The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-15 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- Titiens, Gassier, Giuglini, Amalia Ferraris. TO-MORROW EVENING (Saturday), May 16, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Edgardo, Signor Giuglini ; Arturo, Signor 17baldi ; Nor -mann°, Signor Soldi ; Enrico Aston, Signor Gassier; Raimondo, Signor Boss! ; Alias, Madame Corsi; and Lucia, Mdlle. T Mena. Conductor, Signor ARDITL -- To cznelude with the New and successful Ballet, LA FAR• FALETTA. hldlle. Amelia Ferraris. On Tuesday next, May 19, LA FIGLIA DEL REGGI MENTO. Maria, by Mdlle. Artot (her first appearance). To conclude with the New Ballet. Doors open at half-past Seven. The Opera will commence pat 4ight o'clock precisely. ?Hoes :—Stalls, One Guinea ; Reserved Box Seats, Half-a- Guinea ; Pit Tickets, Bs. 6d. ; Gantry Btallo, ss. and 7s. ; G4ilery, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, in the Gallery Circle, to admit three persons, 21s. _ .Notice.— It will be necessary for those parties who intend visiting the Reserved Box Seats (at 10s. 6d, each), to attend in Evening Costume. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may be had at the Box-office of the Theatre (under the Colonnade in the Haymarket', which is open daily, under the superintendence of Mr. Nugent, from Ten till Six ; and at all the principal Libraries and Music sellers. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, BORROWING A HUSBAND. Pa mela, Miss Maria Harris. After which, at half-past 7, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Chippen dale, and Miss Louisa Ange'. Followed by an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of Vi ales in the East. To conclude with MRS. WHITE. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. Quar tered After which, at a o Eight, a New Ro man ti c Drama, in Three Acts , Prilogne, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, H. iN iddi3ombe, F. Charles, Garden, Rajmond, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI, Bole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, the Second - and Third Acts of THE GREEN BUSHES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Bil lington, and Miss Avonia Jones. After which (thircrtime),"a new Drama, in one act, entitled THE WOODEN SPOON MAKER. Messrs. B. Webster, Stuart, Stephenson, Seft:n ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. 111- lington. To conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole, Stc. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining, THIS EVENING (for the Benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, and last appearance previous to their departure for Australia), a COMEDIE TTA. After whio at Eight, Second and Third Acts of HENRY VIII : Cardinal WoLsey, Mr. Charles Kean ; Katharine, Mrs Charles Kean. - - - To conclude with THE JEALOUS WIFE : Mr. and Mrs. Oakley, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, May 15, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning Thia day at Two o'clock 62 Barometer-29.72. Wind—S.W. ; moderate breeze. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MIS DAT.—Moraing, 12h. 12m.—Afternoon, 12h. 36m. To-moßßow.-Morning, 12h. 59m.—Afternoon, lh. 25m. -A.;• „et LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1863. Our Parisian contemporaries are beginning to turn their attention from alternately scanning the progress now of the Civil War in America, now of the revolution in Poland—to concentrate it, for an interval, at least, almost exclusively upon the coming Elections. Although the remarks articu lated by the French journals upon a matter so vitally affecting the interests of the poli tical Constitution of the country, are rather diffusive and generalized in their character, they are worthy of some passing examination, we cannot but think, under the circumstances. With a wholesome fear of the Imperial Censor before their eyes, they can yet articulate in some measure, a few at least among them, their inner hopes and aspirations. Turning to this morning's Constitutionnel, for instance, we read there—and how differently the language will seem to the eyes say of Mr. COBDEN and of Mr. KINGLAKE—we read there to-day no less exultant an exordium than the following :—" The electoral movement," quoth the Constitutionnel, as self complacently as the most constitutional pub licist on this side of the Channel, "has commenced, and it is now rapidly de veloping itself over the whole surface of the country—as befits a free people ! It is with impli cit confidence," adds the writer, " that we await the verdict about to be pronounced by the ten million electors who have the privilege of voting secretly : each of those ten million electors having no one to whom to render an account of his vote bat his Conscience and his GOD !" So much for the first utterances to-day of the Con stituttonnei. Its closing paragraph we com mend to the sympathy of our earnest friends of the Ballot Society here in England. Passing on, however, from Le Constitutionnel of this very morn ing to to-day's Siecte we there read, under the head of " The Electoral movement"—" Never has there been such a multitude of free men in France as to day ! Universal Suffrage begins again to hold its assizes : and each (elector) regards himself as pledged to keep unspotted from all sins against liberty, each wishes now to love and to practise only liberty. . . . This movement" the writer adds a little further on, " is at once admirable and pecu liar." Aad so on—and so on. Le Sieels exults, in fact, over the advance of the age in which it lives, and of which it is one of the organs in France—it exults thus over its age no less than Le Constitu tionnel exults in its Constitutionalism. L' Opinion Nationale has for once in a way miscarried this day in its transit to us through the post, other wise we might been obtained next through its Utterances some of its notions, at least as the tenour and the tendencies of the national opinion, in regard to this same contemporary movement. Here, how ever, is the yet damp copy of Le Pays, under date this very afternoon, Friday, the 15th of May : its comments (signed MELTIL) upon the great repre sentative movement now upon the eve once more of beginning in genuine earnest, opening with its own na me thus formally ; " The co n utry," says Le Pays, " IS now entering for the third time since the esta blishment of the actual regime lute the electoral cons tit u tional period. This regime has larg e ly satisfied now for ten years, both within and with out, all legitimate asp irations . Without, —[who, by the way, shall deny this ?]—it has reclaimed to itself its ancient ascendanc y b y a national policy w hich has known how to be power ful without being either ambitious or me nacing, and which has had the tact t o reassure Europe by its moderation in triumph at the very moment w hen the victorious sword of our soldiers has restored to the France of Louts XIV. and of NAPOLEON I. her g randeur and her glory. Within, it (this national policy) has g iven to the country, order, repose, work and prosperity"—and so on, here also with Le Pays ; as, in other words, as we have seen and shown, with .Le Steck ; as we have previously beheld and demonstrated with Le Constitutionnel ! Examining the utterances of the chief among the Paris newspapers —running MIT glance down the columns of the Journal des D •bats, down those of La Presse, and so forth, red, blue, green, white, neutral tinted—no matter what the party,or ' Kat i onof aparty,anyof theseorgans may chance, upon pa r ti vad ar themes, to represent, how- I ever feebly, or however boldly--all is one for that, in regard to the Electoral Movement, upon the eve of entering upon which all France now stands forward expectantly. There, upon that common ground, the view taken of the coming movement is in a manner identical. It is a French view, as a matter of course—however surprising, and even es one may say incomprehensible, this may be to the hon. and learned member for the borough of Bridgewater. It is, at any rate, not an English view—as ap pears quite comprehensible, if to no one else on this side of the Channel, at any rate to the distin guished common sense of that living embodiment of the Genius of Common Sense, the hon. member for the borough of Rochdale. And really when we come: to look at what our neighbours would call the " situation," it is but reasonable that they s hould have their own point of view from which to regard that same situation. It may just possibly occur, one of these days, even to Mr. KINGLAKE, that France being France, and not England, Frenchmen may be al lowed to hare different opinions from his own in regard to the value of Election by Universal Suffrage through the ballotting urns—in regard to the import of the Imperial Constitution —in regard to the significance of what is pre cisely meant by Napoleonism. It has often been observed that those advantages and opportunities most easy of access are the least valued, and the aphorism is as correct in political life as in individual experience. We have a very striking example of this indifference in the con duct of our statesmen towards India. We have had under our government a vast and varied country, whose climate, it is true, is often insalubri ous to Europeans, but which possesses mighty rivers, large tracts of fertile but uncultured land, and other advantages lying waiting for the hand of the enterprising cultivator. The population are poor but industrious, and the opening of a fresh source of trade and commerce would be to them a very great benefit. On the other hand we have an overcrowded country, where youth and strength can scarcely find scope for their energies, and even capital cannot always discover a satisfac tory outlet. Under these circumstances it would appear thatithe.requirements of one country were exactly fitted to the need of the other, and that mutual benefit would result from a free interchange of money, energy, and raw material. When we remember, too, that for one of our principal manu factures we are wholly dependent on a foreign supply, while India could furnish our needs, it certainly seems strange that the oppor tunity should hitherto have been turned to so little account. Our Indian Ministers are generally men who know little of the country or the people they are called upon to govern. They are consequently forced to depend very much upon the official reports which theyreceive. With their knowledge of the fierce and uncertain character of the inhabitants, they are naturally cautious in making any sudden innovations, and are particularly chary of invading their rights and privileges• There are, too, so many old prejudices and interests to escounter among Europeans that it is on the whole an easier task to allow matters to take their ordinary course than to attempt any grand im provement or comprehensive scheme. Until very recently our legislative powers have been fettered by the chartered interests of the old company. Lord STANLEY, during the few months he held authority in Leaden hall-street, showed how much could be done by an Indian Minister who really knew something of the country he was legislating for, and who was willing to step beyond the mere routine of government in his endeavours to improve and develope the resources of the country. Unfortu- nately the noble lord's tenure of office was brief, and on Sir CHARLES WOOD'S assuming the reins of power the old system returned in full force. The right hon. baronet on Tuesday evening declared that the Government had been most anxious to encourage the growth of cotton, and had, in fact, before any alarm had been felt iu this country about the dearth of the material, taken steps to make the require ments of this country known in India. They had sent commissioners into the different districts to communicate with the people on the subject ; they had offered prizes for the best samples ; they had distributed seed and advanced money in the shape of cotton loans. All this was, of course, very well, but how much better would it have been to have thrown open the door to European energy and capital instead of merely communicating with natives who were probably ignorant of the import ance and value of the new trade; who were un willing to change their occupation ; and who were unable to commence such large undertak ings without the necessary irrigation, &c. Nay, even on Sir CHARLES WOOD'S own showing the matter was left too late. Why leave until 1861 what might have been done ten years earlier. The shadows of the coming storm were already darkening the horizon when the Indian Go vernment showed that wonderful foresight which the right hon.baronet claims for them. Mr. SEY MOUR tells us that, when he was at the Board of Control, he was applied to to ask the Indian Govern ment to grant a tract of land in perpetuity for the cultivation of cotton. The only reply was an eva sive paragraph in a despatch from the Court of Directors, which of course left the matter where it was. The consequences of such perversity have unfortunately fallen on those who had nothing to do with the wilful mismanagement of affairs. Mr. SEYMOUR. further said that Lord STANLEY, in his despatch upon the subject, had stated that many applications had even then been made for land to grow cotton ; but, as the hon. member justly re marked, What would not have been the case now if the question of tenure had been satisfactorily set tled! The returns given by the Indian Government the waste lands are certainly startling. The respecting h e Government of Madras stated that there were in that presidency alone 13 millions of uncultivated land, of which two millions were actually irrigated. Lord STANLEY confirmed the assertions made as to the immense extent of uncultivated land in India. He said there was no calculation to show the exact extent, but for all practical pur poses it might be said to be unlimited. "In some parts of Bengal, in Oude, in Assam, and on the slopes of the Himalayas there is a large quantity of uncultivated land, icfinitely greater than any number of settlers for any reason able number of years are likely to occupy." When we hear of one tract of waste land contain • ing 25,000 square miles in a district suitable for the cultivation of cotton, it certainly does seem as if we had brought the heavy national trouble prom which we are even now suffering upon our- selves. The money which the Government will have to advance to find work for the idl e m i ll hands would have been better employed in irri gating the vast tracts of land which are lying wa s t e beneath an Indian sun. The neglect of the canal system and general water works shown by our Indian authorities have put another obstacle in the way of the cotton trade, by depriving the cultivation of a cheap, easy, and safe mode of transit for their goods. They completion of the railways is certainly very ' desirable, but the every day needs of the small trading community should not be overlooked. In L spite of Sir CHARLES WOOD'S claim to be considered the friend of the Indian cotton trade, his own words on Tuesday bear a quite contrary interpretation. He declared, towards the close of his speech, that the waste lands were not fit for the cultivation of cotton, and read an extract from a letter in which these lands were described as being wild and incap able of giving shelter to the cultivator. In their present condition we do not see what else could be expected. Sir CHARLES WOOD also cited another authority respecting the same distract which is beyond Berar, saying that the amount of labour in Berar was but small for picking and cleaning the cotton already grown. So, then, it seems that cotton does grow in the neigh bourhood by his own evidence, and the paucity of labour is not likely to be long a difficulty where there h a demand. The right hon. baronet then quoted a report of the Chief Commissioner of Oude, saying, that so far from being a cotton growing, it was a cotton importing country. If these are the arguments which have appeared conclusive to our legislators, they must be men of very few resources. With regard to the unhealthiness of some of the Himalaya districts, that evil would very probably be modified by drainage and cultivation ; while, if that were held as an insuper able barrier to the cultivation of land, the dreaded " Yellow Jack" might prove a formidable obstacle to the industry of the Southern States. The climate, besides, would not be so pernicious to natives, who would be the ones to do the work of cultivation, under the direction of European skill and expe rience. But there are districts enough over the country which might be turned to good account without any further risk to health than is common in a tropical country. It is very unfortunate that so little interest is generally taken in our Indian affairs that matters are left almost exclusively in the hands of a few prejudiced and interested parties. Those who know anything of the subject are usually old officials, or have been long resident in that country under the old routine. New systems and new schemes have little favour in their eyes, and it is vain to hope for marked improvement until the country and the Parliament interest themselves in the matter, until they extend to the vast plains and population of our Indian possessions those prin ciples of enlightened and liberal policy which have made the prosperity of the rest of our empire. Mr. GIBSON'S remarks on the subject of the Anglo-Saxon naturally give rise to reflections con cerning the manner in whf.ch this question has been treated. The right hoc. gentleman stated " that the Associated Press of New York made a proposal to erect a fog trumpet on Cape Race ; but it was not thought desirable by the Government of the colony or the colonial authorities here, that a foreign company should occupy a site there for the „Im pose." Could anything be more absurd than this ar rangement. And it has been sufficiently proved by the recent fearful calamity which has befallen the Anglo-Saxon, how this short-sighted policy has conduced to dreadful results. Farther on, Mr. GIBSON says that the Board of Trade had urged upon the shipowners the necessity of erecting some adequate fog-signal. It evidently occurs to the mind on hearing this, why did not the Board of Trade do something themselves ? Human lives ought not to be sacrificed to suit the fancies of national jealousy, nor should such calamities be incurred, because those who ought to act, delegate their duties to others. Mr. GIBSON endeavoured to parry the question by saying that it was not certain that the particular signal referred to was the best, and that it was very important to have one as excel lent as possible. This is very true, but it is a pity that some of these arguments did not weigh with those in authority, before they let the golden chance slip by, and were only awakened to a sense of the responsibility, and to a consideration of the danger, when so terrific a piece of intelligence has saddened the mind and darkened the homes of so many mourners in England. In the work called " Never Too Late to Mend," there is a very impressive passage regarding the suicide of a boy in the prison, who had been dreadfully neglected ; and, while dwelling on the sad picture, it is there said by the author that they were " looking at the corpse of an Englishman murdered by routine." This is a most apt illustra- on of how valuable lives are sacrificed to that Moloch in the course of a year. There is nothing so dangerous for precedent as to fall back on offi cial order. And the fear of offending some prejudice, by breaking some custom, is held more sacred, and thought more important than the very steps which, taken decisively, would be productive of an immense benefit to thousands, and result in most substantial advantages. As far as may be gathered from Mr. GIBSON'S speech, something is contemplated, but he could not give a decisive answer at present. It is very well to take time to consider an important point like this with due deliberation, but the time has already been so wasted that it is sad to con template the consequences. The evil that has been wrought by want of thought in this instance is almost incalculable, but let not the warning be neglected, let the thought of those now sleeping their last long sleep beneath the great waters act as an incentive to the dilatory offiCials in high places, and urge them to the more zealous discharge of their duties. It is impossible, of course, to avoid the occurrence of acci den,s, and as was truly observed in the de bate on the railways the other evening, no human forethought can always guard against them. But it adds tenfold to the painful nature of the affliction to reflect that it might probably have been avoided had due care been exercised and right precautions adopted. It is to be hoped that hon. members will not let this subject drop, but continue to exercise a scrupulous watch over the Government, until some arrangement can be speedily come to, in order to en • sure the safety of those who are to voyage in that direction. It is sufficient evidence of the very tardy conduct of the authorities that Mr. GIBSON said "the English Government made an application to the Government of the United States last year, who answered that from their inquiries they considered it worthy of trial, but they had not sufficient infor mation on the subject to give a decisive opinion." This was in reference to the advisability of the fog trumpet that Mr. DAWSON had asked about. Why waste so much time it may surely be asked. Why not put it to the proof at once, and then decide upon its merits, or else adopt another course altogether? It may suit the purpose of the hour in the crossfire of detail to turn off awkward inquiries and to give a plausible answer to an embarrassing query that may, with a little skilful interpretation, read any way most convenient ; but facts are un altered by these means. And it is plain that very little care has been taken to gain information on an important point ; that very little consideration has been felt regarding the importance of a question Which was so vital to the interests of thousands. Also, it has been shown that while at home we did no thing, abroad we would not allow any one else, more willing if not more skilful, to supply the want. This is an extraordinary mode of proce dure, and one that cannot for a moment be tole rated. Unless this misfortune be seen in its right bearing, and looked at in its true light, there THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 1863. !must be a complete alteration in the present sys- It is not the question which party is in pov7ery or which inventor is to be pat ron i se d. 'The point it;---are human lives to be sacri ficed without any common precaution being adopted to prevent the recurrence of such a cala amity ; are those at home to have authority to refuse a timely suggestion of succour, with out also bearing the responsibility of doing the work themselves ? It requires no elaborate reasoning to demonstrate the incon sistencies of such a course. And, since no more startling evidence could have been given of the in adequacy and insufficiency of the line of conduct that has been carried out, let there be a change at once and for ever. It is a scandal to our country in the face of the world that, with all the appliances of modern science, nothing is done for the protec tion of her enterprising sons w here danger is known to exist, and where the efficacy of remedial mea sures has been clearly ascertained. The experience that teaches more than the precepts of wisdom hae been a sad one in this case; and the disputes and dissensions regarding mere technicalities have no voice, can exercise no influence, in the solemn gloom of this catastrophe. tem. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. DON GIOVANNI. The first night of Mozart's masterpiece is always one of those set nights of a season which attract the amateur on the score of enjoyment, and the person of fashion as a matter of taste. Whilst the progress of our musical knowledge tends more and more to establish the supremacy of a writer where dramatic insight was only equalled by his lyric resources, the various standards which he raises become so exact and so unquestionable that the man of ordinary cultivation has to acknowledge their importance. Thus all society as it ameliorates gets engaged in the support of art, and the appre ciation of the one becomes the test of the advance of the other. The performance at this theatre last evening of the noblest of all lyric dramas—if not equal to what has bun seen here within the last two or three seasons—still presents an amount of excellence which could not be found on other boards. We have no longer the Donna Anna of Grisi, nor the Elvira of Mdlle. Csillag, the first the highest embodiment, and the second the most entire creation, which perhaps these charac ters have ever experienced—but we have still the Zerlina of Mdlle. Patti, the most perfect representation that the young and rustic Spanish coquette has ever enjoyed upon our stage. We have also the Giovanni of M. Faure, wholly unrivalled at this moment, whether in respect to singing or acting ; we have the Leporello of Herr Formes—a most admirable performance; we have the Ottavio of Signor Tamberlik, whose "Il mio tesoro" places his claims beyond rivalry; and last, not least, we have the Masetto of the uni versal Signor Ronconi, whose mingled humour and depth of character makes it one of the most remark able performances of recent times. In the presence of this mass of talent we have scarcely a right to complain that the Donna Anna of Mdlle. Fricci ex hibited good intention rather than achievement, and that the Elvira of Mme. Radersdorf was the effort of a sound musician, but not of a superior artist. Madlle. Patti was of course the central feature of the evening, and she has never more entirely merited the honour that was assigned her. Not only were we made conscious of that obvious deepening of her voice, which so much adapts it to the expression of all pathetic and tender melody, but quite as apparent was the improved taste -which led her on this occasion to a more rigid adherence to the score, if even at the cost of some embellish ments which could:come only from herself. Whilst het " Batti batti, therefore, and " Vedrai Carino," exhibited to the full all their great dramatic and vocal merits, which we enlarged upon last season, they were now enforced by the deeper feeling, which she brought to the great master, and which, in lieu of the brilliant cadences she supplied to her two solos, now gave the music note for note. Of her impersonation of the character we can only repeat our former eulogies. In all its piquant and playful humour, its rustic grace, and pretty wilfulness, it still exhibits all the charms of a performance that is certainly as extraordinary for its pleasantry as for its nature. Upon the admirable band and chorus we cannot be required to say a word, and we suppose it is as needless to add that the house was filled to overflowing. Miss Stabbach's Concert. The May sunshine brings, as usual, all our musi cal friends to town to enliven the cares of the ses sion with song and melody. Miss Stabbacb, one of our most popular and Promising young singers, took her part in the entertainment of the public by giving a very attractive and superior concert on Tuesday evening at the Hanover square Rooms. The artistes engaged were of the highest order of talent, vocal and instrumental. Miss Stabbacb's tcoleafruslolpraaanvoanvtsge in several choice morceaux. oice and cultivated styl e were h ear d Among them was a new song by the popular com poser, Langton Williams. Mdlle, Georgi is a new candidate for popular approval, while Mr. Lewis Thomas is an old established favourite. He pm messes a bass voice of a high order, and has been gradually acquiring a high and still rising reputa tion. The instrumentalists were among the first performers. Madame Arabella Goddard was, for some unexplained reason, unable to take part in the entertainment ; but there at least Signor Piat i was to evidence anew his marvellous skill on 'he violoncello. The conductors were Herr Wilhe m Ganz and Signor Randegger, who were, as usual, very efficient. The concert was almost, we might say, as a matter of comae, very well attended, and may be ranked at once among the successes of the musical season, A deputation from the Corporation of Birming ham, consisting of Mr. Alderman Ryland, Mr. Councillor Sadler, and Mr. Councillor Wiggin, accompa nied by the Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, M.P., Mr. Joan Bright, M.P., and Mr. W. Scholefield, M,P., had an inter • view yesterday with Sir G. Grey on the utilisation of the sewage of towns and the prevention of the pollution of rivers and streams. A deputation from the British North American Association had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle on Wednesday, at the Colonial-office, on the subject of the of the Intercolonial R a il way. Th e deputation was intro duced by Mr. R. W. C raw f or d, M.P., chairman. PORTSMOUTH, Wed nes d a y, 6 p.m.—A strong W.S.W. gale set in h ere on M o nday, and, accorn panied by a heavy and seasonable fall of rain, increased in force up to daylight this morning, when the wind somewhat moderated, and the rain ceased. It still, however, blows hard in the Channel. The ship Captain Cook, from Lon don, bound to New Zealand, with passengers, put into the anchorage at the Motherbank this morning to get the iron fittings of her foreyard repaired, which had been damaged during the gale outside. The Norwegian bi ig Alma, Capt. Christian Elorun, laden with salt from the Mediterranean, was driven ashore near the Atherfield rock in Chale Bay at about half.past 10 o'clock last evening. Captain Elorun and Line men were saved from the wreck by the exertions of Lieut. Mugford and the coastguardsmen at the Ather field sta ion. The telegraphic message from Brighstone is so imperfect that it is quite impossible to ascertain whether any lives have been lost or not. On Monday the barometer fell from 30.1 to 2913, and yesterday and last night it; fell to 29 6, rising to 29 . 7 by 9 a.m. this morning. It is now slightly on the rise. FEDERAL RECRITITS.—It is reported in shipping circles that 1,000 Irish recruits proceed to New York in the steamer Great Eastern, a nd that the passage money has been f oun d and paid by agents of the Federal Government. Had such a scandalous violation of the Foreign Enlistment Act been perpetrated by agents of the Confederate States Mr. Adams would, no doubt, have been heard frsm in Downing-street, and our contemporaries with Northern sympathies would hays been loud in their con demnation. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) POLAND. LEMBERG, MAY 14 Rumours are currant of risings in several districts of Volbynia and Podolia. The news of the dispersion of Jezioranski's insur gent corps is confirmed. At last accounts he had scarcely 300 men left under his command. 150 of his corps were detained in Galicia. After the en gagement with Jezioranski and Russians retired from the frontier and concentrated at Minosow. Czachowski's corps has also been dispersed. BRODY, MAY 14 On Sunday last 600 well-armed insurgent cavalry occupied Lubar, in Vo!hynia, and, having been re inforced by 200 men, marched, under the command of the brothers Dania, upon Ostropol and Labun. CRAOW, MAY 14 An insurrection has broken out in the Russian province of the Ukraine, especially near the town of Balocerdient. The 13th of May, the term fixed for the expira tion of the amnesty, passed without any noticeable event taking place in Warsaw. SPAIN. MADRID, MAY 13, EVENING, The Correspondencia of to-day states, that al though the Intant Don Juan has given in his sub mission to the Government of the Queen, he wil remain excluded from Spanish territory. TURKEY. TRIESTE, MAY 14, General Tarr has arrived at Constantinople. The Porte has received a Note from France in viting it to join the diplomatic action of the Western Powers in favour of Poland. The Shah of Persia is said to have received a similar Note. The earthquake on the Island of Rhodes has de stroyed 2,200 houses in 22 villages. GREECE. ATHENS, MAY 1 The English, French, and Austrian Ministers have addressed Notes to the Provisional Govern ment relative to excesses committed by the mili tary, and calling upon the Government to take energetic measures to prevent the recurrence of similar acts. INDIA. (By Telegraph from Suez.) BOMBAY, APRIL 28 A cousin of Nana Sahib, who was recently arrested, has been tried and sentenced to transpor tation for life. FRANCE, PARIS, MAY 15. The Ministers of War and Marine have received dispatches from Vera Cruz to the 16th April, which have been published to•day. These documents in clude a report of General Forey, dated April 2d, and a journal of his operations till that date inclusive. After six days had been employed in cutting trenches, Fort St. Xavier was carried by assault. notwithstanding a vigorous resistance by the Mexicans. During the night of the 31st March, and the succeeding day, the troops occupied several blocks of houses, among which was the convent Guadalupite. The troops continued to advance without much loss by means of trenches and by blowing up walls. Preparations were being made to storm the cathedral on the 3d April, which is the highest point in the city. It was not thought that the siege operations would continue for any lengthened period. The successes obtained at Puebla were unhappily purchased by severe losses. Five officers, among whom is General Laumiere, and 56 soldiers, were killed, and 30 officere and 443 privates wounded. Of the latter, however, 250 only entered the ambu lances. During the operations General Comonfort several times endeavoured to send money to the Mexican garrison, which it stood much in need of; but he was invariably repulsed. The French expeditionary corps is well provided with provisions and war material for the whole time the operations were likely to last. The health of the troops is excellent, even at Vera Cruz, where not a single case of yellow fever exists. The losses of the enemy in the different engage ments were heavy. The majority of the prisoners who have been cap +ured have expressed a wish to join the corps of General Marquez. RUSSIAN ATROCITIES. A Warsaw letter in the Czas gives the following nformation " We have received some details respecting the engage ment which took place on the 29th of April, at Suprasl, near Bialystok. At this affair several Russian officers and 80 soldiers joined the insurgents. The Russian report, as usual, claims the advantage; it pretends that the insur gents were driven back into the marshes, and estimates their loss at 30 killed. We shall wait for information from Polish sources. A band of asnasins, organised and paid by the authorities of Wilna, is, under the pretext of searching for arms, overrunning Livonia with sword and fire, pillaging, massacring, and burning everything on their way. A thou. sand of these wretches lately invaded the domain of Wyzki, the residence of Baron Mehl, who had as guests at the aro ment his two brothers, Count Komar and Prince Mirski. These three persons were shamefully ill-treated, and after- , ards loaded with chains. The coachman, who was so bold as to defend his stables, had his skull split open by a blow om a hatchet, and was then quartered I A young Cossack in the service of the count was murdered. These horrible scenes were crowned by the burning of the chateau and all its dependencies. The three prisoners were thrown into a dungeon of the fortress of Dunabourg. Baron Mohl's peasants, far from joining in the pillage, aided in the escape of the baroness, whom they conducted disguised to the rail•. way. Unfortunately, being recognised there by the soldiers, she had to undergo all kinds of ill treatment notwithstand ing her being enciente. At Dunabourg, exhausted by suffer ing and fatigue, she had a miscarriage, attended with dreadful suffering. Another band broke into the residence of M. Urbain Benislawski, who was also loaded with chains and taken to the fortress. The Abbe Krandra, cure of the district, was seized in the church and carried ff. The peasant. saved M. Benislawski's three daughters. Fourteen other chateaux were pillaged and burned by the ruffians sent from Wilna. The peasants, disgusted at the sight of these infamies, have joined the insurgents in large nutn hers, and have opposed an energetic resistance to a band who attempted to pillage the chateau of Dubno. The National Government has reduced Colonel Seytried for not having arrived to the assistance of Jung in time." RUMOURS OF MEDIATION.—A letter appears in the Rio de Janeiro journals from General Webb, the American Minister, contradicting a report in that capi tal that the Federal Government had expressed a willing.. ness to agree to the arbitration of the Emperor of Brazil in its quarrel with the South ; but adding that, in the event of any arbitration, the choice of the cabinet of Washington would no doubt fall on that Sovereign, who had so many claims to its respect and confidence. A newly invented electro-metallic coating is about to be applied to the plates of the iron-cased steam frigates Gloire and Invincible. It appears that this new composition has been found to be very successful in the preservation of metals. The Minister of Marine has ad dressed a despatch to the several port-admirals instructing them to send a number of shipwrights to Paris to be in structed in the preparation of this new composition. Ex periments likewise are about to be made to prevent the roll ing of iron cased ohips. ~,..,.., eigurt ... Cinitat HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, MAY 14 Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse took leave of her Majesty this morn ing, and left Osborne with the infant Princess Victoria of Hesse for Marlborough-house, where the Prince and Princess will remain some days on a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales, previ ous to their return to Germany. Baroness von Schenck, Baroness de Grancy, and Captain Westerweller attended the Prince and Princess and Lieut.-Colonel Du Plat. WINDSOR CASTLE, May 14. The Queen, their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, attended by the Dowager Coun tess of Mount Edgcumbe, Lady in waiting, Lady Augusta Bruce, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Colonel Hon. Sir Charles Phipps, and Colonel Sir T. M. Biddulph, left Osborne at a quarter before 3 o'clock, and ar rived at Windsor Castle at 20 minutes past 6 o'clock. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, arrived at the Castle from the Ranger's Lodge, Greenwich-park. Viscount Torrington and Lieut.-General Sir Henry Bentinck are the Lord and Groom in Wait ing. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Major Teesdale, rode on horseback yesterday morning. The Princess of Wales, attended by the Countes of Macclesfield, took a carriage drive. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse arrived at Marlborough-house on a visit to the Prince of Wales. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and Princess Mary paid a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Princess of Wales and the Princess Louis of Hesse took a carriage drive in the afternoon. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and Prince Louis of Hesse rode on horseback, attended by the Equerry in Waiting. The Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse honoured the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, last evening with their presence. The suite comprised the Countess of Mac clesfield, Baroness von Schenck, Baroness von Grancy, Major Teesdale, Major Cowell, Captain Westerweller, and Mr. Becker. THE ROYAL VISIT TO THE CITY.—At the forth coming ball at Guildhall, which their Royal High nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales have signified an intention to honour with their presence, the freedom of the corporation of the City of London will be presented to his Royal Highness the Prince. The ceremony of presenta- tion will take place at 9 o'clock in the great hall in the pre sence of such of the company as shall have arrived by that time. The Duke of Cambridge hag accepted an invitation to the entertainment, and other members of the Royal family are expected to be present. A magnificent saloon, with a spacious apartment above capable of accommodating 1,000 of the company at supper at one time, is being erected in the open area in front of Guildhall for the reception of the invited guests. The invitations, limited to 1,500, will include all the Ministers of State, the foreign Ambassadors, and many other distinguished persons. A special entertain ment committee, composed of members o f the Courts of Aldermen and Common Council, and nearly 50 in number, sit daily at Guildhall for the purposs of maki❑g the neces sary arrangements. The Duchess of Somerset returned to town yes erday from Bulstrode Park, Bucks. The Duke of Hamilton arrived at his mansion in Arlington-street, on Wednesday, from Nice. The duchess and Lady Mary Hamilton ara expected to arrive from Paris during the present week. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailsa have arrived at the Burlington Hotel, Cork-street, from Culzean Castle, Ayrshire, for the season. The Earl of Lindsay and the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Bertie have arrived at 21, Chesham-place. The Countess Dowager of Newburgh entertained at dinner last evening, at her residence in Wilton Crescent, the Earl and Countess of Dalkeith, Lord and Lady Foley, Sir Edward and Lady Caroline Kerrison, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. A. Egerton, Hon. Frederick Leveson Gower, and Mr. Henry Greville, Lord Brougham arrived in town on Wednesday evening from Cannes. The noble and learned lord is in excellent health. Lord and Lady Dufferin have arrived at their villa at Highgate, from their seat in Ireland, Lord and Lady Lurgan have arrived at Love's Hotel, Albemarle -street, General Sir George Brown, G. C 8., Colonel-in- Chief of the Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade, attended the levee on Wednesday. Sir George and Lady jenkinson have arrived al 27, Upper Harley-street, from Eastwood Park,Gloucester , shire, for the season. THE SPITHEAD FORTS.—While the Charleston action has proved, what scarcely needed proof, that if vessels can be detained under the fire of forts, they will soon prefer to retreat, it gives us very little help towards solving the problem how to keep an enemy's vessel out of range of Portsmouth dockyard. What is successful for once in a narrow, shallow channel, cannot be relied on for a permanent security in a broad and deep estuary. Now the fatal blot in the theory of the Spithead forts is this, that if they cannot utterly exclude the enemy's vessels, they are useless and delusive. If any ship can succeed in running past them, it reaches at once an " area of invulnerability," in which, while practically safe itself; for such time as its purpose requires, it can at easy range pitch shells into the dockyard. It can only be stopped from this pastime by being attacked and boarded or sunk by an equal or superior naval force. If, then, we are to keep at Portsmouth a naval force sufficient to keep us quite safe in the event of such an encounter, it is clear that the forts are superfluous, If we are not to keep such a sufficient naval force, the forts will not supply its place ; and if, confiding in them, we permit a possible deficiency of naval strength, they are treacherous, —The Mirror. We understand that the Government have at last made up their minds to purchase the " Exhibition building" for national uses, in connection with the artistic and scientific education of the country. This decision was distinctly arrived at in the beginning of the present week, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer is prepared to justify the bargain which he has made, and by which the building is virtually acquired for nothing, aad the ground on which it stands is purchase of the commissioners of '5l at less than one-half of the value it could command in the public market But the advantage to the public does not stop here. The commissioners of '5l will expend the purchase-money in the improvement of the remainder of the South Kensington estate, at present occupied by the Royal Horticultural Society. The roads and approaches and the ground on either side will remain under the care of the commissioners, and the design which was in the mind of the Prince Consort, from the day when the surplus fund of the first Exhibition was invested in the grounds of Gore House, to embellish the public buildings devoted in this neighbourhood to schools of art, museums, and galleries, with gardens, ter races, and arcades for sculpture and external decoration, will be realised under the present transactions between the Government and the commissioners of 'sl.—Herald, BEATING THE BOUNDS.—Yesterday, Ascension Day, the ancient ceremony of " beating the bounds" was observed in most of the metropolitan parishes. Early in the morning the rector, or vicar of the parish, habited in his robes, and accompanied by his churchwardens, over seers, and beadles, sallied forth, and were followed by the boys of the parish schools, armed with long switches, with which they performed the ceremony of beating the boun daries. Formerly it was the custom to bump a boy at cer tain points so severely that he was never likely to forget it, and that thus the remembrance of parish bounds might be preserved. This piece of barbarity has long been dis pensed with, and it has not been found that any momen tous parochial differences have arisen in consequence. On Ludgate-hill a curious circumstance was noticeable, namely, that the parishes of St. Martin Ludgate and St. Andrew by the Wardrobe divine in the middle of a shop, which the whole of the clerical and parochial parties had to enter in order to the due performance of their duties. PLYMOUTH, Thursday (By Electric and Interna tional Telegraph) —Orders were received yesterday at Devonport to put in commission the screw steam-sloop Alert, 17, witn a complement of 175 men. 8 p.m.—Strong south-westerly gales, with occasional heavy showers, have prevailed all the afternoon, and aro increasing as the night advances. At 9 a.m., near the Eddystone Lighthouse, Pilot Tucker spoke the ship Surrey, 105 days from Calcutta, with troops for London. Apparently all well. THE CONVICT KIRWAN.— Ou Saturday last eight convicts arrived at Spike Island from Millbank Penitentiary. They had been brought to Millbank from Bermuda, the convict depot at that settlement having been broken up. Amongst the convicts was William Burke Kirwan, who, our readers will remember, was some years back, found guilty of having cruelly murdered his wife at Ireland's Eve. Ile was sentenced to death, but teat sentence was . subsequently commuted to that of penal servitude f'or lite. Amongst the convicts also is a sergeant who was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude for having struck his commanding officer while serving in the Crimea. God; Examiner, Mr, Bright and the Enemies; of England' TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—Mr. John Bright having volunteered the assertion that " Wherever an Irishman plants his foot, there stands an enemy to England," I ask your permission to make " a very f ew r emarks upon his statement in g e ne ra l and its applicatio n t° this country in particular. Although Mr. Bright is Member for Bißirminghamand a man of prominence in w h a t is called the p ol !' ical world, I do not believe he has ever been in this country. But as it so happen s that I, an Irishm an ,: not only " planted my foot" in this "foreign lan d , some three years ago, but h a ve travelled m uch therein, it is possible that your readers may co n sider it not presumptuo us i n me t o g ive an opinion on the subject in questi on , notwithstanding mY neither being a prominent man, nor coming under Mr. Bright's definition of " an Irishman." Undoubtedly there are many of my countrymen residing in this country who are, or at least state loudly that they are, " enemies to England." 111111 , 1 , 3 met such, and asked th em w hy th e y were so, and never having received any definite explanation ar answer to that plain question, it really is unneceP saty for me to dissertate thereon. On the other hand. I have often met Irishm en who told me they bitt er ly regre tt e d having is ledi former times, when i n th e o ld countr y, been / away by the sp ec i ous s p eec hif y i ngs an d writing sn demagogues and tr a di ng p o li t i c i ans i n t o joining 0 that system of political agitation, as it i s c alled" — which they now see was contemptible—consi sting chiefly of senseless abuse of "the Saxon," an d °l r a practical whining and th rea t en i ng a bout certain grievances that are now passe d away, a n with practical neglect of the material interests ° Ireland, both present and future. However, it is not my p ur p ose t o rem ark furt h er r on strictly Irish topics. I n d ee d, i t d oes not ce n t to me that Mr. Bright, w h o p ronoun ces tho se opinions with his usual dogmatic powers of ea sel. ; tion upon Irishmen in "forei gn l an d s ," has e i v . l appeared to take much interest ab ou t them om:i tt at home. It is true he took an active pert Wi re • that section of "liberal m em b ers ," as they a called, who, without having been entitled to on? credit for suggesti ng or or i g i nat i ng that gen e ' rally excellent measure, the E ncum b er ed Estates,„ Act, helped to cause inj us ti ce t o many ate 1 7 . the unnecessary urging on o f an im m ediate sPP cation of its most st r i ngent p rov i s i ons — or , in oth er words, the uncalled for f orc i ng o f mac h pr operti „t, the market, lowering prices abnormally, with de lt a ment to the legitimate interests of individuals, an with no actual advantage whatever to the Pu bil to It is true, however, th a t some E ngl i sh speculated bought estates, as the t erm goes, " for a song ," , 13 0 it was generally reported in Dublin at the t' : in that Mr. Bright t r i e d t o "d o sometiP°g in that way" hims e lf, b u t th a t th e I r i s h attorneys l or were too 'cute, and secure d th e " b arga ins" their clients or themselves. Ti e Be this as it m a y, M r . B r i g ht h as o f cour se r feet right to give his opinion about Irishmen i n t al i abstract; and as assuredly as I am no t an " to England," so certainly do I believe him to be n ne 14 o f . his public capacity of speech-making, as an exci te : B , ill-will between all classes at home, and as the an t 0 , spondent and congenial friend of the trading I s i s ticians and pr o f ess i ona l st i rrers up of anti-Brit feelings in this country. I can assure M r . B r i g ht, h owever, that the Afilittri rican people—n o t th e " po li t i c i ans " —are, to ;-be humble opinion, beginni ng t o see through to " organised hypoc r i s y" o f t h ese ra i sers o f a m d , and cry for selfish, sordid reasons against Eng lao or And ere long the p eo pl e i n th e aggregate will recto vise the fact that the material interests et o f' two countries are nearly identi ca l, an d that t will submit no longer to b e pl unge d i n to inter n r t he tional " difficulties," and brought peri o dically t °,l l o verge of a war con sequen t on th e ac t s o f those 7 .4 ) either seek the temporary aid o f an " e lection (3 : 1 60 or strive to merge the disast e r s an d c rimes n' titr unnecessary domestic war in one equally as righteous.—l am, sir, your obedient servant , AN IRBIL TRAITELL° . New York, May 2. Poking "Fun" at the Royal Academy' I had hopes-1 know that they have proved to b e ,,1 6 1 founded, but I cannot ad m it th a t th e y were unr easona m I had hopes that I should have been able to avail 1:051 A .. the privilege of free admission conceded to exhibitors . fortunately, I do not exhibit I tge)' I sent three pictures: 1 (a pre-R a ph ae lit e bit of Ila t „ t s "Docks and Marsh Mallows ;" 2 ( an a tt em pt to deP .- 00 really unhackneyed historical situation), " Char les / of Second in the Oak;" 3 (a ge nre p a i n ti ng ), "T he -- Crinoline." re - If it were becoming (which it is not) I could sai 9 ' o re deal about these works; but I forbear to do so. The/ all three rejected by the Hanging Committee. tal‘ . I have accordingly paid my shilling, and I mean t° sett it out in criticism. The Academicians have exercised "-to rights; I shall use mine. There will be plenty of hallo, fawn upon the imbecile canvas-spoilers, the raise ass crass, cringing, dull, feeble, superannuated, i m poteatfd abject Forty. Of those hacks I decline to be one. e d truth (uninfluenced by passion) is what the wretch dotards shall hear from me. I saw men prowling about (there was Mr. Thackera)ll; instance, as large as life, and a h os t o f ot h er ti succo Bf e jt men—l hate success 1) who had evidently made uP: s. j , minds to be pleased with thi s , th e mos t di sre putable • P o .ho bition that ever degraded British A r t. L e t them. Ti l°11 : 0 0 , is free; as Mrs. B rown sa id a t th e p l ay; an d se a re :b l It is all very well to get a set of literary time-serve's way, and nob with Academicians at the annual orgie wili e/1 010 graces Trafalgar-square, and on whi c h hundreds of P ° t are spent that ought to be devoted to the develePOlute, talent such as that of—w e ll, of some I could name ; "'or was never invited to the so-called banquet. Bawr ie tae. deed ! I would rather maintain my honest indep en- j or though I had nothing to eat but a polony---and this °Vol'. times the case Look at Young Mr. Marcus Stone' en t 8 bound to say he never eats polonies—and yet all 1 0 " 0 - 0 talking of his "Napoleon," whilst my ; 6 New Crill°- has not yet met even with a dealer I Off Look at Mr. Ruskin. What do they do to him r they asked him to dinner I What was the result f 'VA His Critical Notes have never appeared sinoei hat it matters much. pot Exhibition, indeed I Wby, you can't see anythirk 0 0 1 g that there is much- to s se —f or t h e crow d of aping sv- 11/ that block up the hid eous and uncomfortable roOX O :11 f their preposterous crinoline—and yet the Aoadetnichal; in' jected mine Then, the "swells "—a set of loungi ° 7o/ sipid imbecil es , d raw i ng ou t their vapid DundrearYitjlel and the old fo g i es , wagg i ng their stupid old h ea d' tll 6 should like to knock a few of th em t oge ther I- 41:1 te e smug, smiling fellows whose pictures have been ne cel : 0 11 and the "Art-Critics," who pretend to see power In" o ri0 like Millais, and poetry in a man l i ke Hook, and h uv3 h ° l a man like M-rks, but who are far too high and W i g" Dog promise you, to come up four pai r o f s t a irs and ! g ee , " Marsh Mallows,"--and if they did, th e y couldo?` ciate them! There, I'm tired of the w h o le conce r ti tures and painters and visitors and all— an d Mrs. - rj ,l, to is b ithering me for the rent— a nd, un l ess you print 'r ro ; show up the impostors, and send the money LY ret o;' . shall have to paint si g nbo ar d s . D av id C o x paint:Aa% and I dare say did it badly—for I never thought c him I Or any other man I—Fun. - Castors, THE NORTH-EASTERN PORTS.-- The house returns for April show that 202,73 1 - °I:19°0 0 1° L and 12,188 tons coke were exported over sea frotal le : l o 3l , 3 o. in that month, as against 163,334 tons coal and 8 ?'" C oo coke in April, 1862; Sunderland exported 102,0'98 taltait: and 1,924 tons coke, against 104,951 tons coal and 2, " Coo l coke in 1R62. The Hartlepool s ex p or ted 59,8171287 tone and 3,819 tons coke, against 33,096 t on s coal and 4 ',_;008 1/ coke in April, 1862. With the exception of Middlesue- f the and Shields, the latter, with Newcastle, being a P Ort ° et iB , smaller ports show a falling Tyne, the off in the v d ' OO O oversea during April. Of goods other than coal M Th exported oversea in April the returns are as under,..,„oolth Tyne, £121,130; Sunderland, £6,017; the osrt77s; £252,194; Middlesborough, £31,165; Stoc kton, At showing an increase of £33,881 on the Tyne an, 3 39,2 8° Stockton, and a decrease of £370 at Sunderland, 46,40 at the Hartlepools, and £2,731 at Middlesborough' previ` tons coal were shipped to London and coastwise fro t 6,00 castle in April, 128,057 tons from Sunderland, 9°l rong liP from the Hartlep oo l s , 12 , 415 t ons from Aliddlea-ef3uth. 45,551 tons from Ssahatn, and 7,855 tons from d 8, 0 29,301 tons co a l, 2 , 193 tons co k e, 30,623 cwt iron, a ll oesa cwt alkali were exported from the Tyne last week' co/ge' n io returns show an in crease i n th e ship men ts of 147 th 13,848 cwt iro n , an d 485 tons al k a li, an d a dec ree f, e a st far shipment of coal of 16,962 tons. The sta te of the ;der naces in the Cleveland district on May 1 wa s as n o of l s° In blast,total, 80. During th e c°urf3 ched week a considerable number of new ships were lan e o . o iron the Wear. Messrs. J. H. Oswald launched a lard [off screw steamer of 1,200 tons register; as an iron s hi p o f 1,050 t om ., Fitt d out for a. t r oop 0 ° 1: : a r ri d eel ger ship, and the pr o pe r ty of Messrs. G. D. IV_ lo peha u of London. Fi ve ti m ber-built ships Were also a voo doo from other yards, one of them a c li pp er-hri, vessel With, 4'014 beams.