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

TTII3 EVENING,

The Romantic Equestrian 4nectacle called THE HORSE OF THE
CAVERN, or the Mounted Brigands of the Abruzzi, with Mr. W.
Cooke's stud of trained docile horses.

After which.

The incomparable Equestrian Display of EQUERTMAN ART in
the ARENA. The novel and miraculous performance of the German
Brothers.

To conclune with
THE FESTIVAL OF FEACE ; or Honour to the Brave.
Rox-oftice open fnni. Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W
Weft. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke. Jun.

RIGEL WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

Tun DAY--Morn. 3 min. aft. s—Evening 21 min. aft. 5
'lh•MOSßow—Morn. 41 min. aft. s—Evening 59 min. aft. 5

CAE WEA.TITER--Sux Opines, JULY 6.
TAIRMONICTER, IN TUN SHAWL
72 —htglien since noon yesterday.
iii -lowt•st this morning and during the night.
72 --ttkii day at noon.

3ATIOMBTER-20-09.
vvmpo, W.N. W.— Fresh, with cloudy, but fine sunshiny
weather. Slight rain Into in the evening.

JULY 7.

it —highest ;inch noon yesterday.
58 ,3tmit this morning and c-inr:ng the night.
66 —thc. gIA7 at IMOtt.

liAitemET 29 78 n ng, rapidly.
WIND, S.W.—Light, with dull cloudy weathsr and
some rain.

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LONDON, MONDNY, JULY 7,1856.

If every American citizen. resembled Mr.
GEQ/iCIL PEABODY there would he but little dam-
` 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
Princes," has sedulously endeavoured to cultivate
the feelings of amity that ought to be maintained
betvreen both Countries. Possessed of a princely
fortune he has usial it like a Prince, and by ex_
traordinary liberality, vntlemanly demeanour,
and thorough integrity of conduct and purpose,
has elevated the transatlantic character in th,-
eyes of all who have oad the honour of his pmr-
s-onal acquaiarance, or thr god fortune of beiee..
brought in epithet with hill. Re has resid:ld
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 man, the
noblest of all titles, who on Fri lay last, the 80th
annivenary of the Declaration of the Independence
of the United States, assembled a mixed party of
American and English citizens at the Star and.
Garter, c.i. RA 1.
__.mond, to part tke of his magnificent
• hospitality in celebration of that auspicious event.
The -.ll64'ABobv B inquest, or fete of the 4th July,
has heeneae an established institution. Inaugu-
rated in it has continued under various
phases to the present day ; but no one, whether
llnglish. or American, ever participated therein
without desiring 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 he way
associated. "The Iron Duke" himself has as-
slated ill-one of th-ese- 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..PELBODY, by which he was en-
abled to discover the real sentiments of England
towards " the States" and " the Statesmen."

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 good-will" towards all.
We should scarcely 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 consideration of the
points in dispute in a proper spirit of mutual for-
bearance and mutual conciliation to bring every
difference to a happy and honourable termination.
The name of the immortal WASHINGT•N 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 asserted, 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 avenge
an imaginary slight on a whole nation for
the fancied insult of an individual? Wo believe
with General CADWALLADER that if Queen Vie-
TORI& travelled through any part of the United
States that her progress would be treated with
as much enthusiasm as 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 the indispensable pre-
liminaries during the present year, uor per-
haps would it be desirable during the occupation
of the White House by General PIERCE. But
when the existing clouds have vanished from the
political horizon, when the object of such a jour-
ney could not by any possibility be misunder-
stood, then indeed we 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 CADWALLADEE, " frank intercourse,
cordial friendship, ana perpetual peace be-
tween them."

Dulwich College, then, is still to be misma-
naged ! " GOD'S gift" is still to be hoarded up
in one way, only to be squandered in_ another !
The noble-hearted founder of it, EDWARD AL-
LETNE, stage-player and theatrical manager—the
GARRICK of the days of Queen ELIZABETH, the
friend amd partner of WILLIAM SHAKSPEUE of the
Globe Theatre, and afterwards of New Plac3,
Stratford-upon-Avon—EDWARD ALLEYNE, actor
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 Committee of Inves•
tigation" was played rout in regard to Dulwich
College on Wednesday afternoon. There was a
new cast of characters, for this occasion only,
of course by particular desire, and the Committee
in question was necessarily this time a
Committee of the House of Lords—there Was the'
Earl of itARBOWNY in the walking-gentleman's
part as Chairman, the rest of the motley dramatis
persona being enacted by H. R.H. the Duke 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 Dulwich College—founded two
or three hundred years ago by a stage-playek --
should be adjudicated upon, according to a very
tardy scheme of reorganisation, by a high and
mighty conclave, comprising in a rather re-
stricted group of five individuals, a royal Duke,
an Archbishop, two Earls, and a Baron,
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 ALLEYNR, Who
wore the sock and buskin for the delight of the
gsoundlings of Southwark in the days of the
Tudors ? Or what, again, for that matter, .can
possibly be known upon the subject of the wishes,
and intentions, and sympathies of the said Master
ALLEYNE, by the Right Hon. DlGny WILLOUGIIRY,
seventh Baron MinnrArro.N, by the Right Hon.
DUDLEY _RYDER., second Earl of HARROWS; or by
the Right
tale Hon. GILBERT ELLIOT M. KYNYNMOND
Viscount MELfIUND and Earl of MINTO. To say
nothing at all about the most reverend father in
Goi, JOTIN BIRD SUMNER, Primate of all England
and Arclibiihop of Canterbury ! Nevertheless H.R.
H., his Grace, and the three Right Honourable',
being duly constituted into a Committee of the
House of Lords to decido upon the most advisable
of certain proposed schemes for the entire rem
dolling of Dulwich College, deliberate upon the
matter, hear counsel u:eori the matter, ponder
weightilyover the matter, and, among other things,
arrive at this conclusion That the suggestion.
sub _uitted to them by Mr. Sergeant MEREWETHEIt
on the part of the members of the theatrical pro-
fession (Dwane ALLEYNE'S class, remember, not
the Committee's!) be peremptorily rejected ! It was
a modest request enough (rather " too" modest
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 Ronourables : it was the re-
quest, in truth, simply, as vrto have said, of
.ur.
tain raemb?rs of the theatrical profession—and
it was considered by the Committee of the House
of Lords on Wednesday afternoon, and (of course)
—rejected ! We need hardly say in parenthesis
;:aorfct now the
" The thing is obvious. But having
n
the decision of the Committee, Iv.)
wonder what Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER. will think,
we wonder very much what Mr. CHARLES DICKENS
will say, upon 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 over to their Naas, the
manhood and the manly virtues of the peop.le sur-
vive. So history teaches, and we derive cotoolae.
tion from the reflection. Our A.nglo-Saxon fore-
fathers, our ancestors, indeed, of a less remote
antiquity, were distinguished by probity, manli-
ness, and a love of fair play. These are not the
characteristics by which our rulers and the govern-
ing caste nowadays are to be recognised. For
probity you look in vain in the strife 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-
patiblewith that general lust of aggrandisement
to be gratified at any cost, of which
the organ, of the people have so much reason to
complain.
.. The masses, no
doubt, are disfigured
l'Y many vices, but you hear of no jacquerie, nor
any general desire to appropriate the property of
the rich among them.
men's rights and propertL* The coveters of other
men's are to be found in
high places, a class which abounds 'in this world's 1

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 grumble without means of redress.
So long as the masses are sound-hearted there
is hope for any country, and it were idle to dream
of despair of ours. But the present aspect of
" high and mighty" degeneravy and the state of
public opinion are far from encouraging. Con-
fining our view to matters in which public recrea-

tion and instruction are at stake 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 PROVIDENCE really recognised
in 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, lin

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 Board of Works. Are
they likely to have it preserved that way ? We
are afraid, from all we know and have observed,
they are not, and for the life of us we can see
no 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 announc3ment the other day of 20,0001.
having just been contributed by two noblemen
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 better
way, no way more graceful, effectual, and becom-
ing, could be adopted. Of all things we should
like to see the people doing as much as possible
for themselves, and shaming their representatives,
if need be, into enterprise and persistent action.
" The letter killetli; the 'Spirit maketh alive."

The. Queen has conferred the title and dignity of Baro-
net of the United Kingdom on Sir Allan Nl‘Nab, late
Prime Minister in Canada.
A Cabinet Council was held, on Saturday afternoon,
at the Foreign•office, DoWning-street. The Council 'eat
two hours.

Toe coronation of thiEinperor of Rtissia is positively
fixed for the 16th of August.
The Duchess of .Montebello, widow of Marshal
Lances, died yesterday in Paris..
Lord Howden, the Euglish Ambassador in Spain, has
arrived at Bayonne. •
The Cunentissionere for the Reduction of the National
Deht had a quarterly meeting on Saturday.
Toe ineinbeie:of the 'royal Piedmont left
Turin on the 21, on art.o*our4ioni to the Lego IfiggiOre.
21114; Ouprez has just signed .an engagement with the.
director of theSlOera Conliqueltir five years.
The ttallibury and Warminster Railway is now open
for traffic.
The Italian Opera at Vienna closed on Monday last ;
it is stated that Mme. Borghi Mamo started immediately
fur London, being engaged at her Majesty's Theatre.
Mue. Bizio and other Italian artistes are expected in
Parrs immediately, ea route for Russia for the approach-
ing coronation.
A. letter from Naples in the Risorgzmento of Turin
states that there are constant frays at Messina be-
tween the people and the police.
Baroness Vigier (Nldlie. Cruvelli) passed through
Eru*els three days ago on her way to Westphalia, to
join her family. •
The demand for gold for the purchase of silver on the
~tinent continues, and a further some of nearly
100,0001. was taken from the Bank on Saturday.
A despatch from the Captain-General of Barcelona de,
nies the Tumour of disturbances having taken place in
that city. The Captain-General declares that he is not
apprehensive of any serious disturbances in Catalonia.
Tut; ITALIAN R.utwAx.—Tlie Tit:scan Moniteur an-
nounces that 6.804,000 f. deposit has been lodged by
Messrs. Rothschild, 'of Paris, for the Great Central
Italian Railway.
Mme. Goldschtnidt (Jenny Lind) was expected at the
came of the present week in Paris, and has probably
already arrived. There is not, we understand, the least
probability of her being heard in public.
The specie arrivals of the past week have amounted
to (330.0001.. including 330.000/. in silver. The exports
are est. mated at 1,000,0001., of which 770,000/. consisted
of ..„, yen
The co npany of French comedians have just sailed
fro.“ dust, for Rio Janeiro. The number of the whole
t'vzipe is not mentioned, but there were no less than
nine actresses.
A prize having bean'` offered for the best poem in
French on the subject of the 25th anniversary of 'the.
ac3ession of the King of the Belgians, 156 pieces have
been cent in.

At tb• half-yearly meeting of the Dublin and Glaszow

Steam PacketC.impany, held at Dublin, on Thursday,
a dividend at the rate of 6 per.cent. per annum, free ef
income tar, declare].
An imp ,rtant modification of the postal convention
between Great Britain and France has just been azteed"
upon, by which the postage between England -and
France and Italy, will be reduced.
A letter from St. Petersburg states that the Russian.
Imperial Guard have gone into mourning for three days
in compliment to their Commander-General Rudiger;
w t3O ham recently died at Carlsbad..

'The Official •Verona Gazette of the 2d states that on the
occasion of the cnnfinement of the Empress of Austria.,
nut nerous acts of clemenoy will be announced through.
out all the provinces of the Aus•rian empire.
A. deputation of the Executive Committee of the Man-
ch&er Exnioition of Art Treasures, 1857, had an in-
terviavr with ViscOunt Palmerston on Saturday. The
deputation consisted of Mr. Thomas Fairbairn (chair-
man), Mr. Heron, and Mr. Stern.
Tin; Bov Jornts.--The "boy Jones," of Buckingham
Palace notoriety, is now undergoing punishment in the
Devonp'ort Gaol, for stealing from the house of Major-
Oeneral Eden, the commander-in-chief of the western
distinct.
The cerebrated clown Auriol, for so many years the
delieht of the frequenters of Franconrs, is about to open
at Rouen a theatre under the name of the " Bouffes
Anglais-R ouennais."
It is to be distinguished in parti-
cular by ti le talent of the clowns engaged.
The Ref orm-Club dinner to Sr W. Williams, of Kars,
is fixed for Saturday next, the 12th July, when Sir W.
Williams a 'EI in all likelihood be the Reform member
`or Caine. Sir A. Cockburn' will preside, and the
v, ce presid4mts will be Mr. Shaft() Adair, M.P., and .
,heel Bass, M.P.
N Roswr CATHOLIC CHURCH.—The foundation
stone of a ne v Roman Catholic church at Plymouth
was ja. Id on Saturday by the Rev. Dr. W. Vaughan,
c
4, the $. ;shop of Plymouth." The site of the intended
is on an elevation to the north of Union and
King R tree "L .

ep "cieofrAvTaftoiN OF
vecaFnßciOft.e—fLord Edward
ortherepresentationll is Rth-i
of thi s borotll• The noble earl hag commenced
his ca avass of the electors, and the contest is expected
!o bet .reendingly close. Mr. D. Nicoll and the Hon,
Major .:Boyle Aye also personally soliciting the votes of the
const, ,tnency. ,
Plt OROGATION OF PARLlAMENT.—Notwithstanding
the 1 ,eraive assertions which are going the round of the
publ is journals, to the effect, that Parliament will be
pror oguod on Thursday, the 24th instant, we can affirm,
in t' 10 most confident terms, that, as at present intended,
the prorogation will not take place before Thursday
the —Moritittg Adverttier.