The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-14 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S TH EATRE. Second appearance of Madlle. Titiens. FIRST APPEARANCE OF MADLLE. roccEuNi. - LES HUGUENOTS. TO-MORROW (THURSDAY), April 15 (it being a Sub scription Night, in lieu of Saturday, 24th July), will be re peated Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, GLI UGONOTTI. DRAMATIS PERSON-E. Il Conte di San Bris (Governor of the Louvre) Il Conte di Nevers,.. De Cosso Signor MERCURIALI. Tavannes Signor ANNONI. De Retz Meru Head of Night Watch Raul di Nangis (a Huguenot Gentleman) Signor GIUGLINI. Marcello (his Servant) Margaritta di Valois (betrothed to Henry I V.) Urban° (her Page) l4fdme. LUCIONI LANDI. Dams d'Onore Valentina (daughter of San Bris) Madlle. TITIENS. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, Pages, Citizens, Soldiers, Students, Night Watch, Monks, Musicians, dto. Conductor, Signor ADRITI. With scenery, entirely new and original, by Mr. Marshall ; dresses, entirely new and taken from the best authorities, by sfadame Copere, and executed by M. Laurels and Mrs. Masterman ; principal machinist, Mr. Sloman ; head of the property department, Mr. Bradwell ; the wise-en-scone and incidental ballet, by M. Massot. To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, by M. Massot, entitled CALIS'P) ; OU, LE RENVOI DE L'AMOUR. The principal parts by Madlles. Pocchini (her first appear. ance this season), Annetta (her first appearance), Pasquale, Morlaechi, Bioletti (her first appearance), F. Brown, La Petite Philipo, and M. Caron (his first appearance). On TUESDAY, April 20, Mdlle. PICCOLOMINI will make her first appearance this season as Norina, in Donizetti's Opera of DON PASQUALE, and shortly afterwards iu LUISA MILLER. A limited number of Boxes have been secured tothe public. Price 21s and 31s Gd each. The full prospectus of the season arrangements may bo had at the Box Office. To commence at half-past 7 o'clock. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS' EVENING, April 14, will be performed AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Chipendale, Compton, W. Farren, Rogers, Clark, and Miss A. Sedgwick, Mrs. B. White, Miss Lavine, and Mrs. J. Fitz- After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Concluding with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking,) First Price. s. di Second price. g. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery Commence at Seven. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented the new farce entitled THE STOCK EXCHANGE ; or, The Green Business. After which, will be revived FAUST AND MARGUE RITE. Mephistophiles, Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with the new farce, entitled SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING will be presented the drama of THE POOR STROLLERS, in which Madame Celeste, Mr. 13. Webster, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wrigist will perform. After which, a new operatic spectacle, THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD. The characters by Mr. Rolfe, Paul Bedford, J. Bland, and Misses Roden, Keeley, and Arden. STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. —This Evening will be produced the new comedy, by Stirling Coyne, Esl., called NOTHING VENTURE, NOTHING WIN. Supported by Messrs. Belton, Ray, Belfort, Kinloch, and Miss M. Oliver, After which, the new burlesque of FRA. DIAVOLO ; or, The Beauty and the Brigands. Fra D.avolo, Miss Swan borough ; Beppo, Mr. C. Young. To conclude with THE LOTTERY TICKET. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow. ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance o dections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, do., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Hiss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, and Miss Montague; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Jones. J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. lime, Mr. Badzey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Berard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchteld, John G. Fordo, and E. Mackaey. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, tte., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. Mr. WOODHOUSE (by permission of Charles Kean, Eget ) will have the honour of introducing, every evening, his highly successful Performance on the new P.EGIILA.TION DRUM. THE WEATHER—SuIu Orrtoz, Aram 14. IHERSSOMETEtt, IN THE SHADE. 48—highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning and during the night, 56—this day at noon. BARO32IITEB, 30.17. WIND, South-Easterly ; moderate, with fine mild wea' ther. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TETS DAY—Morn., 57 min. aft. I—Even., 15 min. aft. 2 TO-MORROW—Morn., aa min. aft. 2—Even., 53 min aft 2 t • 11 :k 11 ;* • • k • • •••• 101 7,; LONDON, WEDNESDAY, Arum 14, 1858. We are seriously alarmed by the sinister view which the Times appears to take of the present state of our national politics. According to that eminent authority., Parliament and the country are humiliated by the continuance in office of Lord DERBY' s Government. We offer our opinion with great diffidence in opposition to the Levia than of the Press ; but we cannot refrain from observing that, as fax as we are able to judge, the alarm of the Times is not shared by the people at large, and that, but for the servility to France which marked Lord PALMERSTON'S last acts, the recent change of Government would have attracted but little attention. As it is, however, we can sider—and the opinion is very generally enter tained—that the country may well congratulate itself on having escaped the disgrace of the Con spiracy Bill, even at the expense of Lord PALMIER !TON'S Government. Now that the ekange has taken place, we art unable to discover what injury it has inflicted upon our country. Of Lord PALMERSTON him self, we always wish to speak with respect, on account of his great age, and of the official ser. vices, Arc., which he has always tendered to the country, no matter what party was in power ; but we cannot help reminding our readers that he has never identified himself satisfactorily with the advocates of political progress, and that, in point of fact, his Administration, however bom bastic in professions,lwas, in its action, more slug gish than any which bas existed since the Reform Bill became law. As to his colleagues, there is not one who is regretted by the country. There never was a set of Ministers more wedded to red tape notions and bureaucratic routine than the WOODS,PANMURES, GR ANTILLES, and LABOUCIIERES of the late Government. As for Lord CLAREN DON, he has been found out, at last, to have been •the moat courtly and servile Minister who ever sat in the Cabinet of an English Sovereign. We need not dwell upon the imbecility of SMITH and the immorality of CLANRICARDE. Enough has already been said to show that the present Minis ters need not shrink from comparison with their predecessors in office. We shall not conclude without making an at tempt to explain how it is that, in spite of the circumstances to which we have just alluded, the Timaa insists upon representing the country as humiliated by the Government of Lord DERBY. Our readers will remember that similar attacks were directed against Lard PA LMERSTON'S Ad ministration during the first few months of its existence. What put an end to those attacks ? The fall of Sebastopol ? Oh, no I the Leviathan had succumbed long before the Russian strew, hold. We look in vain for any change in the circum stances of the country, or in the conduct of the war, to account for the change which took place in the tone adopted by the "rfivs," towards Lord PALMERSTON'S Government in the August f 1835, We are told that the explanation is to THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY be found in some appointments to the Govern ment, and an addition to the Privy Council, which were made at that period ; and, if we are rightly informed, the violence of our contemporary, at the present moment, must be considered to indi cate that the services of one of those gentlemen who joined Lord PALMERSTON'S Government during the first summer of its existence, are now at the disposal of the country, and that any Prime Minister who does not avail himself of them will incur the high displeasure of the Times. The telegram from India, received at the Foreign-office at 5 p.m., read in both Houses of Parliament, and published in the third edition of The Sun of last evening, will be received with universal satisfaction throughout the entire oountry. Lucknow has fallen. The last strong hold of the insurgents is now in the hands of the British army. Sir COLIN CAMPBELL has added another triumph to those he had previously achieved, and, happily, with a comparatively trivial loss on our side. Our brave Commander has shown that sound discretion may be combined with unflinching valour, and that while no neces sary risk is avoided, he is still chary of the lives of his valiant soldiers, and will not expose them without adequate cause. This is one of the highest qualifications that can be desired in a general ; and the man who was passed over in the Crimea has shown that he possesses it in a pre- eminent degree. The last accounts clearly indicated the fate im pending over the capital of Oude. The well planned combinations of the Commander-in-Chief left but little chance of its holding out much longer. The nation was therefore prepared for the glad tidings which it has so recently received. But still the details were anxiously looked for. It was desirous of hearing not merely of the fall of Lucknow, but also how it fell, and the lino of policy adopted towards the insurgents. That desire has now been gratified, and although a large body of the rebel sepoys have escaped for a time from the trap into which they had volun tarily entered, there is every reason to believe that their career will be brought to a speedy close and British supremacy re-established throughout the length and breadth of the land. It was on the 19th ultimo that the rebel city came fully into the possession of the British army, with it no less than 117 guns were captured, and "about 2,000 of the rebels were slain during the siege." This alone was a heavy blow and groat discouragement to the mutineers. It has, in fact, broken the neck of the rebellion. The towns people and villagers being protected were resuming their occupations ; and the principal landholders, who had been led astray, but had not stained their hands with the blood of helpless and inno cent captives, had made full submission, which was accepted. There is no portion of the intelli gence which will cause greater jey throughout the country than that which announces the rescue of Mrs. ORR. and Miss JACKSON. They must have suffered fearfully during their protracted captivity, knowing the terrible fate inflicted on the innocent victims at Delhi and Cawn pore. Their sufferings have, however, ter minated, and they are restored to their families and friends without having sustained irreparable injary. At the last moment some 50,000 of the rebels escaped from the doomed city, making for Rohil cund and Bundelcund. A considerable force was, however, in pursuit, and it may be anticipated that a good account will ere long be rendered of the fugitives. They were, in fact, surrounded on every side, and but for the unfortunate delay of ~ he column under Sir Huai ROSE, which was detained for three weeks at Saugor, owing, we believe, to the want of provisions, the plan of Sir CoLIN would have been completely successful, and the rebels intercepted in every quarter towards which they directed their flight. Sir HUGH had, however, reached within 25 miles of Jhansi on the 21st of March with the second division of the Rajpootana field force. It was said that there were 30,000 of the insurgents, most of wlynn were mutineers, in his front. He could certainly prevent their escape until the pursuing troops came up, and they were thus placed between t fires. Brigadier CHAMBERLAIN was also advanc ing from another quarter, with the Punjaub so that they would find escape all but impossible. General ROBERTS had marched from Nusseerabad to Kotah on the 10th and 11th March ; whip WHITLOWeS force remained in charge of Saugor, the cavalry only having pushed on to Allahabad. The Calpee mutineers had seized on the fort of Churbard, making the Rajah a prisoner, but this had been more than atoned for by the capture of Chunderee on the 17th March by STEWART'S brigade. On the whole, the intelligence is emi nently satisfactory, and we may now i n d u l ge i n the reasonable expectation that we have witnessed " the beginning of the cud" of the Indian mutiny and rebellion, which some of our neighbours vainly fancied were to prove destructive to British prestige and British power in Hindostan. The Law of Libel Bill, moderate as it was admitted to be, has been rejected by the House of Lords. The second reading was last night refused by a majority of 28, there bein g but seven in favour of giving protection to the Fourth Estate, while 35 were willing still to encourage speculative actions, which, while giving but a farthing damages to the injured (!) party, might still saddle the defendant, who was only seeking to discharge an important duty fairly and effi ciently, with enormous and almost ruinous costs. It is now universally admitted, that notwith standing the great improvements effected by Lord CAMPIIIILL'S previous exertions, the law of libel is still in a very unsatisfactory and defective condition. It was the case of DAVIDSON v. DVNCAN, on which we have already com mented, that proved, beyond the possibility of doubt, the great injustice that might be inflicted on an innocent publisher, who had not the slightest ill-feeling against the person com plaining, but who, if he would maintain the cha ratter of his publication, should faithfully report the proceedings at meetings of great local r o e rg n e ted gene ral interests. Nume rous pe ti t i ons were presented praying for an amendment of the law, which would give complete immunity to the innocent publisher, and render the really malignant slanderer respon sible. This could only be effected by assimilating the law of libel and defamation, and making the person w ho wantonly and vindictively assailed another in ' the hearing of reporters, and welt knowing that wouldapbpen written ntu n e course, as sfuny his statementsliableasif they had been o or printed by him. Lord CAMPBELL svnow sto e o d d, the th showed extent of the mischief.Asthe say that a man was a coward, a liar, and a scoun drel afforded no cause of action unless some spe cial damage had been sustained. The vilest false hoods may be uttered, calculated to bring a man into contempt and disrepute, and against which it would be essential that he should vindicate his character, but unless a specific crime, punishable by law, were imputed, the vindictive and lying scoundrel that coolly and deliberately uttered those slanders would escape with impunity, while the proprietor of the newspaper in which they appeared would be subjected possibly to heavy damages and the costs of both sides, and, under the most favourable circumstances, to his own ex penses. Surely it would be right that the man, who was really guilty, and who knew that what he was saying would be published, should bear the consequences. In like manner, a lady might have her reputation irreparably damaged, be assailed in the coarsest and most outrageous terms, and yet—unless, indeed, the foul imputations were cast upon her in the City of London—she would be left without redress, save for the special damage which she might be enabled to prove. Snrely, it is high time that the absurd distinction between oral and written slander should cease, and that if a wrong has been inflicted, the real party should abide the consequences of his own conduct, and that all that should be required from the journalist was, that he should show that he was not actuated by malice ; and that what ap peared was a fair report of the observations which fell from the speaker. Lord CAMPBELL did not even go this length. Re merely desired to extend the privilege be stowed on the report of proceedings in courts of justice, to those in Parliament, and a certain class of public meetings, viz., those called by lawful au thority, and which it was highly important should be made known to the community ; or, at all events, in the district to which they referred. The bill was founded on the report of a Select Committee of the Lords. If any objection could be taken to that report, it was that it did not go far enough. Too much caution was manifested to maintain what the Lord Chief Justice truly designated as the "preposterous distinction" between written and spoken slander. It was, however, thrown out by a considerable majority. Even the suggestion that it should be referred to a Select Committee, after the second reading, was disregarded, and public journalists are left with out protection for another year. Or perhaps some other grievance as flagrant as that which occurred in " DATIDSON v. DUNCAN" may be perpetrated. The cause of public justice is frequently greatly promoted by the publicity given by the press, and yet for that publicity proprietors, or publishers, may be heavily mulcted. If the late Mr. PALMER'S career had not been cut short by the hands of the common hangman, it is probable that he would have brought numerous actions against those who, by bringing suspicious circumstances to light, directed inquiries into the proper channels, and thus caused the majesty of the law to be vin dicated by the exemplary punishment of the tree,. oherous poisoner. If the people are so proud of the liberty of the press—if they truly describe it as a palladium of national freedom—it is surely time that that liberty should be established on a proper foundation, and that full protection should be afforded to those who may be regarded as public benefactors, that they should not be ex posed to serious losses for the proper exercise of their functions—losses from which all other classes in the community are exempted. Another postponement of the practical con sideration of the Main Drainage Question ! And meanwhile, as a most ingenious com promise, the outlets of the sewers are to be extended. So that every possible facility is to be afforded for the still further contamination of the waters of the Thames. It is impossible to purify the river at once—and, therefore, until its purifi cation can be taken in hand comprehensively, efforts must be made during the interim with a view as much as possible to secure its more wholesale contamination. That is literally the last deduction drawn from the contorted logic of those who are unhappily entrusted with the responsibility of supervising the drainage of the metropolis. Otherwise than by this oblique reasoning, it is impossible in any way to explain the decision just arrived at by the Metropolitan Board of Works—to the end that the outlets of the sewers shall forthwith be extended. The stream is not sufficiently turbid —let the feculent supply, therefore, be poured into it more freely. The Sanitary HERCULES not having yet made his appearance—measures must be adopted energetically in anticipation of his advent, so that the Augean stables may be yet more impure than heretofore. If our social reformers in this one department of the public service could but at least recognise the truth—per fectly glaring and transparent to every one besides themselves ! That the sanitary change of all the most desirable and important for this vast city would incontestably be, the diverting of the drainage of the metropolis front the river Thames, rather than the facilitation of that drainage into it ! Compared with this all other sanitary im provements are notoriously subordinate. It is a fact which is only failed to be recognised distinctly when viewed from within the precincts of Gwydyr House—or other kindred strongholds of what are called the vested interests. Examined from any other point of view, the thing is perfectly obvious and beyond the reach of one moment's contradic tion. Looked at point blank in this way—if we may be allowed to call things by their right name, to call a spade, a spade, and so forth—we ought in reason no longer to talk of the River, but rather of the Open Sewer by courtesy "known as" the river Thames. It is a river still, no doubt, above bridges—whore the clear water runs spark ling among the green aiti and between the rushy banks from the remote region of the Seven Springs in Gloucestershire, to the contiguous por tion of its channel passing between the opposing shores of Surrey and Middlesex somewhere in the neighbourhood of Twicke:ham. But below bridges—a river it is no longer, but a sewer, a stream in every way very different. A current rolling to and fro twice each way in the twenty-four hours according to the ebb and flow of the tide—carrying backwards and forwards between the most gigantic and populous city in the world a loathsome and pestilential mass held there in horrible solution to contaminate the air and thereby poison the inhabitants. How long are we to wait for the Sanitary HERCULES who is to cleanse this vast open sewer, to destroy its odious exhalations, and to restore its original salubrious and beneficent character ? Mr. CLARK sox put an end to slavery. Mr. VILLIERS opened our ports for the admission of cern. Mr. WALKER closed with a benignant hand the horrid system of intramural interment. There is work yet to be done by many another great public benefactor. Here, in regard to London, especially in the mat ter of its drainage. Who bids for the office ? It is, as the advertisements phrase it, an eligible opportunity. Whoever seriously and energetically" undertakes the task will secure to himself the really enviable glory of accomplishing an enter prise of true philanthropy. His Excellency the Earl CJwley, the British Atnbw sador at the Court of France, arrived at Lord Ebury's residence in Park-street yesterday from Paris en confie. We understand his Excellency will resume his diplo matic duties in a week or two. Tue Earl and Countess of Cork come to town to-mor row from Marston House, Somerset. SAD FATE OF A ROYAL RELIC.--The gold watch which. Charles gave Jane Lane, and which ho requeted might. lescend as an heirloom to the eldest daughter of the : house of Lane for the time being, was CH lately at Charlc d , cote-house, near Stratford-on-Avon, from whence it w ,„ stolen, and melted down in some Birmingham rtee;,vi ng _ honee.— iVestminster Review for April, E V ENING, APRIL 14, 1858, L &TEST NEWS. F ALL LUCKNOW. The following telegram, from her Majesty's Acting Consul-General in Egypt, was received at the Foreign Office via Malta on the 13th April, at 5 p.m.:— The steamer Ganges arrived at Suez yesterday evening from Bombay. The following intelligence has been telegraphed from Suez : BOMBAY, MARCH 24, 3 P. 31. Lucknow fell on the 19th ; 117 guns captured: about 2,000 of the enemy were slain during the siege. Mrs. Orr and Miss Jackson rescued. Eight officers killed. The townspeople and the villagers being pro tected, are resuming their occupation. The submission of the principal landholders has been accepted. About 50,000 of the enemy have escaped, making for Rohilcund and Bundelcund. The army is in pursuit of the rebels. The delay of Sir H. Rose's force for 3 weeks at Saugor prevented the line of troops, intended to intercept the enemy, from being closed up. Sir H. Rose, with the 2d division of the Raj pootana Field Force, was within 25 miles of Jhansi on the 21st of March. Thirty thousand rebels are said to be in his front. General Roberts' force marched from Nusseera bad to Kotah on the 10th and 11th. The dis tance is 120 miles. The Calpee mutineers have taken the fort of Churhard, and made the Rajah prisoner. Whitlock's force remains in charge of Saugor ; the cavalry only having pushed on to Allahabad. Stewart's brigade captured Chunderee on the 17th. This telegram arrived at Malta from Alexan dria by merchant-steamer at noon on the 13th of April. LYONS, Admiral. MALTA, APRIL 13, 12.30 P.M. The Rhon e h as arr i ve d f rom Al exan d r i a, bring ing tidings o f the arrival at Suez on the 7th of the Bombary mails, with dates to the 24th of March. The whole of Lucknow was in our possession on the 19th, but large numbers of the enemy had escaped, and were making for Rohilcund and Bun. delcu nd . The submission of the principal landholders had been accepted. The townspeople and villagers were protected. On the 21st Sir Hugh Rose was within 25 miles of Jhansi ; 30,000 rebels were said to be in his front. The Calpee mutineers bad taken the fort of Chundaree, and made the Rajah prisoner. The rebels had crossed the Etwah, but had been driven back. General Roberts marched on the 10th from Nus seerabad for Kotah. Whitlock's force remains at Saugor. The cavalry alone pushed on to Allaha. bad. The Bombay money market wasbecoming tighter, Imports of all descriptions in good demand. Cotton rising. Freights steady. The dates from Alexandria are to the Bth April. THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. MALTA, TUESDAY. The fleet under Lord Lyons sails for Tunis to. THE KROO3IEN QUESTION. The great Kroomen question came on in the House of Commons last night, and Mr. Lowe brought forward the motion, of which notice had been given (in the Times) three weeks ago. The right honourable gentleman must have been rather disappointed at the result of his onslaught. He had probably anticipated a full house, loud cheers, and a sally from the chiefs of the Ministerial pha lanx. If such was the expectation of Mr. Lowe he must have been sadly mortified by the event. When he rose to speak, the house, which had been full, was nearly empty, and in the delivery of his prepared attack, he was not encouraged by a single cheer. Instead of being answered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as he had probably anticipated, Mr. Disraeli left him in the hands of Mr. Baillie, from whom he received a well-deserved rebuke for his ignorance of Par liamentary practice. Lord Palmerston, seeing the mistake of his lieutenant, came to his rescue, and gave the motion a friendly character. Negroes would be very useful in India, said his lordship ; and all that Mr. Lowe hid in view was to prevent a renewal of the slave trade. This explanation the right hon. gentleman thought it prudent to accept, although it was in direct contradiction to the speech which he had just delivered. It is with great satisfaction that we observe that the opinion, which we, in the first instance, expres sed in favour of the enlistment of Kroomen is now confirmed by the authority of Lord Palmerston, and also, as was stated last night, by the Governor- General of India. gorgeous pageantry, quaint architecture, and picturesque costumes of the 16th century, and the ear delighted by some of the most throroughly dramatic and beautiful music which the modern composite school has produced. We nee - I scarcely add, however, that there is a great difficulty in put ting such au opera properly upon the stage, or that great credit is duo to the management which succeeds in the at tempt. With respect to the performance of last night, which did not terminate until long past midnight, we must neces s^rily be very brief, and shall therefore devote-our critical re marks c'iefly to the efforts of the new prima donna, Madlle. Titiens, who made her debut as Valentina, and Signor Gin glini, who appeared for the first time iu London as Raul. The lady's success was complete. She was enthusiastically ap plauded throughout the opera, and unanimously called for several times at the end o f each act ; and what is better still, the applause and " ov diens " were thoroughly deserved, for Madlle. Titiens is a true artiste of the highest order; and although slightly embarrassed when sho first came upon the stave last night was soon able to make her extraordinary powers, whether as singer or actress, manifest in all their force and fulness to the audience. Madlle. Titiens possesses a rich and beautiful soprano voice, extensive in compass, and unusually equal in quality through all the registers, It has also a voluminous and at the same time penetrating and brilliant force, which, when exercised to its fullest capability, as it was, for instance, last night in the finale to the first act of " Les Huguenots," where Valentina sustains C in alt during some bars, can predominate very distinctly over the immense body of sound produced by a mass of i , struments and voices. She " produces " her voice in the best possible manner, phrases admirably, and executes fl rid passsges with all desirable clearness and nrillianlv. Her singing is also full of dramatic accent and energy, which at the right moment can rise to the loftiest and noblest heights of tragic passion. Madlle. Titiens is, in short, a very great artiste of the gusto grande order, andan immense acquisition to the Anglo- I tal ian sta ge. For Signor Giuglini's wonderfury fine delineation of Raul we have likewise nothing but praise of the warmest kind. The great Italian to❑or, who was evidently " on his mettle," as the phrase goes, exerted himself most strenuously from first to last, and with the best possible success. His magni ficent singing in the septet occurring in the second act, " Per tutti ii ciel" (in which he took a B natural in his chest voice with a marvellous power which made the house ring), elicited a rapturous encore, and the only one demanded during the evening. • (From the Morning Advertiser.) The first impression made by Madlle. Titiens was favour able, though the few snatches of dialogue allotted to her pre paratory to the ballet are unimportant. Her beautiful do• lineation of the passages wherein she discloses her fears for the life of Ranl, menaced by the conspiracy of her father, St. Bris, and Maurevert, stamped her as an artist capable of the grandest efforts of tragic opera. The duet with Marcel, " Nella uotte," and the tenderness and power of her " Ah ! l'ingrato," when Marcel departs to warn his master of the contrived assassination, created an enthusiastic burst of ad miration from the house. Vialetti sang " Non pentirti" in an artistic manner. The whole of this scene on the part of Madlle.Titiens was a triumph. The burst wherein she tells tile honest soldier that she is " une donna cho Fedora, a chi morra ma per salvar suoi di," electrified the listening hun dreds, and success, brilliant success, was assured. The culminating point of Madhe. Titiens' performance was reached in the grand duet with Giuglini, " Tu mio sospiri," and the agonising scene that follows. The harrowing appeal, " Che, Raul, it mio dolor," and her death like swoon, pro duced great effect, vocally and dramatically. One univer•al call followed the exit of the maddened Raul from the window, amid the cries of the slaughtered Huguenots. A shower of bouquets greeted the gifted cautatrice when, led on by Giuglini, she quitted the stage to be again called, and again bowed her gratitude amidst descending flowers. (Front the Morning Chronicle.) The main attraction of the night's performance lay in the debut of the new prima donna, Mademoiselle Titiens. It was triumphantly successful, and deservedly se. The voice of this lady is the most perfect soprano we have ever heard—and we speak with a tolerably long me mory. For richness of tone and quality it is xnsurpassed by any voice known in our times, while its extensive compass and capability of sustentation, even up to the very highest notes in the scale, render it an instrument of no ordinary power in the hands of aconsumtnate artist likeMdlle. Titiens. Her voice, however, is but a part of her attractions as a dra matic artist. The new prima donna possesses tragic power such as is rarely met with in these days ; not the noisy, ob trusive demonstrative development of the dramatic art, but something of a higher order, dependent on the impulses* f her own nature. This was first indicated in the interview with Marcel, before the duel between Raoul and St. Bris ; but it reached its culminating point in the duo of the third act, in which Mdlle. Titiens achieved a triumph which places her at the present time in indisputable possession of the throne of the lyrical drama. The talent of the new prima donna is precisely of that order on which criticism is really thrown away. As an actress, she is distinguished by impassioned fer vour, and dignity and grace of carriage—as a singer, she has acquired an entire mastery over the mysteries of her art. Sighor Giuglini s not new to the part of Raoul. He has sung it elsewhere, and always with success. Last night, he was able so to preposses 3 his audience, as to make th en for get a predecessor in the part who was supposed to have ful filled all the conditions of perfection. The exquisite quality of this artist's voice, and the classical purity of his style, are his least reaomMendations, if we may judge from his performance last o coning, in the course of which, more especially in the celebrated duo with Valentin in the third act, he showed him self capable of rising to the height of the most intense tragic passion. (Front the Daily News) Mademoiselle Titiens is indeed a star of the very first magnitude. Nothing that has been said in her praise has been sufficient to give an idea of her powers as au actress and a singer. She must be seen and heard in order to be fully appreciated. She is, in the first place, a very fine woman, with a beautifully formed figure, a noble air, singular grace and elegance in every movement, and a face full of intelligence and expression. She has a voice of mar vellous power and beauty, perfect in its tones in whatever way it is used, whether breathed in the softest whisper or uttered with all the strength and volume of which it is capa ble. Her execution is most finishe I, and she is evidently a complete mistress of all the mechanism of her art. Her voice, too, has the charm of youthful freshness the greatest, as it is the most fleeting, of charms. Iu her acting she shows deep earnestness. She identified herself in every tone, look, and gesture, with the hapless heroine f the drama, and her re presentation of the character was one of the most pathetic, as well as one of the most beautiful, that we have ever witnessed. She found in Giuglini a worthy partner. The part o Raoul, we think, is the most successful of all his efforts. He looked to the life the young French gentleman of the 16th century, bringing ent most felicitously the noble and chivalrous fea tires of the character; and he sang Meyerbeor's music, so foreign to the school in which he has been educated, as purely and effectively as if he had been "to the manner born" and inured to it all his life. The impression m ,cle on the house by the joint efforts of two such performers may be readily imagined. During the great scene between Raoul and Valen tine—that exquisite yet terrible picture of love and despair— which ends the third act, the audience seemed enchained in breathless interest and suspense, till, at its close, that deep silence was broken by thunders of applause and accla. mations, prolonged and reiterated for several minutes. When the curtain fell the same expressions of enthusiasm were re peated. (Prom the Morning Herald.) Of the principal singers we cannot speak at length at this late hour. The new prima donna, however, can hardly be passed off with scant notice. Her claims, indeed, are those of a first-rate artiste, since it may confidently be asserted that, with the exception of Jenny Lind —with whom, by the way, she possesses not one quality in common, unless it be genius —no singer since the earliest days of Grisi has betokened the same amount of talent, and none ce tainly created the same sensation on a first appearance. Madlle. Titiens' voice is a pure soprano, of exquisite quality, in its tone clear and liquid as a silver bell, of exquisite bril liancy, and far more than ordinary compass. Her upper notes have an openness of sound which we do not remember to have heard in any other singer. If we add to these quali ties unusual fluency and facility, and unorrieg intonation, an admirable method, and a largeness of style which belonged to Pasta alone of all preceding singers, our readers will enter tain some idea of the vocal powers and attainments of Mr. Lumley's new prints donna. As an actress, ju igin; from her performance in Valentine, said to be her greatest part, she is hardly less entitled to our admiration. Tall, erect and commanding in figure, she walks the boards with consum mate grace and ease, and impresses the beholder at a glance, Her features, if not remarkable for beauty, are singula.ly expressive, and her whole appearance letokens innate gran deur and dignity of mind, as befitting the empress of the lyric drama. In Valentine's first scene with Marguerila, she has only a few notes to sing ; but even these few notes declared the beautiful quality and firmness of Madlle. Titiens' voice. In the finale to the first act (the second according to these are) its resonance and penetrating power were first manifested The upper notes sounded clear and bright above the band, chorus, and principals, and the curtain fell amid enthusiastic cheers from all parts of the house, and a recall for all the principals. As yet, however, Mademoiselle Titiens had quly bee,. heard in concerted music, and opinion was held in abeyance. In the scene in the P. e-aux-Ciercs, where Valen tine overhears the ' lot for assns inating Raoul, and having met Marcel communicates it to him, which Involves the air " 0 terror ! n3i spavanta," and the grand duet ' Nella notte io col," Madl e. Titiens created au immense sensation, bo.h by her acting aLd sin.,ing, and thenceforward arrested the earnest attention of the enti,e-audienee. The lovely t ua lity of the voice and the pathos of the singer combined the passionate phrase "Ali ! ingrate d'offesa mortale tone hed every heart. The scene of the conspiration is a still more trying ordeal for the artist who sustains the part of Va en tine; Madlle. Titiens, nevertheless, rose with the occasion, and sang and acted with even greater effect throughout the whole of the terrible scene. Not in the sin,g ng and acting alone, however, will a real artist declare herself on such occasions. Madlle. Titiens' by-play was inimitable. Her terror, expressed in uneasy motions and hurried actions, lest Raoul should overhear the details of the projected massacre from his place of concealment behind the tapestry ; her a eager glances towards the place; her stealthy steps in Raoul c thes washtmee direction and cautious I:stenings, wore all evidences with evid highest art and impulsiveness. The scone most splendid of all. The grandest of a a l d l s ,sois dramatic sileT lo it v i e en d s u a et n e d , indeed, was powerfully rendered by M series rushed o madly grand Signor s a c n e d ne cr o e n ate a d ns a th f e u r ro. Giuglini, a s r ccasis o n re ; mata y this impressive pbreesfesnatidwoef effects, s content h o ci r r u s e c l h v e o d s w t i h t s h d e c i s m e ria imam a s g t t a s s ual of Valentine, and leapt from the f w ro in ni do t w he in p to ro t s h t e ra s t t e dy re b et o . Her Majesty Royal Highness l the Highness the Frincess A ice, Prince Consort, accompaniedbyandh tier his performancesß with party includedei. r presence. enc e, Lady Churchill, e r suite tihn honouredHon the . Ma e ryupßonitteh royal e th e Earl of Sheffield, Colonel Nelson Hood, and Capt. Du Plat. Amon g st the company honouring the theatre with their prese nce were their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, his Excellency the Russian Minister, the Duke of Leeds, the Marchion ss of Stafford, Frances Countess Waldegrave ' the Earl and Cou n t ° s of H ar d w icke, and Lady Elie. Yorke, the Countess Dowager of Harrington, the Earl and Countess of Stamford and Warring. ton, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl of Lincoln, Earl Granville, Viscount G, ey de Wilton, Viscount Chels a, Baroness Lionel de Rothschild, Viscountess Newark, Lord Ashburton, Lady Harry Vane, Captain the Hon. George Mills, Hon. Otway Toler, Hon. Seymour Egerton, Colonel the Hon. James Mac donald, C. 8., Sir Ralph Howard, Sir John Lowther, Sir Geo. Wombwell, Madame Hut - iota, Alderman Salomons, Lieut.- General Sir George Bowles, K . C . 8 ., Sir Proby CautleY, K. C. 8., Mr. Hubert do Burgh, Colonel Henry Damill, Col. Mrs. Horace Twiss, Mr. and M rs. Wh eeler, M rs. R oU pell, Major Pule, Mr. C. P. Leslie, Captain Leyland, die. The Gazette of last night contains some further de spatches irc mlndia, which have been rec - Avel at the East India House. They are all of a remote date, and refer to tratters concerning which the London papers have given the necessary particulars. Sir W. Fraser, M.P., suggests that the bridge about to he erected over the amen, next above Wsterloo bridge, be called Sebastopol-bridge, and will put a que• tien to the Chief Commissioner of Works on the subject in the House of Commons to-morrow. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—{This Day) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY AT HER MAJESTY'S TBEATRE.-3 AMOS Dun• can Grant, 45, and Charles Murray, 38, the former de scribed on the charge-sheet as a tobacconist, of Crown• street, were charged before Mr. Bingham with stealing, at Her Majesty's Theatre, a pocket-book containing a cheque for 1501., the property of Capt. Durant, of Dover street, Piccadilly Capt. George Durant said—l was last night at Her Majesty's Theatre, and on leaving was going to the cloak-room for my coat, and while doing so a young man came up and asked me if I had lost anything. I wit my hand in my pocket and found my pocket book gone, con taining a cheque on Messrs. Cox for 1501. The young man said it was the prisoner Grant. I followed and laid hold of him. He said he knew nothing about it, and that he was respectable. I held hire until the young man came up with the other prisoner. We all pro ceeded upstairs to get out of the crowd, and while doing so the pocket book fell on the stairs at the feet of the prisoners, and be felt certain they dropped it. Sir George Wombwell, of 18, George-street, Hanover square, said--I was coming out of the Opera-house last night, and when at the foot of the stairs I heard .i.pme thing fall and picked up the book which was owned ,by Captain Durant. I feel quite certain it dropped frOn one of the prisoners, but I can't say which. Jo3eph Bawn, of 19, Tichborne-street, said—l was at Her Majesty's Theatre on the previous night, and ob serving the prisoners going about mysteriously, I kept a watch on them. I saw them follow Captain Durant, and saw the prisoner Grant push up against him. I then asked the Captain whether he had lost anything, and finding he had, I went off after Murray, and left the other prisoner with the captain. I asked a gentle man to look out, and having done so, picked-up the pocketbook. An inspector said as the prisoners were being brought out Murray threw away an opera-glass. Murray said be never had the glass in his possession. He was a gentleman living on an annuity. Mr. Bingham said they bad heard the evidence, and did they wish the matter settled there ? The prisoner said they did, they were both guilty. Mr. Bingham said he should remand them till to• morrow week. The prisoners said they wished he would settle it' at once. Mr. Bingham—No ; some more inquiries shall b made first. MARMT NEWB.—(rius Day.) morrow. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. This morning the Duke de Malakoff had his audience of leave of the Emperor. At one o'clock he took his farewell of Count Walewski. To-mor row he sets out for Calais, where he will sleep. The following day his Excellency will embark on board the ship-of-war Le Corse, and will land at Dover, where the garrison is to receive him uoder arms. The Duke will then continue his route to London. The G ttetteux of Saint Quentin has received a warning (a vertissement) in the following terms : " We, Master of Requests to the Council of the article i nserted in the number State, Prefect of the Depart men t o f the Aisne, ohfavinthge G seentutteur, entitled Private Corres pondence,' the said article signed Gaumont, and particularly the paragraph commenci ng ' the an finishing 'knowinc, the the itsr e e j a as l i n '' ame ' considering th a t ° the thingr bu distribution i o h n y of m said article is calculated to indispose the suf fering classes against even those who come to their assi4tance, by presenting as a humilia tion the benefits of charity, and endeavours to create a culpable confusion between Socialism and the institutions due to the lin pecial initiative ; having s een th e decree of our giving a fir s t warn i ng to the Guettotr 1 852:--we d ecree—A second o n a redeeess the 23d e r Aprii, warning is given to the j ourna l t h e Geetteur in the person of M. Cott:nest, one of the directors. 44 CH A AIL AIN." The following telegraphic des") received Atches have been here : VIENNA, 13th.—Intelligence from the Herzego vina states that the commissioner of the Porte, Kemal-Effendi, coming from Klek ; Kiani-Pacha, governor of Bosnia, from Sarpjeno ; Aziz-Pacha, and the consul of Russia, have arrived at Mostar, and that the consuls of the Western Powers were expected there." " BERLIN, 126,---A royal ordinance has been published, prolonging the powers of the Prince of Prus'Ria for three month s . B aron d e A l an t eu ff e l, in communicating this f- c t t o t h e c h am b eri , a dd e d that the King, according to the opinion of his me dical attendants, must abstain for some time longer from public affair, in order to secure the success of the treatment now adopted." BOURSE, April 13.—The following were the closing quotations : 4&• per Cents ........ 92 50 Do. end m0nth....., 3 per Cent. ... 69 40 Do. end month.,,,, 69 55 Bank Shares 3100 Credit Mobilier 7 35 Do. Account ........ 732 50 Credit Foncier Belgian ..1., Piedmontese (5) Roman B9 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — - FOR CARL. RAILWAYS. - Orleans .................. 1270 Northern ............ 945 New Ditto ............... 775 Lyon and Alediteras. 812: New Ditto..... 777 Geneva .................. 652,3 Midi . 540 Western. 6lBl Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian The Opinio ns of Turin publishes the following letter addr esse d to C oun t d e Cavour by Mr. Hodge : " Sir,—l cannot leave Piedmont without pub licly expressing my gratitude for the generous con duct of the Piedmontese Government towards me. To a free and independent, Government it may be of litt;e niportance to receive an assurance of satin action f rom a pr i va t e person who is besides a foreigner ; but on the present occasion my con science dictates this course both as a duty and a pleasure. I therefore beg to offer your excellency my sincerest thanks for the great liberality, kind ness, and noble conduct evinced towards me by the Government of this country—a conduct which I shall never forget. and which, I am sure, will be duly appreciated by my fellow-citizens. I should be proud to have the honour of paying a visit to your excell ency i n person, i n or d er t o ex p ress w i t h my own lips the esteem I feel for your liberality, but am afraid of encroaching upon your excellency's ministerial dillies. , g D. HODGE." The official journal of Belgrade announces that the Prince o f S ervia has d ec id e d th a t th e S enators Stefanovits, St an i v it s , Z an kovits, R a j ov it s , and Marcasl ov it s, who were some ti me ago condemned to death, but whose sentences were commuted to perpetual imprisonment, shall be pardoned, subject to the condition that they shall at once go abroad, and not return to Servia without permission of the authorities, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. There is something peculiarly gratifying in re cognising a familiar and valued friend, and being able to truthfully congratulate him on " looking bettor than ever." Such was our feeling last night on the resumption of our intimacy with Her Ma jesty's Theatre, for never did the walls of the great and original Temple of Apollo resound with more deserved and delighted echoes of enthusiastic applause. The house is fresh and bright in all its decorative constituents, and the dense crowd of visitors imposingly sustained the full-dress charac ter of an opera audience—heightened and honoured by the presence of the Queen. The fascinating music of Italy and France had to give place on this occasion to the weightier Ger man school, and "The Huguenots," with all the complex elaboration and ponderous dramatic ex pression, identified with the works of Meyerbeer, was produced for the first time at this theatre ; with an earnestness of purpose and combination of talent which will render this grand opera one of the greatest attractions of the season, after a few re presentations have "rounded off" some of the dif ficulties involved in the subordinate parts. The first night of such an opera claims considerable in dulgence at the pens o► critics ; but in this in stance there was nothing to carp at, saving a slight indication now and then of the Chorus " agreeing to differ," and the long " waits" between the acts. The great expectation of the evening was placed on the new prima donna, Madlle. Titiens ; whose qualifications more than fulfil the reputation which preceded her. With out dilating in lengthened and profuse terms of eulogy, we shall only declare that we have seldom witnessed a greater success on opera boards, tha❑ that achieved by the Valentina of last night. Madlle. Titiens possesses an organ of unusual power, clearness, and open tone ; using it, moreover, with judgment and refined taste. Her acting is of an order rarely blended with vocal talent ; and her struggle scene with Raoul (Ging lini) was intensely dramatic and finely expressed ; apart from the electrifying brilliancy of her singing. Rapturous plaudits and showers of bouquets bore pleasant witness to the excited feelings of the and once ; and Mr. Lumley may deem himself for tunate in having procured such an attractive prima donna. Madlle. Ortolani sang with her accustomed spirit awl fluency ; and Giuglini appeared to gather fresh vigour and inspiration from the fair rivalry he en countered, for we have never heard him to such advantage. The careful and correct singing of Belletti was admirably suited to the part of San Bris ; and Vialetti was quite at home in Marcell°. The scenery, dresses, and general appointments were perfect in their kind ; and the total " getting up" of the opera, evinces that Mr. Lumley is en tering the field of his olden glory with brave deter mination to retain, and add to, the laurels he has already gained from an appreciating public. We append a few of our contemporaries' opinions. (From the Times.) Yesterday evening the Opera-house reopened for the regu lar season, which was inaugurated by the presence of her Majesty—a rare honour for a first night. With the regular season returned the normal brightness of the most aristocra tic of theatres. A certain dingy hue that had been diffused over the Audience of the extra nights had altogether vanished, and the company in the boxes and stalls were again up to operatic level. Indeed, the commencement of a new order of things was marked in the most various iisanner. The work selected for performance was the " Huguenots" of production, demanding an attention to Meyerbeer, a massive details that can be spared in operas of the ordinary Italian class. The very selection was a departure from the old beaten track on which for the last year or two lyrical drama has jogged a trifle too steadily, and the manner in which the piece was put on the stage showed a gallant resolution on the i art of the manager to conform to the spirit of the time. The scenery, new throughout, did the greatest credit to the painter, Mr. Charles Marshall, and the dresses—likewise new throughout—aptly corresponded with the scenery. There were none of those shabby spots that will now and then make their appearance even in the most glittering spectacles, but everything presented to the eye was pleasant to look upon— fresh, clean, and picturesque. Then at the head of the voca lists was a new printa donna, Mademoiselle Titiens, of whom report had spoken not mere y in a kiwi voice, but with a degree of confidence that screwed up expectation beyond the usual pitch. When a opera terminates after midnight, and that opera is the " Huguenots," played by a company f or th e fi rst time, we cannot venture to be very minute in our remarks. If in stating the general results of the evening we; can be brief without obscurity, we may d.fer a more detailed description to an opportunity when brevity will be no longer requisite. Mademoiselle Titiens, then, has not only answered expec tations, but there seems little doubt that she will prove the most remarkable vocalist heard at her Majesty's Theatte for a considerable length of time. She is not a sin. er for whom any allowance need be made, and who hopes you will put up with this in consideration of that; but everyone of her qualifications may be tested separately, and they will be found to complete, not to counterbalance each other. A grace ful and impassioned actress, sho is still a vocalist to whom a lover of music may listen with his eyes shin. With an often of the finest natural quality, full and rich to the highest point of an extensive compass, she is a consummate artist who has her notes completely at her command, and surprises her audience as much by the finish and brilliancy of her exe cution as sh j charms them by the fascinations of her voice. Wo shall nut enter now into a commentary upon her Valen tine. It is enough to convey the opinion that Mademoiselle Titions has asserted her position as a thoroughly sound, satis factory vecalist, whose success cannot be otherwise than permanent. - Signor Giuglini, who reserved his powers in the early part of the evening, did full justice to himself in the celebrated duct, iu which he and Mademoiselle Titiens vied with each other. With a voice still somewhat tremulous, Mademoi selle Ortolani executed very neatly the music of the Queen of Navarre. As St. 'iris, Si g nor belletti was Et adiness its lf, and probably never found a part suitable to his talent than that of the stern Catholic noble. Signor Vialetti took great pains with Marcel, but scarcely gave to this important cha racter all the effeot of which it is capable. However, he acquitted himself with credit, and the only person among the principals who decidedly missed the mark was the young lady who played the page, and Who seemed (Lightened out of her wits. The " Huguenots" is not one of those works in which perfection can be attained on a first night's perform ance. Some of the choruses— especially the " Rataplan" --might go better than they did last night, but what was pleasing throughout the whole opera was the manifestation of a desire to take extraordinary pains with an extraordinary production. While introducing to the public a prima donna who can scarcely fail to bo an attraction during the whale of the coming season, the ma nager has evidently resolved not to rely on isolated talent, but to employ all his resources for the production of general completeness. (From the Morning Post.) The "Huguenots" represents a p er iod which, though marked by the most sanguin a ry deeds, and particularly dis tinguished by one of the most frightful acts of treachery the world has ever known, was yet full of romance and chivalry. Tho mind, carried back to a remote ago, is excited and astonished by the contemplation of politicalfacts which dis grace human nature, and deeds of individ ual heroism which ennoble it. The great mainspring of all human thought and action—relig'ous feelinc , - now appearing in all its ..ative purity —now arrayed in p the dark or blood-red colours of fanaticism—is actively at work throughout, and gives a pur pose and significance to even the smallest characters. The very peaSants, citiz ns, or private soldiers, forming the choral crowd, are not, as in most operas, mero stage automata, but people with strong convictions, living in stormy times— people who are ready to fight or (lie for their faith, and may be called on at any moment to.do so. We watch their every movement with interest, for an unguarded word or gesture may bring abouta fray, and materially infh.enco the action of the drama we are witnessing ; and whilst the mind is thus agreeably employed with the story of " Les Huguenots," the eye is charmscl by the faithful delineation it alfoids of the CORN EXCHANGE. Our market to-day was very scantily supplied with all kinds of English wheat. The attendance of both town and country millers was limited, yet the demand way be con sidered steady—though far from active, at Monday's im• provement in value. With foreign wheat we were fairly supplied. Good and useful parcels changed hands at very full prices, but info. nor samples met a dull inquiry, on former terms. Barley was in moderate supply and fair request, at full quotations. In malt very little was passing, on former terms. The oat trade was very firm, at extreme currencies. • Beans, peas, and flour sold steadily, at fully Monday quotations. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. ' Malt. Oats. Flour. 530 I 375 1,210 410 700 30 NO AIL:. 6,480 brie English Irish Foreign..... 1,670 J 3,300 BOROUGH HOP. There is a steady business doing in most kinds of hops and prices generally are well supported. WHITECHAPEL. The demand for each kind of meat was steady, as follows: —Beef, from 3s Od to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; lamb, 5s 4cl to 6s 6d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; pork, 35 2d t) 4s 6d per Blbs by the carcase. LLOYD'S SIIIPPiNA,—(This Day.) LoNhoN, April 14.—Wind this day at noon, S,E; ligh4 breeze, and fine. Hum., April 12.—Wind for Monte Video. DARTMOUTH, April 12.—Wind E.—Arrived—J ame s, from St. Vincent; had experienced heavy w ea th er . S a il e d —Go Forward, Newfoundland. PORTSMOUTH, April 13.—Wind for Now York. SOUTHAMPTON, April 13.—Arrived—Alhambra (a), from Gibraltar. QUEENSTOWN, April 12.—Wind E.—Arrived—Liffey, from Barbadoes SWANSEA, April 13.—Wind S.—Arrived —Serena, from Coquimbo. Sailed—Johanna Ralkrnan, for Hong Kong. KINGSTON, April 11.—Arrived—Abeons (steam trims• port), from London for Ca outta. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.E., fresh. Arrived—Aurora, steamer, from Dublin Alhambra. steamer, Gibraltar ; Jonadab, Cardiff ; Cher* bourg- Sailed—Atalanta, steamer, for Jersey; Carolinida, L'E. toile, and Le Coq, Cherbourg ; Aurora, steamer, London. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S. Arrived, April 13—Christina, screw steamer, from Alex , andria ; Espoir, Ostend. Sailed, April 13.—Diana, for Newfoundland; Vises.* Amsterdam ; Prince of Wales, New Orleans ; Mary, St. Peter's, C.B. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND. Wednesday Morning. Wind S.E. ; tide first hour's flood ; fine. Arrived, April 13.—Star, from Antigua; Rose, sat• hurst, R.G. ; New Friendship, and Nathaniel, Ronen ; Mary Stewart, Leghorn ; Richard, Seville ; Argyle, fros Callao. Arrived, April 14—Victoria, from Rouen; Schiedaro, Rotterdam. Sailed, April 14—Concordia (s), for Calais. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S., moderate. Passed, April 13 —Pacific, from Shields, for the Ilediter rauean ; Alliance, from the north, for the westward ; EllPs Newcastle, Boston; Cambria, London, Jamaica; Polynr cha, Odessa, Lynn ; Jane Lowden, Savannah, London ; Diana, London, Bordeaux. Sailed—Auguste, for Bremen. Mr, Thomas Duncornbe intends asking Lord Palmer• stun, in the House of Commons, on Friday evening, if "he would have aril objection, in the present position of the que.tion of Parliamentary Reform, to lay upon the table of the house a copy of the bill for the amend' went of the laws relating to the representation referred to in the Speech Irma the Throne at the nommentement of the present session." COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION.—A. vacancy having 00 ' curred in the Foreign-office, Lord Clarendon appointed thre,, you,.g gentle.oen to compete for the post. None of these could s itay the examiners of their proficiency. L 4d Clarendon then nominated two more competitors, but left office before naming t e third. The numberwae Oerefore completed by Lord Malmesbury, and his can' d d tte having proved himFelf the ablest of three has bees appointed to the vacant place. LIVERPOOL, April 13.—8 y telegraph we learn that the African mail steamship Gambia has put into Sierra Leene with main shaft broken, that the African mail steamer Arme,ian had not been heard of, and that the mails which had been made up from Madeira for those teamers had been conveyed to Lisbon by the Medway. Tomorrow (this day) the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's new steamship Clods sails hence for Rio d• Janeiro with a ship's mail. THE BALLOT SOIRE4 THIS EVENINO..--We beg to remind our readers that the farewell snide to Mr. Nichol• son, the founder of the Ballot in the British dominion', is to take place at the Freemasons' Tavern this evening. Mr. 13. Berkeley, M.P., Sir Arthur H. Elton, Bart., M.P, Mr. Crossley, M.P., General Thompson, M.P., Mr Roupell, M.P., Mr. Ayrton, M.P., Mr. Nicoll, ALP., Mr. Wyld, Mr. Crook, M P., Mr. Morley. Mr. Miall, Mr. Whitehurst, and other leading friends of the Ballot w it be pre •ent. A SHOAL OF ANOHOVIES.—The Semaphore de Mar* stifles brings news of a ,hoal of anchovies chased by tunny fish into the roadstead of Toulon in such enormous quantities that the harbour assumed the aspect of vermi• celli soup, and 1,000,000 (300,000 kilogrammes) of these delicate sardines were secured. Buckets, hats, hand' kerchiefs, and baskets were replenished ad libitum dur ing Easter week, the affrighted fish not daring to leave the shore while the tunny squadron was off the coast. HENDERSON FUND.— It will be remembered that we some time since announced the death of Mr. Jobs Henderson, a gentleman well known to the publi c as a member of the late firm of Fox, Henderson, and Co., the contrwors for the Great Exhibition building of 1811, and the Crystal Palace at Sydenham. It is with much regret that we now learn that Mr. Henderson's wife and daughter are left totally unprovided for, as, although that gentleman was making every effort to recommence business, he did not live long enough to carry out the plans he had projected. Under these circumstances committee has been formed with the view of raising a fund for the assistance of the widow and orphan, and as appeal on their behalf is now being made to the public. , Tne numerous important and public works with which the late Mr. John Henderson was connected during ti life of untiring energy and enterprise, cause us to regard his family as having a claim upon the support and sympathy of the world. THE. QUEEN'S VISIT TO BINNING/WC—W e are no w in a position to inform our readers that her Majesty has graciously fixed the period of her state visit to Birming• ham. The event, which is looked forward to with so much pleasurable expectation, will take place in the middle of Jcoe. It lt3 anticipated, although this is as ye somewhat uncertain, that her Majesty, who will pro• bably be accompanied by the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, and the Doke of Cambridge, will honour Lord _Leigh's mansion with her presence. His lordship, as loid-lieutenant of the county, has placed Stoneleigh Abbey at her Majesty's disposal, and the probability is that the royal party will remain there during the n ight and proceed to Birmingham on the morning of the visit. The order and line of procession will be towards the Town•ha'l. There, only one address—that from the mayor and corporation—will be presented ; and after the proceedings in the hall, embracing some musical per' formance, the royal party will proceed to Aston-park. In the old ball there another address —namely, from the Aston-park committee—will be presented to the Quest), and the formal act of inaugurating " The Pectple'S Park," cunsunimated. It is understood that the royal visitors will be entertained at lunch in the ball by the mayor,"—Birmingham Post.