The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-20 00:00:00

ACALISTA.

FIRST TABLEAU—Terpsichore, Madlle. Rolla ; Acalista,
Madame Pares. Nena; Aglaia, Thalia, and Euphrosyne, Mdlle.
Miehelet, Mdlle. Karliski, and Mdlle. Brunetti; Amyntas,
M. Baratti.
SECOND TABLEAU—(The Vision Realised).— Seville.—
Acalista, Madame Perea Nena; Conchitti and Carmen, Mdls.
Pasquali and Morlacchi ; Pepe, M. Gambardelli ; Manolo,
M. Massot. Spaniards.
Far particulars, see bills.
A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been
specially reserved for the public, and may be had on applic?,
ton at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket.
Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Piccolomini, Alboni, Spezia, Ginglini, Belletti, Bc-
neventano, and Vialetti.
THURSDAY, May 2I—LA TRAVlATA.—Piccolomini,
Ginglini, and Beneventano.
SATURDAY, May 23— IL TROVATORE—Spezia, Alboni,
Ginglini, Beaeventano, and 'Vial etti.
To conc'ude (each evening) with the entirely new Ballet,
by M. Massot. entit'ed ACALISTA.
"Lucia di Lammermoor" will be repeated the following
week.

Fo► pArticulars see bills.
A limited number of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have
been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on ap-
plication at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay-
market.
Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each.

nER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE.

MONDAY, JUNE 1.
Piccolomini, Alboni, Spezia, Ortolani, Ginglini, Reichardt,
Bottardi, Beneventano, Belletti.
To meet the many applications that have been made, and
to accommodate the numerous families resident in the en-
virons, a GRAND EXTRA PERFORMANCE will take place
on MONDAY MORNING, June 1.
Full particulars will be duly announced,

NEW and AMUSING 2s. BOOKS for THE
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With a large variety of others, of which a list may be had.
Lambert and Co., 13, King William-street,
_Strand; and all Rail-
ways.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Under the Immediate Patronage of her
Majesty the QUEEN, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Cambridge.
Mr. BENEDICT begs respectfully to announce that, in lieu
of his Annual Concert, he has made arrangements with the
Direction to give THREE GRAND MUSICAL FESTIVALS,
Dramatic. Classical, and Miscellaneous, on WEDNESDAY
MORNINGS, June 10, 24, and July 8.
The artists will include Madlle. Piccolomini, Madlle. Maria
Spezia, Madlle. Angiola Ortolani, and Madame Alboui ;
Signor Antonio Giuglini, Herr Reichardt, Mr. Charles Bra-
ham, Signor Belletti, Signor Beneventano, Signor Napoleone
Rossi, Signor Giovanni Corsi, and Signor Filippo Vialetti.
Instrumental Performers :---Pianoforte, Madame Clara
Schumann and Miss Arabella, Goddard, Messrs. Andreoli,
Benedict, and Lindsay Sloper. Violin, Herr Ernst and M.
Bazzini. Violoncello, Signor Piatti. Double Bass, Signor
Bottcsini. One portion of the Concert will be conducted by
Signor Bonetti, and another by M. Benedict, supported by
the Chorus and Orchestra of that great musical establish-
ment.
The Programme will include Mendelssohn's posthumous
finale to the Opera of LORELEY, performed for the first
time in England on the stage, and other important works.
Instrumental performers of the greatest eminence have
been secured. Full particulars willbe duly announced. The
performances have been fixed to commence at Two, and ter-
minate at Five o'Clock.
Subscription Tickets (Transferal le) for the Three Con-
certs :—Private Boxes to hold Four Persons ; Boxes—Pit
Tier, Cl. 6s. ; Grand Tier, Si-. S4s. ; Firs:: Tier, 6/. 6s. ; Two
Pair, 41 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 31. 34. ; Pit Stalls, 2/. ; Pit,
159. ; Gallery Stills, 10s. ; Gallery, ss. Peces for Each
Single Concert : Private Boxes to hold Four Persons : Boxes
—Pit Tier, 3/ 3s. ; Grand T'er, 4/. 4s. ; First Tier, 31. 3s. ;
Two Pair, 2/. 2s. ; Upper Boxes, 1/, lie. tid : Pit Stalls, 11.
; Pit, 7s. ; Gallery Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, 2s. 6d. Appli-
cation for tickets may be made at all the principal Lib-
rarians' and Musicsellers' ; of Mr. Benedict, 2, Manchester-
square ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre.

LES BOUFFES PARISIENS-St. JAMES'S
THEATRE. - FIRST REPRESENTA-
TION, THIS EVENING (WEDNESDAY), May 20.-
1. M'STEU LANDRY, Operette, 1 Acte.--2. LES DEUX
AVEUGLES, Bouffonnerie, Musicale, 1 Acte. Musique de
Offenbach.-3. BA-TA-CLAN, Chinoiserie Musicale, 1 Acte.
Musique de Offenbach. Principal Characters by Messrs. Pra-
dean, Guyot, Gerpre, and Leonce ; Mescllles. Dalmont, Mare
chal, Belnoir, and Mace—their first appearance in this coun-
try. The Orchestra of.the Thestre des Bouffes will accom-
pany these Representations, under the direction of the
popular composer, M. OffenbaA—To commence at half-past
8 o'clock. _ _ _

This Engagement being limited to one month, Performances
will be given EVERY EVENING.
Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's
Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street.

THE A TRE-R 0 Y L, DRURY-LANE
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.

OPEN EVERY EVENING.

GREAT EQUESTRTAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL
COMPANY, under the direction of Miss Ella.
Prices—Pit and Promenade, is ; BOKCI, 2s. 6d.. 25., and ls.
; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence

at S.
First Equestrian Artistes in the World : —Madame Schap-
lain Madame Nensome, La Petite Wells, Signora Delavanti,
and Miss Ella ; Miss E. J. Wells, Mdllos. Flora, Fabia, and
and Marie, Misses Nensome. Moffatt, Delavanti, Potter, Jen-
nings ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Wells, A. Wells, E.
Moffatt, Menrico and Carlo Delavanti, Sig. Felix Delavanti,
Mons. Becq, Mons. Ferdinand, Mons. Eugene, Mr. Tom
Swann, Mr. B. Fuller, Mr. W. Fuller, and the great Shaks-
perian Clown, Wallets, will appear each evening in a series of
Performances, original and unapproachable. Director—Mr.
Stokes, Acting Manager—Mr. E, Stirling.

OVAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE,
It) THIS EVENING will be performed
Shakespero's trigecly of
KING RICHARD THE SECOND.
King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean.
Preceded by a new Farce, in one act, called
AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE.

THEATRE ROY AL, TIAVMARKET.
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
NEW ARRASIEMENT OF PRICES OF ADMISSION.
pTIIIS EVENING (May 21) to commence at Seven o'clock,
with SITE STOOPS TO CONQUER.
After which, the successful Classical Love Story, un-
der the Apple-lation of ATALA,NTA • or, The Three Golden
Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M.
Wilton, and hfiss Ellen Ternan.
To conclude with AS LIKE AS TWO PFAS.
In future the prices will be :
Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the
evening), es. each. (No charge for booking.)
First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d.
Dress Boxes
Upper Boxes ....... ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0
Pit....
Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 (i
Upper Gallery 0 €No half-price to Upper Gallery.

HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI,
Lessee—fir. Ben. Webster.

THIS EVENING, will he performed a new and original
drama, entitled JOSEPH CHAVIGNY ; or, Under the
Thumb, Ben. Webster, Paul Bedford, Madame Celeste, dlc.

Followed by a new Farce, called FEARFUL TRAGEDY
IN THE SEVEN DIALS.
To conclude with the new and original domestic sketch,
entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright,
Mr. Paul Bedford, &c.

OYAL SURREY THEATRE,
.01 Leggeeq, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick.
THIS EVENING will be performed HAMLET. Mr.
Creswick, Sze.
After which, THE THREE WONDERS OF PEKIN.
To conclude with 102 ; or, The Veteran and his Progeny.
Mr. Widdicomb, &c.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE,
Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EVENING will he performed a new drama,
called DADDY HARD ACRE. Mr. Robson, Sze.
To conclude with YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs
Robson, G. Murray, &c.
Commence at half-past Seven.

TRAND TELE ATRE.—lllnaf.,/er' Mr. T.
• PavnP.—THIS EVENING will be performed
THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. Messrs. J. Neville, G. Lee, W.
Suter, Howard, Wilstone, and Miss Cuthb,rt.
After which, ROLFE'S G )SSIPING CONCERT.
Followed by OVER THE WAY. Mr. Kiuloch, Mrs.
Woollidge, and Miss Craven.
Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls, ;
Gallery, Cd.

iSTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE
_ ANT) OPERA HOUSE.

—•— -- .
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
Ml'. WILLIAM COOKE begs to announce that THIS
EVENING (Wednesday), •1 l '
time at this theatre, 17 y),.,wil he produced, for the third
TO
; er, The * Verdi 'a far-famel Opera of IL TROVA-
s Veegeance. The whole of the
Recitatives and Music as
with Grand Equestrian Illustrations,PerfrmoNd
eawt
setheenelrtya,licaonstOnpmeeras:
and Appointments.
The following celebrated Artistes are engaged :--
Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Mr. Augustus Braham
E Miss Marian Edwards, 34 B ,
Mr, rookhouFe Bowler,
3liss M. Somers, Mr. Francis Kirby,
and Mr. J. A. Leffler and
".- .hiss Fanny Huddart. :',lr. Borrani. '
Composer and Director--Herr Meyer Lutz.
Manager and Director of the Opera—Mr. Augustus Braharn.
To conclude with Peerless and Classic SCENES in the
CIRCLE, by the First Artistas in the World.
Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper
Boxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 2 !s., no charge for booking;
Pit, 2a. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d.
Notice—During the Opera Season Half-price will take place
at 9 o'clock.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager,
Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

that this proceeding could only be instituted by the

woman ; and no one who knows anything of the fe-
male character knows that she would be easily
prompted to institute proceeding of this kind! I am
satisfied that every man who has studied the
female character can suppose that nothing but a
long, deliberate, and hopeless case of adultery would
lead her to comelbeforc the Court for a divorce."

There is true wisdom in the words of this
venerable Senator. " All that a woman holds
dear is at stake," and it will not be until reforma-
tion is hopeless, and reconciliation ienprac`.icable,
that the irrevocable step will be taken. We
venture to assert that, in the overwhelming ma-
jority of cases, the injured woman will be satisfied
with the minor remedy which permits her to live
separate and apart from the wrong-doer. But if
she should seek more perfect independence—if she
should desire to unite her fortunes with one
from whose affection and love she could anti-
cipate a return of that happiness of which she
had been deprived, it would be alike cruel and
unjust to deprive her of the chance.
We think also that wilful desertion should fur-
nish a ground of divorce to either party. If a
man forgets his obligations—if a woman her nup-
tial vows—they should not be forced to continue
in the unhallowed union. The practise of Scot-
land, and of the -United States, proves that there
is no serious danger to be apprehended from the
adoption of a more extended remedy I
We trust that the passing of the measures sug-
gested by Lord BROUGHAM and Sir ERSKINE
PERRY, may render it unnecessary to carry the
portion of Lord ORANWORTH'S bill relating
to the wife's property and the
.wife's earn.
ings. These should—save in the event of a
sclemn prenuptial settlement, be secured to herself
for her own separate use, although the husband
had not gone to the extent of abandoning, and
leaving her dependent on her own resources for a
protracted period. The amendments of which
Lord LYNDHURST has given notice, will render the
bill really beneficial, and we trust that they may
be carried, and that the ameliorated measure may
receive the Legislative sanction even within the
present Session.

The first great trial of strength has taken
place between her MAJESTY'S Government and
her MAJESTY'S Opposition, on a question of com-
paratively trivial importance, so far as the pecu-
niary amount is concerned, but one of vast conse-
quence to the peac4 and tranquillity of the Sister
Kingdom. The Honourable Gentleman, the
Member for Cork, has obtained a great triumph
in carrying, by so decisive a majority, the measure
with which his name has long been identified !
And Ministers, while allowing him to retain the
!amour, gave that honest and energetic support
which ensured the glorious result. After the di-
vision that took place, the matter is virtually dis-
posed of, and henceforward " Ministers' Money,"
as it was termed in Ireland, will be numbered
with bygone grievances.
It was Sergeant, now Mr. Commissioner, Mun-
RELY who first directed public attention to the
anomaly. It was that honourable and learned
gentleman who sowed the good seed which has
now produced such excellent fruit, and he
found a worthy coadjutor and successor in
Mr. FAGAN, who carefully tended the promising
plant until the hour of fruition. The speech of
the Hon. Gentleman last night was all that could
be desired, and he paid a well-merited compliment
to Lord PA.LMERSTON and his coadjutors in refe-
Irenco to their conduct on the question.

It was not the least vexatious circumstance in
relation to the impost that it applied only to
eight cities and towns, viz., Dublin, Cork, Water-
ford, Limerick, Clonmel, Kilkenny, Drogheda, and
Kinsale ; while Belfast, Enniskillen, and other
flourishing towns in all parts of Ireland were ex-
empted. The Roman Catholic inhabitants saw not
only their co-religionists, but even the Protestant in-
habitants of Protestant towns freed from the
burden to which they had been subjected by the
act of that pious and moral Sovereign CHARLES
11., and the " iron entered more deeply into their
souls." It was not merely a question of L. S. D.
The mode of collection was far more annoying
than the mere amount, and the peace and tran-
quility of the sister kingdom was imperilled for
a paltry sum of 12,5001. when there was an am-
ple and legitimate fund from which it could be
defrayed without injustice or injury even to life
interests.

The act of 1354 scarcely improved the state of
affairs. It is true that it removed the difficulty
from individual ratepayers to the Corporations
of the towns that had obtained such unauspicious
notice. But aldermen and town-councillors
were merely men, subject to all the passions of
humanity, and in many instances they refused to
make themselves the agents for collecting the
obnoxious impost, knowing that " the rose by any
other name would smell as sweet," and that it signi-
fied but little, when the hard cash was extract3d
from the pockets of the people, whether it was
designated as " municipal rates" or " ministers'

money."
, Indeed, the recipients, the clergymen who were
entitled to receive it, were amongst the most earnest
applicants for redress. They had legal rights
which they could not enforce—the very demand
whereof placed them in an invidious posi-
tion, and materially deteriorated from their
utility. The friends and supporters of
the Established Church in Ireland, have still
greater cause to hail the abolition of the unjust
and impolitic impost than its most strenuous
opponents, inasmuch as it removes what must be
a fertile cause of discord—a source of weakness
to the Church, while it was a formidable instru-
ment in the hands of its adversaries.
The Report of the Select Committee of the House
of Commons placed this matter in its true light.
It contained the following remarkable passage :
"It is not an exaggeration to say that popular
odium attaches to this tax ; nor is it to those by
whom it is paid that this antipathy is confined.
This source of livelihood is an object of dislike to
the clergy, by whom it is most painfully collected
from the reluctant and the poor. Several clergy-
men have been examined in the course of
this inquiry, all of whom concur in the expres-
sion of a strong desire on their own part
and on the part of the clergy that some
substitute for ministers' money may be provided."
It 'also stated that " many clergymen had
abandoned the attempt to collect their income in
this form, because they felt it would deprive
them of all chance of influence as Christian
pastors over those to whom they wished to minis-
ter ; and that it would bring them into constant
hostility with those with whom
*they desired to
live in peace and amity."
There is no desire on the part of the advocates
of the measure to deprive the present incumbents
of their revenues, but there is a proper fund
on which it should fall. The revenues in the
hands of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners are
ample for every purpose, and there is none to
which they can be more fittingly applied than in
removing the constant cause of vexatious litigati
and promoting peace and good will amongst mull
We congratulate Mr. FAGAN. We congratulate
LOrd, PALMERSTON and the Government. We

ions !

CA.NTEREIJ RY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
i‘lz company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
eleetions from all the popular Operas, 312drigals, Choruses,
Glees, Duets, dic., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield,
Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame _Marietta; Mr.
J.
eaulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S.
:0 ,es, J. Barker, W. Melling, 13. corri Senor Antonio M.
Solla, and E. L. lime ;Masters Bennett and Celli;
Messrs. Sam • Cowell, Sam Collins, and E. Mac:limy.
Pi4noka-t•t, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.;
director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre.
cisely. Bullpen, dm, until twelve o'clock, I

rHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1857

congratulate the Roman Catholic ratepayers,
but above and beyond all, we congratulate
the conscientious members of the Established
Church in Ireland, on this, which by each and all
must be regarded as a truly auspicious and most
satisfactory result of the long-protracted contest.

Chelsea Bridge will in all probability be opened
in August. So thinks our Minister of Public
Works. Sir BENJAMIN HALL yesterday stated
this distinctly in reply to an inquiry put to him
in the House of Commons by the Hon. Baronet
the Member for Westminster. Good news so far,
but, alas ! no further. For lo and behold while
we are congratulating ourselyes upon the advan-
tages accruing from the probably speedy comple-
tion of the Eighth Bridge up the river, we find our
satisfaction suddenly diminished by the intimation
that it is to be at the same time the Fifth Toll-
paying pathway across the Thames ! Quoth the
Right Hon. Baronet, in answer to Sir JOHN
SHELLEY, the Act of Parliament declaring it to be
a toll-paying bridge was to be strictly adhered to.
It was to be a toll-paying bridge ; it will be a
toll-paying bridge. But, "if ever the period
should arrive," said Sir BENJAMIN [it sounds ter-
ribly like the Greek Ralends this I], when the
funds obtained by the toll—having secured mean-
while the support and maintenance of the bridge,
and having paid off the expense of its construc-
tion actually might realise a surplus, then,
says the Minister for Public Works, " that
surplus will be applied to the fund for
Metropolitan Improvements." A-hem ! we
do sincerely hope that the Fund for the
Metropolitan Improvements has some more de-
finite prospect before it of future enhancement.
Otherwise—But what in the name of Fortune is

the utility of speculating upon prospective and
contingent disappointments t when there is one
immediately before us blatant for our laments•

Another Toll-paying bridge across the Thames

length we determined to accept them, then even
their name 'must be changel, and Poles must be
called Cossacks of the Sultan ! Ye., even in this
disguise, they were almost as great a terror to the
CZAR as the beggary of his treasury and the loss
of nearly half a million of men. What might not
have been the gain to the Allies, leaving out of
question the gain to Poland, had the aid of
Poland been early and efficiently invoked ! Let

for the use of Londoners ! The Eighth Bridg e
up the river—counting the bridges as we ascend
the Silent Highway—but out of merely Eight,
actually the _Fifth that will be Toll-paying !
Shame to the metropolis that we should say so—
but shaine also to the Imperial Government.
How often and with what reason does that wise ex-
clamation of the Rev. LAWRENCE STERNE recur to
one's memory--" Tbey manage these things better
in France, said I." Granted in Paris that among
all their twenty or thirty bridges across the Seine,
they have not one to be brought for a Tingle instant
into comparison with two of our London Bridges.

it not be forgotten also, that six thousand Poles
offered to desert from their oppressors, and to
lead the storming of Sebastopol, at a time when
they would have saved us half our army, and—
were rejected !

Neither let it be forgotten that the Poles, with
the Circassians, are lasting monuments of English
weakness or blindness at Paris. Russia then lay
completely at the feet of the Allies, a convicted
and an arrested criminal. She had neither men
nor money to carry on another campaign, and the
Allies knew it ; yet there was nothing but ful-
some adulation on the part of Louis NAPOLEON,
who, of course, had more real sympathy with a
beaten despot, than with a constitutional Monarch;
and nothing, we regret to say, but timid yielding
on the part of Lord CLARENDON. During all
' these meetings nothing was stipulated for Poland,
any more than for Circassia. All was left to the
tender mercies of a second EMPEROR " with mild
eyes ;" who soon showed by his brutal threats at
Warsaw, that he was a worthy son of his father.
The result is, that Poland is left to be denational-
ised at leisure by Russia, to sink into a province
of a barbarous empire, and to be the basis of
future attacks by Russia ou the liberties of Europe.
Nor was this done ignorantly. Lord PALMER-
STON acknowledged in the House of Commons,
that Warsaw was a continental Sebastopol, a

Bridges that in reality are among the number of
the world's wonders—those same wonders having
long since, under the wand of Science, been so
far extended in variety that they might almost be
described as Nine multiplied by Nine Granted
this, and more than this---(a circumstance not to
be marvelled at, however, considering the different
scope afforded by the Seine and by the the
Thames)—still even then the balance is struck in
point of fact rather considerably in favour of the
Parisians. For with them the toll-paying
Bridges are the rare " exception"—you could
count just one or two out of all their twenty or
thirty bridges. With us, on the contrary, it is
just the reverse—it is the " rule" instead of being
the " exception !" Out of our Eight or Ten
Bridges—and it is disgraceful, considering our
wealth, our traffic, and our enterprise, that we
have not long since had more—out of our
Eight or Ten Bridges across the Thames either
" in" the metropolis or in its immediate
vicinity, the gross majority are Toll-paying.
Take the Eight first Bridges up the river,
as already mentioned. Why only Three out of
them all are Free Bridges ! There is Lon-
don Bridge, Free : Blackfriars Bridge, Free :
Westminster Bridge, Free and then you
have an end of them I Waterloo Bridge, one
of the great engineering and architectural
glories of London, having a beggarly toll of
a halfpenny. The Suspension Bridge at Hunger-
ford the same. The Iron Bridge at Southwark
having one of a penny. Vauxhall Bridge the
same : and now we have the agreeable prospect
of another paltry ha'porth of stricture to our
transpontine traffic, at the new Bridge now being
built up at Chelsea, the Bridge now rapidly ap-
proaching the time of its completion.
The grievance we complain of, we have so often
cpmplained of, we shall persist in complaining of
at every available opportunity—until we may
reach the long-wished for period when it shall be
entirely dissipated—is a grievance very real, and
very galling. It is so real, and so galling, that
notwithstanding our wish to see the number of
our London Bridges increased considerably—we
do sincerely hope that instead of directing
our energies henceforth to the building of new
bridges,
we may in the first place strive, and
that
most strenuously, to " free' the old bridges
already existing, Above all, it appears to us to
be the height of folly to be complaining, as we do
(and no wonder), at our having already no less
than four toll-paying bridges between the Custom
House and Vauxhall, and then perversely tolerat-
ing, quite as a matter of course, the sanction of a
fifth
toll-paying bridge, just a little higher up the
Thames,
within sight of a Sixth "Ha'penny
Hatch"—the old bridge at Battersea.

standing menace to the liberties of Europe. Why,
then, did he not, when Russia was prostrate, and
we at our strongest, demand war or the emanci-
pation of Warsaw and the Poles
Some of the speakers at the meeting appeared

to have a confidence, which we can hardly share, in
the sentiments of Lord PALMERSTON in regard
both to Poland and Circassia. Mere sentiment of a

liberal and sympathising kind he must indeed feel.
He could not be an Englishman without it ; for,
during the war, from the peasants and farmers of
Lincolnshire, to the Peers, with Lord LYNDHURST
at their head, warm sympathy and willingness to
fight yet longer, were warmly expressed on behalf
of Poland. Lord PALMERSTON never took, how.
ever, one step in favour of the Poles, or of the
Circassians. Ho passed them over at the peace ;
and he is now in opposition to France, and in co-
operation with Austria, advocating the very course
with the Principalties which is at once inimical
to their liberties, gratifying to Austria, and dis-
advantageous to Poland !
That the late storm should have passed over
Europe and done nothing for Poland, is indeed
remarkable. It swept away 500,000 of the
troops of her oppressor, yet the yoke was left
upon her. One campaign more, and that yoke
would have snapped. On that account, as we be-
lieve, Austria mediated, Russia yielded but too
gladly ; and England and France truckled to Ger-
many and despotism. Let Poland continue true
to herself, and ithe Nemesis of tyrants and their
statesmen may yet be at hand.

His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the
Countess de Persigny returned to town yesterday morn-
ing, from Paris.
The Duke of Devonshire's select dinner parties, at his
villa at Chiswick, will be discontinued for the present
owing to the death of Miss Ilunloke.
'rue Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have
issued cards for dinner parties on the 28th instant, and
on the 4th of next month, at Northumberland House.

The Earl of Eglinton entertained the Marquis and
Marchioness of Exeter, the Marquis of Lothian, the
Earl Talbot, the Earl of Carnarvon, the Countess of
Je.sey and Lady Cletnentina Villiers, Viscount and Vis-
countess Duncan, Admiral Sir Thomas and Lady Coal-
rane, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Coventry and Miss Coventry,
Hon. Air. North, Major Hamilton, Mr. L. Gilmour,
Mr. Stirling, the Misses Cockerell, and a select party,
on Monday at dinner, at the noble earl's mansion in St.
Jam es's-square.
The Earl of Yarborough left town at the close of the
past week for the Isle of Wight, accompanied by the
Countess and Lady S. Pelham. His lordship has since
gone on a cruise in his yacht, the countess and daughter
staying in the meantime at St. Lawrence. Lord Wors-
ley, M.P., is in town in attendance on his duties in the
House of Commons.

The Countess Poulett and Viscount Hinton are
shortly expected in Dover-street, on their return from
a tour on the coast of Spain. We have pleasure in
stating that the noble viscount has entirely recovered
from the effects of the severe accident be met with
whilst hunting with the Duke of Beaufort's hounds last
autumn.

The Earl of Jersey has, we are glad to learn, re
covered from his recent indisposition.
The Earl Fitzwilliam entertained a select circle a'
dinner, last evening, at his mansion in Halkin-street

The annual meeting of the Literary Association
of the Friends of Poland, a report of which ap-
peared in The Sun of Monday, will not be with-
out its use. The Emperors cf RUSSIA and AUSTRIA
would probably give with willingness the small
sum which forms its income, somewhat under
1,0001., if they could bind over its members to
silence. We see by the language of France to-
wards Belgium, and of Austria towards Sardinia,
how despots tremble before the free press of free
countries ; and nothing is more galling to men
accustomed in their own territories to shut up in
a Spielberg or to send to Siberia all who venture
to utter a popular or patriotic sentiment, than to
read in foreign journals the speeches of the very
patriots who have escaped their clutches, or those
of the friends whom they have inspired with interest
in their cause. In spite, therefore, of the sneers,
or the contemptuous silence of a portion of the
English press, we are thankful that European
tyrants must yet submit to be exposed as they
ought to be by the more independent journals of
the country.

We understand that the Countess of Dunraven has
issued cards of invitation for a ball on the 26th inst.
Lord Brougham arrived in Paris on Monday last from
his chateau at Cannes. The noble and learned lord is
daily expected in town to resume his place in the House
of Lords.

Lord and Lady Francis Gordon have just returned
from the South of France, where they have been resident
during last winter for the benefit of his lordship's health.

Lord and Lady Greenock have arrived at iVlaurigy's
Hotel, front St. Leonard's-on-Sea.
Among the fair debutantes at the Queen's Drawing-
room, on the 6th proximo, will be Lady Evelyn Craven,
daughter of the Earl and Countess Craven ; and Lady
Augusta Quin, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess
of Dunraven.

We could wish the Poles also not to neglect
any means of keeping themselves properly before
the civilised world, were it only to call attention
from time to time to the last instance in which
England lost in diplomacy what she had conquered
in the field ; and even worse than that, to the
appalling sacrifices she made both of life and
money, merely and simply out of treachery to
Poland and subserviency to Austria. What, un-
less a connection we prefer not to mention, in-
duced us to pet, as we did, that most odious of
despotisms, we cannot conceive ; but our readers
have not, we trust, forgotten, that to keep Aus-
tria easy in her fragment of Poland, we avoided
all mention of Poland and the Poles from the
commencement of the war, and declined to rouse
the nation, and to paralyse our enemy by this most
obvious and profitable strategy ; not only did we
refuse the aid of Polish volunteers, but when at

WESTMINSTER Jaws' FREE SCHOOL —The anniversary
dinner of this useful institution was held yesterday, at
Willis's Rooms, St. James's; Alderman Salomons,
president, in the chair, supported by Mr. Sheridan,
M.P., Mr. Charles Pearson, Nathaniel Montefiore,
Esq., Professor Hart, R.A., Henry Re Keeling, Eeq.,
vice-president, B. S. Phillips, &c., and numerous friends
of the charity. The various speeches dwelt upon the
advantages of education, which were aptly illustrated
by the introduction of 200 children of both sescee, whose
appearance, beaming ,with intellect, were the admit..
tion of the company, particulary two who were selected
to recite the Hebrew and English odes. The collection
amounted to neatly 6001.
DEATH OF IL KEMBLE, ESQ., LATE M P. FOR EAST
SURREY.—We regret to announce the death of this
much-respected gentleman, which event took place on
Monday at his house on Grove-bill, Camberwell, in the
70th year of his age. Mr. K. formerly represented
East Surrey in Parliament ; and was remarkable for the
regularity of his attendance, as well as for the firmness
and consistency of his public conduct. A sincere Con-
servative by conviction, be still listened with profound
respect to the opinions of those who differed from him,
if ever so widely ; whilst his amiable disposition won
for him the regard of all parties in the senatorial assem-
bly. Out of Parliament he was esteemed by a large
circle of acquaintance, and beloved by the poor, who
were the continual recipients of his bounty. His acts
of charity were numerous, varied, and unostentatious,
and neither political nor ecclesimtical creeds interfered
with the liberality of his donations. As a warm and
constant supporter of several of the public institutions
in this metropolis his loss will be severely felt, but to the
poor of his immediate neighbourhood we fear it will
prove irreparable.
Taw MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, May 19.—T he Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's steamship Sultan, Cap-
tain J. K. Joy, sailed hence on Monday, with the
Peninsular mails, 36 passengers, 2,400/. in specie for
Cadiz, and a full general cargo. The Royal Mail Com-
pany's steamship Atrato, Captain Wooley, sailed the
same day, with the West India and Pacific mails, 67
passengers, specie value 6,0001.. jewelery value 5,000/ ,
and a full cargo. The European and American Com-
pany's steamship Hydaspes, Captain Brown, sailed to-
day for Antwei p ; she leaves Antwerp on the Ist
proximo, and Southampton on the 4th, for Lisboa and
the Brazils. The United States' mail steamer Washieg-
ton, Captain Cavendy, arrived en Monday, from Bremen,
and sails again on Wednesday, withthe German, French,
and English mails for New York. The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer C-lorabo, Captain Field,
also leaves tomorrow with the India and China mails.
The Indus, Captain Evans, with the next homeward-
mails from that quarter, left Malta on the afternoon of
the 13th inst., and may be looked for on Friday or
Saturday. The Alhambra, Captain Woodgates, is due
on Saturday next, with the mails from the Peninsular
ports.

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CIRCASSIA.
MARSEILLES, MAY 19.

Accounts have been received from Constantinople
to the 11th. Advices from Circassia of the 19th
April state that Mehemet Bey had removed his
head quarters to Sipsohur. Sefer Pacha has
40,000 naibs under his orders, and in consequence
of the adhesion of different tribes Mehemet Bey
could assemble 80,000. Accounts from Mossoul of
the sth state that the revolt of the Kurds has been
quelled. Letters from Athens of the 12th mention
the arrival of Admiral Willaumez at the Piraeus.
A very violent discussion had taken place in the
Senate on the subject of a journalist who had been
arrested in the house of a senator.