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

IIER MAJESTY'S TREATRE. Second appearance of Madlle. Titiens. FIRST A.PPEARANCE OF MADLLE. POCCHINI. 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 PERSONA. 1.1. Conte di San Bris (Governor Signor BELLETTI. o f the Louvre) 1.1 Conte di Nevers... Signor ALDIGHIERI. De Coss. Signor MERCURIALI. Tavannes Signor ANNONI. De Retz Meru Head of Night Watch Raul di Nangis (a Huguenot Gentleman) Signor GIUGLINI. Marcell° (his Servant) Ifargaritta di 'Valois (betrothed to 'Henry rrbano (her Page) Mdme. LUCIONI LAND'. Dania d'Onore Valentina (daughter of San Brie) Madlle. TITIENS. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, Pages, Citizens, Soldiers, Students, Night Watch, Monks, Musicians, sic. Conductor, Signor ADRITI. With scenery, entirely new and original, by Mr. Marshall ; dressos, entirely new and taken from the best authorities, by dadanze Copere, and executed by M. Laureys and Mrs. Masterman ; principal machinist, Mr. Sloman ; head of the property department. Mr. Bradwell ; the mice-en-scene and incidental ballet, by M. Massot. To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, by M. Massot, entitled CALIST ; 01J, LE RENVOI DE L'AMOUR. Th e principal parts by Madlles. Poechini ((her her appear. ante this session), Annetta (her first appearanc), u La ale, Morlacthi, Bieletti ( her first apara nce), F. Brow n , P e tite Philips, and M. Caron (his first appearance). On TUESDAY, April 20, Mdlle. PIOCOLOMINI will make her first appearance this season as Norina in Donizetti's PASQUALE, and shortly afterwards iu Opera of DON LUISA. MILLER be. A limited nom of Boxes ha ve been secured tothe public. Price 21s and 31s 6d each. The full prospectus of the season arrangements nay be had At the Box Office. To commence at half-past 7 o'clock. T ILE ATRE 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. Fits willia.m. After which a Classical Extravagansa , , 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. d. Second price. s. 1. Dross Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 tipper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery Commend ;0 at Seven. ROYAL 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, entitlei SAMUEL IW 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. B. Webster, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. After which, a new operatic spectacle, THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD. The characters by Mr. Rolfe, Paul Bedford, .f. Bland, aad Misses Roden, Keeley, and Arden. STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough.—This Evening will be produced the new comedy, by Stirling Coyne, Es/., called NOTHING VENTURE, NOTHING WIN. Supported by Mews. Belton, Ray, Belfort, Kinloch, and Miss M. Oliver. After which, the new burlesque of FRA DIAVOLO ; or, The Beauty and the Brigands. Fra Diavolo, Miss swan borough ; Beppo, Mr C. Young. To conclude with THE LOTTERY TICKET. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow trig company of 'Vocalists are engaged for the performance o S.lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS. dm., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs Badzey, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, and Miss Montanm e ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw , S. Jo ner, J. Barter, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badzey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchfield, John G. Fordo, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, die., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. Mr. WOODHOUSE (by permission of Ch tries Kean, Eat ) will have the honour of introducing, every evening, his highly successful Performance on the new REGVLATION DRUM. THE WEATHER—Sex ONTION, Arim 14. 111INKOMETBR, IN TNN BEAM& 48—highest since noon yesterday. 45--lowest this morning and during the night, 56—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.1'. WIND, South• Easterly ; moderate, with fine mild wea ther. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tnis DAY—Morn., 57 min. aft. I—Even., 15 min. aft. 2 To-MORROW —Morn., 35 min. aft. 2—Even., 53 inn aft 2 .") t.) grt a yvi) %—/ . LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1858. be found in some appointments to the Govern- ! ment, and an addition to the Privy Council, which were made at that period ; and, if wetre 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 read in both Houses of Foreign-office at 5 p.m., Parliament, and published in the third edition of The Sun of last evening, will be received with universal satisfaction throughout the entire country. 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 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, wbo 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. He 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. MINOAN" 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 circumsta►noss 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 trea cherous 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. 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 line 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 great 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, vho 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 joy throughout the country than that which announces the rescue of Mrs. Ona and Miss Jamrsorr. 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 injury. At the last moment some 50,000 of the rebels escaped from the doomed city, making for Rohil cund and Bundelcund. A considerable force wag, however, in pursuit, and it way 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 the column under Sir Husk Roes, which was detained for three weeks at Saugor, owing, we believe, to the want of provisions, the plan of Sir Comx would have been completely successful, and the rebels intercepted in every quarter towards which they directed their light. Sir Huou 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 whom were mutineers, in his front. He could certainly prevent their escape until the pursuing troops came up, and they were thus placed between tfflo fires. Brigadier CHIWERLA IN was also advanc ing from another quarter, with the Punjaub levee?, so that they would find escape all but impossible. General ROVIIRTS had marched from Nusseerabad to K0t9.11 on the 10th and 11th March ; winle WIIIILOCeg 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 STEWA.RT'S brigade. On the whole, the intelligence is emi nently satisfactory, and we may now indulge in the reasonable expectation that we have witnessed " the beginning of the and" 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. siege. April. b. - ,en accepted. 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. Eatamined 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 iu 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—where the clear water runs spark ling among the green aits 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 Twickenham. 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 SON put an end to slavery. Mr. VILLIERS opened our ports for the admission of corn. 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 7 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. driven back. morrow. We are seriously alarmed by the sinister view which the Times appears to take of the present Mate of our national politics. According to that eminent authority, Parliament and the eountry are humiliated by the continuance in office of Lord Dzitsf 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 far 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 con 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 PALMER STON'S Government. 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 being but seven in favour of giving protection to the Fourth Estate, while 33 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 abanding the great improvements effected by L )rd entrant's previous exertions, the law of libel is still in a very unsatisfactory and defective condition. It was the case of DATIDSON T. DINIPAN, on which we have already com mented, that proved, beyond the possibility of doubt, the great injustice that might be slightest ete(l ot i ill-feeling an innocent d publisher, who h not against the person C3lll- prtahlacettnoprirnoogc,febe hisaiu t n whe, if he w ou ld ma i nta i n th e cha report g p s ub at li m ca e t e ie ti n n , g s a h o o f u g ld re f a a t it l h oo fu a l l ly orge_ I ral Interests. Numerous petitions were present • , d praying for an amendment of the law, which wou'd give complete immunity to the innocent publisher, and render the really malignant slanderer respon sible., This could only be effected by assitnilatincr the law of libel and defamation, and making the person who wantonly and vindictively assa il ed another in the hearing of reporters, an d welt knowinc , that his statements woull appear iu d ee course, as fully liable as if t h ey h a d been written or printed by him. Lord CAMPBELL show( d the extent of the mischief. As the law now stood, to 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. Toe vilest fa se 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 cbaracter, but unless a specific crime, punishable by law, were imputed, the vindictive and lying Dose that coolly and delib era t e ly u tt er ed , slanders would escape with impunity, while the proprietor of the newspaper in which they Now that the change has taken place, we are 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, &c., 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,lwaa, 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. The re never was a set of Ministers more wedded to red tape notions and bureaucratic routine than th e WooDA,PANNI.TRES, GRANVILLE; and LA.BOWCHEREs of the late Government. As for Lord CLAREN DON, he has been found out, at last, to have been the most courtly and servile Minister who ever sat in the Cabinet of an English Sovereign. We need not dwell upon the imbecility of SUITS 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 nails insists upon representing the country as humiliated by the Government of L )rd DERBY. Our readers will remember that similar attacks were directed against L - ,rd PALMERSTON'S Ad ministration during the first few months of its existence. What put an end to those attacks The fall of Sebastopol? Oh, no the Laviatli,ln had succumbed long before the Russian strong hold. ficY,olll4sc,mo rekrsceot, His Excellency the Earl Cowley, the British Ambep- Eador at the Court of France , eat' arrived At Lord Eldury' t.:4 ilenee in Park - street 1 V Tee a understand n E ir . : t a a n n d d yesterday from Paris en conyc. e to town to-mor row duties in a week or two, will reAirno his diplo- C h o l u s nt E e x e row from Alarst;)n licu,e, SAD FATE OF A ROYAL RELIO --The gold wat c h w hi c h Charles gave Jane L a n e , a nd which here e.ieter of h d might deecend as an heirl oom to the eld est daughter house of Lane for tho time bein g , was t i l l lately at Cl,a-tiese eot,-house, near S t r atford-on-Avon, from when ce it was s 01, n, and melted down in some Birmingham rec,,siving house.— Westminster Neale for April. We look in vain for any change in the circutn 3tances of the country, or in the conduct of the war, to account for the ehange which took place in the tone adopted by the " Times," towards Lord PALMERSTON'S Government in the August of 1855. We are told that the explanation is to THE SUN, LOND ON, WEDNESDA►Y EN - ENING, __APRIL 14, 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.M. Lucknow fell on the 19th ; 117 guns captured: about 2,000 of the enemy were slain during the Mrs. Orr and Miss Jackson rescued. Eight officers killed. The townspeople and the villagers being pro ;ected, are resuming their occupation. The submission of the principal landholders has THE KROOMEN 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 bad probably anticipated a full house, loud cheers, ,nd a sally from the chiefs of the Ministerial pha- 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 had 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 hail just delivered. It is with great satisfaction that we observe that 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 Jhausi 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 merehant-steamer at noon on the 13th of LYONS, Admiral. Aux. the opinion, which we, in the first instance, expres sed in favour of the enlistniant of Kroomen is now confirmed by the authority of Lord Palmerston, and also, as was stated last night, by the Governor- General of India. 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 better 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 of 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 I eputation 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, than 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 (Giug 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. M&LTA, APRIL 13, 12.30 P. M. The Rhone has arrived from Alexandria, bring ing tidings of the arrival at Suez on the 7th of the Boinbary mails, with dates to the 24th of March. The whole of Luckuow was in our possession on the 19th, but large numbers of the enemy had escaped, and were making for Rohilcund and Bun. delcund. The submission of the principal landholders had 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 bis front. The Calpee mutineers had taken the fort of Chundaree, and made the Rajah prisoner. The rebels had crossed the Etwab, but had been 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. CA`on. rising. Freights steady. The dates from Alexandria are to the Bth April. THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. MA T,T 4, TTTFIRDAV. The fleet under Lord Lyons sails for Tunis to. Madlle. Ortolani sang with her accustomed spirit am! Giugliai appeared to gather fresh vigour and inspiration from the fair rivalry he en countered, for we la Ivo never heard him to such advantage. The careful and correct singing of Belletti was admirably suited to the part of San Eris; and Vialetti was quite at home in Marcello. 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 au appreciating public. We append a few of our contemporaries' opinions (From the Times.) w o otw p fooi e rtta r a khhnoi t ou i o c gpt , 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, obvrsetc l i . uinr Indeed, the commencement of a new order and the company in the boxes and stalls were again up to was marked in the most various manner. The selected sl po e for performance was the "Huguenots" of Meyerbeer, a massive production, demanding an attention to details that can best spared in operas of the ordivary Italian class. The very lection 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 part of the manager to conform to the spirit of the time. The scenery, new throughout, did the greatest credit to the Mr. Charles Marshall, and the dresses—likewise new painter, 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 prima donna, Mademoiselle Titiens, of whom report had spoken not merely 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 for the first time, n e s e b r e i p b t ti o i brief we cannot venture to be very minute in our remarks. If in d g eta w il e ed ea d generalweremsualytsdoffetrhea moreeven will be no longer requisite. ' lle Titiens, then, has not only answered expec Mademoiselle but there seems little doubt that she will prove the tations, remarkable vocalist heard at her Majesty's Theatre most able length of time. She is not a sin:er for for a consider whom any allowance need be made, and who hopes you will opportunity brevity in stating the put up with this in consideration of that; but everyone of h er qualifications may be te sted se p aratel y , and the y will be f o und to complete, not to c o unterbalance each other. A grace ful and impassioned actre ss, she is still a vocalist to whom a lover of music may listen with his eyes shut. With an organ 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 she charms them by the fascinations of her voice. We shall not enter now into a commentary upon her Valen tine. It is enough to convey the opinion that Mademoiselle Titiens has asserted her position as a thoroughly sound, satis factory vocalist, whose success' cannot be otherwise thin permanent. • Signor Giuglini, who reserved his powers in the early part of the evening, did full justice to himself in the celebrated duet, iu which he and Mademoiselle Titiens vied with each other. With a voice still somewhat tremulous, Mademoi selle Ortoleni executed very neatly the music of tue Queen of Navarre. As St. kris, Signor Belletti was st adiness its lf, geto among probably never found a pert suitable t o hi s t a l en t th an thatofth lf with noble.e h s i t m er se nOatholi e c redit, Si pains with Marcel, but scarc e ly gave t o thi s important cha racter all the effect of whi c h it i s capable. l However, he acquitted and the Signor only Viatt person i took great the principals who decidedly missed tho mark was the young lady who played the page, and who seemed frightened 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 d' extraor inary production. While introducing to the public a prima donna who can scarcely fail to be 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 Moraing Post.) The " Huguenots" represents a period which, tho u g h marked by th e mos t sanguinary deeds, and particularly dis tinguished by one of the most frightful acts of treachery the world has over known, was yet full of romance and eh' Val! y. Tho mind, carried back to a remote ago, is excited and astonished by the contemplation of political facts which d's grace human natur and deeds of individuai heroism which ennoble it, The groat mainspring of all human thought and action—relig ous feeling - now appearing in all its i ative purity —now arrayed i n th e 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 sAdiers, forming the choral crowd, are not, a 3 in most opens, mere stage automata, but people with strong convictions living in stormy times — people who are ready to fight or dio for their faith, and may be called on at any moment to do s We watch their every movement with interest, for an unguarded word or g esture may bring about a fray, and materially infltenc 3 the action of the drama we are witnessing ; and whilst the mind is thus agreeably employed o, ith the story of " Les Huguenots," the eye is charmed by the faithful delineation it affords of the gorgeous pageantry, quaint architecture, and picturesque POLICE INTET,LIGEN 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 due 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 sarily bo 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 in 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 of each act ; and what is better still, the applause and " ovations " were thoroughly deserved, for Madlle. Titiens is a true artiste of the highest order; and although slightly embarrassed when she first came upon the stave last night was soon able to make her extraordinary powers, whether as singer or actress, mauifest ;n 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 passages with all desirable clearness and orilliancv. 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, and an immense acquisition to the Anglo ! Italian stage. !E.—(This Day) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY AT HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—James 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, Piccadill Capt. George Durant raid—l was last night at Her Majesty'.. 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 bad lost anything. I pot my hand in my pocket and found my pocketbook gone, con taining a cheque on Messrs. Cox for 1501. The young man said it was the prisoner Grant. I followed and laid bold 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 he felt certain they dropped it. Sir George Wombwell, of 18, George-street, Hanover square, said—l was coming out of the Opera-house last night, and when at the foot of the stairs I beard some thing fall and picked up the book which was owned by Captain Durant. I feel quite certain it dropped from one of the prisoners, but I can't say which. Jo3eph Bawn, of 19, Tichhorne-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 bad 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 pc oketbook. For Signor Giuglini's wonderful , y fine delineation of Raul we have likewise nothing but praise of the warmest kind. The great Italian tenor, 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. AO inspector said as the prisoners were being brought out Murray threw away an opera-glass. Murray said he never had the glass in his possession. H e ,as a gentleman living on an annuity. Mr. Bingham said they had 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. MARK T Nzvve.-4rins Day, CORN EXCFIANG'S, Our market to-day was very so•Antily supplied with all kinds of English wheat. The at'tendance of both town and country millers was limited., yet, the demand may 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• rier 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. English Irish Foreign.... ARRIVALS THIS 'NUR. Wheat. Barley. Malt. i Oats. I Flout, 530 375 1,210 410 700 _ 30 1,670 i 3,300 6,480 1 920 ski. brig 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, 3 e 4d t o 4 a 8d ; lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 6d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Oki ; pork, 3a 2d t) 4s 6d per 81bs by tho carcase. LLOYD'S SECIPPINO.—(rius Day.) LONDON, April 14. Wind this day at noon, S.E.; light breeze, and fine. HULL, April 12.—Wind for Mont. Video. DARTMOUTH, April 12.--Wind E.—Arrived—James, from St. Vincent; had experienced heavy weather. Sailed —Go Forward, Newfoundland. PONTSMOUTH, April 13.—Wind for New York. SOUTHAMPTON, April 13.—Arrived — Alhambra (a), from Gibraltar. QUEENSTOWN, April 12.—Wind E.—Arrived—MA.7i from Barbadoee SWANSEA, April 13.—Wind S.—Arrived—Serena, from Coquimbo. Sailed —Johanna Ralkman, for Hong Kong. _ KINGSTON, April 1 1.—Arrived—Abeona (steam trauld port), frim London for Ca oats. (BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.E., fresh. Arrived—Aurora, steamer, from Dublin ; Alhambra, steamer, Gibraltar ; Jonadab, Cardiff ; L'Etoile, Cher• bourg. Bailed—Atalanta, steamer, for Jersey ; Carolinida, L'E. toile, and Le Coq, Cherbourg ; Aurora, steamer, London. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S. Ari-ivad. April I.3—Christina, screw steamer, from Alex andria ; Espoir, Ostend. Sailed, April 13.—Diana, for Newfoundland ; Visosta, Amsterdam ; Prince of Wales, New Orleans ; Mary, St. Peter's, C. B. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAM.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.E. ; tide first hour's flood ; fine. Arrived, April 13.—Star, from Antigua; Rose, Bat• hurst, R.G. ; New Friendship, and Nathaniel, Rouen ; Mary Stewart, Leghorn ; Richard, Seville ; Argyle, from Callao. Arrived, April 14—Victoria, from Rotten ; Schiedam, Rotterdam. Sailed, April 14—Concordia (s), for Calais. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S., moderate. Passed, April 13 —Pacific, from Shields, for the M.diter. ranean ; Alliance, from the north, for the westward ; Ella, Newcastle, Boston ; Cambria, London, Jamaica ; Polyns• cha, Odessa, Lynn ; Jane Lowden, Savannah, London ; Diana, London, Bordeaux. Sailed—Auguste, for Bremen. Mr. Thomas Duncombe intends asking Lori Palmer• stun, in the House of Commons, on Friday evening, if "he would have any objection, in the present position of the question of Parliamentary Reform, to lay upon the table of the house a copy of the bill for the amens'• [neat of the laws relating to the representation referred to in the Speech from the Throne at the commensal:ant of the present session." COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION.—A vacancy having oc curred in the Foreign-office, Lord Clarendon appointed three young gentlemen to compete for the post. None of these could satisfy the examiners of their proficiency. Lord Clarendon then nominated two more competitors, but left office before naming t.a third. The number was therefore completed by Lord Malmesbury, and his cau dal ite having proved himself the ablest of three has been appointed to the vacant place. LIVERPOOL, April 13.--By telegraph we learn that the African mail steamship Gambia has put into Sierra Leone with main shaft broken, that the African mail steamer Armenian had not been heard of, and that the mails which had been made up from Madeira for those steamers had been conveyed to Lisbon by the Medway. Tomorrow (this day) the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's new steamship Cloths sails hence for Rio di Janeiro with a ship's mail. THE BALLOT SOIREE THIS EVENING.—We beg to remind our readers that the farewell snide to Mr. Nichols son, the founder of the Ballot in the British dominion., is to take place at the Freemasons' Tavern this evening. Mr. H. 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, M.P., Mr. Wyll, M. Crook, M P., Mr. Morley, Mr. Miall, Mr. Whitehurst, and other leading friends of the Ballot w it be prevent. A SHOAL OF ANCHOVIES.—The Semaphore de Mar* seilles brings news of a heal of anchovies chased by tunny fish into the roadstead of Toulon in snob enormous quantities that the harbour assumed the aspect of vernal 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 announcA the death of Mr. John Henderson, a gentleman well known to the public as a member of the late firm of Fox, Henderson, and Co., the contractors for the Great Exhibition building of 1851, 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 re-commence business, he did not live long enough to carry out the plans be had projected. Under these ciroumatances a committee has been formed with the view of raising a fund for the assistance of the widow and orphan, and an appeal on their behalf is now being made to the public. Toe numerous imp ortant and public works with which life ee loafteouNtlirringJoehoteirHgveaundaerson w enterprise, as c reg ard his Ocnanuescet us e d t d o u r r e i g n his family al having a claim upon the support and sympathy of the word. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM.—WO ate new in a position to inform our readers that her Majesty lass 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 June. It is anticipated, although this is as ye somewhat uncertain, that her Majesty, wbo will pros bably be accompanied by the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, and the Duke of Cambridge, will honour Lord Leigh's mansion with her presence. His lordship, as lotd-lieutenant of the county, has placed Stoneleigh Abbey at her Maj sty's disposal, and the probability is that the royal party will remain there during the night and proceed to Birmingham on the morning of the visit. l'he order and line of procession will be towards the Town-hail. 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 Astnn-park. In the old hall there another address —namely, from the Astor:-park committee—will be presented to the Queen, Ind the formal act of inaugurating "The People's Park," consummated, It is understood that the royal visitors will be entertained at lunch in the ball by the mayor."--Birmingltare Po:t. 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 l an d a t D ov er, where the garrison is to receive him under arms. The Duke will then continue his route to London The Guetteur of Saint Quentin has received a warning ( a vertissement ) in the following terms : " We, Master of Requests to the Council of State, Prefect of the Department of the Aisne, having seen the article inserted in the number of the Guetteur, entitled ' Private Corres pondence,' th e said article, signed Gaumout, paragraph fi commencing ' the ishing 'knowing she considering that the the ad ni th d ing t i i o c bn u y l aoifrtlsmy real l e l sn,,ame a said article is calculated to indispo se th e suf fering classes against even those who come to their assistance, by presenting as a humilia tion the benefits of charity, and endeavours to create a culpable c on f us i on between i Soci,dism and the u!titutions due to the Im perial initiative ; having . seen the decree of our predecessor, giving a first warning to the Guetteur on the 23d April, 1852 :—we dec ree —A secon d warning is given to the j ournal the Guetteur in the person of M. Cottenest, one of the directon. OHA.MLAIN." The following telegraphic despatches have been received here : _ VIENNA, 13th.—Intelligence from the Herzego ♦ina 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 Prussia for three months. Baron de Manteuffel, iu communicating this fact to the chambers, added that the King, according to the opinion of his me dical attendants, must abstain for some time longer from public affairA, in order to secure the success of the treatment now adopted." BOURSE, April 13.—The following wero the closing quotations :- 4A per Cents 92 50 Credit Foncier ......... 590 Do. end month — Belgian 41 3 per Cent. ..... ... 09 40 Piedmontese - (5) Bank Shires. ...... 3100 Austrian Do. end month 69 55 R o man B9 9111 Credit Mobilier ... 735 S pan i s h Threes Do. Account 732 50 H ome Debt — RAILWAYS.-- FOR CA6III. Orleans .................. 1270 Midi ..................... 540 Northern ............... 945 Western' .................. 618 4 New Ditto ............... 775 Strasburg ............... 695 Lyon and Meditera n . 812, Grand Central ......... 640 New Ditto ............... 7774 Sardinian Geneva .................. 652 A Austrian --- The Opinione of Turin publishes the following letter addressed to Count de Cavour by Mr. Hodge " Sir, —I cannot leave Piedmont without pub licly, expressing my due: of the 6Ta tit u de for the generous Piedmontese con- Government t owards me. To a . fro and independent G overnment it ma y be o of hit!e importance to receive an assurance of satisfac:ion from a private person who is besides a foreigner ; but on the present occasion my con science d ctates this course both so a duty and a pleasure. I therefore beg to offer your excellency m y sine: rest thanks for the great liberality, kind 11CS3, and nobits conduct evinced towards me by the Government of this country—a c onduct which I shad never forget, and which, I am sure, will be duly appreciated by my fellow-citizens. I should be proud to have the honour of piying a visit to your excellency in person, in order to express with illy own lips the esteem I feel for your liberality, but am afraid of encroaching upon your excellency's ministerial du ies. " D. HODGE." The official journal of Belgrade announces that the Prince of Servia has decided that the Senators Stefanovits, Stanivits, Zaukovits, Rajovits, and Marcaslovits, who were some time 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 notroturn to Strvia without permission of the authorities. (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 de lineation of the passages wherein she discloses her fears for the life of Raul, menaced by the conspiracy of her father, St. Brie, and Manrevert, stamped her as an artist capable of the grandest efforts of tragic opera. The duet with Marcel, " Nella notte," 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" iu au artistic manner. The whole of this scene on the part of Madlle.Titiens was a triumph. The burst wherein she tells the honest soldier that she is " une donna the l'adora, 8 chi morra ma per salvar suoi di," electrified the listening hun dreds, and success, brilliant success, was assured. The culmbiating point of Madlle. 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 40.1 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 cantatrice when, led on by Giuglini, she quitted the stage to be again called, and aga i n bowed her gratitude amidst descending flowers. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The main attraction of the night's performance lay i n the debut of the new prima donna, Mademoiselle Titiens. It was triumphantly successful, and deservedly so. 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 smsurpassed 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 bands of aconsummate artistlikoMdlle. Titiens. Her voice, Ls NOVOI', is but a part of her attractions as a dra matic artist. The new prima donna poss3sses tragic p ower such as is rarely met with in these days ; nit the noisy, ob trusive demonstrative development of the dramatic art, but something of a higher order, dependent on the impulseFt 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 Mille. 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 prepossess his audience, as to make thtan 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, andthe classical purity of his style, are his least recommendations, if we may judge from his performance last evening, 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. (From 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 an 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 f ace 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 whish it is capa ble. Her execution is most finishe I, and she is evidently a complete mistress of all the ineekanism of her art. Her voice, too, has the charm of youthful freshness the greatest, as it is the most fleeting, of charms. In her acting she shows deep earnestness She identified herself in evavr fn.., 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 ono of the most beautiful, that we have ever witnessed. She found in Giuglini a worthy partner. The part o Raoul, we thins, is the most successful of all his efforts. He looked to the life the young French gentleman of the 16th century, bringing out most felicitously the noble and chivalrous fea tures of the character; and he sang Meyerbeer's music, so foreign to the school in which lie 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 ra tcle 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 acc,, 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. (Front 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 unerring 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 prima donna. As an actress, julginz 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 singularly expressive, and her whole appearance betokens innate gran deur and dignity of mind, as befitting the empress of the lyric drama. In Valentine's first scene with Marguerite, 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 the scare) its resonance and penetrating power were first manifested. The upper notes sounded clear and bright above the band, chorus, and principals, and the curtail' fell amid enthusiastic cheers from all parts of the house, and a recall for all the principals. As yet, however, Mademoiselle Titiens had only bee a heard in concerted music, and opinion was held in abeyance. In the scene in the P e aux-Clerca, where Valen tine overhears the plot for asses. inating Raoul, and having met Marcel communicates it to him, which Involves the air " O terror ! rai spavanta," and the grand duet • Nella sotto io sol," Madl e. Titiens created au immense sensation, both by her acting and singing, and thenceforward arrested the earnest attention of the entice audience. The lovely qua lity of the voice and the pathos of the singer combined. the passionate phrase "Ali ! ingrate d'offesa mortale 'touc 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 scone. Not in the singing 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 eager glances towards the place; her stealthy steps in the same direction and cautious listenings, were all evidences of the highest art and impulsivet• s. The scene with Raoul was most splendid of all. The grandest of all dramatic love duets, indeed, was powerfully rendered by Made uoiselle Titiens and Signor Giuglini, and created a furor. More may be said of this impressive scene ou another occasion ; at present we must content ourselves with describing it as a series of grand effects, which reached the c imax as Raoul rushed madly from the prostrate body of Valentine, and leapt from the window into the street. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess A ice, honoured the performances with their presence. The suite in attendance upon the royal party included Lady Churchill, the Hon. Mary Bulteel, the Earl of Sheffield, Colonel Nelson Hood, and Capt. Un P•at. Amongst the company honouring Royal the Highnesses Russian thet e D theatre a n w d i t p h u t c h h e e i s r s p d r , e A s u i n in e e nd wore s Excellency their Minister, the Duke of Leeds, the Marchioness of Stafford, Frances Countess Waldegrave, the Earl and Counte s of Hardwicke, and Lady Eliz. 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 Marry Vane, Captain the Hon. George Mills, Hon. Otway Toler, Hon. Seymour Egerton, Colonel the Hon. James \lac. donald, C. 8., Sir Hal, It Howard, Sir John Lowther, Sir Geo Wombwell, Madame Murieta, Alderman Salomons, General Sir George Bowles, K.C.8., Sir Proby Cantley, K.C.8., Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Colonel Henry Damill, C o l. Mrs. Horace Twiss, Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs, Hea ve n , Major Pole, Mr. C. P. Leslie, Captain Leyland, &c. The Gaulle of last night - contains some further de. epatches frc mlndia, which have been received at the East ludia, House. They are all of a remote date, and refer to n2aleri cmcerning which the London papers have given the necessary particulars. Sir W. Frarer, M.P., suggests that the bridge about to be rec,ed over the Trarnee, next above Waterloo. bridge, be called Sebastopol bridge, and will put a rp m . tien to the Chief Commissioner of Works on the subject in the Rouse of COMMIS ttio•PiOrrOW.