The Sun. — London, England, 1866-04-06 00:00:00

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, PERFE.,TION. After which will be produced a grand Easter Burlesque, PARIS t or, Five Le mpiere : Messrs. Stoyle, I horne, James : 3lesdames A. Swanborough, Raynham, Simpson. Johnstone, Ranoe, and Holt. To conclude with DEAF AS A POST : Mr. Belford. ASTLEY' S.—GREAT ATTRACTIONS.— THIS EVENING (FRIDAY), April 6th, 1866, and during the week, will be produced C. M. von Weber's grand romantic Opera, entitled DER FREISCHLITZ ; or, The Seven Charmed Bullets. The :Libretto re-written by John Ozenford, Esq. The new and romantic Scenery of the Opera by Messrs. Charles and William Brew. The Band and Chorus under the direction of Mr. J. H. Tully. The Dances arranged by M. Milano. The characteristic Costumes by 3f Laurey and Miss Yates. Machinery by Mr. Lanham. Properties by Mr. Adams. The Gas appointments by Mr. Pepper. The Stage ar rangements by Mr. T. H. F r i en d . All the remarkaol, effects and supern a t ura l Ill us i ons i n th e grand Incantation Professo r Scene invented, arranged, and produce d by aLeSSOr Pepper, I ,f the Royal Polytechnic Institute. Dramatis Persome—Prince 0 ttocar , Mr. _Charles Lyall ; Kuno (the R anger ), Mr. Corti; 13 0 h an d Caspar (Huntsmen of the Ranger), 1 Cooke ; Kili an ( a Villager),lr.y, He n r y George Honey ; Zamiel Po t t o ter ; Rodolph),Ane (the Demon of the Fores t ) ,Mai Daughter of the Ranger, a n d Mr. Basilbetrothed Madame Haigh-Dyer ; (Mrs. H. Harper). Band Ann (h e r Cousin), Miss Leffier and Chorus of 100 Artistes. Conductor, Mr. J. H. TULLY. After the Opera, will be produced an entirely new and n al Burlesque Extrava ganza, o by F. C. Burnand, Esq., rigi founded upon the Moorish Legend of " The Two Sisters," etitled BOABDIL EL CHICO ; or, The Moor the Mer rier. Mr. J. 11. Tully. Scenery by Messrs. Brew. Dramatis Personae.—Moors—Boabdil El Chico (L e. Boa.bdil the Cheeky, the last Moorish King in Spain, after whom there wasn't any Moor; in love with everybody), Miss M. Willmott ; Al Kali (his physician, one Moor), Mr. E. Garden ; El Bobbi (a little Moor : chief of the Moorish police, and head of the private inquiry officers and court detectives), Miss Rachel Sanger; Captain of the Body Guard, Miss Maniata ; Ist Light of the Harem, Miss Annie Payne ; 2d Light of the Harem, Miss M. Stanley; 3d Light of the Harem, Miss Julia Brandon; several other little Lights of the Harem ; Zorah, the bighted Light of the Harem, being the Light of other Days somewhat faded ; considered by the other Lights as the Heavy of the Harem, Mr. George Honey. No Moors, or Spanish. Don Ferdi nand the Fearless (who loves his love with an N because t he's Nina), Miss Caroline Parkes ; Don Tito the Timorous (who loves his love with an I because she's Isabella, Miss Nelly Nesbitt; Don Pedro (the father of Nina and Isa bella), Mr. W. Templ e t on ; Nina the Nimble (betrothed to Don Ferdinand), Miss Marian ; Isabella the Indolent (her younger sister), Miss Louise Laidlaw • Kintinka (an Ex-moor, not a pony, but waiting-maid to the two sisters. She is in love with El Bobbi), Miss Minnie Sidney ; Juanita, Inez, and Peres (Young Spanish maidens, com panions of the two sisters, Juanita, secretly attached to an influential Moor, to whom ultimately she gives her hand), Miss Clifton, Miss Kate Blandford, and Miss Velasquez. The whole produced under the direction of Mr. FRIEND. SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE ,— Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. 11. C. Nation.— itE-OPEN for the Summer Season. During the recess the Theatre hal been renovated and decorated ; entirely new Orchestra Stalls, with a separate entrauc', added; the Dress Circle and Pit Sc ats recovered, and no expense spared to render this Theatre one of the moat elegant and comtor. able in London. THIS EVENING (FRIDAY, 6th), and during the week, will be presented the great Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, of BELNIEGOR Messrs. T. SwinbOurne, Barrett, G. Bel more; Misses Ada Dya., Hudspeth, and Mrs. Poynter. At ter which (fourth time at this Theatre), the Ever-green Burlesque, by F. C. Burnand, Esq , of IXION : Misses Lizzie Willmore, Fanny Gwynne, Ada Harland, Hetty Tracey; Messrs F. Banby and G. Belmore. To conclude with David Garrick's Farce of A MISS IN 11 Eft TE ti L , T 3 : Mr. G. Belmore and Miss Fanny Gwynne. Box-office open daily from Eleven till Three. No charge for booking or programmes. Bonnets are not admitted in the Dress Circle or Stalls. Doors open at halt-past Six, commence at Seven. Entirely new Ozchestra Stalls, with spring istuTed seats and backs, and equal to those of the West-end Theatres, 4s. ; Dress Circle, 3a. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is. Gallery, 6cl. ; Private Boxes, £1 ls., £1 10s. ed, and £2 2s.—Second price at Nine. Acting Manager, Mr. BYE CHART. 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THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Mantger, Mr. Bnckatone. THIS EVENING, A. ROMANTIC ATTACHMENT : Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farren ; Miss Ada Cavendish. Atter which, THE FAVOURITE OF FORTUNE • Mr. Sot hem, Buckstone, Chippendale, Rogers, dm ; Mesdames Chippendale, Saville, Moore, Fitzwilliam, Hill, Lindley, Scc. Concluding with SHOCKING EVENTS : Mr. Chippen dale, Mr. Compton, Arc. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM T H.EATRE, Under the sole Management et Mr. Fectiter. THIS EVENING, SIMPSON AND CO. Messrs. S. Emery , C. Borsman ; Mesdames Elsworthy, Ilenrade, Hors man, and E. Boyce. Ai ter which, THE MASTER. OF RAVENSWOOD. E Mr. Fechter ; Messrs. Jordan, mery, Widdicomb, Vezin, J. H. Fitzpatrick, D. Evans ; blesdames Ternan, ElswortilY. Lavenu, and C. Leclercq. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. ,iv E W T HEATRE -ROYAL ADELPHI , Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THROUGH FIRE AND WATER : M ess rs. J. L. Toole, It Phillips, Billington ; Miss Woolgar and Miss H. Simms. Alter which, THE WRECK ASHORE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford. Stuart, Billington, Ashley; Miss Woolgar And Miss H. Simms. To conclude with BEHIND TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. ihillins, Eburne, C. J. Smith ; Miss A. Seaman, &c. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, A GHOST IN SPITE OF HIMSELF. After which, at a quarter to Eight, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining. T. Mead, D. Murray. Shore, Villiers ; Mrs. H. Marson, Miss E. Barnett, and Miss K. Rodgers. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tais DAY.—Merning, oh. 33m.—Afternoon, 511. 5Jm. To-MoitßoW.-Morning, 6h. 10m.—Afternoon, 6h. 30m. -:, $ c, ,, c; ,; . tt , ft, •‘ ,„:„..• •.; ,trt!.. LONDON, FRID.A; APRIL 6, 1866. The grand banquet to be given to the Chancel lor of the Exchequ er by the good citizens of Liverpool has been for some timelooked forward to with in terest. Especial curiositMr. GLADSTONE might y was felt to hear what say on the occasion, seeing w that the Ministerial Refo rm Bill in his cer tain to occupy a promising pl ace • great eclat an d Is discourse. The festivities have passed off with success. Mr. GLADSTONE is still sufficiently member to make his political addresses somewhat of an event in South Lancashire, alth ough he has so long been known by the aa . soeiations of his name with the locality, no less than honoured for his brilliant abilities and respected for his sympathies with the popular sentiments, Accordingly, when the South Lan cashire Liberal Legislation Society determined to hold a banquet in honour of their new representa tive they were certain to obtain plenty of support, and the large and brilliant assembly who gathered together last' evening, in the Philharmonic Hall, gave ani)le testimony to the popularity of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his native county. The audience were not at all likely to be disappointed in what they were to hear. No speech of Mr. GLADSTONE'S could fail to be: worth listening to, and on this occasion, though he did not rise into hifs customary eloquence, he touched upoon many topics of great public interest, taking in rapid succession the insurrection in Jamaica, the Fenians in America, the Cattle Plague, and the Reform Bill. On the Jamaica question Mr. GLADSTONE does not commit himself, but he naturally defends the Ministerial policy, and espe cially insists upon the necessity of a full and fair investigation. Of the preliminary suspension of Go vernor EYRE, which was virtually prejudging the question, he says nothing, so that we may perhaps not unnaturally infer that he does not wholly ap prove of that arbitrary exercise of power. So far as the advantages of publicity are concerned, there can be no disputing the truth of what Mr. GLADSTONE says, " I think that, after all the greatest of the advantages which we may claim to possess is that everything which happens in this country or in the public interest is sure to see the light. There is no power on earth, there is no power of the Government, there is no power of a party, there is no power of a class that can conceal facts of public interest." It is to this tribunal of public opinion that Mr. EYRE and his friends must appeal if they want justice. From Jamaica Mr. GLADSTONE nat unnaturallly passes to Fenianism as affecting another colony. He admitted that Fenianism derived its force from a foreign agency and influence, though he hastened to explain that he did not intend for a moment to attribute the responsibility of their proceedings to the American people. A sprinkling of persons in that vast community may indeed sympathise with the conspirators, but the great body of the American people, he feels convinced, regard them w ith the same feeling of condem na ti on as ourse l ve s. With regard to the threatened invasion of Canada Mr. GLADSTONE asumes, we are glad to see, a most decided tone. He is convinced of their ability and their determination to resist the in vader ; and he adds, that if un happily the need arose there is no r esource possessed by of which greeted this announcement this country that she w ould not fairly spend to assist them in their holy work. from T m theh The lips cheers a pro minent member of the Cabi net g ave conclusive evi dence that Mr. LOWE'S Colonial policy met with no more favour in South Lancashire than his anti- Reform doctrines. Of the Cattle Plague, his next topic, Mr. GLADSTONE did not say much, except to deplore the severity of the visitation in particular localities, and to recommend the example of Aberdeenshire to all agricultural counties. Before coming to the discussion of the Reform question, which was the " last, not least," subject to which he addressed himself, Mr. GLAD STONE had a few words of praise to spare for the New Parliament. Already, he said, it had done good service in two or three important particulars, such as the independent audit of every branch of the public revenue, the control and superintendence of public pensions (both reforms arising out of the EDMUNDS'S scandal), and, finally, the Oaths Bill. Mr. GLADSTONE took occasion to remark upon the progress of toleration and good feeling since that bill has passed the Lower House almost unopposed, and has gone to the House of Lords with every prospect of success. Part of the facility with which this measure has been carried the Leader of the House of Commons himself, not unversed in the tactics of parties, attributes to the calm before the political storm which may be expected to burst upon the second reading of the Reform Bill. The bill itself could scarcely find an abler advocate than the right hon. gentleman. He reminded his hearers that seven times had the subject been recommended to the consideration of Parliament by her MAJESTY, that " the great Lancashire nobleman," who was the head of the opposite party, had expressed his willingness to lower the franchise, and he repeated in concise language the statistics which prove the necessity of Reform. "We hays a limited consti tuency, which amounts perhaps to 900,000. There are four and a half millions of living and breathing men, citizens, like ourselves, payers of taxes like ourselves, bound to every civil duty like ourselves, fathers of families like ourselves, having an interest in the peace and order of the country like our selves, and in the face of these men these solemn pledges have been given, which pledges there are men who advise you to cast away with scorn to the winds of heaven." Mr. LOWE, who has put himself forward as the spokesman of the anti-Reformers, was declared by Mr. GLAD STONE to be the real leader of the opposition to the bill, and his diatribe against the working classes was held up, as it deserved to be, to indig nation and contempt. In reference to the motion of the 12th of April, Mr. GLADSTONE humorously asked, " Gentlemen, how often do you usually in business transactions allow a man to renew a bill ? . . . We call upon you to say whether you are satisfied with this attempt for the seventh or eighth time to put off that which I shall best de scribe in Liverpool as a mere renewal of a bill." The warmth of his reception gave sufficient evidence to Mr. GLADSTONE of the support of the South Lancashire Liberals, who are at least willing to accept the Bill as a step in the right direction, better than the dreary inaction of late years; though neither they nor its eloquent advocate can profess to believe that it is all that it might be. The unsatisfactory condition of the Jamaica peasantry will long form a subject of comment, now that attention has once been called to it, and those who have chosen to consider that the whole thing has been far too much exaggerated, and that in reality little or no disaffection existed, may now discover their mistake, for recent intelligence from Jamaica informs us that on the 14th of last month the soldiers were called out to support the civil powers, for the first time since the landing of Sir H. STORKS. The cause of the disturbance was 7raigciciotsr:d"i.nn the great irritation existing about the "land question," - which has been all along one of the chief sources of confusion and con troversy. In the celebrated addresses which preceded the outbreak and fanned the flame of dis content until it reached a seditious heat and violence, the constant theme of complaint was the lands. The " back lands " were considered by the peasantry at least to be their particular portion and appanage, and the demagogues who unfor tunately obtained such infl o u l e it n i c c e al a c r a e p t i h ta e l p o e u op t l o e f w t • h h i o s contrived to make great p thefruitfulre is an source u e r s and the fiacnhishhasTboewenn mischief. Near IN S ' paid liked with the place. The innovations were free holders have doing pretty much what they 8° great that at last the owner of the place sought to enforce his of course was c o •his the surveyor who wentP considered quite an intruder I turn. The Police -inspector and the order of the Judge, heard t o h f e S l p in a es ' ish Town g al : vi i h s e e l ar thatdivit drew t e h w e y accordingly.w ould meet with 'resistance, and A striking inst ance of the harm precipitate policy of the Home occasioned by the afforded in this ca se , b ecause the Government waspeople exclaimed that the law they wish e d t o enforce was Governor EYRE'S law, and that the new authorities had brought out new law. At any rate they preferred to offer determined resistance to those who presumed to interfere with them, and threw up barricades of trees across the road which barred the entrAnce. Two deputations waited upon the Governor, who displayed great firmness, and declared that the law must be enforced, and wisely stated that before all things its dictates must be obeyed, and their grievances would be seen to and redressed. In consequence of this decided language, and the representations of their friends, the squatters allowed the lines to be " run ;" but this ebullition shows the state of feeling throughout the place, and proclaims the evil effects wrought by intemperate men. Meanwhile the Commission appears at last to sight the conclusion of its wearisome labours. Colonel FYFE'S evidence was recently taken, and it is interesting, as it relates to the Maroons. The Colonel was formerly Superintendent of the Maroons, and he furnished some particulars concerning them which are sure to meet with attention. He said that, " morally and socially, they were of a much higher grade than the negro ; but he thought they used to be in a better condition than they are in now, for they have been left too much to themselves." Soon after the recent outbreak Colonel FYFE went with Governor EYRE to Port Antonio, and there he found the mountain warriors whom he had led iu the insurrec tion of 1832, and who offered to follow him. He was furnished with complete authority, in order that he might render the services of the troops under his com mand as efficacious as possible. He went to Torrington, and the rebels who had collected there were all scattered, not withstanding that they had sent defiant messages. Colonel FYFE'S orders appear to have been as fair as they possibly could. He ordered that those houses should be burnt in which stolen property was found, but that one shelter should always be left for the women and children. An immense quantity of property was found in Torrington, and in reply to Sir H. STORKS' question as to how they knew it was " stolen," the Colonel replied that it could not be mistaken—private houses and stores were gutted. Colonel FYFE adduced some instances in which he had to consider cases where law had been violated by the Volunteers and Maories, and he appears to have decided in a right spirit concerning them. The Colonel also stated that he put a stop to all flog gings; and as for the' wire cats," which have given rise to so much animadversion, he ordered them to be burnt, properly denouncing those who had thus exceeded authority. The Maroon witnesses who were examined testified to the zeal and ability with which the Colonel's orders had been obeyed. " Any Maroon," said one of them, " would suffer him self to be shot rather than disobey Colonel FYFE'S orders." Mr. WESTMORELAND was ex amined. He has lived in the island for twenty-seven years, and has been a Member of the Assembly for seventeen years; he is the chief member of the Executive Committee. lie banded in let ters to the Commissioners, which showed the ten dency among the negroes to revolt on the 20th of September ; but while at a store in Kingston he was told that there was to be a rebellion, and seditious conversation had been overheard. " The Govern ment," said Mr. WESTMORELAND, " were aware that violent speeches had been made at public meetings, and especially one had taken place at Kingston, of which the newspapers said that it was too bad to be reported." When he saw the letter written to the Governor by PAUL BOGLE and others, Mr. WESTMORELAND said be noticed the remarkable circumstance that the names of several of the sig natures were similar to those which had figured at the meetings of GORDON. Mr. WESTMORELAND very properly referred to the course pursued by the Legislature in the unani mous addresses which were passed to the Governor in answer to his speech. On the whole, Mr. WESTMORELAND'S evidence is among the best and most conclusive that has appeared on the part of the official authorities of the island, and furnishes abundant proof of the charges that existed, of the spread of the rebellion, and also of the peril which was incurred after it was apparently put down. Mr. GoRRIE and Mr. PAYNE have called several witnesses to show that the disturbed state of feeling through out the island did not exist to the extent that has been said, but they have not substantiated their evidence very satisfactorily. Colonel FYFE, who is evidently well informed, and of great experience, has alleged, on the contrary, that the peasantry wero getting very excited before the outbreak, and that the UNDERHILL meetings produced great harm. There cannot be two opinions as to the disaffected state of the island among any but those who are partial or prejudiced in their views. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Thursday Evening. The Moniteur says—" Baron Saillard has re, which ,e h A e c i nm v i a sm s t eu c r h n a ioc r fa g t e Fi d orna i sn n turned to Paris, having f u lfill e d th e m i ss i on w ith ci A en l ,t e e x r i c c h o a . In consequence of the communications interchang Marshal ne d Bazaine, azabetweenne, and M. the Mexican Government, the Emperor has decided that the French troops shall evacuate Mexico in three detachments. The first will leave in Nov., 1866, the second in March, 1867, and the third in November following. Negotiations are in progress between the two Governments to substitute for the financial stipulations of the treaty of Miramar new conditions for its object to insure guarantees for the debt due to France, and for French inte rests engaged in Mexican loans. M. Delaunay has commenced at the Conserva tory of Music the important and curious course of lectures relative to the diminution of the speed with which the earth makes its annual revolution round its axis. The Empress was present as well as all the scientific and learned portion of Paris. The professor entered into many explanations re specting the sun, the moon, and the earth, in de velopment of his newly-discovered theory of the relaxation of the speed in the movement of our globe. Astronomers and men of science generally seem to put faith in M. Delaunay's arguments and views. M. Boillot, the eminent scientific writer in the illoniteur, adds his testimony, remarking that although the exact extent of the diminution of speed of rotation is not as yet ascertained, the fact is indubitable. To determine the precise retarda tion will be the work of time. The existence of the change of speed is fully proved. Batty, the lion tamer, has had another warn ing. The night before last while he was exciting the lions, in order to please the spectators, one of them became exceedingly irritated and wounded him with its claws in the right hand. The wound fortunately was not serious. Although there was some danger in continuing the performance, as wild beasts are always excited by the sight of blood, Batty proceeded to the conclusion as if nothing had happened, encouraged by the spectators, who were delighted at his courage, or foolhardiness as some considered it. A Denain, llan n i a o r e e x d J ort o h sc o l f th rra W n a c t e t , ei h in as e, m r u e r z d ic e li r l e i drr his wife under very frightful circumstances. He had been in the habit of cruelly beating his wife, who has often been compelled to resort to surgical assistance to cure the injuriel; she received. The motive of the murder was jealousy, for which there appears to have been some foundation. He effected the murder by means of a knife and some other cutting instrumeni,. The wounds were of such a nature that the victim must have suffered intense pain. The murderer was found concealed near the house in a ditch, and was se cured with difficulty, as he made a violent resistance. He will be tried at the next assizes at Douai. The Siec/e, referring to the attitude of Prussia "V , " The Italian journals continue to deny that THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1866. there was ever question of an alliance between Italy and Prussia. The Italians know their Machiavelli by heart. They have an ally of whom there is no reason to complain at present, and they will not contract any new alliance until there be good reason to do so. The Prussian army besides does not inspire them with unlimited confidence, in spite of the laurels with which it crowned itself at Mis sunde. If any Power in Europe has the right to pause before it takes part in quarrels which may divide the German potentates, it is Italy, and we are sure that she avails herself of that right." Under the authority of M. Boitelle, the Prefect of Police, copies of a work by the Duke d'Aumale— the " History of the Princes of the House of Conde " —were seized some time ago. The Duke d'Aumale and his bookseller, M. Levy, appealed to the com petent tribunal, claiming damages and the restitu tion of the copies seized. The Legislative Court of the Council of State, which has jurisdiction in foreign affairs, has decided to refuse permission to the Duke and M. Levy to pursue the Prefect, on the ground that he acted upon ministerial authority, and with a view to the public safety. It would appear that marriages sometimes bring about strange relationships. The Princess Helena, the Queen's daughter, by her marriage with Prince Christian of Augustenburg, will have an aunt, who was once a young lady of New York, without any title—a Miss Lee. Miss Lee's father and mother came to reside at Paris a few years ago with the view of bettering their condition. There were two daughters. One married Baron Wachter, Minister of Wurtemberg at Paris. The other espoused Prince Frederick, brother of the Duke of Augusten burg, and uncle of the young prince who is about to be married to the Princess Helena. The young prince and his bride went to spend their honeymoon in Syria, but, alas ! he died before that happy time was over. This widow not long afterwards re turned to Paris to reside with her sister, the Baroness Wachter. The alliance with the prince will make her aunt to the Princess Helena as soon as she shall become the bride of Prince Frederick. The weather has been really delightful to-day. Should it last it will literally be a jump to the sum mer without any spring. The leaves in the Tuileries gardens, in the park of St. Cloud, and in the en virons of Paris, generally are ready to burst forth. Indeed, in some localities they have actually done so, and in the country the air is redolent of the per fume of violets. Cowslips and primroses are abun dant in all the fields and lands. On the plain of Montsuuris, to the south of Paris, the green peas in the open air are in flower. The Royal Italian Opera. Guiseppe Verdi may now in truth congratulate himself upon the splendour of his reputation. His popularity has long been in the ascendant. But he has hardly ever enjoyed so signal an attestation of its security as that which is just now being ac corded to it. The operatic season of 1866 is in fact being inaugurated under his auspices, rather than under the auspices of Mozart, Bellini, Rossini, Meyerbeer, Beethoven, or Donizetti. The Royal Italian Opera at Covent Garden was opened on Tuesday evening, according to announcement, with the most charming of all his operas — to our taste, at least, the most charming— Un Ballo in Maschera. Last evening, at the same great Lyrical Establishment, from the hands of the same maestro, came another capo d'opera for the night's enjoyment, to wit // Trovatore. To-morrow evening, again, Mr. Gye's patrons, the musical public in general, are to be regaled with the always popular melodic luxuries of La Traviata. Nay, Mr. Mapleson would appear to be of the same mind precisely— seeing that to-morrow night at Her Majesty's, the season is there also be inaugurated with one of Verdi's chef d'ceuvres, one of the three already but just now mentioned, the opera, that is, of last night's performance at Covent garden, Il Trovatore. While Verdi is now only in his Fifty-second year—as contrasted with a veteran like Rossini, now in his Seventy-Fourth, and with a venerable composer like Auber, now actually in his Eighty-Second—the first mentioned, the author of the works already named and, among a crowd of others, of Ernani, of Louisa Miller, and of Rigoletto, has already been fully one quarter of a century before the musical public throughout Christendom. For a long while he occupied a place among the great operatic composers, almost, it might be said, upon sufferance, Received, first of all, rather with deprecatory shrugs of the shoulders, than by acclamation, Signor Verdi has conquered applause and acceptance at the hands of the more fastidious—almost, it might be averre 1, with an allow able paradox—•in very despite of his popularity. " Verdi the Violent," so called, can at length, however, hold his own, it must be allowed, in the midst of, no matter what, competitors ! Is there need of any conclusive token of this ?—it is afforded at the very dawn of this present season of 1866, in London at both the great Opera Houses, where to Verdi is spontaneously proffered the pas of prece dence ! The coincidence has its unquestionable sig ' nificance. The maestro may now laugh to scorn henceforth his more pertinacious depredators. For we may rest assured of this, that both Mr. Gye and Mr. Mapleson know perfectly well what they are about, when selecting, each of them quite irrespectively of the other, an opera from the hand of Verdi, with which to open the campaign, in preference to one by any other composer. And the brilliant success attendant upon the performance of "Un Ballo in Maschera" on Tuesday, and again last evening upon the performance of "II Trova tore" is already Mr. Gye's complete justification. AN EARTHQUAKE IN SHETLAND.—The Flugga Rock, which is situated about a mile and a half from the ncrth shore of North Unst, in Shetland, and is the most northern portion of her Majesty's dominions, was visited by an earthquake on the 9th ult. The rock, which is of a conical form, and rises 180 feet out of the sea, is surrounded by a lighthouse, and the lightkeeper gives the following account of the occurrence :—" On the 9th ult., when I was on watch in the lightroom, at 1 20 a.m., the tower began to shake terribly, and Crow and Sutherland (the assistant lightkeepers) called up to me from the bedroom to see what was the matter, as the tower was shaking. I had not power to answer them, for the red shades commenced to rattle, and were like to be shaken out of their frames, the shaking lasting 30 seconds. There was no wind nor sea to cause the tower to shake, and we think it must have been the shock of an earthquake."— Scotsman. THE LETTER II.—" The instance of bad pronun ciation which is most common, and therefore requires par ticular notice, is the misapplication of the aspirate h. This defect sometimes occasions ludicrous and even serious mis takes. When omitted, it materially affects the energy of the speaker—the expression of emotions and passions often depending, in a great measure, upon the vehemence with which the aspirate is uttered. Some not only omit the aspirate where it should be sounded, but aspirate where there is no h, or where it should bo silent, as head for end, &c. This is the grossest fault; but it is not con fined to the vulgar, or to those who have acquired the bad habit by mixing much with ignorant people. Many clergymen, and others with rather weak or unpractised voices, have astonished their friends by unnecessarily as pirating words in church which they would not so mis pronounce in private society. This arises from an instinc tive effort to be better heard. Not having sufficient power of voice, or not knowing how to use the power they possess, these gentlemen mistake aspiration for loudness, as others mistake loudness for aspiration. The difference between the two will bo readily understood if the reader will hold up the finger a few inches from his mouth, and pronounce any word containing the h. If he aspirates, ho will feel the breath against his finger, but not if ho merely speaks louder. Many omit the aspirate, not only at the beginning of words, but after the w, as in where, &c. ; and in the middle of words, as in forehead ln some phrases of little words it is very difficult to give the aspirate correctly without becoming pedantic and constrained in the delivery In practising, the aspirate should be given strongly ; but in ordinary and public speaking all effort should be avoided. The man who labours at his h's betrays a consciousness of his defect. . . . In the great majority of words which con tain the letter h either at the beginning, middle, &c., the h should be aspirated. In the following words the h is silent :—heir, heiress, heirl, - mm ; herb, herbago ; honest, honesty, honestly ; honour, honourable, honourably ; hospital; hostler; hour, hourly; humour, humorist, hu morously; and their other derivatives. Tho h in humble was formerly silent, but it is now aspirated. " Humble pie" is an incorrect spelling of " umble-pie," a pie made of " umbles," a plural noun, meaning a deer's entrails. To " eat umble-pie" is to eat of the poorest dish. The his a wrong spelling, and should be omitted. The hin the fol lowing words is silent, though not initial :—asthina, dis habille, isthmus, rhapsody, rhetoric, rheumatism, Rhine, rhinoceros, rhomb, rhubarb, rhyme, rhythm, Thames, Thomas. Also in such words as ah, catarrh, laical], Sarah, &e."—C. W. dinit4's "Clerical Elocution." LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE PAPAL STATES. ROME, APRIL 5. A solemn funeral servige has been celebrated in Chiesa de Gesu, in memory of the late Queen Amelie. Among those present on the occasion were the Ex-King and Royal family of Naples, the Queen of Saxony, the Prince and Princess of Co burg, the Duke of Flandres, and many other distinguished personages. SYRIA. PARIS, APRIL 5. Official advices received here from Beyrout state that the disturbances in the Lebanon have been en tirely quelled. The Turkish troops will evacuate the mountains, and will temporarily occupy the road leading from Tripoli to Beyrout. Intelligence from Constantinople announces that the Imperial firman, dated March 19th, sanctioning the Suez Canal Convention, has been despatched to the Viceroy of Egypt. SPAIN. MADRID, APRIL 5. Senor Olozaga, the Progressionist leader, has publicly expressed a wish that his party should re linquish their policy of abstention. ITALY. HANOVER, APRIL 6. The Treaty of Commerce concluded recently be tween the Zollyerein and Italy has been promul- gated to-day. HUNGARY. PESTH, APRIL 6. Several towns of Hungary have lately forwarded to Herr Deak addresses expressing confidence in his policy. Baron Eotros has been nominated President of the Hungarian Academy. JAMAICA. (Per the Ilaytian.) His Excellency Governor Storks sent on Tuesday last to the Hartland people and requested that some among them should wait upon him next morning by eight o'clock to state their reasons for resisting the surveyor, announcing to them that, should they not comply, he would send down troops. At eight o'clock, no one having answered the sum mons, his Excellency despatched to the place 150 men of the Ist West India Regiment, under the command of Major M‘Bean. The troops were met on the way by a deputation from Hartland, and thereupon halted. The deputation proceeded to Spanish-town, to the Governor ; and, after hearing what they had to say, his Excellency pointed out to them the error they had committed, and the conse quences to which they had exposed themselves ; and after assuring them that they would have every jus tice, advised them to let the law take its course, as otherwise he would perform his duty in upholding it. The deputation thereupon left, assuring his Excel lency that they would oppose no further obstacles to the survey of the land. _ . The Commission of Inquiry continues its sittings FRANCE. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Emirne arrived at Suez, on the morning of the sth instant, with the Mauritius and Reunion mails. She has 88 passengers on board. BOURSE, April 5, Three o'clock.—The marke closed at the following quotations :- 41 per Cents 97 25 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 65 Do. end month 67 65 Credit Mobilier 632 50 Do. end month Unis — Do. end month Bank Shares 3540 - Italian Loan 57 - Do. end month 57 22 Mexican Loan 45 - Do. Bonds — - Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred 'AYS. Cash. IFJLIL' Acct. 867 50 1126 25 878 75 545 Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western - - ... 540 - - ... 105 - Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain ••• Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona — ... Roman - - ... --- 385 - - - ... 398 75 - - ... 160 - - - ... 205 - -- --- ~,. 8' 3 ,-- BANK OF FRANCE. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. March 29. April 5. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, Juno 9, 1857).... 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve in landed pro- PertY 4,000,000 Notes in circulation ... 813,894,125 Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur= rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 130,629,724 52 117,503,724 89 Do. branch banks Dividends payable 1,067,735 75 1,130,566 75 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 182,500,000 4,000,000 816,407,425 7,374,543 41 6,264,136 79 2,074,992 92 2,074,992 92 12,897,018 11 6,735,437 23 Total 1,407,282,550 73 1,357,826,973 40 CREDITOR. April 5. March 29. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 299,579,494 11 271,452,686 01 Do. branch banks 282,065,447 263,120,082 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks Do. on French Public Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares 6,992,600 - 12,047,300 - 7,517,700 - 11,414,300 - 11,410,100 - 11,348,900 - 5,205,300 - 5,470,000 -- and debentures 1). branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier 30,726,300 - 19,826,200 - 29,847,300 - 19,620,300 - 593,300 - 407,100 - 586,000 - 395,700 - Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 6 0 ,00 0 ,000 Government Stock re serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Rentes Immobalis6es (Law, June 9, 1857) 100 000 000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches Expenses of manage ment Sundries 60,000,000 - 8,480,090 - 8,481,290 - 1,057,869 08 1,007,786 51 14,525,350 44 9,830,165 33 Total 1,407,282,550 73 1,357,826,973 40 Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) ROULAND. lIEAVY DAMAGES FOB A RAILWAY ACCIDENT. — At the Liverpool assizes yesterday the case of " Hubbaek v. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway" was tried. The action was brought for the recovery of com pensation for personal injuries. The plaintiff was a drar of Birkenhead, and the statement was that on the 20th of June last he was severely injured through a collision on the defendants' line. The plaintiff, on the day in question, was a second-class passenger, returning from Manchester, where he had been on business, to Liverpool. The train was a special express, which left Victoria. Station at 2 p.m., and travelled from Matichester to Liverpool without stopping. At Wigan another express train was stopped, and when the train in which the plaintiff travelled was approaching the signal was given to the first train to pro ceed. However the two trains got into the same line, and a collision followed. A luggage train coming up at the time increased the confusion, and added to the unfortunate consequences. The plaintiff was thrown from the train, and so injured that he had been since in a very delicate state, and partly paralysed. The jury gave P. verdict for the plaintiff Ie 44,000. THE QUEEN AT ALDERSHOT. Yesterday her Majesty paid a short but most interesting visit to the camp at Aldershot. The cause which induced u this almost unexpacted honour was the occasion of pre- senting a new pair of colours to the gallant 89th Regi- ment, in lieu of tho battered shreds which the corps has borne in all parts of the world for the last 33 years, and always borne with honour to themselves and credit to their country: It is not more than three weeks since that ,he Queen, for thefirsttime.for now some four years past, paid a hurried visit to Aldershot. This visit, however, was so strictly private that none but a few chief officers of the camp were aware of it, and the pretty pavilion in which her Majesty used to stay when the camp was honoured with her presence frequently was used on that occasion. Litttle more notice was given, however, than was actually necessary to get it into order, and it was not till the morn ing of the day when the regiment turned out that the camp was gladdened by the news that the Queen was at last again about to visit it. The compliment intended to be paid to the forces yesterday was known in the early part of this week, yet nevertheless the actual date of the visit was left so uncertain that the presence of her Ma jesty the Queen in camp yesterday was totally unexpected until the evening before. Indeed, we may mention that the date fixed for the ceremony was this day (Friday), and so definitely were all the preparations for it arranged that the officers of the 89th had issued invitations to a splendid luncheon at the Clubhouse after the presentation was over and this entertainment was again to be followed by a mag- nificent ball in the evening. Her Majesty, however, has other sudden engagements for this day, and was therefore compelled to visit the camp yesterday and present the colours at a comparatively short notice. We are requested, then, to state, for the information of friends invited, that the luncheon and ball will take place, as previously arranged, this day. Nevertheless, this somewhat sudden anticipation of the day deprived many visitors from London of seeing an interesting and exceedingly imposing military spectacle. The early part of the day was cold and very wet, and those who know Aldershott can understand what that descrip tion means, as applied to its bleak, damp, wintry-looking plains. Fortunately as tho morning wore on the weather cleared up beautifully, and during the whole time her Majesty was in camp the weather was splendidly clear, though still cold even for an English spring. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Princess Helena, and attended by an escort of the Life Guards, left Windsor in an open carriage and four at twelve o'clock. On the road when near camp the horses were changed, and an escort of the 17th Lan cers followed her Majesty thence to the Pavilion. As the Queen entered the precincts of the camp a royal salute was fired from the hill, and Lieutenant-General Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, with the principal brigade officers, were in at tendance to meet her. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Arthur came down to meet her Majesty by the South-Western Railway. The Duke wore his uniform as Field-Marshal, and the Prince a Highland dress of the Royal tartan. While the Royal party were at lunch in the Pavilion the troops began to assemble, and poured in dense columns from all parts of the camp to the parade ground on the north side facing Cove-common. Here they were drawn up in a massive double lino, the Horse Artillery and Cavalry being stationed on the right flank, the infantry in the centre, the field batteries on the left. In the rear of all were the Royal Engineers, and the Pontoon, Commissariat, and Military Train. In all, nearly 11,000 mon were on the ground. • The Cavalry Bri- gade, under the command of Major- General Hodge, Consisted of the 3d and Bth Hussars and lith Lan- cers, with troops of Horse Artillery attached. The Ist Brigade of Infantry, under the command of Bri- gadier-General Benny, consisted of the Ist Battalion 17th Regiment, with the 52d and 81st Regiments of the Line. The 2d Brigade, commanded by Brigadier-General _ _ G. Campbell, included the Ist battalion 13th Regiment, the 28th and 63d Regiments. Sir Alfred llorsford commanded the 3d Brigade, of the 69th, 71st, and 89th Regiments. The corps of Royal Engineers was under the charge of Colonel Laffan ; and Col. J. P. Robertson led the Military Train. The 89th Regiment, which was to receive its colours, was drawn up in front and facing the position which the Royal party was to occupy. Soon after 3 o'clock her Majesty's carriage, followed by a magnificent Staff, drove on to the parade-ground. There were, comparatively speaking, very few specta tors present, but these greeted her Majesty's arrival with he most enthusiastic cheers. The Queen wore the plainest and most simple of widow's weeds. She looked remark ably well in health, and wore an expression of quiet cheer fulness and kind good humour. The Princess Helena was also attired in deep mourning, which all the Court now wears for the late Queen Marie Amelia. As the Royal carriage approached the parade ground the whole mass of troops saluted with presented arms and lowered colours in excellent style. No mechanism, in fact, could exceed the precision with which this movement was executed, all the bands at the same time playing the National Anthem. As soon as her Majesty had taken her position the bands of the 3d Brigade marched out slowly along the face of the line, playing a sad and rather ;melancholy tune as they proceeded to "troop" the old colours for the last time. Having marched slowly past to this music the bands were joined by the first company of the 89th, led by its officers and the two senior ensigns. These, again, marched past till nearly in front of the Queen, when the company was met b y the colour-sergeants, who brought forward the standards and uncased them. Both the Ensigns saluted them twice be fore advancing to receive them, which, when they,had done they turned and planted them in front of the company: which also saluted them with Royal honours. It was evi- dently not a day too soon that this gallant corps was to gel fresh banners. As the old ones were unfurled, or rather, to speak more correctly, as their remnants blew out in the cold wintry breeze, it was seen that one had scarcely suffi cient tatters left to fringe its staff, while even of the Queen's flag so little remained that it was barely possible to recog nise. All remains of colour had almost entirely disappeared; the Sphinx (the distinctive emblem of the regiment, gained for glorious services in Egypt) was no longer to be seen, while the old historic names of " Niagara," " Egypt," 'Java," " Ava," and "Sebastopol" had utterly disappeared. With these tattered remnants of bygone services the En signs, followed by the company, and preceded by the band, marched slowly towards their regiment, which received them with a Royal salute. In this way, and held high aloft, the old flags were taken down past the front of the 89th for the last time. As they turned from the line of motionless soldiers, who stood with presented arms, the band played " Auld Lang Syne," and in another minute the old colours were in their cases never to be used again. As they were thus furled and stored away the colour-sergeants brought forward the two new standards, which were bright with all that gold and colour and embroidery could do for them. With these unfurled and blowing stiffly out the Ensigns stood while Col. Boyle formed the V9th into three sides of a square facing inwards. The colours were then laid on the drums near the Queen's carriage while the Chaplain-General, with the Rev. Mr. Rogers, principal Chaplain to the Camp, and the Rev. Mr. Abbot, Chaplain to the 3d Brigade, pronounced the customary benedic tion over them. The Ensigns then took them to the Royal carriage, and placed them, the Queen's colour first, and the regimental colour afterwards, in the hands of her Majesty. The Queen bowed as she received them, and held them for a minute while she said, clearly : " I have much pleasure in renewing the colours given you many years ago, relying confidently on the loyal devo tion to my service by which you and all my troops have eveer been so distinguished. To this Colonel Boyle replied : a I beg to assure your Majesty, in the name of the regi ment and in my own, that your confidence in the loyal devotion of the corps will never be misplaced." At the conclusion of this simple ceremony the Ensigns, now surrounded by their body guard of colour-sergeants, returned to the ranks of the 89th, holding their new ban ners high. As they did so the regiment, led by their Colonel, gave three tremendous cheers for the Queen. They then wheeled rapidly into line and saluted their new stan dards with the same marks of profound deference as before. The whole force then wheeling by the right was brought into columns, and, headed by the Royal Artillery, this perfect little corps d'armee, which is so equipped as to be able to take the field at an hour's notice, complete in all, even its minutest, branches, filed slowly past the Queen. It was an exceedingly pretty sight as the long stream of guns, horses, and men came pouring steadily past. Eight corps then returned to its former position, till the whole mass stood in a deep perfect line, nearly half a mile long, in front of the Royal visitors. At the word of command the whole force advanced simultaneously in the most beautiful order till within a few yards of the Queen's car riage, when, with one tremendous rattle and flash, the arms were presented, the colours were lowered to the ground, and, amid a grand peal of the National Anthem, one of the most perfect and imposing Royal salutes ever given at Aldershott was rendered to her Majesty. The Queen bowed deeply several times, while the splendid looking little force stood glittering but motionless for nearly a minute in the evening sun. The word of com mand was then given, and almost before the Queen's car riage had left the parade all the force bad broken up into troops and companies, batteries and regiments, and were marching away in long bright streams of colour across the heath to their various cantonments. A Royal salute was again fired as her Majesty quitted the Camp amid the same enthusiasm of the spectators as when she arrived and .-- I drove rapidly away to Windsor. per An inquest was held yesterday on the body of Mary Elmore, who died last Sunday evening from the effect of kicks inflicted on her by her husband, Daniel Elmore, near Kensal-green. The evidence was very much the same as that adduced at the police-court ; but the jury, believing that the conduct of the woman had been very aggravating, returned a verdict of manslaughter against Daniel Elmore. The case of Mrs. Casse, charged with forging the will of the Countess Bellew, was heard before the West minster magistrate yesterday. The solicitor who appeared for Miss Bellew announced that that lady had resolved on prosecuting the case, but he indicated that this was con trary to his advice. Mr. Arnold, the magistrate, thereupon discharged Mrs. Casse, expressing his opinion that the case against her had completely broken down. &Ma - ezdar. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, CASTLE, Thursday. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses the Princess Helena and Princess Louise, went to Aldershot Camp this morning, attended by Lady Waterpark, the Hon. Mary Lascelles, Lieu tenant General Hon. C. Grey, and Major-General Hon. A. N. Hood, and Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat (Equerries in Waiting). Her Majesty travelled in a carriage and four, and was escorted by detachments of the Royal Horse Guards, the Bth Hussars, and 17th Lancers to the South Camp, where her Majesty was received by Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir James Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., and his staff. The Queen then drove to the Prince Consort's library and afterwards to the gymnasium, and thence to the Pavilion, where her Majesty took luncheon. Shortly before 3 o'clock her Majesty proceeded to the North Camp, accompanied by his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge, and the Adjutant- General and the Quarter-Master-General, with their staffs, and was there received by the troops with a Royal salute. The 89th Regiment formed in front of the line, commanded by Colonel Boyle, and received from the Queen new colours, in lieu of those which her Ma jesty gave to the Regiment as Princess Victoria at Plymouth in the year 1833, her Majesty at the same time addressing the troops in a few words. The regiment then marched past her Majesty, and also the other troops in the camp. The Queen then left the camp, and returned to Windsor Castle, stopping on her way at Bagshot to pay Sir James Clark a visit. LITERATURE. Books of Travel. Although the season for voyages and travels has not yet arrived, books of travel are apparently always in season. We have a group of such plea sant chronicles now before us, which, like the carpet of Fortunatus, are capable of transporting us at will from one extremity of the globe to the other. The first which, from its sacred theme, attracts our no tice, is a brief but most interesting glimpse at Jeru salem as it is, by Albert Rhodes, United States Con sul at Jerusalem (Maxwell and Co.). With a reve rent spirit and observing eye the American spectator has trodden the sacred ground of the holy places, and his descriptions are evidently very accurate and singularly interesting. Over the Pyrenees into Spain, by Mary Eyre (Bentley), gives a delightful narra tive by the authoress of a " Lady's Walks in the South of France," of her adventures in the Spanish Peninsula. Her style is so simple and charming that we cannot wonder at the success of the former work of this writer. It is dedicated to a number of dear friends in a form singular enough for the dedication of a book—a round-robin ! Travelling Sketches, by Anthony Trollope (Chapman and Hall), written in the easy, almost careless, style of that indefatigable book-maker, gives us an account of " The family that goes abroad because it's the thing to do," "The Alpine Club-house," " The Unprotected Female Tourist" (like the authoress of the volume above mentioned), and other amusing sketches. More earnest in its interest is the next volume that we take up—Castaway on the Auckland isles, from the journals of Captain Thomas Musgrave (Lockwood and Co.)--which little book, edited by John Shillington, the author of " Arctic Discovery," gives an interesting narrative of the wreck of the Grafton and the escape of the crew after twenty months suffering, together with an account of the Auckland Islands. The Texan Rifle Hunter, by ;Captain Flack, " the Ranger" (Maxwell and Co.), gives an interesting account of field sports on the Prairie, with a description of the mustang, or wild horse, with panther hunting, cougar hunting, bear hunting, &c. Our Summer in the Hartz Forest, by a Scotch family (Edmonston and Douglas), gives in a series of letters a very homely, natural account of family enjoyments,perils, and per plexities during a summer residence in the Hartz forest. The locality is one seldom described, and the mode of description possesses the charm of origina lity. Of a more serious character is a protest against The Confederation of British North America, by E. C. Bolton and H. H. Webster, of the Royal Artillery (Chapman and Hall). The writers hay- ing spent many years in America regard them selves as qualified to express their dissent to the proposed scheme. Up the Elbe and on the Nor way, by Mr. Nihil (Cassell, Fetter, and Galpin), records in a lively and humorous manner the vaca tion trip up the Elbe, of Mr. Nullus and Mr. Nullus, jun., and Mr. Nihil, of the Waste Paper office, the latter gentleman being the historian of the party. Years Ago, by Mrs. Henry Lynch (Jarrold and Sons), is interesting at the present moment, as being a tale of West Indian domestic life in the eighteenth century, written before the recent outbreak in Jamaica. Another interesting record of the past, " France on the Eve of the Great Revolu tion," consists of " Notes on France, Holland, and the Netherlands a Century Ago," by Admiral Sir George Collier, edited by his granddaughter, Mrs. Charles Tennant (Bentley). These memorials are singularly interesting, as affording a faithful picture of Paris a century back. The editor, in a foot-note, justly speaks of the contrast presented by the Paris of the present day with its vast improvements. " So that," adds the writer, " the present Emperor may, with much truth, be designated Napoleon the Magnificent !" Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Yesterday a meeting of this, institution was held at its house, John-street, Adelphi—Thos. Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. There were also present Sir E. Perrott, Bart. ; W. H. Harton, Esq. ; Sir F. Outram, Bart. ; Admi ral Ryder, Controller-General of Coastguard ; J. Griffith, Esq. ; Admiral W. H. Hall, C.B. ; Alexander Boetefeur, Esq. ; Admiral WHardy, Admiral Gordon, and Richard Lewis, Esq., secretary of the institution. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read, rewards amounting to £193 were granted to the crews of the lifeboats of the society, and those of shore boats, for their brave services in saving the crews of the following vessels during the recent gales :—Norwegian schooner Johanna, 7 men saved; ship Amsterdam, of Sunderland, 14 ; brig Mazurka, of Dundee, 10; brigantine Pearl, of Montrose, vessel and 8 men saved; smack Elizabeth, of Cardigan, 6 ; schooner, Leader, of Liverpool, vessel and 6 men ; brig Claudia, of Belfast, vessel and 7 men; brig Vesta, of Whit by, 7 ; smack Jenny Jones, of Barmouth, 5 ; schooner Peer less, of Aberystwith, 5 ; barque Julia, of Liverpool, 9 ; billy boy Gipsy, of Wisbeach, 4; ship Alarm, of Belfast, 11; brig Providentia, of Svelbig, 8 ; schooner Ann, of Torquay, 3; schooner William Henry, of Yarmouth, 5 ; a small boat, of Peterhead, 1; smack Eliza, of Wicklow, 2 ; two Arklow fishing smacks, 13 ; steamer Ibis, of Cork, 2 ; brigantine Sarah Emma, of Miramichi, 6 ; ship Scotland, of Glasgow (part of crew), 7 ; schooner Morris, of Lancaster, 2—total, 153 lives and 3 vessels saved during the recent gales. The expressions of gratitude on the part of some of these ship wrecked crews for saving their lives wore of a very grati f,3ing and encouraging nature. Rewards amounting to £155 were also granted to the crews of different lifeboats of the institution for putting off in reply to signals of distress from vessels which had after wards got out of danger, or their crews had been rescued by other means. Several lifeboat crews had also assembled during stormy weather so as to be ready for any emergency. Payments amounting to £7OO were ordered to be made on various lifeboat establishments. A letter was read from Capt. Walker, of the Board of Trade, expressing his high opinion of the Bradford life boat of the institution stationed at Ramsgate Harbour, un der the management of the Board of Trade. The committee expressed their deep condolence with the family of the late John Clayton, Esq., of Lancaster-place, who had been the zealous and active honorary solicitor of the institution for many years past. The Admiralty had, on the recommendation of Admiral Ryder, Controller-General of the Coastguard, ordered 1,000 copies of the instructions of the institution for the manage ment of boats in surfs and broken water, for circulation amongst the coastguard. It was reported that Sir J. Willoughby, Bart., had pre sented to the institution £420, to place an additional life boat on the coast. It was also stated that the late Mr. J. D. Shaw, of New castle-on- Tyne, had left the institution a legacy of £4OO. ; £lOO had also been left to it by the late Mr. Geo. Anstice, of Chipping Norton ; and £lOO by the late Mr. Wm. Chafyn Grove, of Teals House, Mere, Wilts. The proceedings then terminated.