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11[ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Sole Manager and Director, Mr. W. Harrison.
AR,ILANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK.
THIS EVENING, and during the week, the performances
will commence with YOU OW WHO.
Followed by Gouncd's Grand Opera, FAUST. Margarita,
was Louisa Pyne ; Faust, Mr. Sims Reeves.
To-morrow Evening k Friday), Verdi's Grand Opera, LA
rpßi V lATA. Violetta, Madame Kenneth; Germont, Mr.
antlcy

Conductor, Signor ARDITI.
Private Boxes, from 10s. ed. ; Stalls, vs. ; Dress Circle, ss. ;
First Circle, is. ; tipocr Boxes, 3s. ; I it, 2s. 61. ; Gallery, is.
Box Office pen from Ten till Five. charge for booking
places, nor lees to bo.keeper.

T1-MATURE ROYAL, DRURY- LANE,-
Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, TOO MUCH FOIL GOOD NATUIIE.
Messrs. G. .Celmore, Flizjames. G. Wes on ' • Misses Helen
Howard and IL Le,:lercq, Mrs. Vandenhoff, Mrs. C. Melvile,
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4-t-e•
miter which, Shaksuere's Tragedy of 'MACBETH. Mr.
Creswick; Messrs.Marston, R. Itoxby, G. Beim:. e, A Rayner,
F. D 4 cynic, Edmund Phelps, J. Neville, Ba.rtleman, &c ;
Atlases Rebecca Isaacs, Emma Heywood, and Miss Atkinson,
Loors open at ha f-past Six—Commence at Seven.

T HEA TRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-
Lessee. Mr. Bucketone.
TMS EVENING, THE SUN AND THE WIND.
After which, TIIE STRANGER. Messrs. Howe, Chip-
pendale, Farren, Compton, Rogers, Gordon, Braid, &c.
Jiesdames Beatrice, Keeley, FitZWilliaM, Moore. &c.
Followed ty ON THE SLY. Messrs. Buckstone, Rogers,
Gordon, Szc. ; Mesdames Snowdon, Fitzw;lliam, Ste..
And OUR MARY ANNE. Mis H
s . Lindley, Mr Clarke.
To commence at 7.

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ROYAL LYCEUM. THEATRE.
Under the sole management of Mr. Fechter.
11113 EVENING, THE KING'S BUTTERFLY. Fan-
fan, the King's Butterfly, Mr. Pechter. Messrs. Ryoer,Wid-
dicomb, Col .rle4, Wintyre, Garden, Raymond, Moreland,
C itford, Clett; Misses Carlot a Lezlercq, 31. Henrade, E.
Lavenue, and B. Lavenue.
Preceded, at 7, by NURS'EY CHICKWEED. Messrs. 11.
lictiddicomb, Garden, Moreland, Collett ; Miss Lavenue, MI s.

Leo.
Doors open at halt-past 6 ; commence at 7.
The Box-office open daily from Elor,n till Five.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
'CMS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy
O'ltafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray.
Alter which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs.
Yining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, 11.
ForreAer. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Alaistou, Miss Emma
13 a t nett, and miss F.,nny Gwynne.

N'W T HEATRE-RO YAL, ADELPIII.-
h.)le Proprietor and Manavr, M. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, DOING BANTING. Mr. J. Clarke,
jr.Y Stephenson; Mrs. Lewis andFACES. Miss A. SeTrimp le an.
Mr. B.
,After which. MASKS ~AND t,
Webster ; Peg Wettimzton. Mrs. Stirling (their original cha-
racters); Messrs. Bikington, ii. Philiipe, F. Bedford, Stuart,
Eburne, C J. Smith, and Miss H. Simms.
To conclude with THE COLLEEN BA.IVN. Myles (with
, Mr. John Collins. Messrs. Billingtco, R. Phillips,
song s)
Stephensen, Eburne, It. Romer,Alfred
Mellon (Miss Woolgar), Miss Simm.i, Mrs. Billin,gton, and
Mrs. H. Lewis.

Tuesday must perforce have taken the question of
the Florida under notice, and we may well feel
curious as to the course proposed to be adopted and
agreed upon as to be pursued. Notwithstanding
the many awkward turns that events have taken
place since the American war began, this disgrace-
ful capture is perhaps the most flagrant violation of
the rights and the laws of warfare. The great
Powers of Europe cannot afford to let the matter
drop quietly, and the seizure be virtually sanc-
tioned by silence or a faint reproach. Even the
vacillating policy of our present Cabinet must
surely shrink from such a disgraceful compound of
wrong, and yielding to oppression. It is satisfac-
tory to hear that rumours are afloat that our Go•
vernment has addressed a note to the other great
Powers proposing a joint remonstrance. It would
be better if each Government spoke out boldly and
forcibly for itself, and did not seek to mince the
matter, nor to attempt to shelter itself under the
protection one of another, but avowed its intention
of standing on its ground to protest against the
gross violation and demand restitution and repara-
tion. Such a ccurse would be far more likely to im-
press the offending ration than a confused mixture
of reproaches and reprisals which a Government
much less sharp than that of Washington will well
know how to evade. This was seen at the time of
the Polish war when the three Powers made their
many futile attempts to arrest the progress of
destruction, and to ameliorate, if possible, the con-
dition of the unhappy Polee. Not only were their
remonstrances treated with indifference but finally
with contempt, and the Cabinet of St. Petersburg
actually presumed on the strength of the joint
affair to insult, not only our supine administration,
but the haughty authorities of France. Perhaps
it is the recollection of the supreme failure of this
p Irtnership, in the very unthankful task of remone
strance, that has induced the EMPEROR to resolve
on this occasion to appear in solitary force. It is
said that he has addressed a strong protest to the
French representative at Washington, to convey to
the Government there, intimating that the act of
piracy committed by the officers of the Wachusetts
has gone beyond the bounds of toleration, and that
unless the Florida is released and the Brazilian
Govetnment compensated, the Federal men-of-war
will be prohibited from entering French ports.
The substance of this may doubtless be true, if the
exact terms are not the same, and it is to be trusted
that such will be the case, and then, perhaps, the
peacemongers who misrule and spread their evil
influences over our Cabinet will be silenced for once,
and a truer, nobler, policy will prevail more worthy
of the great name of England, more kindred to the
course that has hitherto taken when the rights of
nations were set at nought, and the claims of justice
trodden under foot. It would be difficult to imagine
a more flagrant case of wrong than this capture of
the Florida. It stamps the seal, as it were, upon
the warty acts of low, cunning, savage cruelty, and
unseemly tactics which have degraded the
character and disgraced the tone of the
Federals since the commencement of this
disastrous war. No losses in the field, no failure in
the military maccouvring of their generals, could
have covered them with half so much disgrace as
their ungenerous and inconsiderate conduct has
occasioned them. They are covered with obloquy
in the eyes of all those to whom home is dear and
good faith is sacred—setting aside the attendant
claims of a war which should be waged on the
claims of civilisation, and the principles of gentle
blood and upright minds. In this contest, so far
as the Fcderals are concerned, there has occurred
nothing to dispel the gloom that war casts around
it. Their course has been more like the revengeful
Indian, who follows the trail of his enemy through
mighty forests, end rests not by day or night until
he has cff,eted his purpose and wreaked his deadly
vengeance, than the plans pursued by civilised
States when they are arrayed in armies for pure
poses of defence, motives of conquest, or reparation
of injuries. It is well known that this lamentable
style of overreaching and treachery prevades the
Northern side of the belligerents ; but the question
comes home to us when we think what we are to
do, and is it our part to speak or to keep silence.
It is certain, that if the Great Powers do not now
interfere they may well put up with anything, and
it will be as well for the hesitating to refl.:et, that
to all intents and purposes, they must regard the
seizure of the Florida the same as if it had taken
place in a port of England or France. The principle
is just the same, because a strong position cannot
sanction wrong any more than a weak one can
obviate the necessity of right being maintained.
Another thing is, to what purpose are all the
countries of the world to be supposed to give in to
the oppressive actions of the Federals, and
to submit to their tyranny for themselves
and others. It would take long to enu-
merate all the base and dastardly transactions
which have followed suit to the affair of the Trent,
but at all events the glimmer of their recollection
will suffice to show that it is an unscrupulous and
powerful Government that our tame and insufficient
measures have allowed to gain such a pitch of im-
pertinence, and attain to such ligrant outrages.
Has not the time come when a check should be put
to such a headlong career of destruction, and such
a systematic course of cheating under one specious
pretext or another, If we are to hold out VA
right hand of fellowship to a Government devoid, of
principle, and approve by a suspicious silence an
action which is an affront to all honest, men, then
we shall be stultifying our position., and proving
renegades to our first duties of citizenship, and
denying the fundamental principles of right. It
cannot be necessary that we must stoop to such a
sacrifice, even to keep up the pseudo-friendship of
the United States, to meet the approval of Messrs.
COLDEN and BRIGHT, or to satisfy the insane de-
sires of those who cry anything for peace. If
nothing else brings about a war, it will certainly be
rendered imminent by the abt•etrd course taken by
these mistaken men. They are all fanatics in their
vocation, and ignore all the important interests of
a State to suit their petty purposes, and give their
prejudices full swing. Not that a rupture of our
alliance with the Federal Government is to be tips
prehended in the event of our Ministers speaking
out in a decided manner ; but whether it is or not
should not be considered when right or wrong is
under consideration. It would seem as if Earl
RUSSELL were aspiring to be called the Minister
of America, to conclude his career; but those who
desire the reputation of their country will not be
put off with idle pretences and subterfuges. It
this matter of the Florida is compromised, it is to
be hoped that the next outrage committed by the
Federals may be in an English port, and the
public opinion will be too strong fur any Minister
to resist, or to act in defiance of, and the authorities
at Washington may fled cause to rue the day they
attempted the

THE SUN, LOND

The preservation of the few open spaces still left
in the vic:nity of our ever-increasing metropolis is
too important for the public health to be altogether
overlooked, even amid the more pressing matters
which daily occupy the general attention, Almost
every year the Parliamentary champions of the
popular interest have to oppose some scheme can-
ning;y and craftily brought forward, which has for
its object the conversion of the pleasant breezy

commons about London into streets, squares, and
villas. Notwithstanding their vigilance, they are
sometimes defeated by the: introduction of bills,
seemingly quite harmless, which are hurried
through empty houses, but which really contain
some slyly worded clause conferring the coveted
power, Time-honoured old Hampstead has long
been liable to such attacks, and the area sacred to
donkeys and furze-bushes has visibly contracted
within the memory of this generation ; but Clap-
ham, Mitcham, and -Wimbledon have also been
threatened with the fatal transformation of grass
and trees into bricks and mortar. The social re-
former watches with anxious eye the progress of
such changes, knowing the evils which they foretell.
'Vete system of suburban residence, now b 0 widely
adopted, is no doubt very advantageous to the
health of the residents, but how about those to
whom such luxuries are impossible ? There must
always be vast numbers whose press of occupations
or lack of means restricts them in their choice of
residence ; and it is this very class—the poor and
overworked—who mostly require the benefits of
fresh air and change of scene. True, their hours of
relaxation may be few and far between, but let
them at least have the chance of spending those
hours in pursuit of health as well as of pleasure.
Suburban terraces and villas standing in their own
grounds are no doubt pretty sights enough, and
pleasant to those who live in them, but the toil-
worn artisan, or the close kept clerk, or small
tradesman will not derive much rural enjoyment
from walking along a paved street and looking at
them. The open common or people's park, where
he may stretch himself on the grass, and his chil-
dren may disport themselves with hoop and ball,
and lose for a while the oppressive vision of the
eternal chimneys, is what will tempt to the family
excursion instead of the publichouse or club-room.
The throngs who pass an hour or two of
healthy enjoyment in our parks on summer
evenings speak with " the inexorable logic
of facts" on behalf of our open spaces, but great as
are the booms they offer they. are too far from many
of the more densely populated portions of our
metropolis to be altogether available. For these
the commons come to the rescue, and the philan-
thropist may well regard them with a jealous eye.
They are open to some objections to which parks
are not liable, such as the harbouring of gipsies,
tramps, &c , and the depositing of rubbish which
give the residents of the neighbourhood an excuse
for complaint. Few persons can regret the trans-
formation of the disorderly Battersea-fields into
the beautiful park now existing in their stead, but
that is a very different thing from enclosing and
building upon open ground. Even were such
spaces less valuable as places of pleasant resort
and means of healthful recreation for the people,
they would be of great service to the metropolis by
preserving some spots where the fresh sir-may
freely circulate in the vicinity of our closely packed
streets and lanes. The Chinese cities, which are
often of immense extent, include within their walls
large gardens and grounds attached to the wealthier
houses, but with us every rood of ground is be-
coming too precious for such luxuries. The preser-
vation of our heaths and commons in some form or
another is therefore becoming daily a matter of
more importance, since it is quite evident that
some decided steps must be taken, if we mean to
secure them for the public use and benefit. How
to reconcile the various conflicting claims and in•
terests is the great perplexity to legislators and
philanthropists; but while all is uncertain and un-
satisfactory, an act of private liberality is likely to
settle the question in one quarter, at least, in the
best possible manner. Earl SPE.,cox, in his
capacity of lord of the manor of Wimbledon, pro-
poses to convert the principal portion of the com-
mon into a public pack of about seven hundred
acres. lie suggests enclosing that part of it which
lies between Kingston.road and the village of
Wimbledon with a light iron railing, thoroughly
draining it,.making new roads, and erecting lodges
and the other usual conveniences and ornaments of
a park. This park would be dedicated for ever
to the public use, and he himself would become its
superintendent, charging himself with the current
expenses of management and repairs, for which
he would retain the exclusive right of pas-
turage. At the same time, while anxiously con•
sulting the general interest, he proposes to
associate with himself a responsible Government
officer in the formation of the bye laws, the
granting of permission to hold meetings
there, &0., in order, he says, with a
prudence and moderation by no means common,
" to protect the public from the consequences of any
whim or caprice on the part of himself or his suc-
cessors." The expense attending the formation of
the park, and the compensation of comnlan rights,
he propcses to meet by the sale of outlying port
tions of the common, selecting those which are least
productive of pleasure or profit. The compensation
will be fixed by the Enclosure Commissioners
according to the Tztinciple on which Earl SPENCER
has acted thrceghout, and it must be borne in mind
by those woo prefer nature in her wild form that
the whole 'of the common will not be enclosed, but
that same
part will remain in its present unculti-
va',ed condition. The great object of the scheme
will be to secure this valuable space to the public
use and benefit free of charge ; and although the
scheme was only mooted the other day for the first
time, it is not likely to encounter much opposition.
The noble prcjtctor, who seems to be most anxious
in every way to guard against any arbitrary exer-
cise of his own power, convened a meeting of the
chief persons of the neighbourhood, and suggested
that a committee should be formed to take his plan
into consideration, and to give him their advice and
assistance. There could, of course, be but one opinion
as to the kindness and liberality with which the
noble Earl had devised a scheme so little to his own
advantage, and his suggestion was at once com-
plied with by the nomination of a committee to
consider the subject is all its bearings. It is too
much to hope that Lord SPENCER'S example may
be followed in many quarters, but at least we may
hope that his public, spirit and liberality may have
a deterrent effect on those lords of the manor who
only busy themselves how they may counteract the
act of Parliament, and turn what is so great a bless-
ing to the people to their own use and profit.
We may rest satisfied that, thanks to Earl
SPENCER'S undertaking, Wimbledon at least is
secured from all present and future innovations,
and by initiating so important a movement on be-
half of the popular rights, to health, and recreation,
Earl SPENCER has deserved the title of a public
benefactor.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTERS TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE NEW YORK.
SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 17.

The North German Lloyd's steamer New York,
from New York, on the sth inst., has arrived. She
brings 101 passengers for this port, Havre and
Bremen, 513,000 dols. in specie for England,
23,400 dols. for France, and 6,800 dols. for Bremen.
On the 6th inst. she passed the steamer Glasgow,
off Sandy Hook, bound for Liverpool ; on the 9th
passed off Cape Rice, but the weather was too
thick to communicate. It was not expected that
the Glasgow could communicate either.
The Bremen bark Columbia has arrived at New
York.

JOHN LEECH IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—The
London Correspondent of the Belfast News Latter
writes :—" The last time I saw Leech was in the House of
Commons. His business there was not to hear the debate,
but to study the countenanees of public men, so as to make
his cartoons keep pace with the originals. He remarked on
this occasion that the personnel of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer had changed more than any other public man
whom he was in the habit of sketching, but that Lord Pal-
merston held up Well.' With Mr Disraeli's physique he
expressed himself perfectly satisfied, remarking that he
thought that he had got him pretty well.' Earl Russ,'

N, THURSDAY EVENING, tOVEMBER 17, 1861.

interior during the fortnight amount to 78,000
bags.
[This telegram has occupied nearly four days in trans-
mission from Lisbon.]

NEW YORK, Nov. sth.
Advices from the Army of the Potomac to the
3d inst. state that the situation of affairs remains
unchanged. The troops are busily engaged in
building log housee. A severe storm had occurred,
putting the roads in bad condition. No immediate
active operations were indicated. General Butler
and staff had gone north.
Confederate accounts claim that the result of the
recent Federal operations has manifested, beyond
dispute, the utter inability of General Grant to
aehieve any success, however small, without re-
ceiving first heavy reinforcements, The Confederate
General Dearing, previously reported killed, is
said now to be only slightly wounded.
General Lee reports that in General Ketti's
attack on the Federals on the Broydton road,
General Mahone broke three of their lines of
battle and captured 400 prisoners, and that the
Federals retreated during the night, leaving 250
dead on the field. General Lee further reports
that on the 27th ult. General Field captured over
400 Federals and seven stand of colours, on the
Williamsburg road, and that General Mahone, on
the night of the 30th ult., penetrated the Federal
picket line near Petersburg, and swept it for half
a mile, capturing 230 officers and men, without
the loss of a single man.
No new movements in the Shenandoah valley are
reported. Early is believed to be receiving heavy
reinforcements at, Newmarket where he is reorga-
nising his army. Confederate guerillas are nume-
rous and active in Sheridan's rear.
Federal accounts from Georgia are still very
meagre. No advices have been received from
Atlanta, although it is represented that the railway
and telegraph are in good order from that point
to Louisvili, Kentucky. A Louisville despatch
states that Hood with 30,000 men crossed the
Tennessee river on the Ist inst., goiog northward.
Deserters say that orders from Hood and Forrest
were recently read to their troops announcing that
',he former would cross the Tennessee. The com-
mands of Forest, Chalmers, Brefard, and Bell were
being concentrated. It is rumoured that a portion
of Forrest's forces has been routed at Shelby by
Colonel Hatch. The position of Sherman's army
is not known ; but it is understood that every
exertion is being mado to render Hood's operations
a failure. The gunboat Undine was captured by
the Confederates in the Tennessee river at Fort
Herman, on the night of the 30th ult. She was
an inferior vessel. The affair was a surprise.
Confederate accounts state that Hood recently in-
formed his troops that they were about to make a
fifteen days' march. Their destination was not
stated. The troops were said to be in fine spirits
and discipline, and rapidly increasing in numbers,
by reason of deserters returning to their regiments,
And large numbers of recruits coming in. The
troops are, however, badly off for shoes and blankets.
These they expect to obtain in Tennessee. Beau-
regard is with Hood, and is reported to have
assured the troops that the Federals will very soon
be compelled to evacuate Georgia entirely, and pro-
bably Tennessee also. The Richmond Examiner
supposes Hood to be now in middle Tennessee.
The Federal garrison at Atlanta, according to
Southern accounts, numbers only 6,000 men, with
2,000 in hospital, and no cavalry. The capture of
the place, with its entire garrison, by the Georgia
militia is confidently predicted.
It is considered not improbable that Hood will

move directly upon Nashville, if not forced to a❑
engagement south of that city. Whatever may
be the plans of the Confederate General, the result
of his present movement will soon be known, and
must prove either a signal success or an overwhelm•
ing disaster.

Missouri advicec, unofficial, announce another
defeat of Price's army in Newton county. Price
is reported to be retreating into Arkansas. No de-
tails are furnished. There is no evidence that any
engagement has yet been fought with Price's main
army. Generals Roseneranz and A. J. Smith have
arrived at St. Louis. Smith's infantry is reported
to be moving eastward along both banks of the
Missouri river. No official intelligence from Mis-
souri has been received—at least none has been
made public—since the reported crossing of the
Osage river by Price.
Richmond papers state Kirby Smith is carrying
out his plans in the Trans-Mississippi department
with decided success. Magruder is still in Arkansas,
and Shelby is reported to be operating
against
Steele's communications.
In Kentucky the guerillas are still very trouble-
some, roaming over the State in large bodies, and
depredating upon all Government property. Gen.
Burbridge has issued an order to the effect that
guerrillas shall be stringently punished by military
law, and shall not be treated as prisoners of war.
It is reported that the drafted men in Kentucky
numbers.
are going into the Confederate service in large