The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-29 00:00:00

THE SUM LONDON; FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1 15;

The exquisite nature of his Lordship's
perceptions, and the fulness of his know-
ledge, are further perceptible in the distinc-
tion he evidently draws between shutting up shops
and shutting up the coach-houses of the rich. He
cannot see any analogy between compelling the
poor shopman to refrain from labour on the Sun-
day and prohibiting the owner of a carriage from
employing his coachmen, footmen, and grooms at
their usual work on that day also. Nor can he
see that, if the latter were done railway travelling
and the plying of omnibuses would still
have independent grounds of defence, since
in the one case half-a-dozen will minister to the
laziness of one, and in the other a similar number
to the health and recreation of thousands. Even
the case of the Clubs, those great private hotels,
does not convince him of the injustice of his bill.
His reply is—let them continue—why should he
touch them when he leaves the poor their houses
for food and refreshment ? A 3 though there would
be no Beer Bill on the back of the intended ma ea -
sure, and food and wine of all sorts could not be
had at the Clubs on a Sunday at any hour, and
as though the " houses fur food and refreshment for
the poor" were not in the majority of cases a delu-
sion. Nothing will enlighten, nothing will con-
vince his Lordship ; he will see nothing and
believe nothing but what his Pharasaic friends
have shown and taught him.
The public must take care that no individual
member of either House of Parliament shall be
able to plead ignorance of their wishes, or if facts
and arguments can move him, lend his counte-
nance to this atrocious bill.

STANZAS.
ORIGINAL.

I look on the chestnut blossom
As it points to the cloudless sky,
On the daisy's golden bosom,
And the hyacinth's deep-blue eye.
I see the lime-tree flinging
Its delicate green arms out,
The fragrant sweet-briar springing,
And the woodbine running about ;
The lilac hiding the paling
With clusters of purple and white,
And the graceful laburnum trailing
Its tresses of radiant light.
But for me the garlanded bowers
Have lost their rainbow hue--
I look on the fields and flowers,•
But not as I used to do.

I hear the blackbird telling
His love tale to his mate,
And the merry skylark swelling
The choir at " heaven's gate."
The cuckoo, away in the thicket,
Is giving his two old notes,
And the pet doves hung by the wicket
Are talking with ruffled throats.
The honey-bee hums as he lingers
Where shadows of clover-heads fall,
And the wind, with leaf-tipped fingers,
Is playing in concert with all.
I know the music that gushes
Is melody, sweet and true ;
And I listen to zephyrs and thrushes,
Bat not as I used to do.

I hear the bird-boy's rattle
Chime in with the cawing rook,
I hear the low of the cattle,
And the plash of the rippling brook.
I hear the shepherd singing,
And the bleat of the frisking lamb,
I hear the loud flail swinging,
And the barn-door's creaking slain.
I hear the swallows darting,
Like arrows, in chase of the fly,
And the tawny leveret starting
At play in the copse just by.
I hear the broad flags quiver
Where the wind and tide rush through ;
I listen to mill-wheel and river,
But not-as I used to do.

No more can my footsteps wander
Through woodlands, loved and dear ;
I gaze ou the hill-tops yowler
Through the mist of a hopeless tear.
My spirit is worn and weary
With waiting for Health and Rest ;
My long, long night is dreary,
And my summer day unblest.
My suffering darkens the noonlight,
My anguish embitters the balm,
My loneliness weeps in the moonlight
And sighs in the evening calm.
Oh ! Suffering's mournful story
Must be wof ally long and true,
When it finds me noting God's glory,
But not as I used to do.

ELlza COOK.

THE NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL OP

INDIA.

Viscount Canning has been appointed Governor-
General of India in the place of the Marquis of Dalhousie,
who returns home. It is a singular fact, in connection
with this appointment, that George Canning, the father
of the new Governor-General, when acting as Foreign
Secretary, was about to proceed to India in a similar
capacity. The arrangement, however, did not take
effect, and thus it was he remained in England to die at
his post in the more brilliant position of Prime Minister.
Charles John Canning, the new Governor of India, is
the second son of the Right Hon. George Canning, by
the third daughter of Major-General John Scott, of Bal-
comie, Fifeshire. He was born at Gloucester-lodge,
Brompton, in 1812, and he married in 1835 the eldest
daughter and co-heir of the first Lord Stuart de
Rothesay.
The new Governor-General highly distinguished him-
self during his university career. He was educated at
Christ Church, Oxford, and in 1833 we find that he took
first-class in classics and second-class in mathematics.
He filled the office of Under-Secretary of State from
1841 to 1846 In the latter year he was appointed to
the Chief Commissionership of Woods and Forests. He
was appointed to the Postmaster-Generalship in 1853,
with a salary of 2,5001. It is scarcely, perhaps, neces-
sary to observe that the noble viscount sat for
Warwick-
shire from the year 1836 to 1837.

ANOTHER CAS l: FOR ADVINIST.RATIVI
REFORMERS.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN.
Sra,—Perhaps it may be worth Mr. Lindsay's while
just en passant to inquire regarding the despatch of the
Oneida, Government transport—how long after the time
officers were directed to be at Liverpool did she arrive
there ?—how long she was detained at Glasgow after her
time, and afterwards at Liverpool, and what was the
cause thereof ?

ONE WHO HAD FRIENDS ON BOARD.
London, Juno 28.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Don Pasquale was performed
last night for the first time this season. The opera is
familiar to all musical people, and there was nothing
new in the performance ; but the interest of the per-
formance lay in its being precisely what it used to be of
old—the dramatis personce now, as then, being made up
of that unrivalled quartetto, Grisi, Mario, Tamburini,
and Lablache. They were as animated and delightful
as ever, and kept the crowded house in a state of hilarity
from the beginning to the end of the piece. Thera is
little vocal display in this opera ; the action is carried
on with great spirit by means of concerted music, and
with the exception of the famous serenade " Com' b
gentil," there is not an air which the audience ever think
of encoring. But these concerted pieces, particularly
the trio in the first and the quartet in the second act,
are among the most beautiful things that Donizetti ever
wrote, and they were sung with a verve, a, warmth, a
dramatic fire and spirit, which could not be surpassed.
As thus represented, Don Pasquale is one of the gayest
and pleasantest of musical comedies, and will doubtless
continue a principal attraction till the end of the season.
THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER.—A bill brought from
the Lords (June 25) enables the Chancellor and Council
of the Duchy of Lancaster to sell and purchase land on
behalf of her Majesty and her heirs in right of the said'
duchy.

his Lordship knows little about it, and to be de-
ceived the masses have gone wonderfully near the
mark respecting it. But no, says his Lordship,
the public-houses and coffee-houses will be open to
those who may miss the opportunity to purchase
for the day. The utter ignorance of the condi-
tion of the masses here revealed is positively
startling. Fancy the multitudinous army of
London labourers, with their wives and children,
thronging to their boxes at the coffee and public-
houses, each of the latter with a halfpenny in its
mouth, of course for the waiter.

clamittion permitting smoking in the streets, which
was hitherto prohibited.

THE PRINCIPALT TIES.

The Austrian army in the Principalities is suffer-
ing from those climatic influences which this time
last year afforded PriNce Gortschakoff a decent
excuse for withdrawing his army from before Silis-
tria. Intermittent fevers prevail at Ibrail, Galatz,
and all the towns on the Danube. It has been
found necessary to remove a considerable number
of the Austrian regiments to the Carpathian high-
lands and Little Wallachia. An Austrian corps
of 3,000 men will be retained at Bucharest.