The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-12 00:00:00

S ZR SAMUEL MOR TON PETO, Bart., M.P.— An Imperial Jn,9;gle—W tgrai.ns Wiggins, dm ae.. in FUN THIS WEEK. One Penny • INTERNATION A L EXHIBITION 81111. 1 )ING, SOUTII - N l4 ! SINGTON. A GRAND mrLITAICY INCERT, in AID of H.R.H. the PRINCESS BIA.H.Y'S FU. ND for Providing Nurses for the Inmates of the CAMB RID GE ASYLUM, will be ,oven in tie INTERN AT loNAy_, I ;XIII dITIO.N BUILDING, South Kensington (by special pi l'inission), TO-MORROW (SATUR D. 1Y), the 13th of JUNE. Doors open at Two, the Cm mert to commence at Three precisely. Under the Immedliate Patronage of Hie Royal Highness the P rince of WALES, Tier Royal Highness the Princess of WALES. Tier Royal Highness the I ►uchess of CAMBRIDGE. His Royal Highness the D nice of CAMBRIDGE, and Her Royal Highness Prim )ess MARY A , ,ELAIDE. The BANDS of the ROUSE. Ei OLD BRIGADE, consisting of— The First I rife Guards, The S cond Life Guards, Royal Horse 'Gila Glue), The Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Gus Ms, and The Scots Fusilier e_uards, w:11 perform on this occasion. lam' See the full Programme, now ready. Admission, ss. ; reserved - seats, 7a. 6d. ; stalls, numbered and striey reserved, 10s. 6d.—Tickets to be obtaine at Mr. Sams' Royal Library, 1, St. James's street, S.W.: Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, 01 , 1 Bond-street ; Mr. Westerton's Library, St. George's-place, Knightsbridge ; Messrs. Keith, Drowse, and Co., 48, Cheapside ; and at Mr. Austin's Ticket-office, St James's Hall, 28, Piccachlly ; and Tickets of admission may be had at the Building. The Entrance will be from Cromwell-road and the Exhi bit ion-road. TritEATRE-R4i t Al., HAY MARKET. • Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, entitled AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. After which, 21d time, a new and r , riginal comedy. entitled FINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter -Spy : Mr. Bu ketone, Mr. Howe, Mr. chippendalc, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, and Miss Louisa Ange.. Follow& by (2d time), a new Farce, EASY SHAVING: Messrs Compton, W. Gordon, Rogers ; Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Fanny Wright. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at 7. T " DUKE'S MOTTO. A,l) TWENTY-FIFTH NIGHT. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the Sole Management of Mr. FECRTE R. TATS EVENING, to commence with an Oriy,inal Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, b. Wiodicomb, Mss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter-past Eight, the Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr)lo , rue,, entitled THE DUKE'S VIOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham- The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G Jordan, andug E, tit iddLombe, F. Charles, Garden, RaymDawson I, venue, and Misses Sophy Henrade, Kate Terry, E- Elsworthy. Dcors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROVAL PRINCFSS'S THEATRE. Sole r ,ospee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining. THP , EVENING, will be . presented (15th time), COURT AND CAMP : 41 essrg. G. Vining, C. Verner, H. Marston, G. Relmore, G. lvturray VS . - aide; Mss ss Amy Sedgwick, Mi ss L. Laidlaw, and M iss Lydia Thompson. To be. preceded by (sth time) a new Comedietta, entitled COUSIN TO.A. And followed by A CHARMING PAM. NKNV TB EATRE-ROY AL, ADELPHI.- sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING. THE WILLOW COPSE. Mr. Benj. Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Billington, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Stephenson; Miss Woolgar, and Miss H. Simms Followed by a new Burlesque, ent'•tled ILL-TREATED IL TROvATORE. 31( ssrs. Toole, P. Bedtord, R. Phillips, Ebnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING ECTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. It GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, June 12, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morninz This day at Two o'clock .. 61 Barometer-29.85. Wind—S.-E. ; calm, with heavy rain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Cans DA7,—Morsing, 11h. 2m.—Afternoon, 11h. 36m. To-monßow.-Morning, h. m.—Afternoon. 12h. Om. 4 4 • ;•.11-U LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1863. Last evening's discussion in the House of Com mons brought with it a foreshadowing of the close of the Session. It did so in the shape of a purely technical series of objections made by one or two members very discerningly, in reference to the devices resorted to by one or other of the members of the Government, with a view to the frittering away of the time of the House by an occasional and most unlooked-for count out. The hon. and learned gentleman the mamber for Youghal was the one who yesterday seized the opportunity of directing the at tention the popular branch of the Legislature to the exceeding inconvenience resulting only too frequently from these truly vexations little Ministerial sur prises. Reminding the House that only so recently as 1861 Thursdays were allotted to the Government, the motion of adjournment on Fridays being also dispensed with, Mr. BUTT by that simple reminder demonstrated how it was that only a ccuple of years since two opportunities were snatched from the reach of private members for bringing forward motions in which they, as private members, hap pened to be interLsted. Nay, the fact was so entirely what the member for Youghal stated it to be last evening, that with a view to compensate for the loss of these same vanished opportunities for private members a standing order was passed, declaring that while committees of supply or of ways and means were open, the first order of the day on Fri day should be either supply or ways and means, and upon that order being read the question should be proposed that Al r. SPEAKER do leave the chair. Since that order morning sittings have been continually fixed for Fridays—that very practise, however, defeating, as the member for Youghal insisted with good show of reason yester day, both the letter and the spirit of the arrange ment contemplated by the standing order of the session before last. How, is it asked ? By only too simple a means it may be said—two hours of the time which it was the object of those standing orders to give to private members being practically deducted by the morning sitting. Several counts out on Friday evenings, in point of fact, have actnal;y occurred already this session in conse quence. Government has conveniently failed. to make a house when the interrupted business 01 t he day was nominally about to be resumed. Inconvenient notices of motion were thus to be got rid of readily enough by Her MA JESTY'S Ministers. Time, and events, and measures are thus pleasantly to be tided over by Ministers whenever they care to avail themselves of so eli gible an opportunity. The suspension of the sit tings for two hours on the Friday evenings affords the opportunity, and of that golden opportunity Ministers are pot slew to avail themselves. Although no result followed from the brief de bate in tit,' Upper House last night in reference to tae P: us ian C mention, and the Foreign Secretary Was pit to giva r i rr further informaticn of inn_ portance concerning it, there is no reason to regret that the question has been again brought forward. The tone of the d:ECUssion will serve at least to show 111. BIS:SARK the feelings with which Eng. lish politicians of ell sides regard this obnoxious treaty, and ha may also reflect with advantage on the tone in which the conduct of the Government of Prussia , 713,S spoken of by the representatives of the governing class in Great Britain. The Earl of CARNARVON, on inquiring whether Earl RUSSELL t.;auld give him any further information cn the subject of this famous treaty than that which WE'S afflyded by the correspondence on Polish affairs already laid before Parliament, tzpressed his anxiety avoid touching upon any questions that might embarrass the Cabinet, but added that he did not consider the informatien he wished to ob tain would produce any prejudicial effect. After dwelling on the disastrous and dangerous state of things in Russia and Poland, and commenting on what he termed the wanton and gratuitous inter ♦ention on the part of Prussia, the noble lord went on to speak of the mysterious Convention which has been such a bugbear to European diplomatists for the last few months. If Prussia, said Lord CARNARVON, chose to abolish er Parliaments, put down her press, and convert a constitutional monarchy into a military despotism, he had no right to interfere 'with her proceedings. But when her policy extended beyond her own frontier, all Europe became affected by it, and it was our duty to speak out. There can be no pos sible doubt that the convention exists. Count BISMARK has himself admitted it, the Russian Minister has acknowledged the fact to our Ambas sador at St. Petersburg, while it has also been owned by the Prussian Minister in this country. Curiously enough, however, while the Russians show no unwillingness to submit the treaty to in spection, they refuse the request to produce it on the ground that objections to such a course are raised by Prussia. This reticence goes far to con tradict Count BISMARK'S assertion that it is a dead letter. Its explanation is probably to be found in the existence of the secret article to which reference it seems is made in the convention itself. Perhaps the Prussian Minister anticipates that England would push her inconvenient curiosity still further when she saw such a mysterious allusion in the document itself. Certainly the conduct of the Prussian King and his Ministers—the course of policy pursued by them at home and abroad—does not allow us to trust much to their secret diplomacy. Prussia is one of the last Powers who could mecidle secretly in the affairs of her neighbours without produc ing uneasiness, and in this case, when her sympathies are known to be on the side of unscru pulous oppression and ruthless violence, the exist ence of a clause in the convention which she dares not with all her effrontery bring to light, is not likely to satisfy her own people or to reassure other European Powers as to her intentions. Full powers already existed to enable Russia to demand the extradition of offenders whether political or crimi nal. Surely this was as much as Russia had a right to ask or Prussia to grant. As Lord CARNARVON observed in the absence of anything like political necessity or domestic pressure, the existence of such a convention can only be attributed to the jealous fear of anything like constitutional life springing up in Poland. The possibility that out of the ter rible struggle now going on, some truer principles of government, some more liberal constitution may emerge for that unhappy conn try, is, as the noble lord truly observed, the phantom that has scared the Prussian rulers. Conscience makes cowards of us all, and the shortest diplomatic memory goes back to a time when the pretentious kingdom was comprised within limits very unlike its present boundaries, while the means by which its rapid ex tension were attained were not such as to make its rulers feel secure in the prospect of revolu tionary struggles. Still that the course pur sued by the Prussian Government is disastrous to herself, who can doubt. In such a policy, as Lord CARNARVON remarked, she goes back by genera tions, and surrenders the prize for which she has struggled so long—the leadership of Germany. " More than this," said the noble lord, " I think it will be admitted that such a policy is not only unworthy, unnecessary, and un wise, but that it is eminently unsafe. Are Prussian statesmen positively so blind, are their eyes so judicially darkened that they cannot see the excessive danger of the course they are now pur suing, and are not aware of that which any child can discern—how nicely balanced and how critical affairs now are in Europe ? Is it possible for them to fancy that they can act while others hereafter will sit still, and that the mischievous precedent of intervention will not be exercised some day by some other Power. In one word, to put it in the strongest form, do they think that their western frontier is so secure that they can venture to trifle with their own fortunes and the peace of Europe ? It would be well if Prussian statesmen had solved these questions clearly and distinctly in their own minds before they ventured upon this dangerous course." Earl RUSSELL'S reply, though affording no in formation, was at least satisfactory in its denun ciation of the conduct of Prussia. With regard to the Convention, he admitted that there had been every kind of contradiction and obscurity; and the noble earl did not appear to put much faith in Count BISMARK's assertion that the treaty was now a dead letter. It is by no means satisfactory that our Ministers should be unable to obtain fuller information when the French Ambassador has, it seems, been favoured with a view of the document. Earl RUSSELL has expressed himselfdecidedly on the question. If so, his opinion will be endorsed by the sentiments expressed last night in the Upper House —sentiments which will certainly meet with public approval, both as regards the dishonourable pro ceedings respecting the Convention, and, to quote the words of Lord BROUGHAM, " the conduct of the Prussian Government to its own subjects, its own Parliament, and its own constitution." The banquet at Merchant Taylors' Hall last night was a most interesting one. It was the Prince of WALES' first visit to the City to a banquet, and he was surrounded by a brilliant and distinguished circle. Additional attraction was imparted to the occasion by the circumstance of the PRINCE taking up the honorary freedom of the company. In pro posing the health of his Royal Highness, the MASTER said—" This is an eventful day for the Merchant Tay:ors' Company ; the heir apparent to the throne of this realm has honoured this loyal and e ncient corporation by becoming one of its honorary members. I propose the health of the Prince of WALES, citizen and Merchant Taylor, and his Royal consort" It is in identifying himself like this with the customs and ceremonies of so many important and influential members of society that the PRINCE is now showing such sense and discernment. He is not confining his presence to the " gilded saloons" of the aristocracy, but dividing his favours by mixing as far as possible with various circles, and thus uniting divers interests by the same attracting influence. The PRINCE spoke briefly on two occa sions—first when the ceremony took place of enroll il him among th e C ompany, an d a f terwar d s a t th e banquet fit when hi s h ea l t h was proposed. O n t h e cecision he said that he was proud to belong to a C ompany which nobly worked for the benefit or the human race, and he esteemed it an h onour to have his name enrolled among the freeme n of the Merchant Taylors' banquet th e M aster proposed t C h o e m p a n healthy . ofA t the th e honorary members of the company, associating th e toast ticularly with the nam e o f the Earl raoforeDEßpnalrr-. He said that the representative s of the old English houses of STANLEY, CECIL, and PERCY were among their honorary members. Lord DERRY who was very warmly received, obsery d " that of course politics must not be referred o on that occasion, partly from the mixed the otter of the assembly, and partly from the presence of their illustrious PRINCE who, though he took a deep interest in all public affairs, should always be kept aloof from ' all political connexions and party con siderations.' But," added his lordship, "there are some topics that may be discussed, and some neutral ground on which all may meet, and in one thing all are agreed, not to interfere with the time honoured institutions of the country!' The Earl then eloquently alluded to the previous career of the societies :—" God be praised that the great com panies are no longer called on to perform those valuable services and important functions for which in earlier and less happy days they were of signal service to the country. There is no need for the guilds of London to stand up now and defend the privileges of the people against the encroachments of the Crown. There is no necessity now for the interference of the guilds of London to be the guar dians of our infant commerce, nursing —may I ven ture to whisper the word —protecting it. I might also add monopolising the trade of the country. That infant commerce has now outgrown the neces sity of being sustained by its nurses, and whether to assist the commerce of our country or resist the encroachments of the Crown these guilds are no longer required. The alterations made in the super structure may not require the buttress for its ori ginal purpose, yet the buttress remains, not less an ornament to posterity than as a mark of honour reflected from amiquity on modern times." No ene better than Lord DERBY can address an assemblage of this kind. He can adapt his style to suit every emergency, and whether he commands the applause of listening senates with his apt retort or vehement denunciation, or mixes in the mote genial atmos phere of the festive throng, he is always the master of his subject, the skilled rhetorician, and the im pressive orator. Mr. DISRAELI, who was also en thusiastically welcomed, responded for the House of Commons. He said " that the members of the House did not look upon these associations as a mere matter of routine, but they accepted them as the expression of mutual respect and sympathy, consecrated by generations which had preceded them, by long experience, and hallowed by the history of au ancient nation. Our corpora tions are not the least considerable of the secu rities that we possess for that public liberty which is perhaps the peculiar privilege of this country. They permit the aggregate of individual sentiment to assume when it is necessary the massive and majestic form of public opinion, which controls and regulates the course of public affairs." He then alluded to the event of the day, and said that the Prince of WALES was also a member of Parliament, and while it was the boast of the Company that the PRINCE had that day taken up the freedom of their Institution it must be recollected that he had already in the House of Lords taken up the free dom of the country. On the whole it was impos sib.e that this assembly could have been more suc cessful in its carrying out. The brilliancy of its company, the eloquence of its speakers, the occasion of its attraction, all combined to produce a splendid effect, and the entertainment wilt long live in the recollection of all present, and hereafter rank among the most renowned and interesting that have for a considerable period taken place in the City. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. FAUST. Goethe's celebrated " Soul Poem," as it is so reverently called in Germany, and which in its scheme at lest has been acknowledged generally as the most imaginative work of our age, has long since exhausted every homage that could be paid to it by art. Painting, sculpture, music, and the drama have reflected it in turn, and made more tamiliar every aspect of it which c_Aild exer cise the fancy or give a further stimulus to he already excited sympathies. To this end its twofold character abundantly con (laced. In completion of that series of analogies which it is intended to present as the picture of the course of a daring and erring human soul, this poem is found to exhibit both its infinite and finite aide—man in his religious and philosophic, and man is his purely social and domestic aspect. Suggested, on the one hand, by the book of Job, where we see a mortal by divine permission sub jected to the special and probationary influence of the Spirit of Evil—this poem presents, on the other, a purely domestic story, in which we have a conflict presented tons of the spiritual and animal tendencies, and wherein this conflict is not on .y painted in the 0080 M of the hero, but contrasted in two beings —one of whom is lost through scepticism, and the other saved by penitence. Here it is man that is made the tempter, and woman who becomes the victim —woman, typo of all emotion, who, as her heart veers to earth or heaven, is degraded or re deemed ! It is this story of "Faust and Margaret" that has really won for Goathe's poem its extensive popularity. Much of his religion is very doubtful ; much of his philosophy unintelligible—an enigma to his profoundest students, and probably even to him self; but in his story of a pure and loving nature, betrayed by the trust proper to its fervour, and by a higher being whose wilful baseness degrades his own nature more than hers—it has appealed to every bosom, and not only excited sympathy, but conci liated tastes the most exacting and diversifie . d. Passing over the evidence on this point in the illustrations it has prompted in nearly every form of art, it is interesting to observe how especially it was thought adapted to the agencies of music. Gosthe himself, anxious to give more emphasis to its lyric and dramatic character, wished his poem to be accompanied by music when it was proposed to place it on the stage. Others fell that it would be more successful if thrown entirely into a lyrical form, snoh as Kreutzer and Lind painter, both of whom have illustrated its first part, and Pierson, who has composed its second. The illustrious Spohr W5B at length induced to produce the poem as an opera—a task he executed with great learning, but with little poetry or genius. Madlle. Bertin followed in his wake with scarcely more success in France, and at last, some five years si since, it rec e i ve d th e fi rs t d ramat i c setting that at all appro ac h e d it s mer i ts i n that produc tion of M. Go nno d, w hi c h fill ed P aris with such a furore, and w hi c h. s i nce transferred to Germany, n p t a h l e i t h res e xt a c t pi r te e er s d : a and sensation saamongt comparableha es , P o i e l t' a ad to e o l v no its s d h worshippers b n u e t i g formance of "Don Juan." Such a triumph most people would consider quite decisive of its clain‘s, and would be naturally tempted to ask how it is that a work that for five years has been supplying the highest excitement not only to our lively neigh. bours but also to the calmer and more exacting minds of profound musicians and true poets, should never have been transferred to our own country till now. This is a question, however, which we know is more easily asked than answered, and so content ourselves with announcing that the first performance of the opera in England, at Her Msjesty's Theatre, last night, set the seal to the course of successes which has attended its produc .ion generally—being one of the most brilliant and decided triumphs which has ever been witnessed in country. As it is impo3sible on a first hearing to detail the merits of such a work, and especially under the dis advantages which attend a first performance, ws shall defer to another occasion the minute attention it demands, and content ourselves at present with giving its character and general lea tures. We would premise, then, by ob serving that its characteristics are its vivacity, picturesqueness, and a profound and gracefu, ten derness, rather than any positive passion or marked aamountmast of imagi na ti on . I t grasps w i t h th e nan d o f er all the out war d lif e o f t h e story — a ll th e emotion which is and juse all the c h aracter thatfiat upon the urface--btt it sel parabiercfrly reaches to :he grond ,, u , rcoemthasut c r h ed a ee t ra be s m: i — arg w a h re e t t , h o e r r in the religi ous i neu the Satanic that destroys Faust. Its version of Mephistophiles is indeed its weakest conception. He is drawn with all the lithe and supple traits of the familliar of a wizard, rather than the august and terrible complacency of the Prince of Evil himself. This is, of course, partly owing to M. Gounod's selection of his libretto, which, instead of going to the poem direct, has been founded on a spectacular drama played in Paris some years since, and thence transferred to the Princess's Theatre when under the management of Mr. Kean. Thus the error is repeated of infusing the Fiend with a tinge of comedy, instead of stamping him with persistent earnestness—and allowing him to withdraw from Faust the special victim of his mission—to amuse himself with a crowd, and with the antics of a conjuror. The more accurately rendered characters are Faust, Margaret, and Valentin, and in their treatment and that of their associates, consists the true strength of the work. This strength, however, we must remark, is con nected with consummate musical resources, and an instrumentation that from first to last is rich and fanciful in the extreme. This opera has no overture, but is commenced by an introduction, which in a very delightful passage foreshadows the mournful struggle that awaits the humble maiden ; and in its first act, which is simply a scene, in which Faust is shown as an old man, wearied with his vain philosophy, and calling on the evil one to restore him to youth and pleasure —a summons which is obeyed—there is nothing very striking beyond the music that denotes the day break, and the chorus of rejoicing maidens, who in'terrupt the thoughts of the philosopher. It is in the opening of the second act that the first great impression is made in a series of six choruses, sung by old men, girls, and students, the air of the first being so quaint and original that it elicited a loud encore. Mephis tophiles' song in praise of gold has an excellent theme cleverly developed, and the grand chorale in which the students endeavour to exorcise the evil spirit was also very striking. The waltz that follows and concludes the act—to the general movement of the grouper engaged in the Kirmesse Ftre, and in the midst of which Marguret .makes her first appearance, and is accosted by Faust on her way home—is full of life and beauty, and sealed the fortunes of the night. It led to a recall for all the singers, and a demand for the composer. The third act is the finest of the work. It is laid in the garden of Margaret, and is first distinguished by an air of Faust's, that in its plaintiveness and melody we have rarely heard surpassed—by the song of Gretchen, "Es war sin Konig," which is written with groat expression —by the " Air des bijoux," which has become so well known in our con cert rooms, and by a broken quartette which forms the finale to the act, and which includes a delicious love duet, that has a most charming adagio passage at the words "Notts d'amor," and terminates with Margaret's reverie at her cham ber window.. Every portion of this music was distinguished by its grace and tender ness, and the effect upon the audience was marked in the extreme. The highest excitement followed the descent of the curtain—all the singers being called for, and the composer above all, who at length made his appearance, and received a most hearty demonstration. We must hurry over the remaining acts, britfly stating that they were distinguished by a singularly vigorous and original soldiers' chorus in the fourth act—by a most masterly treatment of the duel be tween Valentine and Faust—and by one of the finest passagEs in the work, in the concluding trio of the last act, in which Faust and Mephistophles endea vour to regain possession of Margaret, but are de feated by her good angels and ultimate repose in death. The execution of this work was almost as perfect as it could be. If the queenly dignity of Madlle. Titiens was scarcely adapted to the traits of the simple and confiding maiden, she rose to every other requisition of the character; and whether in her remorse at the church steps, when bending to heaven for forgiveness—in her agony beside her dying brother—or in her struggle with her ' lover in the closing scene to remain faithful to the voice of heaven—she reached a height of tragic excellence which belongs to her alone. Signor Giuglini w. s equally fortunate in all the music of " Faust," which he sang with a depth of tenderness that could not possibly be exceeded. Mr. Santley was also most successful in his impersonation of the soldier Valentine, and in his death and malediction conveyed a stronger evidence of his power than the public had yet witnessed. M. Gassier was a very able and expressive Mephi stopheles—looked at from the composer's point of view ; and Madlle. Trebeili was a most agreeable Siebel. On the merits of the band and chorus no praise can be too great, and the skill and zeal of Signor Arditi were obvious in every movement. A last word roust be given to the masterly pro duction of this opera, which has afforded Mr. Mapleson an opportunity that he has re sponded to with a taste and liberablity that are in the last degree commendable. No thing more faithful or more complete has been ever seen On our lyric, stage and nothing more calculated to restore this theatre to the just dignity it should maintain. The scenery and dresses were all as exact as they were beautiful, and the various groupes that conveyed the action were as picturesque as they were lively. The house, we need not add, was crowded in every portion, and the one impression at the fall of the curtain was, that an admirable work had been most perfectly presented. Monstrous Sentence of a Court-martial. A court-martial assembled on board her Maj,-sty , s ship Victory, in Portsmouth harbour, on Tuesday morning, to try Charles Thomas, an able seaman, for that he, on the 27th May last, did behave in an insubordinate manner, and did use offensive and threatening language towards John Webb, boat swain of her Mjesty's ship Cruiser, whilst pro seeding in a boat to her Majesty's ship Cruiser. Toe Court comprised Captain Chamberlain (presi dent), Captains Sec, ombe and Hire, and Com manders Philip de Saumarez and Pnelps. Capt. Broadhead pro,::ecated, and Mr. E. Hoskins sat as officiating Judge Advocate. From the evidence adduced it appeared that the prisoner had been on leave to get married, and on the expiration of his leave he was to return to his ship (the Plumper) by a liberty boat, which left shore at eight o'clock, but on his arrival at the start ing point, 10 minutes before this time, he found be was too late, the boat, under the orders of Webb having already gone. This annoyed him, and being (as he said in his defence) a little under the influ ence of liquor at the time, he certainly did use bad language to Webb when he met with him, but although the language was very disgusting in its nature it seemed to be nothing more than the sud den ebulition of passion. The Court adjudged the prisoner to be reduced to the second class for misconduct, to receive 48 lashes, to be imprisoned in Winchester Goal, with hard labour, for two years, and to be discharged from her Majesty's service with disgrace. The West Sussex Gazette, in commenting upon the case, remarks :—" What on earth can all this mean Are we in England ? Are we living under a Reign of Terror? Such a sentence is not only shocking, but positively revolting to the feelings of every civilised man. It was but a few days since that we read of the case of a lad who had obtained leave of absence at Plymouth. He fell into evil company, and did not return in time to his ship. The Hoe and Cry was put into operation, anti the lad was captured. Th e court-mar t i a l sentence d hi m to live on board his ship for 15 years, without going ashore. The lad heard the sentence, went below to his hammock, and hung himself. Surely this tyranny in her Majs;sty's navy cannot be right and proper." LAW MAKERS AND LAW BREAKERS.—The only carriage which attempted to break the rank at the City Ball on Monday night, and enter the position railed off for the members of the Royal Family was that of our Home So.:retary of St ate I T he attempt o f Si r G eor g o 's coachman was, how ever, preventert 1,3, - the police, who wer not reluctl..nt to giv e th e i r would-be chief a l esson o f for bearance and patience.— W estern D cz ay mercury, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) BANK OF FRANCE. The Monateur of this morning publishes the usual monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows the following results, as compared with the May return : Cash in hand . Bank-notes . DECREASE. Francs, 27 millions. . . Current accounts ... INCREASE. Bills discounted, not yet due Treasury balance CAPTURE OF PUEBLA. PARIS, JUNE 12. The Emperor has received the congratulations of the Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia, on the capture of Puebla. The report of General Forey is not expected to arrive in Paris until the beginning of July. On the 18th ult. a division of the French army was marching on the city of Mexico. The declaration of the Bishops relative to the elections, and the letter of the Archbishop of Tours, have been referred to the Council of State, on account of there being an abuse of power, PRUSSIA. BRESLAU, JUNE 12. Tile Common Council of Breslau has decided upon sending a deputation to the King to patition his Majesty to withdraw the late press ordinance, and to convoke the Diet. The Chief Magistrate, Herr Elwanger, opposed this proceeding most energetically. The deputation left for Berlin yesterday. BERLIN, JUNE 12. Private letters received here from Warsaw to-day, state that the Commissioners of the Exchequer, upon examining the Government Treasury in that city, discovered that Russian bank-notes, Polish Bends and gold half-Imperials to the amount of 5,000,000 silver roubles had been abstracted. In their place was left a receipt signed by the Na tional Government. Four officials, and the books in which the num bers of the missing bonds were entered, had also disappeared. It is said that all the telegraph lines leading from Warsaw have been destroyed. FRANCE. BOURSE, June 11.—The news of the capture of Puebla has given a little impulse to the market, and Threes, for the Account, have gone up to 69f. 45c The Railway Share Market has been also firmer and more animated. Mobilier shares have also re covered, Prices again receded before the close, and left off as follows: tt per Cents. 97 Do end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 35 credit. Mobilier 1232 50 no, end month... 12 5 Bank Shares 3450 Credit koncier ....1425 - RA IL • Italian Loan 73 • Do. end month 73 15 i New ditto Do, end month 74 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 53 Rome Debt .. — ,WAYS. Clash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto — • • Lyons and Mediterranean 1041 50 .. 1045 Geneva 445 447 50 Southern - Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lowborn North of Spain Saragossa.. 717 50 718 75 Ditto to Barcelona PORTUGAL, :OUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. The screw steamer Tartar, C ;pt. W. Tulley, from Lisbon on the 7th and Vigo on the Bth inst., has ar rived, bringing 34 passengers, £2,462 in old silver coin, three bags of mails, one bag of despatches for the Foreign-office, 70 live bullocks, 106 casks of wine, 550 chests of oranges, 600 bags of nuts, 81 boxes cf eggs, and 755 packages of general mer chandise. On the coast of Portugal she had light northerly winds and fine weather; in the Bay of Biscay a succession of south-easterly and north westerly gales; from the latter point it blew with tremendous force for eight hours, with very high sea; up Channel south-westerly winds and rain. The Tartar brings Lisbon news of the 7th inst. The Cortes were to remain open until Jane 20, when it was expected the principal Ministerial Bills would have passed both houses. The deputies had voted a great part of the Budget, and the Peers had mode cqually good progress with the law to facilitate mortgages for the improvement of property. The grain market had become dull in consequence of the greatly improved harvest prospects, and, although the oidium had re-appeared in some dis tricts, the vineyards generally promised a large yield. The rates of exchange this packet at thre e months were—London, 531 ; ; Paris, 531; Hamburg, 471; Amsterdam, 42/ ; Genoa, 526. Three per Cent. Stock, 49 to 49/. Bank of Portugal shares, 538 to 540; Oporto Bank ditto, 256 to 258. When the Tartar left the following vessels of war were lying in the Tagus :—The American cor vette St. Louis; the Norwegian sloop Alfen ; and the Chinese steam despatch sloop Keang Soo, en route for China. WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, June 12. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Atrato, with the West Indies and Pacific Mails, passed Hurst Castle at 1.40 p.m. this day. DENMARK AND GREECE. COPENHAGEN, June 8. The Greek deputation had its final audience of the King of Denmark yesterday at the royal castle of Christiansborg. His Majesty conferred the Grand Cross of the Dannebrog upon Admiral Kanaris, and crosses of cammanders upon the two other principal members, while the suite was nomi• nated knights of the order. The deputation will leave Copenhagen the day after to-morrow. The ceremony of Saturday, at which the King of Denmark accepted the Crown of Greece for his young relative Prince William, was not only of an extremely brilliant character : but made profound impression upon the beholders. The tffect of the ceremony was much enhanced by the deep feeling of hearty kindness manifested by the King towards the .young Prince about to play so important and difficult a part, coupled with the striking contrast of the venerable appearance of Admiral Kanaris, now 90 years of age, to the frank, fresh, and juvenile figure of the youthful King of the Greeks. The young King paid a farewell visit to-day to the cadets on board one of the royal frigates, who were his comrades only a few days ago, and are about to leave in the course of the week upon their annual cruise, for the practice of naval manoeuvres. The time of the King's departure for Athens is not yet definitively determined, nor have the members of his suite been finally selected. SUPPOSED MURDER OF A WOMAN AT SHADIVELL. —On Tuesday night the body of a woman was found float ing in the basin at the London Docks. Upon examination it was found that the body had been frightfully mutilated, evidently from having become entangled in the machinery of the dock gates, part of the head being severed from the trunk in a frightful manngr. The unfortunate woman, whose name was Ellen Donovan, belonging to the nume rous tribe of low pros itutes that infest the neighbourhood of the docks. The inquest was opened pro forma yester day afternoon, to admit of the post mono» examination being cominenced at once, 010 1,' Z ' fin ‘‘. h e/. tlrmlat ;t if HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, June 11. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, and Princess Louise, attended by the Mar chioness of Ely, Lady Augusta Bruce,Lord Methuen, and Major Cowell, drove to Claremont this morning. The Queen held a Council to-day, which was attended by Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Earl Russell, and the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson. Mr. Arthur Helps, Clerk of the Council, attended. Earl Granville had an audience of her Majesty. Earl Russell arrived at the Castle yesterday evening, and had an audience of the Queen. The Hon. Lucy Kerr and the Hon. Victoria Wortley have succeeded the Hon. Beatrice Byng rind the Hon. Emily Cathcart as Maids of Honour to her Majesty. The Prince and Princess of Wales. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge and the Prince of Leiningen, and attended by the Countess de Grey and Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, went to Claremont yesterday morning, and returned in the afternoon to Marlborough House. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales dined last evening with the Merchant Taylors' Company. His royal highness was accompanied by Prince Leiningen, and was attended by the Earl of Mount- Edgcumbe, Lieutenant General Knollys, and Lieu tenant-Colonel Keppel. Marriage of the Duke de Chartres and the Princess Francoise D'Orleans. This interesting family alliance was concluded yesterday by the ceremonial of marriage, accord ing to the rites of the Catholic Chutch, in the chapel of St. Raphael, at Kingston-upon-Thames. The occasion being strictly private and domestio no invitations were issued by the Royal Family either in France or England. This did not, however, pre vent a numerous gathering of attached friends of the House of Orleans, many of whom came spon taneously from France to offer their affectionate respect to the youthful Prince and Princess. The presence of nine members of the diplomatic corps representing European Sovereigns at the Court of St. James's was a graceful tribute to the virtues and position of the Royal exiles, while the personal congratulations subsequently tendered at Claremont by the Erglish Royal family was the highest compliment that could have been rendered to their dignity and worth. The scattered members of this distinguished family have been assembling at Claremont for some days past. Ile Duke de Montpensier arrived from Madrid on Saturday last, his duchess having been prevented from accompanying him only from in ability to bear the fatigue of the voyage. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg, accompa nied by her two sons, the Princes Augustus and Philippe, reached Claremont on Tuesday, and on the following day his Royal Highness Prince Philip of Wurtemberg joined the family circle. The chapel of St. Raphael, at Kingston, was built by a gentleman bearing that name, whose memory survives as one of the few individuals who hid the temerity to attack O'Connell on a question of private arrangement. The interest manifested in the neighbourhood of Clonmel extended to Kingston, where the inhabitants came out in large numbers to witness the arrival of the bridal party at the chapel. From the entrance gate to the porch the chances of bad weather were provided against by a covered way, within which were stationed the children of St. Raphael's School, bearing baskets filled with rose leaves wherewith to strew the bridal way. The company provided with tickets for the chapel began to arrive at 10 o'clock, and in less than half an hour the edifice was fully occupied in every part, except that small portion reserved for the royal par.y. Among the arrivals from London were the Austrian and Prussian Ambassadors, the Belgian, Hanoverian, Bavarian, Italian, Portuguese, Saxon, and Spanish Ministers. Amoug the French ladies and gentlemen present were the Marquis and Marchioness de Cnanahilles, tbe Duke and Duchess de Galliera, the Marquis and Marchioness d'Harcaurt and Mademoiselle d'Harcout t, the Coun tess Paul de Segur, Count Louis de Segur, Madame de Vatry, Count Ludovich de Beauvoir, Gen Count Montesquieu, General Count de Chabannes, Genera! Drolen vans, the Marquis de Berenger, the Marquis de Bouille, Count Rene de Bouille, the Count and Countess de Frers, and Mademoiselle d'Henin, Dr. de Mussey, M. Charles Mallet, Count de Jarnoc, Baron de l'Espee, M. and Madame Henry de l'Espee, Viscount de la Redorte, Viscount de Bowdy, NIL Oliver de Bowdy, M. Charles Beitle, M. le Colonel Solis, M. le Baron do Bacourt, M. Eaten selin, M. Roger de Soitivaux, the Marquis de Fon tanelle, M. Paravey, M. de Chaplin, and many others. The members of the Orleans family al rived about half-past t t n o'clock. The Duchess of Six() Coburg was the first to enter the chapel. accompanied by her sons, the Princes Phi lippe and Augustus. The Duke de Nemours with his daughters, the Princess Marguerite and Blanche d'Orleans, followed, and the Duke aria Duchess d'Aumale, and the Duke de Montpensier with Prince Phillipe of Wurtemberg, were all in their places at a quarter before 11 o'clock. Hi , Sarene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and the Prince of Leiningen came direct from Lori don and joined the bridal party in the chapel. The young Dike de Chartres arrived at a few minutes before 11, attended by his elder brother, the Count de Paris, as " groomsman." His Royal Highness received the greeting of his friends with genuine bonhommie, and awaited at the altar the approach of his bride. Presently both young Princes returned to thu porch to receive their venerable relative, the Queen Matie Arnehe, whose ectrance into the chapel was marked by a visible sensation, all pre sent rising from their seats to pay homage to her illustrious presence. Her Majesty advanced with dignified step up the centre aisle, leaning on the arm of the young bridegroom, and supported by the Count de Paris the organ swelling forth a melodious voluntary. On reaching the altar the Queen and the Count de Paris knelt in devotion for a few moments, and then took their appointed places in front, of the altar. The Queen was attended by the Marchioness de Beauvoir and the Countess &Mist, ladies of honour to her Majesty, and by the Marquis de Beauvoir ar d General Count Dumas, gentlemen in waiting. Precisely at 11 o'clock the bishops and priests left the altar to meet the approaching bride, who, accom pani, d by her parents, the Prince and Princess de Joinville, arrived from Claremont. Kneeling at the altar, the youthful pair listened attentively to the religious exhortation addressed to them by the Bishop of Southwark, who in a few brief and appropriate words, led their attention to the venerable relative whose presence graced their nup dais, and whose example he exhorted them to emu late. At the close of this address the Prince and Princess were admitted within the altar rails, when the bishop demanded who gave each to the other. the Prince de Joinville anewered for his daughter, and the Count de Pais for his brother, the 3 outh ful pair each acknowledging their response by a pro found obeisance. The mutual plighting of troth followed, after which the Prince and Princess re tired from the altar, and again kneeling in front of the rails received the benediction of the bishop. The bride and bridegroom, with the Count de Paris and the Prince de Joinville, now entered the sacristy, where the usual record of marriage was signed and duly attested. On their reappearance in the chapel a musical mass was performed, at the close of which the Royal party returned to Claremont. Meantime) the ladies of the neighbourhood had been permitted to assemble in the grounds, and t.,‘ the steps beneath the portico of the mansion, whore e number of beautiful children, each carrying bouquets of choice flowers, awaited the return of the bridal party. Tne bride's approach to the house was heralded by a Royal salute from a battery of guns, manned by an impromptu corps of artillery men, composed of young tradesmen of the neigh bourhood, and when the young couple alighted they were affectionately greeted by the,assembled spec- tators. The company present at the ceremony continued to set down in rapid succession up to one o'clock, at which hour the Princesses Helena and Louise arrived, having pouted across from Windsor Castle. The Princesses were received by the Count de Paris and the Prince de Joinville, and conducted to the drawing-room, where they offered their warm con gratulations to the newly-wedded pair. Ihe Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke of Cam' bridge were the next arrivals. At half-past one o'clock the approach of the Prince and Princess of Wales was heralded by a Royal salute, the band of the 3d Surrey Militia playing a few bars of the Na tional Anthem. The illustrious guests were received on alighting from their carriages by the Count de Paris, the Prince de Joinville, and other members of the Orleans family. The Count de Paris led the Princess of Wales, and the Princess Mary was con ducted by the Prince de Joiaville. Their Royal Highnesses first paid their respects to the Venerable Queen Marie Amelie, and then offered their congratulations to the newly-wedded pair. Previously to the dejeuner the Duke de Chartres mindful of the pleasant sympathies existing between his young bride and the neighbours among whom she had been nurtured from child hood, took occasion to present her to the visitors assembled in the vestibule. He said he thanked them with all his heart for the kindness they had shown to himself and his bride ; and wished them every happiness—a sentiment which old and young very heartily acknowledged. . . At two o'clock the illustrious guests set down to breakfast. The bride and bridegroom led the way from the drawing-room, the Prince of Wales fol lowing with the venerable Queen, who looked ex ceedingly well, and manifested a lively interest in the festivities. The Count de Paris came next, lead ing the Princess of Wales, who never looked more beautiful and interesting. Prince Alfred followed, leading the Princess de Joinville, and then came the Prince de Joinville with the Princess Helena, the Duke of Cambridge with the Princess Louise, the Duke d'Aumale with the Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke de Montpensier with the Princess Mary, Prince Ed ward of Saxe Weimar with the Duchess Augustus of Sage Coburg, Prince Philip of Wurtemberg with the Princess Marguerite of Coburg, and the Prince of Leiningen with the Duchess d'Aumale, in the order described. The other guests at the royal table were the Princes Philip and Augustusof Wur temberg, and the ambassadors and ministers present at the marriage. The bride and bridegroom sat in the centre of the table, faced by the Prince of Wales and Queen Marie Amelie, and supported by the Princess de Joinville. Towards the close of the dejeuner the health of the newly married pair was touchingly proposed by he venerable Queen herself, who, with glass in hand, arrested general attention by emphatically calling upon her guests to respond to the toast, " A la sante du Duc et de la Duchesse de Chartres.' The illustrious party instantly responded to the appeal, rising from their seats and greeting the young couple with every mark of affectionate esteem. When the dejeuner was concluded, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and other members of our Royal family, took an affectionate leave of the Duke and Duchess de Chartres, and presently afterwards departed on their return to London. At four o'clock the newly wedded Prince and Princess bade farewell to their illustrious relatives and left Claremont en route for Scotland. Her Majesty this morning paid a visit to the Exhibition building. Tier Majesty had not seen it since the autumn of 1861, when the ground was only roughly marked out. On the occasion of her Majesty's re cent visit to South Kensington, we believe she was anxious to see the interior of the building, but the time did not admit of the visit. Tnis rnorni, g, however, her Majesty was able to see in all its vastness the structure, which contained the Exhibition of 1862, in the success of which. the late Prince Consort took a deep interest. The Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, Ear l Russell, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, and Mr. Helps, after attending cite Queen's Prisy Council, returned to Lon don by special train of the Great Western Railway. The Duke d'Acquavira has arrived at the Bruns wick, Jermyn-street. Frances Anne Marchioness of Londonderry ev tertained at dinner on Wednesday, at iloidernesse douse, his Excellency the Russian Ambassador, the Saxon Minister, Count N esselrode, the Earl and Countess of AirLe, Lord and Lady William Powlett, Lord and LadY Cremorne, Lord and Lady Rendlesham, Lord and LadY Rokeby, Sir Hamilton and Lady Seymour, the Ron. Francis and Mrs. Stonor, Lord Adolphus and Lady Swan Vane Tempest, and Sir William Flatter. The Earl and Countess of Bective entertained on Tuesday evening, at their residence, 24, Grafton-street, the Duke of St. Albans, the Marquis of Hartington, the Earl and Countess Jermyn, the Earl Annesley, Viscount and Viscountess Ingebtre, Lord and Lady Newport, Lord and Lady Rendlesham, Lord and Lady George Manners, Mr. and Lady Virginia Sanders, and Mr. Hutchinson. The Lady Mayoress has fixed Monday, the 29th June, and Thursday, the 9th July, for balls at the Mansion House. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.—We are rt .. quested to publish the following official notification :—A s the rifles issued by the National Rifle Association to the' competitors for the Queen's Prize have, it appears, been all made short in the stock, I am directed by the counc il t ° state that there will be no objection to the lengthening c l the stock, if required, provided it is done without injury to the butt, and the regulation length is not exoeeded.—By order, EDMOND ST. JOHN MILDMAT. HE FORTHCOMING CONSERVATIVE BAN QUET.-- The committee at' management, of which Viscount Ingestre, M.P., is the chairman, have held several meetings for the organisation of the proceedings on Friday, the 26Jh inst., when the dinner of the National Conservative Registration Association will take place at Willis's-rooms—the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, C. 8., in the chair. The room will be magnificently decorated, several noblemen and gentlemen- having promised to sand their collections of plate, gold and silver vases, shields, cups, goblets, salvers, &c. Nearly 200 of ttse stewards are members either - of the HOMO of Lords or of the House of Commons. THE GREAT SEA SERPENT AGAIN.—The mxist ence of this extraordinary object of curiosity, if not also of terror, hss received additional corroboration the subjoined letter, which has been received in Liverpool trom one of the officers of the African mail steamer Athenian ;—" Cape Palmas, May 16, 1863 —All doubts may now be set at rest about the Great Sea Serpent. On the 6th of May the African Royal mail steamer Athenisin, on her passage from Teneriffe to Bathurst, fell in with one.. About 7 a.m. John Chapple, quarteru aster, at the wheel, saw something floating towaros the ship. He called the attention of the Rev. Mr. Smith and another passenger who were on deck at the time, to it. On nearing the steamer it was discovered to be a huge snake, and about 100 feet long, of a dark brown colour, head and tail out of water, the body slightly under. On its head was something like a. mane) and the body was about the size of our mainmast." HOP INTELLIGENCE.—Maidstone. —The hops arS making rapid progress, the bine, with few exe,er tions, looking strong and healthy. Some hot sunny days last week caused a decrease in the fly, and though there are still some to be found in most grounds, the prospect at pro .. sent is promising. Canterbury.—The fly attacked our best plantations very heavily on Thursday week, but during tile past week the plant has recovered, the vermin having left, and it is now making rapid strides, There is every prospect of a crop, the bine having a very healthy appear ance. We have a few grounds, upon the light soils, with a deficiency of bine, and no prospect of reaching the top of the poles; but stilt the leaf looks healthy where there in any bine, and in some grounds the poles are already topped. Worcester.—The bine Joul'a very healthy, and although we have some fly, yet it is not numerous enough to canal any alarm.— South Eastern Gazette. FATAL ACCIDENT AT iiLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE. ---. Yesterday the body of J.ihn Kuight was washed on shore at Rutland-wharf, Earl-street, Blackfriars. i t appears that the d ecease d, on th e preceding evening, fell from a coal-ba(ge near Blacktriars steamboat pier, and 1 10 fr withstanding that several boats immediately put off to OW rescue, his body was not recovered until washed on shore. Information has been forwarded to the coroner. ARMOUR FOR PRESIDENT LINCOLNP —The Tycoon of Japan has sent a coat of mail as a g'ft to the President. Mr. Lincoln has not yet donned the new suit, but when he does the reader can imagine Old Abe dressed up with an umbrella-shaped helmet, made of steel and copper, on his bead, copper visor over his face, sleeves of copper chainwork on his arms, metallic breastplate, a 1 2 .4 steolust work legginge,—,New York .Herald. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 12, 1863. .~-