The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-28 00:00:00

COLLARD'S CONCERT ROOMS, 16, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. THIS DAY, Miss KATE GORDON'S Second MATINEE 31USICALE. ItO AYL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. The nubility, gentry, subscribers, and the public are respect fully informed that the Season will close on Saturday, July 30. There will in this week bs five opera nights, viz.. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and eat' rday Extra Night TO-MORROW EVENING (Thursday), June 3CI, will be performed, Meverbeer's Grand Opera, in four acts, LE PROPHETE. Fides, Madame Didiee, her nrst appearance in that character this season ; Bertha, Madame Rudersdorff ; Count Oberthal, Signor Tagliafico ; Zaccaria, Signor Capponi; Mathsen, aignor Polonini; Giona, Siynor eri-Baraldi ; and Jean of Leyden, Signor Tamberlik, his first appearaLce in that character this season. Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Grand Skiting Scene and incidental Divertissement will be supported by Md le. Salvoui, Aldlie. Carmine, Mdlle. -Navarre, and M. Desplaces. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre sta Is, 103. 6d., 75., and Is. ; sraphitheatre.:2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico of the theatre, which is )pen from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and tibra rianw. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Last Time this Season of FIDE LIO. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. THIS EVENING (Wednesday , June 20, will be performed, for the last time this season, Beethoven's chef-d*ceuvre, FID,.LIO. Dr. Gcnz (third appearance in England), Gassier, Santley, Bettini, Mar,ello Junca ; Mdl e. Liebhart, and Sldlle. Tie jells (t.,ird appearance as Leonora). The Opera wi I be preceded by Beethoven's Grand Over ture, "Leonora." Conductor, Signor ARDITL To-morrow (Thursd‘r, June 3 .—Extra Night—Meyer beer's Grand Opera, ROBERT LE DIABLE. Last Night but One of the Subscription. Saturday Next, July 2, will be performed. for the first time in this country, the last new work of the celebrated composer of "Faust," MIRELLA. • Principal characters by Mdlle. Titien, Mdlle. Trebelli, ; nor Signor Mdlle. Rebaux (her first appearance). Volpini Gassier, Signor Marcello Junca, San lle. tley, and Signor Giuglini. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. The new and extensive Scenery a , d original Effects by M.r. Telbin, assisted by Mr. Henry Telbin. The new Costumes, fro:n the best authorities, by Mr. S. May and Miss D ckenson. The Decorations and Appointments by Mr. Bradwell. The Machinery constructed by Mr. S. Sloman. And the whole presented under the superintendence of M. Reinhard. Commence at Half-past Eight. On Saturday next at Eight o'clock. Pit Tickets, 7s. ; Reserved Box Seats. 10s. 6d. ; Amphi th,-.atra Stalls, ss. and 7s. ; Gallery, 25. 6d. ; Private Boxes, in thi Lipper Circle, 21s. Box Office of the Theatre open daily, from 10 till 6, where places may be secured ; also at Mitchell's, Bubb's, Lacon and Oilier's, Bond-street ; Leader's, Opera Colonnade ; Sam's, St. James's- greet ; Cramer, Wood, and Co.'s, and Hammond's. Regent-street ; Keith, Prowse, and Co.'s, Cheapside ; and at Chappell and Co.'s, 50, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL HA YM A BRET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Weathersby, ezo. ; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. Followed by LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, ittc. • - Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING will be performed a new and original Drama, by R. Slous, Esq., entitled LIGHT AND SHADOW. Mr. D. Murray, D. Fisher, J. W. Ray, J. Nelson, &C.; Miss Stafford and Aiss Caroline Carson. After which. the new play by John Oxenford, Esq., THE MONASTERY OF SI% JL : Messrs. Vining, H. Mars ton, J. Nelson, J. W. Ray, 11. Mellon, W. Robins, Seyton, Chapman; Mrs. IL Marston, and Mdlle. Stella Cola'. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.— 6.)1e Proprietor and Manager, M. B. WebBter. THIS EVENING, SHAKSPERE'.S HOUSE. Mr. J. L. - Toole, Mr. R. Phillips. Followed by THE DEAD HEART: Robert Landry (his original character), Mr. Benjamin Webster, ,uppo ted by Messrs. A. :'tirling, J. L. Toole, T. Stuart, eaul Bedford, B llington ; Miss Woolp - ,ar (Mrs. Alfred Mellon), Miss &c. After which, THE AREA BELLE, with a :horrible Tale: Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, tc. fLomerMiss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. 1 - ; OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the nj Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion. Re-engagement of those ee' ebra (ed and popular artistes, Mr. an . Mrs: Charles Mathew's. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the copular names or Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charle. Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. d. Clarke, Mr. Piul Bedford, Mr..F. Robinson. Mr. Asnley, , Mr. J. Johnstone; Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. ,Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentwortn, Mrs. Stiraug, ana Mrs. Chas. Mathews. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. J. Clarke, and Mr. I'. Robinson. At 8, the Corni: Drama of USED UP. Messrs. C. Mathews, Ashley, J. Johnstone, Montague, W. Chamberlaine ; Miss Patti Josephs, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. t 10, LITTL 14: TODDLEKINS, Mr. Charles Mathews, 31r. and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with BRISTOL DIAMONDS. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mathews, Mr. Ash ey. INliss Wentworth. In Rehearsal, FAUST AND MARGUERITE. An Im morality, by F. C. Burnam', Esq., in which Mr. and Mts. Charles alathews will appear. ARIS BONNETS for JUNE.—Messrs. JAY'S Manager has his day returned from Paris with an lssortment of the most elegant and fashionable Summer Bonnets, selected from the magasins of the first houses in that city. JAY'S, The London General Mourning Warehouse, 217, 219, and 251 Reo-ent-street. June 1, 1864. OVEL STYLE in FRENCH BONNETS. , — French fashion has produced Bonnets for this month of a light v,o-samer texture, which accommodate the present style of wearing and displaying the lady's h-dr. They are of the most exquisite variety, and, though still adhering to the favourite colours of black, white, and neutral, are entirely remodelled in shape, size, and substance. Spe.ially imported from Paris for J AY' S, The Len:_lon General Mourning Warehouse, 247, 249, and 251, Regent-street. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 23s. per ton. I Double ... 20s. per ton. 1' op 225. „ Deep 2ls. „ Well screened and delivered within live miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. 111 HE THIRD EDITION OF 4, THE SUN," Coote.inhag the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, an b e Ltd Every Evening, of G. P. GLXNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Con naught-terrace, Ilyde-park. The Weather--Sun office, June 29, 1864. THElll‘lo3irrzu. This day at Two o'clock .................... Barometer- 30 . 20 . ; light breeze and cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON MUDGE. THis DlT.—:Morning, 9h. 51m.—Afternoon, Db. 2sr l . Eu.moauow.-Morning, 11h. 2m.—Afternoon, 11h. 36111. ... ~d_..,.. „,... ~..rz,,.. .., i „ gi p .., ‘_,.. it, , -. — _4_,,,1J1 1 ' 46 4. UM Pl* ' r•;.Y' ~.spl, I .I.Y • ,4, 1,4V4Z1 ....... , LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1864. Tha address to the Crown which Mr. DISRAELI announced last evening will be proposed by him as Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition on Monday next in the House—is at any rate, in every word of it, perfectly comprehensible. It is not only comprehensible but it is moderate. It puts what it is intended to put to the House— first of all to the consideration of the House, in debate, and secondly and finally, to the judgment of the House upon a division—quite plainly, quite frankly and honestly, without one particle of circumlocution. It goes directly to the point, End in the fewest and simplest words possible. It thanks her .MAJESTY for directing the Correspondence on Denmark and Ger many, as well as the Protocols of the Conference recently held here in "Jordon, to be laid before Parliament. It assures her Majesty that her faithful Commons have heard With great concern that the sittings of that Conference have been brought to a close without having accompli s h e d the important purposes for which the Conference was convened, Furthermore—this being at the heart of it ell—it (this Address to the Crown) purposes to express to hzr MA JESTY the greet regret of the House of Commons, " that vaila the course pursued by her MAJESTY s Government has failed to maintain their avowed policy of upholding the integrity and independence of Denmark, it has lowered the just influence of this country in the coun cils of Europe, and thereby diminished the ucatities of peace,' reasonableneas of all this, of every word of this, of every syllable of it, we take to be patent and undeniable. It is beyond contradiction. And for one simple reason enough --namely, that the Conference, now closed thus abortively and ignominiously, was directly,express ly, and exclusively, an emanation from the English Government. It was suggested to the other Powers of Europe by—the English Government. The responsibility of the Conference rests entirely with—the English Government. The ignominy of its utter failure devolves, not upon the belligerents, not upon the neutral Powers, not upon both neutrals and belligerents together, but wholly and solely upon—the English Government. Hence, every word of the proposed Address to the Crown is within the mark, as to the lowering of the influence of this country in the councils of Europe— , and by whom ? by the Government. The assembling of a body of popular representa tives during a time of great national anxiety and distress is always an occasion of deep interest, and such is especially the feeling with which we in this country regard the opening of the Danish Rigs. read, in the midst of the trouble and perplexity in which the affairs of their country are involved. On the very day on which the members reassembled the long talked of Conference terminated its labours —those labours from which every one had professed to hope so much, and from which no one of the slightest political experience or sagacity could have expected even a little. Bat the object is gained, and the delay is won, though neither party is much the better for it ; and now the farce is played out, and the last pompous leave-takings of the potent, wise, and reverend seignors engaged in it were being spoken on Saturday, much as the Danish representatives sadly but firmly assembled to hear the words of their despoiled King, Unfortunate in many things, King CHRISTIAN has not been un fortunate in the unity and determination of his people. The Danes are not quick to plan nor rapid to execute, and they often give their adversaries advantage of their want of promptitude and energy; but when they have once accepted a principle they are by no means deficient in resolution, and all the sturdy determination of the northern character seems now to have fixed itself upon the union of Schleswig with Denmark. Holstein they are not unwilling to abandon—in fact its German pro clivities are too manifest ever to leave the kingdom tranquil ; but Schleswig is a part of themselves, and they will never consent to its separation from the Danish dominions. The people themselves are even unwilling to consent to that division of the Duchy to which their KING has, from the force of circumstances, been forced unwil lingly to assent, and consequently the break up of the Conference and the failure of its negotiations cannot have been to them any great matter of regret. The President of the Council read the speech from the throne, in the absence of King CHRISTIAN, which referred to the proposed parti tion of Schleswig. The threatening crisis and the increased expenditure necessitated by the war have, according to his MAJESTY, compelled this convoca tion of the R7gsraad, and he goes on to say with a mournful bitterness that is fully comprehensible in a Sovereign so despoiled and defrauded by the strong hand of insolent aggression, " We have re cently learned for how little the clearest right reckons in Europe, and how isolated we are. 'We, therefore, acceded to the painful sacrifice of the country south of the Schlei." This is a passage which Englishmen will hardly read with fqua n i mity, when they reflect how a different line of policy, the assumption of a different attitude, might have preserved the integrity of Denmark without striking a blow. Had Germany believed one quar ter of English protestations and threats she would have taken very good care not to cross the Eider, but events have proved that German sagacity was wiser than English professions, and that Herr von BISMARK and his coadjutors knew very well they had little need to trouble themselves about empty words. It is certainly somewhat of a satire on the boasted progress of modern civilisation. 'We hear, a great deal about the lofty principles upon which most continental sovereigns profess to act ; we hear also a great deal about the vast improve ment that has taken place in our own policy during the last century, but the old story comes up again after all, and notwithstanding the pathos, the pity, the eloquence, the indignation expended on the partition of Poland, the tragedy is to be repeated in a milder form. A country is to be dismembered, and Europe stands by, remonstrating, watching, and calculating the consequences with very little care for the right or the wrong of the matter. But the partial dismemberment reluctantly agreed to by the Danish Government does not fulfil the wishes of the German invaders, Their appetite seems to grow by what it feeds on, and they feel so secure in their impunity and so well satisfied with their position, that they are unwilling to retrace a step which they have taken. Fortunately the Danish authorities are not so lost to honour and to public spirit as to abandon the cause without another struggle. War, with all its losses, can hardly re duce them lower than their enemies would place them, and at least Europe shall not be spared the shame of witnessing their spoliation. They stood firm upon the line of dernercaticn of the Schlei, and their evil genius, Earl RUSSELL, promised that he would support no less favourable demand; but this promise, like the empty words that have gone before did not bind its speaker very closely, since he sub sequently proposed that the question should be submitted to arbitration, though Denmark refused to follo w , such a course. " I cannot," says the Danish President, "explain how this proposal was co nsistent with Earl RUSSELL'S promise," and this enough to show the light in which qu iet satire was the Conference were look e d o n the proceedings of by the Danes. Th e gallant northern people are, however, better f m-ornled as to the real feelings of the English nation. Indeed they have been so openly manifested on every public occasion—they have shown th emse lves en nn miatakeably in the presence of the fair young daughter of King C IIRIs- TIAN that the Danes can hardly be left in doubt ae to the warmth and reality of the En g.ibh interest in their cause. In fact, the King admits as much in his address which includes this remarkable pas sage: "May God grant that at least in a certain place the sympathy for us may grow into activ e support." It remains to be seen how this earnest aspiration may be fulfilled. In Mr. DISRAELI'S few remarks the other night there was no passage more effective than that in which he referred to the anomalous state of our present policy as regards peace or war. We tr 3 always rnakiug the most extravagant assertions, and uttering threats, yet when circumstances seem to call upon us to verify the one or carry out the other, we draw back and hesitate, and finally do nothing. Truly did the right hen. gentleman call these tirades " useless cad spiritless menaces, which, by impairing the influence of our country in the Councils of Europe, have really diminished the moat effective means of maintaining peace." Further on he stated that it would be better if the country were governed according to the principles and views of Messrs. COLDEN and BEIGHT, tan after the present fashion, for it would be a course w re consietoat, limitable, and digaifia This is quite true, for it is impossible to conceive a more false position than that in which we are now placed. It would be extremely difficult to determine on what grounds such a policy is founded, and what object our Cabinet proposes to effect by this shuffling manner and inconsistent course. It would seem as if they were irrevocably pledged to keep out of war, yet, to vindicate their own fancies and disarm cri ticism, they played the part of braggadocios for the mere sake of doing so. There is one thing quite certain, and that is, however well this strange and seeming mode nay have served their turn and suited their purpose in past days, it has now become quite spent—its virtue has gone, its strength has departed. The intelligence that theFrenchEMPEP.oll had uttered a disparagiog remark, or appeared irri tated in discoursing with any important personage, or conveyed the presage of some dark meaning in a public address, would most probably occasion the greatest consternation, and give rise to all sorts of rumours of war and impending evils ; but the time has gone by when the expression of similar threats or recriminations from the potentates of England can at all alarm or excite. Now this is not what should be by any means; the majesty of tee country is not thereby lowered, and its fair fame sullied, yet there is a still more reprehensible practice now in vogue among many that should know better and be more elevated in their views, and that is the habit some persist in of declaring that we must not go to war because of the risk. If they spoke of the horrors of war as a deterring agency; if they expressed their conviction that no good results would ensue from hostilities, and that a safer course would be wiser, we might respect their motives if we differed from the premises of their arguments. But it is too much to be told that at this juncture Englishmen are not able to fight so as to accomplish their designs and to carry on a war to a successfu' issue and a triumphant termination. We expect to hear these opinions put forward from time to time by visionaries, or by those whose birth makes them citizens of the soil, but whose sympathies and interests are far away and centred in foreign lands. We do not expect, however, in great assemblies and high places from men of mark, eminence, and position, a repetition of such absurdities, and a confirmation of such unworthy statements. Earl RUSSELL, for instance, the other night, speak• ing as the Foreign Secretary of England, in hie place, amid the House of Lords, actually declared that we could not gain anything by going to war. The French, it appears, pay us a better compliment, for they say that " England, with her naval power , can materially add to the strength of Denmark, and might bring the war to a close." We could not expect any other opinion from an enlightened nation, but at the same time it is very mortifying to hear that our Allies propose a course which our Ministers have not the spirit to follow, nor the honesty to allow to be practicable. It is time that some change was effected, or that we should not insult our common sense by proclaiming that we rule the sea, when the Minister who is the exponent of our policy in the face of the world, can thus speak in Parliament : "I cannot but think that we should suffer materially if our mercantile marine were exposed to all the depredations which might take place in consequence of being at war." We have come to something if we are to fear the navy of Germany. It was only last year that Lord PAL , MERSTON stated that the reason why the Germans wanted to possess themselves of "Kiel" was.for the purpose of becoming a naval Power. This the noble lord very truly designated a vain ambition. It was not so vain, however, if the mere mention is to terrify the navy of a country that was once the terror of the world. It may be truly said that Earl RUSSELL did not seem to care so much for the injuries inflicted on the mer cantile marine of this country in the Americen war. He has turned a deaf ear to all complaints, and resolutely determined to exact no reparetion for wrongs perpetrated on our vessels by the base and unjustifiable measures of the officers of the United States. In the Times of yesterday the same ideas are expressed ; and an impression is con • veyed that if we went to war with Germany we should be the losers. Really this is a very strange way of taking up the matter, and it seems a posi. tion unworthy of the leading journal of this great country to talk as if there was no chance of our being victorious in an encounter with foes so far beneath us in all respects, Now, in the name of our ancient glories, present fame, and future prospects, we must pro.. test against this language being employed, not in the height of political or party zeal, or in the heat of debate, but in sober reasoning, and a calm review of cur position, it is quite out of character. When we are told, further on, that " we should lose man for man till all our army had disappearedo' it is surely time that the blast of war were sounded in our ears, and that we should arise and dispel these illusions, or foreign nations will come to be lieve that we are indeed what our friends are de scribing—the degenerate sons of a gallant race, and the unworthy inheritors of a glorious prerogative. When NELSON won Trafalgar, and WELLINGTON returned from Waterloo, or our forefathers triumphed at Agincourt, it would have astonished any one to be told that the day would come when such language would be used to expreseour position, and such an estimate formed of our powers and the extent of oar prowess. It was quite consistent with the threatening aspect of foreign affairs that the close of Monday's sitting should be devoted to military matta.s. It is true, that Mr. ADDEr.LEY's motion referred not to the contest for the possession of the world-famous Duchies, but a colonial frontier in another hemi sphere, bat his motion was founded on the avowed possibility or even probability of a war which may happily never come about, but for which it is wise to be prepared. The right hon, gentleman objected to the present disposition of our forces in Canada, and considered it imprudent and unsafe to station detachments of British troops on exposed posts on the frontier unless they were adequately supported by the Canadians themselves. The troops are scat tered along the North American frontier, which extends about a thousand miles, and have little power of communicating with each other or with the mother country. He drew a startling picture of the possible results of such a system, and his views were supported by Lord ROBERT CECIL, who pointed out the evils which would ensue if the American Government, having concluded the civil war, should think fit to employ all its superfluous war estab lishment in an attack upon Canada. British troops might in such a case be easily surmounted and cap. tured, and the consequence would be an indelible stain on our arms, unless we could afterwards per. form some astonishing feat of valour. Beth advo• cates of the case were a little extreme in their views, but thero was undoubtedly much truth in the sub stance of their views. Both hon. members appeared to forget what Mr. FORTESCUE afterwards reminded them of—that an invasion of Canada meant war with England, and although the Federal Govern ment might be very well pleased to capture a few comvanies of British soldiers, and to boast of their glorious victory, yet the most rash and presumptous of their statesmen would hesitate to rush into war with the whole strength of this coantry, Still fore- IHE KIN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1864. warned is forearmed, and the fact of being at peace is no reason for being unprepared for war ; and it is difficult, indeed impossible, to foretell to what lengths Federal braggadocio may go. The question of the military defence of our colony has long been under discussion, and the colonies have, for the most part, shown a readiness to undertake a fair share of the burden and to contribute both in men and money to the protection of their own frontier. In the New Zealand war now raging every able-bodied male has been called to bear arms, and we have no reason for supposing that Canada would show any deficiency in patriotism or courage, should a sudden emergency arise. Still it is wise not to court dan ger, and therefore it should be a matter of careful consideration how our troops are stationed on such an exposed frontier. A great part of the boundary line between the British and the North American possessions consists of water, and the lake frontier, as it is called, England is forbidden by treaty to occupy, both nations being prob:bited from main taining ships of war there in tine of peace. But there is no reason why Canada should not have a navy of her own, and in these critical times such a possession would be of incalculable advantage to her. It would be a better protection than any forti fications, and would be ready to serve her interests in any part with promptitude. The Canadians have water enough around them to nake them expert seamen, even were they not o: English race, but being for the greater part of tin old Anglo-Saxon family, which finds a congenil element in the waters, they would prove fornidable antagonists to the Americans themselves, h d they the proper force. Lord R. CECIL strongy urged upon the Government the necessity fa promptitude in strengthening the defences of Canada, and pointed out the dangers of delay. Enemies do not wait to declare war until matters are arranged to re* eeive them, although civil euthorities too often seem to act under this impressive. The discussion on the Recruiting for the Asmy followed Mr. ADDERLEN'S motion appropriately enough, and Colonel DUNNE did good service in bringing for ward some of the grievances o! which the soldier has to complain. It is very well for the Minister of War to say that the soldier is better cared for than any others of his class, atd that the recruit ing sergeant can only compete with the rewards of unskilled labour, but at bast those rewards which are promised by the recruiting sergeant should b 3 fairly given, and in most instances they are earned by the inevitable discomforts and some times the hardships of a soldier's life. The actual pay is certainly not high for the risk of life and limb ; and if it is contended feat all cannot be paid on a scale sufficiently liberal to remunerate those who suffer, still there ehou.d be some liberality shown in the matter of pensions, &e. A soldier who is crippled or rendered infirm for life in the prime of his days is no great object for envy; and when we remember that even in times of peace our troops are exposed to much suffering from the vicis situdes of climate and other injurious agencies, we shall not be willing to begrudge them a fair pro vision. It is satisfactory to find, from Lord HARTINGTON'S statement, that our recruiting is all that is required, but our authorities must show a fair amount of consideration for the recruit if they hope to preserve the efficiency of our forces. HER MAJESTY'S. Titiens in Beethoven's "Fidelio," This evening will be repeated at her Mujesty's Theatre, according to announcement " for the last time this season," but we trust sincerely not for the last time this season, the magnificent revival of the greatest lyrical drama ever composed, with Titiens as the Leonora of Beethoven's masterpiece! Not a week has yet elapsed since this long preparing and eagerly looked-for treat of the revival of 1' Fidelio," at length gladdened the senses of the frequenters of Mr. Mapleson's noble establishment. Thursday evening witnessed at last, this year, the first performance at Her Majesty 'sof "Fidelio" redivivus. The attendance—possibly frnn the circumstance of the first night of this most important opera having been postponed at the eleventh hour, as it was, from the Tuesday to the Thursday—the atten dance at Her Majesty's on Thursday, though iu itself excellent, was not very much above the average. Yet, sues was the brilliant triumph achieved by the Effect of this memorable perform ance as a whole, but especially by the more : than realisation of all our hopts as to what Madlle. Miens' Fidelio would turn tut to be (the anticipa tions of even her most ardint admirers being, in regard to this, inameasurtbly surpassed)—will render that night of the 23d of June, 1864, hence. forth very noteworthy indeed in the annals of Mr. Mapleeon's management. Tte result—it is worth mentioning this at once as a simple matter of fact— was such that on Saturday night last, the evening set apart for the repetition of th 8 glorious opera, with Titiens as the heroine, witnessed Euch a throng at the doors of Her Msjesty's at we have not for years witnessed. Directly the (Lon were opened on Saturday the struggle, for skveral minutes among those waiting for admission to enter sufficiently early to have a chance of scrambling for the best places, partook somewhat unlleasantly of the cha racter of a crush on the Jenn;oLind Nights of old, a crush intolerable even thet before the invention of those terrible "sans fit:dun" steel ribbed pettie coats that have superseded, in ill but name, the more compressible crinoline. The stormily contested barriers, however, once passed, and the opera-goers quietly settled down at last in boxes, pit, stalls, and amphitheatre—crowds pouring in until every avail able place, from which a sight of the stage could be obtained,was fully occupied—the audience on Satur day had reasons enow, all through the evening, to congratulate themselves on having, even through the ordeal of the struggle through which they had entered, secured to themselvo the immense gratifica • tion resulting from their anendance. Even in the days of the three renowned Fidelios who have pre ceded Madlle. Titiens—each in turn as " the" repre sentative or living incarnation of that wondrous creation of the genius of Beethoven, among whom henceforth, the great Hungarian Prima Donna may now take her place securely upon the same high level side by side with Malibran-de-Beriot, with Sophi© Cruvelli, and with the original among the Leonoras of Beethoven, Schroeder Devrient_even in tha t radiant earlier epoch, we doubt whether any more genuine enthusiasm was ever excited by one amongst those great impersonators of Fidelle, otherwise of Leonora Floreetan, than was excited on Saturday night in that d e nsely-crowded area of Her Majesty's by Mademoiselle Titiens' nob le p er• formance. It is not in the least to be wondere d at, however, for thelFidelio of Thiene, in simple tr uth, is more than an achievement—it is an inspirat ion. Throughout, it gives evidence of the consumm ate artist. But, beyond that, it gives evidence far more welcome—of the true and unquestionable genius. It has raised higher than ever the repute and the popularity of Mademoiselle Titiens. Of this she herself has now had ample dentonstratioe. Greeted again and again during her performance of some of the most difficult, as it is also, (who shall repel our words as partaking in any degree of extravagance ?) same of the divinest music ever somposed for the stage—greeted as Mdlle. Titiens was repeatedly with thunders of applause during the progress of the open, she was thrice summoned before the footlights, on the fall of the curtain, upon the close of the great dungeon scene—her third answer to the summons of the audience being hailed with a perfect tumult of acclamation. Even when that wonderful finale—surely the most rapturous outpouring of choral joy ever conceived by the imagination of a composer—had brought the curtain down finally, late on Saturday night, the excited audience ac tually then must needs tarry awhile, in spite of the hour, again and again to call before them, in front of the footi;ghts, the fair Hungarian w i ll° had so witched them into admiration. From first to last it was as genuine an artistic triumph as we can call to our remembrance. Upon it we may with reason congratulate, not merely the gifted songstress, but—as he so admirably well deserves—Mr. Maple son himself, to whose enterprising management we are indebted for this superb revival of the ope ratic masterpiece of Beethoven. It is significant of the affluence of genial lavished upon that extraordinary chef-d' otuvr by its com poser, that for "Fidelio,'" his one opera, his only opera, and such an opera! the Opera of Operas! Beethoven wrote and has left to the world no less than Four Grand Overtures ! O f these four overtures, Signor Arditi's orchestra on the first night of the revival performed twe—the fourth (in E) before the commencement of the first act, the third (in C) between the first and tie second act, this last mentioned of the four overtures being popularly known as the grand "Leonora." With the latter, however—the grandest of all the four overtures, the conductor at Her Majesty's contented himself on Saturday. Foregoing the temptation to give at any time during thenight the radiant composition in E written by Beethoven in 1814 for the then revival of " Fidelio,"—Signor Arditi prefaced the Opera on Saturday with the great composer's own favourite among his four 0 vertures, the glorious "Leonora." And superbly was it given on Saturday at Her Ma• jesty's—so superbly that it necessitated an encore. Who that has never heard it can be afforded by any mere written description the faintest notion of the effect of that whirling concord of sounds, symboliz ing so much of the coming passion, anguish, love, despair, and pathetic enthusiasm of the soul-stirring incidents of "Fidelio"—that marvel lous overture, in the midst of all whose crashing harmonies—suddenly I—there comes a pause — through the startling silence of which echoes the far off signal trumpet that, in the opera itself, gives a solution to all the enigma of difficulties tangled into the plot of "Fidelio !" Bringing despair to the ruthless Pizirro—relief to Rocco—salvation at once to Leonora and to Florestan. Since the depars tare of Staudigl we have had no such Pizirro as that of Signor Gassier. As the rough-mannered, but kind-hearted jailor Rocco, Signor Marcello lance appears to excellent advantage. Disappointed with him (as we were) as Falstaff, we are, according to that oddest idiom perhaps of all odd idioms in the language," agreeably disappointed" with his Rocco. It was the Rocco of Beethoven. The ,?risoner Florestan is impersonated, in this reOival of " Fidelio" at Her Majesty's, by Dr. Ctanz, an eminent primo tenors from the Opera at ilk,nover. Evidently a thorough artist, Dr. Gunz hardly ap peared to do himself justice, even on Saturday upon the repetition of the performance, and this by reason apparently of excessive nervousness. Tne Jaquino and Marcellina in the present cast, are respectively Signor Bettini and Mademoiselle Louise Liebhardt, both of whom acquitted themselves adm;rably throughout. Even the subordinate character of II Ministro— who, as may be remembered, does nut make his appearance until the very close of the opera—was not disdained by Mr. Santley, that eminent artist, thus contributing very con siderably to the brilliant rendering of the grand finale—the wonderful effect produced by which upon the audience on Saturday it would be difficult to exaggerate. But, the Leonora Florestan, the Fidelio—in this revival of Beethoven's great lyrical masterpiece—Mademoiselle Titiens, to wit 1 What shall be said of her ? What can be said of her beyond what has here already been remarked by us— that her performance of that most picturesque and most pathetic creation on the operatic stage is worthy to take rank, side by side, with the perform ance of Fidelio, by the greatest of her predecessors, by Schroeder-Devrient, by Sophie Cravelli, even by Malibran-de-Beriot. An analytical commentary might be written, with intense gratification to our selves in the writing of it, were such either requisite or desirable. It was the manifestation through out of the true artist, of the true genius of the true woman I And no marvel that, as such, that as all this, it excited the audience, as we have shown, to a pitch of enthu siasm. The grave-digging scene in the dungeon is, as a matter of course, the grandest scene of all, the manifestation of the noblest powers of Madlle. Titiens, both vocal and histrionic. The whole house seemed to watch and listen breathlessly, tearfully, down to the very close. To watch and to listen unmoved during such a performance would have been an impossibility. But one exceptional deficiency seems to us, as in any way noticeable in the whole of this noble revival of "Fidelio," and that a deficiency that will probably have disap peared altogether this evening on the occasion of the third performance. We allude simply to a cer tain lack of aplomb, of completeness, of rhythmic unison in the immortal " Prisoner's Chorus.' Enough, however, when we have said that, in the way of any exception to a revival that is about the most memorable event in the operatic season of 1864, a triumph to Madlle. Titiens, and one among the most notable among the incidents that will have to be recorded in the annals of Mr. Mapleson's management. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. DEFEAT OF ILIE GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 28. OPEN SPACES IN THE METROPOLIS. Motion made and question put, " That it is the duty of her Majesty's Government to provide for the preservation of open spaces it and around the metropolis, within the limits assigned by the 14th section of the Inclosure Aet of 1815." The house divided—Ayes, 79; Noes, 40. AYES-79. Galway, Viscount Morgan, Major Gard, R. S. Morris, D. Gaskell, J. M. Newdegate, C. George, J. O'Log,tilen, Sir C. Goldsmid, Sir F. reacocke, G. M. W. Gore, J. R. 0. Phillips, G. L. Goschen, a J. Pilkington, J. Gregory, W. H. Pollard Urquhart W Grey de Wilton,Lord Rothschild,Baron M Haafieid, G. Shelley, Sir J. V. Hamilton, Major Smith, J. B. Hartopp, E. B. Taylor, Col. Hennessy, J. P. Tollemache, F. J. Hibbert, J. T. Torrens, R. Hunt, G. W. Vandeleur, Col. Jermyn, Earl Vane, Lord H. Jones, D. Verney, Sir H. Kekewich, S. T. Watkin, E. W. Knatchbull, W. Whitmore, it. Lelevre, G. J. S. Williams, W. Lefty, A. Wyndham, H. Leslie, C. P. Wyndham, P. Lewis, H. Yorke,J. It. Lowther, Captain Macdonogh, F. TELLERS. Malins, R. Miller, T. J. Doulton, F. Mills, J. R. Locke, J. NOES-40. Gladstone, W. E. Paget, Lord C. Greenwood, J. Palmerston, Visct. Grey, Sir G. Paxton, Sir J. Henniker, Lord Peel, Sir R. Hodgkinson, G. Peel, Gen. Knatchbull-Hugess Peel, I'. Leatham, E. A. Talbot, C. R. U. Lowe, R. Villiers, C. P. Martin, P. W. White, L. Miller, W. Wood, Sir C. Montgomery, Sir G. Naas, Lord TELLERS, O'llag,an, T. Onslow, G. Brand, H. Padmore, R. Dunbar, Sir W. Alcock, Bagwell, J. Bass, M. T. Beecroft, G. S. Beresford, D. Berkeley, H. F. Black, A. Briscoe, J. I. Brooks, R. Bruce, Lord E. A. Bruce, Sir H. Buxton, C. Cargill, W. W. Cave, S. Cecil, Lord R. Cholmeley, Sir 31. Clay, J. Cox, W. Crawford, R. W. Dalp. - Jish, R. Dunkcllin, Lord ]:wart, J. C. Farquhar, Sir 31. Ferrand, W. Fitzgerald, W. S. Foley, H. W. Forster, W. H. Fraser, Sir W. A. Agnew, Sir A. Bazley, T. Beaumont, S. Bentinck, G. C. Berkeley, Col. Bruce, H. A. Burke, Sir T. J. Cliilders,_ll. G. E. Cowper,'W. F. Davey, K. Dillwyn, L. L. Dodson, J. G. Dou2:las, Sir C. Freuch,Col. Gilpin,'C. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market very firm, and prices i to i higher than Friday. Sales, about 8,000 bales or more. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Prince and Princess of Leiningen wit nessed the performance of " The Dead Heart" at the Adelphi Theatre last night. We understand that Her Majesty is about to confer a Baronetcy on Sir Charles Lyall.—Ow/. Mews. Baring Brothers and Co. have reported having received advices from their agents in Vene zuela announcing the receipt of 55 per cent. of the import duties for about two weeks from the Custom House of La Guayra 21,905.53 dole., and from that of Puerto Cabello of 12,959.78 dols., making a total of 34,865.31 dole, on account of the Venezuelan divid'nde. Tho mai' from Guayquil has brought a remit. tance of £212 on account of the dividends on the debt of Ecuador. There is no new feature in the general money market, the demand for discount accommodation being well sustained, as usual, just before the pay ment of the dividends, when revenue is being actively collected. The lowest rate out of doors is fully 6 per cent., and the consequence is that nearly everyone having first.class bills for negotiation take them to the Bank of England. LATEST INTELLIGENCE [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. (Per the Edinburgh, via Crookhaven.) NEW YORK, JUNE 18 (Morning.) General Grant's whole army has moved to the south side of the lames River. Smith's corps, 15,000 strong, captured on Wed• nesday the main line of the Petersburg defences, with 13 cannon and 490 prisoners. Hancock has moved to Smith's left. A report, requiring confirmation, but generally believed, has been received from lames River, stating that the Federals captured Petersburg on Thursday, Butler destroying the railroad between Petersburg and Richmond. Sheridan has been defeated. NEW YORK, JUNE 18 (Morning). Money easy. Gold 95i per cent. premium. Exchange on London 2151, on Paris 2.622 to 2611. Stocks advancing. New York Centrals, 132; Illi noie, 128 k; Erie, 1132; 5.20 Bonds, 106, ATTACK ON ALSEN. FLENSBURG, JUNE 29. Eleven battalions of the Prussian army crossed the Alsen Sound north of Sonderburg at daybreak this morning. The Danish troops were beaten back and are now in full retreat. The Prussian loss is moderate. The attack of the Rolfe Krake was repulsed by the Prussian batteries. THE CAPTURE OF ALSEN. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office this morning from the Prussian Embassy in London ; SONBERBORG, JUNE 29, 8.30 A.M. The Prussian troops captured the Island of Alsen this morning after some fighting. The Dunes lost several guns and embarked in haste. THE OCCUPATION OF JITTLAND, BERLIN, JUNE 29. Austria and Prussia intend to occupy the whole of Jutland, and to keep it as a pledge. They will collect the taxes in Jutland, and em- ploy the proceeds to meet the military expenses. PRUSSIA AND THE ZOLLVEREIN. BERLIN, JUNE 29. The treaties for the renewal of the ZAlverein, as proposed by Prussia, were signed yesterday by the representatives of Prussia, Saxony, Baden, Elec toral Hesse, Thuringen, Brunswick, and Frankfort. The negotiations with Oldenburg are still going on. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. MARSEILLEb, JUNE 29. The Delta, with the above mails, arrived here at 9 a.m. to■day. The mails leave for London at 11 30 a.m. MARKETS--This Day, MAItK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of English wheat were very moderate. The demand, both for red and white qualities, ruled far from active, yet Monday's ad vance in prices was supported. With foreign wheat the market was but moderately sup plied. The trade was decidedly firm for all descriptions, and previous quotations were maintained, Millers, how ever, almost generally restricted their purchases—conse quently a very moderate business was transacted. Floating cargoes of grain ruled firm, at full prices. Barley, the supply of which was but moderate, changed hands at very full prices. Malt was unaltered in value from Monday; but the de mand ruled inactive. Oats were in moderate supply, and steady request, at Monday's advance in the quotations. Deans and peas ruled firm, at quite previous rates, The supply on the stands was small. The flour trade was firm at quite previous rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat Barley. - - English 990 Irish — i4'oraiwn 7,730 7,130 :daft. Oats. Flout, 310 I 1,520 I 580 1,6E0 23,260 Do 3) sks, 14,19) brls. BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in our market is very moderate, and is chiefly for immediate consumption. Prioee yule firm, The accounts from the plantations are favourable. WHITECLIAPEL. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale, and the trade is firm, at the annexed quotations : Beef, from 2e 10d to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; lamb, as Od to 5s 8d ; veal, 33 10d to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 6d to 45 6d per bibs by the carcase. ALARMING FIRES (TIIIS DAY).—A fire of a very alarming and destructive character broke ont at a late hour on the premises I:donging to Mr. David Gray, a cheesemonger, carryintr on business at No. 4, Cross-street, Blackfriars-road. The inmates having been aroused, tLey fortunately effected a safe retreat. Conductor Garner quickly attended with the Royal Society's fire-escape, and the engines of the parish and London Brigade, under Mr. Henderson, the chief officer of the D oistrict, and Engineers Medcalf and Boutcher, followed in rapid succession. On immediate and an abundant supply of the Lambeth Com pany's water having been procured, the firemen went to work in admirable manner, but, in spite of their exertions, the flames continued to spread, and the entire building be came enveloped in a broad sheet of flame. Eventually the firemen succeeded in getting the mastery over the flames, but not until the premises and contents were for the most part destroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown. The loss will fall upon the Leeds and Yorkshire Fire Office.— Another fire happened in the residence of the Marquis of Hastings, No. 23, Park-lane. The discovery was made one of the domestics by noticing smoke issuing from the flooring of the third floor. The Royal Society's escape and the engines of the London brigade promptly attended, under the direction of Mt Swanton, the chief officer of the C di,trict and by a good supply of the Grand Junction Com pany's water, the fire was extinguished, but not before con siderable damage was done. The origin of the fire was owing to a defective flue. The Royal Dramatic College Fete will be held at the Crystal Palace on the 161. h and 18th of July. Among the leading features will be the usual stalls, pre sided over by the mostpopular of the metropolitan actresses, including Madile. Stella Colas, who will make her first ap pearance at thesa fetes. Mr and Mrs Howard Paul are to inhabit a grotesque edifice, resembling a huge fan opening and closing, the design of Mr H. Phillips, of the Adelphi Theatre. They will sell an elegant little Dramatic; College fan, devised by Mr Howard Paul, who is at present in Paris superintending their production. Messrs Toole and Phul Bedford arc to give an exhibition of wax work. Clarke, of the St. James Theatre, is to have a cat and dog show. The Wombwell menagerie will be repeated, with wonderful addi- tions of curious monsters. So that what with the usual Aunt Sallies, minstrels, serenaders, gipsy tents, Richard son's Booth, and other pastimes, the Fair this year promises a great deal of fun and amusement. NEW GIJNBOATS.—A Toulon letter of the 24th Says — 66 Experiments have been made here during the last few days with new ironclad gunboats with improvements which enable them to move at a rapid rate on land as well as on water. These small vessels sit very low in the water, and have on the deck an ironclad shelter pierced with six portholes and eighteen embrasures. As they can be taken to pieces in a few hours and divided into eighteen blocks, including the engine, these gunboats could, if required, engage in a naval combat off the coasts of Provence with a speed of eight knots ; then be taken to pieces, and, having been carried away by railway, be ready to fight again off the coasts of the Atlantic in 36 hours, after arm ing the whole of France. If this new engine of war had existed during the Italian campaign, Mantua and Peschiera might have been captured almost,without a blow, and Venice might have seen a miniature ironclad fleet navigating her lagoons. PRIZE DEstaxe —" Undoubtedly, however, the finest show in this respect is made by Benson, who offered prizes for designs for watch cases at the South Kensington Museum, and who by thi s means h as secure d so me of the most exquisite ornamental details for watcA cases that are shown in the building."—Time s , 3Lry 7,1882. Chronometer, duplex, lever, horizontal, repeaters, centre seconds, keyless, split seconds, and every description of watch, adapted to all climates. Benson's illustrated pamphlet, iree by post for two scamps. contains a short history of horology, with prices, and enables those who live in any part of the wor d to seleet a watch or clock. Prize medal and honourable mention, c asses 33 and 15. J. W. Benson, Ludgate-liill, watch and clock maker by special wa'rant of appointment to 11.11.11. the Prince of Wales. E2tablisted 1719. +'~~,,. d/ ~ r -~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ .~- ~' .~ HER MAJESTY, WINDSOR CASTLE, Juno 28. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High noses the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, drov out yesterday in a carriage and four, attended b the Hon. Horatia Stopford and Lieutenant-Colour the Hon. D. de Ros. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Nemouri Count d'Eu, Princess Margaret, and Prince: Blanche of Orleans, arrived at the Castle yesterdai The Dake cf Nemours, Count d'Eu, and Prince Margaret, dined with her Mejesly and the royt famiiy. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess Hel:Aaa and Princess Louise, wet to London to-day, and drove to the palace E Westminster and inspected the works of Mr, Het bert and Mr. Maclise, who were in attendance b her Majesty's command. Her Majesty afterwards honoured the Dean ( 'Westminster and Lady Augusta Stanley with a viei at the deanery, and returned to 'Windsor Castle a five o'clock. In attendance were the Marchioness of Ely, th Hoc. Mrs. Bruce, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Lieu tenant• Colonel the Hon. D. do Ros. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, rode on horseback yesterday forenoon attended by Lieutenant. Colonel Keppel. The Princess of Wales, accompanied by th Princess of Leiningen, took a carriage drive. The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanies by the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, and at tended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Lieu tenant• General Knollys, and Lieutenant•Colone Kep[..et, visited the Museum of the Geological Sur vey and the Royal School of Mines, in Jermyn , street, yestet day, and were shown through tbi building by the director-general, Sir Roderic] Mu►'chison, accompanied by Professors 'Ramsay Hurley, Holman, Percy, Tyndall, and Willis; Mr Trenhom Reeks, curator; and Mr. Hunt, keeper the mining records, Mr. Warrington Smith beink absent or duty in Cornwall. The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanies by the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, an( attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen tali Lieutenant-Colunel Rieppei, went to the Adelphi Theatre in the evening. The Great Conservative Meeting at Lord Salisbury's. (From the Owl.) As soon as it became known on Wednesday afternoon last week that it was all up with the Conference, and that Lord Clarendon's particular role, whica we have pointed out, alone remained to be played out by the actors in con cern it became evident that the Danish question had en. tered a new phase, and that a domestic crisis would be addec to the international imbroglio. The Owl took a flight down Pall-mall, looking in at the Carlton, where he soon dig' covered that something was brewing. His friends were evi dently under the influence of strong excitement. Old birth turned up whose antique plumage is a standing protest against reform, and whom a happy instinct lures from distant places whenever great events are passing. Official expectants, too, were numerous, and ver3 decided in their opinion that action should le taken. The Owl was not surprised to receive the follow. ing morning, at his breakfast, an invitation, on very thin paper, to attend a meeting of the Conservative party al Lord Salisbury's house on the following Monday. This, however, was premature, for Lard Palmerston is too old a bird to throw away a chance, and as the Plenipotentiaries hal not shaken hands and exchanged protocols, the Con• ference could not be said to be concluded any more than a dinner can be said to b 3 over before the grace is said. no our old friend on the very thin paper was obliged to put off his party till Tuesday at two o'clock, when we repaired to Lord Salisbury's house, and met over 200 of our Conserve- Live friends. At ten minutes past two Lord Derby, who was evidently suffering from an attack of gout, entered the large room, which we remember as a supper room, and which was fitted out for the occaelon with a round table at the further end, and a pretty liberal supply of chairs, scattered about in the body of the room. He was closely followed by Mr. Disraeli, who took up a position in the reel. of his Chief, ready to bring up supports if required. Lord DERBY, as is his nature, opened the proceedings with a joke. As the sitting members were pressing in with their chairs to make room for the standing Conservatives, he observed that it looked like business to beg n operations by coming at once to close quarters, The function of the Great Conservative Party, he continued, was to come out strong, like the Owl, on great occasions. For this reason he had abstained from calling the party together on former or less important occasions lately. He congratulated them on the success of their domestic policy in preserving Church and State, and claimed for them the praise, acknow ledged by their opponents, of having assisted in perfecting and carrying all measures which they considered for the general good of the country. Whereas, however, in domestic affairs an Opposition could interfere with facility and ad vantage in every stage of a measure during its progress through Parliament, in foreign affairs matters stood on an entirely different footing. In the latter case Parliament could not interfere in the successive stages of a negotiation without hampering the judgment and paralysing the action of Government, and thereby jeopardising the success of the negotiation. In proportion, however, as a Government were weak and impotent would they try to catch et the opinion entertained by a majority in Parliament, instead of relying on their own judgment of what was best for the good of the country. He found a very remarkable proof that such was the course pursued by the Government in the papers laid before Parliament. la a correspondence with Count Bernet rff, Earl Russell points out that it Germany pursued such and such a course, her Majesty's Government would—not take such and such a resolution and adopt such and such measures, but—might be compelled by the feeling in Parliament and public opinion in the country to do, something which otherwise they might not do. This was. not a position which a Government jealous of the honour of the country and of its own influence should occupy in the eyes of foreign nations, nor could the Conservative party, without abdicating its office. acquiesce in this position. Ho would not review our foreign policy in every part of the world, but he would point out that in the recent Polish negotiations the Government had pursued exactly the same policy as in the Danish negotiations, and with precisely the same results, a policy of blustering denunciations fol ldwed by impotence of action. They had succeeded, too, in effecting the complete isolation of this country in tho councils of Europe. The French Emperor, who was most desirous of co-operating cordially with this country, had been. slapped in the face, and then we expected his cordial sup port in effecting objects to which we attached importance. Turning to the Danish negotiations, ho reviewed the differ ent positions which the Government had successively taken up, and how in each case they had menaced, retired, and menaced again; how they had threatefied Germany, the burden of their song on each successive occasion bing e " Kick me as much as you like, but if you only pull roY nose you will see what I will do ;" how they had threat ened Denmark that if she did not make such and such concessions she could not reckon on the material support. of England, which was an implicit declaration. that, if she did make them, she would receive that support, He hazarded an opinion that if the Government had adopted energetic measures' when it was proposed to con vert Federal execution in Holstein into the invesion of. Schleswig—a Danish province—and our fleet had been sent to the Eider and an army despatched to Schleswig, Ger many would have hesitated before attacking England— there would have been no question of England attacking Germany. That was his conscientious opinion, although he was far from saying that such a policy should have been adopted. That question would involve the whole policy of the Government; but, given that policy, this was evi dently the time at which they ought to have acted, and it was an opportunity fatally allowed to slip by her Majesty's Government. The Conservative tinily had wisely avoided the trap set for them by the Government, and had not recommended a policy to them. He agreed with the rule set down by the late Sir R. Peel, not to prescribe until he was formally sent for. They had abstained, from patrio tic motives, from hampering her Majesty's Government as long as they continued at the bead of affairs, but as soon as their further continuance in office endangered the best in terests of the country it was their duty to throw away re serve and submit their opinion to the judgment of Parlia ment and the country. His lordship concluded by submit ting to the meeting the resolution which Mr Disraeli announced to the House last night, and sat down amidst, enthusiastic cheers. Mr KEn (from the body of the hall, amidst great inter ruption) said that he would prefer a more Irish, or in other words, a more warlike programme. Mr HEYGATE, on the contrary, said it was quite warlike enough for his own taste, and that of his constituents. He would support his leader, and vote with his party. Lord HENRY LENNOX asked when the battle would begin ? Mr DISRAELI said he was always ready for the fray, but he thought it would be decorous to give the Government till the beginning of next week before kicking them into the middle of the week after. Sir JOHN WALsn then paid a tribute of affection to Lord Robert Cecil, as one of his band of 35, and, in a most melodious voice, sang a hymn, beginning " ban!' good'Joy am I, and whet a great party we are to be sure he proceedings terminated amidst complete unanimity by: a vote of thanks to Lord Derby, proposed by old Mnaitai Walcott and seconded by sot= youns member.