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,r00, in 12,000 shares of £lO each. Deposit on application, D. 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 , Westbourne-park. Lieutenant-Colonel A. Dickson, M.P., Chapel-street, Bel grave-square, and Croom Castle, county Limerick. The Hon. J. Twistleton Fiennes, 40, Queen's-gate-terrace, S.W. Colonel Brownlow Knox, 111. P., Wilton-crescent, S.W. Vice-Admiral Sir George Lambert,',K.C.B., Kingston-on- Thames. Sir Gore Ouseley,K.C.B., D. C.L., 3, Berkeley-square, S, W. (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. James's street, S.W. Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co , 16, Lombard-street, E.C. BROKER.--Lewis H. Haslewood, Esq., 7, Lothhury, E.C. SOLICITORS.—Messrs. Valiance and Valiance, 20, Essex street, Strand, W.C. ARCHITECT.—Francis H. Fowler, Esq., M.1.8.A., Fleet street, E.C. ArDlTOßS.—Messrs. Harding, Pullein, Whinney, and Gibbons, Serle-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. SECRETARY (pro tem.).-11 Nenson, Ezci. Offices, 10, George-yard, Lombard-street, and at the Hotel ABRIDGE 0 PROSPECT -US. 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 jected. The possession of so magnificent 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 tions 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 i m mediate 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 commensurate 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, private billiard room, especially for the residents in the Hotel, 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 r eaperresdences for fixed periods ; and every improvement which ience 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 any are spared the risk, loss, and delay arising from clear ') j ag a site and building an Hotel, immediate profits will arise. 'laving regard to the position of the Alexandra Hotel, the patrinage already extended to the one included in the purchase, and the assurances of support received fir d m the highest quarters, the Directors feel justified in looking forward to a very large and remunerative return vpon the capital invested. The liability of the shareholders will be limited to the amoinit of shares for which they subscribed. A deposit of £1 per share will be payable on application, and a fiarther sum of £2 per share upon allotment. The further calls will not exceed £3 per share, at intervals of not less 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 the deposit of per share. TEE LEGITIMATE NOVEL. The legitimate work of fiction began in one of two ways; e ith e r by stating all 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 once into the 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 introducel 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 bad 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 of the situation being taken in hand again long afterwards in some altogether different part of 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 business to take you there, and not in the least accounting for him self even as to that inane passage of his existence. —Dickens's " All the Year .Round." Tizz WORKS AND COLLECTION OF A. L. EGG, R.A .—The remaining works of thatilustly esteemed artist, Augustus L. Egg, R.A., deceased, a studies s evera l f i n i s h e d pictures, numerous sketches an and chalks, also a f ew s p lendid works b y other cl tin in oils distinguished ar ti s ts of the English school , co stumes, an 1 painting ma . ter i a l s , were disposed of on Monday at Christie's rooms • Th e attendance on the oc casion was very large,the grea t room being crowded to excess. The prices realised were extremely high. Among the more interesting and importan t e xamples were the sub j oined :—Cartoons.—Lots 26 and 27. `' Lance and his Do g ;" "Frederick the Great and Catharine "—£4o 15s. (Yoking). Sketches in Oiln.-59. "Head of a Lady;" very brilliant—£ll (Ander don). 86 and 93. "A Mother and Child,"99 and " F ead ortu of a ne Telling "-47 guineas (C ox). 87, 97, and ." H s Negro, an Algerine, and Negro Barber; all very powerfully painted—£62los. (Creswick). ICO and 103. "Raising the Standard," a composition of many figures, and "The Bed room at Knowle "-53 guineas ( White). 104-6. "The IT olur teer," a finished sketch for the celebrated picture, "Maria," sa from Twelfth Night, and "Leicester and ilbert A Rob my t ;" all fine finished sketches — B2 k guineas (G). Finished pi ctures, by A, L. Egg, R.A.-117. "The Toilet," a lady seat e d —5O guineas ( a o t r er t t oilt-ble and her maid ; candlelight "A Girl Writing"-52 guineas guineas(ox)• c w 11 9 .. "Italian u.w iiia l . I P l l e 3 a . sants seated in a Portico"-4 1 "The Siesta," a small cabinet work-23 guineas (Flaten)2ol:l2l. " The Leisure Hour," a Leases,'' a g l o andscape-40 lady and gentleman seated, (Gil bert). 122. "The Crochet guineas ', T 11 :' circle, painted so late as 1862-9 4 guineas (Cox). 123. landscapera veiling Companions" in a first-class railway carriage ; seen through the Present ;" winnow, and one of the last the lamented the cele• painted -330 guineas (Cox). 124. " Past andP artist brated work, comprising three pictures, mounted i n a single frame , exhibited at the Royal Academy: l last year at the Great International Exhibition—£3ld 1858, and also o (A g new). 12 5 . "An A l g erine Girl playing the Guitar;" th e 1 8 . ar tist's last work -80 guineas (Cox). Pictures by o other ar tistg.--141. J. Philip , R.A.—" Teaching the se Cate chism," a sma ll finished sketch for the celebrated picture ieture ex hibited at the Ro y al Academy-27 guineas (FlatouP). 42 ; fw. Miss Mutria.—A flower piece, comprising azaleas and l. gera niums, small ca binet size--55 guineas (Grundy). 14 P. Fritb,R.A.-Bcene from "Le B our g eois Genthh omme , " a sketch , f o r the celebrated picture-50 guineas (Cox) , 144. It. A• Cowing of Age in the Olden Time," W. P. Frith, for the original picture— s beautifully finished study 185 guineas (White). ;45. P. R. Morris,—" Voices from the gas," ex hibited a t the Inte rnational Exhibition last year—il.os (Gilbert). 1.16. Ti. Wallis. —" The Death of Cliattertoof" the celebrated picture e xhibited at the Ro y al A.^, a d em y in 1 853 , and since engra ved -77. 5 guinea s (Aipaew). 147'. W. IL Hunt.—" Claudio and Isabella,', scen e taken from Bhakspeare'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 i n The w h o le realised up wards 1853-610 guineas (Ag new). of £4,000. THE HEALTH 01' GARIBALDL— Writing from Capreraraci on the 14th of this month to Mr. Negretti, Gene faatoriryb,lldi says, — " My health is going on very satis p LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1863. The Irish Church Establishment has long been recognised by millions of ►houghtful 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 impe• 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 vis inertia. Again, last evening, in the House of Commons the old source of so many heartburnings upon either side of St. George's Chancel, was, in a new form, brought under consideration. 0 ace more, yesterday, the notoriously invidious and anomalous position of the Church Establishment in Ireland was—(there is no other word for it)—revtmtilated. 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 all this last night's discussion 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 tribation of endowments for religious purposes throughout Ireland might be so amended as 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 how 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 more certainly than in a little further waste of time. Mr. SEYMOUR'S amendment, therefore, seconded by Mr. NEWDEGATE, followed at once upon the original motion almost as an inevitable consequence. That amendment, nevertheless, being obviously about as likely to prove in every way asin -1 m Th o s tio su n g fo g r es w il h on ic p la u i t t o w p a e s r i a n t t i e v n e d o e f d gtooo be e as so th b e st O it r u ig t i e n d a . nothing forward bym more r h e e amendmentnor less t than a m n e meanin g, in ginpoi substitution nt for of fact, a c t, A Select Committee, a ofs Mn ARoyaslEysrou Comm ß issi p o u n t . Royal Commission, formally appointed and empowered to inqui re into th e t err i tor i a l arrangemen t o f existingben e: fiees ; 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 which it might be de sirable to serve provisionally by stipendiary curates; the incomes of benefices and parts of benefices in Ireland ; and other subjects enumerated in the ori ginal proposition. Certainly a modest prospectus altogether ! The amendment manifestly propound. ing a scheme, not for the modification, 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- Heroding HEROD. Yet even this was not enough for the right hon. member for the Dublin University. Reviving the stale old argument that the con tinuance intact of the Protestant Church Estab lishment in Ireland was part and parcel of the Act of Union, was one of its most essential articles or conditions, Mr. w HITESIDE thereby most 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 Religious Liberty while this flagrant injustice is being rigidly and pitilessly perpetuated is simply preposterous. The maintenance of the Irish 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 midst of a dense and impoverished population. 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 Ms. 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 bus forcibly impressed the necessity of the case upon Lord PALMERSTON :—" He felt that if Prince GORTSCHAKOEF'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 PAL3IERSTON'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 deterinined to de fend the actions of the Prussian Government at any cost, and therefore he set 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 that thi the s noble e lord xtrava had laid down a extravagant assertion. He said therep an ri d n wocniple of international law, for w hi c h aasutnhoority. foundation The n ob le l lord rd had replied no precedent, 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 from his previous insousciance, for he said that he did not understand that Mr. HENNESSY was positive in his information, and he himself did not know anything about the matter. This produced laughter, as a matter of course, but suit theof subject, and is tnhoits consistent e levity withthees not vital nature the interests referred to. Subsequently some remarks were made o as to the great indifference that was displayed with reg ar d to foreign questions in the House—a charge which the m em b ers o f t h e C a bi ne t endeavoured to expl a i n away, but with little or no effect. The fact is it is f ound very Lord RUS SELL b eing in the other House to shirk all responsibility, and d v to take advantage o f toenient avoid answering awkward THEATRE -ROYAL, HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bucketone. THIS EVENING, FISH OUT OF WATER. After which, 4th time, a new and c riginal comedy, entitled FINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter-Spy Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, and Miss Louisa Angel. Followed by an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of Ni ales in the East. To conclude with MRS. WHITE. Commence at 7. THE DUKE'S MOTTO, THE HUNDREDTH AND FIFTH NIGHT. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with an Original %retch, 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 Pr3logne, 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. W iddimmbe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Lecleroq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. NEW TB EATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHL--• Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, the Second and Third Acts of THE GREEN BUSHES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Bil ling,ton, and Miss Avonia Jones. _ _ After which (7th time), a new Drama, in one act, entitled THE WOODEN SPOON MAKER. 3lessrs. B. Webster, Stuart, Stephenson, Sefton ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. B:1- lington. _ To conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole, &a . _ 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 58 Barometer-30.02. Wind—N.W. ; light breeze, and cloudy weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rHis DAY.—Morning, 3h. 39m.—Afternoon, 3h. 56m. To-moßitow.-Morning, 4h. 14m.—Afternoon, 4h. 32m. t -:';!."., -!! - 7 , 1, - ...,:.. i ~,,, -, i l t 0 , 0 ,.„: , ::: 4 0.4 % ; ......,,, --- 11 It L S" I*PS E 5"......06.1rit i k 47 ' 1 4.."'''W, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1863, questions; or, as in the eclee of China the other evening, for no official personage to reply at all in debate. It seems there is good ground for anticipating a speedy improvement in Lancashire prospects, pro vided that the laws of routine can be broken through and the impediments which, ender 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 completion 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 one'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 so 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 masters 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 been 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. "Ic is 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-bands 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 account of her extraordinary voice and her great musical accomplishments, and whose appearance on our lyric 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 Madlle. 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 them they have done to former curiosities. 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 point 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 when we say that Madile. Artot is a pupil of Mad, 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. Madile. Artot's merits as an actress are 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 Viven 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 ure to assert that the "Convien 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 it 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 " Retaplan' was given with all c haracteristic 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 alto demanded of the "Terzetto," in the second act, in which the humour of Madlle. Artot, in burlesquing the antique theme of the Maestro Cafferielio 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 saccess in this character was in every 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 think that it is other and graver characters, she is destined to win her true celebrity, an d to her appearance i n w hi c h th e pub lic will att ac h t h e greatest amoun t o f e xp e ctation. The Tonic o f Si gnor Bett i n i wa s very pleasing, if not very Zucchini on e o f the very b est we h ave ever impulsive ; and the Sulprizio of Signor seen. The band and chorus were admirable. The house was well attended. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (RETJTER'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 defiaite 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 'o the Crown has decided upon its form. The draughts of Herz en, 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 29,h 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 Govt 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 ce.se 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, is 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 names of the Financial Secretary and the Accountant- General conjointly. A portion of the securities have already been purchased. " 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 Tremenhere, one of the party, will select sites for the telegraph stations on the Mekran line. " In consequence of the disturbed state of Bun dleound, Government has placed a detachment of European troops at the disposal of the authorities. " Baboo Kh;tter MohanChatterjee 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 head of a Civil Audit-office in India. " Arrangements have been made with the Post office authorities in England and with the Peninen lar 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 Persia 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 bad 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 Post 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, Sande, on March 27, by which 26 persons were killed. " Locusts are committing ravages in Central India. " The rebel Rao Sahib, apprehended by Captain Nuttall, and tried and convicted 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 scholar ships to the students of the Grant Medical College on April 14. Major-Gen. Howler, C. 8., assur-ed comtr and of the Scinde division of the army on April 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 recently occurred in the vicinity of Bombay. Two men were killed by lightning at Lawnowlie, on the Bhore 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-Marshal 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 well 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 " Come hello." Miss Banks was also warmly applauded in a song from " Undine," which, with a chorus of unaccompanied female voices, had a charming Effect. Signor Giuglini was of course the most prominent of the gentlemen. He sang the new and popular romanza by Signor Arditi, " Colli Nativi," is which he was accompanied by the composer, and the " Mnserere" 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 programme and excellence of the concert give 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 'lns is bound in white morocco, and upon tho page pr.-cediog that of the title the Queen has written with her own hand, ' To M. Guizot, in memory of the best of men, and with the expression of gratitude for the sincere homage he has render e d to him ; from his unhappy widow, Vl°- toria,' .7* (1J Cirmbr At the Drawing-room held on Saturday, Miss Rosa Butler was presented by her aunt, the Coun tess of Linesborough. Viscountess Bury, Lady Adelin 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• teas of Macclesfield, MRjnr 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 Edward of Saxe-Weimar visited the Prince of Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wales. An evening party was given by command of the Queen at St. James'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, K. 5.1., Chamberlain to her Royal Highness; Lord Alfred Hervey, Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness; and Mujor 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 ; ant': by the follow. ing members of the Queen's Household: Lady Churchili, Lady in Waiting ; Viscountess Chewton, Woman of the Bedchamber in Waiting; Hon. Emily Cathcart, Hon. Beatrice Byng, Maids of Honour in Waiting; Viscount Bury, Treasurer of the Household ; Viscount Castle-posse, Vice-Cham berlain ; Viscount Torrington, Lord in Waiting ; Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Bentinck, K.C.8., Groom in Waiting; Major-General the Hon ourable A. N. Hood, Equerry in Waiting.; and Sir Thomas M. Biddulpb, K.C.8., Master of the Household. The Prince and Princess were conducted to the Royal closet, wh ere th e i r R o yal Highnesse s were . . joined by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary (attended by Lads Geraldine Somerset and Colonel Horne Purves) the Duke of Canbridge (attended by the Hon. James Macdonald), and the Prince of Orange (attended by Lieut,-Colonel Van den Bosch and Baron Pallundt), 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 Princess of Wales from Marlborough House, and were at tended by Baroness von Schenck, Baroness von Granny, Captain Westervveller, 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 log 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 and gentry present. The illustrious circle were afterwards conducted by the great officers to the drawing. room, where the following eminent artistes, Mdlle. Titiens, Mdlle. Carlotta Pdtti, Mdlle. Trebelli, Signor Gingdui, Signor Dclli Sedie, and Herr Frieke, had the honour of singing the following pieces :—Aria, " 0 luce di quest anima ;" Lied, " Der Wanderer ;" Duetto, " Da quel di;" Cavatina, " Or la Eull'onda ;" Quar tetto, L scherzo od e follia ;" Romanza, "A quell° fer per me ;" Vilse (Faust) Gounod; Romanzi,"Colli nativi," Arditi Polacca, " Son vergin vezzosi ;" and Quartetto, "Chi mai le mie sventure." Mr. Cusins presided at the pianoforte. Her Majesty's private band, under the direction of Mr. Anderson, performed a t intervals in the Throne-room. The Lord Ste , ward conducted the Prince and Princess of Wales to supper in the Banquet -room. The table was decoialed 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 with wax lights. Their Royal Highnesses afterwards returned to ,he drawing-rooms. The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty, under the command of Captain Parker Mckford, the Egon in Waiting. the band of the Scuts Fusilier Guards attended, and played in 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 intended to be given to the Prince and P►incess of Wales byViscount and Viscountess Sydney is unavoidably postponed. Their R)y al Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and Princess Mary, attended by Col. Home Purees, honoured Lady Truro by their company at dinner o'l Mon day evening at hor ladyship's house in Eaton-square. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge also joined the circle. A seieet 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 1 amily are staying. The Duke of Hamilton has gone to Scotland, in order to attend the assembling 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 M-rquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne and the Earl of Kerry have left Lansdowne House for Bowood 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 Somersetahire. Lord Wicklow's party for Friday, the 23d inst., is unavoidably postponed. Lord Ltanover has left town for Lianover, South Wales. Lid) Labella Blachrord 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 park • quare. The deceased lady was daughter of the Ist Lord Waterpark. The Right Hon. William and Mrs. Hutt 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. Captain W. Lloyd Browne, of the sth (Royal 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 Dizhop of Ogerd performed the ceremony, London, Chatham, and Dover Railway THE LUDGATE-HILL VIADUCT. The Committee of the House of Lords appointed for consideration of this bill met on Monday at 11 o'clock. The following lords formed the select committee : — L Wodehouse (chairman), the Duke of Manchester, the / t of Shrewsbury, Lord Camoys, and Lord Dufferin, to vib . were referred all petitions against the bill, and also the P tion of the Council of the Royal Institute of British Ar e tects against the construction of a railway bridge ae r Ludgate-hill, Mr. St. George Burke, Q.C,, and Mr. Somerset appeal for the promoters of the bill ; Mr. Phinn, Q.C., an d 11 Wilkinson appeared for the Metropolitan Board of IV° against the bill ; and Mr. Davidson appeared for the Ix tioners to watch the proceedings. Mr. Burke, in supporting the bill, after adverting in I project for extending the line from Greenwich to Wee l t and to the Victoria- s t at i on , o b serve d that t h e a , were no doubt aware that considerable discussion bad talc place on a subject which greatly interested the inhabi ter of a portion of the city. It would be rememb er that, in the year 1860, the London, Chatham, Dover Railway obtained power to extend their line to Ft' ringdon-street, by which they would be enabled to ad ° accommodation to the i n h a bit ants o f t h e di str i c ts 0111 ; south side of the Th ames . Th e i mportance o f that . could not be over-estimated; it would, in fact, be what might call an omnibus li ne , ena bli ng part i es w ith fault' to reach the heart of the city. If any doubt were en te . tained whether such a line would be profitable as a dne e . ,,, °l speculation, that d ou bt mus t now b e entirely reale" by the great success which had attended the M om politan Railway. The proposition was to build a across the Thames at Blackfriars to cross Ludgate bit" means of a viaduct, and to construct a great station in - La ringdon-street in conjunction with the Metropolitan 138/ way. The learned counsel pointed out the many ad/ tapes that would resu lt f rom t h e construction o f s uch line. It would bring the southern portion of the meta polis into connexion with the northern, and at the time greatly relieve the traffic of the streets. That bill°, wi.h the most st renuous oppos i t i on. It was contes ted ' 6 3C days in a committee of the House of Commons. Bnt finally receivee the sanction of that house. It was sue' quently opposed in the Lords, but, after full and seareb i° investigation, it passed both houses, and received theft° assent. Ihe Chairman asked whether any steps had been W I to carry out the provisions of that bill, Mr. Burke said that the capital had been raised and 1 11 works on the south side of the Thames were appreaew to completion. The Chairman asked whether the bridge at Blackfr W was begun. 00 1( Mr. Burke said the bridge was commenced, and " be proceeded with as ra pidl y as poss ib le. Much de l a y been occasioned to the proceedings of the company b Y: r i corporation of the city of L on d on , w h o appeared to be .cc,-,; undecided as to th e course t h ey s h ould follow. IteZ gretted, however, to sa y th a t, a f ter a l l the c mpan Y o t dune in raising and expending a large amount of capin u : 6 , the faith of an Act of Parliament, with the hope ef riving a p ro fit a bl e return from the future traffic to be"- veloped by th e proposed line, a cry had been suddenly Ow' against them, on the ground that they proposed to 0011 . 1 : viaduct across Lud ga t e -hill . This, it was alleged, 110,;;i completely shut out the view of St. Paul's Cathedral, w_ that was not a w e ll-f oun d e d a ll egation. Should this ~d ; a f petted opposition be s u ccess f u l t h e company would alle. very great loss. Th e suggeste d i mprovements in Sraitan' would be altogether unprofitable to the Londor, , Chatb a r d , and Dover Company if they were to be deprived of o , power of crossing Ludgate-hill and forming a j' all°ti d with those improv emen t s . H e did not, however, aPPr'''.A that Pa liament would rescind powers they had given, el : d1 in pursu ance o f w hi c h powers, great works had a lre been commenced and very large sums expended. .. 4r The Duke of M anc h es t er —W ou l d not the propose(' ,h, duct over Lud ga t e -hill b e on a much higher lever than '- Smithfi e ld station ? Mr. Burke said the level of the viaduct would, of Oil be contr o ll e d b y t h e level of the bridge over the TlOlllO but when th e y h a d passed over Ludgate-hill there 0.,14 be a consid era bl e gradient towards Skinner-street, whi h would come to the level of thestation at Farring u iie street and of the proposed Smithfield branch. Whe n Bill was origin a lly b e f ore P ar li ament the then Lord Ma yon the present Lord M ayor, t h e c i ty surveyor, the city Belief oory and many others in authority were examined, and they pressed their approbatir nof the measure. Many e rsi tiO, bankers and m ere t kn t s a l so pet i t i oned in favour of the;is Mr. Phinn s a id h e appeare d on b ehalf of the MetrWiltbs Board of Works, and had been instructed to a pply t ° o, committee to postpone the further consideration of the m a o f Mr. Burke submitted that the Metropolitan Bs ° Works had no locus stanch'. ea t Mr. Phinn s a id th a t b y v i r t ue of Acts of Parlifat o a recently passed the M e t ro p o lit an B oard of Wor k s p oses 7 ,0 0 certain powers with resp ec t t o th e s t reets of the c ity ; es as to the arrangement of the traffic. The Bill for the 7, bankment of the Thames had been passed since the 0: 0 pany's bill of 1860, and another bill in reference to the s_ subject was at this moment pending ; these and °in powers p messed by th e B oard gave them an undoupw right to be heard before the committee. afoli Mr. Burke said that t h e c l auses i n the bill against W-0 the Metropolitan Board of Works had petitioned had elll been struck out. Mr. Phinn observed that the fact referred to b. , th f learned friend w as a most extraor di nary course a d o pteei, the company The Metropolitan Board of Works had Peals tioned against the bill, specifying the clauses relating to de extension of the line, to th e t a ki ng of land at the nor th of the Thames and to the approach to Farringdont d o from Blackfriars-bridge. These the company had s at out, but they had, nevertheless, taken steps to ea rri der the work to w hi c h s t rong and universal objection was 133tbeit The Metropolitan B oar d o f W or k s, therefore, fe l t it re duty, in the interest of the public, to oppose the furtherfteir gross of the bill. Th e powers of the company under t d original bill to take land would expire on the 6th of p it next, and the p owers t o carry out the works would 61' two years from that date. tito The Chairman said the company had withdrawn • clauses to which the Metropolitan Board of Works objes7o Mr. Phinn contended that they could not withdraw tats clauses without the s anc ti on of the committee. The 13 L 8 . 0 0i could not be got rid o f so dexterously as his learne d IP wished. It was a skilful manoeuvre, but it would eotrt:o hoped, be a successful one. The object of the Metropel i t o Board of Works was to present a petition to the OS t ol of Lord s , p ray i ng that further proceedings under the P p . of 1860 might be stayed until the entire subject had bes l3 4. quired into, an d w i t h t h at view he bad ask their I 0 ships to sus p en d th e i r d ec i sion on the bill for a day or to lie believed it would be found that the great disfigur e ) of to the city w hi c h wou ld resu l t from the proposed visoloe on Ludgate-hill could be avoided, and that the on pot could be carried out by an un d erground line. Il e 1. 4 1 do* deny that the comp an y m i g ht b e entitled to com pensa te , but but what he cont en d e d f or was that the altere d 0 40 stances of the city d eman d e d a rev i sion of prev i o us and improvident legislation. 11 011 Mr. Burke deni e d th a t th e Bill of 1860 was a piece d obi and improvident legislation. The inquiry lasted s 133,herS and the members of th e comm i ttee inspected tee oPst.;ol9 the viaduct was pi , posed to be co ns t ruc t e d, an d ON f of opinion that it wou l d be no obstruction to the l'ielv° Paul's. In answer to questions by members of the conan itte e : Mr. Bu r k e sa i d that £3,500,000 had been exPenAh%stY the comp any on t h e south side of the Thames, and t 4, pidp company had engaged to expen d L 280,000 on the no rL ' o d of the Thames. He denied that the Metropolitan 13° frila Works had entire authority over the streets of the C itf. trtto s clauses which h a d b een re f erre d to were no doubt sroaa out in consequence of th e o pp os i t i on which had been „ofier to the proposed schem e , b u t st ill the company h a d ° 0 . ; under the Act of 1860 t o p urc h ase lands until next 0 0,0 and they had act e d u p on t h ose powers by having :iced' notice to every perso n whose premises would be recl; or g.tt It was not nec essar y, t h ere f ore, to retain the clan g' extension of time. 6414 • 19 The room was th en c l eare d . O n counsel and par t i es re-admitted ;0 0 0 The CHAIRMAN said th e comm i ttee were of 00%13101; they could not grant the application of the Metr_it° Board of Works. Of course the Board could ni t , application t o th e H ouse of Lords they might think 7404 The bill was th en p rocee d e d w i th, and the connnit journed at 4 o'clock. Mtidsmo Torr, wife of General Tnrr, Ga ribfa ; "'" ia companion in arms, has j us t p resente d the opera - ‘4 13 1:1, Bode with one of h er compos i t i ons, entitled the rata." Madame Turr is sister of Madame Rattail l ' B eb LAUNCH OF THE SALAMIS.--This splendi d ° heti' , designed by the master snipwrigbt, at Cil t from Oliver W. Lang, Esq. : was successfully launched' dingy Chatham dockyard, yesterday afternoon. Notwit llsi w itl3 that rain fell heavily, and the day was very c° ld ' in being gale from the north-east, it did not deter many fr°--be eon present on the occasion. A booth was erected for t_ t 00 1 commodation of the principal officers of the P.°l - and the department, while the P ubil lielf arranged on each s id e o f th e b u i ld i ng sl i p , fro sg„fie excellent view c ou 'd b e o b ta i ned. The l a unc h Th e ; to take place at the top of the fhod tide, at two ask ceremony of " christening" the vessel, wh ich , is , t gEl iz" of the kind built at this yard, was performed by iw B cl " - . 06 the beth Eyre, daughter of the maor-general comm as lettd vi district, who dashed the bottle , of wive against ,gore;t ll° i the vessel and cut the cord which held the last l e lido" and three hydraulic rams giving the ship a start 5 80 1 s ygg slowly and gracefully down the ways. This T e diag eoe l laid down August 10, 1861; she is built upon tl? e . o letv t ill system, the wood used being mahogany, and r oy u*l btv ieei t sated she will be one of the fastest steamers navy. Her principal dimensions are—length 28 fee' perpendiculars, 228 over all; breadth, e xtrear en in poet 2 inches; depth of hold, 14 feet 6 inches; burciAsco gave: 83f 50 94; horse-power, 261; she will carry _voool The ak ei machinery an d c o s On to thebo supplie d salSalamis s b b e i y on sn g l‘ b le r e o s u r g s i ltd lc ui p side the Adder h er d raug ht of water wa s fors ward f feet Wino, 610 KU Apo 6 indith