The Sun. — London, England, 1858-05-26 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Chipendale, Compton, W. Farren, Rogers, Clark, and Miss A. Sedgwick, Mrs. B. White, Miss Lavine, and Mrs. J. Fitz wilham. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Followed by JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit „ 2 0 Pit 1 0 • • Gallery T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be presented the Drama of the OR FEN BUSHES. Followed by the new Broad Eccentric Drama, OUR FRENCH LADY'S MAID. Mr. B. Webster and Madame Celeste. Commoner) at Seven. STRAND THE ATRE.—Lesmee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. —This Evening will be presented MARRIAGE A LOTTERY, supported by Messrs. Emery, Bay, Belford, Mesclaraos M. Oliver, Portman , Victor, and Selby. After which, the new burlesque of FRA DIAVOLO ; of, The Beauty and the Brigands. Fra D avolo, Miss Swan. borough ; Beppo, Mr. C. Young. To conclude with MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. The characters by Messrs. N. H. Swanborough, J. W Ray, Chas. Young, Mesdames Leigh Murray, M. Teruan, and C. Melville. CINTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ! rig company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S Oections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, D UETS, &c., viz. : —Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Miss Brunel], Miss ay, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonghmans ' Mr. Henshaw, S. Jonee, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Beraard ; Messrs. W. T. Critchfield, John G. Forde, and E. Mackuey. Pianororte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Mr. Courtnay ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &e,, until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening in a Selection from "LA. DAME BLANCHE" (THE WHITE LADY), first produced at the Canterbury Hall. English words by Desmond Ryan, Esq. THE WEATHER —SUN OFFICE, MAY 26. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 61—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night. 56—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.54—a rise of more than an inch since yesterday. WIND, South-Easterly ; light, with dull weather. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, IL TROVATORE. TITIENS, ALBONI, GIUGLINI, TO.MORROW EVENING, THURSDAY, May 27, will bo repeated Verdi's opera, IL TROVATORE. Leonora, Madlle. Titiens; Azucena, Madame Alboni Manrico, Signor Giug lini ; Ferrando, Signor Violeta ; and Il Conte di Luna, Signor Aldighieri. And the Ballet Divertisement, CALISTO; ou, Le Renvoi de l'Amour , by' Mesdaraes Pocchini and Annetta. Madlle. Marie Taglionl has arrived, and will appear on Saturday next, May 29, in a new Ballet, composed expressly for her by M. Massot, entitled LA REINE DES SONGES. The Opera will COMMKICO at 8 o'clock. A limited number of Boxes have been secured to the public. Price 21s and 31s 6d each, which may be had at the Box Office, at the Theatre. I_TER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— - f AL Titiens, Alboni, Giuglini. Piccolomini, Ortolani, Belletti, Beneventano, Aldighieri. The followisg arrangements have been m tde : TO-MORROW, Thursday, May 27—Extra Night—lL TROVATORE and Ballet. f riday, May 28—Grand Morning Concert, in which all the artistes of the establishment will appear. Saturday, May 29—Mozart's NOZZE DI FIGARO (first time this season), and a new Ballet, for the first appearance of Madlle. Marie Taglioni. Monday, June 7—Grand Morning Performance. In answer to numerous communications, it is announced that, for the convenience of tho gentry residing in the envi rcrv, a Grand Morning Performance will be given on Monday, June 7, in which all the artistes of the establishment will perftrm, including all the artistes of the ballet. A pplications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre ROY A L ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. NEW THEATRE. Second appearance of Madame 130S10. Second appearance of Signor GRAZIANI. Second appearance of Signor GARDONI. Second Night of LA TRAVIATA. The Oper3. to commence at half-past 8 o'clock. TO-MORROW EVENING, Thursday, May 27, will be per. formed (for the second time this TRAVIATA season) Verdi's opera, LA . Violetta, Madame Bosio (her 2d appearance this season) ; Flora Bervoix, Madame Tagliafico ; Georgio Germont, Signor Graziani (his 2d appearance this season); Baron Duphol, Signor Tagliafico ; Marchese D'Obigny, Signor Poionini ; Gastone, Signor Soldi; Dottore Grenvil, M. Zelger ; Guiseppe, Signor Rosso ; and Alfredo, Signor Gardoni (his 2d appear ance this season)._ Conductor—Mr. Costa. Prices of Admission :—Boxes--pit tier, 51. 15s. 6(1.; grand tier, 61. 6s ; first tier, 5/. ss. ; second tier, 2/. 12s. 6d. ; orchestra stalls, 1/. ls. ; pit, 10s. 6d. ; amphitheatre stalls, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. Application for boxes, stalls, and pit tickets, to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, under the portico in Bow street, and at the principal musicsellers and librarians. On Saturday next, May 29, will be performed Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS : Valentina, Mine. Grisi ; Raoul, Sig. Mario. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented MUSIC HATH CHARMS. WAfter which KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with the new farce, entitled SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. OYAL PRINCESS'S THE A.TRE. —Mr. S.) and Mrs. CHARLES KERN respectfully inform the Public that their ANNUAL BENEFIT will take place on SAPURDAY, Jane 12, upon which occasion Shaks pere's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE will be pro duced, with the same accuracy of detail and historlcal cor rectness that have marked the previous revivals at this theatre. In consequence of this arrangement KING LEAR will be repeated ELEVEN NIGHTS more, and then with drawn, to make room for THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. KING LEAR, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIM DAY—Morn., 51 min. aft. 12—Even., 12 min. aft. 1 ToafoßßOW—Morn., 32 min. aft. I—Even., 52 min (aft. 1 ;T • ql a t i It\ l l • LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1858. There is a masterly exposure of the gross and monstrous mismanagement of affairs at Trinity College in the distinguished monthly organ of that establishment, i.e. in the May number of the Dublin University Magazine. The argument is brief enough, but it is very comprehensive. It is terse but explicit. It indulges in more than mere generalities. It speaks throughout by the book —and that bock the statute-book. Its writer has another handy volume ever conveniently at his elbow for apposite reference, a tome the formid able facts and figures stored up in which he ,ob viously has at his fingers' ends—the famous blue book of 1851, the memorable report as to the State, Discipline, Studies and Revenues of the University of Dublin drawn up by the collective sagacity and wisdom of the Royal Commissioners. Although the writer of tho argument we are here referring to, really and truly says nothing more than ditto to the Royal Commissioners, he so says it that his words " come home to men's businesse and bosomes," according to the famonk phrase in Lord BACON'S dedication of his Essays to the Duke of BUCKINGHAM. There is no deny ing his facts—there is no gainsaying the perfect accuracy of his figures. His premises are incon trovertible, and his deductions conclusive. And it is ample time that there should be this ex posure. Now—when the two great English Universities havo been fairly setting their houses in order in compliance, each of them, with the re commendation s of their Royal Commissioners. It is but reasonable to expect that the Irish Alma Mater should " go and do likewise." She has had seven years for consideration, an d as yet nothing has come of it. Recognizing all this, the Dublin University Magazine has spoken out at length manfully. It is true, as its very abl e writer remarks, that "A parade, indeed, is made of carrying out the educational improVeme n t s re commended by the Royal Commissioners ; but," he adds, thereupon, sententiously and forcefully, " the financial changes which can alone give them 5137 efficiency are studiously neglected." In THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1858. illustration of which circumstance, it is only ne cessary to remember that while ingenious and elaborate projects are set on foot for the enlarging and improving the fellowship examination—nothing whatever is done towards the enhancement of the value of a fellowship, so as to render it a prize worthy of being struggled for by an undergraduate! Meanwhile there still sits the weekly Board of the Dublin University. There still survive not the Seven wise men of Greece, but the Seven Wealthy Senior Fellows of Trinity. There they remain and flourish, as their pungent censor now writes of them,—" witnessing with apathy the decline of every other college interest but their own "—" governing in their own interest, auditing their own accounts, evading the most just and reasonable demands for reform." The few syllables we have here italicised in this pithy but emphatic charge comprise within their narrow compass the gravamen of the whole accusation. The Seven Senior fellows, the actual administra tors of the University—" audit their own ac counts." How do they audit them ? Well, let us see. To sum everything up in a few words, we may tell upon the instant by comparing for a moment the distribution of the fees paid by every recipient of a degree at the Dublin Univer sity. Premising that the enigmatical cheirotheca (from xeipov and Orncq) meaning, literally, "gloves," signified the head-porter, we would here excerpt from the pages of the " Dublin Magazine" the following rather remarkable tables of distribution, as it (the distribution) was " ordered " in 1801, and as it was "ordered" in 1851. Introducing these tables only with a— " Look on this picture—and on this ! Distribution in ,__—,-_----, DEGREE of A.M. 1801 1851 Trinity College, or "common chest" £2 10 0 £1 2 6 Vice-Chancellor 0 5 0 0 5 0 Library Cheirotheca Bedell and Janitor Proctor Registrar Provost and Senior Fellows Nil. 4 10 0 :,'T 18 6 £9 16 6 DEGREES of LL.D., M.D., or Mus. D., including LL.B. and Mus. B. Trinity College, or" common chest" £l2 0 0 £2 15 0 Vice-Chancellor 1 3 0 1 10 0 Library ' Professor 3 0 0 3 0 0 Cheirotheca Bedell and Janitor Proctor Registrar Provost and Senior Fellows - Nil. 16 0 0 too, pestilentially, from far above Westminster bridge to far below the Isle of Dogs by all the Londoners dwelling on either side of the Thames, either in Surrey or in Middlesex. The fact is one that "stinks in the nostrils" of a population of 2,000,000. It is a perpetual manufactory of disease that adds clearly and incontrovertibly to the aggregate of the annual mortality. Yet— in spite of the glaring evidence accumulated upon this subject by all the senses—including even that of taste among the wretched inhabitants of London who are supplied with Thames water but very partially filtered—there are men actually amongst us who avow themselves to be yet un convinced as to the fact of the supposed contami nation of the river being in any way injurious to the surrounding population I Witness this the public meeting referred to as having recently taken place in Great Queen-street, in reference to the Question of the Main Drainage of London. " It has not been proved," said one of the reso lutions carried at that meeting, a resolution by the way proposed by a member of the vestry of—. 0 most appropriate locality !—Shoreditch ; " It has not been, proved that the Thames exerts a preju dicial influence on the health of the metropolis !" The reporter informs us, " This resolution, al though it encountered some little opposition, es pecially in reference to the non-prejudicial in fluence of the Thames in its present condi tion, was declared by the chairman to be carried." Of course—that was the reason of these amiable wiseacres having come together. They were there as members of the Know-Nothing Party, int,ent upon forwarding, by the sheer weight of the vis inertia of their own collective stupidity, the grand Do• Nothing policy, which has a marvellous fascination for the sticklers for—what is that favourite phrase of theirs 1— Vested Rights—that, we believe, is about the English of it. And so they come together now, these wonderful men, not to end, but to per petuate what they call " the self-cleansing powers of the river," and "to prevent the deposit of mud in its channels and on its banks." How ? by facilitating the access into the river of these odious and obnoxious accumulations. The notion of diverting the drainage from the river Thames they are decidedly averse to—because it will impose a frightfully enormous taxation upon the already heavily burdened ratepayers." That is really and truly the beginning and the end, the alpha and the omega of their entire argument. We must not dream of cleansing—as we call it—it is too expensive. Besides the river is not so VERY nasty after all—rather pleasant, perhaps, than other wise. And then the projected change, they remind uq, would involve the expenditure of several millions sterling. Finally, they insist that all the facts and figures they can bring to bear upon the matter "demonstrate that this im portant question is not yet ripe for solution." When will it be ? when Loudon is again ravaged with the Plague ? Perhaps then it might be admitted by them to be " ripe for solution." Not certainly when the deaths in London every week are only just a trifle over a thousand ! We must show a yet more deplorable increase in the mortality—and then, perhaps, we may dream of putting an end to this monstrous and destructive abomination. Judging from the fruit display on either hand all the way down Covent garden Arcade, one might readily fancy, of course, that May is no longer vernal but autumnal. Throughout the country, however, far and wide, already at this early period of the year, the prospects of crop and harvest may in a great manner ho antioipatad. ' There are the auguries strewn about us everywhere abundantly—in the tender green of the wheat field, and on the boughs of the orchard, now that the turf beneath them has been whitoned with the fallen blossoms. It is something more than merely satisfactiry to know that in almost every particular these auguries appear now at this turn ing point of the year to be of a more than usually auspicious character. With the one solitary ex ception of the plum, the fruit seems to have set very plentifully. The pear, apple, and cherry crops more particularly giving promise far beyond the average. In the hop districts, although in many places polling has been completed and tying has commenced, the season is; not sufficiently advanced to justify any reliable calculations. It is reported from all sides, however, that the shoots are every where hardy and rapid in development. The potato unfortunately, in consequence of the late winter and the tardy spring, threatens—at any rate to be precarious. It is conjectured that the roots will scarcely have reached maturity before the season when the dreaded blight usually makes its appear ance. Generally speaking, the grass crops are magnificent, the pasturage surpassing expectation, and the hay harvest being already upon the eve of its commencement. Already, moreover, the 3ereals are growing with such unwonted rapidity that the only anxiety is lest 1858 may take rank among the great straw years—years when by the very strength of the stalks the grain becomes necessarily impoverished. Altogether, things are decidedly "lopking up" among our country cousins, the agriculturists. After the late commer cial crisis, the tightness of the money market, and the inevitable dearth of employment—these are not surely trivial themes for general consideration. They are matters that come home to us all alike. They are topics to each amongst us of vital im portance. Therefore it is that even now we have reverted to the prospective probabilities of good crops of serials, of fruits, and of esculents, as to expectations hardly less interesting to the town bred citizen than to the yeom in and the farm labourer. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLI GENCE, d:c. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDZNT.) COWES, MAY 25. The following ya - clits are in Cowes Roada : Zoe, L - trd Yarborough ; Lavra:ik, Lord Colville Enigma, R. Franklin, Esq. ; Titania, R. Stephen son, E. 1., M. P. ; Alca, Capt. Pnilinore ; Irene. Elward. Cotrell Scholefield ; Rattlesnake, R. Duff, Esq. ; Lila Rookh, Viscount Bangor. The following noblemen and gentlemen have been at the Squadron House during the week : Viscount Bangor, Sir Alex. B Lnnerman, Ba,rt., Richard Fcankland, Eiq., Lord Colville, Captain Ponsouby, Spencer do Horsey, Lord A. Fitzgerald, Thomas Baring, Esq., Lord Shetbourne, George Beatinok, Esq., M.P., Capt. Hamilton, Right Hon.. Henry Corry, Sir Julia Bayley, Bart., J. Maxse, Esq., Capt. de Horsey, R.N., Lord Giford, and F. P. Delme Radcliffe, Esq. al Highness Prin'ce Albert leaves Osborne for Germany on Thursday. As at pres•cut a-ranged, her Majesty and Coutt will leave Osborne on Monday. The Duchcss of Inverness will give a grand hall this eve-iug, at her apartments in Kensington Palace. Tike C , unteßß of Athematic and the L idie4 L ani Augusta Kvpel have arrived at 11, Groibenor •quar,, from the Continent. Lord and Lvly Muncaster have arrived at Xmond's Hotel, in ClifEnd.street, from Warter Priory, York shire. Toe Chancellor of the Ex;hequer and Mrs. D:sratli have left town for Langley -park, Slough. The Geo. Benin do Veaux has left Claridge's Hotel f Paris_ NEW VESSELS LARGER THAN THE LEVIATIIA.N.—Tbe vesse ls spoken of uodar this head turn out to be only a string of barges hooking on to each other by stem and Stern, the whole rank , being dra gge d b y a steam vessel. ['his is Mr. Bourne s plan of Indus navigation for the (Mental Steam Navigation Company. It is simply a water railway train. LATEST NEWS. MALTA, MAY 25. The Wanderer steam gunboat has been des patched to Gibraltar to order the Renown and Racoon, on their way from England, to remain at Gibraltar, it being, reported that several of the many steam liners assembled at Toulon are about to mike a demonstration against Morocco. Th 9 Dutchman has arrived with the second division of the 3d Buift?. TRIESTE, MAY 25. A despatch has been received here which says : Lord Elgin has declared to the merchants of Shanghai that ho will persist in his demands upon the Chinese Government, and will maintain them by force of arms, if necessary, beforo Pekin. The fleet under Lord Lyons has entered the Adriatic. • those who sit in the seat of effice see more clearly the I obstacles and the difficulties that strew the path, and • they know that perchance, by two great hurry, they would augment the dangers to liberty, the impediments to reform, and even imperil what has already been won. It is our intention to administer the affairs of the country independently of all spirit of party. Outside the field of politica we shall equally consider all parties in the State. With respect to material interests, we shall attend to ' them for those districts which return deputies adverse to the Ministry as zealously as for those which send us sup porters ; in past years we have made efforts for the Savoy Railroad ; this year we will endeavour to promote the road of Savona (` Bravo.) As to those international rela tions which are not of a political nature, we intend to profit by the assistance of all men of genius and capa city. This system is already of old standing in our Ad arnistration. It was inaugurated in 1851, when, the country finding itself in much more serious financial dif ficulties than at present, we were obliged to have re course to foreign credit. In those circumstances Deputy Revel has impugned my economical system ; but I did not hesitate to have recourse to his patriotism for the negotiations respecting the loan, and I have to emigre tulate myself on having done so, for he fulfilled his mis sion to the complete satisfaction of the Ministry, and to the advantage of the country. Nor did any political con sequences spring from it ; Deputy Revel did not return from England more favonrable to the Ministerial policy. (Laeghter.)" Count Cavour then referred to the mission of Colonel Menabres, which, I lately mentioned, had excited some comment here, and said that he was convinced both the Minis'ry and the country would have cause to congratulate themselves on the choice that had been made ; and he added that, if to-mor row the Cabinet were called upon to treat some serious international question relating to railways, he would not hesitate to have recourse to the de puty then presiding with so much distinction over the deliberations of the Chamber, and who had given proof of so much skill in that branch of science. This reference was to Signor Depretis, of the Left, one of the Vice-Presidents of the Cham ber, who, the President being unwell, then then filled the chair. He had faith (he continued) in the patriotism of his political adversaries, who• ther on the Right or on the Left, and should not scruple to claim their services when politics were not in question :-- "This has been our policy for many years, and it will be applied upon occaeione in a large field. If to-morrow the war of independence were to break out, and even - hough the deputies for Savoy, from conscientious mo tives, should declare themselves opposed to that war, the General (turning to D,la Marmora) who would com mand the army would not hesitate to place in the fore most files the generous sons of the brigade of Savoy, who on other occasions have shed their blood for the Italian cause. ('Bravo ! bravo !' and marks of adhesion and rump' hy.) I should have nothing more to say, bad not Deputy Costa finished his moderate discourse by launching an envenomed dart at the Ministry, He said that the flattering hopes (lusinglte) of which we hold out a glimmering to Italy are snore moc'eeries (atti derisoree), and that by some they might be interpreted as means of g , vernment. Deputy Costa, in short, charges ns with making a means of government of our professions of nationality and Italianism. This is a grave and painful alcusation. I may repel it with the facts of all my Parliamentary life. I will make use, however, but of one argument. I will invoke a testimony which can not be suspected of partiality even by Deputy Costa. I think that Deputy Costa would not be a irprised were I to decline the judgment of that press which combats this Ministry the utmost. I, nevertheless, will not invoke that of my political friends, nor the authority , of the Liberal press of Europe, which is almost with out exception, favourable to us. I will invoke the official press beyond the Ticino, the press of Verona and Vienna. Let Deputy Costa observe with what senti ments the policy of this Ministry inspires that press, and then let him say if his accusation can be well. founded. (' Bravo ! bravo !') In presence of the inn mense animosity produced at Verona and Vienna by this Ministry's declaration of its deterwina-ion to follow a national and Dalian policy, you will hesitate before giving a vote which, perhaps, might be ill-interpreted . beyond the Ticini, since it would have the applause of those who certainly have no favourers in this assembly." Count Cavour eat down amidst loud cheers. After a rec'hication by Signor Costa, the President declared that it was Deputy Sineo's turn to speak. This much-dreaded deputy rose, and commenced his discourse by a farfetched parallel between the Cavour Cabinet and Scheherazade. The Chamber laughed at him and began to run away. It was the exact realisation of Pasquino's recent caricature. Before he had spoken for three minutes the 150 deputies were reduced to 50. These rapidly has tened away, the reporters closed their notebooks, and Sineo, for want of audience or chroniclers, was fain to hold his peace and depart. MAY 23. In yesterday's sitting of the Chamber it was pro posed to make holiday on MOnday and Tuesday, as many Deputies would be absent fur the opening of the Acqui Railway. The suggestion was opposed by Sign ::ost). de Beauregard. On the proposal of the President of the .ouamber a middle course was ad.,,pted. The debate on the loan is suipended. until Tauraday, but the Chamber will meet to fmorr•,w and the two following days, and take into consideration the reports cf the Commission for Inquiring into Elections. Many of the Deputies are evidently de3ircus of two or three days' holi day, and as a considerable number intend going to 4cqui, it is possible that no house may be made to-morrow. Tuis matter settled, Count Cavour rose to reply to one or two points of Signor Casaretto's speech of the preceding day. He was glad to find, he said, that Signor Casuetto, as one well skilled in maritime affairs, recognised that, in that respect, the present Government's system of taxation was not burdensome. He entered ir.to some details with respect to the outlay made by Government for works advantageous and useful to the commercial marine. When Deputy Casaretto, he said, had passed in review the public works that had been proposed and approved (demanding, at the same time, the abandonment or suspension of nearly all Of them) why had he not spoken of the sums voted for the part of Genoa ? The State is now paying more than it derives from the tixes on navigation. For the port of Genoa 700,000 f. have been spent this year. He (Cavour) was far from wishing to diminish the sum ; on the contrary, he would op po3e any proposition in that sense ; but these also were expenses that swelled the passive side of the budg&. The Minister continued : "It is a pleasant office to advocate great works, like the maritime association of Genoa, which petitions the Chamber, and then to come here and mourn over the immensity of those works and the deficiency of means. The Ministers are to have the unpopularity of aruggling energetically, in Parliament and in the Ministerial saloons, against the demands for new works ; then a fresh unpopularity for insisting on those expenses which were voted. The position of Ministers is really too plea. sant, and it was quite necessary that Signor Sineo should try to temper its sweetness w;th a draconian law on ➢Ministerial responsibility." Count Cavour then proceeded to say that the ques tion of the maritime arsenal of Spezia had been subjeceed to a new examination, and that the Go vernment recognised that the transfer of the navy from Genoa thence had two objects-1. To pro vide a convenient station for the Sardinian ships of war, since the port of Genoa could not contain them even in their present number, and still less could it do so when the two large frigates now building should be finished. The wet dock could accommodate but one frigate, and in the port the ships of war would be greatly in the way of the merchant vessels. This he could state on the au thority of Signor Casaretto himself, who had been recently charged by the Genoese Chamber of Commerce to remonstrate with Government on the subject. It was neither prudent nor safe to send the men of war to the new pier, and hence the': necessity of providing a placb for them. It was' also necessary to give instruc tion to the crews, and this was impossible in the port of Genoa. The Ministry considered it of ca pital importance to make of Spezia 'a strategical point, in case of war, whether by land or sea. But these objects might be ob'ained without a marine arsenal. It was, however, necessary to complete the fortifications projected bath on the land and on the sea side. The arsenal would be more convenient at Spezia than at Genoa, but it had not a character of urgency. Finally, the Govern ment saw no inconvenience in announcing to the Chamber that it was disposed to postpone indefinite:y the work's for the construction of the arsenal. Their estimated coat might, therefore, be struck out of the budgets of 1837, 1858, and .1859, thus doing away with a sum of 6,000,000 francs. On the other hand, if it were deemed indis pensable to make Spezia the basis of naval opera tions, it must notbe forgotten that Genoais the prin cipal point of defence. Count Cavour felt convinced that a hostile fleet would hesitate to attack Genoa if there were a Sardinian fleet at Spezia, much more than if this were in the port of Genoa itself. If the old Government, which had spent manymillicn4 iu fortifying Genoa on the land s'cle, had devoted seine of them t) fortifications on the sea side, it would have rendered an immense service to the State. It would, VI( refure, be necessary .to ask a credit to improve the fortifications of Geno t on the sea face, and to create new means of defence. All the militet y Deputies would certainly approve this. The Minister of Marino would pretent,:therefol e, in a few days, a project a7iking out the sum allotted to the marine arsenal, postponing it to better times, and proposi ng a cre dit for the improv, ment of the fertific ttions of Genoa, to create new bat cries, t n for the edifices necessary at Spezia. On the one hand 10,000;000f. would be diminished, on the other 2,000,000 f. would demanded. " I ripe it," said Cavour, ".my profound conviction that tee fortification of Spezia is a matter of ateolute and urgent n , cessity. (Sensation in the Chamber.) In conclusion, Count Cavour said lie would communicate to the Chamber a ,fact which had reference to this discussion. Thereupon the Chamber, which, however much it may attack and try to thwart Cavour's policy, always listens to him with profound attention, pricked up its ears : " Yesterday (said Cavour) as I was leaving this house pre-occupied by many thoughts, I accidentally met an engineer —our former colleague (Signor Soinumiller), whom the electors of Savoy have forgotten, notwith standing that he ever showed himself a steady partisan of liberal opinions, and aho has taken advantage of that oblivion to devote a'l his time and energy to a work which will honour not only himself but his ungrateful country. (Murnaure and sensation on the Right.) I questioned him as to what he had been doing during the many months we had not met. He replied, with a smile (well for him that he did not hear the speech of Deputy Casaretto), 'I have just returned from Brussels, where I have completed the arrangements for the machinery for the traforo (the Mont (Mph tunnel), and with im provements that will save expense while increasing efficacy. Instead of 1,500,000 f., only 1,000 5 000 f. will be necessary.' He then told me th tt he had found himself in contact with many scientific men, French and others, and that all approved his project as well founded. And I do not understand how the Deputies for Genoa can have such small faith in engineers who were the first in Europe to vanquish with locomotives a gradient of more than 3 per cent. It seems to rue that they do not deserve to be treated as Utopians. (Bravo ! Great attention.) And if they say that the tunnel will be made with 20,000,000 f., and in seven years, why speak of 60,000,0001., and of—l know not how many-50 or 60 years? (Caearetto—l spoke only of millions.) Ah the hon. deputy spoke only of millions, (fa his speech of the previous day Casaretto had said that the Mont Cenis tunnel would oost perhaps 100,000,0000 Then he told me another fact, which made a painful im pression upon me. He told me that, after long corre spondence, he was about to conclude an engagement with one of the principal railway engineers, who has the supreme direction of the Spanish railroads, a con tract to construct by his system 25,000 meters of tunnel. This news was a painful shock to me. If the Words of my adversaries on the right and left should make an impression on the n ajority of the Chamber, and if the suspension of the works should be voted, I thought of the consequences ; I thought that I ought to turn to you and say, If you follow the counsels of deputies A. Costa and Casaretto, of the deputies of the right, and, perhaps, of the deputies from Savoy, history will stamp us with that blame which still, after the lapse of four centuries, obscures the glory of Genoa—(Mermurs on the extreme right and left. Cries of 'Yes !" Yes !' from the centre)—which constrained the great Colum bus to quit his native shores, and to beg from a foreign potentate the means of carrying out the sublime enter prize confided to him by Providence." (Applause.) After a speech from Signor G iuglauetti, the Re porter of the Committee on the LOAD, and some further conversation, Count Revel postponed speak ing until Thursday next, and the Chamber rose. With respect to the silk trade and crop I have nothing new to mention. The weather has become warmer, and the prospect of successfully rearing the worm is, therefore, improved. As yet, however, iu this country, the worms have reached only the second stage, and the fourth must arrive before anything like a well-grounded calculation can be ventured as to the results of the crop. Meanwhile, there have been some orders from Lyons, and daily sales have been made, without fall in prices. The holders are not anxeous to sell, as they consider a scanty crop probable, some of the accounts from abroad being unfavourable. In Lombardy most of the worms are in the third stage, and look well. From the province of Verona, where the abundance of mulberry leaves is great, the accounts are very good. The foreign eggs imported, of which. the highest eulogiums are wade, are those from Carniola and the noith of Turkey. £29 4 0 £35 15 0 DEGREES of B.D. and D.D. Trinity College,or "common chest" £l5 Q 0 £ 2 15 0 Vice-Chancellor llO 0 110 0 Professor 3 0 0 3 0 0 Library Cheirotheca Bedell and Janitor Proctor Registrar Ol5 0 015 0 Provost and Senior Fellows .. ... Nil. 19 0 0 £36 0 0 £39 15 0 The royal commissioners unfortunately only had before them the latter half of these startling facts and figures—without a notion of the contrast that would have been presented to them by their juxta position with the companion facts halfa century ear lier—facts which were brought to light opportunely by the researches of the " Dublin University " contributor. Yet, with only half of the truth told to them, the Royal Commissioners looking only to the table of 1851, ask pertinently—" By what authority is the method of distribution regu lated ? " And the reply coming, almost we had said, impertinently, " The distribution of the fees is made by the authority of the provost and senior fellows." No wonder, with such an extremely cool rejoinder before him, no wonder at all that the writer in the " Dublin University Magazine " should have arrived at tho distinct conclusion that—" Publicity, in a word, must be henceforth the rule in all educational endowments." The security, beyond all others, will be—the public auditing of the accounts. Under the glare of publicity we should not have to deplore the monstrous insufficiency of the salaries of the non-tutor fellows—coupled with the rapid increase of the emoluments accruing to the mem bers of the Board, under every fluctuation of affairs both public and collegiite. An increase like that in the Professorship of Divinity—which was 5001. a year in 1761, when held by a senior fellow named BRABAZON DlSNEY—which had in creased to 7001. a-year in 1790, when held by another senior follow named JAMES DROUG/ilT— which had still further expanded into 1,2001. a year by 1814, when RICKARD GRATES, afterwards Deau of Ardagb, was appointed to it—and which had ultimately attained the value of 1,7001. a-year by 1850 (namely, by the addition to it of the liv ing of Raymochy), when Dr. SINGER wag inducted into the vacant chair of the Professorship. Simultaneously with which swift and steady ex pansion —there has been observable, on the other hand, the miserable dwindling away of the incomes awarded to the holders of the minor offices in the University. The Professor ship of Botany, for example, having shrunk from GOO/. to 2001. per annum ! While the Profes sorship of Oratory, which was 1001. a year in 1762 was reduced to 601. in 1847, and in 1850 to 351. (Irish). Time, surely, in all conscience, for some strenuous effort at interposition with a view to some sweeping measures of reorganization. The signal for this zeform, we rest assured, has now been definitively given by the bold and honest out-speaking of the Maga of the Dublin Univer sity. It is scarcely conceivable for a moment that such an exposure can be very long survived. Cleanliness is altogether too expensive —there fore dirt is infinitely prpferable—according to some of our Metropolitan ratepayers. They held a snug little hole-in-the-corner meeting the other day, these advocates of economical filth, and there passed two or three wonderful resolutions entirely to their own satisfaction. Freemasons' Tavern was their place of assembly. They had a live M.P. for a Chairman. They had two other M. P.'s for his supporters. They had vestrymen who proposed, and other vestrymen who slconied some of those curiously long-winded and involved sentences called resolution, having either no punc tuation at all, or the most sparse sprinkling of occasional commas, reading in point of fact more like a specimen of the conversational powers of Miss FLORA. CA say than anything else with which we are acquainted in the whole range of polite literature. Everything in fine was perfectly cor rect and regular. It was admirably business-like. It was as dull as ditchwater, but no matter that was only in keeping with everyiling else about it. And the gist of this meeting—What about That ? Well, it was to all intents and purposes certainly s)mething really very extraordinary. Any one might reasmetb'y have supposed that by this time, by the m iddle of the nin t et e een ab th so c lu 7 e ture, by the year of grace 1858, h nastiness, the notorious ins Ilubrity, the stupid,ty, the cruelty of transforming the noble and beautiful river flowing through our capital into nothing less unsightly or obnoxious than a loathsome open sewer, would have been admitted universally as a horrid undeniable truth—anywhere, every where, by everybody, amine -comatradicente. But —No ! The supposition would have been errc neous. There is the Monster Evil under our very w i n d ows , ebbing and flowing twice in the twenty-four hours with the ebb and flow of the tides again), and what is worse than that, smelt, SARDINIA. TURIN, MAY 21. Count C.,vour yesterday concluded the remark able speech he commenced on the iravious day. Its delivery occupied more than five hours, being almost the whole of two days' sittings of the Chamber. The speech of yesterday is cer tainly one of his greatest efforts. Owing to its greater variety of subject, it will probably be pre ferred by moat persons to that in the Deforesta debate. On resuming his speech yesterday Count Cavour examined whether it were possible, by any great referin of the administrative system, to restore the financial equilibrium and do without the loan. Glancing at the different departments, at the mode of keeping accounts, and at the administration of justice, ho gave his reasons for thinking that no saving could be effected in them. As regards the salaries of public servants, you are doubtless aware that they are extremely low here, especially thole of the higher classes. A Cabinet Minister gets only 6001. a year. I believe Couut Cavour has never drawn his salary. I suspect that the lower classes of employes are inadequately paid, and that it would be better to have fewerof them, to pay them more, and to make them work harder. This par parenthese. Count Cavour then came to the army, and said jocosely that when the Minister of Finance his col league of the War Department yearly csu ed him great vexation, proposing new expenses to pro mote its efficiency ; that employes of that depart ment are constantly at work to devise, means of economising ; that when the fortifications and bar racks now in progress should be complete, fresh extraordinary expenses were not to be anticipated, but that, if the army were to bemaintained in good organisation, the present ordinary military budget must be submitted to. After showing that in the Home Department very little sould be cut down, he combated by financial calculations, the gloomy predictions of Signor A. Costa and others. He stated the public - debt of Sardinia at 725,000,000 (29,000,0001. sterling), inclusive of the loan now demanded. Admitting this to be a serious sum for a small country, he still maintai ne d that it was by no means excessive in proportion to the wealth of the kingdom, and proved this by com parison with the debts of some other European States. He was ready to admit, however, that it was neaesia.ry to put a stop to extraordinary ex penditura. While Minister of Finance, he said, if he had been toe ready, as some Deputies accused him of having been, to go into great enterprises, it must be owned that these had all been of a highly utilit triau nature. There had been no new palaces or merely decorative and ornamental works, no un productive expenditure, except that for the war in the East, which he believed to have ben also highly productive. He would beg the Chamber and iudividu d Deputies to be more mode rate in proposing fresh expenditure, and the Minis ters, on their part, would be cautious in entering upon it. He did not foresee a necessity for further extraordinary expenses, and believed the equili brium might be re-established. He then replied to the general charges brought by Signori Costa, Delcareto, and Camburzino, who had sweepingly declared that the country was on the decline ; that the taxes absorbed not only the savings but part of the capital of the action; that the Government had committed grave economical errors ; that industry was mitred, emigration on the increase, property falling in value, and that commercial catastrophes were occurring. In answer to these wholesale ac. ewkationa, is first pointed, out that emigration does not indicate the impoverishment of a country, that there is great annual emigration from England, and even fron the United St rtes. He admitted, however, that the Vill3 diseasi, by the misery it had caused, had produced a special emigration, by dest: oying the whole produce of the soil in some districts, awl so reducing entire families to misery. As to the decrease in the value of immovable property, he explained it by the increase, since '4B, in industry and coin tnerce, which had diminished the amount of capital employed in agricultural pursuits. Berm *3 '4B, land was a more coveted in vestment, and more capital was expended upon it. He admitted that there had been commercial dis asters, but they had been fewer here than in other commercial places of Europa and America ; and, considerirg the heavy losses suffered by the trade of Sardinia, he wondered they had not been much more nurn, - Tous. Those disasters and the diminu tion in Lite indirect taxes had had the same grave Causes. He referred to the failure of the silk crop, th e exaggerated prices to which that commodity was dnven up by the holders, and the collapse and runous fall occasioned by the American crisis —the States being the largest market for the silks of Lyons and Northern Italy. He estimated the losses of the _ Piedmontese silk trade at 20,00),000f., and said that the few failures that had occurred proved how solid and prudent that trade was. With respect to the economical decline, he referred to the results of the census, showing an iucr(ased. population. According to the census taken on the 31st of December, 1857, the pupula tionof the Sardinian States is 5,056,672. An exact coirparison with the census of 1848 cannot yet be made, because another system had been followed ; in ',848 Sardinian subjects absent from the country hat been included. Even with this difference the increase is 177,000, which would be 250,000, were allnwance made for the absentees ; and between 1248 and 1857 there were wars and epidemics. It France, from 1846 to 1851, the increase was only 281,000 ; from 1851 to 1856, 2'4,000. The increase of population in Sardinia had been concurrent with a rise in the prices of labour. This fact furnished a demonstration with respect to the increase of the public riches— vhich he thought incontestable. Therate of wages depends on the proportion between capital and :abour. Then, if while the population increased wages also increased, it was evident that the social capital had augmented. He referred to the flou rishing state of the savings- banks and to the increase of deposits ; a,nd ho then turned to the exhibition of Sardinian manufactures and produce that opened here the other day, and concerning which I shall shortly give you a few details. That of this year, he said, showed, when contrasted with the last (1850), an immense progress, both in the number of exhibitors and in the quality and cheapness of the articles exposed. In 1850 there were 469 exhibitors; in 1858 there are 1,325. Some branches of industry had been, it might be said, born in the interval—as regarded Sardinia. The present exhibition, he con sidered, was a complete refutation of the statements of the adverslrit , s of Government, and proved that Sardinian indu s try w a s in a position to support foreign competit'on, and had been rendered more :c'ive by tl:e lowering of the tariff. He concluded this part of hiispeech by saying that be thought be had sown the seri , ma fears expressed on the finan cial state of the country to be unfounde 1 ; that he did not venture to hope he had upset all the argu ments brought against Government, but that the Chamber must decide between Ministers, who be lieved their system t ) have teen advantageous to the coluVry, and certain Deputies of the Right, who said they had brought it to the verge of a po cipice. " One word on politics," then said M. Ca your, and the Chamber redoubled its attention : " Certain Deputies have said that their vote was un cer`ain by reason of the political considerations involved in a change cf Ministry. I had occasion, not long siice, c'earlv to explain the direction of the fore4Jl pokey of this Government. I declared that our pricy was and mus=t he purely ; our policy at borne lihe , al and rder , oators. I k; ow that sonic, wird, ad mitting our f. , reign policy to be natioral, have d , r.hts respeet:ng our home policy. Those are in au error w hid! we might di eel by merely indicating the facts ( f cur Parliamentary life ; hut what eve will soy is, that these p rsons hint at an impossihil V. It is my absolute cur, viction tha', in the actual condition of Piedmont, it is iin;mssiW to have a national and Italian p-1 cy abroad if the internal p be not liberal and re forming ; as it would also be impossible to follow a liberai and reforming policy at home vviti - Datt having a national aed Italian policy abroad. If )ou thi:A that we have a national and Italian policy abroad, you must believe also that our internal policy is liberal and ref,rming. ('Bravo! bravo!') You can have no doubt about that. We intend to continue in the path of reform and of liberty. We cannot say whether we shall proceed more or less .rapidly, because, if there be no doubt as to the tendency an I the aim, there is as to the manner, A:though the present Ministers have been many years in power, they love liberty and desire progress as much as any member of this Cnamber ; but RUSSIA. We take the following extracts from a letter in the Nord : " ST. PETERSBURG, May 14. " For some days the navigation of our port has been open, and various foreign vessels have already arrived at Cronstadt. Carts of merchandise of foreign importation enliven the streets which lead from the port to the interior of the city. The navi gation has not, however, as yet quite restored life and animation to our city. The export trade is very slack ; the contracts made for the export of raw material are very small, so that unless new and large orders are received we shall continue in a state of stagnation. " A new measure is spoken of as likely shortly to be introduced. Well-informed persons state that the reports of the Ministers, after having been ex amined by the Emperor, will then be handed over to a Council of Ministers, This measure is dictated by the same idea which formed the Council of Ministers itself. The Emperor, owing to the im mense mass and diversity of business laid before him, finds it impossible to examine it all in detail, and desiring, nevertheless, that everything shall be carefully examined, has res _dyed that the minis terial reports shall be submitted to the Council of Ministers after first passing through his hands. "A new impulse is also shortly to be given to our statistical department. A central committee on statistics is to be formed at the Ministry of the ' Interior. This committee, which will receive the statistical reports from every portion of the empire, will be divided into two sections—statistics and rural economy. The latter will be exclusively devoted to the study of questions concerning the rural economy of the empire and to the examination of informa tion beating upon this chief branch of our social wealth. In addition to the members of the com mittee, all of whom are to receive good salaries, all the Ministers have to designate some of their employes, who may be consulted relative to the labours of the committee. These Ministerial em ployes will have to express au opinion whenever they are consulted on subjects relating to the said labours as connected with their departments. " Our season may be said to be over. Balls are at an end, and so are private theatrical and even marriages ; for there is a superstition here that it is unlucky to marry when the lilacs are in blos , ,om. After a grand review of the Imperial Guard, held on the 3d, the Court left for Tsarkoe-Selo. "Ica froth the lake of Ladoga still flo&ts down the Neva, but not in sufficient quantity to impede navigation. The fist steamer from Lubeck cast anchor yesterday. The first ihree volumes of " The History of Peter the Great," by Oustrialoff, have just appeared. The work is not remarkable for eloquence of lan guage, but abounds in rich materials and hitherto unknown information, which the author has col lec;ed from the State archives, to which ha was allowed free access for his work." CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, MAY 25. The Royal Mail screw steamship Dane, Com mander William Strutt, left the Cape April 20, St. Helena, 29 ; and Ascension, May 3, arrived this afternoon, 10 days before her mail time. She has 1,7851. in specie, 50 pipes, 3 auras, and 2 hhds. wine, 2,421 elephant,' teeth, 3,050 horns, 251 b, ostrichfeathers,l2 bales wool, and 204 bales sheep and goat skins. She brings 23 passengers, including Professor Dale and family. S:r G. Grey seems unwilling to avail himself of the leave of absence granted by Lord Stanley, in consequence of the hostilities between the Free States and Moshesh, which had resulted in a slight advantage on the side of the Boers, who have killed 30 natives. The colonists are forbidden to interfere, Great regret is expressed that his Excellency's health will not allow him to remain and watch over the Caffre policy he is endeavouring to carry out. The Commercial Advertiser is doubtful of the capa city of those who would have to take the reins in his absence. The Cape Parliament has been in ses sion 40 days, and was likely to continue for an equal period. Everything is quiet in Caffrelancl. Most of the Caffres, who recently escaped from-Am sterdam Fort, have been retaken ; one had travelled 800 miles to his old s'ation, near Fort Murray. Land is advancing in value, and labourers are in re quest. Wool, first quality, Is. 6d. to ls. Bd.; second, 9d. to Is. per lh. Wine, Pontac 201. ; whi . e ditto, 121. per pipe ; Constautia, 141. to 22/. Four, 375. 6d. per barrel. Newport coal, 535. ; Newcastle, 484. per tan. Freights continue depressed. Wines, 15s. per pipe, nominal. Wool, id. per lb. Horns, 255. per 1,001 Exchange unaltered. Private bills, 30 d a y s . 2 per cent. di-count. .Her Majesty's ships C as t or & and Hennes wore in moil's Bay. The Persiaa continues in the Moz imbique. The Comus sailed for England April 1. The colonists gave a farewell ball to the officers of the Penelope, from India and she left for England o n the 14th o f A pr il . The Himalaya, with invalids, left on the 18th, and the Eleanor same day as the Dane. The screw steamship Indians, which arrived from England on the 16th of April, left again on the 19th. with 700 draughts, The Ces ! nt.ick has also arrived with 200 to 300. Tho' screw steamship United Kingdom sailed from East London on the 6th of April, with the 60th Rifles, for India. The Lighlning sailed from the Cape with 200 horses for India, and was to be folowed by the Belgravia and Liverpool with 200 ouch ; total numbers shipped, 3,000 ; average cost, 201. to 301. The royal - mail steamship Celt arrived April 14, and was appointed to bring home the May mails. Five Russian vessels of war are in Simon's Bay en route to China.- The merchant ships Success, Franklyn, Francis B ►nfield, and Tyne had arrived from England. The screw steamship Adelaide sailed April 2, and Southampton on the 20th. The Onward, with convalescents, was appointed to leave on the 20th—all for England. At St. - Helena.—The Napoleon 111., the Clon tard, the Royal Sixon, the Guiding Star, the Ful wood, the Hop3well, the Onward, and the French ship Rou• inais. At Ascension.--Her Majesty's ship Tortoise, and the merchant ships Laconic and Sharon. Her Majesty's ship Boscawen, with Admiral Sir !ape F. Grey, sailed on the 20th of April for the of Good Hope. Spoke, May 2, the Dutch barque West Keppel, steering north-west ; May 72, the Idas, for Shanghai. HER MAJE'SIT'S THEATRE. Last evening this theatre wasi crowded in every part to witness the repetition of "Don Giovanni, ' with its almost unprecedentedly powerful cast. The Queen's box was occupied by the Earl and Countess of Verulatn, Lady Jane Grimston, Lady Harriet Grimston, the Countess of Caledon, the Hon. E. Grimston, Miss Morier, Mr. Richard Weyland, and party. Amongst the fashionable visitors honouring the theatre with their presence were the Duke and Dechesa of Hamilton, the Duke of Wellington, his Excellency the Russian Minister and the Baroness do Brunnow, the Marquis of Sligo and the Ladies Browne, the Countess (Dowager) of Harrington and Earl and Countess of Mountcharlos, the Earl of Scarborough, the Earl of Wilton and the Ladies Katherine and Alice Grey Egerton, the Earl of Chesterfield, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Powerscourt, the Earl of Westmoreland, Viscount Ciifden, Viscount Can terbury, the Secretary of Legation of the Austrian Embassy, the Baron de Nicolay, Lord William Lennox, Lord Ashley, Lady Suffield, Lady E. de Ros, Lady A. Cadogan, Lord Suffield, Dowager Lady Willoughby de Broke, Lady H. Lodge-Ellerton, M. E. Baroche, . Colonel Sir Proby Cautley, K.H., Sir J. Lowther, Sir G. Wombwell, Sir G. and Lady Baker Mill, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, lion. Otway Toler, Major- General Sir G. Bowles, K.C.8., Colonel the Hon. J. Macdonald, C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart, Colonel the Right Hon. G. C. W. Forester, M.P., Colonel Wat son and Mrs. Watson, Major Pole, Mr. Sergeant Bal lantine, Captain Bateson, Captain Beamish, Captain Woodgate, Captain Drummond, Captain Wyndham, Captain Leyland and Mrs. and Miss Leyland, Madame de Murieta, Mr. J. Martin, Mr. W. Delafield, Mr. T. Murdoch, Mr. R. Dick, Mr. Merivale, Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler, Mr. Yyner, &c. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Last evening three of the greatest favourites on the Italian stage, namely, Madame Bosio, Signor Graziani, and Signor Gardoni, reappeared for the first time this season in their respective characters of Violetta, Alfredo, and Germont, in "La Traviata." Madame Bosio met with such a reception as must have convinced her (if she did not know it already) that she is now held by the Loudon public in such esteem as few singers indeed have ever enjoyed. Her first appearance upon the stage was hailed with round after round of applause from all parts of the house, and some moments elapsed before even the music of Verdi could be distinctly beard through the cheering uproar. It now only remains to be proved whether Madame Bosio (whe, by the way, has grown stouter during the vacation, and consequently looks better than ever) were still capable of sustaining the burthen of her great reputation, and deserving of all the swage so enthusiastically paid her. The very first solo sung by Violetta—the second verse of the popular "Libiamo" (the theme of which 0 0 closely resembles one of the waltzes of Strauss)—imme diately set this important question at rest, and fully prepared the audience for the splendid display of florid vocalisation made by Madame Bosio in the cabaletta of the aria "Sempre libera," which, from the beginning worthy of high eulogy, is now matured and finished by increased study and experience, absolutely perfect in its way ; a model, in short, of refined grace and spark ling fluency. The roulade preceding the entry and re entry of the theme was brilliant in every sense of the word • brilliant in ton e as i n dazzling velocity and whet the Italians term bravura. The andantino (" Forse lui") of the aria was largell and at the same time elegantly phrased ; every s train was delivered with that metrical evenness and justness of rhythmical accent, without which no musical mow tion can be perfectly satisfactory, whilst the general conception was instinct with true musical sentiment of the best kind. The roulade introduced here, too, was most skilfully sui g, and, as a tour de force, extremely interesting, although in itself, as a composition, far more quaint and extraordinary than pretty. As a singer, in short, Madame Bosio shone throughout the opera to the greatest possible advantage, and produced , perhaps, a greater effect upon her audience than she bad ever previouslyalone during her whole career upon the Anglo-Italian stage. Despite all this thoroughly merited praise, we must caution the accomplished vocalist against one fault, which, if means be not taken in time to cheek it, may very possibly grow upon her. We allude t° ' a certain tremulousness which occasionally affects her upper notes in an unpleasant manner. This defect We‘ know to be, as it is in most cases, the result of unduli forcing the voice, and, consequently, nothing can hi easier than to remedy it. It is, then, for Madame Bosio to destroy the evil by doing away with the e xcitieg, cause. The fair h ero i ne o f t h e n i g h t was called f o r te i l the termination of eac h ac t , an d l oud l y cheered from all parts of the house. W e s h ou ld a l so state h ere tbst Madame Bosio, whose v ar i ous f u ll-d ress costumes vier. ; all particularly tasteful an d magn ifi cent, wore, in ball-room scene, a most superb headdress, profuse; decorated with large diamonds and turquoises, present , to her by an association of Ru ss i an no bl emen , patron s of the St. Petersburg Italian Opera House, whey Madame Bosio has been perf orm i ng w ith th e g reat es t , success since she left England. The accomplished tenor, Signor Gardoni, has not "so energetically or b eau t i f u ll y f or some years as A lait night in the chara c te r o f Alf re d o, which ho essa ye d for the first time in London on this occasion ; and We can Beare -ly give him high er p ra i se th an i s conveyed , the statement that he in every sense fully shared t' honours of the perf o rm ance w ith M a d ame Bosio. Ta,,B fine baritone of Signor Graziani was heard to great 5 ... „ vaetage in the music of Germont, and a hearty encor e . ~ the only one of the night—wa s e li c it e d b y hi s a,dm, irttt; execution of the romance "Di P rovenza it mar.' r-Loe opera has been splendidly go t up ; t h e b a ll- room 00 4 especially is magnific en t i n th e extreme ; an d we vel scarcely add, that the ba n d an d c h orus , un d er the oba ~ direction of Mr. Costa, did the ample s t j us ti ce t o Verdi 0 small, though noisy and fussy score. La Travata," in short, was a great success, and O s / doubtless be frequently repeated with profit to the rild' s ' agement. The house was well attended. The Queen's box was occupied by the Duchess of 13 ° 11 : fort, Lady Burghersh, Col. and Lady Emily Kingse°oo and party. Among the f as hi ona bl e company honouring to theatre with th e i r p resence , we remarked the i r Sere . Highnesses the Prince an d P r i ncess Ed war d of S°.(l Weimar, his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador 0 4 Madame Musurus and M es dll es. M usurus, hi s E xc ellel!i' l l e the Hansa Towns Minister and Madame Rucker, : t o Duchess of Montrose, th e M arqu i s of Stafford, the r s el Cawdor, the Earl and C oun t ess o f Wi nc hil sea, the of and Countess of Stamford an d Warrington, the E.e r t be Lucas, the Earl of Besshor o u g h, V iscoun t lianelago , it b, Countess of Fife and Miss Weinyss the Earl of Dalb r e s ai Viscountess Villiers, Visc o u n t Clifden, Lord and Edward Thynne and Mrs. Gore, Lord Worsley and P'" o , o Victoria Hare, Lady Augusta Pr o bv and C a pt. Lel o y Proby, Lady Sophia Des Venus and Mrs. Des Vcaux, Ir Hislop, Lord George Gordon Lennox, Gen. the 101 34 a t, Cavendish, Major the Hon. W. G. Boyle, Hon. Mrs. ee s fe, Hon. Dudley Forteseue, Hon. G. Elliot, Hon.,aro, Edwardee, Hon. John Fort escu_ ,e Col_ and the Hon lbe Dudley Carleton and the Hon. Mrs. Strange Jocelyn, A, the Hon. Misses Blake, Hon. Granville Murray, il es ' r ol Calthorpe, Hon. Spencer Ponsonby, the Right Hon. 0,0 Fitzroy. M.P., and Mr s . Fit zroy , H on. E . R u ssel * sit Mrs. Russell, Sir William de Bathe, Lady Lavidtbief George Armytage, Lady Molesworth, the .Lerd, T A O Justice, Sir William and L a dy Cl a y, Si r Ad am and ate Bittleston, and Miss Heppell, Sir Alexander Banner Sir Henry Cotterell, Hon. Otway Toler, Mr. Su i ,, c lf Crowder, Lady Anne Sherson an d C a pt a i n Sherson, Dufferin, Lord Dufferin, Lady Alice Peel and ML ,aO 4 Lady Blantyre, Count Loui s C or ti, C o l. Villi e rs 11 14 0 %, and Mrs. Hayden, Col. de Bathe, Col. Brownlove t a w M.P. Col. Bigge, Cal. Biddulph, Col. Meyrick, Gage, Major de Horsey, Capt. Vivian, M.P., Mr. " f. ham, M.P., Mr. Henry Greville, Mr. Henry W e hstere ar e Augustus Lumley, Mr. Petro, Mr. T. W. La Roche, lir, Ogle Hunt and Miss Hunt, Mr. Heneage, Antrobus, Mr. Mildmay, Mr, A. C. Billing, Mr. Arcloso, Peel, Mr. Baring, M P., Mr. Coniogham, M,P., an d aff , Coningharn, Mr. C. Martyn, lire. George Carpentelook Roger Palmer, Mr. H. G erar d S tuart, M.P., liree,..aenl ford, Mr. Vane, M r . S c h us t er, M r. and Mrs. `"` a rlee Smith, Mr. Bulteel, Miss Byrne, Mr. anti Mrs. Cb Webster, &c. MR. BALFE'S BENEFIT.—Mr. Belle, the famous el poser of "The Bohemian Girl," and we know not ! A t many other popular operas, takes his annual beuefi; Drury-lane Theatre (the SCOOO of his earliest successe;ol this country) on Friday next. The entertainmen t chid!) , consist ( f the beneficiaire's latest produ ct 00 , "The Rose of Castille," performed by Miss Louisa fl i ts Mr. Harrison, Mr. Weiss, and the whole o f the ; o r Lyceu u English opera corn! any. Such attractio o .6 l 2o, bined with the well-deserved p o p u l ar it y o f Mr. -'"" can scarcely fail to fill "Old Drury" to the ceiling." be THE TOME OF THE PRINC ESS ELI ZA BETH.-- - It /7 .1 . 0 .0 1 . recollected that the Qu e en a s h or t ti me s i n ce 'ION a monument to be erected to the Princeas Einsfeli daughter of Charles 1., in St. Thomas's Church( a O r port, Isle of Wi g ht . Th e monumen t , desig c ',,isit° Baron Marochetti, c hi e fly consisted of an ell-ots'• reclining figure of the unkappy and youthful Pr i ", beg Toe llanzpshire Advertiser states that her geje"orclit now had two coloured windows pl a ced in the , and that the softened light from these windo ws on the peaceful and gentl e f a c e o f the prine ef 7f be t brings out the geotlo repose so characteristi c nt er e features. On the windo w n e ares t th e monac ce i o th e the words, " Blessed are th e d ea d w hich die /e Lord," and "Sorrow not as th os e which "L t ne f hope." Over the west door of the church 147 dell' St. Thomas the Apostle, to whom the c hurch 1 3 ,101 0 efved, has been placed. This statue is by M r ' a Southampton sculptor. is seg REMOVAL OF THE MONSTER GOLD NIIGGR . e E i d CRYSTAL PALACE.—This day this splendid sp e d .,ol, 5 gold, which has been exhibiting for some timer one the Crystal Palace, will be removed fur the Pe o r f e th: being exhibitsd in distant parts. Last eve l e 7iDel visitors (doubtless from the fact of its b°ing t , b en ala ce „, but one appearance" of this great treasure in tP v oe' flocked in immense numbers to the place where of of 1 ;', get was placed, in ordt rto take a farewell _ befit and, on its being removed to another part of ta f r peo p: ing, so great was the excitement and the rash c i P to Asr o so strong that two police officers were eroploY eu eg at in front, whilst two men followed with the %obi° ; their shoulders, the fortunate diggers w alkhl ith o ote r and two more police-officers in the rear. " Ar s T o _4 difficulty the costly metal was removed to the 10105 sures Court, where it was placed in an iron tb e re */ safe. This course was deemed pruden t, and be no fear of any persons carrying the treas nre _ 00 pe r for the chsst weighs several 'tons ; the lock „I,"orglat7, factly constructed as to resi s t the violence 01 P o e t 3 . o no matter what implements they may ighto pasted that the nugget will be removed late t v hyoid the danger of a dense crowd " Pat ere Coil dir( th e the