The Sun. — London, England, 1858-05-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY E V ENIMG, MAY 24, 1858. HER. MAJESTY'S THEATRE. thoughts were concentrated on the best mode of DON GIOVANNI. evading the difficulty. The despatches from India TO-MORROW EVENING, TUESDAY, May 25, will be repeated Mozart's chef d'oeuvre. were a perfect God-send. Sir JAMES OrTRAM Was DON GIOVANNI. reit3 ex nz - zch;:z(*, who extricated them from Donna Anna, Madlle. Titiens ; D . ? .ua Ortolani ; Zerlina, Madlle. Piccolomint ; DJ!' Giovanni, Sig- he painful d&iniaia.. Like) the be,ei-eater ;,1 the aor Beneventano (his first appeara - ,ee this season ; Leporello, Signor Belletti ; Masetto, Signor Aldighieri ; Commends tore,"Critic Signor vialetti ; and Don Ottavio, Signor Giuglini. their swords and daggers." The catastrophe was Conductor, Signor Bonotti. And the Ballet Divertissement, CALISTO; ou, Le Renvoi doubtless very humiliating, but it was better than de I'Amour, by Mesdames Pocchini and Annetta. a decisive defeat, or being compelled to vote Madlle. Marie Taglioni has arrived, and will appe a r on S a turday next, May 29, in a new Ballet, composed expressly against their conscience. And they compelled for her by M. Massot, entitled LA REINE DES SONGES. their would-be leaders to withdraw the vaunted The Opera will commence at 8 o'clock. A limited number of Boxes have been secured to the public. resolution that was to reinstate Lord PALMERSTON Price 21s and 315 6d each, which may be had at the Box Wilco, at the Theatre. in power, together with the newly-formed coalition. The well-considered arrangements, the carefully weighed compromises all tumbled to the ground at one fell swoop. The Chancellor of the Exche quer gave a dignified assent to the ignominious withdrawal of the resolution, and he was right, for the most adverse division could scarcely have damaged the conspirators so greatly as the lame and impotent conclusion of their scheme. The people felt this, and the Commons, too, for on leaving the House the Right Hon. Gentleman, Mr. DISRAELI, was loudly and very heartily cheered ! That the actors in the political farce are pro ' foundly abashed is manifest from the miserable attempts which they are making to excuse, or rather to extenuate the grave mistake into which they were betrayed. Lord SHAFTESBURY, who hesitated not to make an appeal to the Deity that he was not actuated by party feeling in proposing the Resolution in the Lords, has vainly attempted to whitewash himself by declaring that he had not attended a political meeting at Cambridge House on the Sabbath. He has not, however, ventured to assert that he was not on that day visiting at that mansion while the pro ject was under discussion, and that he was not the first to act in carrying out the cunningly-planned scheme. He has solaced his conscience with this specious excuse ; but the religious party, by whom he desires to be regarded as a " shining light," will require something more before they can be satisfied, or their quondam idol be rein stated in the shrine he once occupied. He heard Lord DERBY'S splendid address. He heard the imputations so freely cast upon his own conduct in becoming the champion of that factious plot, concocted on " The LORD'S Day," and he did not then, nor after many days of chewing his rueful cud, attempt to make any denial—that might have elicited a very inconvenient explanation. The Times, too, has also discovered its mis take, and is compelled to make very damaging admissions. It feels that it has been led into a very awkward scrape by the " Cerberus Club," and is therefore desirous of getting out of its im prudent escapade with the least possible damage. It confesses with au affectation of candour that, as a party move, the motion was not successful ; adding—" the army would not fight, and the gene rals had nothing to do but to draw off with as little loss as possible," supplementing it with this very remarkable paragraph. " One thing is, however, clear, and that is, that in the present House, indi vidual influence goes for very little. It was assumed that if Lord JOHN RUSSELL and Lord PALMERSTON could only be brought to unit; the destruction of the DERBY Government was certain. Well, the dreaderi conjunction has taken place, and the DERBY Go vernment is, at least, as strong as before." This confession, wrung from it by the irresistible facts, must have been very painful, but it was indispen sable. We do not despair of seeing the Times again performing another act of tergiversation, and following in the current of public opinion, by giving strenuous support to the Administration 1 It has also discovered that the discus sion, albeit it cost a week of very valuable time, was not without its utility. We cordially concur in that opinion. It has destroyed many prejudices, has placed public men in a very striking point of view, and has given the present Government a prolonged tenure of office. That was certainly worth the time spent. [t has removed many a delusion, and shown that henceforward the nation will look to measures, not men, and will seek to promote the interests of the community rather than of a family clique, or of—politically speaking—an unprin cipled coalition. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Titiens, Alboni, Giuglini. Piccolomini, Ortolan', BelletLi, Beneveutano, The following arrangements have been m ide : TO-MORROW, Tuesday, May 25 DON GIO VANN', and the new Divertissement, CALISTO, by Madlle. Pocchini. Thursday, May 27— IL TROVATORE and Ballet. Friday, 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 Mndlle. Marie Taglioni. Monday, June 7—Grand Morning Performance. In answer to numerous communications, it is announced %,t, for the convenience of tho gentry residing in the envi• rune, a Grand Morning Performance will be given on Monday, June 7, in which all tho artistes of the establishment will Perform, including all the artistes of the ballet. Applications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre, ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. NEW THEATRE. First appearance of Madame BOSIO. First appearance of Signor GRAZIANI. First appearance of Signor GARDONL First Night of LA TRAVIATA. TO-MORROW, Tuesday, May 25, will be performed (f or the first time this season) Verdi's opera, LA TRAVIATA. Violetta, Madame Bosio (her first appearance this season) ; Flora Servoix, Madame Tagliafico ; Georgio Germont, Signor Graziani (his first appearance this season) ; Baron Duphol, Signor Tagliafico; Marchese D'Obigny, Signor Polonini ; Gastone, Signor Soldi; Dottore Grenyil, M. Zelge r ; G u i seppe, Signor Rosse ; and Alfredo, Signor Gardoni (his first appear ance this season). Conductor—Mr. Costa. Doors open at half-past 7, the Opera to commence at 8 •'clock. Pit, 10s. 6d. ; amphitheatre stalls, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 2s. fib -- ll E R MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—MadIIe. MARIE TAGLIONI.—On SATURDAY next, May 29, Madlle. MARIE TAGLIONI will make her FIRST APPEARANCE this Season, on which occasion will be produced an entirely New Ballet, by M. Massot, entitled LA REINE DES SONGES. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented MUSIC HATFI CHARMS. After which KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with the new farce, entitled SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THE ATRE. —Mr. and Mrs. CH A RLES KEAN respectfully Inform the Public that their ANNUAL BENEFIT will take place on SAPURDAY, June 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 v ENICE. ICING LEAK, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with AS YOU LIKE IT. Rosalind, Mrs. Charles Young. 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 Upper Boxes... , .......... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit...... ~........ ..., Gallery THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be presented the Drama of the GR FEN BUSHES. Followed by the new Broad Eccentric Drama, OUR FRENCH LADY'S MAID. Mr. B. Webster and Madame Celeste. Commence at Seven. .STRAND THE ATRE.—Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough.—This Evening will be presented MARRIAGE A LOTTERY, supported by Messrs. Emery, Ray, Belford, Mesdames M. Oliver, Portman, Victor, and Selby. After which, the new burlesque of PRA DIAVOLO ; or, Tho 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. Swanhorough, J. W. Ray, Chas. Young, Mesdames Leigh Murray, M. Ternau, and C. Melville. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminst er - roa d.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow big company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance o' elections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES. D UETS, &c., viz. : —Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Miss Brunch, Miss ay, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr P. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Joue, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Ber mrd Messrs. W. T. Critelvield, John G. Forde, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Mr. Courtnay ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &s., 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, MAT 24. THERMOMETER., IN TUE SHADE. 71—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night, 61—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.88. WIND, S. W. ; light, with fine weather, but cloudy. It blew very fresh yesterday, with frequent heavy showers, and occasional sunshina. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn., 43 min. aft. 11—Even., 0 min. aft. 0 To-MoßßOw—Morn., 7 min. aft. 12—Even., 31 min. aft. 12 The miserable narrative of a Great Wrong done to a noble-hearted English Tar, recently deceased, has been compressed within the compass of a little pamphlet of 44 pages, published in the Row, by Daniel F. Oaken and penned by George J. Cayley in words of manly eloquence and burning indignation. The whole melancholy story is epitomised in that inscription on the tomb of the Dead Sailor, whose dust now lies neglected in the naval burying-ground at Plymouth. Siste Viator—those few graven characters on the little cross are well worth perusal, the characters carved upon the cross there raised upon those three ru•ile stones brought thither from the walla of Sebas topol— ROBERT WILSON ROBERTS, R.N. OB : X. DEC : MDCCCLVII. AET : XXXVIII. Two lines—no more—and the literal meaning of the words simple enough ; yet uuler that literal meaning what a mournful and touching significance I With the particulars of this deplor able history the public at large aro by this time only too painfully familiarised. They have been related by Mr. CAYLEY in the first abstract of that very memoir of his which has been since then published, as already intimated in a more lengthened form, though still in a very portable form, as a separate broAare. This early abstract of the memoir appeared originally on the 11th of Nlarch in the Daily IVetV3, and was subsequently-, on last Lady-day, rendered the theme of some most impressive remarks reprinted in our own columns from those of our able and out-spoken contemporary. It would be superfluous, there fore, to recapitulate here the whole story, as it has been now thrice told -1 with admirable abilit y and with r e h a e l t il oric in ar force ace and a logical precision, not simply persuasive but perfectly convincing and incontrovertible. In his pamphlet-reprint of the story, Mr. CAYLEY with a poignant irony entitles his memoir--_" The Service and the Reward "—the Service having in truth been Immense, and the Reward absolutely Nothing. In one sentence, What was that Ser vice ? It was briefly this—The accomplishment in a few days by the individual exertions of thi s humble Master in the Royal Navy of what every other official, great and small, from the Admiral of the Fleet and the Commander-in-Chief of the Army downwards, had altogether neglected up to the moment of the emergency-Ind at the arrival of the emergency regarded as altogether impracticable, viz., the landing of British troops upon the shores of the Crimea at the time of the famous descent of the Allied Forces upon Ea patoria. The French, according to their habitual promptitude and prevision in matters of this kind --when the hour had struck for the transport of troops bodily across the Euxine from their tem porary encampment at Varna —were, as a matter of course, prepared. The English—according to their habitual entanglement in a labyrinth of red tape and the mazes of circumlocution—when that same hour had struck for them for precisely the same movement, were, equally as a matter of course, unprepared. Nobody bad thought at all of the obviously inevitable provision. IV - I.)ody but this master in the Navy, Me. R. W. ROBERTS, !den fortunately for England, stationed in the Black Sea, in command of H.M.'s war-steamer Cyclops. He had thought of it, however, betimes, and had not only thought of it, but had already acted upon his own calculations. He purchased with his own money materials for the construction of the Flotilla, by stagings of timber laid upon the long narrow caiques of the country, and there fastened together in the form of rafts—safe, capa cious, and manageable. When everybody else was bewildered at, the apparently dead-lock sud denly arrived at for the expedition, the master-iu command of the Cyclops stepped in with his proposition. "If you do this," said Sir GEORGE BROWN , " you will deserve the thanks of the whole army." And as Mr. OATLEY simply adds—" He did it." He did it only, however, by an almost preternatural exer tion—by such superhuman exertions that his stalwart frame bent at last to the shock, his hale constitution was broken by it. When the last nail was driven, when the last plank was fixed, when the flotilla was actually completed at the end of a single week, to the astonishment of those who had regarded the notion of its construction from the first as simply impossible and preposterous, poor ROBERT/5 fainted away, and for several hours re mained in a state of insensibility. Is it sur prising that the strong man reeled under the weight of the herculean task which he had undertaken and which he had achieved, that the gallant SALT, then in the full vigour of his lusty manhood, should have thus actually fainted away at the moment of its complete accomplishment Y Read in a few words the manner in which he had accomplished it, Mr. CATLEY is speaking : "He performed, by a superhuman strain of energy, what every one thought madness to at tempt. He did it by working night and day with head and hands, heart and soul in the effort. Here and there and everywhere, with his shirr-sleeves up to his shoulders, working like a possessed Berserk of old. Marking timber, sawing plank, driving bolts, with a medley crew of ship's carpenters, common soldiers, Turks, Greeks, and Armenians. Stimulating this man bypraise, that man by bribes, the other by threats—and the whole by his example. He had declared war with Impossibility, and how he wrestled with his incubus enemy, drenched in sweat, and choked in dust under a broiling sun, in the arsenal on the Golden Horn, made the men who saw him marvel. Lard L) ons came down from Varna to see what progress he would make. At first the Admiral looked on as Ulysses might have looked on the toil of Sisydhus. It was wonderful energy hopelessly employed. He shook his head and said : You have undertaken to ) much. You will deceive both yourself and u s ! Here is the third day and you have not finished one p )ntoon, and still you talk of completing the whole in seven days !' Mr. Roberts replied : "If I attempted to finish one at a time 1 sliould certainly fail. I am getting the several parts ready for the whole ; and that done, shall pat them to gether all at once.' On the fifth day Admiral Lyons said : ' Well, Roberts, I'm quite satisfied now I I see you know what you are almit, and will get through it. There is no use in my waiting any longer.' " Nor was there, as the event proved—for the thing was done. Long afterwards, when Mr. ROBERTS had returned home invalided—dying —unrecompensed—Lord LYONS, on the 3d of February, 1856, wrote to him—" I really do not know what we could have done without you." Lord LYONS wrote to Mr. CA.YLEY— " Without ROBERTS'S pontoons we could not have gone to the Crimea this season." Admiral LYONS wrote to Ctptain DAcaEs—"Lord RAGLAN, Sir GEORGE BROWN, and I wrote as strongly as possible in his (RonEuTs') favour, and I will do so again this very post." Lord RAGLAN himself at the time said to Admiral LYONS—" How is it, among all the promotions that have come out, there is no mention of ROBERTS, who really did more for us than anybody." That was the die• tinct avowal of the Commander-in-Chief—an avowal extorted from him by the omission alluded to as glaring on everybody's Notice on the arrival at the seat of war of the first batch of promotions. Poor ROBERTS had written in a letter to his wife on the 6th of September, in a cheering postscript. " We are safe to win a C.onmander's commis sion." Nothing of the kind. And, why ? Because at the head of the Board of Admiralty there was such a man as Sir CHARLES WOOD ! Is there needed distinct and positive proof of this:? We give it. When ROBERT ROBERTS was slowly dying, broken in spirit as well as in constitution by his magnificent but self-destructive services to his country, and by his despicable and dastardly treatment in return, he receives one fin e day in answer to his last earnest and manly appeal to the Admiralty for some substantial recognition of those services, the sub joined cruel, cold-blooded holograph letter from the Right Hon. Sir CHARLES WOOD, Bart., M.P., then First Lord of the Admiralty. Read it, electors of Halifax, read it, men of England, this harsh, pitiless missive, aidressed to the dying sailor by this Wood-en-hearted statesman and ad ministrator : " Portsmouth, Sapt. 21, 185 G. "Sir,—l have had the honour of recAving your letter, and I am sorry to hear from yourself, as in deed I had heard from Dr. Nisbett, to wOom I spoke on the subject, that you are at present un able to undertake at.y active employment. Atter the fullest consideration I can give to the subject, which, indeed, it had before received from the Board of Admiralty, I cannot comply with your request for promotion to the list of active com manders. But I need not repeat wuat his b een said to you before, that the Board will be very glad to avail themselves of any fitting opportunity of marking the sense they entertain of your ser vices.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your ob3dient servant, 6 ‘ QUARLES WOOD. • R. W. Roberts, Esq." Another Lord of the Admiralty of that time has yet to be particularised. Admiral Sir MAURICE BERKELEY, to wit, who figures in the story thus ; —Mr. ROBERTS' name had been mentioned with honour in the House of Commons, and an inquiry put by Mr. CAYLEY as to whether he (ROBERTS) had received promotion for his distinguished. ser vices ? Now, mark the answer given ! Admiral BERKELEY replied— " With regard to the case of Mr. Roberts, of the Cyclop3, mentioned by the hon. member for the North Riding, he was hippy to say that that gen tleman had bees promoted, and had received from the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Carlisle, in consequence of his merit and his merit only, one of the best situations which a fluster was capable of holding." (Hear, hear.)—Sea Times, March 21, 1855. had received one of the best appointments a Master was capable of holding." Master capable of holding ? Then he was a Master still after all, told not prunoted I _. r': Tbo res=4ll% crrwen un(kr L7ia name on that sia,pla cross rai.ied above his rethains in the naval burialground at Plymouth— CB ;X. DEC: 3IDCCCLVII. AET XXXVIII. Truthfully and forcefully does Mr. CAYLEY designate his memoir—" This sad record of uncommon merit basely recompensed." To Sir JOHN PAKINGTOY, now happily for the nation installed at the Admiralty as Sir CHARLES WOOD'S sucv,ssor—England, the English Navy, the English people, look confidently for the re moval, as far as may yet be possible, of this foul blot upon our maritime escutcheon by one tardy act of reparation. At the very least, the afflicted widow of this noble-hearted tar should receive an other pension henceforth—an increased pension— not as the relict of a Master in the Royal Navy, but as the widow of a Commander. Now it must be observed that Mr. CAYLEY'S question was, whether Mr. ROBERTS had received promotion for the services he had describea. Admiral BERKELEY'S reply sounded enough like en affirmative to draw the cheers of the Rouse on promotion for merit and merit alone. Admiral B.'s statement was true, in so far as Mr. ROBERTS e ll i ad ght b y e e e a n promot e d rsbefore for . It m t w as eri tand true sir merit j. Git alone Am had appointed him to the Cyclops in '53, an ap pointment which had enabled Mr. ROBERTS to do those services whose reward was now the question before the House. But the only preferment or promotion Mr. ROBERTS had received for and since those services, was a sick bed in Alalta Hospital. There he lay, while the Admiral was drawing cheers in Parliament oa a rare instance of Admi ralty promotion for merit and merit alone. Naval men might have seen that Admiral B.'s assertion was self-contradictory, "He was promoted, aid L TEST NEWS. INDIA AND CHINA, done in exchange, and bills on London closed at 109 k to 110. Ashes firm. Coffee quiet but firm. Cotton quiet, but prices sustained. Flower and wheat rather lower. Corn spa Ice, and rattler dearer. Sco ch pig is on itull anl deprv,ss. (i. Spi!is of tur- R7ntine va - z.:0e.1 to 51)c. OJAI:. in- tivc. 04 3 stcdy. P. irre ; , kn,! ct - j, ;wcer. Be 4 uncilauk - A. Lard dull ~n(i i( 'wen Sugar firm. Tobacco steady and firm. Freights again firmer. Flour to London, 2s. Gd. ; beef, 4s. 91. NEW ORLEANS, MAY 11. Cotton firm at to 12d. for middling. kJ eeipts of the week at all ports, 65,000 bales, making the total receipts of the season thus far slightly ahead of the same date last year. LATEST. The Arabia not having sailed from New York until the afternoon of the 12th, we are placed in possession of the f 11 , ,wing ihformatiou in advance of its publication in New York. The stock market on the 12th was dull, and lower for most of the leading securities. New York Central shares closed at 874 ; ditto Bonds, 97. Erie shares, 24 ; half ditto, third mortgage bonds, 77. Illinois Central shares, 911 ; ditto Bonds, 90. Pa nama Railroad, 100 k. In the p aluce markets flour and wheat were steady, but Indian corn was dull. Provisions were quiet. The arrivals at New York on the 12th included the steam ship City of Baltimore, and the ships Dreadnought and Constantine from Liverpool, and the Fain field from Havre. WASHINGTON, May 12. The House of Representatives is engaged to-day upon the affairs of the territories. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. The Emperor and Empress, with the Prince Im perial, her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, H. 1.11 Prince Napoleon, and H.R.H. the Prince of Wmtemberg, left Paris this day for Fontaine bleau. It is stated that an official despatch has been sent from Turin, to be communicated to the English Government, to this effect :—The English Govern ment is asked to join the Sardinian in the demand for the restitution of the Cagliari, and the imme diate liberation of the crew ; that, in case of refusal, England and Sardinia should propose the media tion of (a Power tot specified) ; but on con dition that the crew shall be at once liberated without bail ; and that Sardinia agrees to separate the question of compensation to the two British subjects from that which may appear to be due to the Piedmontese Government. An Italian gentleman, named Dal-Ongaro, has received a peremptory order to quit France. M. Dal-Ongaro is the Italian translator of Racine's " Phedre," which was represented at the Theatre FrAncrais a few nights ago by Madame Ristori. A. day or two of er the pert qmance he received a sum mons to attend at the Prefecture of Police ; be was then informed that orders had been given for his expulsion from the French territcry. He in quired the reason, but was told that reasons for this mode of practising hospitality were not usually given ; there was nothing for it but sub mission. With respect to his passport, he was informed that he should have one for Algeria, or for any other country that would not refuge to re ceive Italian refugees, ex opting England. No reasons were given for this exception. It is well, however, to know that refugees are now debarred, so far as the Fi ench police can debar them, from going to England. The exception can hardly be in consequence of any und.rstanding between Lord Malmesbury and the French authorities, and the supposition is that the act is solely that of the latter. M. Dal Onagro has mt recently taken part in political transactions. For some years past he has devoted himself to literary pursuits, by which he earns his livelihood. The authorities have, doubt less, their secret reasons fur the measure, ; and their right to expel from their soil any stranger th , y think proper is not contested. What in the pre sent case is worthy of notice is that England is ex cepted from those countries for which Italian re fugees will get pa: sports. _ The improvemeht stated to have taken place in the state of M. de Pen© continues ; the fever yes terday morning had disappeared, and the patient was perfectly calm. BOURSE, May 22.—The following were the closing quotations : 4? per Cents 93 40 Do. end month — 3 per Cent. ..... 69 75 Do. end month 69 75 Bank Shires . 3115 Credit Mobilier Do. Account 671 25 Credit Fonder Belgian 4l Piedraontese (5) Roman 92 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 3 -FOR CASH. RAILWAYS. Orleans Northern New Ditto — Lyon and Meditoran. 7323 New Ditto ••• Geneva Midi - 490 Western 555 Strasburg Grand Central ... — SLlrdinian Austrian MR, SPURGEON'S NEW CHAPEL.—We understand that Mr. Spurgeon and his congregation Lave at la,t fixed on a site fur the enormously large chapel they are about to erect. The place they have chosen is the open space opposite the Elephant and Cattle. The ground belenge to the Fishmongers' Company, and they are to receive a ground-rent of 1501. for it. The building will be speedily cornmeneed.—Morning Advertiser. FIRST LIFE GUARDS —The aneu it banquet of the officers of this regiment took place on Si urday at the London Tavern. Covers were laid for 70. Gen. the Earl of Lucan in the chair, supported by Field Marshal Vis count Combermere, Gen. the Ei %rl of Beauchamp, Duke of Beaufort, Gen. Lord de R e, Earl Vane, Earl Mont charles, Sir W. W. Wynn, Gen. Hall, Colonel Parker, Licht -Cul. Hogg, Hon, S. Macdonald, Viscount In gestre, &e., GARRISON AMATEUR THEATRICALS AT PORTSMOUTH.— Through the rectmoineedatien of Maj in-Gen. the Right Hon. Sir Jas. Yorke Scarlett, the lieutenant governor of Portsmouth, the sum of 201. has beers generously pre sented to the Royal Portsmouth Hospital, towards the fund provided to relieve the wives and children belong ing to the regiments which have embarked from Ports mouth for India. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, —The following ger tlemen, hating undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the college at a meeting of the Court of Examiners, on tee 21st inst., viz.: —Messrs, Robert Lanes Nishett, King William street, City ; T. W. Limb y, Demerara ; H. N. Hett, Brig 0., Liecolnehire; A. W a lk e r, Scarcroft, n"ar Leeds; J. Wlaitworth, Heck coondwike, near Leeds ; J. J Flinn, Liverpool ; A. Vintras, Filly-sur-Leulles ; Celvadee, France ;H. Griffith, Pwilheli, North Wales ; F Paws sett, Wiaeeach, Cambridgeshire ; C. Watton, King's Langley, Hurts; W. Lomas, Guildford ; W. H. Morris, Studley, Warwickshire ; J. Housley, Mansfield Wood hituati, Natte ; J. M. Jones, Reydpererinian, ne Devil's Bridge, South Wales ; and F. J. Meson, Wis h acs, Cernbridgeehire. EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY.-IM. oDe. Brown-Seqnard who has been promulgating his extraordinary discove ries on the nervous system at St. Bartholomew's Hospi tal, commenced a course of lectures in the theare of the Royal College of Surgeons on Saturday las-, before a elistinguished and crowded audience, amongst whom were the Presilents of the Royal C lieges of Physicians and Surgeons, Sir B. Brodie, Dr. Bright, Mr. V. Har court, Mr. Hilton, Mr. Kiernan, Mr. South, and the surgeons to the London hospitals, tte. DEATH OF Ma. WROCGIITON, OF WOOLLEY PARK, The announcement of the death of this gentleman, who for many years held a leading position in the county as a magistrate and extensive lando-ener, will be received with Null regret and surprise. The proximate cause was a fail from his horse by which several ribs were broker), and other injuries inflicted, under which, at the age of 66, Mr. Wroughton's constitution gave way. Dying without issue, we believe his brother, P. Wroughton, Esq., will succeed to the estates. The deceased gentle man was much respected as a landlord and neighbour, and exercised great inflaanoe in the locality where he resided so many years.— -.Berkshire Chronicle. EXPDRTS OF BRITISH BEER.—Froin the lit of Octo ber, 1856, to the Ist of Oetober, 1857, there were ex ported from the united kingdom to various ft reign coun tries 429.367 barrels of beer, of the declared value of 1,573,722/. The chief beer-drinking atuntries appear to be Vitt iria (in Australia), which fiures for 119,604 bar rels ; New South Wales, 54132 ; Seuth Australia, 3 Canada, &c., 10,224; the West Indi es , 23 , 147 ; 116 the 9; United States of America, 29,571 ; Hongkoug, 7.884 ; Ader, 2,010 ; \.lauritine 8,704 ; Etst Indies, 66,240 ; Saute Africa, 9,162 ; Russia, 4,501 ; Prussia, 3 216 ; Hans Toienie 3 316 ; the Ch annel Islands, 4,357 ; Franco 4,859 ; &tee, 53,210 ; B uenos Ayrere 12,026 ; Chili, 12 300 ; and Peru, 4,066 barrels. Wal lachia and Moldavia relieved our brewer' stores of as teeny as two barrels of beer (131.) ; " the thirsty souls" of the Caps de Verd Isla n d s gave an order for 3 ; Morecce one fsr 26, and Syria and Palesti to one for 30 barrele Greece fgdree fo; 72 barrels ; Mexico for 243 ; and the S web St a Is'ande f o r 384 . , THE Bernell Musetae—Tee British Me. , eutu has recently become posses eel of scene ect unimportant ma nuscripts', known for the la-t few months as the " Ben tinck Papers." They fill three or four large chests, the price for which they have been purceved is under 2001. Timy have been obtained from the family resi dence of some members of the Bentinck f tinily at Vas el, near Oldenburg, and may be said to exte-nd over a pc riod not far short of a century, coPaira , riciug with the opening of the reign of Wildem 111., when the fi!se. Earl of Portland came into this country, acid was rare l to the pee rage. It eeems that the portion of the lam ly remaining in Gt,rinany kept up a constant correspond ence with persons about the Court of Lsndsn, and the many letters are full of curious news and minute parti culars. One of the oliest documents in Kieg patent to the first Earl of Portland, dated the 9th of April, 1689. Toe library of printed books at Vlarel having been diaper, ee (he arrival of one of thew, the volume of Shakspeare's Sonnets,' 4t0., 1609, iu this this country we noticed at the time), it was net thought worth while to keep the manuscripts longer in Germany, and they were, therefore, sent for sale to England,— thvogion, \III mg, - - Roca • - ---. 4.14cP, 4 t t LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 24, 1858. It scarcely required the publication of the cor respondence between Lord CANNING and Sir JAS. OUTRAN to ensure the defeat of the Cambridge House gang on Friday evening. Truth was mighty, and it had prevailed, even before the op portune arrival of those remarkable documents. The Liberals, although sonic of their number had given inconsiderate promises in the first instance, could not withstand the irresistible argument. brought forward on behalf of the Government. From the moment that Sir H. M`CALHONT CAIRNS delivered his brilliant oration, the tide set rapidly against the conspirators. The matter was gene rally considered as far " too bad," calculated as it was to irretrievably damage the political charge. tern of all who participated, by speech or vote, in the unwarrantable proceedings. The uneasiness increased after the discus• sion on Monday evening. The successive blows delivered with such hearty good will and terrible force, by Mr. ROEBUCK, Mr. HARDY, Sir ROBERT PEEL, and Mr. WHITESIDE, shattered the artfully-contrived scheme. The voice of public opinion spoke trumpet-tongued against the factious movement. It gathered force as it proceeded, and there were few indeed of those who had intended originally to support the resolutions, who had not received earnest remon strance., P . f rom their constituents which they could not disregard, and who weee not rendered thoroughly ashamed _of therm 1 VOP. The debate Gf Th u rsdaySterling truths, the sound opinionst, enunciated by Mr. Bi tion T and Sir Jas. GRALIA3I completed the dis com fi ture of their opponents The spasmodic efforts of the best men on the - other side were tame and spiria a ea. Th ey felt that they were vainly " kickinggainst the pricks," that the glory had departed from their side of the House. Never, perhaps, were such extraerdirary, such remarkable results produced by a single debate. Conviction was forced on un willing ears. They dared not give a factious vote under the circumstances ! Their distress and dismay were perfectly ludicrous, and all their TEE BREAK DO FM There never was, we believe, so lamentable a failure as this of Mr. Cardwell's. For 10 days past prodigious bas been the exultation of the Palmerstonians at the sure and signal defeat—the total and final expulsion of the Administration of Lord Derby. At the opening of the attack all their journals were certain of a majority of from 120 to 150. The resignation of Lord Ellenborough rather damped their exultation, and they admitted that now the majority might be no greater than 80. Their defeat in the Lords still further quieted them. and a majority of 60 to 60 was now their calculation. But to this they adhered to the last. Meanwhile, however, as the discussion went on, the strength of the Cambridge-house confederates melted away. Their newspapers kept up the delusion to the last ; but all well informed persons knew that the Go vernment was gaining strength day by day and hour by hour. On Monday last it was acertained that a majority was safe for the Government, though perhaps only of five or ten votes. On Wednesday it had risen to twenty. five. On Thursday it was still higher; but on Friday the Palmerstonians ran in all directions like sheep. We heard one of them declare that although be himself was pledged to vote for Mr. Cardwell's motion, he knew of a dozen men who had changed their minds since 9 o'clock that morning ! We feel assured that bad a division taken place, the majority for th e Government wo u ld h ave ex ceeded 100. Ministers were sure of 310 votes on Wed nesday 3 • but they would have had 350 last night, w hil e the Palmerstonians would have scarcely amounted to 250. It was a consciousness of this rapid scat tering of his forces which induced the originator of the whole movement—the man who had himself put for ward Mr. Cara well—now to beat a retreat, and to re commend his trusty friend to withdraw his motion. Tnie defeat, for the ambitious Viscount, is a fearful one. But for the Conservative cause it is almost too signal and too rapid. We know that the most inexperienced men in the Government have been looking forward to a small adverse maj lrity with hope, for said they, " We shall never have a better question to dissolve upon."—The Press. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the Cnancellor of the Exchequer, in Down ing -street. The Ministers present were—the Berl of Derby, the Lord Cnancell,r, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Eail of Hard wicke, the Chancel or of the Exchequer, Mr. Secretary Walp )le, the Earl of Malme-bury, Lard Stanley, General Peel, Sir John Pakington, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, and Lord John Manners. Toe Queen and Court remain at Osborne until the 4th of June.— Court Journal. It is reported that the Queen will not visit Ascot this year. ACCIDENT TO THE PRINCESS ROYAL—The Princess Frederick William is still suffering from the effects of a fall she had on tee staircase at the Royal Pa'ace at Berlin. Queen Victoria inquires daily by telegraph of the health of her daughter. Toe Prince and Princess are residing at the Castle of B ibeke,erg. The Queen of Portugal arrived at Lisbon on the evening of the 17th. Sir John Pakiogton left town after the breaking up of the Cabinet, on Saturday, for his seat in Worcester. shire, fur the recese. "The blood of all the Rewards" is said to be just now at boiling heat, in consequence of the marriage of the Dowager Countess of Effingham with a Scripture reader connected with one of the Brighton Churches. The bride is upwards of 80, and the bridegroom half a century younger. COLONIAL LOANS--A list of nine loans far the colonies granted by the local acts between 1842 and 1857 is given in a parliamentary paper. The New Zealand loan of August, 1856, awl that for Prince Edward's Island, are not yet confirmed, but in the former case no confirmation is necessary. . 4 Mr. Caple, the former lessee of the York Circuit, and who Lae recently returned from Caiforida and Australia on a tour with Miss Goddard, the eminent tragedienne, is actually engaged forming a company for the Lyceum Theatre. His Highness Prince Demetrius Gbika, son to the late illustriue Ilospodar, Gregorius Ghika, arrived in Paris last Monday. Prince Demetrius. it will be re membered, was elected to the Divan ad hoc, with con siderable majority agniast the late Respecter Stirbey, his opponent. DIZATEI OF LADY MARGARET LEVESON GOWER,—We regret to have to announce the demise of Lady Mar garet Leveson Gower, wife of the Ism. Frederick Leveson Gower, brother of the Earl Granvil:e. The mournful event took place on Saturday evening from measles, which fello wed immediately after her ladyship's confinement, on Wednesday last. Lady Margaret was second daughter of the late Marquis of Northampton, , and was born 15th March, 1330, and married in 1853 to the Hon. F. Leveson Gower Several families of dis tinction are placed in mourning by the melancholy event. STAMP DUTY ON BANK CHEQUES.— We beg to direct the attention of the public to tle new Stamp Act, which comes into operation on the 2,5 th inA. Under this act all cherples or drafts on blukers are liatle to a stamp duty of 1,1. The Etirnp may be either impressed on the document or au adhesive draft stamp may be used ; the latter requires to be cancelled with the initials of the drawer. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge honoured the performances with his presence on Saturday evening. Among the numerous illustrious, noble, and distinguished visitors also present in the thea tre on this occasion we remarked his Excellency the Russian Ambassador (she Baron 13runnow) and the Baroness Brunnow, the Lord Ward, and the Marqei of Sago and the Ladies Browne. Her Mejery the Queen's box was occupied by the Countess of Desert, the Lion. Miss Anson, Mrs. Curzon, Mrs. and the Misses Balfour, Co). Cumin, Mr. Balfour and parry. There were also present the Earl of Westmoreland, the Counteis of Har rington, the Couet!ss of Glengall and Lady Margaret Butler, the Ceuntess of Kinnoull, the Countess (Do wager) Barrington, the Countess of Mountcharls the Countess of 13: - ;&ive, the Earl of Beet ve, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Euston, the Earl Altamont, the Viscountess Ingestrie, &c. Rew, Iretoreer OPERA.--Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary ho noured the performances at this theatre with their pre sence on Saturday euening. Their Royal Iliehn ,33 ses occupied her MajoAy's box, and were accompanied by his ExcAllecy the Minister for the Netherlands and the Earl and Countess of Wilton. Tae Lady Geraldine Somerset and Baron Knesebeck were in attendance on the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary. Among the fashionable company attending the perform ance we remarked the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton (nee Princess Mary of Baden), the Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Duchess of Montrose, the Duchess of Richmond, and Lady Occilia Gordon Lennox, the Marquis of Harrington, M.P., the Earl of Besehorough, the Earl and Countess of Bective, the Earl of Gifford, the Earl of Coventry, the Countess of C.are and the lion. Miss Baler, the Earl of Lecan, Viscount Grey de Wilton, Viscount Clifden, Viscount Canterbury, Viscountess Villiers, Viscount Exmouth, Lady Londesberough and the Hon. Misses Denison, Lady Deff.:rio, Lord and Lady Poltitnore, Lord Crane toun, Lady Mary H o p e Vere and Mr. Hope Vere, Lord Arthur Flay, Lord Edward Thynne, Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest, M. P., Lord and Lady Southampton, the Lady Frances Legge, Lady Anne Sherson and Captain Sherson, Lady Pettrnure, &o. THE BALLOT MOTION.—Many friends of the ballot thought that the vote on Mr. Cardwell's motion would lead to an early disssulution of Parliament, and that the motion for the toilet, now fixed for Tuesday, Juue 8, would consequently not be made. The proceedings of Frilay evening, however, removed the impedmeut to Mr. Berkeley bringing the measure before the hou3e— and the committee of the Ballot Society request us t) state they hope their fri en d s in the provinces will not delay c , mintinicatiog with the members of Parliament for their respective localities urging their attendance at the house on the Bth June, that there may be the fullest possible attendance and division on the question. TUE JCDGES AND CORPORATION AT ST. PAUL'S.—Yes terday, being the fir t Sunday in Trion.) , term, he ancient ceremony of " churching the judges" took place in St. Paul's Cathedral. The Lord Mayor and Corporation at tended in state, and received the representatives of the judic al bench, who upou this ocasioe were Lord Camp tell, Mr. Justice Crowder, and Mr Justice B 033. There wore also present several eergeante-at-lag in their full robes, to other with nidertnen, common councilmen, and others. Full choral service was performed, the prayers being read by the Rev. Vv. J. Hall, M.A., vicar of Ed monton, and the lessons read by the Rev. J. V. Povab, M.A., rector of St. Anne's Aldersgate. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Henry 8.D., the Canon Residentiary. At the close of the ceremony the Jedges left the Cathedral in their private carriages. CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST, VICTORIA PARE.—The number of patients re lieved at this institution during the last week was 1,156, of which 144 were now cases, THE LATE WRECZ OF THE RAPID STEAMER.—Por tions of the cargo of the Rapid steamer (which sack a few weeks since on the Cross-sand, off Great Yarmouth in consequence of a collision with another vessel) have been recovered by divers. The Rapid is lying on her broadside. TEM CALCUTTA MAIL. MALTA, SATURDAY, MAY 22. The Calcutta and China mails leave Alexandria to-day (May 16), with intelligence from Calcutta to the 22d of April, Madras 28th, and Hong Kong 13th. Telegrams from officers at Allahabad confirm the intelligence of the relief of Azimghur by Sir Edward Lugard on the 15th of April. He forced the enemy's bridge on the 15th, and on the 17th the rebels were driven out of the city by a pur suing force under Brigadier Douglas. The rebels evacuated the city and were pur• sured for 15 miles towards Goruckpore ; three guns were captured. The insurgents suffered a heavy loss. Our loss was very slight. It was believed the enemy could not cross the Gogra. The telegram adds a report from Cawn pore, that the rebel Rajah of Mynporee had arrived at Ourgas with some force. The rebels, it was be lieved, still intend making a stand at Calpee. Kooer Singh is said to be trying to get into the Behar districts ; a reward of 25,000 rupees has been offered for his apprehension. Sir Colin's head-quarters and Staff left Cawn pore on the 19th April, and marched by Fatty ghur towards Rohilcund. On the 14th Brigadier Walpole attacked the fort of Raxour, in Oude, and lost 100 killed, in cluding four officers killed. The enemy evacuated the fort in the night. The Oude Begum is said to be in a fort near Khyrabad with about 3,000 adherents. Brigadier Jones had attacked and dispersed a body of rebels 2,000 strong near Kukul. He inflicted a heavy loss and captured four guns out of six ; many of the rebels had dispersed to their homes ; others, with two guns, had gone to Nujee Badad. The Princess Royal, with the 57th Regiment, en route to Bombay, arrived here yesterday. The Prince Arthur transport has come up to Suez to receive the men. The Calcutta produce market continued de pressed ; the demand for imports was steady and stocks much reduced. The money-market was unchanged. Exchange-2s. lid. for credits. CHINA. Lord Elgin and his colleagues were about to leave Shanghai for Teensing. The allied fleets were to follow. The Imperial Commissioner was on his way to Canton. Business at Hong Kong was chocked by large transactions at Canton. Exchange-4s. 91d. to 4s. 9, l id. for credits; scrip, 43. 10d. SIIANGIIAI, APRIL 3. The import market had been very active. Raw silk had advanced Exchange-6s. id. to 63. 2d. for scrip. EGYPT. Achmed Pasha, elder son of Ibrahim Pasha and heir apparent to the Pashalic of Egypt, was drowned on the 13th by an accident on the rail way steam ferry. The carriage in which he sat rolled off the platform into the river. MALTA. The Cambria, from Southampton, and the Wye, from Marseilles, with Australian, and the Ripon, from Southampton, and the Euxine, from Marseilles, with Indian mails, arrived last night. The Cambria and the Ripon left Alexandria early this morning. MONTENEGRO. VIENNA, SUNDAY, MAY 23, NooN. The two French ships have anchored in the Bay of GrAvosa, which is close to Ragusa, and about 18 miles from Trebinye. According to authentic advices from Ragusa, Kiamil Pasha retired on the 18th inst., with a part of the regular Turkish troops, from Gra hovaz, a place near the Montenegrin frontier, to Mostar, the capital of the lierz3govinc. It is related that Prince Daniel of Montenegro has recently received 200,000 ducats (about 98,0001.) from the Russian Government, but the chances are that he has got nothing from St. Petersburg but his regular salary or subsidy. THE PARIS CONFERENCES. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the follow- in.- The Plenipotentiaiies of France, Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, and Turkey met on Saturday, the 22d of May, to discuss the organisation of the Danubian Principalities. A DI ERICL LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING% The Arabia bringi New York dates to the 12th, 183 passengers, and 458,156 dollars specie. The see-twer Vanderbilt, from Southampton, ar rived at New York on the 10;.h. inst. The Persia, henc3 arrived on the 11th inst., and the City of Minor° hence was going in when the Arabia sailed. The bill admitting Minnesota into the Union was passed by the house as it came from the Senate by a vote of 157 to 38. The preamble to the repro') sing the abrogation of the Clayton.Balwer treaty, in which it is de clared that the treaty had been the source of dis cord between Great Brit .in and the States, was rejected in the house by a vote of 99 to 67. The Senate had confirmed James M. Buchanan United States minister to Denmark, and Colonel G. W. Morgan as Minister to Portugal. A frightful catastrophe had happened on the Now York Central Railroad, near Utica, by the breaking I of a bridge as an express train, Cincinnati, was passing. Eight or nine persons were killed, and forty to fifty others wounded. It is attributed to the rottenness of the bridge. The Treasury had negotiated a new 5,000,000 dole. loan, at a n average of about 4 per cent. We have news from Camp Scott, Utah territo ries, to 30th March. No movement of importance had taken place, and Genet al Johnston was await ing the arrival of Capt. Marcy from New Mexico, with supplies of animals. The health of the troops was very satisfactory. Serious charges of fraud-and embezzlement had been preferred against three of the directors of the Chicago, Alton, and St. Louis Railroad. One of the parties, named Henry Dwight, had been arrested. Six warrants had b?en issued against him, in which he is charged with the fraudulent issue of coupons and canal bonds, &e. The .Afetv Yor4; herald sa y s it i s the most enormous and startitig charge of fraud yet brought to light in The Washington correspond-nce of the Courier and Inquirer states that the Collins line of steam ships will not again be put iu operation until au appropriation Shag be made for the whole of next year, and if not thus provided for they will be sold to the Preach Goveinnient. A telegraphs from New Orleans gives news from the City of Mexico to the 4th inst. The news indi cates th speely downfall of the Zuloaga Govern ment. Vidaurri's forces bad won one of the h lest battles ever fought in the country. Zuloaga is re- ported to be distresssd for want of money. Juares, the constitutional president, who went out in the Tennesse, was welcomed at Vera Cruz. The New York stuck market was without essen tial change. Money rates ranged from 41 to 7 per cent., and banks were at a loss to know what to do with their surplus funds, A fair bueiuess had been , THE DERBY GIOVERNMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. / SlR,—After the upright and patriotic manner in 1 which, di cardilg 1)1 eri.vis associations the most thy! Liberal pi_rly have given a boil, consi,,teut, and an able support, in the liouse of Commons, to Her Majesty's Govern ment, it is to be hoped, that by timely, and I may add graceful concessions, a collision between the two Houses of Parliament, on the question of Jew ish emancipation, may be averted. The Tories must be convinced that the Liberals are not factious, but patriotic ; and that the time has come when the honor of England requires that to subdue factions there should be a closer bond of union between the peers and the people. The Tories are themselves Liberals in their Folicy towards India, they are winning back the respect and the love of their fellow -countrymen by that policy :—Then why not, while so just to the Mahommedan and the Hindoo, be tolerant, kind, and generous towards their Jewish fellow-subjects ? As all the arguments on this matter are exhausted, I will not trouble you with a word more ; I will not put this question on the low grounds of party political gain ; I give Lord Derby credit for higher views and purer motives ; but when so many of his lordship's supporters in the House of Commons are favourable to this measure, it is not unreason able to hope that a concession will be made.-4 have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, London, May, 1858. J. B. THE THEATRES. HER MAJESTY'S. "La Traviata," with Piccolomini for its heroine, seems destined this season to go through a sec)nd career of success, for, despite its frequent repetition, it never fails to bring a full and fashionable attendance. Satur day night presented no exception to the rule, and the enchanting notes of the songstress were listened to with as much admiration as ever, whilst her pathetic acting in the last scene evoked as much tearful sympathy. Giuglini was in fine voice, and exerted himself to the utmost, sharing in all the encores of the evening, and. receiving, with Madlle. Piccolomini, all the customary honours at the close of each act. The opera went off exceedingly well, and the lively ballet of " Fleur des Champs," with the graceful dancing of Pocchini and Annetta, brought the performances to a conclusion amidst a manifestation of enthus;asic delight. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. "The Huguenots," on Saturday night, brought a nu merous and fashionable audience together, and was given with a thorough finish in every department, that provoked the eulogistic recognition of all assembled. Mario and Grisi, as Raoul and Valentine, carried off, as usual, the larger share of the honours, and the finale to the third act produced all its wonted enthusiasm. The band, under the direction of Mr. Costa, works with a precision truly wonderful, and the choral adjuncts are unexceptionable. The audience have evidently not yet suffered the feeling of novelty in the structure to be overbalanced by the interest of the lyric representation, and all the energies of the artistes cannot prevent the attention of the spectators being drawn off to the bril liancy of the chandelier, and the superb yet simple cha racter of the decorations. The stalls were quite full, and their ample accommodation seemed to be fully ap pr-ciatecl by the members of the fashionable world, by whom they were occupied. HAYMARKET. Mr. Sheridan Knowle,'s play of "The Hunchback" was perforated on Saturday evening, when Mrs. Chas. You , g appeared ay Julia, the part in which she made her debut upon the Loodonstage. She aced with grace, spirit, and genuine feeling, and gave such satisfaction to the audience that she was summoned before the curtain on no fewer than three occasions in the course of the night. Miss Reynolds as Helen, Mr. Buckstone as Modus, Mr. W. Farren as Clifford, Mr. Howe as Master Walter, and Mr. Compton as Fathom, gave vigorous effect to the cast of the play, and respectively contributed to the general effect, of the performance. Miss Amy Sedg wick has recovered from her severe. indisposition, and will appear next Wednesday in /dr. Tom Taylor's comedy of "The Unequal Match." ADELPHI. 1 An English farce of th e popular class, styled " screaming," which was p ro d uce d at t hi s h ouse on Sa turday evening, to the g re at d e li g ht o f a numerous audi ence. It is entitled " Our Frenuh Lady's-maid," and it ustrates in a very amusing manner the folly of being too familiar with one's servants. Horace Thomas Spar king (Mr. Webster), a verdant young gentleman, who has been brought up in the country by his aunt Mrs. Puddifoot (Mrs. Chatterley), flirts with that lady's French maid, Madlle. Z-phyone (Madan. Celeste), and in an evil hour carries his indiscretion so far as to pre sent her with his photograph and a lock of his hair. On discovering that Horace is about to be united to a wealth/ young lady in the neighbourhood, Miss Fanny Folly (Miss Hayman), the fair servinc , woman makes the most unscrupulous use of these fatal gifts, holding them in terrorent over her faithless admirer, and perpetually' threatening to produce them as evidence of his affection for her in the event of his continuing to pay his ad dresses to another. This little piece abounds with full of the most turbulent description. Mr. Webster, who acts to admiration in the character of the bewildered Horace, has busy work of it, doing the behests cf big fantastic mistress—now putting coal on the fire at her command, presently fetching a water jug, by-and-bye a warming -pan to heat her bed, and occasionally running about the stags with her fainting form in his arms. His attempts to preserve the grace of his position and the dignity of his sex while performing the most ignoble offices are ridiculous in the extreme. He dares not des! no any ta , k, however derogatorY; but he endeavours to vindicate his manhood by tae grandeur of his gestures, and the effect is preposterous- Madame Celeste plays the French maid to perfection; and Mr. Selby i 3 very amusing as a fussy old mesmerist , who vainly attempts to bring some of the characters un der the dominion of his favourite science. Wednesday, the 2d of June, will be the last night of the old Adel phi, and on that interesting occasion Mr. Webster v4 ll take his last benefit—which is also his first at that, favourite house. We heartily wish him a "bumper. The present theatre is to be pulled down, and a new one is to be erected on its site. STRAND. An agreeable little two-act comedy, entitled "Mat" riage a Lottery," has been produced here. It is by gr. Dance, the author of the " Country Squire," which has been lately so succ,esfully revived here. Th e plot is very simple. Mr. Jacob Omnium (Mr. Emery), a gell; tbeman of fortune, of kindly nature and vacillating mind, is persecuted by a Mri. Poyeter (Mrs. Selby) to marry her niece (Miss Portman). Mr. Herbert Manifest (Alr• Belford) is in luve with the said niece, who returns bi s , passion ; and he has a c h arm i ng s i s t er (Mi ss M . Oliver) who has a liking to Jacob OLnnium, and the said Jacob reciprocates the tendresse. From the conflicting pas' Siena and interests of these personages, a plot is evoked, which ends in the utter discomfiture of the strong' minded stepmother, and the felicity of all p ar ti es cone o , rned. The Jacob Omnium of Mr. Emery is a very finished piece of acting, and evidently the conception of a cousunetuate artist. Mrs. Selby is truly excellent 5 the designing and imperious stepmother. The Herbert Manifest of Mr. B?iferd is performed with great tact and correct judgment. "Pretty Miss Oliver" is 0f course cearming, fre s h, an d na i ve as usual in t h e part assigned assigned to her. "Marriage a Lottery" may be fairly denominated a success, as it deserves to be, if we are to judge by the genuine burst of applause which greets its conclusion, and the close attenti on w hi c h au appreciating audience gives to it, from the very first scene to the fall cf the curtain. FUNERAL OF HER LATE ROYAL HIGH-. NESS THE DUCHESS OF ORLEANS. Oa Saturday the mortal remains of the late Dachas of Orleans were removed from Richmond, Surrey, f'o r interment in the mausoleum at bliss Taylor's chapel , Weybridge, in accordance with the last desire of the lustrious deceased. A large number of persons collecte d on the line along whioh the remains of her royal high' ness were to pass, desirous of paying this last mark of respect to a lady whose exemplary pEvate life has dra' to a close. From an early hour in the morning th e minute bells of the neighbourhood were tolled, and the trailing establishments were partlirilly closed at Rich mond. The piste on the coffin bore the following 11/ scription 'Mane Louise Eliz sbetb, Princesee de Mecklenbourg Schwerin, Duchene d'Orl4 ins. Nei a Lndwigalust, le 24 Jabvier, 1814. Marie FontAinbl, au, le 30 Mai, 1837, h Ferdinand Philipp d'Orle Ins Duo d'Orleuse, Prince Royal. Veuve le 13 JOlll-t, 1842. Morte 4 Wchmond, Angleterre, le 18 Mai, 1858. Then followed about 20 mourning coaches, containing members of the French ex-royal faodly, foreign minis t;:rs, elt..rgv, medical attendants, and household of ili a illintrions family, with the private carriage of the dal' c,a,ed, and many others of the royal family and n obilitii Upon the mournful . tort-ge reaching the chapel a Weybrifige, the service wee perf,rmed in a most imPr es- Five rnanrwr. The Duke cl'Aumale, the Count de Fritter and Li e Duke Chat tree were much affected. --- A writer in the ilthenceunz. observes uf the lat e Duchess of Orleans :—" Ali her views and sentimen t° were high and great. Never, in the mo s t intimate e on " versation, was a particle of resentment against tilos° who had so cruelly ill-treated her discernible. She alvsi ° spoke with the deepest attachment of the French people and the most earne.t wishes for the . r prosperity, n f r would ff su , r any sever e c omments upon them. u tt ono occasion, shortly after the marriage of Louie I•TaP ° leon, someboly repeated one of the many stories tell to the disadvantage of the present Empress cf the Fren ch. The duchess immediately p u t an end to the conversa tion and requested that nothi ng t o th e di sparageme nt of Shs lady might ever be said in her presence." h ~. ah au im Cdh bait rep, elaii AUr] Atrn at 9! vi an eO6ll. tli t , - ; J c ha ve 108111 tilt /1 kt el bo,