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riEATItE-1-oJ'i.hi., HA YM ARK ET.
Lessee. Mr. J. B. Bucrstone.
THIS EVENING, THE WOLF AND THE LAMB.
After which,llth time, a new and ,riginal comedy. entitled
FINK.SSE ; or, Spy and Counter-Spy : Mr. Buckstone, Mr.
Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, and
Miss Louisa Anget.
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THIS EVENING, to commence with an Orifinal sketch,
entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden,
11. Widdicomb, Mss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee.
After which, at a Quarter-past Eight, the Romantic
Drama, in Three Acts, and Prologue, entitled THE
DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham.
The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter,
supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brongnam,
I". Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson;
Misses Carlotta Leclercq. Kate Terry, E. i.avenue, and
Eleworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past.
Acting-Manager, Mr. 11. Barnett.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
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G. Belmore, G. Murray. Warde; Miss Amy Sedgwick, Miss'
L. Laidlaw, and Miss Lydia Thompson.
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And followed by A CHARMING PAIR.

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THIS EVENING, a petite Drama, THE ANGEL OR
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After which (lith time), a new Drama, in one act, entitled
THE WOODEN SPOON MAKER. Messrs. B. Webster,
Stuart, Stephenson, Sefton ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Ild-
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Ebnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry Lid
Sara, and Miss K. Kelly.
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LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1863,

The Norwegian has just brought us two or three
deeply-interesting particulars in reference to the
death of the hereic and renowned " Stonewall"
JACKSON. One of his dying requests appears to
have been that General EWELL should be appointed
his successor. His funeral at Richmond, on the
12th, is described as having been marked by extra-
ordinary demonstrations of popular grief and vene-
ration. According to a local journal, regarded by
many as the principal organ of that Southern me-
tropolis :—" Since the death of WASHINGTON no
simi:ar event has so profoundly and sorrowfully
impressed the people of Virginia." Immediately on
receiving intellgenee of the serious wound from
which the Lieutenant-General was suffering after
the great battle at Fredericksburg, the Confederate
Commander-in-Chief, it seems, spontaneously has-
tened to address to his illustrious Lieutenant a
letter, in which he (General LEE) thus emphatically
expressed his grief at the intelligence:—"l can
not," he said, "express my grief at the occurrence.
If I could have directed evens I should have chosen,
for the good of the country, to have been disabled
in you; stead." Adding to this extraordinary evi-
dence of his full appreciation of General " Stone-
wall " JACKSON—" I congratulate you upon the
victory, which is due to your skill and energy."
'When the direful event, then but little, if at
all, anticipated, actually came to pass—within,
alas ! how few hours afterwards—General LEE, the
Commander-in. Chief of the victorious army of the
Confederates thus, upon the 11th inst., announced
the bitter tidings to that army in a General Order,
of which the subjoined are the most important para-
graphs—" With deep grief," says this noble and
affecting Order, " the Commanding General an-
nounces to the army the death of Lieut.-General
JACKSON, who expired on the 9th, at 3.15 p.m. The
daring, skill, and energy of this great and good
soldier, by a decree of an all-wise Providence,
are now lost to us. But while we mourn his death
we feel that his spirit lives, and will inspire the
whole army with his indomitable courage and un
shaken confllence in GOD as our hope and
strength." And then—in identically they; same
spirit in which Sir WILLIAM HOSTE signalled
to his fleet on going into action, at the
Battle of Lima, " Remember NELSON pre-
cisely the same spirit General LEE adds, in
this mournful but inspiriting Order to his troops,
in reference to the glorious Soldier just departed.
" Let his name be a watchword for his corps, who

have followed him to victory on so many fields,

Let officers and soldiers imitate his invincible de-

termination to do everything in the defence of our

beloved country." And the mere utterance of the

name of " Stonewall" JACKSON, throughout the

rest if this dreadful war, we may rest assured, will

be as infuriating almost against their Narthern

antagonists, to the Confederate troopers on going

into battle, as the beating of the pas de charge upon

ZITZKA's drum could ever have been to

the followers of ZITZKA ! The greatness of
the loss experienced by the South through
this (its it seems to us mortals) premature death of
" Stonewall" JACKSON has hardly yet been in any
way, or to any moderate extent, adequately
reaiised. It will be a consolation to all those who
sympathise with the Southerners to find, now, in
this latest news just brought to us across the ocean
by the Norwegian, that the next best name in the list
a Confederate Lieutenant-General; the n ext bes
name to JACKSON'S upon that
gallant roll of the
Pailadins of LEE, the name of BEAUREGARD Crops
up again opportunely in the very midst of the bitter
grief felt at the sudden disappearance from the
scone of STONEWALL JACKSON—the ablest of them
all For some time past General BEAUREGARD has

in a manner disappeared from view—now—as We

have said, most opportunely to reappear at the very

juncture when hid advent would be the most heartily

welcomed.

"Rumours," says the telegram, flashed

from New York on the evening of the 16th inst.,

to catch the Norwegian, then upon the eve of
taking her departure eastwards, "rumours are cur-

rent that General BEAT/REGARD has arrived in

Richmond with reinforcements."

The news from Prussia is most unsatisfactory.
The Cham'oers have been closed, and hence matters
are pushed to an extremity. It is said that the KING
refused to receive the deputation appointed by the
House to deliver the address, therefore it was
Tven by the Ministers. The answer of the KING j

upholds the views of his last message. Nothing
could be more ill-jadged than the tone adopeed by
the KING throughout. He assumes, in the most
arrogant manner, that he is to be the sole judge of
all that is meet and right for the country. Really,
after reading this passage, one may ask, where is
the good of having a Chamber of Representatives
at all, since it is their function to do nothing but
follow the lead of their Sovereign, and submit im-
plicitly to the dictates of his Ministers, " The
position of the country is known to the KING. The
Chamber by its Address has cut away all hope of
community of action. The attitude of the House
in foreign questions has grieved the KING deeply.
Prussia is not more isolated owing to her foreign
policy than other Powers. Some members of the
House have threatened to refuse the supplies in the
contingency of a war; but the KING will seriously
oppose such unjustifiable endeavours to enlarge the
constitutional rights of the Chamber. The KING
will maintain the power of the Crown undiminished,
and will not allow the foundation upon which it
rests to be removed."
If these assertions are true, what is the Chamber
to do ? They are not to pronounce an opinion
upon foreign subjects, nor express their wishes in
home concerns, neither are they to interfere in any
way with the finances. As if this was not enough,
the KING adds, "the Ministers possess my confi•
deuce, and their actions have my assent," Surely
nothing can more determinedly express the resolu-
tion to carry out the pre-determined views of abso-
lutism than this sentence. It leaves no room for
hope, but gives ample hope for fear as to the result.
Count EULENBERG read the reply of the KING, and
also gave notice that the Parliamentary session
would be closed in the afternoon. Herr VON BIS-
MARK read a speech from the Throne afterwards, in
which the most indignant terms are employed to
express censure on the conduct of the deputies. It
is stated that the Chamber by ics address to the
KING has placed itself in direct opposition to
the Government, and throws upon them all the onus
and opprobrium of the misunderstanding, by
stating that they are adverse to any understanding.
It is a universally acknowledged fact that to effect
anything like a reconciliation both sides must con-
sent to forego something, and meet half way on the
road of concession. In this case, however, there can
be no mistake; the deputies are; told their duties,
which are, to yield in everything to the Will of
their masters, and to acknowledge not alone the
divine right of the KING, but also to confess the in-
fallibility of the Ministers of the Crown. It is not
very surprising that the representatives of a free
people should not be slow to learn so hard a lesson
or take some time in the solution of so mysterious
a problem. It would appear to a stranger reading
this speech that Herr VON BISMARK was ad-
dressing some rebels, instead of a mighty
power in the State. In his excitement and indig
nation he tells us pretty plainly what are his rea
opinions, and discloses his arbitrary designs most
fully and completely. As regards Poland, for in-
stance, we find that a great crime has been com-
mitted by the Deputies. "By its debates upon
foreign politics the Chamber has endeavoured to
paralyse the influence of the Government, and has
thereby increased the excitement prevalent in the
provinces bordering upon Poland." Such lan-
guage as this surely emanates from St. Peters-
burg, and we may naturally expect as an addenda
that the guilty parties are to be subjected to for-
feiture or exile. If anything could be wanting to
excuse or explain the resistance of the Chambers to
the Ministerial measures, it is amply afforded in
this reply of the KING and this speech at the close
of the Chambers. More mistaken conduct could
not have been imagined. The King of PRUSSIA and
his too subservient Ministers are now exemplifying
the adage of antiquity, Quem Deus vult perdere
prizes dementat. When the KING says that "he
will maintain the power of the Crown undiminished,
and will not allow the foundation upon which it
rests to be removed," he is taking upon himself a
responsibility that is beyond human power. No
man can ensure to himself an undisturbed inheri-
tance, or be certain that his throne will last his life.
He can take the wisest precautions to gain the de-
sired end, but the Sovereign of PRUSSIA is not
adopting such a course. He is determined to rule
in terror, or to crush down all who stand in
his way. Ho is nearly related to the Royal
family of this country by the new ties
that have been formed. The- eldest daughter
of England has found her home in his
dominions; cau no friend or adviser exhort him to
seek here for a model of a strong Government, and
a well-established monarchy ? The witnesses of its
security are many; he may learn that it has stood
the test of revolutions and disturbances unmoved
and unshaken ; and why ? Because it has its foun-
dations in the trust and goodwill of the people.
Until foreign nations can learn this lesson, there
will be no stable forms of Government, and the
Monarch who rules with tyrannic sway to-day,
exulting over his superiority in judgment, and re-
velling in the plenitude of his power, may to-morrow
find that power crumble beneath his touch, because
it had no strength in its pride and glory. All well-
wishers of Prussia, on whichever side they may be
ranged, will deeply deplore this untoward state of
things, and earnestly trust that ere long some be-
nigner influences may intervene, and these unhappy
Deputies and the Ministers be terminated once and
for ever. It is certain that this last transaction has
made the effort of an adjustment of differences more
perplexing, but it is not yet too late to avert the
mischief and misery that will inevitably ensue if
such counsels are to be the law of the land. The
Deputies have shown a spirit worthy of their
country, and their patriot zeal has been exercised
under most trying circumstances. They have done
what they could, and no future evil that results
from this fracas can rest with them. While they
had the opportunity they upheld the rights of their
position, and those who have watched the progress
of this discussion can only look back on their career
with regret to think that theirs was not the success
they so richly deserved; but their merit is the same,
victorious or vanquished, and we must regard them
henceforth as representatives who have proved
worthy of their trust, and as champions
country should be
ofcousti-
tational privileges, whom their
proud to rank among her sons.

ing and the
descanting on the evils of overcrowd
It is strange that while people are continually
dangers to public health of the close atmosphere of
our pent-up cities, the few open spots which yet
linger in the vicinity of the metropolis are
with such difficulty preserved from encroachment.
It is almost impossible to over-estimate the advan-
tages conferred on large masses of people—men,
women,com on s. The p
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"the lungs of London," and athe commons, though
not so close at hand, are a equal value. They show
the fresh sights of country life to the wearied eyes
of the toiling thousands who spend day after day in
the monotonous routine of their trades, and Who,
from press of business, or lack of means, can
seldom escape from its busy whirl to a greater
distance. Indeed there are thousands who are never
likely to take a pleasure trip of any kind. How
melancholy it is to learn from a full town-bred child
that it has never seen the country, and can with

difficulty form any idea of green grass, fields, trees,
and hedges. Yet if this be too common now among
the families of our Etruggling poor, how much more
frequent will such ignorance be if the invaders of
popular rights succeed in their designs on the
heaths and commons round London ? It is difficult
to understand the motive that actuates these
gentlemen. Surely there is ground enough
and to spare in the suburbs of the metropolis for
building purposes. Why should they not avail
themselves of some of the waste spaces to be found
in most of the outskirts of London, and busy them-
selves in extending still further some of those rew
half-finished localities which offer employment to
the energies and capital of a whole tribe of such
active "improvers." With regard to their territo-
rial rights, it is difficult to see what induced them
to purchase property in the neighbourhood of a
heath ur a common if they dislike the sight of it.
If they wish to see the hedges cut down, the turf
taken up, the gorse uprooted, and the blue sky shut
out by bricks and mortar, it is somewhat perplexing
to know "ce gulls ailment faire dana cette galere."
Why do they not take up their abode in the Poultry
or some adjacent part? Why should they thrust
themselves into the pleasures of their fellows of
different tastes from themselves, and endeavour to
prevent others from enjoying a breath of fresh air,
that common blessing so sadly uncommon in close
city streets and lanes? The latest offender in this
respect is Mr. THOMPSON, who, unhappily for the
metropolis at large, if he succeed in his object,
has recently purchased some property in the
vicinity of Tooting-common, and who pro-
poses to exercise his manorial rights by enclosing
a considerable portion of one of our most extensive
commons. The attractions of this part are well
known from the throngs who visit it in these sum-
mer days. Though within seven miles from St.
Paul's it is as rural and as pretty as many genuine
country scenes. Pleasant walks abound, and the
view is enriched by the woods of the neighbour-
ing domains, one of which once belonged to the
THRALES, famous from their associations with
SAMUEL JOHNSON. We can fancy what would be
the pithy expression of the Doctor's indignation if
he had foreseen such an attack on his favourite
neighbourhood, It is fortunate for the public that
the inhabitants of the district have taken up the
cause in a firm and temperate manner, showing all
due deference to the rights of Mr. THOMPSON, yet

manifesting no inclination to surrender those in-
tangible rights of the public which that gentleman
is so slow to recognise. It is el, ident that he does
not in the least understand what an act of cruelty
he is contemplating. He considers the com-

mon in its present state to be " a nuisance

instead of a benefit," and on being pressed
for an explanation of the object of the
proposed enclosure, his lawyer made the startling
reply that it was "To render the land productive
by levelling the hillocks, and filling in the swamps,
and possibly for building purposes." After con-

siderable discussion the matter was adjourned for a

month ; and, as Mr. THOMPSON declares, he is will-
ing to meet his opponents in a friendly spirit, and
they, on their part, are ready to subscribe any
reasonable sum he may require for the surrender of

his rights, there are good grounds for anticipating
a satisfactory settlement of the matter. If the

same plan were followed with all our open spaces,
the rights of proprietors brought out, and the
ground declared to be public property for ever, a
grand boon would be conferred, not only on our own

generation, but on all future generations of our
busy and crowded London. The lines of streets
and squares have surely room enough to extend ;
the moat practical and enterprising will admit that

some spaces can be spared. Let the workers in
the busy hive have the benefit of them, that when

they " leave their weary wailing," they may be
able to lose sight for a while of workshops, and

courts, and alleys, and rejoice for a while in the pre

sence of that nature which leads the most callous

asensibility to Nature's GOD

THE INTERNATIONAL DOG SHOW.—Yesterday
was the third day of exhibition and first shilling day of the,
dog show at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, and it is stated
chat up to 7 o'clock last evening upwards of 20,000 persons
had passed throu:,4l the turnstiles,
EXETER HALL.—To-morrow (Friday) evening
the Sacred Harmonic Society will perform Haydn's
"Creation."

The Straits (Singapore) Times says that the
island is more infested with tigers than ever, and that large
numbers of Chinese wood-cutters, who work in the jungle,
are killed by those beasts. Although the island is only 15
miles square, and 100,0U0 persons live on it, it is not cleared
of jungle. 100 dollars is paid for every tiger killed. The
tigers swim over to Singapore from the Malay Peninsula,
which is only a quarter of a mile distant.
THE COCKCHAFERS.—The Unzon Bretonne has
the following :—" The municipal council of Coulans (Sarth)
lately voted the sum of 600 f. for the encouragement of the
destruction of cockchafers. The amount to be paid is five
centimes the pound, and as the cockchafers weigh on an
average about 500 to the pound, the 600 f. voted will serve
for the destruction of 6,000,000 of those insects, Within a
few days from the voting of the measure 1,8561 b. weight of
cockchafers were brought in."
ARMY LIST OF 1642.—Very shortly there will
be published by Mr. Rotten, of Piccadilly, " The Army
Lists of the Roundheads and Cavaliers," containing the
names of the officers in the Royal and Parliamentary
Armies of 1642, reprinted from the comparatively unknown
originals, and edited, with notes, by Mr. Edward Peacock.
A WORD ON TREASURE TROVE.—It is difficult to
make the peasantry comprehend manorial rights.
A man who finds a treasure on his own ground, and that
treasure one which can have no living owner, naturally
looks on himself as its rightful possessor. He has pro-
bably never heard of King Edward's law of treasure trove,
and a natural sense of justice does not guide him rightly
in the matter. If a liberal reward were given—nearly the
metal value of the trouvaille—it is quite possible that we
might have become possessed of many precious relics
which are now broken up and consigned to the melting
pot.—Once a Week,

THE LAST DAYS OF A BEAUTY.—Of the early
part of George the Third's reign there were not
two beauties who painted, patched, and powdered more, or
who needed it less, than Mrs. Hobart and Lady Coventry ;
the former, all in gauze and spangles, "like a spangled pud-
ding," as a fine gentleman remarked; the latter, in a light
blue dress, covered with round spots of silver, which made
her look, according to George Selwyn, like "change
for a guinea." Poor Lady Coventry I As long as paint
could deceive her, she was slow to believe in
consumption ; but when the terrible truth forced itself
upon her, she lay, all unpainted and unpowdered, gazing
into a pocket-glass till she could bear no longer to contem-
plate the breaking-up of the wreck of herself. Nor would
she offer that melancholy spectacle to the sympathy or in-
difference of others. She passed from couch and pocket-
mirror to bed and closed curtains ; and with no other light
than that of a spirit-lamp beneath a kettle in her room, she
received visitors and the ministration of her servants, never
doing more than passing her small hand between the cur-
tains which hid for ever the living pale face of the once
supreme beauty.—. arnhill Magazinelished.
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SU]CIDE GP MR, SWA-6130ROUGH, OF THE STRAND
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deceased had been residing on Ilave;:tolos1:-
suffering from indisposition has attended toi
the theatre. Yesterday morning ugh sen:, the lessee
m,d committed suicide.
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wifehewent
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theatre, and had not been long absent when Ada
Swanborough had her attention drawn to her father'ss
bed-
room, and upon entering it she found her father ina recumbent position against the edge of the bedstead. Upon
attempting to raise him she discovered that blood was issu•-
ing from a wound in the neck of the deceased. Dr. Christie
(we were given to understand) was called in, but the un-
fo, tttnate deceased soon ceased to exist.

a great grand-
daughter of the famous French
ad-
ditions from bis private age. She
Madame Tacheron de Li
died in Paris a few days ago at a very advanced
Ministry of
Mann the enjoymer. t of a pension from the
ne, to which the Emperor has latterly
gnLmiral Jean Barr,
made many ad-
daughter
(the Wile of , Urban Devaux, son of a general of the
theUrst empire), who is now the sole living rPpresentative of
most famous kailor i the annals of French history,
the man who, in 1691 a
with a large puree. This lady luaves a
_ , au the English blockade ~ .
ge Bizet laden with grain, and thus relieved
a famine.