The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-20 00:00:00

ALEXANDRA HOTEL COMPANY (Limited). HYDE-PARK-CORNER, LONDON. The liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of his shares. Capital, £120,000, in 12,000 shares of £lO each. Deposit Cu application, £1 per share; £2 per share on allotment, and further calls not to exceed £3 per share, at intervals of not less than three months. DIRECTORS. Lieutenant-General Sir Frederic Smith, M,P F.R.S., Hyde-park square, Chairman. Sir David W. Barclay, Bart , I•Vestbourne-park. Lieutenant-Colonel A. Dickson, M.P., Chapel-street, Bel- grave•square, and Croom Castle, county Limerick. The Hon. J. Tveistleton Fiennes, 40, Queen's-gate-terrace, S.W. Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.P., Wilton-crescent, S.W. Vice-Admiral Sir George Lanabert,:K.C.B., Kingston. on- Thames. Sir Gore Ouseley, K.C.8., D.C.L., 3, Berkeley-square, S,W. (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. james'se street, S.W. Messrs. Roberts, Lubbock, and Co , 15, Lombard-street, E.C. BROKER.—Lewis H. Haslewood, Esq., 7, Lothbury, E.C. SoLICITORS.—Mesers. Valiance and Valiance, 20, Essex street, Strand, W.C. ARCHITECT.—Francis H. Fowler, Esq., Fleet street, B.C. Wni. . and AUDITORS.—'Messrs. Harding, Pullein, liney, Gibbons, Serle-street,Lincoln's-inn; Esq. SECRETARY (pro tem.).—H• N't s° Offices, 10, George-yard, Lombard-street, and at the Hotel. ABRIDGE!) PROSPECTUS. The conversion into one grand hotel of the six magnifi cent mansions (including Wallace's Hotel) at St. George's place, Hyde-park-corner, commanding direct and uninter rupted views over Hyde-park, Rotten-row, and the Serpentine, is the object for which this Company is pro j The possession of so megnificent a site, with buildings already completed and furnished, and a portion actually ap propriated as an Hotel, with an established connection of the highest character, and with a space for the erection of a noble hall and coffee room, and wanting only communica• bins to be made between these respective buildings, altoge ther present advantages unequalled in any similar project which has been brought under the notice of the public. The Alexandra Hotel will offer to the families of the nobility and gentry all the luxuries and comforts of a private residence, with pure air and uninterrupted views ; and its immediate proximity to the Palace, the Parks, Piccadilly, and Belgravia, presents local advantages which cannot be too highly valued. The additions which will be made to the furnishing and embellishment of the Hotel will be commensura, e with the importance of the site and the connection which this Hotel will command. The accommodation of the Hotel will include a splendid ball and coffee room pr i v ate billiard room, especially for the residents in the liotel, hot and cold baths, &c. The arrangements will also comprise drawing and reception rooms, with bedrooms adjoining in suites, after the manner of the Continental hotels. Arrangements will also be made for residences for fixed pen." , periods • an d every improvement which experience and good taste can suggest will be adopted, so as to ensure the privacy and comfort of home, comb ned with the advan tage of superior hotel accommodation. As to profits, it must be borne in mind that, as the Com pany are spared the risk, loss, and delay arising from clear ing a site and building an Hotel, immediate profits will arise. Having regard to the position of the Alexandra Hotel, the patronage already extended to the one included in .the purchase, and the assurances of support received from the highest quarters, the Directors feel justified in looking forward to a very large and remunerative return upon the capital invested. The liability of the shareholders will be limited to the amount of shares for which they subscribed. A deposit of £1 per share will be payable on application, and a further sum of £2 per share upon allotment. The further calls will not exceed £3 per share, at intervals of not s than three months. If no allotment be made, the deposit will be returned without any deduction whatever. Applications for shares may be made in the usual form to the brokers, solicitors, or secretary, accompanied by a banker's receipt or a cheque upon a banker for t he depos of £1 per share. THE LEGITIMATE NOVEL. The legitimate work of fiction began in one of two ways; either by stating ail the preliminary matter which it was needful for the reader to know —and sometimes a great deal more—in the first few chapters, dedicating them entirely to pedigrees, to biographies of the grandfathers and grandmothers of the characters ; or else to pander to the import ance of the student by plunging at ence into tke middle of an interesting scene or conversation, with out any preliminary explanation. At first sight this last mode of operating would seem to be the more delightful; but what was the use of beginning in this gay and sprightly manner in Chapter 1., it the wretched reader caught sight of these awful opening words of the second chapter, " It is now needful that we should explain something of the history of the characters whom we have thus un ceremoniously introduced to the readers ?" And there was another little trial. "We must now re turn to Lenora." Or, " the exigencies of our story now require that we should return to Lenora: , What moments were chosen by the author for that return to Lenora! We were dragged back to that young woman just when we were bent on hearing the termination of that terrific adventure, in which the hero was involved. It was a breathless moment in the youth's fate. The sword was hanging over his head, the poison-cup was at his lips, the chal lenge was received, the dice were oscillating in the air, when we must now return to Lenora. And we didn't want to return to Lenora. And when we had returned to Lenora, and had got over the disgust of that blessed restoration, and had disci plined our minds to that degree that they were con tent to follow her fortunes instead of those of our fancy's hero—were we allowed to do so ? No. 'We must then return to Edgar, and we were dragged away from her as we had previously been from him, and were whisked off again to some uncongenial region, where all was ice and desolation. And the worst of it was that many of these tremendous ad ventures thus rudely arrested were never finished ; the hero cf the situation being taken in hand again long aft erwar d s i n some altogether diff erent part o f his career, and, perhaps, merely alluding to the termination of that adventure in which you were once so madly interested, in a few cursory remarks addressed to his bosom friend, as the two " lounged together on the shores of Capri." Edgar having no business at Capri, observe, and no b usiness to take you there, and not in the least accounting for him. self even as to that inane passage of his existence .—Dickens's " Ad the Year Round." THE WORKS AND COLLECTION OF A. L. EGG, R.A.—The remaining works of that justly esteemed artist, Augustus L. Egg, R.A , deceased, including several finished pictures, numerous sketches and studies in oils and chalks, also a few splendid works by other distinguished artists of the English school, costumes, and painting ma - terials, were disposed of on Monday at Christie's rooms • The attendance on the occasion was very large, the great room being crowded to excess, more The i pric nteree es ti realised wer e extremely high. Amon g the ng important examples were the subjoined :—Cartoons.—Lots 26 and 27. " Lance and his Dog ;" " Freder'ck the Great and Catherine "--440 15s. (Vokins). Sketches in Oils.-59. "Head of a Lady ;" very brilliant—Pl (Ander den). S 6 and 93. "A Mother and Child," and "Fortune Telling "-47 guineas (Cox). 87, 97, and 99. " Heads of a .le g 7 4), an Algerine, and Negro Barber; a ll ver y p owerfully taarna painted--£62 10s. (Creswick). ICO and 103 . "R aisin g the ," a comp .sition of many figures, and "The Bed room at Ramwte"-53 guineas ( Wite) 104.6. " The Yolue teer,' ; ed sketch for the celebrated picture, 4, Maria," r Twelfth Ni ßobsart ;" all fine ght, and "Leicester and Amy finished Finished Pictures, by A_, L. Eg g , -82 i guineas (Gilbert). a lady seated at her toilet-talet g, "The Toilet," —5O guineas (Gilbert) 113. "A Girl her maid ; candlelight (Cox). 119. "Italian Peasants seatedlri Writ h ing' 52 guineas guineas (W. H. Wills). 120. " The Siesta," a Portico"-41 work -23 guineas (Flateu). 121. "The Leisure a small cabinet lady and gentleman seated, in a landscape -40 Leisure Hour," a bert), 122. " The Crochet Lesson," circle,Pe-40 guineas (Gil -1862 -94 guineas (Cox). 123. "Travelling painted se late as a first-class railway carriage; landscape seen through in rough the w i n dow, and one of the last the l amented artist painted g uineas (Cox). 124. " Past and Present •," pa the cele• braced work, Comprising three pictures, mounted in a single frame, exhibit ed at the Royal Academy in 1858, and als o last year at the Great International Exhibition -4346 los. (Agnew). 125. "An Algerine Girl playing the Guitar ;" the artist's last work-80 guineas (Cox). Pictures by other ar tists.-141, J. Philip, R.A.—" Teaching the Scotch Cate chism," a small finished sketch for the celebrated p 2 icture e xhibited at the Roy al Academy-27 guineas (Flatou). 14. Miss Mutrie.—A flower piece, comprising azaleas and gera niums, small cabinet size-55 guineas (Grundy). 143. W. Yl. Frith, R.A.—Scene from "Le Bourgeois Gent', homme," a ; sketch for the celebrated picture -53 guineas (Cox). 144. 'W. P. Frith, R A.—" Cowing of Age in the Olci,n a beateitully finished study for the original p icictu fr o -185 guineas (White). 145. P. R. Morris,—" 'Voes the Sea," exhibited at the International Exhibition last st year —Elos (Gilbert). 146 . H . Wallis.—" The Death Ch a tterton," the celebrated picture exhibited at the Royas al Academy in 18;53, and since engraved-775 guine (Agnew). 147. W. H. Hunt.—" Claudio and Isabella," some taken from Shakspeare's " Measure for Measure"-- Claudio—Death is a fearful thing. Isabella—And shamed life a hateful l" The original picture exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1853-610 • guineas (Agnew). The whole realised upwards of £4,000. T E{E HEALTH OF GARIBALDL—Writing from Caprera on the lith of this month to Mr. Negretti, Gene ral Garib.cadi says,—"My health is going on very satis factorily," rIEATEE-ROY AL, HAY AI ARK ET. Heroding HER O D. Y e t even this was not enough Lessee Mr. J. B. Blackstone. for the right hon. member for the Dublin University. THIS EVENING, FISH OUT OF WATER. After which, 4th time, a new and criginal comedy, entitled Reviving the stale old argument that the eon- FINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter -Spy : Mr. Buckstone, air. , . Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and. Mrs. Alfred Wigan, and tinuance intact of the Protestant Church Estab miss Louisa Angel. lishment in Ireland was part and parcel of the Act Followed by an apropos Dramatic Sketch,. introducing a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of Wales in the East. of Union, was one of its most essential al doles or To conclude with MRS. WHITE. Commence at 7. conditions, Mr. WHITEsiDE thereby moat eloquently appeared to be striving (in so arguing) to afford some plea of justification for the arguments of our old friends the Repeaters ! Supporting it, as the right hon. gentleman announced that he did,and as we be lieve him to have done most conscientiously, simply as the depository of truth, he was nevertheless ready to admit [indeed, he could hardly do otherwise] that the Irish Church, is, all the while, the Church of a minority of the population. That, as we conceive, being in truth rather a mild way of putting it ! Throughout the whole period of the discussion of this grave and even vital question—as to the posi tion, that is, in which the Irish Church Establish ment stands relatively to the great mass of the Irish population —the argument maintained in the columns of this journal have been consistently and persistently one and the same. Since the earliest debate of the matter, after the completion of the Act of Union, until now, the arguments put forth in these columns of The Sun, have been precisely of the same character and ten dency, in regard to it. The anomaly could not be denied, could not but be recognised. A love of fair play has ever urged us to insist upon the reasonableness (to say no less) of the demands made from time to time, hitherto in vain, for its diminution. And this merely with a view to what we yet feel perfectly well assured is inevitable—its extinction. To talk of Civil and Religions Liberty while this flagrant injustice is being rigidly and pitilessly perpetuated is simply preposterous. The maintenance of the Trish Church Establishment upon the same scale upon which it has hitherto been, and is still being, maintained, is about as reasonable an arrangement of its kind as the organisation of a vast commissariat, a commissariat sufficient to sup port a whole army, merely for the feeding of a single regiment—and that regiment scattered sparsely all over the country, so sparsely as to ap pear, here and there, like so many isolated sentinels. More than that, it is to organise this elaborate and gigantic commissariat for the exclusive feeding of that one widely-distributed regiment, in the mids of a dense and impoverished population. THE DUKE'S MOTTO, THE HUNDREDTH AND FIFTH NIGHT. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. PECHTER. 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)Logue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter, supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, H. N‘ iddimmbe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Mr. HENNESSY last night made a few remarks on Prussia and the Poles, which remarks certainly were most apropos. The hon, gentleman said that it ap peared to him that not onlywas Prussia carrying out the terms of the convention, but also it was doing so with undue severity, and acting besides in an ille gal manner. He then read from a letter of some French officers, an extract which proved that a Rus sian detachment that had no ammunition retreated into Poland, and after some days returned well pro vided with powder and bale. Mr. HENNESSY said he should like to know whether this supply of arms and ammunition to Russian troops was not a breach of international law, and if it was not a breach of the terms of the convention. He then referred specially to a letter from the Prussian General LEWALD to the Russian general, MASCLON, which was most con clusive evidence. In one passage the Prussian general went so far as to say that be begged the Russian general would "inform him betimes of every military expedition on the Prussian frontier, that he might give the necessary orders according to circumstances." Further on he says that there were garrisons of special Prussian detachments, infantry and cavalry, the officers of those detach. ments were to receive the Russian general's orders and communicate them to their own general, Mr. HENNESSY truly observed, after enumerating these facts, that Prussia was just as much at war with Poland as Russia was. The hon. gentleman thus forcibly impressed the necessity of the case upon Lord PALMERSTON :—" He felt that if Prince GORTSCIIAKOFF'S despatch was to receive only the answer which the Secretary of State was said to have given it in another place, this country would get out of the unfortunate and disgraceful condition in which it now was with regard to this question in a manner which was neither consonant with the feelings of the people nor the honour of England." Lord PALMERSTON'S reply was most unsatisfactory. He said he was sorry to say that in 1832 Prussia had not acted up to its duty in the war between the Poles and Russians. He then stated the rules re lating to belligerent forces taking refuge in a neutral territory. He wound up by stating that he believed Prussia had lately violated no right of international or neutral duty. The) noble lord quoted a singular precedent to estab lish the case referred to by Mr. HENNESSY. He said, " With regard to furnishing ammunition, we must always recollect the doctrine laid down by America during the war with Russia, that neutrals have the right to furnish warlike stores to either or both belligerents." This is most extraordinary reasoning, and it must be remembered that America is not very apt to allow others to practise the doc trine that she preaches at certain times for her own convenience. How is it that all the late confusion have arisen with regard to our vessels carrying stores (or being supposed to do so) if the rule is in fallibly settled that it is lawful to do so. Another thing is, why should the Americans be allowed to settle in this summary and arbitrary question the laws of nations that affect the great wars of the world. These questions are generally arranged at a Congress, or at all events they are treated of by the great Powers in concert. It is most singular that Lord PALMERSTON should cite such an instance for a precedent ; it shows how bad his case was if that was the best that could be said for its defence. The fact was the noble lord was determined to de fend the actions of the Prussian Government at any cost, and therefore he sat to work to find any evi dence that could at all bear upon the point at issue, and make the worse appear the better cause. Mr. FITZGERALD very properly took up the cudgels against this extravagant assertion. He said that the noble lord had laid down a principle of international law, for which there was no foundation whatever, no precedent, and no authority. The noble lord bad replied to a question concerning the supply of ammunition to Russian troops by saying—" That the doctrine of the United States, which has since been enforced and adopted by ourselves, is that it is not a breach of neutrality for the subjects of a neutral to supply belligerents with ammunition." The decided tone of Mr. FITZGERALD evidently startled Lord PAL MERSTON did from nothisunderstand previous thatinSOtlS Mr. lan ee HENNESSY for he said that he waa positive in his information, and lie himself (hi not know anything about the matter. This produced laughter, as a matter of course, but which hgiacrhd t to h to. e f 0 members Subsequently ei this st y l e of levity does not suit the su bj ect , an d i s not consiste n t w i th the vital nature o f the i n t eres t s referred as to th e great indifference that was displayed with questionse in the H endeavoured gri oftbe Cabinet some remarks were made ndse—a o c harge ea v T u explain away, but w i th li le or no effect. is it is found very con ven i ent to take advantage of h re e d t o fact Lord RUSSELL being in the other House to shirk all responsibility, and to avoid anaßering mvicyfard THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1863. questions; or, es in the case of Chitin the other evening, for no official personage to reply qt all in debate. It seems there is good ground for anticipating e speedy improvement ia Lancashire prospects, pro vided that the laws of routine can be broken through and the impediments which, under the head of legal difficulties, start up in the way of every social advantage or scheme of public benefit, can be satis factorily disposed of. The amount of work waiting to be done is commensurate with the number of willing hands waiting to do it; and the work, too, is not designed to supply imagined wants or neces sities manufactured to meet the surplus labour, but it consists in a great measure of improvements which have long been urgently needed, but which the demand for labour delayed the execution of. A Manchester correspondent, writing to a contem porary, says that in Stockport alone a vast sum of money might be expended with the greatest advan tage in the drainage, which has hitherto been left a good deal to the chance of its situation, and also in the formation and completio❑ of streets, which, in wet weather, are almost impassable for several miles The towns of Lancashire have grown so simuitane • ously and so rapidly in consequence of their thriving trade, that all have needed much labour and expendi ture to adapt them to the requirements of their inha bitants, while the very cause of their rapid exten sion—the prosperity of the cotton trade—called off all hands to other work. Blackburn is said to want five miles of new streets, while in Wigan no less than £48,000 are reported to have been already spent upon sewerage, and in Chorley £l,lOO in the same manner. Oldham, Rochdale, and other places need a similar outlay on matters which the most critical can hardly call superfluities. We can easily understand how every other undertaking was lost sight of or thrust aside while every on,'s interests, exertions, and profits were concerned in the whirr of the mighty mills and the develop ment of the cotton trade, which just before the crisis had reached an unparalleled height. It is as if some man of business were EO absorbed in the management and details of his City counting-house that he had no leisure to spare for the consideration of his domestic arrangements : or, in another walk of life, the case is similar to that of PITT, the great financier, whose private affairs were always hope lessly entangled. Now, however, that enforced idleness has come upon both musters and men, and its blighting effects are to be avoided at all hazards, what can afford a better opportunity for the comple tion of those necessary works which have bee❑ hitherto neglected in the pressure and bustle of their daily trade ? We cannot doubt that Parliament will readily advance the necessary funds on reason able terms, nor can we suppose that unnec ssary difficulties will be put in the way by any reflecting or conscientious man. The evils of idleness and enforced pauperism are so great and terrible, the demoralisation and wretchedness of the whole county is so draed a calamity, that local jealousies and legal technicalities should surely not be allowed to bar the way to better things. I t i s calculated," says the gentleman we have already referred to, " that if 10,000 able-bodied men are employed, it will at once be the means of taking off the rate-books no fewer than 40,000 persons." Surely such an end as this is worth striving for, even as a matter of social benefit. The Government have given no grounds for hoping that they will come forward in a liberal and patriotic spiz it, while the local authorities will doubtless strain every nerve to set the work satisfactorily afloat. There is no fear of lack of employment if the necessary funds are forthcoming. Let building and drainage be first thoroughly set in order, and before the proposed people's parks and people's playgrounds are completed we may hope that the four quarters of the globe will have come to our rescue, and the Lancashire mills and mill-hands be once more called into full act ivity. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. MADEMOISELLE ARTOT. This young lady, who made such an impression at our London concerts three years ago, both on accJunt of her extraordinary voice and her great musical accomplishments, and whose appearance o❑ our stage was looked forward to with so much anxiety—made her debut at this house last evening in the sprightly " Figlia di Reggimento," and very speedily and amply fulfilled every expec tation she had created. We have never witnessed a more decided, or more entirely deserved success. The only abatement of our satisfaction was that it had not been enjoyed before, When such a host of me diocrities have found their way to the London boards, and within the last few years especially, have come and gone, and been forgotten, we cannot help asking why such an artist as Madlie. Artot should till now have been denied a hearing. We fear, however, the question is more likely to be asked than answered. The mysteries that involve man- agements are too many and too inscrutable to yield to this any more thou they have done to former curios ties. Madlle. Artot's voice is a mezzo soprano of un usual range and pliancy, combining much of the extent both of soprano and contralto, but which in ?oint of quality is more distinguished by its ex pressiveness than richness. Of this organ, the cul tivation has been so thorough and so successful that its executant ability has few living superiors, and, in union with her taste and feeling, make her vocalisation perfect. We ex plain this result in a word wnen we say that Madlle. Artot is a pupil of Mid. Viardot—one of the most consummate artists of her time, and we account also for the thorough development of her other and higher qualities—her keen dramatic sym pathy and her intensely passionate fervour. Madtle. Artot's merits as an actress arc quite on a level with her claims as a singer. She has a striking sense of character as shown in the perfect natural ness as well as vivacity of her Vivan diere rendering its assumption one of the most charming that has been witnessed on our stage, whilst in addition her depth of feeling stamp it with an entirely fresh aspect in all those opportunities which display Maria's better nature. We will vent are toassert that the "Con vien Partir," in which she bids adieu to her companions, was never given on our stage with such profound and affect ing pathos, and the same praise must be bestowed on the " Quando ii D,stino," in which she reverts to the claims of her friends, on their re-encounter in the second act. At the same time, the buoyant music that more especially denotes Maria lost none of its old effect. The " Itataplan'' was given with all characteristic spirit, and the "Ciascun lo Dice," in which she sings the praise of the gallant 20th, had such a piquant and striking variety, that it won a vehement encore. A repeti tion was ale demanded of the " Teizetto," in the second act, in which the bumour of Madlle. Artot, in burlesquing the antique theme of the Maestro Caffariello with which her aunt is so en chanted, was not more remarkable than the brilliancy of the embellishment, with which she propounded her own view of it. In a word, her success in thi s c h aracter was i n ever y respect triumphant—the audience marking their deep sense of it by the animation of her recalls, and the pro fusion of their floral offerings. Nevertheless we are tempted to thi n k that it is ot h er an d graver characters, she i s destined to win her true celebrity, and t o h er appearance i n w hi c h th e pub lic will attach the greatest amount of expectation. The Tonio of Signor Bettini was very pleasing, if not very impulsive ; and the Sulprizio of Signor Zucchini one of the very b es t we have ever seen. The band and chorus were admirable. The house was well attended. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, MAY 19. It is said that the Ministers intend to appoint new prefects for the provinces. FRANCE. PARIS, MAY 19. La Fiance of this evening says:— "It is asserted that the Greek deputation will leave Copenhagen on the 25th inst., without wait ing for a &finite reply to its tender of the Crown of Greece." The same paper announces that M. Baroche is extremely indisposed. La France also states that the Emperor received M. Magne this morning. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, MAY 19. The Committee appointed to draw up an Address to the Crown has decided upon its form. The draughts of Herten, Virchow, and Gneist have been incorporated, with the addition of the following passage : " The Ministers have absented themselves from the debates of the house upon the most trivial pre text, and have made their appearance dependent upon a condition calculated only to raise a fresh point of dispute upon constitutional right." MARSEILLES, MAY 19. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Peluso left this port to-day for Alexandria, with mails for India and China, 128 passengers, 1,245 packages of merchandise, and specie value £215,820. INDIA. By the arrival of the Bombay mail we have re ceived files of papers from Bombay to the 29th of April, and from Calcutta to the 20th of April. We take the following summary of news from the Bom bay Gazette of the 29th of April : " The progress of the Viceroy in the North West terminated on the 4th April by his Excellency's entry into Simla, which station is to be the Vice regal head quarters for some time to come. " The Gov( rnment general order announcing the abolition of the Indian navy was issued on the 220 of April. On the 30th of April the Indian navy will ce4se to exist as an effective service. The officers receive honorary promotion on retirement. The dockyard establishment will be maintained till fur ther orders. Capt. John Young, Indian Navy, it appointed superintendent of the dockyard and of the Bombay Marine. " Sir C. Trevelyan has placed during the last month the sum of one crore of rupees at the disposal of the back authorities for the purchase of Govern ment securities at the market rates. The above mentioned papers are to be purchased in the name, , of the Financial Secretary and the Accountant- General conjointly. A portion of the securities have already been purchased. `s The financial statement of the Indian Chancel lor of the Exchequer is expected to be made on the 29th inst. " The Commissioner of Scinde, with nine officers, left Kurrachee for Bagdad on April 10. Colonel fremenhere, one of the party, will select sites for the telegraph stations on the Mekran line. " In consequence of the disturbed state of Bun dlecund, Government has placed a detachment of European troops at the disposa. of the authorities. " Baboo Khetter Mohan Chatterjee has been ap pointed officiating Civil Auditor of Bengal, in the room of Mr. Sander' an, who has taken leave. This is the first time that a native has been placed at the bead of a Civil Audit-office in India. " Arrangements have been made with the Post office authorities in England and with the Peninsu lat. and Oriental Company for delaying for one day the departure of the mail from Bombay, commencing with the present mail. " News has been received from Cabul down to April 6. Matters were in state quo. The Ameer had intercepted a messenger with a letter from the Shah of Pereia to Sultan Ahmed Jan sympathising with him, and promising to consult the three Powers with a view to inducing them to allow him to interfere.' Another letter to Mahomed Suddeek Khan had been intercepted by the Ameer, from which it appeared that the plotting with that noble. man which the Ameer more than suspected was still going on. The Dost was reported very ill in deed. There was a rumour abroad in Cabul of his death ; an express messenger had been sent from Cabul to inquire. " A terrible explosion occurred in a powder fac tory at Hyderabad, Scinde, on Marco 27, by which 26 persons were killed. " Locusts are committing ravages is Central India. " The rebel Rao Sahib, apprehended by Captain Nuttall, and tried and convict,id at Sholapore, has been sentenced to penal servitude for life. " The Governor of Bombay presided at the annual exhibition for the distribution of prizes and soloist . - ships to the students of the Grant M.-dieal College on April 14. Major-Gen. Houner, assuLed comn and of the Scinde division of the army on Apri'. 14. Dr. Bonavia is successfully working out the introduction of silk worms into Oude. This is expected to become a new source of wealth to the province. Colonel Pottinger is about to vacate the post of Commissary-General of the Bombay army. " Severe thunderstorms have iecently occurred in the vicinity of Bombay. Two men were killed by lightning at Lawnowlie, on the Bbore Ghat In cline on April 22. The health of the town and island of Bombay has declined during the last fort night." ILLNESS OF LORD CLYDE. We regret to learn that Field-Al Arshal Lord Clyde is very seriously indisposed. It is feared that the gallant veteran's malady threatens the heart, and extreme quiet being absolutely necessary, his lordship has been interdicted from seeing any of his friends for the last two or three days. ST. JAMES'S HALL. A grand morning concert was given in this hall on Monday last with great success. The music was wetl selected, and was generally well performed. The vocalists were numerous. Mdlle. Georgi, who possesses a fine mezzo soprano voice, sang the famos ° II Segreto," and Benedict's beautiful air " By the sad sea waves," and received the honour of an encore on each occasion. A similar compli ment was paid to Miss Rose Hersee, for her very careful and pleasing execution of Grisi's celebrated air in Lucrezia Borgia " Com e bello." Miss Banks was also warmly applauded in a song from " Undine," which, with a chorus of unaccompanied temale voices, had a charming effect. Signor Ciimglini was of course the most prominent of the gentlemen. He sang the new and popular romanza by Signor Arditi, " Colli Nativi," in which he was accompanied by the composer, and the " Mtserere" scene from the Trovatore, in which he was assisted by Miss Banks and the chorus. Mr. Weiss gave a naval song with spirit, and the choir performed their part very efficiently. Mr. John Cheshire played a harp solo with great ability, and the fre quent harp accompaniments were graceful and effective. The " Wedding March" was very well rendered by the orchestra, which consisted entirely of harps, under the direction of Mr Cheshire. The hall was full, and the variety of the prigramme and excellence of the concert gave general satisfaction. We read in the Debuts of yesterday, "It is said that the Queen of England has just sent to M. Guizot a magnificent copy of the speeches of her husband. The vol Mme is bound in white morocco, and upon the page preceding that of the title the Queen has written with her own hand, ' To M. Guizoi - , in memory of the best of men, and with the expression of gratitude for the sincere homage he has re n d ere d to him ; from his unhappy widow, Ylc toria,"' Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, the Second and Third Acts of THE GREEN BUSHES. Messrs. J. L. Poole, P. Bedford, Bil ling,ton, and 3liss Avonia Jones. After which (7th time), a new Drama, in one act, entitled THE WOODEN SPOON MAKER. Messrs. B. Webster, Stuart, Stephenson, Sefton ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. ill lington. To conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRA.NCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole, &c. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather--Sun Office, May 20, 1863, THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock 5B Barometer-30.02. Wind—N, W, ; light breeze, and cloudy weather, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tats DAT.—Morning, 3h. 39m.—Afternoon, 3h. 56m. To-wonsow.-Morning, 4h. 14m.—Afternoon, 4h. 32m. , s o ,„ LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1863, The Irish Church Establishment has long been recognised by millions of thoughtful men in this country as one of the most flagrant anomalies among all the institutions of the Three Kingdoms. Dur ing years upon years, at uncertain intervals, it has been discussed and re-discussed, literally usque ad nauseam, because hitherto quite fruitlessly, both within and without the walls of Parliament. Time was—now nearly a whole generation back—when it was the theme of stormy debate down at West minster, a subject of contention so fierce and imp. tuous that upon the result hung the fate of parties, the coming in and the going out of Governments, the incitement to loyalty or to revolt of six millions of the population. In spite of all which, the loyalty of those millions—so far as it could be in any way affected adversely by that galling and most irritating provocation— was then maintained, is to this moment maintained inviolate. Yet all the while that same monstrous anomaly here alluded to has been continued intact and uninterruptedly. There has been all this time no abatement whatever of the evil, no abatement of it even to an infinitissimal degree, as an anomaly, since SYDNEY SMITH flouted it with his wit and DANIEL O'CONNELL denounced it in imperishable words of eloquence. Notwithstanding every strenu ous effort made with a view to its subversion, there that huge anomaly still survives like an immovable incubus—there it yet remains by the sheer might of its /NS Inertia. Again, last evening, in the House of Commons the old source of so many heartburnings upon either side of St. George's Channel, was, in a new form, brought under consideration. Once more, yesterday, the notoriously invidious and anomalous position of the Church Establishment in Ireland was—(there is no other word for it)—revcmatilated. One is pain fully conscious while listening to the renewal of these discussions in the Imperial Legislature, whi e turning over the report of them this next day with a weary deliberation—one cannot possibly do other wise than feel all the time poignantly con vinced that no amelioration is in any way likely to result from it. Representative after representative has his favourite panacea, his pet anodyne, his cherished compromise, to suggest and to dilate upon : but one after another, we know full well from a bitter experience, that these pro- jects will be vaunted by their respective projectors, only to be rejected more or less peremptorily by the House. A House, too, certain as fate almost, to be bored to death by listening to them. Of ail this last night's discussio❑ of the subject-matter in de bate, afforded just one of the old stock illustrations. A Select Committee was moved for, in the first instance, by the re-ventilator of the old thread bare grievance, Mr. DILLWYN. That hon ourable gentleman's motion being made simply for the appointment of a Select Committee that should be empowered to inquire how far the present dis tribution of endowments for religious purposes throughout Ireland might be so amended es most to conduce to the welfare of all classes of her MAJESTY'S Irish subjects. Secondly, to search the journals of the House for any resolutions passed since the act having reference to the application of any surplus revenue arising from ecclesiastical endowments in Ireland. And, finally, to re port bow far such resolution or resolu tions have been subsequently carried into effect. In reality, altogether, upon the face of it, a reasonable proposition enough : and one consist ently supported, considering the bearing of it, by Sir JOHN TRELAWNY. Yet, while the motion was all this beyond any doubt, it was none the less unlikely to end where it set out : resulting in nothing d t , t her at e f o o n r c e e , DEG. more certainly than in a lit t l e further waste of seconded by Mr. ~E W time. Mr. SEYMUvO R'SalTeEn,m followed e upon the original motion a lmost as an inevitable consequence. That amendment, nevertheless, being operative of good as the original for which it obviously about as likely to prove in ev er y wa y as in- motion was intended to be substituted. The suggestion pnt forward by the amendment meaning, in point of fact, nothing more nor less than the substitution for A Select Committee, of A Royal Commission. A Royal Commission, as Mr. SEYMOUR put it, formally appointed and empowered to inquire into the territorial arrangement of existing bene fices ; into the provision of the cure of souls ; into the amount of population and number of Protes tants in each benefice; the erection of new parishes were required ; the districts whirl: it might be de sirable to serve provisionally by stipendiary curates ; he incomes of benefices and parts of ben; fives in Ireland ; and other subjects enumerated in the ori ginal proposition. Certainly a modest prot,pectus altogether ! The amendment manifestly propound. ing a scheme, not for the mcdification, much less for the diminution, but rather it would seem for the still further extension and amplification of an already gigantic grievance. Hence these proposals for the erection of new parishes, where required ! For providing certain districts provisionally with stipendiary curates, supplemented as a class to the Irish church Establishment, as it is. An amendment, in reality, just simply out. (Canal _ 44.0 ti tu l ar ~.‘ At the Drawing-room held on Saturday, Miss Ros, Bwler was presented by her aunt, the. Coun tess of Lanesborough. Viscountess Bury, Lady Adelizi Manners, Lady Adeliza Norman, Lady Crossley, and Miss Neave attended the Drawing room. The Prince and Princess of Wales, and Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, at- eaded by the Coun tess of Macclesfield, Mejor Teesdale, and Captain Westerweller, visited the Royal Polytechnic Insti tution yesterday morning. The Duke de Nemours and the Princess Mar guerite visited her Royal Highness the Princess Louis of Hesse at Marlborough House. Prince Ed ward of Saxe-Weimar visited the Prince of Wales. The ranee and Princess of Wales. An evening party was given by command of th, Queen at St. Lrnes's Palace last evening, in honour of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. The invitations for this reception were issued by the Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household. The State Rooms were decorated for the occasion, and the whole suite were adorned with a profusion of flowers, and were brilliantly illuminated with chandeliers and candelabra. Tea, coffee, and light refreshments were served to the distinguished company throughout the evening, in the Guard Chamber; the supper being served in the Grand Banquet room. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess of Macclesfield, Lady in Waiting ; Hon. Mrs. E. Coke, Woman of the Bedchamber in Waiting ; Lord Harris, Chamberlain to her Royal Highness; Lord Alfred Hervey, L , rd in Waiting to his Royal Highness; and Mvjor Teesdale, Equerry in Waiting, arrived at the Palace from Marlborough House at five minutes before ten o'clock, alighting at the garder entrance, where they were received by the Duchess of Wellington, Mistress of the Robes ; the Earl of St. Germans, G.C.8., Lord Steward ; Viscount Sydney, G.C.8., Lord Chamberlain ; the Marquis of Ailesbury, Master of the Horse to the Queen ; anti by the follow ing members of the Queen's Household : Lady Churchill, Lady in Waiting ; Viscountess Chewtoa, Woman of the Bedchamber in Waiting ; Hon. Emily Cathcart, Hon. Beatrice Byng, Maids of Honour in Waiting; Viscount Bury, Treasurer of the Household ; Viscount Cast le-ltosse, Vice-Chain. berlain ; Viscount Torrington, Lord in Waiting ; Lieutemant-G'eneral Sir Henry Bentinck, K.C.8., Groom in Waiting; Major-General the Hon ,,urab!e A. N. Hood, Equerry in Waiting; and Sir Thomas M. Biddulph, K.C.8., Master of the Household. The Prince and Princess were conducted to the Royal closet, where their Royal Highnesses were joined by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary Ottended by Lid) Geraldine Somerset and Culonel Home Purves) the Duke of Cambridge (attended by the Hon. .Ltmes M,cdonnld), and the Prince of Orange (attended by Lieut,-Colonel Van den Bosch and Baron Pallandt), his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Holstein, and his Highness the Maharajah Duleep Singh (attended by Colonel Oliphant). Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse accompanied the Prince and Prieeess of Wales from Marlborough House, and were at tended by Baroness von Schenck, Baroness TOD Granny, Captain Westerweller, and Mr. Becker. The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Royal party were conducted by the Lord Chamberlain and the Lord Steward to the Throne-room, where the diplomatic corps and the Cabinet Ministers,with the ladies of their families, had the honour of pay ing their respects. Their Royal Highnesses then passed to Queen Anne's-room, and, surrounded by the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, received the nobility arid gentry present. The illustrious circle were afterwards conducted by the great officers to the drawing-room, where the following eminent artistes, Mdlle. Titiens,Mdl le. Carlotta Patti, Mdlle. Trebelli, Signor Giuglini, Signor Delli Sedie, and Herr Frieke, had the honour of singing the following pieces :—Aria, " 0 lute di quest anima ;" Lied, " Der Wanderer ;" Duette, " Da quel di;" Cavatina, " Or la Eull'onda ;" Quer tetto, " E scherzo od e follia ;" Romanza, "A quell() fer per me ;" Valse (Faust) Gounod; Rornanza,"Colli ❑ativi,'' Arditi ; Polacca, " Son vergin vezzosi ;" and Quartetto, "Chi mai le mie sventure." Mr. Cosine presided at the pianoforte. Her Majesty's private band, under the direction of Mr. Anderson, performed at intervals in the Throne-room. The Lord Steward conducted the Prince and Princess of Wales to supper in the Banquet-room. The table was decorated with numerous golden vases, filled with flowers, and the buffet of gold plate at the west end of the room displayed a choice collection of shields, salvers, and tankards, of silver gilt, together with bulb and carved ivory cups of great beauty and value. Both the buffet and the table were brilliantly lit with candelabra, filled witb wax lights. Their Royal Highnesses afterwards returned to the drawing-rooms. The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty, under 'he command of Captain Parker Rieltford, the Egon ❑ Waiting. l'hf, band of the Scuts Fusilier Guards attended, and played i❑ the new corridor. There was a large attendance of the nobility, clergy, and gentry. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will have a dinner party, followed by a concert, on Friday next at Marlborough House. The banquet intend,d to be give." to the Prince and Princess of \Vales byViseount and Vi countess Sydney is unavoidably postponed. Their Rijal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and Princess Mary, attended by Col. Home Purves, honoured Lady Truro by their company at dinner o i Mon day evening at har ladyship's hou,e in Eaton-square. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge also joined the circle. A select and distinguished party had the honour to meet their Royal Highnesses. There was a small assembly after dinner. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and Pr.ncess Mary of Cambridge honoured Lady M Nisbet with their presence at her ladyship's dance on Fri day night. The Duke of Sutherland has returned to Stafford House, St. James's, from Lillieshall, Shropshire, where the duchess and family are staying. The Duke or Hamilton has gone to Scotland, in order to attend the ass.qubling of the Queen s Own Royal Lanark Militia, of which regiment the noble duke is colonel. No day is fixed for the arrival of the duchess and Lady Mary in London from Paris. The INLirquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne and the Earl of Kerry have left Lansdowne House for Bewood Park, Wilts, until after the Whitsuntide recess. The Earl and Countess Spencer have left Spencer House, St. James's, for Clifton, near Bristol, with the view of benefitting the health of the noble earl. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are ex pected to leave town on Saturday, to pass the Parliamentary recess at Brocket Hall, Herts. Lord and Lady'Taunton are expected to leave town in a few days, for their seat in Somersetshire. Lord Wicklow's party for Friday, the 23d inst., is unavoidably postponed. Lord Llanover has left town for Llanover, South Wales. Lady Labella Blackford was unable to encounter the fatigues of the Drawing-room, or would have attended on Saturday last. . _ _ The Hun. CAtherine Musgrave, widow of the late Archbishop of York, died on the 16th inst , at Hyde p irk • quare. The deceased lady was daughter of the Ist Lord Wb terpark. _ _ _ The Right Hon. William and Mrs. Hatt have left town fur their seat, Gibside General Bulkeley, M.P., and Lady Catherine Bulkeley were about to attend the Drawing-room on Satur day when it was made known to them that one of their household was suffering from illness. The gallant general and his family were thus prevented from attending the Court. Ciptain W. Lloyd Browne, of the sth (Rua! Irish) Lancers, was married yesterday at St. George's, Hanover-square, to Miss Charlotte Elizabeth Orde,daughter of Lady Elizabeth, and the late General James Orde. The Bishop of Oxford performed the ceremony. London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. THE LUDGAIE-HILL VIADUCT. The Committee et the House of Lords appointed fol th e consideration of this bill met on Monday at 11 o'clock. The following lords formed the select committee:—L ord Wodehouso (chairman), th* Duke of Manchester, the Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord Camoys, and Lord Dufferin, to whom were referred all petitions against the bill, and also the Pei' lion of the Council of the Royal Institute of Br tisk Arc tects against the construction of a railway bridge B ° l9 Ludgate-hill, Mr. St. George Burke. Q.C., an d M r. Somerset appeared for the promoters of the bill; Mr. Phinn, Q.C., and gr• Wilkinson appeared for the Metropolitan Board of Worl' e ' against the bill; and Mr. Davidson appeared for the peti tioners to watch the proceedings. Mr. Burke, in supporting the bill, after adverting to the project for extending the line from Greenwich to Woolwich, and to the Victoria-station, observed that the ct natah t° were no doubt aware that considerable discussion had tak en place on a subject which greatly interested the inhabitants of a portion of the city. it would be remember ed that, in the year 1860, the London, Chatham, a nd Dover Railway obtained power to extend their line to Fa; ringdon-street, by which they would be enabled to afford accommodation to the inhabitants of the districts on th e south side of the Thames. The importance of that has could not be over-estimated; it would, in fact, be what he might call an omnibus line, enabling parties with facility to reach the heart of the city. If any doubt were enter tained whether such a line would be profitable as a financial speculation, that doubt must now be entirely remove d by the great success which had attended the Metro politan Railway. The proposition was to build a bridge across the Thames at Blackfriara to cross Ludgate hill by means of a viaduct, and to construct a great station in Fa r ' ringdon-street in conjunction with the Metropolitan llail way. The learned counsel pointed out the many advan tages that would result from the construction of such ti line. It would bring the southern portion of the metro" polis into connexion with the northern, and at the sam e . time ercatly relieve the tr a ffi c o f th e streets. That bill rob wiili the most strenuous opposition. It was contested for 3C days in a committee of the House of Commons. But it finally received the sanction of that house. It was subse' quently oppsed in the Lords, but, after full and searcbioi investigation, it passed both h ouses , an d rece i ve d the R o yal assent. 'I he Chairman asked whether any steps had been takell to carry out the provisions of that bill, Mr. Burke said that the capital had been raised and the works on the south side of the Thames were approaching to completion. The Chairman asked whether the bridge at Blackfria re was begun. Mr. Burke said the bridge was commenced, and would be proceeded with as rapidly as possible. Much delay h ad been occasioned to the proceedings of the company by th e corporation of the city of London, who appeared to be yell undecided as to the course they should follow. Ho r e ; gretted, howev er , t o say that, after all the company ha d dune in raising and expending a large amount of capital on the faith of an Act of Parliament, with the hope of d e riving a profit a bl e re t urn f rom the future traffic to be de; veloped by the proposed line, a cry had been suddenly raise' against them, on the ground that they proposed to carrYl viaduct across L u d ga t e -hill . T h i s, it was alleged, soul': completely shut out the v i ew o f S t. P aul ' s Catheura l, but that was not a well-founded allegation. Should this Wie r petted opposition be successful the company would suste irj ,,, very great loss. The s u gges t e d i mprovements in Srnithfte." would be altogether unprofitable to the London, Chatham' and Dover Company if they were to be deprived of the power of crossing Ludgate-hill and forming a j u nctio, with those i m p rovemen t s. H e d i d not, however, appre henti that Pa liament would rescind powers they had given, an d ' in pursuance of which powers, great works had already been commenced and very large sums expended. The Duke of Manchester—Would not the proposed v ia ' duct over Ludgate-hill be on a much higher lever than th® Smithfield station ? Mr. Bur e said the level of the viaduct would of coule e ' be controlled by the level of the bridge over the Thame s ' but when they had p asse d over Ludgate-hill there Nv°ll,7 be a consider a bl e gra di ent towards Skinner-street, a n whit h would come to the level of thestation at Farringd e h r/ : street and of the prop ose d S m i t hfi e ld b ranch. When t" Bill was originally before Parliament the then Lord Mil er ' the present Lord Mayor, the city surveyor, the city solioitorf and many others in authority were examined, and Bail' el ; pressed their approbatit of the measure. M an y e minen t bankers and merch-.nts also petitioned i n f avour o f they% Mr. Phinn said he appeared on behalf of the Metropoli tan Board of Works, and had been instructed to apply t o t . l l committee to postpone the further conshieration of the Mr. Burke submitt e d th a t t h e M etropolitan Board of Works had no locus standi. Mr. Phinn said that by virtue of Acts of Parliame nt recently passed the Metropolitan Board of Works possesser i certain powers wi t h respec t t o t h e streets of the city, 8511 e as to the ar rangement of the traffic. The Bill for the ~, bankment of the Thames had been passed since the ° ju t , pany's bill o f 1860 , and another bill in reference to the sh e subject was at thi s moment pend i ng; these an d ofll e , powers p ssessed b y th e B oar d gave them an undoubted right to be heard before the committee. Mr. Burke said th e t th e c l auses i n the bill aga i ns t w hich the Metropolitan Board of Works had petitioned had since been struck out. Mr. Phinn observed that the fact referred to by learned friend was a most extraordinary course adopted b 9 the company. The Metropolitan Board of Works had 11 . t i; tioned against th e bill , spec i fy i ng the clauses relat i ng t° h extension of the line, to the taking of land at the north side of the Tham es an d t o t h e approach to Farringdon - s tree t from Blackfriars-bridge. Th ese th e company h a d strut x ~t out, but th e y h a d, nevert h eless, taken steps to carry °L' the work to which s t rong an d un i versal object i on was raade. . The Metropolit an B oar d o f Works, therefore, felt it th eir duty, in the interest of the public, to oppose the further P r ?; gress of the bill. The powers of the company under theft original bill to take land w ou ld exp i re on the 6th o f Augur next, and the powers to carry out the works would expire two years from that date. _ The Chairman said the company had withdrawn th e clauses to which the Metropolitan Board of Works objected' Mr. Phinn contended that they could not withdraw thsg f clauses witho u t th e sanct i on of the comm it tee . Th e m atte , could not be go t r id o f so d exterous l y as hi s learned friend wished. It was a skilful manceuvre, but it would note he hoped, be a successful one. The object of the Metropol itan Board of Works was to present a petition to the 11°,11 ~ of Lords, p ra yi ng th a t f urt h er procee di ngs under the *" of 1860 might b e s t aye d unt il th e ent i re su bj ect ha d been ID 7i, quired into, and w ith th a t v i ew h e h a d t 3 ask t h e ir lor d , ships to suspend their decision on the bill for a day or °v a t He believed it would be found that the great disfigur e d e t to the city w hi c h wou ld result from the proposed vra on on Ludgate-hill could be avoided, and that the eit eo : o t could be carried out by an underground line. ' l '7- 0, deny that th e com p any m i g ht b e entitled to conopsll6:3L. but what he contend e d f or was that the altered e'r'-gity stances of the city d eman d e d a revision of previous and improvident legislation. Mr. Burke denied that the Bill of 1860 was a piece of W i w i and impr ov id en t l egislation. The inquiry lasted a r a° „, ll „ t re and the me m b ers o f the committee inspected toe spot he re the viAduct was proposed to be const i uc t e d, an d WY vv i e ot. of opinion th a t i t wou ld b e no obstruction to the vieW47" Paul's. In answer to questions by members of the committ ee ' by Mr. Burke said that £3,600,000 had been expended he the company on the south side of the Thames, and tha t t de company had engaged to expend £280,000 on the north 01 e f of the Thames. He d en i e d th at th e M etropo lit an Boara lo Works had entire authority over the streets of the city. cs clauses which had been referred to were no doubt rA w er str!l ilea out in conseq u e nce o f th e oppos i t i on w hi c h h a d b e en to the proposed scheme, but still the company b 6d ,, 1 : t under the Act of 18G0 to p urc h ase l an d s until nex t and they had acted up on th ose powers by having Jed ' . notice to every pe rson w h ose premises would be recln - au It was not n e c essary , t h erefore, to retain the clause for extension of time. The room was th en c l eare d . On counsel and par ties be ieS re-admitted The CHAIRMAN said the committee were of opal- - i t tan they could not grant the application of the Metrope'sp' Board of Work s . Of course th e B oard cou ld make application to the House of Lords they might think The bill was then proceeded with, and the committee journed at 4 o'clock. - a°3 Madame Turr, wif e o f G enera l T arr , Garl -la ti al 0 at companion in arms, has just p resente d t h e Oper lol3 ;:bc- Bude with one of her c ompos iti ons, ent i tled t h e " I\j'fi rata." Madame Turr is sister of Madame Rattazz i ' .. s el, LAUNCH OF THE SALAMIS.—This splendi d ce i ; vi , designed by th e master sn i pwr i ght at C i l t froel Oliver W. Lang, E s q., was success f u ll y launched, ding Chatham dockyard, yesterday afternoon. N o twiths tart u' , a that rain f e ll h eav il y , an d the day was very cold, wit that rain fell heavily, and the day was very Col' be° gale from the north-east, it did not doter many from so' present on the occasion. A booth was erected for th e aa a arrangedge Irri garrison oanndeacthhesiddeepoafrttmheenbtu, commodation of the principal officers of the p ort . we re ildwinhgileslipth, o public hicil a n rdeteibnguli• guns' excellent view could be obtained. The launch ssvc; fixed to take place at the top of the fLiod tide, at two 1E,I;t) first ceremony of "christening" the vessel, which .. .. l6 t aliZo' of the kind built at this yard, was performed by lei ding the beth Eyre, daughter of the major-genera ti l o c a o::::: .. h i s e il ti o d t : f ; district, who dashed the bottle of wino the vessel and cut the cord which held the last do_g_ A ided and three hydraulic rams giving the ship a start s e LL os e e i i w as slowly and gracefully down the ways. This c diago nal laid down August 10, 1861; she is built upon til: 8 coca system, the wood used being mahogany, and the roya l hated she will be one of the fastest steamers m b. navy. Her principal dimensions are--!engt between ton- g t 2 perpendiculars, 2 , fBov hold,er 1 all; e e t breadth,ext reme, s; b 831 50-94; horse-power, 260; she will carry _7 .00 0 The machinery is to be supplied by Messrs. -,".... alop g: Salkeld, and Co. On the Salamis being brough t . 'Lk' he for' side the Adder her draught of water was found to " ward 4 feet 3 inches, and aft 4 feet 0 inches.