The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-16 00:00:00

THE DERBY.—RACE GLASSES (the best), at CALL AG HAN 'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., comer of Conduit-street. N.B.—Sole agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, ',Covent- g arden. From this time until the end of the season there will be four Opera nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and satarday. Extra Night. Mdlle. Adelina Patti ; M. Faure ; Signor Naudin. THIS EVENING (Monday), May 16, will be performed, for the first time this season,Opera. LA SON- NAMBUL A.. Amina, Mdlle Adeli e na in Patti; Liss.,•Madame Rud,rsdorff ; Teresa, 3ldlle. Anese ; Rodolfo, M. Faure, his first appearance in that character ; Alessio, signor Poionini ; Notar ~ Signor Rossi; and E.viuo, Signor N audio, his first appearance in that character in England. Conductor, Mr. Costa After which, first time, a new Ballet Divertissement, by Desplaces,l entitled L ' le Enchantee. Music by 3lr. Arthur e. Sullivan. Scenery by Mr. W. Beverley. The dresses by Mrs. James and Mr. Coombes, Machinery by Mr. H. Sloman. Appointments by Mr. Brunton. Supported by 31d11 , 2. Sal vioni, Malie. Carmine, 31111 e. Navarre, 31(1.1e. Assunta, Desplaces, and C o . W. H. Payne. Cmmence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 75.; amphitheatre sta Is, 10s. fd., 7e., and ss. ; amphitheatre. 25. Gd. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-offer under the portico of the theaire, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. THEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L A. INT E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. Alter which, Shakspere's HENRY TUE FOURTH. Mr. PHELPS. Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. Addison, Mr. Ryder, Mr: Robert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. Ur. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, 31 ss Rose Leclercq, And Mrs. Edmund Fal zoner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Ccm- pany. Concluding with MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. THE AT RE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. A Mr, Howe and Mi ss L. ngel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern Chippendale, 13uckstone, Rogers, Clark, Weathersby, Sze. Mesdames Snowden, Nell Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe, &c. ; Mes dames Lonise heeley, Snowden, iiellyi'ower, Hill, Wright, Ito.;ers, To conclude with MRS. WHITE. Mr. Compton. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. ;)lr. FECHTER will perform HAMLE on SATURDAY nest, May 21st. Claudius, Mr. Emery ; Polonius, Mr. John Brouy,ham ; U host, Mr. G. Jordan ; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden hf-ff ; Iloratio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedigger, Mr. H. WiddicoLnb ; Osric, Mr. 14'. Charles ; Messrs. W. .31`Intyre, F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds, Sims, Collett, Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, Alias M. Hen rade ; and Gertrude , Miss Elswor th y . The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open athalf -past 7, and Hamlet com mences at S. The whole profits of the evening will be dirded between. the National Shakspere Committee and the Dramatic Col- School Fund. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. All Tickets issued for May 11th will be available on Satur day, the 2.st. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Xianac, , er, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, THE OLD STORY. Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, Shakspere's RO3.tEO AND JULIET. Ro meo, Mr. J. Nelson ; Mercurio, Mv. Vining ; Nurse, Mrs. 11. Marston ; Juliet, Mdlle. Stella Colas. NEW 'TEAIitE-R0 ICAL, ADELPIII. Solo Proprlstor and 'Manager, M. B. Webster. Last Week but three of 'he GrPt Tragediene, Miss Bateman, in the character of LEAtt. THIS EV ENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Hiss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, H. Phillips, .Biiiingtun, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Bars. Biilington. To conclude with TJE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Tco:e, F. Bedford, it. Homer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATEMAN.-L E A H.-THI EVENING and EVE ttY EVENING —Miss Bateman will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma thn i.til turther notice. In order o give due effect to tots most remarkable sumsA of the se son, e3tireiy new scenery by the celebratea artists Messrs. uansun and ::ous, and Thortaps.n. New dr. ss.s and appo ntmonts have be n prepares for its productios.—N. is. In consequence of the ilressing and numerous applications ar, the liox-offs •e, ar mg,ement, have cow been made by which Seats m be ob tained a Fortnight in Auvan_e. ROYAL Si. JAMES'S THEATRE, uaCer the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Comedy, by Dim Boucicault, Esq., every Evening. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names or Mr. Beujamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. 4. Clarke, Mr. P tul Bedford, Mr. F. t<obinson. Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WE DDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before S, an entirely new and original Comely, In 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled TUE FOX CH ACE. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. Clarke, Air. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Cbam ,er lathe ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At 10, OUT OF SllitlT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Frank as atthews. To conclude with SHAKE HINDS : Mr. J. Clarke ; Miss Fanny Josephs. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF. Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. After which7( l 6th time) MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, Turner, &c. ; Marie Wilton, Simpson, &C. To conclude with MARGATE BA\DS• Commence at 7. sometime previously been rather disposed to lean to the other side. He turned the tables on Mr.BARING by reminding the hon. member that the complaints were not all on one side, for the Federal agents had given great cause for offence by their practice of enlisting British subjects into their army, this being a violation of the law. It would really seem sur prising to notice this inconsistency, if by this time we were not tolerably accustomed to it among these devotees of the North. Mr. BARING certainly did not escape unharmed from the contest which he had so wantonly provoked. His ally, Mr. COBDEN, did not fare much better either, for Lord R. CECIL'S speech was a complete exposure of his fallacies, his prejudices, and his extreme notions. Perhaps the most effective part of it was the passage in which he set off one of his adversaries against the other, and brought home the subject in a manner that could not fail to be understood. Mr. COBDEN made an elaborate statement concerning the bitter. ness of feeling that would be engendered by the assistance rendered to the Confederates. "But," very forcibly urged the noble lord, " has British aid been given only on one side ? Have there been losses and suffering only on one side r , He then proceeded to state that, in one year, there had been exported no less than twelve millions of percussion caps, and rifles and muskets to the value of five hundred and fortyssix thousand pounds to the Fede ral States. " I cannot pass over the fact," observed the noble lord, "that the mercantile house which has been mainly instrumental in conveying this enormous assistance to the Federals, and effecting this fearful injury upon the Confederates is the house of BARING and Co." Thereupon the speaker very properly said that they had been considering the feelings of the Federals, but did they think the Confederates had none also. The fact is, that when Mr. COBDEN or Mr. BRIGHT get upon the subject of America it seems impossible for them to preserve any show of consistency or semblance of modera tion. They do not say that we ought to take up arms to further the interests and assist the progress of the Federals, but they do imply that we cannot do to much for such a purpose. They infer that all attempts to act with impartiality is unrighteous in a national sense, and subversive of our best in terests in a mercantile capacity. It would be more straightforward for us to declare war at once in aid of the North if we think they are so immaculate, than to go on covertly forming plans and concoct ing schemes which are to result in the ruin of those who may be trusting to our avowed expressions of neutrality. Such a course as that advo cated by Mr. BARING, and vehemently supported by Mr. COBDEN, is neither honest nor honourable for our country to pursue, and far dis tant be the day when the policy it sets forth be made the ruling spirit of our statesmen. The prin ciples which are laid down by these apologists for the Federals are fundamentally wrong, and must prove most mischievous in their tendency and ruin ous in their practice. Mr. COBDEN'S great argu ment is, that if we do not take heed to our ways we shall offend this or that Power, and thus our inte rests will be affected. We should always be afraid to do an injury to any State, however weak, but if we had ever dreaded to offend the most mighty, or waived our rights to the strongest, England would never have attained her proud pre-eminence or gained her mighty influence. It is quite time that these un-English anti-national doctrines be dis avowed in Parliament, and that it should go forth to the world that they have no root among our race and are not indigeneous to our soil. Peace at any price will never be popular among us, and this new notion of selecting favourites, and naming victims when wars are going on in other States, will no; answer in the long run. The American war is a sad event, and the calamities it has caused will not be effaced in the time of the present generation, but there is no need that this untoward circum stance should change all our preconceived ideas of right and wrong as regards belligerent Powers and the duties of neutrals. By forfeiting our position we are disgracing ourselves and injuring others. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 24s. per ton. Double.. ....... 201. per ton. Top 235. „ Nuts. :Ss. „ Deep .2ls. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf , Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Cok. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. The motion for the second reading of Mr. Baiates Borough Franchise Bill attracted an unusually large attendance of members to the brief Wednes day sitting. A House of 488 members assembled for the discussion of one of those great questions of Reform, which have been so long hanging over the heads of successive statesmen. Although no prac■ tical solution of the difficulty was arrived at, and such a result could indeed hardly be hoped in the present state of the House of Commons, yet the evening was by no means unimportant. The prin cipal feature of the debate was, of course, the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and we congra tulate Mr. BAINES on having gained so valuable an auxiliary to the side of Reform. In a calm temperate and statesmanlike address, adorned with all those powers of argument and oratory for which he is so remarkable, Mr. GLADSTONE brought forward his reasons for supporting the measure, and proved so powerful an advocate, that all the theories of his opponent, even supported by the eloquence of Mr, WHITESIDE, could not supply a satisfactory answer. It is true the measure was not carried, being quietly disposed of by a motion for the previous question, neither party liking to commit themselves to open opposition, but great good was nevertheless effected by,the discussion. In the first place, as we have said, it is a great thing for the Reform cause to have gained so valuable an adherent, al though we can hardly cherish the hope expressed by Mr. FORSTER, that the Government would abandon its present indifferent and hesi tating attitude on all questions of Reform after so open a declaration on the part of one of its most distinguished members. The members of a Whig Cabinet, although always unanimous on the subject of office, are by no means so invariably of one mind on matters of general policy, But whether we regard the weight of Mr. GLADSTONE'S position, or the influence naturally exercised by his personal abilities, we must regard his accession to the cause as a great gain. The discussion on the bill, too, brought up all the old debateable points, on which it was more difficult than ever for the opponents to hold their ground. The tone and temper of the present day, and the prominent part which the leading Conservatives lava taken with regard to the long-delayed Reform Bill, no longer renders it possible for the Opposition members to use the arguments familiar to their forefathers. No man o f any sense, enlightenment, or experience can anticipate an overthrow of Church and State, or t he establishment of a Republic in place of a throne, from the extension of the franchise ; neither can he point his moral or conclude his peroration with ROBESPIERRE and the Reign of Terror. The workingmen of England have fairly earne d t h e i r right to a share in the representative govern ment of the country, and have afforded Wis• factory evidence that they will make good use of the power when once it is put into their ha n d s . They have shown in a high de gree that capacity for self- control and self government which are among the distinguishing characteristics of Englishmen, while their love of order and fair play are a continual marvel to foreigners. The wildest and most turbulent spirits ere usually to be found in great cities, and it is certainly among large masses of townsmen that mob orators and Chartists ezercise moot power. 41HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing tke Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, An be had Every Evening of G. ft. GLIsNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, May 16, 1864. - THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 67 Barometer-30. 13 . Wind—E.N.E.; light breeze, and very fine. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DA.T.—Morning, Lim.—Afternoon, 10b. 26m, r 0-hfOltaow.-Morain g , 10h. 59m.—Afternoon, 11b. 30m n t 4.4 4.-N " LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 16, 1864. It seems as if we were never to hear the last of the international law as regards America and our- ' selves. Time after time the subject is mooted, and whatever be the length of the discussion and the number of the speakers who engage in it, it is only dropped for a time to be again renewed at a future t i me . Mr. BARING on Friday made himself un necessary o fficious, and gai ne d noth i ng b y hi s per piece of great effrontery for h i m tinacity. It w as a to have entered u pon the task at a ll, f or h i s charge was unfounded, his demand of the Government his argume n t s a l together m o st unreasonable, an d inconclusive. We should, indeed, have come to a pretty pass if we are to forbid the vessels of another nation to enter our ports. titr e are not at war w i t h the Confederate States of America, and it is simply absurd that we should be asked to issue such an edict. Seldom has it happened that CO many egre gious blunders have been made, or contradictory statements put forth, as in the speeches of those who advocate the Federal interests in the House. These wise and upright judges seem to affirm that the general opinion of the House and the commu nity is against on e set of b elligerents, and tha t in a war in which W 3 aro professedly to be neutral. We should at all times, and in all places, expose the cease of one and put down the attempts of the other any engagement that they may seek to enter upon. This is not at all a doctrine that is in accoidacce with the English love of fair play, that has been a time-honoured institution, and a cherished custom in our land from by. gene days. Wh e n Mr. BARING pressed his argee ment by ruling that the vessel referred to, t hepeorgia, was preying upon the commerce of a friendly nation, he seemed to ignore the fact that if we are neutrals in the strife, one of the bellige rent parties is no mere a friendly power than the other. The Attorney -general came out very strong in his reply, and seemed to be at great pains to give an exhaustive answer to this vexed question. The speech cf the honourable and learned gentleman is doubly welcome on this occasion, from his having Yet the upper classes are not afraid to trust the vast throngs of the metropolis to their own virtual control on the occasions of the busiest gatherings or most exciting spectacles. A population which is reckoned by millions, and maintains order by the help of a few unarmed civil officers, is surely fit to be trusted with the exercise of an occasional vote. Mr. CAVE, in opposing the motion, though he dis claimed any ides of disparaging the working classes, tried to show that matters were better left as they were by citing the example of Lancashire. Was not the conduct of the Northern population, he asked, during that severe trial the conduct of a people satisfied with their institutions. Mr. GLAD STONE, however, turned the same argument to better account when he pointed to the unparalleled for bearance and fortitude manifested during that pro longed trial of so large a portion of the working classes of England as a powerful argument in favour of the extension of the franchise. Men whose steady firmness, whose clear common sense, and sound principle could not be shaken by famine, and cold, and wretchedness for their wives and little ones, and the bitterness of dependence for themselves, are not likely to be carried away into wild excesses by the acquisition of a degree of poli tical power, or to lend a credulous ear to every advocate of rash and headlong change. Rather would they feel a sense of responsibility, and be inclined to take their time for consideration. Mr. BAINES, in his opening speech, dwelt strongly upon the immense diffusion of literature now taking place among the masses, and the rapid growth of intelligence and knowledge. In fact there can be no question that many working men are better in formed and more qualified to vote than the class immediately above them, and we apprehend that a working man, who voluntarily gives his evenings to study after his day's work, could give a better opinion on political questions than many thriving tradesman, with no thoughts beyond his till. Be sides, it must be borne in mind, that no wholesale measure of universal suffrage is advocated. There must be proper limits, proper conditions, such as working men themselves would wish to see imposed, else the gift would lose its grace. A prudent ex tension of the franchise, such as Mr. BAINES advo cates, would do more to repress any lingering dis content than any other political boon. At any rate when we are told, on good authority, that forty nine fiftieths of our working men are left wholly unrepresented, it is surely time for Reform of some kind to begin without delay. find a precedent for the present, it was not difficult for Lord ELLENBOROUGH to remind the House of similar conduct on the part of Prussia. Notwith standing the sympathy evoked by her misfortunes after the campaign of Jena, and the noble struggle of her people to throw off the yoke of the in vader, the name of Prussia has unfortunately become associated with mingled cunning and cruelty. Her ambition leads her on without the slightest regard to the claims of honour or justice, and, unhappily, those characteristics which called forth the censure of an earlier generation of Eng lishmen are still the leading features of hir na tional policy. "I recollect," said Lord ELLENBO ROUGH the other evening, "the indignant language of Mr. Fox reprobating her conduct, which he de scribed as combining all that was contemptible in servility with all that was odious ,in rapacity. Servile in the presence of Russia, rapacious in the attack upon Denmark, Prussia still maintains her bad pre-eminence." These are strong words from the lips of an Eng'ish statesman, stronger still when supported, as they were, by the applause of the English peers. Let Prussia take heed, for trifling value. Or, if she such n indicationsr r la e Lg o u f a g a ee to convince her of the folly as well as guilt of the course she is now pur suing, let her weigh well the words of solemn warning that closed Lord ELLENBOROUGH'S protest. He reminded that unscrupulous Power that a day might come when Prussia herself might call for aid, but who shall grant it ? But the les sons of the past are useless to those infatuated by a vain ambition, and men are often apparently un conscious that they are themselves playing the very parts which they censured in ethers. Our oa n Liberal Goverumeut, for instance, whose leading members have so often denounced the po litical crime of the partition of Poland, appear to be quite regardless of the fact that they are coun tenancing a similar injustice. The reply of Earl RUSSELL on Friday evening can give no satisfac tion except to the partisans of Germany, and the general agreement vaguely spoken of respecting the levies appears to have produced very little effect in modifying the pressure on the Danes. But the moral sense of Eat ope cennot be outraged with impunity, and the German Powers, in forfeiting the respect and sympathy of all free nations, have sustained a loss which no paltry amount of thalers extorted from suffering people will er Er compensate for. Prussia at least has lost her most powerful ally in the English people, and though insolence and assumption may serve her now, a day may come when they will avail her nothing. Let her beware lest in that day the wrongs of Denmark be avenged, and the cry of Vic Victis, now murmuring throughout Jutland ; shall resound in yet deeper tones on the banks of the Rhine. Couza. The unscrupulous conduct of the Allied German Powers during their invasion of Denmark Proper has brought down upon them an amount of indig nation and censure to which even German impas siveness cannot be wholly insensible. The absurdity of the flimsy pretest that the oppressors of Venetia and the tyrants of Posen were going to fight for the freedom of the Duchies, was from the first so mani fest as to be merely contemptible, but when we find two of the great Powers of Europe, not content with overrunning a weak State, extorting extravagant levies from its poor and simple peasants, we cannot but feel that, as all justice and honesty were absent from the origin of the wain so common humanity is wanting in the manner of its prosecution. English men who have watched, with painful feelings of indignation and humiliation, the progress of a campaign which a word from their rulers might have averted, have regarded these extortionate levies with unanimous reprobation. The invasion of Jut land, the bombardment of Sonderborg, the lavish waste of human life sacrificed to gratify the vain ambition of an aggressive Power, have all in turn helped to fill up the measure of Prussian iniqlit3 in tho sight of the English people. but thanks to the supineness of our Foreign Secretary, and the marvellous spell of vacillation and delay which hangs like a cloud over all our foreign policy, these feelings, so unanimously felt by the public at large, have as yet found no adequate expression. Timorous remonstrances, expostulations that are withdrawn at the first angry answer, hopes that the German Powers will do what is right, convictions that it will be impossible for them to act unjustly . , ignorance of their plane, and con sequent refusals to interfere, evasive answers in the Lords and specious replies in the Commons—of such materials is made the help which England has given to Denmark against her oppressors. In such ways has the glowing indigna tion of our country been reflected to the German Powers, and although the English press must have kept them better informed b 8 to the true state of affairs, yet no official voice has been found to speak the censure which the most phlegmatic must feel is deserved. The cheers which greeted the announce ment of the Danish victory in the House of Com mons the other evening must have taught the Germans something; but it is right and fitting that an English Peer, one, too, long distinguished for eloquence and ability, should rise in his place in the Upper House and represent the light in which the conduct of Prussia appears to the English people. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH, always fore most on behalf of the injured, always ready to lift his voice in the cause of right and freedom, has denounced, in terms that will not soon be forgotten, the barbarity of the enforced war contributions in Jutland. No courtly phraseology encumbered his stern rebuke, no diplomatic hesitation tempered the outpouring of his honourable indignation. His words were not measured by the rule of the Foreign Office—they were not weak against the strong and strong against the weak. To him the side that claimed consideration and indulgence was the side of the vanquished and crippled nation, still struggling valiantly for her national integrity against overwhelming odds ; the party that provoked outspoken condemnation was the one whose strong hand and whose iron heel are now grinding her to the dust. He painted in simple and earnest language, the primitive existence of the peaceable inhabitants of Jutland—a province which cannot boast of extensive manufactures or even of wealthy agriculture. Lord ELLENBOROUGH briefly described it as "one great grazing ground, inter rupted by sands and by water," where the few large proprietors lived in the midst of their people, who depended on them for their labour and consequent means of support. The ruin of one of these pro. prietors must necessarily carry desolation to scores of simple homesteads. "The destruction of a farm in that country," said Lord ELLENBOROUGH, " is like the destruction of a city or a town in this." And the only crime of the quiet and simple people who inhabit these rural wastes has been that they have come valiantly forward to take their part in the ser vice of their KING and country. The patriotism that animates them, that renders them capable of sacrifices from which wealthier and more cultivated nations might shrink is forcibly shown in ae re sistance which they have offered to these oppressive levies. But that very patriotism is a deadly offence to the invader. Their freedom is their worst crime in the eyes of the despotic German Powers. "1 say,' , exclaimed Lord ELLENBOROUGII, after dwell ing on these facts, " that it is might against right. The war is altogether an unjust war." Such lan guage as this from the lips of our Foreign Secretary twelve months ago would have saved some thou sands of Danish lives, " butchered," as the indig cant orator effectively declared, " to make a Ger man holiday." Turning the pages of the past to Ma ster Willie Paep's Pianoforte Recital, This accompl*Weel young pianist, whose perfer naances are rising in favour, gave a pianoforte re cital at the Hanover. square Rooms on Friday even ing. Master Pape belongs to the class of juve nile performers, though not to be ranked among infant prodigies whose achievements are only won derful in respect to their years. Master Pape, although still a youth, gives evidence of powers which, when matured, will probably elevate him to the first rank of his profession, and it may be readily imagined, from the character of music se lected, that laborious application and careful study must have developed his talents. One of his greatest successes was Beethoven's grand sonata in A flat, which includes the celebrated Marcia Funebre. The varied and difficult movements of this elaborate sonata were rendered with surprising effect by one SO young. In less classical pieces the youthful player acquitted himeelf with cqaal credit. Gottschalk's " Last Hope" was one of his most pleasing performances, while a Romanza and "Danse des Soreieres" were especially interesting from being his own adaptatiou. His musical abi lities are evidently of a high order, and we must unfit, that time and study will perfect them, and that so promising a musician may escape the dangers that teo often attend precocious celebrity. The performances were varied by some songs prettily sung by Miss Clara Darken, among them Spohr's graceful " hese softly blooming," and Persiani's aria, " Ah, no, no, no," which was her happiest effort. she rooms were filled with a fashionable company. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1864. Orleans Northern Lyons and Heditorranean New ditto S.)uthera Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa. Ditto to Barcelona .... LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LRETJTER'S TELEGRAMS.] DENMARK. ARRIVAL OF THE DANISH SQUADRON AT COPENHAGEN. COPENHAGEN, MAY 15, 3.36 p.m. The North Sea f quadron arrived here to-day at noon in an undamaged state, and was greatly cheered by the assembled spectators. The King went on board the ships. (From the Times Special Correspondent lately at the Danish Head-quarters.) COPENHAGEN, May 13. I cannot say that I attach great importance to the Ministerial crisis through which this country has just passed, and this may explain my silence about all this transaction hitherto. The Home Minister, those of Justice and of War, have tendered their resignation, and that of the first and last has been accepted. The alleged cause of this split in the Cabinet is the acceptanee on the part of the Govern ment of the terms of the armistice, especially for what concerns the raising of the blockade of the German ports. This retirement, however, implies no change in the policy of the Cabinet, which is, as it always was, represented by the President of the Council, Bishop Monrad. The Danes are almost out of their senses with joy at the tidings of the sea fight off Heligoland of the 9th. I have nothing to add to the particulars which must have reached you both through German and Danish telegrams. The encounter is highly hon ourable to the Danes, as, with somewhat inferior forces, they succeeded in inflicting serious, and very nearly fatal, injury upon at least one of their enemy's ships. Their advantage, however, was void of important results, as they withdrew to the northwards, as if unable either to pursue the Germans into Heligoland, or at least to watch their movements and intercept their escape from that neuteal harbour. ALTONA, MAY 15. The Prince of Augustenburg entered Altana this evening, and met with a most enthusiastic reception. THE PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, MAY 15. The Electoral law and an additional article to the Constitution have been proclaimed by Prince The nation has been invited to vote a simple affirmative or negative on these questions. Tranquillity prevails, and public opinion is favourable to the Prince. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 16. The Spanish war steamer Isabella Secunda, from Cadiz, having on board their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess Montpensier, family, and suite, arrived here this morning. Their royal highnesses will land and leave for Claremont by the three o'clock train this afternoon• MARSEILLES, MAY 15. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Said, from Alexandria, with 201 passengers, ex Imperatrice, arrived here at 11 p.m. yesterday. BUENOS AYRES, APRIL 14. (By telegraph from Lisbon.) Exchange, 502.. Ounces, 2,910. Wet salted ox hides, 40. Dry American, 40 to 42. Wool firm. Tallow, 14/. Lumber, 35, firmer. Flour, 7-1- to 8, in demand. Refined sugar, 189. Freight dull and unchanged. BOURSE, May 14. The market continues buoyant, and prices show a further slight improve ment. Threes, for the Account, are now firm at 66f. 90c.. and Mobilier at 1,182 fr. 50c. Railway Market not very animated, but previous quotations pretty well maintained. The market closed as follows 4t per Cents. 94 50 Italian Loan 69 Do. end month.... Do. end month 6B 85 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 67 Do. end month — Credit M0bi1i0r....1175 Russian Do. end m0nth....1176 50 Austrian Bank Shares 3380 Spanish Threes.... 51 50 Credit Fonder 1260 Home Debt Roman BAIL WAYS. Cash. Account. 886 25 ~ 885 985 983 75 887 50 .. 887 60 890 616 25 .. 652 50 500 .. 500 463 50 .. 465 365 .. 365 405 407 50 533 75 .. 536 25 490 .. 485 572 50 .. 570 50 270 270 OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Mr Zohrab, vice consul at Mostar, has been appointed her Majesty's consul at Berdiansk. The vice-consulate of Mostar will be abo lished. Mr Dunlup, Consul at Cairo, has been appointed consul at Cadiz. Mr T. F. Reade, Consul at Tangier, has been appointed consul at Cairo. Mr White, vice-consul in Cyprus, has been appointed consul at Tenger. Mr Col naghi, consul in Corsica, has been appointed consul in Cyprus. Mr Smallwood, Keeper of the Archives at H.M. Mission at Turin, has been appointed consul in Corsica. The appointment held by Mr. Smallwood in the mission at Turin will not be filled up.—Observer. THE CHAPTER IN DANGER.—The courts of law have narrowly escaped a trial in which the doctrine-, of the Church of England on sacramental efficiency would have undergone a searching scrutiny. The Venerable Charles Dodgson, Archdeacon of Richmond, has been preaching, in his turn, in Ripon Cathedral, and in dealing with his subject—the efficacy of the sacraments—made remarks which the Very Rev. Dr. Goode, the Dean of Ripon, construed into a personal affront. The Dean " presented " the Archdeacon to the Bishop of Ripon for teaching unsound doctrine, but the Bishop having before his eyes recent unsatisfactory and very unprofitable theo logical lawsuits, declined to interfere, and informed the Dean that if he desired to proceed he must do so through the Ecclesiastical Courts, by setting the Church Discipline Act in motion. This course the Dean declined to adopt, and the Church has been spared the scandal of a conflict between two high dignitaries of the same cathedral, THE TIN TRADE.—Since our last notice the tin standard has been further reduced 4s. per cwt.. all round, making the present quotations :—Common; 980; superior ditto, 99s ; fine, 101 s ; superior ditto, 103 s. No further alteration has taken place in metal, the market con tinning very dull. The official drop of 4s per cwt. on the 3d inst. was scarcely appreciable, as fixed prices had not been adhered to, and consumers are looking for a further concession. The importations, &a., of tin into London during the present year exceed those of the corresponding period in 1863 by 975 tons ; the quantity of straits afloat is just double that of 1863, or 616 tons; and the Banca stock in Holland is nearly 30,000 slabs in excess of last year. Any advance in price just now, therefore, cannot be expected. THE UPSTAIRS OMNIBUS.—At the new Brighton hotel, we are told, the principal of the five hydraulic lifts works up and dcwn in a vertical shaft eight feet square. It is nearly finished, and constitutes a small saloon or "upstairs omnibus." The shaft is enclosed on all sides, except an aperture or doorway on a level with each story. The height of the shaft is, from the ground-floor to the fifth story, fifty-six feet. The little movable saloon within it will accommodate seven or eight persons at once, who can be raised to the uppermost of the lye stories in ore minute, or to any of the intermediate stories in a few seconds less time. The pulling of a handle—very little more trouble than pulling a bell—suffice to set in action the hydraulic power which raises the platform ; while the adjustment of nicely-balanced weights renders the movement smooth and easy. This is, per excellence, the visitors' lift, not to be used by mortals of less exalted dignity. A second lift ascends from the basement of the fifth story, intersecting and communicating with all the intermediate stories in its way; the ascent is 76ft.; and the purpose, we believe, is to faci litate the ascent of servants with their burdens. A third lift, about as lofty as the second, is for sending up dinners, &c,, only, and not hundredweights of humanity. A fourth carries up dinners from the basement to the grand coffee room only. A fifth carries up wines and other liquors from the cellar to the bar. Now, if the reader will only picture to himself the amount of :canning up and down stairs inevi tably involved in the daily proceedings at any one of our large hotels, he will easily perceive that these hydraulic lifts will not only save much bodily fatigue, but will also economise time. It may, perchance, turn out that lofty hotels will really be more handy than those of less height. Already, some of our photographers have begun the adop tion of lifts, worked by a winch-handle, to raise their sitters to the studio at the top of the house,— Chair:here. 'Journal, 24ew and Improver? Series, ADELPHI THEATRE. Notwithstanding that the celebrated drama "Leah" con tinues to attract crowded , Audiences, in a short time it will disappear from the bills of the Adelphi Theatre, in conse quence of the termination, on the 11th of June, of the engagement of Miss Bateman. The present week is the last but three of this talented lady's assumption of her celebrated character, and therefore to those who have yet the great gratification in store of witnessing " Leah" for the first time, we say go at once. It was at one time hoped that Miss Bateman would appear in another character, and many, we believe, still remain under that impres sion; but we can positively state that th© whole of the remaining period of Miss Bateman's stay at the Adelphi vt ill be devoted to the character of " Leah," and therefore those who have postponed their visit in the hope of seeing the celebrated Americr.n tragedian in a character other than that which is now a household word in London, will most certainly lose the opportunity of seeing her al together if the visit to the theatre is not paid within the next two or three weeks. The performance of Miss Bate man on Saturday was as fine as ever, and although the labour of embodying a character of so much intensity must be immense, we did not in one instance detect the slightest attempt to slur or pass lightly over any portion of the part, notwithstanding that the lady has been repeating it for about a year. GAMBLING IN A GOVERNMENT OFFICE. —lt having been made known privately to the Secretary at-War that certain practices of gambling with dice had for a considerable period been carried on amongst the clerks in the War- office, but more especially in one of the largest subdivisions of a particular branch, Earl De Grey and Ripon at once ordered an inquiry into the alleged abuses. The court appointed was under the presidency of Sir Edward Lugard. It was found that the principal and the second, as well as a number of the clerks, were implicated, and the finding of the court received the immediate and grave atten tion of Earl De Grey. The leading offenders were at once dismissed from the office, losing all their interest in the su perannuation fund, although they can respectively show 2S and 29 years' service. Several of the clerks have been sum• warily degraded cn the list for promotion, and the Earl De Grey and Ripon has read to all the gentlemen of the office a minute, in which ho stigmatises in the severest terms the practices which have been proved, and threatens instant dismissal to any one who may attempt to renew the gross misbehaviour. It is alleged that considerable sums of money have been involved in these transactions between the officials, and that loaded dice have bee n used. S tI T presentll F I E L Dt.i: time, SMITHFIELD.—The an y means attractive. There is aspect of Smithfield is not, at the nothing of the picturesque about the metropolitan ruins, and Dr. Syntax might search in vain for a block to illus trate his pictorial ideas. All within the vast deal hoarding, enclosing the area, is dilapidation and dirt, broken windows, gaping roofs, shattered gateways, yawning crevaces between perpendicular brick walls, looking terribly unsteady in their unstrutted and solitary loftiness, whilst in the midst of this wide-spread devastation, Messrs. Tallis's printing office stands up proudly, as if it were determined to resist the hand of tho destroYcr. But ere long it, too, must be brought low, and then from Durham yard to Charterhou9e-street, a wide space will be cleared for the site of the new market. Now that the houses are nearly all pulled down, and the eye can wander freely over the area, its large extent may be better estimated. A nobler site for a great public market was never presented, and its advantages in respect of ventilation and drainage are so great, that the least possible amount of evil with the greatest possible a mount of good, will, most assuredly, characterize this last grand effort of the Corporation to promote the prosperity and well-being of the community,— City Press. A RUSSIAN TRAGEDY.-The Russian journals mention the occurrence of fr. melancholy tragedy at Lipetsk, in the government of Tamboff, A retired sub lieutenant, named Orloff, had just killed his cousin, Mdlle. Apollinaire Sokoloff, by shooting her with a pistol at her own request. The two cousins were deeply enamoured of each other, but their relationship being en obstacle to their union, the lady begged her lover to put an end to her life, and the latter, in a moment of frenzy, only too faithfully executed her wishes. LITERATURE. Heater Kirton. By the Author of " A Bad Begin ning," " Chesterford," &c. Three Vols. Smith, Elder, and Co. All who read this novel will follow with a deep interest and increasing sympathy the lives and for tunes of Hester Kirton and Freaerick Hallam. At first both hero and heroine are little deserving of our admiration—the hero, amiable and polished to a superfine degree, is nothing more then a fortune-hunter, who, having learned from a treacherous lawyer of the vast wealth some day to be enjoyed by the daughter of the miserly owner of Kirton's Farm, makes his way there, and seeks to win a bride, only enamoured of the " beaux yells de sa cassette." The character of Hester is powerfully drawn, and is for a time singularly repellant—at first a timid, loving, devoted bride, and then, on learning the deception practised on her, a hard, stern, infltaible woman. Here is a glimpse of Kirton's Farm, when, on Hallam's first arrival, he met with the following-- INHOSPITABLE RECEPTION. Spite of what he had heard in London, and of the boy's hints about Mr, Kirton, Frederic Hallam was pleased with his appearance ; his clear complexion and benevolent fore head were not those generally belonging to a mean charac ter; but there was a thinness in the lips, and a rigid firm ness in the lower jaw, that in one more skilled in human nature might hove awakened doubts. He glanced from the young man's open, handsome face to his dress, and thence to his portmanteau. Hallam raised his hat, and began to introduce himself, but Mr. Kirton stopped him. " You mistake, sir ; this is no inn for travellers." " Mr. Kirton, I conclude ; if you will be so kind as to look at this note, you will see that I do nut come to you quite as a stranger." The old man drew his tall form up more stifly still, and pressed his lips more tightly together. As the letter was handed to him, he eyed Hallam so closely again before he opened it, that he added— " The letter is from your friend Mr. Goldsmith, who has entrusted me with some business papers he wishes you to aign." Mr, Kirton opened the envelope, and read his letter slowly, keeping his visitor standing in the sunshine all the time. Ile was inwardly chafing, and had a great mind to ask permission. to enter; but there was something so rigid and unbending about the old farmer that he forbore, When he read it twice over, his countenance relaxed a little, and he invited Hallam to come in and rest himself. The visitor looked at his portmanteau reposing ignomi niously on the grass-plot; he was just going to ask Mr. Kirton to have it carried indoors, when the farmer said— " You can let that be—it's safe ; when you have eaten a meal with us and rested, one of the men shall carry it where you will," And here is the first meeting of-- THE ILL-MATCHED PAIR. Mr. Hallam's attention was attracted by a young gi r l who stood at her place on one side of the table, evidently waiting for them. He bowed and she made a sort of movement in return. Mr. Kirton did not seem to think any introduction neces sary, but pointed to a seat opposite his daughter, whom he called Hester. Hallam could not take his eyes from her face ; he had determined to find her agreeable, but he was surprised to see her so pretty. She was apparently about sixteen years old, and her tall undeveloped figure gave promise of much symmetry ; her features were small and regular, and her clear hazel eyes full of expression, but what most surprised the critical Lon doner, accustomed to polished society, was her self-pos session- Although quiet, her manner was neither con strained nor awkward. " She is not conceited, thank Heaven," said Hallam to himself; he felt almost piqued by her apparent indifference to the evidently unusual presence of a stranger. A deeper thinker would, perhaps, have noted the firm set jaw and chin which gave too much squareness to the lower part of the face, contradicting the delicate chiselling of the nose and lips, and would possibly have looked fur more masculine defects than conceit; not that I would imply conceit to be the sole inheritance of women; with far less excuse men are just as vain as they are, and it sits worse on them—it comes out more broadly, whereas a woman will clothe her infirmity in such a mantle of grace ful nonsense that it often seems to add to her charms. The dinner was meagre enough—a straggling raw-boned fowl, evidently a patriarch of the farm-yard, and a largo piece of bacon, or rather of bacon fat, for lean was not visible, surrounded with greens, which gave oat a strong unsavory smell. However, the Londoner tried to make the best of it, and carved the greasy bacon as though it had been a choicer dish. Miss Kirton only replied in monosyllabes to his conver sational attempts, and he began to think her face was the best part of her. The old man noticed how Carefully he was watching her. " She has had not m rch schooling," he said, " but she can make butter, or pudding and pie, with the best o"ena. " Very usetul accomplishments," said Hallam, with an inward shudder. Biz, who was in the act of pouring out a glass of ale for the visitor, nodded her head approvingly, but Hester coloured and it seemed more from annoyance than from shyness. " Never mind about me, father; the gentleman wants to drink his ale." Hallam started ; she spoke broadly, almost with the accent of a peasant ; he now remarked, what her very pretty face had prevented him from seeing before, that her hands, although small, were coarse and red, evidently from ex• posure. He noticed her gown, too; an ill made, washed out pink gingham, which she had grown too tall for, the waist being rsuch too short, and some tucks had been "let out" in the skirt, as was apparent by the fresher colour about midway down. bhe scarcely spoke again except to answer her father about household matters; her voice was low and soft, but her manner in speaking was so singu larly harsh and abrupt that Mr. Hallam was glad when she ceased, for either this, or the red hands or the pudding making, had dispelled his first illusion, and the ale, scarcely better then vinegar, completed his discomfiture. Poor Hallam et first gains little by his adven ture, and is obliged to put up with much unplea sant advice fr3m the plain-spoken farmer, who among other things favours him with hie— DEFINITION OB A. GENTLEMAN. " Oh I that's it, is it ?" said the old man. " You be one of them gentlemen as must wear good clothes, and keep respectable, and read the papers, and write a few letters, all at the country's expense ; and I don't doubt now but what you think your work uncommon hard." " Iwork as hard as a gentleman need work, I believe," said Hallam, nettled out of his indifference. " Gentlemen, indeed I Now look you here, young man ; no offence, but such a gentleman as you are, I take it, is uncommon like a butterfly as never does nothing to earn his own bread, it's all set ready for him. I'm a plain spoken man, you see." " Oh 1 " said Hallam, laughing, for he was very good tempered, " you only consider gentlemen worthy of the name who live on their own property, and derive their income from their own acres." " Not exactly," said Kirton ; " nothing can make a man a gentleman who is not born ono ; all the borrowed feathers in the world won't do that," he added, looking hard at Hallam. "He may rub against other gentlemen, and get some of their polish, but it comes off again, man, at a hard rub—it comes off. Even for a born gentleman, I take it, an idle life is the worst thing that can happen to him; but for one who's not quite sure what he ie, work, sir, woik, is the likeliest thing to happen him into what he wants." Hallam gulped down these very distasteful observations and advice in the best way he could. Hester inherits not only the old man's money, but much of his hard inflexible nature, as Frederick Hallam discovers when too late. The development of her character is very skilfully portrayed, as is also the transformation that gradually takes place in Hallam, although, judging from his antecedents, we can hardly consider such a transformation alto gether natural. The lesson of life proves a bitter one to both hero and heroine ; but though heavy is the trial and severe the temptation, good is ulti mately wrought out of evil. With deep regret the reader finds the third volume close in tears, but they are not tears wholly of affliction. Stich an ending to the narrative may be regretted by the interested reader who has learned to feel a deep interest in the hopes and fears of Hester's wayward heart, bat it does not diminish the value of the book ; on the contrary, the most favourite stories, and those which linger most tenderly in the memory are for the most part overcast with some inevitable grid, As a happy contrast to the painful history of the Hallams are bright glimpses of the charming Lucy h Bonham and her happy home. Lucy's mother, Mrs. Frank Wrenshaw, is one of the many happily-drawn portraits with which the book abounds. She is so tender-hearted and good humoured that ono cannot but love her, and yet she is so ridiculous in her would he particularity, that one cannot but laugh at her, and heartily tco. Poor Lucy, with dismay, occasionally tries to check her mother's exuberance, but for the most part in vain, and the old lady tells her she is •' as sour as—as, well—as a crab with its claws out I' Mrs Wren. Shaw makes a pattern mother-in-law, and yet she can birely restrain an occasional oulbursr of ind;g nation at the outspoken evidences of Lucy's devo. lion to her husband. The young wire's deferential parenthesis, " hob says," becomes almost intoler able in her mother's ears. Here is one of the good" humoured skirmishes that occasionally take place : WIFE IND MOTHER-IN-LAW. " Jacob says -', "A h, of course, Jacob thinks something different to what I de. Really, Lucy, for a girl who used to be fond of having her own way, I don't believe you've an idea of your own in your head, that I don't. It'a Jacob says this, and Jacob thinks the other, tiil I sometimes feel as if he was my husband, too, and I must believe all he says." Well, mother," Lucy had turned very red during her m other's speech, and usen't you to Le just the some with tuy father ?" " Oh, but that was quite a different thing ; why, he was your own father, Lucy; you're surely not going to compare any one to him." Lucy burst out laughing, in spite of her vexation that her mother should speak slightly of Jacob. " Well, mamma, there never can be any use in talking of one's husband ; no one else ever sees him with one's own eyes; but for Hester's sake, I should lice ycu to hear what Jacob says about this letter ; may I tell ycu ?" " Yes, yes, my dear, of c.mrse," said Mrs. Wrenshaw, already rather ashamed of what six!, had said ; for she was both fond and proud of her son-in-law, although it wls irritating to have his opinion so constantly quoted against her own. The admirers of " Chesterford" will recognise a great . development of the author's powers since the pub lication of that very interesliQg work, and those who remember "A Bad Beginning" will again have reason to say of " Hester Kirton," " all's well that ends well" Standard Authors. Shilling Series. "The Cotton Lord," by Herbert Glyn; Adrian L'Estrange, or" Moulded out of Faults" ; "Arrows in the Dark," by the author of "Said and Done; " The Eve of St. Mark," by Thomas Doubleday ; "The White House by the Sea," by M. Bet ham Edmonds; "My First Lesson," by the author of " Charles Auchester, &c. Smith, Eider, and Company. Messrs. Smith and Elder are bringing out in a cheap form, a most excellent well•prioted series of the popular works of the " Standard Authors" of the day. Many of the names above-mentioned will be familiar to our readers, but the works are for the most part sufficiently intt3resting to bear a secona perusal. Vladimir and Catherine ; or, Keiv in the year 1861. An Histm ical Romance by a Thirty Years' Resi. dent in Russia, One Vol., pp. 277. Chapman and Hall. This little book, besides the love story of Vladimir and " the darling Catherine," gives us a glimpse, and not themost favourable glimpse, of Russian men and manners, as viewed by a dispassionate observer. The style of the narrative is smart and lively, as may be imagined from the following amusing receipt for the pronounciation of an unpronounceable name. "To pronounce this name you must just softly whistle, check it by sneezing, then a short cough, and finish abruptly with sky ! What can be easier ?" The result, let us say, for the benefit of the obtuse, is—Pstcbffdsky ! A Dark Night's Work. By Mrs. Gaskell. With four Illustrations. New ;dition. Smith and Elder. The cheap edition of Mrs. Gaskell's enthralling tale, " A Dark Night's Work," wilt be very welcome to her many admirers. The sorely-tried Ellinor, the faithful Dixon, and the unfortune author of the dark work of that dark night—the " mistake" that appeared to be a " crime," all Lfford vivid speci mens of the power and pathos which are so conspica. Gus in all tho writings of the eloquent author of " Mary Barton." Long Ago and Now. By Frederick Young. One Vol. Pp. 232. T. C. Newby. This volume contains four very interesting lec tures, originally delivered before a country audience. They are well worthy of publication, and well adapted for popular reading rooms. The first is on " Pompeii and Vesuvius," and contains, among other things, an elaborate e ccount of the sports of the Amphitheatre "long ego." The second is on "the British Empire in India;" the third is upon " Chivalry," with an enumeration of the different orders of knighthood. The last, but not tho least interesting at the present day, is on " Garibaldi." Incidents in My Life. By D. D. Home. Second Edttion. One Vol., pp. 288. F. Pitman. The incidents in the life or the vagat ies of the ima• gination of Mr. Home, the spirit-medium, will ba a subject of curiosity to many. The publication of such experiences in this matter-of -fact nineteenth century is assuredly a matter of greater marvel than any recorded in the days of witchcreft. Shakspere's Knowledge and bse of the Bible. By Charles 'Wordsworth, Bishop of St. Andrews. One Vol. Pp. 301. Smith, Elder, and Co. Of all the various tributes of homage and admix ration offered to the Great Poet at his Tercentenary Jubilee, none can be compared to this evergreen wreath laid upon his tomb by the Bishop of St. Andrews. Tne right reverend prelate is proud to class himself among the greatest ad mirers and truest appreciators of Shakspere, and thus gracefully excuses himself for the public mani4 testation of his sentiments. " The Bible and Shakspere," said one of the best and most esteemed prelates that ever sat upon the English bench—Dr. John Sharp, in the reign of Queen Anne—" The Bible and Shakspere have made me Archbishop of York.' The Shakspere of Greek Comedy—Aris tophanes—is well known to have been the favourite author of the most celebrated preacher of the ancient church, S. John Chrysoatoni, some time patriarch of Constantinople. Under shelter of high and v rated authorities such as these the present writer ventures to hope he may escape censure for allowing his name to appear upon the title-page of this volume. [hat our poet was well read in the Book of Nature, both as it is revealed in the external world and in the human heart, every page of his works bear testimony, that he was also well acquainted with the Book of Life, many passages from these same writings as here very elaborately collected, also testify-. Lie book of Dr. Wordsworth is well worthY of perusal, although many passages which he ad• daces are hardly sufficiently similar to warrant t belt introduction. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) - a► LONDON, May 16.—Wind at Noon, E.NB„ light breeze and brilliant weather. FALMOUTH„ May 15 Calm, with fog. Arrired-- - Basend, from Smyrna. QUEENSTOWN, May 15.—Arrived—Asia, from Liverpool. Experienced thick weather, left for Halifax, &c. OFF PLYMOUTH, May 13,—Arrived-..Dumolino, Srovl Launceston. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Monday Blorni:dg• Arrived, May 14—Sir Robert Sales, from Calcutta"' Agincourt, from Melbourne—Lai, 3d, from Monte Vide< Naturalist, from Calcutta—Nora, from Harlingen—•A V quis, from Cohenada—Kron Prinsen, from Adelaide' . Chili, from Otago—New Zealand—Lady Grey, from 111 9 andria—J. Aeren,- from Dram—Excelsior, from Alga —Mary, from Tobago, and Carolus Magnus, from Callao'd Arrived, May 16—Morning Star, from, Corfu—Wy lol l_, and Eclipse—both from Colombc—Strav, from Hondusa,, Isabella, Wilson, from Bruges—David Malcombe, tr ° " - Marseilles—Fyenoord, from Rotierdam—Fawn, from At u. ' sterdam—lpswich Lass, from Valenpia—Caroline from Tarragona—lreue, from Adelaide—Emily, J 0...- Caen—Francis Milly, from Mauritius—Maria il' ) ;;; from Calcutta—Arabella, from Gallipoli—Veandra, Corfu—Rio Grande, from Jamaica—Queen Adelaide, fr o ' . Havre. . _ DEAL, Monday Morning , ' , Passed in Tow—sir Henry Parks, nom China, for 1 ,011 don. Passed in Tow, May 15—Agincourt, from 'Melbourne' for London. Passed, May 16—Southern Cross, from London , , Madras—Mary Blades, from London, for Quebec - - s `' t and Tamise , screw steamers, from London, for Ran el, 4, Prince of Jersey, from West, for North—Matonas, from West, for North, A line of-battle- r p, a frigate, a ram, with two gun. ef ,G passed Outside of the Goodwin on the 15tb, from the to the east, supposed to be an Austrian squadron. HERR MOLIQUE'S NEW MASS was most inlPr es , 4 sively performed, for the first time, yesterday (Whit-Sun e day), at the church of St. Aloysius, in Clarendon•sl ua b9 Somers•town, at 11 o'clock; the solo parts being talon Mesdames ItudersdorEf and Laura Bax. er. , A to TEL PRINCESS OF WALES has con.ente.‘ . 0 open a b. zoor, to be he;d in the Horticultural Gardens 3 , g.id of the Building Fund of the Female School of Arh A NON NOVEL, BY LADY GEORCIANA F IT ,/ LERToN, with the title of "Too Strange Not to be will shortly be published by ;Mr. Bentley. , N