The Sun. — London, England, 1854-04-18 00:00:00

Malta, and that they only waited the arrival of Lor itag , The Golden Fleece had returned from Gallipoli, and it was expected that the Guards would embark in her for the East. The Duke of Cambridge leaves Paris to-day for Marseilles. His Royal Highness stays over to- Light iu order to be present at the fete given by the Empress at the Elysee. On Sunday the Imperial carriages were in attend aQe at the Embassy, with post-horses to convey the Duke of Cambridge and suite to visit the Palace and Gardens of Versailles. On . arriving hap were received by a guard of honour, and, after going over the galleries awl apartments, went to ef:i the playing of the Grand Waterworks, which had been especially ordered for the occasion. Dur- IN the visit the bands of the different regiments in rqrison struck up " God save the Queen !" which received with cries of " Vive l'Empereur !" i:iVivent les Anglais !" by the multitudes assem '6l- In the evening, the illustrious party dined 11 '0 their Majesties at the Palace of the Tuileries. We have already mentioned that Prince Napo ire was present at - a grand banquet given to him by municipal body of Marseilles; the journals `of that city now furnish us with a detailed account ° I the affair. The banquet took place in the grande Mlle on the first floor of the Hotel de Ville, which 71 , 8 -8 handsomely fitted u for the occasion. The e it'lgy was represented Icy the Bishop of Marseilles, 84 4 the Archbishop of Aix, and Mr. Turnbull, the Elfish consul, represented the whole consular . f Marseilles, as being the oldest member of 41 ' At the dessert General Rostolau rose, and Pro followinged the health of the Emperor in the following terms " Gentlemen—l have the hor our to propose the osaltii of the Emperer. After having saved France fr omanarchy, his Majesty will also by his genius know o effect the triumph of the cause of European civi taation. which we are going to defend in the East. The rstriptror finds a guarantee of success in the devotedness °f the army, the t ntliusiastn of which calls to mind that Smog. the - soldiers of Aust er litz. o f Eylau, Friedland, zaiot rsko, and Moscow. Like tent, the soldiers of our young army, in - .flitch the Imperial Prince has de manded the post n eare st t o the e n e my, will know how by A their dis c ipli on ara 7 th e i r courage to b r ing victory to heir standard, a rawly so rich in souvenirs gloriuus for F rance. Vive impereur I" • The toast was drunk with the loudest applause, a nd amidst reiterated cries of "Vive i'Empereur !" • lionnor, as the mayor ad interim, then rose, 4 4 , 14 in the name of the city of Marseilles, proposed w. le health of the illustrious visitor, prefacing it with the following speech : "Mon,eigneur—When, after forty years of general pea ce,F France finds herself compe!led to draw her va nt mord from the scabbard, your Highness solicited tiba "Eruperor in a letter which will remain as an historical , a aitiment, the past of danger and of rlory assigtie 1 to T ll by your wime and your title of French Prince. ha t , Nio,:seigileur. was a noble inspiration. for toe war to Which you are about to be en.._;aved is stamped with d a double seal of justice and licnour. It is not un ertaken with a view to conquest, but for preservation 4.1f0r peace. The exis' ence of the Ottoman empire is tally e t : l 2 important to all the Great Powers, and to pro f against Moscovite mbitoti maint a on, which the has balanc coveted it two centuries, a is e of !?,°,ver of the great European faintly, and to secure the race of the world. France and England, those two ea ch of the column of modern civdisation have, for this t e t tl erous undertaking, united their arms, which have el l 80 long divided. Thanks to their alliance, never 0 e tild more resources have been placed at the service of a i&eater cause. Success cannot be doubtful. We are proud, v o tiaeigneur, on account of France, and of yourself, at : 1, 6 Part w hi c h y ou are ca ll e d on to take in this new 118 aclet Marseilles, which has always been united by 01 one p relations with the East, can appreciate the im inanoe of such a mission better than any other place. Ore than an y o th er it w ill therefore accompany you With Nik itB wishes, and surround you with its warmest syni -I.4""leat Prince, in this mysterious East, to waich t 4 POleOn I. f e lt limself invincibly impelled half a cen itiP; ago, your name, already so glorious, will ad, rn e lf with a glory which will be personal to you, and IV Will thus acquire fresh' claims to the affection and e Pride of France— Vive le Prince Napoleon !" 10 A loud an d unan i mou s burst of enthusiasm fol lowed this speech, and the toast was drunk with lo ud repetitions of the concluding exclamation. tk e prince, who a pp ea red to be deeply affected at " 18 Warm expression of sympathy, rose and said : b"I tha n k th e M syor o f M arse ill es f or the toast he illst giv en . I n d eman di ng tram the Emperor the 0 00 r of s h ar i ng i n t h e d angers an d l a b ours o f th e 4r 11 3'''of the East, I have done what every other French mo ldier would have done in my place ; my duty, and Not hing more. For those whom the will of the people bas Placed nearest the Throne, there is a right which I m allp alway s c l a i m —th a t of being among the first sons h '` q Prance who shall defend her influence, her right, her , c4 lour, and her national independence. The sympa 4Vetie words which I have just heard prove that you 'are understood the feelings which inspired me in ad : dressing myself to my cousin the Emperor. It is ' 4l Possible for any person to foresee the political re !tilt of the war which is about to commence. But 1 11 r, glory and our interests are in good hand worthily Let " s °aye confidence in him who has hitherto so V skilfully conducted all this dif9cult affair of the Mt. What is certain is, that if our arms and those of oar allies triumph, new and extensive markets will be ZPened for this great commarcial city. The Black Sea, eitaerto almost closed, will become a sea open to ,the : ll l:fierce of the west. The Ottoman empire strengthened, no longer fearing an ambitious and suspicious neigh etitur, may develope all her immense resources and freely 411er on the path of progress. This is what wa may be ?Wed to hope for, and it is what I wished to point . in order t o p rov e to you all the advantages which Ma rseilles m a y d er iv e from thiS war against Russia. Y o ur interests are , therefore, identical with your duties. t 1 Propose as a toast, ' A la vibe de Marseillts.' to conclusion of this speech was followed with ' l 4 cries of " Vive le Prince Napoleon !" Public securities and railway shares experienced yes terday a s li g ht i mprovemen t. The Three per Cents, St. t h 7 l ltl. closed at 63f. 35c. for the end of the month ; st t e Pour-and-a-Half per Cents. at 89f. 75c. ; and 25 h New Loan at 64f. 25c. ; Orleans Railway g St. r ea, 1,055 f. ; Rouen, 815 f. ; Havre, 41 0 f. ; 20 I,_at Northern, 730 f.; Strasburg, 715 f. ; New st. Liar - es> 528 f. 75c. ; Paris to Lyons, 792 f. 50c. ; 15 Pran ce, to the Mediterranean, 650 f. ; Western of 550 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 502 f. 50c ; 61 MoCentral of France, 400 f. ; Bank of Credit 61 ' lo bilier, 480 f. 3 ;t. 100 6i l 0 1 all >t. 1100 it. 100 .6 16 L 6 11?, 8 all 8 8 50 I all 0 51 1 .0 11/ Is !O 176, !O all LO 10 LO 1 t. 1100 :0 2/-2, it. 100 it. 103 it. 100 it. 100 o I 10 M I all .3 3 / 4 all Cl . ! all O all M. 100 O all O 15 !O 5 0 2/ 2s ;5 all t. 100 .0 8 ;t. 100 15 21 D 17 0 all 0 I is >0 all .0 51s it. 100 >5 20 >5 13: ate 100 RAILWAY/. Aberdeen ....-••••• • Ambg Nottng. Bost and Bastu. Juuct... 1 1 Belfast & Ballymena. Wolverh. Stour Valley ......... ' Birkenhd. Lanesh. 4 Cheshire Juliet..... Do. Chesil. £5O and 1.,"25 Cons. Do., £20...- Blyth & Tyne origina £25 (issd. at £45, Bristol au.? Exeter... Caledonian Chester & Holyhead, Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin& Belfast June Dundee Perth&Aber (leen Junction Do. New East Anglian.... Do., (.£lB E & H).. Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New A .. 5 ;t. 10() ;t 100 0 5. ;t. 100 0 1 it. 1.0 it. 100 it. 100 it. I. 0;) it. 100 .2 12 1, ; ;t. 100 .9it .4 11, East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgol% Edinb. and Peebles.. Edin. Pith do Dundet Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Weston. Great Northern St Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock. Gt.sth. &West.(lre., Great Western Irish South-Ea:.4m Lancaster & Carlisit Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds • Laueash. audY orksi !Do., Fifths D 3., Wst. Riding Uu Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt London & Blaekwa': Lond. Tilb. &Stiten:i. (mud. Bright & S.Csi. Lond. and N. West", Do. Fifths Do.lo/.Sh.,M&B ( Do. Eighths LondouandS. West' Do., £SU Do., £4PP "Aldudrry& Coleraine Luiludrry. & Enuisk. ila.uch.She f.& Linell. 00., Man. & Liu. Un. 4idland , o. Birmng. & Derby :ichd. G. kVest.(lrs Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension. N wpt.Aberg. & Hrfd Newry & Euniskilleu Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northu.Counties Un. North British North Devon, No. 1., Do., No. 2 A Deferred... Do., 6 B Guarauteed North London 'Do. New £lO N. &S. Wstrn. , Hamp stead, and City Jo North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leii;ester Oxford, Worcester, & 'olverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury 41 Bil mg Do. L. 41. N. Wester! Guarautead Si Shrewsby. & Beiefd Shrewsby. & Chested (N. W. Alin Do. Halves,: Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do ..',.;taines, Wok &Wok it:nekton & Darling. 4tockton & Hartlepl. eatf Vale tie. £lO shares Do. Pref., No. 1. 'tames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neatn Waterfd. & Kilkenny ‘Vaterford&Limerick, ',Vest Cornwall West Eud of Loudon and Crystal Palace.. West London Wimbledn & Croydoi York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Exteusions Do. G. N .E. Purchase, York & N. PREFEREN 100 V)erdeeu 10.) Do. No. 2, p. c. 30 Blythaud Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. , 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5. per cent 6i Jork &Bandons4p.c all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all EastAnglias (£3los) 6 per cent all Do. (£5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7 p. c all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 all Do. No. 2 . all Do. New 6 p. c. St. all Eastern Union, Scril Guar. 6 per cent all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Do. 10/. Debentr.Sh -100 East Lan cash. 6 p. cts, all East and West York. shire June. Prof ~ all Edinb Prth.&Dundee SPAIN. 51 per cent. Th e Madrid journals . of the 12th have arrived. St. 100 Glasgow&S.Western Guar. 5 per cent in G azette contains a royal decree enacting that eddy every town and village medical men especially St. st. 100 Great Northn. sp. C. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., thged to attend bethe poor shall be appointed ; and at 10 p. c. prem. her and shall paid in proportion to the num- 10 10 )0. 4,i p.e. Scrip 10 6 Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prof ‘ c j i e ,, r and wealth of the population and other local si all 4. Southn.Westm. 4 ,l e nnastances and be entitled to retiring pensions circumstances 30 years' service. (Ireland) Eighths)... 20 5 Do. 4 per c. Prof. Sh. T he drought was causing great injury to the 50 6 .It. Westn. (Berko SL, ''' ()l ving crops in different parts of the country, Rants Ex. 5 p. c) an d some Bishops have ordered prayers to be St. 100 Do. cov. red. 46 p.c. () tiered St. 100 Do. con. red. 4 P.C. up for rain. St. 100 Dc,. irred. 4p. c , The 12th being Sunday the Stock Exchange was 16 6 Lan. &York. F. £2O -40't O p en. St. 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock ... A. letter from a Ministerial source says :—" More 20 13 Leeds N. 6p. c. No.l fr pitalists have thi s d a y w ithdrawn their funds St.. 100 9 DLoondQ ouf . i om the Bank of San Fernando. This appears to G uara nteed sp. c ... at m ) i ng 4 h B t On . I ' B . ? . .e done with the d es i gn o f sprea di ng di s trust of St. 1 0 0 D o. Prof., sp. C. St. the Government amongst the public. But the 50 an Do. Convertible, s p. Government, which knows that the Bank has c., 1852 More need of it than it has of the Bank, takes little notice of these intrigues. M. L orente, .le N w . G .w u . a , r C .6 o p y. c i thinking perhaps that ho might be the cause l of St. st. 1 1 00 00 ° Lo o n Nuneaton a disaccord which has arisen between the Go vvereraent and the Bank of San Fernando, hastened n Th & ir S d . s Western to give in his resignation of the governorship, to 5 11 a 5 ll W L C o n n ond dOnderry&Coler i Shares 'w hich he was recently appointed. - But the Go- 1.2 i all bandy. & Ennis. iSh V min 25 all Nlan., Shef., & Lin , e th e ent has not accepted it. It is believed that 4 Shares, No. 1. Government will establish ‘I some branches in 10 a ll D o. N ew , £lO which the notes of the Bank will be exchan ge d f or 6 Do. £6.... z P e eie without any discount. This measure is of a 12A all vlarypt .&Carl.4 p.c nature to restore completely public confidence." 121 all Do. 4a per cent 2; 10 1 Do The owners of Russian merchant vessels in the It. ' 100 ' Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St. ports of Cadiz, Setubal, and Lisbon, have ordered St. 100 00. Consol. Bristol & th em to be sold. lArtu. 6 per cent.... i T he funds have risen to-day, owing to the higher 16 5 Do. Pref. 41 per cent prices at L on d on and Par i s. Th e Three per Cents . 10 6 Norfolk Debenture .. 4St. lot, Do. Prof. 4p. c. Stock St. 100 D o . 5 c Eat 1 , 1. : quoted . 4 de emable Debt, first class, 750 ; ditto, second St. iOO Do. sperct.pref cla ss' , A Ci . Exchange 01l London, 1 7 5 - St . 100 Do. Wa.v. Yal. sp. c. * '.OO ' North British all North Staffordshire .00 Oxford, Worcester, $ Wolverh.£ls,6p.c 5 Do ITALY. kikt Turin, on the 13th, the Senate approved, by A 'cites to 6, of the bills concerning the loan of 35 letter from Nice, of the 11th, states that by (C „.ter of the Piedmontese Government, the Duke o e v alentinois has been set at liberty, and the pticin allowed him either to return to Monaco by 1 ,,3 or to Franco by land. He has 'selected this `l‘ter oourse. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Defiance has gone home. BETTING ON THE COURSE. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. to 1 agst Arline (taken)' 5 to 1 agst Nicotine. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 100 to 7 apt Aguilla (taken). 5 10 St. 5 10 25 10 1.01 IIID SOI-DISANT BARONET SMYTHE.—The bona fide I 26 cit.r of the so title impudentl y and fradulentl Rc. ai tned by Mr. Torn Provis, now a convi,A, u has prey 25 - t td Mr. Fi e ld, l a t e o f t h e d etective with a un us t munific tnt present. for the a bilit y h e di :Oa) ed in jmasking the barefaced imposture. 5 a ßtn 1.40, 1r , c ,,,., AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.--Trafl;c Ti • St. " L e o ,. 'or the week ending April 13, 1804. ... 217, .1 833 !;;* 2 espondi ng week last year 13,302 3 2 17,t!„, all Scot. Cent. , New Prei all iiirews. & Birm.N G a ll ihrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all iouth Devon . Jo. fixed, 44 per cent all S. Eastern (Readim.: Ann.) of la Os. 6d. 100 Do. Vipei cent. all i.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all itockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent. 5 Do. do.all do tockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 3 Waterfd.&Kilk. 6 p.c. 100 York, Neweastle,and Derwick ,4 p.c. Pref. 40 1 use inlBs4,umumiiimmillii, ! . 84,5,31 16 o 5 )c 10 York&N.Midlandll , and 0. ruicbc„„„, 51" SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices y esterday. Etiodness done this day. IPaid.l 21 - 23 41 - 4i 7i 84 14 —l2 di, .5 17 8 -- 7 d 89 - 91. 52i - 13 - 15 8 1O 41 - 43 7 - 8 . - ... 15 - 16 .i~ -- 12~ --... ..• ... --• ... 59 - 61 56 - 58 21 - 23 8 73 120 - 89 71t rs 6 88 10 —l2 i 10 —l2l 591 604 8/1 -- llt -- 12; •• 7i -- 8 par ---4 p u 7 - 98 941 954 10 -- 1 d - 1 -- di 15i -- -- 464 14 -- 13 A' 12 -- 11,1 19 - 20 57i -5 8 i 33 - 35 ... ---- • .. 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Two ladies, dressed somewhat after the fashion of .Toan of Arc, are seen on the summit of this "dull, diurnal sphere," waving the union jack of England and the tri-colour of France, the bands play up a martial strain, the blue lights glare, and sic transit gloria (Easter) ifundi. This little piece is written with Toint and humour, and is so con structed as to bring out the peculiar eccentricities of Mr. Buckstone's style in the strongest relief. The pompous air of satisfaction with which that amusing actor rounds off his periods, the power which he has of penetrating to the minutest subtleties of comic dialogue, and his skill in de tecting every variety of which the delivery may be capable, and in enhancing the significance of a joke by a gesture, were abundantly manifest in every scene. Miss Feather stone appeared as The Spirit of the Ocean Mail, from the Royal Gallery of Illustration, and won great and well-de served applause. There is life in her movements, a hearty gaiety in her tones, and a singular freshness in all her act-, ing. The following was amongst the airs she sang : 1 all 1 all .oa. • all 10 - 2 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all 0 13.1; 3 2,k 10 all 9 15 1 1 it. all ;5 all 5 all !O all 2 all 2 all 3 all 1 all 3 all 1 all " GR.ENADIERS.' " Since first yEn pillars bounded Thy labours, Hercules, Their echoes ne'er resounded With such brave shouts as these. Thus, noble friends, for ever 1 all .0 - 9 1 all 1 all Pursue your grand careers ! Hurrahs let us raise for the Gerdes Francaisest And the'Biitish Grenidiers !" 1 all ;0 all Nor must we forget to award a passing word of praise to Mr. W. Farren, who sang the following French verses with great sweetness and spirit : 5I 1 1 I all "AlR—` PARTANT POUR LA SYBIL' " Partant pour la Syric,' Entendez vous ce chant? A vos fanfares, Russie, Comme it repond gaiement ! La France et l'Angleterre. Entre eux nent plus q'une voiz— S'il faut enfin la guerre Que Dieu defend le droit i' " trn Prince a dit nagnete, L'Empire. c'est la Pala,' Avec transport la terra Recut ces mots sacres. Malheur au temeraire, Que vient troubler sa joie, A ce tyran la guano ! Et Dieu defend le droit !" 5 115 10 104 1 all .0 7 all 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 12s. 1 1 all It should be observed that the military ardour of the audienco was kept at the most pugnacious point all the evening, by the silaging o 1 similar snatches of song, and by the performance of such airs as " The British Grena diers," and " The Tight Little Island." .0 9 5 3 9 8 9 2s. ;0 all .76 all !() 14 ;0 8 ;Ci all ;0 2 5 all !O 10 DO I all ICI lfif 10 - all !CI 5 5 all !O 15 LO 10 5 2 5 3 l 0 5 .),0 8 tai 33i .0 all tO 2, !O all Co all .6 all A all .0 all 9 10 E 0 all 0 all ,0 all 0 all 0 10 04 10 0 all 0 12 5 2 Bil all 10,1 all .0 7 !O 2 !O , 15 00 20 20 12 0 115 MINES &gua Fria Anglo Anstrin. Gold Anglo c alifornian Australasian Australian ...... . . .Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria 3adeu (Gd. Duchy' f Blaenarron Ir. & Coal Firitish Anstrin. Gold British Iron Brazilian Imp. (issue d at £5 . . . . Do. Comes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rea' Carson's Creek ;Jlareudon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica... Cobre Copper . Colonial Gold Co piapo ... . C o pper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7 p. cent. English and Austrin. Copper Smeltg.Co. General .great Nugget Vein Do. Registered Great Polgooth • Liberty Linares • Loud. &Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co. , Vfariquita ',toxic an &S. Ameri en . New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting C 0..: Nouveau Monde Pontgibaud Silver Lead MM. di Smelt. Port Philip 4uartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba south Australian rin Croft United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa Vorthing Mining o Australia Yuba FOREI I Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. 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New Union of London s °' 72 - 74 2i - 11 - 20 10 20 35 10 22 all 4 - 3 ;51 5 5 3. 15 all 15 all 3 2 di 43 - 45 36 - 38 63 --- 65 6 - 7 btrb s'Ebttioni NEWMARKET HANDICAP. Coup D'Etat Siue qua Non Twelve ran. Adine was scratched. £5O PLATE. Bessie Duke of Hamilton Six ran. Won by two lengths 10 SOVS. SWEEPSTAKES. 107 94 I i I Switch Jenney Wren Eight ran. RIDDLESWORTEI STAKES. 95 Baalbeo RIDDLESWORTH STAKES. • NEWMARKET RACES: (THIS DAY.) (B ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 2 Three ran. The Match' between Pharold and Marquis of Seveigne is off. EASTER AMUSEMENTS DRURY,L,ANE, Last night this time-honoured theatrewas re-opened for operatic performances, - under the management of Mr. H. Jarrett.. -,The arrangements appear to have beep glade on a very extensive scale, ,and the object proposed is to give the public' a first-class musical' entertattatent xt " house pricet.° ' ' • , • The " address,nprinted td the bills, dealt sore unde niable generalities respecting the want of a cheap opera, and shows that although all , other branches of music may now be enjoyed by the many at an economical cost, the lyrical drama is alone kept up to a fancy Price—a price that the wealthy only can contemplate with indifference — placing it wholly beyond the means of the many who crave to indulge in such 'amusements. The directors of the Royal Opera, for such the new establishment is desig nated, propose Ato came much within 'this prohibitory figure, and their tariff is that adopted by Mr.E. T. Smith, and other reforming managers. Whether the costliness of the admission to entertainments of this nature has not hitherto been dependent on the costliness of the vocal commodity, which is its element, is a question not, dis cussed in the " address." Fereign singing birds, those, we mean, who can sing, are not to be caged for nothing, and it is quite possible to fill your house without at the same time filling your treasury. However, we may conclude that the arithmptic of the matter has been gene into, and that the arrangements of the present adventure have not 13, en made without due computation. Our duty now is to say whether the opening exhibition of the powers of this new company was commensurate with the agreeable expectations created by the address. That very important question we are happy in being en abled to decide at once in the affirmative. The company, according to the present showing, is un doubtedly composed of many strong and serviceable, mate rials. Madame Caradori, the prima donna of last year, resumes the same position this, and as she has proved her self to be an excellent dramatic actress—fast growing in popularity, and well deserving of the fame she is steadily and surely acquiring, we do not 16tow of any person better qualified to discharge the functions of this important office. Mdlle. Sedlazek, the daughter of the eminent flautist, who has been singing abroad with honour, and who established a favourable impression by her recent efforts at the second of the New Philharmonic Concerts, is the seconda donna. Then there is a Madame Rudesdorf, of whom we as yet know nothing. Mdlle. Vestvali, the contralto, sang a few nights ago at the Reunion des Arts, and those who heard her pronounce a warm eulogium no less upon her per sonal beauty than upon her superiority as a vocalist. The principal tenor is Signor Pavesi, from the Scala, who made his debut last night ; and the basses not only in. chide Formes, an unrivalled singer in his several walks as we all know, but even, it is rumoured, Pischek. Mr. Hamilton Braham is another of the engagements in this department ; likewise a Signor Arnoldi, lately of the Italian Opera of Paris. The same liberal enterprise which has presided over this really excellent force as regards the principals has also extended to the chorus, which numbers fifty voices, with thirty in addition to arrive next week. The orchestra has been selected with equal prudence, and contains some fifty-eight instrumentalists of signal effi ciency, as we had ample proof last night. Herr Lindpainter is the conductor. . _ If all these arrangements are permanent, there can be little doubt of the substantive worth of the project. The scheme is very comprehensive. The beat operas of the Italian and German schools are to be given on alternate nights, and we see that provision has been made to insure just and satisfactory embodiments. The opera which was performed last night was the Norma of Bellini, and the interest that the announcement created was evidenced in the crowds that attended. The audience was a holiday one, and disposed evidently to enjoy itself. The reception which it gave to tlaV singers was warm and cordial, and Madame Caradori experienced an ovation not unworthy of Grisi herself, and the performance of this ' clever and intelligent singer more than justified the prepossessions of the auditory. She sang the music of the unfortunate Druidess admirably, and the principal scenes with a fire and animation, a truth and propriety of expression, which astonished while it de. lighted. The entire performance was replete with every excellence. Whether in portraying the calm tranquillity of the priestess, the " fury, of the woman scorned," or the heroic feeling which compassionates and forgives, Madame Camden was uniformly good, and there was no mistake as to the honesty of the applause. Her delivery of the " Casta Diva was marked by many beauties. nothing could exceed the pleasure of the listeners as the opera p ro . ceeded, and Madame Caradori was recalled again and again in the nurse of the evening. The plaudits which were bestowed upon her at the termination emanated, with "one consent," from the entire .house. Mdlle. Sidlazek rendered the music of Adelgisa very prettily, and with an exactness and finish denoting her to be a praiseworthy and eminently useful artiste, notwithstanding the childish sen timent that colours the vocal organ. Pavesi, who perso- nated Pollio, sang with distressing falsity of intonation throughout, indicating pretty plainly that he must be speedily replaced by some one lens subject to this infirmity ; but Arnoldi, though not quite free from the same defect, came out sonorously in the music belonging to the pa triarch Oroveso. . _ . .._ _ At the close of the opera the National Anthem was sung by the general company. The eutertainments concluded with a divertissement ; but we must take some other opportunity of discussing the merits of the nymphs who have been engaged by the ballet master for this lively section of the, undertaking. HAYMARKET. The Easter piece at the Haymarket is entitled Mr. Buckstone's Voyage Round the Globe, and described as " A new and original cosmographical visionary extravaganza and dramatic review, in one act and four quarters." Re garded as a dramatic composition, it is of slight structure ; but, being blessed with a good dialogue, enriched with good music, and illustrated with good scenery, it gave in finite satisfaction to the audience, and may fairly be pro- nounced a " hit." Mr. Buckstone is at once the drollest, the most senten tious, and the most sedentary of travellers. He does not take the road like Don Quixote, that he may cleave giants, slay dragons, tilt at windmills, dissolve enchantments, and set captive damsels free. Such philanthropic projects find little favour in his eyes. Neither does he travel after the manner of Madame Ida Pfeiffer, that most fearless and adventurous of matrons, who wanders from the world's girdle to the frozen pole with " Bunyan's Pilgrim's Pro gress" in ono pocket and a pound of salt in the other. To such erratic impulses, and to all the discomforts they ine vitably engender, he is, happily for himself and the London playgoers, an utter stranger. He is a traveller of the same school as Zavier Lemaitre, who, for a long period of his life, never crossed the threshold of his own door, and yet he has left us in his" Voyage Autour de ma chambre" apleasanter book of travels than many a man has been able to pen who has shivered with the Icelanders and panted with the Moors. On the principle, we must presume, that a man may be a good astronomer and yet not live in the moon, he deems it possible to be a great traveller without push ing his peregrinations farther than Mr. Wyld's Globe in Leicester-square. It occurred to him that, like the man mentioned in Mahomet's story, who lived years in a moment, and travelled to the utmost limits of space with out ever leaving his arm-chair, he might sail the wide world over in a dream, without the misery of sea-sickness, the nuisance of passports, or the chronic anguish of incessant disbursement. A. happy thought, truly, and one in which, with the aid of Mr. Wyld and Mr. Planche, he has suc ceeded a merveille. The plot of the story is the simplest thing imaginable. In company with an unfortunate author (Mr. W. Farren), " a youth to fortune and to fame un known," Mr. Buckstone repairs to Leicester-square, with the intention of taking an actual voyage round Mr. Wyld's Globe and an imaginary one round "the great globe itself." At the foot of the staircase he and his companion are pro vided with arm-chairs, in which to rest their weary limbs before ascending ; but Morpheus marks them for his own, and they fall asleep to the air of "Slumber my Darlings." Cybele, alias Tellua, "the Goddess of the World," (Mrs. Fitzwilliam) appears to them in a dream' and introduces them successively to her four daughters— Europe, Miss Ellen Grey ; Asia, Miss Grantham ; Africa, Mrs. Caulfield ; and America, Miss A. Vining. On each of these young ladies Mr. Buckstone urges the same earnest entreaty that she will be graciously plea,ed to supply him with the materiel for an Easter piece that will pay. Th e y lead him through some of the most beautiful districts of their respective dominions—the scenery splendidly illus trated by the pencils of Mr. W. Calzott, and Messrs. Morris and O'Connor—but so far fromfacilitating his pro fessional views, they regard' his perplexity with evident enjoyment, and take a malicious satisfaction in repro ducing subjects which they are well aware are either already appropriated by other men to his entire exclusion, or else are completely " used up." Thus Europe takes him to " the theatre of war," which he declares his utter in ability to manage. She then introduces her "young man with a carpet-bag," meaning Mr. Woodin, who is personated by Mr. E. Villiers, and after running the gauntlet through various other celebrities, she has the sublime effrontery to propose an interview with the " Corsican Brothers." Mr. Buckstone almost swoons at the thought, but when she as sures him that it is the last sight ho shall ever get of them, he is overjoyed at the announcement, and declares that upon that blessed condition ho is willing to endure the apparition once snore. The stage opens at the command of Europe, and who should spring up but the " Duke of Glo'ster from Drury-Lane," and the " Duke of Glo'ster from the Prin cess's," meaning Mr. Brooke and Mr. C. Kean ! Mr. Buckstone retreats without "coming to an engagement," and, crossing the Dardanelles, continues his journey by the Overland Route to Asia, where he sees " grand oriental spectacles," wise elephants of the East standing upon their heads, " feasts of dragons," and " wonderful performances of Chinese magicians" (the Messrs. Marshall), one of whom does not stick at impaling his friend with dinner knives. In Africa he is struck with the sad appearance of its dark angel, and indulges in various ethnological reflections on the Bosjesmans, Zulu Kaffirs, Earthmen, and other unnatural curiosities, who would willingly come to terms with him if Le would engage thek_. in Amenoa , he has an interview _ _ PRINCESS'S. No holiday piece was performed at this theatre last night ; but the patrons of the drama appeared abundantly satisfied with the performances provided for their enter • - tainment. The play of Richard 111., as adapted to the stage by Mr. Charles Kean, is a representation which has always charms for the , play-going portion of the public. The rapid succession of events—the stirring scenes of the battle-field—the , faithful portraiture of a character which, if not hislorically impressive, is, at least, poetically cor rect, all conspire to make the tragedy one of enduring interest. Of the performance of last night it will be only necessary to say that it was characterised by that propriety of treatment, poetically feeling, and general consistency which mark all the representations produced under the management of Mr. Charles Kean. The appointments of the play were historically accurate, and Mr. Kean was re peatedly applauded in the more striking scenes, The en tertainments concluded with the drama of The Lancers. LYCEUM. There was no novelty at this theatre. A new farce hal been announced, but owing to the indisposition of Miss Dickenson, one of the Lyceum stock pieces wai substituted, The " house" was an indifferent one. ADEL PHI. The performance at this theatre opened with the repe tition, for the nineteenth time, of The Two Loves and a ,wife, which is still running a successful career, and was probably never better received than last night. This was succeeded by a new entertainment, prepared for the holi day season, under the title of The Overland Journey to Con stantinople as undertaken by Lord Bateman, with interest ing Particul sof the Fair Sophia. The scones of this'ex travaganza. Re a motley compound of the incidents of the celebrated Bateman ballad, and some of the principal fea tures of the expedition to the east, its causes and accom paniments. Each verse is introduced with an "explanatory lecture" from Mr. James Rogers, in the most approved style of modern entertainments; meant to be an amusing satire on the familiar expositions of Piccadilly and Waterloo-place, but deficient in piquancy. The adventures commence with the fairy camp by moonlight, in which the corps de ballet representing the allied troops, after going through a most satisfactory course of military evolutions, embark for Con stantinople to assist the noble lord. The next scene is in Proud Turkee, wtiere it is found This Turk (Mr. Paul Bedford) is thrown into a state of alarm by the arrival of Caesar de Byzantium (Mr. Selby), who is, however, paci fied by This Turk consenting to give him in marriage the fair Sophia (Miss Keeley). At this juncture Lord Bate man (Miss Woolgar), and John Thomas, the Proud Young Porter (Mrs. Keeley), having been caught prying into Thi s Turk's harem, are brought on, avhen the fair Sophia's at tachment to the noble lord is discovered. After under going the miseries and delights of a Turkish " quod," the noble lord and his attendant, John Thomas, after an af fecting parting with the fair Sophia and her maid Fattyma, are, by the aid of the allied Powers, shipped for England. Part the second of the adventures is occupied by the perils and escape of the fair Sophia from Caesar de Byzantium, and her marriage with the noble lord. The piece was exeedingly well got up, and the acting throughout was excellent; and the audience testified their approbation in a manner that left no doubt as to its success. SADLER'S WELLS. The entertainments provided at this theatre last night commenced with the drama, by Mr. Daly, entitled The Times, which was originally brought out some time since at the Olympic Theatre. The plot, though somewhat complicated, afforded an opportunity for excellent acting by the corps drainatigne of this theatre. The entertain ment specially provided for the amusement of the holiday folks was an original extravaganza, by Mr. F. Talfourd, called The Mandarin's Daughter, founded on the simple story of the " Willow Pattern." It is full of fun and humour, and the innumerable puns and play upon words with which the dialogue was interspersed, were duly ap preciated by the audience. The appointments, as well as the scenery, were excellent. The performance concluded with The Ran, away Match. The house, perhaps in con sequence of the facilities afforded by excursion trains and the present fine weather, was not so crowded as is usual on Easter Monday, but the audience were evidently thoroughly satisfied with the bill of fare provided for their entertain ment. AS T LE Y'S. This popular place of amusement was re-opened last nigh 4 A. for the summer , season, under the management of Dir. Wm. Cooke, the lessee, in the presence of thousands, who availed themselves of these holiday times to witness, amongst other entertainments, a new grand nautical equestrian spectacle, embodying novel and extraordinary effects, which had been weeks in preparation, and was produced on a scale of un usual magnitude, with entirely new and most extensive scenery, costumes, &c. It is entitled A Tale of the Spanish War; or, the horse of the lVreck, being the old story of the utter discomfiture of the villanous attempt of a rejected suitor to compel a fair lady to become his bride, and the bestowal of her hand and heart upon her gallant deliverer. The piece opens with a view of the ramparts and guard. house of Bilboa, and in this scene appear Don Guzman, the governor, attended by his suite, among whom is Gomez, the rejected suitor of the Lady Juliana, the daughter of the governor. A British ship, conveying a cartel of authority for an exchange of prisoners, suddenly appears in the offing, and a gun being fired, the English officer (Captain Pennant) lands, attended by a party of seamen, one of whom bears a white flag. The gallant officer recognises in Lady Juliana the features of one whom he had some years before rescued from the burning wreck of a Spanish vessel which had been opposed to an English man-of-war. He relates his story ; the facts are proved, the governor is delighted at meeting the man who had saved his daughter's life, and the British officer is feted and entertained with great hospitality. Gomez, however, who is in league with a party of guerillas, carries off the Lady Juliana, and detains her a prisoner in a " lonely mansion," but in the meantime he has had con • veyed to the governor an anonymous communication charg ing the British officer with having carried off his daughter. The horse Belvador, which has been presented by the Lady Juliana to Captain Pennant on his intended departure, in ' the first instance, is a most important character in the plot, for the animal contrives to reach t he lone house, ak and by a letter ho carries apprises Juliana of the attempts m ing to discover her place of retreat. A notification is by the same .messenger sent to the governor, and tho favoured horse is, indeed, the means of the restoration of the Lady Juliana to her father. The lady has, of course r , many hair-breadth escapes ; but at the moment of appaent vic• tory she is released from the hated power of Gomez, and is united to Captain Pennant. Among the party of British seamen is Jack Marline (Mr. Harry Rignold), who performs marvellous feats of gallantry and courage, and ultimately kills Gomez in the closing scene of the attack upon the citadel by the rebel's party. The character of the dialogue among the British tars is well suited to the present crisis, and each performer did his utmost to do justice to the piece. During the progress of the drama, there are exhibited a wreck in the Bay of Biscay', and an attack on the citadel. The animaticrn imparted to both of these scones, by artistic, skill and excellent act in g , is truly surprising. The whole of the piece, in fact; went oft most admirably,. and the chief actors in it were rewarded with peat applause at its clooo, Zqueotria sow ill the circle heat feasted the eyes of the spectators, and the evening was concluded with a farce, by Mr. W. T. Sampson, called Dalrymple versus Tubbs. OLYMPIC. No Easter piece was produced here last night, the only approximation to novelty being the revival of the come dietta of The Happiest Day of my Life, originally produced at this theatre, under the Vestris management. The part of Mr. Gillman, written for Liston, was played last night by Mr. F. Robson, who gave a quaint and dry picture of the miseries and perplexities in which the unfortunate bridegroom is involved on the " happiest day of his life." It would be unjust to pass over without special praise the performance of Miss Stevens, as Mrs. Grimsley, the elderly female with a grievance.- This small part was admirably rendered, both as to make-up and acting. Mrs. Chatterly, as Mrs. Dudley, made an excellent fussy mother-in-law ; and Miss P. Hcrton, as Sophia, was a charming bride. The other entertainments of the evening were the come dietta, To Oblige Benson•, and the farce of The Wandering Minstr,t. SURREY. • The Surrey management brought out a novelty last night, announced in the bills as "an entirely original drama, founded upon the all-absorbing occurrences of the present day," and entitled Iran Safferi ; or, The Sultan and the Czar. The piece abounds in striking situations and stage effects. It was favourably received ; and, ap pealing as it does to popular sympathies, and shadowing forth the triumph of a Popular cause, will probably run for some time. Thore is a Bulgarian farmer, with a great deal of patriotism and a very pretty daughter, both strong inducements for Russian persecution, especially when con ducted by a young officer, who is a lover of feminine beauty, both on his own account and that of his Imperial master ; the accepted lover of the lady, one Iran Safferi, a Turkish orphan and patriot, whose name supplies the first title to the piece—the second being The Sultan and the Czar ; a Turkish water melon vender and his sweetheart, who with a Cossack sergeant do the comic business and great part of the fighting ; a Turkish spy and Bulgarian pea sants, patriots, and Russian soldiers sufficient to mak e a formidable dramatis personae. The scenery was appropri a t e end the acting generally good—especially that of Arr. Cresswick, who personated Irun ; Mrs. H. Eirbr, a lady from the Theatre Royal, Dublin, who, as Sulima, the aeroine, made her first appearance in London, and who promises to become a favourite here ; and Mr, Widdicomb, who was the comic hero and vendor of watermelons. The other entertainments last night were lien Boit and Vilikins and his Dinah—the former being an effective dramatic version exceedingly well acted of the pretty ballad of the same name, THE STRAND. The Easter novelties at this theatre consist of three pieces, all of which were last night entirely successful. The first is a legendiary drama, in two acts, entitled The Enchanted Lake. A Mr. O'Rafferty (Mr. G. Hodson) is betrothed to Mary (Miss G. Hodson), and the wedding day appointed—there being ono condition precedent to the marriage—namely, that O'Rafferty promises to abstain from whisky, to which he is addicted with more than Donnybrook affection. It is quite clear, from the charac ter of the man, that without some "spiritual suggestion,' he will never be able to perform this condition. Accord ingly the necessary help is supplied by the fairy Titania (Miss F. Beaumont), who, with her attendant troop, in stils into the mind of the drunkard such visions of future woe and, crime that he firmly resolves to lead a sober life in future. Mr. G. Hodson made an excellent representa tive of a drunken but humorous Irishman, and excited the risible faculties of the audience in no ordinary degree. After the Enchanted Lake came a new farce, en- titled An Advertisement—Wanted, Wives and Husbands, which, though rather extravagant as a picture of the man ners of the day, is not 41evoid of genuine sarcasm and a great deal of humour. It is founded upon the principle of advertising for a husband or wife, which, though generally exploded, is now and again adopted by the erratic of both sexes, with the success, we believe, so very cleverly pour trayed in this amusing production. The entertainments of the evening concluded with an Irish operatic bur lesque on King Richard the Thied. It is certainly a lively, sparkling production, and in reference to the great events of the day contained some amusing allusions, which it is hardly necessary to say were well received. Mr. George Hodson, as " Dicky of Glester," and Irish gent, who does much more for a crown than many would undertake for a sovereign, was most amusing, and the interest was well kept up by Lady Anne, " a well-looking, ill-used lady" (Miss -Georgina Hodson). This young lady sang a most amusing song; to the air of " Villikins and his Dinah," which, though" a broad burlesque on one of the finest and noblest passages in the original, was so well and so drolly executed as to call down thunders of applause, and the usual demand of an encore. A- burlesque on Shakspearo's inimitable productions is a bold and hazardous under taking, even in this degenerate age for the " legitimate" drama ; but the attempt, in this instance, is so unique and so droll, that it could not fail to succeed. The house was well filled, though not crowded to an inconvenient degree. MAR YLEBONE. The Easter attraction provided by Mr. Wallack for the patrons of this neat and comfortable little theatre; bears the designation of The _Magic Brand& and the Golden Glories of Fairy Land. The auth ~ r is Mr. Frederick Daniel Collis. Thepiot is very simple. King Blowenaup (Mr. G. Cooke), whose exchequer isiu- a very sad state, forms the project of replenishing it by marrying his daughter Brilliant (Miss F. Garthwaite) to some wealthy suitor, but the lady, who , entertains the idea that she ought to be allowed to choose for herself, exhibits strong symptoms of rebellion, and escapes from the paternal authority, with the romantic in tention of enrolling herself in the militia. In the course of her rambles, she falls into the power of 13rimston-sulphurio (Mr. W. Shalders), a gentleman whose name is as attrac tive as his appearance, for his distinguishing ornament is a 'prodigiouslong tail,which generally trails along the ground, but which for the sake of convenience be sometimes carries under his arm. From the castle of this demon the damsel is eventually rescued by Don Constant (Miss Harriet Gordon), whose efforts nothing can withstand, seeing that he is an especial favourite of Radiant, the Fairy Queen (Miss Mullane) ; and the headstrong monarch eventually abdicates in favour of the young couple, con ferring on them the, sovereignty of an undiscovered city. The parts were well sustained, particularly these of Miss Gordon and Miss Garthwaite, and many of the allusions to the principal events of the day were fully understood and appreciated. Many of the scenic effects were more than usually brilliant, and the audience were so highly delighted with one of the fairy scenes that the call for the manager was almost Universal. Mr. Wallack, after a little delay, made his appearmice, and having acknoWledged the compliment, the piece was allowed to proceed, and brought to a successful conclusion. The author was then honoured . with a similar call, and had every reason to be gratified with his reception. The burlesque was preceded by and followed by the - farce of The Secret. -- • GREENWIOR • FAIR. - , - A harsh -wind, . and an occasional monitory speck of rain, .although it did, not prevent the holiday makers from ~ crowding ,to Greenwich yesterday, yet had conSiclerable effect in checking the anticipatory exuberance of spirits Which is "went to exhibit itself on th - eroad On ..sunuy Easter Monday mornings. Everybody wended towards his or her pleasure with a serious, business-like air, as if determined - to go through. with it, accordinuto rule, like any other day's wotki but there was little volunteer sing ing of popular ballads on the part of the young men, and hardly any of that display of gay costume into which the sempstresses, 'soubrettes; and maids of all work of the great metropolis are accustomed suddenly to blossom on this their great annual holiday. The general impression left on the mind of the philosophic observer was, that Greenwich Fair was a declining institution—that marvels in ginger bread were gradually giving way before marvels in science —and that even that inexhaustible witticism in tinaber, " the fun of the fair," must before long perish under the ban of heads of kindred material, but more 'solemn 'cha racter.. GTeenwich Fair is, in 'truth, certainly passing away. RichardsOn's Was Present in name ; but in very much diminished glory. The theatre had not. the Sy compact look which, used to disting uish it in.the time the great man, or even of his w o rthy successor. i . lobe, other corner stood a LillipUtian circus, front of which an Athlete did gratuitous p i hatically informed the - wonders' on in while's melancholy Merryman o p crowd 4 ' that although the Outside of that theatre w as better than the inside of any other in the fair;' :4 , only thefaintest it gave possible idea of the visual sensations that with i u ,." all for the small charge of one might be realised have w ho filled the narrow avenue which is penny;' The crowd.ilders left of the fair now all that thebu . _. . ground, were of the lowet possible desoription. In the park the crowd i" was equally dense, A very' little ' better in . quality. , All the traditional forms of fun' were preser ved, c t l Ett u a ' tt T to4 l o27 of the day had departed.' People looked throug h the pensioners' telescopes at the Observatory, but showed no excitement at the wonders they disclosed. "ley tiFew at the three sticks, but neglected to pnt up he Pin Puihions when they wort ; and, although young .adies who stood about' the gate invited the people to tea n their Aisnal friendly way o ther e was , 1110 that about their hospitality which used to distinguish it. People in short, crowdea the railways, the boats; and the busses; to get to the fair,' and having zealously performed their pilgrimage, crowded with equal zest' to get ',back again, remirking, as a. bad. omen for Greenwich, that they had not seen 'a single menagerie in the fair. ORE MORNE crARb ENS., . , Yesterday afternoon theise gardens were opened for the season under the' most flattering auspices, and it is clear, from the immense 'crowds which had assembled during the course of the 'evening; that Cremorne is not likely to lose any of its former attractions. Indeed, no efforts acpea to have ~been wanting upon the.. part of the proprietor to deserve the extensive patronage which there is every probe will crown his exeitions during the ensilingSeasen. The •Vykole of the -gadelis • have 'bi.en thorough refittO inn'ti ,the ;inter recess ; and although of c ourse the prii cipia accommodations remain much the same as on previous they havia• bees -much. enabplligied,. awl every pos, I • • • . ~, ....:_ '; 52i i 75 12z 72 60 M 95 i a 58 8 30 per cent. 1 12 pm x a - 90 - 3 85 31 1i r..," id Baalbec Fact Astolfo Three ran. SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. Lioness Rackapelt Two ran. MARKET NEWS-4TIIIS DAY.) COLONIAL TALLOW.—TaIIow is weak, and in the absence of ex citiag news there is a pause. The make of town tallow has lately improved, and the price is now cheaper than Y.C. which will account for the smallness of the delivery of y:C. tallow ; at the same time, it must not be forgotten that the quality of town tallow at this p er iod of the year id very inferior. We have not had much doing today, and our °losing quotations are on spot, 66s ;. May and June, 66s 3d ; June, 67s ; July, 678 6d to 9d ; August, 68s 6d. There is very little Australian or South American tallow on the market, and prices of these sorts are fully supported. Austra lian sheep, 65 8 6d ; b e ef, 645. South American , 64s to' 6 5. Tallow Elaine, 625; town tallow, 625., net cash. Cocoa nit Oil—C4hit, 51s 64 Ceylon, 50;6d. Linseed oil sellers at 40s on spot—May, 4 0e ; June. 41s; July, 41s 13 d to 42 e. Palm oil, Va. Tallow oil, 39a.. • . • HAY, MARKETS. SurronELD.—Meadow hay, 2t 15s to 5/ Os ; clover - I.itto, 3/ 15s to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 4s per load. A moderate supply, and a fair demand. CIIIMERLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 16s to 51 ss; olover litto, 3/ 15s to 6/ Os; and straw, 1/ 165 to 214 s per load. Supply rather limited, and trade firm. WHITECLIAPEL.—iteadow hay, 21 12s to _5l Os; clover ditto, 31 15s to Ot Os ; an d straw, 1/ 15s to 2/ 3s per load. Trade rather dull. LLOYD'S SHI.PPIIIG.-(THIS DAY, LONDON, April ..B.—Wind this day at Noon, E. ; mo derate breeze, and fine, clear, dry weather. —The letters received to-day from ports in the Baltic represent the na vigation to be opening. A Arrived — PORTSMOUTH, April 17. Wind, E. to S.E. Ramilies, from London, for Swan River. PLYMOUTH, April 17.—Wind, E, Sailed—Abegail, for Q ue bee. POOLE, April 17,—Wind, 5,E. Sailed—Heroine, for NeWfoundlAnd, - sible convenience and improvement has been adopted. Throughout the extensive grounds many ornamental at tractions have also been added, and the illuminations, later in the evening, have been altogether re-arranged, many new deviees have been added, and the whole ap pearance of the gardens, when lighted up, and the gay scene presented by various graupe,ef spectators, with the Oriental platform. and its crowds of dancers, is quite unrivalled in its way. Mr. -Simpson appears deter mined to. exceed his preyious efforts in the. management, and has succeeded in presenting a mos t, var i e d an d attractive programme of amttsetnents ; in the 'execution the whole resources of his establishment are put in requi sition from three o'clock in the afternoon until nearly midnight. Amongst the numerous novelties provided by • Mr. Simpson's indefatigable exertions for the public enter tainment are the performances of Professor Taylor and his son,the double-sighted youth, and gymnastic display of M. Bourdie and his pupil, two very clever exhibitions. Madams Culine on the tight rope, assisted by the humourous talents of the clown, Mr. Doughty. A vocal and instrumental concert, in which the comic songs of Miss Storace and the other artistes were much applauded. After witnessing the ascent of the Prince of Wales's balloon, the crowd rushed in hundreds to the theatre, where Mr. Tanner exhibited the docility and capabilities of his wonderful dogs, whose feats excited general admiration. The evening's entertain ment was, as usual, concluded by a grand pyrotechnic dis play, in the course of which Madame Culine made her perilous rope ascent. No less than three bands contri buted greatly to the general attractions of the amusements —the Hungarian band, Bo!isio's band, and the great brass band. The gardens were crowded. WOODIN'S CARPET BAG. Since the days of the elder Mathews there has been no artist of the monopological class so ingeniously endowed as Mr. Woodin. This gentleman has now for many months . been before the public as a delineator of strange and fas tastic people, and his versatility in the arts of personifica tion has established him as a leading public favourite ; and he well deserves his fame, for he has undoubted skill as a mimic, and a facility in the assumption of character as curious as it is amusing. The Carpet Bag and Sketch book, which he nightly opens at the gallery in the Quadrant, contains divers odd portraitures, and his transi tions from the one to the other exhibit an address and prompitude the superiority of which is immediately ac knowledged. The entertainment is well constructed for the manifestation of the peculiar faculties which Mr. Woodin Possesses. The personages are humourously con ceived, a n d a d mit of pleasant graphic embodiment. The songs, too, are di verting, and they lose none of their point in the mouth of Mr. Woodin, who acts as well as sings them. DOLOGICAT GARDENS. Yesterday, in consequence OiT tlTefineness;' the day, there was a large attendance of holiday folks at these gar dens, w hich, owing to the late fine and seasonable weather, presented a very beautiful appearance. The admission being 6d., which is the usual price of admission during the holiday week, presented an opportunity for many hundreds to view the extraordinary collection of an i ntis, &c., at this establishment. GALLERY OF ILLITSTRATION. The Ocean Mail of Mr. Telbin and his coadjutors has long been one of the most meritorious of the pictorial ex hibitions. An effort has been made to Invest it with an interest apropos to the present warlike doings in the East. We have, consequently, representations of the soldiers em barking at Southamptom, their passage by Gibraltar, and their debarkation at Malta. These pictorial facts, in con nection with the old established series of views, add no little to the attractions of the gallery, and the more so as there are now delineations of Sebastopol, the Dardanelles, and other places which are now in everybody's Month ati' the seat, or the probable seat, of war. The latter views have been taken from sketches made by Lieut. O'Reilly, of the Retribution, and we may, therefore, take their accuracy for granted. They have been enlarged and elaborated by the artists to whom we have alluded with their accustomed skill, and they combiuo with the leading picture very felicitously. EGYPTIAN HALL. • The war receives further pictorial elucidation from Mr. Allom's diorama, now on exhibition at the Egyptian Hall, whore for some months past it has been on view under the auspices of Mr. Albert Smith. The insight which this diorama affords into the internal aspects of Constantinople is as minute as can well bo imagined. The pictures are on a largo scale, and furnish representations of every phase of Turkish life, with all the principal buildings and highways of the city, besides views of the Dardanelles and other places, to which the progress of the war gives obvious inte rest. Mr. Charles Kenney is the general lecturer, but on Wednesday and Saturday Mr. J. H. Stocquoler enters more fully into the history of the war and the present position of the hostile parties. The ability of this gentleman as a public expositor is well known ; but in the present case he also brings to the task much local knowledge and the ea• Iperience derived from a long residence in the East. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. This old-established repertory of science and art never fails to be inundated with visitors when a holyday releases the public from their avocations. By the younger branches of the community it is in especial request, and very de sirably so, for to an inquiring youth the 'galleri es of the institution open out topics of boundless interest. the programme of the present period is of much the same cha racter as it has hitherto been. During the inany years of its existence it has furnished the multitude with much agreeable instruction, and has, no doubt, stimulated those yearnings for study which afterlife has confirmed. As a public haunt the worth of this institution is therefore great, and it is gratifying to find that its utility does not weaken as it grows older. or that its resources diminish by a relaxing patronage. The dissolving pictures, alw a ys a feature of interest at the Polytechnic, treat the Eater visitor with views on the Danube and the Black Sea—all the places, in fact, to which the present war is giving no mentous importance. WYLD'S GLOBE. The patronage bestowed by the public upon this interest• ing model appears to be of a very permanent character. Mr. Wyld turns it to very excellent account, and the lectures which are delivered daily by the gentlemen employed foi the purpose are among the most instructive that the me► tropolis affords. . . The study of physical geography cannot- be better or more usefully conducted than within the walls' of this building, the general character of the forMation of the earth being exhibited as it were in one vast ensemble, every assistance being given to inquiries of the kind by the numerous maps, charts, local models, tzc., with which the vestibules aud ground-20er gallery abound. The lec tures now in the course of,delivery are on Turkey and its relitions with Europe, the Baltic, our conununication with India, Sm. THE RIVER, AND THE RAIL. - Throughout the day the river (to use the nsnal phrase) " presented a most animated spectacle," and the various piers, from as, early as , pine o'clock, were crowded with people from,almOit every part, proposing to pursue plea sure at Greenwich. The railway a ttracted, if posible, larger number than the boats, and notwithstanding an mi ditional pay-office was established a t London-brid g e fo r the occasion, tickets were o nl y to be obtained after long and repeated straggles, ending, one or two instances, in the peo ple increased, the bridges became loss of a coat-tail .or the disfigurement of .a hat. As the day advanced, t he P of persons might be seen on waiting for the neat boat or t e ihoe re pi t e h rs ro a n u g d ed a , t an t d ho li s ti t n a d ti r o e n ds train. As to the redcoated shoe-blacks on the bridges they worked harder than they had ever done before, using their blacking with all the recklessness of enthusiasm, gaining in the end an immense number of " pennies." ARGYLL ROOMS. London is a source of great attraction to the holiday keeper in Easter week, since in possesses entertainments to suit every taste, from the prince to the peasant. Not the least attractive of these, perhaps, is to be found in the promenade concerts which M. Laurent gives nightly at the Argyll Rooms. The renowned Jullien was famous for this description of concert, but it would seem as if Laurent was destined to become greater even than he, as , the. wielder of the orchestral baton. Certainly neither Jullien !tor Strauss soul& surpass • the skill and precision with which Laurent conducts the performances of his well disciplined band of instrumentalists, while his Selections of music are at once chaste and judicious. At, 'present the leading feature of his concert is taken from the North Star, the opera which is now all the rage in Paris but the most popular piece with his multitude of admirers is a waltz, founded upon the notorious Wilikins and his Dinah, and proceeding from the' pen of his brother, Henri Laurent. One would suppose that we had, already had enough of the sayings and doings of the Wandering Minstrel, for go where you will you erasure to meet with 'some one to warble his lamentations: The arrangement of this waltz, however, impartsa 'freshness and' novelty to :the well-known air, and therefor! 'We strongly advise those who have the means a nd themtieren% to place the Argyll Rooms on their list of: annum t. for the Easter recess. BtwrisE MUSEUM, MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, AND Tar NATIOIsTiL, GALLERY. —These popular, instructive, and (what is more) free places of amusement were yesterda,y thronged from the opening of the doors to the hour of their 'close by crow ds of all sexes an ~a ges, who in • tended to go to the fa ir on "an other day. The Museum was cr owded in every room, but the Vernon and Na tional Galleries' were packed" with people, many of whom had never seen the " wonders" before, but more had seen them every Easter, and it is needless to say, both were a mused. TOWER or, LONDON. —This ancient national bulwark wa s visited yesterday by a much . larger concourse of persons than is usual on an Easter Monday. If 'this circumstance waidue to the announcement of the depar ture Foo t statiOnatAcre, the 19th Regiment of appb • i o n f te t .c l i :e ll r s e m th a e mi s n o g l i ri a e n rs Ytil3 : l 7;, (4 ' f s n li s or n t l l u y s ' t aft l ei v fi b o e ' e c il lo di ck. a. The arreoury department, the pieces of ordnance,- and the Tegilia were the chief objeeta.of attraction. _ - ,• • 15i 9 i h 1 Id 95 P 11 all to 1 ii 'x (.1.