The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-31 00:00:00

RoYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent -garden. There will, both in this week 1 anduestin next w , eek, be five open nights, viz., Mo nda y , ar, Thursday day,riand saterday. Mdlle. Lucca; Madame Didiee. M. Fau e ; Signor Graziani ; Signor Mario. THIS EVENING (Tuesday), Mty 31, will be performed Gounod's Opera, FAUST E MARGHERITA. Mar_ herita, Mahe. Pauline Lucca Siebe , Madame Didiee ; Marta. Mdlle. Anese ; Mefisto ee, M. Faure ; Valeatino, Signor Graziant ; Wag - ner, Signor Tagliafice ; and Faust, Signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre sta ls, 10s. 6d., 78., and 58. ; amphitheatre. 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had alt the box-offic2 under the portico of the thea,re, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellas' and librarla ns HEATRE ROYAL HAYMIARKET.- J. Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING. THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone. Rogers, Clark, Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe. &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, Hill, Wright, Rogers, To conclude with MRS. WHITE. Mr. Compton. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECHTER will perform HAMLE THIS EVENING (TUESDAY). Claudius, Mr. Emery; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham ; Ghost, Mr. G..lorda Firstrt, Mr. C. Vanden huff; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore ;Gravedigger, Mr. H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. F. Charles ; Messrs. W M'lntyre, F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall bank, Collett ; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, Miss M. Henrade ; and Gertruie, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by M r. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open atbalf-past 7, and Hamlet com mences at 8. Box Office open daily f r om Eleven o'clock till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, the B roth THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The T wo Dromios, by ers Webb Alter which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Louis an d Fabien dei Franchi, Mr. Vining ; Chateau Renaud, Mr. Walter Lacy. To concludi'with BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. NE" THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL -.. Sole Pronriator and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Last Week but One of the Great Tragediene, Miss Bateman, in the character of LEAFS. THIS EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, It. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Bilithgtoll, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Mrs. Bilington. To conclude with TIIE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, it. Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATEMAN.—L E A H.—THlo EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma den until further notice In order :o give due effect to tuts most remarkable suensii of the season, ea:irety new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Panson and t=ons, au d Thompson. New dry ss , 2s and appo ntments have be, n prepare) for its p r oduction. —N. tN. s. l at the due conseqx-ounce of the pressing and numerous .pplinsffie, - rangements have now been trade by which Seats m y be ob- Lamed a week in Advan..e. ROYAL ST, JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. rowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Ccmedy, by Dioi. Boucicault ,Esq., every Evening. Re -engagement of those ce !brt . iced . snd popular artistes, Mr an Mrs. Charles Mathew; Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Asuley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss Harbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Seining. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WE DDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and original Comedy in 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled THE FOX CHACE• Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews , Mr..J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Chamr)er laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At 10, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OP MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Frank Matthews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke ; Miss Fanny Josephs. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE SILENT SYSTEM. Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. Miss Ada swanborough. After which, MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, James, Fenton, Turner, &c. ; Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c. 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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. nits DAT. — Morning, 10h. 25m.—Afternoon, 10h. 55m , To-troall° 77 . - Morning, 11t. 20m.—Afternoon, 11h. 58m. tn"' • 1 "&. ,1 Ice 1;1 , , 31, 1864. LONDON, IIiESDAY, MAN It would seem as if all fresh intelligence that reached us was but confirmatory of the p rev i ous accounts relating to the intolerant demeanour of the Prussians. They are tow so bent on effecting their purpose of despoiling Denmark, and so wrapt up in their own selfish plans, that they cannot spare a ttought for the effect that their conduct may leave on other nations. Before this war commenced few would have believed •that any soldiers of an Euro pean army would have so committed themselves and cast to the winds the restraining power of the bienseances of civilisation, which are no less to be observed in camps than in courts, and which dis tinguish and separate the men of refinement from the savage and the uncultivated. It is very painful ti peruse these details, for we cannot but feel that for many the doom is sealed, and ruin has overtaken them, or will speedily do so. What if things turn out in the sequel better than the most sanguine anticipations can now anticipate, the happy issue to deplorable events, and the fortunate termination to disastrous occurrences will not rebuild the shat tered homestead, and recall to life the dead who have fallen victims to tyranny and rage. It is perfectly inexcusable, to say the least of it, for the Prussians to perpetrate such outrages and to pillage and plunder to such an illimitable extent the towns and villages of the places they invade. The Duke of WELLINGTON, admirable in so many respects as a general, left no example more worthy of imitation than his practice of making his t:oops pay for what they received from the inhabitants of the countries which they occupied or through which they passed. It would almost appear as if these modern aggres sors had gone to war for the purpose of extermina tion ; and, in carrying out that policy, had deter■ mined upon amusing themselves with inflicting all imaginable evils, and causing the greatest possible loss and misery among the unhappy population, whose evil stars have given them into such unscru pulous hands. The Austrians set a more worthy ex ample, and appear to carry out in a great degree those principles of justice and sentiments of honour that should ever appertain to the ranks of a well-trained army belonging to a great nation. There must be great culpability attaching itself to all in command, from the highest to the lowest, for such enormities to take place as constantly occur in Jutland. The subordinates of any position are always ready to re-enact the tone of their superiors, and the chief has but to use the signal for the followers to com prehend its meaning. Sometimes the non-bestowal of a command to abstain gives a tacit consent, or at all events manifests indifference to what may take place. Such hesitation and lukewarmness have often prove detrimental to the reputation, and fatal to the fortunes of invader and invaded. This has unhappily been the case in Jutland, and indeed wherever the troops of King WILLIAM have marched in their viptorious career to gain glory by the triumph of the many over the few, and acquire territory at the cost of a sacrifice which all the kingdoms of the world cannot compensate for. A fame once tarnished cannot be restored to its pris tine lustre, and an influence once weakened will be long before it regains the ascendancy, if indeed it ever succeed in doing so. Among the reports that have been circulated respecting the occurrences that nave annoyed and exasperated the Danes, there is mention made of a controversy that has taken place about the statue at Fredericia which is greatly prized by the Danes. This monument had been treated by the Austrians with great respect, but Marshal von WRANGEL, it is said, took upon him self to offer it to the CROWN PRINCE. His Royal Highness sent to tie Austrian General to announce his wish to transmit the statue to the city of Berlin. Manilla' von GOBLENTZ did not feel bound, how ever, to accede to the request, and gave a very proper reply. He repudiated the notion that the Prussian General had a right to make such an offer in the first instance, and that he intended to respect the Danish monument. The story may not be true, but it is very likely to be so in its leading characteristics. It is typical of the difference that exists between the Prussian and Austrian mode of carrying on warfare. The Austrian commander has made it his charge to protect the monuments and works of art. It he is not sure that they will be respected he intends to take them down and send them to the Danes until the war is over. Such a course does more honour to a military chief than the eclat which attends the victory of his troops. Proofs of magnanimity and acts of consideration are always among the redeem ing features of the stern reig❑ of iron warfare. The campaign may be an arduous one, and the carnage great on the day of engagement, but a brightening gleam may soften the scene and subdue the tints of the picture if we can trace some instance of genero sity and mark some affecting trait of benevolence. SCOTT has declared— " Oh, War, thou hut thy fierce delight, Thy gleams of joy intensely bright." The Prussians would exemplify the dark and gloomy view alone to our gaze, and it is well that all mar tial manoeuvres are not conducted in a spirit kindred to theirs, or the peace-mongers would certainly have the best of it in their slehement denunciations of the whole concern as a trade of butchery, which carries devastation in its track, and has extermina tion for its motto. The prevailing sentiment of the English public was pretty plainly seen on Saturday last at the review in Hyde Park. If Prussia had any emissaries or envoys present they could not return with very glad tidings, or despatch very flattering intelligence to the Fatherland. In many ways the feeling for Denmark was manifested, and there must have been many there who learned a lesson that they did not relish. If there is one thing more than another contrary to the sentiments of the people of this country, and capable of arous ing their indignation, it is opposition, wrong, and injustice. Notwithstanding the poor account our rulers can give of our national spirit and courage as allies, it has yet to be proved if Prussia has not realised the fable of grasping the shadow and losing the substance. The whole of the Danish territory, were it ten times the size and double the value, may not bear comparison with the respect and sympathy of England. That feeling, which would have out lived change and losses, cannot be expected to ear. vive the shock which the recital of the transactions in this Warfare has occasioned. Althono of late years some advance has been made in the ri ght direction, the English Govern ment is conspicuous above all other Governments for the niggardl y Support and inefficacious en couragement which it vouchsafes to men of litera ture and science. -When success has been achieved it may come forward to tender the tardy and valueless tribute of its approval to the man who is then independent of its aid. the hour of diffi culty, however, when a helping hand is i nva l ua bl e, it is vain f or the man of genial or enterprise ex pect it from the Court patron or the Circuml ocut i on official. Perhaps it may be s urged thatc to the test of merit, that " truth is great and will prevail." Undoubtedly! The truth will prevail, but the pioneers of that truth are too often th e sacrifice before the day of triumph ultimately arrives. Examples of this lamentable fact are only too eaaily numbered. We are reminded of them at the present moment by a glance at Cap- RAVERTY's valuable labours,* in a cause far more important than that of either literature or science—namely, the good government of our Indian dependencies. Capt. RAVERTY is an Indian officer who has distinguished himself in a very remark. able manner as a linguist. For many years he has devoted himself to the study of the language of Affghanistan, and he has, with incredible difficulty and praiseworthy perseverance, published a dic tionary of that language the knowledge of which is so important among the Government officials in the Punjaub. The accuracy and correctness of Cap tain RAVERTY'S works are attested by many able scholars of Oriental tongues. Among others Dr. ALOIS SPENGER, the late Oriental translator to the Government of India,bears the following testi- • Dictionary, " Poshto•English." By Captain u. G, Itavarty, 341 itegiment 134usal Ist, I, Longman and co, mony to the value of his labours and the inathquate support which he has received :—" Orientalists know how difficult it is, in consequence of the little interest taken by the public in such works, to find means of publishing Oriental texts. One would have thought that the English Government, which rules over 20,000,000 Affghan subjects, would from the first have taken it up, and supported his work with pleasure. One would also have thought that the civil officers would have found the need of this means of help, so that it would have been a profitable speculation for a publisher, But whoever thinks so, knows little of the condition of Indian affairs. It is enough to say, that the Pay-bill is written in English, and not in the Affghan language! Captain RAYERTY had great difficulties to contend with in getting his Grammar published, the first edition of which ap peared at Calcutta in 1856. After he had in vain addressed himself to the Government, he sent the MSS. to the Asiatic Society of Bengal. The Coun cil of the society made a report thereupon, and highly commended the work in the name of the society to the Government; but it persisted in its refusal." Although the Government would not aid in the pub lication of these works they have condescended to take a few copies. The Russian Government, how ever, have taken a far greater number, and as yet have bestowed upon the gallant lexicographer a far greater degree of practical encouragement than he has received in his own country, It is said that the majority of Russian officers and diplomatists are required to pass an examination in the Pashto language, a system which our own administrators are also beginning to adopt. Captain RAYERTY has as yet issued only one half of his dictionary, the Pashto-English. The other and equally important portion is now awaiting funds to facilitate its pub lication, and it is earnestly to be hoped that such assistance will not long be wanting to enable the indefatigable Captain to complete his very valuable task. In spite of the famous motto of 'Rest and be thankful," which our ex-reformer has lately chosen for his crest, it is very seldom that a Parliamentary session is suffered to pass over without some discus sion of the important question of representative re form. It is very easy for those who have nothing to gain and perhaps much t o lose by further legisla tion in the matter, to contend that the country is perfectly satisfied with what has been already achieved, and to declare that is quite unnecessary to move in the affair until there is some degree of popular agitation respecting it. It is true that the fervent enthusiasm of 1832 finds no parallel in the tranquil remonstrances of the present day; that in stead of flaming castles and endless processions, an occasional motion in the Commons, frequently ne gatived without a division, and a moderate profes sion of liberal views in a hustings speech, ere the most we hear of it. Bat there is a strong feeling on the subject nevertheless, and if we have no longer the vehement and even riotous advocacy of thirty years since, it is because the feeling is known to be so strong and so general that no politicians will openly run counter to it. Individuals may object to individual questions; the extension of the fran chise may give rise to fifty different opinions, while the Ballot, unfortunately, too commonly sees all ranks and shades of politics united against its dan gerous efficacy, but no statesman will now•a-days attempt to put himself at the head of a party with the rallying cry of "No Reform." He would know that if he did so his chances of power would be but slight, and his political influence still slighter. It is one of the singular features of the present day that all parties have nominally agreed in the exist ing creed of a measure which yet never comes to pass. When four different Reform Bills have been brought forward within nine years it certainly looks as though the representation of the country were in an unsatisfactory state. This argument is used by the author of a"very moderate and sensible proposal for amending our parliamentary repre sentation. Sir FRANCIS KNOWLES, in a letter* to the Electors of the United Kingdom, reminds them that in the years from 1852 to 1860 inclusive, they had the Whig bill of 1852, the bill of Sir R. PEEL'S followers; the bill of Lord DERBY in 1859, and the bill of Lord PALMERSTON in 1860—all sub mitted to their consideration. Such being the case, and Parliamentary Reform having been re peatedly recommended in the Speech from the Throne, Sir FRA.NCIS KNOWLES thinks it a fitting time for bringing forward his suggestion for getting the political machinery out of the dead-lock at which it appears to have arrived, between the liberality of all parties, professions, and their secret unwilling. I ness for real reform. Sir FRANCIS is well qualified to give an opinion on the matter, having, he tells us, been a Reformer and a Free-trader when neither was the fashion, so far back as 1830, and declaring that even now he entertains no fears of the result, either of a prudent extension of the suffrage or of the ballot itself. He does not, indeed, take part in the Chartist advocacy of the rights of universal suf frage, and very simply and clearly sets forward his views on the matter. It might just as welt, he contends, be said that every man has a right to be Lord Chief Justice, as that he has a right to the franchise, for he has both rights upon one condition —that he be dilly appointed to the office, according to law. " A man has a right to the franchise when the law of the land gives it to him, and not otherwise; and this, indeed, he admits himself by his very act of agitating, in order to obtain the enactment of such a law in his favour." It will be seen, therefore, that notwithstanding his holding what he terms advanced liberal opinions, Sir F. KNOWLES possesses that good sense and modera ration which form so valuable a counterbalance to the fervour of political agitation. He does not question the beneficial results of extreme liberal measures after a time, but he especially dreads the transition state which is inevitably to be gone through first. We cannot, as he says, awake one morning to find such measures, laws, safely in action, and the violent agitation too often attend ing a comprehensive change is so justly dreaded and disliked that the very prospect of it, as he justly observes, drives all the timid and prudent to cling to any imperfection in oar institutions rather than incur the risks of a change. Being thus a believer in. the principle of an extended reform, and yet shrinking from the social convulsion necessary to put it into practice, Sir FRANCIS KNOWLES sug gests a medium course by which some of the exist. ingeeils might be remedied, while those other dangers he dreads might be averted. He proposes to extend the representation without lowering the franchise, by adding to the present boroughs the population of all the unrepresented towns, or in his own words—" To extend the area of the present borough franchi se , by including in it all th e non or euptresented lowering t towns :e £ certain(d l oownciufictaoliaationitself." T linait) with out would certainly be a good half-way measure, and might servo to prepare the ground for a more en• larged reform. Added to our present representa- Lion, it would raise the electors to about the same number as Mr. BAINES proposes to add to it. It is difficult to see what possible objection the anti-Reformers can have to such * The Supplement to the 113 form Act of 1832, in a Letter to the Electors of the - United Kingdom, by Sir F. C. jinowlee, Bart., M,A, Ridgway, Piccadilly. a measure since all the arguments against admit ing a lower class of electors fall to the ground. It is merely an extension of the franchise to those classes who, if they lived in Parliamentary boroughs, would have the undisputed right to vote. It does not, of course, go far e nough to meet the real wants of the country. 11. , ..f0rm could not stop here ; but, as we have said, the adoption of such a scheme would be a useful stepping-stone to larger measures, and indeed, this i s t h e v i ew which its advocate, himself, takes of it. He says, " Once make the £lO suffrage cover all the towns, and all future reforms become a mere question of more and less, to be well matured ani cautiously carried into effect." The Reform Act of 1832, passed as it was in the hurry and escitement of the time, was necessarily incomplete. The task of selecting the boroughs for enfranchisement and disfranchisement were alike invidious, and the spirit of Whiggism had undoubtedly something to do with the choice. But it was never intended or supposed that the Bill was to be conclusive—that the increasing wealth and growing numbers of the unrepresented towns were to bring about tic change in the dis tribution of the electoral districts. Sir F. KNOWLES calculates that his plan would raise the smallest constituencies to an average of 2,300, and when it is stated that there are 120 boroughs with 1,000 and less than 1,00 electors, it must be admitted that it is high time that the representation of the country was a little more effectual. An author estimates the occupiers of houses from £lO to .£5O rental at about 240,000, end as the actual borough constituencies number only 487,000, a fairer repre sentation of the opinions of the people would cer tainly be obtained by the change he recommends, which would also tend to diminish the disproportion existing between the representation of the counties and boroughs. At present they stand thus : Members. Electors. Counties l6O .. 535,788 Boroughs which he would alter to — Boroughs . 338 727,000 The rapid extension of the railways throughout all parts of the country remove ary obstacles that might have arisen is ferrcc: days from an amal gamation of distant towns, and a further considera tion would probably show many other advantages of the scheme. It is certainly high time that some. thing was done, and the recent debate on Mr. BAINES' measure, together with the attention ex cited by the admirable address of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has again brought the subject on the tapir, in spite of the exciting aspect of foreign politice. One thing is certain—to postpone legisla. tive reform until it is wrested from a reluctant Parliament and an irritated people, is to court that agitation which anti-reformers profess to dread, and wilfully to excite those angry end tumultuous pas sions which subvert all social order, and reader constitutional changes dangerous and difficult. nit] SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1864. Royal Italian Opera, Last evening Mozart's "Don Giovanni" was given for the first time this season as an "extra perform ance." The cast (nearly the same as last year) in cluded Madlle. Adelina Patti, Madame Frioci, Madame Rudersdorff, Signori Faure, Ronconi, Tamberlik—respectively as &Hine, Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni, Masetto, and Don Ottavio; while the Commendatore was represented by Herr Schmid, and Leporello by Signor Scalese, a buffo new to this country, who made a successful debut on Saturday last as Don Bartolo. The house was crowded to the ceiling ; and never, perhaps, was Mozart's undying work received with heartier plea sure. Thcr© were no less than six encores—" La ci darem" (Madlle. Adeiina Patti and M Faure); " Batti, batti " (Madlle. Patti) ; the trio of " Maequea " (Madlle. Frioci, Madame Rudersdorff, and Signor Tamberlik) ; " Deb vieni all finestra" (M. Faure) ; " Vedrai Carina (Ma demoiselle Patti; and "It mio tesoro" (Signor Tamberlik). It was Signor famberlik's first ap pearance this season ; and on no occasion has he more triumphantly shown himself the beau Ideal of Ottavio. His "IL mio tesoro," created an unac customed sensation. Not only was it repeated by unanimous desire, but after Signor Tamberlik had sung it a second time he was again summoned before the lamps to receive an additional tribute of ap plause. Signor Scalese, who played Leporello, justified all that was said in favour of his Bartolo. Rarely has the famous scene in the cemetery, where the Statue is invited to supp?,r, been more admirably acted than by this gentleman. The incidental minuet was charmingly danced by Madlle. Salvioni and M, Desplaces, and the three bands in the ball-room scene were held together by the skilful hand of M. Costa as though they had been one. Madame Puzzi's Morning Concert. ____ , The annual concert of Madame Puzzi has always been prominent among the fashionable entertain ments of the season, and, to judge from the appear• ance of the Hanover-square Rooms yesterday, it had this year lost none of its attractions. The rooms were crowded with a gaily-dressed company, who appeared to be fully satisfied with the per formances. The programme was, as usual, long and varied, although it was unfortunately deprived of one of its chief attractions by the unexpected ab sence of Madame Lemmens-Sherrington from domestic affliction. Alt must, of course, unite in deploring the cause, and the loss of the principal soprano was decidedly a matter of regret. Madame Parepa was, however, among the voca lists, and sang a Neapolitan canzonet with all her usual expression, besides taking part in several quartette. Miss Lascelles and Miss Banks, who sang carefully and creditably, and were especially successful in the duet " Quis est Nomo," from the Stabat Mater, though we much question the taste that introduces music of so sacred a character in the midst of a fashionable concert. Signor Giuglini gained an unanimous encore in a charming adapta tionaniegnor Gardoni sang a u n n g g f ß or iu t m he en fi t r h s a t im r t sp e op i u n l i a t r alu it ia orn . t of one of the airs in the " Lily ofoN.Liellearnbe:: de Paradis," but we have heard it given with better effect. Among the instrumentalists was Signor Pezze, who gave a solo of his own composition on the violoncello ; and Mr. Archer, who played two morceaux on the piano, one of which, " La rondo des Elfes," was very graceful and sparkling. There were several other performers, and the concert ex tended from two o'clock until a late hour in the afternoon. EDMUND ABOUT, the well known litterateur, was married last week to Mdlle. de Guillerville, a Nor mandyheiress, at the Chateau de Itoucheralles, near Rouen. THE LATE " STONEWALL" JACKSON.—The fol lowing letter has been addressed to the Hon. Mr. Mason in London, in reference to the proposed statue to the late General "Stonewall" Jackson :—" State of Vir ginia Executive Department, Richmond, April 25. To the Hon. James M. Mason.—l was most agreeably surprised a few days ago by the receipt of yours of the 17th ult., in forming me that a number of distinguished gentlemen of England had undertaken to have executed a marble statue of General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson ; and requesting that you may be authorised to say that 'so far as it may rest with 'Virginia, the statue shall occupy a position worthy of it and the occasion.' I n re ply, it gives me pleasure to assure you that the most appropriate spot in our beautiful grounds . shall be selected for the purpose of the proposed token of a great nation's appreciation of our illustrious son. This expression of sympathy, while we yet mourn over our groat loss, touches me deeply, and will, I know, reach the heart of every true Virginian; and speaking for her and in her name, I ask you to tender o ur sincere acknowledgments to the distinguished gentlemen who have so kindly and happily conceived this handsome and grateful tribute to the memory of one of our beat and bravest. aad at the same time one of the truest and greatest of his race. Noble must have been the man who could have so suddenly impressed himself upon the sentiments of mankind I And glorious thecomme r ate people hsa w m h e o . e I s e a n m s b s i i i r t e y s prompted e, o. , ( t h e e g m n e t d o ) ImAl LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] RECOVERY OF THE POPE. ROME, MAY 30. The Pope resumed his receptions to-day. The health of his Holiness is completely re.esta- blished. GREECE. ATHENS, MAT 24. In to-day's sitting of the National Assembly several members put questions to the Ministry respecting some promotions recently made and the amnesty of the insubordinate soldiers. The Assem bly passed from these questions to the order of the day. M. Delyorghi has been re-elected President of the Assembly. The King has left Athens to-day for the pro vinces and Corfu. Libels against Count Sponneek have been found posted up. THE INSURRECTION IN ALGERIA, PARIS, MAY 31. Dispatches received here from Algeria mention several small engagements, General Deligny has repulsad the insurgent tribes in the South and East. Generals Lappasset and Rose are about to attack the enemy at Ammy and Moussa. Tranquillity continues to prevail in the province of Constantine. THE DANO-GERMAN QUESTION. COPENHAGEN, MAY 27, 7.11 P.M. The news that England and France demand the abolition of the London Treaty, and the separation of Holstein and South Schleswig from Denmark, is Amalgamation of the Customs and Excise, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I accept your publication of my letter de precating the duplicate and triplicate modes of Cus• tom-house business, as exemplified by the circumlo cutory system in obtaining accounts from the Inspector-General of Imports and Exports through the Treasury and Board of Trade, as at once a chat. lenge and a permission to develope the remedy—an amalgamation of the two offices—which 1 then pro posed to glance at upon a future occasion. Allow me to premise, for the information of your readers, you doubtless being aware of the fact, that the returns of the Board of Trade are all prepared at the Custom-house; some being published after a period of a week's gestation, precisely as there pre pared, while others are reproduced in what is thought at the West-end an improved form, although probably the public would not think so, had they the opportunity of judging between the two. You will thus see that, in addition to the evils involved in this duplicate and triplicate system, so ably exposed in your leading article, we have the further and even greater evil of delay—and delay in the pnblication of these accounts often makes the difference, as I need not tell you, between their being invaluable and valueless—which would be at once remedied by the amalgamation of these two offices. For I assert, without fear of contradiction, that were they under one control, not only would the monthly accounts of the trade and navigation of the country be published a week earlier than they now are, but the publication of the yearly blue book would be accelerated by at least three months. In proposing the amalgamation of the Accoun tant-General's Office of Excise (also a statistical department) and the Inspector- General's office of Imports and Exports with the Board of Trade, I have not the vanity to suppose that I have hit upon any great or wonderful discovery; but, on the con trary, I am quite aware that I am merely advocat ing the application of a principle which has been twice tried within the last ten years; once in the amalgamation of the Coastguard with the Admi ralty, and a second time in the junction of the Re gistrar of Seamen with the Board of Trade, a per fectly analogous case to that now recommended, and in both instances to the manifest advantage of public business, and to the greater economy as well as better working of two important public departments. The suggestions offered is the bringing together under one head and control the departments before named, when, instead of three offices involving " circumlocution" and delay, we should have one, which would, there can he no doubt, result in an important seeing of time in the despatch of busi ness, as well as of cost in the respective staffs of the different offices. Of course if it were found that there are f;cilities offered to public business in having a branch in the City, as is the case with the Office for the Registry of Seamen, it would be easy so to arrange that it should be handy to the Custom-house, and yet derive all the advantages from being attached to and one with the Board of Trade. The great object being the immediate publication of the monthly and annual returns as soon as rendered, and the separa tion of the statistics, as in justice to the Customs it ought to be, from the expenses entailed in the col lection of the revenue. The arrangements necessary to bring about the harmonious working of the whole are matters of detail, which would be out of place in your columns. But I may fairly state, as far as my knowledge goes, there is no obstacle which is not capable of easy removal, could we only get the same amount of intelligence and gotdwill brought to hear offici ally upon the subject that produced the great re forms of placing the Coastguard under the control of the Admiralty, and the Registrar of Seamen under that of the Board of Ti ade. For can there be, as the evidence before Ale. Horsfall's committee generally went to show, any thing more monstrous or unjust to a great public department than to mix up the expenses of the sta tistics of the country—the classifying and arranging the articles in the tariff—the deflection and averag ing the prices for the computation of the real and official values of the imports and exports, and the preparation of returns to the two Houses of Parlia ment—with the cost and charges of the collection of the revenue. Indeed, this last appeared to be a question its which the testimony of all seemed to agree; the Commissioners of Customs having themselves origi nated it in their annual report. Then why, is the natural rejoinder, have not these reforms long ere this been brought about? Simply, I believe, from the prevalence of that spirit of red-tapeism which " grows with the growth and strengthens with the strength" of all who have been long connected with the Civil Service, leading them to regard all change with disfavour and repugnance. There is a natural tendency in the " Covenanted Service," "Stare super antiquas vial," and to look upon any deviation therefrom as revo lution, and a suggestion of the outside public as a child of the devil. Even the chairman of the Board of Customs, able and intelligent administrator as he undeniably is of that great department, and often as he has sug gested and carried out import nt and useful reforms, appears under the glamour of some spirit of "Trea sury traditionary lore," that stays his hand and paralyses the activity which has characterised him upon other occasions, when approaching this ques tion. So much is this the case that I believe there is but one remedy, namely, that aeked for in the numerous petitions presented by the Customs' clerks to Parliament, a committee of the House of Commons, thoroughly to examine and sift the question, by calling before them men practically acquainted with the business of the several depart meats, and not too old to suggest as well as carry out the improvements demanded by the spirit of the times and the changes brought about by the extraordinary increase in the wealth and trade of the country.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, STATIST. P.S.—By a typographical error in my previous letter " circumlocutory" was printed " circum ventory." THAMES EMBANKMENT, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Scottish Granite Company's Offices, 36, elution street, London, E.C., May 30, 1864. SlR,—With reference to the letter from " Ob server" in to , day's Times as to the granite to be used in the above undertaking, I beg to state that on the 19th of January a contract was entered into with Mr. Furness, the contractor for the first por tion of the Embankment, and on the 26th of March a similar contract was entered into with Mr. Ritsoo, the contractor of th© second portion, to supply the granite necessary for the foundations, from the celebrated quarries belonging to his Grace the Duke of Argyll, in the West of Scotland, the first cargo of which has arrived in the Thames this day% Reference having been recently made as to the quality of the stone to be used in the remaining portion of the Embankment, permit me to state, with regard to the question of durability, that this granite was selected by the Commissioners of Northern Lights in erectitT the lighthouses in the West of Scotland,, by the Fishery Board for build in the harbour of refuge at the Island of Colonsay, and has also been extensively used in the Liverpool Docks, New Westminster Bridge, the Graving Docks at Londonderry, the Glasgow Waterworks, the New Harbour Works at Greenock, and in many other important undertakings. I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient confirmed. FRANCE. PARIS, MAY 31. The Constitutionnel of this morning publishes an article signed by M. Limayrac, which says : " Prince Couza has departed from the letter of the Paris Convention. But it is easy to understand the necessity in which he found himself placed. and that he can let the powers regulate the fait accompli. It is especially in the so greatly disturbed East that one may be allowed to reckon upon the wisdom of all the powers for exhausting every means of con ciliation, and not lightly kindling a flame which it would cost such great trouble to extinguish." The Portuguese consul in Paris has issued a notice, inviting statuaries to compete for the erec tion of a monument to the memory of King Dom Pedro IV. Five prizes—one of 11,1001%, one of 5,550 f., and three of 2,775 f. each—will be given for the best designs. The Moniteur publishes a report, occupying four closely printed columns, addressed to the Minister of Public Instruction froi Viscount E. de Rouge, of the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres, giving an account of his recent mission to Egypt. Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the death of the Empress Josephine, which took place at the Chateau of Malmaison in 1814, The journals announce the death of M. Lherbette, formerly a rather prominent member of the Chamber of Deputies. The Japanese Ambassadors had a third confe rence at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday. The object of their mission is to regulate with France certain conditions calculated to furnish new and serious guarantees for the commercial interest of France in Japan, and to assure for the future the security of Frenchmen in that part of the extreme East. A lot of six porpoises were offered for sale at the central fish market on Saturday, and were purchased at a moderate price by the cheap eating, house keepers, who will probably serve them up under the name of sturgeon. The waters of the Seine fell within the last few days to 70 centimetres on the scale of Port-Roya . The highest point on record is that of 8 metres 70 centimetres, which the river attained in 1740. In the Rue de Charenton, to the right of the entrance to the Quinze-Vingts As} lum, at about a yard from the ground, is a stone wall, on which is cut the the following words : "On the 26th December, 1740, the river reached this stone." At that period the district forma an immense plain, with only a kw constructions upon it. BOURSE, May 30.—The market continues in the most inanimate state, bat with prices pretty well maintained. Threes, for the Account, are unvaried at 66f. 70c., and Mobilier at 1,145 f. Railway Shares rather offered, and some of the lines rather lower. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents .. 93 40 Do. end 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 65 Credit Mobilier 1136 25 Do. end m0nth...J.135 Bank Shares 3390 Credit Foncier 1240 Roman Rd IL ' Italian Loan 69 20 Do. end month 69 05 Ditto Threes .. New Mexican 58 Russian ........ Austrian ........ 82 60 Spanish Threes.... bli Elotue Debt ...... Deferred . — 1719. Cash. Account. Orleans 875 ~. 872 50 Northern .... Lyons and Mediterranean 875 .. 877 50 New ditto - Southern 645 .. 642 50 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian LOW bard North of Spain Saragossa 565 b-- .. 565 Ditto to Barcelona - The Times' Apology to H.E. Cardinal Wiseman. We have great pleasure (says our leading contemporary. this morning), in correcting an error which occurred in our comments on Cardinal Wiseman's recent Pastoral, Doubts were there expressed as to the genuineness of a passage quoted by his Eminence from Garibaldi's latter to the Eng lish nation. A reference to the translation of the letter, which appeared in our own columns, proves that Garibaldi's words were accurately copied by the Cardinal, whose lite rary fidelity rematns therefore unimpeached. The expla nation of the mistake, which we much regret, is simple enough. T wo versions of the address in question found their way into the English newspapers. That which we inserted was avowedly taken from the Morning Post of the previous day, and contained the foolish expressions about the "Goddess" and "Temple" of Reason. In that which was published by another of our contemporaries these ex pressions are wanting, and it was upon this last that we inadvertently relied in reviewing the Cardinal's denuncia tion of Garibaldi. We can hardly doubt that the General himself, if he could now revise this strange rhapsody, would withdraw the offensive contrast between the idolatry of Reason and the Papacy as freely as we do the imputation on the Cardinal's good faith. MR, COBDEN, M.P., AT CAMBRIDGE, Mr. Cobden has just paid a short visit to Professor Fawcett, at Cambridge. On Sunday afternoon the hon. member for Rochdale dined in the hall of Trinity College, and afterwards attended the evening service in the College Chapel. We believe he was greatly pleased with the hearty and cordial welcome which he received from the fellows of colleges and other resident members of the University with whom he became acquainted. FATAL C CCURRENCE. Yesterday morning a fe k tal accident occurred off Erith daring the Ocean race of the Royal London Yacht Club. It appears that Mr. Charles Firth, of the firm of Benson and Firth, Blackwall, had lately purchased a yacht called the Cygnet, and left London for Gravesend for the purpose of testing its ca: , abilities and accompanying the vessels in the race. A man nam, d David Barratt was engaged to accompany the party, and undertake the management of the boat. A stiff breeze drove them rapidly down the river, and after passing through Blackwell reach the tiller was made fast by a small rope. Through some accident the rope broke away, and the tiller struck Mr. Firth with considerable violence, knocking him overboard into the river. The accident was immediately observed, but the vessel had got full way upon her, and it appears that those on board were much alarmed that the course of the vessel was not changed. Mr. Firth kept afloat for some minutes, but eventually eank before assistance was rendered to him, The body has nPt yet been found. Bervant, WILLIA:',I WHITE, Secretary. MR, HENRY SMART'S CANTATA, to bo produced at the Birmingham Festival, is " The Bride of Dunkerron." The story is taken from an Irish ballad by Crofton Croker, and has been written in its present lyrical bun by Mr. Frederick Enoch. THE RIBBON OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR has been given for literary reasons to Mr. Roche, the writer on French Grammar. Mr. Roche is settled in London, and is well known in literary and artistic circles. HERR ERNST'S CONCERT ig3 pstpoued frcm yes terday till Monday next. r - rl 77 ' - Vilflll,l HER MAJESTY, BALMORAL, May 28. The Queen, with her Royal Highness the Princess Louise, went out in the morning. A deputation to present a memorial from the Chamber of Commcne of Tynemouth and North Shields, for a Government grant of £250,000 to complete the harbour of refuge at the mouth of the Tyne, had an interview with the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Trade, et the office of the Board of Trade yesterday. The deputation con sisted of Mr. Richard Hodgson, M.P., the Hon. H. G. Liddell, M.P., Sir Matthew W. Ridtey, M.P. Mr. Somerset Beaumont, M.P,, and the Right Hon. T. E. Headiam, Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of British Columbia, Vancouver's Island, the Bahamas, the Cape of G )od Hope, Natal, St. Helena, and Heligo' land. THE COURT AT BALMORAL.—Her Majesty eons tinues to enjoy herself in quiet drives in the reigh. bourhood of Balmoral. Though the weather has turned very chilly since the late thunder-storm, it has not deterred the royal family from enjoying out-door sports. On Mon day her Majesty drove up to Braemar to meet Prince Arthur, who was on his way to Balmoral by Blair gowrie. The royal carriage left early in the afternoon, and returned in the evening. On Tuesday her Majesty, ac companied by Princess Helena, Lady Churchill, with Prin cess Lori.), and Prince Arthur, riding, drove by Aber geldie and Knocks—the riders returning, while the car riage went to Ballator, and returned by the north side of the Deo to Balmoral. Oa Wednesday morning his Roya Highness Prince Arthur was successful in catching a fine salmon, weighing 16Ibs, in a pool opposite Monaltrie. It was afterwards exhibited to the royal family, to the evident satisfaction of the young royal angler. Colonel Biddulph, and others of the court, were fishing the same day in the Braemar water. In the evening, her Majesty, accompanied by the Princess Leiningen and Princess Helena, drove through Braemar to visit the Falls of Corriemulzie and Linn of Dee, returning to Balmoral, via Old Mar-lodge and Invercauld House, on the north side of Dee. At In vercauld House the royal party changed horses, which were in waiting from Mr. Fisher, of the Invercauld Arms, Braemar. Her Majesty looked remarkably well, and appeared to enjoy the beautiful drive very much.- - Aberdeen Herald. The Marquis and Marchioness Trivulzio have left the Clarendon Hotel for Paris. The Marchioness of Downshire has issued cards for a dance on Friday next, to moot their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary at the family mansion in Belgrave-square. Count Roger and Vicomte do la Redorte hail) arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Paris. Viscount and Viscountess Combermere will give an entertainment on the 16th of next month, to meet their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary. Viscount end Viscountess Cimpden and Hon. Blanche Noel have left Rome for Milan on their way to the German baths. The Bishop of Bath and Wells, with Lady Auck land and family, has left Grosvenor-crescent for E. issengen. STRIKES IN THE WEST.—At Exeter a strike among the operatives in the building trade has occurred, the carpenters and joiners and plasterers demand' ing increased wages. The latter state that the rate of wages is lower than in any other part of the country, and that it is not sufficient to enable them to maintain themselves and families. The employers do not appear inclined to concede to the demands of the men. Strikes in other towns of the west have also taken place. LIVERPOOL, May 29.—Advices from Key West dated the 7th of May report that the Miriam schooner (Ward), from Havannah, with a general cargo, was captured on the .29th of April by the Federal steamer Honeysuckle, and that the Spunkie schooner, with cotton, was captured on the Ist of Hay and sent to Fernandina. The Lancaster ran out of Galveston, but was chased hi a large steamer, and had nct reached Havannah on the 7th of May. TIIE WESTERN FISHERIES.—Large quantities mackerel have been caught on the Cornish and Devonshire coasts during the past week, which have been selling at a reasonable price. The measures adopted under the recent act of Parliament appear to have had a most beneficial effect in the preservation and increase of salmon in the Devonshire rivers, especially in North Devon, wh ere this delicious fish is expected to be plentiful and unprece' dentedly cheap. DIPLOMATIC EXPENDITURE.—A return has been compiled at the Foreign-effice showing the total cost cf our embassies, missions, and political agencies in foreign countries in a year—namely, in the financial year ending March 31, 1863. The amount was £262,575. It , includes a sum of £13,871 for special missions, and abou t the same amount for rent, building, repairs, or furniture. These are sources of expense that occur every yfar, but the amount of course varies. GOVERNMENT ANNUITIES AND ASSURANCE' BlLL—Several new clauses have been added to th l6 bill by the Select Committee. No annuity exceeding L OG a year is to be granted to any one person, and no life assur" -noes are to be for more than £lOO on the death of any on e person, or to be made by or on behalf of a person under 1 ' or over 60. In case of default or desire to surrender policy after payment of five years' premiums the National Debt Commissioners are to pay to the party beneficially interested a sum not less than one-third of the premium s pail, or if he prefer it grant a paid-up policy or an it:1111 0W diate or deferred life annuity equivalent in value to thesat il that would have been returned. Policies of assurance be assigned after five years' premiums have been paid, bu the National Debt Commissioners are not to be affected by notice of any trust. Regulations may be made for aecevw ing and making payments at the post-offices or the saving s banks. Fresh tables for annuities and assurances are to b° constructed. If payment of a policy is refused by tti . Commissioners, proceedings may be taken against them 111 a county court. SIR ROW LAND HlLL.—Yesterday, in compliance with a numerously and influential signed requi si ; (ion, a townsmen's meeting of the inhabitants of Liverpool. was held in St. George's-hall, to consider the a dvisabili t i of a more liberal recognition of the s er v i ces o f Sir Rowlan d Hill in connection with the subject of postal reform. Af ter speeches from several influential merchants and tradesmen' an address was voted to Sir Rowland, and it was resolved; that a memorial, signed by his worship the mayor on behalf of the municipality, be forwarded to Lord Palmerston, re• questing his lordship, on behalf of her Majesty's Govern" ment, to propose to the House of Commons that a liberal grant from the public exchequer be made to Sir Rowland for his eminent services in originating and bringing into successlul operation his plans for postal reform. It further resolved that a subscription be at once comm ence in Liverpool as an expression of appreciation of his services' the maximum subscription to bo L 2 2s. DEATH OF COLONAL TORRENS,—We have to re' cord the death of Colonel Torrens, which occurred on S ; 3 ; turday last. The deceased was known many years ago ba his works on political economy and similar subjects. gallant colonel had attained his 84th year. FATAL ACCIDENT AT BLEACH WORK.S.- -°4 14 Friday a fearful accident took place at Firwood Works, near Bolton, which resulted in the death of A le ,: Rollinson, aged 35, wife of Th omas R o lli nson, • The deceased was employed as a stitcher, and having te into the dyehouso for som e soap , w hil s t i n th e ac t of ret' e . ing it her clothes were caught by a horizontal shaft vid lie „, projected about one foot from the wall. Her body whirled round by the shaft, between it and the wall, O r , all her clothes were torn off. The woman, who was f i e :o, fully mutilated, was remove d h ome a li ve , and medic al - called in, but she died about two hours afterwards. us , BRITISH COLUMBIAN GOLD FIELDS.—The Sh it wap district is now regarded as very promising, tio is called the "poor man's diggings," being more lu cre tea than Cariboo for a poor man. The Braish Collanb ll2l " that with the rudest implements au industrious ala u , s there average 5 dots. a day, and can live upon 1 dol. 4ci'in stock and farming country this is said to be uneq ualle British Columbia. The same paper states that, on erg Frazer, five miles above Lytton, some 30 or 40 Initi''nstits engaged in mining, and making over 20 dots. a day t° ollo o hand. The red skins discovered a rich spot, and as 61) off it became known to the Chinese they began to stake claims, showing tirjr licences as authority for the intruss and giving the aborigines to understand that thecY:etopt leave, The, latter entertain the most suprem e c but for John. Chinaman and were about to resort to mi n _ upon consideration they went to Judge Ball, got linens themselves, and have b;:conie free miners. BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES IN SCOTLA,""eoseO J. Hay's Bill, wnich has now been printed, Prstarbijets to provide that the Bank of England may o e tes branches in Edinburgh and Glasgow, an d issue able at those branches ; and th,lt, whet h er such bra .reafler established or not, Bank of Et glan d netee so 11313 g be a legal tender in Scotland as t,`tey are in Engla nd ' deLo their notes in legal coin. nct as the Bank of England shall co ,atinue to paY on NLW HISTOItY OF THE t!. M ERICAN ire isengaged Lieut,-Col. Fletcher, of the Fusi lier Guards, po p g preparing a history of the present Americ war, m jug down the events to the autun 0 1863 pan