The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-30 00:00:00

RIGHTthe canto of Federalism, are certain metrical utter-
MANNERS, Shot his Dog 7—Diplomacy antes which have but this very day reached us
HON. LORD JOHN JAMES
.uono—in FUN this week, One Penny.
from me among that conspicuous minority—(as we
are glad to know for certain that they unquestion-
ably are) these sympathisers in England with the
cause od the North, with the cause of Federalism
—from one, among that conspicuous minority, him-
self endtowed with the Gift of Song. The name
of this particular sympathiser, of this metrical
sympathiser with the North we, here (in his
own interests) abstain from mentioning. Suffice
it to say that it is one among the. Young Poets
of to-day, one who is, in truth, not un-
worthy of assuming a recognised place among
that restricted band of living contributors
to our poetic literature—but one who has struch
the chords of his lyre now, for once, with a
hand so agitated by angry passions that the sounu
emitted by it is nothing less than so much jangling
dissonance. Whether it really is so or not, however,
shall not here be allowed to rest simply
upon our individual assertion. The writer, whose
name we shall still continue, out of regard to his
reputation, to suppress, shall himself pronounce
whether it is or is not. Addressing himself, evi-
dently in great wrath, to CHARLES MACKAY under
the title of " New Voices from the Crowd," and
addressing himself thus to Dr, MACKAY, as to one
" Late Progress Poet, now Times Correspondent
from America," cur pro-Federal poet here in Eng-
land, thus hesitates not, in terms that ring in mea-
sure, though some there are (those for example that
will be found below italicised) that must certainly
be pronounced unmeasured terms, thus hesitates not
to give unchristian utterance to his ungovernable
animosities :

H E DUKE'S MOTTO.
THE HU.NDREi` A 1.1) SIXTY-SIXTH NIGHT,
and Last Week but One of the present Season.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.-
Under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER.

Last Week but One of the present Season.
THIS EVENING, to commence with an Original sketch,
entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden,
Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee.
After which, at a Quarter-past Eight, the Romantic
Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr)logue, entitled THE
DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham.
The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter,
imported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham,
Widdi,ombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson;
Misses Carlotta Leclereq, Hate Terry, E. Cayenne, and
Elsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past.
Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole I,egsee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining.
THIS EVENING, at 8 o'clock, HAMLET: Hamlet, Mr.
Walter Montgomery ; King, Mr. C. Verner; Laertes, Mr. G.
Murray ; Horatio, Mr. Wdrde • P Mr. Fitzjames ;
Ghost, Mr. H. Marston ; First draveligger, Mr. G. Belmore ;
Queen, Miss Murray ; Ophelia, Miss M. Jones.

_
To be preceded by the new Comedietta, entitled COUSIN
TOM.

NEW THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHL-
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER.
After which, at Eight o'cloek, a new drama, entitled THE
HAUNTED MAN; OR, T E GHOST'S BARGAIN, in
which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptation of
the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips,
Sefton C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss El. Simms.
Followed by a new Burlesque, entitled ILL-TREATED
IL TROVATORE. Misers. Toole, P. Bedford, R. Phillips,
Ebnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and
Sara, and Miss K. Kelly.

" / praise your Jackson and your South I
No, I've no taste at all that way ;
Those words are not sweet in my mouth,
Though dear they are to some, you say ;

. . •
In fact, if I the truth must tell,
I think your Jackson and his crew,
Accurst of God, are fit for hell,
Though they may fight and conquer, top."
Later on, as if just nearly beside himself with fury,
he ventures to howl forth his maledictions thus
unstintingly :
" Curse those who sell their blood to lust,
Their very flesh to stripes and toil;
I spit at such—the thought I trust,
Of such should make my blood to boil."
Again, still addressing himself to CHARLES
MACKAY, to true-hearted gentle-hearted CHARLES
MACKAY, thus bawls forth this foaming partizan—
"Clasp you the hands that wield the whip I
Press you the palms that rivet chains!
My curse will through my clenched teeth slip,
I'd brand your heroes all as Caine."
Enough, however, of all this—though we are fain (in
an aside to the writer of these angry words) to say,
with 808 RAFTER in the farce, when Monsieur
FuMEz is bowing, with a flourish, to the ladies, aux
dames ! " Don't stand damning and swearing,
there !" Enough at least, if we add, that the furious
lines addressed thus to CHARLES MACKAY are ac
companied by other " New Voices from the Crowd"
—Ye Gods! " the crowd !" say, rather, the mob!
One of these " New Voices" being a specimen of
the forcible feeble, in the shape of a travestie of
" Scots wha hae"—in the name of DAVIS ! One

stanza in it beginning—
" Who for hell, our rights and law I"
Another of these bawling " Voices" being a parody
upon " Rule Britannia," setting forth thus—
" When Davis first, at hell's commands I" &c.
Closing our remarks—again,we would ask, however,
Which side has all along been proving itself, is
still persistently and quite consistently, proving
itself, under the test of our two axioms, to be clearly
in the Wrong? Oa which side is the Anger ? On
which side has been the Cruelty P All England,
we believe, if polled to-morrow, would_ answer by
an overwhelming majority—That of the Federals!
that of the thick and thin sympathisers with
Federalism !

The QUEEN has come forward with her usual
good sense and kind feeling, and uttered a protest
against the disgraceful practice of Female Blondins.
The Mayor of Birmingham, Mr. CHARLES STURGE,
received a letter from Sir CHARLES PHIPPS, written
by command of the QUEEN, relating to the catas-
trophe. The QUEEN expresses the pain with which
she has read the account of the fatal accident which
has occurred during a fete at Aston Park, Birming-
ham. In the next paragraph especial mention is
made of the revolting practice. " Her MAJESTY
cannot refrain from making known through you her
personal feelings of horror that one of her subjects,
a female, should have been sacrificed to the gratifi-
cation of the demoralising taste, unfortunately pre-
valent, for exhibitions attended with the greatest
danger to the performers." Nothing could have
been said in more appropriate language than the
foregoing, and in the next sentence the reproof is
made still more pointed by allusion to the effect
produced on the spectators. " Were any proof
wanting that such exhibitions were demoralising, I
am commanded to remark that it would be at once
found in the decision arrived at to continue the fes-
tivities, the hilarity, and the sports of the occasion,
after an event so melancholy." This censure is
richly deserved, since seldom if ever has such a dis-
graceful circumstance been recorded. In fact, the
managers are more to be reprehended for the con-
tinuance of the performances after the accident than
for the accident itself; far in the first instance they
were so far sanctioned by precedent, and perhaps
hardened by the immunity that the performers had
long enjoyed in practising such dangerous feats. But
no reason on record can possibly be found for the
shameful act of ignoring the fact that a corpse hai
been carried away from before their eyes, and yet
that they persisted in cateringforthe amusementon
of the public, and swelling the sum of their own
profits. A rebuke from the highest personage
effectrsonage
on
the realm may doubtless produce more
l their minds than many long sermons from othery
quarters, and it is indeed to be trusted thatnoton
will they feel ashamed of their conduct and eschew
at once and for ever all such practices for the future,
but that this affair may be the means of putting a
summary stoppage to all such feats, and also to the
callous indifference and cold-hearted actions that
stigmatised the file at Aston Park. The closing
passage in the letter of her MAJESTY is worthy of
attentive consideration. "Her MAJESTY trusts that
I you, in common with the rest of the townspeople of
, Birmingham, will use future the your influence to prevent in
your
to such exhibitions of the
Park which was
gladly opened by her MAJESTY
and the beloved PRINCE CONSORT, in the hope
that it would be
made serviceable for the healthy
exercise and rational recreation of the people."
Doubtless this reproach will be felt by those con-
y mortifying
Y ereeical l
;le ranjeEds.T Itto mp
eursuts
eb e e
s uesp
ordsh to her
of the demoralise-
tion of the tastes of those she had hoped would ira.
prove and refine by the innocent sphere of recrea-
tion provided for them. When the QUEEN and
PRINCE CONSORT opened this place they most likely
returned from their expedition satisfied that nothing
but good and happiness would accrue to those who
visited it.

It is time that the most earnest endeavours should
be used that the future may realise the hopes of the

past more than the present has done, and to gall,
that desirable end, and reach that auspicious con•

summation, nothing could be more . ppropriate or