The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-07 00:00:00

R O YAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. There will in this week be five opera nights, viz.. Nronday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Margherita, Mdlle. Adelina Patti. THIS EVENING (Tuesday), June 7, will be performed Gounod's Opera, FAUST E MAItGHERITA. Mamherita, Wine. Adelinl Patti, being her first appearance in that character in Enzland ; Siebe , Madame Didiee ; Marta, Mdlle. Anese ; 3lefisto . e e, M. Faure ; Vale. tino, Signor Or. z!ani ; Wagner, Signor Tagliafice ; and Faust, Signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight, Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre t.ta ls, 10a. Bd., 75., and 58. ; amphitheatre.:2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-offic under the portico of the tbea;re, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and libr artans THEATRE', ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Huck tone. THIS EVENING. THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Azgel. After which, DAVID GARMCK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstoue, Rogcrs, Clark, IVeathersloy, &c.; Mesthnies Snowden, Nally Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, IVm. Farrer, Coe, &c.; Mes dames Louise Keeley, SucAvden, Nellysower, hill, Wright, Rogers, &c. To conclude with AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. • Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECHTER will perform HAMLEr THIS EVENING (TUESDAY). Claudius, Mr. Emery; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan ; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden hsff ; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedigger, Mr. H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. Charles ; Messrs. M'lntyre, F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall bank, Collett ; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, Miss M lienrade ; and Gertrude, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open at half -past 7, and Hamlet corn tiences at 8. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.--. Sole Lesee 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, ; mi ss ,s.tafford and >Alfas Caroline Carson. After which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Louts and Fabien dei Franchi, Mr. Vining ; Chateau Renaud, Mr. Walter Lacy. N-Ew THEATRE-KO YAL, ADELPHI.- Sole PropriGtor and Manager, M. B. Webster. Last Five Nights of Ihe Groat Tragediene, Miss Bateman, in the character of LEAH. THIS EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, BillingtQn, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; 3irs. To conclude with TI-LE AREA BELLE: Messrs. J. L. Toole P. Bedford, K. Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. iti - ISS BATEMAN as LEAH.—LAST FIVE Ili NIGHTS of the Great Tragedienne in her original character of the Jewish Maiden, in which she has appeared b fore crowded, fashionable, and delighted audiences every evening for the past e ght months. The great attractiveness of this closing series of representations render it necessary to secure seats at once, as th box book is being rapidly fi led. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. rowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Comedy, by Dion Boueicault ,Esq., every Evening. Re• engagement of those ce ebraced and popular artistes, Mr, an ` t Mrs. Charles MathCw's. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Beojamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. P. Robinson, Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss 11. Simms, Mlss .A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, ana Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and original Comely In 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled THE FOX CHACE Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews. Mr. J. Clarke, Hr. F. Robinson, Mr. AA - Vey, Mr. W. Chamoer laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At 0, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Frank siatthews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke; Mies Fanny Josephs. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EYEN'ING, THE SILENT SYSTEM. Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. Miss Ada Swanborough. After which, 3IAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, James, Fenton, Turner, &c. ; Misses Marie Wilton, Simpson, etc. To conclude with TIMOTHY TO THE ItESCUE. Mr. r. Thorne. Commence at 7. 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Hovvever briefly, we cannot but at once express in the strongest terms our exultation at the over whelming defeat, last night by the Opposition, of the Government scheme for handing over the National Gallery to the Royal Academy, and for the removal of the national collection of pictures from Trafalgar-square to Burlington House, Picea- I dilly. The proposition came before the House of Commons yesterday is the pleasant form of a vote proposed to be passed, but in the end, we are delighted to say, peremptorily rejected —an agreeable little vote of some £lO,OOO sterling for the New National Gallery, on the site of Burlington House. Committees had sat, blue books had been printed, men of science and men of art, almost all of them without exception persons of distinguished eminence, had been elaborately examined, and still more elaborately cross examined —all this with but one only result, namely, the settlement to all appearance, it eeemecl until the ether chy quite definitively, that the national collection of Pictures should still continue to be on view as the national collection upon the present site of the building known (ever since it was created for that purpose) as the National Gallery. Of late, how ever, it had got about that the whole scheme was to be set aside. That the National Gallery was to be yielded up entirely to the Royal Academy. That the National Collection of Pictures was to be removed to Burlington House in Piccadilly. That, in fine, if the Court Hobby could not be ridden as far fas it was at one time hoped) as South Kensington, it should, at any rate, be trotted so far in that direction that it should be in -stalled upon the site of Burlington House, in Piccadilly. It seemed incredible. But the attempt to delude the House last night into passing this vote of £lO,OOO already alluded to proved the statement that it actually was so to be ower true. However, meek though it is content to remain in regard alike io Reform and to the Foreign Policy of England, the House could hardly yield, so far as to swallow this cool proposi tion to bring about the total reversal of its own decisions. It has repelled the paltry proposition of the Government, and repelled it triumphantly..: Sir JOHN HAY did good service in calling atten tion to the very faulty management of Greenwich Hospital. The Royal Commission that sat for six months to inquire into its affairs made a most un satisfactory report. When it was mentioned that this great institution was almost entirely perverted from its purpose, it was surely time to make some striking change in its style and workings. The Hospital had been arranged to accommodate two thousand and three hundred pensioners, but there were only one thousand and the hundred inmates at the time of the investigation. The most scan dalous thing of all was that no less than one thou sand one hundred seamen were in the different workhouses of England. A more striking proof was seldom given of official: mismanagement, or a more glaring instance of fends misappropriated from their original destination. The purport of Sir JOHN HAY'S motion Ras that due heed should be paid to the recommendations of the Commis sioners, who strongly urged on the Government to put a stop to the system of double government which prevailed at the Hospital. In this idea many able and well-informed persons concurred, and it was, therefore, most desirable that they should attend to the suggestion. This double government is an innovation on the original system, for it was introduced in 1829. Since so much has been said of the evil effects of its workings, it does seem strange that delay and difficulties should be con. tinually thrust in the way of amendment and alte ration. It is perfectly incomprehensible to under stand the objects of these vexatious hindrances that are constantly' interposed when any im portant step ought to be taken. It is idle to attempt to fathom the motives of all in high places, when they are told in emphatic terms what they ought to do to effect remedies, The strange thing is that ail sides appear to agree as to the advisability of a change. The Secretary to the Admiralty himself said in a speech a year or two back, "All the world knows that the government of Greenwich Hospital is extremely defective." It is a great scandal to all immediately concerned that such should be the case, and a great disgrace to the country that there should be such errors existing in to establishment which was formed for the refuge of those who have spent the best years of their lives in the service of their country, and belong to a class which is its best security and surest safeguard. The Government introduced a bill which was to do away with the double government at the Hospital, and effsot other salutary arrangements, but this measure was with drawn. Mr. CHILDERS made a very specious state ment on this subject, but lee did not explain why it was necessary to wait for such a protracted period before entering spun the necessary changes. Indeed, one part of his own statement clearly showed the necessity that existed for an immediate and tho rough change taking place. Since the Commis sioners made their report the number of pensioners had diminished by one hundred and sixty-eight. Surely this fact should be the most potent argument that can be employed, and the most powerful auxiliary that can be sought for to aid the cause of reform. There is nothing so difficult to overcome as the hindrances of those who profess that they are ready to help bat never show the least sign of putting their promises into execution. Had the Admiralty at first resolutely declined to move in this Tsetter, very likely there might have been a strong opposition worked up against them, but their seeming acquiescence quieted the loudest de- claimer and reconciled the most severe of critics. It is perfectly absurd to make it appear that sufficient time has not elapsed since the date of the Commis sion for all essential alterations to have taken place. It is nearly four years, and there would have been ample time to do doubl e th e wor k necessitated by 1 these plans that were proposed. No doubt the members of the Government are actuated by a desire I to put 4 Stop to the serious grievances that impair g of 1 the working this time-honoured institution, but they are evidently afraid of offending the prejudices of interested parties. This a gre a t m i sta k e, an d , indeed, it amounts t o a positive wrong, for the in terests of truth and justice should come before all secondary motives, and the claims of those for whom the charity was founded are paramount to the con. siderations of secondary pe rsons mixed up in the affair. It is, at all events, satisf actory to find that the Government have resolved to get rid of the double government at Greenwich Hospital. M any other changes are also contemplated, and, therefore, we may indulge the hope that eventu ally this institution may again lift up i ts head, and be recogn i se d as o ne of th e esta blishments of whi ch the country may be pr ou d . Sir JOHN PAKTISGTON, who is a good authority, part approved of the pl ans that were in some shadowed forth by Mr. CHILDERS. The right hon. baronet very properly advocated tLe claims of the cfficers of the Royal Navy, who, he said, wcre put aside in consequence of the misinter pretation of the words of the charter. This is a very fair suggestion, since there can be no reason why this deserving class should be precluded from their share of the benefits of the institution. It very frequently occurs that in these charities some mi sunderstanding arises as to the right interpre tation of the test of the charters. In consequence many really deserving individuals are put aside, and others, Wh o have really no claim of any sort, are allow e d to consume the profits of the place; and virtually to fritter away the substance that, pro per iy applied, would have more than carried out the benevolent intentions of the founders of the in- Tilfi SUN, LONDOY, TUESDAY EVENI_NGI- 1 JUNE • 7, 1864. stitution in question. Lord C. PAGET declared that it was the intention of the Govirnment to consider the claims of naval officers, and that he entirely concurred with all that Sir J. PAEINGTON had said on the subject. It is very satisfactory to find that at last some glimmerings of the light that should guide their steps shoull have been discerned by the Admiralty, for they are generally most obtuse in making the dis covery. It remains now to hope that the Govern ment will be a little more expeditious in their mode of carrying out these improvements than they have been in devising them, for precious time is being lost, and opportunities are slipping by that can never be restored. The efforts of those who have constantly advocated the adoption of the necessary reforms have not been thrown away, and they may flatter themselves that they have contributed to wards a good work, and done great service to a noble institution of their country that all ranks and classes alike concur in honouring. No time or trouble can be thrown away in order to render the workings of such an establishment more beneficial, more worthy of the nation that offers the succour, and more acceptable to those who receive it, and then only obtain an offering to their bravery more than a charity doled out for their support. It is curious to observe how a subject which en grosses much of public attention for a time grad ually gets forgotten or set aside. Some long continued evil or oppression perhaps is brought suddenly into notice by a startling catastrophe. Every one is shocked, and every one exclaims that something must be done to check the recurring of the risks which occasioned it. Theorists are ready with their schemes of amendment, the assistance of the Press is invoked, the Legislature appea!ed to, and all seems to promise a speedy and substan tial reform. This is more especially the case during the months of the recees, when there i 3 less to divert the attention, and consequently any do mestic event finds it easier to gain prominence. But it too often happens that after all the discus. Sian and the promise very little is done. Parliament meets, and a thousand questions start up for debate and decision, the war of parties, the chances of office—all these exciting topics thrust the humble but necessary reform into the shade, and until a fresh catastrophe produces another commotion things are suffered to go on in the same way. This programme has been accurately fulfilled in the case of lunatics in humble life. After the startling re velations of last year, it was openly stated that many persons of unsound mind were concealed throughout the country, and were frequently ill• treated by their relatives, who had charge of them. The instance of the PORTER family was too painful and convincing for such a suggestion to be rejected as improbable or impossible, neither after the evi dence which was then brought before the magi strates could it be hoped that the neighbours or other persons aware of the ill-treatment of the insane or imbecile might be relied on for giving information of such misconduct to the autho rities, It was said at the time that the crime proceeded as much from ignorance as from cruelty, and a case was brought to light in which the parents who seemed to enter tain no ill will against their imbecile son, nor any desire to deny his existence, kept him locked up in a den hardly fit to live in, in a state of dirt and wretchedness beyond exaggerat ion. In these days of enlightenment and humanity such conduct ap pears md6t inhuman and revolting, but we must remember that it is the lingering remains of the treatment generally adopted towards lunatics in the last century. 'Whips and chains, beds of straw and brutal keepers, were the means used by public consent to " minister to a mind diseased," and while the interior of even our public asylums is described by the writers of the time as a perfect Pandemonium, there were, at the same time, the same fatal facilities for obtaining the incarceration of sane persons who were wished out of the way for the sake of their property, or for other interested reasons. At last the evil grew to such a height that public indignation w ee excited, and the con sequence was a thoro - agh reform. Th ose w h o com pare the treatrelent of lunatics i n B et hl ehem or in Colney Hatch with the records of former times, may well felicitate humanity on its progress. But while no care or consideration can be too great for these afflicted beings, whose condition appeals so forcibly to those still blessed with their noblest faculties, the safety of the public must also be con. sidercd. Happily there is no discordance between the two requirements, since the public interest demands only that reasonable and constant supervision be kept over the actions of the lunatic which is essential to his own safety and possible chance of recovery. Let every care and kindness be shown to the insane, but let them be placed under control the moment any dangerous symptoms rani fest themselves. This may be of less consequence with harmless imbeciles like PORTER, but it is indispensable in the case of violent lunatics. With the imbecile the great object is to guard them from ill usage or neglect ; with the insane to keep them from injuring others. A very melancholy story has just been brought to light, giving forcible evidence of the urgent need that exists for making some alteration in the present system of dealing with the insane. A young man named JAMES LOVE lived with his family in the north. His mind had been for some time seriously affected owing to au accident, we presume a fatal one, having befallen a young girl, to whom he was much attached. He was able to maintain himself by his work, which precluded the authorities from noticing him; but he had long been so dangerous that his mother admitted she always kept knives and sharp things out of his way; and his other relatives, it is said, lived in fear of him, not without cause, as the sequel of the story shows. One night the mother was roused by a strange noise, and going into the adjoining room found her eldest son lying in bed with his throat cut, while the lunatic readily admitted having been the murderer. He had killed him with a razor which he had borrowed from a barber in the village, and so closely did his mother watch him that she --• had ascertained the fact of his having borrowed it -, though she searched for it in vain. What the barber was dreaming of to give such an in strnment to a person who must have been known in the village to be insane is a question that may well be asked, and was, we hope, put at the inquest. The blame of keep ing such a man at large does not in this instance rest exclusively with the parent 4, since a year ago the mother spoke of him to the parochial inspector, who, on hearing that he was gaining his own bread, refused to interfere. The condition of the family during all these months must have been something frightful, since every hour they were dreading the catastrophe that too surely came at l as t There ought to be some regularly appointed office to examine into such cases, where ignorarce or neglect may work such terrible results. It would be well to have a system of registratiog all such cases, and the medical officer for the district might b e c h arge d with the duty. It is quite time that a different method was adopted, since it is a well known fact that among the lower classes there are large numbers so stilicted, and the burden of sup porting them falls heavy on their friends, who are besides unab:e :o pay for keepers and attendants as wealthier members of a family so afflicted would do. We hope this session will not be suffered to pass by without some measure being introduced for the regulation of this matter. Herr Ernst's Concert AT THE ST. JAMES'S HALL LAST EVENING. A magnificent tribute was, last evening, offered to one of the greatest artists of the age—Herr Heinrich Ernst, the most gifted of living vio linists. And when Herr Ernst is so spoken of, it should be borne in mind that the present epoch in the History of the Violin is very noticeably pro- Ha in rarely gifted masters of that king among the instruments. Ia testimony of which, it is only necessary to bear in mind for one moment that among living violinists there can yet be num bered (to say nothing of others not here mentioned) artists us distinguished in their wondrous mastery of the fiddle as Sivot i, and Joachim, and Wieniawski. The two great violinists last mentioned offered the tribute of their co-operation yesterday, as did several other eminent performers, both vocal and instrumental, in token of their personal regard and professional admiration for one whom they look to not simply with affec tion as a confrere, but with admiration as a maestre. Together with the two celebrated violinists just mentioned, Joachim and Wieniawski, the fol• lowing distinguished artistes took part last evening in the performances—L. Ries with the violin, H. Webb with the viola, Signor Piatti with the vio loncello, M. Halle at the piano, the tenor of the night being, otherwise to express it, the Tenor of the Day, meaning of course our great tenor Mr. Sims Reeves, the soprano being Madame Meyer Dustmann, and the contralto Madame Lescbetizka. As Conductor, the concert of last evening, moreover, had that best of all concert conductors—Mr. Bene dict. The whole of the musical entertainment yes terday, it should hero be remarked at once, how ever, while it was the one hundred and fifty-third of those Monday Popular Concerts now securely esteblished as among the most brilliant of the musical institutions of the metro polis —was especially set apart for Herr Ernst's Benefit. And by reason of the simple announce ment of the fact that it had been so arranged, the usually well filled area of St. James's Hall was quite un-usually crowded last_ evening by one of the most brilliant assemblies of the season, every part of the h all being thronged by admirers of the great violinist. Apart from the attractive circum stance of the performances being designed at once in his honour and for his advantage, there was, moreover, the crowning attraction of all in the fact that there were to be given, for the first time, accord ing to the announcements of the programme for the night, several o f hi s latest compos i t i ons for the violin the viola, th e v i o li ncello, and even for the pianoforte. Has do's e xqu i s i te quartet in D major (No. 45) led off the radiant selection marked down in the pro pramme—a programme,including among other ?nor ceaux, Romberg's Andante in G major for violincello, with pianoforte accompaniment, charmingly exec cuted by Piatti and Halle ; Gounod's " Quando a to lieta," from Faust, so very gracefully rendered by Madame Leschitzka, that it was encored by accla mation; Beethoven's mellifluous love song, "Lieder Kreis," that " lengthened sweetness long drawn our," given last evening for the ninth time by Mr Sims Reeves; and, besides these, Mozart's immortal Letter Air, from Don Giovanni, " Non mi dir bell' idol mio," chaunted rather than sung last night, anything but satisfactory to our mind, if we may presume to hint as much, by Madame Meyer Dustmann. The especial matter for interest, however, last evening in this concert of Herr Ernst's was, es we have before hinted, the performance —some of them for the first time— of the great artist's own compositions. In some respects the most remarkable among all these was the masterly quartet for two violins, the viola, and the violincello, inimitably given by Joachim, Ries, Webb, and Piatti. Hearing it but once, as we have done, it is of course impossible to appreciate one tithe of the abounding merits and distinguishing beauties of this most original and highly imagina tive composition. The symmetry of its construction, the exhilarati ng f res h ness of melody suffusing it, eo to speak, l i k e a very atmosphere, the intricate invo lution noticeable in several of its more highly elabo rated.paSsages—created even upon that first hearing, aot only upon ourselves but upon the vast majority of the audience, a very profound impression. Of itself it would be an all-sufficient attestation of the fact already known in his regard, that Herr Ernst is indeed a master of the mysteries and wizardies of counterpoint. A tender and beauti ful nolturno of Ernst's for the pianoforte was performed with that touch of infinite grace and delicacy peculiar to M. Halle—who followed up his refined execution of it with a brilliant taran tella, by Heller. Goethe's lovely siren-like, ballad "Der Fischer," indifferently translated by the Rev. Archer Gurney, but suavely embalmed in the amber of a delicious melody by Herr Ernst, was admir ably sung by Mr. Sims Reeves. The song itself, however, partakes by necessity too much of the dreamy tone of a reverie to admit of its rousing the hearers of it to anything like enthusiasm. Beautiful as it is, therefore, no less as one of Goethe's marvellous fancies, than as one of Ernst's most sympathetically emotional compositions, it failed to command an en core. The two charms and glories of the night, however, we have left here to the very last to be particularised—the two especial charms and glories of the night, that is, according to our capabilities of appreciation. Both of these were compositions of Herr Ernst's. Each of them, was for the violin. One of them, an old favourite—emie nently well beloved. The other, if not precisely a new composition in iteelf,was completely n ew (0 us, and we doubt not also to the vast majority of those who heard it last night in the St. James's Hall — yesterday, in fact, being the occasion of its first per formance here in England. The former of these two compositions—the one we h ave j ust now spoken of as an old familiar favourite, and one eminently well beloved—Who does not know it, who knows any thing at all of the gen i us o f H err E rn st ? That exquisite "Elegie our la mort d'un °Wet dart"— admirably, wond er f u ll y performe d l as t night by Herr Joachim — war bl e d b y h i m, so bbed forth by him upon th e s t r i ngs o f t h at marvellous in strument. The other solo for the violin, already spok e n o f as entirely new last night to a London audience, was performed i with antonishing d e xt er ity o f mull-Pelation by the wizard bow and fi ngers o f Wi e niawski- It eras the adaptation by Herr Ernst of Schabsrt's Erl King —altogether a very won d er f u l composition and is certainly a ma s t er l y per f orman ce. A composition blending togeth er t h e t h ree v oices (marvellously indicating th e th ree i n di v id u alities one might almost say) of F at h er , Child, a nd d Goblin Spirit— theit performer' s p ower t h ere i n , as were, at the instant beck of the composer's genius) bounding " into a strange wail uncouth Like witches' dance, ghastly with whinings thin And palsied nods—sounds wicked, sa d, and weak I" Altogether, of its kind, a com position of unques tionable genius, of a genius as unquestionable in its wild eltrich way as that distinguishable E'egio, or as th a t ma rking the abundant in the tender an d pass ionate pathos of the and labyrinthine b eau tie s o f the new quartet already commented upon, Ernst's new manu script quartet for v i o lins, viola, and vio lincello. The a u di ence , cr owded though it was, listened throughout th e w hole evening atten tively, stopped to th e l as t with but a most very few ex • ceptions, applauded t o th e ec ho, and were manifestly delighted. The res u lt, i n deed, was in every way so much of a success that we may, without hesita tion,offer to the distinguished artist, In whose honour the whole performance was given, our earnest con gratulations upon it, as a s i g nal evidence of an, personal popularity both with the public and with the profession, and of the full appreciation of his genius by both. THE HOME CIRCUIT.—Tho learned jndgeegoing the circuit on the ensuing assizes (Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Willes) have fixed the following days for hold ing the assizes at the different towns ;n the circuit Hertford, Monday, July 11; Chelmsford, Thursday, 14th ; Lewes, Wednesday, 20th; Maidstone, Monthly, 25th; Guildford, Monday, August 1. RA IL LATEST INTELLIGENCE. AMERICA. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] (Per the Hibernian via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, MAY 27 (Evening.) Despatches from General Grant up till yesterday morning state that his movement Was progressing, and the result would be manifest in 24 hours. General Lee's position covers Sexton's Junction, his right resting on Little Swamp, and his left on Little River. The Fedorals• have abandoned their depot a Fredericksburg and Acquia Creek, and have esta , blished another nearer to General Grant. General Masby has completely destroyed the bridges and blockhouse from Union Mills to the Rapidan. The withdrawal of the Federal on►posts around Washington enabled him to do this. The Confederates have commenced firing from the banks of the James River on General Butler's supply boats. General Banks has arrived at New Orleans. The Federals are evacuating Texas. General Sherman has flanked General John. otone's position at Alboona, on the Ettowah River, It is reported that Johnston will not fight, but will transfer his troops to reinforce General Lee. NEW YORK, MAY 28 (Evening.) In the absence of any direct intelligence from the army, unreliable rumours of a disaster to Butler have been circulated. It is also reported that Grant is moving towards the Peninsula. MAY 28, Morning. Pope is marching from the South-West with 5,000 men to operate in Shenandoah Valley. The capture of the blockade steamers Granite City and Wave off Sabine Pass has been confirmed. The tariff bill has been reported to Congress. The duty upon brandy will be 2 dole. 50c. per gal., and on other spirits 2 dole. Silks are to pay an ad valorem duty of 60 per cent. Many unfavourable reports from the Army of the Potomac, which cannot be traced to authentic sources, raised the premium on gold to 89i at 2.30 this afternoon. At the close of business the pre mium was 88. Cotton, 104. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, May 27, Evening. Money easy. Gold 868 per cent. prem. Stocks inactive. New York Centrals, 134. Illinois shares, 1298. Erie, 113. Six per Cent. United States Bonds, redeemable 1882, 107. Cotton slightly firmer. Middling Upland, 101 c. Wheat, flour, and corn improving. Provisions steady. Coffee quiet. Sugar steady. Petroleum steady. Crude, 39 to 40. Refined, 61 to 62. May 28, Evening, Money easy. Gold was sold to-day at 190—its actual quotation is 88 per cent. prem, Exchange on London, 207. Stocks steady. New York Cen, trale, 134. Illinois shares, 1291. Erie, 114 k. 6 per Cent. United States Bonds, 107. Cotton steady. Middling Upland, 103 e. Tea, 25c. per lb. Woollen goods, 20c. per lb. May 28, Morning. Money easy. Gold, 86 . € 1 per cent. prem. Exchange on London, 204; on Paris, 2,74. SPAIN. MADRID, JUNE 4. A rumour is current that the proceedings o General Pinzou have been approved by the Govern• ment. The Epoca contradicts the statement that oppo sition has been made to the concession of the credit foncier. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, JUNE 6. Abd-el-Kader has arrived at Cairo, and is lodged .n the Palace set apart for strangers. Mr. Stevens, secretary to Sir Henry Balwer, arrived here this morning from Constantinople, and had a long interview with the Viceroy. TRIESTE, JUNE 7. Several Austrian men-of-war have received orders to be in readiness for war, in order to join the squadron of the North if necessary. AUSTRALIA. a PENZANCE, JUNE 7. The Rent, from Melbourne, 90 days out, arrived off here to-day. She landed 16 passengers and mails. She brings 31,5320 z. of gold. TEE DUKE OF AUGUSTENBURG, DRESDEN, JUNE 7. The Duke of Augustenburg has for the present given up his jourr ey to Vienna. He started from here early this morning for Kiel, via Berlin. BERLIN, JUNE 7. The Duke and Duchess of Augustsnburg are expected here to•day, and will stay at the palace of the Crown Prince. FRANCE. BOURSE, June 6.—The market has been dull, but Saturday's prices have been pretty well main tained. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67f. sc. The Railway Market quiet, but firm. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents . . 93 45 Vo. end —.— Italian Loan 69 SO Jo. end mout h 7O 10 Ditto Threes .. -- -- Nevir/dexicau .... 59 -- Russian - Austrian Spanish Threes.., — Dome Debt Deferred (AYS. Cash. Account. 872 50 ~. 875 C 95 -- 6 .. 995 -- 872 50 .. 875 .-- 3 per Cents - 66 90 Do. end month 67 10 Credit Mobilier 1147 50 Do. end month 1147 50 Bank Shares 3355 Credit koneier 1247 50 Roman Orleans Northern .... Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern .. Sardinian Austrian Low bard North of Spain Saragossa. Ditto to Barcelona 650 - . 657 50 . 503 75 - 463 75 .. 465 -- 375 - I . 375 - 402 50 403 75 540 -- 642 50 446 25 .. 446 25 685 - 58:5 - 257 50 . 260 - SWIMMING MATCH FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.— The great match between Frederick Beckwith, of Lambeth, and C. B. Mather, of Manchester, for £lOO and the champion swimming cup, value £25, came off yester day in the Thames, over the usual two. mile course from the Doves at Chiswick to the Aqueduct at Putney, and at tracted, as is usual on these occasions, many thousands of spectators both ashore and afloat. Both men are well known to the swimming fraternity, Beckwith having held the championship for many years, beating among others his present opponent, who on his part has contended many times with success. Both amen had trained well and care fully for the event, and looked everything that could be de sired, and the betting was of a varied character, but all in favour of Beckwith, who is nearly 40 years of age, and 15 years his opponent's senior. All the preliminaries having been adjusted, the men took their stations on a plank fixed on the bows of one of the accompanying steamers, and made the plunge at a few minutes past saven, Beckwith being first in the water; Mather, however, caught him in a few strokes, and then an interesting race with alternate leads followed, Mather passing under Hammersmith-bridge lead ing by a few lengths. In the next few strokes they came level again, and continued so for 200 yards, when the ac companying small boats hampered them very much, and This gave stopped f or a f ew seconds, Beckwith the longest. gave Mather a good lead, which he held past the Soap Works, where the boats crowding around them again, Beck swam over to th e Middl esex shore, while M a th er kept in his proper course, and when both men were seen again Mather was l ea di ng a b out 150 yards, an d continued to do so till a quarte r o f a m il e from home. B ec k wi th resigned the contest, M a th er fi n i s hi ng b y hi mse lf, an d both being very much distr esse d . M at h er ' s sw i mm ing against such disadvantages was v e ry m uc h a d m i re d, a nd he accomplished the distance in 31 minutes 12 seconds. Lion, removed in 1841. He then joined the so ciety at Brook Farm, where, however, he re mained only for a short time, returning to Bos ton, where he resided until his marriage in 1843. He then retired to Concord, a town which will always be famous not only in our political but our literary annals. In 1846 Mr. Hawthorne was ap pointed Surveyor of the port of Salem. In 1819, having quitted office, during his continuance in which he published " The Scarlet Letter," he re moved to Lenox-, Mass., where the " House of the Seven Gables," printed ir. 1851, was written. His next novel was the "Blithesdale Romance," printed in 1862, in which year he returned to Concord. His life of Franklin Pierce was published during the canvass which resulted in Mr. Pierce's election; and the new President signified his gratitude, and at the same time gratified friendly feelings long established, by giving Mr. Hawthorne the place of United States Consul at Liverpool, said to be the most lucrative at that time in the President's gift, This office he resigned in 1857, end, after a period of Continental travel, returned to the United States, since which his " Marble Faun," and work on Eng- Aish traits have been published. Besides the books already enumerated, Mr. Hawthorne was the author of " True Stories from History and Biography" (1851); "The Wonder Book, for Boys and Girls" (1851); " The Snow Image, and other Twice-told Tales" (1852); Tanglewood Tales (1853). He also edited "Journal of an African Cruiser" (1845). Mr. Hawthorne's reputation as a remarkable writer of fiction, and an agreeable essayist, was by no means confined to the United States. His most important works have been republished and widely read in England, and some of them, in the form o translation, have been popular in Germany. Royal Botanic Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, An exhibition of American plants, Indian and . _ American rhododendrons, &c., by Mr. John Waterer, of the American Nursery, Bagshot, attracted a large number of visitors yesterday to these charming gardens. The show of rhododendrons is indeed a splendid one, the plants being now in very fine order. Mr. John Waterer is well known as the best hybridiser of rhododendrons, and the large standards were particularly floe, the nursery at Bagshot being celebrated for all kinds of conifers. We observe that there are greater quantities of new scarlet varieties of rhododendrons than usual. In so magnificent a display it is difficult to select for special mention the specimens demanding prominent notice. We be lieve, nevertheless, that we are correct in our information in naming the following cases : In Class 1, among the new and distinct hardy scarlet and other choice rhododendrons, the Sidney Herbert—brightest carmine, with dark blotch, fine shape, large bold flower ; Joseph Whitworth—dark purplish lake, dark spots, with large blooms and excellent foliage; Princess Mary of Cambridge— nearly white centre, with a band of ro'sy purple edging; Annihilator—a clear, bright rosy scarlet, with fine foliage; Lady Emily Peel—bright rosy crimson, with large blotch of black spots; Cons°g lator—a very bright scarlet crimson ; Brennus —rich crimson lake ; Fulgetrum—dark crimson ; Giorgione—brilliant rosy scarlet ; Meridian— dark crimson ; Raphael—reddish crimson. In Class 2, hardy scarlet, crimson, rose, and other varieties, we venture to mention specially Bylsianum, clear white ground colour, with tips of bloom, &a. ; John Waterer—intense glowing car mine ; Johnsonianntn—brilliant crimson ; Lady Eleanor Cathcart—bright clear rose, with crimson spots ; Lady Godiva—fine white, with yellow spots; and Minnie—blush white, with a very large blotch of orange spots. The band of the Ist Life Guards performed during the afternoon a choice selection of MUEiC in their accustomed style. The weather was so delightful that the company seemed rather to prefer the promenade and listen ing to the band than the splendid display of rhodo dendrons. • -7 , 4,- tirittalg HER MAJESTY, BALmoRAL, JUNE 4. The Queen went out in the morning with the Royal Highnesses the Princess Loiniogen an Princess Helena, in the afternoon witb. her Roy Highness the Princess Louise and Lady Church hill. The Duke of Argyll hid the honour of dinly with the Qieen and Royal family. -- The Prince cncl Princess of Wales. The Prince of 'Wales, accompanied by Trine Louis of Hesse, rode on hersel:Felc yesterday wor n ' ing, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Repeal. The Prince end Princess of Wales, a ceompanie l by Prince and P r i ncess L ou i s o f Hasse, took a ca r riage drive in th e a ft ernoon . The Prince and P r i ncess o f W a l es h a d a dinner party in the evening. The company consisted their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Louil of Hesse, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Caul' bridge, their Royal Highnesses the Grand DL and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 13 ° Royal Highness Princess Mary of Cambridge, bib Serene Highness Prince Philip of Wurtemburg, bie Highness Mustapha Paella,. his Serene Highnes s Prince Hermann of Solma-Lich, Count E r bach - Schonaberg, the Turkish Ambassador, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marchioness of Westminster, the Marquis of Harlington, Earl Granville, Earl an d Countess of Morton, Lord and Lay Skelmersdal e, Sir Thomas and Hon. Lady Biddulph, Lady Ger sl4 dine Somerset, and Captain Ellis, in attendance oa her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge i Baron Luhe, in attendance on their Royal High', nesses the Grand D u k e an d G ran d D uchess °I Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Baroness Von Grancy en d Captain Von Westerweller, in attendance on their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Hebse; Lieut.-General Knollys, and Lieut.-Colons' Keppel. Death. of Nathaniel Hawthorne, .__lo--- American letters have again ex i:7ienced a notable loss. Mr. Nathaniel Hawthorne, widely A. '7 - town as the author of several remarkable works of fiction, died suddenly at Plymouth, N.H., on the 19th May. He had bean in but feeble health for some time past, and had undertaken a journey in consequence. He retired as well as usual, and was found dead in his bed about three o'clock in the morning by Mr. Franklin Pierce in whose company he was jour- nea r ing. Mr. Hawthorne was born in &dem, MEISEL, on the 4th of July, 1804. He graduated at Bowden Col. lege in 1825, in the same class with George B. Checver and Henry W. Loegfeliow. Franklin Pierce, who was in the preceding class, was his in timate friend. Upon leaving college, without en• tering upon the study of either of the learned pro • fessions, he devoted himself to general literature, publishing in . 1837 his " Twico-Told Take," which at once attracted the attention and admiration of tasteful and appreciative readers,and finally became, to a certain extent, a popular book. A second series of these tales was published in 1842. Mr. Haw thorne, in 1848, was appointed a weigher and gauger in the Boston Custom House, from which place he was, by a change in the Administra- Liverpool Cotton Market—This Bay. Market quiet and firm. Slles, about 6,000 bales, mports, 11,632 Previously, 3,082. QUICK 'RAVELLING.—The General Steam Navi gation Company's steamship Berlin, Captain E. H. Frost, left Hamburg on Saturday morning last at one o'clock, and arrived at St. Katherine's wharf at half-past 12 noon the following day, thus making the passage from port to port in 351 hours. SCOTCH MORALITY.—The Scotch papers arc in effliction. They are in the deepest of holy horror because the Queen did not attend church in public on Sunday week, and yet went out driving in the afternoon. What would the gloomy observers of the Sabfath have said if they had been on the road to Itiohmond about three o'clock last Sunday afternoon ? Indignation meetings would have been hold from Bramar to " auld The Prince and Princess of Wales had resolved to dine at the 'White-lodge, and to entertain a small party at their impromptu banquet, for it had only been thought of the night before, after the Volunteer review. There was no provender nor Italian cook at the White Lodge, so that everything had to be sent out on Sunday. About half-past two o'clock a private omnibus set out from Marl borough-house, crammed with cooks, kitchen-maids, hampers, and canvas and carpet bags. The side windows were all open ; and in the centre of the 'bus sat le chef cle cuisine, arrayed in full official costume—white jacket, red cap, &c. In his mouth was a short pipe, from which ascended whiffs of tobacco not the most fragrant, as pipes were being put out in the closing public-houses, and as West-end Lon don was obeying the calls of church bells telling from a hundred steeples. Many a pious eye was raised in wonder and despair ; and gloomy forebodings of a return to the days of George IV. disturbed many a religious soul. The fact is, German manners prevail at court ; and, though the Prince and Princess never miss attending church on Sun day, like the Queen herself, they enjoy thomeelves in the afternoon, and have no scruple about a drive in the parks and a quiet dinner party in the evening. The private opinion of the Scotch Church that they cannot be among the pre destined does not seem to affect cheir spirits. The recep tion given to the Princess in Cambridge has been enthusi astic beyond all precedent of receptions of royalty in that seat of learning; and the cheers for the King of Denmark, with the torrent of counter-groans for Earl itu2sell, arid not a little significant as to the feeling of the manhood and intellect of the country in respect of the Danish question, and the conduct of our Foreign Minister in respect thereto, A STRANGE VESSEL IN BELFAST.—Yesterday, about eleven o'clock, a strange looking craft put into our quays. She came from the Clyde on her trial trip, and made the passage at the extraordinary speed of twenty miles an hour. She is very rough-looking in exterior, having, ap parently, received only one coat of paint; still else is about as smart-looking a vessel as ever entered the port. Her lines are very gracefully drawn, and she is very low in the bows, as if made to plough through the waves. She has three funnels in front of the pacidle•box.es, two masts with no rigging betwGen—in fact she has scarcely any rigging at all. Although only 1,000 tons burthen, her engines are 1,400 horse power. After making all inquiries we could about her future occupation, we believe we aro correct in stating that she has been purchased by a Confederate firm in London to run the blockade if possible, end that Mobile is her destination. She has no name painted upon her, but will, we ,believe, be known in future as " No, 27," Si lt left for the Clyde last night, Belfast Last night a new three act drare.a, by Mr Slone, author of "The Templar," was produced at this theatre. The drama is entitled "Light and shadow," but why or wherefore we cannot imagin e ' for it is in no degree-appropriate to the piece itsel f ' which is framed on one of the incidents said to hill" ° , occurred in Paris d ur i ng the regency of Phillip of Orleans, memorable in history by the rise of John Law's speculative mania known as the great Mistie sippi scheme, during which great fortunes wer e both lost and won in u few days, sometimes in a fel hours. The incident taken by Mr. Slops is that related of the hunchback of the Rue Quil l " campois, who, it is said, was enabled t ° achieve a colossal fortune by, in the firs t instance, letting hie hump as a writing desk during the night of the scheme, and, then, lik e others, joining in the scheme, but, uniSke the mein` rity, securing his fortune, 14 hich he had so hazard' ously wor. The character of the hunchback O S sustained by Mr. Dominick Murray, who a shor t time ego made a very favourable debut at thi s theatre. At the commencement of the play Pierre , the hunchback, is secretary to the proud and An' tiquated nobleman, and although aware of th e wildness of his passion, he secretly nourishes hi s passion. The lady, of course, has a lover, and this person nearly kills the poor fellow by knocking hi m down while galloping his horse. • Whilst suffering from his injuries, he hears that the Inarqui 4 his master, is about to pall down mother's cottage, in order to increase th e beauty of the pleasure grounds. The hunchback pleads i❑ vaiu for time, as removal would be death to his sick mother. The mother dies while the house is being razed, and the hunchback, frantic at the news, attacks the marquis, For this he is eas t into the Bastille, where he is left forgotten for five years. The old marquis's daughter procures hi/ 3 discharge, and then, sick and friendless, he g oes to the Rue Quincampoix, and then becomes mix e d up in the speculation mania, He becomes rich, the marquis becomes poor; the lady's lover is reported dead, and her brother is under sentence of death as an attainted traitor. Pierre has become all power ful in icfluonce with the Regent, 4nd the marquis and his daughter seek him to obtain par don for their relative. At first be refuses, but his lov e f or th e l a d y ma k es him re lent. Ho sa ves th e y oung man ' s lif e , and then Ciarisse cons en t s t o b ecome t h e w if e o f the hunch back. Everything is arranged for the wedding) but the former lover of the lady arrives, and 0 101 Pierre magnanimously foregoes his claim on the lady's hand, and the young couple are indebted for the blissful happiness to the once despise d hunchback. Mr. Dominick Murray gave a yell vivid representation of the part, and showed, by the force and intensity of his conception, hig h abilities as au actor. Mr. David Fisher has a capital part—a rough French peasant--which ba played remarkably well; and Mr. J. W. Ray su s ' tained the part of the old Marquis with great judgment. The play was a complete success ; and at the fal l of the curtai❑ the whole of the artistes were 0 114 for to rcceivo the applawe of a very crowded holloe' Princess's Theatre, CALLS TO THE BAR, INNER TEMPLE, June 6—The under-mentioned gentle men were this day called to the .Bar by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple :—Jot n Bealey, Esq., 1 ‘ 1 •' 1 / 1 Cambridge—F ranc i s H enry L asce il k ' s , E sq . (C ert ificate 0 ' Honour, Ist class)—Charles Crompton, Esq., M.A., Ga lli ; bridge—Charl es Ed war d s E nn i s Vivian, Esq.--Richard Christian Betts, Esq., 8.A,, Cambridge—Robert Los" ; Lloyd, Esq., M.A. Cambridge—Charles Wentworth Dill° Sturgeon, Esq.—Charles Edmund Palmer, _Esq., Oxford.'" Hereford Brooke George, Esq., M.A , Oxford—Percy L ee ' &q., Cambridge—Harrison Falkner Blair, Eeq., 13-A , Oxford—Joseph Hodge Simps on , Esq., Cambridge--C'e° rent Cotterill Redfern, Eeq., jun.—Gideon ColquhotA. Sconce, Esq., 8.A,, Cambridge—Francis Law Latbar°P Esq., 8.A., Oxford—Johannes IYerapiet Wise Arathooor Esq., 8.A., Oxford—Edmund Wright Westby, Esq., L 14 .04 Cambridge—Thomas Turner Weigh tman, Esq., 8.A., OP' ford—Gcorge John Scurfield, Esq., jun., Oxford —Georg ° Octavius Wray, Esq.—Rudolph W. E. Erard de Rutzell , Esq., 8.A., Cambridge—lvanoff Lepoig neur, Esq.- 011°. John Stone, Esq., o.llor:l—Henry FrastT Curwen, Henry John Trotter, Esq., M.A., Oxfo, - d—Augustus Danvers, Esq.—Jamss Gibbs, Esq,—and Arthur Donough" more Grey, Esq. MIDDLE TEMPLE, TRINITY TERM, June 6—The under' mentioned gentlemen were this day c a ll e d t o the degree e t the Utter Bar, by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple :—Francis Turner, Esq. (holder of the Exhibi tion awarded by the Council of Legal Education): of 2, Pump-court—John Cunningham, Esq. (holder el a Certificate of Honour, first class, awarded by of Council of Legal Education), of th e U n iversity London, and of 43, Woburn-place, Russell-square- 4 ° 1211 Chester, Esq. (holder of r. certificate of honour, first-class' awarded by tho Council of Legal Education), of 36 ' Doughty-street—William Francis Philpotts, Esq., Fellow of New College, Oxford—James John Turnbull, 8.A., of Wadham College, o,:ford—John Macrae Moir, Esq., M.A. of the University of A berdeen, and of 2, middle Tt^mple-lanelohn Andrew Shand, Esq., of the University of Eainburgh—Edward Thomas Wilson, Esq., of Brixton hill—Henry William Fortescue Rarrison, Esq., of Coln ham-court, county of Surrey—John Shiress Will, BE” Asseciato of King's College, London, and of 4, Elm-court —Wallace James Harding, Esq., of the University of Loh' don—Anthony John Rickards Bainbridge, Esq., of the Bengal Civil Service—and Alexander Abercrombie, 5Cl ' of the Indian Civil Service. LINCOLN'S -INN, June 6—The undsrms.ntioned gentle men were this day called to the Degree of Minister - at - L e ! by the Honourable Society of Lincoln's-inn, viz. :—Ger ard Brawn Finch, Esq , M.A., Cambridge—Basil Arth ur Cochrane, Esq.—Robert Phillips Dearden MonyPen T3l " Esq., 8.A., Oxford—Arthur Sterry, Esq., M.A., Oxford-: Walter Coode, Esq,, M.A., Cambridge—Leicester Colville Shirley, Esq.—Richard Chaffey Baker, Esq., 8.A., Ca, r j 1 ". bridge—William A n th o ny Jones, Esq., Oxf orot Charles William Tayleur, Esq.—Fitzow.en John Skie ne 9 Esq., M.A., Oxford—Henry Millett, Esq., 8.A., Oxfora ds , James Fortescue Harrison, Eeq.—'lhomas John B O W: T A ., Esq., M.A., Cambridge—Joseph Mackinson, E B cl. , j° , to , Cambridge—Francis Benthall, Esq., and Ralp h Cheri Palmer, Esq,, 8.A., Oxford. our abla GRAY'S -INN, June 6—At a pens ion of the 11011...,003y Society of Gray's-inn holden this day, Deni s DI, u Jowl O'Leary, Esq., Frederick William Cauipiri, `g ene Miller, Esq., and Clement Alexander Middle ton, called to the degree of Barrieterat-law.