The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-29 00:00:00

KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the prinaipal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL -STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label and Cork branded "l iinahan's LL Whi s k y. " , STEAM from LONDON to NEW YORK. The British and American Steam Navigation Company (Limited) will DESPATCH one of the undermentioned S p l endid Fast Sc rew S teamers TWICE EACH MONTH f or New York:—. Tons. Horse Power. LONDON ......... 10 6 seo Capt. GLOVER. WESTMIN•STER ' 2'500 • • : 500 DrinLlN ..... • 2 . 500 •• •• 500 NEW YORK ...... 2,500 •.:.:.• 500 These magnificent , vessels are unsurpassed by any ocean going steamer, and have accommodation for passengers re plete witn every comfort. The Line will commence at an early date ; the exact day to be fixed in a latter announce ment. To load in the Victoria Docks. Por freight or passage apply to the Company's Agents, Alfred Laming and C J., 70, Cornhill. TO THE BONDHOLDERS OF THE ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. ISSUE OF SECOND MORTGAGE BONDS. PAYABLE IN LNDON. .80'010 dollars (.£lBO,OOO , New Yor , ( O Division—Due in 1881. .1,000,0J0 dollars (X 225,030) Pennsylvania Division—Due in 1882. theit by a Registered Mortgage, constituting a lien on income and all corporate rights. privileges, lands, f ran c_hises, plant and property of the Pennsylvania and New York divisions of the Railway. The Bo n d s are redeem. able in New York or in London at 1 8. 6d. er dollar, and are transferable ithout stamp or en dorsement; 4 per cent. of the gross amount will be drawn early in July. commencing in 1865, to be pa'd off at par in London ; Interest Coupons are attached to the:Bonds, pay able s emi-annually, at the Consolidated Bank in London, at the fixed rate of 4s. to the dollar. The Bonds will be issued at 70. viz. : Bonds of 100 dole. at X 15155., with interest from April, 1,1864. 503 „ £7B 155., ~ It 1,000 „ £1 5 710 5., If ft 1 -Lae Coupons represent £i4 per annum on each bond of 00 , 0 dollars (£225), or nearly 9 per cent. The privilege of subscribing will remain open until the 6th et April for the"l) res ent bondholders, either directly or through their brokers. ‘ The terms of issue are as follows : 10 per cent. on a plication, being £ll 5 0 per Bond of 1,0:0 dol. is ~ al'otment „ 22 '0 0 „ „ 20 ,„7 2d May I 33 15 0 20 ~ 16th May „ 45 0 o „ „ ~ let June „ 45 0 0 II II £157 10 0 .., B Pbscriberis have the option of paying the istalments in _ilgyance, and will be allowed a discount of 6 pesoent. per an- L O llll on such pre-payments. After allotment Scrip Certifi *ates will be issued to "bearer." these Certificates will be exchanged for Bonds to " bearer" On Payment of the final instalment, The early completion of the works of this great Railway Justifies the Company i n ma ki ng th i s additional issue of Bonds, following* the financial policy adopted at the outset, 01 issuing securities to the public only after the actual pro gress of the Railway ha. , secured the necessary income for providing. the interest. There will rema i n on ly th e S econ d lortgage of the Ohio division, to be disposed of hereafter, Rhen the total of the Bonded Debt will be only £6,000 per %ma of appreation may be obtained of the Bankers ; or at the Offices of the Company. () faces of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company, 2, Old Broad-street, London, B.C. March 23, 1861. THE ALBION BANK (Limited). Capital £1,100,c00, in 20,00 shares of £5O each. First issue, 10,000 shares. Deposit per share on application, and £1 per share on allotent. It is not i n te n d e d t o ca ll u p more th an £l5 p e r share. m No call will be made for three months alter allot- I t neat. Three months' interval at least will elapse between we calls, and no call will ex'eed £5 per share. kalicerporated under the Joint Stock Companies Act of 1862, 1, whereby each shareholder's liability is limited to the amount of his shares. DIRECTORS. Thomas Cave Esq., Sh iff of London and Midd'esex. . , er Pritchett, Esq. (firm of J. T. Pritchett and Sons), 131, e n P church - st ree t . News Masters, Esq. (firm of W. P. Masters and Sons), -" eniamin Baugh, e E2q , Bradford-street, and Balsall-heath, Minotam.Fenc • • Th On 1 A ."A -"-"‘ga Egg (firm of Thomas Aggs and Co.), 155, • hurch-street. E.C. • Potter Esq. (firm of R. F. Potter and Co.), 25, Newgate street. "With power to add to their number. ` Me provisional arrangement for merging the old-established private bank of Messrs. Challis and Son with the Albion Ba nk (Limited) has been confirmed, and the active partner Vlll be the general manager of the Rank. GENERAL MANAGER Thomas M. Chal is, Esq. BANKES. l j ese rS. Challis and S on , 16, West ß Smithfield. gank of London, Threadneedle-street. T he Lond on and Northern Bank, 2, Bank-buildings, London ; and Newcastle, Leeds, and Huddersfield. BROKER. James Shepherd, Esq., Auction Mar'. SOLICITOR. Q W. earning Dean, Esq., 27, New Broad-street. William c' AUDITORS. ' , Doper, Esq Public Accountant, 13, George-street, ansion House. " ••Andrew s , Esq , Manager United Kingdom Electric Tele graPit Company. SECRETARY, PRO TE3f. Mr. H. L. Price. Temp lrary Offices-2, Bank-buildings. Alth PROSPECTUS. f ough the ste of joint-stok banking has been fished meet the require requirements c of most departments of to ade, it has rot been introduced for the business of the agri !!iltural and cattle markets of the metropolis ; and though L uc Population has doubled within the last 25 years, and, con tectli ntly, the necessary quantity of supplies, yet the whole 4 1 i lainess, amounting to 15 to 20 millions per annum, is left in e ha .ds of a few private firms. t , The Albion Bank i s i ntroduced to proci ' e increased facili ties for this trs de by establishinn an office In the City, as well a , at Smithfield and the Metropolitan Cattle Market ; and a llbsequently, should it be found clearable, by opening branches In the agricultural districts. The value of the. rapidly-increasing commission business to be transacted by the Albion Bank can be readily appre ciated by a knowledge th a t th e me th o d i n which dealing-8 are C, A ro rried on at the C a ttl e M ar k e t cons ti utes t h e Ban k th e depository of all the moneys passi n g f rom th e buy er t o the Pu i _ T he Metropolitan Meat or Poultry M ar k e t i n i n S m ithfi e ld, in course of erection, is destined, by the terms of the V'et of Parliam en t , t o com bi ne and supersede all other mar kets for m eat i n the metropolis. To this market will be tcon centrated all transactions for the supply of butchers' meat. poultry, and other p ro d uce t o th e i n h a bit an t s o f th e metro and a circle of 14 miles round it. t"s"-the Directors h av i ng con fi rme d th e prov i s i ona l agreemen t and r the purchase of the lucrative business of Messrs. Challis Son, the advantage of commencing upon an established 1-'_°,t)Peetion, under competent and experienced re anagement, 1 7411 be secured to shareholders from the commencemc nt of th: i f . r t ‘ e, BB , by which the directors are warranted in expecting fist Lucy will be enabled to declare a dividend during the . ar. t -all the number of joint-stock banks may be advan ena,l2°,llslY increased (more particularly under special cir- Ai —g ':inee , such as have led to the formation of the 11bion Bank), is demonstrated by the fact that, so late 11 8 81 x Years ago, when the number of joint-stock banks London was not more than six, their total deposits of not exceed £2 ?,000,000 ; while, now that the number tutl these hanks has been doubled, the joint deposits are Tl; f idY more than trebled, amounting to a total of £71,792,300. ce e dividends of the older banks range from 15 to 30 per al the pr premiums on their shares are from 200 to 300 p-r the .in a precisely recentlyio. The deposits and dividends joint-stock banks formed show a rapid pro isles towards identical results. * m kt:mid no allotment take place, the deposits will be re ed in full. Should a less number of shar,s be allotted 'lan are applied for, the deposit ill be made availble to- 'ward s the payment on allotment, w and the balmace, a if any, kturned to the auplicant. plication for shares may be addressed to the bankers. .„,"rokers, or directors of the Company, and to the secretary at ‘ote offices of the Company. HE ALBION BANK (Limited). Tfo Directors have to announce that theOVI "tt)NAL AGREEMENT for the PURCHASE the of Old "tabiished BANKING BUSINESS of Messrs. CHALLIS Pd SON, too_ether with their Bink Premises, No. 16, West llnithfield end Bank Buildings, Metropolit in Cattle M rk et, lls been 'CONFIRMED; and that Mr. Thomaa M. Challis, t he active partner in the firm, will be the General Manager of the Albion Bank (Limited). RE ALBION BANK (Limited) this xo FURTHER APPLICATIONS for SHARES Apri ß i. ank will be RECEIVED biter TUESDAY, the sth OYAL ALHAMBRA.- Brilliant Equestrian Scene, "THE RIDE FOR It; RIBBON." ROYAL ALHAMBR A.- MORNING PERFORMANCE on Monday, Wednes. day, and Saturday, at Two. Every Evening at Half-past :Seven o'clock. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. RECENT ADDlTlONS.—President Lincoln and Presi dent Davis ; Ancient Effigies of Henry IV. and his Queen Joan. in magnificent costumes of the period (1390; and in the Chamber of Physiognomy is a full-length model of Geo. Victor Townley. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. Admittance, Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. THE ORIGINAL OYAL BUCKINGHAM SAUCE, ish, for m R e' ort Meat, Hashes, Gravies, Stews, Steaks, S ours , Prepared onl y c by the proprietors, Tnos. BUCK and Co., 10, bath-place, Dalston, London, N.E. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any b one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or i liousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. gallOf world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. medicine vendors at is. 14d. snd 2a. 9d. or free by ( ift min for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist ino --- • ESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the W e M ark e t Market price muaranteed. Remittances. L9ndon and wel.treinster Bank. "Post-office Orders payable at Camber . Park, e 4_`Lddreß i•e s -B— Borr and JACKSON, " Man of the Wo , George -street, Camberwell-park, London.rld" Wine 1 1 14 E NATIONAL SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL BUST. ru ll e&r,ELlX M. MILL gR, Professor of Souleturse,nGectwivoenrnof the ochool of Art, published under the special a harcAtional Shakespeare and Stratford-on-Avon Tercente e' "nlmittees, by HOWELL, JAMES, and CO. "Zpeies will be issued, in the order of registration, to sub- Ncr edn ! Only, and are executed in— P e r c od Ceramic Statuary, 12 in. hi g h, p r i ce O ne Guinea. Ilronezue Terra Cotta 15 11 11 One Guinea. 8 Three Guineas Subso 11 11 thiet ribers' names received by the agents in London and b Provincial towns (where copies of the Bust may be seen), the Publishers, aj,OVVELL, JAMES and oldsmiths, &c., " Pe mtment to the Queen Co.,' and Prince and Princess of Phot o --81 5,7 , and 9, REGENT-STREET, LONDON. Mita tlo g r aPhs and prospectuses forwarded post free on ap , 1 433 " I ZE MED A L —INTERNATIONAL Ft, EXHIBITION, 1882. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &0., &0., To the Queen and the PA ince of Wales. Th e (Established MO.) teetta u urors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in distinguishedlB62: blitaufeacs t°tu;ehe ezcellenoe of the qu a lity of Messrs. Tuckers' 8• -44. Dignitary, in a letter addressed, to Francis 'W A alla. Co., on th e su b jec t of a CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, 14 11 says : 10ave found them fully equal to the recolnm in entila c t o lo bi n . kelt ( ' 7, 13 :a gave them, and can sincerely, altnly ‘..in to the clergy tor the use of thear. Oret quality, with Flatted Wicks, patented.. Is. 2d. per lb. d[ equality, quality Od. per lb. - • • •• •• •• •Lkßt ' TA BLE C;INDLES, with Mixture of Wax. quality .. • Is. sd. per lb. Tir l d quality • • • le. 3d. per lb. C arri rd a: l4alit / • • •• • • • • • le. ld. per lb. .e Paid in London • • .. • • on Orders of Five Pounds in value. s PR ANcis TUCKER AND CO., south Molt on - street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory — Ke nsington (Established 1730). Krge" Establishment in England for the eteivieetitie Wax Genve ter the me et the Alter. TAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN . EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed oases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for tear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT Chemist. 8, King - William - street , Charing cross, London,and by all druggists , in bottl es , 13 /d. , and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and addreas epgraTed 94 the dew. H 0 R THAN D.-"PITMAN'S PHONO GRAPHY forms an exceedingly efficient -probably the MOST efficient -system of Shorthand that exists."—Sir Rowland Hill. THE VINTAGE WINE COMPANY Supply the Public, at a small advance on wholesale prices, with every description of Wines and Spirits. Terms, Cash. THE VINTAGE COMIDA. SHERRY at 18s. per doz. THE VINTAGE CHAMPAGNE „ 275. T FIE VINTAGE CLARET , lls. THE VINTAGE PORT from 20s. „ Medical and Clerical Testimonials, together with the Illus trated Vintage Almanac, containing full detailed Price List, post free on application. Four Dozen Wine sent Carriage Free. 14, Bloomsbury-street, 4 d ,ors south of New Oxford-street. No. 22,389. qui PERSONS SEEKING LANDED 11_l.ti, RTES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPERTIES GENERALLY— To BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS 01' PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register affords, by sending the particu!ars of their properties to the Estate Offices, t 7, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible character, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced through :►iessrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. VURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First-class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select rom, displayed In Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CL RGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and „ are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo helm -able engravings of every description of Furniture and Leasteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gi atis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised tale ' A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto A Twelve-roomed ditto Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valnable infbrmationto all requiring househ)ld furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Aiban's. Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Brag !.. COI3BETT and CO., General House Furnishers. Deptford bridge, London, S.E, GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street,"London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. Sir MINTO FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Chairman. CHARLES WILLIAM CCTRTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman Flenry Hulse Berens, Esq., G. J. Shaw Lefevre,'Esq.,M.P. Henry Bonham Carter, Esq. John Martin, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq. James Goodson, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. William Steven, Esq. Fredk. H. Janson, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. AUDITORS. Lewis Loyd, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Cornelius Paine, jun., Esq. I Noel Whiting, Esq. Thos.Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—IINDER THE PROVISIONS OF AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT, this Company , now offers to new In urers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the A mount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in ash value £660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary Bonuses of £1,058,000. - • • After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, amounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Life Branch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, independent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. • - FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upon every description of property at home and abroad at mode rate rates. No expense is incurred in effecting; a new Insurance be yond the payment of the Annual Premium and Duty, when the Premium amounts to ss. Claims liberally and promptly settled. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE Policies which expire at Lady Day must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. SAMS, No. 1, St. James's — street, corner of Pall-Mall • or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. Application for Prospectuses and Agencies to be made to the Secretary. OO R 1) , I N S M R . ELOPEMENT S A an TRAORD INA d r BACHELOR'S BOX, an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic Hall, King William-street, Charing-cross, EVERY EVENING , at eight (except Saturday) ; Saturday Mornings at three.— Stalls, and box sta'ls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, ls. A Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hall from &even to five. Next Morning Performance, Saturday, April 2, at three. THOXF O R D, R, OXFORD STREET, W. _ _ THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and success ful Opera, by M. Guonod, FAU>T, embracing the entire company of this establishment, with augmented band and chorus ; and other Musical Entertainments, supported by the following talented artistes : —Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry. Tyrrell,,{ almsley ; Messrs. Morley, Tivoli, Green, &c. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. UNSWORTH and EUGENE will make their re-appear ance This Evening. Comedy, by Mr. T. Macbtfran, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Powor (the juvenile comedienne), &c., ,tc. Will shortly be produce 1, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, by Otto Nicolai; and THE TWO GENTLE MEN OF VERONA, by Sir Henry Bishop. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balmy, is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. The Fairy Entertainment, entitled PRINCE BLOSSOM IN THE LAND OF SHADOWS! Is written expressly for this establishment by W. F. Vander veil, author of the celebrated " Enchanted Hash," and en ables Mr. Morton, with the aid of Professor Pepper's Optical Illusion (known as the Ghost), to produce effects never before contemplated, and which have all been duly registered by him and Mr. J. H. Weston under the title of .‘ The Ghost in the Magic Fountains." By this new arrangement, that which is in reality nothing but a shadow, becomes to all ap pearance endowed with life, and when " Fame" takes her flight through the burning Cataracts, and the Naiads seek their beds in the Crystal Waters, form a coup d'ceil of beauty unparalleled even in fairy romance. Prince Blossom (with the Song of all Nations), Miss Townley. The Marvellous Illusion will take place every Evening at half-past Nine o'c'ock. All the wonderful entertainment of the establishment, as usual, in addition to the above. Admission—Area, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, le. Open every Evening. ROYAL ALHAMTIRA.- TRIIIMPFI ANT SUCCESS of the NEW CIRQUE, acknowiedged to be the best ever produced in England. ROYAL A.LHAMBRA.- The izreatest Fem+le Rider of the Age, the wondrous Mdlle. LOUISE LOISSET. ARGYLL ROOM S, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, IS OPEN EVERY EVENING'. During the evening. an unparalleled repertoire of Dance Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele brated Argyll Band, forty in number. Doors Open ct Half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission Is. Manager, M. GRENET. 44A, MADDOX-STREET, REGENT-STREET, W. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Where may be seen the Asters ; Bushman and Wife ; Julia Pastrana and Infant ; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins ; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Preparations, dm Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One Shilling (tor Gentlemen only). OLDRID GE'S BALM of COLUMBIA, established upward. of 40 years, is acknowledged to be the only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, beautifying, or restoring the Hair, Whiskers, or Moustaches, and preventing them turning grey. Price 3s. 6d , 6s , and 1110.—C. and A. Oldridge's, 22, Wellington street, Strand, W.C. ; and all chemists and perfumers. For Children's Hair it is most efficacious and unrivalled. TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—A set of teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &C., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations zree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W ; and at 89, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. t In-~~ ffiAt. ~..., . , i er. , ' , : i x s yqi,,, , li 3 ,). , .7%; ' , ..... 1..!:,.....::13; 35E- '; . • i ' i '....' ..—,•;, ••••••• •• .4 ' ~ dii.....N 2 . • $.- .i i • .„ s.: : NA •••• • ~,N . •x• -- 41., -, I 1 '&s4„.N.o)lqt:Crff'."&kii / - ••,,, .._,_,,- , ..,.. il it • . 1 1 ''' Ci , • ,1 .0 -' , , . ? ....,.. ~ ~ . 2, : : ' . i' ll ' . • No', .' 1 )...!..:... --: , .!:,,, g :. , -..5. ' ''''.' I; • ;:ili .„ „:„,, -, ~:,.._ ~ ;•,, ' " - r '' k., , .. .... , : .. 7 : :.. 1 ,70 4 : ; 41, , A : 1-$ ? ,/,' N o =t , , ~ , , ,t V ~..,,Lig4llitlt, -14. 011 ,,L'i1 y ,,` 9: IA -"mon. # " 41 ' - ' Y 6 4, 11 4 it A ~ ...,i . : ,,,,..,..7 ...,:__,„ . - .... ... - s • ','. 4 , , 4. , • •, , . „,p '.- ~,, •- -. , ....,..„,,. ~...,. Iv _ • • .„ t!- a. .... • ,-,,,,,,,-' THE SUN, LONDON, TUE-DAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1864. THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint, Sweet, ac., is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m , and on Sundays from 5 to 8.30 p.m. Private Rooms for large or small parties. By order, JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. audiences at this theatre that the management has not found it necessary to produce any important novelties for the Easter holidays. But, by way simply of complying with custom, a new farce, by Mr. J. M. Morton, was last night played for the first time, "Drawing Rooms, Second Floors, and Attics" is the title, and it treats of the adventures chiefly of Mr. Triptolemus Brown, a chymist's assistant, who is brought up from Cambridge by an uncle, Mr. Cockletop, to be married offhand—after the manner of uncles and nephews in farces—to Miss Bunny, the daughter of an old friend. Pursued by an in furiated rival, he makes his way up a chimney to an attic, where he meets the real lady of his affections, Phoebe Fur below, a laundress. Thence he is forced to take another flight down the chimney, which lands him in the second floor, inhabited by Miss Hardaport, a fascinating milliner, with 38 male cousins, and finally, precipitated through the win dow of the second floor to a balcony below, be makes his appearance battered, and tattered, and grimy— unrecognisable even by his uncle—in the greatest confusion among the inmates and amusement to the audience. The piece is written in Mr. Morton's anal sparkling style, and the part of the luckless lover—who is at last made happy—is exantly suited for the versatile and energetic Mr. David Fisher. Nothing could be more unreserved than the verdict of approval which rewarded both author and actor. PRICE .4d. STAMPED,....Sd. but the forerunner to a series of demonstrations of scarcely less uproarious character. SURREY. This theatre, in accordance with unvarying ens tom, presented its patrons with a novelty for their Paschal entertainment, and in accordance also with their unvarying custom, the - patrons of the theatre assembled in overflowing strength to welcome the novelty. The ardour of Surrey audiences for the drama cannot be doubted, for none but the most devoted enthusiasts would undergo such bodily agonies, such physical pressure, as were endured last night for nearly six hours by the occupants of the pit and gallery of this theatre. While it cannot truthfully be said that they endured their sufferings uncomplainingly or unresistingly, yet it marked an advanced stego in civilisation to notice how much good humour and how little angry feeling- was dis played among so vast a mass of persons. The novelty presented last evening bore the promising title of " The Soldier of Fortune, or the Devil's Death Tower," and was stated in the bills to be a translation from and adaptation of a French piece, by Mr. J. Anderson, one of the managers of the theatre. The story, as dramatised, although his torical as history, as represented in Dumas's novel is exciting, and to a sensitive mind startling, if not reioltirig. Marguerite of Burgundy, the Queen of Louis X., during her husband's absence from Paris, indulges her and her sisters' guilty passion' by receiving lovers in the DeatliTower, on the banks of the Seine, and, at the conclusion of each evening's revel, their unfortunate paramours are assassinated, and their bodies cast into the river by a band of ruffians under the orders of one Guido Malatesta, a creature of Marguerite's, and ostensible keeper of an auberge adj oin in g the Tower. At this auberge meet Leander de la Croix, an orphan, wko has come to Paris to his twin brother Lionel, who is Captain of the Queen's Body Guard, and high in Marguerite's favour, and one Captain Ber trand, the soldier of fortune. The latter oppor tunely interferes to save Leander from a cowardly attack by an envious Paris mob--a noble action, which elicited the loudest applause of the Surrey audience, probably because their English notions favoured the man who ventured to fight one against nine, as was the case in this instance. The two be come intimate, and from their mutual confidences it appears that they have each received an assigna tion to meet an unknown lady that evening. Lionel, the captain, who appears, endeavours to dissuade his brother from keeping the appointment, but in vain. In the next scene, the circular room in the Devil's Tower, the Queen and her two sisters are seen masked and retiring from the tower ; but Lionel, after in vein essaying to obtain a glimpse of his fair companion's face, determines to insure re cognition by puncturing the cheek with a silver pin. This act alarms and enrages the masked Queen, and she revokes some exceptional orders which she had previously given for the safety of the young man, and accordingly he and another victim are mur dered, and their bodies cast into the river. Ber trand is more fortunate, for although doomed to the same fate he finds in Jacques Sangnoir, the chief assistant of Malatesta, an old comrade, who per mits him to escape. In the second act Bertrand appears at the Queen's Court in the disguise of a Bohemian fortune-teller, and by his subtle hints so works upon Marguerite's fears that he extorts from her the promise to meet him at Alalatesta's tavern. At the interview which there takes place Bertrand threatens to acquaint Lionel de la Croix with the fact that his brother had been assassinated by the Queen's order,to avert which disclosure Marguerite gives Bertrand a warrant appointing him chief minister of the realm, which she subsequently nul lifies by another warrant for his arrest, which imme diately takes place. He is visited in his prison by the Queen, who comes to gloat over his suffer ings, and to taunt him with his prospective fate, but by a disclosure that he is her lover of past times, Bertrand de Longueville, the parent of the twin children and the murderer of her father, he invokes her fears anew, and to prevent certain cri minatory letters from reaching the hands of the King, she agrees to release Bertrand, and to carry out her former promise to make him chief minister. Notwithstanding this arrangement mutual distrust exists between the two principal characters, and a plan is laid whereby each plot the death of the other at the Devil's Tower. Lionel, drawn thither by his infatuation for the Queen, is murdered by her creatures, and Bertrand, who has learned too late the identity of the two La Croix with the off spring of himself and Marguerite, arrives only to acquaint her with the dreadful fact that she has been the murderer of both her children. She in despair stabs herself, and Bertrand, re sisting a Royal order for his arrest, is mortally wounded. The piece thus terminates, if not pleasantly, at least intelligibly, as none of the prin cipal characters remain to invite speculation as to their future earthly career. The drama, full of in cident and of horrors as it was, seemed to afford satisfaction to the large audience, who warmly ap plauded the most striking passages, and with a slight curtailment it will probably be found attrac tive for some time to come. Mr. J, Anderson as Bertrand, and Miss Pauncefort as the Queen, were sufficiently vigorous in the delineations of their respective characters, and were honoured with spe cial notice at the close of the piece. The perform ances concluded with the nautical drama of" Ashore and Afloat,' itself se full of sensations and striking situations as to fairly entitle it to stand alone as an Easter attraction. PRINCESS'S. Mr. Watts Phillips' new play, " Paul's Return," and the drolleries , of the Brothers Webb in the Comedy of Erma," continue:to attract ouch large STRAND. The Christmas burlesque of " Orpheus and Eury dice" continues to be so attractive that it retains its place in the Easter play bills. A new comedietta, by Mr. J. P. Wooler, was, however, produced for holyday visitors, entitled " A Hunt for a Husband." Mr. Poppleton (Mr. H. J. Turner), a retired furrier and susceptible old bachelor, has proposed to a fair widow, Mrs. Courthope (Miss K. Carson), who consents to accept a husband as soon as her young niece, Sophy (Miss L. Weston). is married. That capricious young lady, however, rejects all the swains whom the indefatigable Poppleton brings to her feet. An anonymous letter at length ap prises him that she is privately married. The widow now seems to be his own, for he has only to tell her of the match, as he thinks, to win her. But Sophy is not the only young married female in the house who is believed to be a spinster. Mr. Poppleton's servant Mary Ann (Miss F. Hughes) is secretly married to. Sack Sharp (Mr. A. Wood), groom to Mr. Arthur Stanley (Mr. D. James), the favoured lover of Mrs. Courthope. Jack Sharp comes to visit his Mary Ann, and is hid in the bedroom of Miss Poppleton, Mr. P.'s ancient and romantic sister. When detection seems inevitable he reappears in feminine guise, having arrayed himself in Miss P.'s " front" and other garments. Jack Sharp is the real hero of the piece, but another comic personage presents himself in Chicory (a young grocer), who writes love-letters to Sophy, which are picked up by Miss Poppleton. Jack Sharp finds one of these letters in his Mary Ann's apron, and, becoming jealous of the grocer, bastes him freely with a culi nary ladle, and is admirably seconded by Mr. Pop pleton, who, having a spite against young Chicory, wears out several pairs of boots in kicking him about the house as often as he sees him. Jack Sharp, in his female habiliments, is successively claimed by Miss Poppleton and Sophy as their dis guised lover, but he is taken possession of at last by his lawful spouse Mary Ann. Arthur Stanley appears at the right moment to claim the widow's hand, and Mr. Poppleton having remembered that, although Mrs. Courthope promised to marry when her niece took a husband, she omitted to say " whom," is persuaded to live on terms of amity and friend ship with everybody, and to consent to the ladies being happy in their own way. Mr. A.Wood played Jack Sharp in petticoats with great humour and drollery ; and, in a character admitting of great exaggeration and presenting some temptation to coarseness, had the good taste to tone down the part, and to divest it of everything objectionable. The piece, although light in structure, was amusing and successful. The curtain then rose upon "Orpheus and Eurydice," in which Miss Marie Wil• ton, Miss Ada Swanborough, Miss M. Sim pson,Mr.G. Honey, Mr. A. Wood, and the other characters in this popular burlesque exerted themselves with more than their accustomed vigour. The scene of " Polly Perkins" created the usual furore. It appears to be the custom to encore this song five times every night ! The entertainments concluded with " Mar gate Sands." The house was wall attended. ASTLEY'S. The entertainment provided by Mr. E. T. Smith for his patrons last night was on a more than usually liberal scale. Two new pieces were pro duced, and both, with respect to scenery and ap pointments, inla style'of splendour and completeness with which even a transpontine audience would have been more than satisfied. Of the first—" Ro salie; or, The Chain of Crime"—we must be con tent to say at present that it introduced the clever Miss Furtado (from the Royalty Theatre) in the part of the heroine, brought for ward Miss Fanny Clifford in a character well suited to exhibit her graceful talent as an actress to much advantage. and comprised one of the most vivid, lifelike, and picturesque representations of a shipwreck ever exhibited on the London stage. The specially cha racteristic attraction of the evening was a fairy ex travaganza, written and constructed by Mr. T. H. Higgie, with music, both spirited and characteristic, by Mr. J. H. Tully. " The Trap of Gold" is a bona fide piece of the good old stamp, with a plot not very easy nor very necessary to unravel; personages, natural and supernatural, whose actions are fre quently rather fantastic than accountable, rather diverting than logical; costumes and scenery more calculated to puzzle the eye by their variety, and d az zle by their magnificence, than to conciliate the understanding by their propriety or fix the identity of time and place—an Easter pantomime, in short. The chief character—Roprecht Schampt, "student and libertine," a sort of cross between Faust and Don Giovanni —at the instigation of the Bhargeist, head of the tribe of Sobolds, enters into a compact, by force of which, in return for the privilege of be ing allowed to pursue his career of dissipation and profligacy under the guise and possessed of the attributes of one of those malignant sprites, he is, at the termination of a certain period, either to send a substitute, or go to perdition himself. In the end, after a series of adventures, during which he enjoys the power of becoming invisible at will, poetical justice is done; and, at the critical juncture —when the pseudo-hobold fancies he has caught a deputy, by the sacrifice of whom he will be entitled to a new lease of immunity—he is entrapped him self through the unexpected failure of his own de vice. His intended victim, Pipelee (Mis s Booth), a sprightly and handsome village maiden, is under the protection of a beneficent fairy, called Nira (Miss Grace Eaton), an avowed enemy of the Bhar geist and frustrator of all his demoniacal plans. The personages groupt.ld around these principal fi g ures are sufficiently varied and consistently gro • tesque. M. Milano, who represents the ch aracter of Roprecht Schamp t, besides exhibiting a consi derable amount of humour, is a model of agility. His invisible co-operation in the progress of a Danish rustic dance (the scene takes place in Schleswig, on the banks of the Eider) leads to endless diverting incid ents ; while his " grand p as fantastique" with',Miss Fanny Brown (a dancer of more than ordinary skill) is in its way a master piece of saltatory burlesque. The entire scenic business is admirably arranged ; and the last tableau "the Fairy Transformation and Fiery Denoue ment"—in which the supernaturally transformed libertine is caught in his own trap and consigned to the nether regions, raised a storm of approbation. An audience more determined to be pleased has seldom assembled together on Easter' Monday ; and the transport of enthusiasm with whice. Mr. E. T. Smith was summoned after the wonderful exhibition of the shipwreck, in the first piece, was ST. JAMES'S. Mr. Planche's burlesque, the " Golden Fleece," revived at the Haymarket last autumn, when Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews reappeared after theirreturu from Paris, is brought out at the St. James's with the same excellent artists in the principal characters. ADELPHI, Easter brings back Miss Bateman, and the celebrated American actress again comes forward as the persecuted Leah. - OLYMPIC. As Christmas was powerless to remove the " Ticket Leave Man" from the Olympic bills, so likewise is Easter. THE EXHIBITIONS. The day being raw and cold throughout, the number of visitors to the various exhibitions was much less than usual, There was, nevertheless, a goodly company at all of them• some of the more popular were crowded at intervals. POLYGRAPHIC HALL ENTERTAINMENT. Mr. Wot)din had his full share of visitors last evening. His little hall was crowded to suffocation, and laughter and applause greeted him throughout his entire performance. GRACE EGERTON'S ENTERTAINMENT. The " Drawing Room to Let" drew a large audience last night, and all present seemed thoroughly gratified a the exertions the accomplished Grace Egerton made to please her many visitors. ARTHUR SKETCHLEY'S ENTERTAINMENT. Mr. Sketchley received his full share of Easter holiday visitors, and we mistake very much if those who went further afield for Easter amusement fared as well as those who passed the evening at the attractive entertainment in the Emptian Hall. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Yesterday a large crowd assembled, as is usual on Easter Monday, at the Crystal Palace. The day was cold and gloomy, more than once threatening rain, so that the visitors were less scattered over the grounds than is usual at this season. But the attractions within doora are at present so much greater than those without that the absence of sun shine was not neceesa r Y to ex p l ain the p , eference shown for the interior of the building. It was de . iightful to leave the frost-nipped lawns and leafless lantise apes for the perpetual summer of the south nave and tralisflat, in which the vege tation is now particularly brilliant- In the southern nave, before the band began to play, the chief attraction seemed to be the dazzling beds of tulip s , h yac i nt h s, di a l e trias, deutsias, and cinerarias which have be en formed round the crystal fountains. In the north transept, those who had not been at the Palace for some time notice d the increased size of the tree ferns and palm trees, many o f which now exceed 30 feet in height. The .orchideons plan ts, with their bright pink purple tipped flowers, at present give an additional Li7'4 11,E charm to the Alhambra, Ep,Tptian, and Assyrian Courtl, and here it was that the crowd chiefly gathered in the fore noon. A./ LOiAIL. The amusements in the transept, under the direction of Mr. Nelson Lee, opened at 1 o'clock with the performances by Orville Parker, the " negro vocalist." They were fol lowed by a comic entertainment, or pantomime, in which harlequin, harlequin junior, and a third performer, repre- senting a tortoiseshell cat, performed a number of sur prising summersaults with stilts on. A dance by the D'Aubans was much applauded, but a more startling enter tainment succeeded—that of " les Quatres Pierrots"— four French clowns, each with a fiddle, who went through all the evolutions of acrobats without ceasing to play and keep time, although in attitudes which seemed to render such operations absolutely impossible. The performance was well worthy of the favourable reception it met. Various other entertainments followed, among which the most re markable was perhaps that of the infant PcUndies, specially intended for the young, but amusing to every one. One of the most interesting objects exhibited yesterday in the Palace was a model of the house at Stratford-on-Aron in which Shakspere was born. Occupying a conspicuous place in the great transept it was during the day constantly sur rounded by a group of visitors. It appears that Mr E. T. Parrie has been engaged for some months in constructing, in wood, plaster, and canvas, a copy of the house of the exact size of the original. On the 23d Of next month, the day of the great fete, it will be placed in that part of the great transept yesterday occupied by the small mod e l. Several parts of the large copy were to be seen yesterday on the basement. These gave ample evidence of the care and fidelity with which the monument will be represented. Very judiciously Mr. Parris has imitated, without the slightest deviation, the house as it now appears. The building has been restored or rebuilt without any attempt being made to give the newer patchwork the tints of age, and the appearance so produced has been faithfully repeated in the great model. The cracks and furrows and blisters, which the beams exhibit, have been carefully imitated with the chisel and paint-brush. The small size of the building will surprise many of those who are familiar with the wood cuts representing it, It is 63ft, long, but the whole height is 25ft. from the ground to the roof of the red brick roof, and it will form but a small object when placed under the lofty roof of the transept. The more interesting part of the interior of the house, including the room in which it is said the poet was born, has also been reproduced, even the cracks in the old-fashioned windowpanes, on which visitors have scratched their names, having been carefully imitated, as far as it is possible to do so by stucco moulds and photo graphs. The visitors to the Palace a few weeks hence will thus have it in their power to form quite as correct an idea of the appearance of Shakspere's house as they would have after ajourney into Warwickshire. As a guarantee of the correctness of the reproduction, a photograph of the house by Negretti and Zambra is to be presented to each visitoron 23d proximo. In the grounds yesterday there was little doing. This year, however, the booths of Edmonds' (late Womb well's) menagerie have been erected in the grand walk of the Palace gardens, and yesterday they were visited by immense crowds. It was amusing to see how gently the elephants punted their way through the closely packed crowd, and how familiarly they were stroked and patted by the ladies and children, who would have rushed in terror from a drove of bullocks cross ing Blackfriars-bridge. The performance of an African, who enters the cage of full grown lions and leopards, and makes them perform tricks which would be surprising in dogs, were repeated yesterday every hour, and seemed to excite more interest and wonder than any other part of the day's entertainment. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S GARDENS, REGENT'S- PARK. In spite of the gloomy aspect of the weather, which did not promise much enjoyment for those engaged in outdoor amusements, a large concourse of holyday makers resorted to these gardens yesterday morning, and continued to do so during the greater part of the day. The entrances up to tha time of the closing of the gates amounted to 15,250, a large number, but less than those that have visited the gardens on several previous Easter Mondays, when that national holyday has fallen later in the year, and the weather has turned out more genial. 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I ties, Gd. and is. each. upwards. Impure Gl) cerine has been sold on the state ment that it is "equal to Prices." Retail throw Wholesale by rrICC aterii I P Lita 11 any Grocer. ':, Candle Company (Limited doal. EASTER AMUSEMENTS. DRURY-L ANE. Whatever may be the style of the performances at Stratford-upon-Avon on the celebration of the will not for certain e S x h :e k e as e n e T m e a r g e e n n i fi t e c n e a n Tr, , th M ey essrs. Falconer and Chattertows revival of the first part of Henry IV., which was performed last evening in presence of one of the largest audiences that ever assembled within the walls of Drury-lane Theatre. During the management career of Macready at Covent-gar den many years ago, he astonished the metropolis by the production, in a style of unsurpassed splendour, the exciting play of" Henry V.,"imt since that time nothing of the kind has been attempted at either of the national establishments until last evening, when with the combined abilities of Mr. Phelps, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Ryder, Mr. Walter Lacy, and Mr. R. Roxby as the principal actors; Mr. W. Beverley, the celebrated scenic artist, and Mr. Keene, as designer, the Managers of Drury-lane Theatre made their Easter offering at the shrine of Shakspere. The reception of Mr. Phelps, who sus tained the part of Sir John Falstaff, was enthusi astic, and on his rising to acknowledge the compli ment the cheering seemed to increase in intensity. When the fat knight stood erect we had an opportu nity of admiring the artistic manner in which Mr. Phelp's dressed the part. The make-up of the head and face was a masterstroke of art, while the other peculiarities of the portraiture were brought out with the utmost skill. Who but Mr. Phelps now a-days could be found to represent Sir Jahn, the boon companion of " Madcap Hal," and most cer tainly he never appeared to enter so heartily into the character as last evening. From the first line of the part, "Now, Hal, what time of day is it, lad?" down to the closing speech in the fifth act, " I'll follow, as they say, for reward. He that rewards me, Heaven reward him I If I do grow great, I'll grow less ; for I'll purge and leave sack and live cleanly, as a nobleman should," he was in the best of humours, and chuckled with the highest relish over his sins and follies. Perhaps the culminating point in the performance was the relation of the part he bad taken in the robbery of the carriers on the road by Gadshill. The audience fairly gave vent to the heartiest laughter during the recital, but on the discovery of the mountain of falsehoods, the exclamation by Falstaff of the well-known words-- " By the Lord, I knew ye as well as he that made ye," the mirth of the audience burst all limit, and for some moments the action of the play was stopped by the tremendous applause that followed. Mr. Walter Montgomery, as the firy and impetuous Hotspur, won great applause by his acting, and Mr. Ryder supported the part of King Henry with becoming dignity. Although Mr. Walter Lacy played the part of Prince Henry with much care, it was by no means the best thing we have seen him do. However, he did his best, which, we are bound to say, pleased the audience; but, notwith standing, we must honestly confess, we should have wished to have seen a more juvenile actor sustain the character. Mr. Robert Roxby's Poins was a capital performance, and Mr. Edmund Phelps, as Sir Richard Vernon, acquitted himself with much ability. The first scene in the third act, in which the hiss puts arose between Hotspur and Owen Glendower, has been restored, and with it the Welsh song, by Lady Mortimer, which was prettily sung by Miss Edith Wynn. Lady Percy was well sustained by Miss Rose Leclercq, and the part of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess of the tavern in Eastcheap, was given with great point by Mrs. Edmund Falconer. The scenery, which was entirely new, was of the moat splendid description, and often as we have had to compliment Mr. W. Btverley, we never did so with more pleasure than on the present occasion, for certainly a more remarkable production has never been contributed to the stage than his moon light view "On the Road to Gadshill." The battle field of Shrewsbury is, however, the great scenic effort of the play, and it will long be remembered by those who witnessed it. The devastation and contusion of war is vividly represented, and what with armoured knights, waving pennons, bands of bowmen, smoke, and confusion, a sensation scene is produced that excels everything that has yet been attempted on any stage. The ses a s nd of we h e e cordially revlva congratulate Messrs. revival was decisive and un mistakeable, Falconer and Chatte rton o n the triumph that has crowned their production of " Henry iv." pnedianaeAkn the d ocs a nf n d act for his Easter patrons is a mythological extravaganza f ,b, r r o vo m uegnhu t ts h u e apn drollest. Burnand, guise,en entitled d d playwright's treatment of his theme is certainly very f re e l and on the whole is very successful. The Olym p i an divinities are i stage sM."r.T i n hFe. t P h C I: ; e most ludicrous spirits of the nether world also mingle in the scene, a n d seem to carry on a keen rivalry with the upper p mfasandieonto. s The presiding ewers as to which shall " carry on" most extravigso tly. But that is not the only species of rivalry which exists between them. Venus (Miss Nelly Moor e ) (Mr. neglects her ill-favoured Compton) to cultivate handsom e Adonis (Miss Louise Keeley) , but her the spousefavou favours Vulcanof the penchant f or the you thf u l mortal is shared b y Pro serpina (Miss Lind ley), and the two g oddesses conte nd, as goddesses only can, for the exclusive possession of his affection. This is, as it were, the pivot of the piece on which all the other characters and incidents are made to turn. It is not, indeed, always e asy to trace the thread of connexion between the different parts of the action ; but that is of the less consequence, inas much as the mere story is bat a very subordinate affair in all such works of art. Their chief interest is derived from the music a nd dancing, the gorgeous or grotesque costumes, the grand scenic effects the rattling action and dialogue, and the lively play of wit. In all these essential respects it is but fair to say that a high pitch of excellence it, attained in the new Easter piece, which alternately dazzled and convulsed the audience. Perhaps the most exquisite scene of all was " The Forest Primaeval," in which Venus is seen reclining on a flowery bank, near a beautiful cascade. The view of a fashionable water ing place at Paphos, whither Venus and Vulcan repair to spend their honeymoon, is greatly enlivened by the terpsichorean feats of the sea-nymph s . Here the corps de ballet is introduced with great effect, the whole scene being strikingly picturesque and animated. The gardens o f Adonis, in which the action of the play culminates, are a perfect blaze of spectacular art. The p i ec e is of course, like all its class, thickly sown with puns and hits at the follies of the day. These are considerably above the average in quality; although certainly that is not saying a great deal. The acting was thronhout spirited and effective, Miss Louise Keeley as Adonis and Miss Nelly Moore as Venus (her first appear ance at this house), both acquitting themselves with especial credit. The curtain fell amid loud and reiterated applause, and Mr. Burnand was called to receive the tribute due to his undoubted success. The extravaganza was preceded by " Our American Cousin," in which .Mr. Sothern appeared for the 455th time as Lord Dandreary with as much apparent freshness as if the part of the half-witted lord were new to him, r (AJI-L "I PyA rt. i , THE POLYTECHNIC. This institution, which has flourished during a period of 25 years, was re-opened yesterday with several fresh attrac tions, conspicuous among which were the interesting optical illusions and a new ghost entertainment by Professor Pep per, with a lecture. Many novel scientific improvements and arrangements have been introdncsd into the ghost illusion by the professor, and hundreds of people assembled yester day to witness the entertainment, which took place at 3 o'clock, and was repeated in the evening. The piping bull finch warbled at intervals during the day. There were also dioramas and dissolving views, most of them new; exhibi tions of glass working, and of the oxy-hydrogen microscope, experiments in magic, buffo songs, an I an entertainment is ventriloquism, besides experiments with the diving bell. MADAME TUSSAUD'S. As usual on a great holiday, this popular place of recrea tion attracted a crowd of visitors, especially in the evening. Although upwards of half a century has elapsed since the exhibition was first opened, it is still as great a favourite with the public as ever, and being wholly unique in its kind it remains without a rival. Of late many new figures of dis tinguished and historical personages have been added to the collection which greatly enhance its interest. Among these are all the principal members of the Royal family, in appro priate groups, the late King of Denmark, and other Royal personages ; while Presidents Lincoln and Davis, Messrs. Slidell and Mason, Count Cavour, Garibaldi, and Cardinal Antonelli are conspicuous among the political and histori cal celebrities. The part of the exhibition familiarly known as the Chamber of Horrors is now designated in the pro gramme as the Chamber et Physiognomy; and there, among the latter additions, is to be found a figure of the murderer Townley. THE EGYPTIAN HALL. Here there was a morning exhibition of the magnificent moving panorama, illustrative of the tour of the Prince of Wales in the Holy Land, Turkey, and Egypt, comprising 17 pictures painted by Telbin, with a lecture by Mr. Arthur Matthison, and at intervals a musical accompaniment by Miss Fosbroke. The exhibition, which is one of great inte rest, was repeated in the evening. THE OXFORD AND CANTERBURY HALLS. The Oxford and Canterbury are not, like the gentlemen of the Oxford and Cambridge, in competition, and we can at Easter time also put them under one head, both doing their best, although not in rivalry, to gain the suffrages of the public. We have very recently had occasion to speak most favourably of the way in which the grand selection from "Faust" has been presented at the former establish- ment, and if we may judge from the applause bestowed upon the performance last night, the audience fully ratified the good opinion to which we lately gave expression. The more the selection is sung the more smoothly do the choruses go. whilst familiarity with the great solo airs for Faust, Mephistopheles, and Marguerite adds veay much to the force and finish with which the morceaux are rendered. Miss Russell, who has had many roles t o play during the period she has been the distinguished pima donna of both the Oxford and Canterbury, haE, seldom been better suited with music, or had more scope afforded for the display of aemnotoduspwicaahnelyntatlheentfsu.ll vocalTlie c a h n o d rus in e s s tru r m ee e l ut o a ff l sw h t e ri r tehno u gu n t th d o ho u if b t et t h e h d ,e is called into requisition the effect c o q f u t a h l e t o op t e h r a a t i p ts r e O l d f u w c e ed h b av y e so y m et e h of ad th i e n fin th es is t representationsu cuo p nu o n u swt t ro h yr e .th e ar is S re t v il e l ls s i p n e t a h k o in se g ir o re f si t s h t e ibl O e x sa fo ll r i d e , B o h f ere itisthat mock.oratory that have quite removed his name from the category of the mere Nigger Entertainer. In his way, Unsworth is a teacher, who contrives, under the rough exterior of a stump orator, invested with all due absurdities of costume, and descending to every extravagance of gesture, to preach an amount of home-spun philosophy, and scatter an amount of good advice, seasoned with banter and even denunciation against shams of every kind, that may often be looked for in vain from speakers who take ethics under their especial care, and are more free in the distribution of the pains and penalties which attach to error. Here, too, Eugene, by the beauty of his soprano voice, and the splendid apeing of the female mannenleaves half his audience in doubt as to his sex. Maclagan (whose "Bitter Bee.har" song ought still further to spread the fame of Bass throughout the world), W. Randall, Jester, and little Nelly Power bring up the rear of an amount of comic talent seldom equalled, even under Mr. Morton's management. Of the Canterbaryliall we have also recently brilliant Ghost illusion, calle d " Prince Blosso m ; or, the had to speak in terms of especial p raise in a notic e of the Fairies of the Magic Fountain and the Forest of Shadows." Its present representation more than:confirms the judgment we then passed, namely, that it is the most extraordinary and powerful representation to which the inventi3n fir et produced at the Polytechnic has given rise. It certainly eclipses everything that has preceded it in the we y of scenic effect, whilst the beautiful illusion of "Fame pain-