The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1860,

cANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.-
THIS EVENING,
C. H. GOUNOD'S OPERA,
FAUST.
First Time in this Country.
Faust Mr. Henry Herbert.
Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard.
Siobel Mrs. Anderson.
Marguerite
Conductor Mr. Jonghmans.
And selections from
Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other
Entertainments.
Balcony, ls, Hall. 6d.
Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), and W. T. Critchfield.
The AFRICAN OPERA T itOUPE, their first appearance
since 1852, consisting of ELEVEN STAR PERFORMERS,
who will give the whole of their inimitable entertainment
every evening.
The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

THE WEATHER.—SuN OrncE, MAY 20, 1860.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS.
68 —highest since noon yesterday.
52—lowest this morning and during the night. -
69—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-30.21.
WlND—Easterly; fresh, with fine warm weather.

MAY 21.
THERMOMETER, IN TILE SHADE.
71—highest since noon yesterday.
53 —lowest this morning and during the night.
69—this day at noon.

BARaYLETER-30.43.

WIND--South-Easterly; light, with very fine weather.

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THE SUN.
LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1860.

Englishmen are not accustomed to concede to
threats. An " unprotected female," just alighted
from a cab, may, without loss of honour, pay the
driver who becomes noisy his extravagant demand ;
but the English man, who would willingly have
given sixpence or a shilling over out of mere good

feeling, calculates the exact fare, and says—" No,
Mr. Cabby, as yoti threaten, not one penny shall
you have beyond your due ; there it is, and there's
my card, and summon me if you dare." Now, the
House of the Lords is certainly not in the case of
the " unprotected female"—it deems itself the re-
presentative of all that perUtins to the best blood
of England; and, from the schoolboy and the
labourer, to the octogenarian and the duke, that
blood boils with indignation, or flows along un-
moved, before a threat. Even the superior who
resorts, needlessly, to threats, is not the governor
for free Englishmen ; but the equal, or inferior,
who ventures on it, must, like Cabby, expect to be

the loser.
We believe that the threateners have done
very much towards the loss of the Paper Duties
Repeal Bill. They have aroused the hostile
spirit of the Lords. Denunciations of "usur-
pation," and of being regarded "as an obvious
anomaly in a free constitution," are not exactly
the kind of arguments ;likely to move British
peers--except in the wrong direction. We have

heard a story of an examiner at Surgeon's Hall
putting to a young student the question, "Now,
sir, if I were to send my foot sharply against your
os coxeygis, what muscles should I put in motion ?"
" The flexors and extensors, sir, of my right arm,"
was the prompt reply. Very much like this was
Lord DERBY'S prompt reply to Sergeant PARRY.
If gentlemen chose to hold this language to the
leader of the Opposition, the leader of the Oppo•
sition could retort—Then, gentlemen, we will use
our power ; be it anomalous or usurping, or be it
what it may ; we have it, and we will lat you

see that we have it. The truth is, the tactics of
the Repealers have quite ruined their cause. Their
case may be as good as ever, but they have acted
as if it were a bad one. They have placed the
Lords in the position of being unable to retreat with-
out dishonour. If they do not now follow Lord
DERBY, they will seem either to act themselves
under the influEnce of fear, or to suggest the idea
that Lord DERBY himself dreaded the consequence
of rejection, and advised his own supporters to
leave him in a minority. A worse policy there cannot
be, than to break down the bridges behind a foe
whom you cannot overpower or crush, but whom
you may induce to retreat. "Build a golden bridge
for a retreating enemy," said one of the greatest of
Generals—•the Paper Duties repealers have left
none for the Lords but the Coward's Bridge. We
may be. sure they will not retreat by that.
It is too late now, but how easily might a quite
different policy have been adopted—and it
would, we believe, have been a successful
The appeal might have been, and
as we maintain, should have been, to the good feel-
ing of the Lords; an appeal, ad miserecordiam, if
any please so to term it. The right of the Lords
to refuse to repeal any Act of Parliament—to re-
peal, in fact, any part of the laws of the realm—
might have been acknowledged, and the long usage
in regard to all bills affecting taxation might then
have been urged with a good grace: Sergeant
PARRY himself was obliged to admit the strict
legal right, which the language of his memorial
more than tacitly denied. Then, how gracefully
might the memorial have urged the hardship of dis-
appointing the hopes of those who had so long been
seeking the remission of the duty, at the stage when,
in modern history at least, those who have sought
the repeal of taxes had never been repulsed. " You

one.

did not use your power against the repealers of the
duties on bricks, glass, timber, leather, beer—and
a hundred other things. Why single us out as
victims ? This might have told. The parcere
victis might have beseemed the peers towards those
who did not attack their order and their rights;
but, the debellare superbos must be their feeling to-
wards the deputation which carried it so high-
handedly in the memorial they presented, and in
the public meeting from which they came.
We also fear that those who advocate the Repeal
of the Paper Duties will find that Lord DERBY is
right on one point—that the country at large
would have much preferred a repeal of the war
taxes on sugar and tea. That would be a direct
and tangible benefit to every family in the kingdom,
and even to every widow and dressmaker living at
lodgings. The repeal of the Paper Duties
would be a benefit to a single class only. It
might benefit, it may be said, the workman
by increasing demand for labour in the manfucture
of paper, but it would not do that more than does
the repeal of almost any tax. The increased con•
sumption of tea and sugar, for instance, consequent
on reduction of duties, would increase the demand
for British manufactures, and with it the de-
mand for British labour to pay for them ; even if
we paid for them in gold or silver, we must buy
that gold or silver with manufactures, since we
have no diggings from which ft> pick it up without
labour. The class of newspaper and cheap litera-
ture publishers would be, doubtless, the class which
would pocket the lost revenue, which the public
must make good by an increased income tax, and
the duty on their class of paper is but a small por-
tion, perhaps about a third of the total amount.
In the coarser kinds of paper the expense of the
duty, as a charge for package, is hardly felt at all,
and will oartainly not be half each a nuisance in

trade as the Chancellor of the Exchequer's penny
stamps.

It is of no use now to lament the result. It has
been a good case most foolishly mismanaged. We
must console ourselves with what, we fear, is an
absolute certainty, that if the tax had been re-
pealed, we should have had to pay not only the
additional penny income-tax, of which Lord DERBY
says the House of Lords had no knowledge—no
technieal knowledge ho can only mean—but also
another penny, and more probably twopence, in
1861. Indeed, it is the odious, because unjust, and
unadjusted income-tax, which may in part answer
for the MONTEAGLE-DERBY motion, and the almost
certain fate of the bill. The Lords foresee that
property is to become more and more henceforth
the resource of our Chancellors of the Exchequer.
Almost all indirect taxes have vanished. The
few which are left yield, indeed, a splen-
did revenue, and may yet produce more,
but it is evident that the . conflict be-
tween indirect and direct taxation is drawing
nearer than their lordships wish, and in that con-
flict they will have the support of the people,
almost solely because Mr. GLADSTONE refuses to
make the slightest attempt at equitable adjustment.
In the repeal of a duty which has brought on all
of us one penny in the pound more income-tax,
while only a very small class will derive any
benefit from it, it is hardly to be expected that the
general public will take much interest.

The City of London on Saturday last testified in
a very striking manner, through the medium of
its chief magistrate and of the other leading officials
of this our ancient metropolitan municipality, the
admiration with which the citizens of the capital
of the British Empire regard the distinguished
gallantry of Sir LEOPOLD MTLINTOCK and his
Arctic companions. It was not only that during
the afternoon of Saturday, the Freedom of the
City, appropriately contained in a gold mounted
oak box, was formally presented to Sir LEOPOLD in
the Guildhall—this presentation being accompanied
by the delivery of a heart-stirring eulogistic ad-
dress by the City Chamberlain—but later on in the
evening the gallant Commander of the , Fox
(together with those brave officers of his who
were his shipmates upon that most memorable ex-
pedition), was sumptuously entertained at a ban-
quet given in his especial honour in the Egyptian-
hall at the Mansion-house by the Right llon. the
Lord Mayor. In the record of the present Mayoralty,
the proceedings of Saturday will demand, what they
eminently well deserve, an express and peculiar
commemoration. Those proceedings were not only
complimentary to Sir LEOPOLD M'CLINTOCK—they
were also, and in a very marked manner, commemo-
rative of Sir JOHN FRANKLIN. And it is parti-
cularly -worthy of remembrance, that in the course
of one of the brief after-dinner speeches of Satur-
day, a suggestion was thrown out incidentally by
one of the old and tried friends of our heroic and
lamented FRANKLIN, which we do earnestly trust
may be forthwith eagerly taken up by the com-
munity at large, and carried out at once and with
enthusiasm. It was a very just and a very mason •
able proposition. It was the proposal made by Sir
RODERICK MURCHISON, that a fitting statue of the
last, and perhaps the greatest of all our Arctic Navi-
gators, should be erected by public subscription—
a colossal statue in bronze or marble, upon the
pedestal of which should be inscribed, grandly and
tersely :

SIR JOHN FRANKLIN,

THE DISCOVERER OF THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE.

The most appropriate site, even, was distinctly
pointed out on Saturday by Sir RODERICK MURCHI-
SON, who not unreasonably proposed that this statue
of FRANKLIN should be raised to his honour and in
his memory at the foot of Lord NELS..N'S pillar
in Trafalgar-square—FRANKLIN having been among
the number of NELSON'S sea lions upon two of
his immortal victories. We who have raised a
statue commemorative of the gallant BELLOT ought
surely to do the same by our own heroic countrymen.
We ought to remember that, in the cause of science,
in the interests of commerce, for the furtherance of
our maritime glory, Sir JOHN FRANKLIN and his
dauntless tars sacrificed their lives, and did so,
moreover, in a manner that it is absolutely fright.
ful to contemplate. The relics that were brought
home within this last year by the Fox, under the
command of Captain (now Sir LEOPOLD) M'CLIN-
TOCK, have told dumbly, but, ah ! how eloquently,
how truly frightful must have been the slow dying
out of the last moments of that doomed expedition.
The skeleton in the boat, the gun by its side, the
mouldering fragments of the Bible, the little pen-
cilled scraps of diary, all the inanimate souvenirs
of those dead, starved, frozen, navigators have told
us only too plainly the awful story of their gradual
destruction. We who cannot now welcome Sir
JOHN FRANKLIN back to the honours he had so
heroically earned, will surely now give to his me-
mory, ungrudgingly, the tribute of this monumental
homage. Sir RODERICK MURCIIISON has, in
making the proposition, only given Utferanee to
the wishes of many hundreds and thousands. It
is a hint that will surely be taken by the public at
large, and one that can hardly fail to be vely
rapidly realised. And when realised—when this
bronze or marble effigy of FRANKLIN hits been
placed upon its granite pedestal in Trafalgar-
square—no other individual could more fittingly
than Sir RODERICK MURCHISON himself preside
over the customary ceremonial of inauguration.
As President of the Royal Geographical Society,
he was, as he reminded us on Saturday evening
towards the close of the Mansion House Banquet—
he was the last to bid Sir JOHN FRANKLIN God-
speed on his departure from the shores of England
—he (Sir RODERICK) being also now the first to
propose the tardy tribute of this posthumous testi-
monial.

Meanwhile her most Gracious MAJESTY has
accorded the honour of the noblest welcome of all
from her royal hand, to the valiant sailor who, while
in command of the Fox, brought to light at last
the fate of Sir JOHN FRANKLIN and his compa-
nions. Upon the return home of that brave sea
Captain, her MAJESTY at once bestowed upon
LEOPOLD M'CLINTOCK the Queenly grat-
ings of the knightly accolade. And the City
of London has now, in due course, as befits the
Capital of the Empire, welcomed Sir LEOPOLD,
first in the Guildhall of the municipality, and after.-
wards in the home of her Chief Magistrate. This
welcome, to say the least of it, was anything but
Arctic, It was worthy of the occasion—worthy
alike of the City of London's chief guest on Satur-
day and of her Chief Magistrate.

BIOGIIAPHT OF THWIAS HOOD.—The reading
world will be rejoices to learn th ‘t the memorials of the
gifted author of the "Song of the Shirt" are about to be
published. They consist almost entirely of the letters of
the earnest philanthropist, which have been collected,
edited, and arranged by his daughter, with a preface and
notes by his sou, Mr. Thomas Hood, Liskeard. The com-
pilation has been a task ofj filial affaction, and we are glad
that it has fallen into the hands of hood's children. With
instinctive perception of what he would have wished, were
he alive, they have dedicated the work "To the People."
The frontispiece will be a fac-simile of Hood's sketch of
his own monument, ma'e during. his last illness, and there
will be vignettes from his unpublished sketches, with a fac-
simile of a sheet from his MS. of " The Song of the Shirt."
Meson is the publither, and Bradbury and Evans are the
prhaters.—Plymouth journal.

GARIBALDI TESTIMONIAL.

TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN.

Sin,—Thc absolute respect for the law, even
when it opposes our convictions, is one of the main
guarantees for our liberty.
Now, the lawyers, and those who arc not law-
yers, in the House of Commons having decided
that the action of subscribing to aid the insurrec-
tion in Sicily is illegal, I would suggest a means
whereby the law will be respected, at the same
time that a vent will be afforded for the generosity
of British hearts—l propose to raise a fund for a
testimonial to Garibaldi.

Let free England show, by an imposing mani-
festation, her admiration for the patriot, her hatred
for the tyrant. A meeting will be held in St.
Martin's Hall on Tuesday evening, the 22d. Lists
of subscriptions will be opened for the Garibaldi
Testimonial, which will be forwarded to him by an
English committee. Let every town, every parish
in the kingdom unite in the movement ; and de-
pend upon it, sir, this mighty manifestation of
English sympathies will produce an influence for
good throughout all Europe.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
T. D. P. HODGE, Hon, Sec.

May 19.

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—By a bill now before Parliament brought
in by the above Board, it is sought to take from the
overseers and vestries of all parishes in London,
except the very large ones, the power of making
and collecting the General Rate, Sewer Rate, and
Metropolis Main Drainage Rates, and to transfer
such power to the District Board of Works.
The object of this is quite plain, the District
Boards are much under the control of the Central
Board, which the vestries are not.

Let the ratepayers look to themselves and oppose
the bill by petitioning Parliament.

I am, Sir,
Yours obediently,
ONE WHO DISLIKES CENTRALIZATION.

LATEST NEWS.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :
NAPLES, SATURDAY EVENING.

It is asserted here that the fight at Calatafani
was not decisive. The Neapolitan troops re-entered
Palermo. Two columns of 3,000 men each have
been sent to pursue the insurgents. It is estimated
that 6,000 Sicilians have joined the Garibaldians.

NAPLES, MAY 20, 9.40 P.M.
(OFFICIAL.)

No other. encounter has taken place between the
royal troops and the Garibaldians.
Two strong columns are pursuing the remnants
of the dispersed Garibaldians.
The inhabitants remain tranquil.
The ardour and the: valour of the troops are
beyond ail praise.

NAPLES, MAY 15 (via MARSEILLES.)

M. de Carafa has remitted a circular to the diplo-
matic corps, bitterly accusing the Piedmontese Go-
vernment of having, notwithstanding its promise,
allowed bands of volunteers to be enrolled, armed,
and despatched to Sicily. M. de Carafa adds that
this violent attack against international law ex-
poses Italy to sanguinary anarchy, and compro-
mises the whole of Europe. He throws the respon-
sibility on the authors and accomplices of such
criminal actions. The Marquis de Villamarina
has, in the name of Sardinia, protested against
this accusation, which he says is false and inju-
rious. It is believed that Garibaldi will land in
Calabria.

PARIS, MAY 20.

The Illoniteur of this morning announces that in
the last sitting of the legislative body the project
of law relative to sugar and coffee was agreed to
by 233 against 3 votes.
The Afoniteur also states that the Emperor,
having returned from Motte Beuvron, prebidcd
yesterday at a Council of Ministers.

PARIS, MAY 19.

The Petrie says the statement that the division
Bazaine had received counter orders is incorrect.
This division will enter Paris on the 26th inst.

PARIS, MAY 19.

The Patric of to-day, in speaking of the affair at
Calatafani, says :—" The volunteers having been
attacked with great vigour, energetically defended
themselves, and effected h retreat in good order,
leaving behind a certain number of killed. Accord-
ing to the last advices, the insurrection was being
extended and organised in a great many directions!'
The same journal adds that when the detachments
which are being organised will have joined the
volunteers who disembarked at Marsala, the whole
body will number about 12,000 men, all armed and
well provisioned.

TURIN, MAY 19,

Adviccs from Naples to the 16th inst. state that
the 6th Regiment refused to fire at the people on
the occasion of the demonstration of the 13t1_i inst.
Government intends to appoint Count Trani
Viceroy of Sicily, and to grant a general amnesty
when the insurrection is suppressed.

TURIN, MAY 19.

The committee appointed by the Ch amber of
Deputies to consider the treaty of the 24th March
have had a conference with Count Cavour.

The Liritto, an opposition organ, says-:—" The
explanations given by the Minister are not satis-
factory to the opposition party. The Minister, on
being requested by the committee to communi-
cate the diplomatic correspondence, replied that
he had no other documents than those already
published. As regards the questions of the boun-
dary, the public debt, and the railways of Savoy,
Count Cavour declared that negotiations were still
pending with France, but nothing had been defini-
tively settled. The committee then demanded the
purpose and the influence of the treaty upon the
future of Italy. The Minister replied that the
treaty was a grievous necessity."

TURIN, MAY 19.

Besides the Bishop of Faenza and the Vicar of
Bologna, proceedings are being taken against the
Bishop of Imola. The Archbishop of Pisa, having
refusei to submit to the orders of the Government,
is to be conveyed by force to Turin.

MARSEILLES, MAY 19.

Adviccs from Aleppo to the 28th April state that
an address had been posted up at the gates inciting
the inhabitants to massacre the Christians. The
governor, who has 800 men and cannon, had inter-
fered and arrested the principal leaders. The gar-
rison was considered insufficient. The Christians,
being unarmed, feared a fresh explosion of fana-
ticism.

ALEXANDRIA, MAY 13.

Heavy rains have carried away a portion of the
railway between Cairo and Suez. Travellers to
and from India have thereby been delayed two
days.
The official French mission for the exploration of
the Red Sea has been well received by Said Pacha.

MADRID, MAY 19.

Elio embarked to-day for France.

The Correspondenci a Autografa says :--7=" It is
not true that Government will propose, and the
Senate vote, the 'abrogation of the law excluding
Count Montemolin from the throne of Spain."

THE BOMBAY MAILS.
The Panther, with the above mails, arrived at
Marseilles at 11 p.m. on the 19th inst.
The mails left for London 'at midnight.