The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-21 00:00:00

The Late Field-Marshal Lord Clyde.

We have great pleasure in announcing that, by
desire of her Majesty's Government, the remains of
the late Field-Marshal Lord Clyde are to be buried,
in the most private manner, in Westminster Abbey,
instead of at Kensal-green ; and that they will

leave Berkeley-square by 11 o'clock on Saturday.
All the other arrangements already made remain
undisturbed.-7imes.

MR, ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS,

THE MENDELSSOHN NIGHT.

Another great contribution to the musical enjoy-
ment of the public was tendered last night by Mr.
Mellon in a selection from the productions of almost
the greatest of modern composers. The pieces con-
sisted of the wonderfully dramatic overture to
" Ruy Blas"--a work which reflects in a manner

that is wholly unrivalled one of the most passionate
of modern dramas; the spirited " War
March " of the Priests from " Athalie; "
one of the great concertos for the violin ;
the graphic dancing
song from the " Son and Stran-
ger ;" the well-known ballad of" The First Violet ;''
and, above all, the magnificent "Symphony in A
Minor," which Mendelssohn wrote after his visit to
Scotland, and dedicated to her Majesty, and which,
as a piece of musical painting, both of nature and
of history, has only its equal in the works of
Beethoven.

The execution of this selection was quite on a
level with its merits. The admirable band, under
Mr. Mellon's direction, never gave superior evidence
of its great qualities than on this occasion, and in
the treatment of each of the masterly specimens
allotted to it. Madlle. Georgi and Mr. Weiss were
equally happy
in their rendering of the vocal por-
tion of the entertainment, and which so favourably
exemplified the great variety of Mendelssohn ; and
aM. Richard, from the Musard concerts of Paris
played the concerto with a grace and delicacy that
made the very best impression.
.The second part consisted of the usual pleasant
miscellany, and was particularly distinguished by
the efforts
the Puritani.--"
of Madlle. Carlotta Patti, whose bolero
from the " Vepres Siciliennes," and polacca from
ap-
plauded to the echo. The theatre was crowded in
every part. Son Vergin Vezzosa"—were

The French Emperor and the French Church.

signed by the
The Moniteur publishes the following decree
Emperor and countersigned by M.
Baroche, Keeper of the Seals and Minister ofJustice
and of Public Worship :
A pamphlet having been published, having for
its title, Reply of various Bishops to Consultations
addressed to them relattve to the forthcoming
principle
_Elections, the said pamphlet being signed by the
Archbishops of Gambrel,' of Tours, of Rennes, and
by the Bishops of Metz, Nantes, Orleans, and
canonical
la
Chartres, we have decreed and decree as follows :
tha"t,Caatnaalilderg that
t
mes by i
the
firmed by the bull and decree which fixed the new
circumscription of the dioceses, that the powers of
bishops are limited within the bounds of that cir-
cumscription, and cannot be exercised except within
Considering
is
no an established
and
con.
their respective dioceses—
.. Considering that the archbishops and bishops
have no right to deliberate together or adopt reso-
lutions in common without the express permission
of the Government—
.sconaidering that, according to the terms of the
declaration of 1862, it is a fundamental maxim of
the public law of France that the Head of the
Church and the Church itself have not received any
power except upon spiritual matters, and not upon
temporal things ; that consequently, the pastoral
letters which bishops may address to the faithful or
their diocess only must be confined to instructing
them in their religious duties—
" Considering that the pamphlet in question has
been addressed by the archbishops an i bishops
who
have put their names to it, not only to the faithful
and clergy of their respective dioceses, but to the
faithful, and clergy of the French Empire, by the
daily newspapers and by a pamphlet distributed
in the departments :
" Considering that the said pamphlet is evidently
result of a common agreetnentand joint resolution :
" Considering that its object is by
no means to
instruct the faithful in their religious duties; that
it is in fact a political programme
"Relative to the letter of
the Archbishop of
Tours :

" Considering that that letter challenges the right
of the Government to inforce the respect due by the
b
imposed upon by the Empire :
"Consideringo
lawsth lat it contains a censure upon
certain
attributed to the Government and con-
cerningisp bishops to
acts
o the
" Chat, under this double head, it constitutes a
ht
its foreign
policy :
violation of the laws of the Empire and an abuse of
power : .

~ Having consulted our Council of State, we have
decreed as follows :--.

" Art. 1. There is abuse of power in the pamphlet
Consulta-
tions addressed to them relative to the forthcoming
Eenitsiettled
ionBsig
Reply
nof certain Bishops to the d
and published by the Archbishops
of Cambrai, Tours,
and Rennes, and by the Bishops
of Metz, Nantes, Orleans, and Chartres.
" The said pamphlet is suppressed.
"Art. 2. There is abuse of power in the letter
addressed to our Minister of Public Instruction and

Worship by the Archbishop of Tours on the 4th of
June inst.

" The said letter is suppressed.
"Art. 3. Our Minister of State, and our Keeper
of the Seals, Ministers of Justice and Public Worship,

are charged, each as far as he is concerned, with

.ho execution of the present decree, which will be

:nserted in the Bozdietin des Lois,

"Approved, Aug. 16, 1863.
"Countersigned.

" NAPOLEON.
"BAROCIIE."

•
JOHN LEECH is in full force this week in Punch.
Witness this his wonderfully funny commencement
of a new series in the shape cf
Ti,")G3 TiL.I.T WE S.TI).NT TO IS:NOW. —No. 1 —We want
to
-uuw Why a couple of conceited fanatics should be
allowed to disturb the repose of a Sunday afternoon by the
acs side?
soGe unhappy
11°w dear Char
Or his droll peep into the well-known pastrycook's at
Brighton—
Georgiana_ " Do
Charier youhas
g know,aha
"And I miss dear Percy dreadfully—l do hope they'll
get home safely !" (We wonder what dear Charles and
if they saw you eating turtle at
near Percy would say, dtaeart,awla'al" m
Mutton's, you little humbugs.)
Or, funniest of all, his after-dinner illustration of
Testy Old Gent (to Butler)—" Claret I Yes, yes; put
it down; and pray, Simpson, don't blow TIL,OII my head
so !"

Some of the journals state that Madlle. Patti has
been et gaged t 9 play Rosina in the "Barbiere" and other
characters, at Frankfort, bafore the auelubjed
the zaoaci4 rtzatzaaatiQu et 41Q0 a. uit,l4