The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 4, 1861

least, regarded as a public nuisance. Now
was the very time for setting the whole
question at rest, at once and without any
further mistake about it at all. Accidents
happened too just about the time—not certainly
on the tramway in the Bayswater-road, but (it
was of course all the same thing in the end, to those
who had made up their minds against the under-
taking) quite on the other side of London, over
youder in the neighbourhood of Kennington. Some
unfortunate boys tumbled themselves down there
under the wheels, and—as a matter of course—got
crushed very badly. Not on the Bayswater-road
again wo must remark, but right in an opposite di-
rection over at Kennington. Could anything be
more opportune in its way ? It was quite a case
in point. True, the Bayswater-road line had acted
admirably well from its very commencement until
True, it had only been complained
against at all by one or two well
know curmudgeons who are fond of a chance of
complaining about anything. True, in fine, that
when there was a prospect before the inhabitants
in the locality of seeing the tramway pulled up and
carried off altogether, no less than 8,000 of them
at once put their names down to a petition plead-
ing for its continuance. All this was nothing to
the purpose—the Commissioners had already made
up their minds that the thing was to be done away
with. And when the opportunity came at length,
when the time arrived for their decision, they
acted accordingly. Like Mr. PECKSNIFF himself,
when gratifying his own feelings of spleen against
Mr. Tom PINCFI at the time of his dismissal, the
Commissioners had a "duty to Society" that
it was incumbent upon them to discharge. And
they have in consequence, with the most high-minded
air in the world summarily discharged it ! They
have decreed—they have issued their solemen ukase
—they have published their imperial hatt—the
street tramway in the Bayswater-road (no matter
what the eight thousand inhabitants of Bayswater
who signed the petition for its continuance may think
about it) is to come up and to be:carted away by the
fourth day of this next month of October. As Mr.
WILLETT, senior, of the Maypole, would say, "no
sooner and no later —not before and not arterwards."
On the 4th of October. Each of the Metropolitan
Commissioners who spoke upon this mighty matter
in dispute between them and the Public—to put
the disproportion of members arrayed in opposition
to each other in the most moderate way imaginable,
we will say between a little group of half-a-dozen
(the Commissioners) and a comprehensive gather-
ing of 8,000 (the petitioners at Bayswater)—each
of these wonderfully autocratic Commissioners
whoh as spoken in the matter has said it—
the thing is done—the question is settled defini-
tively. But seriously —isit ? Well, point
blank, then, we distinctly assert that it is not
settled thus, so very conclusively. There is a higher
power even than the Metropolitan Road Commis-
sioners, and this higher power, this supreme admi-
nistrative power may yet, if it please, act even now
at the eleventh hour, for the convenience of the
public generally. The Commissioners have de-
clared peremptorily that the street railway in the
Bayswater-road shall be removed by the 4th prox.
Yes. We admit that. But—there is the Secretary
of State, who, by a stroke of his pen, can set this

now.

decision of the Commissioners at naught. And we
dow now wish very earnestly to put it to Sir
GEORGE GREY whether the present is not precisely

one of those exceptional cases calling for the
Home Secretary's prompt and energetic

interference ! If the right honourable baronet
requires any good and valid reason to be afforded
him why he should interfere in this way—here
is that good and valid reason already visible in the
form of the urgent petition signed by eight thou-

sand of the respectable inhabitants of Bayswater,

There is no time for interposition otherwise than

through the power lying at all periods in this way

in the hands and at the discretion of the Home

Secretary. We heartily trust that SIR GEORGE

GREY will act as befits himself and his high

office in this little vexatious emergency. If it be
only to afford time for further investigation into
the whole question as to the advantages or the dis-
advantages accruing to the public at large from the

construction of these street railways, it would become
Sir GEORGE, as the administrative guardian of the

public interests in matters of this hind, to inter•

pose between the Commissioners and the gratifica•

tion of their Peeksniffian sense of the responsibility

devolving upon them, for some mysterious Duty to

Society. A Duty to Society now required to be

attended to (according to their view of it), by the

4th of October, and not a day later than the fourth

of October.

No harm at any rate can possibly result to any one
if Sir GEORGE GREY, in consideration of the pecu-
liar circumstances of this case, interferes so far as

to say, in his capacity as Secretary 01

State for the Home Department—No : the

tramway shall not be dragged up thus

precipitately on the 4th of October—further time,

at least, shall be afforded for consideration and

inquiry into the working of this new system of
public street conveyance—and then (not on the 4th
of October, but later) if the Street Railways

are proved to be more of a Public Nui

sance than of a Public Convenience, then, but
not till then, this tramway in the Bayswater.

road shall be destroyed. The Commissioners have

just had their innings. Now is the time for Sir
GEORGE GREY'S. And we are very much mis-

taken indeed, in our estimate of the Right Hon,

Baronet and his hitherto conspicuous love of

fair play, if he do not act in this matter as we
now very confidently think that he will.

CANTERBURY HALL.

The favourite buffo singer, Mr. Sam Cowell, has made his
re-appearance at the Canterbury Hall, after a two years'
absence in America. As might be supposed, in the case of
one possessing such complete mastery over the mirthful
sympathies of his audiences, his reception, after so prolonged
an interval, was of a very enthusiastic character. Indeed,
the plaudits and waving of hats were kept up so long that
the object of the ovation was obliged to begin clapping his
hands himself to check the exuberant demons‘rations of his
friends. When the applause had sufficiently subsided Mr.
Cowell further revived old associations, in an olla podidra
sort of song, in which he feelingly referred to his " old
friends at home," and at the same time introduced some
clever snatches of American song. This was followed by
one of those little character sketches in which he is un-
rivalled. Mr. Cowell found his audience very exacting, the
famous "Lord Lovell" being amongst the many songs he
had to sing. He at once resumes his position as the king
of burlesque in the concert hall. Miss Russell sings in the
operatic selections with increasing brilliancy, and these
vocal performances are still further relieved by some graphic
portraitur es by Miss Harriet Coveney. We have so re •
cently eulogised this newly-decorated hall that we need not
do more than state that it enhances nightly the interest of
the general entertainments.

NEW ENTRANCE TO THE TEMPLE.—A new en-
trance to the Temple from the bottom of Essex-street,
Strand, has been completed. It opens opposite the new
Library-chambers, and is built of Portland stone, in the
same style of architecture; the old wall facing the west
front of the library is being paved with Portland stone, and
a wall of the same material, extending from the porter's
lodge of the new entrance to the river, has been built. This
means of ingress and egress to persons having business in
the library, or Garden-court, will be very convenient.
Captain Walker, late of the Galway line, has
been appointed to the command of the Great Eastern.
It is computed that 12,000 persons visited the
Botanic Gardens, Dublin, on Sunday, between the hours
of two and seven. They went through the greenhouses
in regular order, and everything passed off with pro-
priety.

LA: N s.

TURIN, SEPT. 4,

The Opinione of to-day publishes a despatch
from Naples, announcing that the concession for
the railway, from Tronto to Foggia and from
Salerno to Eboli, has been granted to a company,
which, according to the conditions of the contract,
will immediately commence the works.

PESTH, Szpr.4,

The Committees of eight Comitats, as well as the
Municipality of Pesth, have been dissolved by
order of the Government.

AGRAM, SEPT. 4

In yesterday's sitting of the Croatian Diet a
proposition was made by one of the members that
the Diet should enter on the minutes the expression
of its regret on account of the dissolution of the
Hungarian Diet.

MONTPELLIER, SEPT. 4

At the banquet given by the Prefect of the De-
partment of the Herault, on the occasion of the
meeting of the Conseil General M. Michel Chevalier
delivered a speech, of which the following is a
summary :

M. Chevalier said :—" France is honoured and
respected abroad. She is only feared by the
enemies of progress and the adversaries of
civilization. France is considered in the world
as the principal representative and the principa 1
champion of social and political progress. She in-
spires admiration and sympathy in the peoples who
hope for a happier destiny, and receives marks of
the hatred and distrust of the men who still enter-
tain the passions of another age."
M. Chevalier also said—" I regret that speeches
recently delivered oblige me to range on the side of
the latter some Ministers of a great nation—our
nearest ally, and renowned for its love of liberty
ande progress, towards which the Emperor has
made advances, honourable to both parties, and
which merited a better welcome and a more sym-
pathetic response."

ROME, SEPT. 3

Yesterday fifty Piedmontese soldiers attacked
Epitaffio, on the Neapolitan frontier, but wore re-
pulsed by the Papal gendarmes. A company of
French troops has occupied Epitaffio.
An encounter has taken place between some Papal
gendarmes and Piedmontese troops, on the road
between Orvieto and Balsena. The Piedmontese
troops suffered no loss.

TURIN, SEPT. 3

The Minister of Finance has authorised Messrs.
Rothschild, of Paris, to receive the instalment of
the second-tenth of the Italian loan, on presentation
of the certificates.

MILAN, SEPT. 3

The Perseveranza of to-day says :

" Baron Ricasoli will retain the portfolio for
Foreign Affairs until the solution of the Roman

question."

The Gazette di Torino of today publishes a
despatch from Perugia, stating that the French
were actively watching the frontiers, and that
several encounters had taken place between the
French troops and the brigands, who wished to
penetrate into Italian territory.

VIENNA. SEPT. 3.

The draught address to the Emperor was passed
to-day in the Lower House of the Reichsrath.
The Polish members abstained from voting.

PESTH, SEPT. 3,

The Comitat of Miskolcz has passed a resolution
concurring in the protest of the Comitat of Pesth,
against the dissolution of the Hungarian Diet.
It is expected that similar resolutions will also be
passed by the other Comitats of Hungary.

rico,

MADAME LINE-GOLDSCHMIDT.

(From the Liverpool Albion.)
The public of Liverpool will not have forgotten the im-
pression created by Madame Goldschmidt's appearance at
the Philharmonic concerts now two or three years since, and
we are particularly gratified in being able to announce that
the amiable and gifted lady will again appear under the
same auspices some time in October next. Dating the past
London season Mr. and Madame Goldschmidt gave a grand
morning concert at Earl Dudley's mansion, in Park-lane,
in behalf of the Female Artistes' Society, at which the won-
derful abilities of Madame Goldschmidt appeared to be as
great as ever. We believe we may announce that a per-
formance of Mendelssohn's Oratorio of Elijah is now pre-
paring in London, in behalf of a local charity, at which
Madame Goldscbmidt has generously offered her services,
and will sing Mendelssohn's grandest composition, the in-
terpretation of which has been considered by many as Ma-
dame Goldschmidt's finest achievement. We hear that the
Philharmonic Society of this town have arranged for a per-
formance of llaydn's Creation, in which Madame Gold-
schmidt is to sing the soprano part, and our own great tenor
Sims Reeves will sing the tenor part for the first time with
the great artiste. Signor Belletti is to complete the ensemble
by singing the bass, a combination that has not hitherto
been witnessed. The oratorio is to be succeeded the follow-
ing evening by a Miscellaneous Concert, at which, in addi-
tion to the transcendant attraction of Madame Goldschmidt,
Mr. Sims Reeves, and Signor Belletti as vocalists, the emi-
nent violinist, Herr Joachim or Signor Piatti, and Mr. Otto
Goldschmidt will combine their distinguished talents. It
must give general satisfaction to learn that Mr. and Madame
Goldschmidt, with their family of three young children—
two boys and a girl—have become quite domiciled in this
country, indeed, that Mr. Goldschmidt has become a natu-
ralised subject of England, and it is very pleasing to find
them quitting their retirement at Wimbledon, if only for a
season, and resuming a position from which it has been so
much regretted they should seem disposed to retire. Few
public characters have diffused more real intellectual enjoy-
ment by her professional abilities, or dispensed greater
happiness and benefits byher unostentatious generosity, than
Madame Otto Goldschmidt, nee Jenny Lind.

(From the Liverpool Mercury.)
The " Swedish Nightingale" has made arrangements for
an autumnal professional tour, during which we understand
she will visit Irelend and other parts of the kingdom. Her
visit to Liverpool, as has already been announced, is fixed
for the 28th and 29th of next month. Having retired with
a largo competency, some curiosity will naturally arise in
the public mind as to the tempting offers which have been

made to induce the charming songstress again to emerge from
private life. On the occasion of her last visit to Liverpool
Madame Goldschmidt was engaged by the Committee of the
Liverpool Philharmonic Society, who gave her £l,OOO for
her services on two evenings. Some time ago, when
rumours were abroad of the intended visit to Ireland of "The
Nightingale," communications were opened direct by the
ame Society with Mr. and Mrs. Goldschmidt, but the offer
of £l,OOO for the services for two evenings was declined.
The Committee advanced the offer to 1,000 guineas, but
that also was declined. A long correspondence subse-
quently took place, and at length a satisfactory arrange-
ment was made. The report here was that the committee of
the Liverpool Philharmonic Society had given £1,200 for the
two concerts, but that report was not correct. So far as
we can learn, no specific sum has been named. A "sharing
arrangement" has been made. In addition to Mr. and
Mrs. Goldschmidt, the services of Mr. Sims Reeves, Signor
Belletti, and other artistes will be secured, but " the party"
as a whole will be supplied by Mr. Mitchell or the persons
for
,whom he acts, and ho or they will take a very large
proportion of the receipts. It is expected that there will
be at least 3,000 persons present each evening. The
charges for admission are 205., 155., and lOs 6d. Taking
the average at 155., and supposing the hall to be full each
evening, the gross receipts would be £4,500. At the very
lowest estimate, Madame Lind will receive two-thirds of
the receipts, or £3,000. Out of this, of course, she will
have to pay the other artistes, and 11,500 would be left
for the committee to pay all the enormous incidental ex-
penses attending such concerts.

Two GREAT FIRES THIS DAY).—About 1 o'clock
this morning the cooperage of Mr. Woodley, Oak-lane,
Limehouse, was discovered to be on fire, and although one
of the floating engines and numerous land engines were soon
at work, the fire continued till it destroyed the whole of the
premises, together with those of Mr. Seaton, also a cooper,
adjoining. Both gentlemen are insured. Another fire of
an extensive character broke out about 5 o'clock in the
premises of Messrs. Batten and Co., tea dealers, Lower
Thames-street. The engines were soon on the spot, but
the fire was not subdued until the premises were entirely
destroyed, and the adjoining buildings much damaged by

water.
ACCIDENT ON THE ROCKS AT HASTINGS.--On
the evening of Tuesday last, a gentleman named Heinke, a
visitor of St. Leonard's, had the misfortune to fracture the
bone of his arm by falling on the above rocks, which are
situate opposite the east end of Marine Parade. It appears
t that he was going off to the wrecked schooner Louise,
which was lying near the shore, and was in company with
the divers employed in securing- the vessel, when otcpping
upon a rock covered with a green slippery weed he fell and
sustained the injuries in question. He was immediately
taken to the surgery of Mr. F. Ticehurst, aad the fractured
bone having been set by that gentleman he proceeded to
his home in a fly, We believe that he is now progressing
favourably. isitors and others who are in the habit of
seeking amusement on the rocks by the sea-side will do well
t o be careful, as a hasty flight across the same is not alto-
gether unattended with danger.—Su sex Advertiser.
A YACHT SUNK BY A STEAMER OFF RYDE.--On
Monday night a serious collision took place off Ryde Pier,
the result of which was that the Amazon, Smith, Esq.,
owner, a crack and well-known cutter-yacht, was sunk at
her moorings. As far as we have been enabled to ascertain
the facts of the unfortunate affair are as follows :—On the
night in question the Prince Consort, Captain Beazley, a
splendid new boat belonging to the Portsmouth and Hyde
Packet Company, left Portsmouth Pier at 8.10 p.m., and
proceeded to Hyde, first touching at Southsea. It is stated
that the captain never once left the bridge, as the night was
very dark. When off the Ryde Pier, where the Amazon
was lying moored, the Prince Consort ran directly into the
yacht, which immediately commenced to founder. On
board the Amazon was the owner, his lady, another lady,
and two children. At the moment the yacht was struck
the children were being put to bed. Luckily the yacht did
not sink entirely for eight or ten minutes, during which
time the ladies, children, and crew were enabled to take to
the boats and escape. They had no sooner left the beauti-
ful yacht than she sank in many feet of water. The Amazon
was fitted up with elegance and splendour, and the damage
done is very great. The yacht when struck lay anchored
at her moorings, being furnished with a signal light which
was hanging halfway up the mast, and which ought, it is
said, to have been her security. A diver has been down to
the yacht, but she still remains where she sank.
REPAIR OF THE SINGAPORE AND BATAVIA CABLE.
The Dutch screw steamer Draak started with 61 miles of
new deep sea cable on board, intended to repair the cable in
the Straits of Banka. The examination of the cable was
commenced with that part between 176 to 179 miles from
Batavia, lying to the south of Lucipara, and which was laid
in a W.N.W. direction, it being proposed to t plice on the
new 61 mile cable, and to lay it further to the N.W. in a
depth of two fathoms. On taking up this 3t miles of cable

it was found that where it lay the bottom consisted of blue
and soft mud, like that on the east coast of Sumatra, and
that the cable in this mud was not encrusted with shells, but
remained clean and undamaged and as good as new. After
this examination the Break returned to Batavia in order to
repair the ruptures in the cable near that place. From the
mouth of Muarabara, where the shore end of the cable is
situated, to a distance of 40 miles from Batavia, W.S.W.
of Pulo Katok, the number of breaks were not less than 20,
the repairs of which occupied a long time. It is noticeable
that all these breaks woro found in the deep sea cable,
while the whole line from the south of the Agnita islands
to the south of Middleburg and Amsterdam, where the
shore end cable lie, was not damaged in a single place. Of
the deep sea cable, which was under-run for a length of 40

les, it was found in some places that the iron wire cover-
ng had wholly disappeared, while in others it had become
very thin. It is reported that the line will be again in
working order —London and China Telegraph.
SLAVERY AND SECESSION.—Some people say that
slavery has had nothing to do with originating the present
difficulties, but that it is the desire of the South to be free
from the protective tariffs of the North which has caused it
to rebel against the Union; whilst others say that neither
slavery nor free trade have any hand in the matter, butthat
the whole affair is the work of a band of exasperated politi-
cians, who have decided to deluge their country with blood
rather than submit to the constitutional defeat which they
experienced in November last, when Abraham Lincoln was
placed at the head of the poll and declared President of the
United States. There is, doubtless, some truth in these
notions, but their advocates ignore the fact that slavery
is at the bottom of both. We have the word of
Southerners themselves that it is the fear of Northern
interference with slavery alone which has been the cause of
the present hostile attitude of the cotton States. Two years
ago it was foreseen that an anti-slavery President would
reign at Washington, and nessrs. Davis and Stephens (now
President and Vice •President respectively of the Southern
Confederacy) declared that in case, events should turn out

as anticipated, the Union would be dissolved, simply because
under a Republican Executive the "property" of the South
would no longer be secure. In. March, 1860, the first num-
ber of " The Plantation, a Southern Quarterly Review,"
made its first appearance in Georgia, and in the prospectus
of the work we were told that, unless a change took place
in the opinions of the world outside the free States concern-
ing the true status and relations of negro slavery,
the Union
would be dissolved, "and dissolved in blood ;" and the edi-
tor, in his " salutatory," remarks that, "unless there is a
speedy and great revolution in public opinion in the North-
ern States upon the subject of slavery, war-,bloody

between the North and the .5911th is inevitablo." Slavery,
and slavery alone, then, is the cause of the revolt of the
Southern. States.—Ellision's Slavery and secession in Arne-