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

Elt, MAJESTY'S THEATRE. IL TROVATORE. TITIENS, ALBONI, GIUGLINI, TO.MORROW EVENING, THURSDAY, May 27, will be repeated Verdi's opera, - IL TROVATORE. Leonora, 31a.dlle. 'Miens; Azuceua, Madame Alboni Manrico, Signor Giuglini ; Ferrando, Signor Vialetti ; and Il Conte di Luna, Signor Aldighieri. And the Ballet Divertissement, CALISTO; ou, Le Renvoi de l'Amour, by Mesdames Pocchini and Annetta. Madlle. Marie Taglioni his arrived, azd will appear on Saturday next, May 29, in a new Ballet, composed expressly for her by M. Massot, entitled LA REINE DES SONGES. The Opera will commence at 8 o'clock. A limited number of Boxes 'me been secured to the public. Wee 21s and 31s 6d each, which may be had at the Box Office, at the Theatre. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Titiens, Alboni, Giuglini. Piccolomini, Ortolani, Bellet.i, Beneventano, Aldighiori. The following arrangements have been made : TO-MORROW, Thursday, May 27—Extra Night —IL TROVATORE and Ballet. Friday, May 28—Grand Morning Concert, in which all the art Aes of the establishment will appear. Saturday, May 29-- Mozart's NOZZE DI FIGARO (first time this season), and a new Ballet, for the first appearance of Madlle. Marie Taglioni. Monday, June 7—Grand Morning Performance. In answer to numerous communications, it is announced th4t. for the convenience of the gentry residing in the envi rcnp, a Grand Morning Performance will be given on Monday, Jane 7, in which all the artistes of the establishment will pert , rm, including all the artistes of the ballet. A pplications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. NEW THEATRE. Second appearance of Madame 110SIO. Second appearance of Signor GRAZIANI. Second appearance of Signor GARDONI. Second Night of LA TRAVIATA. The Operi to commence at half-past 8 o'clock. TO-MORROW EVESINLI, Thursday, May 27, will be per- formed (for the second time this season) Verdi's opera, LA TRAVIATA. Violetta, Madame Bosio (her 2d appearance this season) ; Flora s er velx, Madame Tagliafico ; Georgio Germont, Signor Graziani (his 2d appearance this season); Baron Duphol, Signor Tagliafico ; Marchese D'Obigny, Signor Po'onini ; Gastone, Signor Soldi; Dottore Grenvil, M. Zelger ; Guiseppe, Signor Rosse ; and Alfredo, Signor Gardoni (his 2d appear. ance this season). Conductor—Mr. Costa. Prices of Admission :—Boxes—pit tier, 5/. 15s. 64.; grand tier, 61. 6s; first tier, 51. ss. ; second tier, 2/. 12s. 6d. ; orchestra stalls, It. ls, ; pit, 10s. 6d. ; amphitheatre stalls, lOs. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 2s. 61. Application for boxes, stalls, and pit tickets, to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, under the portico in Bow street, and at the principal mnsicsellcrs and librarians. On Saturday next, May 29, wid be performed Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS : Valentina, Mme. Grisi ; Raoul, Sig. Mario. R OY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented MUSIC HATII CHARMS. r After which KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with the new farce, entitled SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. OYAL PRINCESS'S TEI E ATRE. —Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES KEAN respectfully inform the Public that their ANNUAL BENEFIT will take place on SAPURDAY, Jane 12, upol which occasion Shaks pere's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE will be pm clawed, with the same accuracy of detail and historical cor rectness that have m trked the previous revivals at this theatre. In consevence of this arrangement KING LEAR will be repeatel ELEVEN NIGHTS more, and then with drawn, to make room for THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. KING LEAR, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. T HEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone. Chipendale, Compton, W. Farrel), P.o;crs, Claz.k, and Miss A. Sedgwick, Mrs. B. White, Miss Lavine, and Mrs. J. Fitz. William, After which a C'assical E i - travaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Followed by JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Orchestra St.lls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). Os. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Dregs Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes. . 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pt .• ..• ... Gallery • . . „ 1 0 Gallery 0 6 THEATR E ROYAL, A DELPHI Lessee—Mr. Bea. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be presented the Drama of the GR FEN BUSHES. Followed by the new Broad Eccentric Drama, OUR FRENCH LADY'S MAID. Mr. B. Webster and Madame Celeste. Commence at Seven. STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee and Directress, Miss Swailborongli.—Thig Evening will he presented MARRIAGE A LOTTERY, supported by Messrs. Emery, Day, Belford, Mesdames M. Oliver, Portma , , Victor, and Selby. After which, the new burlesque of FRA. DIAVOLO ; or, The Beauty and tile Brigands. Fra Davao, Miss Swan borough ; Beppo, Mr. C. Young. To conclude with MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. The characters by MessiN. N. H. Swanborough, J. W Ray, Chas. Young, Mesdames Leigh Murr.ty, M. Ternan, and C. Melville. CANTERBURY BALL, Wegtminiter-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow. to company of Vocalists are engaged for the pc"formance of S.)!ections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, dre., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Nriss Brunel], Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; lierr F. Jenhmans, Mr. Honshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor An onio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Beriard ; Messrs. W. T. Criteh'eld, John G. Fordo, and E. Mackney. Piano`ortc, Mr. Cecil Flicks ; harmonium, Mr. Courtnay ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &a., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening in a Selection f - am "L A DAME BLANCHE" (TETE WHITE LADY), first produced at the Canterbury Hall. English words by Desmond Ryan, Esq. TUE WE A.TFIER—SuN OFFICE, MAY 26. THEEMCMETER, IN THE SHADE. 61—highest since noon yesterdsty. 4 6—lowest this morning and during the night., 56—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30. 54—a rise of more than an inch since yesterday. WIND, South-Easterly ; light, with dull weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT— Morn., 51 min. aft. 12—Even., 12 min. aft. 1 O.MM ROW—Morn., 32 min. aft. I—Even., 52 min raft. 1 Lidb g I:. r LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1858. There is a masterly exposure of the gross and monstrous mismanagement of affairs at Trinity College in the distinguished monthly organ of that establishment, i.e. in the May number of the Dublin University Magazine. The argument is brief enough, but it is very comprehensive. It is terse but explicit. It indulges in more than mere generalities. It speaks throughout by the book —and that bode the statue-book. Its writer has another handy volume ever conveniently at his elbow for apposite reference, a tome the formid able facts and figures stored up in which he ob viously has at his fingers' ends—the famous blue book of 1851, the memorable report as to the State, Discipline, Studies and Revenues of the University of Dublin drawn tip by the collective Eagacity and wisdom of the Royal Commissioners. Although the writer of the argument we are hero referring to, really and truly says nothing more than ditto to the Royal Commissioner?, he so says it that his words " come home to men's businesse and bosomes," according to the famous phrase in Lord BACON'S dedication of his Essays to the Duke of BUCKINGHAM. There is no deny ing his facts- 7 -there is no gainsaying the perfect accuracy of his figures. His premises are incon trovertible, and his deductions conclusive. And it is ample time that there should be this ex posure. Now—when the two great English t r niversities have been fairly setting their houses in order_-in compliance, each of them, with the recommendations of their Royal Commissioners. It is but reasonable to expect that the Irish Aline Mater, should "go and do likewise..” She has had seven years for consideration, and as yet nothing has come of it. Recognizing all tbie, the Lublin uniaersity Magazine has spoken out at length manfully. It is tru e , m its very able wr iter remark, that "A parade, indeed, . made of carrying out the educational improvements r e . commended by the R ,yal Commissioners ; but," headda, thereupon, sententiously and forcefully. " t'ue financial changcs wh:cb cAn alone give then any efacienoy ar.o etudinuAy nqk dad. In illustration of which circumstance, it is only ne cessary to remember that while ingenious and elaborate projects are set on foot for the enlarging and improving the fellowship examination—nothing whatever is done towards the enhancement of the value of a fellowship, so as to render it a prize worthy of being struggled for by an undergraduate! Meanwhile there still sits the weekly Board of the Dublin University. There still survive not the Seven wise men of Greece, but the Seven Wealthy Senior Fellows of Trinity. There they remain and flourish, as their pungent censor now writes of them,—" witnessing with apathy the decline of every other college interest but their own "—" governing in their own interest, auditing their own accounts, evading the most just and reasonable demands for reform." The few syllables we have here italicised in this pithy but emphatic charge comprise within their narrow compass the gravamen of the whole accusation. The Seven Senior fellows, the actual administra tors of the University—" audit their ewn ac counts." How do they audit them ? Well, le.t us see. To sum everything up in a few words, we may tell upon the instant by comparing for a moment the distribution of the fees paid by every recipient of a degree at the Dublin Univer sity. Premising that the enigmatical cheirotheoa (from Xf/Pov and Onizn) meaning, literally, "gloves," signified the head-porter, we would here excerpt from the pages of the " Dublin Magazine" the following rather remarkable tables of distribution, as it (the distribution) was "ordered " in 1801, and as it was "ordered" in 1851. Introducing these tables only with a— "Look on this picture—and on this ! Distribution in f-- --- DEGREE of A.M. 1801 1851 Trinity College, er " common chest" £2 10 0 £1 2 050 0 5 100 1 0 1 7 6 Nil. 050 0 4 2 6 0 2 10 G5O 0 5 Nil. 4 10 Vice-Chanceflo . r.. Library Cheirotheca Bedell and Janitor Proctor Registrar Provost and Senior Fellows £7 18 6 £9 16 6 DEGREES of LL D., M.D., or Mus. - D., including LL. B. and Mus. B. Trinity College, or" common chest" £l2 0 0 £2 15 0 Vice-Chancellor 1 3 0 1 10 0 Library Professor 3 0 0 3 0 0 Cheirotheca Bedell and Janitor Proctor Registrar Provost and Senior Fellows •.. Nil. 16 0 0 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDN ESDAY £29 4 0 £33 15 0 DEGREES of B.D. and D.D. Trinity College, or "common chest" £l5 0 0 £2 15 0 Vice-Chancellor 1 10 0 1 30 0 3 0 0 3-6 615 0 710 3 0 0 Nil. _ _ Professor Library. Cheirotheca Bedell and Janitor Proctor Registrar Provost and Senior Fellows .. Nil. 19 0 £36 0 0 £39 15 0 The royal commissioners unfortunately only had before them the latter half of these staitiing facts and figures—without a notion of the contrast that would have been presented to them by their juxta position with the companion facts halfa centuryear lier—facts which were brought to light opportunely by the researches of the " Dublin University" contributor. Yet, with only half of the truth told to them, the Royal Commissioners looking only to the table of 1851, ask pertinently—" By what authority is the method of distribution regu lated ?" And the reply coming, almost we bad said, impertinently, " The distribution of the fees is made by the authority of the provost and senior fellows." No wonder, with such an extremely cool rejoinder before him, no wonder at all that the writer in the " Dublin University Magazine " should have arrived at the distinct conclusion that—" Publicity, in a word, :mist be henceforth the rule in all educational endowments." The security, beyonl all others, will be—the public auditing of the accounts. Under the glare of publicity we should not have to deplore the monstrous insufficiency of the salaries of the non-tutor fellows—coupled with the rapid increase of the emoluments accruing to the mem bers of the Board, under every fluctuation of affairs both public and collegiate. Aa increase like that in the Professorship of Divinity—which was 5001. a year in 1761, when held by a senior fellow named BRABAZOY DlSNEY—which had in creased to 7001. a-year in 1790, when 114 , 1 by another senior fellow named JAMES DROUGHT— which had still further expanded into 1,2001. a year by 1814, when RICHARD GRATES, afterwards Dean of Ardagb, was appointed to it—and which had ultimately attained the value of 1,7001. a-year by 1850 (namely, by the addition to it of the liv ing of Raymochy), when Dr. SINGER was inducted into the vacant chair of the Professorship. Simultaneously with which swift and steady ex pansion —there has been observable, on the other hand, the miserable dwindling away of the incomes awarded to the holders of the minor offices in the University. The Professor ship of Botany, for example, having shrunk from GOO/. to 2001. per annum I While the Profe&. sorship of Oratory, which was 1001. a year in 1762 was reduced to 601. in 1847, and in 1850 to 351. (Irish). Time, surely, in all conscience, for some strenuous effort at interposition with a view to some sweeping measures of reorganiz ation. Tue signal for this ieform, we . rest assured, has now been definitively given by the bold and honest out-speaking of the Maga of the Dublin Univer sity. It is scarcely conceivable for a moment that such an exposure can be very long survived. Cleanliness is altogether too expensive —there fore dirt is infinitely preferable—according to some of our Metropolitan ratepayers. They held a snug little hole in-the-corner meeting the other day, these advocates of economical filth, and there passed two or three wonderful resolutions entirely to their own satisfaction. Freemasons' Tavern was their place of assembly.. They had a live M.P. for a Chairman. They had two other M.P.'s for his supporters. They had vestrymen who proposed, and other vestrymen who seem' led some of those curiously long-winded and involved sentences called resolution, having either no punc tuation at all, or the most sparse sprinkling of occasional commas, reading in point of fact more like a specimen of the conversational powers of Miss FLORA. CASBY than anything else with which we are acquainted in the whole range of polite literature. Everything in fine was perfectly cor rect and regular. It was admirably business-like. It was as dull as ditchwater, but no matter—that was only in keeping with everything else about it. And the gist of this meeting—What about That? Well, it was to all intents and purposes certainly something really very extraordinary. Any one might reasonably have supposed that by this time, by the 'middle of the nineteenth csn ture, by the year of grace 1858, the absolute nastiness, the notorious insalubrity, the stupilty, the cruelty of transforming the noble and beautiful river flowing through our eapitil into nothing less unsightly or obnoxious than a loathsome open sewer, would have been admitted unive,nall) as a horrid undeniable truth—anywhere, every ' where, by everybody, nentine contradicente. But ! The supposition would have been errc neous. There is the Monster Evil under our very windows, - ebbing and flowing twi c e i n th f twenty four hours with the ebb and flow of tilt ticia ' seen ' and what is WCrEe than Clat, smelt, • too, pestilentially, from far above Westminster bridge to far below the Isle of Dogs by all the Londoners dwelling on either side of the Thames, either in Surrey or in Middlesex. The fact is one that "stinks in the nostrils" of a population of 2,000,000. It is a perpetual manufactory of disease that adds clearly and incontrovertibly to the aggregate of the annual mortality. Yet— in spite of the glaring evidence accumulated upon this subject by all the senses—including even that of taste among the wretched inhabitants of London who are supplied with Thames water but very partially filtered—there are men actually amongst us who avow themselves to be yet un convinced as to the fact of the supposed contami nation of the river being in any way injurious to the surrounding population Witness this the public meeting referred to as having recently taken place in Great Queen-street, in reference to the Question of the Main Drainage of London. " It has not been proved," said one of the reso lutions carried at that meeting, a resolution by the way proposed by a member of the vestry of -0 most appropriate locality !—Shoreditch ; " It has not been proved that the Thames exerts a preju dicial influence on the health of the metropolis !" The reporter informs us, " This resolution, al though it encountered some little opposition, es pecially in reference to the non-prejudicial in fluence of the Thames in its present condi tion, was declared by the chairman to be carried." Of course—that was the reason of these amiable wiseacres having come together. They were there as members of the Know-Nothing Party, intent upon forwarding, by the sheer weight of tho vie i;),,E-ditk or tneir own collective stupidity, the grand Do-Nothing policy, which has a marvellous fascination for the sticklers for—what is that favourite phrase of theirs ? Vested Rights—that, we believe, is about the English of it. And so they come together now, these wonderful men, not to end, but to per petuate what they call " the self-cleansing powers of the river," and "to prevent the deposit of mud in its channels and on its bank." How ? by facilitating the access into the river of these odious and obnoxious accumulations. The notion of diverting the drainage from the river Thames they are decidedly averse to—because it will impose a frightfully enormous taxation upon the already heavily burdened ratepayers." That is really and truly the beginning and the end, the alpha and the omega of their entire argument. We must not dream of cleansing —as we call it—it is too expensive. Besides the river is not so VERY nasty after all—rather pleasant, perhaps, than other wise. And then the projected change, they remind us, would involve the expenditure of several millions sterling. Finally, they insist that all the facts and figures they can bzing to bear upon the matter " demonstrate that thi4 im portant question is not yet ripe for solutioa." When will it he? when London is again ravaged with the Plague? Perhaps theu it might be admitted by them to be " ripe for solution." Not certainly when the deaths in London every week are only just a trifle over a thousand We must show a yet more deplorable increase in the mortality—and then, perhaps, we may dream of putting an end to this monstrous and destructive abomination. Judging from the fruit display on either hand all the way down Covent garden Arcade, one might readily fancy, of course, that May is no longer vernal but autumnal. Throughout the country, however, far and wide, already at this ear:y period of the year, the prospects of crop and harvest may in a groat manner be anticipatml. There aro the auguries strewn about us everywhere abundantly—in the tender green of the wheat field, and on the boughs of the orchard, now that the turf beneath them has been whitened with the fallen blossoms. It is something more than merely satisfact )ry to know that in almost every particular these auguries appear now at this turn ing point of the year t ) be of a more than usually auspicious character. With the one solitary ex ception of the plum, the fruit seems to have set very plentifully. The pear, apple, and cherry crops more particularly giving promise far beyond the average. In the hop districts, although in many places polling has been completed and tying hay commence 1 , the season is not sufficiently advanced to justify any reliable calculations. It is reported from all sides, however, that the shoots are every where hardy and rapid in development. The potato unfortunately, in consequence of the- late winter and the tardy spring, threatens—at any rate to be precarious. It is eonjeetured that the roots will scarcely have reached maturity before the season when the dreaded blight usually makes its appear ance. Generally speaking, the grass crops are magnificent, the pasturage surpassing expectation, and the hay harvest being already upon the eve of its commencement. Alread:r, moreover, the cereals are growing with such unwonted rapidity that the only anxiety is lest 1858 may take rank among the great straw years—years when by the very strength of the stalks the grain becomes necessarily impoverished. Altogether, things are decidedly " loJking up" among our country cousins, the agriculturists. After the late commer cial crisis, the tightness of the money market, and the inevitable dearth of empl Tment—these are not surely trivial themes for general consideration. They are matters that come home to us all alike. They are topics to each amongst us of vital im portance. Therefore it is that even now we have reverted to the prospective probabilities of good crops of serials, of fruits, and of esculents, as to expect:a►ions hardly less interesting to the town bred citizen than to the yeoman and the farm ' labourer. ROYAL YACHT SQUADKULV INTELLI GENCE, 1:c. (FROM. OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, MAY 25. The following yachts are in Cowes Roads : Zoe, Lord Yarborough ; Lavrock, Lord Colville ; Enigma, R. Franklin, Esq. ; Titanii, R. Stephen son, Esq , M. P. ; Alca, Capt. Philinore ; Irene, E I ward. Cotrell Scholefield ; Ratiesnake, R. Duff; Esq. ; 1.311 a Rookh, Vise - mint Bangor. The following noblemen and gentlemen have been at the Squadron House during ihe week : Viscount Bangor, Sir Alex: B inrwrman / Bart., Richard Frankland, E•sq., Lord Colville, Captain Ponsonby, Spencer de Horsey, Lord A. Fitzgerald, Thomas Baring, E,q., Lord Sherbourne, George Beatinok, Esq., M.P., Capt. Hamilton Right lion. Henry Corry, Sir John Bayley, litrr., J. Mixse, Esq., Capt. de Horsey, RN., Lord Gifford, and F. P. Delme Rtdcliffe, Esq. , His R.)yal Highness Prince Albert leaves o, , b3rne for Germany on Thursday. As at present arranged, her Majesty and Court will leave Osborne on Monday. The Duchess of Inverness will give a gran,' ball this evo'a! , g, at her apartment; in Kensington Palace. IL'll'aohret:lCaf.rinu.,drontLe;:deofeon Albemarle ont. and the L'iclie4 ui a an i Augusta Keppel have arrived at 11, Grosvenor- Huncaster have arrived at Almond's aatel, in Ciiff.ird.stre.et, from \Varter Priory, York shire. Lie Cnaucellor of the Ex:beeper and Mrs. a s sratli have left town for LAngly-park, Slough. The Gen. Benin de Veaux has left Claridge'a Hotel hr Paris. NEW VESSELS LARGER TITAN TL Z LEVIATIIAN.—The vessels spoken of undar this head turn out to be only a of barges honking on t o each other by stem and : t te r rt g , the whole rank dragged ] by a steam ves€l, fhil is Mr. thurne's plan of I:idtj navigatio n for the 0 iental Steam Coi,s. - r:y. It is simply a A at et rsilHay train. EVENING, MAY 26, 1858. LATEST NE WS. MALTA, MAY 25. The Wanderer steam gunboat has been des patched to. Gibraltar to' order the Renown and Racoon, on their way from England, to remain at Gibraltar, it being reported that several of the many steam liners assembled at Toulon are about to make a demonstration against Morocco. The Dutchman has arrived with the second division of the 3d Buffs. TRIESTE, MAY 25. A despatch has been received hero which says : Lord Elgin has declared to the merchants of Shanghai that ho will persist in his demands upon the CLinese Government, and will maintain thna by force of arms, if necessary, before Pekin. The fleet under Lord Lyons has entered the Adriatic. SARDINIA. TURIN, MAY 21. Count CAvour yesterday concludi d the remark able speech he ccmmenced on the travious day. Its delivery occupied more than five hours, being almost the whole of two days' sittings of the Chamber. Tue speech of yesterday is cer greatest efforts. O w i ng to i ts greattainYerovnaeroief his f subject, it w ill pro b a bl y b e pre ferred bY most persons t o th at i n t h e Deforesta debate. On resuming his speech yesterday Count Cavour examined whether it were possible, by any great reform of the administrative system, to restore the financial equilibrium and do without the loan. Glancing at the different departments, at the mode of keeping accounts, and at the administration of ho gave h 1,- reaetaue ror tritasaie g that, no saving could be effected in them. As regards the salaries of public servants, you are doubtless aware that they are extremely low here, especially tho l e of the higher clashes. A Cabi ne t Minister gets only GOO/. a year. I believe Count Cavour has never drawn his salary. I suspect that the lower classes of employes are inadequately paid, and that it would be better to have fewerof them, to pay th •rn more, and to make them work harder. This par parenthese. Count Cavour then came to the army, and said jocosely that when the Minister of Finance his col league of the War Department yearly eau ed him great vexation, proposing new expenses o pro mote its efficiency ; th a t em pl o y es o f . that depart ment are constantly at work to devise means of economising ; -that when the fortifications and bar racks now in,progress should be complete, fresh extraordinary expenses were not to be anticipated, but that, if the army were to bemaintained in good organisation, the present ordinary military budget must be submitted to. After showing that in the Home Department very little could be cu down, he combated by financial calculations, the ' gloomy predictions of Signor A. Costa and others. He stated the public debt of Sardinia at 725,000,000 (29,000,000/. sterling), inclusive of the loan now demanded. Admitting this to be a serious sum fora small country, he will maintained that it was by no means excessive in proportion to the weal, lr of the kingdom, and proved this by com parison with tlie deb of some other European States. He was ready to admit, however, that it was necessary to put a stop to extraordinary ex penditure. While Minister of Finance, he said, if he had been too ready, as some D3,,u! - ,ics acctia:d him of having been, to go into great enterprises, it must be owned that these bad all been of a highly utilitarian nature. There had been no new palaces or merely decorative and ornameneal works, no un productive expenditure, except that for the war in the E Ist, which he believed to have b en also highly productive. He would beg the Chamber and individu Deputies to be mere mode rate in proposing fresh expenditure, and the Minis ters, on their part, would be cautious in eutering upon it. He did not foresee a necessity for further extraordinary expenses, and believed the equili brium might be re-established. He then replied 'o the general charges brought by Signori Cow a, Delcareto, and Camburzano, who had sweepingly declared that the country was on the dectne ; that the taxes absorbed not only the savings but part of the capital of the nation; that the Government hal committed grave economical errors ; that industry was ruined, emigration on the increise property fallhag in value, an d that commercial catastrophes were occurring. In answer to these wholesale ac cusations, he first pointed out that emigration does not indica , e the impoverishment of a country, that there isgreat annual emigration from England, and even from the United Stites. Headentted, however, that the vine disease, by the misery it bad caused, had produced a special emigration, by destroying the whole produce of the sod in some districts, and so reducing entire families to misery. As to the decrease in the value of immovable property, he explained it by the increase, since '4B, in industry and commerce, which had ditnini:alied the amount of capital employed in agricultural pursuits. _Belo, e '4B, land was a niere coveted in -ve,tinent, and more capital was expended upon it.. He admitted that there had been commercial dis asters, but they had been fewer here than in other commercial places of Europa and America ; and, considering the heavy losses suffered by the tr.tdo of Sardinia, ho wondered they had not b era much more atinn roils. Tuose disasters and the dim-nu tion in the indirect taxes had had the same grave causes. He ref-rred to the failure of the silk crop, the exaggerated prices to which that commodity was driven up by the holders, and the collaps o anti ruinous fall occasioned by the American crisis —the StaCes being the largest market for the silks of Lyons and Northern Italy. He estimated the losses of the Piedmontese silk trade at 20,000,000 f., and said that the few failures that had occurred proved how so:id and prudent that trade was. With res;,ect to the economical decline, he referred to the results of the census, showing an increased population. - According to the census taken on the 31st of December,-1837, the pupula tion of the Sardinian Srat's is 5, 0 56,672. An exact comparison with the census of 1818 cannot yet be made, because another system had been followed ; in 1848 Sardinian subjects absent from the counry had been included. Even with this difference the increase is 177,000, which would be 250,000, were allowance made for the absent es ; anti between 1848 argil 1837 there were ware acid epidemics. In. France, from 1846 to 1851, the increase was only 281,000 ; from 1851 to 1836, 257,000. The increase of population in Sardinia had been concurrent with a rise in the price of labour. This fact furnishel a demonstration with respect to the increase of the public riches — which he thought incontestable. Therate of wages depends on the proportion between capital and labour. Then, if while the population increased wages also increased, it was evident that the social tarsi al had augmented. . He referriA to the flou rishing state of the savings- banks and to the increase of deposits ; and he then turned to the exhibition of Sardinian manufactures and produc3 that opened here the other day, and concerning which I shall shortly give you a few details. Teat of this year, be staid, showed, when contra Wed with the last (1830), an immense progress, both in the number of exhibitors and in the quality and cheapness of the articles exposed. In 1850 there were 469 exhibitors; in 1858 there are 1,325._ Soule branches of indest; y had been, it might be said, b orn i n th e interval—as regarded Sardinia. The present exhibition, he con sidered, was a complete refutation of the stateme tits of the tulvers tries of Government, arid proved that Sardinian industry was in a position to support foreign competition, and had been rendered inure active by the lowering of the tariff. His concluded this part of his speech by saying that be thought 1,0 had shown the serious fears expressed on the finan cial state of the country to be unfounded ; that lie did not venture to hope he had upset all the erg,u men:s brought against Government, bur, that the Chamber must decide between Minis!e s, wha be lieved their system to have teen advantageous to the country, and certain Deputies of the who said they had brought it to the verge of a p-e -cipice. "One word on politics," then said M. Ca your, and the Chamber redoubled its attention Certain Deputies have said that their rote was un certain by reason of the political considerations involved in a change cf Ministry. I hal occasion, not lung since, c'early to explain the direction of the foreign pokey of this Government. I declared thatonrt hums pcley was and must be pur e ly national ur purity at liberal and reformatory. I krow , that some, while ad tnitting our foreign policy to be national, bavo doubts respecting our home policy. Thee , are in an error IN hieh w e might diepel by merely indicating the facts t-f bur Parliitneutary ; but what we will say is, that thtFo _ - persons hir.t at an impossibility - . Ir, is my absolute con viction tha', is the actual condition ofP,cdrnont, it is impossii,ls to have a national and Italian p:licy abroad if the iriteroal pliny ho not liberal and re fmrcing ; as it vvnuld also be impotsible to follow a liberal and reforming poitcy at home without having a national aLd policy abroad. If Sou that vr3 have a national and Italian policy abroae, you must beleve •41,0 that our internal policy hi liberal and rc firming. ('Bravo! bravo!') ILThut can h hv j no doubt about that. We intend to cJiitinue in the path of reform and of liberty. We cannot say whether we shall procoA more or lee rapidly, becanio, if there be no doubt as to the tendelcy mil the am, there as to the manaer, A though thy; pref;;;nt Minis'erti Lave Le maDy yars 14 power, tT,P y love ar.d di sire progress as ritt_nc4„as any member of this Cnam..ner ; but those who sit in the seat of. office see more clearly the obstacles and the difficulties that strew the path, and they know that-perchance, .by two great hurry, they would augment the dangers to liberty, the impediments to reform, and even imperil what hag already been won. It is our intention to administer the affairs of the country independently of all spirit of party. Outside the field of politics we shall equally consiler all parties in the Spate. With respect to material interests, we shall attend to them for those districts- which return deputies adverse to the Ministry as z , 3alously as for those which send us sup porters ; in past years we have made efforts for the Savoy Railroad ; this year we will endeavour to promote the road of Savona (` Bravo.') As to those international rela tions which are not of a pOlitical nature, we intend t 3 profit by the assistance of all men of genius and capa city. This system is already of old standing in our Ad ninistration: It was inaugurated in 1851, when; the country finding itse'f in much more serious financial dif ficulties than at present, we were obliged to have re course to foreign credit. - In those circumstances Deputy Revel has impugned my economical system ; hut I did not hesitate to have recourse to his patriotism for the negotiations respecting the loan, and I have to congra tulate myself on having done so, fqr he fulfilled his mis sion to the complete satisfaction of the Ministry, and to the advantage of the country. Nor did any political con sequences spring from it ; Deputy Revel did not return from England more favourable to the Ministerial policy. (Laughter.)" Count Cavour then referred to the mission of Colonel Menabrea, which, I lately mentioned, had excited, some comment hdre, and said that he was convinced be tai the Ministry and the country would hive came to congratulate themselveson the choice that had been made ; and ho added that, if to-mor row the Cabinet were called upon to treat some serious international question relating to railways, he would not hesitate to have recourse to the de puty then presiding with so much distinction over the deliberations of the Chamber, and who had given proof of so much skill in that branch of science. This reference was to Signor Depreti., of the Left, oue of the Vice-Presidents of the Cham ber, who, the President being unwell, then then filled the chair. He had faith (he continued) in the patriotism of his political adversaries, whe ther on the Right or on the Left, and should not scruple to claim their services not "-question : This been our policy for many years, and it will be applied upon occasions in a large field. If to-morrow the war of independence were to break out, and even hough the deputies for Savoy, from conscientious mo tives, should declare themselves opposed to that war, the General (turning to Dela Marmora) who would com mand the army would not hesitate to place in' the fere mist files the generous sons of the brigade of Savoy, whir on other occasions have shed their blood for the Italian cause. ('Bravo! bravo.!' and mu-ks of adhesion and sympa by.) I should bare nothing more to say, bad cot Deputy Costa finished his moderate discourse by launching an envenomed dart at the Ministry, He said that the flattering hopes (lusinghe) of which we hold out a glimmering to Italy are mere mockeries (atti derisorii), and that by some they might be interpreted as means of g )vernrifent. Deputy Costa, in short, charges us with leaking a means of government of our professions of nationality and Italianisin. This is a grave and painful aecusation. I may repel it with the facts of all my Parliamentary life. 'I will make use, however, but of one' argument. I will invoke a testimony which can not be suspected of partiality even by Deputy Costs. I think that Deputy Costa would not be sirprisrd were I to decline the judgment of that press which combats this. Ministry the utmost. I, nevertheless, will not invoke that of my political friends, nor the authority of the Liberal press of Europe, which is almost with out exception, favourable to us. I will invok e th e official press beyond the Ticino,. the press of Verona acd Vienna. Let Deputy Costa observe with what_ senti ments the policy of this Ministry inspires that press, and' then let him say if his' accusation can be well. founded. (' Bravo ! bravo!') In presence of the im mense animosity produced at Verona and Vienna by this Ministry's declaration of its cletercuination'to follow a national and Italian policy, you will hesitate befog e giving a vote which, psihilps, might be il!-intA•preted beyond the Ticlui, since -it woul I !lave the applause of those who certainly have no favourers in this assembly." Count Cavour eat down amidst loud cheers. After a rec ification. by Signor Costa, the President declared that it was Deputy Sineo's turn to speak. This much-dreaded deputy rose, and commenced his discourre by a far fetched parallel between the Cavour Cabinet and Scheheraz tde. The Chamber laughed at him and began to run away. It was the exact realisation of Pasquino's recent caricature. Before he had spoken for three minutes the 150 deputies were reduced to 50. These rapidly has tened away, the reporters closed their notebooks, and Sineo, for want of audience or chroniclers, was fain to hold his peace and depart. In yesterday's sitting of the Chamber it was pro posed to make holiday on Monday and Tuesday, as many Deputies would be absent for the open.ng of the Acqui Railway. The suggestion was opposed by SigrL.r ostL de 132auregard. On the proposal of the President of the Cnarnber a middle course was ad rptel. The debate on the loan is supeuded until Thursday, but the Chamber will meet to-. morrow and the two following days, and take into considera•ion the reports cf the Commission for Inquiring into Elections. Many of the Deputies are evidently deeisa us of two or three days' holi day, and as a considerable number intend going to Acqui, it is possible that no house may be made to-morrow. Tills matter settled, Count Cavour rose to reply to one or two points of Signor Casarett )'s speech of the preceding day. He was glad to find, he said, that Signor Otis ar etto, as one well skilled in maritime afftirs, recognised that, in that respect, the present Government's system of taxation was not burdensome. H e en t ere d i re t some details with respect to the outlay made by Government for works advantage/US and useful to the commercial marine. When Deputy Casaretto, ho said, h:d passed in review the public works that had been proposed and approved (demanding, at the same time, the abaudiannent or suspension of nearly all of them) why had he not spoken of the sums voted for the part of Genoa ? The State is now paying more than it derives from the taxes on, navigation. For the port of Genoa 700,000 f. have been spent this year... He (Cavour) was far from wishing to diminish the sum ; on the contrary, he would op pose any proposition in that sense ; but these also were expenses that swelled the passive side of the budge`. The Minister continued : "It is a pleasant office to advocate great works, like the maritime association of Genoa, which petitions the Chamber, anti then to come here and mourn' over the im nensity of those works and the deficiency of means. The Ministers are to have the unpopularity of struggling energetically, in Parliament and in the Ministerial saloons, against the demands for new works ; then a fresh unpopularity for insisting on those expanses which were voted. The position of Ministers is really t oo p l ea. sant, and it was quite necessary that Signor Sine() should try to temper its sweetness with a draconian law on Ministerial responsibility." Count Cavour then proceeded to say that the ques tion of the maritime arsenal of Spezia had been. subjec ed to a new examination, and that the Go vernment recognised that the transfer of the navy from Genoa thence had two objects-1. To pro vide a convenient station for the Sardinian ships of war, since the port of Genoa could not contain them even in their present number, and still less could it do so when the two • large frigates now building should be finished. The wet dock could a;tcorrinnodate but one frigate, and in the port the ships of war would be greatly in the way of the merchant vessels. This he could state on the au thority of Signor Casaretto himself, wlto had been recently charged by the ;Genoese Chamber of Conma?rce to remonstrate with Government on the subject. It was neither prudent nor safe to send the men of war to the new pier, and hence the necessity of providing a place for them. It was also necessary to give instruc tion to the crews, and this was impossible in the po:t of Genoa. The Ministry considered it of Ca pital importance to make of Spezia a strategical point, in case of war, whether by land or sea. But these objects might be ola'aincd without a marine arsenal. It was, however, neccssary to complete the fortiEcatiOns projected b.th on the land and on the sea side. The arsenal, would 1) . 3 more convenient at Spezia than at Genoa, but it had not a character of urgency. Finally, the Govern ment saw no inconvenience in announcing to the Chamber that it was disposed to postpone indefinite 4 the works for the construction of the arsenal. Their estimated cos - . might, therefore be struck out o f the budgets of 1857, 1858, ' and 1859, thus doing away with a sum of 6,000,000 francs. On the other hand, if it were deemed indis pensable to make Spezia the basis of naval opera tions, it must not be forgotten that Ganoais the prin cipal point ef defence. Count Cavour felt convinced that a hostile fleet would hesitate to attack Genoa if there were a Sardinian fleet at Spezia, much more than if this were in the port of Genoa itself. If the old Government, which had sent many millions in fortifying Genoa on the land s . de, had devoted some of them t r fortifications on the sea side; it would have rendered an immense seivice to the State. It would, therefore, be necessary to ask a credit to improve the fortifications of Geno t on the st a face, and to create new means of defence. All the military Deputies would certainly approve this. The Minister. of Marine would present, therefore, in a few days, a project ht!ik ing cut the sum allotted to the marine arsenal, postponing it to better times, and propcsing a credit for the improvament of the fortific :thins of Gcnoa, to create new bat.er:e3, i ni for the edifices necessary at Spezia. On the one hand 10,000,000 f. would be diminished, on the other 2 ,000,000 f. would demanded. "I rape de" said Cavour, "my profound conviction that the fortification of Spezia is a matter of al selute and urgent n cessity. '- (Sensation in the Chamber.) In conclusion, Count Cavour said he would commun cats to the Chamber a fact which had. reference to .this discussion. Thereupon the Chamber, which, loweTer multi it may altaok and try to thwart Cavour's policy, always listens to him with profound attention, pricked up its ears " Yesterday (said Cavour) as I was leaving this house pre-occupied by many thoughts, I accidentally met an engineer —our former colleague (Signor Sommeillei), whom the electors of Savoy have forgotten, notwith standing that he ever sho sed himself a steady partisan of liberal opinions, and g ho has taken advantage of that ) oblivion to devote a 1 his time and energy to a work which will honour not only himself but his ungrateful country. (Murmurs and sensation on the Right.) I questioned him as to what he had been doing during the many months we had not met. He replied, with a smile (well for him that he did not hear the speech of Deputy Casaretto), 'I have just returned from B:ussels, where I have c nnpleted the arrangements for the machinery for the traforo (the. Mont Cells tunnel), and with im provements that will save expense while increasing efficacy. Instead of 1,500,0001., only 1,000,0001. will be necessary.' He then told me th it he had found himself in contact with many scientific men, French and others, and that all approved his project as well founded. And I do not understand how the Deputies for Genoa can have such small faith in engineers who were the first in Europe to vanquish with locomotives a gradient of more than 3 per cent. It seems to roe that they do not deserve to be treated as Utopians. (Bravo 1 Great attention.) And if they say that the tunnel will be made with 20,000,000., and in seven years, why speak of 60,000,000 f., and of—•I know not how many-50 or 60 years? (Casaretto—l spoke only of millions.) Ah 1 the kin. deputy spoke only of mi;lions. (In his speech of the previous day Casaretto bad said that the Mont CoSnis tank 1 would cost psrbaps 100,000,000 f.) Then he told me another fact, which wade a painful im pression upon me. He told me that, after long corre spondence, he was about to eonc:ade an engagement with one of the principal railway engineers, who has the suprenie direction of the Spani4l railroads, a con tract to construct by his system 25,000 meters of tunnel. ' This news was a painful shock to me. If the .words of my adversaries on the right and left should make an impression on the n ajority of the Chamber, and if the susrension of the works should b e vo t e d, I thought of the conseque ices ; I thought that I ought to turn to von and say, If you follow the counsels of deputies A. Costa and Casaretto, of the deputies of the right, and, perhaps, of the deputies from Savoy, history will stamp us with that blame which still, after the lapse of four centuries, obscures the glory cf Genoa—(Murmurs on tho s.s , ssose right and lat. Cries of Yes ' Yes from the centre)—which constrained the great Colum bus to quit his native shores, and to beg from a foreign potentste the means of carrying out the sublime enter prise confided to him by Providence." (Applause.) After a speech from Signor Giuglanetti,.the Re porter of the Committee on the Loan, and some further cmversation, Count Revel postponed speak ing until Thursday next, and the Chamber rose. With respect to the silk trade and crop I have nozhing new to mention. The weather has become warmer, and the prospect of successfully rearing the worm is, therefore, improved. As yet, however, in this country, the worms have reached only the second stage, and the fourth mu s t arr i ve before _anything like a well-grounded calculation can be ventured as to the results of the crop. Meanwhile, there have been some orders from Lyons, and daily sates have been made, without fall in prices. The ho'ders are not anxious to sell, as they consider a scanty crop prob ible, some of the accounts from abroad being unfavourable. In Lombardy most of the worms are in the third sage, and look well. From the province of Verona, where the abundance of mulber.y 1 lives is great, the accounts are very good, The foreign eggs imported, of which the highest eulogiums are made, are those from Carniola and the north of Turkey, RUSSIA. We take the following extracts from a letter in the Hord : " ST. PETERSBURG, May 14. " For some days the navigation of our port has been open, and various forei gn vesse l s h av e a l rea d y arrived at Cronstadt. Carts of merchandise of foreign importation enliven the streets which lead from the port to the interior of the city. The navi gation has not, however, as yet quite restored life and animation to our city. • The export trade is very slack ; the contracts made for the export of raw material are very small, so that unless new and large orders are received we shall continue in a state of stagnation. - " A new measure is spoken of as likely shortly to be introduced. Well-informed persons state that the reports of the Ministers, after having been ex amined by the Emperor, will then be handed over to a °mined. of Ministers, This measure is dictated by the same idea which formed the Council of Ministers itself. . The Emperor, owing to the im mense mass and diversity of business laid before him, finds it impossible to examine it all in detail, and desiring, nevertheless, that everything shall to carefully examined, has resolved that the minis terial reports shall be submitted to the Council of Ministers after first passing through his hands. "A new impulse is also shortly to be given to our statistical department: A central committee on statistics is to be formed at the. Ministry of the Interior. ' This committee, which will receive the statistical reports from every portion of the empire, will he divided into two sectious—stat idtic3 and rural economy. The latter will be exclusively devoted to the study of questions concerning the rural economy of the empire and to the examination of informa tion beating upon this chief branch of our social wealth. In addition to the menib:zs of the com mittee, all of whom are to receive good salaries, all the Ministers have to designate some of their employes, who may be consulted relative to the labours of the committee. These Ministerial em ployes will 114‘3 to express au opinion whenever they are consulted on subj,c's relating to the said labours as connected with their departments.. " Our season may be said to be over. Balls are at an end, and so are private theatrical and eve.] marriages ; for there i s a superstition here that it is unlucky to marry when the lilacs are in blos,om. After a grand review of the Imperial Guard, held on the 3d, the Court left for l'sarkoe-Selo. "Ica from the lake of Ladoga still floats down the Neva, but not in sufficeut quantity to impede navigation. The first steamer from Lubeck cast anchor yesterday. The first three volumes of "The History of Peter the Great," by Oustrialoff, have just appeared. The work is nut remarkable for eloquence of lan guage, but abounds in rich materials and hitherto unknown information, which the author has col lewed from the State archives, to which he was allowtd free access for his work." CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, MAY 25. The Royal Mail Beret , / steamship Dane, Corn manrler William Strutt, left the Cape April 20, St. Ht . lena, 29 ; and Ascension, May 3, arrived this afternoon, 10 days before her mail time. . She has 1 ; 785/. in specio, 50 pipes, 3 alums, and 2 ',lids: wine, 2,421 elephants' teali, 3,050 horns, 251 b. ostrich feathers, 12 bales wool, and 204 bales sheep and goat skins. She brings 23 passengers, including Professor Dale and family. S r G. Grey seems unwilling to avail himself of the leave of absence granted by Laid Stanley, in consequence of the host lities between the Free States and Moshesh, which had resulted in a slight advantage on the side of the Boers, who have killed 30 natives. The colonists are forbidden to interfere. Great regret is expressed that his Excellency's health will not allow him to remain and watch over the Caffra policy he is endeavouring to carry out. The Commercial Advertiser is doubtful of the capa city of those who would have to take the reins in his absence. The Cape Parliament has been in ses sion 40 days, and was likely to continue for an equal period. Everything is quiet in Caffreland. Most of the Ciffres, who recently escaped from Am sterdam Fort, have been retaken ; one had travelled 800 Miles to his old station, near Fort Murray. Land is advancing in value, and labourers are in re quest. Wool, first quality, Is. 6d. to is. 81.; second, Od. to ls. per lt.. Wine, Pontac 20/. • white ditto, 121. per pipe ' • Constautia , 141. to 221. Four, 375. 61. per barrel. Newport coal, 535. ; Newcastle, 434. per ton. Freights continue depressed. Wines, 15s. per pipe, nominal. Wool, id. per lb. Horns, 25 5 . per 1,000. Exchange unaltered. Private bills, 30 days. 2 per cent. di-count. Her Majesty's ships Castor and Hermes wore in Simou's Bay. The Persian continues in the Mozambique. The Comas sailed for England April 1. The colonists gave a farewell ball to the officers of the Penelope, from India, and she left for England on the 14th of April. The Himalaya, with invalids, left on the 18th, and the Eleanor same day as the Dane. The screw steamship Indiana, which arrived from Eugland on the 16th of April, with 700 draughts, left again on the 19th. The Cos: , ati'ick has also arrived with 200 to 300. The screw steamship Unitcd Kingdom sailed from Eist London on the 6th of April, with the 60th Rifles, for India. Th e Lightning sailsd from the Cape with 200 horses for India, and was to be fo . lowed by the Belgravia and Liverpool with 200. each ; total numiers shipped, 3,000 ; average cost, 20/. to 301. The royal mail steamship Celt arrived April 14, and was appointed to bring home the May mails. Five Russian vessels of war are iu Simon's Bay en route to China. The merchant ships Success, Franklyn, Francis Banfield, and Tyne had arrived from Englaud. The screw steamship Adelaide sailed April 2, and Southampton on the 2Oth. Th 3 Onward, with convalescents, was appointed to leave on the 20th—a.1 for E viand. At St. Helena..—The Napoleon 111., the Mu tord, the Royal Saxon, the Guiding Star, the Fill wood, the Hopewell, .the Onwakd, and the French ship Roue ivais. At Ascension.—. Her Majesty's ship Tortoise, and the,xktrchant ships Laconic and Sharon. Her Majesty's ship Isoacawen, with Admiral Sir F. Grey, sailed on the 20th of April for the Cape of Good Hope. Spoke, May 2, the Dutch barque West Iteppel, steering north-west ; May 32, the Idas, for Shanghai. HER MAJESrrs THEATRE. Last evening this theatre was crowded in every part to witness the repetition of "Don •Giovanni, ' with its almost unprecedentedly powerful cast. The Queen's box was occupied by the Earl and Countess of Vernlam, Lady Jane Grimston, Lady Harriet Grimston, the Countess of Caledon, the Hon. E. Grimston, Miss Moller, Mr. Richer I Weylanrl, and party. Amongst the fashionable visitors honouiing the theatre with their presence were the Duke and Dachess of Hamilton, the Duke of Wellington, his Excellency the Russian Minister and the 'Baroness de Brunnow / the Marquis of Sligo and the Ladies Browne, the Countess (Dowager) of Harrington and Earl and Countess of Mountcharles, the Earl of Scarborough) the Earl of Wilton and the Ladies Katherine and Alice Grey Egerton, the Earl of Chesterfield, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Powersconrt, the Earl of Westmoreland, Viscount Clifden, Viscount Can terbury, the Secretary of Legation of the Austrian EmEassy, the Baron de Nicolay, Lord William Lennox, Lord Ashley, Lady Suffield, Lady E. de Ros, Lady A. Cadogan, Lord Su ffi eld, Dowa ger L a d y W i ll ough b y d e Broke, Lady H. Lodge-Ellerton, M. E. Baroche, Colonel Sir Proby Cautley, K.H., Sir J. Lowther, Sir G. Wombwell, Sir G. and Lady Baker Mill, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, Hon. Otway Toler, Major- General Sir G. Bowles, K.C.8., Colonel the Hon. J. Macdonald, (;.B, Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart, Colonel the Right Hon. G. C. W. Forerter, M.P., Colonel Wat son and Mrs. Watson, Maj )r Pole, Mr. Sergeant Bal lantine, Captain Bateson, Captain Beamieh, Captain Wooogate, Captain Drummond, Captain Wyndham, Captain Leyland and Mrs. and Miss Leyland, Madame de Murieta, Air. J. Martin, Mr. W. Delafield, Mr. T. Murdoch, Mr. R. Dick, Mr. Merivale, Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler, Mr. Yyner, &c. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Last evening three of the greatest favourites on the Italian stage, namely, Madame Bosio, Stacy Graziani, and Signor Gardoni, reappeared for the first time this season in their respective characters of Violetta, Alfredo, and Germont, in "La Traviata." Madame Beak; met with such a reception as must have Convinced ber (if she did not know it already) that she is now held by the London public in such esteem as few singers indeed have ever enjoyed. Her first appearance upon the stage was hailed with round after round of applause from all parts of the beim, and some moments elapsed before even the music of Verdi could be distinctly heard through the cheering uproar. It now only remains to be proved whether Madame Bosio (whi r by the way, has grown stouter during the vacation, and consequently looks batter than ever) were still capable of sustaining the burthen of her great reputation, and deserving of all the t.omage so enthusiastically paid her. Tne very first solo sung by Violetta—the second verse of the popular "Libiantice" (the theme of which en closely resembles one of the waltzes of Strauss)—imme diately set this important question at rest, and fully prepared the audience for the splendid display of florid vocalisation made by Madame Bosio in the eabaletta of the aria "Sempre libera," which, from the beginning worthy of high eulogy, is now matured and finished by increased study and experience, absolutely perfect in its way ; a mo d e l , i n short, of refined grace and spark ling fluency. The roulade preceding the entry and re entry of the the . me was brilliant in every sense of the word ; brilliant in tone as in dazzling velocity and what the Italians term bravura. • The andantino ("Form) h lui") of the aria was largely and at the same time elegantly phrased ; every s train was delivered with that metrical evenness and just /l eo of rhythmical accent, without which no musical execu tion can be perLctly satisfactory, whilst the general - conception was instinct with true musical sentiment of the best kind. The roulade introduced here, too, was most skilfully su•• g, and, as a tour de force, extremely interesting,, although in itself, as a composition, far more quaint and extraordinary than pretty. As a singer, in short, Madame Bosio shone throughout the opera to the greatest possible advantage, and produced, perhaps, a greater effect upon her audience than she had ever. previously done durieig her whole career upon dl . Anglo-Italian stage. Despite all this thoroughly merited praise, we must caution the accomplished vocalist against one fault, which, if means be not taken in time to check it, may very possibly giow upon her. We allude to a certain tremulousness which occasionally affe c t s her upper notes in an unpleasant manner. This defectlye • know to be, as it is in most cases, the result of unduly forcing the• voice, and, consequentl . e, nothing can be easier than to remedy it. It is, then, tor-Madame Boei ° to destroy the evil by doing away with . the exalting cause. The fair heroine of the night was called for at the termination of each act, and loudly cheered from all parts of the house. We should also state here that Madame Bosio, whose various full-dress costumes wer e all particularly tasteful and magnificent, wore, in t he ball-room scene, a most superb headdress, resented to with large diamonds and turquoises, present ea to her by an association of Russian noblemen, patrons a the at. Patereburg Italian Opera House, wher e Madame Bosio has been performing with the greatest success since she left England. The accomplished tenor, Signor Gardoni, has notel, n i so energetically or b eau t i f u lly f or some years as he d i d last night in the character of Alfredo, which he mar' fur the first time in London on this occasion ; and cr 6 can scare dy give him higher praise than is cniveyed the statement that he in every sense fully shared th e honours of the perf o r mance w i t h Madam e Bosio. T he fine laritone of Signor Graziani was heard to great ad' vantage in the music of Gernaoat, and a hearty encore . "' the only one of th e night —was elicited by his admirable execution of the romance "Di Provenza it mar." The opera has been splendidly got up ; the ball-room seene especially is magnificent in the extreme ; and we toted scarcely add, that the band and chorus, under the ab . l 6 direction of Mr. Cost a , did t h e amp l est j ustice to Ver d t 'e wean, though noisy and fussy score. " La Tray Ca," in short, was a great success, and MI doutuless be frequently repeated with profit to the man' • aeetnent. The house was well attended. The Queen's box was occupied by the Duchess of Bear fot t, Lady Burghersh, Col. and Lady Emily Kingeolt and party. Am ong th e f ash i onablecompeny honouring W.' theatre with their presence, we remarked their Serena Highnesses the Prince and Princess Edward of Stote; Weimar, his E xce ll ency the Turkish Ambassador an d Madame Musurus and Mesdilea. Musurus, his Excellent*" the Hanse Towns Minister and Madame Rucker, the Duchess of Montrose, the Marquis of Stafford, the Ear, Cawdor, the Earl a nd C ountess of Winehilsea, the Bart:, and Countess' of St am f or d an d Warrington tho Earl o f Lucan, the Earl of Bessborough, Viscount Betnelagles t he Countess of Fife and Miss Womys., the Earl of Dalkeithr Viscountess Villiers, Viscount Clifden, Lord and Lad!, E 1 ward Thynne an d M rs . G ore, L ord WOrsley and L a m Victoria Hare, Lady Augusta Probe and Capt. Leeeien Proby, Lady Sophia Des Veins and Mrs. Des Vcenx, L Mall), Lord George Gordon Lennox, Gen. the Hon. ,t Cavendish, Major the Ho n . W. G. B oy l e, H on. Mrs. CUP' Hon. Dudley Fortes3tlo, Hon. G. Elliot, Hon. Edwardes, Hon. John Fortescue, Col. and the Hon Dir B ' Dudley Carleton and the lion. Mrs. Strange Jocelyn, the the Hon. Misses Blake, Hon. Granville Murray, Hon. A' Calthorpe, Hon. Sp encer P onaon b y, the Right Hon. henry Fitzroy. M.P., and M rs . Fitzroy, Hon. E. Russell a n , Mrs. Russell, Sir Willi am d e B the, Lady Lawley,S_l George Armyt age , L a d y M o l esworth, the I.9rd Olt Justice, Sir William and Lady Clay, Sir Adam and Lll O 7 Bittleston, and Miss Heppell, Sir Alexander Bannernelet Sir Henry Cotterell, Hon. Otway Toler, Mr. Justi c e Crowder, Lady Anne Sherson and Captain Sherson, Lai, Dufferin, Lord Dufferin, Lady Alice Peel and Miss Peel , Lady Bl a nty re , C oun t L ou i s Corti, Col. Villiers Efaydoa and Mrs. Haydon, C o l. d e Bathe, Col. Brownlow KnoSt M.P., Col. Bigge, CA. Biddulph, Col. Hayrick, Major Gag e , M a j or d e H orsey, C apt. Vivian, M . P ., M r. Wi c k' ham, M.P., Mr. Henry Greville, Mr. Henry Webster, Mr. Augustus Lumley, Mr. Petre, Mr. T. W. L a R oc h e Mrs- Ogle Hunt and Miss Hunt, Mr.' Heneage, M.P., Af t ,i Autrobus, Mr. Mildway, Mr, A. C. Billi ng, M r. Arc hibald Peel, Mr. Baring, M P., Mr. Coniogham, and Mrs' Coninghatn, Mr. C. Martyn, Mrs. George Carpenter el:" Roger Palmer, Mr. H. G erar d Stuart, M.P., Mr. *°. ford, Mr. Vane, M r . Schuster, Mr. and Airs. Grebe ° Smith, Mr. Bulte e l, Webster, Sec. Miss 'Byrne, Mr. and Mrs. Charles MR. BALFE'S BENEFIT.—Mr. Balfe, the famous 030 " poser of "The Bohemian Gi r l," and we know not 1. 0 many other popul ar o p eras , ta k es hi s annual b ene fit At Drury-lane Theatre (the scene of his earliest successes in this country) on Friday next-. The entertainment 111 ll chiefly consist t,f the beneficiaire's latest productio n s "The Rose cf Castille," performed by Miss Louisa P.P e e : Mr. Harrison, M r . W e i ss , and the whole of the it' Lyeeu n English opera comeany. Such attractiens CO; blued with the wen-deserved p o p u l ar it y of Mr. 83'4 can scarcely fail to fill "Old Drury" to the ceiling. h , THE TOMB OF TH E P RINCESS ELTZABETH. It Wal recollected that the g reen a short time since °sat e monument to b e erec t e d to the Princess Erztirt" daeghter of Charles 1., in St. Thomas's Churob, least, Isle of Wight. The monument, designed ; ", - " 0 Baron Marochet6, chiefly con s i s t e d o f an as:l66—, rec!ining fi g u re o f the unkappy and youthful priene,g' Toe _Hampshire Advertiser states that her Majesty bs now had t wo co l oure d w i n d ows placed in the churn, and that th e so ft ene d li g h t from these windows 'ilna on the peaceful and gentle face of the princess, t el . brings out th e gen tl e repose so characteristic of bee features. O n th e w i n d ow nearest the monumen t a re the words, "Bles se d are t h e d ead which d i e in • ~ "ho Lord," and no "Sorrow not as th ose w hi c h have —f hope." Over the west door of the church a s tatue: L . St. Tames the Apostle, t o w h om th e c h urc h - is. d u e . r , ca'ed, has be en pl ace d. Thi s statue i s b y M r. a Southampton sculptor. REMOVAL OF THE MONSTER GOLD NUGGET ED O3I I CRYSTAL PALACE.—This d a y t hi s sp l end id sp e c imen gold, which has been exeribiting for some time pas t s o f the Crystal Palace, will be removed for the purpcsee.Le peing exhibit e d i n distant parts. .Last events/ ,7 3 visitors (doubtle ss f rom the fact of its being the ~!c e) but one app earance " o f t hi s great treasure i n the flocked in immense numbers.to the place where the nag' get was plac e d, i n or d er to take a f arew ell view ot.,y. and, on its Leibg removed to another part of the b . 0 6 1 53 lug, so great was th e exc it ement an d t h e rus h of 13`_o'fic so strong that two police officers were employed to 7 on in front, whilst two men followed with the nueg 6 ,..' ind , their shoulders, the fortunate diggers walking b" soto and two mere police-officers in the rear. With sum difficulty the costly metal was removed to the Art e rsf sures Court, where it was placed in an iron fire-e;,', safe. This course was deemed prudent, and there At bo no fear of any persons carrying the treasure a for the chest weighs several tons ; the lock is so P_e; body aenstracted as to resist the vi o l e nce of burglar s ' no matter what implerneute they may use. It is t 4 erected that the nugget will be removed late atvigu 4 tQ avoid the diteger of a dense crowd • th trz 83 Wit! The 142 celai eon dire th e the; of a ( fig e i Keil Ita 3 _ 1 taro, L ave ' ar e ~ Ti le Ezell l erti; Pre tt (Irii) J o 0 1), 4 h ave t ralia I n t Oriel 14 41 F ade 11 0 Ikebt.