The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-16 00:00:00

THE bun, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENIMI, MAY 16, 1865.

re strsetions upon Federal ships of war enter-
ing lafX MAJESTY'S ports should be withdrawn,
our• Ministers very properly replied that it
was; necessary to know whether the Federal
auto orities proposed to relinquish the right
of se sarching, 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
answered by Lord PALMERSTON, whose reappearance
on the Treasury bench was hailed with loud and
general cheering. The noble lord's reply was sub-
stantially the same as that of his Foreign Secretary;
and, 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-
SE LL. 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 ABOU-
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. VOLICNER7 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 be
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. Que§tion put. The
house divided—Ayes, 266 ; Noes, 93.

AXES -260.
Acland, T. D. Fortescne, C. S. Paget, C.
Acton, Sir J. Franklyn, G. W. Paget, Lord A.
Adam, W. P. French, Col. Paget, Lord C.
Adderley, C. B. Gaskcll, J. M. Palmer, Sir It.
Adeane, H. J. George, J. I'ecl, Sir R.
Agar-Ellis, L. G. Gibson, T. M. Peel, F.
Andover, Lord Gladstone, W. E. I'eel, •J.
Angerstein, W. Glyn, G. G. render, J.
Anstruther, Sir R. Goldsmid, Sir F. Peto, Sir M.
Antrobus, E. Goschen, G. J. Pilkington, J.
Athlumney, Lord Gower, F. L. Pollard Urquhart IV
Ayrton, A. S. Gowet, G. W. L. Ponsonby, A.
Aytoun, It. S. Greaves, E. Portman, W. H. B.
Vag well, J. Greenall. G. Potter, E.
lames, E. Greene, J. Powell, F. S.
Baring, H. B. Greenwood, J. Powell, J. J.
Baring, T. G. Gregory, W. H. Price, It. G.
Barnes, T. Grey, sir G. Pryse, E. L.
Barttelot, Col. Grosvenor, Earl Pritchard, J.
Bathurst, A. A. Gurdon, B. Proby, Lord
Baxter, W. E. Hadficid, G. Pugh, D.
Beale, S. Hamilton, Viscount Redmond, J. E.
Beaumont, W. B. lianthey, J. Repton, G. W. J.
Beecroft, G. S. Hankey, T. Ricardo, 0.
Berkeley, Col. Hartington,Marquls Robartes, T. J. A.
Berkeley, C. P. F. Hassard, M. Robertson, 1).
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, Sir T. Salomong,A.derman
Browne, Lord J. T. Bibbert, J. T. Schneider, U. W.
Bruce, Lord C. Holland, E. Scholelleici, W.
Bruce, Lord E. A. If ornby, W. 11. Scrope, G. P.
Bruce, H. A. liorsiali, P. B. Seely, C.
Buckley, Gen. Howard, C. W. G. Seymour, A
Bulkeley, Sir R. Hubbard, J. G. Shafto, It. D.
Buller, Sir A. W. Humphery, W. Shelley, Sir J. V.
Bury, Viscount Ingham, it. Sheridan, R. B.
Buxton, C. Jervoise, Sir J. Sheridan, H. B.
Caird, J. Johnstone, Sir J. Smith, Abel
Calthorpe, F. H. Jolliffe, Sir W. Smith, Augustus
Cardwell, E. Jolliffe, U. 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. Stansleld, J.
Churchill, Lord A. Kinnard, A. F. Steel, J.
Clay, J. Lacon Sir E. Stewart, Sir M. R.
Clifford, C. C. Laird, J. Stuart, Col. C.
Clifton, Sir It. Layard, A. 11. Stuart, Lt.-Col. W.
Clive, G. Langton, W. H. G. Sykes, Col. IV. H.
Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Lawr,:no..., J. C. Tollemache, F. J.
Collier, sir R. P. Lawson, W. Tollemache, J.
Collins, T. Leader, N. P. Tottenham,Lr.-Col.
Cowper, W. F. Letevre, G. J. S. Tracy, C. K. D.
Cox, W. Lee, W. Turner, J. A.
Crawford, R. W. Legh, Major C. Turner, C.
Crossley, Sir F.Lever, J.U. Vandeleur, C 1.,,
Dalglish, R. Lewis, H. Verney, Sir 11.
Denman, G. Liddell, H. G. Vernon, H. F.
Dent, J. D. Locke, J. • Villiers, C. P.
Dillwyn, L. L. Lyall, G. Vyner, It A.
Dodson, J. G. 31`Cann, J. NV alu egrave-Les lie
Douglas, Sir C. MacEvoy, E. Walter, J.
Doulton, F. Maguire, J. F. Warner, E.
Duff, M. E. Malcolm, J. W. Waterhouse, S.
Duff, It. W. Manners, Lord G. Watkin, E. W.
Duke, Sir J. Marjoribanks, D. C. Watkins, Cel. L.
Dundas. Sir D. Martin, P. W. Watlington, J.
Dunkcllin, Lord Martin, J. Welby, W. E.
Egerton, A. F. Matheson, Sir J. Western, S.
Egerton, E. C. Miller, W. Whalley, G. H.
Eiphinstone, Sir J. Mitchell, T. A. White, J.
Enfield, Viscount Milord, NY. T. Williamson, Sir H.
Evans, T. W. Moffatt, G. Winniugton, Sir T.
Ewart, J. C. Moncreiff, J. Woodd, B. T.
Ewing, H. E. C. Montgomery, Sir G. Woods, H.
Fenwick, E. M. Moo:, H. Wrightson, W. B.
Fermoy, Lord Moore, C. Wyld, J.
Finlay, A. S. Morris, W. Wyndham, H.
Fitzroy. Lord F. Morrison, W. Wyndham, V.
Fitzwilliam, C. W. Mowbray, J. R. Wyvill, M.
Foley, H. W. Neate, C.
Foljambe, F. J. S. North, F.
Forster, W. E. u'Loghlen, Sir C.
Foster, W. 0. Onslow, G. Brand, H.
Fortescue F. D. Padmore, It. White, L.

THEATRE ROYAL LYCEITIt.

Mr. Fechter as Don Ca3sar 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
dresses, 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 Frdderic 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 raimpt, 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—
DonCxsar 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 Csar 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 chareter of Don Cesar 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 forcat 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-icountess 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 persona, 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 insped the old lady who presides
over the one orange-stall whith 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.—Diekens's " All the Year Round"—the No. just
published.
, FORGERY OF MONEY ORDERS.—It having come
to the knbwledge 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 had
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, a strict 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
hays led to the lose of several hundred pounds.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(P,EL7TER'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 mail 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
Banks.

SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 16.

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

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 francswas declared. The balance of the profits,
exceeding 1,500,000 francs, was placed to the
reserve fund.

BOURSE, Alay 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 661 r. 10c. The market closed as
follows :-
41- 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 Fonder 1280
Roman 75 75
RAIL

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

Orleans
Northern

Cash. Acct.
832 50 ... 832 50
1071 25 ... 1070

Lyons and Mediterranean 9OO ... 900
Southern 6OO 601 25
Western 530 ... 527 50
Eastern
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

SPAIN.
MADRID, MAY 11.
The Correspondencia de Espana contains the fol-
lowing:—

The bill of Senor Moyano, relative to the intro-
duction of flours into the island of. Cuba, was on the
point of producing, if not a Ministerial change, at
least a Ministerial modification.

Last night, when Senor Moyano, had finished his
speech in support of his bill, several members of the
majority manifested to the Government their desire
that the weighty question initiated by that gentleman
should be entered into in all its details, considering
that it embraced at the same time both the interests
of the colonial provinces and those of Spain.
The Government wishing to ascertain more fully
the ideas of the majority, and to harmonise such
ideas with those expressed by Senor Leijas and
those manifested in various private conferences by
some important members of the opposition, a
meeting was held last night in one of the saloons
of the Congress, consisting of the President of the
Council, the Ministers of Interior and Colonies,
and various other members of the directing com-
mittee of the majority.
" The debate which then took place was so ex-
tended and conscientious that it was prolonged
until three a.m. to-day. From the commencement
the majority of those present were of opinion that
the Government should not decline to take Senor
Moyano's bill into consideration ; but Senor Leij as
urged the contrary, and that despite of all the soli-
citations of his friends and colleagues.

" Early this morning, Marshal Narvaez held a
conference at his own residence with the ministerial
deputies of Castillo and Arragon, and signified to
them in person that the Council of Ministers had
consented to entertain Senor Moyano's bill.
" This announcement was extremely gratifying to
the members of the majority present, inasmuch as
this morning it was no mystery that the oppo-
sition, some of the members of which had congratu-
lated the Government upon the decree which
Senor Moyano's bill tends to annul, had
purposed using this question as a party weapon with
which to defeat the Ministry.
"Marshal Narvaez later submitted this same con-
sideration to Senor Leijas, in a second interview he
had with the Minister of the Colonies, before the
Council of Ministers took place, appealing to his
sense of self-denial and good judgment.
" Senor Leijas, however, still resisted, persisting
in his declaration that he would retire from the
Ministry if the latter did not agree with the
idea he had enunciated. But when Marshal Narvaez
explained to him that if he (Senor Leijas) retired, all
would follow him, and that therefore the entire
responsibility would rest upon him of whatever
consequences such a step might entail upon the
country and the liberal party. Senor Leijas at
length gave in, and consented to offer no further
opposition to the taking into consideration of the
bill of Senor Moyano, with the stipulation, of course,
that he should first explain to the Cortes the high
considerations both of party and patriotism which
had induced him to yield, and the reasons which
had first caused him to embrace the particular opi-
nion he had advocated in this question."
The same journal says :
" The Government, we can confidently affirm, has
received no intelligence respecting any visit of the
Emperor Napoleon to Spain, and there exists no
motive which may be termed official for inducing
belief in such a surmise. The notices we and other
journals have published in relation to this question
are merely grounded upon communications which
are more reliable, but which do not indicate any
decisive resolve on the subject.