The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-08 00:00:00

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION BUILDING, -- SOUTH KEN SIN GTON. A GRAND MILITARY CONCERT, in AID of H.R.H. the PRINCESS MAKY'S FUND for Providing Nurses for the Inmates of the CAMBRIDGE ASYLUM, will be g ven in tte INTERNATIONAL EXHIrsITION BUILDING, South Kensington (by special permission), On SATURDAY, the 13th of JUNE. Doors open at Two, the Concert to commence at Three precisely. Under the Immediate Patronage of His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of CAMBRIDGE. His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, and Her Royal Highness Princess MARY ADELAIDE. The BANDS of the HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE, consisting of— The First Life Guards, The Stcond Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards (glue), The Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, and The Scots Fusilier Guards, w'll perform on this occasion. Gar See the full Programme, now ready. Admission, ss. ; reserved seats. 7s. 6d.; stalls, numbered and strictly reserved, 10s. 6d.—Tickets to be obtaine I at Mr. Sams' Royal Library, 1, St. James's street, S.W. ; Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Westerton's Library, St. George's-place, Knightsbridge ; Messrs. Keith, Prowse, and Co., 48, Cheapside ; and at Mr. Austin's Ticket-office, St. James's Hall, 28, Piccadilly. T HEATRE-ROY AL, HAY MARKE T . Lessee, Mr. J. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, entitled AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. After which, 19th time, a new and original comedy, entitled FINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter-Spy : Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, and Miss Louisa Angel. Followed by an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of 'W ales in the East. Commence at 7. THE DuRE , S MOTTO. THE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIRST NIGHT. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE -Under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, to commence with an Orizinal entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, Wicidicomb, Mass Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter-past Eight, the Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3loome, entitled THE DUKE'S 510TTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, sunported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G Jordan, J. Brougham, H. • iddi xrrnbe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Misses Sophy Henrade. Kate Terry, E. t.avenue, and Elsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Actinz-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS''S THEATRE• Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining TBI= EVENING, will be presented (I . th time), COURT AND CAMP : Messrs. G. Vining, C. Verner, H. Marston, G. Relmore, a array. Warde ; Mss Amy Sedgwick, Miss L. Laidlaw, and Miss Lydia TnOrnpf3 oll . To be preceded by (first ttme) a new Comedietta, entitled COUSIN TO al. And followed by A CHARMING PAIR. NG w TF E ATRE-R0 VAL, ADELPHI,—.. Lso i e propristor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING. THE WILLOW COP.'4E. Mr. Benj. Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Billinton, Miss Woolgar, and Miss H. Mr. Stuart, Mr. Stephenson ; Simms Followed by a new Burlesque, ent'lled ILL-TREATED IL TRO VATORE. Mr sera. Toole. P. Bedford, R Phillips, lthurne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; th e Si s t ers N e l son, C arry an d Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. 1 HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," X Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, June 8, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock 62 Barometer-29.58. Wind—S.W. ; moderate breeze, and cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.-34orning, 6h. 50m.—Afternoon, 7h. 20m. To-monnow.-Morning, 7h. 50m.—Afternoon, Bh. 22m. Fy eltjt\N. LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1863. If History is—as it is—a series of repetitions, it is pretty much the same with regard to the events periodically brought to us from the American seat of war. Take these latest tidings, so anxiously looked fcr during these last few days, and now just brought to us in a string of rapid telegrams, via Roche's Point per the America, under dates 26th ult., New York, morning; 28th, by telegraph to Halifax ; 29th, by telegraph to Cape Race—tele- grams giving us a rapid epiiome of recent events (up to their dates) on the Mississippi. Upon exa mina'ion it will then be found that the warlike situation there described, and the warlike results thereupon enumerated, are in a very great measure similar to those with which we had sa lately be come acquainted as having so very recently before hand come to pass upon the Rappahanock. The similiarity at any rate is immediately discernible in this, that, after several successive days of very hard fighting, although no decisive occurrence as the consequence of the hard fighting has to be narrated, the Federals have so far succumbed tinder the heavy pounding they have endured at the hands of the Confederates that they, the so boastful Federals, who were for swallowing up their antago nists almost at a mouthful, or at the very least for taking possession of Vicksburg as a matter of just a dead certainty—have not taken Vicksburg after all ! have been four times repulsed from those for tifications !! have so far suffered defeat already that they bad actually, according to the last ad vices, begun intrenching themselves !!! While the facts are undoubtedly as we have here stated them, it must be borne in mind, however, that the de fenders of Vicksburg were still , according to the last telegrams, left in a critical position. Yet, al lowing this, we can in their regard patiently await the accounts certain to come to hand very rapidly, telling us what may have been the result of these last operations upon the Mississippi. It was as far back as the 30th of April that the Federal commander of the expedition against Vicksburg landed at Briensburg, on the left bank of the Mississippi with the full intention, with the firm determination of taking it in the rear. Briensburg, it should be borne in mind, is situated a little below Grand Gulf upon the Mississippi : and it was at that point that General GRANT landed his expe ditionary force. Instead of advancing, however, directly up the left bank of the Mississippi—a pro ceeding that would have been quite obviously most hazardous, threatening a serious onslaught by the enem y upon the right flank of the invading army by reason of thewhot in possession of the Confederates — General country lying eastward being o:federates—General GRANT first of all directed back arch inland to th e en d that he might d r i ve the Southern forces. Setting out with this intention, the Federal com mander would seem to hive successfully carried out his design during the better part of a fortnight A c complishing this, at last, ina smuc h as during that interval he was steadily pushing forwardnn- without encountering in his advance any very serious opposition. From the landing place at Bradensburg he marchel, it now appears, almost n a clue north-easterly line upon Jackson. Pre cisely at the close of a fortnight Jackson w as re ached irdeed_a taken. Previously t wo serious engagements had been fought with the Confederates under General JOTTNSTONE, the one at Fort Gibson, near Benersburg, the starting point s the other at Raymond, near Jackson, General GRANT'S first destination, Having seized Jackson on the 14th ult., the Federal commander appears then to have turned point-blank to the right about, and forthwith marched westward upon Vicksburg. It was during this westward march from Jackson (which General GRANT had taken) towards Vicksburg (which he wanted to take) that the great battles, of which we now obtain through telegrams the first brief intelli gence, took place—the Federale, fighting under the o rders of General GRANT, the Confederates under the command of General PEMBERTON, to whom the d efence of Vicksburg had been entrusted by the Southern Government. Two days after the capture off Jackson a terrible contest we learn came off at Baker's Creek or Edmund's Station. Here the Confederates were driven back. That was on the 16th ult. Bat on the 17th they were again driven back. And on the 18th ult. the Federals, under GRANT, formally invested Vicksburg. There, in spite of repeated assaults—in every one of which the Federals were discomfitted—the Confederates (numbering in all at Vicksburg some 15,000) still resolutely held out when the last advices were flashed to the America at Cape Race. Th ey held out thus gallantly although assailed on the land side by the Federal troops under GRANT, and simultaneously bombarded from the river side by the Federal fleet under Admiral PORTER. The Question now is—if the Confederates can still hold out long enough to afford General JOHNSTONE time to march up with the reinforce ments now rapidly being collected together at Can ton, or some% here in its neighbourhood. If so, the siege of Vicksburg must inevitably be raised—im mediately upon the advance of JOHNSTONE. Such as we have here defined it to be is the actual position of affairs in that south-west point of the Mexican seat of war. Such, as we have here in dicated towards the close of these remarks of ours, are the momentous tidings we shall have to await as patiently as may through our next advices. The settlement of the long-vexed Greek question is a matter of general satisfaction. The successive failures which had attended the various attempts to supply the vacant throne had not only disheartened the Greeks themselves, bat had almost given rise to an impression that the vacant throne would never be filled. All well-wishers to Greece, and, indeed, all who desired to preserve the peace of Europe, re gretted very deeply the prolonged delay and sus pense which was reducing the Kingdom to anarchy, and was only too likely to disgust the people with constitutional Government. The revolution, so long foreseen and so easily accomplished, seemed profitless to them—worse than profitless, if they were to become the prey of some unscrupulous and aggressive Power. All felt that it was an oppor tunity that might never recur for the resuscitation of Greece, and her rise in the scale of nations as a contented, well-governed, and united people. But after the first great disappointment, when Prince after Prince refused the offered Crown —offered, that is to say, by diplomatists and nego tiators, not by the Grecian people—the prospects at first so bright became gradually dim and doubtful. The weakness of the Provisional Government, the difficu'.ty in dealing with the lawless soldiery, and the disastrous effects always produced by long con tinued uncertainty and irregular authority have, after a trial of seven months, nearly exhausted the patience of the Greeks. In Western Europe each successive refusal, though some of them were little to be regetted, seemed to render the prospects of Greece more gloomy, when, by a sudden turn of the wheel of Fortune, a solution has been found to every difficulty. We may probably thank the aus picious marriage of the Prince of WALES for first suggesting the name of Prince WILLIAM of Den mark to a statesman who is not always so felicitous in his schemes for the benefit of foreign nations. The choice appears to combine every requisite. The Prince is young, unfettered in policy, and be longs to a decidedly constitutional family. He is also closely connected with England, and will probably be ready and willing to profit by her example. Ot his personal character as yet nothing is known. We have only to hope that he will prove equal to the responsibilities of his new position, and that he will be as successful in gaining the affections of his people as his sister has been in winning all English hearts. There is no doubt that the ready accept ance of the Prince by the Grecian people is mainly due to the constitutional principles so resolutely maintained in Denmark. The choice, as Admiral KANARIS justly observed at the interesting cere monial of Saturday, " is as much an act of homage to the Sovereign to whom it has pleased Providence to entrust the destinies of Denmark as a proof of confidence in the talents of the young Prince." The reply of the King to the proffer of the crown was, of course, in the affirmative. The most interesting part of his speech was the brief address to Prince WILLIAM, which comes with peculiar interest and significance from a monarch who is still engaged in a protracted and perilous struggle for the pre servation of his constitutional rights :—" Before you leave this spot I give you this heartfelt and well meant advice. Let it be your constant endea vour to gain and preserve the love of the people. Without boasting, I speak from experience when I say that in this consists the true happiness of a King. Adhere firmly to the constitution of the country ; strive constantly to procure its recognition ; watch that it be maintained intact—if you make this your rule you and your people will prosper." It must have been an interesting moment when the King of DENMARK conducted the young PRINCE to the highest step of the throne and gave him his solemn benediction on his enterprise. The youth who but a few months since seemed destined to an uneventful and comparatively insig nificant career has now stepped into the circle of European monarchs, not indeed occupying the foremost rank but still as the ruler of a country which must always retain a strong hold on the imaginations and sympathies of all civilised races. The very name of the veteran who proffered him the crown in the name of the Grecian people awakened recollections of those stirring days when Europe thrilled with interest and excitement at the struggle between the Moslem oppressor and the old Hellenic people, and the glorious news of Navarino filled every Englishman with pride and delight. "It is with profound emotion," said the new King, " that I have heard the greetings of the Greek people from the mouth of the man whose name is linked with everlasting fame to the regeneration of Greece." Let us hope that the new reign will inaugurate another and a fuller regeneration, and that a long course of peace, pros perity, and unity may repay the Gr., cian people for their protracted perplexities and misfortunes. It will be with a feeling of great indignation that the public generally will peruse the details of the disgraceful transactions regarding Major LILLEY. Mr. FORTES= is entitled to great credit for brin g i ng the subject before the House, but fae itotryis atorbeeplvy regrettedwaerymsugcivehntohis t: at remarks. u s . The n s at affair is rendered still darker as con cerns Colonel CRAWLEY, fro m t h e fact Nat these ' men, whose g g n s t as e b g s e a finoners et to th theewl: ec o t a ohl s eo e rn , W olr. e r n e o et Theyo b n e cdwreelmre e n . e i p s o e o n r w t a a a n s t b c hwr b r ought e had been absent from the monthly musters of the regiment. For several weeks they were confined in close, arrest and the result was that "one of them was transferred to a hospital a raving maniac, and that he died in fhe course of a few hours." Mr. FOETESCIJE tru l y observed that if too late for re dress it was not too late for /minis went, The Marquis of IIARTINGTON'S remarks were most un satisfactory, and he stated tha, Coloael CRAWLEY could not be brought before a couct martial, be cause he was covered by the sanction of a supe rior officer. The prestige of the English army will soon be lost if wanton acts of cruelty are to pass by unnoticed because advantage is taken of some trivial circumstance to give a plausible excuse of superior authority sanctioning the ques tionable affair. From what has been said of the occurrence it is quite evident that CO:. CRAWLEY is most unfit for his position, and no considerations whatever ought to stand in the way of dealing con dign'ptinishment to such an offender. Order and re spect will be subverted if it is once known through out the army that superior rank is in future to be the shield for those who commit what in a lower grade would be called a "crime," and which, put ting aside correctional powers, is a grave error in the sight of all honest men. The memorandum of the Commander-in-Chief is very condemnatory of the affair—and he truly sums up the case by stating that in Col. CRAWLEY, unfortunately, he did not select a man who, as an officer, " was gifted with the special talent which unites with the firmness of command the tact which inspires con fidence and creates good will." This is doubt less the cause of the angry contention that gave rise to such sad events, but his Royal Highness goes further and says that the conduct of Colonel CRAWLEY was reprehensible and injudicious in the address he made to the officers and men. The chief circumstance is thus alluded to : " His Royal Highness alludes to the confinement, under arrest, of certain non-commissioned officers during the trial, under a charge of conspiracy, which was never attempted to be proved against them, and for which there seems not to have been a shadow of foundation. Under these circum stances nothing but the high opinion expressed of Lieut.-Col. CRAWLEY by tne general officers in immediate command has induced his Royal High ness to continue him at the head of the regiment, and he does so only upon trial, and under the hope that for the future he will be able to carry on discipline without outraging the feelings of the gentlemen under his command." Certainly nothing could be stronger than these words of reproach and condemnation, but his Royal Highness did not follow his evident wish and dis place the Colonel from a position for which he has proved himself so manifestly unfit. It will not be surprising, however, if even now Colonel CRAWLEY has to resign. There must be so much open and covert feeling of dislike for his conduct that he will not find his position very pleasant. It is long since such an occurrence blackened the reputation of an officer in the army, and it is more to be regretted that it should have taken place in India, where nananimity ought especially to prevail among our forces. In a letter to the Times of this day there is reference to this subject, and the writer very aptly remarks that the general officers in command who have testified to the worth of Colonel CRAWLEY " are the very individuals who, by their approval of his conduct, have so sheltered him as to render the con dign punishment of an offence, the gravity of which is fully admitted by the military authorities at home, almost impossible." This will bear conside ration, and altogether this affair seems to have been about as ill-managed as it is painful to dwell upon and derogatory to the character of those immediately implicated in it. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1863. Mr. Macfarren's Concert. On Saturday Mr. Walter Macfarren gave a merning concert at the Queen's Concert Rooms, Hanover-square ; the vocalists being Madame Sainton . -Dolby and Miss Henderson—the imam mentalists, M. Sainton, Signor Piatti, and Mr. Macfarren. The first part opened with Beethoven's sonata in G minor (No. 2. op. 5.) for piunoforte and violoncello, and terminated with a very charming trio in 1) minor, for violin, violoncello, and piano. Both pieces were executed with the greatest taste by Messrs. Sainton, Piatti, and Macfarren. The accomplished pianist also performed two solos, fantasia, and fugue by Mozart, and a composition by Mendelsehon, with the utmost precision and brilliancy. Madame Sainton and Miss Henderson contributed much to the pleasure of the concert by the admirable manner in which they sang a number of songs, of which Mr. Macfarren was the com poser. The concert was a great success, every seat In the splendid apartment being occupied. MadHe, Caroline Valentin's Concert. This accomplished pianiste gave a matinee musicale on Friday, at the Hanover square Rooms, which was fashionably attended. The vocalists were all ladies, and the instrumentalists consisted of the eoncert-giver herself, Mons. Sainton on the violin, and Mons. Pique on the violoncello. The performance of these two gentlemen is too well known to need any cr:ticism ; and Madlle. Valentin displayed her powers to advantage in playing with them some concerted pieces. The character of the music selected was throughout highly classical, and the concert was certain to gratify an audience of refinel and cultivated taste. Signor Vailati's Morning Concert. Signor Vailati's morning concert took place on Thursday last, at the Dudley Gallery, Piccadilly, and was quite a success. Signor Vailati's perform ances on the mandoline were very effective. The Signor is blind, which heightens the interest of the performances. Signor Rocea's fine bass voice ap peared to full advantage on several occasions, Signor Vailati is under the patronage of the Princess Mathilde, and has already gained great reputation in Paris. It is to be hoped that a similar success awaits him in London, and his talents eminently merit such a consummation. Madame Ristori's appearance at Her Majesty's Theatre will take place during the present month. Some very good names have been added to the Shakspeare Committee, including those of Earl Russell, Lord Talbot de Malahide, the Lord Chief Baron Pollock, General Sir John Burgoyne, Bart., Sir C. Wentworth Dilke, Bart., Sir Fitzroy Kelly, William Ewart, M.P., F. W. Gibbs, David Roberts, R.A., Tom Taylor, and Alfred Tennyson. "Lady Andley's Secret," besides having been dramatised, is now being published as the,failleton of one of the Copenhagen daily newspapers. Announcements have actually been made that cat show is projected. Short dresses are said to be coming into fashion, and that next winter nothing else will be seen in the grands salons of Paris.— Court Journal. The Court Journul mentions a rumour that Mr. Tupper, the author of "Proverbial Philosophy," is to be made a baronet I LANDSEER AND TUE LIONS,--We wish Sir Edwin Landseer may live for ever, but one-third of his number of sixty years and onell has passed since he received the commission to execute the famous African lions that will some day astonish us in Trafalgar Square. No man has yet seen even the models for them, nor anything more solid than a drawing on paper, and it is reported tha the sculptor's visits to the Zoological Gardens, where he has dissected several lions, are incessant and so alarming to those brutes that each one turns tail when the growl is passed that he has arrived, He will forgive us under these circumstances, for joggin g his memory. It is 20 years since the granite Nelson was, mastheadod, and yet nothing has been done towards froishing the National Memorial the price of blood for whi ch was honourably paid by the great Admiral more than fifty-eight years ago. Why, he might have lived another life of forty-seven years, gone to the North Pole for us., been at another Calvi, St. Vincent, or Santa Cruz, won another Nila and another Trafalgar for us, and been almost forgotten again, while we are loitering over the monument. Upon Sir E. Landseer lies the per formance of his d u t y . If th e pr i ce o f £3,000 for the four lions be, as may well be, not enough, the nation that has vmotedoneaey • ::::e t e ti n. n :im th e : s e tn tie a e t in a g mount to commemorate the PLieut. Pollard, hono4 'ince Con sort will beat art i s t sh e . h as can afford to do th is the work due to Nelson. England grudge a few thousands more to the m"n ho th el a e t two s t h h e e hAadsmairgaoorsd slayer, main main a liente still lives at Greenwich Hospital, re savedteve' since. Enough has surely been out of the Lieutenant fheneetiix, pay for the lions.— j HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA. Verdi's last and finest cpera—and which has only to be better known to become also the most popular —was produced at this theatre on Saturday even ing with the utmost possible success. It was its first performance for the season, and it sufficed to attract an audience that was equally elegant and numerous. Mr. Mapleson, who enjoys the credit of being the first to introduce thischarming work to our lyric stage, may now also claim the distinction of directing the theatre which gives it its most perfect interpretation. We have never seen it receive such entire justice as on this occasion, and consequently produce so profound an impression on the public. In addition to all the usual characteristics of Verdi's acknowledged genius—the fresh and inspiring melody, the intense dramatic feeling, and the vivid and picturesque, if occasion ally clamo rous instrumentation this opera is distin guished by a feature of superior power. It mingles with its highest tragic emotion a mocking or defiant gaiety—that whilst it contrasts with, sin gularly intensifies its pathos or its fervour. Such is the exquisite" E. scherzo odie follia" of Ricciardo in the Sy bils cave, in which he laughs at the doom that the weird woman has just pronounced on him —and still more strikingly the masterly chorus of the conspirators that closes the second act, in which they deride the agony of Renato, who has just discovered that the man he has protected has repaid his devotion with dishonour. In the entire round of the lyric drama we know of nothing more affecting than this most original position—nor developed, as it is, by the music to its utmost point of power—nothing so distinctive of the genius of its composer. The execution of the opera as we have already said, was the most perfect we have ever witnesed. Titiens, who has made Amelia so entirely her own that all the rivalry she has sustain ed in it has only served to confirm her title—despite the severe indisposition under which she laboured on Saturday evening—renewed the evidence of those powers which render her at present so unrivalled. In the music of the third act, especially-1 he finest, altogether that Verdi has ever written—whether in the superb declamation of her opening scene, in which she describes the terrors of her midnight task—or in the admirable duet with Ricciardo, in which he extorts from her the avowal of her love—she never affirmed with more noble emphasis her magnificent endowments. It is need less to say with what enthusiasm she was summoned by the audience at the conclusion of this act. Madlle. Trebetli also gave to the character of Ulrica a new and striking interpretation. The mystic solemnity with which she stamped it, both in her bearing and expression, conduced not less to its jest influence than to the proof of her claims as a true artist. The performance was further signalised by the first appearance of Signora Volpini in the character of Oscar—a young lady who is possessed of a very clear and sweet soprano, which, if somewhat tremulous at first—in the " Saper Vor reste" of the last act, rose to a firmness, in addition to a spirit and facility of expression, which won for the effort a warm encore, and secured to the debutante an unquestionable success. This young lady is distinguished also by considerable personal advantages, and must be re garded in all respects as an acquisition to the theatre. The Ricciardo of Signor Giuglini is another of the numerous characters he has entirely made his own, and both in the variety, as well as the force of its expression, has enlarged his claims to public favour. The gaiety of his singing and acting throughout the scene in the sybil's cave contrasts as strikingly with the passionate ardour of his encounter with Amelia—as do both of them—with the affect ing pathos of his most naturally-depicted death. This is throughout a very genuine and su perior performance. A still more striking feature of the night, however, was the Renato of Signor Della Sedie, an artist whose musical and dramatic powers are second to none on the lyric stage, and had they been but equalled by his vocal, who would scarcely have had a rival. The deep devotion of the generous Creole, who risks his life freely for his friend—and on the discovery of his betrayal— seeks a vengeance which in its misery is almost as fatal to himself—was illustrated by Signor Della Sedie, in every aspect of its emotions with a vigour which was only equalled by its naturalness and pathos. Several of the passages in his acting rose to the highest point of tragic power—such as the recognition of his wife in the third act—his repulse of her entreaties in the last, and above all the terrible dismay and bewildering sense of his remorse, on the discovery of his wife's innocence and his groundless vengeance on his friend. His despairing rush from the scene of his guilt was an effort worthy of Edmund Kean. Quite on a level with these merits was his singing, which in the delivery especially of the lovely cavatina—" Oh dolcezze perdate," presented an instance of pathetic expression unsurpassed on the modern stage. It is needless to say that it was most vehemently and rapturously encored. The performance of the band and chorus was entirely worthy of that de scribed--and we can only suppose that this admirable opera so magnificently sustained will be frequently repeated—and as much for the honour of the house as the enjoyment of the public. On Thursday next we are to have at this theatre the important novelty of Gounod's " Faust," sus tained by the unrivalled talent of Madlle. Titiens and Mdl le. Trebelli, Signor Giuglini, Mons. Gassier, and Mr. Santley. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. LA GAZZA LAURA. This attractive opera was revived here on Satur day evening after a slumber ot some seasons, in order to afford Madlle. Patti a debut in its rustic heroine. It is scarcely necessary to say that she made it another item in her long list of successes. Two circumstances conduced to this desirable result --the wonderful naturalness of her acting, which in Peasant characters especially displays so much reality, and her training in the Rossini school of music, whick places her, together with the sisters Marchesi and Madame Alboni, among its few rema i n ing interpreters. Her "Di Planer" was accordingly a very brilliant and suc cessful effort, an d su ch also was her delivery of the eabalett a , " Tutto Sorridere." She was ably sup ported by Madame Nan tier Didiee, in Pippo, a character which she embodies With a perfection which could not be surpassed, and whose Brindisi in the first act, as well as her duet with Ninetta in the prison, were instances of merit that were very warmly recognised. Mons. Faure was the Fer nando, and again attested his claims as its best representative since the days of Tam barini. Whether in his singing or his acting, his force and pathos were remarkable. Sig nor Neri-Baraldi was the Giannetto, and sang its music very agreeably; and signor Ronconi was of course the Podesta, and, with his wonderful hum our, almost atoned for his vocal deficiency. The band chorus and ?rase-en-scene were entitled to all their usual praises. Ttie house was very full, and the satisfaction of the audience was marked in the extreme. A new site is being looked out for by the autho rities on which to erect a barrack for a regiment of the Household cavalry, the lease of Knightsbridge barracks having nearly expired. Chelsea or Kensington will probably be the spot selected. Good Friday in this year fell on the 3d of April, the precise date of our Lord's crucifixion. This coincidence has only taken place once in the present century, and that was in 1801. ARRIVAL OF COTTON AT LIVERPOOL.—Since last Friday there arrived in Liverpool the following number of bales of cotton :—From New York, 406 bales— , Nassau, 2,4ll—Bermuda, 921—Matamoras, 3,052 —Alex andria, 3,24s —Paraiba, 3,42s—Maceio, 9,o46—Bahia, 295 —Parnaiba, 552— Demerara, 278—Colon, 687 —Kingston, I—Mersyn e , 1 12—Bombay, 33,039—Calcutta, 3,455-- Shanghae, 16,683_ Hong Kong, 3,261 —making a total o f 80,769 bales. Th e stock of cotton in Liverpool yesterday (Friday) was 371 , 53 0 bales, against 325,190.1a5t year. The marriage of Mlle. Chevreuse with Count de Sabian was c-lebrated the day before yesterday in the chapel of the Papal Nuncio. The bridegroom wore the uniform of a Pontifical Zouave. The ceremony was attended by the first families in the Faubourg St.-Germain, and Mgr. Chigi delivered an address. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) NEW ZEALAND. DARTMOUTH, JUNE 8. The Star of Tasmania, 68 days from New Zealand, has arrived off this port, with 32,500 ounces of gold. She landed three passengers and her mails. FRANCE. SUPPLIES TO THE ARMY IN MEXICO. PARIS, June 8. An offiei4l announcement has been published to day, upon the steps taken to secure the supply of provisions and munitions to the troops in Mexico. Upon Apt i 19 the army was furnished with supplies for 50 days, the renewal of which was easily effected. Independently of the monthly transports from St. Nazaire, the Minster of Marine has orga nized a ship service leaving Cherbourg or Toulon on the 23d of every month, carrying out supplies and bringing back the sick. M. Havin, the political director of the Siecle, who alone of all the candidates at the late elections, had, it may be remembered, the honour of a double re turn, publishes a long article crying Io triumphe! for the Opposition, and explaining what he con ceives to be the real signification of the late returns in Paris. The capital of Franee, he declares, de mands loudly that the democratic principles which are the basis of the Constitution may be at length exemplified in acts, and that the Empire may be thrown open to every description of liberty. BOURSE, June 6.—The Bears appear to be in the ascendant, and the downward movement has made fresh progress. Threes, for the Account, are now at 691 r. 400. The Railway Share Market has been also weak, and most of the lines rather lower. The market closed as foll 1 per Cents .. 97 10 Do. end month.... 3 per Cente Do. end month 69 40 MB:-- Credit Mobilier.... 1281 25 Do. end ni0nth....1265 Italian Loan 73 05 Do. end month 73 10 New ditto Do. end month.... 74 Russian Austrian .. B6 Spanish Threes — Rome Debt Bank Shares 3450 Credit oncier .... RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 997 50 „. 995 Northern New. ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1047 50 .. 1047 50 Geneva.. 435 .. 440 Southern Western Eastern 752 50 . . 755 - 525 - .. 525 - 503 75 .. 525 - Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 720 720 Ditto to Barcelona SPAIN, The Madrid journals of the 3d contain no politi cal news of importance. The Correspondancia pub- lishes an address delivered by Col. Palama in a fare well banquet given to the Spanish troops in Cochin China. He eulogised the alliance between France and Spain, and referred to their common victories in the country, terminating by proposing a toast to the health of the Emperor, the Empress, and the Prince Imperial. At Valence, the roof of a school had fallen in, killing 10 boys and injuring 25. The bands of labourers employed in destroying grass hoppers in the neighbourhood of Terez and Fron tera were continuing their work ; up to May 29, 22,8281 b. weight had been killed. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. MARSEILLES, JUNE 6. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Pelnse with the India and China mails arrived here at 4 p.m. to-day. THE SULTAN INCOG. The Levant Herald of May 29 publishes the fol lowing amusing incident concerning the Sultan, reminding one of Haroun Ali aschid's perambula tions :—" The Sultan was, two evenings back, the hero of a small adventure, which, with the addition of a few imaginative touches, might be made to read like an episode of the ' Arabian Nights.' His Majesty, dressed in the common uniform of a bim bashi, crossed quite alone from the Kassim Pasha to the Fanar in a one-pair calque. He proceeded to a casino called Kii-bournou, and, calling for a cup of coffee, soon got into conversation with the Greeks and Armenians at his own and the adjoining tab'es. It was noticed that he spoke very freely. and not ever reverently, of the Sultan and his Ministers, inviting frank expression of opinion as to both. His fellow-customers spoke out as freely as the bimbashi himself, and uttered some doubtful com pliments of more than one holder of a portfolio, but generally expressed their conviction that Fuad and A'ali Pashas were ' the right men in the right pla ce,' while the Sultan himself was universally ad mitted to be a 'capital fellow.' In the midst of all this free criticism a certain well-known saraff sauntered into the room and at a glance recognised the stranger. The secret was soon common property, and the change of manner towards the bimbashi was sur prising. His Majesty saw that he was discovered, pretending ignorance, continued his questions; in vain, however, for the answers now given were lavish praise of everybody and everything from Buyukdere to the Seven Towers. He then boldly asked if the company knew him. Of course not ; no one present had the ghost of a notion who the Effendi was, though the general impression was that he deserved not to be a mere bimbashi, but Serdar Ekrem or Seraskier at least. He then pulled out of his pocket a bad lithographic por trait of himself, and asked if it was like him. Staferellala ! it was dirt, while he was an Adonis ! That was enough. His Majesty then rose to leave, but forgot to pay for his coffee; the Lavejee, how ever, was so beside himself that he hardly knew whether to insist on payment or to serve the whole company gratis. It ended in the Sultan setting out, accompanied by the cavejee and every body else, to walk to the old bridge, where his suite and a couple of the Palace caiques were awaiting him. Before embarking his Majesty turned to his late boon companions and thanked them for their remarks on men and things, which he assured them he would not forget." Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial Office from the Governor of Heligoland. De spatches were sent to the Governors of Canada, the Baha mas, and to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. TOILETTES OF THE EMPRESS AND HER LADIES AT THE GRAND PRIX DE PARIS--The Empress wore a dress and vest of white poplin edged with bright green, and ornamented with buttons and Brandenburgs of the same colour; her bonnet was made of white tulle, on which was placed a bouquet of green herbs and a white aigrette. Her Majesty looked in extremely good health and spirits, and was accompanied by the Princesses Mathilde and Murat. The Duke of Brabant, the Prince of Orange, and King Ferdinand of Portugal, father of the reigning King, were in the Imperial tribune, and accompanied the Emperor, when he quietly sauntered down in front to take a nearer view of the competing horses. The Jockey Club flower girl, Mdlle. Isabella, had been presented by the winner of the French Derby (in accordance with an ancient custom) with a costume of his colours, and now appeared in her new uniform, composed of La Toucques' colours, plaid and yellow. The dress consisted of a Scotch jacket with yellow facings and steel buttons, a plaid scarf and skirt, yellow petticoat and pouch for holding money; a Glengarry cap and feathers, and handsomely hilted dirk, completed the costume, which was jauntily worn, and had a very pretty effect. The prettiest toilettes of the day were remarked to be white, whether in taffetas, alpacca, or foulard. The Princess de Sagan wore a white mohair dress and casaque, with deep fringes made of yack wool, and a white drawn bonnet, with a bouquet of white roses. Mme. de Pourtales, a dress and vest of white taffetas, with a long and wide sash of azuline• coloured taffetas, the bonnet white and blue to correspond. Madame de Persigny, a gauze de Chamber'y dress, white with delicate mauve-coloured, and stripe, a tulle bonnet, with white and lilac trimmings. One very pretty toilette worn by the Princess Poinatowaki, consisted of a light grey taffeta dress, trimmed with bias bands of violet silk, over which was worn a deep camail of black guipure, and a capote of crease of two shades of violet, — Queen. The notorious New York Herald has surpassed itself by glorying in a most disgusting manner over the death of the great Stonewall Jackson, 'villifying his me mory in some disgraceful "Lines on a Dead Puppy I" 044 , .grArk IMAO`' *I wife HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, June 5. The Queen drove out yesterday, accompanied by Princess Louise. Princess Helena went out riding. Prince Alfred, attended by Major Cowell, left the Castle yesterday for Edinburgh. The Queen, accompanied by the Royal Family, will leave the Castle this day at twelve o'clock for Aboyne, where a special train will be in readiness to convey her Majesty, the Royal Family, and suite to indsor Castle. WINDSOR CASTLE, June 6. Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, left Balmoral yesterday at half-pest twelve, and arrived at Windsor Castle at nine o'clock this morning. The suite in attendance consisted of the Lady Augusta Bruce, Lieut.-General Hon. C. Grey, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Major Cowell, Mr. Buff, and Mr, Ruland. The Duchess of Athole attended her Majesty to Perth. The Duke of Argyll travelled with her Majesty, and left for London. The Prince and Princess of Wa!es visited her Majesty. Lord Talbot de Malahide and Col. the Hon. A. Liddell are the Lord and Groom in waiting. Major-Gen. the Hon. A. N. Hood, and Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. D. de Ros, are the Equerries to her Majesty. The Marchioness of Ely has succeeded the Duchess of Athole as Lady in waiting. The Hon. Beatrice Byng and the Hon. Emily Cathcart have arrived as Maids of Honour in wait ing. SUNDAY. The Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in waiting, attended Divine Service this morning in the private chapel. The Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell officiated. Her Majesty proposes to pay a visit to the Royal Horticultural Gardens on Tuesday, to see Mr. Durham's Memorial of the Great Exhibition and Statue of Albert the Good. The visit will be private, the gardens being closed to the public on that day, But the streets through which she will pass are open, and the approaches to the garden broad, so that of the many millions who will rejoice over her partial reappearance among her people, some will be able to obtain a glimpse of their Queen.—Athenceuni. The Prince of Wales has been elected a member of the United Service Club. It is expected the French Court will remain at Fontainebleau a month. Reports are again about that the King of the Belgians is very seriously ill. The Duke of Argyll arrived in town on Saturday from Scotland. The Dowager Duchess of Norfolk has removed from Hamilton•place to her new residence in Grosvenor square. The Guild of Literature and Art. A select committee of the Guild of Literature and Art, consisting of Mr. Charles Dickens, Sir E. B. Lytton, Messrs. R. Chambers, W. H. Wills, C. Wordsworth, and F. Ouvry, has some time been considering plans for remodelling that institution. At length they have made a report to their clients, in which they say ;—" We find that to make life assurance a qualification of membership of the Guild is attended with difficulty and hardship, in asmuch as a case has already occurred in which the life of one of the original promoters of, and workers for the Guild cannot be assured in any life office. And we find that, for various reasons, pecuniary and otherwise —the classes eligible as professional mem bers are not generally disposed thus to qualify themselves. We find that the attempt to establish a sickness fund as a qualification of membership has failed, by reason of its small sphere of action. We recommend therefore that the prosecution of these two objects be discontinued, and that the quali fication of professional members shall, for the future, consist in the payment of the funds of the Guild of an annual sum of one guinea each, in addition to the entrance fee of one guinea; such contribution to cease on the part of any member who may (in accordance with the recommendations we shall pre sently offer) be chosen as an occupant of one of the Gulid's free dwelling-houses, or as the recipient of one of the Guild's annuities. We recommend that the funds of the Guild shall be, for the present, wholly devoted to such purposes as are contemplated by The Grand Institution. Towards this end Sir Bulwer Lytton, present at our second meeting, agreed to fulfil his generous promise to give the Guild a piece of land, consisting of two acres, on which to build dwelling houses, agreeable to the recital in the preamble of the Act of Parliament. We recommend that on such piece of land three free dwelling-houses be forthwith erected, with all ne cessary fixtures and fittings, at a cost for the whole not exceeding £1,500. The occupants of these free dwelling-houses to be elected by the Council, and not to be debarred from following their usual avocations. We recommend that the income of the Guill derivable from the remainder of its funded capital, and from annual subscriptions or other sources, be devoted to the granting of annuities to professional members, either occu pants of the dwelling-houses or not, according t© the discretion of the Council, after making due provision for the current expenses of the Guild, in cluding the repairs of the residences to be erected, power being reserved to the Council to accumulate and invest income as they may think fit." These recommendations have been adopted by the Guild. PENSIONS TO LITERARY PERSONS. The following persons have been granted on the Civil List : Alder, Mr. Joshua, of Newcastle, £7), in consideration of his labours as a naturalist, especially in the department of marine zoology, and of his being suddenly reduced to poverty by circumstances over which he had no control. Atkinson, Mrs., £lOO, in consideration of her husband's contributions to geographical science, the fruits of six years' explorations in Eastern Siberia and Mongolia—during which she accompanied him, and aided in preserving a record of his researches—and of his having expended all his means in these efforts, leaving his widow totally unpro vided for. Bartlett, Mr. George, £lOO, in appreciation of his pursui t of the natural and physical sciences during 36 years, re sulting in the establishment of the "Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society," and the publication of many works, but also in a total prostration of mind and body now that he is old. Browne, Miss Frances, £lOO, on account of her works in prose and poetry, composed in spite of blindness existing from birth. Fullom, Mr. S.W., CO, in consideration of a long career as author and journalist, and of the merits of some of his works. . _ Hughes, Mrs., £lOO, in consideration of her husband's labour in the cause of education during a long service as master of the Greenwich Hospital Schools, and of the straitened circumstances in which she is left. Lane, Mr., £lOO, in testimony of the value of his Arabic Dictionary, the product of 20 years' labour, 10 of which were passed in Egypt for the bettar accomplishment of the task. Latham, Dr. Robert, £lOO, in appreciation of his emi nence in the studies of grammar, philology, and ethnology, and of his contributions to the knowledge of the same. Maclear, Sir Thomas, £lOO, in consideration of his ser vices as Astronomer Royal at the Cape of Good Hope. Massey, Mr. Gerald, £7O, in appreciation of his services as a lyric poet, spring from the people. O'Donovan, Mrs., £5O, in conidderation of the late Dr. O'Donovan's valuable contributions to Irish literature and archreology. Redding, Mr. Cyrus, £7O, in consideration of his labours in the field of political and other literature, extending over more than half a century. Strutt, Mrs. Elizabeth, £7O, in consideration of her straitened circumstances at a great age, and after 58 years of contributions to literature. Tregeller, Dr., £lOO, on account of his valuable labours on subjects connected with biblical criticism, and of similar works still in hand. Mr. Sims Reeves receives £lOO ever time he sings at the Crystal Palace, THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY. Viscountess Palmerston had a grand reception on Satur day, at Cambridge House, in honour of the Queen's birth day, which was officially celebrated on that day. The reception was preceded by a full-dress dinner, given by Viscount Palmerston, as First Lord of the Treasury, to following noblemen and gentlemen : The Duke of Sutherland, the Duke of Roxbnrghe, the Marquis Townshend, the Marquis Camden, the Marquis of Bristol, the Marquis of Westminster, the Marquis of Conyngham, the Marpuis of Sligo, the Marquis of Clanri carde, the Earl of Airlie, the Earl of Albemarle, the Earl of Camperdown, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl of Cork, the Earl Fitzwilliam, the Earl of Portsmouth, the Earl of Zetland, Earl Somers, Viscount Falkland, Lord Broughton, Lord Brougham, Lord Londesborough, Lord Manners, Lord Portman, Lord Vivian, Lord Wodehvuse, the Hon. Evelyn Ashley, and Mr. C. Barrington. At the reception the Foreign Ministers and the majority of the guests wore state, official, or military uniforms. The company began to arrive at half-past ten, and there was a continuous stream of visitors till nearly midnight. The Duke of Cambridge (accompanied by Colonel Tyr whitt) honoured the noble viscountess with his company, arriving about eleven o'clock. Among the diplomatic corps present were— His Excellency the French Ambassador, his Excellency the Russian Amba-sador (with Baroness Brunnow), his Ex cellency the Austrian Ambassador (with the Countess Ap ronyi), his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador (with Mme. Musurus and Mr, Paul Musurus),his Excellency the United States Minster (with Mrs , Miss, and Mr. Adams), his Ex cellency the Swedish and Norwegian Minister, his Excel lency the Saxon minister, his Excellency the Danish Minis ter, his Excellency the Spanish Minister, his Excellency the Bavarian Minister, Count Nessehod°, the Marquis d Andign6 (with the Marchioness d'Andigne), Count Zannini, Captain Falbe, Count Wimpffen, M. Albert Van de Weyer, and R. Merry del Val and Mme. Merry del Val. The Archbishop of York and several of the members of the Administration and of the royal household also gave State dinners in honour of the day. The mansions of the respective high officers of State, and the other establish ments where the dinners were held, were brilliantly illu minated. THE LonD STEWARD OF THE HOUSEHOLD. The Earl of St. Germans, G.C.8., Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household, gave a State dinner on Saturday last, at his residence in Dover-street, in celebration of her Ma jesty's birthday. The company consisted of his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Holstein, the Earl of Mount- Edgcumbe, the Earl of Ducie, Viscount Bury, Lord Alfred Hervey, Lord Camoys, Lord Crenaorne, Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, Sir Henry Holland, Bart., Lieutenant- General Sir Henry Bentinck, K.C.8., Colonel Francis Sey mour, C. 8,, Mr. Arthur Blackwood, Colonel H. S. Stephens, Mr. William Ferguson, Major Teesdale, R.A., Mr. William Hampshire, Mr. William Payne, Mr. Alfred Burton, and Mr. Edward Browell. THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN OF THE HOUSEHOLD. Viscount Sydney, G.C,8., Lord Chamberlain of the Queen's Household, gave a State dinner in celebration of her Majesty's birthday, at his residence in Cleveland square, to the following distinguished party :—Viscount Castlerosse, the Vice-Chamberlain; Lord Foley, Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; Lord de Tabley and Lord Methuen, Lords in Waiting to the Queen; Lord Harris, B. S 1., Captain Sir IV illiam ktoste, R.N., and General Sir Frederick Stovin, G.C.8., Grooms in Waiting; Sir Charles Locock, Bart. ; Mr. C. Hiaeage, Lieutenant- General Sir Frederick Smith, Admiral Sir Augustus Clif ford, Bart., Hon. Spencer Ponson by, Sir William Martins, Mr. Campbell of Islay, Mr. Wilbraham Taylor, Hon. Spencer Lyttelton, Colonel Bagot, Mr. March, and Mr. Donne. THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES. The Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colo nits, gave a State banquet in celebration of her Majesty's birthday, at the Clarendon Hotel, on Saturday, to the fol lowing guests :—Sir Charles Darling, K.C.8., Governor of Victoria; Sir F. Rogers, Bart., Under Secretary; Sir Charles Cuyler, Bart., Receiver-General of Trinidad; Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of Hong Kong; Mr. Cal laghan, Governor of Labuan ; Mr Freman, Governor of Lagos; the Hon. H. T. Manners Sutton; the Bishops of Tasmania, Melbourne, the Mauritius, Sydney, and Goul bourn ; Sir R. Macdonnell, Sir H. Young, Capt. Kennedy, Mr K. Hamilton, C. 8., Colonel Henderson, Mr Elliot, Asi..tant Uunder Secretary; Mr Beaumont, Chief Justice of Demerara; Major Leves .n, Colonial tiecretary of Lagos; Mr Scott Bushe, Colonial Secretary of Trinidad; Mr J. G. Austin, Mr Saunders, Mr A. F. Gore, Mr Coomerasamy, Mr Murdoch, Commissioner for Emigration ; Mr Strachey, Mr Lansborough, and Mr G. D. Eagleheart. THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY. The Duke of Somerset, First Lord of the Admiralty, gave a State dinner at his grace's official residence at the Admiralty. There were present—Lord Clarence Paget, First Secretary ; Sir Frederick Nicholson, Sir John Liddell, Sir Richard Bromley, Admiral Sir Frederick Grey, Admi ral Eden, Admiral Robinson, Admiral Frederick, General Stransham, Colonel Mitchell, Colonel Green, Colonel Lang ley, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, Captain Mends, Captain Chads, Captain Hall, Dr Swiss, Mr Beebey, Accountant• General of the Navy; Mr Romaine, Second Secretary ; Mr Tierney, and Mr. Stansfeld. THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIR . The Earl Russell, Secretary of State for Foreign .Aff BirB , ; bad a full dress dinner. The entertainment took place " the First Lord of the Treasury's official residence in Doval" iog-street. Covers were laid for 40 guests, and there were present—Baron Gros, French Ambassador; M. Musuree , Turkish Ambassador; Count Apponyi, Austrian Ambas sador; Baron de Brunnow, Russian Ambassador; M. Va n de Weyer, Belgian Minister; Baron de Ceti°, Bavarian Minister; the Marquis d'Azeglio, Italian Minister; Baron Bentinck, Netherlands Minister; Count Lavradio, Portu guese Minister; M. de F. Martin, Guatemalan Minister; Count Vizthum, Saxon Minister; M. de Bille, Danish Mi nister ; M. Gutierrez, Minister from Honduras; Mr Adams, United States Minister; Count Wachtmeister, Swedish. Minister; Mahmoud Khan, Persian Minister; M. Dubois, Haytiaa Minister; Viscount Stratford de Radcliffe, Sir A. Howard, Sir Rutherford Alcock, Mr Alis m, Mr Percy Doyle, Sir Justin Shiel, Sir Hamilton Seymour, Mr Ham mond and Mr Layard, M.P. (Under Secretaries), Mr Mur ray, Hon. G. Elliot, Mr Villiers Lister, Mr G. Russell, and General the Hon, Sir Edward Cast, Master of the Ceremo nies to the Queen. THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of State for India, gave a State dinner at his residence in Belgrave square, The company consisted of Sir John Lawrence, Sir Frederick Currie, Sir Jas. Hogg, Sir Henry Montgomery, Sir Robert Vivian, Sir Probyn Cautley, Sir Erskine Perry, Sir Arthur Buller, M.P., Sir George Clerk, Colonel Baker, Colonel Sykes, M.P., Captain Eastwick, Mr Prinsepp, Mr Charles Mills, Mr Arbuthnott, Mr Willoughby, Mr Mac naghten, Mr Smollett, M.P., Mr Torr- ns, M.P., Mr Ed monstone, Mr Ayrton, M.P., Mr T. Baring, M.P., Mr Merivale, and Mr. J. Melville. THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR. Earl de Grey and Ripon, Secretary of State for War, gave a State dinner at his residence in Carlton-gardens. The company comprised Field-Marshal his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Commanding-in-Chief; the Marquis of Harlington, Under-Secretary of State ; the Judge-Ad vocate-General, Major-General Sir E. Lugard, K.C.8., Under-Secretary of State; Captain Galton, Major-General Crofton, Major-General Forster, K.H., Military Secretary to the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief; Lieutenant- General Sir James Y. Scarlett, ii.C.B , Adjutant- General; Lieutenant -General Sir Richard Airey, K.C.8., Quarter master-General; General Sir John Burgoyne, G C. 8., In spector-General of Engineers; Major 'General Lawrenson, Inspector-General of Cavalry; Major-General Bloomfield, I Spector-General of Artillery; Major• General Rumley, Inspector General of Infantry; Lieutenant-General eran furd, Major-General Tulloh, the Chaplain-General (the Rev G. R. tileig), Colonel Pipon, Inspector-General of Militia; Colonel M'Murdo, Inspector-General of Volun teers; Captain Caffin, the Commissary -G e neral-in-Chief s Dr Gibson, Director-General Army Medical Department; the Equerry in Waiting on his Royal Highness the Field- Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, and Mr B. M. Seton, Pri vate Secretary to Earl de Grey. THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT. Tee Right Hon Sir George Grey, Bart., G.C.8,, Secre tary of State for the Home Department, gave a State ban quet, on Saturday, at the Clarendon Hotel. The guests comprised—the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron of the Exche quer, the Right Hon the Judge of the Admiralty Court, th.o Right Hon Sir C. Cresswell, Lord Justice Turner, Vice-- Chancellor Sir Richard Kindersley, Vice-Chancellor Sir James Stuart, Mr Justice Blackburn, Mr Justice Willes, Mr Justice Mellor, Mr Justice Keating, Mr Baron Martin, Mr Baron Bramwell, Mr Baron Channell, Mr Waddington. and Mr Henry A. Bruce, M.P., Under-Secretaries of State; the Lord Advocate for Scotland, M.P., the Attorney. Gene ral for Ireland, M.P., Mr Massey, M.P., Mr Gilpin, M.P., Mr Alderman and Sheriff Lawrence, Mr Sheriff Hugh Jones, the Recorder, the Solicitor-General for Scotland, Alderman Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., Mr Crawford, M.P., Mr Goschen, M.P.. and the Hon George Waldegrave Leslie, The Lord Chancellor, the Right Hon the Speaker, Vice- Chancellor Sir Wm. Page Wood, the Lord Mayor, and Baron Rothschild were prevented from being present on account of domestic affliction or other unavoidable cause. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. The Right Hon William E. Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer, gave a State dinner, at his residence hi Carlton House-terrace, to the folio ring party:—Lord Stanley of Alderley, Postmaster. General, Lord Monteaglet Comptroller-Gent ral of the E xc h e quer, the Right Hon T. Milner Gibson, M.P., President of the Board of Trade, the Right Hon William Hutt, M,P., Paymaster of the Forces, the Right Hon William Cowper, M P., First Commis slimier of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, a nd Right Hon Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bart., Chairman of the Customs, Mr Stephenson, Chairman of Inland Revenue, the Hon Charles Gore, the Right Hon Sir Edward Ryan, Sir Alexander Spearman, Bart , the Right Hon Fr ederick Peel, lion H. Brand, M.P., Mr K n atchbull. Hugessen, M.P,, Colonel White, M.P., Mr Hamilton, Sir E. Head, Mr llodgson, Governor of the Bank of England, Mr Holland, Deputy-G,vernor, Sir Rowland Hill, Mr Graham, Registrar-General, Mr Goulbuni, Mr Freshly, Mr Romillys