The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-11 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE.—PRESENTAT ION of ADDRESSES to General GARIBALDL—It has been a rranged th .t on SATURDAY AFTERNOO N NEXT, April 16, General Garibaldi will receive at the Crystal Palace a P rese ntation Sword and an Address from the Rai an Rec ethep tion Committee. A Sword will also be presented to General's Son, Menotti Garibaldi. Before the present itions a Concert will be given In front of the Great Handel Or chestra b the principal Italian artistes , w ha have velun tcered their valuable aid on this most interesting occasion. Admiss.on as usual by season tickets, or by tickets pur- C' , ased before the day, Half a Crown ; by payment on the day, Five Shillings. Reserved Seats, Half a Gua and Five Shi ling , . TiAets, plans of seats, and full particulars will ;he ready To-morrow (Tuesday Morning) at o'clock at We Crystal Palace, and at 2, E xe ter Hal , until which time no applications can be attended to. ®lv MOND AY AFTERNOON NEXT, April the lSth, General GABIBALDI will RECEIVE at the CRYSTAL PALACE, in front of the Great Orchestra, ADDRESSES from Corporate and other Pub lic Bodies wizo have voted addresses in public meeting assembled. No Addresses can be presented by a deputation of more than six persons, and notice of such Address and Presenta• tion must be given to the Garibaldian Reception Committee at the Crystal Palace, not later than the evening of Friday next, the 15th of April. It is recommended also that each deputation should carry a small banner bearing the name of the body represented. ADMISSION ONE SHILLING. The profits arising trom the Garibaldi Reception Fetes at the Crystal Palace will be devoted to the Testimonial Fund. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. VISIT OF GENERAL GARIBALDI. On this occasion (Ti_ 'TURSDAY NEXT, April 14), the FLORAL HALL will be thrown open and form the chief entrance to the Opera. Every visitor hiving tickets for the Opera for any part of the house, with the exception ox- the Amphitheatre, will be admitted to the Floral A limitel number of tickets will be issued for the Floral Ball alone at 10a. 6d. each. Evening Dress. Royal Italian Opera, Covent -garden, April 11, 1861. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-Garden. First Extra Nigh.", This Evening (Monday). From this time until the end of the season there will be four nights in each week, viz. , every Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day, and ib aturday. Second Appearance of Mdlle. Destinn. Second Ap earance of Mdlle. Fricci. Second Appearance of Signor Wachtel. THIS EVENING Olonday , , April 1, will be performed, for the second time this season, Verdi's opera, IL T ROVA TORE. Leonora, Mdlle. Fricci, her second appearance thi season ; Inez, Mdlle. Anese ; Azucena, Mdlle. Des inn, her second appearance in Eng and ; 11 Conte di Luna, Sig. Gra ziani ; Fernandez, Signor Tagliaficp ; Ruiz. Signor Lucchesi ; 1.7 n Zingaro, Signor Ros,i ; and ILinrico, Signor Wachtel, his second appearance. Commence at half past Eight. PR tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre eta ls, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre. 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-othe2 under the portico of the theatre, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. THEATRE ROYAL DRUB Y-L NE. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENLNG, MAGIC TOYS. Miss Lydia Thomp son. Alter which, will be produced the Grand Stage Revival of Shakspere's Chronicle or Historical Play, entitled the First Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. No pains or expense will be spared to render this presen tation of our Nationil Author's most popular, and it may be said, most representative English Drama, a becom ng, Corn me notation, in example, at the National Theatre, of ti grandeur and comprehensive character of his genius. The cast will include impersonations by those emintat lrtists, Mr. PH ELPS, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. Addisoi, Mr. Ryder, Mr. Robert 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 Rese Leclercq, -Ind Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Ccm pa.ny. Tne new and characteristic scenery will be entirely de. signed and painted by Mr. William Beverley. The costumes, armour, ,szc , will be fashioned from designs by R. W. Keene, Esq., taken from illustrated MSS. of the period, and other authorities. Concluding with AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, April 11, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Rogers, Clark, Gordon, Braid, &c. ; Mesdimes Angel, Lindley, Hill, Harri±, Snowden, &a • After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe. &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, Nelly Power, Hill, Wright, Ito4ers, &c. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, PAUL'S RETURN - . After which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. To conclude with, I?th time, a new Farce, by J. 31. Morton, Esq., entitled DRAWING-ROOM, SECOND FLOOR, AND AT TICS. ROYAI, LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence With THE DAY AFTER THE FAIR : Messrs. Widdi- Combe, Garden, Moreland, and Miss E. Lavenu. A %ter which, at Eight o'clock, the 12Sth Night of BEL DENIONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendltal's "Italian Chronicle," Principal characters by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, J. Brougham, Emery, Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, joilett, Sims ; Miss Nate Terry, Miss E. ',anent'. Mrs. Lee, Miss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either (or play bills or for the safe keeping of hat and cloaks, and that the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. • - Box-offico open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. NEW THE ATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.— Solo Proprietor and Manager, M. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS Mr:J. L. Toole, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Billington, and bliss K. Kelly. At 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billie gton, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with T RE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, ft. Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. IL Lewis. Commence at 7. NIBS BATE MAN.—L E A H.—THI6 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 this most remarkable success of the setson, entirety new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Danson and Sons, and Thompson. New dresses and appo'ntments have bet n prepared for its production.—N. it. In consequence of the stressing and numerous applications at the Box-office, ar zngement4 have now been nade by which Seats m , y be ob a Fortnight in Advance. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with Rank and Fashion. —The greatly successful 'few Comedy every Evening.—Re-engagement of those cele brated artistes. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. Amongst the artists engaged are gr. Benj.Webster, gr. Charles Mathews, Mr. J. L. T \kite, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. F. Robinson ; Miss Herbert, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. THIS EVENING, A DAY AFTER THE W RIDDING. Mr. F. Robinson andlliss Herbert, her first appearance this season. At a quarter before 8, the successful new Comedy, by L. Buckingham, Esq., entitled THE SILVER LINING: Mr. 4 harks Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague ; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. After whi.th, COOL AS A CUCIDIBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE : Mr. Ashley and Iltss A. Cottrell. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanboroup - ,h. THIS EVENING, MY PRESERVER. Atter which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &c. Concluding with TURN HI.II OUT. Commence at 7. THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," JJLL Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, pan be had Every Evening of G. Ft. GLkNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4. Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. COALS. —The LILLESHAL L COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'.......26s. per tan. Double.. 2ls. per ton. Top 255. „ . l9s. „ Deep .225. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbournc Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, riocungton, W. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. To PERSONS SEEKING LANDED t.),E..ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, ",EHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER UIES GENERALLY — To BE iLko GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, ch ane _ ery -lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. 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HOUSE, AND GENERAL BUSINESS AGENCY OFFlCES.—Personsrequirinz Freehold or Leasehold Property, or havinff Business and Mouses to be dispose of, sho u ld apply to Mr. CHARLES MURRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 20, Gerrard-street, Soho, W. Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail way Compensations, 84, Rents Collected. • *;) - 4 1161 C ro, • ett, :JP 4 1 / 6 414 . , 111' \!... 1 , Z °W e alP‘' IS/ • • 4 •••• 1 7.?•• 0 ' •.• The Weather.-Sun Office, April 11, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.37. Wind—S.W. ; light breeze, and fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. fin 3 DAY.—Morning, sh. sm.—Afternoon, sh. 24m. ro.moßßow.-Moraing, sh. 46m,—Afternoon, 6h. 10 ra. LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1864. We live in a busy time ; so busy :that we are apt sometimes to grow impatient of matters the momentary excitement of which has passed away—nay, sometimes, to neglect duties that have ceased to press upon our immediate at tention. We have half-finished undertak ings the interest of which has been already superseded by newer and more absorbing themes. Time moves so fast nowadays ; events crowd so thickly one upon another, that we lose our hold upon them almost before they have passed from before our eyes, Each brings with it such a fund of fresh and stirring incident that the story of yesterday is already a half-forgotten tale, its in. tercet lost, its moral pointless, its places and purposes thrown neglectfully aside. It is not so very long ago since tidings came to us across the sea of one of the most terrible catas trophes of modern times. All England thrilled with horror and indignation, The spirit of the nation was aroused. Every nerve was strained ; the whole strength of the country was put forth, and the rebel lion which had drenched some of our fairest pro vinces in blood, and threatened at one moment to wrest from Great Britain the empire of the East, was crushed with a vigour and determination that left us tenfold more powerful there than we were before. Then came the question of our future policy. The shock of imminent danger had awakened us to a sense of insecurity, and had aroused the most care less to a sense of the immediate necessity for prompt and effective measures of precaution. For once an Indian debate became a thing of interest to the House of Commons and to the country at large. The whole theory and practice of Indian policy was eagerly and minutely scrutinised. Legislation, sharp, vigorous, and comprehensive, followed with a rapidity that approached closely to revolution. The entire system of government was less revised than swept away. The grand old Company that for so many glorious years had ruled the destinies of a continent fivefold greater than England herself, vanished suddenly from the scene, and an empire changed hands with hardly more of ceremony than might accompany the transfer of an estate. Then came reaction. The Indian mutiny had not more effectively obliterated the memory of the Crimean war than it in turn became eclipsed by the rapid incidents of Italian revolution. Italy passed from the scene, and America and Poland divided the fleeting interest of the world. Now, even these are yielding to a newer and more absorbing topic. The Polish correspondents of English newspapers are recalled ; American telegrams give place to more exciting news from Denmark, and the great melo drama still hurries breathlessly on from ocean to ocean, from sensation to sensation, each in its turn forgotten almost before the prompter's whistle has ceased to sound. This should not be. The affairs of a great nation are no mere matter of passing interest to be flung aside from our consideration for every thrilling novelty that may arise. Thu legislation that in valves at once the power of our country and the wel fare of millions of our fellowmen is a task of deep and serious responsibility, and must be executed faithfully and thoroughly to the end. For good or for evil, we have done much for India, but the work is not yet complete. It were far better not to have begun the work at all than to leave it half undone. There is great danger that it may be so, and we cannot too strongly point out the evil that must come. An opportunity will now be given of showing how far we are really led away by the excitement of the hour ; how far we are prepared to follow up sted fastly and carefully the course we have begun. To-morrow evening will bring before the House of Commons a question of the utmost importance in Indian affairs, affecting most clearly the interests of the men on whose combined effectiveness and devotion our hold upon that splendid empire must practically depend. We trust that no carelessness or impatience may prevent the House from giving it that full and anxious attention it so thoroughly deserves. Amid the strife and turmoil of Parliamentary and Ministerial careers, there sometimes occur periods of calm and quiescence when all goes merry as a marriage bell. Mr. CARDWELL, in his recent appearance at Oxford, has lighted on one of these halcyon points; all seems to have been couleur de rose, and the clouds and storms were put far away out of sight. The right hon. gentleman certainly made the most of his opportunity, and made a calm, sensible, and temperate speech, which afforded great satisfaction to his hearers. So far all was right ; the member was returned, the Minister installed in his position in the Cabinet and the House, and beyond all this did there not work anything in the back ground, and were there no momentous topics omitted in the discourse which made it appear on the whole like the play " Hamlet" with the part of Hamlet omitted. Some things are as conspicuous for their absence as their presence, and among this class we may rank the omissions in the speech at Oxford. This is a critical juncture for a member of the Cabinet to meet his constituents; but although this is the first time that Mr. CARDWELL has ap peared in that capacity, he exhibited a skill and dexterity in evading all awkward and inconvenient subjects that would have done honour to a veteran statesman long practised on the stage of publio life and well versed is the minutia, of official careers. He had some reason for his complacency and self reliance, however, in the fact that this is the fourth time in five years that he had enjoyed the advan tages of a "cordial an() undisputed return." This unanimity speaks well for the electors, and redounds to the credit of the subject of their choice. The course of Mr. CARDWELL'S career has been marked by a judicious reticence and a uniform equanimity that have offended none and propitiated all. Apart from the jealousies of place, and the struggle for power, there are always found plenty to recog nise and appreciate such qualities, and the recently elected member foe Oxford comes in for a share of their approval. The allusion to the state of our finances was a very adroit subject upon which to dilate and descant ; it is about the only satisfactory one in the whole range of ministerial machinations. Putting his best topic first enabled Mr. CARDWELL to make a flourishing effect, and thus take his audience by surprise, as it were. It was straining a point, however, to infer from this that the posi tion of the country was better in many material respects. The gratulations as to the present free dom from Crimean impositions comes strangely, after so long a period, more especially when the present Chancellor of the Exchequer has been in office for the greater part of the period referred tor * Our Military Administration, Past and Present, con sidered in a Letter to the Premier. By W. 0, Thud EditioP, stamped. VIE SUN, 140NDON, MONDAY EVENPAG, APRIL 11, 1864. and has had, therefore, ample opportunities of re ducing the burden before now. The income tax is no joking matter to many, but out of it Mr. CARD WELL contrived to elicit some mirth, and his men tion of the " unpleasant impost sticking at seven pence like a barge upon a sandbank" was very ap propriate in its retrospection. When he came to the more immediate subjects of interest that engage the attention and engross the thoughts of all at the present day, the orator was not so happy or fortunate in his expressions. All he could do was to put a good face on the matter, make the best of a bad job, and expatiate on the blessings of peace that are enjoyed, while others were suffering all the horrors of war. It would have been alt very well to talk in this style it England could have combined security with honour, and if her annalists could say that all that could be done had been effected by rulers to save others, and to mete out justice. Ame rica is a topic that causes endless sources of heart■ burning and vexations. A chance has been lost which might have saved an immensity of suffer ing to all oar subjects, and for the struggling combatants themselves might have put a period to their disastrous strife. Instead of this the subterfuge that has guided the actions, the in justice that has marked the course, and the pre judice and partiality that have actuated our Minis ters in their dealings with the belligerent States, are well-known to the world. It is a cold and cruel thing to be always proclaiming to the world that we are safe, whoever else is in danger. Our time of trial will come again some day, and it is not the way to deserve success in the con test, or to secure sympathy in the strife, if we now, in the plenitude of power, and the full tide of prosperity, lead others astray by the hope of support, and then ingeniously evade responsibility; and, leaving them to their fate, exult that peace is ours, whatever may betide or befall those who trusted to our good faith, and deemed themselves safe under the shadow of our strength. Peace is a great blessing, an undeniable advantage, and a crowning benefit. It is one of the choicest gifts that a benignant Providence can shower down upon a favoured land, but like other temporal goods it may be bought tao dearly, and rated too highly. The peace that is bought at the cost of reputa tion is worse than the most sanguinary war, and the selfishness that bids us succumb to the strong and bully the weak is quite a new fea ture introduced into the national character by the tactics and devices of a Coalition Government. It is all very well for their members to talk of their services; the country may pay too dear a price for them, and while they expatiate on the welfare of the community under their guidance, a feeling is spreading surely, if slowly, and murmurs are heard, not loud but deep, which tell too truly of the spirit of discontent and dissatisfaction that is engendered. Here and there a constituency may appear quiescent or a meeting or assembly applaud, but these chance examples do not fully or faithfully represent the feeling of the people. Public opinion has declared against the cowardly policy that rules in Downing street, and while a remnant of the fire of older days survives, the condemnatoryjudgment will be ratified by posterity. The busy events of the last few years have partially obliterated from the public mind the fer vour of sympathy and indignation which was ex cited by the first suffering winter which our army passed in the Crimea, Though years have rolled by, it is difficult even now to contemplate with patience the records of the miserable mismanage ment, the lavish expenditure and profuse supplies, on the one hand, and the deaths from absolute want of common comforts and neglect on the other. Tie crowded harbour and the starving camp, the shoe. lees soldiers tramping merrily to the trenches, while the stock of boots went down with the good ship Prince for want of due precaution. The money so eagerly voted by Parliament and people at home, and the green coffee served out to the troops abroad, the densely packed and ill-managed hospitals, the fodderless horses, the rigid adherence to a routine that was only suitable to peace, the utter absence of all genius for control or organisa tion—all combine to form wellnigh as melancholy and humiliating a spectacle as our military history can furnish. But there was as usual some compen sation for the trouble. Good grew out of evil. The suffeaings of the poor wounded and invalided men called forth the kindly charity of FLORENCE NIGHT INGALE, and her noble self-devotion to the cause of military sanitary reform has since then worked moat important effects. The outbreak of irre pressible indignation which swept Lord ABER DEEN'S Cabinet from office produced also some substantial changes in the administration of our military affairs. Such terrible mistakes are not likely to cccur again, even should we continue as destitute of eminent generals as we were in the Crimea. The changes, limited and capable of improvement as they were, were still improvements on a system that had retained the abuses and shortcomings of a long series of years. The reduction and concentration of our military offi ces did not, however, give universal satisfaction, and one of the malcontents has just given utterance to his sentiments in a comparison between the present and the past.* The brochure in which he explains his theories has been already before the public, and the fact of its having passed through more than one edition would seem to indicate either that its author's views are congenial to the general feeling, or that he has set them forth with some degree of power and ability. Both these reasons are partially true, for he expresses himself clearly and vigorously, while his opinions will, doubtless, find a good many advocates and sympathizers in military circles. When we come to look closely into them we shall find, however, that our au thor is somewhat too much of a soldier to be accepted unreservedly as a reformer. The present War Administration, he says, consists of a military triumvirate—the Secretary of State, the Commander-in-Chief, and the Under-Secretary, since the Judge-Advocate who is really a member of the Administration, takes no part i❑ adminis • trative affairs. Under the Premiership of the Iron Duke the military administration consisted of no less than thirteen officers, all in Parliament. It certainly appears, on the face of it, to be a substantial reform and important economy which has reduced thirteen offices to four, thirteen salaries to less than one-third of the num ber, and has simplified and concentrated the admi nistration of affairs is a manner quite impossible among so many conflicting authorities and influences. The famous distich, which tells us how on a memorable occasion— " Lord Chatham, with his sward half drawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strahan ; Sir Richard, longing to be at '6 l n, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham ;" was verified figuratively, if not literally, in the delays, commands, and countermands of the Crimean Par; and, certainly, among Secretaries, and Clerks, and Treasurers, Masters-General, Lieutenants- General, and Surveyors-General, between Store keeper, Paymaster, and Judge, it appears to be somewhat doubtful how an order would bo executed or a duty fulfilled. Certainly, if this is his standard of what is right and necessary, it is not surprising that our critic should regard our present list of officials as miserably incomplete. "To this mili tary triumvirate," he says," have been confided the patronage, good government, and discipline of the British Army--its commissariat, equipment, and armament, as also that of the Navy; the manufac ture and storing of munitions of war; the construc tion and care of forts end fortifications, barracks, and hospitals, both at home and abroad—cervices now, in peace, involving an outlay of fifteen millions sterling—and, lastly, the direction and manage ment of war in the event of its occurrence. Besides these things, the Minister has double duty to per form at the House of Commons, where he must attend regularly, answer all military questions, and pass his Estimates. For a Minister so circum stanced to fill his office satisfactorily to himself, or advantageously to the public, is, I believe, an im possibility." That our present system is far re moved from perfection, and has never been tried as was the old one by the sudden strain of a European war, all must admit. At the same time our author is inclined too readily to the creation of new and costly offices, whose bestowal would doubtless be very useful to the Minister, but which would be likely to add more than enough to the list of costly sinecures which encamber oar finances. According to his scheme, 'military authority would, it seems, be substituted for civil, which, though in some cases an advantage, would not be a change in accordance with the temper Of the people. "W. 0." makes, however, one very sensible suggestion, which we should be glad to see put into practice with regard to ioth services. He says—" Until an offievis created to control military expenditure, the head of which is always in the House of Commons, as was formerly the case, there will never be any effeotive super vision of the army estimates." Such an officer would be as useful and is as necessary for the navy as for the army, and he should in each case belong to the service whose expenditure he regulates, and not be removable with a charge of Government. We have often expressed our conviction that the head of the Admiralty should be an, office indepen dent of party influences. Tie command of the army is unaffected by the occupants of the Treasury bench. Why, then, should the navy be more sen sitive to the changes of the political weatherglass ? There will, of course, be many s long fight before a reform is carried which deprive 3 Governments of so important a piece of patronage,even as the lawyers would steadily oppose the suggestion of an irre movable chancellor; but when riVet and reason have their way, we shall see both charges l!rought about, and the highest offices in our legal and naval admi nistration held by those who are swayed by no influences of party or prejudice, because they are individually reeponsible to the country for the efficieut discha rge of their duties . and the efficiency of the services which they repreatnt. THE ROYAL ITALIAR OPERA, Favorita" was g i ven w ith super b effect at the On Saturday D on i ze tti' s l ove l y opera of " La Royal Italian—the r. e w Prima Donna (in Opera Seria) Mademoisr,ile Lagrua, sustaining the charac ter of Leono-a, in such a manner as fully to con firm the reputation already secured to to herself here in England by her magnificent im personation of Norma. Ferdinand°, on Saturday, reverted (after an interval, in his career, of no less than eight years) to Signor Mario—that, still, in many respects, incomparable artist vioing with Lagrua in bringing all the subtlest beauties of the exquisite love-music shared between them, to view, or r:,ther it should be said, to the hearing of the audience on Saturday. Our comments, how ever, upon the performance generally, must be post poned to-day unavoidably: it being remarked, how ever, at once, that the house on Saturday was, as usual, very fully attended. To-morrow, the first extra night of the season — Mondays henceforth being continued thus systema tically, as the weekly extra night at the Royal Italian—the great German Tenor, Herr Theodore Wachtel, the hero of that sudden, and un premeditated, and wholly unmistakeable, ova tion on Thursday, an ovation already fully recorded in the columns of The Sun, will again appear as and in "II Trovatore." On Tuesday "La Favorita" is to be repeated. On Thursday, Garibaldi's appearance in the Duke of Sutherland's box will lead to "Norma" being fol towed by the two great acts (the second and third) of Auber'a grand opera of " Masaniello." A selection most appropriately made as a source of entertainment to—the MODERN MASSANIELLO Among others, the follo w i ng have attended the perform ances at the R o y a l It a li an O pera d ur ing this past week : His Excell e n c y th e A m b assa d or o f France, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Sutherland, the Marchioness of Downshire and Lady Alice Hill, the Marquis of Hastings, the Duchess of St. Albans, and Lady Diana Beauclerk, the Marchioness of Ely, the Marchioness of Slig o, the Mar q uis of Hartington, the Countess of Sefton an d Lad y Cecilia Molyneux, the Earl of ITibridge, the Earl of Coventry, the Earl of Listowel, the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, the Earl of Annesley, the Countess of Charlemont, the Earl of Sefton, the Countess of Courtown, Count Moerkerke, Viscount Sydney, Viscountes Mountgarrett, Viscount Hin • chinbroks, Viscount Sndley, Viscount Malden, Lord Truro, Lady Sondes and the lion. Miss Mulles, Lord and Lady Abinger, Lady Delamere, Lord A. Poulett, Lord Ernest Br uce, Lord Cout tenay, Lord Rendlesh am, Lord Colville, Lady E, Rept on , L or d and Lady Duffer in, Lad y Annall y and the H on . Mi ss Whit e , L a dy Emily Peel, Lady Mary Hope Vere, Lady Gooch and Miss Gooch, Lady Hamilton Seymou r an d th e Mi sses S eymour (2), Lady Troubridge, Colonel aid Lady Emily Kingscote, M r. and Lad y Char lotte Russell, L a dy W en t wor th, C a ptain and Lady Ann Sherson, Baron Ferdinand De Rothschild, Hon. Frederick J. Calthorp, Hon. Frederick Leveson Gower, Hon. Lucy Kerr, H on . Mi ss B ot h e ll, lion. Henry Phipps, Mr. Phipps, and Mr. Albeit Van do We y er, lion. Mr. Butler and Miss B u tl e r, H o n. Henry Eliot, Hon. Mrs. Norton, Hon. Major Gage, General Sir William Gomm, Sir Henry Cotterell, Admiral Ryder Burton, Colonel Farquharson (of Invercauld), Colonel Napier Sturt, M.P,, and Mr. Gerard Sturt, DI. t'., Captain Wigram, Captain , Tarnow-, Capt a i n Fl u dy e r, Captain Williams, C olonel t'linchin, C o l onel Grant Captain O'Connell, Colonel Baring, Colonel Martin, Colonel A. Moyrick, Captain Bor. keley, Mrs, Knollys and Miss linollys, Mr. Leigh and Miss Leigh, Mrs. Jones of Pantglass and Miss Jones and the lion. Miss Campbell, &c. COLLEGE OF PRECEPTORS. —At a meeting of the council of this corporation, on the 9th inst., the diploma of associate was granted to Mr W. 0. Chambers, of Wrington, near Bristol. The following gentlemen were elected members of the college:—Mr W. 0. Chambers, Wrington, near Bristol—hlr, F. Farmer, 8.A., Devonshire terrace, Kensington—Mr J. w. Keiller, Tetbury—Mr W. G. Ma son , St an di s h G ramm ar School, near Wigan—Mr C. P Newcombe, Barnsbury-villas, Islington—Rev. A. Rigg, ALA., Tr a i n i ng College, Chester —Mr C. Searles, Free School, Calcutt a —M r T. Turner, Pirkllace, East Green wieb—MrC. M. Tyler, M.A., Delamere-terrace, Bays• water—Rev. Dr, Wrigley, Clapham Grammar School. COLONIAL APPOINTMENTS. Lieut Governor Eyre has been appointed lieut general, governor in chief, and vice admiral of Jamaica. The Hon Manners Sutton, formerly lieut governor of New Brunswick, has been ap pointed governor of Trinidad. Sir Richard G. Al'Donnell, late governor of South Australia, has been appointed lieut governor of Nova Scotia, Anthony Musgrave, Esq., go.. vernor of Newfoundland, in the room of Sir A, Bannerman, who retires, Mr R. Rawson, C. 8,, colonial secretary at the Cape of Good Hope, is appointed governor of the Baha mas. Lieut Gove,aor Cal. Maclean proceeds from British Kaffraria to be governor of Natal. George Berkeley, Esq,, colonial secretary of British Honduras, is appointed lieut governor of St, Vincent's, in the room of Mr Musgrave, promoted to Newfoundland .—Observer. THE ILLUSTRIOUS CHEMIST LIEBIG has just ex pressed, on the subject of the oidiunx in vines and the potato disease, the opinion that it is not in the atmos phere, as many people suppose, but in a want of vigour and an exhausion of the soil, which defect may be remedied by the use of bone powder and ashes. MR. SPURGEON is said to be still very ill, though he writes and publishes, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, Giuglini and Varese in " Rigoletto." An entirely new cast, in all the principal cha racters, imparted an agreeable sense of freshness on Saturday night, at Her Majesty's Theatre, to the performance of Verdi's brilliant three-act opera of " Rigoletto." It was the opening night of the season, as all the Town knew—and knowing, as the Town did, that it was so, we were surprised not to see the house more completely occupied, at any rate in the earlier part of the evening, Mr. Mapieson has given such unusually large promise of enter prise at Her Majesty's Theatre during the course of the season whichwas thus on Saturday commenced— agsin under his able management—that he is cer tainly entitled to the most cordial support that an Opera Director could by possibility receive. To say nothing whatever of the new artistes secured by Mr. Mapleson's latest arrangements, and of the very conspicuous enhancement by him of the general efficiency of the choral de partment, there are promised by his programme for the new season—of Grand Operas, no less than three great novelties, and as many as four noble revivals. The novelties are—first of all, Verdi's latest (some say his greatest) musical achievement, " La Forza Del Destino"—another (this one peculiarly attractive as a novelty in the present Shaksperian year, the year of the Tercentenary Anniversary)Otto;Nicolai's version of The Merry Wives of Windsor, " Ls Donne Allegre di Windsor," with the fat knight masquerading as Sir Giovanni Falstaff!—and last, and certainly not least attractive, as a novelty that long-talked -of but, in England, never-yet-heard " Tannhanser," by Herr Richard Wagner, the attempted production of which, at the Grand Opera at Paris, was the occasion, it may be remem bered, of so wild and frantic a eharivari. As to the four revivals promised at Her Majesty's, during this present season of 1861, by Mr. Mapleson, who will gainsay their marvellous attractiveness when they come to be simply enu merated, thus—as Weber's masterpiece of " Der Freisehutz ;" as Danizetti's " Anna Bolena" (not played now for a whole score of years here in Eng land) ;as that world-famous "Robert le Diable," which was the earliest of the grand Romantic Operas of Meyerbeer ; and, by way of climax, to put now finally, what Her Majesty's Director has put foremost i❑ the list of revivals promised by his programme, such a revival as the matchless " Fide. lio" of Beethoven, - that " " which is among lyrical dramas what " Othello" is among Acting Tragedies. Turning, however, from the general prospects of the season at Her Majesty's to the particular per formance of Saturday evening, the performance by which this season was very auspiciously inaugu rated—" Rigoletto" came before us, then and there, in a manner, as it were, redivivus. Signor Giug lini as the profligate Duke appeared, it should be said at once, to begin with, for the very first time on Saturday, in that character. And, if lack ing somewhat of the airy lightness of bearing de sirable in any impersonator of that gay ducal liber - tins, the great prirno tenore assoluto at Her Majesty's certainly lacked nothing whatever in his delicious rendering of the music. Occasional indications there were of just a slight suspicion of hoars eness, but otherwise Signor Giuglini was in exquisite voice, and, being so, simply as a matter of course, captivated his hearers at every available opportunity. His first sprightly love song, at the very commencement of the opera, " Questa o queries per me pari sonor won for him the first cordial round of applause from his old throng of admirers. Better still was his impassioned rendering of the " Parmi veder le lagrime" in which he ex presses his distraction at the loss of Gilds. But happiest of all, as we might only have anticipated, was the joyous animation with which he gave the one great melody of Rigoletto, "La Donna e Mabile," heard so often, never capable of being heard too often, a melody inevitably comma/I(3.in; an encore sung as it was sung on Saturday by Signor Giuglini. No less than four of the other principal artistes who co-operated with Signor Giuglini in this representation of Verdi's " Itigoletto," were introduced on Saturday evening for the first time to a London audience—a baritone,a basso,a soprano, and a contralto. The " Elgoletto" of the night was the very singer for whom the part was written by Signor Verdi—and, therefore, it is needless to say that this baritone, Signor Varese, is an artist en joying for years past the very highest reputation on the Continent. Unhappily, he comes to us, here in England, only when his voice has been worn over much by long service. As an artist, ho waver, he fully sustains to this day his continental reputation, hav ing, as an actor, according to our notion of it, out one superior among living baritones, meaning, of course by that one exception the great and in many respects incomparable Ronconi. The impersona tion of the seriocomic Pander-Jester, Rigoletto, by Signor Varese was, in truth, admirable throughout. It was, moreover, fully enjoyed by the audience, and obtained for the singer, above all for the actor, the heartiest recog niticn of his powers. Signor Gasperoni, the new basso made no impression whatever to speak of-- probably by reason of his having but little or no opportunity for so-doing, as the bravo Sparafucile. Madile. Vitali and Madlle. Bettelheim were the two dibutantes, the former ap pearing as Gilda, the latter as Maddaiena. Possibly, for a reason similar to that already applied by us in extenuation to Sparafucile, the Maddalena of Satur day hardly equalled the general hopes, almost, it ' might be said (from the reports current in regard to Maddlle, Bettelheim's capabilities), the general expectations. We reserve any expression of opinion, however, in regard to her capabilities, until we have had some better opportunity for judg ing of them than that afforded by the character of Maddalena. Her appearance at the least is very greatly in her favour. As for the new soprano, Madlle. Vitali—the girlish look, and still more the girlish shrillness, almost dispose us to regard her advent to the lyrical stage in a chief part like that of Gilds as an advent somewhat premature. Her evident inexperience as an actress seemed to confirm this impression though it is true that a great deal of what is here hinted at may very probably have been traceable to excessive nervousness upon the occasion of the young de iutante's first appearance. However this may be, her capabilities in regard to the future are un doubtedly large: our only serious doubt being, as but just now intimated, that her appearance iu so responsible a capacity as a prima donna has been rather precipitate. Yet, in justice to the new soprano, and in simple justice also to the new con tralto and the new baritone, upon whose first appear ance in London we have already commented, it should here be said that their participation with Signor Giuglini in the delivery of that noble and beautiful quartett in the last act, " Bella figlia dell' amore," wes almost everything one could possibly have desired ! That masterly quartett— who does not remember it ? —in which, With many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out," the Duke is so tenderly impassioned, Maddalena so merrily derisive of his protestations, Gilda so agonised in her love-torn wretchedness, Rigo letto so fierce and implacable in his muttered threats of vengeance! An enthusiastic encore was immediately given upon the close of the very admirable delivery on Saturday night of this most charming composition : proof positive of the admi ration with which it had been listened to. Before closing our remarks upon the performance of "Rigo letto" en Saturday night at her Majesty's, it should be observed that in the opening scene (the ball-room scene, that is) a new (Museum, Madlle. Aranyvary, bounded to view—somewhat of an anachronism (one might almost say), there in the ducal ball-room (certainly apropos to nothing)—and not only bounded to view but bounded into popula rity, at once, as a marvellously graceful, a wonder fully agile, and an almost miraculously twink• ling-footed dancer of the very first quality ! Her pets de deux with Signor Ammaturo obtained for both of them, as most accomplished dancers, more than one cordial round of approbation. At the close of the evening, after the opera was over, before the final dispersion of the audience who were waiting there very patiently for the National Anthem—the curtain rose, and " God Save the Queen" was given with magnificent effect by the whole strength of the company of singers aided by Signor Arditi's noble orchestra. The last verse of the loyal hymn, it should be added, was delivered by Mcille. Titiens herself, that great prima donna's unexpected appearance there for the very purpose being a signal to the audience for a welcome being accorded to her of the most enthusiastic character. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LR CUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] FLENSBURG, APRIL 10. The discharges of cannon heard during the night, and which had alarmed the cllied troops, wero merely salutes fired in Fredericia in honour of the King of Denmark's birthday. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS, MARSEILLES, APRIL 11. The Massilia with the above mails reached Mar seilles at 6,30 a.m. this morning. The mails leave for London by the 11.30 a.m. train. SUEZ, APRIL 10. The Benares with the Bombay mail of the 29th March arrived at 5 a.m. this day, one day early. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steamship Golconda, from England, reached Point de Galle on the 24th, and left on the 26th March for Calcutta. FRANCE. BouitsE, April 9.—The market has been firm, and a fair amount of business transacted, but with only a trifling improvement in prices. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 17,4 c. Mobilier have slightly advanced, the present quotation being 1,055 fr. The Railway Market has been without much animation, but former quotations have up to maintained. The market the present time been wel. closed as follows :- 43 per Cents. 93 30 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 15 Credit Mobilier 10A 50 Do. end month 1051 25 Bank Shares 3300 Credit Foncier 1285 Roman Italian Loan 67 90 Do. end month 67 95 Sew uitto .. Do. end month.... Russian Austrian Spanish Threes.,, — Rome Debt Deferred RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. 900 .. 905 -- 977 50 .. 977 50 Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern .. Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lou. bard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona 943 - .. 941 25 886 25 .. - - 653 75 .. 653 75 495 - .. 496 25 48.5 - 486 25 366 25 .. 363 75 421 25 423 75 552 50 .. 553 75 486 25 .. 487 50 585 - .. 585 - 271 25 280 - THE EMPIRE OF MEXICO. PARIS, April 9, Evening. La Fiance of to-day states : . 4 We believe we are enabled to assert that the French army of occupation will be gradually with drawn from Mexico. The Archduke Maximilian and the Archduchess Charlotte will leave for Mexico on Monday next. En route they will visit Rome." TRIESTE, April 9. The Emperor of Austria will return to Vienna shortly after the signature of the document accept ing the crown of Mexico. The Emperor and Empress of Mexico will leave for their seat of Government on Monday afternoon. MIRA3Lut, April 10. The Archduke Maximilian received the Mexican deputation to-day. He spoke as follows : " After a mature examination of the act of acceptance of the Mexican Crown, which you have submitted to me, I have come to the conviction that the resolution of the Mexican notables has been confirmed by an overruling majority of the inhabi tants of that country. Such being the case, the first of the conditions for which I stipulated on the 3d of October has been fulfilled. The second con dition, that a guarantee of the independence and welfare of the country should be placed on a firm basis, has been secured by the Emperor Napoleon, who throughout has been animated by a spirit of sincerity and kindness which I shall never forget. The illustrious head of my family has also given his consent. I now solemnly declare my acceptance of the Crown you have offered to me. Mexico is entitled to select a Government corresponding to her wishes and her requirements. This confidence shall not be misplaced. I assume the constitutional power intrusted to me by the nation. I will retain it so long as it may be necessary to establish a state of legal order, and completely to organise liberal institutions. I shall hasten to place the Monarchy under the authority of constitutional laws as soon as the pacification of the country shall be accomplished. Executive power strictly de fined is better secured than when a matter of uncertainty ; and I will define it in such a manner as shall be a guarantee of the sta bility of the Government. I hope to be enabled to prove that well-regulated liberty is compatible with order. I will also uphold with equal energy the flag of independence. I desire the assistance of every Mexican to support me in accomplishing my splen did task. Union will make us strong. My Govern talent, I repeat it, will not forget the gratitude due to the illustrious Prince by whom alone the regene ration of Mexico has been rendered possible. On my journey to Mexico I shall visit Rome to receive the blessing of the Holy Father, which to me is doubly important." The speech of the Emperor of Mexico was replied to by the president of the Mexican deputation. AMERICA, (Per the Jura, via Greencastle, April 10.) NEW YORK, March 25, The accounts of Grant's movements are contra dictory. Despatches from Washington state that he had arrived at Culpepper, where he established his head quarters yesterday. Usher despatches of the same date assert that he had left Washington for New York. An order from the War Department has been promulgated by General Meade which consnlidates the troops of the Potomac Army into three corps— viz., second, fifth, and sixth. In consequence, three majors and three brigadier generals have been relieved of command and ordered to report themselves at Washington. Cairo despatches announce that the Confederate General Forrest, with 7,000 cavalry, is rapidly advancing to invade Kentucky. Oa the night of the 23d of March he reached Gluon River, Western Tennessee, and on the follow. ing day attacked the Federals at Union city. The firing was distinctly heard at Columbus, Kentucky. Federal reinforcements from Columbus, under General Brannell, were being hurried forward. The land forces with Admiral Porter's expedition, under General A. J. Smith, are reported to have captured Fort de Russet, 70 miles up Red River, with 11 cannon and 300 prisoners. To-day being Good Friday there has been no meeting of boards of stock and sharebrokers. Gold on the street rose this morning to 1691, but afterwards declined and closed 169. Exchange, 182. United States Sixes, registered, 1881, 112 ; Seven-Thirties, 1121 ; New York Central Railway, 1391 ; Erie, 12i-1, ; Illinois Central, 140. Cotton, 75c. Breadstuffs steady. Provisions firm. Sugars, 13:1c. to 15i. Coffee active. MARCH 26, 2 P.M. New Orleans letters of the 19th corroborate the capture of Fort de Rassey, Louisiana, and add that Alexandria surrendered to Admiral Porter on the following day. Brownsville, I exas, accounts report that a French fleet is off the mouth of Rio Grande, and that an attack upon Matamoras is imminent. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The stock and shard markets are irregular. United States Sixes, registered, 1881, 2111; 7.30 Notes, 109 Z-; New York Centrals, 140 x; Erie, 1741; Illinois Central, 1411. Gold, 168f, T ,', Cotton, 75c. ' • VA tlrtiglar • /Al if DIEh HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 9. The Princess Helena, attended by the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, drove out yesterday afternoon. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice also took a carriage drive. Lieutenant-General Bouverie had the honour of dining with the Queen and royal family. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena and Princess Louise, and attended by the Countess of Gainshorough, the Lady Augusta Stanley, the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, the Hon. Emma Lescelles, Major-General Seymour, and Lieutenant-Colonel du Plat, left Windsor Castle this morning at 12 o'clock for Londor. April 10. The Queen, the King of the Belgians, and Prin cess Helena, attended by the Countess of Gainsbo rough, Lady Augusta Stanley, the Hjn. Caroline Cavendish, Major-General Seymour, Lieutenant - Colonel du Plat, General Count de Moerkerke, and Dr. Koepel, arrived at 'Windsor Castle last evening trom Buckingham Palace. Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Bar rington, the Hon. Emma Laseelles, and Lieutenant- General the Hon. C. Grey, honoured the performanc e at the Adeiphi Theatre with her presence, and re turned to the Castle at night. Prince Alfred, attended by Major Cowell and Lieutenant Haig, arrived at the Castle last night from Holyreod Palace. The King of the Belgians, Prince Alfrcd, Prin cess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, with the Ladies and Gentleman is Waiting, attended Divine servie3 this morning in the private chapel. The "Very it,v. the Dean 0 ‘Vestminster preached the sermon. The Queen's First Court. The Queen held a Court at Buckingham Palau on Saturday afternoon. Her Majesty, who had arrived at Buckinghata Palace from Windsor Castle in the morning , entered the White Drawing-room at three o'clock, accompanied by his Majesty the King of the Bel gians, and by their Royal Highnesses the Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Arthur. In attendance upon her Majesty were Eirl Bus' yell, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with the Countess Russell, and the officers of the household. The following members of the corps diploma tique having had the honour of being invited, at' tended this reception:—M. Musurus (the Turkish Ambassador), Madame Musurus, Mdlle. Musurus, Khalil Effendi (First Secretary of Embassy) ; the Count Apponyi (the Austrian Ambassador) , Countess Apponyi, and Count Wimpffen (Coun cillor of Embassy), with Prince Paul Esterhazi and Count Alexander Apponyi,who had the honour of being specially invited ; the Baron de Brun• now (the Russian Ambassador), Baroness de Brunnow, and M. Sabouroff, Councillor of Ea' bassy); the Count de Bernstorff (the Prussian Am' bassador), and M. de Katte (Councillor of Embassy); the Prince de la Sour d'Auvergne (the French Am' bas3ador), and the Viscomte and Viscomtesse de Contades ; M. Van de Weyer (the Belgian Minister) and Madame Van de Weyer ; the Baron de Cetto (the Bavarian Minister) and Baroness de Cetto; the Marquis d'Azeglio (the Italian Minister) ; the Barg , Ben tinel (the Minister for the Netherlands); the Count de Lavradio (the Portuguese Minister) ; the Count Vitzthum (the Saxon Minister): M. Torben de Bille (the Danish Minister) ; M. Gutierrez (Mi' ninister Honduras and Charge d'Affairs for Salve" dor); the Hon. Charles Francis Adams (the United States Minister) and Mrs. Adams ; the Count Wachtmeister (the Swedish and Norwegian Minis ter) and Countess Wachtmeister ; Don M. J. de S3' (the Peruvian Minister); Mahmoud Khan (the Per sian Minister) ; M. Comyn (Spanish Minister) and Madame Comyn ; M. Balcarce (Minister for the A.rgeuilue 1 - tpubitc); M. Dubois (Minister Resi dent for Hayti); M. Calvo (Charge d'Affaires for Paraguay); Baron Blome (Hanoverian Charge d'Affaires) and Baroness Blome; M. Tricoupi (the Greek Plenipotentiary) ; the two Plenipotentiaries for Madagascar. The Countess de Bernstorff, Madame Palcarce, Madame Calvo, Don Manuel Carvalho (the Chiliarl Minister) and Madame Carvalho, Mons. Marcolate (Minister for Nicaragua), and Mons. de Francisco Martin (Minister for Guatemala) and Madame de Francisco Martin, had the honour of being invited , out were prevented by indisposition and other un avoidable causes from attending the reception. Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms was on duty at the court, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Sir William Topham, the Lieutenant. The following officers were also present with the corps : —Major D. Harmar, the Standard Bearer ; Lieut.-Colons i W. M'Call, the Adjutant, and the Sub-officer, Capt. N. G. Phidps. The Yeomen of the Guard, under the comma!) of Colonel Oliver Paget Bourke, the Exon on tng, were o❑ duty in the Grand Hall. Major' General Fitzmaurice, the lieutenant, and Lieut.' Colonel Cooke, the ensign, were present with the corps. A. guard of honour of the Grenadier Guards W in attendance in the court of the palace. The conrt being in mourning, the ladies Wh" attended the reception were attired in full dress mourning costume, without trains. The gentlemell were in full dress, with crape on the left arm. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, left Buckingham Palace soon after five o'clock, an d returned to Wiudsor Castle. His Majesty the King of the Belgians also acconr panied the Queen to Windsor. The Queen wore a black silk dress, covered wit h deep black crape, and edged with jet gimp ; a eat' of white crape lisse in the style of the cap of Marl Queen of Scots, with opals and diamonds, and a loa white crape lisse veil attached to it. Her Majesty wore the Ribbon, Star, and Badge °f the Garter, a diamond necklace, and large cross cel l ' taining the Prince Consort's miniature, and a bi-ooc b composed of a large sapphire set in twelve large diamonds. The Princess Helena wore a dress of white sat in handsomely trimmed with rich lace. Head dreee of white roses with black leaves and diamond orri3- ments. The Princess Louise wore a similar dress ofi d head-dress, but with pearl ornaments. NEW ADELPHI THEATRE.—Their Royal VO A : nesses Prince Arthur, Princess Louise, attended by Caroline Barrington, Hon. Miss Lascelles, General ar e ri Major Elphinstone, and suite, honoured the performan o° Leah, by Miss Bateman, at the Adolphi theatre on Satyr' day evening. The Duchess of Buccleuch has arrived in J3 ' 131 grave-square from Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh. .„ The Marquis and Marchioness of SalisbarJ en t er t a ined the Earl of Clanwilliam, Viscount and Vit °l3 : l o l3 : teas Enfield, Viscountess Ingestre, Lord Stanley , "'Ai" i t Colonel the Hon. P.W. Talbot, Ron. Reginald T a lbot, r an d Lady Elizabeth Adsane, and a select circle at dinli t ' on Saturday, at their family residence in Arlington „ere' Piccadilly. His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle will le a :: Dublin Castle in the course of the present week for L on° t" for a few weeks' absence from the seat of his governoten It is doubtful if the noble earl will be in town by We d , l6 c l day in time to dine at the banquet given by the Loake 6 1 0 Duchess of Sutherland at Stafford House, St. Jamey a ' compliment to their guest, General Garibaldi, to which be has been invited. the The Earl and Countess of Gosford and Edith and Katharine Acheson have arriied in Gros venor-square from the country. The Countess of Ellesmere and the lion. Ca p ta t i i ; Egerton have arrived in Paris from Nice , and are sen°,,r_ri expected at Bridgewater House for th e season. of Ellesmere will remain some time longer on the Con.. tinent. The Duke Find Duchess of M anchester are e tf; petted to arrive iu town to-morrow from Kirnbolton Cas Huntingdonshire. Sou C t a h rd K in en a s l ing V to i n sem M a u ti se w um ill eta ‘' from the Past and Present, what are the roe° Architecture of Loildou.".. on de t l h iv e e g r u a es l t e io c n t r, e , Judging .41