The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-20 00:00:00

H ER MAJESTY'S TFIEATILE. IL DON GIOVANNI. THIS EVENING (SATURDAY), will bo repeated, with the following nnp ecedentd cast, 'Mozart's c hef-d'oeuvre, IL DON GIOVANNI Zerlina, Mdlle. Piccolomini ; Donna Anna, Mdlle. Spezia ; and Donna Elvira, Mdlle. Ortolani. Don Giovanni, Sig. B ene ventauo ; Leporello, Sig. Bolletti Masetto, Sig. Corsi ; Il Commindatore, Sig. Vialetti; and Don Ottavio, Sig. Giuglini. Conductor —Sig. Bonetti. The Minuet in the Bdl Scene will be danced by Mdlles. Fasquali, Karliski, Morlacchi, I , flaiie, and Corps de Ballet. From respect to the grand work . of the immortal composer the following artistes of the establishment have consented to lend their assistance to increase the effect of the majestic finale of the first act, including the chorus, Viva la Liberia • —MM. Reichardt , C . Braham, Bottardi, Mercuriali' Kinni,. De Soros , and •Baillou ; Mesdamss Poma, Berti, Baillon Fazio, and Ramos. Aftev which, will be produced an entirely New Ballet Divertissement, by M. Massot, entitled LES ROSES. Principal dancers—Madlle. Boschetti (her first appearance this season), Mesdlles. Morlacchi, Karliski, Pas quail, and Signor Baratti, For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and miy be had on applica tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. R MAJESTY'S THEATRE IL DON GIOVANNI. Piecolomini, Spezia, Ortolani, Alboni, Belletti, Beneventano, Corsi, Vialetti, and Giuglini. The following arrangements have been settled : IL DON GIOVANNI, MONDAY EVENING, 22d inst., EXTRA. NIGHT. Tuesday, 23d., LA SONNANBULA. First appearance of Signor Belart. Thursday, 2th, Extra Night, DON GIOVANNI. Saturday, 27th, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. MONDAY MORNING, 29th, to commence at one and end at five o'clock, DON GIOVANNI, Divertissement, and Last Act of L SONNAMBULA. Tuesday, 30th, IL TROVATORE. On each occasion a Ballet Divertissement, supported by the principal Artistes of the establishment. LA. TRAVIA.TA will shortly be repeated. Prices for the morning performance as follows : Boxes—Pit and One Pair £4 4 0 I Pit £o 8 6 ~ Grand Tier 5 5 0 Pit Stalls 1 1 0 „ Second Pair........ 3 3 0 Gallery Stalls 0 5 0 ~ Half Circle lll 6 `Gallery ...... 03 0 To be had at the Box-office at the Theatre. BENEDICT'S GRAND MORNING CONCER T, at her Majesty's Theatre, on WEDNESDAY, Jane 24.—Piccolomini, Spezia, Ortolani, Alboni, Giuglini, Berralt, Beneveutano Corsi, Belletti, utc.; Miss Arabella Goddard, Messrs. Lindsay Sloper, Benedict, Piatti, Pezze, ant Bottesini will all perform. A selection from Gluck's " Orfeo," the part of Orfeo by Mme. Alboni. The grand finale to " Don Giovanni," with all its scenic effects; and Madilo. Piccolomini in a.lfe's popular Ballad, " I dream'd that I dwelt in marble halls." Boxes (to hold four persons), 2,3, and 4 guineas ; pit stalls, U. ls. ; pit, 7s. ; gallery stalls, ss. ; gallery, 2s. Ed. ; to be had at the principal mnsicsellers and libraries ; of Mr. Benedict, 2, Manchester-square ; and at the Box-offl.:e at the Theatre. TES BOUFFES PARISIENS—St. JAMES'S J THEATRE. Triumphant Success of the FRENCH PLAYS. THIS EVENING (Saturday), Juno 20, the entertain mutts will commence at half-past 8 o'clock precisely, by the performance of Chinoiserie Musicale, en un Acte, BA TA-CLAN. M. Pradeau, M. Mesmacre, M. Guyot, and Mdfle. Dalmont. After which, Operetta, en un acte, LE 66 ! M. Guyot, Tayau, and Maddle. Mareschal. And to conclude with the new Operette-Militaire, en un Acte, DR NGONErTE. M. Guyot, M. Tajam, M. Leonce, and Mdlle. Corally Guffroy. Tho Orchestra of the Theatre des Bouffes will accom pany these Representations, under the direction of the composer, M. Offenbach. This Engagement being limited to one month, Performances will be given EVERY EVENING. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. T a II; AT R Y A 1,, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. OPEN EVERY EVENIN 4. ORE PT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY, under the direction of Miss Ella. Prices—Pit and Promenade, is ; Boxe3, 2s. 61, 23., and Is. 6..1.; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at hall-past 7. Commence at 8. First Equestrian Artistes in the World : —Madame Schap lain, Madame Newsome, La Petite Wells, Signora Delavanti, and Miss Ella ; Miss E. J. Wells, Mdllcs. Flora, Fabia, and and Marie, Misses Newsome, Moffatt, Delavanti, Potter, Jen nings ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Wells, A. Wells, E. Moffatt, Henrico and Carlo Delavanti, Sig. Felix Delavanti, Mons. Becq, Mons. Ferdinand, Mons. Eugene, Mr. Tom Swa,nn, Mr. B. Fuller, Mr. W. Faller, and the great Shaks- N.-lan Clown, Wallett, will appear each evening in a series of Performances, original and unapproachable. Director—Mr. Stokes. Acting Manager—Mr. E. Stirling. ROY AL r RING' THIS EVENING ES S'S T E A.T It E. will be performed Shakespere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard IL, Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with new drama, in two periods, entitled THE HUSBAND OF AN HOUR, Mr. Buckstone, Sz.c. Followed by a new farce, MY SON, DIANA! After which , , the successful Classical Love Story, un der the Apple-lotion of ATAL kNTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver mill appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. In future the prices will be : Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of tho evening), 6s..each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dross Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 o,Upper Boxes... Pit o lPit 1 0 Lower Gallery. . 1 OlLower Caller! 0 Upper Gallery 0 No half-price to Upper G tllery THEATRE RO YAL, ADELrtil. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENINO, will be performed the new drama of GEORGE DARVILLE, in which Mr. BenjaminWe')ster, Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Tedford, and Madame (lelesto will perform. After which, " FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS." To conclude with the sketch of WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, 3e. G REAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE. Prop-ietor. Mr John Douglass.—lmmense Success. THIS EVENING, Pcofessor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, in his entirely New Ntagical Drama, A NIGHT IN WONDER-WORLD ; or, Masi;,, Mirth, and Mystery. Produce 1 on a scale of grandeur far surpassing anything that has yet been attempted on the stage. The magnidcsnt Paraphernalia of the most elaborate description Between the par' s of the entertainment Mr. J. G. Fordo will give his Original Monologue, descriptive of LOVE AND LAW..—No advance in prices. ALSTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE _ AND OPERA. HOUSE. Lessee awl ii - Anager, lc r. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of Her Msjesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert. THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, June 20 (first time here), c le'orated opera of LA SON NAMBUL A.. Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Mr. Augustus Braham, Miss M. Somers, Mr. Brookhouse Bowler, and Mr. Francis Kirby, and Miss Ellen Th/rlwall, Mr. Borrani. Conductor and Composer--Herr Meyer Lutz. With a powerful Band and Chorus. Manager and Director of the Opera Company—Mr. Augustus Braham. To conclude with Mr. W. Cooke's incomparable SCENES in the ARENA. Commence at seven o'clock. Dross Tares, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 2 ts., no charge for booking; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 61, Notice—During the Opera Season Half-price will take place at 9 o'clock. Box office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manazer, Mr. Sir. West, Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cocke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow !rig company of Vocalists arc engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, ace., : .-;;Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel!, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. longhmans, H. Grover, T. Farrant, S. JoiP.s, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Bennett and Corri; Messrs. Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; lirector, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock •predsely. r AIPPers, &c., until twelve o'clock. aIGEt WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T Its D4 ; —Morn. 0 min. aft. 0 —Even., 11 min aft. 12 To Motmovr — Morn. 40 min. aft. 12 —Even. 9 min. aft. 1 THE NVU TIIER—Strx Oymoz, JUNE 20. Taill ""iliTica, IN THII SHADE. 78 _highest sinus tiara yesterday. 76 -this day st noon. 63 —lowest this orain. and d during the night. Bestoaurrisn 30.01. liVtlfD, S. S. E. ; light, with Yesterday afternoon it b ecame fine " 114 Y weather; evening heavy clouds covered the 13 - sultry, and in the A. thunderstorm burst partially over the metropolie, 4 w A , w ith ing, till midnight, when a terrible th understo r mflickerin lighten furious gusts,—and rain in a complete don and the surrounding country. deluge, flooded Lou done to chimney pots and loose property sub u rb was er ta: ll Y while the storm prevailed, both in town and sub the heaviest thunderstorm we have had for some It was years. 4 4J:Ig r- • ftfl LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1857. "They manage these things better in France." This is frequently asserted, and with much appa rent reason. But certainly the adage does not apply either to "the liberty of the Press" or "the freedom of election" on the Continent. In these respects we can fairly challenge compazi- son for English institutions and English practice. There is no gammon about either one or the ther of these great palladia of national indepen • dence. It is true, that a journal is occasionally subjected to serious annoyance in consequence of actions that should never be instituted. But they cannot complain of censorship, nor are they liable to warnings, leading to eventual suppres sion. Their opponent is but a private indi vidual, and the whole power of the Government cannot be flung into the opposite scale—besides, the verdict of a jury must be obtained before they can be exposed to very serious injury I Again, in elections, the suffrage is not so gene ral as it ought to be, nor does it exercise due pro tection. The electors are liable to a variety of undue influences—to bribery, corruption, and in timidation in all its multifarious phases—the intimidation of landlord, employer, and customer, even of the bludgeoneers, who, stick or brickbat in hand, are ready not merely to hoot down any opponent, but also to cudgel or stone the man who does not exercise his franchise in favour of their employer. But still the Government does not dare openly to interfere. It could not degrade a returning officer, or close a newspaper office, because the former had not been favourable to the Ministerial candidate, or the latter had written powerfully, though temperately, on behalf of an oppositionist aspirant for legislative honours. Now, in France, both these dodges have just been resorted to. The Government of the EMPEROR, whose throne professes to be based on the popular will, has not only made direct, and we regret to be obliged to add, very unjustifiable appeals to the electors, but has also, in total dereliction of every principle of fair play and impartial justice, attempted to put down with the strong hand every argument that could be used on the opposite side. Not only is the worst species of intimidation resorted to, that which deprives Government employees of their situations, unless they vote in accordance with the wishes of the Minister for the time being. Not only is undue influence openly exer cised with parties not immediately dependent, but every thing that can be said on the other side is regarded and treated as the worst kind of sedition. There is to be a phantom of Parliamentary autho rity—a quasi representative assembly, but accord ing to the present regime there might just as well have been a direct nomination of members as that which is about to take place. Not only do we find the several Prefects putting forward mani festoes, in which the opposition candidates are de signated as " declared adversaries of the Imperial Constitution, seeking only the suffrages to reject them with disdain," but dismissing every employe who manifests the slightest symptom of in dependence; and summing up the important question at issue in the following manner : The Prefect of the Seine declares that— " To vote for the candidates designed by the Go vernment is to ratify their conduct by your votes, to approve what they have already done, to faci litate the execution of the projects of the EM PEROR. To vote, on the other hand, for the hostile candidate is to enter a path without a goal with men who, most of them, have really no sympathy with the people ; who, in the exercise of power, have already given proofs of their in sufficiency and weakness, and who can only re establish their party on the misfortunes of their country. Your choice cannot be doubtful." But, far beyond all, they have the hardihood to assault the Fourth Estate, through the independ ent Sieele. That journal has received a third warning ! By no means a mere brict,unt, funnen—for the sword is now suspended over its head by a ♦ery slender shred, and may fall at at any moment that the expression of its honest and conscientious convictions, may give offence to the Imperial Government. It is admitted by the Decree to be ' c one of the most energetic and active organs of an Opposition, the beAring of which public opinion will appreciate ;" but it can not be permitted to appeal to that opinion, nor are all the arguments of the Government organs, of the official Mon,iteur, and the semi-official Con stitutionnel, deemed sufficient to meet the straight forward and convincing views of the Opposition Journal. There is one comfort to be derived from this very untoward state of affairs. It is manifest that the Government must consider its conditioa to be very shaky, when. it can resort to such pro ceedings—that-it must be thoroughly cognisant of the national enthusiasm in favour of an indepen dent Legislative Assembly. Were it otherwise it would not adopt such unjustifiable means to carry out its objects. It is now palpable that the incte pendence of the Legislative Assembly is at best " a mockery, a delusion, and a snare," and when the substance is wanting, it wound be just as well if the shadow were also anaihilat A, and that the Government of France should profess to be what it really is—an absolute despotism, as u nfettered as the autocracy of the CZAR over " Holy Russia." It is really quite delightful to think how com pletely the "Strong Government" was defeated on Thursday evening iu the New Parliament. Consider the occasion of that defeat, and then an swer if it may not be spoken of as a matter of very general congratulation ! Recollect that it was a clear majority of ten. gained over the Minis terialists by the supporters of the motion of Sir DENHAM NORREYS—a motion to put a stop, sum marily and totally, to the continuance of one of the most preposterous instances of extravagant ex penditure perhaps ever yet heard of ! Literally nothing less than the cool appropriation of thou sands upon thousands of the public money —for their own private ends—by the wealthy landed proprietors of Scotland ! To be plain—ln the general Ordnance Survey of. the United Kingdom it has been found that a survey conducted upon a scale of six inches to the linear mile, or, in other words, of no less than thirty-six square inches to the square mile, proved for all practical purposes amply sufficient. No wonder !—for, as Sir D. NORREYS stated to the House the night before last, so minutely accurate was the delinea tion upon this scale that any gentlemen might at pleasure find " his own garden walks mapped out, and even his spring and the position of his pump"—in the maps thus executed I It is not surprising, therefore, to find that considerable portions of England, and as much as four-fifths of Ireland, have been been surveyed upon this scale, and not upon a scale more extended. That this arrangement, as it so stood, was to all intents and purposes costly enough, even while thus (if we can reasonably so employ the word) restricted—any one may understand at once on learning that the Irish survey alone necessitated a disbursement of no less than 1,200,0001. ! Yet actually this was not enough for the worthy Scot tish landowners—for the canny lairds of Cale denia l A six-inch survey might suffice for England and for Ireland it was true, but not for the la n d of cakes and of the thistle. There, posi tively, they must have a survey not of six inches merely, but of over twenty-five inches to the square mile ! And they have actually been having a con siderable portion of it ! The chains and the theodolites have been hard at work, not o n ly in the rich pastur e and arable lands ~r rHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 20_ 1857 of Scotland, but—incredible though it may seem to those unacquainte 1 with northern impudence in these matters—in the arid wastes And barren wilds of Caledonia. The brobdigna gian maps thus produced, benefitting no one at all in the wide world save arose same affluent proprietors. And the money squandered upon the production of those same ridiculously gigantic maps—coming, of course, out of the national treasury! The whole fahtastic project tending in this way to the completion of one stupendous plan of Scotland, which as the Times laughably but most accurately puts it--" if completed on the same scale, would be 250 yards long by about 200 broad, which would cover the Art Treasures buildingat Manchester, and if placed upright would be about twice the height of St. Paul's Cathedral." However, the folly of the thing was altogether too monstrous to be any longer endured. And so—when it was with admirable effrontery pro posed to tack on another little item of 36,0001. to the estimates, for the purpose of extending this private boon to the lairds of the rugged fast nesses of Ross-shire and Caithness--the whole scheme was quashed, or rather (to call things by their right names) was literally and indignantly squashed by the New Parliament. The " Strong" Cabinet—as Mr. KEELEY might say, in the farce " Coming it just a little too Strong !" —finding themselves in an absolute minority of ten ; and the PREMIER wisely promising, thereupon, in a penitential mood, that he " would never do so again !"—that no further survey upon the 25-inch scale should be made henceforth in any part of the United Kingdom. Good—so far. The matter is done with. But it was—was it not I—wonderfully significant and characteristic ! It was characteristic of the whole of that grand system of ours, epitomised under one big word by Boz, as the system of Circumlo cution ! It was significant of that aggregated mass of our Imperial " muddle"--a total of blended parsimony and extravagance. Here are we squandering huge piles of gold and banknotes upon a Gigantic Absurdity—and grudg ing at the same time the merest trifle spent upon public works, works illustrative iu their way of the national character, and intimately affecting to the world at large, either the meanness or the majesty of our Imperial reputation. Let us have an end of this, at last, for once, and for all. Let us have an end of useless and expensive "jobs," like this enormous Folly of the Scotch Survey ! And let us, while we thus retrench rationally on the one side—let us we say, upon the other, give freely, give eagerly, give affluently, out of the abundance of the .National Wealth, for the adornment and the general improvement of not merely the national, but even be it said the Imperial Capital For the renovation of the national monuments ! For there-budding of the National Gallery.! :For the further beautifying of our noble Parks—the pleasure gardens not merely of the Londoners, but, as such;of the whole population ! The Capital of the Empire should be worthy of the Crown and of the People ! " Spurgeonism in the Church" attracted us lately to Exeter Hall, as it once did to the " Original SPURGEON" at the Music Hall, in the Surrey Gardens. Of course journalists cannot imitate the "Sunday Saints and Monday Sinners." We must be Sunday journalists and Monday jour nalists too, although we may be glad enough to let our types and printing machine enjoy their weekly rest. Well, we stepped across the Strand to see how our Church friends succeeded in their imitation of the popular young Baptist. It was all as it ought to be ; the cutting down of the service to the Litany and a prayer or two, and the spirit id singing of two or three hymns, occupied little more than half an hour, and could not have wearied any one. The Sermon too, was good, of the Evangelical school. The preacher's doctrinal creed and the Srur.ortores, we should judge, dif fered but little, if at all. In point of style, voice, and manner, there could be no question that the youthful Dissenter had greatly the ad vantage in regard to the power of interesting au audience of mechanics and tradesmen. Probably his vivid fancy and earnestness have as much to do, as his success with the multitude, in attract ing so many of the aristocracy also, whose names we see reported as frequenting the great religious levees in the Borough. We were reminded, however, yesterday, of one person we saw at Exeter Hall on the occasion re ferred to. Close by the preacher sat one of the avowed promoters of " Church Spurgeonisoa"— the Earl of StraFrEsuunx. We have already justified and commended the movement. We thought it eminently well meant. We know the Earl to belong to the section of the Church which rejoiccs in the epithet, Evangelical . ; and we thought no more of it. Yesterday, however, we had to report the Evangelical Exeter Hall E irl as heading a Church Rate Deputation to Lord PAL MERSTON ! A deputation, of course, of good honest, Church and King, anti-Maynooth, money loving Tories, R. SPOONER, Esq.,' being na turally prominent among them. We could not forget the last time we saw the Earl ; we thought of the Exeter Hall platform ; we thought of Evan gelical clergymen, and Evangelical Members of Parliament, and Bishops, and E iris ; we remem bered the tent too, and we could not help adapt ing it to the Exeter Hall Earl, and exclaiming, "Can a stiff Churchman change his skin, or a Tory his spots ?" The truth is that, not professing any peculiar sanctity ourselves, we participate in the vulgar feel ing of looking for "something more" in those who avow themselves professors of a very spiritual con ception of our common faith. We also incline to the exceedingly vulgar practice of making plain undeniable virtues, such as fairness, justice, gene rosity, and doing to others as we would they should do unto us, our measure of the value of very spiritual professions. Now, we have always re spected the Earl of SHAFTESBURY as a Ragged School man and so forth ; but what were we to think of a hot evangelical Church-rate Lord With our worldly views of things, we have heartily opposed Church••rates ever since Dissenters ob jected to them; and we have done it just because we could not look a respectable Dissenter in the face, and deem ourselves commonly honest or just, not to say generous, did we not renounce, frankly and unconditionally, the power of taxing him for the services of our Church. We should not like he should do the like thing to us; we could not think it fair to make him keep up our churches and services, and his own too ; and our notions of re- ligion (very carnal ones, perhaps) bid us perform towards the Dissenter the homely virtues of hu manity and fairness. We saw in some placards that the Earl of SHAFTESBURY was to take the chair at a Baptist Missionary Meeting in the Hall, last May—what can those very decided Non -conformists think of their Chairman now ? One day praising their missionaries and recommending voluntary sub- script;ons for them, a few days after beseeching ;he Premier to keep the Church-rate' saddle on ;he Dissenters backs, and to boot and spur the Churchmen to ride them i Evangelical Church- rate summons. Evangelical distress warrants, Evangelical seizures of goods to pay for Church men's churches and worship—all this may be very spiritual, but if so, we own it is above the comprehension of us worldly folk. We are apt, no doubt somewhat profanely, to exclaim, " from such evangelical spirituality good LORD d liver us." We have heard of heathens, who, when told by missionaries that their fathers ware doubtless in hell, replied, " then we should wish to go there too ;" and certainly if " we are to be told that fairness and generosity to Dissenters are not " evangelical and spiritual"---we should reply, then leave us without the latter excellencies. We prefer our old ones. We put it, however, plainly to Lord SHAFTES BURY and his high and dry Tory Churchmen Do the vast majority of Church-rate payers pay willingly, or not ? If they do, then they want no law to compel them t) do it, If they do not, what becomes of the tale with which the Earl and his clique went to Lord PAINERSTON ? Only five per cent, of the parishes, said they, refused Church-rates, why, then, should not the ninety five per cent. be left as they are ? We ask, rather, why should they, if they really do not object ? The truth is, that there are no returns of cases in which the anti-ratepayers were in a minority ; or of those in which it was hopeless to contend with the parish magnates, Probably a very large majority of the Church-ratepayers would refuse it if they could. If not, we repeat, they need no law compelling them, and others, too, to pay. Repeal the misting law, and the Church will still get all it ought to get, while a majority of Churchmen, or of votes (not voters) in a parish will no longer be able to coerce those who, perhaps, dare not oppose them. We trust Lord PALMERSTON will not listen to the Exeter Hall Earl. He has made bishops enough to please him we hope ; let that satisfy him. The Premier ought to know better than to regard " Evangelicals," whose notion of " Gospel Liberty" pleads for coercion of their neighbours. If he don't mean to make a clean sweep of Church rates he had better never touch them. Let May nooth warn him, that if he charge the " compen sation " demanded upon any public fund, he will have some dissenting SPOONER (only with a better cause) boring the House, session after session, to get the act repealed. Dissenters, we have no doubt, would rather continue to fight the parish battles than accept a degrading compromise. For Church-rate compensation Lord SHAFTESBURY and the bigots_ must put their hands in their own pockets. "What is protection ?" We do not mean in the economical, or fiscal, but in the diplomatic, and political sense. We have seen that it has been made the pretext for destroying the inde pendence of the protected States, for substituting absolute government for the quasi security afforded. But what is the consideration given to the weaker party ? Is it anything of real importance, or merely a mockery and delusion ? We have, at length, some means of judging, according to the views of a British Minister, and can therefore estimate the value of such a connection to the weaker party. We have for centuries " protected" the Mos quito territory. Great Britain has flung the mantle of its protection over the minor State, and many Englishmen as well as citiz3ns of other countries depending on its efficacy, have trusted their persons and property to that which was universally believed to be an adequate guarantee. But what has been the result ? In consequence of a quarrel between competieg companies the American Government thought proper to send a Corvette to enforce redress for some alleged or fancied wrongs. The proceedings were of a very summary character----" Hight Captain HOLLINGS" demanded the immediate payment of 24,000 dol lars, a sum far beyond the means of the autho rities, or of the inhabitants of Greytown ; and, because that appeared a fabulous amount to the parties concerned, proceeded first to bombard and then to burn down the town. Lord PALMERSTON has justly declared this to be " a very violent and a very cruel proceeding l" We go further and as sert it to be a piratical and sanguinary atrocity, that should consign the inhuman perpetrator to the gallows, and the Government, which gave a pretext therefor, to universal detestation. It was not, as wo have stated, merely the bombard ment, although that was bad enough, but the subse quent iucendiarism that was complained of, not only were grape and canister served out with diabolical impartiality, but miscreants clothed in the uniform of the United States, and chiming t) act under the authority and direction of the Cabinet at Washington, landed and set fire to the houses that remained untouched by the cannonade—even the residence of the Bri tish Vice-Consul, over which floated the English standard— " The fl ig that braved a thousand years, The battle and the bretze" was wantonly destroyed, and the houses of French, of Germans, and the citizens of other nations were I,kewise exposed to the torch of the incendiary. And what has been the result ? Has the Eng lish Government boldly claimed compensation for those who fondly imagined that they were placed under its protectorate ? Have they demanded redress for the insult to the British flag ? Far from ih. " Tho lion has roared you like any sucking d ove !"—Has put forward his complaints with " bated breath, and deep humility," and on the contumelious rejection of his demand, or rather of his humble petition, has retired from the field like a whipped our. Lord PALMERSTON last night shirked the ques tion. He babbled a little about international law, which would not justify a claim in such a case. Then why did he put forward such a demand and what was the effect or utility of the quasi protest made. Most assuredly a new edition of VATTEL is required. English diplomacy has never been very distinguished, but at no time has it appeared in so humiliating a light as in its recent proceedings, in reference to the infamo us b ombardment, plunder, and massacre at Greyto wn , under the avowed sanction of the Cabinet at Washington, and the Government of President PIERCE. LATEST NE W THE PARIS CONFERENCE. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) PARIS, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 8.30 A. M. The Plenipotentiaries of Austria, France, Eng land, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, and Turkey met yesterday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for the purpose of signing the treaty for the frontier settlement in Bessarabia, and for regulating the question of the Isle of Serpents and of the Delta of the Danube. The Moniteur confirms the fact that a treaty of commerce was signed between France and Russia on the 14th of the present month. FRANCE. THE ELECTIONS. PARIS, FRIDAY. The illon,iteur contains the following : PREFCTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE SEINE. ELECTIONS OF JUNE 21 AND 22. Rectors of the Department of the Seine,—You are convoked to name your deputies to the Legis lative Corps. The time exists no longer when, the deputies representing only a privileged class of electors, the Government feared to lat its own opinion be openly expressed on the elections, which were delivered up to the struggles of parties and the rivalries of ambition. At the present day the Government, in frankly adopting universal suffrage, in excluding from the Legislative Corps every functionary paid by the State, has desired the Chamber to be the sincere expression of the general will. It has only reserved to itself one single means of influence— that of proclaiming to the country what men have its confidence, in order that people may not be de ceived by professions of faith, which are often de ceitful. In order to govern, the Emperor must have the support of an elective chamber, independent, but devoted to his cause as well as to the new institu tions. With the deputies who have already given proof of their sentiments the conduct of the Go vernment will be easy ; with deputies belonging to another order of ideas you would expose yourselves to create agitation and disquiet. You may be convinced that the consequences of such agitation and disquiet will fall especially on those who labour to produce them. For the rest, several of the candidates of the op position--declared adversaries of the Imperial con st.tution—only canvass your votes in order signally to repudiate them. The candidates whom the Government points out to you, in nine of the electoral districts of the department of the seine, are the late deputies. Whilst preserving an honourable independence, they have given proof on every important occasion of their true patriotism. For the new electoral district rendered necessary by the increase of the population, the candidate presented to you has been mayor and is a member of the Municipal Council of Paris, whose devotion to the government of, the Emperor and to the in terest of his fellow-citizens has never been at fault. Like his colleagues, he will be a sure and en lightened support. It is by the co-operation of the great bodies of the state, and especially of that one which votes the laws, that the Emperor has been enabled to pass through five years, during which many and various calamities have, so to speak, disappeared beneath the lustre of new glories and new prosperi ties. It is owing to this co-operation that the three years of scarcity have been less disastrous In France than anywhere else ; that gigantic works have changed 'the face of Paris and all France ; that agriculture, industry and trade have been pro tected and developed ; that an improve ment in the condition of the minor officials has been enabled to be commenced ; that the burden of the conscription has been rendered lighter ; that the army has, notwithstanding this, received a more solid constitution ; that the insti tutions of charity and public assistance have beau multiplied ; that certain taxes have already been reduced, notwithstanding the cost of the war ; and, finally, that France has reconqui,red by arms, as vroll as by the wisdom of her policy, the rank that was due to her in Europe. Thus' the question is clearly put :—To vote for the candidates designated by the Government is to ratify their conduct by your suffrage, to approve ' what they have sustained, and to facilitate the execution of the Eal pe roes great projects. To vote, on the contrary, for hostile candidates, is to follow in a course without an object men, who for the most part have in the main no sympathy with the people ; who, in the exercise of power, have already given proofs of their incapacity and weakness, and who would only be able to raise up ag tin their party on the misfortunes of their country. Your choice cannot be doubtful. The Prefect of the Seine, G. E. HAUSSMANN. Hotel-de-Ville of Paris, June 19, 1837. [A. list of the official candidates for the metro politan department, who names have already b,.:40 published, follows the above address.] The Presse has the following : "Opposition tlsctors of the third circumscription of the department of the 13ouches-du-Rhone, wishing to give a proof of their gratitude to him who was their Prefect in the difficult period of 1843 have resolved to vote for M. Emile Olivier, who is likewise a candidate in the fourth electoral division in Paris. M. E nile Olivier has sent them his bulletin signed." The same journal tells the following anecdote, apropos of the elections " 4. Garnier Pages signs the advertisements which indicate his candidature by the words Candidate of the Democratic Opposition,' apparently to indicate that he is more democratic than those who call themseves simply Candidate of the Opposition.' Now the following is a coppy of the 1-ttt , r which M. Gamier Pag,s addressed oa the 24:h of February to M. de Malevitle. It is 'e lated 1-y Daniel Stern in his History of the Revolution of February,' in a note to page 248 The madmen that you know have proclaimed the Republic. Prevent the Duchess of (Means from showing herself. The moment is not propitious. Ever yours, my good friend.' M. Gamier Pages has a very short memory." The following privata telegraphic despatches have been received : "MARSEILLES, JuNe 18. "ALGIERS, June 15.—The army is still on the terri tory of the Beni-atten. The road of Tlzi-Oz )u is en tirely terminated. Not fewer than 13 artesian wells hare been bored ; that of Gheggo gives 20 litres per minute." "TRIESTE, JUNE 19. " Intelligence has arrived from Constantinople to the 11th. The pretender to the Principality of Montenc gr,,, who lived in exile in Turkey, has been asFassinated. Tne Viceroy of Egypt has arrived at Smyrna. Letters from Teheran announce the official reception, by the Shah, of General Eariatinski, the Rue-ian Envoy." " VIENNA, JUNE 19. " The Austrian Correspondence contradicts the state ment made by the French rlf oniteur respecting the feeling in the Danubian Principalities. According to the Aus trian journal, the great majority of the Moldavian people are hostile to unionist tendencies, and it declares that the prudent and impartial conduct of Vogorides gene- rally admitted." BOURSE, June 19.—The following were the las quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 6B 40 68 65 Bank Shares 4,600 Credit Foncier 5OO - Credit Mobilier 1,167 50 Roman Do. Account - Austrian - Belgian 4i .. 9B— Spanish Threes 39?, - Fiedmontese (5) 9l 25 Home Debt ......... - THE HANDEL FESTIVAL AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Yesterday witnessed the last of these great musi cal commemorations, though in point of attendance, splendour, and success, it might well be called the first. Such of the visit ors as only attended on Mon day or daring the occasion of the Royal visit can form but au inadequate notion of the impressive scene which the interior of the Palace presented. Every seat from which one could hear or see, and many from which it was difficult to do either, had its occupants, and, notwithstanding the immense accommodation provided, some hundreds of visitors were forced to content themselves with . promenad ing the nave and surveying from a distance the massive thousands- which rank in rank filled every portion of the central space. Not since the great day when her Majesty and the Emperor of the French paid a State visit to Norwood have the roads presented such an appiar ance. From Dulwich, Sydenham, and Vauxhall the stream of carriages was incessant, and as each separate avenue poured its tide of vehicles into the one general road up to the building the numbers became almost unmanageable. A vast multitude is at all times a grand and moving spectacle ; but when the concourse is assembled and ranged in. such a building as the ' Crystal Palace, motionless and almost breath less, listening with intense anxiety to solemn hymns poured forth by two thousand voices, the effect is too great for description. Such was, in truth, the case yesterday, when, at the commencement of the second part of the oratorio, more than 17,000 visi- • tors were seated before the orchestra, which at a distance seemed to rise like some colossal bouquet from out of the garden of colours which spread around it. The heat was excessive, and to look down upon the great parterre, where at least 5,000 forms were in perpetual motion, gave to the whole concourse an aspedt of noiseless activity which was singular in the extreme. Everything, in fact, was on a gigantic scale ; the rising of the audience be tween the first and second parts .made a noise like the rush of a mighty wind, and the reverberating applause of 30,000 hands was in its way as well worth hearing as the orchestra. Messrs. Neigretti and Zambra were again busy in the upper galleries and made a most successful attempt to photograph the whole orchestra, on a large scale, and so per fectly was this difficult feat achieved that even the individual likenesses of each performer can be •found. As on the previous occasions, the management of the refreshment department was admirable. It would be ungracious on our part were we to con clude our notice of these great fetes without bear ing testimony to the courtesy, civility, and atten tion of all connected with their menagement. Both to those who represented the Sacred Har monic Society and the immediate members of the Crystal Palace staff, the highest praise is due. Never have festivals of such magnitude, and of which all the arrangements were of so novel and almost experimental a character, been con ducied with more thorough order, propriety, and actual comfort to the spectators. In the enume ' ration of those who have rendered essential service Mr. Ferguson, the able manager of the Palace, of course stands first, and to him, and to Mr. Grove, the secretary, every lover of music is deeply indebted for the months of toil, and often extreme discourage ment, which they had to undergo before such tri umphant results as those of the past week were achieved. What we have said of these gentlemen may, as far as zeal and assiduity in their various departments is concerned, be said of the entire staff connected with the building. From first to last they have never flagged or faltered in efforts to pro mote the general success cff the arrangements, and so far cootribvte to the individual convenience of each visitor. " Israel in Egypt " was given yesterday, just as Handel wrote and as Handel would have loved to hear it. To describe such d performance is not an easy task, since, as everything calls for eulogy, the danger of exhausting the vocabulary of praise be ' *comes imminent, and a calumn filled with laudatory epithets would suggeetrather an idea of romance than of reality.' It is nevertheless true that the execution of "Israel in Egypt" in the Crystal Palace yester day eurpa'sed in excellence that of the " Messiah" on Monday, and of " Judas Maccabeus" on Wed nesday, which, as the difficulties it presents are so much greater, argued a diligence on the part of the singers and a determination on that of the conduc tor which cannot be too highly recommended. The first chorus, " And the children of Israel sighed by reason of their bondage," where Handel has shown himself as grand a master of pathos of ' of the elaborations of counterpoint, was a foretaste of what was to come. The conviction that there would be a performance of unaccustomed excellence sprung at once from this beginning, and was fully ' warranted by the result. " They loathed to drink ' of the river ; He turned their waters in blook " ' the first of that unexampled chain of choruses by which the plagues inflicted upon the Egyptians, the miracle of the exodus, the destruction of Pha raoh's host, and the religious awe created in the minds of the favoured people, are rliusttrated— was delivered with an accuracy and truth of into nation the more remarkable since the theme is com posed of awkward intervals, chromatic in style and treated throughout in the strictest and severest form of fugue. The impression produced by this most suggestive " toneapicture " was deepenee by that of the next, " He spake the word," which em todies the plague of the flies, the lice, and the locusts —one of the double-choruses for which "Israel in Egypt" is renowned—a composition of a very dif ferent character from its predecessors, but equally distinguished by descriptive eloquence. At the end of this fine piece the audience broke forth in loud applause, which, after the termination of the suc ceeding chorus, f 0 He gave them h a il s t ones ," was renewe in a manner so universal and tumultuous that, notwithstanding Mr. Cosia's disinclination to " encores," he was compelled to yield to the desire of the audience. We cannot remember on any occasion so grand a performance of this marvellous piece, which, as a combination of simplicity and power, is wholly without a parallel. The two next . choruses, in which the plague of darkness and the destruction of the first-born are embodied, were, from another point of view, quite as impressive. In the first, remarkable for its daring and singul.r progressions of harmony, we were once mote de ligh.el at Vie purity of intonation displayed by such a multitude of voices, and were not less pleased to observe that the exaggerated reading of the last phrase—" even darkness, which might be felt"— complained of at rehearsal, though not entirely discarded, was considerably modified. Passing over the intervening pieces, we came to the prodigiously fine chorus, in three parts, commencing with "He rebuked the Red S ea ." Here the grandeur of the opening, which illustrates the Divine decree, was most admirably contrasted with the passage by which its accomplishment is so forcibly con veyed—" and it was dried up"—delivered in an undertone than which nothing could be more ex pressive. The biases gaire out the slow and mea sured theme of "He led them through the deep" with tremendous effect ; and no words can suggest a notion of th e e ff ec t produced by the magnificent climax, "But the waters overwhelmed their ene mies," where Handel, putting forth all his might to give significance to the catastrophe that involved the persecutors'of Israel in annihilation, has suc ceeded in presenting a musical picture of unequalled greatness and sublimity. The reiteration of the words "Not one,"—in the sentence "there was not one of them left"—was literally appalling. The second part was in all respects as satisfac tory as the first, but we cannot attempt anything like a detailed accouut. The "Horse and his rider" was re-demanded by thousands of 7oices; but Mr. Co3ta, aware that this chorus comes again, was this time resolute, and proceeded with the duet, " The Lord is my strength," hftdless of the obstreperous demand for a repetition. When at the end of the oratorio, it was repeated in its pro per place, the effect was just as striking, and doubt less all the more• so from the judicious decision of of the conductor in the first instance. The principal solo singers were again successful ; and once more Mr. Sims Reeves was the hero. He I had not nearly so arduous a task in "Israel" as in " Judas Maccabaous ;" but of the one air which affords occasion for the exhibition of vocal facility and skill he availed himself with surprising talent. His execution of this very difficult song, which abounds in florid divisions after Handel's peculiar manner, was masterly threoghout, the declamation beingjust as powerful as tbo vocal enunciation of the notes was irreproachable, The audience, roused into enthusiasm, would not 1)6 denied ; and so unanimously expressed was their desiX to hear the Kong again that the re w as no res i t ti ng it. Thus another encore was added to the incidents of the, day. Miss Dolby sang both the contralto airs to, perfection, and made a profound sensation in the second---." Thou shalt (bring them in." Not less happy was Madame Novello in " Thou didst blow with thy wind," which was very finely given, and but for the misfortune of coming immediately alter Mr. Sims Reeves in "The enemy said" would have produced a still greater effect. Where Ma dame Novelle was most applauded by the. audience was in the recitatives of Miriam the Prophetess, " Sing ye to the Lord," &c., preceding the final chorus, where, while we admired the clear arid penetrating qualities of her upper tones, we could not approve her alteration of the text of Handel. The spirited and always telling duet for basses, " The Lord is a man of war," sung with remarkable power by Herr Formes, and Mr. Weiss, and, as usual, one of the great features of the performance, was received with the loudest applause. .After the Oratoriothe National A n th em was given, Madame Novcll6 again being intrusted with the. principal :el!) verses. The Handel Festival, judged from a musical point of view, has been an unquestionable success. It was a bold experiment ; but the result has proved that musical performanceson a very grand scale are possible m the Crystal Palace. The committee of the Sacred Harmonic Society have earned' laurels of a novel kind, and may fairly regard the projec tion and accomplish men t o f so ex t raor di nar y an enterprise with pride, as the most striking and memorable incident in the history of their institu tion, which, in the course of 25 years, from a small and insignificant knot of amateurs, has grown into a body sufficiently important to project, and suffi ciently strong to carry out an enterprise of such unprecedented magnitude. How much they owe to their accomplished conductor, Mr. Costa—whose exertions during the progress of the Handel Fes tival have been as unremitting as his musical ser vices have been invaluable—we need not insist. The cheers, acclamations, and waving of hats that greeted him yesterday on retiring from the orcliestta were tokens of how entirely his effects had been appreciated by the public. COURT CIRCULAR. His Imperial Highness the Archduke Maximilian of Austria and his Royal High n e ss P r i nce F re d er i c k Wil liam of Pru ss i a went to Claremont yesterday morning, attended by Count Zichy, Baron de Holtke, and Lord Chas. Fitzroy, and visited the Countess de Neuilly. The Archduke afterwards paid a visit t) the Princess de Salerno at T wickenham, and went to inspect to Ramp ton-court Palace. His Imperial Highness returned through Richmond to London. The Queen and Prince, With the Princess Royal and Prince Fred er i c k William of Prussia, drove out in au open carriage in the afternoon. Major-General Boaverie and Colonel F. H. Seymour attended on horseback. The Prince rode on horseback in the forenoon, at tended by his Equerry in Waiting. Her Majesty gave, last evening, is Buckingham Palace a Concert, at which Mademoiselle Piccolomini, .Madame Bosio, Madam e Nurello, Madame Alboni, Mademoiselle Artot, SignorGiuglini, Signor Gardoni, Signor Ronconi, and Herr Formes assisted. LORD CIIAI IBERLAIN'S-OFFICE.—Notice is hereby given that no Corridor or Gallery tickets will be issued for the ensuing Drawing-room on Tuesday, the 231 inst. MARRIAGE OF TELE PRINCESS ROYAL —BERLIN, June 17.—The news has reached us from Windsor that Jan. 18 of next year has been definitively fiased on for the nuptials of the Princess Royal and Prince Frederick ~~ RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. fr c Orleans -1,475 Western ...... . ....... 775 Northern Lyons 1,492 50 New Ditto ........... 722 5 Mediterranean 1,933 50 Grand Central Geneva Midi 635 SPAIN. The news brought by the latest Spanish journals is that at Sastago disturbances to the cry of "Long live Charles VI. 1" had taken place, but no details of them are given. Republican proclamations had again been put into circulation in the capital, but they produced little effect. More troops had been sent off to the Ilavannah. The guano discovered in Estramadura is stated to be equal in quality to that of Peru. Woorman, June 19.—Workmen in the employ of the Atlantic Electric Telegraph Company this day com menced shipping the portion of the cable manufactured by Messrs• Glass and Elliott, East Greenwich, and 31 miles of the cable was stowed in the hold of the Aga memnon. The vessel has been fitted up with pipes con nected with the main of the Phcenix Gas Company, in. order to continue the shipping of the cable by night as well as by day. THE EXPLOSION AT THE HOUNSLOW GUNPOWDER MILLS.--I NQU EST.—An inquest was held yesterday, at Bedfont, on the bodies of two of the three men who were killed by the explosion of gunpowder, at the gunpowder mills of Messrs. Curtis and Harvey, government con tractors, in the Hounslow-road. The accident took place in the " corner shed." The men were scraping the caked powder off the " tooth rollers" at the time the ac cident occurred, it was not known how. A. verdict Accidental death" was returned. MOM Naval and Military Intelligence. The Duke of Cambridge, as General Comrnand ing in -Chief, held a levee yesterday at the Sorsa Guards, when there was a numerous attendance of officers. The following depots at the Provisional Battalion, Chatham, will furnish . nearly 2,000 commissioned officers and men for the head-quarters of their corps serving in India, the whole of whom have received orders to hold themselves in readiness for embarkation, viz. :-Bth (the King's), 10th, 24 0, 27th (Enniskillens), 29th, 32d, 35th (Royal Sus' sex), 43d (Light Infantry), 52d (Light InfantcY) , 53d, 60th Rifles (Ist Battalion), 61st, 64th, 70th) 74th (Highlanders), 75th, 78th (Highlanders, 81st 83d, 84th, 86th, and 87th (Royal Irish Fusilters). On Wednesday portions of two regiments era' barked at Kingstown for foreign service. The first of these detachment., consisting of the h ea d-quay" tern of the 77th Regiment, some companies of which had set sail for Australia on th e p rev i ous day in, the Palmerston transport, went on board the Or well. The Orwell is a fine vessel of 1,200 of tons register, but of at least 1,500 tons actual burden. The second detachment consisted of portions of the 95th Regiment, which embarked in the Polonaise for the Cape of Good Hope. The Beechcroft is os her way from Cork to Kingstown, where she is hourly expected to take on board the head quarters , of the 95th Regiment ; she has been detained by contrary winds. The whole of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and gunners off duty, forming the Royal Artillery garrison at Woolwich, were on Thursday drawn up in three baetalions on the garrison parade under the chief command of Lieut. -Col. G. Barker C. B. , at 2 p. m.,• and were marched to W 00 1" with Common for the purpose of brigade drill and e periodical inspection of the corps. The proceeding s were those of a general field-day, and were per" formed in a style satisfactory to the officers in cow. mand, who expressed their satisfaction to the now commissioned officers. The Royal Horse Artillery' dismounted, were _likewise marched to Woolwich Common, and put through a course of foot parade and sword exercise, under the command of Capta in and Adjutant A. lotteux Calvert. Her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert, CO' the Hon. Joseph Denman, left Jersey on Monday morning last, and anchored early on the following day at Glengariff, at the upper end of Bantry-% south-west coast of Ireland, having averaged,,,,t e knots across, notwithstanding a heavy sea. lu captain and officers having spent a few hours anal the beautiful scenery there, the yacht left at o'clock for Queenstown, where she arrived th same evening at 9 o'clock. Nothing can eine7i the satisfactory performance of the state vessel. was supposed she would leave for Liverpool nu Tuesday evening. The Princess Charlotte, 104, barrackship for China, Captain King, C. 8., left Portsmouth hal" . bour yesterday morning, and anchored at Spith eau She is laden with a great quantity of stores, Jra l for the China fleet. The Niagara's alterations for stowing the gre at Atlantic telegraph cable will be completed at Ports: mouth this day, -and she will leave forthwith fo r Liverpool. 100 The sailing-transport Goward, Capt. Bouch, been ordered to Woolwich, where she is emb ing 58 tons of traversing platforms from the IVILW tary Stare Department for Malta. 0 - The freightship Euphrates is under orders teie'fr to Woolwich from the Docks to ship ammuni t for Algoa Bay. Her Majesty's paddle steam sloop Ardent ha 5 been undocked at Woolwich, and hauled into basin' to continue the necessary repairs. She is under' going a thorough refit. The Bishop of London has issued a notice to the effect that it is his intention to hold a military On" firmation in the Gatrison Chapel at Woolwich on' Monday, the 13th of July. The fine sailing ship Medina, belonging t c . ) t Messrs. James Baines and Co., has been fitted Liverpool for the conveyance of the head-quartet s of the 50th Regiment, under Col. Waddy, from Kingston for Colombo. aces have been posted in the Underwriter ' room, Liverpool, inviting tenders for the convey' ance of troops from Malta to Liverpool, returnleb with exchange regiments. The new iron screw steamer Dalhousie, 1, 5 1 tons burden, has sailed for Madras. This is first of two fine steamers to leave our shores le; India. They were selected by the Hon. 'll3 India Campaly for steam-transports, and were both built by Denny and Rankin, of Dumbarton. 13° Dalhousie, so called in honour of the ex-Governor" General, is 230 feet in length, 30 feet in brea dth ' and 161 feet in depth of hold, steams 12 1 1 ° 1 and her consort is the Prince Arthur. 0 The launch of the Melpomene at Perobrokt Dockyard is to take place on the Bth of Aug ° , next. She is a screw frigate pierced for 50 gut' and has been adapted from a 60-gun sailing frign; for which she was originally laid down. -11 0413 i f e been cut in half, she has been lengthened to t' extent of 321 feet in the midship section, and bso received an additional length of 13 feet at the stern and 61 feat at the bows. She is about 240 feet 111 length, and her beam will enable her to Or/ heavy ordnance. The construction of the n et monster frigate, the Orlando, of 50 guns, is P r " „, ceediog. Lieut. G. S. Bosanquet was yesterday appoin ted to the Melville. d By private letters which have been receive at Chatham from officers on board the Harpy steafooff Commander G. A. Brine, it appears that that v o t eel was still lying at the Piraeus, Athens, where 1 " was expected she would remain three month longer. At the date of the letters (June 10) th e Harpy was expecting to go on a few weeks' cruise among the islands in the Archipelago, after which she would again return to Athens. , The Duke and Duchess de Montpen s i e r, w ith 0° Princesses, will shortly pay a Visit to the ex-Qn° 6 , ll of the French at Cl aremon t. Th e i r R o y a l Iligu" nesses have left in a Spanish war steamer, and ar e hourly expected at Plymouth, where preparatio n ' s have been made for the reception of these disti ll ' guished visitors. COWES, ISLE OF WIGS T• (FROM OUR OWN OORRISPONDENT.) JUNE 18, 1857. ARRIVALS.-12th : Lalla Rookla, Viscount Ban gor, from Portsmouth, and sailed n e xt day 01 " Kingstown. 13th : Bacchante, B. H. Jones, EST! from the eastward. 15th : Plover, yawl, Lieu. l Col. H. Brown, from Southampton. 16th : fly, screw, Sir Henry Oglander, Bart., from South' ampton. 17th: Lulworth, Joseph Weld, Esq'' passed through for the eastward ; and Brilliant' G. H. Ackers, Esq., for Southampton ; Katink o l A. H. Davenport, sq., from the westward, bon y ' eastward. 18th : Bacchante, B. H. Jones, Esci'' from Brounsey, and sailed for Southampton. Root" Stephenson, at and about the Station.—Titania, Stephenson, Esq., M.P. ; Firefly, Sir Henry Lib: lander, Bart. ; Caprice, Lieut.-Col. Chas. AlurraP Lulworth, Joseph Weld, Esq. Lord Godolphin, James Maxse, Esq., Sir Ileuri Oglander, Bart., Capt. Ponson by, and several other members, have arrived at the Squadron-house tbi ß week. / 0 We are happy to hear that Lord Fitzharding e health is progressing most favourably, and thatu there is every probAbdity of his lordship being ago in his yacht early in August. Lord Wilton's yacht is ordered to be ready f of se ,: in 'three weeks. ARREST u_ CAMERON MANAGER ° I THLi; BRITISH BANK. We have the gra tifi caA :jon to ' announce that Ot i g,l Innes Cameron, l a t e genera : manager of the BO; British Bank, hitherto so succeseo in evading the pa- suit of justice, has at length been awested in L a usann,. and is now on hi s way to t hi s coun try. Two other of f o r directors are i n custo dy ; one was taken by InsP ec , t° 4 Field in the Jura Mountains on Tuesday last, t he etu- 0 at Boulogne. Too much praise cannot be g iven Messrs. Linklater and Hackwood for their untiring exertions in bringing about so desirable an end. TD ANNIVERSARY OF HER MAJESTY'S ACCESSION THE THRONE.—To-day being the 20th annivereary (11' her Most Gracious Majesty's accession to the Throne , / royal salutes were fired by the guns from the Tower an' St, James's-park. 11 ; -.;, 3 ., .tti - COMI The Liv firmer, and of Which ' tor export, a stronger The Ban] the 13th in: by all pers Market, bleaSUre of directors, f( eetit. as the found that dinainishing Weeks then securities: te I rly el ev( partmenti Judgi ng fro Probable tl discount wi and the cha Active Cir De, EtMon: Ini Rest . In, Public De loc Other Del Deo Inc Governrne Other Secs Dei Notes um The offici Pe port of last is as fo] Gold C Sit;er E l There is tion in Lore ,the market, bas been de - - - - I,..The deal rather ' a / 1 k of Au 10 ; Pro` oath Ault The Mls have of 'l ave impro 1311 ITISII F Ban k Stook „, 0 Per Cent. F tper cent. N ew 3 per C Qllia Bonds, Ditto ' und( ° Ort:4oB4, A Ditto for C Exchequer 21000 .. 2500 gnash PRICES „, — llenos A yre bitto Accc &quadorNew Ditto Prov Grenada Nov r eruviau Bo Ditto Acc Ditto 31 ) '- thtto Accc Russian Bon Ditto, 44 1 Ditto Aco Tark Box r Ditto Aeci Dutch Exeli Do. 4 per Consols The rate burg, and i It was an John Long been retort areonnt to THE En teas Prince at three Inaugurate