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

ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- Titen s Gassier, Giuglini, Amalia Ferraris. TO-M 0 lIROW EVENING (Saturday), May IG, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Edgardo, Signor Giug,lini ; Arturo, Signor Übaldi ; Nor manno, Signor Sobil ; Enrico Aston, Signor Gassier; Raimondo, Si; nor Bossi ; Alisa, Madame Corsi; and Lucia, Md Ile. !Wens, Conductor, Signor AR WTI. - -• To c nclude wi , h the :New and successful Ballet, LA FAR , FALETTA. Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris. On Tuesday next, vay 19, LA FIGLIA I)EL REGGI 31ENTO. Maria, by Mdlle. A rtot (her first appearance). To conclude with the New Ballet. Doors open at half-past Seven. The Opera will commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Prices :—Stalls, One Guinea ; •Reserved Box Seats. IIa!f-a- Cuinea ; Pit Tick e t s, Bs. 6d.; Gallery stalls, ss. and 75. ; G-)lery, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, in the Gallery Circle, to admit three persons, 21s. Notice. -It will ba necessary for thos parties who Intend visiting the Reserved B,x Seats (at 10s. ed. each), to attend in Evening Costume. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may be had at the Box-office of the Theatre (u n d er the Colonnade In the Hayman. et', which is open daily, under the superintendence of Mr. Nugent, from Ten till Six ; and at all the principal Libraries and Music sellers. TdEAT RE-ROY Al,, 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'. F'ol!owed by an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of N 1 ales in the East. To conclude with MRS. WHITE. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTE ft. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr)locrue, 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. iddhombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Damson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenuc, and Elsworthy. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. NE"- TN EATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, the Second and Third Acts of THE GREEN BUSHES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Bil ling-ton, and Miss Avonia Jones. After which (third time),"a new Drama, in one act, entitled THE WOODEN SPOON MAKER. Messrs. B. Webster, Stuart, Stephenson, Sefton ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. BA ling-ton. To conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole, &c. 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 COMEDIEITA. Atter which. at Eight, Second and Third Acts of HENRY VIII : Cardinal Woisey, Mr. Charles Kean ; Katharine, Mrs Charles Kean. To conclude with THE JEALOUS WIFE : Mr. and Mrs. Oakley, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean IPTIHE 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 5B This day at T wo o ' c l ock Barometer-29.72. Wind—S.W.; moderate breeze. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE, THIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 12m.—Afternoon, 12h. 36m. To..xolutow.-Morning, 12h. 59m.—Afternoon, lh. 25m. tljr1111164:411t N,l 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 Cunstitutionnel, 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 impd 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 but his Conscience and his GoD!" So much for the first utterances to-day of the Con. stitutzonnel. 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 Siecie we there read, under the head of " The Electoral movement "—." Ntver 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 Steele exults, in fact, over the advance of the age in which it lives and of which it is one of the organs in France— exults thus over its age no less than Le Constitu. tiOnnel exults in its Constitutionalism. 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 came contemporary movement. Here, how ever, is the yet damp copy of Le Pays, under date this very afternoon, Friday, the loth of May : its comments (signed MELVIL) upon the great repre sentative movement now upon the eve once more of beginning in genuine earnest, opening with its own name thus formally ; " The country," says Le I'ayB; 4 ' is now entering for the third time since the esta blishment of the actual ryin-te ha ° the electoral cons titutional period. This rjgime has largely satisfied now for ten years both within and wth out, all legitimate aspirations. • Without,—Lwho by the way, shall deny this ?]--it has reclaimed to itself its ancient ascendancy by a national policy which has known how to be power. ful without being either ambitious or ine nseng, and which has had the tact to rPv;sure Europe by its moderation in triumph a the very moment when the victorious sword 0: oursoldiers has restored to the France of Louis XIV, and of NAPOLEON I. her grandeur and her glory, Within, it (this national policy) has given to the country, order, repose, work and prosperity"—and no on, here also with Le Pay ; as, in other words, as we have seen and shown, with Le Saele; as we have previously beheld and demonstrated with Le Constitutionnel ! Examining the utterances of the chief among the Paris newspapers—running cur glance down the columns of the Journal des _De)ats, down thcse of La Presse, and so forth, red, blue, green, white, neutral tinted—no matter what theparty,o r sc ction ofa party,any of tht:se organs may chAuee, upon particular themes, to reprek . ent, how- j 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 conseauently 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 encounter 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 in 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 impor 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 CUARLES 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 a:ready darkening the horizon when the Indian Go- vernment showed that wonderful foresight which the right hon. baronet claims for them. Mr. SET- 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 laud s are certainly startling. respecting The 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 :ae 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, a la n r d ge on qu t a h n e s lity lop o e of h fs uncultivated Himalayas tivatedland, th i e c r fi e ni is a tely 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 dis!rict suitable for the cultivation of cotton, it certainly does seem as if we had brought the heavy national trouble from whi c h w e are even now suffring upon, our- selves, The money which the Government will Irtv e to advance t o fled work for the idle ri-,. ill hands would have been better employed in irri gating the vast tracts of land which are lying waste 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 ,heap, easy, and safe mode of trsansit for their goods. rh e i completion of the railways is certainly Very ( 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, it 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 should 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 hallo 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. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EV LAINCr. MAY 15, 1863 , ' Mr. GIBSON'S remarks on the subject of the Anglo-Saxon naturally give rise to reflections con cerning the manner in wEeh this question has been ' treated. The right hon. gentleman stated " that I 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 pur 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. Further 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 as Englishman murdered by routine." This is a most apt illustra tion 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 ace dens, 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 afflction 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 cnntinue 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 u pon its merits, or else adopt another course altogether ? It may suit the purpose of the hoar in the eross•fire of detail to turn off awkward inquiries and to give a plausible answer to an emb arrassing 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 nothing, 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, uad looked ut lie true light * there desirable, but the every day needs of the small trading community should not be overlooked. In 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 interpretaticn. 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 heap 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 distEct 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 is a demprid. The tight 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 retard 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 must be a complete alteration in the present sys tem. It is not the question which party is in power, or which inventor is to be patronised- The point is—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 naore 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 where 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 oue 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. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) POLAND. LEMBERG, MAY 14 Rumours are current of risings in several districts of Volhynia 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 lezioranski 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 Volhynia, and, having been re inforced by 200 men, marched, under the command of the brothers Dunin, 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 Intent 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 11. 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. Daring 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 officers 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 tured 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 20th of April, at Suprasl, near Bialystok. At this affair several Russian officers and 30 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 assassins, 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 Muhl, who had as guests at the mo. mint his two brothers, Count Komar and Prince Mirski. These three persons were shamefully ill-treated, and after wards loaded with chains. The coachman, who was so bold as to defend his stables, had his skull,split open by a blow from a hatchet, and was then quartered 1 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 peasants 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 num bers, and have opposed an energetic resistance to a band who attempted to pillage the chateau of llubno. The National Government has reduced Colonel Seyfried 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 eleetro-metallie coating is about to be applied to the plates of the iron-cased steam frigates Gloire and Invincible. It appears that this new cempositicn 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. Es• perimenta likewise are about to be made to prevent the roll ing of froA CAA 404 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 tuste. 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 o the noblest of all lyric dramas—if not equal to what has been seen here withi❑ 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 Mine. Rudersdorf 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 her " Batti batti, " therefore, and " Vtdrai Canino," 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 I pretty wilf u l ness , it s till e x hibi ts a l l the charms of I a perform ance th a t i s c e r t a i n l y 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 wac3 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 Stabbach, 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-Equ:ire Rooms. fhe artistes engaged were of the highest order of talent, vocal and instrumental. Miss Stabbach's clear soprano voice and cultivated style were heard to full advantage in several choice niorceaux. Among them was a new song by the popular com poser, Langto❑ WilliamF. .Mdlle. Georgi is a new candidate for popular approval, while Mr. Lewis Thomas is an old established favourite. He pos sesses a bass voice of a high order, and has been gradually acquiring a high and sti;l rising reputa tion. The instrumentalists were among the first performers. Madame Arabella G , ,ddard was, for some unexplained reason, unable to take part in the entertainment ; but there at ;east Signor Piat was to evidence anew his marvellous skill o❑ the violoncello. The conductors were Herr Wilt.e m Ganz and Signor Randegger, who were, as usual, very Efficient. The concert was almost, we might say, as a matter of course, very well attended, and may be ranked at once among the successes of the mut•ieal season. A deputation from the Corporation of Birming ham, consisting of Mr. Alderma❑ Ryland, Mr. Councillor Sadler, and Mr. Councillor Wiggin, accompa nied by the Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, M.P., Mr. Jonn 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 Railway. The deputation was intro duced by Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P., chairman. PORTSMOUTH, Wednesday, 6 p.m.—A strong W.S.W. gale set in here on Monday, and, accom 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. Th e s hi p Capta i n C o ok, from Lou don, bound to Ne w Z ea l an d , with passengers, put into the anchorage at the Moth er b an k t hi s morn i ng to get the iron fittings of her foreyard r e p a i re d , w hi c h h a d been damaged during the gale outside, Th e N orweg i an bag 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 vino men were saved from the wreck by the exertions of Lieut. Mugford and the coastguardsmen at the Ather field station. 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 29.8, and yesterday and last night is fell to 29 6, rising to 29'7 by 9 a.m. this morning. It is now slightly on the rise. FEDERAL RECRUITS.—It is reported in shipping circles that 1,000 Irish recruits proceed to New York in the steamer Great Eastern, and that the passage money has been found 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 fr( , ru in Downing-street, and our contemporaries with Northern sympathies would hays been loud in their con clemuatio. HER MAJESTY. The Duchess of Somerset returned to town yes terday 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 Grey ille. 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, Albemarla•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 at 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 ranee 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, and 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. Tho 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 divide 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, with 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 KIftWAN.— On 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 Wlilidan Burke Kirwan, who, our readers will remember, was some years back, found guilty of having cruelly murdered his wife at Ireland's Eye. He was sentenced to death, but that sentenco was subsequently co mmu t e d to that of penal servitude for life. Amongst the convicts also is a sergeant who was sentenced to ten ',ears' penal servitude for having struck his commanding officer while serving in the Crimes. Cork Ilayinungi er; 4 4f, 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 o❑ 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, Lcrd 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 aad Prince Alfred, attended by Major Teesdale, rode on horseback yesterday morning. The Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess 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 Prins 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 Granny, 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 has 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 of the Courts of Al .- ler/nen and Common Counoil, and nearly 50 in number, sit daily at Guildhall for the purpose of maki❑g the neces sary arrangements. I had hopes-1 know that they have proved to w e , founded, but I cann o t a d m it th a t th e y were unreasoePt of I had hopes that I sh ou ld h ave b een a ble to avail 1339 4/6 60 the privilege of free admission conceded to exhibitors• fo rt unately, I do not exhibit I tore)t I sent three pictures: 1 (a pre-Raphaelite bit o f 11- 0 "Docks and Marsh Mall ows ;" 2 ( an a ttempt to deP— to really unhackneyed historical situation), " C h ,„, ar nies ( Second in the Oak," 3 (a g enre p a i n ting), " Crinoline." a e uv If it were becoming ( w hi c h it i s no t) I could say Woto deal about these works; but I forbear to do so. T he/ all three r.jected by the Hanging Ck mmictee. O . I have accordingly paid my shilling, and I mean it out in criticism. The Academicians have exercise' 0 0 rights; I shall use mine. There will be plenty of b ' ro blot fawn upon the imbecile canvas-spoilers, the ril i6e i sei crass, cringing, dull, feeble, superannuated, if:4 0 °1 1 ;0 abject Forty. Of those hacks I decline to be one. truth (uninfluenced by passion) is what the v ire-G dotards shall hear from me. fat I Mon nrowlint ,, - .bout Aterai, saw men prowling a, (there was Mr. Thao._ f o r instance, as large as life, and a h os t o f o th er " sun ce lbeir men—l hate success 1) who had evidently made 1 - 1 1 7 . et hi' minds to be pleased with thi s , th e mos t di sre putable "" z - itit bition that ever degraded B r iti s h A r t. L e t them. T ll° ,, ll loo' is free, as Mrs. Brown said at the play; and 80 ar e - Job It is all very well to get a set of literary time-servos tO and nob with Academicians at the annual orgie wh it ids graces Trafalgar-square, and on which hundreds of I ) ", it of are spent that ought t o b e d evo t e d t o th e develofant; talent such as that of—well, of some I could name; :7it was never invited to the so-called banquet. Bahooo o deed 1 I would ra th er ma i n t a i n m y h ones t incloPa li "„ - or though I had nothing to eat but a polony—and this jO16",11 bo times the case I Look at Young Mr. Marcus stone• is bound to say he never eat s p o l on i es —and yet all Lon .e talking of his " Napoleon," whilst my "New critialill has not yet met even with a dealer I Look at Mr. Ruskin. What do they do to him F they asked him to dinner i What was the result F Npt His Critical Notes have never appeared since!! that it matters much. et Exhibition, indeed I Why, you can't see anything o o that there is much to see—f or t h e crow d o f gaping do mes that block up the hid eous an d uncom f orta bl e room s o l • their propisterous crinoline—and yet the Aoademtn ien o : or jetted mine I Th en , t h e " swel l s " —a set o f lounging e' sipid imbeciles, drawing out their vapid and the old fo g i es , wagg i ng their stupid old b e d ale should like to knock a few of them together I- - a e t smug, smiling f e llows whose pi c t ures h ave b ee n anc e P: e z ott and the "Art-Critics," who pretend t o sea power in ' a ir; like Millais, and poetry in a man hke Hook, and ht 1133 ,:y, a man like Marks, but who are far too high and toig - n k a promise you, to come up four pair of stairs and e g e pre " Marsh Mallows,"--and if they did, they couldn't 72.- - eia' ciate them I There, I'm tired of the whole concertr";# tures and painters and visitors and all—and Mrs. to is bothering me for the rent—and, unless you prin t I tar p, show up the impostors, and send the money Or rf one," shall have to paint signboard s . D av id Cox Painte":O e and I dare say did it b a dly—f or I never thought 111-° him I Or any other man I—Fun. TH E —ORTII-EASTERN POEM—The castorfi ton 9 : t o house returns for April show that 202,73 1 and 12,188 tons coke were exported over sea from N e , 11 , 3 1011e in that month, as against 163,334 tons coal and coo coke in April, 1862; Sunderland exported 102,:: ,98 t°llei toli ° and 1,924 tons coke, against 104,951 tons coal and 2,64 4 1 0 01 coke in 1862. The Hartlepools exported 59,8 17 t° o ll g - / tone and 3,819 tons coke, against 63,096 tons coal and 4, " 0 0g 11 coke in April, 1862. With the exception of Middlesh°'-f 0 3 0 and Shields, the latter, with Newcastle, being a p or o t :cort e Tyne, the smaller ports show a falling off in th e ' c i - otge oversea during April. Of goods other than coal 911 ,,....0 a exported oversea in April the returns are as nutl er ; p oolof Tyne, £129,130; Sunderland, £6,017; the Ve rt ;y72s; £252,194; Middlesborough, £31,165; Stockton, 7, 7 . 2 5 at showing an increase of £33,881 on the Tyne an cl : 3 s2B° Stockton, and a decrease of £370 at Sunderland, '45,4/4 at the Hartlepools, and £2,731 at Middlesborough. 1 Noe tons coal were shipped to London and coastwise fr e 4 73/ 01 ton o castle in April, 128,057 tons from Sunderlan d, 9°''' 000? 4 f from the twa H s a from rtlep o a , h l a 2 m ,4 , ls an t d on 5 7,8 fr 5 0 5 m ton s fro° -I' s '. :so 29,301 tons coal, 2,193 t ons co k e , 30,623 cwt iron, allavoce cwt alkali were exported from the Tyne last week no coke' returns show an increa s e i n th e s hipments of 147 L °— 4 , the 13,848 cwt iron, and 485 tons alkali, and a decreal a ; t fur shipment of coal of 16,962 tons. The state of the h i nd naces in the Cleveland district on May 1 was %% li c e oef last In blast, 61; out, 19 ; total, 80. During the e c)-- t , - ° bed e ll week a considerable number of new ships were l a3l , ire° the Wear. Messrs. J. H, Oswald launched a lard fop screw steamer of 1,200 tons register; Messrs. rile _wen' an iron ship of 1,050 tons, fitt d out for Dr oo p errand co., get ship, and the property of Messrs. G. • TY er ' ma/ lolle d of London. Five timber-built ships were 11150 a wo oden from otiux yards, one of them a clipper-brick, vessel with iron Mr. Bright and the Enemies of England' ---- -0- TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin.,—Mr. John Bright having volunteered the assertion that " Wherever an Irishman plants til: toot, there stands an enemy to England," I ; 3 . 8 0 your permission t o ma k e " a ve ry few replan_ upon his statement in general and its a to this country in particular. h Although Mr. Bright is Member for afl and a man of prominence in what is called the PT s tical world, I do not believe he has ever been in tu .. l an Irishal,: country. But as it so happens that I, not only "planted my foot" in this "foreign le ri ch some three years ago, but have travelled Milo. therein, it is possible that your readers may cc'.o2 application sider it not presumptuous in me to give an 'V in o % I on the subject in question, notvvitlastand in g der neither being a prominent man, nor coming 11° Mr. Bright's definition of " an Irishman , " Undoubtedly there are many of my ce untrYule : residing in this country who are, or at least 0 ; 0 loudly that they ar e , " enem i es to E ng land*" I ha met such, and asked them why they were s°' efl never having received any definite exPtalia"nciner answer to that plain quest i on , it rea lly is un ec sat y for me to dissertate thereon. • lion On the oth er hand, I have often met I rteß who told me they bitterly regretted ha vitig i e d former times, when in the old country, b een s af away by the s p ec i ous speech i fy i ngs an d writing id demagogues and trading politicians into Pinivgd„,., that system of p o liti ca l ag it at i on, es it is 011%4 which they now see was contempt ibl e --ce nsi chiefly of sens e l ess a b use o f " the S axo n," a nd t o practical whining and th rea t en i ng a bout c er o d stated grievances that are now passed avf e l',:of with practical negl ec t o f th e mater i a l inteter" - Ireland, both present and future. rt bet However, it is not my purpose to remark fn cur on strictly Irish topics. Indeed, it does not +top to me that Mr. Bright, who pronounces th e y. opinions with his usual dogmatic powers ofi'ver tion upon Irishmen in "foreign lands," h itii . e t t ea appeared to take much interest about them v- . 6 11t at home. It is true he took an active pa rt " a re that section of „ liberal members," as t he/ ti al called, who, without having been entitled to no , credit for su gges ti ng or or i g i nat i ng that;getBo rally excellent measure , th e Encumbered ES by Act, helped to cause injustice to many Per e°/3 „ the unnecessary urging on of an immediate l e r cation of its most stri ngen t p rov i s i ons —or, i ll c) o words, the uncalled for forcing of muc h proPe r r tr is the market, l ower i ng pr i ces a b norma ll y , withuespd ment to the legitimate interests of individtn" s 'oc, with no act ua l a d Nantage whatever to the PIO It is true, howe ver , th at some English spect,oo4 bought estates, as the term goes, " for a song' t oe it was generally re p or t e d i n D u b l i n at theth-jog that Mr. Bright t r i e d t o "do nelneryo in that way" hi mse lf, b ut t h at t h e Irish at r°— ,, e ta were too 'cute, and secured the " bargains their clients or themselves. t he Be this as it m a y, M r . B r i g ht h as o f coursere t be feet right to give his opinion about Irishmen in abstract; and as assuredly as I am not an " e°13 ,10 to England," so certainly do I believe him to be tr ot his public cap ac ity o f speec h- ma ki ng, as a n 0 03 ` ft e ill-will between all classes at home, and as the c° o o. spondent and congenial friend of the trading 1 ;0 ticians and prof ess i ona l s ti rrers u 2 o f anti- 1311 feelings in this country. I can assur e M r . B r i g h t, h owever, t h a t the ' A t e ; rican people —not the "politicians"—are, i 0 tbo humble opinion, beginning to see throug h h oe " organised hypocrisy" of these raisers of a l 0 1, and cry for s e lfi s h, sor did reasons aga i ns t Bagl o r And ere long th e p eop l e i n t h e aggregate will rethe nise the fact th a t th e mater i a l i ntere sts n` the y two countries are nearly identical, and that roe' will submit no l onger t o b e p l unge d into in t ' 00 tional " difficulties," and brought periodical l y ° w ho verge of a war consequent on the acts of the se '° : either seek the temporary aid o f an " election v o or strive to merge th e di sas t ers an d crimes °f' tL y unnecessary domestic war in one equally 11° righteous.—l am, sir, your obedient servantf .e , AN IRISH TRAVO LP.- New York, May 2. Poking « Fun' , at the Royal Acadeal a 11" I I