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

BONNET'S SILKS a LYON.—Every Articirl of commerce takes its title either from the inventor or manufacturer, and the more perfect the production, the grater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica tion in England ; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex- Imo d by the very trade ms.rk of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following, interwoven mark may be seen at the end ofeach piece :—" Manufat3tiare de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., h Lyon eta Injarieux." Wear ;guaranteed. 1861. E LOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY, 186 i. BACHELOR'S B 0 X (LOYA L coEvEICNTG-GLARIDESNifi OPERA, Under the Managen lent of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. %V. Harrison. THIS EVEN ING, 3LARITANA. Miss Louisa Pyne, Mr, W. Harrison, &c. Alter which. FANCHEITE : Miss Susan Pyne, Thirlwall, Mr. Corrie, Mr. Rouse. Doors open at half-past 012 E—Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROI(AL DRUR Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Performances will commence with THE FOUK MOWBRAY S. Master Fercy Roselle. After which, MANFRED. Manfred, Mr. Phelps. To conclude with a new farce. THE AL ABA.IIA. Mr. G. Belmore and Miss Lydia Thompson. Prices as usual. Box Office oven from 10 till 5 dail y. THEATRE ROYAL HAY ARKET.— Sole Lessee and Mana,:rer, Mr, Ruckstone. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE DAISY. Miss Maria Barris. Followed by BUNKUM MULLER. Mr. Sothern. After which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Cullentord, &c. ; Diesdames Angel, Snowden, Harris, Lindley, Hill, &c And SHOCKING EVENTS. Mr. Compton. Commence at 7. R O YAL LYCEUM: THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DE NIONIO (a Triamohant Success) will be repeated Every 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, M4reland; Misses Percy„ Pauline Leclereq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. - A Ater which, at Eight; o'clock, the 104th Night of BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle 4," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal character by 11r. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brough,an, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee,and Ans.% Elsworthy. The Public are entreated tt take notice that No Charge is inade to the occupants of Boxet. Box-places, or Stalls, either foz play bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and tdat the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to S. Commence at 7. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, PAUL'S RETURN. After which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. And JACK'S ARRIVAL FROM CANTON. I\T EW THEATRE-RO YAL E ADELPHI.--• :41 Sole Proorlotor and Ma.nacror. M. B. 'Webster. ,5 THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY HORSEBitEA.KER. Mr. J. L. Toole and Miss Woolgar. &t Eight, LEAH Miss Bate nan, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Ellington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with, 3d time, THE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Reiner, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. LEA. H.-EVERY MISS BATE3IAIV. NIGHT. I,ArISS BATEMA.N.—LEAH.—THIS EVENING, the 137th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BA I'EMAN, In the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which 3liss Bateman's imperso nation of the priLcipal charac'er in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. 11Ianager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF. To be followed by UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr. 1321 ford, Mr. Parselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Miss Thorne. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS IND EURY DICE Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborouslh, Marie Wilton, Hughes, .te. Concluding with MARGATE SANDS. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Cro.ded with rank and fashion.—The New Comedy of THE SILVER LINING every Evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Mr. J. L. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are engaged :—Mr. Benjamin Webster. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas. Mathews ; Mrs. Stirlintx, Miss Herbert. Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went worth. Mrs. Howard Paul, Mr. J. Clark, and Mrs. Charles Ma thews. THIS EVENING. and during: the Week, at 7 oVock, UNDER THE ROSE. Mr. Ashley, Miss A. Cottrell, and Dlis+ Patti Josephs. At a quarter before S, the new Comedy, by L. Bucking ham. Esq., entitled THE SILVER LIN I ):(4 : Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John sone, Mr. slontague ; Mrs. ( harles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, lltss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by Mr. Charles Mathews just translated from the French)in his characteristic character of Un Anglais Timide, entitled COOL AS A CU - CI:MBE IL Several novelties are in preparation. THE LAST THREE NIGHTS. GRACE EGERTON (Mrs. Genrze Case), at the POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King William street (her THIRD SEASON in London), in her New and highly successful ths.ractfristic and Musical Entertainment entitled "A DRAWING ROOM TO LET." EVERY EVENING, at Eight. Saturday Evening, at 8, and positively lice last night. Stalls, 33. ; unreserved seats, 2s. ; area, is. Last performance March 12. TIFIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Contalninf, , the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, An be had Every Evening of G. IL GLkNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Cennaught-terrace, Hyde-park. C OALS. —The LILLESHAL L COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 26s. per tan. 1 Doable 2ls. per ton. Top 255. „ Nut 5........ l9s. „ Deep 22s. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots. Westbonrne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, l'addinzton, W. Best Core Terme cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 3h. 26m.—Afternoon, 3h. 50.13. ro-moßßow.-Mornin g , 4h. 1232.—Afternoon, 4h. 30m. The Weather—Sun Mee, March 10, 1864. THERMOMETER. This - day 7al Two o'clock 3B Barometer-29.62.—A rise of more than half-an-inch since yesterday. Wind—S.W. ; moderate breeze, and fine. J/q„ 19: 2111 T, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1864. The happy ceremonial which has taken place this afternoon in the Palace will Chapel within Buckingham inaugurate, let us hope, a new epoch of domestic Royal happiness for the Family of these realms. Any attempt at fore casting the future of the infant heir to the of course, worse than idle. Heir Appa ren t were , It is, nevertheless, a most coesolatory reflection, a reflection full of encouragement to every patriotic ' citizen owning allegiance to our beloved and revered SOVEREIGN, that never in the history of this country has the firstborn son of the heir apparent to the Crown been christened under the aaeis of so complete and universal a loyalty— so securely based upon t h e affections of a loyalty the w h o l e population. There is even the added sentiment 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 Constitutional Sovereigns, and, through 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 ths 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 of the fourth GEORGE, of the first of the Hanoverian Kings of that name, of ANNE and WILLIAM of ORANGE, of the two JAMESES nod the first CHARLES, of M AR Y and of EDWARD VI., of HENRY VII. and RICHARD as well as 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 longer. HENRY VI. but twelve years longer, HENRY VIII. eleven, ELIZSBETII fourteen and a half. Cnaunns 11. nominally owned the Crown bat nine years longer, even if we so calculate the duration of his reign, at an extravagant excess in the computation of it, by ignoring the whole existence of the Commonwealth. GEORGE 11. reigned altogether no more than sixteen and a half years longer than Queen VICTORIA has reigned already. By a well-known coincidence in our national annals, the three longest reigns of all have been these cf monarchs, each the third of his name, viz. HENRY 111., EDWARD and GEORGE 111. EDWARD M. 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 Majesty's grandfather, whose reign was the longest of all the reigns of all our sovereigns, exceeding the duration already attained by her Majesty'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 afflicted 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 WILIIAM 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 or held the sceptre of EGBERT, doing so not only es the Ruler of the State, but, as such, in the fullest and noblest meaning of the words, as the eta• todian of the rights and liberties,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, would demur to unneces sary bridges and viaducts, and object to anything that tended to the obstruction or disfigurement of any locality. There might under its agency be developed some harmonious scheme in which sim plicity should take the plaa: of confusion, and unity of competition, but 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 cummittee. 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 matter, 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 some 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 the 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 lords and gentlemen who formed that committee were selected by reason of their fitness fot the office. Under these circumstances the report might safely be agreed to, especially as it by no means commits the House to the acceptance of all the bills which it suffers to proceed another stage. 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 some 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 investiga tion, 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 which would have been looked upon with disfavour in many quarters. It would besides have been enter ing upon matters not properly belonging to the jurisdiction of the committee, whose office was merely a preliminary one, to ascertain which schemes had sufficient show of reason and utility upon their aide to warrant their appearing before the ordinary tribunal. Lord STANLEY, in remark• ing that he and his associates had only acted on the principle of striking oat those bills which did not appear to press urgently for con sideration, advised th e H ouse to avoid the hopeless task of discussing the rival merits of proposals whose effect could only be rightly appreciated by a careful study of maps and plans. One important point to be borne in mind ine reliefcons con nection with the metropolitan ra il ways is the they:afford to some deusely packed and overcrowded localities by enabling persons, whose presence in the City or elsewhere is indispensable during businels 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 SARAH DovE revealed a story that was awful in its consequences and most irritating in its details. The result of a post modern examination proved that the deceased had died from want and privation. Owing to local occurrences the Coroner very properly called in another opinion, but the evidence adduced by the referee was, if anything, still stronger and more condemnatory than the previous report. Mr. GANT, the patho logical anatomist to the Royal Free Hospital, 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. MooRE had given an order for her admission into the In firmary of the Workhouse some days previously, but owing to gross mismanagement the order was not carried into effect. Instead of admitting the poor sufferer, the relieving-officer 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, DOVE, can work in the House to help to support your wife and children." Was ever anything more inconsistent. 'kings have come to a pretty pass if relieving cfficers 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 subject of this debate and altercation died in her miserable home a few days after can surprise nobody. A mere direct case of faulty in terpretation of the law has seldom been witnessed, and SARAII DovE will long live in the recollection of her neighbourhood as a victim to the insane notions that prevail in the minds of some officials, who carry out their own pet projects to the detri ment of all around them, and count life itself 93 light in the balance when compared with the due observance of absurd customs, and the maintenance of self-imposed or imaginary restraints. The idea of compelling a man who was earning 2s. CI a day to enter the workhouse seems alike devoid of com mon sense and common justice, 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 crotchet, and for the sake of carrying it out what a price has 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 decrees of a prejudiced partisan. 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 is 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 it must have some 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. CHRISTEY, and nothing but his imme diate dismissal from a post for which he is so eminently unfitted can consort in any measure with the principles of justice and mercy, which by his conduct he has so greatly transgressed against. Some blame attaches itself to those who have so long persisted in retaining him in his position. 't'o do this, after a man has proved himself unfit or unequal to the duties of the peculiar vocation, is a cruelty to himself and a wrong to those over whom he exercises authority. The present system of rating is very bad, and surely when so many deaths have attested its inefficacy, and so many wretched lives bear witness to its hardships and horrors, something different 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 philosopher 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 ite importance. The evils of a system go on unchecked because custom sanctions every thing, and use makes us conform to strange and most inconsistent forms, but soon or late, as the case may be, the truth dawns upon 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 adjustment 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 cann o t w i n i ts daily breed, where pinching poverty is Sappi ng the The 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 pubic functionaries, and the third proposes the appointment of mayors of towns by Royal decree. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS, MALTA, MARCH 8 7.20 p.m. The Massilia and Pera, with the above mails, leave at midnight. The former may be expected at Alarseilles on the 11th inst., and the latter at Southampton about the 17th inst. The Nubia brought the mails to Suez, arriving there on the 31 (two days early). FRANCE. PARIS, MARCH 10. The Moniteur of this morning says :—" A foreign newspaper considers as abnormal the appointment of Marshal M‘Mahon to the command of the camp of Chalons. It is, however, quite regular. The divisional staff will be composed according to the ordinary basis and regulations." The bulletin of the Moniteur says that the dis turbances in Rome were not of a serious nature. The measures taken in concert by the Dake de Montebello and Mgr. de Merode, permit the hope that they will not be renewed. BOURSE, M.rch 9.—The market has been firm, with a fair mount of business doing, bat prices show no improvement, Threes, for the Account, being unvaried at 66fr. 30c. Mobilier have slightly advanced, the present price being 1,040 fr. Rail way Sharek have varied but little from yesterday's quotations. The market slightly improved towards the close, and left off as follows : 41 per Cents .. 93 Do. end month.... Italian Loan 67 30 , Do. end month — New ditto Do. end month — , Russian Austrian Spanish Threes - Florae Debt Deferred 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 40 Credit M0bi1ier....10:57 50 Do, end month.... 1043 75 Bank Shares 3318 75 Credit Fonder 1240 Roman RA IL Orleans Northern Cash. Account. 1005 .. 1005 951 .. 951 New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 927 50 .. 925 New ditto " 875 S mithern Western Eastern .... SerJirian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 577 50 .. 585 Ditto to Barcelona SHIELDS, Tuesday Night.—The weather having moderated, and the wind having kept well from the north ward, a high tide enabled a considerabbs fleet of laden colliers and large vessels to /tit to sea this afternoon from the Tyne, The night is flue, and the wind is favourable to them. THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT PUTNEY.—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-stallkeeper, in the employment of Messrs. W. H, Smith and Sat 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 of the line, to give her some paper, and accordingly he ran across to her, when the 4 50 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 get one leg on to the platform when the buffer caught him and threw him between the metals. He was dragged under the ash-pan 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 theordinary passengers from crossing the line. The coroner said that he had considered for a long time past that something ought to be done to prevent persons crossing the line, especially at the Putney station. The line there took a sharp curve just through the bridge, and it was impossible for anyone to see a train approaching until it was almost up to the platform. Travelling by railway was now so universal that it was not only necessary that every possible precaution should be taken, but that those who, like himself, might be in a position to see the dangers should 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 Boaed had already authorised such alterations at the station as would obviate the dangers to which the learned coroner referred. The company had always been anxious to do everything possible for the comfort and safety of the passengers ; but, though the platform at the Putney station was never left without a porter night or day, it had been found impossible to prevent the public risking their lives in crossing in spite of cautions and etarnings, and even the porters were 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 effected at the station, and returned a verdict that the deceased lost his life through imprudently crossing the line of railway in front of an approaching engine. THE NEW TICKET Op LEAVE.—The Penal Servi tude Bill now passing throughnew form proposed f or orders of licence . The old fo rm gave licence to the convict to be atp a l r a l r i g a e m i e n n t the gives Unitedth e Kingdom for the remai n d er of his sen t ence unless it should please her Majesty sooner to revoke t h e li cen ce; the new form adds, "or unless the said A B shall before the expire. tion of the said term be convicted of some indictable offence in which case the licence will be immediately forfeited by law." It also adds that "upon 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 produce it where called upon to do so by a magistrate or police officer ;" this condi tion is new. "2. lie 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. He shall not load 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 rentainng portion of his original sentence ;" the corresponding clause in the proposed new licence is that if it is forfeited or revoked " in consequence of a conviction of any offence," the convict will be liable to undergo the term of penal servitude which was unexpired when the licence was granted. By a clause in tho bill, a breach of the conditions by an act not of itself punishable either upon indictment or summary conviction is to be punishable summarily with three months' imprisonment with or without hard labour; and by another clause, where the licence shall be either forfeited by a conviction for an indictable offence or revoked in pursuance of summary con. viction under this or any eth er A c t o f P a rliament, the con vict is to undergo the term o f pena l serv itude which wa s unexpired when the licence was granted, and this in addi tion to his i 3014 Oeuteuce. TEE SUN, LOISDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1864 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 dwelling 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 unreasonable number and extent of these schemes, and the extravagance of some of their pi ejects, have gone far to neutra lise the public confidence in the benefits they confer, but that there are advantages as well as drawbacks to a system of metropolitan railway communication must be apparent on 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. springs of life, and starving childhood and decrepid age droop for 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 en 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. LRETJTER'S TELEGRAMS.] BAVARIA. INCREASED ILLNESS OF THE KING. MUNICH, MARCH 10. The King's illness has increased. His Majesty has received extreme unctioa at five o'clock this naorning., 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 erysipelatous tumour has spread." SPAIN. MADRID, MARCH 8. In to-day's sitting of the Senate the President o : the Council brought in a bill ebolishing the coneti• tutional reform law of 1858. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE CHARGE OF ROBBING A PAWNBROKER.—Fanny Nichols and Margaret Levy, chargod with robbing Mr, Fry, pawnbroker, of Crown-street, Soho, of a number of dresses of the value of between £3O and £4O, were again brought up. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Nlarlborongh-street, ap peared for the prosecution; and Mr. Lewis, Jun., for the defeace. The evidence taken on a former occasion. having been read over, Mr. Lewis, jun., cross-examined the witnesses. . • Levy was discharged; Mr. Lewis, jan., called witnesses to prove that Nichols was in bed at the time the constable (Costick, 81 C) swore he saw her with a largo bundle in the passage of the house; and one of them (the woman who had just been discharged), in answer to Mr. Edward Lewis, prevaricated a 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 cone 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 vatience in the evidtnce 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. Knox with stealing two tablecloths, the property of Mr. Arthur Chapman, banker, 47, Grosvenor street. o' l7 - 1 ( runt nut Tar tijki HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 9. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena, attended by Lady Churchill, the Hon. Harriett Phipps, and Col. H. Ponsonby, went to London yesterday, and honoured the p-?,rformance 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 NlPjesty. The Duke and Duchess d'Anmale 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 Rus sell, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. They were accompanied by Mr. John Duffus, their inter preter. Earl Russell had an audience of her Majesty. Lord Da Tabley was the Lord in Waiting. The Prince and Princess of Wales, The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive yesterday afternoon, attended by Countess De Grey. 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. Ho went after her, and from under her arm took the tablecloths, and then went back apd 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 re►nxuded the 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 Dwyer, 317 B, said that about half-past one this morning he heard a very great noise in Onslow square, and en proceeding thither he found the defendant is company with a woman, drunk, and creating a disturb ance. He requested him to go away, but received a volley 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 policcman. The woman was a prosti tute, and the constable suspecting something, he hav ing left the defendant, returned and told him that he should ring the bell, and ascertain whether he lived there. The woman said, " Don't ring the bell, ho don't live there," 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 policeman, on account of the noise being repeated, He was requested to leave, but 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 disgraceful conduct, fined him 205., which was iwraccliately paid, THAMES. DARING BURGLARY.—TAKE CARE or 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 linen which had been loft in the water in a washing tub taken away. She missed the property at seven o'clock yesterday morning, She knew the prisoner Jupes. 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 robbery 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 ch ild could get over the walls owing to the want of a paling or chevaux de frise on the top. Mr. Gilbert, a gentleman living next door to Mrs. Wilde, had been plundered of linen which was taken out of his garden at the back of his house. He found all the prisoners in a room in the tenement No. 6., Hope-place, Limeouse, 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 he 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. D3dson 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. Th© linen produced was worth £5. The prisoners mado no defence, and were remanded for a week. MARKETS--.This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 40s 2d; barley, 31s 61; oats, 19s 10d ; rye, 28s . 6d ; beaus, 83s 5d ; and peas, 32s 10d. THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. - Wheat, 40s 7d ; barley, 31s Ild ; oats, 19s 3d; rye, 31s Od; beans, 33s 4d; peas, 333 Id. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEX.—Wheat, 98,142; barley, 78,233 ; oats, 17,566; 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 Sibs. t heep—the show of which was moderate— changed hands slowly, and in some in stances clipped qualities were rather cheaper. Downs, in the wool, sold at 6s per Sibs. Lambs were a dull inquiry, at from 6s 8d to 7s per 81s, There was an improved feel ing in the veal trade, at 4d per 81bs more money. The quotations ranged from 4a 4d to 5a 4d per 81bs. In pigs and mulch cows very little was doing, on former terms. Per Blbs.to sink the offal. e. d. s. d. R. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 6 3 10 Primecrs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 10 6 0 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Large erse. calves 4 4 5 0 Prime Scots, 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 5 2 5 4 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 10 4 4 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 6 5 2 Small porkers , 4 2 4 6 Suckling calves, 18s to 26s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ... Cows l3O Sheep and lambs .... 90J Sheep Calves Pigs . 250 i MEAT MARKETS. NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL.—These markets are fairly supplied, and the trade is inactive, as follows:—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 2cl; mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 6d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Blbs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, March 9.—Our market was fairly supplied with stock, and the trade ruled inactive, as follows:—Beet, from 3s Gd to 4s 13d ; mutton, 4s Od to Cs Od ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 4d per Sibs, to sink the offal. RUMFORD, March 9.—Prime stock was in moderate request, at lull prices. Otherwise the trade was heavy. Bed, from 3s 4d to 5s Od; mutton, 4s Od to 6s Od; veal, 3s Old to 4s 8d ; and pork, 38 6d to 4s 6d per 81bs ; suckling calves, 16s to 22s ; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 255; and milch cows, £l5 to £l9 each. HAY MARK2TS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, Ll 2s to lOs per load. Trade firm. CUMBERLAND.-111ea4ow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 3i to £1 103 per load. A fair demand. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4los ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Ud ; and straw, £l2s to £1 lOs per load. Supply moderato. THE LATE CONSUL HANSON.—The widow of Consul Hanson has been granted £lOO, " as of her Majesty's Royal bounty," by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, on the recommendation of Viscount Palmer ston. Mr. Hanson perished in 1862, in attempting to save the Royal AfricaL. 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 minieter was making the certificate, he forgot the date, and happened to say, " Let me see, this is this thirtieth ? "—" The thirtieth I " exclaimed the indignant mother ; " indeed, but it'e only the eleventh," His Royal Highnes3 the Duke of Cambridge visited his Royal Highness Prince John of Giucks burg, at Marlborough House. CHRISTENING OF THE SON OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. I The ceremony of christening the infant son of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess 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 after 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 Cheater (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 ladies' breakfast room, and took their places in the chapel shortly before the procession moved. When the visitors were 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 de 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 Queen was accompanied by his Majesty the King of the Belgians, attended by the Count do Moerkerke, and Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, and by her Royal Highness the Princess Helena, attended by the Lady Augusta Stanley. The King of the Belgians and her Royal 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-room and Picture Gallery. Lancaster Herald, Albert W. Woods, Eeq., Comptroller of the Household, The Lord Proby. Richmond Herald, Matthew C. H. 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- Sonderburg- Glucksburg, with his Royal Highness Prince John of Schleswig-Holstein-Son derhurg-Glucksbarg, representing his Majesty the King of Danmark. Her Royal Highness the Grand Dnehess of Mecklenburg- Strelitz representing Her'Royal Highness the Duchess of Sax.e:Coburg and Gotha, with His Royal Highness th! 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 Cambric'ge, the Lady Garaldine Somerset. The Comptroller of the Household of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, Colonel Home Purges. The Gentleman in Attendance on his Royal Highness the Prince John of Schleswig-Hoistein-Sonderburg- Gliicksburg, the Baron Guldencrone. The Lady in Attendance on her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelil z, the Lady Caroline Cust. The Equerry in Waiting on her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Captain Arthur Ellis. The Governor to his Royal Highness the Prince Alfred, Major Cowell, C.B. The Equerry in Waiting on his Royal Highnes3 the Duke of Cambridge, Colonel Charles Tyrwhiti. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess 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. General the Marquis of Tweeddale, K.T. and K,C.D. The Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentic/nen-at-Arm The Lord Foley. The Master of the Buckhounds, The E trl of Beseborough. The Master of the Household, Colonel Sir Thomas M. Biddulpb, K.C,B. The Silver Stick in Waiting, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Dudley do Ros. The Field Officer in Brigade Waiting, Colonel Mark Wood. The Comptroller of fhe Lord Chamberlain's Department, • The Hon Spencer Poasonby. Governor to Their Royal Highnesses The Prince Arthur and the Prince Leopold—Major Elphinstone, V.C. Tutor to His Royal Highness The .riince Leopold, 111 r. Buff. The Royal perspnages having been conducted to their seats, and the great offictsrs and other attendants having taken their appointed places on either side of the Chapel, the Service commenced with the performance of sacred music. When the music coned, the Lord Chamberlain, accom panied by the Groom of the L;tole to his ki,oyal Ilighuess the Prince of Wales, and the Chamberlain to her Royal High ness the Princess of Wales, conducted the infant Prince into the chapel, his Royal Highness being carried by the Head Nurse, and attended by the Countess of Macclesfield, one of the Ladies of the Bedchamber to her Royal High ness the Princess of Wales. When the Archbishop of Canterbury commenced the prayer "Almighty ever-living God," the Countess of Macclesfield gave the infant Frinca to the Queen, who handed his Royal Highness to the Archbishop, and received the Prince from his Grace when his Royal Highness was baptises'. He received the names of ALBERT VICTOR CHRISTIAN EDWARD, The Countess of MaccleEfield then received the Prince, who after the service was reconduc cd from the chapel in the same way. 'AYB. THE ROYAL PROCESSION was then formed in the Bow Room, and moved to the Chapel in the following order : Ciarenceux Kiug of Arms, Robert Laurie, Esq. Norroy King of Arms, Walter Aston Blount, Esq. 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 Alfred Paget. The Equerry in Waiting, The Lord Charles L. Fitzßoy. Librarian to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Holzmann, Esq. Private Secretary to his R oy al Highness the Prince of Wales, Herbert Fisher, Esq. Comptroller of the Household and Treasurer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Lieut.-General William T. Knollys. Lieut.-General the Han. Charles Grey. Kee.der of the Privy Futse, Colonel the Hon, Sir Charles B. PhippF, K,C.B. Senior Gentleman Usher, Quarterly Waiter in Wailing, Henry Greville,Esq., Garter Principal King at Arms, carrying his Sceptre, Sir Charles G. Young. Gentleman Usher, Daily Waiter, and to the Sword of State, Sir William Martins. Groom in Waiting to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Hon. Robert H. Meade. _ Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Lord Alfred, Hervey. Vice-Chamberlain, the Viscount Castlerosse. Chamberlain to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, the Lord Harris, Acting Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Marquis of Abercorn, K.G. The Lord Chamberlain, 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 Clothildo Size-Coburg and Gotha, of Saxe•Coburg and Gotha. The Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. H. 5.11. the Prince H.R.ll.the Princess . 11.S.11.the Prince Gustav of Augustus of Edward of Saxe-Weimar. Saxe• Coburg and Saxe-Weimar. Gotha. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge. Their Royal Highnesses Their itoyal 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 Ailesbury. The Two Maids of Honour in Waiting. Tho 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 Hon. Mrs. Francis Stcnor. The Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, the Countess do Grey and Ripon. Tae Lady in Attendance on their Royal llighnesses The Princesses Louise and Beatrice, The Lady Caroline Barrington, Lady Superintendent, The Lady in Attendance on her Royal Highness The Princzss Augustus of Saxe-C.iburg and Gotha, The Captain oZ the Yeoman of the Guard, The Earl of Ducie, The Gold Stick is Waiting> The ceremonial concluded with the p3rformance of sacred music. As soon as the ceremony was concluded, the Queen, attended as on 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. 'mien with the Royal Family in the Supper Room. During the collation the Lord Steward gave the following toasts :—" His Royal HiFlaness the Prince Albert Victor of Walee," "His Majesty the King of the Belgiahs," "His Majesty the King of Denmark," " The Queen," " The Prince and Princes of Wales," with which the interesting proceedings terminated. The Gentlemen at Arms lined the approachA to, and the entrance of, the Chapel. The Yeomen of the Guard ware stationed in the grand hall of the Palace, in the passages leading from the lower dining room to the approach to the Chapel, and upon the grand staircase. The Knights of the several Orders wore their collars, and full dress was, of course, worn by all the nobility in• vited to the ceremony. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred arrived in London from Edinburgh last night, in order to be piesent at the christening of his royal nephew to-day. The Marquis and Marchioness of Se.lisbury enter tained a select circle at dinner last evenir,g, at their resi dence in Arlington-street, Piccadilly. The Marquis and Marchioness Cholmondeley will arrive at their residence, on Carlton-house-terrace, to-day, from Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire, for the season.. The Count von Fiirstenstein, Chamberlain to the Crown Princess of Prussia, and Baron Walziorff Wiesen burg have arrived at Maurigy's llotel from Berlin. The injury sustained by Lord Pro by was not so serious as has been stated. The arm was not fractured, though much injured, but his lordship hopes to be able to attend at the christening of the infant prince this day. The Right Hon. Sir Ruben Peel, Bart., M.P., and Lady Emily Peel had a select party to dinner yester day evening at their mansion in Whitehall-gardens. THE OPERA SEASON, The lessees of the two great Italian theatres have issued the usual prospectuses of their arrangements for the season about to begin. We glean from them some particulars, which may be acceptable to our musical readers. The Ei.oyal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, will open on Tuesday, the 29th of this 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 continental cele brity who have not yet appeared h., England. Mdlle. Ade lina Patti (says the prospectus) "will return with fresh laurels gathered during the recess," at her native city of Madrid, at Frankfort during the late congress of German Princes, and at Paris, where she is now faliiiiing her, secend engagement at the lialiens, Ia addition to the characters she has already performed in Leaden, she will appear as Mine is the " Elisir d'Amore," Maria in " La Figlia del Reggimento," Susanna in the " Ncz :3 di Figaro," and Mai garet in Gounod's " Faust." Another young singer, Mdlle. Pauline Lucca, will also appear early in the seas to. At the end of last season thil 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 d6but (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 " Nozza di Figaro," Mrs. Ford in Nicolai's opera "The Merry Wives of Windsor," and Catarina in the " Etoile du Nord" of Meyerbeer, Mdlle. Emilia Lagrua, another performer hew to this country, but 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," Desdemona in Rossini's " 0 tello," and the heroine of Verdi's latest opera "La Forza del Destine," which was originally composed for her during her engagement at St. Petersburg. Signor Wachtel can scarcely be called a novelty, seeing that he ap peared a few times last season, but was unavoidably obliged to return to Germany. He made, however, a very favour able impression, and,it seems that he has, since then, greatly risen in power and reputation. Several o; her 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 find the names of Meddle. Mario Battu, Mdlle. Fricci, Madame Didiee, Ronconi, Tamberlik, Faure, Graziani, Naudin, and Mario. The company of this season will there fore be of extraordinary strength. Costa—a host in him self—continues in his post of musical director and conduc tor of the orchestra. Her Majeaty'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, We are still to have the (in many respects) unrivalled Teresa Titiens, together with Mdlle. Trebelli, Mdlle. Volpini, Signor Giuglini, Signor Bettitai, M. Gassier, and Mr. Santley. The princi pal strangers are Mdlle. Liebhart and Md de. Wippern, from the Royal Opera, Berlin; Mdiie. Bettleheim from the Imperial Opera, Vienna; Signor Benedetto Mazzetti, described as being of the principal theatres in Italy ; and Signor Marano June; from the Royal Theatre, Turin ; all said to be performers of talent and reputation. The able and energetic Signor Arditi retains his place of direc tor of the orchestra, which, through his exertions, has been raised to a high degree of strength and excellence, The following operas are to be produced for the first time in England : " La Forza del Destino," by Verdi ; "Le Sposo Allegro di Winsor (rhe Merry Wives of Windsor), by Nicolai; and " Tannhauser," by Richard Wagner. In announcing "La Forze del Destine," Mr. Mapleson says that "the orchestral score, parts, and right of representation were secured in 1863." But our readers have seen that the production of this opera is also announced by Mr. Gye—a thing which, of course, he cannot do if his rival is correct in his statement. " The Merry Wives of Windsor," though it has never been performed in this country, has long been well known and popular in Germany. It is to be brought out at Her Majesty's Theatre, with Titiens as Mrs. Ford, Giuglini as Fenton, Santley as Ford, Gassier as Page, and Junca (one of the new corners) as Falstaff. " Tannhauser" enjoys unbounded popularity in Germany, though its merits term the subject of violent controversy. it is full time that the English public were enabled to judge for themselves ; and whatever may Le the success of this opera Mr. Telapleson Will deserve their thanks for bringing it before them. " Robert le Diable" will be revived in the course of the season, with Wippern in the character of Alice; the " Freischutz" - will also be eroduced with a strong cast, and " Anna Bolena" will be reproduced after an interval of 20 years. The ballet, which has always bean a great ;eaten c at fer Majesty's Theatre, while comparative little account is made of it at the rival house, will receive due attention. Dancers of both sexes, from the principal centinental theatres, have been engaged, and several new ballets are to be produced in. the course of the season. S HAK SPERIANA. The first part of Messrs. Day and Son's lac simile repro duction of the First Folio Simkspere of 1623 by moans of photography, which is being made from the best pages of the best copies of that celebrated folio, the one in the British ➢iu+eum and the other in the library of Bridgwater House, contains sixty-four pages in all, including the rare intro ductory leaves, so often supplied in existing copies by itiS. fac-similes. It is sure to be welcomed as a most seasonable memorial of the approaching Tercentenary. Birmingham, says La France, is about to found a publio library to contain exclusively editions of Shakspere told books illustrating his works, in all languages. OUlt ENGLISH SOVEit'aGNS.—Vi r e have h 3d eight Henries, six Edwards, four four Georges' three Richards, one Stephen, two Jarneses, two Charlesegy one Elizabeth, two Marys, and one Victoria.