The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-10 00:00:00

BONNET'S SILKS a LYON.—Every Article of commerce takes its title , either from the inventor or manufacturer, and the more perfect the production the grater is the credit which attar aes to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said be incapable of identifica tion in England ; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex pos:d by the very trade mark oft; se firm, as exhibited by - . Messrs. JAY, of lb 'gent-street. The following interwoven mar; may be seen at the ene, ofeach piece :—" Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., it Lyr d i eta Injurieux." Wear guaranteed 186 F. ELOPEMENT EXT ItAORDINARY. lEGI. BACHELOR'S B 0 X. ENoLi , sli OPERA, IL COVENT-GARDI N. Under the 31:tnac-,enient of Miss :7.011153 ryne and :gr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, 31PLIZIII.A.NA. 'Miss Louisa Pyne, 3lr. Harrison,N. &c. After whirl:, FANCITETTE : Miss Sagan Pg.ae, Mr. Comic, Mr. Rousa. Doors open at ba.'f-past Six—f:ommence at. Seven. TaEATRF, ROYAL DRUR Y-LANE, Manager!, Me ssrs. Edmond Falconer anti F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Performances will comm.mce with TEE FOUL MOWBRAY.3. Master Percyßoselle. After which, MANFRED. Manfred, Mr. Phelps. To conclude with a new farce. THE AL A8A.3141. Mr. G. relmore and Miss Lydia Thenc)son. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 dalir. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.— Sole Lessee and Manazcr, Mr, Back - stone. THIS EVENING, THE LIT I.'LE DAISY. Miss Maria Barris. Followed by BUNKUM MULLEN. Mr. Sothern. After which, OUR. AMERICAN COUSIN: Messrs. Sothern, Backsfone, Cbinpen,laie, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Cullentord, &o. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Harris, Lindley, Hill, &o And SHOCKING EVENTS. Mr. Compton. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole 31.-anagement of Mr. Pechter. BEL DE %lONIO (a Triumphant Success:) will be repeated E v ery Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD: Messrs. H. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, Msreland; Misses Percy, Pauline .Lezlereq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. A Iter which, at Eight o'clock, the 104th Night of BEL DIGMONIO, a Love Story, in Tweli e Tableaux, taken from Etendhal's "Italian Chronicle by, Mr. John Brougham. Principal character by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Emery, h'aymond, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; bliss Bate Terry, Hiss E. Lavenu, M rs. Lee,and allss Elsworthy. _ _ The Publ!e are entreated to take notice that No Charge is :glade to the occupazlts of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keeplu4 of hats and cloaks, and twat the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- 11 ) 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. And JACK'S ARRIVAL FROM CANTON. NEW '2.1-1E A.TRE-ao , AD EL P Hl. Sole ?rmrintor awl Mtranzer, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY HORSEBR,EAKEiI bin J. L. Toole and Hiss Woolgar. 9.t Eight, LEAH Miss Bate nan, supported by Messrs, A. Stirlin3 . , R. Phillips, Ellington, Stuart, Stephenson, I.burne; 3iiss H. Simms, and Hrs. Eillington. To c' elude with, ',ld time, T LIE AREA BELLE : 3Tessr,i J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Reiner, Miss Weolgar, Lewis. Commence at 7. LEA H.-EVERY MISS BATEMAN. NIGHT, e . a — t. EVENlNG,j a H , l i % ctresq ffiss TVl"thse,B37Athrr,Epp.lplaz appearance of Tj t E he A zr BATEMAN. in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss fir,teman's imperso nation of the principal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce thatit will be performed EVE 3Y EVENING- until further notice. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manazer, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF. To be followed by UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr. Belford, Mr. Parselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Mis 3 Thorne. Atter which, the Grand Christmas Thirlesque, 0 RPFIEL - 3 4.ND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &c. Concluding with MARGATE SANDS. Commence at 7. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, trader the Management of 3fr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank end fashion.—The New Comedy of THE SILVER LINING every Evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Stirling, wars. Frank Mat hews, and Mr. J. L. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are engaged:—Mr. Benjamin Webster. Mr. J. L. Tole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas. Mathews ; Mrs. Stirlbuz, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went worth, Mrs. Howard Paul, Mr. J. Clark, and Mrs. Charles Mat:sews. THIS N;VENI~•G. and dtrincT the Week, at 7 ()Volk, LT Dr:lt THE ROSE. Mr. Ashley, Miss A. Cottrell, and 3lis Fatti Josephs. At a quarter before 8, the new Comedy, by L. Bucking ham, Esq., entitled THE SILVER LTA' : Mr. Charles Mathewß, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John s'one, Mr. Montague; Mrs. ( harles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, 31:ss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by Nfr. Charles Mathews just translated from the French)in his characteristic character of tin Anglaia Timid; entitled COOL AS A CIJCUMBE Several novelties are in preparation. THE LAST THREE NIGHTS. GRACE EGERTON (Mrs. George eqse), at the POLYGRAPFIIC HALL, King William street (her TFIIRD SEASON in London), in her New and hiohly successful Characteristic and Musical Entertainment entitlei "A DRAWING ROO.ll TO LET." EVERY EVENING, at Eight. Saturday Evening, at 8, and positively the last night, Stalls, 33. ; unreserved seats, 2s. ; area, Is. Last performance March 12. TTHIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containinz, the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Dan be had Evory Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS ACEN'T, 'No. 4, Connaught-terrace, nyde-park. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 265. per ton. I Double 21s. per ton. Top 235. „ Nut 5........ 19s. „ Deep 22s. ~ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wh ar f, - !'addington, Best Cote lss. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DA.Y.—Morning, 3h. 26m.—Afteraoon, 3h. Mai. To-Noanow.-Morning, 4h. 1214—Afternoon, 30ra• The Weather—Sun Office, March 10, 18C4. TH'nEVAIOMMTEIt. Tb.liday7at Two °Vice' 3S Barometer-29.62,—A rise of more than haif-an-inch since yesterday. Wind—S.W.; moderate breeze, and fine, (I I Ana N 7-47 LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1864. The happy ceremonial which has taken place this afternoon in the Chapel within Buckingham Palace will inaugurate, l e t u s hope, a new epoch of domestic happines s for the Royal Family of these realms. A ny attempt a t fore casting the futu re o f the infant heir to the Heir Apparent were, of cou.ree, worse than idle. It is, nevertheless, a most consolatory reflection, a reflection full of encouragement to e very patriotic citizen owning allegiance to our beloved and revered SOVEREIGN, that never in th e hi story of this countryhas the first-born son of the heir appar ent to the Crown been christened under th e tegie of 63 complete and un i versal a loyalty— a loyalty so securely based upon the Lffection s of the whole population. There is even the added sem i trien t of a great grief still poignantly remem bered by the English People to enhance their sense of personal attachment to the QUEEN herself, in her own august character as the most deservedly. beloved of all our Constitu,ional Sovereigns, and, throlgh her MAJESTY, of personal attachment also to her children and her children's children. Nearly seven -and-twenty years have now elapsed since the accession to the throne Of Queen VICTORIA on the 20th of June, 1837, as the successor to King WILLIAM IV. Already, therefore, the present reign has more or less exceeded the duration of the reigns respectively of the fourth WILLIAM and pf the fourth GEORGS, of the f i rst o f the Hanoverian Kings of that name, of ANNE and WILLIAM of ORANG3, of the two JAMESES. and the first CIIARLES, of MARY and of EDWARD VI., of HENRY VII. and RICHARP 111. 3 as well Ai of ten oat of the seventeen preceding Monarchs, dating from the Nor man Conqueror, and including amongst those ten the Conqueror himself. In effect out of the thirty-six Sovereigns who preceded Queen VICTO- ; RIA on the throne of England since the date of the Conquest, there have been only eleven who have reigned longer than her MAJESTY has reigned even now. HENRY I. reigned only eight years longer, HENRY 11. only seven —EDWARD I. also but seven years lender. HENRY VI. but twelve years longer, HENRY VIII. eleven, ELIZABETH fourteen and a half. CHARLES 11. nominally owned the C:cwa but nine sears longer, even if we se calculato the duratien of his reign, at an ez:eaysgant excess in the computation of it, by ignoring the whole esistence of the Commonwealth. GEORGE IT. reigned altogether no more than sixteen and a half years longer than Queen VieToßie has reigned already. By a well-known coincidence in oar national annals, the three longest reigue of all have been those et monarchs, each the third of his name, viz. HENRY 111,, EDWARD 111., and GEORGE 111. EDWARD 111. reigning altogether twenty-three and a half years longer, HENRY 111. twenty-nine years longer, or more than double the duration of her Majesty's reign even so far as it has by this time extended— GEORGE 111., her Msjesty's grandfather, whose reign was the longest of all the reigns of all cur sovereigns, exceeding the duration already attained by her M.sjesty's reign by an addition of no less than thirty-two years and a half. But then, while we are in the midst of these curious historical calculations, it ought, as a matter of course, to be borne in remembrance, here, that many of the closing years of the protracted reign of King GEORGE 111. were passed by that &acted monarch in complete darkness both of mind and body--in total blindness and utter bereavement of intellect. Already, then, the longest reign saving eleven out of the thirty-six reigns dating from VICTORIA back to Wineeeet the Conqueror —the present reign shines already conspicuously, shines, rather, it should be said, pre-eminently in our annals as the happiest of all, the most prosperous, the most tranquil internally, that is among the people of these islands—and all this because, under the blessing of GOD, the reigning Sovereign has proved herself, beyond all manner of doubt and question, to be the most constitutional Monarch who ever wore the crown cr held the sceptre of EGBERT, doing so not only es the Ruer of the State, but, as such, is the fullest and noblest meaning of the words, as the ens, • todian of the rights and li'oerties,of Englishmen. The report of the joint committee of the two Houses relative to the various metropolitan railway schemes was not suffered to pass without some comment and opposition. A good many of the arguments now brought against the decision of the committee might with equal reason have been urged against the appointment of a committee at all. One hon. member, whose connection with the City of London rendered his views of some importance, has indeed suggested that a committee of inquiry should be nominated before any new works should be undertaken in the metropolis. It was of course intended that this committee should be formed of men who, by natural ability or long experience, should be able to deal with the matter as a whole, to combine practice with theory, and a due regard for architectural beauty and permanent utility,with public convenience and busi ness purposes. Such an assembly would, no doubt, deprive the designs of directors and shareholders of many of their angularities, wou ld d emnr t o unneces sary-bridges and viaducts, and object to anything that tended to the obstruction or disfigurement of any locality. Tiscre might under its agency be developed. some harmonious scheme in which sim plicity should take the place, of confusion, and unity of competition, bat the proposal of such a committee was open, as Mr. MILNER GIBSON showed the other night, to a very serious objection. Its decisions would be purely visionary. It might indicate what in its opinion was the wisest course, and recommend that railways should be laid down in certain direc tions, but unless the whole system of railway legis lation were altered it would be powerless to carry those recommendations into effect. It has always been a principle of our Constitution to allow as much scope as possible to private enterprise, and unless the executive were prepared to reverse this custom, and take the whole work of railway con struction into its own hands, it could not enforce the recommendations of the committee. It could not compel shareholders to subscribe, directors to come forward, and a railway company to start into existence at the time and place indicated. The matte:, too, pressed for consideration, and the public were impatient to have some guarantee that London should not be absolutely converted into a network of iron rails, and the interests of the eager candidates for Parliamentary favour deserved sums consideration. Under these circumstances, the somewhat exceptional course proposed by Mr. MILNER GIBSON was perhaps one of the best that could have been adopted. The labours of the joint committee, if not lengthy, have been assi duous, and the time which, day after day, they gave to tho subject was exclusively devoted to its consideration. There was no time lost by putting irrelevant questions to witnesses, or by hearing long speeches from counsel, says Mr. GIBSON, and it must be remembered that the lcrds and gentlemen who formed that committee were selected by reason of their fitness for the office. Under these circumstances the report might safely be agreed to, especially as it by no means commits the Heuse to the acceptance of ail the bills which it suffers to proceed another otage. The noble lord the member for King's Lynn, whose good sense and judgment render him an authority to whom all sides seem disposed to refer in such a matter, pointed out, in answer to come objections raised against the report that the committee had not taken upon them selves the responsibility of absolutely approving, or of absolutely condemning, any of the competing schemes. They could not, indeed, have done so without entering into a long and tedious investigas Cell, in the course of which justice would have de manded that the arguments on all sides should be brought forward, thereby entailing the necessity of hearing a number of counsel, and occupying an in calculable period of time. The result of this would, Of course, have been that all the bills would have been postponed until next year, a proceeding whi c h would have been looked upon with disfavour in man y quarters. It would besides have been enter -1 e s. 2 upon matters not property belonging to the jurisdiction of th e ecua seit!ee, whose of ee was merely a preliminary one, to ascertain which schemes had sufficient show of reason and utility upon their side to Warrant their appearing before the ordinary t r ib anal. Lord e ing that he a n d hi s associates had only , .TANLEY, in remark the of striking cut those aw e which did not appe ar to mesa acted on the sideration, advised thAe'es i a iou u s r e gently for con ' hopeless task o f discussin the to avoid the of proposals whose effect could oat y r ivb g a r i me h r t i l appreciated by a ca re f u l study the retie' ma Ps arid plans. One important point to b e borne in • con nection with the metropolitan railwaysea mix i n they:afford t o some densely pee-- I a overcrowded egad _ et , localities b y ena b l i ng persons, whose presence i n the City or elsewh ere is indispensable during business hours, to have their place of residence beyond the magic circle. The facilities afforded to the labour ing classes by their means of obtaining better and cheaper dwellings in healthier spots than the courts and byways of the city is a matter of very great importance. The engineer of the Commissioners of Sewers, when examined by the committee, observed that since the population of London doubled in 37 years, and that the demand for means of transit was constantly on the increase, there must be an increase in the railways to meet the demand. The distance at which the crowded state of the City compels many of those engaged in it to live, was another of the arguments which imposed upon the committee the propriety of not putting a summary and con clusive negative upon al. the schemes for additional metropolitan railways. The uoreaeoneble number and extent of these schemes, and the extravagance of some of their piojects, have gone far to neutra lise the public confidence in the benefits they confer, but that there era advantages as well as drawbacks to a system of metropolitan railway communication must be apparent oa very slight consideration. That both sides of the question have been fully and fairly weighed by the committee is apparent by the number of the bills rejected and retained, and we are glad that the House has approved the substance of their Report, leaving all subsequent details to be worked out in the ordinary course. Several Cases in Bethnal Green have lately at tracted attention and called forth censure, but the last one recorded is about as painful as any that have ever come under public notice. The adjourned inquest on the women S.IRAH DOVE revealed a story that was awful in its consequences and most irritating in its details. The result of a post anorten: examination proved that the deceased had died from want and privation. O wing to local occurrences the Coroner very . properly called in another opinion, but the evidence adduced by the referee was, if anything, still stronger end more condemnatory than the previous report. Mr. GANT, the patho logical anatomist to the Royal Free Hespital, declared that the body of the unfortunate woman was " extremely emaciated," and that, all the facts being taken into consideration, he gave it as his opinion that the deceased died from sheer exhaus tion, consequent upon continued want of food and clothing and the chief necessaries of life. Further more, he said that if she had been admitted to the infirmary a week previous to her death, she would not only possibly but probably have rallied, being very healthy. The facts were that Dr. Mooltu had given an order for her admission into the In firmary of the Wcnkhouse some days previously, but owing to gross mismanagement the order was not carried into effect. Instead of admitting the poor sufferer, the relieving-efEe2r came to the house where the family resided and told the husband that he had brought an order for himself, wife, and two children to go into the Workhouse. The man very naturally replied that this did not suit his wishes, for he earned two shillings and sixpence a day, and he did not want his children to go into the Work house. To this it is alleged that Mr. CHRISTEY replied, that "all should go in, so that you, DOTE, can work in the House to help to support your wife and children." Was ever anything more inconsistent. Things have come to a pretty pass if relieving officers are to be allowed to settle the terms upon which alone admission can be granted to paupers. The sequel to the sad tale is sufficiently tragic to arrest notice, and the fact that the suffering subjrct of this debate and altercation died in her miserable home a few days after can surprise nobody. A mars direct case of faulty in terpretation of the law has seldom been witnessed, and SARAH DOVA Wirt long live in the recollection of her teigh'oourhood as a victim to the insane notions that p:evail in the minds of some officials, who carry- out thzir own pot projEens to the detri ment of all around them, and mitt life itself 35 tight in the balance when compared with the due observatee of absurd customs, and the maintenance of self-imposed or imaginary restraints. The idea of compelling a man who was earning 2s. GI. a day to enter the workhouse seems alike devoid of com mon sense and common jus!ice, while the manner in which the unfortunate woman was treated was a violation of all the dictates of good feeling and con sideration. At any rate the scheme for inducing the husband to coma into the House was but a crochet, and for the sake of carrying it out what a price hes been paid, and what a sacrifice has been offered up. It comes to this that human life must pay the penalty for non-conformity to the hard rules and harsh decreee of a prejudiced atartisan. Comfort and convenience are inadmissible terms when applied to the claimants who turn in hunger and nakedness to the refuge provided for them by the laws of the land. It is one of the greatest hard ships imaginable that an ablebodied man should be compelled to become a pauper for the remainder of his life, perhaps, in order to satisfy the scruples of official and parochial routine. Above all, it in a monstrous thing that a member of the community should literally perish of starvation and exposure with the means at hand that would have saved her life, perhaps, for many years, and the only reason that can be adduced should be utterly unfounded as the one here cited. It is very satisfactory that the jury returned so strong a verdict, and surely v it must have soma Effect upon the Poor Law Board, to whom at their request it has been forwarded. This is not the first complaint that has been made con cerning Mr. CIIItISTEY, and nothing but his imme diate dismiceal from a post for which he is so eminently unfitted can consort in any measure with the principles of justice and mercy, which by hie conduct ho has En greatly transgressed against. Some blame attar ;es itself to these who have -so long persisted is retaining him in his position. To do this, after a ma n h as proved himself unfit or unequal to the duties of the peculiar vocation, is a cruelty to himself and a wrong to those over whom The pres en t system o f ra ti ng he exercises authority. is very bad, and surely when so many deaths have attested its inefficacy, and so many wretched lives bear witness to its hard s hip s an d horrors', something difihrent will be adopted. To equalise the burden and make some rich parishes who at present pay little or next to nothing share the burden with the less opulent neighbourhoods, who are worn down by the pressure of their heavy rates, would be a boon of inestimable value to all concerned. Evil is wrought by want of thought as well as by want of heart, is as true a saying as any that poet ever penned and philos o ph er gave utterance to, and there must be many well - intentioned persons at present connected with the Poor Law Board who would take up the matter heartily, if only they were able to appreciate its necessity and recognise its importance. The evils of a system go oa unchecked because custom sanctions every thing, end use makes us conform to strange and meet inconsistent forms, but soon or late, as the case may be, the truth dawns non the mind of those who at one time lent an unwilling ear to the claims of some and the com plaints of others. There are many interests at stake in this affair of the poor rates, and a better adjestment of them will bestow satisfaction on many hardworking members of the community, and, better still, will shed a ray of light over the darkened dwellings where poverty cannot win its dAiiy bread, where pinching poverty is mapping the TUE SUN, LOM3ON, THURSDAY LYENI springs of life, and starving childhood and decrepid age droop fir the want of sustenance, while even those in the vigour of maturity cannot always wage the fight, but sink down at last victims to a want of due precaution on the part of those whose bounden duty it is to watch over and preserve them, that they may live among their fellow men the full time appointed by their Maker, and perform the duties which their station calls forth. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LE!!UTER'S TELEGRAMS.] ..,,,.-..-..__.......... BAVARIA. INCREASLD ILLNESS OF THE KING. MUMCII, MARCH 10. The Kng's illness has increased, 1--Es Majesty has received extreme uutioa at five o'clock this morning. A bulletin issued at 6 a.m. to-day says:--" His Majesty has passed a sleepless night, and is in a very weak condition. The crysipelatous tumour has spread." SPAIN. MADRID, MARCH 8. In to•day's sitting of the Senate the President o the Council brought in a bill abolishing the consti• tutional reform law of 1858. Tae Minister of the Interior laid three bills before the Chamber. The first is for the suppres sion of electoral offences, the second regulates the . parliamentary disabilities of public functionaries, and the third proposes the appolattnent of mayors of towns by Royal d,-.cree. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS, MALTA, MARcii 8 7.20 p.m. The Massilia and Pera, with the above mails, leave at midnight. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 11th inst., and the latter at Southampton about the 17th inst. The Nubia brought the m3iia to Suez, arriving there on the 31 (two days early). FRANCE. FARIS, MARcia 10. The Moniteur of this morning 6aye :—" A foreign newspaper considers as abnormal the appointment of Marshal M‘Me,hon to the command of the camp of Chalons. It is, however, quite regular. The divisional staff will be compoal according to the ordinary basis and regulations." The bulletin of the illonPeur says that the dis turbances in Rome were not of a serious nature. The measures taken in concert by the Duke de Montebello and Msr. de Merode, permit the hope that they will not be renewed. BounsE, i‘Lrch 9.—The market has been firm, with a fair amount of business doing, but prices show no improvement, Threes, for the Account, being unvaried at 66fr. 30e. Mobilier have slightly advanced, the present price being I,olofr. Rail- • way Shares have varied but little from yesterday's quotations. The market slightly improved towards the close, and left off as follows : 41 per Cents. 93 Oa, end month 3 p er Cents Italian Loan 67 30 Do. end month — New ditto Do. end month..., Russian . Am:Arian ..... o• • "--* ."-- .S. pani z, !I Threes.„,. C.iong. , , Pcbt Defared - D. end month.... 66 40 Credit 50 Do. end 1u0rtt1i....1943 75 '3lB '0 Credit lioncier 1210 aoman Be IL Cash. Anew:mt. 1005 .„ 105 •.. 951 ... Northern Nes , / ditto — • • Lyons an M-3diturra....van 927 50 .. 925 New ditto 875 S3uthcrn Western ,• , 516 517 50 Eastern • • ....... .• 475 475 Sm-diniqr. 402 50 .. 402 50 f,mrt)ll , 3 ,„, ..... 5!3 75 ~ 518 75 North of Split. SttragosAa .. 577 50 .. 555 Ditto to .13ttroolona 295 SHIELDS, Tuesday Night.—The weather having moderated, and the wind havicg kept well from the north ward, a high tide enabled a considerable fleet of laden colliers and large vessels to I.ht to sea this afternoon from the Tyne, The eight is tiot', ani the wind is fav,,nrable to them. THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT PCITNEY.—On Tues day evening Mr. William Carter, the coroner for the Eastern Division of Surrey, held an inquest at the Railway Hotel, Putney, on the body of Gilbert Cruick shank, aged 25, a book-stalikeeper, in the employment of Messrs. W. 8., Smith and San at Putney. The deceased while attending his duties was called by one of the female servants at a Mr. Alexander's house, the garden of which adjoins the station on the down side cf the line, to give her some paper, and accordingly he ran across to her, when the 450 p.m. train from London (not stopping at Putney) was within about 300 yards of the station. He got safely across, and gave the girl the paper, and immediately the down train passed. He jumped on the line to go back to his book stall, not seeing that a return engine was running up, and was at that moment under the bridge. He managed to gat one leg on to the platform when the buffer caught, him and threw him between the metals. He was dragged under the ashepan a distance of about 150 yards. When picked up he was quite dead. Mr. Thorn, the stationmaster at Put ney, stated, in reply to the coroner, that it was almost impossible to prevent the ordinary passengers from crossing the line. The coroner said that he h ad cons id ere d for a long time past that something ought t o b e done t o preven t porcons crossing the line, espechill at the Putney station. The line there took a sharp curve j ust through t h e b r id ge , and it was impossible for anyone t o see a train approac hi ng until it was almost up to the plaVorna. Travelling by railway was now so universal that it was not only necessary that every possible precaution should be taken, but that those who, ii}ro himself, might be in a position to see the dangers eheuld draw the atten tion of the railway companies to the matter. Mr. Godson, the general superintendent of the line, who was present on behalf of the company, said that the Doe-al had already authorised such al 'orations at the station as would obviate the dangers to which the learned coroner referred. possible for the comf or t an d safety of the passengers; The company had a l ways b een anxious to do everyth i ng but, though the platform at the Putney station was never left without a porter night er day, it had been found impossible to prevent the public risking their liver; in crossing in spite of cautions and warnings, and even the porters wore some times obliged to use forcible means to prevent the passen gers crossing the line. The jury expressed their satisfac tion at hearing Mr. Godson's statement that an alteration was to be effeicted at the station, and returned a verdict that the deceased lost his life through inoprudentiv crossing the line of railway in front of an approaching engine. TUE NEW TICKLT OF LE A yE..—The Penal Servi tude 'Sill now Passing through Parliament gives the new form proposed for orders of licence. The old form gave licence to the convict to be at large in the United Kingdom for the rem a i n d er of his sentence un l ess it s h ou ld please her Majesty sooner to revoke the licence; the new form adds, "or unle ss th e said A B shal l b e f ore t h e exp i re* Lion of the said term b e convicted of so iree indictable offence in which case the lic ence will be immediately forfeited by law." It also adds that "linen the breach of any of the con ditions endorsed on the licence it will be liable to be revoked, whether such breach is followed by a conviction or not." The conditions endorsed are to be these four :—" 1. The holder shall preserve his licence, and r roduce it when called upon to do so by a magistrate or police officer;" this condi tion is new. "2. He shall abstain from any violation of the law. 3. He shall not habitually associate with notoriously bad characters, such as reputed thieves and prostitutes. 4. lie shall nut lead an idle and dissolute life, without visible means of obtaining an honest livelihood. These three con ditions are substantially the same as on the licence, except (if it be an exception) that the first of them thus ran— " This licence is liable to be revoked in case of misconduct." Lastly, the old licence adds that if revoked the convict may have to undergo the whole remain'ng portion of his original sentence;" the corresponding clause in the proposed new licence is that if it is f or f e i ted or revoke d " i n consequence of a conviction of any o ff ence, " the convict will be liable to undergo the term of p enal servitude wh i c h was unexp i re d when the licence was granted. By a clause i n th e bill , a broach of the conditio ns b y an act not o f it se lf pu n i s h a bl e either upon indictment or summary conviction is to be punishable summarily with th ree m onths' imprisonment w ith or without hard l a b our; and by anot h er c l ause , w h ere the licence shall be eith er f orfeited by a conv i c tio n f or an indictable offence or revoked in pursuance of summary con viction under this or any ether Act of Parliament, the con vict is to undergo the term of penal servitude which was unexpired when the licence was granted, and this in aldi tion to his new sentence, &Ys. G, MARCH 10, 1864. POLICE RITEILIGENCIE Day MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE CHARGE OF ROBBING A PAWNBROKER,--Fanny Nichols and Margaret Levy, charged with robbing Mr. Fry, pawnbroker, of Crown-street, Soho, of a number of dresses of the value of between 430 and 410, were again brought up. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great garlborough-street, ap,. pared for the prosecution; and Mr. Lewis, jun., for the defence. The evidence taken on a former occasion having been read over, Mr. Lewis, jun., cross-examined the witnesses. Levy was discharged; Mr. Lewis, jun,, called witnesses to prove that Nichols was in bed at the time the constable (Costick, 81 C) swore he saw her with a large bundle in th 3 passage of the house; and one of them (the woman who had just been discharged), in answer to Mr. Edward Lewis, prevaricated u good al, first stating that she had never been in custody and afterwards admitting that she had been. In answer to Mr, Edward Lewis, Mr. Fry said he had been twice robbed since Nichols had lived in his house, and that she was a great drunkard, and frequently did not come home 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning ; and Costick Ea!d that when he saw Nichols she appeared to be coming out of the house, but on his turning his light on she shut the door in his face. The magistrate having stated that there was a great varience in the evidence of the witnesses for the defence, committed Nichols for trial, but consented to take bail. ARTFUL ROBBERY.—Mary Ryan, a milk carrier, was charged before Mr. Knot with stealing two tablecloths, the property of Mr. Arthuz Chapman, banker, 47, Qrosvonor street. It appears that in consequence of several tablecloths being missed from a drawer in the servants' hall, a watch was kept by the groom, a young man named Cox, and' when the prisoner brought the afternoon's milk she was observed to go to the drawer and take out two tablecloths. Cox went into the street and saw a woman who was in the habit of accompanying the prisoner, making off. He went ofter her, and from under her arm took the tablecloths, and then went back and gave the prisoner —who was busily employed in serving her milk as if nothing had occurred•.. into custody. George Pope, 103 C, said on taking the prisoner into custody, She denied having stolen the cloths. Mr. Knox retnand9:l t4e prisoner. WESTMINSTER. A GENTLEMAN CHARGED 'WITH BEING DRUNK AND RIOTOUS.—Mr. William Collins, a gentleman residing at 20, Sidney-street, Chelsea, was charged with being drunk and riotous in Onslow-square, Brompton. Police-constable D wyer, 317 B, said that about half-past one this morning he heard a very great noise in Onslow square, and on proceeding thither he found the defendant in company with a woman, drunk, and creating a disturb mace. He requested him to go away, bat recei ve d a vo ll e y of abuse, defendant telling him that he was a gentleman, that he was at his own door, and was not going to be inter fered with by a policeman. The woman was a prosti tute, and the constable suspecting something, he hav ing left the defendant, returned and told him that ho should ring the boll, and ascertain whether he lived there. The woman said, "Don't ring the bell, he don't live them," and the constable requested him to go away, but he flatly refused, and began a volley of abuse. The constable then went away, and returned in about five minutes with another policemen, on account of the noise being repeated, He was requested to leave, bat refused, made a noise, called the policeman names, and finally was taken to the station and locked up. Defendant had nothing to say, and Mr. Selfe, after anim adverting upon his disgraoeful conduct, fined him 205., which was immediately paid. THAMES. DARING BURGLARY.-TARE CARE OF YOUR LINEN. —Frederick Flock, aged 20, Mary Ann Dodson, 19, and Martha Japes, 17, were charged with breaking into the wash-house attached to the dwelling-house of Elizabeth Wilde, No. 8, College-terrace, Stepney Green. The prosecutrix identified a large quantity of linen pro duced, and said her wash-house was entered on Tuesday night or early yesterday morning, and the listen which had been left in the water in a washing tub taken away. She missed the property at sewn o'clock yesterday morning, She knew the prisoner Jupos. Her brother worked in the factory as a file maker, and her mother was the laundress of the family. She also knew the girl's father. James Briden, a police sergeant, No. 4 K, stated that no information of the robbeiy was given to the police until yesterday afternoon at two o'clock, and he immediately proceeded to examine the premises. The burglars' had climbed over a wall at the back of the premises. There was a similar wall, at the back of each house in College terrace, and any oh ild could get over the walls owing to the want of a paling or chevaux de friss on the top. Mr. Gilbert, a gentleman living next door to Mrs. Wilde, had been plundered of limn which was taken out of his garden at the back of his house. Fie found all the prisoners in a room in the tenement No. 0, Hope-place, Lline'douse g last night. There were two lads in the room. All five were engaged in drying the stolen linen by the fire and spread. ing it out. Some of the linen was before the fire and some was on the table. The remainder was in a corner and had been dried. He lost the two lads, whom he knew well, and he expected to take them. One of the lads went to the window, opened it, and jumped into the street directly he entered the room, and in endeavouring to secure him ha lost the other boy, who went out at the door and ran down stairs. The prisoners also attempted to escape. He had no assistance, but he secured them. Dodson said the linen was brought into her room at two o'clock in the after noon. He knew the prisoner well. She had been convicted several times. Flock was a bad character and the associate thieves. The third prisoner Jupes was a wicked girl and had left her parents. Miss Elizabeth Wilde said the washhouse door was closed with a latch and not locked. Any one could enter it from the yard after climbing the wall. The linen produced was worth £5. The prisonera made no defence, and were remanded for a week. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE, IMPERIAL WEEKLY ATERAGES.—Wheat, 40s 2d; barley, 31s 6,1 ; oats, 19s 10d ; rye, 28s . 6d ; beans, 33s 5d ; and peas, 32s 10d. THE SIR WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 40s 7d ; barley, 31s lld ; oats, 19s 3d; rye, 3ls Od ; beans, 33s 4d; peas, 33s Id. ENaLisii GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 914,142; barley, 78,238; oats, 17060; rye, 86; beans, 7,376; peas, 1,449 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market to-day was tolerably well supplied with beasts as to number, but their general character was inferior. All breeds moved off heavily, at Monday's currency. The top figure for Scots was 5s per 81bs. Eheep--the show of which was moderate— changed hands slowly, and in some in stances clipped qtialities were rather cheaper. Downs, in the wool, sold at Cs per Sibs. Lambs were a dull inquiry, at from 6s 8d to 7s per 8l s, There was an improved feel ing in the veal trade, at 43 per Blbs more money. The quotations ranged from 4s 4d to 5s 4d per Sibs. In pigs and much cows very little was doing, on former terms. Per 81bs.to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. e. d. a. d. erse. &inf. beasts 3 ,6 3 10 IP:it:users-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 Pine. S'thdown do. 5 10 6 0 Prime large oxon 4 6 4 8 Largo arse. calves 4 4 5 0 Prime Scots, ac. 4 10 6 0 Prime small do 5 2 5 4 arse. & inf. sheep 3 10 4 4 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 6 6 2 Small porkers , 4 2 4 6 Suckling calves, 18s to 26s ; and quarter-old etore pigs, 20s to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .. . Cows l3O i , Sheep and lambs ..., 90') Sheep Calves Pigs ... 259? ME AT MARKETS. NEWOATE AND LEARENHALL.—These markets are fairly supplied, and the trade is inactive, as follows:—Beef, trom 3e Od to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; veal, 4s Od to 4e 8d ; and pork, 3e 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, March 9.—Our market was fairly supplied with stock, and the trade ruled inactive, as follows :—Beet, from 3s 6d to 4s ; mutton, 4s Od to 6s Od ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d; lamb, Os.Od to Os Od; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 4d per Blba, to sink the offal. ROXFORD, March 9.—Prime stock was in moderate request, at lull prices. Otherwise the trade was heavy, Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s Od; mutton, 4s Od to 6s Od ; veal, 3s Old to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d pei 81bs; suckling calves, 1.6 s to 22s ; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 255; and milch cows, £l5 to £l9 each. HAY MARK.ZTS. SHITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s Od; clover, £4 Os to L 5 10s Od; and straw, £1 2s to £1 108 per load. Trade firm. CUMBEULAND..—MetiIow hay, £3 O to £4 10?, Od; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od; and st,raw, 11 3i to £1 10s per load. A fair demand. WHITECFIA.PEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 103 ; clover, Li Os to £5 lOsud ; tsucl straw, £1 as to £1 lOs per load. Supply moderate. THE LATE CONSUL HANSON,—The widow of Consul Hanson has been granted £loo,'t no of her Majesty's Royal bounty," by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, on the recommendation of Viscount Palmer ston. Mr. Hanson perished in 18G2, in attempting to save the Royal.Africt.n Mail steamship Cleopatra, stranded at the mouth of the; Sherbroo river, West Africa. A COOL INTIMATION.—A. contemporary says:— " We have received a notice of marriage for insertion, to which was appended the original announcement :—' Sweet hearts at a distance will please accept this intimation.' " Too FAST.—At a christening, while the minister was making the certificate, he forgot the date, and happened to any, "Let me ace, this is this thirtieth ? "—" The thirtieth I " exclaimed the indignant mother ; " indeed, but it's only the eleventh," tYltiett e • e° HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, M arc h 9. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena, attended by Lady Churchill, the Hon. Harriett Phipps, and Col. H. Ponsonby, went to L•ndon yesterday, and honoured the performance at the Lyceum Theatre with her presence. The Duchess of Wellington, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, and the Earl of St. Germans had the honour of dining with . her Majesty. The Dake and Dach;:ss d'Anm ale visited the King of the Belgians this morning, and took luncheon with her Majesty. The ambassadors from the Queen of Madagascar were presented to the Queen to-day by Earl Rut sell, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. They were accompanied by Mr. John Duffus, their inter preter. Earl Russell had an audience of her Mojesty. Lord Da Tabley was the LorJ in Waiting. 43' The Prince and Princess of Wales, The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive yesterday afternoon, attended by Countess Do Grey. His Royal Highnes3 the Duke of Cambridge visited his Royal Highness Prince John of Glucks burr, at Marlborough HOTIF.e. CHRISTENING OF TEE SON or THE PRINCE OF WALES. The ceremony of christening the infant son of their Royal Highnesses f'he Prince and Pr;ncess of Wales took place this day at one o'clock, in the Royal Chapel attached to Buckingham Palace. The Foreign Ministers, Cabinet Ministers, and others in vited to the solemnity, assembled in the lower dining room at Buckingham Palace, at half-past twelve o'clock, and soon eta their arrival were conducted to the seats provided for them in the chapel. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London (Dean of her Majesty's Chapels Royal), the Bishop of Oxford (Lord High Almoner), the Bishop of Chester (Clerk of the Closet), with the Reverend Henry Howarth, rector of St. George's, Hanover-square, the Honourable and Very Reverend Gerald Wellesley (Dean of Windsor, and Resident Chaplain to her Majesty), and the Very Reverend Dr. , Arthur P. Stanley, Dean of . Westminster (Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales) assembled in the /hdies' breakfast room, and to'ok their places in the chapel shortly before the procession moved. When the vreitors wore seated, the Queen, attended by the Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of Wellington, by the Lady in Waiting, the Lady Churchill, by the Hon. Mrs. Robert. Bruce, Bedchamber Woman, and by the Lord and Groom in Waiting, the Lord do Tabley, and Lieut.- General Sir Henry Bentinck, K.C.8., having previously been conducted from her Majesty's apartments to the chapel, through the State dining-room, by the Lord Chamberlain, took her place in the seat prepared for her Majesty as one of the sponsors. The Qum was accompanied by hia Majesty the King Of the Belgians, attended by the Count de Moerkerke, and Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K,C.H., and by her Royal Highness the Princess Helena, attended by the Lady Augusta Stanley. The King of the Belgians and her Rayal Highness the Princess Helena, representing her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Prussia, also took their seats as sponsors. The other sponsors for his Royal Highness the Infant Prince were then conducted to their places in the Chapel, in the following order, from the Green Drawing-roora and Picture Gallery. Lancaster Herald, Albert W. Woods, Esq., Comptroller of the Household, The Lord Proby. Richmond Herald, Matthew C. 11. Gibbon, E , q, Treasurer of the Household, The Viscount Bury. THE SPONSORS:— Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, repre senting her Serene Highness the Dowager Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein- Senderbuzg-Glucksburg, with his Royal Highness Prince John of Schleswig-Holsteiti-Son clerbarg-Glucksburg, representing his Majesty the King of Denmark. Hfa Royal Highness the Grand Daohess of Mecklenburg- Streli'z representing Heeßval Highness the Duchjss of Saxe-C obarg and Gotha, with His Royal Highness the Prince Alfred. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, representing His Highness the Landgrave of Hesse. Followed by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Attendance, viz, :- The Lady in Attendance on her Royal Highness the Duchess of CambriCge, the Lady Geraldine Somerset. The Comptroller of the Household of her Rayal'Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, Colonel Home Purves. The Gentleman in Attendance on his Royal Highness the Prince John of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg- Giicksburg, the Baron Guidencrone. The Lady in Attendance on her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, the Lady Caroline Cust. • The Equerry in Waiting on her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strolitz, Captain Arthur Ellis. The Governor to his Royal Highness the Prince Alfred, Major Cowell, C.B. The Equerry in Waiting on his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Colonel Charles Tyrwhiti. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princees of Wales, and the other members of the Royal Family not being sponsors, met in the Visitors' Drawing Room, and were conducted from thence by the Lord Chamberlain to the Bow Room, where her Majesty's household and others taking part in the Royal procession had previously assembled. THE ROYAL PROCESSION was then formed in the Bow Room, and moved to the Chapel in the following. order : Clarenteux King of Arms, Robert Laurie, Esq, Norroy King of Arms, Walter Aston Blount, EA.. Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel. The Extra Equerry in Waiting, - Col. H. F. Ponsonby. The Clerk Marshal, The Lord AlCrei Paget. The Equerry in Waiting, The Lord ,Oharles L. Fitzßoy. Librarian to his Royal LEighness the Prince of Wales, AI. Holzmann, Esq. Private Secretary to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Herbert Fisher, Eeq. Comptroller of the Household and Treasurer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Lieut.-General William T. Knollys. Lieut.-General the Hon. Charles Grey. Keeper of the Privy rinse, Colonel the Hon, Sir Charles B. Phippp, K.C.B. Senior gentleman Usher, Qaarterly Waiter in Wailing, Henry Grovitle, Eeq., Garter Principal King at Arroe, carrying his Sceptre, Sir Charles G. Young. Gentleman Usher, Daily 'Waiter, and to the Sword of State, &s.ir William Martins. Groom in 'Wailing to his Royal Highness the Price or Wales, the Hon.. Robert H. Meade. Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness the Princo of Wales, the Lord Alfred Hervey. Vice-Chamberlain, the. Viscount Castlerosse. Chamberlain to her Roynl Highness the Princess of Wales, the Lord. Harris, K.S. T., Acting Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Marquis of Abercorn, K.G. The Lord Chamborlain, The Lord Steward, The Viscount Sydney, The Earl of St. Germans, G,C.B. G.C.B. Their Serene Highnesses Their Serene Highnesses The Princess Amelia of The Princess Clothilde Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, of Saxe , Coburg and Gotha. The Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg end Gotha. H.S.S. the Prince H.& H,the Princees E..S.H.the Prince Gustav of Augustus of Edward of Saxe- Weimar . Saxe• Coburg. acid Saxe-Weimar. Gotha. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge. Their Royal Highnesses Their Royal - Highnesses The Princess Beatrice, The Princess Louise, The Prince Lcopoll. The Prince Arthur. Their Royal Highnesses the. Prince and Princess of Wales. The Master of the Horse, , • The Marquis - of ...kilesbuly. The Two Maids of Honour in Waiting. The Hon.. Harriet Phipps. I The Hon. Horatia Stopford. The Bedchamber Woman in Waiting, the Hon. Mrs. Campbell, The Bedchamber Woman in Waiting to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, the lion. Mrs. Francis Stcner. The Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, the Countess de Grey and Ripon. The Lady in Attendance on their Royal Highnesses The Princesses L ou i se an d Beatrice, The Lady Caroline Barringon, Lady Superintendent. The Lady in Attendance on her Royal Highness The Princess Augustus of Sass-Ciburg and Gotha. The Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard, • The Earl of Duck'. The Quid Stick in Waiting, General the Marquis of Tvaecidal( The Captain of tho Hon, Corps of The Lord Folc\ The Master of the Buckhounds, The Earl of Beseboiough. The Master of the Household, Colonel Sir Thomas M. Biddulpb, K.C.B. The Silver Stick in Waiting, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Dudley de Ros. The Field Officer in Brigade Waiting, CAonel Mark Wood. K. The ComptrolLr of..rhe Lord ChareberlaTn's DzTartment, Il Si7C2Cer Po a Ltiliur V.C. n ~,; a--~zl D.:1))n to their s having b..ered n to Prince Governor to Thair Royal H and the Prince Lso Tutor to liis Royal The Royal pors,mnge3 cDd the great ciii(,!zr Th s and on e taken theii• appointed . plec the Service c,innic:/,.ed with trIlEiC. When the nni!e tho a Le•Ji,olj, Et Con 11:: F' _ 121,L~~ par:ied by the Groom of the 6role to Pzinco of Wales, and the Chambe ness the PrinceFs of Waie;, co into the chapel,. his Royal Highne..s being carrie:i by the Head Nurse, and attended by the Countess of Hacciefi2id, one of the Ladies of the Bedchamber. to her L,oyal High ness the Princess of Wales. When tho Archbishop of Canterbury commenced the prayer "Almighty ever-living God," the Countess of Macelesfidd gave the Want Prince to tine Queen, who handed his :Royal Highness to the A:chbishop, and recoived the Prince from his Grace when his Royal Highness was baptised. He received the names of ALBERT VICTOR CHRISTIAN ED WARD, Th.ooountess of Macclehfhld then received the Prir.cp, who after the service wes recoriclu.c.ed from the c'uepTi iu the same way. The ceremonial mob: Ca with the prfurmance of sacred As soon as the cere:nou was concluded, the Queen, attended as at entering the chapel, was conducted by the Lord Chamberlain to her Majesty's apartments. The- royal personages, with their attendants, and all others forming the royal processiOn, then retired from the Chapel, and proceeded to the State Apartments. The visitors proceeded to the Green Drawing Room and Picture Gallery, and afterwards partook of a splendid col. lation with the Royal Family in the Supper Room. During the ciliation the Lord Ste , ,varti gave the following toasts :—" His Royal .11i4ncss the Pi - ;uce AlLel . l; Vict;:r of Wales," "His Majes!y . the King of the Belgians," " iris Majesty the King of Denmark," "The Queen," "The Prinoe.and Princess of Wales," with which the interesting proceedings terminated. . The Gentlemen at Arms lined the approaches to, and the entrance of, the Chapeo " The Yeomen of tho Guard wore stationed in the grand hall of ta) Palace, in the n7.33a,geg leading from the lower dining room to the approach to the Chapel, and upon the grand staircan. The Knights of the several Or era Nvcire tlici, collars, cod full dress was, of course, wora by tat the LubiLty In vited to the oq.calony. s--,--- His Itval Highness Prince Alfred nrri7ed in London from L' , :iiub - argh last ni.;;ht, in ceder to be present at the christening of his royal nephewsto-day. The Marquis and Mr:rellioncss of Salisbury r ntsr. tamed a select circle at dinner last evening, at their resi dence in Arlington-street, Piccadilly. , - The Marquis emel Alurcitione . is Cho:mwleielity will arrive at their residence, on Carlton-house-terrace, to-day, from Chohnondelcy Castle, Cheshire, for the season. The Count von Furstensteir, Chamberhtin to the Crown Princess of Prussia, and Baron Itiatzdora Wiesen burg have arrived at Maurigy'ri Hotel from Berlin. The injury sustained by Lord Pro by was not co serious as has been stated. The' arm was not fnctured, though much injured, but his lordship hopes to be ably to attend at the christening; of the infant prince this day. The . Right Hoc. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., and Lady Emily Peel had A select party to dinner yester day evening at their mansion in Weitehill-gazdens. THE OPERA SEASON, The lessees or the two great Italian theatres have issued the usual prospectuses of their arrangements for the season about to begin. We glean from them seine particulars, which may be acceptable to our musical readers. The Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, will open cn Tuesday, the 29th of Ibis month. The subscription will consist of 40 nights, and the performances will be four times a week, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The company will. include all the favourite performers of last season, together with several others of continent al cele brity who have not yet appeared h England. Mdlle. ling Patti (says tho prospectus) " will return with fresh laurels gathered during the recess," .at her native c:ty of Madrid, fit Frankfort during the late congress of German Princes, and at Paris, where she is now fulfilling her second engagement at the It(Wens, In addition to the clnr:tcterd she has already performed in London, she will appear es 'Adina in the ".Elisir d'Amore," Maria in " La Figlia del Re,ggimento," Susanna in the " Nozn di Figaro," and Ma k garet in Gounod's " Faust." Another young singer, Mdlle. Pauline Lucca, will also appear early in the season. At the end of last season this lady appeared for a few nights, when she performed the character of Valen tina in the "Huguenots," making a most • favourable im pression on the public. She will make her second debit (as it may be called) in the same character; and in the course of the season will perform the .parts of Margaret in "Faust," Cherubino in the " Nozze di Figaro," Mrs. Ford in Nicolai's opera "The Merry Wives of Windsor," and Catarina in the "Etoile du Nord" of M. - eye:beet. Mdlle. Emilia Lagrua, another performer new to this country, bat who has gained the highest continental reputation, will also appear early in the season, and will make her debut in the character of Norma. She will also appear in the parts of Leonora in "La Favorite,' Donna Anna in "Don Gio vanni," Leonora in Beethoven's " Fidelio," DeAtsmona in Rossini's " Otello," and the heroine of Verdi's late,A opera "La Forzs del Dastino," which was originally composed for her during her engagement at St. petcniburg. Signor Wachtel can scarcely be called a novelty, seeing that he ap peared a few times last season, but was unavaidably obliged to return to Germany. He made, however, a very favour able impression, and it seems that he has, Since thou, greatly risen in power and reputation. Several other new performers are announced, who are as yet known to us only by name, and whom it is therefore unnecessary to enumerate, Among the performers who were members of last year's company we fiad the names of Idaddle. Mario Bann, Mdllo. Fricci, Madame Didi6e, E,oncoloi, Taraberliln Faure, Graziani, Naudin, and ,11Iario. The company of thin season will there fore be of extraordinary strength. Cesta—a, host .in him self—continues in his post of musical director and conduc tor of the archcstra. Her Mejeaty's Theatre will open on Saturday, the 9th of April. The strength of this house—in so far as can be seen. at present—will lie rather in those members of the company who are already known to us than in those who are to appear in England for the first - time. W'3 are still to have the (in many respects) unrivalled Teresa Titiens, together with. Mdlle. Volpfai, Signor Giuglini, t Signer Bettini, M. Gassier, and Mr. Smiley. The princi pal strangers are Mdlle. Liebhart and Md:le. Wippern, from the Royal Opera, Berlin; Mdlle. Bettleheim from the Imperial Opera, Vienna; Signor Benedetto Mazzetti, described as being of the principal theitres in Italy ; and_ Signor Mareello dunce, from the Royal Theatre, Turin ; all said to be performers of talent and reputation. The able and mantic Signor Arditi retains his place of direc tor of the orchestra, which, through his exertions, has been raised to a high degree of strength end excellence. The following operas are to be produced fur the first time in England : " I,a Forza del Destine," by Verdi ; " Le Spose Allegro di Winsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor), by Nicolai; and " Tannhausex," by Richard Wagner. In announcing "La FOrn del Destine," Mr. Mapleson says that "the oichestral score, parts, and right of representation were secured in 1863." But our readers have seen that the production of this opera is also ata,ouncel by Mr, Gye—a thing which, of course, hs cannot do if his rival is correct in his statement. " This nerly Wives of Windsor," though it has never been performed in this • country, has long been well known and I.:yr:ler in Germany. It is to be brought ouz, at Her Majesty's Theatre ' wits Titiens as Mrs. Ford., Giuglini as Fenton, Santley asFord, Gassier as Page, and Junca (one cf the new corners) a$ Falstaff. " Tannlit.user" enjoys unbonirded popularity Germany, though its merits form the subject of violent controversy. It is full time that the English public were • enabled to judge for themselves ; and whatevt...• may be the success of this opera Mr. Mapiecion will deserve their thanks for bringing it before them. "Robert le Diable" will be revivediu the course of the serizen, with 3i,;(3:1e, Wippera in the character of Alice; the " Freischnix" also be produced with a strerg cast, and Denizetti's " Anna • Bolena" will be reproduced alter an interval of 20 years. The ballet, which has always been a great feature at lief ;Majesty 8 Theatre, while comparative little account is made of it at the rival house, will receive duo attention. Dancers of both sexes, from the principal continental tLett'lree, have been engaged, and several new ballett3are to be I:rot:a:teed la the course of the season. MAKSPERIA The first part of Meesre. Day and Son'e fac simile repro' ductiOn of the First Folio Shak.spere of 1623 by moans 01 photography, which is being made from the best pages (3 t £ . the best copies of that ce l e b rate d f o li o , th e one i n th e British ;Unto= and the other in the library of Bridgwater contains sixty-four pages in all, including the rare iv tr 4 o" ductory leaves, so ofton supplied in existinj copies by fac-similes. It is sure to be welcomed as a."43t seasons memorial of the approaching Tercentcnaiy. liirmingharn, soya La Franc; is about to found a Pub ll _, o library to cont a i n ext l as i ve ly editions of t',hakepero end books illustrating bis works, in all languages. OUR, ENGLISH SOVEREIGNS.—We havo ha a eight Henries, six fatr four GeoTg cS ' three Richards, one Stephen, two Jameseg, two Chariesoo one ElizAbeth, two Diarye, ana one Victozia. • Arm