The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-25 00:00:00

SHIPPING—This Day.

LONDON, May 25.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly ; moderate breeze and fine weathr_r, but rather
cloudy.

COW:CS, MAY N.—Wind N.—Are.ved—Ellen Rose,
from Bathurst.

BY MAGNETIC TZLEGRAPIT.

GRAV-ASEND, Monday Morn Tug.
Arrived, May 24—Marie, from Aalborg ; Juno, from
11-indsand ; Niord, from 3'.-gestvid.

Arrived, May 25—8 ella, from Dantsic; Orion, from
Norkoping ; Ariel, frr,w Algoa Bay ; Jane and Eleanor,
from Stettin; Exchr.nge, from Memel ; James White, from
Frederiekstadt ; P‘ercules, from Uddewalla ; Ada, from
Stettin ; Aron, from Anclam ; Appearance, from Fredl
r;ckstadt ;Twee Zusters, from Worcum ; Nettie Cornelia,
from Gym' ; Carolina, from Stockholm ; Marianne,
from Groningen ; Christiania Cecilia, from Sarpsborg ;
Roolfir,a Kniper, from Falconberg.
S' Ailed—City of Petersburg, for Madras ; Nimrod, for
M.;:lbourne , ]•'rank, for Boston.

DEAL, Monday Morning.
Passed (in tow), May 24—Sydenham, from Demerara;
Glenbrook, for Jamaica; J. A. U., for Liverpool; Milli-
cent, for Bermuda—all from London.
Passed, May 25—Trade Wind, from London, for Sierra
Leone ; Bedfordshire (in tow), from Sunderland. for
Shanghai.

M. LEVASSOR EN VISITE. --Thanks to Mr.
Mitchell, the old English friends of M. Levasor can
still see him every other night at the Dudley Gallery of the
Egyptian Hall. On Saturday the room was crowded in
every part by an enthusiastic audience. Who could help,
in fact, enjpying the perfectly truthful imitations of British
character, with its 'little imperfections ludicrously exagge-
rated, given so amusingly as they are (though in rather
questionable taste 1) by the most finished fa, ceur of
modern times, In justice to the entertainment,
it must be mentioned, however, that while the
generic Englishman thus comes in for a share of it,
that M. Levassor's satire, as good natured as satire can ever
be, is also lavished upon the prominent traits of the well.
bred Parisian young lady, whilst some of the finest acting
of this inimitable:comedian is devoted to the part of a choleric
middle aged Frenchman, whose grand passion is a furious
hatred of pianos in all shapes and size, whereon he pro •
nounces a commin ition which sets the audience in a roar,
The piano music is nevertheless tastefully exuuted and
judiciously selected, and a young lady fi►ls up an interval
with amusing little French songs.
GENERAL RELIEF COMMITTEE, ASHT GN D ER-
LYNE —The committee, of which S. D. Lees, M.D.,
Mayor of the Manor, is chairman, has expended in relief
during the week ending the 21st of May, 1863, the sum of
£S3S 12s. 3d., including £l9l 12s. sd. for the relief of 1,353
women in the sewing classes; £175 ss. 11d. for the reliel of
1,171 persons assembled in educational classes; £l2 for
school pence from 1,441) children in schools; £3 19s. for
medical tickets; £147 12s. 7d. for relief to families in dis-
tress in the five districts of this committee; and £5 13s. for
salaries. The total number of persons relieved is 12,174.

TROOPS FOR MExico.—During the last two days
troops have been leaving Paris by the 'Western Railway for
Cherbourg, where they will embark for Mexico. The re-
mainder of the reinforcements, amounting in all to 2,500 or
3,00 J men, will consist of two squadrons of cavalry and
troops of the line from the military command of Lisle.—
Gabgnani.
How TO SETTLE THE AMERICAN WAR.—" Man-
hattan"says, " There has been a generally expressed
opinion that tkis war would end, and peace be restored on
a permanent basis, if twelve of the leading extremists could
be hung on each side by a regular hangman. It is said
that overtures have positively been made to Mr. Calcraft,
of London, and he has stated that he will cross the Atlantic
for 500 dollars and his expenses to be paid ; to be free at
the Bancroft House, in this city; at the White House, in
Washington; and at Richmond, at the Capitol. He will
find his own rope if paid 240 dollars, or an extra charge of
10 dollars per head, to hang twelve on each side. Those
that would be nominated by acclamation on this side would
be, first, Horace Greely, of the gribune; ; second, Wendell
Phillips; third, Rev. Mr. Cheever ; fourth, Henry Ward
Beecher; fifth, Senator Sumner ; sixth, Gen. Wadsworth ;
seventh, W. L. Garrison, and five others that I will not
name. In Richmond the Conservative members of the
Congress would be requested to select the twelve for the
operation of Mr. Calcraft.

MONUMENT TO ISAAC DISRAELI. —During the
sitting of Parliament last year a monument was
erecting at Hughendon Manor, Buckinghamshire, the seat
of the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli. As it progressed
the neighbourhood evinced considerable curiosity as to
tte purpose of an erection of such importance. Conjec-
tures were rife, but no information could be elicited from
the workmen, who were not informed of its purpose ;
nor was its object known until, the session ever, the
lord of the manor, passing through his domain, for the
first time saw this tribute—erected without his know-
ledge—to the memory of his father, the late Isaac Dis-
raeli, The inscription is as follows :—" In memory of
Isaac Disraeli, of Bradenham, in this county, Esq.,
and Hon. D.C.L. of the University of Oxtord, who,
by his happy genius, diffused among the multitude
that elevating taste for literature, which, before his time,
was the privilege only of the learned. This monument
was raised in affectionate remembrance by Mary Anne, the
wife of his eldest son, the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli,
lord of this manor, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1852,
1858, 1859, and now, for the sixth time, knight of this
shire," The monument is placed prominently on the sum-
mit of a high Irll, flanked by woods, opposite to the eleva-
tion upon which the manor house stands, and can be seen
irom many places at a considerable distance. The situation
is most judicious and picturesque, and commands many
extensive and interesting views. The monument, in the
Renaissance style, is a great ornament to the manor and
neighbourhood; it is built of Bath stone, upon a rustic
base. In the centre of the shaft there is a medallion of the
elder Disraeli. The monument is 50 feet high, and is the
design of Mr, E. B. Lamb, architect, of Hind-street, Man-
chester-square.

A STORY OF RED TAPE.—A laughable circum-
stance occurred in the House of Commons last
week, when the Solicitor-General rose to withdraw one of
the few Ministerial measures of the session—the bill to pro-
vide for the Registration of Assurances (or Title-deeds) in
Ireland. The hon. and learned gentleman had, it seems,
dropped a piece of red tape into his hat, so that when he
stood up to address the house it was curled upon the top of
his head, with one end gracefully depending over his right
she.ulder. So trifling an incident could not, of course,
escape the observation of the occupants of the front Opposi•
tion bench, who, almost involuntarily, indulged in a well-
, bred giggle. The attention of the hon. gentlemen below
the gangway was soon directed to the circumstance, and
the giggle exploded into a loud laugh. The Solicitor-
scious
General then, for the first time, became co u
of the presence of the red tape on his head, and
hastily threw it behind him, when it fell into the bat of the
the Right llon. Frederick Peel, the Secretary of the Trea-
sury, who is himself the very incarnation of red tape, This
unlucky, but most appropriate incident, evoked a fresh roar
of laughter from the house, which upset the gravity even
of th. t.-olicitor-General himself, who made matters in.
finitely worse by turning round to the Right Hon. P. Peel,
and exclaiming, "I beg your pardon l"—Court Joura /
[Oddly enough, some four or five years ago,
of the Right Mark Rochilesl
ter, in his Cabinet Pictures (page 201), spoke
Hon. F. Peel as- -" The very type, model, and incarnation
of a Placeman; one the sands of whose existence must be
perpetually running out in pounc
he have any (and we are disposed to beone whose bowels, if
that point as Scrooge was in the
case of Marley), must asincreniulous upon
as-
suredly be made of tortuous involutionsi of red tape; one
the very breath of whose nostrils s
the language of circum-
locution 1.1