested by orders of the Pasha, and immediately executed. This severe example has intimi dated the enemies of the Maronites, but new reprisals were feared. 1 "At the above date the French squadron had sailed to watch the coast, and the English squadron was at anchor before Beyrout, on its return from St. Jean d'Acre. The squadron consisted of the Queen, Renown, Mars, and Han nibal, the latter bearing the flag of Rear Admiral MundY, and the steam frigate Amphion. Two Turkish frigates were also at anchor in the roads." CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Mon day, Juno 17.—Admissions on payment, 9,851; ditto, by 8048911 tickets, 924; total visitors ; 10;775. PARIS, JUNE 17: At this moment the recognition of the Kingdom of Italy by France is an accomplished fact. M. de Rayneval, who has charge of French affairs at Turin, was informed, by a despatch sent off last night, of this important resolution of his Government. TURIN, JUNE 17. The Opinione of to-day says :—" The diplomatic relations between France and Italy will shortly be resumed. It is asserted that M. de Lavalette will proceed to Turin, as Minister Plenipotentiary of France, and that the Commander di Nigra will go to Paris in a similar quality." TURIN, JUNE 17. Information has been received by the authorities that Austrian emissaries would attempt to blo g up the powder magazines. The guards stationed near them have, in consequence, been trebled for the last few days, and all access to the magazines has been prohibited. Up to the present time no attempt has been made. Perfect tranquillity prevails in Turin. A bill for levying 24,000 mon in the old Emil lian provinces, the Marches, Umbria, and in Sicily was to-day laid on the table of the Chamber of Deputies. Parliament will continue sitting throughou July. ROME, JUNE 15 (via MARSEILLES). The indisposition of the Pope is merely an attack of erysipelas. His departure for his villa has been postponed. Popular manifestations have taken place in the Abiberti Theatre. Cries of " Victor Emmanuel for ever " were raised. Tricolour bouquets were showered on the principal ballet dancer, who was afterwards arrested. PAVIA, JUNE 17. The students of this city have sent an address to the students of France, in reply to the one issued by the latter on the occasion of the death of Count Cavour. PARIS, JUNE 18. The Paris papers of to-day publish news from Naples to the 15th inst., stating that the towns of Saumarco and Bignano, having risen in insurrec tion, had been taken by assault by the Italian troops. Twenty of the inhabitants were shot, for having burned alive four Piedmontese. Both towns were afterwards set on fire, and the inhabitants departed into the neighbouring villages. PESTH, JUNE 17, EVENING. The Address voted by the Chamber of Deputies was discussed to-day in the Upper House. It was supported by nearly all the members who spoke. Bishop Haynauld declared himself in favour of the union with Transylvania and the maintenance of the connexion between Austria and Hungary. The funeral mass in honour of the late Count Cavour Ras celebrated to-day in the Madeleine, in presence of a large concourse of people. Abbe Deguerry, the newly-appointed Bishop of Mar seilles, officiated. Amongst the numerous distin guished persons who attended the service were Marshal Vaillant ; M. Thouvenel, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Count de Persigny, Minister of the Interior; Count Morny, President of the Corps Legislatif ; Marshal Magnan, Viscount de la Guer roniere, and the members of the Sardinian and Persian Legations. Deputations from the schools, several Polish and Hungarian gentlemen, Piedmontese officers, and a few Garibaldiats were also present. The majority of the journals were represented. The church was hung with black, relieved here and there by groups of Italian flags. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 16. The Royal mail steamer Persia, which touched at Queenstown yesterday, has arrived. It was anticipated that the Government would make a further levy of 75,000 men. From the Federal army at Alexandria we have no intelligence of any particular interest. Alarms were rather frequent. Entrenchments continued to be thrown up. The railroad was rapidly being put in repair by the mechanics belonging to the troops, and would form a continuation of the mili tary line into Virginia. The sth New York Regi men' has been sent back to the capital ; they appear to have been in a disorganised state. On the 31st a company of New York Zouaves was sent to take possession of the old mill two or three miles from Alexandria, and a party of Virginian troops lying in ambush fired upon them, killing one of the Zouaves, and wounding another. The Zouaves returned the fire, but without effect, as they could not see the enemy. On the night of the 2d, during a drenching rain, two columns belonging to Gene ral M'Clellan's command . one under command of Colonel Kelly, of the Ist Virginia Volunteers, and composed of the Indiana Volunteers, proceeded from Grafton to Philippa, about 20 miles, and surprised a camp of Confederates there, 200 strong. The rebels were completely routed, attar a brief struggle, with the loss of 15 killed, and a large amount of arms, horses, ammunition, provisions, camp equi page, &c. The surprise is reported to have been most complete, and at last accounts the Federal forces were in hot pursuit, with the prospect of capturing a large number of prisoners. Colonel Kelly, the commander of the Virginia Volunteers, was, it was feared, mortally wounded. This, how ever, was the only life lost among the Federal troops. On the 31st ult. a body of Federal cavalry made a foray into Fairfax Courthouse, and retired with the loss of six killed and missing. It being reported that two of the prisoners were to be hanged by the Confederates, the Federal cavalry subsequently made another charge upon the town and released them. Respecting the bombardment of the Confederate battery at Acquia Creek, the Commander of the Federal squadron had reported as follows : " The firing on shore was scarcely as spirited at any time as yesterday. The heights we abandoned, the guns apparently having been transferred to the earthworks at the railroad termination, to replace the battery silenced there by us on Friday. During the last hour of the engagment only two or three shots were thrown from the shore, the men being seen stealthily now and then to emerge from con cealment, and hastily load and fire a single gun." From other accounts it appears that the engage ment lasted five hours, and that a rifled gun on a hill was unsilenced when the squadron drew off. Senator Douglas expired at Chicago on the 3d. In various cities flag were hoisted half-mast high when the intelligence was received. The 7th Regiment of New York Militia had re turned from Washington. Further bodies of troops had been sent to Fort Monroe. More than 100 negroes had taken refuge there. The following vessels had arrived as prizes at New York :—the Lynchburg schooner, from Rio for Richmond, with coffee, and the IL 11 , 1. Johnson, from New Orleans, with cotton, hides, &c. The District Attorney had filed a libel against the ship North Carolina. Parties interested in the prize bark Octavia had received information from Wash ington that the Secretary of the Treasury had given an order for the release of that vessel. By letters received from Panama we learn that Capt. Ritchie, of the Federal frigate Saranac, had taken measures to prevent privateering in the Pacific. From the Federal blockading squadron off the Southern coast we learn that the Brooklyn had captured the bark H. J. Spearing, from Rio Janeiro for New Orleans, with 120,000 dols. worth of coffee. It was sent to Key West. The Picayune of the Ist inst. says that the steamers Bremen and Everhard, from Bremen, and General Mira mon, from Havannah, were ordered away from Pass l'Outre by the Brooklyn. The Powhattan captured the Mary Clinton, from Charleston for New Orleans, off the Pass on the 31st, with a full cargo of rice, peas, &c. Gen. Twiggs has been put in command of the military department of Loui siana. Capt. Poore, of the Brooklyn, blockading Balize, was visited on the 28th, under a flag of truce, by the captains of several British and French vessels now on the bar, and Capt. Poore was asked if he intended to prevent the departure of the ves sels then on the bar belonging to English and French owners, and loaded with freight for foreign ports. The New Orleans Delta says : "Poore declared that he should certainly prevent their departure or seize them if they attempted to run the blockade. As their ships are all heavily laden with valuable eargoes, including 2,000 hogsheads of tobacco, shipped by the French Consul on account of the French Government, and several hundred on account of Rothschilds and other foreign houses, such a decision naturally produced considerable excitement in this city. The British and French Consuls took the matter in hand, and by telegraph caused Captain Poore to understand that they would not permit such non sense, and that the British and French squadrons would be here in a few days to protect the interests oftheir Governments. The last news from Belize was that Poore had backed down, and the ships are all going out." Captain Porter, of the Federal steamship Pow hattan, had replied as follows to an inquiry made by the British Consul at Mobile : " United States steamship Powattan, May 28. " Sir,—ln answer to your communication of the 27th of May, 1861, I beg leave to inform y ou th at British ships will be permitted to use towboats, or any other means to get to sea, a nd that t h e tow boats will not be molested by us in the discharge of their duty in so towing British ships. I beg leave to add that the 28th is, I believe, the day fixed for rigid blockade, but, as I am only here temporarily, give and without special instructions, i most libe ral construction to th e or d er. It would be better 'fit can be done without injury to British in terests to get the ships to sea as soon as practicable. " Very respectfully your obedient servant, " DAVID D. PORTER, Commandi " Mr. Jame s Magee, Acting Consul, Mobile." ng. The movements of the Confederate forces were nvolved in mystery. Advices from Virginia state ,hat on the death of Jackson (who shot Ellsworth at Alexandria) flags were hoisted half-mast high in various Confederate cities, and that Governor Let cher had sent for the family of Jackson who would be provided for by the State, and a monument would be erected to his memory. There were reported to be 5,000 unemployed negroes at Richmond. The Confederate Congress had passed the follow ing Act : " Sec.l. The C ongress o f the Confederate States of America do enact,—That from and after the Ist of June next, and during the existence of the block ade of any of the ports of the Confederate States of America by the Government of the United States, it shall not be lawful for any person to export raw cotton or cotton yarn from the Confederate States of America, ex ce pt th roug h t h e seaports of the said Confederate States; and it shall be the duty of all the marshals and revenue officers of the said Con federate State s t o prevent a ll v i o l at i ons o f this act. Every person vi o l a ti ng or a t temp t ing to violate th i s law will be confi ne d or i mpr i sone d, bes id es , losing all the cotton att em pt e d t o be exported.' The new tariff of the Confederacy has seven schedules ; five are charge respe . ctivel l i nc a l t2 e s s , t 2 w o o items of specific duties , 20, 15,10, and 5 p er cent. ad valorem, on e ud ,—ice d01.2c 2c. per is . per ton, and salt ground ,b to lo wi wn t or i bushel of 561 b. ; and one the free list. In the 25 per cent. schedule are included brandies, cordials, and other spirituous liquors, vines, cut glass, and all manufactures of tobacco. In the 20 per cent schedule are included almonds, raisins, dates, cur rants, c prunes, balsams, essence s , camp h or, p m g o s lasses, and sugar of all kind s . I n t h e s pices, sipees figs, t: cent. schedule are included most articles of clothing, hats, caps, boots and shoes, malt liquors, all textile fabrics of woollen, silk, cotton and flax, earthern, china, and stone ware, paints, leather, sad, dlery, vehicles of all kinds; and nearly all other manufactured articles. In the 10 per cent, schedule are included acids, green fruit, tea, iron and steel, wool, flax and hemp, lumber, books, magazines, a n d other publications not in course of printing in the Confederacy, dyewoods, p rec i ous stones When set, watches, and unmanufacturod tobacco. In the 5 per cent. schedule are included brass, comp ; &la; GENERAL BANKS. General Banks is in his 46th year. He has had. no experience in the field, but while Governor of Massachusetts he paid much attention to military matters ; and to his labours in behalf of our volun teer militia the effectiveness of that force is princi pally due. He is a superior man as an organiser and administrator, and has few equals in the coun try as an executive officer. Government knows this, and wished to make him quartermaster -general, but he preferred a more active post, and too he goes into the field at the head of a division as major -general. There has been a report that Major-General Butler• was to be recalled from Eastern Virginia, and to be appointed to the command at Baltimore, while General Banks shall take General Butler's place at the head of the troops in Eastern Virginia; but it is not confirmed. GENERAL MTLELLAND. General M'Clelland is in his 35th year. He is a regular soldier, a Philadelphian by birth, a graduate of West Point, and was distinguished for his good services in the Mexican war, in several of the prin cipal battles of which he was engaged. He was a member of the commission which our Government sent to the Crimea and Northern Europe at the time of the Russian war; and he wrote., a report on the " Organisati on o f E uropean A'Emies and the Operations of th e War." In 18571 and became c onnected with ler Ailing railroad com- .ie left th e army , panics. O n th e breaking out of this wa r h e was tendered a major -general's commission by the Governor of Ohio, and accepted it, declining to accept a similar office tendered by the Governor of Pennsylvania. Soon after this he was made a major-general in the Federal army, and has com mand of the Department of Ohio, comprising the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, with por tions of Virginia and Pennsylvania. He ranks next, tw Lientennnt-General Scott., GENERAL BUTLER. General Butler is 43 years old. He is a Y an k ee , being a nati ve o f New Hampshire, th oug h a resi dent of Massachusetts. A lawyer by p ro f ess i on , he know s nothing of military matters save what it was possible for him to learn on the tented fields of the Massachusetts militia; but the boldness and " dash" that he has exhibited since he entered the service have convinced the public that he has mili tary qualities, and his promotion from a Massachu setts brigadier -general to a major -generalship in the United States army is universally approved. He is one of the most successful lawyers of the North, and in politics a Democrat ; and so little of an anti-31avery man, that he was the Breckinridge candidate for Governor of Massachusetts last year. He is an absolute original—in appearance, in man ners, in his profession, and in his opinions; and unless he should greatly change, or should be early killed or disabled, he will prove himself an original in the field. I have known him for years, and I cannot say that I ever saw or read of a person with whom I could safely compare him. There are the new majors -general, and there are several new brigadiers-general—M'Dowell, Lyon, and others —of whom more at another time. As the enemy's policy is to " mark down" our com manders, we may have a new batch of generals every quarter. MRS. ANDERSON'S CONCER2. Mrs. Anderson's concert is always one of the conspicuous events of the musical 3 ear, both from her own reputation as an accomplished pianist and from the judicious selection of the music. Yester day afternoon proved no exception to the rule. The cencert, which was given in St. James's Hall, was attended by a large and brilliant audience, who appeared highly gratified by the entertainment. The orchestra, which is usually the case at this lady's concerts, was extremely effective. Mrs. Anderson's own performances are too well known to need criticism. She displayed her accustomed brilliancy and taste in a selection from " Hummel's Concerto in A minor," which was most efficiently rendered and loudly applauded. She also played Ferdinand Ries's arrangement of National Swedish airs, which was likewise very well received. Herr Strauss played E rns t' s f antas i a for. the violin on the March an d P rayer i n Otello with unusual excellence. The vocal portion of the concert was also good. Mdlle. Titiens, who was prominent L am uc e r n e g zia the ßgia singers,or, " Com'e gave the bea u t i f u l a i r from " The Last Rose of Summer" bello" an d sang with so much taste and expression that she obtained an encore. The same honour was accorded to Signor Giuglini's per formance of the famous " Ah ben si mio,"from the Trovatore. The duet " Sulla Tomba," sung by him and Mdlle. Titiens was also much applauded. Madame Rieder displayed her accustomed brilliancy in an elaborate air from Auber's Serment. Mdlle. Parepa, whose fine voice is heard to advantage in concert rooms, gave a cavatina from The Amber Witch, besides taking part in duets and quartets. Miss Augusta Thomson and Signora Guerra/hello. acquitted th emselves with credit in solos and quartets; and M r . P atsy, Mr. Tennant, and Signor Dells Sedie were also very effective in the several parts allotted to them. The members of the Orpheus Glee Union attended, and sang two part songs with so much spirit and success as to obtain a general encore for the last one, Mr. Hutton's "Th e Hunt is up. " There were several other pi eces, classed among the best and most successful of the and the concert ma y a lt oge th er b e season. EXTRAORDINARY LANDSLIP ON TIIE SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY.—A very extraordinary slip has been for some time going on near a place called the Wren's Neat en this line of railway. It consists of several acres of land and underwood, which have separated from the main body on either side. It has become perfectly locomotive, and is travelling by night and day in the direction of the river. The weight of the embankment and the pressure from be hind have lifted up the bed of the Severn at that point converting it into dry land, and driving the stream into a narrow channel against the opposite shore. A slip on the side of a deep cutting at the Chestnut Coppice, opposite Apley, has also taken place withill the last few days. • r zinc, indigo, raw hides and skins, and precious stones not set. In the free list are all books, pamphlets, and tracts published by religious asso ciations, all philosophical apparatus and instruments, all bullion and coins, coffee, cotton, garden seeds, guano, bacon, pork, hams, lard, beef, wheat, Indian corn, barley, rye, oats, flour, meal, gunpowder, lead, rags, arms, and munitions of war, ships, steamers, barges, and all agricultural productions in their natural state not otherwise provided for. The law is to take effect Aug. 31, and is made applicable to goods then in warehouse. The remaining provisions in regard to fraud and penalties for undervaluation are similar to those in force in the United States. The Confederates at Pensacola had sunk the costly dry dock between the Navy -yard and Fort Pickens. The object in sinking it was to preserve it from the fire of the enemy. THE AMERICAN GENERALS. (From the Boston Correspondent of the Morning Post.) GENERAL FREMONT. There is one crop that will be abundant with us in this year 1861, and we may have a second one, and perhaps a third, as war is a terrible man-eater.. I mean the crop of Generals. Two new ones have. just been made, completing nearly a dozen since tine war began. They are John C. Fremont and N. P. Banks. General Fremont has had a regular mili tary education, and has seen much service of a nature to make him a good commander hi this war. He is in his 49th year. It is expected that he will be appointed to the command of that great force which Government is rapidly organising in the North-West, and to which will be entrusted the task of sweeping the South-Western Secessionists into the Gulf of Mexico. This force, which is is operate both on land and on the great rivers of the - West, will act in unison with a combined naveal and military force in the Mexican Gulf, and the two, will do up the work appointed for them after the Naseby fashi on — not negligently. General Fre mont hates the leader s o f th e rebels, as well p er . sonally as politically, and this will make him all the more efficient as one of the principal actors in. the grand process of crushing them out of life,. He'll hammer them as Charles Martel hammered the Saracens at Tours. Oild Blucher's bitter hatred of Napoleon I. was of more service to the allies than the Austrian alliance, and the same sort of feeling will tell in our conflict. I I