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IF YOU DESIRE GOOD HEALT fl SMOKE AROMATIC HERB TOBACCO, prepared only by WILLIAM GRIMSTONE, and swallow your 4 151ftle, wflich will then atreagthen your digestive organs Sold in square packets, 3d. per oz., 3s. 641. per lb. The smoke q e pastilles'. Or. if your sidtt or tearing; is uals bad, take GRIMSTONE'S HERBACEOUS YE SNUFF. Sold in tinfoil packets, 6d. per or in lib. or 21b. jars. Or, do you want a new growth of Human Mt" G RIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENERATOR is bottles With that will give lt Is sold in triangulsr 8 . Ivith pamphlet of real testimonials, 48., 75., and lls. (this size contains four of the 4s. size). by post, 125., and in cludes postage, &c. Family cases containing live, Its.; bottles, 42 4e. The above are produced at the Herbary from herbs, flowers, and roots. All letters to William Grimstone, Londnn Depot, 62, High-street, Bloomsbury ; and by all respectable Merchants and traders. CERTAIN RELIEF for the AFFLICTED. — Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre- Pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. ?Scott, of Bromley, Kent, are a sure remedy for affections of the liver, indigestion, bile, sick headache, giddiness, loss of appe tite, lowness of spirits, &c. They can be taken at any time. Without any danger from wet or cold, act mildly on the bowels, Without pain or griping, clear the skin, remove sallowness ttnd pimples, purify the blood, brace the nerves, and invigo rate the whole system. Sold by most druggists, in boxes, iv. and 2s. 9d. each. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuipe are a square green plickage, with " Go William Lambert, 20, Jermyn - street," en ['raved on the ernment stamp. Just Published, in 1 vol., Bvo. with numerous Anatomical Plates, post free, on receipt of six penny stamps, VITA VITALIS. - A NEW MEDICAL WORK „ on the NATURE, TREATMENT and CURE of t.,I'ERMATORRIREA, and other URINO - GENITAL t ,,,ISMASES, and consequent exhaustion of the NERVOUS ▪ IST Elf. caused by the errors of Man in youth and B Z,,f, producing a degeneracy of MENTAL and PHYSICAL b ▪ I'RENOTH, terminating _ in debility of the renerative or trans and INCAPACITY FOR MARRIED LIFE, shewing Why these Diseases so often appear incurable when in reality they can be efTectually removed by the most simple means, la:ether with the Author's remedies for preventing in- Netion. IIY A PHYSICIAN, ke., Ac. (registered under the New _ 4 tedleal Act). Address, Medicus, 19, Berners-street,,Oxford otreet, London. Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Pater noster-row, and all Booksellers in Town and Country. NO MORE MEDICINE HABITUAL CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION (DYSPEPSIA), -DEBILITY, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, PULMONARY, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS. DU B ARRY'S DELICIOUS HEALTH RESTORING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD.— 1-ertiflcate No. 36,418.—Tn our practice we have been enabled `gal/predate the virtues of Du Barry's Food. In its effect on chronic dyspepsia (indigestion), nervousness, constipation, d iarrhoea, on bilious and liver complaints, cough, asthm i, de bility, and incipient consumption, we find it the safest remedy. Dr Ure, F.R.S., Dr. Harvey, Dr. Bright, Dr. Shor - laud, Dr. Campbell. Du Barry's Food cures effectually—Acidity, asthma bilious- Ness, blood to the head, bowel complaints, bronchitis, ca tarrh, colds. ving,estion. constipation, consumption, ^ramps, e d "ui-th, debility, despondency, diarrhoea, disten dizziness, opily, drowsiness, dysentery, dyspepsia (Indigestion), erup ;lolls. exhaustion, fevers, epileptic ffts, flatulency, gout, ha itual constipation, headache, heartburn, haemorrhoids, hys teria, impurities, indigestion (dyspepsia,) irritability, irrita ' t, KM of kidneys and bladder, liver complaints, loss of memory, 'lO „ -- W spirits. nausea and sickness, nirvousnwar,'neryous fan '",'es. neuralgia, noises in the ear, pains between the shoul 'era, nalpitstion, partial paralytic, pulmonary corn -Plaints rheumatism, scrofula, sinking, sleeples , qiess, sore t hroat,'spasms, tightness across the chest. At al‘out one Penny per meal, it effectually cures the above, also children's co mplaints, and saves fifty times its cost in medicine. It does Tint turn acid nor interfere with a liberal diet but imparts a l ealthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty ( ' l digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most !„afeeblod. We extract a few out of many thous ind cures:— . Cure No. 51,816, from the Rev. James T. Campbell, Syder :it,ctle Rectory, near Fakenham, Norfolk : "In all cases of in flgestion, and particularly where the liver is affected, consider it the best of all remedies. —James T. Campbell." lire No. 71, of Dyspepsia, from the Right Honourable the Lord Stuart de Deeies : " I have derived considerable "enefit from Du Barry's ReValenta Arahica Food. Stuart de p j eciea."--Ctire No. 49,832: " Fifty years' indescr;bable agony em dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, fl atulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting, ;are been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Wortham Ling. near Dies. Norfolk."—Cure No. 52,087: Lleld-Marshal tin Duke of Pluskow, of a gastric inthimina -1011 of the storach.—Cure No. 51,614: Baron de Polentz, ; ‘ "refect of Langenau. -A many years' horrible sufferings of 4 ,„c serves and an obstinate constipation. Cure . No. •,f,y121 : Miss Elizahet.t Tseobs of Nazing Vicarage, altharn Cross, Ilerts, a Ogre of extreme nervousness ,-, 4( ligestion, gatherings. low spirits, and nervous fancies.— vure No. 43,314: Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Li" ‘' e rnool: a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of n ervous Irritability. —Cure No. 18,118: Dr, Andrew lire, of e i ( pl ti pa ti on , dyspepsia, nervous irritability.—Cure No. 3 4 ,21 0 %. r• Shorland, of dropsy and debility.—Cure 42,116 ; NMajoro. 36,212Fa1ie, o : Cap f „till Allan, of epileptic fits. —Cure . "'arnment of the liver, and total prostration of strength ; Cure No. 34,415: Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, 1 14 daily vomitings.—Cure No. 24,413 : Dr. Haryey, of co' arches and debility.—Cure No. :10.618 : Dr. SYnrtzer, of ,solmption.—Cure No. 32,R.40 : William Hunt, Roberts. ar - ti ß ter. of paralysis.—Cnre No. 44,270 : Mr. ,James Roberts. rber merchant, of Frimlev, Siirrey, 30 years' diseased d e .s, spitting of blood, )iver derangement, partial . e o ai neSg.—Cure No. 46,811: Mr. Samuel Laxton, Lei' oi two years'' do - - Cure. No. 52,412 : Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, of many years' alas irritability, bile and indigestion, -Cure No. 51,812 : Miss •al Zeg,uers, cured of consumption, after her medi et advisers had abandoned all hopes of r etwery.— ' l re No 180 • "Twenty-five years' nervousness, con (#• • +Rion, indigestion, and from which I have trod great misery, and which no medicine could re or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du netCry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Beeves, 181, ee t - atreet, London."—No. 4,208: "Eight years' dyspepsia, w e h e , , _ r i v, lisness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for niv servant had consulted the advice of many, have been cured by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. I shall -111APPY to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Flavell, niJon Rectory, Norfolk." No. 32,836 " Three years' a n raire nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, treneral debility, which rendered my life veil , miserable V oo leen radically re' moved by Da Barry's health-restoring' Cu r d 4 -lex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Shibbereen." Cal .. ) - 1 0 . 1,906 : Thirteen years' cough, indigostion. and gene lool4enility, have been removed by Du Barry's excelle In • g urle -anisters 11b. 29. 21b, 4a. 63., 121 b. 229., 241 b. -10 s. 41b . !relined quality22s., 101 b. 335. The 101 b., Plb., and 11,,„..a.nisters carriage free on receipt of Post-office Order, by nuilftY..l)u Barry and Ca., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fort street '''. 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On Friday next 1011 be published, in One Volume, Svo., with a Pottrait and Two Maps, _ _ . _ MEMOIRS OF SIR HENRY HAVELOCK, K.C.11, with Selections from his Correspondence and Journals. By his Brother-in-Law, JOHN CLARK *MARSH mAN. London : Long - man, () teen, Longman, and Roberts. NEW WORK Ili' THE AUTHOR OF MARY POWELL AND THE LADIES OF BEVER HOLLOW. Next week; in post Byo., with an Illustration, TOWN AND FOREST. i_By the Author of "Mary Powell" and The Ladies of Bever Hollow." London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. 1 144 pares, 70 Engravings, post free 2 stamps. COMMON SENSE in a NUTSHELL ; or, Every Man his own Doctor. The MEDICAL ADVISER, containing rules, prescriptions, &c., for the speedy cure, by very simple means, of Spermatorrheen, and all the more com mon diseases of the urino-genital system, which, from neglect or improper treatment, too often result in Pains in the Back, Gravel, Nervousness, Exhaustion, and Incapacity. Sent post free for iwu Stamps, by Dr. DE, lloot3, 10, Bernera-street, Oxford-street, W. Just publisheO, Sr% in_clotlt,. price 55 . ., try post tr e , sc. 6d., ON THE SUCCESSFLt TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA ; showing why they so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be remoTed by the most simple means. • By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeog to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular, Dec. Ist, 18.58. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.- Statistics chew that 50,000 Persons annually fall vic tims to Pulmonary Disorders, including Consumption, Diseases of the Chest and the Respiratory Organs. Preven tion is at all times better than cure ; be, therefore. prepared during the wet and wintry reason with a supply of KEAT ING'S COUGH _LOZENGES, which possess the virtue of averting, as well as of curing a Cough or Cold ; they are good alike for the young or for the aged. • Prepared and sold in Boxes.'lB. lid.oind Tins, 2s. 9d., 4s. Gd., and lUs. Gd. each, by THOMAS KEATING, Chemist, &c., 79, St. Paul's-aburchyard, London. - Retail by all Druggists, &c. IMPORTANT. TO CLERGYMEN, PUBLIC SPEAKERS, AND SINGERS. 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The "NEW MODE" is an EXTRAORDINARY DIS COVERY for the Treatment and Self-Cure of Weakness, Debility, Nervousness, Lassitude, Depression of Spirits, Loss of Energy, Appetite, Pains in the Back and Limbs, Timidity, Self-Distrust, Dizziness, Want of Energy, Love of Solitude, Groundless Fears, Palpitation of the Heart, Noises in the Head and Ears, Indecision, Wretchedness, Impaired Sight and Memory, Indigestion, and Bodily Prostration of the whole system. Also, • HINTS TO TROSE CONTEMPLATING MARRIAGE. In order that all classes may avail themselves of the above, the Author has not and will not allow the same to be sold, but be will forward it to those who send their address, and two stamps for postag - ,e. A ddre.4s, thus—Wm. Him., Esq., M.A., No. 27, Alfred-place, Bedford-square, Loudon. 3, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W., NEAR. THE PANTHEON. D R. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and. Apo thecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as above, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements of both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive indul gences, Has Just published, price IL ; by post, 13 stampe,7 18 sealed, No. 4, . Ai entire 'new and ortryinal Wong OURSELVES. Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure Also, an Exposition of, and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennorrhagia (Gonorrhoea), Spermatorrhcea, Imp3tency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &o.# FEMALE. The Physiolors and Anatomy of Women--Functional Ir rezularitles in Health awl Sickness—Choice in Marriage— Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Removal of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta ti.u—Use of the Specultun, and the securing of healthy Offspring. Also, _ No. 1. HE A.LTIL HAPPINE S S, and LONGEVITY; On DeLtility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion. No. 2. LOVE AND MARRIAGE : Their Oblifrations, Happiness, and Disappointments ; Love and other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off spring secured. No. 3. THE CASE BOOR : 100 Cases of SPERMATORRH(EA, - - Their Canoes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Coifessions and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, &o. &c. &e. T. be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and the Authors. Advice to the Working. Classes, fee Hall-a-Gaines. CURTIS ON MANHOOD NEW EDITION A MEDICAL ESSAY ON- NERVOUS AND GENERA TIVE DISEASES. Just Published, the 125th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price is. cold by all Booksellers, or sent postpaid, by the Author;for, 12 stamps, ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE ' MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. ByJ. L. CURTIS, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiologioal Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHArTER IL—Causes of Supermatorrhcea and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences ; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER Review of the various Disqualifications of Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTER IV.—The Author's plan of Treatment, Medical and Moral, being the result of a successful practice extending over a period of 25 years. CHAPTERS V. and .VI. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrheca and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting cases, to which is added the Author's receipt ora preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curti; on Nfanhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and should be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 23d March, 1856. "The author has conferred a frreat boon by piablishina this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1656. At home for consultation, daily, from 10 till 3 and 6 to Sundays, 10 to 1. Send a penny stamp and you will receive, post free, THE INVALID'S OWN GUID ; or, " NATUICAL RESTORER of PF.RFECT HEALTH," without Medicine, by a simple, pleasant, economical, and unfailing, means, which saves fitty times its cost in other remedies, restoring perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, refreshing sleep, and functional rogularity to the most enfeebled, and removing effectually in digesion(dyspepsia), debility, nervousness, cough, asthma, incipient consumption, dropsy, constipation, flatulency, diar rhoea, dysentery, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds, noises in the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn headache, despondency, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness, sinking firs, bronchi tis, also Children's complaints.—S. N. Barry, 77,-Regent street London. MEDICAL ADVICE. DR. LA'MERT, Registered L.S.A., Honorary Member of the London hospital Medical Society, M.D. the University of Erlangen, &c., may b e CONSULTED on all cases of Debility, Nervousness, and on th e S ecre t I n tirmities of Youth and Maturity, from Eleven till Two, and irom Six till Eight, at his residence, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON Dr. La'Mert has just published, price Sixpence, with nu merous Engravings and Cases, a New Edition of his Work, S EL F- PRESE II VATION, which will be sent tree, in a sealed envelope. by Mann, 30 CornhilL London, or by the Author, for flight stamps. CONTENTS. SECTION I.—The Physiology of the Generative Organs. SECTION IL—Puberty- -Manhood —The Morale of Genera. ive Physiology—True and False Morality. SEcrtort 111.—Marriage in its Moral, Social, and Physical lid bans—lts Expectancies and Disappointments—Advan tages of Physical Contrasts in securing Healthy Offspring. SECTION IV.—Spermatorrhom and Impotence—The causes Hof Sterility in both Sexes—Self-inflicted Miseries. SECTION V. The Vices of Schools—Effects of certain per nicious habits on the mental and general faculties. SECTION VT.—Treatment of Nervous and Generative De bility—lmpotence and Sterility—Dangerous Results of various Hazardous Specifics—The Author's Principles of Treatment; Medical, Dietetic, and General, derived from Twenty Years' successful practkvil The above work is inter ded for the perusal of those who have in early life been induced to swerve from the strict rules of morality. In its lives facts of par .mount utility are brought together, wholly divested of the delusions and incon sistencies so largely introduced into certain quasi medical publications given to the world gratis, miller the fTuise of philanthropy, or as "acts of gratitude," by pretended clergy men and others, whose tamperings with the constitution are frequently followed by serious consequences. .% _ ' ~-- - ~ ~ ~ /--' _••••'- . _ • - - / ------- • - ;--N.fo. - 3- II N . ,6-11 P...,... _ . •/ , 01.4 ~ `4,.:= . ... 4; '4 - RA' . .. • ~,, ~ , ' 45 . T02_,.." AP., i '; 'T • ~_ „, .t‘ . ft , 'CC') ). t er ‘ l, -; 'll7l . 31 4 e: , e . 4%, ' 5k„ , ,,,, g .0, ';. . r t f - _. ii , • A O l - ) -.-, ...-,; , ...• •" 4 1 - . -- T1 , i,, 4.:' -- 1 0 g, - - k • l i ,5 -.a z ? - ...,,..1,.,.,- --_,,--_, 4 _ -' 4 .'. ••/, 1 --.-: .•1:• , „ : ~ 4,51, A , . % 1:-,..mikE1, ,; , / Is , ?. :*Ofi I - I A i r M , 66 4 . tr ‘'.._. \ r. , DiE 1 4.p. ~,,-; ilh.L t o A' i • ''''-' ......... ..,..1.. .. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1860. OHRIST MINStRELS, Polygraphic Hall, k-) King William-street, Strand.—Farewell Season in Lon don.—Every Evenim; at 8, and every Saturday 3lorninz at 3 0 clock. Tickets and places may be secured at the Hall from 11 till 4, and at Mr. Austin's West-end Box-office, ,St. James's Ball, Piccadilly.—Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. J.W. ltArrton. • A RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Picea -L-3-- dilly.—Open ever-Evening., with the celebrated ilaod conducted by Mons. Lamotte (chef d'orehest ra to the Em perm Napoleon). A Ina“nilicent SMI )1:1N( ;- SALOON added to this Establishment. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Ad mission. is. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, nmll HOLBO RN. l'his Establishment, pre-eminently distiirmisbed for the elecxance and matchless beauty of its decorations, combined with the perfection of its management, is OPEN EVERY EVENING for DA NC[NG. The celebrated hand, under the direction of Mr. VC M. Packer, plays a nightly-varied selec tion of the msst approved classical and modern music. Doors open :at half-past 8. Overture at 9. Closing at 12 punctually. Admission, ls. THE EASTER AMUSEMENTS. DRURY•LANL THEATRE Tho advance of the spring seems to have the same effect on artificial music that it has on the natural, and the musicians, like the birds, break into full concert at Easter tide. Not contented with two first-rate Italian Operas, it seems we are to have English Opera at Drury-lane, and last night Dr. James Pech inaugurated a season with a powerful band, a numerous choir, and a very fair English company. The opera selected was Wallace's melodious one of " Maritana," aiid'the cast was as follows :—Don a CceBar de Bum, Mr. Henry Hai; h"; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr.- C. Durand ; Charles II , King of Spain (his original character), Mr. Borrani ; Mar quis de Montefiori, Mr. Peel ; Lazarillo (her first appearance at this theatre), Miss Emma Heywood; Alearde, Mr; Salvie ; Captain of Guards, Mr. Thompson ; Maritana (a Gitana), Miss Dyer; ;Map chioness de Montefiori; Mrs. Barrowcliff. It would be quite superfluous to enter into any lengthened criticism of this well-worn opera, or of its present cast, all of the singers being well-known to the London public, except Miss Heywood, who has a fine contralto voice, and seems to have been well instructed; but we must hear her in a more important part than Lazarillo before coming to any final opinion of her capacities ; Mr. Haigh seems to have improved in manner and tone, and he obtained considerable applause. Miss Dyer is pleasing and careful, but the arduous L Part of Maritana requires very strong powers to do it full justice. Dr. Pech led with great energy, and the band, which is full and efficient, ably seconded his efforts. A ballet closed the entertainment], in which Mr. Flexmore exhibited his great talents as a buffo dancer, and Mademoiselle Auriol displayed her wonderful agility, aided by several clever danseuses. The house was well filled in every part, and speci fied their satisfaction by continuous applatise. and Taglioni a ballet, the " Sylphide," which latter name the extravaganza retains. It is per fectly inoffensive (which in these days is not always to be said of burlesques), is written with average smartness, has two or three good parodies, and affords opportunity for some capital ballet dancing. Mr. Harris has the handsomest troop of coryphees in London, and they are admirably trained by Mr. Oscar Byrne. by the substitution of glass lustres for the orchestra side lights. The opening piece with which last night Easter tide was ushered in is an English version of an equestrian drama, which at Francones, or at the Cirque ImPerial; in Paris, is, we believe, just now attracting considerable attention--" L'Histoire d'un Drapeau." The English title is a literal translation of the French, and is of itself almost a sufficient in dication of the nature, character, and incidents of the drama, " The History of a Flag" is an Astleyan account of the wars and victories of Napoleon the Great during the Consulate, the Empire, and down to the return from Elba, and as such affords ample scope for the display of the pectiliar and varied re sources of this establishment. The action opens at the time when Napoleon is hard pressed by the Austrians, and when volunteers are wanted to recruit the army in Italy. A certain locality in Paris determines to raise a regiment from amongst its inhabitants, and the maids, wives, and widows make and present to them the tricoloured ensign which is to be their rallying signal in the day of battle. The vicissitudes of this regiment in the campaigns in Italy, in Egypt, and in Russia, afford ample opportunities for those mimic battle scenes and semblance§ of warfare which have doneas much, perhaps, in establishing the reputation at Astle y 's as the actual confli c t s so represented have done in immortalising the names of Wellington, Napoleon, and the other great generals engaged in them. There is, as a matter of course, a talc of love ; jea- 1:..; tI 1 • “fi II! :4 !Id J.: • 4:. 41' 1 L J: and scona4rclisra in every pliaL. , z, , ou the part of the orthodox Villain—without whose , pre sence no drams, whether of the equestrian ; plebeian, or any other order, could be complete. The scenery is exceedingly good ; the dresses—especially the military uniforms —are correct and appropriate ; and the groupings and management of the various actions in which the flag whose story they illus trate bears a part the charges of cavalry—the attacks of infantry the evolutions of artil lery, in which some hundred or more of men and a score or two of horses are the actors—afford a notion of . the' toil and danger of the battle-field sufficiently near to the real to satisfy all who aro not deeply imbued with that martial spirit which has lately been gaining such strength amongst us. The piece was highly suc cessful ; and Mr. Holloway, Mr. George Belmore, and others of the principal performers, were called before the curtain to receive the reward generally awarded to favourite performers at the fall of the curtain when the audience are mare-than usually satisfied with their exertions. Mr. William Batty, too, the lessee, was compelled, in obedience to loud and long-continued calls, to make his bow in front of the curtain, in acknowledgment of the congratu lations of his patrons on his successful effort in catering for their amusement. The scenes in the circle were worthy of Astley's palmiest days, the chief equestrians being Mdlles. Berg, Monet, and Marie, and Herr Fernando, from the continental cirques ; and amongst well-known and established favourites, Mr. 11. Williams and Jonathan Jack, Messrs. Charles Watson and Thorne, as the clowns of the ring, promise to up hold the character of the house for that species of humorous accompaniment to equestrian perform ances which time-honoured custom has made almost a necessity. PAVILION. The lessee of this theatre has chosen opera for his patrons, and the selection seemed last night to be highly appreciated. Rossini's " Cinderella" was given in the most effective manner, both with re spect to scenery, costume, and decorations. The principal vocal parts were sustained by Mr. Par kinson, a neat but by no means powerful tenor, Mr. Manvers, Miss Rebecca Isaacs, and Miss H. Manley—the first-named lady representing the heroine Cinderella, and the latter the sister, Cloriada. The merits of Miss Isaacs as a vocalist are well known and appreciated ; but the manner in which Miss Manley sang the intricate music of her part proved her to be a musician of great ability, and an acquisition to the metropolitan stage. The house was crammed almost to suffo cation. HAYMARKET. Mr. Tom Taylor's comedy, " The Overland Route," formed a very appropriate prelude to the fairy romance which was produced here as the new Easter piece, for though - the scene of " The Pilgrim of Love," which is the title of the romance, is laid in Spain, it is quite Oriental in its costume, charac ter, and scenery. It is founded on one of Washing ton 'lrving's " Legends of the Alhambra," and adapted by Mr. H. J. Byron to its present dramatic purpose. The story is as follows : —Prince Asmed (Mrs. Buckingham White) has been educated up to his 20th year in perfect seclusion, in consequence of a spiritual intimation which his father, the King of Granada, has had that the falling in love of his son will be the hour of his own death. Asmed, how ever, feels that the flowers, the birds, and the very air of his inclosed paradise arc breathing of a mys terious something for which he cannot find a name, till a good genius in the person of Miss Weekes suggests to him that it is love. Under this influ mice he escapes from the garden in which he is im prisoned, and hearing that . the King of Toledo (Mr. Compton) has a charming daughter (Miss 'roman) he resolves to proceed to the Court of To ledo. The journey, however, instead of being per formed on foot or carriage, 'passes in a diorama :before 'the Prince and the spectators. Granada, Seville, Cordova, and Toledo are thus seen, and the views form one of the most attractive portions of the piece. The Princess Aldegonda, like Asmed himself, is suffering from ennui, which not even a lively Moresco dance, in which Madlle. Louise Le clercq executes a brilliant pus, can remove. The arrival of Prince Asmed, however, has a more en livening influence on the Princess, but he has to overcome many obstacles before he can obtain the consent of her father, to their union. Not the least of the difficulties which he has to meet are five champions, rivals for the hand of the Princess, who are nationally described under the names of Smith, Mafoi, Count de Cranbournalli, Baron Botterbrod, and General Gosh—the latter a very spirited Yankee who, however, like . the others, is unhorsed by the valorous Moslem. But even then he has not gained his lady-love, and it is only when he obtains an enchanted carpet, in the possession of the King of Toledo, that the marriage of the princely pair may be said to be on the tapis. This happy consummation is effected in a brilliant scene, which, is denominated the " Aviary of Turtle-doves." The scenery of the en tire piece is very good and characteristic, and does credit to the artists by whom it was designed and executed. It was wound up with the applause of a numerous audience. PRINCESS'S. Last night a house crammed to overflowing in the gallery and pit, and fairly filled in the other portions, was assembled to greet the re-appearance of Mr. Phelps, after a long absence from the west cad of London, and the thunders of applause and affectionate welcome which he received seemed to indicate that some of his northern constituency had followed him to the far west, and sought to imbue the somewhat apathetic audience with their own Arcadian enthusiasm. The engagement of Mr. Phelps will very probably prove a fortunate one for Mr. Harris, for though it is only within the imme diate neighbouillood of the New River that he is believed to be the first tragedian of the day, and though he has made but little advance in his con ception of great characters since his. old days at Covent-Garden, with Mr. Macready, he has very wisely hit upon a different line of impersonation, and his delineations of eccentric comedy are highly artistic, and very often coloured with strong humour and acute perception. Best of these is his por traiture of Sir Pertinax Macsycophant, in Macklin's play of the "Man of the World," which, despite the lack of interest in its plot, and the fact that all the political allusions with which it teams, and which must have told so well at the time of its pro duction in 1780, are now fades, and almost unintel ligible, yet keeps occasional possession of the stage, on account of the shrewd worldliness and cunning ex hibited in the principal character, and the opportu nity which that character, in the hands of a good actor, affords for artistic and telling imperso nation. Mr. Phelps' performance last night was really a great one; so thoroughly does he imbue himself with the small follies and mean vices of his original that every look, every gesture, is pregnant with meaning —knavery is to be found in the wrinkle of his eyebrow, and chicanery in his interjectional cough. The first three acts went off somewhat tamely, for even when Sir Pertinax is on the stage his speeches are weari some and void of humour, but in the last two Mr. Phelps worked up all the best bits of the charac ter, and climaxed in the scene with the chaplain, which was most admirably acted, and created a great and legitimate impression. Miss Atkinson played Lady Rodolpha with spirit. The real Easter novelty is a burlesque by Mr. William Brough, on that pretty story of which Mr. Barnett made an opera, the " Mountain Sylph," BRITISH MUSEUM. This great national repository of the world's wonders, which at seasons like the present possesses a holiday interest proportioned to its extent, was visited yesterday by a dense throng of what an eminent statesman and orator has recently termed "the lower middle classes ;" and it was delightful to see them —men, women, and children—pressing eagerly under the portal even at a late hour in the afternoon, to view some of the inexhaustible marvels within. Long before 4 o'clock upwards of 15,000 persons had entered the building end perambulated some of its various departments, and by five—the hour for closing—the total amounted to not far short of 20,000, the gratification with which such a vast aggregate must be viewed being enhanced by the fact testified to by the officials, that the utmost decorum marked the behaviour of the visitors, without a single known exception. The only perceptible drawback was the diffi culty which the juvenile portion of the mass found in quenching their thirst at the handsome reeently-4rected drinking fountains under the colon nade, the flow of water and the capacity of the chaste drinking goblets being quite inadequate to meet the incessant demands upon them. CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS. This band of celebrated songsters may fairly be placed at the head of public entertainments of their class. With all that is grotesque in the gestures and amusing in the manners of the genuine " nig ger," they unite a musical cultivation and vocal powers which the unsophisticated sons of Ham can rarely lay claim to. In fact, they arc as great an improvement on the real darkies as the stereotyped stage Irishman is upon the ordinary Hibernian, for all purposes of continuous and popular amusement. The most harmonious band of niggers ever brought together would fall far short of these brilliant imi tators. They would no more be able to compete with them than an ordinary jack tar—however nimble, however jolly, and all that sort of thing— would be able to compare with T. P. Cooke in "doing" the sailor's hornpipe. But the darkie's disguise is a good stage effect, and contributes much to the popularity of the performance with the large masses of the public. This, however, is only an incidental attraction—the great - secret of their success is their genuine and undeniable ability. We need only add that, great as their success has been, it has not been greater than they richly de served to attain; and the only further observation we need make is to call attention to the fact that those who wish to hear them for the first time, or who, having once heard them, naturally desire to repeat the pleasure, must take an opportunity of doing so previous to their quitting the metropolis, which they will do at the end of the present season. GREAT GLOBE, LEICESTER SQUARE. This instructive place of amusement received yesterday its share of patronage from the holiday makers, and upheld its claims to public favour by the exhibition in addition to its former attractions of several new dioramic scenes, among which may be noted for beauty, and doubtless for fidelity, those of Pekin, Savoy, Italy, and Japan, and sites and scenery in India. These are illustrated by lectures on Italy, Savoy, Morocco, &c., &c. The unrivalled Model of the Earth still offers its wonders to those who have not yet examined it. CREMORNE GARDENS. The return of spring has evidently reminded the metropolitan public, and not improbably also a ST. JAMES'S. Miss Wyndham presents her holiday patrons with two novelties. The one, a comedictta by Mr. Howard Paul, entitled "A Change of System," ei hibits the stratagem by which the wooing of that eminent advocate Mr. Littleton Page (Mr. G. Spencer) is at last brought to a successful conclu sion. This gentleman has for a considerable time been conducting a suit for and prosecuting a suit with Mrs. Darlington (Miss Murray), a widow, of whom a fortune -of £5,000 is her least charm. The two gentlemen and the lady, on whom the whole action rests, play their respective parts with great ability, and the little piece may be set down as a success. Tho.other novelty is a burlesque on the opera of " Luerezia Borgia,"-by Mr. Leicester Buckingham. The scenery and the dresses are exceedingly good ; and there is a pretty ballet, in which Miss Clara Morgan, Miss Maskell, and Miss Caroline Mac ready take a prominent part. LYCEUM. The entertainments prividLa J the Lyeani evening " Th6l\ - eit b.; bi scribed. There is a large fortune, the inheritance of a deceased nabob, fallen due to somebody. The father of an arch and amiable young lady, Miss Clara Mountjoy, is the nabob's relative, but a.ras cally attorney, Mr. Grubton, whom Clara has just rejected, brings forward a grandson, whom he.pre tends to have discovered, as the next of kin. It' is a clownish lad, hitherto known as Timothy Chump, and as the supposed son of Mrs. Chump, the laun dress who washes and starches the fair Clara's deli cate apparel. It now turns .out that when MrS. Chump, a soldier's widow, was coming home from India, she was entrusted with the care of a child, which, if living, would be no less 'a persln than Theodore Villiers, Esq., licir to the nabob's- estate. In default of the necessary documentary evidence, the attorney secretly forges as many papers as he requires in order to force Mr. Mouutjoy to a com promise, one condition of which is to be Clara's hand for Mr. Grubton. The honezt lout, Timothy or Theodore, having £lOO given him on account, and himself , being passionately in love with Miss Clara, dresses himself up in gorgeous Splendour, calls at Mr. Mountjoy's house, and makes himself ridiculous. The attorney mercilessly urges his own suit, and Clara, to escape his persecution, and avert her father's threatened ruin, appeals to her other admirer, faithful, though uncouth as he is. A quarrel takes place between him and Mr. Grub ton, whose villany he learns just in time to defeat the compromise, by exposing the f)rgery and re nounces all advantage from the false inheritance. But Mrs. Chump, who has acted in 'good faith throughout, produces the real certificates and letters to prove Theodore's opulent parentage, and the attorney is kicked out with his gratuitous fraud. Miss Clara does not promise to accept her awkward lover, but kisses him in gratitude when he leaves her a share of the fortune. The piece was amusing enough, and the chief part was cleverly acted by Mr. Calhaem. The author, Mr. Falconer, was called for and applauded. The burlesque of the " Forty Thieves," lately per formed by the Savage Club, was next put on the stage, and there was a third piece. ADE LP 111. The powerful drama of the " Dead Heart," which had by no means exhausted its attractions when it was laid aside for a time for other reasons, was re vived at this theatre last night. The representa tion of the piece under its present circumstances was as striking as on its first production, with the advantage of that mellowness which does not usually accompany the earlier delineations of dramas of any kind, and of this description in particular. No change occurred in the cast, and the acting was as effective as ever. The revival of Planche's burlesque of the " Fair One with the Golden Locks" afforded a favourable opportunity of contrasting the earlier contributions to this class of drama with the coarser and broader burlesque of the immediate time, for it is now many years since this piece was produ ce d at the Hay market, with, if we rememb er r i g htl y , M r . J. Bland and Miss Julia Bennett in th e par t s no w assumed by Miss 'Woolgar and Mr. Toole. The neat, care ful phraseology, the play on words, and the delicate puns, which amounted almost to sit, in this as in all others of Planche's burlesques, lost nothing in the hands of the present representatives of the cha racters, and there was an evident appreciation by the majority of the audienc e o f th e b e tter specimen of a class of dramatic entertainment which has of late deteriorated so much as to have been threatened with extinction at theatres of any pretensions. STRAND. Messrs. Talfourd and Byron, in selecting the subject of the Easter burlesque for this theatre, have wisely chosen one which can scarcely wound the sensibilities of the most sensitive. The old fashioned melodrama of which " The Miller and his Nien" is a fair specimen belongs to what may be called the stumping and ranting school, and needs little if any exaggeration to become bur.esque. Such pieces indeed can scarcely, in the present hay, be played au serieux ; and they are therefore very legitimate subjects for travestie. The dialogue of the burlesque is profusely sprinkled with puns of all kinds—good, bad, and indifferent ; and some vocal parodies, burlesque dances, and two or three capital scenes by Mr. Call cott, combine with the good acting to make up a most successful burlesque. SURREY. The entertainment at this theatre commenced with " The Godoiphins," in which Miss Elsvrorthy, who made her first appearance since her return from America, sustained the character of the jealous Lady Godolphin with much eclat. But the great feature of the evening was the first appearance at this theatre of Sir William Don. He represented Twinkle Toodle in " The Toodles, ,, and Cousin Joe in the " Rough Diamond," in both of which characters he literally kept the house in a roar. He has been engaged, as the playbill informs, for twelve nights, and, if we may judge from his recep tion last night, we should think he will be a great attraction, not only from the circumstances of its being a rarity to see a real live baronet on the stage, but because he has in him a rich fund of comic humour. The house was well filled. AST LEY'S. In resuming the reins of management, after an interval of several years, Mr. Batty has, at the out set, given an assurance to the public that our ancient metropolitan—it may almost be called our national —circus shall resume the high position in popular favour which it held during the first half at least of the present century. Since the termination of Mr.., Cooke's lease the theatre has been entirely red/co rated and renovated. The gilding has been restored, the draperies renewed, the fronts of the boxes have been enriched by additional medallions and has relief groups appropriate to the speciality of the house—and which thrown up, as they were, upon a delicately green-tinted ground, picked out with red, white, and gold—give a rich and at the same time an agreeable light aspect to the entire pro scenium. The general appearance is further im proved by a very handsome central chandelier, and . G_ ~~ /'~. /_J_ PRICE 4 D . STAMPED, SD. goodly number of our couttry friends who avail themselves of. the Easter travelling arrangements to get a glimpse of the "lions" of the capital, that the glories of Cremorne are on the point of bursting forth into full splendour P. fter their long period of hibernation. Mr. Simpson has not allowed the winter to pass away without making extensive im provements in these delightful grounds, and the approaching season will certainly be one of unpre cedented attraction to the public, while to the en terpt icing proprietor we sincerely trust it will prove triumphantly successful, as his praiseworthy excl.- tions to give satisfaction to his hosts of visitors undoubtedly deserve. K • r SIVITZ.‘LAND ..)ND 'SARDINIA. .: , The Opi n i ons g i ves th e text of the cro et. date of March 21, by Count Cil‘t L endatore Joctean, the Sardin*-s6l4# in answer to the Swiss not " Turin,.M • "Monsieur le Commandeur,—. • handed me a copy of the note you will fi7 by which . the Federal Council directs the attention of the King's Government to the juridical positiin of the neutralised provinces of Savoy.' - Re cites to this end the treaty of 1564 between Sayoy and Berne, and the European stipulations of 1815. "On leaving with me a copy of this note M.- Tourte addressed to me another, in which, referring to the proclamations of the governors of Charabery and Annecy, announcing an approaching gencral vote concerning the annexation of Savoy to France, he protests, in the name of the Federai Council, - against any vote or any other act whatever, the re sult of which might produce a change in the pre sent state of things in Savoy. You will also find enclosed a copy of the note from the Swiss envoy extraordinary. I answered M. Tourte verbally that I did not understand how the conduct observed by the King's Cabinet in this affair could have been a cause of recrimination on the part of the Federal Council. " In fact, it ,would have been sufficient to read the . answer, which through the medium of his Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Paris I had given to iiihe communication wherein M. Thouvenel demanded gttt , ntees for the security of France, to convince one'siself that the King's Cabinet, unable to refuse to acknowledge the validity of a vote to be legally given by the inhabitants of Savoy, had nevertheless only made this declaration upon the assurances ex pressed in the notes of the French Cabinet, that it would take into serious consideration the interests of Switzerland. I furthkr observed to M. Tourte that I still less understood by what right Switzer ti - 1-11,1 1 ; ); ) alust ali rui.ing tending to show of thi; - 'lll4fihitants. TI - iet • s, is ..,711,:ttil:a• foi:getfulac.s.s of his Majesty's L difficult to explain, even when taking into account the inter national stipulations invoked by the Federal Council. " I do not, then, think it expedient to dwell on this part of the communication made by the Helve tic Confederation, and I shall confine myself to a few remarkeon the value attached by the Federal - Council to the treaty of 1564 and to the transac tions of 1815. " The treaty of Lausanne of October 30,1564, be- , tween Emmanuel Filibert and the Lords of Berne, in stipulating the restoration to the house of Savoy of ' the entire lordship of Gex, also the part which they (the Lords of Berne) had conquered from the district of the Chablais situated beyond the Lake and the Rhone, oleo all they had occupied of the Genevois, &e.,' declares in the 14th article that neither party shall alienate these countries to an other Power. " This limitation of the right 'of sovereignty was from its very nature transitory, and would naturally disappear with the causes that had pro cured its admission. It would cease by the tacit or expressed agreement of the contracting parties, or else through the effect of the general stipulations that have subsequently regulated the public law of Europe. " We see in fact that the clause above mentioned was in 1601 considered to be abrogated, when by the treaty of Lyons Charles Emmanuel I. ceded to France the lordship of Gex with all its appurte nances, and when neither Berne nor the other con federated cantons offered any remonstrance or pro test against the use which the house of Savoy made of its right of sovereignty. Moreover, two years later, the stipulations in the 14th article of that treaty of 1564 no longer appear in the convention concluded at St. Julien between Charles Emmanuel I. and Geneva ' with the knowledge and consent' of all the Swiss cantons. Finally, in the treaty of June 3, 1754, stipulated between Ring Charles Em manuel 111. and Geneva, under the kindly media tion of Zurich and even Berne, it is expressly said By means of the arrangements effected by this treaty and the explanations accompanying it, all other claims of whatsoever nature they may be arc herewith cancelled and annulled on both sides for ever.' "The preceding considerations demonstrate most clearly that the present claims of Switzerland have DO foundation. The treaties of 1815 still less fur nish any ground for the pretensions of. the Federal Council. By these treaties the provinces of Cha blais and Faucigny were restored to Sardinia, who had lest them in 1792. Is there in the private trea ties, or in the final act, or in the protocols of Vienna, any arrangement or word restoring to validity the 14th article of the treaty of 1564 ? Absolutely not one. " But the Federal Council invokes the 23d article of the treaty of 1816 between Sardinia and Switzerland. This article is thus worded The stipulations of the ancient treaties, and especially of that of June 3, 1754, such as are not expressly cancelled by the present treaty, are confirmed.' Can any one in good faith believe and maintain that by a vague phrase, having no precise import, Sardinia could have consented to retive a stipula tion dating three centuries back r It is enough to put the question to obtain its answer. The stipulations alluded to in 1816 referred to the trade and the facilitating of communication between the two adjacent countries, and had no reference at all to the essential rights of sovereignty, which were in the same act defined expressly as far as the neutra lised provinces were concerned. For the rest, by thi s same phrase in the 23d article, one might have been able, perhaps, to resuscitate the stipulations existing in 1792, but not those which, by the nature of events, by the subsequent facts and conventions, had been “ cancelled ltiis, for however,2oo years.fa r to acknowledge that the transactions of 1815 c rea t e d f ov the provinces of Chablais and Fa uc i gny a special juridical state rela tively to Switzerland. The neutralisation of these countries was chiefly established for the sake of Sardinia, who demanded and obtained it as a com pensation for a territorial cession to Geneva, and, consequently, to the confederation, as we have already had occasion to observe in the communica tions that were exchanged last year between the two governments. But if Swit ze rla n d believes that this neutralisation is usef ul to her, we do not oppose the taking of her interests into serious considera tion. France herself had formally declared it, and we have registered that declaration which has be come public. This point ought to be examined and settled in concert with the Powers that signed the treaties of Vienna, for it concerns the general inte rests of Europe quite as much as the private con venience of Sardinia or Switzerland. The King's Government is persuaded that the Helvetic Confede ration will be heard at the discussion, and for our part we are disposed to support every proposition calculated to preserve intact the permanent interests of the Swiss nation. We have given too many p s r i‘ o i e t f z s e o rl f an o d u , r sym pathy for r for the Fed e ral in Sardinia, con vinced beforehand that it will find that have should the case require it, the sentiments hitherto inspired her conduct. with Co a u n n d cil f n ri o e t nds tohibeP.mandeur, to read this de spatch" I beg you, M. le Com mandeer, copy of it with, the President to, and leave a and to accept, &c., of the Confederation, " CAYOUR." • T HE PAPAL EXCOMMUNICATION.----Mr. M.P., has written to a contemp orary as f o ll ows _ G. 80 , N ‘ v i c se r' e that, by some mistake, your translation of the Papal excommunication represents the decree as being signed by two officers, styled ' Apostolical Curser' and , Magister Culler.' The fact is that the title of those offi cers is ' Cursor,' a Latin term, signifying an officer who serves a process, &c. I beg you to correct this error by the insertion of a letter or otherwise, as it will otherwise cause much annoyance to your Roman Catholic readers." TH TTd a a bird GOLDFINCH AND ITS ATTRACTIONS. — _- rd -tt f foreign extraction, it is impossible to say at w this lively and t ru l y am i a bl e little chorister beent value ho i 2 0 would ever have been rated in England. Such h beauty, But he is not foreign ; and every heart land. Bu " f as hionable " bird. Ho and such a voice would have caivated!ilmost every eye in this happy and, by consequence, he is not a return a lovingwho pay him proper homag e r eceive heart, an affectionate friend , a nd a domestic musician of has, notwithstanding, sensiblepatrons i n n ot r a few ; and all first-rate excellence. His ` vocal powers; when he is at " home," are surpassinNgih variations. Entre noun, the t t i ybrilliant ; for he is continually new airs, r more Shilling Treatise on the Gola,finen 2 l , " airs" lie gives himself the better for us.--i Videf r IN E lysP tip - RR ,e P 1 11'4 0 14,-, _„--,-- ' O 4_44A - g4ii., l ar..i...1 —`• ./Y 4.-' in4inchn , S CANTERBURY HALL. This favourite place of public entertainment was yesterday crowded almost to excess, under the favouring influence of the Easter attractions, which were conceived in the same spirit of liberality, and in the same good taste, as has ever been displayed by its esteemed proprietor, Mr. Morton, in 4;5,; management of it. The concert last evening was of a very high musical order, and included seketio* from " Lucrezia Borgia," " I)inorah," " Macbeth," and Sterndale Bennett's "May Queen," which' Wexe executed in a manner that would have done credit to an establishment of exclusively musical preten sions. The auditory were highly pleased at the performAnce, and evinced their satisfaction by re peated applause. Mr. Morton has justly won the esteem of a large portion of the public by the facili- _ As_ , . 1, • d Dr t itl i, t k 1110 4 t a ' :I. • t " sure of other entertainments of a miscellaneous character, including a variety of comic music, both vocal and instrumental. The Picture Gallery, which forms part of the property, is in itself a source of refined and elevating pleasure, which has elicited the warmest admiration, not only of the ordinary ft equenters of the Hall, but of connois seurs. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The popular collection of the Royal Zoological Society, generally amongst the most successful of holiday exhibitions, has this year attracted even more of public notice than usual. Whether or not the portrait of the Salamander, whose ugly effigy figures in the last week's Illustrated News, tended to stimulate curiosity, it would perhaps be difficult to say ; but yesterday afternoon the walks, spacious as they are, were quite thronged. GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. A fair share of patronage was accorded to Mr. and Mrs. German Reed yesterday, when their popu lar illustrations, "Our Home Circuit" and " Sea Side Sketches," were received in a manner that evinced the greatest satisfaction on the part of the audience, and must .have been gratifying to the perform: rs. PETTED MURDERERS. In referring to the proceedings preliminary to the execution at Bedford of Joseph Castle, for the murder of hiS wife, the Hertford Mercury says . We publish the details for the purpose of entering our protest against the treatment which this pro foundly egotistical murderer experienced at the hands of those in whose custody he was placed. It is long since we have read anything so thoroughly disgusting as the record of the daily life of this petted inmate of a condemned cell. We have always been opponents of the punishment of death, on the ground that it is unauthorised, brutal, brutalising, useless ; but if we had ever looked with favour on the gallows as a social defence or a moral teacher, our faith in its efficacy would have been shattered by the arguments which are presented in the treat ment of Castle. Here was a man convicted of the murder of his wife under circumstances of extreme atrocity. The crime was not the result of sudden passion ; the murdered woman was not struck down by an angry blow, which did injury beyorpl the in len t of him who delivered it, nor was the crime re gretted. The murder was deliberate, premeditated ; and from the time of its commission to the last mo ment of life the law allowed him the murderer had no thought except for himself. While he had yet days to live, he was only intent on what he should eat and drink, and selfishly and morosely sensitive if the pleasures his sensual appetite demanded were not furnished on the instant, and without objection. Even when his sands were nearly run out, and while the hammer was yet ringing upon the bolts ' of the gallows, he was solicitous only about himself. He had no regrets, and experienced no repentance, so far as the report discloses. For his wife, sleep ing the sleep of death in the bloody shroud he had wrought for her with guilty hands, he had no sor row. She seems rarely to have occurred to his mind ; and the heinousness of his guilt appears to have been wholly unfelt. He grew restless towards the last, but gave utterance to the language of terror rather than of grief and self-abasement. But this phase passed away, and when the hour appointed for the execution drew so near that the unexpired minutes might be easily counted, and the decent feeling of the officials suggested that the man who was appointed to die should be aroused from his slumbers to confront the awfulness of his position— the murderer petitioned for a little more sleep, which "he thought would ease his mind." It is not for us to question that in his latest moments better thoughts were given to him ; or that hope, who never bars her golden gates, opened them to him in his extremity—if perchance the self-seeking roan, in the dread tumult of the death-hour, sought peace through repentance. Our object is—without repeating the recital which appears elsewhere — to indicate the fact that throughout his imprison ment and after his condemnation, Castle was brutally sensual, and selfishly indifferent to every thing except the gratification of his appetite, and to his own personal danger; and that it was upon this man the officials of the gaol lavished their sympathy and regards in such a manner as to make condemnation to death rather a thing to be desired than avoided by that class of morbid egotists which furnishes us with murderers and suicides. It naturally suggests itself to one's mind as most proper in the case of a murderer that, after his condemnation, whether he be sentenced to be hung or to be imprisoned, as little notice should be taken of him as possible. He should receive the prison allowance of food, and the visits of the chaplain. For all else he had better be kept out of sight and out of mind. It is utterly revolting that a man convicted of the worst of crimes should be feasted and petted till his mind is overwhelmed with a sense of his own importance. There is no con ceivable reason why we should feel more interest in the murderer than in the pickpocket, whom we re lentlessly consign to hard fare, the treadwhcel, and forgetfuln ess — rea ll y nothing, e xcept the fact that he is do ome d t o die. That probably is the explanation, and in itself constitutes a strong argu ment against a punishment which dcvelopes, even in a gaoler, the kind of sympathy which boarding school girls used to feel for the villains of the sickly romances they read. But while the penalty of death remains, let us summon to our assistance enough of common sense, if not of hardness, to carry the law into effect with as much dignity and decency as i s possible under the circumstances. Let us cease to fatten murderers for the gallows as oxen for market the and to conciliate th eir humours b y giving them option of roast fowl, or beef and plum pudding. Justice should be stern, though not cruel; and she makes one doubt whether she be not a counterfeit when she unites the functions of the restaurateur with those of the executioner. Certainly much harm is done by the imprudent sympathy of her ministers for those whom she has doomed to die the death ; and perhaps the Beechwood tragedy, so closely following on the heels of the disclosures of the discipline observed in the county gaol at Bed ford, may to some extent have been caused by them. To desperate men, foiled in their unlawful pursuits and with the fear of a renewal of vulgar imprison ment before , them , the honours accorde d to Castle, and the observation concentrated upon him, may have been too powerful a provocative to crime, which being as heinous, and to a similar titling them to equal indu l g ence m i g ht be regarded as en ovation. M. Philip Taglioni, the author of many ballets applauded by the Parisians, and father of the celebrated danseuse, has recently, notwithstanding his advanced age of 83, undergone the operation of couching for cataract. On the third day after, on removing the bandages, the patient had the happiness of again beholding the counte nance of his daughter, cted riaS and ing, nen, life t• 40 4 to 41 9 to 42 9 to 31 9 to 4 14 to 45§ to Vs ,1J V ~ , 18 ,15 3 itohe til3 o due. pr ;11 0 :al* Aril it pril :ay 3 /arl 13 " Aril !! pril p rii 1! pril 1" ,liPii oil I ° 0111% 011 12 )6 1 I° MN