The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-07 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 7, 1858.

If every Ainerim citizen resembled Mr.
GEORGE PEABODY there would ho but little dan-
ger of a collision between the two great branches
of the Anglo Saxon family. That gentleman, who
has deservedly obtained the title of a " Merchant
Prince," has sedulously endeavoured to coltivate
the feelings of amity that ought to be maintained
between lalth C nintries. Pos4es-led of a princ>ly
ertune he has us,A it a Prince, and by ex-
traordinary libertlity, g.-ntleinanly demeanour,
and thorough integrity of conduct and purpose,
has elevated the transatlantic character in tl,
eyes of all who have: bad th© honour of his per-
sonal acquaintance, or the pod fortune of being
brought in contact with him. He has resided
amongst us for many years, bat never has abated
a particle of his nationality. Any fellow-citizen
involved in difficulty has found a kind and faith-
ful friend;the only passport required being evidence
that he deserved the assistance he sought, while
English charities have found him a bountiful and
unostentatious benefactor.
,Such is the min, the
noblest of all titles, who on Fri lay last; the 80th
anniversary of the Deolaration of the Independence
of the United States, assernblei a mixed party of
American and. English citizens at the• Star and
Gartor, Richmond, to partake of his magnificent
'hospitality in celebration of that auspicious event.
The REABODY BAnquet, or fete of the 4th July,
has become an established institution. Inaugu-
r4ted in 1850, it has continued under various
phases to the present day ; but no one, whether
English or American, ever participated therein
without desirinn, to have a similar opportu-
nity on another occasion, and without a
large infusion of the milk of human kindness
towards the strangers with whom ho was
associated. "The Iron Duke" himself has as-
sisted in one of these festivals—clOsely assimilated
to his own memorable Waterloo banquets—'and
thereby, in addition to the " thousand happy
faces at Almacks on the 4th July, 1851," effectu
ally "broke down the assumed barrier to the
union of Englishmen and Americans in celebrating
the glorious anniversary--a barrier never again
to be erected." It was a felicitous conception on
the part of Mr. PEABODY,. by which he was en-
abled to discover the real sentiments of England
towards "the States" :and r. the St3testaen:'

Few could so well have carried out the notion—
one whic'i at a critical emergency like the present
may incline the balance towards the side oF
" Peace and got ►d-will" towards all.

We should s(xtrcely feel inclined, when speaking
of such a proceeding, to allude to any, existing
difficulties. We% are convinced that all that is
required is to approach the consideratim of the
points in dispute in a proper
,spirit of mutual for-
bearance and mutual conciliation to bring every
difference to a happi), and honourable termination.
The name of the imamortal WASHINGTON is as
highly revered in the 'United Kingdom as in any
part of the United States. The cham-
pions of freedom, who fought on his
side, share in his honours. There. was
a great principle nobly aT3rted; and.notwithstand-
ing every obstacle and impediment, right even-
tually triumphed. No true-hearted
.Englishman
would have desired that it had . been ;otherwise ;
and we can heartily and cordially concur in' cele-
brating that great epoch in the annals of freedom.
There can be nothing to warrant an imputation
against the courage of either party. Why, then,
should there be that extraordinary sensitiveness
on the part of our transatlantic .brethren to which
. one of their own most distinguished citizens
alluded ? Why should they be thin-skinned as to
any criticism on their foibles, or desire to avengo
an imaginary- slight on a *hole nation for
the fancied insult of an indi,vidnit? We believe
with General CADWALLADER 'that, if QuePn Vic•
TORIA travelled through any part of the United
States that her progress:would be treated with
as much enthusiasm qs in any part of' her own
dominions. The suggestion is well worthy of
attentive consideration, and, we have no doubt
that a Royal visit to New York and Washington
would be far more popular 'in this country than
, one to Vienna or Berlin. It may be
impossible to arrange tha indispensable pre -
liminaries during the present year, nor per-
haps would it be' desirable during triti.'occup.ation
of the White House by General Pizncz. Ba
when the existing clouds have vanished from the
political horizon, when the object Of such a jour-
ney conic' -not by !any ,`` -be misunder •
.
stood, then indee 1 vie should rejoice at a proceed-
' ing so calculated to produce- that which ought to
be the object of every citizen' of Great Britain
and the United. States, and so 'happily expressed
by General CADWA.LLADER, "frank, interomrsl,
cordial friendship, ana • perpetual., peace be-
tween them."

Dulwich College, then, is -still to be misma-
naged ! " GOD'S gift" is still to bo hoarded up
in one way, only to be squanderel in another !
The noble-hearted founder Of it, EDWARD AL -
LETX; stage-player and theatrical manager—the
GARRICK of the days of Queen ELIZABETH, the
friend and partner of NITILt.um SitaxsPEaE of the
Globe Theatre, and afterward3' New Plac‘,
Stratford upon=Avon=EDw4 ALL SYNE, act or
and philanthropist, is still to have his glorious
benefaction misapplied, is still to have it monopo
lised by greedy placemen and insatiable plural-
ists !

The first act of the very old and very dull
farce of "A Parliamentary Carrarnittee of Laves
tigation" was played !out is regatal•to Dalwiels
Ccllege on Wednesday afternoon: There was a
new oast of characters,. for this occasion only,
of course by particular desire, and the Cenereittei
in question was necessarily this time e
Committee of the House of Lords—there arts the
'Earl of HARROWS"( in the walking-gentleman's
part as Chairman, the rest of the motley dratnatii
pirsonce being enacted by H.R.H. the Dake of
CAMBRIDGE, by his Grace the Archbishop of CAN-
TERBURY, by the Right Hon. the Earl of MINTO,
assisted by the Right Hon. Lord MIDDLETON.
Why on earth Daorich College—founded tw
or three hundred years ago by a stage-player --
should be adjudicated upon, according to a very
tardy scheme of reorganisatien, by a high and
mighty conclave, c )mprising in a rather re
stricted group of five- individuals, a reyil Duke
an Archbishop, two Earls, and a B mon,
would certainly be somewhat difficult to con-
jecture. What, in the name of fortune, can
a Prince of the Blood' have to do with the be-
quests of excellent Master EDWARD ALLEYNE,
wore the sock and buskin for the delight of the
groundlings of Southwark in the days of the
'More ? Or what, again, for that matter, can
possibly be known upon the subject of the wshes,
and intentions, and sympathies orthe said Master
ALLEYNE, by the Right HOD. DIGBY WILLOUGHBY,
seventh Baron MIDDLETON.; by the Riglit•Hon.
DUDLEY RYDER, seconeE all of Milltown; or-by
the Right Hon. GILBERT ELLIOT M. KYNYNSIOND
Viscount MELOUND and Earl of MINTO. Te say
nothing at all about the most reverend father in
GOD, JOHN BIRD SUMNER, Primate of all England
and ArchbishOp* of Canterbury ! Nevertheless.H. R.
H., his Grace, and the three Right Honourahles,
being duly constituted into a Committee:of tb
House of Lords .to decide upon the most advisable
of certain proposed eehemes for the entire rem )-
delling of .pulwich CAlege, delibera e upon the
matter, hear counsel ueon the matter, ponder
weightilyover the matter, and, among other things,
arrive at this conclusion That the suggestion
submitted to them by Mr. Sergeant MEREWETHER
on the part of the members of the theatrical pro-
fession (EDWARD ALLEYNE's class, remember, not
the Committee's!) be peremptorily rejected I It Wai
a modest request enough (rather `" too" molest
we think), but it was the request neither of a
R.H. nor yet of an Archbishop, nor yet of a
snug party
of Right Henoura.bles : it was the re-
quest, in truth, simply, as we have sail, of cer
tain members of the theatrical profession—and
it was considered•by the C ;Inmates of the Reuse
of Lords on Wednesday afterhOon, and (of course)
—rejected ! We need hardly say in parenthesis
"of course." The thing is obvious. But having
learnt now the decision of the C enmittee,
wonder what Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, will think,
we wonder very much what CHARLES DICKENS
will say, ueon the matter ! So the affair ends,
however, for the present. Yet—Does it ?

The type of an historical nation dies out last
among the lower classes.. Long after the aristo-
cracy have been given iiveY to. their/ lusts, the
manhood and the manly virtues of the people sur-
vive. So history teaches, and
.we derlve'consola-
tion from the reflection. Oar Anglo-Sazon fore-
fathers, our anceetors, indeed, of a less remote
antiquity, wore distinguished by probity, manli-
ness, and a love of fair play. These are not the
characteristics by which our rulers and the govern-
inci• caste nowadays are to- be recognised. For
probity you look in vain in the s+tife of parties,
manliness you will hardly be able to trace in the

condition of, the weaker portion of the ruled, and

a love of fair play is, one would fancy, incom-
patible with that general lust of aggrandisement
to be gratified at any cost,, of which
the organs of the people.have so much reason to
complain. The masses, no doubt, are disfigured
Ly many vices, but you hear of no jacquerie, nor
any general desire to appropriate the property of
the rich among them. The coveters of other
men's rights and properties aro to be found is
high placet, a
clam which abounds in this world's

goods, and adds, acre to acre, and house to house,
and privilege to privilege, and not in that alike
destitute of either, and apparently privileged only

to grunilalecwitirout means of redress.
S. o g a 3 the masses are soundikeirted there
is ho sor any country, and it were-idle. to dream
of despair of ours. But the present aspect of
" high and mighty" degeneracy and the state of
public opinion are far from encouraging. Con-
fining our view to matters in which public recrea-
tion and instructien are at st,ke what do we find ?
Why, systematic encroachment on the -rights
and privileges of the people. In all but the very
highest quarter we find a barefaced attempt—so
far frustrated—to appropriate the National Gal-
lery ; in effect to take possession of it, carry it
off, and shut the doors against those for whose
recreation and benefit it was mainly intended.
With such proof of the state of feeling in a high
quarter, further enhanced by the servile subser-
viency which it successfully challenged in quar-
ters from which better things might have been
expected, who can ,be surprised at the precarious
tenure on which the public hold their parks and
other places of recreation? " There is something
rotten in the state of Denmark," and if we would
not have the gangrene to spread, the most ener-
getic measures should be taken to oppose its pro-
gress, dangerous as it is to well-ordered liberty
and, the . general welfare of the country. The
leaders of the people can hardly adopt too decided
means, provided they be constitutional, to array
the masses in an. attitude of self-defence, which

must be respected.
At the present moment Victoria Park is
threatened with encroachment, and the fate Of
Hampstead-heath trembles in the balance. To
think of the condition of the population in the
neighbourhood of the, above park, puling, white,-
faced creatures, many of them stout only
. .
in an English heart, with its powers
of endurance, and then hear of the scanty acreage
grudgingly allotted them on which to get a breath
of Heaven's air, being narrowed for building pur-
poses ! Why, it is enough to make a man doubt
whether there be a F!RQVIDENUE really recognised
this country 'or not. It ought to shock the
rudest feeling and brand with shame the indivi-
dual who could conceive such a project, or placidly
entertain it. Yet, for many .'a long day, and to
this hour, Victoria-park has' .been, and is, in
danger. Surely, it is time for 'the people and their
friends to bestir themselves. As for Hampstead-
heath, we are afraid it will be sacrificed to a
Judaical observance_of a principle. The people,
it seems, according to some, ought only, and must
only, have it preserved through the instrumen-
tality of the Metropolitan B3ard. of Works. Are
they likely to have it preserved that way ? We
are afraid, from all we Iknow and have observed,
Ihey-are not, and for the life of us we can see
so `reason why voluntary effort should not
step in and insure the perpetual possession of the
Heath by the people, by buying up all claims
upon it. We may be in error ; but remembering
. what has been effected by this means, looking at
The announcmnent the other day of 20,0001.
having just been contributed by two nobleman
only for the erection of churches in the metropolis,
and also at the annual amounts subscribed for reli-
gious and charitable purposes, we do not believe
we are. We will' go further, and say no hotter
way, no way more graceful, effectual, and becom-
ing, could be adopted. Of all things we should
like to see the pevle doing al much as possible
.for themselves, and shaMing their representatives,
if need be, into enterprise and persistent action.
" The letter killeth, the spirit maketh alive."

Tho Queen has conferred the title and dignity of Barn-
et of, the United Kingdom :on Sir Allan M`Nab, late
Priine Minister in Canada.

A Clhinet Council wa4 held, on Saturday afternoon,
t the Foreign-office, Downing-street. Tha Counoil,sat.
two hours. „
Toe coronation of the •Zraperor of Russia is• positively
flicA for the 16th of lingust.
The D sehese of 'AI mtebello widow of . Marsha'
Cannes, died yesterday in Paris.
C .rd Bowden, the E:,glisti Ambassador k Spain, has
i:ed at. Bar) n ne.
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The Coministioners for the Reduction of the Naional
-tat had a quarterly: meeting on Saturday.
T .e members of the royal family of Piedmont left
Tin ,n the. 2 I, on an excursion to the Lino Maggiore.
Mlle: crez has just signed an engagement with the
director of the Opera Coniique for, five years.
The .saitsbury an i Wirmins'er',ltailway it now open
for traffic.
The Italian Opera at Vienna clOsed on Monday last ;
it is stetted that Mme. Borglii Main° started iinmetha,t,ly
f,r London, heiug engaged at b,r Majesty's Theatre.
M no. Bizic and other Italian artistes are expected is
Parrs en route for Russia for the approach-
ing c-ronation. -
A letter from Naples in OA Risoigimento of. Turin
'states that here . are .constant frays at' Messina be-
tween the people and the police..
Baroness Vt4ker (Adlie. Qruvelli) passed -through
Brn-: els three days ago on her way to Westphalia, to
join her
Tae'clemand for gold for the purchase of silver on the
eko tinenk eontioues, and a further some of nearly
100,000/. was taken from the Bank on Saturday..
A despatc i from t h Captain-General of Barcelona de-
oies the ructcair pf disturbances having taken place in
that city. The Captain-General declares that he is not
apprehensive of ,ny serious disturbances in Catalonia.
Tits sff.A.LtaN Itair,*a.Y.-:--Tbe Tuscan Moniteur an-
nounces that 6.804,000 f. deposit has been lodged by
\teems. Rothschild, of Paris, for the • Great Central
Italian Rill way. .-

Mtre. Go'dschmidt (Jenny Lind) was expected at the
clo e of the present week in Paris, and has probably
already arrived. There is gut, we understand, the least
probabtliGy of her being heard in public.
Toe specie arrivals of the past week have amounted
to 630.00'0/., including 330,0001. in silver. Tha exports
arp eat mated at 1,000,000/ , of which 770,060/. consisted

The a* npany of Franr_h comedians have .just sailed
f o IL. r t,;t lii Janeiro. Toe number of the whole.
t •eigie is not rnention:d, but there were no less thaii
'pine actresses.

A 'pdzi hniving be m offerefl for the best poem in
French on the subjfct Of the 25th anniversary of the
ac ;essinil of the King of the Belgians, 156•piecc.4 have
been Pent in.

At the half-yearly meeting ,of the Dublin and Gla,szow
Steam P.ek.t C mipany, held at Dublin, on Thursday,
a dividervi at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, frac of
income tax, wav declare].

„ •
-An itop.4cant modification of the postal cony ion
between Great Britain andtrance: has just been .agieed
upon, by which the” postage between Englancriind
France and Italy, will be reduced.
•
A letter from St. Petersburg: states that the Russian
Imperial Guard have gone into mourning for three Says
in compliment to their COmmander•G-eneral Piutliger,
who has r,contiv died at CarlSbad. • 4.
Tht °Peal Verona 4 Gazette of the 2d states th. -Rn the
occasion of the confinement of The•Empre:s of 4uofiia,
numerous acts of clemency will be announced thiAigh-
• /
out all the pr winces of. the Atte flan empire.
A. depitatien of the ExeCutive C)mmittee of tlif;.Man-
c.;es:er Exiohition of Art Treasures, 1857, had' an in-
terview with Viscount Pal mer: te._ on Sahli' Jay.- Time
deputation consiited 'of Mr. Thomas Fairbairn (chair-
man), Mr. lieron, arid Mr. Stern.,
Tug Boy JoNEs.—The "boy Jones," of Buckingham
Palate n itoriety, is now undergoing punishmentiAlhe-
Devonport Gaol, for stealiag from the house of AINor-
Gmneral" Eden, the .commanders-cliief. of
.the western •
distect. ,
The celebrated clown A:uriol, for go many yeacs,
delight of the frequenters of Franconi's, is about tO:ipen
at Rouen a theatre under the name of the "kriffes
A.nglAis-Itmentais." It is to be distinguished i 9 pairti-
en'ur by; the talent of the clowris:engaged.
The. Reform Club dinner to Si- Wiliaing, of re,
I- fis.cd for Saturday next, the 124 b July. when .
Willia od wi I in all likelihood be the Reform member, ,
for Calte. Sir A. C•tckburn will predde, aid The
vief, pr,11441,,nts will be Mr. Shaft@ Adair, M.P., and Mr.
Michael %F.% M.P.
1441 V ROSIAN' CATHOLIC. ClitmoH.—The • foundation
at roe 0' a re v Itotean Catholic church at Ply,M9.nth
i'vg. a' 461 on. Saturday by the Rev. Dr. W. Vaughan,Bishop of Piyuiouth.'-' 'of the intended
ehur.:h is on ati elevation to the north of Union and
Kiiig Atreetg.

REPRENENTITION OP FRO3IR.-I,ol'd Edward Thimno
the s rvative cAndidate for the represeptation
s)f this borough. The noble earl has commenced
his canvass of the elector§, and the contest is expested
0 exe-iediugly close. Mr. D. Nicoll and the Hon.
Major Boyle are also personally soliciting the vot s of the
donsti'liency.
PROROGATION .01P PARLlAMENT.—Notwithstanfling
the positive assertions which are going the round Or the
public journals, to' the effect, that Parliament will be
prorogued on Thursday, the 24th instant, we can affirm;
in the most confident terms, that, as at presant intended,
the prorogation will not taste E. ace bcfor3 ThursUa'
the 31st.—.3forn4ng Adverlivr.

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