The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-30 00:00:00

SIR FITZROY KELLY, ALP.—A Lay of Oxford.—A Bill at which to take at Sight—in FUN THIS WEEK. One Penny. irtiEATEE-Ri, y A ;., HAY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buckston e. THlS EVENING, a new Farce, entitled AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. After which, 37th time, a new and original comedy, entitled FINESSE; or, Spy and Counter -Spy : Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and 'Mrs. Alfred Wigaa, and Miss Louisa Angel. Followed by (17th time), a new Farce, EASY SHAVING: Messrs. Compton, W. Gordon, _Rogers ; Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Fanny Wright. To conclude with THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA. Commence at 7. THE DUKE'S MOTTO. THE HUN Ditl;) FORTIETH NIGHT. ROYAL LYCEUM THE A TRE.- Under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTE It. THIS EVENING, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter-past Eight, the Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3logue, entitled THE DUKE'S SIOTTO, by Paul Feyal and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, H. v*, iddbambe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Iklisses Sophy Henrade, Kate Terry, E. Cayenne, and Elsworthy. Dcors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining. THIS EVENING, the grand new Drama, entitled COURT AND CAMP : Messrs. G. Vining, C. Verner, H. Marston, G. Belmore, G. Murray. and Warde; Miss Murray, Miss L. Laidlaw, and Miss Lydia Thompson. To be preceded by the new Comedietta, entitled COUSIN TOM. And followed by A CHARMING PAIR. Mr. Roxby, Mrs Marston, and Miss Jones. NEW `THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.-• Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. After which, at Eight o'cloek, a new drama, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN; OR, E GHOST'S 13ARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptation of the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phi:lips, Stmart, Billing,ton, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Altred Mellon and Miss H. Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, ent'iled ILL-TREATED IL TROVATORE. M( ssrs. Toole, P. Bedford, R. Phillips, Ebnrne, C. .T. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson. Carry and Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, COURT FAVOUR. Messrs. W. 11. Swanborough, Parselle, and Miss Ada Swanborough. After which. the Great Burlesque, ALI BABA ; OR, THE T H IRTY-N INE THIEVES. Messrs. Honey, Turner, Danvers, Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Saunders, White, Button, and Hughes. To conclude with MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE. M. Honey and Miss Josephs. Commence at 7. ITHE EDITION OF " THE SUN , " Containing the Latest SPORTING UiTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, HYde-Park. The Weather—Sun Office, June 30, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock 71 Barometer-30,11. Wind—S.-W. ; light, and fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAL—Morning, 12h. 40m.—Afternoon, lh. 6m. To - moicam-Morning, lh. 34m.—Afternoon, lh. 59m. k 7, 5- 7%! ~J, ~ I f I Iy~ Il LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1863. If nothing whatever is to come of it, i t is cer tainly very remarkable—it is more than that, it is utterly incomprehensible—that the recognised organ of Lord PALMERSTON'S opinions —that is to say, of course, our esteemed contemporary, the Morning Post—has to-day avowed itself quite dis tinctly, positively, and unreservedly in favour of the recognition of the Southern States as an inde pendent Confederacy. Within a very few hours prior to the bringing forward by Mr. ROEBUCK of his long and eagerly expected motion for the re cognition of toe Confederate States of America as an independent Government, the kno.vn organ of the political opinions of the Prime Minister of England, pronounces itself decidedly, and we had almost said decisively, in favour of that very declaration ! Supposing—we cannot but reflect — that nothing should come of all which, the course pursued by our contemporary, in pronouncing so remarkable an opinion, et ould . be altogether incom prehensible. Unless the Premier is prepared to ac cede to Mr. ROEBUCK'S proposition, before the close of the debate, about to be commenced this very even ing by that hon. and learned gentleman, the noble Viscount will appear to have deliberately allowed the chosen organ of his own individual opinions to have done nothing less than stultify itself. Mr. ROEBUCK'S motion for to-night, remember, is simply as fol lows—" That an humble address be presented to her MAJESTY, praying that she will be graciously pleased to enter into negotiations with the great Powers of Europe for the purpose of obtaining their co-operation in the recognition of the indepen dence of the Confederate States of North America." A proposition containing within it, in that brief space of a single sentence, the whole gist of the first leading article of our Palmerstonian contem porary. That formal declaration by the Post in favour of the recognition of the independence of the Southern States, we regard as altogether too signi ficant to be passed by lightly, and as unworthy of any particular consideration. On the contrary we are disposed to look upon it as a favourable augury. As such, in effect, we republish it elsewhere in oar own columns this evening. The result of Mr. ROEBUCK'S motion, at the close of the important debate which that motion is certain this evening to inaugurate —the re sult of the discussion about to be now immedi ately commenced, cannot but come (directly after this declaration of Lord PALMERSTON'S organ has made its appearance) either as a climax, or as an anti-climax. There is no issue, in any way pos sible, that can come intermediately. Whatever the result may be—whether Mr. ROEBUCK'S motion be acceded to, or rejected, by the Government of Lord PALMERSTON, now that the organ of Lord PALMERSTON has pronounced, as it has pronounced, and of course with Lord PALMERSTON'S knowledge, in favour of views to all intents and purposes coin cident with those expressed by the motion of the hon. and learned member for Sheffield, the result cannot fall to be one of those two things, either a climax o r an anti-climax. A climax to Mr. ROE BUCK'S moti on and to the coincident declaration of Lord PALMta sToN , organ—in the event that is of its acceptance by Lord PALMERSTON'S Government. An anti-climax in t h e reverse continency. No thing whatever being i n any Way possible, as we have already observed, b et as we would here again distinctly reiterate —betwixt and be tween those horns of the dilemma, but cannot Never y e t, . we one simple alternative. our selves but be convinced, never yet Was the the well knownt r phrase of NAPOLEON Great more strictly applicable to any political situation occurring in I our own times—The Peer, in this instance, is r i pe to the very core. It remains only to be seen whether Mr. ROEBUCK'S hand is strong enough , - )o to shake the sturdy bole of Public Opinion in this country, as visible in the British House of Com mons, that the ripened pear shall drop. One thing is certain, at any rate, before the debate upon the hon. and learned member's motion has yet fairly commenced—if Mr. ROEBUCK'S effort be but aided and abetted, with a will, by Her MA JESTY'S Opposition, the Government must perforce give way! Either by "going out" at the tail of a minority, or by swelling the ranks of the motley majority in direct antagonism to the infatuated few 'Who still cling to an all but despairing belief in the capacities of the North—in the capabilities for yet running up again into a flood of victory, still thought by some to be latent in the hitherto ebbing, and ebbing, and ebbing out of the good fortunes of the Federal Government. Last night Mr. PEACOCKE moved for the papers touching the proceedings of the American navy in reference to the seizure of British vessels. The motion was negatived. It is most unsatisfactory that these obstacles and hindrances are constantly thrown in the way of information being afforded to the public. If all is straightforward and strictly in accordance with the principles of national law, why should there be this constant hesitation regarding explanations, this backwardness in revealing all peat transactions. Mr. PEACOCKE truly stated that if affairs went on like they were at present conducted the trade as ith Matamoras would be transferred to the ships of another nation. Mr. FITZGERALD made an able speech on the ques tion. He said that the legitimate trade with Ma tamoras had been interfered with in a most unjusti fiable manner. He showed that the condemnations were opposed to the opinion of some learned judges, and he drew attention to the striking difference that had characterised the conduct of the Government in the two cases of the Brazils and the Federal Government. This was bringing home the charge in a direct style, and indeed it must be apparent to the most superficial and careless observer of foreign affairs how strangely inconsistent is the course that our Ministers persist in pursuing. Lord R. CECIL very forcibly declared that the decisions of the United States Prize Courts under the present circumstances were not worthy of the same consideration that they once possessed, and correctly deduced from the foregoing events the conclusion that our interests were being sacrificed to suit the partiality of the Foreign Office for the United States Government. Although no decided result has attended this dis cussion it is as well that it should have taken place. for it is some satisfaction that the Ministers should be told publicly of their derelictions even if they will not heed the warning. It is really disgrace ful that British commerce should be tampered with to such a considerable extent, and for what ? To please the fancy of those who are incapable of guard ing their own interests. No one now living will wit ness America free from the effects of this devastat ing and disastrous war, why then should our Go vernment use every means and strain every nerve that our interests should be identical with those of the Federals. From the outset of the contest this has invariably been the case. Protests have been unavailing, complaints unheeded, and advice disre garded. The Ministers are determined that we shall have full cause to rue the day when the great model Republic went to war, but they should take heed lest a disappointed people and injured interests do not also lament that more efficient hands did not steer the vessel of our State during the momentous epoch, and that our welfare was not entrusted to safer keeping. Patience may be tried too far, and it is too late in the day to attempt to silence complaints, by stating what, at the best, are embroidered facts. The Solicitor-General stated that the Go vernment applied to the United States the same principles that had actuated former wars. In for mer wars England was considered the Queen of the Sea, and her flag was not dishonoured as it has been repeatedly since this Government has undertaken to guard the interests of the Ameri cans at every turn. Unless some change for the better is made in our foreign policy, a re action will take place in the sentiments of the people of this country, and they will declare their opinions in a manner that Ministers will not like. It is insulting the common sense of the nation to say that they are acting impartially, and it would be more consistent to explain why they are adopting this extraordinary course than to per sist in denying that they are proceeding in the direction which, it is patent to the world, that they took long ago, and have ever since unflinchingly persevered in, through good and evil report. General MOURAVIEFF'S orders for the establish ment of a military and civil administrative tribunal in the Governments of Wilna, and other places, do not appear very hopeful to the cause of peace. The most arbitrary rules are laid down, and there seems no quarter to be expected on any side. "A war police council, from whose decision there is to be no appeal, shall be nominated in every circle." This state ment aptly prefigures those that govern in the long race of hand-and-hand measures. Every one of every rank is to be under the dominion of these officials. The occupation of each person is to be put down, and the degree of confidence reposed in him likewise marked out. On the roads there are to be mounted patrols, who are to exercise the most vigilant watch, they are to supervise all persons going to and fro, and to allow no one to pass with out a permit signed by the captain of the circle. All weapons that ere found in the towns and the country are to be immediately confiscated to whom soever they may belong, and they are to be at once handed over to the military authorities, who will then equip the militia. Nor are these orders con sidered sufficiently stringent, but additions are in troduced to render assurance doubly sure. Those districts where disarmament has already taken place are to be examined again, and all permits to keep arms that may hitherto have been given, are from henceforth to be considered as cancelled. The shortest time is to be allowed for the inhabi tants of any place to deliver up their arms, and whoever fails to comply within the prescribed period is to be arrested and delivered up to the tribunals. Members of the nobility and of the clergy who are supposed to be disaffected to the Government are to be ex pelled. Those persons who are guilty of breach of their oath are to be handed over to the authorities to be dealt with according to martial law, and the circle-chiefs will be considered responsible for any leniency that is shown to any one in this respect. General MOURAVIEFF does not consider these harsh laws sufficient, he goes on to enumerate an endless set of rules, various in degree, but uniform in kind. Any stranger to the state of things might well exclaim and be bewildered at the great extent to which he has gone in devising the means for crushing down the rebellious and headstrong nation he is determined to subdue. These rules have one paragraph especially set aside for the priests, in which the most vehement denunciations are made against all of their order who participate in any way in the rebellion. It is expressly stated that no quarter will be given to them, and that nu excuses \ will be listened to of having been compelled to join the ranks of the insurgents. To explain this it is 'this allowi ng said, " th at priests who serve the altar are least of all justifi ed in themselves to b e t err ifi e d by threat s .” threatening very curiously f rom one who has just b een the m t o t h e utmost of his power. Wh ey he goes on to say that those priests who fail to obey h is Orders shall be consi dered as doubly culpable, and subjected to the severest punishment as exampl es t o the rest a nd also that the superiors of the C at h olic councils ' if they offend will fall under the jurisdiction of the military tribunals, it is evident that the last bafh s .. ences which generally retain any hold noon men heir wnrfara are p ut who are savage or severe in t aside in this struggle. The ties of humanity, the claims of suffering, the laws of civilisation, and the respect for religion are all broken and trampled upon in this sanguinary strife and this vindictive struggle. No excuse is to be accepted from any cause whatsoever ; in short, it seems that the aim and object of these emissaries of the paternal Em peror is to rival the reign of terror in France, and to renew in Warsaw and its environs the scenes and sights that made Paris the wonder and terror of the world. It is too much to hope that any good will result from the communications that have been forwarded by the three Powers ; the most de cisive answer is the code recently published, where arbitrary rules and crushing measures seem de signed to last till the crack of doom. It is no use for Ministers to pen courtly phrases, and for diplo matists to use elegant expressions, when Generals are compiling such scrolls of terror, traced in the blood of thousands. No age, no sex, no profession is to be a shield or defence for those who offend ; and woe to those who fall under the ban of such judges as those who rule over Poland in unrighteousness and wrath. It is scarcely credible that nowadays such a proclamation could come from any country calling itself Christian or civilised. It would havebeen a disgrace to the dark ages of tyranny, and it will remain a foul blot on the fame of Russia for many generations. If from mistaken motives of prudence, and the inconvenient position of affairs, there is no nation that is able at present to take up arms to succour the Poles, still the sentiments that will pre vail upon the perusal of this document will be synonymous. From one end of Europe to the other there will be heard the voice of scorn and reproach against the cruelty, the treachery, and the inhu manity of the conduct that now profanes the soil of Poland, and brands the memory of Russia with lasting infamy. The question as to who shall undertake the re sponsibility of defending our colonies cannot yet be considered as settled. From time to time some event brings it up, and the old difference of opinion is shown. Last night the petition of the New Zealanders presented by Lord LYTTELTON was dis cussed in the Upper House, and the noble lord, in calling attention to it, remarked that the two ex tremes of colonisation had been tried without abso lute success. The old Greeks, when they left their native country, took with them their goods, their constitution, and their laws. They departed in organised bodies,separating themselves for ever from their country by that act of voluntary exile. The modern position has been exactly contrary to this. England, the chief coloniser, has retained her colonies beneath her own control, restricting their trade, imposing heavy imposts, and holding them back from the path of progress by every means in her power. It is wise, no doubt, to guide the inex perience of youthful ambition, bat if you curb the high-mettled steed too closely, you may provoke him beyond control. The stormy parting be tween England and her mighty Western colonies taught our legislators and statesmen a wise lesson. There is little fear now that any minister would gravely propose to the House of Commons to levy a tax on the Australian settlers for the benefit of England, and there is still less likelihood that the House would stittport such a proposition if made. Still, while we have wisely come to the conclusion of exercising but a very partial control over the inhabitants of our colonies, there are some points which demand the attention of the mother country, and cannot be decided by local instead of imperial authority. The first of these is the question of self defence. The American contest has lately reminded us of the danger to which our Canadian frontier would be exposed in case of a war with the Northern States, and the troubles of the New Zealanders have also renewed the question. There is no doubt much to be said on both sides. It is asked by the one, why this country should be called upon to support the expense of wars incurred with no view to her benefit, and concluded, most likely, with no advan tage to her. On the other hand, it is said, with equal reason, that colonies are likely to be dragged into any war which the mother country may engage in, that their trade may be ruined, their coasts in vaded, and all the horrors of war come upon them unsought and unsuspected. Their weakness, it is argued, would prevent them from quarrelling with great Powers on their own account ; but if England still preserves her nominal dominion - while re fusing her assistance, she is rendering them liable to be greater sufferers than herself from any war she may engage in. The just course in this, as in most other cases, appears to be the medium one. The colonies should unquestionably contribute, and con tribute largely to their own defence, in fact such a course must approve itself to their English inde pendence of feeling and the pride which all pros perous settlers must take in their new country. The Home Government, however, readily came for ward to assist the young and struggling state. The difficulties to be contended against, the scattered settlements, the dangerous neighbours, and the large tracts of ground thinly populated and undefended from aggression, are all to be weighed in the bal ance. However ready the colonists may be to de fend themselves, there are cases when they could scarcely do it successfully, if unaided. Our North American provinces, for instance, could hardly, be fare this miserable war commenced, have resisted the whole power of the United States, while it was a duty that England owed to herself, as well as to them, to protect the integrity of their possessions. There is, too, a vast difference between the inhabi tants of Canada and Nova Scotia, and the settlers in New Zealand. The comparatively scanty number of the latter, notwithstanding the progress of the colony , render them by no means independent of the natives. Whatever the origin of the present dis putes with the Maoris, there is no doubt that the natives have become exacting and tyrannical. It is to be hoped that peace will be speedily placed on a lasting basis, and the Maori taught to believe that they will best consult their own interests by keeping on terms with the colonists. But they must also be made to understand that Englishmen seek justice and peace from principle, and not from fear. They must not suppose that the abandon. ment of unfair claims, the renunciation of extreme demands, are due to the dread of their anger or interference. It is no doubt a difficult matter to adjust wisely and well; but we trust our Govern ment, both home and colonial, will not forget justice to the colonists in indulgence to the natives. Sir John Hay's bill on Naval Agency is to morrow (as we are reminded by the Army arid Navy Gazette), to be committed, and, from all we hear, the Admiralty are resolved to givo it opposition. The service will regret this, and it would be desirable if it could be otherwise arranged. COUNT D'ORSAY AND MR. RAIKES' NOSE.—The well-known Tom Raikes, whose letters and me moirs have been lately published, and who was a tall, large man, very much marked with the smallpox, having one day written an anonymous letter to D'Orsay, containing some piece of impertinence or other, had closed it with a wafer and stamped it with something resembling the top of a thimble. The Count soon discovered who was the writer, and in a room full of company thus addressed him--" Ha I ha my good Raikes, the next time you write an anony mous letter you must not seal it with your nose :"—Gro it '-; Aneedotei. :SIUSEUIkr OF PATENTS, SOUTH KENSINGTON.— Number of visitors for the week ending June 27, 1,654. low number since the opening of the museum free daily (12th, 1858), 731,915, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, 'JUNE 30, 1863. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. PARIS, JUNE 30. A deoree of the Emperor has been published ordering that the logic class at the Lyceum shal resume its former name of class of philosophy. The decree abolishing the restrictions hitherto existing in the baking trade has been officially published. The Constitutionnel of this morning contains an article upon the Polish question, signed by M. Limarque, replying to articles of the Post and 7 inzes. The writer still hopes that the task of diplomacy with regard to Poland will be conducted to a for tunate termination, but remarks that it is deprived of its best chances of success if announcements are made that no further intervention is possible. Replying to the Times, which had stated itself unaware what would be the conduct of France, the Constitutionnel says : "The conditions of common action may be deter mined in advance, France has only brought about the action of Europe in the interest of Europe, in spired solely by the sentiment of justice and the in terest of European order. She has no reserved intention, no ambitious calculations, in which diplo macy is necessary. Upon the contrary, France only desires that the immutable will of the Powers shall be distinctly seen behind the efforts of diplo macy. An understanding between them once as • sured, there would be no war. In every step, every effort in favour of Poland, France has been actuated solely by a desire to restore to itself an unfortunate and heroic nationality, to cause what every Cabinet has acknowledged intolerable to cease—the state of itings unfortunately bequeathed to us by the past, and which we do not wish to transmit to the future. In order to attain the object in view, it is necessary to hold as far aloof from violence and insult as from weakness. The best policy is saga cious firmness." The Emperor, says Le Pays of to-day, received on the 23d inst. the congratulations of the King of Portugal to his Imperial Majesty, upon the taking of Puebla, Le Steele announces that there will shortly make its appearance, upon one of the first days of July, a new literary and satirical journal, most originally entitled L'Ane. All the journals being officially under the direction or supervision of the Ministry of the Interior, we presume that L'Ane will be Placed especially and peculiarly under the care of the new Minister of that department, M. Boudet. Le Constitutionnel of this morning announces the arrival at Paris of M. Dow, the Minister of Public Instruction, at the close of the last tour through the provinces made by his excellency in his late capacity as Inspector of Public Instruction. "Great news!" cries L' Opinion Nationale of this morning with admirable sarcasm, "the telegraph fcom VV arsaw announces—it so happens by the way for about the thirtieth time—that the Polish in surrection has been definitively vanquished, broken and crushed out." BOURSE, June 29.—Notwithstanding the arrival of the English funds with an advance of 1, no change has taken place in this market, and Threes, for the Account, remain as on Saturday at 68f. 45c. Little business doing in Railway Shares. The market closed as follows : It per Cents. 97 101 Italian Loan 73 40 Do. end month.... Do. end month 73 20 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 68 50 Do. end month 74 25 Credit Mobilier.... 1195 Russian Do. end m0nth....1191. 25 Austrian Bank Shares 3410 Spanish Threes.,, .. 53 50 Credit Fonder 1.362 50 Rome Debt .. s2i BAIL' rAys. Cash. Account. Orleans lOOO .. 007 50 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1018 75 .. 1015 Geneva 452 50 .. 465 Southern 705 .. 703 75 Western Eastern Sardinian .. 420 .. 416 25 Austrian Lorrhard ...... 568 75 .. 571 25 North of Spain Saragossa 722 50 .. 718 75 Ditto to Barcelona .. .. 355 POLAND. WARSAW, JUNE 25. Apprehensions are entertained that a terrible and decisive blow will soon be dealt in Warsaw. Some say that it might preceed from the Polish Secret Committee, while others maintain that General Berg will make a formidable demonstration against the revolution. The Russian Government, despite its watchful ness, acuteness, courage, and pecuniary sacrifices, has been unable to discover any clae to the where abouts of the Secret Committee, and cannot, there- fore, counteract its machinations. In official circles of Warsaw the general opinion is that this state of things can no longer be tolerated, and that if the Committee is not discovered in Warsaw, it mhy at least be destroyed with Warsaw. The Warsaw _National Zeitung publishes the following :—" It appears that the Russian Govern ment has decided upon the plan of giving all public appointments to Russian subjects. A few days ago nine commissaries of police at Warsaw were quite unexpectedly dismissed the service, and the same number of Russian officers appointed in their place. Yesterday again, a Russian colonel was in stalled as. superintendent of the State Treasury by one of the Grand Duke's adjutants, who went with the colonel to the Treasury and arrested the tem porary superintendent and the bead bookkeeper. They were taken to the principal guard, and there informed by the adjutant that they would remain there as prisoners till the accounts of the Treasury were made up and the books handed over to the colonel. It is quite certain that the Roman Catholic clergy will not allow the execution of the Capucin monk to pass unnoticed. The Government will soon be convinced that such executions, far from sub duing the people, are calculated to increase their fanaticism. Thousands of mourning crosses and rings engraven with the Polish arms, bearing the name of the executed monk, and the inscription, "Release, 0 God, thy Church and thy people," are being distributad throughout the country by the Polish clergy, Great preparations are being made by the Na- tional Secret Committee. It is asserted that it looks upon the present events in the field as the forerun ner only of the great undertakings to come. It is believed here that a foreign war is unavoidable. The National Government is therefore organising a contingent for service in the field, which it is in tended will do honour to the cause and to the coun try. Clothing for the insurgents is being made throughout the country with ever increasing energy. Arms are imported in large numbers, and a not in considerable portionare manufactured in the country. The taxes for the National government are regularly collected, and the amount is abundant and increasing, while the amount, collected by the Russian Govern meat is very insigtAificant. This circumstance alone reflects a picture of the two Governments, the one, revolutionary, is daily becoming better organized and rules the country, whereas the other, the Rue- sian Government has almost ceased to govern, and no person thinks of adhering to its ordinances. It is said that the National Government is about to issue an order prohibiting the people from taking tickets in the Polish lottery, thereby closing another source of revenue to the Russian Government. MEXICO. The following proclamation was issued by the Mexican inhabitants of Tampico on receiving the news of the fall of Puebla : "Glory to the army of the East. Eternal re poach to the French Army. "By the extraordinary express which arrived last night from the capital of the Republic, we have received the latest news relative to the heroic de fenders of Puebla. The Mexicans resident in this 'city, full of pride by reason cf the glorious conduct followed by our general chiefs and officers, prisoners in Puebla, have resolved to publish this interesting news in order that it may be brought to the knowledge of our brothers, and that the whole world may admire the greatness of our heroes. The news to which we refer is the following : Between 10 and 11 o'clock on the morning of the 18th our generals, chiefs, and officers who were all assembled in the governmental palace of Puebla had a document communicated to them for their signa ture, the terms of which were nothing more nor less than the following : " EXPEDITIONARY CORPS OF MEXICO. "General in Chief— " We, the undersigned officers of the army of the East, declare upon our word of honour : " Ist. We will never again take any part in the politics of the country, and will be neutral in the present struggle. " 2d. We will not quit the place assigned to us by the General-in-Chiet or the French army. " 3d. Wa will not communicate with our families, nor with any person without his present consent." PUEBLA, MAY 18. _ _ This document having been read by General Llave, and the question being put to those present, the whole assembly replied with one voice Viva Mexico ! Death to Napoleon ! Death to the Traitors !" The Citizen generals, chiefs, and officers, more over, signed the following reply:—" Neither the laws of the country, military honour, nor our pri vate convictions allow of our signing the declara tion which has been presented to us. We protest against it by signing the present. " Puebla, May 18, 1863." In view of this honourable reply, the French commander ordered that the Generals should be conducted, in the quality of prisoners, to the Casa de Insunza, in Victoria-street, the chiefs to the Con vent of La Soledad, and the subalterns to the Cus toms-house, all being wanted, and not.. allowed to quit their respective quarters. " Tampico, May 28, 1863." (Signed by the Mexican residents.) HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. MADE. BISTORI AS LADY MACBETH. Whilst we have a young Frenchwoman present ng Juliet, with a perfection which we believe has never been equalled on our stage—we have an Italian who embodies Lady Macbeth in a manner that has not been witnessed since the days of Mrs. Siddons. Shakespeare's two greatest feminine con ceptions are placed before us, side by side, and with a like unrivalled excellence by the genius of two foreigners. This is a fact, which is certain tainly anything but flattering to our national pride —and which has only one offset to offer us in the extended fame of our national poet, of which it affords at the same time so eminent a proof. Shake spear has at length established his away over the entire heart of Europe, and now supplies as potent an impulse to the gifts and sympathies of France and Italy as forty years ago he was known to do t 3 those of Germany. It is some consolation, therefore, if we have ceased to interpret him ourselves, that our land should have supplied the highest inspiration to the artistic spirit of our cotemporaries. Madame Ristori's wholly unrivalled impersona ion of Lady Macbeth has lost none of the charac- teristics which stamped its first performance with such magnificent distinctions—whilst, in common with her other efforts, it exhibits that increase of a reflective quality that gives a clearer view of pur pose, in union with the utmost sense of power. All the masculine nature of the woman—the resolute ambition and the invincible will, which contrast so strikingly with the kindlier and juster spirit of her husband—Madameßistori puts before us with no abatement of their old grandeur—whilst she enforces them in innumerable passages, with a stern severity of thought that serves to explain the source of her cruelty, if it cannot suffice to excuse it. She con veys the notion of a woman who has so intensely contemplated evil ends, that she has succeeded in reasoning herself into the belief of their expedience, if not justice, and who by this process has so com- Oetely put in abeyance human sympathies, that she has ceased for a time to be a moral agent, and only exists as the instrument of a hideous and merciless delirium. Her moral sense has been so suspended by a sheer acticn of the intellect, that she herself becomes as much a victim to her lower nature as does Macbeth. Such a prostration 9f soul and con• science, if it prepares for the direst crimes, provides equally for the expiation of a proportionate remorse on their fulfilment. The revulsion from a wholly benumbed to an ordinarily active moral conscious ness, however gradual and undemonstrative, could scarcely fail to attain a force that would balance in its poignancy, its previous insensibility. Excess would replace excess till the equilibrium was estab lis%ed either in penitence or death. This is evi dently the view of Madame Ristori, which, developed by consurr mate skill, renders her sleep-walking scene one of the profoundest interpretations which Shakespear has received in our remembrance. Instead of gliding in with the usual sad composure that we are accus tomed to—the calm if solemn punishment of a soul that can no longer rest, Madame Ristori totters before us as a being withered up with torture—har rowed by remorse as by a palsy—who awoke to a sense of her crime, expiates it with the same in tensity with which it had been comtnitted. Her's is no mere pallid grief of face, no gentle rubbing of the damned spot by which she hopes to re move it; her features are pinched and con vulsed with the sense of her exceeding sin, and her hand desperately endeavours to free its fellow from the evidence. This is a view which we be- lieve to be as artistically just as in all ethical re spects it is incomparably impressive. Never was the lesson of an unbridled will and a criminal am bition made so striking in our knowledge as in this masterly performance. We can only express our regret that the nature of her arrangements prevents the repetition of this character with that of the Medea and the Elizabeth, since we are quite sure their superior excellence Nv ould more than counterbalance the attraction that is sup posed to lie in the mere novelty of many others. Com ing to us only for so brief a period, it seems the more necessary she should be seen the most in that which is most excellent, that the deeper sense may be left behind her of all that distinguishes her so widely from the best of her contemporaries. It only remains for us to say that her performance of Lady Macbeth attracted the same appreciative audience, and elicited the same delighted testimonies which have attended her other efforts. Her sleep -walking scene especially rousing the most marked amount of enthusiasm—and, saving a slight tendency to ex cess in the prominent scenes, we must add she was ably supported by the Macbeth of Signor Pezzana, THE EASTERN FISHERIES.—The mackerel and herring fishezies have made little progress during the last few days. At Great Yarmouth mackerel have been quoted 25., to 285,, and herrings 12e, 6cl. per 120 fish. :- --=, , --4 lioriez , ~ • = 4, - , / •Abia ( f i n al -- CAIW -- - * tlrtillar. , V , HER MAJESTY WINDSOR CASTLE, June 29. Her Majesty, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince hn d Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess de Grey, Lieut.- General Knoilys and Lieut.. Col. Keppel, left the Castle for M.rlb.irough House. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, has returned to Greenwich-park. The Queen of Prussia and her Royal Highness Princess Helena,attended by the Countess Schwerin, drove out in a carriage and four. The Russian Ambassador and Baroness de Brun now had audiences of her Majesty. Earl Russell had also an audience, vnd introduced his Excellency General Don Juan Antonio Pezet, the President of the Republic of Peru. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and Prineess Beatrice, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Madame Hoced 6, and Lieut.-Colonel Hon. D. de Ros, went to the Ranger's Lodge, Greenwich-park. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wales returned to Marlborough House at half past 11 o'clock yesterday morning from Windsor Castle. The Prince of Wales rode on horseback, attended by his equerry in waiting. The Princess of Wales honoured Mr. Gibson with a sitting for the bust he is executing of her royal highness. The Prince and Princess of Wales took a drive in an open carriage and four. Death of Prince Frederick Ferdinand of Denmark. COPENHAGEN, Jane 29. The hereditary Prirco Frederick Ferdinand, of Denmark, heir to the Danish Crown, born Nov. 22, 1792, died suddenly this morning. The prince was uncle to the King of Denmftrk, and great uncle to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. The Princess of Wales' First Ball. The Prince of Wales gave an evening patty and a dance, last evening, at Marlborough House, to a limited number of the nobility and gentry. The who'e of the suite of the principal apart ments Were prepared for the occasion. The new saloon was made the dancing-room, and the vestibule, which was the grand hall previous to the occupancy of the Prince of Wales, now is part of the suite of state rooms, and last night , formed the drawing-room ; the large dining-room on the one side of the saloon was appropriated for supper, and the library on the other side for promenade between the dances. The drawing-room, in which the Prince and Prin cess rEceivad their guests, is ewes ed from the nett, hall, by crossing the corridor. This apartment ie uow hung on three sides with tapestry, including a large and very fine work—" The destruction of the Matnelukes by the Pacha of Egypl,"—and a series of panels illustrating the story and adventures of Don Quixote. On he 4th side (the east) is a large looking-glass over the fireplace, fixed on a panel or dark blue, the panel on either side being painted arabesques on a crimson ground. The doorways are hung with draperies of dark blue velvet with deep gold-coloured borders and trimmings. The entab- lature of the room, and the friezes, and architraves over the doors are gilt, and absisted with bright colour. The ceiling is adorned with dark richly coloured pictures, relieved with gilding. The apart meat contained a quantity of choice cabinets and other beautiful pieces of furniture, and articles of fine art and vertu ; and, with the gay flowers that entirely filled the vacancy of the fireplace and other interstices, and the lofty candelabra (some of them nine feet high) which aided the illumination, formed an effect of colour in the ensemble that might very fairly be termed gorgeous. The ceiling of the saloon is supported by eight columns of white and gold, two at each corner of the centre compartment, and they therefore mark the boundaries of the three rooms which this new apart ment has absorbed. The shafts of the columns are marked in three equal parts by bands of gilt ara besque. The lower compartment, spricging from the base, is covered with a twining mass of ivy leaves and berries so thick and solidly gilt that scarcely any of the white ground is visible ; the two upper divisions are foliated with the lotus leaf, the edges being merely tipped with gold. The capitals of the columns, which are composite in their order, are solidly gilt. The walls of the saloon are of a deli cate warm grey, or dove colour, parelled in figured satin, of a colour which can perhaps be best described as midway between scarlet and crimson, each panel bordered with a broad gilt moulding. Between the larger panel a narrow strip of green with gilt are bebques is introduced, having also a gilt moulding. and leaving a sufficient space of wall between each, The beautiful draperies were of the same colour and material as the panels, with gilt cornices and gold coloured cords and trimmings. The architectural embellishments of the ceiling are developed with delicate grey and neutral colours in harmony with the colour of the walls, but the frieze has a ground of bright scarlet and is enriched with gold. Open leg from the saloon to the garden a large ten►_ war erected, filled with chuice plants and floral treasures, with a background of looking glass; and through this tent was viewed a large bed of growing flowers in the garden, illuminated with variegated lamps. Tne room was brilliantly illuminated by three large cut glass chandeliers, with wax candles and other subsidiary lights, and was decorated with a pro fusion of flowers. The set tees round the room wort of the same bright rich colour as the panels and draperies. The doors were panelled in looking glass, with gilt mouldings. The principal ornaments of the supper room were two admirable oval half-length portraits of the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, by A. Graefle, a small bronze statuette of the Queen, and two small bronze busts of the Prince and Princess of Prussia. This room was lighted by two ormuiu chandeliers bearing wax lights, and having a group of figures in Parian marble forming the Rom. The draperies of this apartment are cf silk, and of a very elaborate pattern of green, crimson, and gold. Over the sideboard a buffet of choice plate was displayed on a background of dark crimson velvet, the principal ornament being the large silver shield presented by the late King of Prussia to his godson the Prince of Wales. The supper. table was of the horse-shoe form, and was dec'rated with a service of silver plate, including numerous epergnes filled with choice flowers and fruit, and silver candelabra. The company began to arrive at Marlborough House soon after ten o'clock. The Princess of Wales was attended by the Cou ntess De Grey, Lady in Waiting, and Lord Harris, K. 5.1., Chamberlain. The Prince of Wales was attended by Earl Spen cer, Groom of the Stole ; Earl of Mount Edgecumbe, Lord in Waiting ; Lieut. General Knollys, Comp troller and Treasurer ; the Hon. Robert K- Meade, Groom in Waiting; and Lieut. Colonel Kt ppei, Equerry in Waiting. The Princess of Wales wore a dress of white tulle over white glace veiled with spotted tulle and trimmed with flowers—the white rose and vinca pervinca. The ornaments were emeralds and dia monds. Her Royal Highness's head-dress web composed of a wreath of flowers corresponding with the trimming of the dres s , i n t ers p erse d with dia mond ornaments. The Duchess of Cambridge wore a dress of lilac satin, trimmed with Honiion lt-ce. Her Royal Highnoßa's head-dress was formed of lilac. orna mented with diamond wheat-ears. The stomacher, necklace, and earrings were diamonds and peerlE. The Princess Mary of Cambridge wore 4 white tulle dress, trimmed with bouillonnes of tulle and white satin ribbon, with two flounces of black lace. The Princess's head-dress was composed of a tiara of diamond stars and a wreath of poppies, corn flowers, and wheat ears. The necklace, stomacher, and earrings were of diamonds,withcarbuncle stars. The illustrious party, at half-past ten o'clock en- tered the Saloon, where Coote and Tinney's bald, conducted by Mr. Coote, was in attendance, and performed the following music : Quadrille Cologne. Valso Lancers Valse . Quadrille Valse Lancers Galop Quadrille Valse Lancers Valse .. Pfingst Rosen. Quadrille Canadian. Vales Lancers Galop The tollowin , r had the honour of receiving invitations — Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, the Duke of Cambridge, the Prince of Orange, the Count de Paris, the Duke de Nemours and the Princess Marguerite d 'Orleans, his Serene Hio hness Prince Edward of Saxe•Weimar and the Countess Dornburg, Countess Gleichen, the Austrian Ambassador and Countess Apponyi, Prince and Princess Bandini (Viscount and Vis countess Kynnaird), the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Cambridge, the Equerry to the Duke of Cambridge, the Equerry to the Duchess of Cambridge, Lieut.-Col. Van den Bosch, and Baron W. C. de Pollandt, Equerries to the Prince of Orange, and the following : DUKES—Buccleuch, Manchester, Sutherland, St. Albans. DUCHESSES--. Sutherland, Manchester, St. Albans. Buccleuch. MARQUlSES—Hartington, Eandford, Ailesbury, Bath, Carmarthen, Ormonde, Abercorn, Westminster. MARCHIONESSES—Westminster, Abercorn, Ailesbury, Ba h, Carmarthen. EARLS—De Grey, Brecknock, Dunmore, Granville, Listowel, Sefton, Cowper, Spencer, Mount Charles, Wot moreland, Tankerville, Shaftesbury, Dalkeith, ilardwicke, Macclesfield, Mount-Edgcumbe, Stanhope, Morton, Yar borough, Clarendon, Grosvenor. COUNTESSES—Westmoreland, Hardwicke,Dow, Spencer, Dalkeith, Yarborough, Sefton, Desart, Tankerville, Mount Charles, Cowley, Stanhope, Macclesfield, Spencer, Dowager Mount-Edgcumbe, Dunmore, Carnarvon, Mont- Edgcumbe, Laneschiold (2). VISCOUNTS,—SudIey, Hood, Duncan, Adare, Haniilton, Hinchingbrook, Mahon,.Castlerosse, Falkland, Stratford de Redcliffe, Sydney, Newry, Parker, Chelsea, Bury, Bar rington, Ingestre. VISCOUNTESSES.—Barrington, Stratford do Redcliffe, Sydney, Ingestre, Castlerosse, Bury, Jocelyn. LORDS.—Proby, Eustace Cecil, Skelmersdale, John Her vey, Henry Scott, Claud J. Hamilton (Grenadier Guards), Alfred Hervey, Richard Grosvenor, Charles Bruce, Hen niker, Binghim, Harris, Dunglas, Stanley of Alderley, Ashley, Carington, Churchill, Elcho, Duffe.in. LADlES.—Elizabeth Adeane, Victoria Ashley, Sarah Spencer, Georgiana Hamilton, Augusta Start, Constance Grosvenor, Mary Craven, Victoria Scot, Alfred Hervey, Skelmersdale, Feodore Wellesley, Diana Beauclerk, Eus tace Cecil, Emma Talbot, Alice Cuffee, Mary Nisbet Ha milton, Ernestine Edgcumbe, Elizabeth De Ros, Agneta Yorke, Churchill, Emily Cavendish, Elcho, Proby, i heo dora Grosvenor, Charles Bruce, Constance Villiers, Vic- Loria Murray, Eleanor Hare, Cecilia nolyneux, Stanley of Alderley, Cecilia Bingham, Carington, Mary Stanhope, Florence Paget, Dufferin, Henniker, Harriet Ashley. COUNT —Christian Danescbiold. RIGHT HONOUEABLE,—W. E Gladstone. HONOURABLES.—Ed ward Stanhope, Francis Stonor, Victor Montagu, John Henniker, H. BourkP, Chandos Leigh, Miss Stanley, Reginald Talbot, C. R. Carington, George Cadogan, Mrs. Stoner, Miss Barrington, Mrs. Hardinge, Thomas De Grey, Robert Meade, Leopold Ellis, Miss Henniker, Miss Carington, Miss Canning, Misses Jocelyn (2), Miss Cadogan. BARONET.—Frederick Johnstone. MESSIEURS —Sturt, Wm. Craven, Andrew Cockerell, Auoistus Lumley, Herbert Fisher, Francis Knollys. Holz man, John Thynne, Charles Phipps, W. H. Gladstone, Henry Chaplin, W. H. Dyke, Nisbet Hamilton, Adeene, Herbert of Muckross. MISTRESSES.—Herbert Fisher, Grey, Herbert, Knollys, Gl=diatone, White. MissEs.—White, Knollys, Gladstone, Nisbet Hamilton, Phipps, Herbert. GENERAL.—KnoIIys. COLONELS.—Cavendish, Hon. Arthur Hardinge, Hon. W. FeiWing, Hon. W. P. Talbot, F. Seymour, C. 8., Hon. Sir Charles Phipps. LIEUTENANT COLONELS.—Hon. J. C. Stanley, Hon. H. W. Byng, Sir Charles Russell, Bart., Farquharson, Hon. Dudley De Rosy White. • MAJORS.—Hon. A. H. Anson, Teesdale. CAPTAINS.--HOII. Charles Edgcumbe, Hon. Frederick Stanley, Hon. A. Hobart, R.N., Grey, Falbe, W. F, Sey mour. The following had the honour of receiving invita 'ions, but were prevented from unavoidable circumstances from accepting :—The Prince of Leiningen, the Count and Coun tess de Flahault and Miss Elphinstone de Flahault, the Countess of Morton, the Countess of Shaftesbury, Lady Edith Somerset, Sir Charles, Lady Mary, and Miss Wood, Mr. Charles and Mr. Henry L. Wood, M., Madame, and Miss Van de Weyer, Mr. Victor and Mr. Albert Van de Weyer, Count Gleichen, the Earl of Carnarvon, and Lord and Lady Suffield. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured Lord and Lady William Powlett with his presence at dinner last evening, at their residence in Curzon-street, May fair. A select circle had the honour to meet his royal highness. 1 1.1ae Prince and Princess de Joinville arrived at Plymouth on Sunday, on a visit to their son, the Duo d'Enghien, who is an officer on board the United States (Federal) frigate Macedonian, lying there. Their royal highnesses proceeded on board the frigate during the day. A large number of the Macedonian's officers attended St. Andrew's church, Plymouth, on Sunday, whew the Rev. Mr. Hitchcock, chaplain of the frigate, assisted in the ser vices. The Persiar Ambassador, accompanied by his son, and by Colonel Oliphant, C. 8., visited the House of Commons last night, and was present during the debate on the diplomatic service. The Duke and Duchess de Chartres arrived in town to-day, having left Edinburgh last night. The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland has re turned to her villa at Chiswick, from visiting her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Madame de Comyn, the wife of the Spanish Minister at the Court of St. James's, gave birth to a son yesterday, at his excellency's residence, 7, Mansfield -street. 1 he Earl and Countess Delawarr leave town nest week for Kissingen to pass a few weeks, the noble earl having been recommended to take the waters by his medi cal advisers. The Earl of Wilton has issued cards for a grand entertainment on the 6th prox., to meet their Rosni high nesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Maly, at nis residence in Grosvenor-square. The Countess of Clarendon and Lady Emily Villiers, who have been to Bohemia, are expected ,to arrive home to• day from the Continent. The health of the coun tess is quite restored. The marriage of Mr. Welby, M.P. for Gran tham, with the Hon. Victoria Stuart Wortley, is fixed to take place on Saturday next. MANSION-HOUSE.—Last evening the Lady Mayoress gave a grand ball at the Mansion-house. The company, nearly 800 in number, was composed of many of the principal citizens, members of the Courts of Alder men and Common Council, and the chief officers of the cor poration, with members of their families. The guests be gan to arrive about half-past 9 o'clock, and were received by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress in the saloon. Dancing commenced with great zest at 10, in the Egyptian hall, and after a pause for supper, which was served at 12 o'clock, the ball was resumed, the revels being continued into the small hours of the morning. DEATH OF MR. JAMES HANS HAMILTON, LAT M.P. FOR THE COUNTY OF DUBLIN.—We have to announce the death of Mr. Hamilton, ex-member for the county of Dublin, and father of the present hon. member for the county, who died yesterday afternoon after a long illness. Mr. Hamilton only resigned his seat a few months since from impaired health. Ho was first returned for the county in 1841, and was a staunch Conservative in politics He was born in 1810, and was son of Mr. Hans Hamilton, who represented the county of Dublin for nearly 30 years. DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM MASSEY STANLEY, BART.—A telegram was received in town last night, announcing the death of Sir William Massey Stanley,Bart., who died at Paris yesterday. The late Sir William was the eldest son of Sir Thos. Stanley, ninth ban net, by Miss Haggerston, only daughter of Sir Carnaby Haggerston, Bart.,of Haggerston, Northumb er l an d. H e was b orn in 1807 ,and succeeded to the baronetcy and large patrimonial estates in Cheshi. e on the death of his father in August, 1841. From 1837 to 1841, Sir William represented Ponte fract in the House of Commons on Conservative principles. Soon after his accession to the family property Sir Wil liam's princely estate became involved, and passed into other hands, and at his death and long previously his mind eas much impaired. The deceased is succeeded in the baronetcy by his next brother, Rowland Errington,who was born in 1809, and married in 1838 Miss Macdonald, eldest daughter of the !ate Sir John Macro aid, K.C.B The pre ,, ent baronet assumed in 1820 the name of "Erring ton," in lieu of his patronymic, in compliance with the will of Mr. Henry Errington, of Had Bice, Herts.