The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-23 00:00:00

BONNET'S SILKS A LYON.--Every Article of commerce takes its title either from the inventor .or *manufacturer, and the more perfect the production the greater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identiflca - Mon in England; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex pos .d by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end ofeach piece :—" Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., h Lyon e a Injurieux." Wear guaranteed. "ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. From this time until the end of the season there will be four Opera nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and satsrday. Mdlle. Emilia Lagrua ; Mdlle. Giuseppini Tati ; Mdlle. Marie Battu; Signor Graziani ; Signor Mario. This Evening (Saturday), April 23, will be performed (for the first time these two years i, Verdi's opera, UN BA L LO IN MASCHERA. Amelia, Mdlle. Emilia Lagrua, her first appearance in that character in England ; Ulrica, Mdlle. Giueeppini Tati, her first appearance in England ; Oscar, Mdlle. Marie Battu ; _Renato. Signor Graziani ; Armando, i nor Tagliafino; Angri, Signor Capponi ; Silvano, Sig - nor Fal.ar ; 11 t.A iudice, Signor Rossi ; and 11 Duca, signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. The incidental Divertissement wi 1 be supported by Illdlle Selvoni and ?d„yesplace. Commence at half past Eight. pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre sta Is, 10s. 6d., 75., ard ss. ; amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had z t the box-office under the portico of the theatre, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. THEATRE ROYAL DR U R Y-L AN E Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, a scene from TWELFTH NIGHT. Atter which, will be produced the Grand Stage Revival of Shak,pere's Chnnicle or Historical Play, entitled the First Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. The cast will include impersonations by those emintit irtists, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. A ddiso- , , Mr. Ryder, Mr. Eobert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E. Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville; Miss Edith Wynne, M ss Rcse Leclercq, and Mrs. Edmund Fal eoner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Ccm pany. Concluding with a new Masque, called THE FAIRIES' FES rivAL. EIEATRE ROYAL HAYNIARKET.- Sole Lessee 4 'and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. Followed by TWELFTH NIGHT • Messrs. Howe, Chip. pemlale, Bucastone, Rogers, Compton, Farren, &c. ; tics dames Angel, Lindley, Fitzwilliam, 36c. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe. &c.; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, Nellyi'ower, Hill, Wright, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.--. Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, Selections from Shakspere's Works. including AS YOU LIKE IT, THE MERCHANT OF ti ENICE, and the entire COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. Messrs. 'Vining, Her mann Vezin, Nelson, D. Fisher, &c. ; Mesdames Hermann Vezin, H. Marston, Mdlle. Parepa, Rebecca Isaacs, &c. M R ; vhFolEe perlclfiTtsEofß thebefisrsttNoigahnt'nounce s e t n h ta a t t ion th o e f Hamlet will be divided between the NATIONAL SHAK SPEARE COMMITTEE and the DRAMATIC COLLEGE SCHOOLS FUND. Mr. FECHTER'S indisposition pre venting the production of Hamlet this Evening, the 23d, the LYCEUM THEATRE will be closed. On MONDAY, April 25, first time at this Theatre, Mr. John Brougham's Original Comedy, PLAYING WITH FIRE. Doors open at 7, commence at halt-past. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. bolo Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, LEAH: Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Biliington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Billington. Af er which, an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. To cmaclude with THE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, p. Bedford, A. Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. 11. Lewis. LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1864, SIIAKSPERE'S Birth three hundred years ago is, in thought at least, commemorated to-day, the wide world over, by every reasonably educated English man. As for the celebration of it otherwise, it is a a pity, perhaps, that it was ever dreamt of. And this, simply, because the result of the movement set on foot with a view to its public and practical com memoration has turned out to be so very much indeed of a failure. In fact, could this anti-climax of a result have been even dimly forseen by its on• ginators, we may rest perfectly well assured that the movement would never seriously have been commenced. Better by far would it have been, had nothing whatever been attempted, than that so very little should come of all these spas modic efforts iu the way of elaborate preparation. Tae Stratford-upon-Avon commemmoration is, after ail, the only really rational attempt to a fitting celebration of this Tercentenary e,nniver eary. And even there, in SHAKSPERE'S 'awn birth place, the chief incident of the day—o,s' the day—is an unearthly three o'clock dinner (3 p.m. beina• the dining -hour of neither 4: F ALLZEtiI nor aris tocrat), presided over by the Earl of C ARLISLE, and followed i n the evening by a display of Mr. DARBY'S fireworks! As for the celebration of the day, here, in London, but little enough, un fortunately, need be remarked upon that head. And fo r even that little, the public are mainly indebted, on the one hand to our working men in the metropolis, and on the other to our London theatrical manage rs . The working Merl have taken. the morning to themselves. The theatrical managers have t a k en the evening. As something at any rate in the way of a commencement of some practical kind, the London Trade Societies (who have recently aired their banners in honour of GARIBALDI) collected together this morning on Primrose Hill : and there, with what ceremonial they could muster, to the sound of music, played by the binds of her MAJESTY'S Household Brigade, and to the planting of a suppling oak from Windsor Forest, in memory of this day, as WILLIAM SHAKSPERE'S three hun dredth birthday,formally rechristened the Hill itself —henceforth to be called no longer Primrose Hill, but Shakspere's Fla As for the principal manage rial celebrations of the day, in the evening, they may very readily be summarized. A Shaksperian Con cert and Recital at the Agricultural Hall, Islington ! The First Part of " Henry the Fourth" at Drury- Lane ! " Twelfth Night" at the Haymarket, fol lowed by " Venus and Adonis"—not, however, SHAKSPERE'S exquisite poem, but Mr. BURNAND'S ridieulous Burlesque! "The Comedy of Errors" at the Princess's, with the Brothers WEBB as the two Dromios ! The Second Part of HENRY the SIXTH at the Surrey ! At the St. James's, and at the New Adelphi, performances of a miscellaneous cha racter in aid of the Monument Fund. The Monu ment here referred to, being the one still intended to be raised eventually in Green Park by the Na final Shakspere Committee—or rather that Monu ment Embracing A Statue of Shakspere, so ling advertised as intended, and just now so humorously pourtrayed by one of Mr. Punch's comic draughtsmen in the Tercen tentary number of that merry publication. The Festival to-day at the Crystal Palace, again, is one of the few prominent indications in London or near it, of anything at all like a suitable public celebration of this Tercentenary of the Poet's birth. day. A beautiful SHAKSPERE Medal, it should be mentioned, however, has been produced—under the design of Mr. JOHN BELL and the skilled manipulation of Mr. L. C. WYON—at the Messrs. HUNT and ROSKELL'S establishment. As for the Coventry Ribbon-Favour, it is just nowhere. And the same be said, unhappily, of the once-talked of National Holiday. Meanwhile, the more enterprising of our pub lishers are pouring out from the press, with every luxury of their craft, a really won derful variety of New Editions of those writings of SHAKSPERE'S, which, as the next greatest of our English Poets said of them, are, in very deed, SuAKsrERE's noblest and most en during monument. Coupled with his name and fame, we are here tempted to add, are two or three circumstances so remark able of their kind, as mere coincidences, — well known every one of them, but little thought of nevertheless—that we cannot but think it will be interesting to bear in mind, however passiggly, on this three-hundredth anniversary of the Great Poet's Birth. The cir cumstance of his Death occurring on the anniver sary of his Birth is of course vividly in the recollec tion of us all. And no less so is the fact of this same date, the date of the 23d of April, being the day set down in the Calendar as commemorative of the patron saint of England, ST. GEORGE. Between those two St. George's days—the 23d of April, 1564, the date of SHAKSPERE'S birth at Stratford-upon- Avon, and the 23d of April, 1616, the date of SHAICSPERE'S death, also at Stratford-upon-Avon— as many years elapsed as there are weeks in a year : that is, Fifty-Two. Along the southern coast line marked by the white cliffs of England, moreover, there beetles forth conspicuously to view before the gaze of every oue approaching the heights of Dover, after crossing the British Channel, that gigantic evidence of the fame of SHAKSPERE, the Cliff called after him—and so called after him for what reason ? Simply because, in one of his plays, there occurs a passage of a very few lines, describing an imaginary jump from the summit of it ! Another matter yet for reflection, in SHAKSPERE'S regard, we would suggest as not undeserving one momentary thoaght to-day—refering here as we do to the cit cumstance of this great National Genius having had his birthplace and his deathplace—appro priately, as it seems to us—in the very centre of that England he loved so well—in one of the most beautiful old country towns in the land—in the green heart of Warwickshire. The expenses of the law and the prolixity of lawyers have passed into a byword. Setting aside the fabulous cost and interminable duration of a case which runs through the various civil courts, there is no legal form, no petty transaction in which it is necessary to invoke the assistance of a lawyer which does not demand an amount of time and money totally disproportionate to the affair. The reform of the law has long been a matter of consideration, but, like all reforms, it is a very tedious and difficult process. Such a large and powerful body is inte rested in keeping up the old abuses that it is a task of much patience and delicacy to introduce any measare curtailing the privileges of lawyers, or reducing the inevitable expenses of the law. We must admit that one of the most active and con sistent of our present law reformers is the noble lord now sitCng on the woolsack. The public owe him a debt of gratitude for having availed himself of the authority of his position and the advantages of his experience to remedy many existing defects in our legal administration, and more especially to encourage that brevity, clearness, and simplicity which have heretofore been supposed to be entirely incompatible .with strict legality. One of his most important measures was on Thursday evening brought under the notice of the House of Lords by Lord CIIELMSFORD, who called the attention of their lordships to the working of the Land Transfer Act, which he denounced as a failure, since very few persons had taken advantage of it since the 1 gill had become law. Lord WESTBURY declared himself obliged to his noble and learned predecessor for having given him the opportunity of explaining the actual state of affairs, and accordingly he pro ceeded to give very clear and conclusive answers to the charges brought against the bill by Lord CHELMSFORD. It appears from the statistics which he gives us, that although since the passing of the Act there have been only 65 applications for regis tration under it, yet those applications included nearly two millions' -worth of property, and ;Josh amount of business in the short space of 1 , - t; months is an unusually favourable co mm:incement to the practical working of any meP,dure. The Lord Chan cellor reminded the Hr,,ase that all such reforms worked their wa,--/ very slowly, and cited the example of 'the Copyh o ld E n f ranchisement Act, now so popular, under which there was in the first 3"-iar of its existence only one application. In the second year there 12 cases ; in the next, 29 ; and so on by slow but sure degrees, until, twenty years later, the number bad risen to 786, The Enclo sure Commissioners' Act, again, had at first only 10 cases in twelve months ; the second year showed an increase of two ; the third year the number of cases was 39; and so on, until the annual amount is 246. Such is the slowness with which the know ledge of these important changes spreads among the people. It is not surprising if we come to consider the absurdity and difficulty attending legal docu ments, and the consequent abandonment of affairs almost entirely into the hands of lawyers. It is scarcely likely that a man who has been for many years in the habit of turning to his solicitor for an explanation of every, legal question will at once take upon himself the unwonted responsibility of acting entirely in opposition to his solicitor's opinion and advice. He must be a strong-minded and clear-headed man who will at once brave the displeasure of his professional adviser and turn a deaf ear to his doubts as to the accuracy, efficiency, and legality of his prcceedings. The solicitors, as a body, plainly intimated their intention of op posing this measure when it was first introduced, and they have amply fulfilled the threat, as Lord WESTBURY frankly told the House on Thursday. NeTertheless, the advantages of the Act are so great and apparent that it will assuredly find more and more favour with the public as it becomes more widely known and its utility better appreciated. The Lord Chancellor showed to their lordships a certificate of title under the new Act, with the map, the accurate result of the title, the copy of the entry on the register ; and from holding this simple and comprehensible document in his hand, the owner, if he wished to sell his property, could carry it to the auctioneer, the purchaser could examine the corresponding entry in the hook of register, and the business is at an end. This simple registration supersedes the wearisome inves tigations, the tedious delays, and all the expense and uncertainty belonging to the transfer of land under the old Acts. In the event of a mortgage or a wish to raise money temporarily, the advantages are equally great. Ia fact, matters are brought within a man's own scope and comprehension in stead of being hopelessly entangled in the hands of his professional advisers. No wonder the solicitors set their faces against a measure which reduces an investigation of title occupying 150 sheets of parchment to one side of a single sheet 1 Yet such was the case with the very document which the Lord Chancellor held in his hand, and the Dake o f MoNTRosE cite] a case which had come under his own observation in which a charter consisted of half a page instead of 30 pagzs! Under the existing system of legal charges, such a measure is certain to encounter most formidable opposition, since as solicitors have themselves said with great force to the Chancellor, " the law as it now stands, rewards them for prolixity and fines them for brevity." And the interest thus brought to bear is by no means insignificant. Lord WESTBURY declared a patent fact when he said that this was a lawyer ridden conntry, for every peer among his auditors had a solicitor sitting on his shoulders like SeND BAD'S old man of the sea, whom he could not shake off ? The noble and learned lord went on to say with some humour, but much truth, that most of them were quite in the dark as to the wearing of the unwieldy masses of parchment to which from time to time they appended their names. « All other mysteries have been unfolded, but this thing which j comes home to you all is a sealed book." With a view to the removal of the obstacles which militate against the success of this measure, and also in the interests of the public, the Lord Chancellor proposes to introduce a measure for the alteration of the law with regard to the remuneration of solicitors. Such a bill, if fairly framed and successfully carried out, will indeed be a public boon, and there is probably no one who has ever had any dealings with the grave and learned confraternity who will not gladly hail an innovation which makes verbosity and ob scurity inseparable attendants on the already suf ficiently perplexing and discomfiting dealing of the law. The growing feeling of the country with respect to the insufficiency of its Parliamentary represen tation bodes no good to the tottering fortunes of the present Administration. Her MAJESTY'S Ev' e e visors are indeed in such an unfortunate 1 - ,osition that it is difficult to see what can ex`..ricate them from their perplexiti es . It is true, that it would be scarcely possible to exceed, the unpopularity of their foreign policy—a policy which, by its in genious combination of loud remonstrances with very timorous actions, its " meddling and mud dling," has continued to combine in a very remark able degree the drawbacks and inconveniences of peace and war. It has given us the necessity of maintaining costly and extensive war armaments, at the same time that it can neither uphold our honour nor protect our commerce. It has made us take a prominent part in every foreign question, while it has neither befriended the weak nor con• ciliated the strong—neither satisfied our allies nor daunted our opponents. Our reputation has collapsed, our professions aro ridiculed, and self interest is invariably declared to be the ruling motive of a power which is contiou illy making uncalled for concessions, and abandoning every advantage which a bolder and a wiser age had gained. Under these circumstances the foreign policy of the Government will certainly not be its strong point at the hustings when that inevitable day of trial comes, which even Lord PALMERSTON'S tact and ingenuity cannot stave off much longer. But unfortunately for the prospects of the Whig Cabinet, supposing that a sudden settlement of all the vexed questions at present distracting Europe were possible, they would not be much better off. If Russia granted Poland an independent constitu tion tomorrow, if the Northern States of America recognised the independence of the South, and both parties gave Earl RUSSELL'S eloquence as the reason of their conduct; nay, even supposing the Schleswig-Holstein problem to be finally solved during the lifetime of the present House of Com mons, the troubles of the Government would not be altogether over. There would bn one obstacle in the road to success, one ghost that re fused to be laid, and its name would be Reform. The very question which carried them into power has turned into one of their most seriues perplexi ties. Nu one can suppose, the most sanguine ER im sT a o g ii in ,t e 3 , C th ab at ine it t is the in tention of Lord Liberal cannot possibly pALu to grant any comprehensive measure of Reform. Yet the awkward questions will inevitably be asked on the hustings, to which it is very improbable that "Rest and be thankful" will be accepted as a sufficient or satisfactory answer, Ministers will be reminded of those high-flown professions which flowed so glibly from thrjr lips at the time of the uncondi • tional rejPetion of the DERBY Reform Bill. How ju lperative was it then to extend the franchise, to remodel the electoral districts, to shorten the dura tion of Parliaments—for why should such con sistent and patriotic members fear to meet their constituents ? and as for election expenses, the ballot would put a very decided limit to them. Unfortunately the same story will not do twice over, and a long and continuous tenure of office leaves little excuse for unfulfilled pledges. It can not, therefore, be very gratifying to the Government or their supporters to witness the assembling of popular delegates from many of the large towns of the kingdom which recently took place at Man chester to confer on the great question of National Reform. Mr. ERNEST JONES was there, pith his proposal of manhood suffrage, and a good many adherents, who declared that the mass of the people would never be thoroughly aroused by a less comprehensive measure. Others were there, however, more prudent and more far-seeing, who reminded the Couference that the people of this country had always been averse to sudden and violent changes, and that consequently the way to ensure success was to proceed with caution, and to obtain the aid of all classes by demanding mede- rate and practical measures, It is on this principle that we trust the reformers throughout the country will act, not plunging into wild extremes, which startle the prudent, and wilich, after all, have only theory to recommend them. No Government can much longer delay a reform of the Parliamen tary representation and an extension of the suffrage. A constituency of 1,200,000 is perfectly inath>quate to represent the people of this country. But in securing this important reform we hope that a measure even more important iu its direct influence upon our PArliarnentAry system Commence at 7. MISS BAT E M A N.—L E A 11.—THIb EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will re-appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish maiden until further notice. In order to give due effect to tale most remarkable success of the season, entirety new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Danson and Sons, and Thompson. New dresses and appointments have been prepare t for its production.—N. i 3. In consequence of the 3rxessing and numerous applications at the Box-offu,e, ar ingements have now been made by which Seats mty be ob a Fortnight in Advance. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MY PRESERVER. • After which, the Pa'cony Scene from ROMEO AND JULIET. Alhses Swanborough and Wilton. Followed by the Fifth Act of MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Concluding with the Great Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton ; Ares dames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &o, Commence at 7. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Re-engagement of those celeorated artistes, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. —The greatly successful new Comedy every Evening. THIS EVENING, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Mr. P. Robinson and Miss Heri.ert. At a quarter before 8, the successful new Comedy, by L. Buckingham, Esq., entitled Ttil•: SILVER LINING: Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley. Mr. Montague ; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. After which, COOL AS A CITCUMBEIt. 3lr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE : Mr. Ashley and Miss A. Cottrell. Commence at 7. COALS. —The LILLES HAL L COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 26s. per tn. Double 21s. per ton. Top 255. „ Nut 5........ ..... 19s. „ Deep ...225. Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W. Best Cokn Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. .11HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," IL Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Dan be had Every Evening of G. R. GLhNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4. Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, April 23, 1864. THERMOMETER. . This day at Two o'cl oc k 6.5 Barometer-30.01. Wind—S.E, ; moderate breeze, and very fine. HIGH WATEI' AT LONDON BRIDGE. Sms DAL—Morning, 2h. 50m.—Afternoon, 3h. 10m. ru-moßaow.-Morning, 3h. 28m.—Afternoon, 3h. 44m. .N 114,41110: -7 1 lilt 7,0%14, 2 1. 444 TIM SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1864. will not be overlooked. So long as open voting continues to be the practice, so long will bribery, influence, and intimidation be the rule rather than the exception. The meeting at Manchester seems to have left this point rather in the background, but it must be made a sine qua non if real and substantial reform is wanted. Who will give it remains to be seen. It is certain to encounter a formidable opposition, being entirely for the good of the people that no political interest can profit by it, Meanwhile the coming election will give the country an opportunity of testing its repre sentatives on the point, and we look upon the organisation of the National Reform Conference as a favourable sign of the times. DEPARTURE OF GARIBALDI, Yesterday, after less than a fortnight's sojourn in the ca pital, General Garibaldi quitted London on his return to his island borne in Caprera. With the General also left his two sons, Menotti and Ricciotti, his secretary, his surgeon, and the other members of the little household that accompanied him from his islan 1. Up to last night no effort had been spared by delegates from various deputations to induce the General to postpon3 his departure for at least a time; but Garibaldi, having accepted the Duke of Sutherland's invi tation to proceed in his yacht to Caprera. could not think of drawing back at the eleventh hour from such an engage ment. He therefore firmly adhered to the intention he ex pressed in the early part of this week of leaving town on Friday. During the week ho had expressed a desire to meet the Americans resident in London before his departure, and yesterday he accepted an invitation to breakfast with the Hon. Freeman H. Morse, consul for the United States, at his residence, Kensington-gate. Among others present be sides the host and Mrs. and Miss Morse, were the U.S. Mi nister, Mr Adams, and Mr Wilson and Mr Moran, secretaries of Legation, Mr Cyrus W. Field, the Hon W. M. Evarts, Mr J. S. Morgan, Mr W. E. Forster, M.P., and Mrs Forster, Mr Seely, M.P., and Mrs Seely, Mr Rossini, &c. After the kouner a large number of American ladi gentlemen were presented to the General. ST- a n d ...ortly before 12 o'clock Garibaldi returned with his h , ..,st to Mr Seely's residence at Prince's-gate. TheCom mittee,le Messrs e m ell the Italian Reception Biachi, Ciocci, C e tti, G. G a lli , Lironi, Ortelli, P - G. Roncor on i, an d A. R oncoron i , and the bea: er o f t h e national flag, Mr Bareggi, called at gentlemen c irr o P n r a iB : lg- Prince.'s-gate to take their farewell of the General. The committee arranged themselveson either side of the entrance to the mansion, and were most kindly received by their renowned countryman, who, while heartily shaking hands with them, wished them and their families and friends every happiness. After leaving Prince's-gate, the General, with Mr Seely, drove to Lord Shaftesbury's residence in Grosvenor-square, and afterwards proceeded to Stafford. house, arriving there at half-past 12. There was no crowd, for it was believed that the General had already left town, and certainly none expected him at Stafford -house. Yet the visit to Stafford house was made expressly with the view of affording his Royal Highness the Prince of "Wales an opportunity of paying a private and friendly visit to the great Italian pa-. triot before quitting this country. The Prince of Wales came to town yesterday to attend a meeting of the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster, and after the transaction of this business his Royal Highness walked from Buckingham Palace to Stafford. house without attracting any observa tion. At Stafford-house ho remained for upwards of an hour. It is needless to say with what sincere satisfaction the announcement of this visit by his Royal Highness to the General will be received throughout the country. At a little before 4 o'clock Garibaldi left Stafford louse for Cliefden-house, near Maidenhead, the seat of the Duchess Dowager of Sutherland. He will resume his journey for Plymouth on 7 . 4 tiondav ; and will pass that night at Col. Peard's re , i o .ence, Penguite, Cornwall. On Tuesday morn ing the general and his friends embark on board the Duke of. - dutherland's yacht for Caprera. We are favoured by Mr. Seely with a copy of the follow ing farewell address from Garibaldi to the English nation : " I offer my heartfelt gratitude and thanks to the English nation and their Government for the reception I have met wich in this free land, I cane here with the primitive object of thanking them for their sympathy for me and for my country, and this my first object is accomplished. I have desired to be altogether at the disposition of my Eng lish friends, and to go to every place where I might be wished to go, but I find that I cannot now fulfil all these engagements of my heart. "If I have caused some trouble and disappointment to many friends, I ask their pardon. but I cannot draw the line between where I could and where I could not go, and there fore for the present these are my thanks and my farewell. " Sti.l, I hope, perhaps, at no distant time to return to see my friends in the domestic life of England, and to re deem some of my engagements with the generous people of this country, which, with deep regret, I feel that I cannot now fulfil. " G, GAhTBALDI, "2G, Prince's-gae, London, April 22." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—Allow me io confirm everything that was stated yesterday evening by Mr. Gladstone in the House of Commons. The advice tendered to General Garibaldi was dictated solely by considerations for his health and position. The names of those present at the meeting would be a sufficient proof that no other thought could have had any influence. Many of them wore those of his long-tried and best friends, who had hazarded much more in his behalf than would be involved in resistance ev'll to the actual displeasure of a foreign Power. That such displeasure, however, was a simple invention I assert, and am able to prove. The solid, persevering, and he.trty attachment of Mr. Gladstone to the cause of Italy and General Garibaldi is as notorious as it is generous and true ; and though I cannot for myself claim any such honour, I declare in the most solemn manner, and on th 3 word of a gentleman, my firm belief that we were all of is animated by the same ardent desire (without rt fel-moo to anything, or anybody, but the General himself) to urge that, and that only, which was indispensable to his persons! welfare. It was, I assert, the Geterars own and unsuggested de cision to gi ve up the provincial journey altogether. He could not, he declared, d raw a line of preference for certa i n towns, and that to accomplish the whole list was impossible —Your obedient sorra n t, April 22. SHAFTESBURY. WILLS AN) BEQUESTS. The will of the R ight (Front the Illu s t vated London News.) Hen, Lord Arthur Lennox, formerly M.P. for Chic'aester, was administered to in her Mejesty' s C ourt of Probate by h i s re li ct, Lady Charlotte L ennox, daughter of the f ourt h Duke of Gordon, Lord Arthur Lennox was a son of the late Thrice of Itie'lmend, K.G. He held the post of Lord of the Treasury and Clerk of the Ord nance, 1841-6; and Was a Lieut.-Col. in the Army, formerly commandingthe 72d Highlanders and 68 ch Light Infantry. Thi s galant officer d i e d a t th e a g e of fifty-eight, having e xecuted his w i l l so f ar back as 1840, enfrely in his own handwr i t i ng , b e queathing to his relict, Lady L ennox, th e whole of his pro , . perty, both real and personal, for her life, which, upon her ladyship's decease, is to be divided equally amongst all their children. The will of Mrs Mary Dorothea Pemberton, relict of the late John Pemberton, Esq., of Sherburn H a ll, Durham, was prov e d i n the L on d on Court, under £BO,OOO personalty ; the executors b e ing Thomas C. Thompson, U — 9 (1.1 Barrister-at-Law (nephew of the late John Pembert on ) ; and the Rev. John C un d i ll , B.D. The will be ars date 185 3, a nd there are four codicils. Legaci es ar© left to near relatives and friends; also legacies to servants. The residue of the funded prop er t y i s bequeat h e d equally amongst eight of her ni eces . T he estate o f Sherburn Hall is devised to the sa id T homas C. Th o mpson, who also takes a moiety o f t h e residue of the real a n d perso nal prop er ty, t h e other moiety b e i n g :eft between Mrs. Burd en an d M rs. Murray , the nieces of the testatrix's late h us b an d . Tho will of J ames M asse , Esq., of tipper Gros venor-street, was proved, i n London, under £300,000 p ersona l ty, and pro b a te granted to the Right Hon. Lady C aro li ne I'itzhardinge Masse, the relict, daughter o f th e l a t e Earl of Berkeley, and the sol e execu t r i x, ap p o inted by the will, bearing dat e 1800, to w hi c h e re appended five codicils. T o hi s re li ct, L a dy Caroline, the testator ha 3 beque a th e d his real estate, and also a c ons id era bl e port i on of the personal estate (saving a sum of £135,000 to be held in trust for the payment of t wo annu ities to his two sons and unmarried dau g ht er ), the relict taking a life interest in the surplus residue, which, upon her ladyship's decease, will be divided in certain proportions amongst the sons and daughters. There are legacies to servants. The late Mr. G. Daniel, of Canonbury, has be. queathed to the Briti s h M useu m the famous cabinet carved from the m u lb erry - tree presented by the Corporation of Stratford-on-Avon to David Garrick, upon the occasion of the jubilee of 1769. Ile has also left to the British Museum the Garrick cor respondence upon the subject, and a perfectly unique ring, Containing a fine miniature of Shak epere under crystal and set in gold. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. (Per the North American, via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, APRIL 9 (Afternoon). The Army of the Potomac is preparing for an early forward movement. All surplus baggage has been sent to the rear, and furloughs have been stopped. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money tight. Gold 70: prem. Exchange on London, 1861. Stocks opened firm today, but have since became very heavy—New York Centrals, 1431 ; Illinois, 1491 ; Erie, 1261. Cotton quiet. Middling Upland, 64c. Breadstuffs advancing. Petroleum very firm. Crude, 354,-; refined, 52 to 511, The City of Manchester, from New York on the 9th inst., arrived at Queenstown at 7.30 a.m. She brings 131 passengers and 276,270 dole. in specie. She landed 10 sacks of mails and 12 passengers, and proceeded at 7.40 a,m. Her news has been anticipated. MADRID, APRIL 23. The Queen has left for Aranjuez. The Novedades of to-day says The Progres sist banquet will not disturb public tranquillity, although more than 1,000 persons will take part in it." TEE , J - - OVRNEY OF THE RING OF PRUSSIA. HAMBURG, April 22, Evening. Yesterday afternoon the King of Prussia arrived at the Castle of Gravenstein, and after a short stay proceeded to Atzbull, where he saluted the regi ments which had been engaged in storming the Duppel redoubts. His Majesty praised and thanked several of the officers and soldiers, and the whole of the troops defiled before the King; after which he took his leave, and at 4.30 p.m. went on to the trenches. Early this morning Herr von Bismark, accompanied by Herr Kendell, councillor of lega tion, passed through Hamburg on his way to join the King of Prussia. It is said that the object of the King's visit to the duchies is to sound the population, and to pave the way for a vote in con formity with the views of the Prussian government. It is also said that the Emperor of Austria is ex pected in the duchies. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. A letter from Corfu, of the 4th inst., states : " Further portions of the fortifications of Vido have been destroyed during the past week, and the huge and rugged heaps of masonry can now be plainly seen from the town. One object particularly strikes the attention ; it is a permanent gun platform, thrown over on its side, and it is alr-ost, if luit 'quite, intact. Similar instances have occurred with other platforms in this fortress, which have not been broken. Gunpowder itself has been unable to shatter these hard and solid blocks. The martello tower on the north side of the island was blown up ; it rose slightly, then burst open, and fell in a thousand pieces, adding its quota to the ruins already existing around it. There yet remain some large portions of this fortress to be destroyed." The same letter contains the following paragraph on the finaucaspf the Islands :—" The deficiency in the funds necessary for the payment of the ex penses of the State for the past month has been made good by the Government out of the municipal chest. The decision of the Special Commission has just been given in favour of the muni3ipality, as against the Go vernment, vesting in the former certain property known as public property, producing a large annual rental, together with a large sum for mesne profits, the whole of which sums ought to be devoted to the purposes of local government only. Within a week or two after this decision is given the municipal chest is emptied by the Government for its own purposes. This is a very strong measure, and is in effect making Corfu pay for the other islands. It the union with Greece is not effected before the end of the present month, the Government will again have to tax their ingenuity to provide money for the current expenses." POLAND. The .Nord publishes the following despatch from Breslau, dated 21st ;—" The Breslau Gazette an nounces that at Woyern, in the Grand Duchy of Posen, a Prussian Captain of the 49th Regiment of the Line, with 11 men, having lost their way,arrived at Wturck, on Russian territory. The Prussian soldiers there fired on some Russian cavalry, be lieving them to be a body of insurgents. They were immediately surrounded by 400 Russians, commanded by Colonel Nelldorff, disarmed and con ducted to Woley kin, but were liberated on the fol lowing day. The Russian colonel was challenged to fight by the Prussian captain, but refused to give the required satisfaction." FRANCE. BOURSE, April 22.—The market continues firm, but without any further advance in Rente ; Threes, for the Account, being unvaried at 67f. 50c. Mobilier have again improved, and are now quoted at 1,272 f. 50c. Railway market quiet, but firm. The market left off as follows : 41 per Cents. O4 25 Italian Loan 6B 80 Do. end month,.,, Do. end month 6B 70 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 67 25 Do. end month — Credit M0bi1ier....1227 50 Russian Do. end month...AM Austrian Bank Shares 38E0 Spanish Threes.... Credit F oneier l3lO Rome Debt Roman BAIL AYO. Cash. Account. 896 25 ~ 891 25 975 .. 982 50 Orleans Northern .... New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 952 50 .. 955 New ditto 9OO Southern 670 670 West4irn Eastern Sardinian Austrian Low bard North of Spain Saragossa 5BO .. 580 Ditto to Barcelona .. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, April 23.—Wind this day at noon—South. East; moderate breeze and very fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, April 23,—Arrived—Manchester, from Calcutta. FALmorulr, April 23.—Wind E.—Arrived—Alexander, from Skien. CLYDE, April 21.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Bungalore, for Matanzas—John Gray, for Trinidad—Melrose, for New York—Abbey Craig, for Miramichi. Sailed—City of Brussels, for Calcutta, OFF BLAMEWAYED, April 21.--Wind Arrived— Ocean Belle, from Nassau. April 22.—Wind from Philadelphia for Havre, leaky, NEWPORT, April 22,—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Tyne, steamer, from Bristol, BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Sailed—Panther, s teamer, for Boulogne; Hanoveroteamer, for Calais; Holland, steamer, for Ostend. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Protesia, for Trinidad; Spirit of the Deep, for Shanghai; Sussex, for Port Phillip; Pandora, for Con stantinople; Helen Bair, for Bangkok —all from London— Edward Sophia, barque, from Belize (in tow) ; General Slade, from Gaernsey—both from London. THE CIVIL SERVICE.—House of Commons.—Mr R. G. Lindsay has been appointed a supernumerary clerk. Audit-office.—Mr W. A. Impey, Mr H. F. Wilkin son, Mr C. S. Worsley, and Mr H. V. Bacon have been appointed examiners. Copyhold Inclosure and Tithe Com mission.—Mr J. Graham has been appointed a clerk. War office.—Mr B. Elen has been appointed second-class viewer, army clothing depot, Pimlico. Customs—Mr J. Hopwood has been appointed an established clerk at London Docks. Inland Revenue.—Stamps and Tax Branch.—Mr H. For der, surveyor of taxes, has been transferred from the Merthyr Tydvil to the second Brighton district. Excise Brance.—Mr W. Reid, officer, Glasgow, first division, has been appointed to Carlisle division—Mr G. Atkinson, offi cer, Carlisle division, to Glasgow, lst division—Mr J. Ball, officer, Bromley, Ist division, to Bromley, 3d division—Mr W. Hickox, officer, Portsmouth, 3d division, to Bromley, Ist division—Mr H. Gapp, officer, Maidstone, 2d division, to Portsmouth, 3d division—Mr T. Jones, officer, Ingate stone division, to Maidstone, 2d division—Mr A. Ashby, officer, Cork, sth division, to Ingatestone division—Mr H. M'Clelland, officer, Cork, 2d division, to Tralee divison—and Mr J. 11. Hugo, officer, Amesbury ride, to Cork 2d divi sion,—Civil,SerViCe arrette. Shakspere's Doctors, (From to-day's Lancet.) Six doctors are reinenenteo in Shakspere's dramas. The allusions to physicians and surgeons are very frequent, but six only actually appear upon the stage in propria persona, In the play of " Henry the Eighth" Dr. Butts appears. This is the only occasion upon which Shakspere has introduced a physician who had really figured in history. William Butts, we lear❑ from Dr. Munk's "Roll of the College of Physi cians," was educated at Gonville Hall, Cambridge, of which he became a Fellow. He was physician to Henry VIII,, and enjoyed his confidence to a re markable degree, being knighted by the Kieg under the title of Sir William Butts, of Norfolk. Shakspere pictures in a few words the physician's powerful influence with the monarch. Cranmer's enemies at court have contrived that he shall be kept waiting amidst the servants outside the door of the cuuncil chamber. Butts remarking this, says— " This is a piece of malice. lam glad I came this way so happily; the king Shall understand it presently." Crammer, upon this, exclaims— " 'Tie Butts, The king's physician : as he passed along, How earnestly he cast his eyes upon me Pray Heaven he sound not my disgrace!" Dr. Caine, who plays such a prominent part in the " Merry Wives of Windsor," is described as a French physician. The character seems to have been de vised simply for the sake of the fun which is got out of the foreigner's broken English. In the whole play there is scarcely an allusion to the doctor's profession, and he might for all practical purposes have belonged to any other. Oar laughter is entirely directed against the man, in no respect against the physician. The poisoned goblet over accompanies the dagger as en emblem of the tragic muse. The treacherous draught has been, from earliest times, employed by the dramatist as the most terrible of all the means by which life is taken upon the stage. Shakspere makes frequent use of this agency. One might be led to expect that occasions of this nature would furnish opportunities for the introduction of the physician into the play; but, curiously enough, this only happens once—in the play of " Cymbe line." When the Queen is plotting the destruction of her step daughter Imogen, she applies to Corne lius, her physician, for some poisonous drugs. The physician cautions an unskilled woman against experiments which seem to be dictated by curiosity and can lead to no useful result. Had not the action of drugs been tested by himself or some other skilled observer, he would not have been in a position to substitute in safety those he gave her for the poisonous kinds which she desired, and Imogen would have perished miserably. He communicates (to the audience) the reason of his justifiable deception in the following passage;-- "I do not like her. She does think she has Strange lingering poisons: I do know her spirit, And will not trust one of her malice with A drug of such damn'd nature, Those she has Will stupefy and dull the sense awhile : Which first, perchance, she'll prove on cats and dogs; Then afterwards up higher ; but there is No danger in what show of death it makes, More than the locking up the spirits a time, To be more fresh, reviving." It is interesting to contrast the eonduct of Corne lius with that of the Apothecary in "Romeo and Juliet," under somewhat similar circumstance— " Meagre were his looks, Sharp misery had worn him to the bones," The poor wretch, starving and over-tempted by Romeo, makes but a brief resistance to the bribe of forty ducats; but, as he parts with the poison, there is evidence of a painful struggle in his excla mation— "My poverty, but not my will, consents 1" Following Dr. Johnson's example, we might here express a hope that Romeo, were he living now in London, might find as much trouble in procuring a dose of poison a 3 he did in Mantua. We fancy, however, that he would not need either to seek out a starving drug vendor, or to give him such a sum as 40 ducats, so much have we improved in these matters during the last three or four centuries. Two doctors figure in "Macbeth','—=n English nasal, and a,...,500t. The former has very little to do. He merely describes to Malcolm how the King (Edward the Confessor) is curing a crowd of per sons affected with " the evil" by a touch of his royal hand. The latter has a much more important part. He is present with a waiting gentlewoman when Lady Macbeth walks in her sleep. Not a gesture escapes his attention; and with judicious care, when Lady Macbeth speaks, he takes written notes of her words. He is soon struck by their terrible import. The physician sees in the condition of mind of his patient a danger of suicide, and properly takes pre cautions against it. To Macbeth's inquiry, shortly afterwards— " How does your patient, doctor?" he replies— " Not so sick, my lord, As she is troubled with thick coming fancies, That keep her from her rest. Mlcs. Cure her of that : Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow; Raze out the written troubles of the brain; And, with some sweet oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart ? Therein the patient Must minister to himself, MACB. Throw physic to the dogs, I'll none of it I" D OCT. It is curiously significant of the error often pro duced by isolating passages from their context that this last expression of Macbeth has been interpreted into a disbelief on Shalispere's part in the power of medicine ! The question which the remorse-haunted Thane has addressed to the doctor is evidently in tended quite as much on his own account as on that of his wife ; and the reply, shattering the last rem nant of hope, fills up the measure of his misery, and forces from him the cry of impatience. Not less admirable is the picture of the physician in 1 6 King Lear," It would almost seem, indeed, that Sbakspere had some living representative in his eye whom he esteemed and wished t;) honour when he conceived these two characters, so much do they resemble one another in the qualities of judgment and candour. The old king, maddened for a time by the ingratitude of his daughters, has roamed about the country, exposed to storm and cold. Cordelia, whom he has so wrongly judged and harshly treated, and who is overflowing with affection for her father, succeeds in housing him in the shelter of her camp. In intense anxiety at the old king's delirium, she addresses herself to the physician : " What can man's wisdom In the restoring his bereaved sense ? There is means, madam ; Our foster-nurse of nature is repose, The which he lacks; that to provoke in him Arc many simples operative, whose power Will close the eye of anguish." The means employed are successful; after a long and refreshing sleep the king awakes. Never, probably, has anything more true and tender been written than the scene which follows. PHYS. The physician's concluding advice is equally be- fitting the circumstances : "Be comforted, good madam : the great rage, You see, is killed in him ; and yet it is danger To take him even o'er the time he has lost: Dear° him to go in : trouble him no more Till further settling," Such is a very brief sketch of the medical charac ters introduced into his plays by the great poet whose tercentenary we celebrate this day. It should be our especial duty to venerate Shak opera, for never have we had so powerful a cham pion. His estimation of our art is marked by the character of the representatives of it which he in troduces. With unworthy examples, doubtless, before him, which were as open to his ridicule as ever were the doctors of his age to Molie re, he never condescends to picture the class from base and ex ceptional models, but draws the character of the physician with a liberal and loving hand. Three hundred years have passed since then, and with them great changes have come over the charac ter and position of medical men ; but their purpose in life is still the same, and, mindful of thrl, they will treasure in their remembrance his just appro. ciation of their art— " Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, To all their issue," , ~ ..„.. tin A _ t _,___ Ir.t. DIFLN Orolar ~., _____., HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, April 22.. The Queen walked and drove in the gro upd° yesterday morning and afternoon. Princess Helena rode on horseback, attended 1 the Hon, Emily Cathcart. SOUTHAMPTON, Weduesday.—His Royal n i g h' ness Prince Alfred, attended by Major Cowell, Earl Grey; and Lieut. Haig, embarked from the docks at half -past oter ' this afternoon on board the Royal yacht Fairy, 'v Commander Welch, en route for Osborne. I,ad H;s Rayal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge a dinner party last evening at Gloucester 'louse, lane. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge: the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, the Princess Mary, and a distinguished circlewere present. The Duke of Newcastle was enabled to take carriage airing yesterday with the Countess of L incoln ' grace's health has wonderfully improved during the lee ten days. The Duchess of Marlborough has issued cards for an assembly on the 12th of May, at her grace's residesee in St. James's-square. 11. His Excellency the Count Klecz k ow ski, r e- ; 0 , 1 Ambassador at Pekin, with the Countess KleczkowEki Tudor) and family, have left the Brunswick Hotel, JerlDlll. street, for Paris. His Excellency M. Armand L. de Balan, potentiary at the Conference, has arrived at gau rigY Hotel, accompanied by his suite, from Berlin. arch Viscount and Viscountess Doneraile have arri ' for the season at 20, Hertford-street, from Lincolnshire' a The marriage of Prince Augustus of Swede n :: e . Norway, Duke of Dalecarlia, with the Princess of '11" Altenburg, took place on the evening of the 16th irl st. 4 the Altenburg Palace. ONE OF MR. AUGUSTUS BOUVIER'S 6 9 1 134 1 pictures, in the collection now on view at 53, F Bl ' 4° d (" The Caryan Slave "),:has recently been purch ased her most gracious Majesty the Queen. Rondeau sur Shakspere, 23 AVRIL, 1864. Cest un devoir de celebrer Shakspere, De presenter et l'encens et la myrrhe Au noble auteur qui nous dota d'Hamlet , De Romeo, d'un theatre complet Que I'univers depuis longtemps admire. C'est un devoir—qui peut me contredire Pour qui du beau se soumet a I'empire, De rendre hommage a talent ai parfait. C'est un devoir ! Voila pourquoi je m'empresse de dire: Au demi-dieu qui fit vibrer la lyre Si crinement, avec si grand effet, Honneur et gloire . . . et j'incruste le fait Dana ce rondeau que pour lui viens d'ecrit e ' C'est un devoir LE CHEVALIER DE CHITEI4A" t i' The fifth number of the Autographic Mirror!) a published, is peculiarly interesting, as it contains s a 6ta loi c copy of Shaksper a's will and lac similes of all his autogrtir taken from official documents. a gOt The Tercententary number of Punch is g in- D the best literary prod uc ti ons i n h onour o f t h e ShaksP-Ijos Festival now in progress of celebration. iv ., ore SITE FOR THE SHAKSP ERE MEMORIAL.-- " - baa glad to hear it rumou re d t h a t th e B euc here 0 0131— ; plate the erection of a commemorative bronze 818 1: 3 / 1 1 Shakspere on that part of th e Th ames E m b an kment will abut upon the present river frontage of the ga ri o. A more appropriate site could not be fixed upon in Li° ll- 0 , The Gardens are the scene of the assum ption of - A i d tinctive badges of the White and Red Rose of Yoric Lancaster in the first part of " H e n r y VI," W tl Scene 4)— " This brawl to-dab Grown to this faction in the Temple Gardens, Shall send, between the red rose and the white, A thousand souls to death and deadly night ;" j 0 to remind one of which, now that the smoke n uisan ce pi abated, there the white ant red roses flourish egaiu t ;: t ije yore in the days of the Plant agene t s . It is within l ' t p more than a stone's throw of Playhouse-yard, 01 1 8 0. Apothecaries' Hall, which marks the site of the 13a ' t io friars Theatre, of which Shakspere was, according t ° Ellesmere papers, if we receive th em as genuine, Part: prietor, and, at all events, for which he wrot e so me °` plays, in which he him s elf ac t e d. At Bankside, °11,;c: other side of the river, stood the Glob e Th ea t re , at s' 4 , - most of his playa were performed, u n d er hi s o wn raaritir; ment, the site of which adjoined Gl o be Alley, whic il been swallowed up by the ample range of buildings fornv-d the celebrated brewhouse of Messrs. Barclay, Perkillof 913 Co.—The Reader. Del' PUBLIC MEMORIALS TO SEA 13/ tish Institution ha s on it s f ron t a large bas.reli ef : Thomas Banks, R.A,, which cos t 500 the Shakspere g uineas, represeatl,,.o Shakspere bet ween P oe t ry an d P a i n ti n g— A o ide, wit h fiSPERE.—The e double mask of Tragedy and Comedy, instructing the .0 whilst Painting, looking to w a r d s th e spectator, i n tro dtV` o him to snore extended notice by the s.ister art. `l llfo ' present, is the only outdoor monument to ShaltsV ell3 o i. the metropolis, and owed its erection to 8 1 0 , vate mercantile speculation, During this Ter° to tentsry week it may not be out of p lace mention that three other public Thers°T ia : S t hess . Shakspere are to be seen in London—the first t r e e being Itoubiliac's statue of the poet, in the Hall of British Museum, on the left of the British MuBetllll%.clt the left of the entrance to the Grenville Library, */ d was executed for Garrick at a cost of Orel) 1111 1 04 guineas, and bequeathed by hi m t o th e nation ; e t the somewhat undignified statue by Kent in W est i ref Abbey; and the third, M.?, Chandos portrait of S llak t3 r,o which had belonged to Davenant th e poet, Betb3rtort 'lll actor, and Mrs. Barry the actress, and which Wa 8 b: S fe s at the Stowe sale in 1848 by Lord Ellesmere for t o. hundred and fifty-five guineas, and has since beau I: 01 9 sewed by him to the National Portrait Gallery, opell day during the present week.—The Reader. de" SHAKSPERE MEDAL.—A medal, Which wa B 1 ) , signed by Mr. John Bell, end engraved by Air' C. Wyon, has been produced by Messrs. Hunt t and 1106- ,0 11 to commemorate the tercentenary of our grea t poet. .0 the obverse is a profile head of Shakspere, Burro und ed ,lBo "glory" of his o wn wor k s , th e lik eness b e i ng chiefly l ye' twin the Stratford bust and Chandos portrait. ' 4. ‘ , simile of the autograph, beneath the h e ad, is encir cle " l a. a wreath of wild flowers, s u c h as p r i mrose , cowl i !' 1 0, rose (in which "a bee sucks"), honeysuckle, s' c ' ote' larger bindweed twining round a m ag i c i an 's wand ° f or witch-elm. On the reverse is an apotheosis of the th e centenary. The last two centuries have already.l'it ',eft wreaths on the scroll on the poet's knee, while the P' century is in the act of crowning him. ELIZA Coos, after long absence from lite' to t n tir c i e' e comes before the public again thi s d a y with a n 1 1 . ;,r written for the occasion of the " W or king Men'ss)o spere Celebration, and planting of an Oak on Primrostried to the Poet's Memory." Russell-square is the spot A elec t ot for the meeting of the Ancient Order of Foresters at i ct Itifte similar societies, accompanied by the Haveloclit Volunteers, under Colonel George Cruikshaukt o'clock. The ceremonial itself will take place at two d : -- i ° lll and the sapling, from Winds or, is to be planted, vicall°lo,s by the hand of Mr. Phelps. In the evening the " c r° ;ile. men" will attend a grand' niuslcal and dramatic ellt la- ment at the Islington Agr.Tcultural 8.a11. The BOP' ol LANDSEER'S NELSOIV'S LIONS.—Are u il oo nearer the final payment; to the memory of N e ' 9 , - , than in July last, when a sp. tsmodic effort was made l e r, fanfare announced that one li Oa had been modelled in 0.9,re as an instalment towards co nipleting the four that t o wanted in bronze? Has Sir _Edwin Landseer coroP lit ha t his studies in the Zoological Gar, lens, are all the lions ill t establishment dissected and done with, and no satisfaet°o results expected ere the coming o f a fresh batoh or " P rid° oo lions," as the hunting-booke haN ee it. If the later is to ease, let us send for a legion of lie; as; our gallant Oh or proprietor of that great lion-walk, Algeria, would be ° Sir too happy to supply the tardy sculptor with lions, O tt o° Edwin may taste the delight of the _Assyrian king! 0- kept a Paradise wherein to enjoy lien battues before 01 1 0 fast. Who would envy him the sports ? who begrudg e 0 . th e beasts ! Nobody envies Sir E i Landseer the 1)°!;-i. sion of aught so much as the sole a: ad unrestricted P 0 l e ge he enjoys of seeing in his mil id's eye the & f o l io . statues that will some day render T rafalgar-squ ar° t par able. Let it not be forgotten that we, expect to ha ve fro ya distinct and original lions, wholly dif -bring in design , wit'A each other ; not a mere repetition of the same animism/ tip the position of his h ea d anti tail slightly altere d, t° art him look, to the thoughtless, another beast. godern.. r deals too freely in mac hi ne repetitions for a men like 5i,.10- Landseer to omit th e o pp o r tnnity he has of enteriog aurria test against the practice, a ad, at the same time, Il e °. 1 0 11 f Nelson ungrud g i ng ly. The great Admiral 1; 0 ° : 1- 0 , 011 original victories : let us give .him —money not bell3°. object for our consideration —four original lions. u ttar• We are desired by Messrs. Herries, Faricllctiou and Co., ta give the most unqualified control ere, to the unjustifiable report inserted in this' mornings that an amalgamation is about to take ph ice betweeue7bas selves and the Union Bank. There is not, and 13° lie n been, any such amalgamation in contemniat• ; ° -fi ' __ or ea the hero ever been the slightest communication betwireod the parties above named, nor any other Which Wil d II least foundation for suck a report.