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THE Sulv, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1865.

is upon Federal ships of war enter-
r.estrictior
lug her . MAJESTY'S ports should be withdrawn,
our Ministers very properly replied that it
wa necessary to know whether the Federal
ant; horities proposed to relinquish the right
of ;searching, examining, detaining, and capturing
British merchant vessels on the high seas. What-
ever was the view which Lord HOUGHTON took of
the case, the English public may be glad to have
received so clear an exposition of the sentiments of
our Government.

In the Lower House the question of Mr. WHITE was
an swered by LordPALmEnsToN, whose reappearance
on the Treasury bench was hailed with loud and
go neral cheering. The noble lord's reply was sub-
sts ntially the same as that of his Foreign Secretary;
anti, in fact, the policy of the Government in this
case indicates rather the clear sense of the Prime
Minister than the timid vacillation of Lord Rus-
SELL. The Americans can hardly expect more,
and certainly we English will not be prepared to
grant any further concession, so it is well that a
plain declaration of our policy should be made.

The news received from New Zealand is of a
chequered kind the military part is encouraging,
seeing that the friendly natives have taken ABUT-
TAKI and several important chiefs prisoners. What
is more important is that JOHN WILLIAMS, the
source of so much mischief, and the active promoter
of the rebellion, was killed in the struggle. There
are two satisfactory points in this intelligence ; one
is that the natives should have been sufficiently
zealous in our cause to prosecute the war with so
much vigour, and the other that the success of this
onslaught may probably reduce some of the refrac-
tory tribes to terms. This intelligence, however, is
sadly damped by the news of the destruction of the
schooner Eclipse by the natives at Opotiki, and the
capture of several gentlemen by them. The Rev.
Mr. VOLKNER, one of the missionaries, was killed
and partly eaten by these wretched men, who can
certainly henceforward lay no claim to civilisation.
They appear to have been urged on by a fanatic
priest, who participated in the crime. The unfor-
tunate gentleman met his fate with calmness and
fortitude worthy of his profession, but he appears to
have been cruelly deserted by his flock, on whom he
vainly called for aid. Such a terrible tragedy is
doubly disheartening, as showing how little real good
has yet been effected among the natives, and how
much remains to be done. One thing is certain: no
lasting good can be effected among the natives until
the war is concluded, and the system of terrorism
which they have established over the settlers has
been finally put an end to. It is to be hoped the
trying events of the last few years will bring
good out of evil, by putting the relations of the
colonists and the Maories on a more satisfactory
footing, so that at least there will not be a prospect
of a fresh outbreak of the war—a fear which has
always hitherto darkened the rejoicings over peace.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-MAY 15.
UNION CHARGEABILITY BILL.

Order read for resuming adjourned debate on amendment
proposed to question, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave
the chair," and which amendment was, to leave out from
the word " That" to the end of the question, in order to
add the words "the bill be committed to a select com-
mittee," instead thereof. Question again proposed,
" That the words proposed to be left out stand part of
the question." Debate resumed. Question put. The
house divided—Ayes, 266 ; Noes, 93.

AYES —266.
Acland, T. D. Fortescue, C. S. Paget, C.
Acton, Sir J. Franklyn, G. W. Paget, Lord A.
Adam, W. P. French, Col. Paget, Lord C.
Adderley, C. B. Gaskeil, J. M. Palmer, Sir lt.
Adeane, H. J. George, J. Peel, Sir R.
A.g,ar-Ellis, L. G. Gibson, T. M. Peel, F.
Andover, Lord Gladstone, W. E. Peel, J.
Angerstein, W. Glyn, G. G. render, J.
Austruther, Sir R. Goldsmid, Sir F. Peto, Sir M.
Antrobus, E. Goschen, (k. J. l'ilking-ton, J.
Athiumney, Lord Gower, F. L. Pollard Urquhart W
Ayrton, A. S. Gowei, G. W. L. Ponsonby, A.
Aytoun. R. S. Grcaves, E. Portman, W. H. B.
Bagwell, J. G-rcenall, G. Potter, E.
Baines, E. Greene, J. Powell, F. S.
Baring, H. B. Greenwood, J. Powell, J. J.
Baring, T. G. Gregory, W. H. Price, K. G.
Barnes, T. Grey, Sir G. Pryse, E. L.
Bar Helot, CoL Grosvenor, Earl Pritchard, J.
Bathurst, A. A. Gurdon, B. Proby, Lord
Baxter, W. E. Hadfield, G. Pugh, D.
Beale, S. Hamilton, Viscount Redmond, J. E.
Beaumont, W. B. BancLey, J. itepton, G. W. J.
Beecroft, G. S. Hankey, T. Ricardo, 0.
Berkeley, Col. , Harting,ton,Marquis Robartes, T. J. A.
Berkeley, C. P. F. Hassard, M. Robertson, D.
Bernard, T. T. Bay, Sir J Rogers, J. J.
Black, A. Hayter, Sir W. Russell, H.
Blake, J. Headlam, T. E. Russell, A.
Bonham-Carter, J. Henderson, J. Russell, Sir W.
Bramley-Moore, J. Henley, Lord St. Aubyn, J.
Bromley, W. D. Hesketh, Si: T. Salomons,Aiderman
Browne, Lord J. T. Bibbert, J. T. Scuneider, H. W.
Bruce, Lord C. Holland, E. Scholefieid, W.
Bruce, Lord E. A. Bornby, W. H. Scrope, G. P.
Bruce, H. A. - no. stalk, T. B. Beefy, C.
Buckley, Gen. Howard, C. W. G. Seymour, A
Bulkeley, Shit Hubbard, J. G. Shafto, It. D.
Buller, Sir A. W. Humphery, W. Shelley, Sir J. V.
Bury, Viscount Ingham, it. Sheridan, It. B.
Buxton, C. ' Jervoise, Sir J. Sheridan, li. B.
Caird, J. Johnstone, Sir J. Smith, Abel
Calthorpe, F. H. Jolliffe, Sir W. Smith, Augustus
Cardwell, E. Jolliffe, H. Smith, J. A.
Castlerosse, Vist. Kekewich, S. T. Smith, J. B.
Cave, S. King, P. J. L. Smollett, P. B.
Cavendish, Lord G. Kinglake, A. W. Stacpoole, W.
Cheetham, J. Kinglake, Serj. J. Staniland, M.
Childers, H. C. E. Kingscote, Col. Stansfeld, J.
Churchill, Lord A. Kinnaird, A. F. Steel, J.
Clay, J. Lacon Sir E. Stewart, Sir M. R.
Clifford, C. C. Laird, J. Stuart, Cul. C.
Clifton, Sir It. Layard, A. H. Stuart, Lt.-Col. W.
Clive, G. Langton, W. H. G. Sykes, col. W. ii.
Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Lawrence-,, J. C. Tollemache, F. J.
Collier, Sir R. P. Lawson, W. Tollemache, J.
Collins,'. Leader, N. P. Tottenham,Lt.-Col.
Cowper, W. F. Lefevre, G. J. S. Tracy, C. It. D.
Cox, W. Lee, IV. Turner, J. A.
Crawford, R. W. Legh, Major C. Turner, C.
Crossley, Sir F. Lever, J.U. Vandeleur, Cul.
Dalglish, It. Lewis, 11. N Verney, Sir H.
Denman, G. Liddell, H. G. Vernon, H. F.
Dent, J. D. Locke, J. Villiers, C. P.
Diliwyn, L. L. Lyall, G. Vyner; It A.
Dodson, J. G. M'Cann, J. TV aldegrave-Leslie
Douglas,.bir C. MacEvoy, E. Walter, J.
Doulton, F. Maguire, J. F. Warner, E.
Duff, M. E. Malcolm, J. W. Waterhouse, S.
Duff, R. W. Manners, Lord G. Watkin, E. W.
Duke, Sir J. Marjoribanks, D. C. Watkins, Col. L.
Hunch& Sir D. Martin, P. W. Watlington, J.
Dunkfilin, Lord Martin, J. Welby, W. E.
Egerton, A. F. Matheson, Sir J. Western, S.
Egerton, E. C. Miller, W. Whalley, G. H.
Elphinstone, Sir J. Mitchell, T. A. White, J.
Enfield, Viscount Mitford, W. T. Williamson, Sir H
Evans, T. W. Moffatt, G. Winnington, Sir T
Ewart, J. C. Moncreiff, J. Woodd, B. T.
Ewing, H. E. C. Montgomery, Sir G. Woods, IL
Fenwick, E. M. litoo,-, H. Wrightson, W. B
Fermoy, Lord Moore, C. Wyld, J.
Finlay, A. S. Morris, W. Wyndham, H.
Fitzroy, Lord F. Morrison, W. Wyndham, P.
litzwilliam, C. W. Mowbray, J. R. Wyvill, M.
Foley, H. W. Neate, C.
Foljambe, F. J. S. North, F.
Forster, W. E. O'Loghlen, Sir C.
Foster, W. 0. Onslow, G.
Fortescue F. D. radmore, R.

Brand, H.
White, L.

THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM.

Mr. Pechter as Don Caesar de Bazan.
One of the earlier of those brilliant impersona-

tions which first won for Mr. Fechter, a few years

back, that signal popularity in this country which he
has since then so securely and increasingly enjoyed,
was, last evening revived, to the evident delight of
all who witnessed the performance, but to the espe-
cial gratification of the more fastidious playgoers by
whom, more than by any one else, this eminent
actor's powers are the most vividly appreciated.
Fully four seasons, we believe, have passed away,

since Mr. Fechter last trod the boards of a London
theatre as Don Caesar de Bazan. Then the repre-
sentation took place on the stage of the Princess's.
In the present instance the revival of the drama has
the appreciable advantage of occurring under Mr.
Fechter's own management. Announced, as the
play is, at the very close of this now fast-
expiring season—nay, distinctly announced, as it
is, for merely six nights' performance—" Don
Caesar de Bazan" is put upon the stage with all that
refined taste And lavish splendour in scenery, in

resses, and in appointments for which the Lyceum
has been remarkable ever since it passed under Mr.
Fechter's direction. His impersonation of the hero
of the piece, moreover, has this very obvious advan-
tage over his earlier performance of the character
that it realises, more than ever vividly to those
who now witness it, the wonderful mastery which
has been so gradually as to be almost imperceptibly
attained by this great actor over even the subtler
difficulties of our peculiarly composite language. Since
the days of Frederic Lemaitre there has not been
witnessed any such actual " realisation" of the cha-
racter of Don Caesar de Bazan as this one of Charles
Fechter's. And we say this without any dis-
paragement to the memory of handsome James
Wallack. And, indeed, for that matter, who is
there that has actually seen the two but will agree
-with us completely when we thus contrast those two
widely different impersonations ? In the instance of
Mr. Fechter, the impersonation of Don Caesar de
Bazan is in no way what it was distinctively in that
of James Wallack—namely, purely and exclu-
sively superficial. In assuming the raiment, the
manner, the voice, the look, the laugh of that ele-
gant but dilapidated chevalier d'industrie d'Espagne,
Don Caesar of the chivalrous nature but the
damaged reputation, Mr. Fechter assumes also
as completely and as absolutely, as appreciatively
and as recognizably, the whole temperament, dispo-
sition, idiosyncrasy of that gay dare-devil roue
DonCsar with the broken scabbard but his sword

unstained, with his cloak awry and torn but his
heart whole and in the right place ! Throughout
the famous first scene of the drama, the drunken

scene in which the Count de Garofa appears in the
tattered garb of a ruined gambler, " the last gift
of his tailor," as he says himself in a tone of
serio-comic deprecation—the genial nature of

Don Caesar shone forth as radiantly as ever
in the midst of all his wild and wayward reckless-

ness. Not actually drunken, that scene should be
called, in point of fact, but simply flushed with
drink so as to be just tinged with the bacchanalian
couleur de rose! So effectually tinged with it that
life—even when at the worst with him--
seems somehow to be like a mere wild plea-
santry Don Caesar, all the while, so far
furnishing a new illustrative justification to
the old proverb in vino veritas, that he is still to
the last there—even in his cups—distinctly and
essentially a true-hearted gentleman ! Not only
throughout the whole of that first scene, however,
but throughout the whole of the three, or, as the
play was represented last night, throughout the
whole of the four acts of this picturesque drama—
Don Caesar was pourtrayed to us to the very life,
not merely in his garb and bearing, but in his in-
nermost nature, in his distinctive individuality, by
the genius of Mr. Fechter, as an actor, as a student
of human nature, and as a humorist. Fami-
liar as the London public were, as many
as four seasons back, with his impersonation
of the character of Don Ccesar de Bazan, it would
be simply superfluous to expatiate here upon
merits with which the public are already so per-
fectly well acquainted. .The inimitable sangfroid
of the whole of the prison scene—the irresistible
comicality of every look, tone, word, in the ball-room
scene at the pavilion of the Marquis de Rotondo,
where that ridiculous old harridan of a Marchioness
is palmed off upon him as his bride, his
hitherto-unseen Countess—the wonderful diver-
sity of his emotional acting in the last scene of
all, where he has interviews alternately with the
King and with Maritana, and eventually with both
of them together—affix the timbre of an excellence
so pecuiliar to Mr. Fechter's impersonation of Don
Caesar de Bazan, as to place it very high indeed
among the now varied range of the characters he has
already assumed. Hamlet first and foremost—then
Ruy Blas—and immediately afterwards, we should
be disposed to say, Don Caesar de Bazan. Subse-
quently, and in no way comparably to any one
of those—the hero of the Duke's Motto, the Angelo
of Bel Demonio, the reckless forsat Robert Macaire,
and the street juggler Belphegor. Unhesita-
tingly, however, as a good third upon the list of
his more successful impersonations, we would place
this gay, genial, riant, debonnair impersonation of
Don Caesar de Bazan—in the assumption of which
character last evening, as the first night of the revival
Mr. Fechter was ably, indeed very materially assisted
by Miss Leclercq's gipsy-girl-countess Maritana—
by Miss Lavenu's stripling Lazarillo —by Mr.
Fitzpatrick's profligate King—but beyond all others,
among Mr. Fechter's coadjutors in this distribution
of the dramatis personm, by Mr. Ryder's admirably
clever Don Jose de Santarem. So attractive, one
might almost say captivating, is the play itself, and
so really charming is the representation of it now
announced for every night this week--that the
general surprise and more than that, the general re-
gret, will be that the care lavished upon it has been
lavished upon it for so very brief an interval.
Again and again last evening Mr. Fechter was sum-
moned before the foot-lights to receive the applause
of the delighted audience—the applause less of their
hands than of their hearts.

THE WESTMINSTER PALACE ORANGE STALL.—I
was simply curious to inspect the old lady who presides
over the one orange-stall which is privileged to plant its
humble trestles on the historic flags of Westminster Hall.
I have always been curious about that old lady. I have
had all sorts of theories about her—that she is a decayed
widow of a lamented and much-respected member of the
House ; that she is a poor descendant of one Of the dead and
gone Speakers ; that she is a favoured constituent of an
Irish member ; that she was the foster-mother of the Ser-
jeant-at-Arms ; that her ancestors sold Normandy pippins
on that spot before Red William built the hall, thus giving
a patent of possession to the family for all time—that she
is nobody at all, but just an old apple-woman from St. Giles's
placed there as a Spartan memento to honourable and
right honourable gentlemen, of the vanity of pride
and ambition. This last was the theory I was in-
clined to adopt, when I got near enough to her stall
to observe that her oranges were of the three-
a-penny quality, that her pippins were dried up and
wizened as her own august self, and 'that the rest of the
stock consisted of one bottle of lemonade and a bottle of
pepperment-stick. Truly, in respect of a bunch of lilac
drooping from a blue jug with a fractured spout, it might
be said that the refection offered to the people's anointed
was laid out h la Russe, but certainly the refection itself
was not calculated to minister to luxurious or pampered
tastes. Still, my curiosity with regard to that old lady and
her wares is yet far from satisfied. I want to know if she
is by " special appointment " to the Honourable House ; if
she considers it beneath her dignity to sell oranges to any
one under the rank of an M.P. ; if the M.P.'s pay fancy
prices for those wizened apples, or negotiate on the ad
valorem terms of four a penny ; I want to. see her family
tree, to inspect her deed of tenure, to hear how her ances-
tors got the better of Red William, and who are the hon-
ourable and right honourable gentlemen who buy pepper-
mint-stick.--Dickens's "All the Year Round"—the No. just
published.
FORGERY OF MONEY ORDERS.—It having come
to the knowledge of the heads of departments at the
chief office, General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, that
by some means a large number of blank money orders bad
been abstracted from the money order branch of the postal
service,. and that they had been put into circulation in the
metropolis and certain provincial places, and " paid" in the
customary manner, district investigation, we understand,
has commenced into the circumstances of the case, several
of the principal officers of the department being present. It
appears that the nefarious system has so far succeeded as to
have led to the loss of several hundred pounds.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 16.

The Lady Jocelyn from Calcutta, January 15 ;
Madras, February 4; and Table Tay, March 23 ;
arrived here this morning with 124 passengers, and
a mail from the Cape of Good -Hope, together with
a cargo of Indian produce, and £8,500 in specie.
She brings eight days' later news from the Cape
than the last direct thail steamer.
On March 16th a great meeting of Gaika chiefs
was held at the Gaika commissioner's residence at
Grahamstown, to hear a proposal from the Go-
vernor for occupying the Transkei with Gaika
Kaffirs. The principal chief, Sandilli, rejected the
proposition. In the colony this is stated to be part
of a project of the British Government to collect all
the scattered tribes of the frontier and locate them
in one continuous serried force in their ancient
possessions beyond the Kei. This policy is de-
nounced by the colonists as a measure which, if
persisted in, will at once check the progress of
colonisation and civilisation in South Africa, and
lead to a not distant Kaffir war.
In the Free State the Voltesraam has decreed
that from Jan. 1, 1866, no foreign bank or branch
thereof shall be permitted to exist in that State.
This resolution is directed against the London Cape
IBanks.

SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 16.

The Royal Mail Company's Intercolonial steamer
Solent, Captain Reeks, from the West Indies, has
arrived here. She left St. Thomas on the 22d
ult. and Madeira on the 10th inst. From the latter
place she brings 67 passengers, including Earl
Bro wnlow.

On the morning of the 14th inst. she spoke the
steamer Delta in the Bay of Biscay.
Madeira has been visited with heavy rains, the
vines, however, were progressing favourably.
There was no shipping at Madeira when the
Solent left. She experienced a fine passage, and
comes home for repairs.

FRANCE,

PARIS, MAY 16.

A general meeting of the Credit Mobilier Com-
pany was held here yesterday, when a dividend of
25 francs:was declared. The balance of the profits,
exceeding 1,500,000 francs, was placed to the
reserve fund.

BounsE, May 15.—The various markets have
borne a very inanimate appearance since the open-
ing to-day, and the few transactions that have taken
place show little or no improvement on the closing
rates of Saturday. Threes, for the Account, and
Mobilier Shares remain stationary, and Italian Fives
are now quoted at 66fr. 10c. The market closed as
follows :-
4i- per Cents 95 40
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 67 65
Do. end month 67 70
Credit Mobilier 790
Do. end month
Bank Shares 3700
Credit Foncier l2BO
Roman 75 75

Italian Loan 66
Do. end month 66 05
Ditto Threes 4l 20
New Mexican
Russian 9O 25
Austrian
Spanish Threes 44}
Home Debt —
Deferred
rAYs. _

_______ ..____ _
Cash. Acct.
Orleans
Northern lO7l 25.... lO7O
_ _ ____

Lyons and Mediterranean 9OO 900
Southern 6OO 601 25
Western 530 527 50
Eastern 515 512 50
Sardinian 306 25 ... 306 25
Austrian
Lombard 550 ... 551 25

North of Spain '257 50 ... 257 50
Saragossa 347 50 ... 347 50
Ditto to Barcelona, l4O ... 140