The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-13 00:00:00

Lecture by the Archbishop of Dublin,

Yesterday evening a lecture was delivered to a
numerous audience by the new Archbishop of
Dublin (Dr. Trench), at the City of London College,
being one of the winter series. The subject of Om
lecture was the Swedish hero, Gustavus Adolphus-
The chair was taken by Mr. T. Baring, M.P., one
of the vice-presidents of the institution, who, in
opening the proceedings, congratulated the assem-
bly on the presence of the late Dean of Westmin4
ster, adding that Ireland ought also to be congratu-
lated on having him for her future archbishop. The
archbishop then proceeded with his lecture. In the
introductory part he observed that it had of late
years been a fashion with philosophical historian:
to deny that there had been any great men--that
any single man, even the greatest, had exercised anY
mighty moulding influence over the events of hie
time—the late Mr. Buckle, among others, having.
supported that view. But who could be "
liev° that
for
there would ever have been a free Holland ex
William the Silent, or that there would ever er
have
itsmightybeen a revival of imperial France, wt n
issues for our own generation, and
for genera tend
come, retencome,coe, except for Napoleon 111.. p Ile did u° p ,
foremost
ns to
-
he said, to place Gustavus Adolphus in the fory ' but
. -
rank among the subjects of reforma l. D.
see, the
the
so far as human eye could foresee,
crushed in Ger-
world's s, ,
io
but for him would have b-
many, and probably n Europe except England.
England. After rem
audience being
n that the
dlei
endeavour to avoid sayingg
in all Norther
a mixed one, he should
what could justly give offence to any one present,
strong opi
ject involved in his nions on the sub-.
though he had
his
sciwn
lecture, the most rev. prelate
gave a vivid p 1
the state of Germany front
the year 6.ture
18c of
to 1630, when the Imperial armies
had almost 1
succeeded in crushing Protestantism ;
t
thence ho passed to a narrative of the intervention
1 bus with a small Swedish army,
of Gustavus Ado P
and the triumphant success with which within two
years the hero-king enrountered the Imperial hosts
under Tilly and Wallenstein, so that after his death.
on the field of Lutzen his generals were enabled to
continue the struggle, resulting in 1648 in the
Treaty of Westphalia, which placed the Roman
Catholic and Protestant commanities of Germany
on their present footing of general equality. The
ability, purpose, and character of the Swedish King
were presented tinder very favourable aspects, end
the story of his death was told at the close in
touching and powerful language. After the lecture,
which was warmly applauded, the Rev. Mr. Whit-
tington, principal of the college, moved a vote of
thanks to the archbishop, and expressed a hope
that he would allow his name to be enrolled on the
list of vice-patrons. The motion having been
seconded by Mr. MJntsg-ae Gore,
and
carried by
brief acclamation, the most rev. prelate made
ac-
knowledgment, in which he acceded to the request
h ' - man
of the principal. A vote of thanks to the c a.,
terminated the proceedings.

IFEBOAT SERVICEF,4.—During the recent
_BA heavy gales some of the b oats of the Naaonal Lifeboat
institution saved *e7 persona from different wrecks. The
Committee of the Institution. earnestly APPEAL to the
public for ASSISTANuE to enable them to meet the con-
tinued hea v y demands on th..! Institution's 125 lifeb )at estab-
lishments. Contributions 'ire received by all the Lon
and country bankers ; and 'ay the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
at the Institution, 14, JO-ill-street, Adelphi,

ROYAL IF, 7,Si GL I S I-1 OPERA,
CO-VENT-GARDEN.
Under the 3lana ~•,errient of Miss Louisa Pyne and
Mr. W. Harrison.
THIS
EVENING, Wallace's Romantic Opera, THE
pEs ke,ET FLOWER : Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne ;
essrs. W. 11. Weiss, H. CorH. A. Cook, and W. Harrison.
Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon.—Doors open at half-past Seven.
Commence at Elzht.
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TEATRE ROYAL DRURY - LANE.
Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING- the rerformances will t'ommence with an
by J. Oxenford, Esq., entitled BEAUTY Ott THE BEAST.
yrincipal characters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville,
Farret, Spencer, and G. Weston; Mrs Edmund Falconer and
Dliss ti. Lecicrq.
After which. Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED.
Messrs. r helps, Ryder, Rayner, M.a,greson, Ward, Spencer ;
Miss Heath, Miss E. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E.
Falconer. Vocalists—. Miss Poole, Miss idtter, Miss Cicely
Nott, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift.
To conclude with a New and Original Farce, by Messrs.
W Brough and A. Halliday, entitled MY Ht.:ART'S IN
THE HIGHLANDS characters by Mr. J. Neville, Mr. G.
Weston, Mr. Warde, Mr. J. Harris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and
Miss flarfleur.

THEATRE ROYAL HAY NI A RKET.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone.
THIS EVENING (sth time), LIT rLE DAISY.
After which, at half -past 71(6th time), A BULL IN A
CHINA SHOP. Messrs. Charles Mathews, Compto, Clark,
Rogers, and Gordon ; Mesdames Lindley, Wright, Fitz-
wibiarn, Hill, &c.
Followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE- Messrs. Charles
Mathews, Compton,Weathersby, Sze. ; Mesdames C. Mathews,
L Keeley. Griffith, &c.
And MY HUSBAND'S GHOST.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM 'THEATRE.
Under the Sole Management of Mr. Pechter.
BIM DEMONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated
Every Evening' until further notice.
THIS EVENING, the Comedietta, bY IV. Gilbert, entitled
UNCLE BABY: Mess•s. Widdicombe: J. G. Shore, Charles
Miss P. Le3lercq, and Carlotta Leclereq.
DEMON TO, a Love
After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL
Story, in Twelve TaDleallX, aken from Stendhal's " Italian
Chronicles," by Mr. John Brouzham. Principal charac-
ter by Mr. Pechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles,
lir9m,rhsm, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford,
Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenue,
Lee, and atiss Elsworthy.
Doors open at half-past 6—commence at 7.

TIET, DEIVIO72jO ; a LOVE STORY, in Twelve
ill Tableaux.

Air THE ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHI.—
,NT E
_AN Solo Proprietor and Manazer. M. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs.
Stirling.
4_t 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported
by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Billinzton, Stuart,
. Wood, Eburne, Miss 11. Simms and Mrs. Billington.
To conclude with CATCHING AN lIEIRk.;SS : Miss
Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood.

AIISS BATEMAN.—LEAH.—The triumphant
and enthusiastic success of the great tragic artiste,
miss BATEMAN, on her first appearance in the character of
LEA Hin the new five act Drama of that title, having been
nio-htly repeated, and even exceeded during the last four
weeks, amidst the applause and tears of crowded audiences,
and tee profound impression created upon all who have wit-
nessed the touching impersonation by Miss Bateman of the
heart-broken Jewish maiden, being confirmed by the unani-
mous verdict and critical approval of the entire press, the
Managerof the NEW ADEL PHI THEATRE has the honour
to announce that Illfss BATEMAN will appear in the New
Drama of LEA El EVERY EVENING till further notice; and
in order to meet, as far as possible, the increasing demand
for stalls, has added two more rows to those previously
existing.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, WHERE'S YOUR WIFE. Miss
Simpson.
After which, MIRIAM'', CRIME. Messrs. G. Honey,
Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K.Saville, and Miss Manders.
To conclude with FAINT HEART NEVER WON LAIR
LADY. Mr. Leigh Murray.
Commence at 7.

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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
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LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 13, 1863.

From America we learn by the telegrams arriving
this afternoon, and given by us elsewhere, that at
vlrions parts of the seat of war there has been more
fighting, and that at one or two points there have
been effected several important strategic move-
ments. As usual, however, nothing decisive of any
kind has anywhere been accomplished. Everything
that is done is simply by way of preliminary. News
of interest is promised by the next mail. Nothing
additional is told about the relative posi-
tion of the maim armies under MEADE and
under LEE. Charleston advices intimate that
the bombardment of Fort Sumter on the 30th of
October was the very heaviest yet adventured upon.
Between sundown of the 28th and sundown of the
29th upwards of a thousand shots from fifteen inch
mortars and 300 lb parrott guns had been belched forth
uponu the belleagured garrison—the Federal assail-
ants Pun the day afterwards, that is the 30th, the
direst
dap of all as already intimated, opening up
on Fort Sumter from Fort Gregg and Fort Wagner,
three
monitorse being engaged also in this hellish
strife ! Yet
..what comes of it all, when
the smoke
hagcleared away and the havoc
can be calculatedwounded! ~„ Seven Confederates
Rapva`t'Y if there is great cry in the
roaring of
this stupendous artillery, there is but
little wool in the
shape
at
the slaughter caused by
it. At Chattanooga, on thegain 4
28. tn, General HOOKER
is reported to have
a series of victories of
moderate dimensions—of very
moderate dimensions,
it will be confessed when
We have
killed e pitted his own
loss to the number of
350 t
kii and wounded
against a capture afterwards,
thehave
fruits
struggle, of seven Confederate prisoliers Meanwhile of the
the Southerners themselves appear
to
upon that same date, :eve been
adventuring,
28tb,
upon an attack of General GEAR- '5 division
the report of General THOMAS being, however, that
the assailants had then and there been repulsed,
being in point of fact driven across Lookout creek
from their a& anted breastworks. While from
London, Tennessee, the intelligence is to the effct
that General BRNSIDE'S forces have returned to
U
the heights overlooking that town, we learn that
south of the Tennessee, fifteen thousand Confederate
cavalry were preparing to operate on General
GP.ANT'S line of communication. In those direc-
tions, at least, all was movement and energetic
preparation. Elsewhere the silence and torpor
seem to us, of course, remembering how the main
armies aro placed now relatively to each other,
rather ominous of a deadly encounter, an encounter
that if entered into resolutely by the confronting
belligerents, may just possibly prove in some de-
gree decisive—decisive at any rate in respect to
the immediate future reserved for Washington.

The Philosophic politician who likes to look be-
yond the surface, and
that regulate the to moralise on the principles
fortunes of :itates
draw au interesting c , map just now
growth,
between two king-
doms, both of modern
it.t, if of unequal dignity.
Within the last few days
the representative
presentative assem-
blies of tvvo continental
kingdoms,
in
not very far
apart, gavel been opened by the Sovereign
and ended
ques-
tion, but the resemblance probably beganverei gn
there. In the one a prosperous
andloyal people
awarded a cordial greeting to an c
monarchwhose recent ii:ness added to the warmth of his
-')
re-
ception. In the other, gloomy silence marked th
advent of a capricious and despotic king, Wail:
bath sides felt that the true: was over, and

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that the battle for constitutional rights arid
liberl ies was about to recommence. Prussia, 7
with. her greater age and the extent cf her tt•l
territories, acquired by fraud or force, is yet t
far behind the little kingdom of Belgium in all that
constitutes the real welfare and happiness of a
people, and the security and stability of a Govern-
ment. She has now to do the work done by En.g. ,
land some centuries back, by Belgium, it is true,
only within the last half-century, but, thanks t o
good fortune and a wise ruler, done then so. eft', c-
tually as to distance many older States. The. text of
the two royal addresses may also serve tc. point the
moral. The King of PRUSSIiIs speech has already
been analysed and discussed in all the capit tls of
Europe, and little hope of a wiser and more con-
ciliatory policy is found in the words, whi,.th were
aptly enough handed to him by Herr YoN BIZMARK,
the ruling spirit and evil counsellor of the- King's
meditations.. Very different from the pro gramme
of the Berlin Chambers is the task assigne d to the
Belgian representatives. Works of internal im-
provement and reform, public education,an ,1 enlarged
commerce are the topics, and the venerable King is
able to employ the usual formalities about foreign
relations with morejustice than ma nyother crowned

heads. He has some right to speak of receiving
" marks of confidence and sympathy from foreign
Governments," when he is regarded as the arbiter
of differences and the referee in cases of disputed
international law. The affectionate anxiety dis-
played by his people on the occasion of his late
illness naturally calls for some acknowledgment
on the part of the KING, but the first paragraph
relating to national questions is devoted to
an event of no small importance to a
thriving trading community. The freedom
of the Scheldt has been accomplished since
the close of the last session, and King LEOPOLD
congratulates the Deputies upon this long looked
for and important occurrence. The suppression of
the burdensome toll has, with the consent of the
Netherlands, been fully carriedout, and this, added
to the diminution of the dues collected in the Bel-
gian ports, offers increased facilities to
the development of Belgian trade and corn-

merce. • " The complete liberty of our fine
river," observed the KING with natural gratifica-
tion, " sanctioned by all the Powers, henceforth
constitutes a portion of the public right of maritime
States." Another source of satisfaction, and one
happily by no means restricted to Belgium, is
found in the abundant harvest which there as else-
where serves happily to counterbalance in some
degree the depressio❑ induced by other causes.
The KING speaks also of the rapid development

of the means of railway communication ; and
although it may appear strange to us to find such a
topic occupying a paragraph of the Speech from the
Throne, or indeed influenced in any degree by the
wishes of the Government, we must, remembering
the Continental customs, congratulate the Belgians
on the readiness with which the authorities enter
into the public necessities. The remaining topics
of the address are all subjects of internal
improvement, such as the revision of the Commer•
cial and Criminal Codes, the extension of Public
Instruction, and the favourable representation of
Belgian talent made at the English Exhibition.
It is a good sign when such topics are the promi-
nent features in a royal speech at a time when the
whole of the neighbouring states are agitated by
difficult and weighty questions. Prussia distracted
by internal dissensions and perilously involved
with Russia in regard to Poland, Austria occupy-
ing a doubtful and invidious position with regard
to Italy, Denmark waiting fur the attack of the
Diet, and the whole body of German potentates
and peoples perplexed and anxious respecting the
ne Iv movement in favour of unity, may all find
something to envy in the obscure little kingdom
which manifests so striking au example of the
blessings of Constitutional Government and liberal
policy. The quiet and cautious LEOPOLD
would probably hardly be accepted as a
model by any of the younger and more
ambitious rulers of those States, yet there
are somo points in which they would do well to
copy him. By his prudent and tolerant rule he has
brought his kingdom safely through that awkward
and dangerous transition state which follows on a
disturbance of existing institutions and dynasties.
Though not a model monarch, or perhaps a very
high-minded King, he has known, like Queen
ELIZABETH, the art of ruling his people. He has
always avoided those trials of strength into which
the King of PRUSSIA so rashly plunges, forgetting
that it is possible for Governments, as well as indi-
viduals, to get into such a position that retreat is
undignified and advance unwise. The vicissitudes
of King LEOPOLD'S career have been singular and
romantic, and its clos3 sees the family of the
COBURGS in a very different position in Europe from
the one they occupied at its opening, and the
next occupant of the throne of Belgium will
assume a steadier and more prosperous seat than
the heir of many greater dignities. It is to be
hoped, however, that King LEOPOLD may yet be
spared t 3 his people. This is not a crisis in which
age and experience can be well replaced by youth
however vigorous, or energy however daring. The

craftiness of some, the insolence of others, the

general uncertainty and suspicion, call for wise
heads, no less than strong hands and stout hearts, in
the Council chambers of Europe. In such assemblies

the absence of the venerable ruler of the little Bel•

Dian Kingdom would be a 1086 to be sincerely re-
gretted by every lover of wise and moderate coun-

cils, and a vacancy not easily to be filled.

It is very desirable that the subject of the Volun-
teers should be from time to time brought forward
to keep alive the interest in the public mind, and to
stimulate those who are concerned in the affairs,
to use every exertion, and act with the utmost
a
ance. The speech of the Earl DE GREY and
ItylePluouNt, at the annual meeting of the Westminster
:earts,shdoeusiedrvles attention in many respects,
eaus:thespecially welcome in doing honour to a
aed. _
ton© and tepee
The hlan
Position which
attract. respect and regard.
what he
ease
of
highest credit on double importance, and the whole
of his observations reflect the
honour to the m.tila::itrnSelf'
It mast have been
have the prosperity aPfc
rightly :appreciate the and through him, does
e
es
of which he is a member.
points
s:f:tehin:oitsharokgbsesenri
enagrtt,oonadll
who
Earl's
of its welfare,
to listen to the noble
dwell upon the chiefandavla
t i
and
os
gracious address. Of
are made by one well versed in all
discusses, and therefore it
x bto to dwell
upon some of his most striking ctltewee,
is desirable matters he
consider his leading suggestions. In the fitB' and
rst place
the question of a Parliamentary grant was analysed
by his lordship, and he very forcibly pointed out ,
the necessity that existed for this step. Notwith-
standing the objections raised and the doubts en.
tertained as to the advisability of such a course, all
inquiries and investigations terminated in the
same result, and the grant was indisputably proved
to be a fitting and desirable one. The fact was
that the force could not have been kept up at its
then state of efficiency, if some assistance had not
been afforded to it, for the exertions ;hat had been
made and the sacrifices effected by p. ivate indivi-
duals at the commencement of the un- ertaking had