The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-17 00:00:00

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Lagrua,, her second appeara nce in that (characte Sal r in Eng and ; Isabella, 3ldlle. Marie Battu ; Elena. 3ldlle ;Alberto, vioni ; Bertramo, Sig. Attri ; Eral do. Sig, POIOOIIII Signor Capponi ; Lava Jeri, Signor Lucchesi, Signor RO9lll, and Signor Fallar ; Rambaldo, Sig-nor Neri-B that araldi ; and Roberto, Signor Naudin, his second appearance in charac ter in England. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre sta'ls, 101. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre. zs. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had t th t ox-office unr the portico of the theaire, wich is open from ten to five,de aud at the principal musicseller h s' and librarians'. T HEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. 3lanagers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. Alter which, Shak.,ipere's HENRY THE FOURTH. Mr. Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. ddiso , , Mr. Ryder, Mr. „Robert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E. Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Va.ndenhoX, Mr. ti. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, 31 as Rtse Leclercq, and Mrs. Edmund Fal zoner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Com pany. Concluding with MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, 11 eathersby, Src. ; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENT 33 AND ADONIS. Messrs, Compton, Wm. Fa rren, Coe, ; Mes dames Louise Keeiey, Snowden, Nellyrower, Hill, Wright, Ifo4ers, &c. To conc:ude with MRS. WHITE. Mr. Compton. Commence at 7. Te• OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECHTER will perform HAMLE P 2 on SATURDJohn IY next, May 2ist. Clau dius, Mr. Emery; olonius, Mr. Broughams; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan ; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden h•ff ; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore • First Gravedi,gger, Irir. H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. F. Cliarles Messrs. M' M'lntyre, F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds Sims, Collett. Ophelia , Miss Kate Terr y ; Actress, dies M. Hea d ade ; and Gertrude, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open at half-past 7, and Hamlet com mences at 8. The whole profits of the evening will be di eded between the National Shakspere Committee and the Dramatic Col le4e School Fund. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. All Tickets issued for May 11th will be available on Satur day, the 2.st. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. rr HIS EVENING, THE OLD STORY. Mr. Dominick Murray. Alter which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromioe, by the Brother.; Webb. To conclude with BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy 0' Kaffer , y, Mr. Dominick Murray. NEW THEATRE-ItO YAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manazer, M. B. Webster. Last Week but three of he Groat Tragediene, Miss Bateman, in the character of l';'E.A.tt. • - THIS EV ENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S ROUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Biiiington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Dors, Biilington. 'Co conclude with THE AREA. BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, tt. Romer, Miss woolgar, and Mrs. U. Lewis. Commence at 7. lEMTITGAan'Fa E EVE I I, / .. k y l' l4 ; ', EN L IN E G A Miss . Bateman JY will api,ear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma den id. til further notice. In order .o give due effect t'.) t,,is most remarkable success of the se .son, eaiire.y new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Lanson and :!one, a., d Thortipscn. New dr, ss,s and appo ntments have been pi epare t ior its productio:;.—N. is. In consequence of the ~, ressing and numerous Applications at the Box-offize, ar uagementA have tow been made by which Seats m , y be ob tained a Fortnight in Auvan. e. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Comedy, by Dion Boueicault, Esq., every Evening. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular ii , :mes of Mr. Beojamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr..'. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedibrd, Mr. F. Robinson. Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Nanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WE DDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and orkinal Comedy in 5 acts, by Dion Boucicaulr, entitled THE FOX CHACE. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash' ey, Mr. W. 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On that occasion considerable blame was attached to the negligence which had neglected to warn the occupants of those houses which were endangered by the accident, as soon as any risk was apprehended, and it was felt that if due care and caution had been taken, not only in the building of the reservoir, but in promptly com municating the impending danger, many valuable lives might have been saved. But the negligence or indifference which existed in that case has now been thrown completely into the shade. There was reason, it is true, to dread the possibility of the overflow of the waters, but there was no absolute certainty, and the engineers, we believe, hoped against hope up to almost the last moment that the catastrope might be averted. In the case now under consideration, however, the danger was not only possible but imminent, not only a vague pro bability in the future, but as terrible 'certainty in the present. The result it is true was not so start ling in its extent, the injury it inflicted did not de solate hundreds of houses, nor attract the attention of the country, but though on a smaller scale, it was of much the same character. When we considers , the vast extent and crowded position of many of our manufacturing buildings, we must think it very fortunate that only ten lives were sacrificed at the Greenfield disaster. A chimney being built at some mills fell in the night across three cottages, most of whose inhabitants were killed by the accident. So fir there is nothing wonderful in the melancholy occurrence. The surprising part of the affair is that the cottages knew the danger which they were in but took not the slightest heed ; one them contenting himself with saying, when told of the unsafe state of the chimney, that he was not worse to die than any body else. Acting on this principle, the dwellers in the three houses went on, day after day and night after night, until the crash came, and ten of them were suddenly, in the darkness and silence of night, summoned to their account. We cannot dignify this by the name of courage ; those who showed it would probably have hesitated had they been asked actively to imperil their lives for another. It was rather a stolid indifference, a reck- less disregard of consequences, which we often see manifested in minor matters, but seldom in cases of life and death. The infatuation which leads the Italians to baild again on the very spots once deso- lated by burning lava is of a similar kind, if not in degree, to the feeling which led these poor cottagers to linger within reach of the falling chimney. But, if we feel surprise at their conduct, what must be said of the watchman ? This man, put on guard for the night to see that all was safe, positively watched the tokens of an approaching fall without even thinking it necessary or advisable to warn the sleepers of the terrible visitant at hand. Such stupidity is almost incredible, unless it arises from absolute mental deficiency, and in any case the man was most unfit for his post. According to his own evidence he was cautioned about the chimney on the eve of the accident, and the man who cautioned him left a stick wedged in between the corner of the stone and the chimney on the opposite side from that of the ill fated houses. Two hours later the watchman looked, and lo I the stick had fallen to the gronnn. Surely this was proof positive that the chimney was leaning away from the stick, and was tottering to its fall. The man tried to wedge it in again, but it was now half an inch too short for the place it had previously filled. Upon this startling revelation what did he do ? Did he call assistance without a moment's delay and rouse the sleepers in the cottages without pausing for breath ? No ! " I went my usual round, intending to try it again when I returned. On my way back about eight minutes later, the chimney fell." Well might the Coroner ask, "Did you not know these poor creatures were sleeping beneath it ?'' and when this most extrordinary wit ness replied in the affirmative, inquire again, " Did it not occur to you to call HAMMOND or some one else ?" Whereupon the witness answered quietly, " I thought I would come and look again." This is . certainly accepting the literal interpretation of the duties of watching, since it appears that what• ever he saw he was not disposed to act. But how ever great the negligence or ignorance of this man, there must have been something very seriously wrong in the structure itself. It seems that it was quite a new chimney in course of erection, and so far back as some months ago the same watchman noticed that it was leaning. Instead of being pulled down, the foundations looked to, and the whole error thoroughly remedied, it was "stretched'' or strightened, but a few weeks back it was again seen to lean to one side, On Monday night the watchmen perceived a crack about three yards in length at the bottom of the chimney, forming, he says, an opening between the chimney an the earth, so that it seems this extensive structure had no regular foundation. If a chimney of this height is raised on the flat ground we need not wonder at disasters occurring. We hope this point will be closely inquired into, and it deed the whole affair stands in need of a most searching investigation that it may be ascertained at whose door the blame really lies. It is therefore with satisfaction that we hear the jury have decided that the inquest should be adjourned in order to give time for com. petent authorities to examine the foundations of the fallen chimney. Melancholy as is the less of life occasioned by this accident, it is but a type o f the catastrophies . wo may exFect unless due pre cautions are observed in the erection of our various manufacturing establishments, and it is therefore imperative the full turuthloafmetnhteabmle disasters rstheorus mayld in be ascer t a ined, :so that such I be guarded against future. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY is not one to let a good opportunity slip o ut of his hands for being of service to the poor and suffering. The claims of the little chimney-sweep c ame under the notice 'of the Houseli!tle time back, and t he rece p tion they then met with has induced the noble lord to make some more effective regulations for the protection of the children. Th ese excellent expedients cannot fail to be of gn a t serv i ce to the un f or t una te little band so greatly in need of succour, and it is not too presumptuous now to hope tht, in a short time, th ere may be a total stop put to the nefarious prac tice of employing children in this unfit and dan gerous task. In the first place it is proposed that no chimney-sweeper shall be permitted to employ t child under ten years of age in any work whatever, except in his place of business, under a penalty of ten pounds. A still better rule is the following— that the master be prevented from having any per son under sixteen in his employ when he enters a house for the purpose of sweeping a chimney. To fulfil the design of this comprehensive enactment it is arranged that a constable be authorised to arrest " without warrant," any chimney sweeper 'who thus offends, and also to detain the young person. This is a very good rule, because it attacks the evil at its source. There is no knowing what devices the crafty will resort to to gain their ends, and there fore it is always wisest to check the commencement of such practices. If a child is not in the house it can not possibly be sent up the chimney, but if for onees case or another it is taken in, no one can tell what may take place. When a chimney-sweeper is con victed of compelling a child or person under twenty one to ascend a chimney, he may be sent to prison for a term not exceeding twelve months, with or without hard :tabour. It seems almost surprising that some such rules or regulations should not have been made before, but better late than never is a very true saying, and too much praise cannot be awardel to the Earl of SHAFTESBURY for his stre nuous efforts to better the condition and emancipate the race of these little. negroes of a free country. There is also a very sensible provision made to the effect that when a chimney is built, or rebuilt, novice shall be given to the Board of Health, or other authorities, and clauses are put in this bill to ensure the fulfilment of the required restrictions being complied with. Surely now there is a good prospect of this scandalous practice being discon tinued, and it is a great shame that so many per sons who were in a position to know the evils of the habit should have permitted it to be carried on in their own dwellings. Tho shipowners of Liverpool are now following in the wake of those alarmists who have taken up the cause of the Federals with such sympathetic ardour. A petition has now been signed by those who signed the memorial lest year, with the excep tion of one. This petition states that the under signed " view with dismay the probable fature con sequences of a state of affairs which permits a foreign belligerent to construct in and send to sea from British ports vessels of war, in contravention of the provisions of the existing law." This is very likely the genuine expression of those who utter it, but the course that is proposed is a most dangerous one, and can never succeed in effecting the objects in view. After going on some time further in the same strain, the meaning of all this lugubrious statement is disclosed, namely, that it would be ex. pedient to sanction the introduction of changes in the Foreign Enlistment Act, to afford the Execu tive greater power in preventing the building of ships destined for belligerents in British ports. All this has been already proposed a score of times by various supporters of the Government policy and admirers of the Federals, but it has not as yet gained many adherents, nor will it ever be popular in the country for it to take place. The result of these proposals and strictures against the rights of subjects and the claims of others has always been that of ignoring, and has always fallen on the proposer of the innovation, and failure most com plete and mortifying has attended the venture. Still no one ever can or will learn from it the ex perience of others, and it will not be at all surpris ing if before long we have another attempt to change the present state of the law. Earl RUSSELL has already hinted at something of the kind rather vaguely, and he may be glad to take advantage of the excellent opportunity, which the demands of so many influential men may give him. It is to be hoped that such extremities will not be resorted to, because all such expression® of irritated feeling and angry altercations as these proposals give rise to are best avoided, and can but produce unpleasant consequences. It would be quite an innovation on the free and unfettered course of action which has hitherto been the birthright of our countrymen to set down who they may build ships for, and who they may not. The absurdity of the argument here met with is, that any country may hereafter be come a belligerent, so to prevent:the possibility of the mischance they dread. The petitioners had better demand that no vessels at all shall be constructed for foreign Powers. This will be the readiest mode of putting a stop to the danger, though perhaps even they may think that this step will be going too far. Certainly the advocates of these preven tive measures are doing their best to make foreign nations believe that the period is past when Eng land was mighty in arms, and rich is resources of all kinds for an emergency. First on one side, then on another, we hear of the imprudence of this prac tice, the undesirability of that custom, and the ex pediency of a complete and immediate change for fear a war should take us by surprise and find us overwhelmed in a sea of difficulties. According to present arrangements, there is no prospect of a speedy resort to hostilities, but no one can tell how soon the tide of affairs may change, and sometimes the very means taken to prevent War may provoke it to come to pass. One thing is certain, it will not avail us then that to please foreign nations we have sapped the strongholds of oar own Constitu tion, and compromised the rights and privileges of our subjects, in order to satisfy the scruples of over punctilious people. AMATEUR PERFORMANCE.—Last night per formance, organized by Mr. Lynch, was given in "the Bijou" attached to her,Majesty's Theatre, for the pur pose of increasing the funds of a charitable institution in Somers-town. The pieces selected were a " Cosy Couple" and " The Rivals,'' and although it is usual to pass over the efforts of amateurs with the usual complimentary phrase of'' all acquitted themselves with ability," in this instance we must particularly single out the efforts of Mr. Lynch for high commendation. From first to last he appeared quite at home on the boards of the pretty little theatre, and elicited loud applause by the excellence of his acting. The leaders also deserve great praise for the talent they exhi bited on the occasion. The performance gave groat plea sure to the entire audience. CHARITIES IN THE METROPOLIS,—It appears that the gross income of the endowed local or parochial charities known to be existing in the city of London amounts to £66,356, and that of those in the city of Westminster to £26,666. The purposes to which the income of the first group of charities is applied are as follows :—Education, £ll,292—apprenticing and advancement of children, 11,777 —endowments of clergy, lecturers, and for sermons, £3,833 —church repairs and general purposes, £26,o4s—mainte nance of Dissenting places of worship and their ministers, £s7—education of Dissenters, £96—public parochial uses, £ 3B 3 —support of almshouses and their inmates and of pen • sinners, £6o,oBo—distribution of articles in kind, £2,801 — distribution of money, £s,37B—and general uses of the poor, £8,614. The income of the Westminster charities was de voted as follows:—Education, £7,o7o—apprenticing and advancement of children, £2,299—endowments of clergy, lecturers, and for sermons, £l,233—church repairs and general purposes, £266—support of almshouses and their inmates and of pensioners, £ll,s63—distribution of articles of kind, £ l34 —distribution of money, £l,66o—general uses of the poor, £ l 6o—medical relief, £l,2ol—and loans, £731. Besides these charities the gross income of a third group in the county of Middlesex amounted to £51,793, which was devoted to the following objects :—Education, £ I 7,024—ap • prenticing and advancement of children, £2,72B—endow ments of clergy, lecturers, and for sermons, £66E—church repairs and general purposes, £2,3ll—maintenance of Dis senting places of worship and their ministers, nls— of Dissenters, £2,6l2—parochial uses, £1,585 — support of almshouses and their inm it es, and of pensioners, £12,130 —distribution of articles in kind, £6,2ls—distrilu tion of money, £s,l6l—general uses of the poor, £794 and medical relief, £2l. The Nouvelliste of Marseilles mentions the death of a little girl, 10 months old, in a rather extraordinary manner. A small nine-pins in bone, etained red, was given off the colouri n g matter. In a few hours after symptoms opnlainygwi, She put it into her mouth, and sucked o h f showed themselves, and, in spite of medical assistanassistance,oance, the died in a short time. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1864 THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Adelina Patti in "La Sonnambula," Bellini's charmingly tender and graceful two act opera of "La Sonnambula " was performed last night at the Royal Italian for the first time this season—Madlle. Adelina Patti being the Amine, Signor Nandin the Elvino, and M. Faure the Count Rodolpho. A better cast among living artistes could not be reasonably looked for. With the Amine of Madlle. Patti the London public is already familiar. The Elvino of Signor Naudin was, on the other hand, a novelty. While the appearance of M. Faure as the Count was greeted with evident satisfaction by an audience that welcomed him with y blase, or, a t an y the cordiality, a]one displayed towards an acknow ledgedr at rate, u nd favourite, sna o n str a by ti v e our world o a lf opera-goers. The l entrance of Signor Naudin a little earlier in the evening, namely, in the fifth scene of the first act, by the way, being a signal for no reception to win for himself, whatever. For this apparent apathy or indiffe rence towardsF;eue,however, the accom plishedmore than once during the evening, the very amplest himself,w a s feted t tenor compensation. We have hardly ever heard Signor Naudin, in truth, to greater advantage than we did yesterday. His impassioned singing and acting repeatedly roused the audience to enthusiasm, The music of Elvino is exactly adapted to the range of his voice, as the character itself Is sufficiently in harmony with his capabilities generally, to secure for it at his hands the advantage of an apt and, at at times, most effective impersonation. Although encores were by no moans the rule yesterday evening, the fact in regard tc those attesta tions of pleasure being, in reality, exactly the reverse, Signor Naudin's most impassioned de livery (at the close of . the leurtla scene of the second act) of Lae " .ah ! perche non poeso odiarti"—agonized in the prevailing fervour of its intonation, nothing less than tearful in its closing cadences—drew forth a thunder of applause that virtually amounted to a demand for its repeti tion. Any repetition there, however, being simply impracticable from the mere circumstance of the "situation"—the lovers having separated in anguish, and the chorus of villagers having dispersed. Signor Naudin so completely took the house by surprise last evening by his representation of the character of Elvino that we have been tempted thus to make first-mention of him in regard to last night's per formance. Mademoiselle Adelina Patti's Amine has already, in point of fact, long since assumed its place, in London as elsewhere, among her most charming impersonations. As Amine among all the most singularly gifted of living soprani, this youthful, this still almost girlish cantatrice has actually no superior, h as , all things considered, no competitor. By ore only most rarely-gifted creature has she been surpassed, indeed (in our recollection) as—that fairest of village maidens, la sonnambula ! Dazzling though the vocalisation of Jenny Lind in Amine, at Her 'Hajesty's, bewitchingly though the character was represented by Miss Romer at the Lyceum, and exquisitely though her every look, and tone, and movement was rendered by Madame Grisi, when la diva was yet infer glory—still, even then wo would say, that, upon the whole, Madlle. Patti's Amine has never once been surpassed! But for Malibran !—but for one of our earliest recollections, that of Malibran !—a re membrance caught at the most impressionable age of all—one of the most vivid, as it certainly is also one of the most treasured memories of childhood—but for Malibran ! as thus heard and seen distinctly in her great ch arac t er o f A m i n e, heard and seen still it seems to us distinctly at that distance of time (how many years is it ?)—but for Malibran, we say, we should have yet pronounced Patti's Amina unsurpassed. Remembering Malibran, however, as the somnambulist, remembering that incom parable genius of the lyrical stage—among operatic soprani what Edmund Kean must have been among tragedians, what Paganini must have been among violinists, just simply, in one word, unapproachable —it is no disparagement whatever to say of Madlle. Patti that in one instance, though in one instance alone, in this character of Amine, has she been, in our own recollection, surpassed. Malibran's exqui site, her nothing lees than matchless Amine having raised the Drury Lane Theatre as an operatic arena to a level, in those days, with the noblest lyrical stage in all Christendom, Who that once heard her, that once saw her,. that listened to her en tranced, that watched her through tears—can ever lose the remembrance of it ? The passion, the very rapture of her singing awakening a shadowy reflec tion of genius, as it were, in the English tenor who then sang and acted with her as Elvino—poor past, and gone, and almost forgotten Templeton I No— it is no disparagement whatever to say of Madlle. Patti that her Amine has been in that one instance— in the instance of the incomparable Madame Malibran-deeßeriot—net merely surpassed, but surpassed incommensurably. Having been thus surpassed by Malibran—for the one simple reason that in Malibran the Possession of the divinest voice was combined with the possession, (quite as absolutely) of the rarest gift of genius. Apart from any comparison, however, with that purely exceptional instance of Mad ame M a lib ran , what a lovely and delicious impersonation it is, the Amine of Madlle. Patti ! Bellini's sleepwalking heroine is, in fact, among the triumphs of imper sonation achieved by the most youthful and fas cinating of all living prima donnas. From the first to the last, yesterday, from the warbling joy, of the " Come per me sereno," to the rapturous and daz zling delight of the "Ah ! non guingo uman pen siero"— Madlle. Patti's delivery of the lovely music allotted to Amine, was worthy in every note of the splendour of her reputation. The duet between Amine. and Elvino, " Prendi, l'anel ti dono," as given last night by Madlle, Patti and Signor Naudin, w as especially entitled to admiration, if only by reason of its evidencing unmistakeably the enhancement, yet further during these last few month!, of the power already. familiar to us in the fresh and radiant organ of. the young eantatrice. Testifying, thus, that even as her rare powers are now, they are still in appreciable process of development ! M. Faure, s Rodolpho, excellent throughout, from his tender and contemplative delivery of the famous " Vi the ravviso, 0 luoghi ameni," through all bed agitating scenes that follow the chivalrous room scone, where the Count's soul prompts him to leave the fair somnam bulist sleeping dreamily on his couch, and proached, unawakened, undisturbed— down to the last breathless incident when, in Elvines sight in the sight of all the villagers, she re petition, attests her own innocen ce by a re ever the millroof, across the bridge, of h e r perillous . som nambulism. More th an s i m ply exce llent, how ever M. Faure's Rod o lph o wa s rot— .T he rest of the characters are so peculiarly i ns ignificant that they scarcely admit o f b e i ng particularised. It Signor , will be sufficient, th ere f ore , t o mention that Polonini was th e Al ess i o , madame Igliafico the intriguing Li sa , an d M a dlle- A u ese, Teresa the foster-mother o f A m i ne t h e somnambulist. The instrumental acc om p an i men ts of th e action of the piece by the orch es t ra , together wi th the occasional choruses of the vill agers , were a ll that could be presiding wished by the most fastidious---M r. Costa over the momentary whirlwind a nd directing the intermittent storm of both orchestra and chorus with all his wonted mastership 05 a conductor—as f the conductor. The magnificent are a e- the house last last night was very fully occupied in boxes, stalls, and amphitheatre. To-night Meyerbeer's " Roberton Diavole" (first will be repeated. given this season on Saturday) season of Thursday will be the first n i g ht this Gonnod's "Faust a Margherita.44 We observe, moreover, that Fiotow's opera o f " Stradella," " in lieu of Nicol a i' a " M err y Wives of Windsor, is i n active Preparation. announced by M r . Gy e as now Tho town of Miramont ,(Haute - G aronne ) was thrown into conste rna ti on t h ree days since by a dr e a dful homicide committed on t h e person of the mayor , M. Birag net, a cloth manuf ac t urer. Ab ou t nine in the morning a respectable man n ame d D c alled to see the mayor, and the latter, after a l ong taking interview, was leave of his visitor at the door, Z n m p--- stabbed him in the neck with a table knif e i n fli c ti n g a wound wh - ch termi nated fatally soon aiterwa;ds. The assassin immediately after . the crime threw hi mse lf i n t o the river with the inten tlon of committing suicide, but was got ou t a l ive and de. livered over to the police. Ile is supposed to be insane. ATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] GIBRALTAR. MAY 12, A telegram received some days ago from Malaga, reported the wreck of an English vessel on the African coast, near the Spanish settlement of Alhucemas. Her Majesty's gunboat Procris and the Redpole were therefore despatched to the rescue of the wreck for the purpose of saving the crew, and whatever might be left of ship and cargo. There being no vestige of the ship discernible on the shore, the comminder of the Procris communi cated with the Governor of Alhucemas, from:whom he learnt that the vessel had been wrecked about four miles to the eastward of that settlement. On proceeding to the designated locality, the com mander ascertained from the Riffians on shore, with whom he communicated by means of a Moorish interpreter taken from Gibraltar, that a large English vessel, supposed to be a barque, had been wrecked, that three of the crew were drowned, and that the survivors, seven in number, had been sent in one of the Riff boata to Tangiers. The week had entirely broke up. The Procris had left for Tangiers to bring over the seven men who have been sent there, and in case the Riff boat should not have reached Tangiers, we under stand that the Prooris is to coast along the African shore to Tetuan, with a view of intercepting the boat in its passage. The name of the English barque is not yet known. Commercial accounts from the Western coast of Barbary received by the Languedoc, speak of the difficulties which heve been experienced by the European merchants in their commerce with the Moors, on account of their more or less disgusted with which the Moorish authorities regard all trade with the Sultan's subjects end foreigners. A regulation made by the Moorish Government, about a year and a half ago, that pro duce should be sold only in open market at the coast to wns, and that agents of foreign merchants should not be at liberty to traverse the interior for the purpose of purchasing the productions of the country, although not strictly in accordance with the treaties between the Sultan and several European Powers, appears to have been acquiesced in as an experimental matter. The result seems not to have been satisfactory, for we learn that the British Vice-Consols on the coast have now been informed by a circular from her Majesty's Minister, Sir John Hay, that British subjects would be pro tected in their rights to make purchases by them- Selves and their agents beyond the jurisdiction of the coast towns. This would, it was thought, give an impulse to business. The supply of wool coming to market in Alazigan was not abundant, and there was a report that the Sultan at the end of the pre. sent clip would prohibit the exportation. Prices of wool were high, not only on accoant of the short supply, but because vessels were in the bay loading, and their charterers were therefore under the neces sity of completing their cargoes at the high price demanded by sellers, or sending away their ships half empty. Cadez papers says—" The object of the visit of he Duke and Duchess de Montpensier to England is to be present at the marriage of their daughter, Dona Maria Isabel d'Orleans, to the Count de Paris, which is to be celebrated on the 30th inst. The Splnish Minister in London has also been directed by loyal order to ba present as a witness of the marriage. _ _ _ The following British vessels have arrived hero since the departure of the last mail:—Schooner John Pierce, 23 days from Liverpool; schooner Mary and Jane, 14 days cram Cardiff; schooner Exchange, 17 days from Cardiff ; steamer Arasces, 62 days from Liverpool ; steamer Marathon, 5-1, days from Liverpool; steamer Syria, 5 days from South ampton ; and steamer Peninsular, 81 days from Swansea. Exchanges are quoted on London, 90 days' date, 50! to ; Paris, sf. 32c.; Marseilles, sf, 32c.; Genoa, sf. 32c.; Madrid, eight days' sight, par; Cadiz, 2 die.; Seville, 1 die. ; Malaga, 1 dis.; Bar celona, Q prem.; Almeira, Valencia, and Meant, par. FRANCE. The Duke de Luynes has again left Jerusalem with the scientific expedition under his direction, to explore the country between the south of the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Akaba. This espe• dition, which is provided by its chief with the best mathematical instruments and apparatus, has already obtained results of high interest of science and arch aplogy. A duel which terminated fatally has just taken place between two soldiers of the 4th Chasseurs, at Carcassonne (Rude). One of them, a brigadier named Millot, was run through the lower abdcmed by his adversary's sword, and expired a few hours later. General Lemaire, grand officer of the Legion of Honour, has just died at Verdun, his native place, in consequence of en illness brought on by his anxiety about the health of his son, now recovered. BOURSE, May 16, The market has been rather heavy, and the little business done has been at a decline on the last quotations of Saturday, Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 70c., and Mobilier at 1,172 fr. 50e. Railway Market quiet, but firm. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents. 94 75 Italian L0an...... 69 10 Do. cud month Do. end month.... 69 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 66 SO Do. end month.... Credit Mobilier.... 1167 50 Russian Do. end m0nth....1167 60 Austrian - Bank Shares 3375 Spanish Threes.... Credit Fancier 1260 [Tome Debt Roman RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans ....... ~........ 885 .. 885 Northern Lyons and l' 4 lediterranean 890 .. 887 60 New ditto BB5 . . Southern 650 ~ 655 Western - Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 633 75 .. 535 North of Spain Saragossa 565 .. 568 75 Ditto to Barcelona AUSTRIA. VIENNA, May 14. The following is the official report of the Aus trian commander in the recent naval engagement, in a despatch to Count Crenneville, the First Adju• tant-General to the Emperor : "This morning, while on my way to Cuxhaven, I learned that three Danish frigates had been seen near Heligoland. I sailed in that direction, and having come up with the vessels in question, at once attacked them. After the battle bad lasted two hours and a half the foremast of the frigate Schwarzenberg took fire. As the vessel was lying with her head to the wind I was obliged, in order to prevent the fire spreading, to let her fall off. At the sametime I made a signal to the•other vessels to break off (abbrechen) the engagement. We re treated to Heligoland, where we cast anchor.' A non• German, who witnessed the action off Heligoland, says the Austrians displayed great courage and determination, and that the foremast of the Schwarzenberg was hit by a shell while her crew was preparing to board one of the Danish vessels. At first the Austrians maintained that they were overmatched, but they now candidly acknow ledge that they had more and heavier guns than their antagonists. The Schwarzenberg has a crew of 520 men, and carries four rifled 24-pounders, 40 smooth bored 30-pounders, and six mortars for throwing 601 b. shells. The frigate Radetzky has 390 men on bourd, and her armament consists of three rifled 21 pounders, 24 smooth-bored 30-pounders, and four mortars for 601 b. shells. Each of the Prussian gun boats—Blitz, Basilisk, and Adler—carries three g nes. The Danish screw-frigate Niels-Duel, which is said to have been much injured, has 42 Suns, and the screw schooners Dagmar and Haim dal 16 0 01 - As a reward for his gallantry, M. von Tegetthofr has been raised to the rank of a Rear-Admiral. This Government has just forwarded to Berlin a note, in which it is hinted that Austria and Prussia will hardly be able to come to an understanding in respect to the conditions to be imposed on Denmark until the question relative to the German Customs Union has been settled to the satisfaction of the Im perial Gibinet. It has long been known to the Austrians that the ultra-Conservative party in Prussia has a hankering after the Danish Duchies, but they certainly did not expect that such men ,as Count Arnim-Boy tzsn burg and Prince Putbus would advise the sovereign to lay violent hands on his neighbour's pro perty. The Austria❑ Government is said to disap prove the address which has just been sent to the King of Prussia, but it can hardly attach import ance to it, as it must well know mat neither Eng land nor Russia will willingly allow Holstein and Schleswig to be incorporated with Prussia. In the evening of Wednesday you learnt from me that only a part of the Austrian Loan had been taken, and I am now able to give some detailed in formeion on the subject. At S o'clock in the even ing of 'Wednesday the various sealed offers were opened in the presence of the Minister of Finances, but the only one accepted was that made by a com pany composed of the Anglo-Austrian Bank, Messrs, Baring, of London, and Barons Sina and Wodianer, of this city. The Vienna Credit Bank was willing to take 10,000,000f1. at 76, but M. von Piener declared its offer to that effect to be unacceptable. Yesterday evening the official Abend post informed the public that the whole loan of 70,000,00011 " was in the hands of a Syndicate." The true meaning of the words quoted is that the Austrian Minister of Finances has given the whole of the loan, with the exception of the 23,500,000 of silver florins which were subscribed, in commission to a company, which is composed of the Anglo- A - astrian Bank, Baring Brothers, M. Wudianer, J. 9. Sine, the Dutch Bank, the Berlin Discount Company, M. Karo, of Berlin, and B. G. Guld schnaidt, of Frankfurt. The independent Vienna papers plainly give the Government to understand that nothing but strict economy can keep the finances of the Austrian empire from going to the bad. The Pesth Ilirnok professes to have learned from reliable sources that the recent hard frosts have destroyed nine-tenths of the raps and four-tenths of the wheat sown in Hungary. The loss sustained is estimated at 40,000,00011., but in my opinion the accuracy of the estimate is very questionable. One hundred and sixty sailors have gone from Trieste to the North Sea, to fill up the gaps made by the Danish guns in the crews of the two Austrian frigates. MEXICO. The Independence Beige mentions that it has re ceived letters from Mexico which give more de tailed intelligence than that published by the French journa s. It says :—" The following is a summary of the contents of those letters, and both are in accord on that paint. Vidauri, who has always been the personal adversary of Thblado, would have refused to place himself in communica tion with that chief. But, after several interviews which he had with Juarez, he is said to have agreed to give up Monterey to the ex-President, the latter having manifested the intention of transporting the seat of his Government to that town. He therefore retired with his troops, in order to leave Juarez under the protection of soldiers who had faithfully served him since the commence• meat of those disasters, and in whom he might have full confidence in the probable eventuality of his being obliged to :secure his retreat towards the Rio Grande. What had become of Vidauri since he evacuated the seat of his Government no one knew, as at Mexico nobody had any susp'cion of a fact made known by some letters, that Mejia, who commands a body of Imperial troops, and who was in the State of San Luis, had gone to the as sistance of the former Governor of Leon and Coa huila. At Mexico people are not so sanguine as the illonzteur, which declares that the army of Juarez no longer exists. There, indeed, Ortega is said to be assembling around him, including the bands of Doblado and Negrete, from 4,000 to 5,000 men, in addition to the guerillar under the direct command of Carvajal; Uraga is also said to have entered Acapulo with from 3,000 to 4,000 soldiers; and, lastly, us a proof that the ex-President has still some real forces at his disposal, is the fact that the troops by whom Monterey is occupied are only a detached corps. CRACOW. street. A letter from Cracow has the following :—"The sudden arrival in this city of Count Mensdorff Pouilly has had the effect of imparting activity to the zeal of the local authorities in their campaign against the Polish element in Gallicia. The last females arrested were the Countess Marie Tarnowski and the Countess Zaluske, grand-niece of Thaddeus Koscineko, the most illustrious patriot of Ancient Poland. The Governor-General declares that he will adopt the moat egvere measures to make them con fess their complicity with the National Government. The men are treated no better, M. Bentkowski, the eminent deputy of the Berlin Parliament, who has been detained for 10 months in an unwholesome cell without having undergone any interrogation,is dying of an affection of the lungs. Gen. Kruszwski, for merly in the Belgian service, but since settled in Gallicia for several years, is also ill and deprived of any assistance from his family. Lastly, General Count Joseph Ziluska, a veteran of the First Em pire, has just been torn from the works of art and history to which he was devoting the remainder of his life. A companion of Napoleon I, he was en gaged in analysing and describing with talent the wars and combats of which he had been a witness. His interrogatory commenced on the 27th ult, in the criminal prison of Przumysl. The following is an official report of the extraditions published by the German journal of Cracow :-275 inhabitants of the kingdom delivered up to the Russian autho rities (the journal takes care to add that 46 were handed over by constraint) ; 359 expelled, probably to France; 217 sent for fixed residence lionce9gs gratz in Bohemia, and 80, belonging to different ❑ations, sent to their respective countries, This is the official return, but it is very far from attaining the real number, which we shall give when an op portunity presents itself." FRUIT PROSPECTS IN DEVON.—The country ge nerally, and North and East Devon in particular, is looking remarkably well juet now. The late fine growing showers came just when they were wanted. lino unusually severe frosts come on, the prospect for fruit of every kind is a most excellent one. It is long since such a splendid dis play of apple blossom has been see-r. ; the trees and even whole orchards ate one mass of bloom. Pears are likely to be abundant and are set, some of the young fruit already measuring two inches round.—Cherries, too, are forward, some being an inch and a half round. There is every pros pect of plenty of garden fruit,—Tiverton Gazette. TIGERS IN SINGAPORE.—Captain Nelson, of the Madras Presidency, induced by the unceasing ac counts appearing in the newspapers of the dreadful de struction of human beings in Singapore occasioned by tigers, has written to the Government to suggest that an attempt might be made to poison the brutes by means of strychnine. He mentions a case in which ho succeeded in destroying a tiger, together with a great many vultures, jackals, dogs, &c., by putting strychnine on the carcass of a buffalo which the tiger had killed and only partly consumed, and to which he returned to complete his meal. The method recom mended by Captain Nelson is about being tried here by the commissioner of police, and eve hope it will be found suc cessful, although there are doubts on the point, as repeated attempts have been made in Singapore to poison tigers, but without any good result. Dogs have been tied up in the jungle in places resorted to by tigers, their necks having been previously shaved and rubbed with strychnine, means being taken to prevent their liekieg off the poison. Calves have also been tethered in the jangle with their necks pre pared in the same manner ; but none of the experiments succeeded, although Item the marks of tigers' feet all round the bait in several instances it was apparent that their no tice had been attrac'ed to it. In one or two cases strych nine has also been placed on the bodies of persons killed by cigers, but the tigers did not again touch them ; indeed, en ;re assured it has been generally observed that in Singapore tigers do not return to eat bodies, wieether of men or beasts, which they have only partly consumed. —Singapore _Free Press, April 7. 61111 IiER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Saturday. The Queen, Accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Helena, and the Prince and the Princess of Leinirgen, arrived at Balmoral at half-past three this day. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Louise, the Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, with the Princess Alberta of leiningen, and the Royal suite, arrived shortly after , Lady Churchill, the Lacy in Waitin g, joined the Royal train at Oxford. -4- The Prince and Princess of Wales. l'h3 Prince and Princess 6f Wales, attended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey and Mejor Teesdale, went in the forenoon yesterday to see Mr. Holman Hunt's picture in Hanover- The Prince rode on horseback, attended by 'Major Tees dale. The Princess of \Vales took a carriage drive, attended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by Lord Harris, the Hon, W. and Mrs. Grey, and Major Teesdale, went in the evening to the concert given by the Philhar monic Society at the Hanover-square Rooms, The Dake of Somerset, the First Lord of the dtniralty, will entertain a large party of naval and civil officers attached to his department on Tuesday next, at his official residence at the Admiralty, Whitehall. The Duke of Devonshire and Lsdy Louisa Cavendish left Devonshire House on Saturday last for Chatsworth, Derbyshire, to pass the holidays. The Duke of Marlborough has left town to meet his yacht in the Southampton Water, in order to take a cruise in the Channel. During his cruise his grace will visit Cherbourg and other parts of the coast of France. The E trl of C.trnarvon leaves town to-day on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Portsmouth, at Hurst bourn Park. The countess will remain :n town. The EArl of Wilton left Grosvenor-tcpare day for Badminton, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort during the Bath race meeting. The Earl of Coventry, Viscount Canterbury, the Earl Annesley, Viscount Curzon, Captain Hnn. Frederick Curzon, Sir Joseph Hawley, Sir Henry I)es Vceux, Colone 1 Hon; James Macdonald, Colonel Hon. H. Forester, Captai Leslie, Mr C. Greville, Mr Payne, Mr W. G. Craven, and a large party have left town for the Bath races, and will be among the guests at Badminton. The Earl de Grey, as Secretary of State for War, will give a full-dress banquet on Tuesday next, at his man sion in Carlton-gardens, to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and a distinguished party connected with the military department over which the noble earl has control, in celebration of her Majesty's birthday. The Earl of Powis is expected to return to town towards the close of the week from doing duty with the yeomanry. The Earl Russell, the Secretary of State far the Foreign Department, will give a full. dress dinner to the foreign ambassadors on Tuesday next, in celebration of the Queen's birthday, We understand that the marriage of Lady Con. stance Villiers, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, with Captain the Hon. Frederick A. Stanley (the Grenadier Guards), youngest son of the Earl and Countess of Derby, will take place on the 31st inet Loid and Lldy Dufferin have left the Palace Hotel, Buckingham-gate, for Clandeboy, Ireland, for a few days. The marriage of Lord Frederick Cavendish, second son of the Duko of Devonshire, and the Hon. Lucy Lytcleton, second daughter of Lord Lyttleton, and Maid of Honour to the Queen, is appointed to be solemnised on the 7th of the ensuing month. Tins MARQUIS OF AILESBURY is recovering from his recent indisposition, which prevented his Lordship attending at Court. THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE is better. His Grace of late has derived much benefit from tranquil nights, and has regained much of his lost strength. THE ACCOUNTS OF THE VENERABLE EARL RADNOR are such as to give uneasiness to his friends. Lady C. Bulk& y (his Lordship's only child by his first marriage with Lady Catherine Pelham Clinton) has gone to Coleshill, where Viscount and Viscountess Folkestone are expected, TUE EARL HOWL 13 considerably better, and is ast recovering from his recent indisposition. Drinking Fountains, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—ln anticipation of the approaching hot summer days, the Committee of the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountains Association beg to inform the public that funds are urgently needed to enable the society to continue those exertions which have hitherto been attended with such great success. Through the instrumentality of the associa tion upwards of 80 fountains have been already erected, at which it is computed not less than a quarter of a million people drink daily during the heat of the year. It is the desiro of the society to extend the boon as far as possible to every corner of the metropolis, so that the thirsty wayfarer may not be forced into the necessity of repairing to the public-houses. Tho committees 'are overwhelmed with applications for new fountains, but are unable to erect fresh ones from want of funds ; and for the same reason the provision made far the relief of the sufferings of cattle and dogs from thirst falls 6hort of what is required. All the fountains of the association are under constant supervision, and qualified workmen are employed to keep them in an efficent state, but several of those erected by private benevolence have become dilapidated and even dry. If the public will afford the means, the committee propose offering to undertake the supervision of all the fountains in London, and (thereby. to seeure for each the necessary attention. I shall be happy to receive contributions in aid of those objects, or subscriptions may be paid at the office of the association, 1, Shorter's-court, Throgmorton-street, E.C., where any further information may he obtained.--I am, &c. SAMUEL GURNEY, Chairman. 25, Prince's-gate, S.W„ May 16, Mt ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN [BOTH IN ARMY AND NATY] TO DO HIS DUTY, and it seexas likely that our soldiers will very soon be provided with a little book, telling them in simple language what their duty is ! TELEGRAPH TO AMERTCA.—The necessary ar rangements for another attempt to lay a submarine telegraph between Ireland and North America have been made, and the Atlantic Telegraph Company are more san guine than ever that the experiment to be undertaken in. the spring of 1865 will be a complete sucess. By the time that the Atlantic Telegraph Company is ready for its grand enterprise, a second and entirely different line of telegraphic communication between Europe and America will approach, if not reach, its completion. This is the line running across Siberia, thence connecting with Russian Aneerica, thence passing through British Columbia, and ultimately reaching our Pacific States. The most difficult portion , of this tele graph, that through Siberia, is now, according to a recent despatch, completed as far as Irkutsk, the capital of Eastern Siberia. Mr, Collins, a citizen of the United States, to whom the Russian Government has given for a period of 36 years the exclusive right of working this telegraph through the Russian dominions, has now obtained from the British Government the right of way through British Columbia. The Western Union Telegraph Company of the United States are prepared to assume the construction of the line, and capitalists are ready to supply the money for carrying out the undertaking. It is intended to continue the tele graph northward along the western coast of British America to Bebring's Straits, which will be crossed by a submarine cable 40 miles long, thence along the coast of Arctic Russia to the mouth of the Amoor River, at which point the Ruse sian Government have agreed to meet the line and connect it with their own. The new line will be not far from 4,200 miles in extent, and, when completed, it will unite Europe, Asia, and America, principally by land.—New York Tribune. DESTRUCTIVE FlßE.—Llte on Friday night, or early on Saturday morning, a destructive fire broke out on Weddingtou farm, in the parish of Ash, near Sand wich. The flames were first discovered by Richard Pay, a neighbour, about half. past 1 o'cloca on Saturday morning, as he was getting up to go to market. He gave the alarm to William Marsh, waggoner and bailiff to Mr John Woodruff, the occupier of the premises. On going to the stable Marsh found his horses dead from suffocation. The flames had then extended to the *hole of the buildings, which were all burnt to the ground before an engine could Pa procured. Indeed, if an engine could have been got, it would have been of no use for want of water. Four young horses, worth £lO each, were burnt to death in the stable. After the fire had burnt out they presented a deplorable spectacle, their bowels pro truding as if the caresses had burst with excessive heat. Tho hind legs of two of the poor creatures were completely burnt off. Five breeding cows were also found in a similar condition. The buildings, consisting of a four. horse stable, a wheat barn, a barley barn, a fodder barn, a bullock lodge, all birch-built, and thatched, were completely destroyed, together with their contents, which included a waggon, two carts, and a quantity of agricultural implements, and two straw stacks, the growth of 13 acres. Frcm the appearance of the fire when it was first disco% ered it must have com menced either at the straw stack or at the north corner of the wheat barn. The waggoner's mate was the last person on the premises en Friday night, and he left the stable about 10 o'clock, when all appeared quite i•ace. The fire is sup posed to be the work of an ircendiary. The damage is variously estimated at from £7OO to £l,OOO, but the loss is tally covered by insurance.