The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-27 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. From this time until the end of the season there will be four Opera nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and aturday. Subscription Night, in lieu of Tuesday, August 2. Mdlle. Emilia Lagrua ; Signor Graziani ; Signor Mario. TO-MORROW EVENlNG(Thursday , April 23, will be per formed Dorrizetti's opera, LAFAVORI 2A. Leonora, Mdlle. Emi is Lagrua ; Inez, Madame Tagliafico ; Alfonso Xi., Signor Graziani ; Baldassar. Signor Attri ; Don Gaspard, Signor Rossi ; and Itrdinando, signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. The incidental Divertissement wi I be supported by Mdlle Salvoni, Mdlle. Carmine, and Mdlle. Navarre. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre eta Is, 105. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico of the thea•re, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. THEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, a scene from TWELFTH NIGH r. Alter which, will be produced the Grand Stake Revival of Shak.pere's Chr.,nicle or Historical Play, entitled the First Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. . . The cast will include impersonations by those emine,t krtists, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. Addis° ~ Mr. Ryder, Mr. itobert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. litzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, Mss Rose Leclercq, Rnd Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Ccm pany. To conclude with AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Delmore. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET7- Sole Leseee and Manager, Mr, Buekstone. _ . THIS EVENING, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Messrs. Howe, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Compton, learren, dre. ; Mesdames Angel, Lindley, Fitzwilliam, Snow den, Jr.:. • - After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENU3 AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farrell, Coe. &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden. Nelly Power, Hill, Wright, Jto4ers, &c. . Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE DAY AFTER THE FAIR: Messrs. Width cornbe, Garden, Moreland, and Miss E. Lavenu. After which, Mr. John Brougham's Original Comedy, PLAYING WITH EIRE. Messrs. J. Brouzlipirn, Emery, Widdicomb, J. G. Shore ; Miss C. Lcclercq, Miss Henrade, Bliss Leciercq ; Mrs. Winstanley. Doors open at 7, commence at halt-past. NEW THEATRE-R0 VAL, ADELPHI..._ Bole Proprietor and Manager. M. B. Webster. THIS:EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S MOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH: Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling R. Phillips, Biliingtun, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Miss 'ff. Simms and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with TILE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, i. Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BAT E M A N.-L E A EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will re-apf ear in her great impersonation of the Jewish mwden until further notice. In order io give due effect to Viis most remarkable succes4 of the se,son, eaiireiy new scenery by the celebrat,'ci artists Messrs. Danson and tons, and Thompscn. New dr: sscs and appo'ntments have ben preparei. for its production.—N. is. In consequence of the *vressing and numerous applications at the Box-offlie, ar ing,emenn have cow been made by which Seats m y be ob tained a Fortnight in Advan..e. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. IL Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MY PRESERVER. After which (never acted) MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, Turner, &c. ; Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c. Commence at 7. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.—The greatly successful new - - Comedy every Evening.—First week of a new sensation Farce.—Mr. J. Clarke. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular nsmes of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charle,: Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. 7. Robinson. Mr, Asuley, Mr. J. Johnstone ; Mrs. Char es Mathews, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirring. EVERY EVENING, at 7. a Farce, with a new sensation, called SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Ashley. Mr. Johnstone ; Miss Fanny Josephs and Aliss Patti Josephs. At a quarter before 8, the successful new Comedy, by L. Buckingham, Esq., entitled THE SILVER LINING: (..harles Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, and Mrs. Stirling. After which, at le, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE : Mr. Ashley and Miss A. Cottrell. Commence at 7. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct front their own Collieries. Marquis'.......26s. per ton. Double 21s. per ton. Top 255. „ Nut 5........ l9s. „ Deep 22s. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and i 7, South Wharf, Paddington, W. Best Cokes Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. THIRD EDITION OF TIIE Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, dan be had Every Eveninp: of Cr. It GLI ,- .NIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather--• Sun Office, April 27, 1864. - ~ - THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock .. 60 Barometer-30.0G. Wind—N.; light breeze, and cloudy:: HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, sh. 21m.—Afternoon, sh. 20m. rO-11OUROW.-Morning, 6h. 10m.—Afternoon, 6h. 26m. QLfi *lnt LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1864, According to the rate at which things are going in the political world, we must soon begin to doubt the testimony of our own senses. We allude to what has been latterly occurring in the House of Com mons—and elsewhere, without the walls of Parlia ment—among some of our most conspicuous living politicians. Take, for example, the suddenly hust ling away out of London of General GARIBALDI. Are we there—to believe or not to believe our own sense:? Are we to follow in that matter the simplest dic ta' es of " common" sense ? GARIBALDI himself protests, in answer to every inquiry addressed to him—even to the Enquiries addressed to him by the most eminent surgeon living —that he is uncommonly well. We see him with our own eyes—and he looks what he says he is, namely, uncommonly well. The Great Surgeon, in his very last letter upon the subject of GARIBALDI'S health, says, as plainly as words can say anything, that on pressing him (GARIBALDI) closely with his inquiries he appeared to be fagged —and that on examining him very closely he looked fagged. Well, for that matter, really the wonder of the world would have been if he hadn't. Fancy any man living, going through the fatigue and ex citement that GARIBALDI had been going through for nearly a whole fortnight, and not acknowledging when he is closely cross-questioned that he is rather fagged—and not, when he comes to be very closely scrutinized, looking rather fagged. " A throat of brass and adamantine lungs," and all the rest of his anatomy built up out of similar materiel?, would be required in amen who could speak cr look otherwise after such a fortnight as that following GARIBALDI'S arrival in London. Fagged, of course, he was— but otherwise, if we can believe himself, he was uncommonly well. And, if we can be lieve our own eyes, he was so the day before he left London. Oh, but he was something more than fa gged! —the public have been seriously in formed. GARIBALDI wag something more than mere l y fa gged —he had a boil! Nay, he had "two boils " — on 111 8 arm! How very severe they must have been, those boils, seeing that GARIBALDI could, without wincing, go through such an amount of hand shaking, that it is a mercy his arms were not wrung off before h e could get away from the metropolis. Then agair•—these boils on his arm, that fairly compelled his more zealous friends, Ministers of the crown and others on the score of his health advise his immediate de parture—these boils on Lis arm don't seem to have interfered in the least with his rowing the Dowager Dachees of Sutherland about the Thames! More than that—What in the name of common sense is the v i va vice evidence given in by M r . BEALES, Mr. NICHOLAY, and others on Monday a t the London Tavern, before the City Garibaldi Committee ? Why, the evidence is this—the Chairman of that Committee, namely, Mr. PEADEs, the Revising Barri.ter,falready mentioned, M r . NICIIOLAY also already mentioned, and other members., said they had seen GARIBALDI Cliefden on Surde.y. "He had assured them he was in perfect health, and that the cause of his departure must be attributed to other causes." Than these, words could not be plainer —any more, in deed, than they could be more tautological! Reading them—looking simply at very plain facts remembering the look of GARl- BALDl—remembering the assertions uttered by GARIBALDI himself as recently as Thurs day in answer to inquiries about his health and about the real reason for his hasty departure— again we ask are we in future to believe our own senses—are we to follow the dictates simply of common sense ? Mr. GLADSTONE says no. Lord PALMERSTON ditto. Lord SHAFTES BURY protests as distinctly as possible that we are not—and according to what formula ?—upon his honour as a gentleman ! Really —we cannot help recalling to mind, in the midst of all this, how very comically, only the other day, CHARLES DICKENS, speaking of one cr two passages in SHAKSPERE'S plays, remarked that, but that it was SHAKSPERE, we should call it bosh! It is, for all the world, exactly thus with us in regard to this over-much speaking and writing of certain noble lords and right hon. gentlemen about GARI BALDI'S Health. But that the assurances we are listening to come from these noble lords and right hon. gentlemen, we should be certainly very much indeed inclined to call it bosh. One of the most imprtant of the measures affecting the interests of the trading community which have been passed in our time is undoubtedly that which first admitted the principle of limited liability. It appears so manifestly unfair for a man who has only taken a small share in a business, or perhaps no share at all, save advanc ing some part of the money required for carrying it on, to be held liable for the full consequences of his partner's imprudence or misfortunes, that it is only wonderful that such a measure should have been so long delayed. Its omission was the more to be regretted because, in a busy thriving com munity like our own, it is a matter of daily oc currence for capitalists to advance money to con cerns in which they take no active part. If a man take a recognised share in the management of a business, and induce others to trust him to a large amount, he should, undoubtedly, be held personally responsible for the consequences. But if he has merely advanced a certain sum as a profit able investment, it is certainly not only hard but unjust, that because his investment has proved a bad one, he is to be forced to sacrifice the rest of his means. The advantages of such a measure of protection are very great in every way, putting a restraint on those unprincipled persons who are very willing to risk other people's money, knowing that the consequences will not fall upon themselves, and cautioning the public against putting too ready faith in any company or speculation on the strength of one or two names of known respectability, with out inquiring too closely into its actual means or prospects. To require a mcn to be personally re sponsible for all tha liabilities of his firm is much as if he were called upon to pay the value of the whole freight of a vessel which had gone down with his goods. No imposition is practised upon the creditors by the regulation, Sille3 they are warned of the state of affairs by the very name of the company, eo that if a tradesman continue to supply goods to an unsafe firm, rely ing on the private fortune of one of its members, it is his own fault if he is disappointed. It was this important principle which constituted the lead ing feature of Mr.ScnoLEFIELD's Partnership Law Amendment Bill, which was read a second time in the House of Commons on Monday night. The bill proposes that the benefits of the Limited Lia- bility Act, which at present are restricted to come panies consisting of not loss than seven members, should be extended, with certain te3trictions, to a wider field, enabling capitalists who wished to ad vance money to an energetic man of business to do so in a safe and prcfitable manner by being regis• tered as partners of limited liability. It is practi. cally the object of the measure to extend still fur. ther the benefits oZ the Act already passed, but i' will have a still wider influence. It will assist and encourage the enterprise of self-made men, enabling them to obtain the necessary capital on fair terms from respectable capitalists as a matter of open and regular business, instead of trusting to the liberality of friends and relatives, or being driven into the toils of professed money lenders. As Mr. MALINS very justly observed, in his clear and sensible reply to Mr. HUBBARD'S attack upon the bill, it is to the advantage of the public that young men who pos- seas skill and ability, though they may not have capital, should be able to enter into business. Mr. HODGSON supported the same view when he said that so far from injuring the tone of commercial morality, the bill in question would raise it by giving greater freedom to contract, which meant greater freedom to industry, and it would confer upon honest and deserving men opportunities of reaping the fruits of their industry which they have not hitherto enjoyed. Mr. GREGSON'S objections on the ground that while the non-acting partner was only liable to a certain amount, there was no limit to the credit to be obtained on the strength of that sum, is scarcely tenable in the face of the registration system by which a creditor can ascertain not only the amount of responsibility incurred by each individual member of a firm, bat also how much of the capital is paid up— so that if, as the hon. member sug gested, ten persons were duped on the strength of a liability of £lO,OOO each to the full amount, it must be their own fault, when they eould ascertain whether or no the full £lO,OOO had been paid into the concern. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD, in fact, called it a creditor's measure, and pointed out that it did not in the least affect the present law of partnership regarding those who are held out to the public as being partners, since the only persons limited to the amount which they put down will be those of whom the creditors know nothing excepting from the registration of the amount of their liability. At present, as the hon. member for Birmingham pointed out, a capitalist can only lend money . 0 a private partnership by doing so at a fixed rate of interest, which the borrower may decline to make a high one, and which at a low rate would not repay his risk, or else by becoming a partner, and thereby risking his whole property. It is, in fact, proposed to extend to firms the advantage now restricted to companies, and, if the Principle be sand in the one case, there can be no reason why it should not bo admitted in the other. We are surprised to see a gentleman like Mr. HUBMRD, who nas previously shown so much good sense and fairness in dealing with commercial responsibilities in the matter of the income tax, put himself so decidedly in the wrong by his unqualified opposi -601 to this measure. Fcrtunately the House of Commons were unconvinced by his arguments, since the amendment was negatived without a division, and the bill was read a second time, with a view, we may trust, of its shortly becoming law. It may be very convenient for the adherents of the Government to keep silent under the awkward eireurastaDces that attend upon the; very unwise conduct in many particulars, but those who scan events with a critical eye must observe the strange course of things. Thus a retributive justice seems avenged in the circumstances that surround the whole of the proceedings connected with the Alexandra. The last intelligence is certainly of a very conclusive character. It informs us that the Collector of Customs at Liverpool was served with a writ from the Court of Exchequer, ordering him to deliver tip the Alexandra to her owners. On the day when the order came from the Government for this vessel to be seized, and io the plenitude of power those dressed in a little brief authority proceeded to carry out the arbitrary enactment with all due expedition, how mortified would the mighty ones in office have been had they been told of the end that was to follow on their grand beginning, the ignominious failure, the complete discomfiture, the regular break-down. All possible means were tried,unlimited expenses incurred, the interests of individuals sacrificed, for what ? That an opprese sive policy should be carrEd out, and a tyrannical edict enforced. The whole procedure from first to last has been characterised by a spirit quite out of character with the feelings and sentiments of the nation. The devices and stratagems resorted to were unworthy of British statesmen, and the very neture of the affair was an utter violation of British rights and national independence. So far as the question can be regarded in every sense of the word, the defeat of the Ministers has been a triumph to freedom, a victory for fair play, and a success in a right cause. The excitement that the contest occasioned has now subsided, and the effects can therefore to quietly scanned and calmly regardeC. Those who win are to receive back their rightful property, torn from them by the ruthless grasp of men as oblivious to the claims of consideration as a maraud ing army, and as devoid of any sense of justice as any despotic envoy, or emissary of an absolute mo narch. So far the honour of the nation has been vindicated in the sight of men before the nations of the world. The dwellers in the cities beyond the broad Atlantic have learned that matters are not quite so easily settled in England as in some coun tries that are near, and scme that are remote from her. The subjects of our land may rejoice that the laws are so framed that they can be put in force against those who think themselves capable of controlling and regulating those laws. A serious matter has yet to be thought of. The expenses incurred in this contested case will be eaormous, and the loss to be made good to the de fendants very considerable, and on whom will this fall ? On the Government ostensibly, but on the ❑aiion really; and is this right ? Ought sums to be squandered for the purpose of gaining time to prolong a disgraceful struggle, and persist in a suicidal policy that rightly applied might have been made the means of benefit to many, and the source of blessings to those in great need of help. Every• day we hear of some sad case, some deplorable calamity, or some desirable undertaking unfulfilled, because the Government cannot possibly afford to do so much. They are stowing up their ammuniticn to fight the battles of the stranger and the foreigner. The sums that are wasted in these degrading con troversies might have done good service to those who are sinking ueder their exertions to aid public works of usefulness, and private missions of charity. It is impossible to over estimate the ♦ast signifi cance of the proverb " One sows that another may reap." It is hard that money should be so reck lessly squandered for purposes for which it was never meant. It is easy to go on in the way of ex travagance if once it is fairly launched into, but in the name and for the sake of these hundred interests which devolve upon Ministers of State, at every period of their probation, let not a similar escapade occur. Let it not be said that personal claims, pri vate rights, and public claims were all counted as dross in the balance when political purposes were ut stake, and party prejudices ruled the hour. Such a consummation bodes ill for the reputation of a Minister, and betides dark things for the Govern ment that un!crupulously embraces such a line o; action. The Alexandra had better be a warning for the future, as it has been a temptatio❑ in the past, and a humiliation for the present. In such a cause defeat is better and safer than victory, and the discomfited party who have had to give up their much coveted priz 3 must take heed lest riches and greater things are not claimed from them by way of forfeit. GALLERY OP ILLUSTRATION, We are pleased to find that the Tuesday morning and Saturday evening performinces of Mr. German Reed's opera di camera " Jessy Lea" receives a full share of the public patronage. Were it otherwise, it would be a reflection on the musical taste of the metropolis, because Mr. Macfarren has set the le captivating pastoral to some of the most de- lightful music that ever fell from his pen. The part of the coquettish heroine ,Tessy is now sustained by Miss Robertine Henderson, a young lady who has won much applause at many of the concerts given in London within the last few months. Nature has been bountiful to her, and ; in addition to pleasing features and good figure, she has a voice of much sweetness, which she uses with the greatest dis crimination. Mr. Whiffin has much improved since his first appearance, and at no distant day he will become a general favourite. The same must also b© said of Mr. Wilkinson, who, as the rough, hearty sea captain, shows himself a clever and accomplished artiste. The music exactly suits the compass of his voice, and every note is sung with an ease and fullness of tone that greatly pleases the audience. But the chief honours are invariably secured by that acknowledged favourite and accom plished vocalist, Miss Poole, who sustains the put of Elspeth the gipsy. Her singing produces the greatest delight, because it is executed with sweetness, and in a manner peculiarly her own, There is a witchery in her eye that enchants the audience, whilst freshness and power in her voice shows how carefully and solidly the framework of her musical education must have been laid. Other singers have appeared and long passed away since little Bessy Poole sang her first song, " Oyster, sir," at the Olympic Theatre ; yet still she is the queen of English ballad singers, and simply because she is 66 native here, And to the manner born." A more delightful afternoon or evening cannot be passed in the metropolis than at the Gallery of Illustration in Regent -street. RECEPTION OF THE LIBErATED CONFEDERATES IN RICIDIOND.—The following is an extract from a Richmond paper :—" The paroled prisoners whom General Butler sent up from Fortress Monroe a few days ago nad a grand time upon their arrival. A procession conducted them to Capitol square, and Jiff. Days was called on ior a speech. Taking his stand on the platform of the Wash ington monument, he welcomed the soldiers to their native land. He had often heard of the severe trials to which they had been subjected in their captivity, and his heart had yearned for the bravo boys' who had proved true under every trial, and had resisted every offer made to them to desert the fortunes of their country. Though they had passed through so many bitter trials, there were, perhaps, many yet in store for them, but he knew that they would not shrink from them—that they would all assist in achieving the independeuce of the coun try, and in driving away the hated foe now polluting our soil. After a brief respite, said the President, you will be again called to the battle-field. I know you will come.' He hoped that they would all find their families better provided for than they might expect to do. The President closed by invoking the blessing of God upon those ho addressed." Other speeches having been made, three cheers were given by the crowd, and the band struck up " Dixie" as a finale to the proceedings. THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, "Un Ballo in Maschera." The loveliest of all Signor Verdi's operas, " Un Ballo in Maschers," was repeated last evening at the Royal Italian to a brilliant and delighted audience. From tae stealthy opening of the Over ture, an opening that always sounds to us as though it came burdened with muttered intimations of the approaching conspiracy, up to the pathetic tumult of the grand Finale, where Dake Richard expires amidst the lamentations of his court, having been struck down by the pistol shot of Renato in the midst of the gay wild hubbub of the masquerade— the Four Acts of tLis most charming lyrical drama " went off " with admirable effect under the baton of Mr. Costa. Yesterday being the second performance of the opera this season, both orchestra and chorus were brought into due subordination at last by the potent wand of the conductor. 'There was no op• portunity left for cavilling last night, therefore, any longer at the over-zeal either of the instrumen talists or of the choral singers : as there had been opportunity for thus cavilling on the first occasion, namely, on Satnrdiy. And by this evidence (as it were, upon second thoughts !) of moderation on the part of the chorus and the orchestra, the principal performers, no less than the composition itself, as now rendered at the Royal Italian, were very con spicuously bentfitted. Mademoiselle Lagrua, for one, was thereby enabled, quite unmistakably, to add yet another leaf to the boy garland she is fast winning for herself here in England—her Amelia taking rank now side by side with her Norma and her Leonora. It is in the tender lathes of it, indeed, even a ye: more bewitching impersonation at tin - es than the .King's Favourite, Signor Mario again was in noble voice last evening, to the evident exultation of a crowded house. So that it needs hardly to be said, what we will yet say, that his Riccardo was from the first a masterpiece at once of acting and of vocalisation. His impersonation of the Duke retrains still to this hour wholly and absolutely unrivalled. The character in itself is one of the most eminently dramatic within reach of a prim° Lenore, and allotted to a consummate artist like Signor Maria, one who is great as an actor no less than as a singer, it wins our sympathy through out while it commands our admiration. A more bewitching performance, again, than Mdlle. Battu's Oscar, we have certainly not within our very recent recollection. It acts with the charm of a spell upon the usually sedate and undemonstrative Covent Garden habitues. A most graceful page she makes, in all the variations of costume and situation —and one who sings the lovely melodies allotted to Oscar not merely charmingly but deliciously. Ot Signor Graziani we may here say, at once, that we have never yet heard him to greater qdventage than as the Duke's friend and secretary in the lovely double of " Gustave"—this opera of Verdi's Un Bale in lalaschera." Greziani's Renato in the fourth act especially was just everything we could in reason have wished. His romanza " 0 dolcezze perdute," in which he laments the lost happiness of his undoubting love for Amelia, was given with the most exquisite delicacy— a delicacy all the more apparent in that tender lament composed fur the baritone, inter woven as the articulated notes of the singer are iu this romanza with the refined breath ing forth, almost, one might say, sighing, of the flute accompaniment. As a matter of sheer neces sity with the audience, Signor Gretziani was, at the close of the second verse, instantly encored. There were several other encores during the night— equally as a matter of course; but the ab eence of one other, would have been a cause of nothing less than bewilderment to us but that the " sit uation"—as for that matter must be always provokingly visible at every performance of " Un Ballo in Maschera"—but that the "situation," we say, at the moment, precludes the audience from following its instinct and demanding a repetition. We mean here, of course, no other than Oscar's delicious, warbling, riant " Saper vorreste," with its trilling refrain, " Tra lit, ld, Id" —sung in the midst of the dance and frolic of the masquerade, immediately before the assassination—and which e_quisite onorccau was carolled lest night by Mdllo. Battu with bewitching espieglerie ! The gem and glory of this beautiful opera, however, has yet to be mentioned—mentioned e mean, of course, in regard to the rendering of it last evening at the Royal Italian Opera. For, as to its celebration, otherwise—who is not already familiar with it? "It" here signifying that delicious quir tette, namely, at the close of the filth scene of the second act, the quintette led off by Riccardo's "E scherzo od e follia "—how sung by Mario, those who have ever heard him sing it will ricall, nothing less than grate fully, to their r emembrance! It is that superb quin tette, in fact, the very climax of the beauty of which is capped, so to speak, by Oscar's impassioned cry soaring above, piercing through, the chorus, in sounds of dismay— " B sara dunque spento In breve a tradimento ? Al sol pensarci l'anima, Abbrividendo va Armando and A,lgri, the conspirators, and with those t wo the hag, Ulriea, participate with the page Oscar and the Duke Riccardo in " rendering this lovely concerted piece :—one of Signor Verdi's most brilliant, as it is certainly also one of his most popular cotapositions. Given as it was last evening, it was redemanded with enthusiasm, and listened to throughout, on its repetition, with unabated Adnairation. Almost equally effective —certainly as succeisful in proportion to its merit—wrs the masterly finale to the third act, where Renato takes his disgraced wife, homewards from the moonlit field to the jeering of the libertine chorus— 'We la trafoclia nautO in commedia Placevolissnna ala 1 all ! al I Of Madem oise ll e Tag who was the Sorceress, we prefer sayi ng nothing at all, for os Ulrica she unquestionably t a ils to ma k e an y impression what ever. The rest of tha characters, being none of them of any importance, may be passed by without being particularized. Th e opera, as a whole, is put upon the stage with a minute regard to its completeness, not unworthy even of the reputation of this great lyrical establishment. The final scene, or rather " spectacle," namely, the ball room in the palace, superbly illuminated and gor geously decorated, filled with a radiant and ever moving throng of pierrots, harlequins, punehinellos, ballet dancers . and masqueraders, some among them sumptuously costumed, is, as an illusion, just simply in one word, magnificent. The marvel to us is, not that the opera should now have been re vived, but that two years should have been allowed to elapse without any performance_at all of " Ua Ballo in Maschera" at Covent-garden—knowing full well, as opera -goers do, the ever-living charm of the libretto, that is, of the mere story related in the libretto--a btory that, once upon a time, one might not unrfai ona bl y h ave thought, that Auber had long a g o m a d e h i s own ex clusively, by royal right, as one may say, of his puiss ant g enius as a composer ! And ou t wo nder that during the last two years this Italian double of" Gustave" has not been beard at Covent Garden, is.,not diminished, of course, when we remember the lovely, fresh and sparkling music wedded anew to the old tale by the younger genius of Verdi—a genius that (happily) shrank not from auda ciously d ar i ng a com parison, even of melo dies, with the brilliant Frenchman ! However, after the lap c of these two yews the charming opera is revived, and we are thankful. To•mor row, Donizetti's "La Favorita," will be repeated : and on Saturday, for the firat time this s;ason, with Wachtel as Jean ©t Leyden, and Madame Destinn as Fides, the patrons of the Royal Italian will have produced for them, as Mr. Gye's establishment can Produce it, "Le Proi)Lte"—we were going to say Meyerbeer's mast.rpiece, but that we have too grateful a remembrance of his "Huguenots." THE COUNT DE CHAMBORD'S STUD I—Fourteen horses, said to belong to the Count do Dames, but in reality the property of the Count de Chambord, have just been sold at the French Tattersall's for the sum of 72,400 f. One, a lady's horse, was purchased by the Duke de la Rochefoucauld for 8,400 f, and another by M. Saldanha for 10,400 f. Theaverage pri o e of the 14 amounted to not less than 5,100 f, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. `REU'TER'S TELEGRAMS.] THE WAR IN DENMARK. FURTHER ADVANCE OF THE PRUSSIANS IN JUTLAND. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 25 (Midnight), On Saturday last the Prussians were a mile and a half south of Aarhuus. The enemy continues bis works at the tete de port of the Dybbol position, and is strengthening his batteries between Rsgebol and Alsen Sound. BERLIN, APRIL 27. Advices received here from Warsaw to the 25th instant state that on the previous day a letter from Archbishop Felinski was read to the various con gregations abolishing mourning in the churches. In consequence of this the bells and organs are again used. MADRID, APIRL 26. The banquet of the Progressist party is fixed for the 3d May. The question of inviting Espartero is being dis cussed. DEPARTURE OF GARIBALDI, FOWEY, APRIL 27. Garibaldi and his son Ricciotti embarked here in the Undino at nine thie morning. The yacht left at 9.30 a.m. Wind fair. FRANCE. PARIS, APRIL 27. Private correspondence announces that the Eng lish Admiral sent to Tunis has received instructions to act in concert with the French Admiral. BOURSE, April 26.—The same want of anima tion pervades the market, but prices have not re ceded. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 90c., and Mobilier at 1,067 f. 50c. Railway Shares offered, and some of the lines rather lower. Mexi can Loan is at per cent. premium. The market closed as follows 41 per Cents. 93 60 Do. end 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 90 Credit M obilier 1192 50 Do. end month 1190 Bank Shares 3400 Credit koneier Roman RAIL \ Italian Loan 63 95 Do. end month 6B 75 New ditto .. Do. end month.... Russian Austrian Spanish Threes — Home Debt .. — Deferred - VAIN. Orleans :Northern Lyons and 1 - leditGrranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Cash. Account. 887 50 ~„ 885 975 945 950 887 50 .. 670 670 500 SJO 480 481 25 371 25 3E7 50 417 50 415 560 .. 558 75 491 25 .. 492 50 572 50 .. 572 50 270 280 THE FALL OF DUPPEL, COPENHAGEN, April 23. The Minister of Marine published yesterday the following report concerning the part taken by the Rolf Krake in the fight at Duppel of the 18th inst. The commander of the squadron in the western portion of the Baltic reports : " At 10.15 a.m, our troops were seen hurrying to the trenches in unusually large numbers, where upon, although the signal agreed upon with the commander. in-chief had not been made, the battery Rolf Krake immediately weighed anchor and cleared her decks for action. " Bsfore this could be accomplished the black and white flags were observed over Forts 1,2, 3, and 4, although, so far as we could perceive, no shot had been fired from those works. "' The Bolt Krake immediately steamed towards the Duppel shore and opened fire upon the advanc ing columns of the enemy with grape. As, how ever, the smoke spread over the shore, being at times so dense we were forced to suspend fire for fear of hitting our own troops, the discharges could only be directed in accordance with the observa tions made, to the best of our ability, of the move ments taking place on Duppel-hill. During the engagement the Rolf Krake fired in all 95 shots, and was fired upon by all the batteries at Broager and those in the rear of Arnbjerg, as well as from Redoubt No. 1, which was in the hands of the enemy. Impediments in the shape of nets and similar contrivances, which had been placed in the Sound by the enemy, obstructed her progress, " About noon, our troops having been compelled to retreat to the tite du pont, r.nd large bodies of the enemy which could have been fired upon with great effect being withdrawn, the battery retired out of range and remained in the vicinity until 3.30 p.m., when the entire Duppel position had been evacuated by our troops. It is my painful, duty to report that a 24-pounder shell, which broke through the deck, killed Lieutenant Jespersen and wounded nine men, one severely. A splinter which penetrated the fire-turret also severely injured Cannoneer Olsen in the forehead. " The commander of the battery cannot suffi ciently praise the remarkable intrepidity and zeal with which Lieutenent Jespersen performed his duty, and even up to the last moment assisted him (the commander of the battery) in observing all that took place beyond the ship. The zeal and bravery of Cannoneer Olsen must also be especially mentioned. Again, the commander of the battery must repeat that as usual every man did his duty, bat he must specially mention the pilot Dithelfsen, and the second mate, P. F. Olsen, both of whom remained on deck, as much as protected by the tur ret, in order with better effect to direct the course of the vessel and observe the movements of the enemy. Besides these, the coolness and celerity with which the guns in the turret were served, as well by the two commanders of the turrets as the force occupying them deserve great praise.' The Minister of War publishes the following : " COPENHA.GEN, April 22 (Morning), 1861. " Yesterday nothing of importance took place in Alaen. The body of General Du Plat has been given up by the enemy. " According to a report of the commander in chief the bodies of the following officers were lying in Ulkebol church :—Colonel Lesson, of the Ist brigade—Captain Lundbye—Lieuts, Toxverdt and Mailing, of the 2d Regi ment—Captains Baland, Jensen, and Gruner, and Lieut. Behrenz, of the 22d Regiment—Captain Ahlefeldt, Lieuts. Gram, Lindhardt, and Schultz, of the 9th Regiment— Lieut.-Colonel Scholten, Captain Stockflith, of the 20th Regiment—Lieut. Erininger, of the Bth Brigade—Lieut. E. b'chan, of the 16th Regiment—Colonel Bernstoff and Chief Surgeon Beeson, of the 17th Regiment—Cadets Barrier, Fusinette, and Pio—also the corpse of an unknown officer, with an ; elastic stocking on one leg, and another unknown officer with woollen drawers marked H. B. " The following captured officers, who have all applied either pereonally or in writing for their baggage, are sup posed by the commander in chief to be slightly wounded or unhurt :—Lieutenants Gandil, Gjorup, Thestrup, Larsens, Holmertz, and Sammark, of the 2d Regiment—Lieuts. Jaeger, Johannsen, Averhuff, Corlsen, Hohlenberg, and Grunwaldt, of the 22d Regiment —Major Stein, Captain Petersen, Lieuts. Agerholm, Kofoed, and Christiansen, of the :6th hegiment—Lieutenants Nielsen, Dameck, Galster and Sparre and Horn, as well as the Cadet Ram sing of the 17th Regiment—Lieutenants Nielsen and Hertz of the 3d Regiment—Borgen of the 20th Regiment--Hein of the Staff of the 3d brigade--Captain Sick and Lieute nants Ttelge, Starik, and Tensen, of the Artillery." "April 22, 4 p.m. "The commander-in-chief reports that at Alsen nothing of importance has oocurred. A few shots have been fired by the enemy." "April 23 (Morning). " Nothing of any consequence took place on Alsen yes terday. The enemy is at work on the redoubts of the Duppel position, and is strengthening his batteries on the shore of the sound. The promised communication of Field- Marshal Von Wrangel concerning our captured officers and their condition has not arrived." The .Daqbladet pub Ashes the following upon the condition in which the bodies of the fallen Danish officers were returned to their comrades : " The dead bodies of the Danish officers, which had been collected by the Prussians, arrived hero (Allen) yester day. It was a heartbreaking sight. In proof of the chivalrous' manner in which the Prussians carry on the war, a fact they themselves are never tired of praising, it may be interesting for posterity to know that every officer who was brought over here had been previously plqudered their pockets had been emptied ; their buttons and marks of ranks had been cut off; their boots had vanished. These are facts which among others can be substantiated by the various foreigners staying here." The correspondent of the Berlingske Mende says : " All the corpses of officers which we received from the Duppel side had been, according to Prussian usage, tho roughly plundered. Watches, rings, gold shoulder-straps, boots, stockings, all had been taken. Major Rosen was brought in covered only by his shirt." The two unknown officers mentioned in the foregoing report of the commander in chief were unrecognised, for these reasons—viz., their heads had been shot off in tlie action, and it was impossible to recognise them by the few scraps of clothing which were still left upon their persons. PROCLAMATION OF KING CHRISTIAN TO THE DANISH ARMY. COPENHAGEN, April 21. The following proclamation has been issued by King Christian to the army : " Brave soldiers I undaunted and heroic comrades " The army occupying the Duppel position has been forced to retreat to Alsen after a defence which will be memorable to remotest posterity, nut only on account of the inequality of the contest, but also for the heroism with which it was fought. " Heavy indeed have been the sufferings the development of the contest has entailed upon you ; nor will the great and painful losses of the last few days ever be forgotten. But by God's help neither the sufferings nor the losses will have been in vain, for they will bear fruits in the war we are now waging against might and injustice—a war whose aim is the existence and independence of our beloved couatry. " I return you the fervent thanks of myself and my peo ple for the perseverance and self- sac. ificing heroism you have displayed, and I are convinced that you will still be inspired by the same spirit. " God preserve my brave Danish army I May it receive the reward of its persevering bravery, and may He confer everlasting peace upon our fallen heroes. " CHRISTIAN R." AMERICA. (Per the Hibernian.) NEW YORK, April 15, Evening. General Grant has left for the Army of the Potoimac. General Forrest's forces have captured Fort Pillow, on the Mississippi, by assault. Four hundred out of the garrison of 600 men are stated to have been killed. Telegrams state that the Con- federates killed all the negroes and many white troops after the capture. It is reported that they are now evacuatieg Fort Pillow, and moving on Memphis. The Confederates are in possession of the town of Paducah, Kentucky. Unfavourable rumours are current in New Orleans concerning the Federal situation on the Red River. Two hundred Federals have been captured near Alexandria, Louisiana. The streets of Alexandria are barricaded against an attack. Tne previously reported attack on Alexandria was untrue. The Federal Arkansas expedition is still ad vancing towards Texas. It has had two successful skirmishes. The House of Representatives has censured M. Long, of Ohio, for declaring himself in favour of the recognition of the Southern Confederation. The steamers Syren and Cozet have arrived at Nassau from Wilmington. The steamers Grey hound, Will o' the Wisp, and Syren have sailed for Wilmington. Steamer Petrel has arrived at Nassau from Charleston. The steamer Juno, from Wilmington, has foundered; nearly all hands were lost. Mr. Chase is in New York making fistancial arrangements. Money tighter. Gold opened at 73, advancing steadily to 742- per cent. premium. The excitement in the market is subsiding. Exchange on London 191 1911. Stocks fell 3to 5 per cent. this morning on rumours of the inten- tion of Mr. Chase to issue at 6 per cent. loan, but recovered on the report being denied. The ten dency is down ward. New York Centrals 1411, Illinois 1481, Ei-ie 1231, Six per Cent. United States Bonds 116. Cotton very firm ; Middling Upland 82. Bread stuffs tending downwards. Provisions dull. Coffee very firm. Sugar good inquiry. Molasses very firm. Petroleum dull ; crude 38 to 40, ditto refined 56 to 571. NEW YORK, April 16, Morning. Money tight. Gold 71 per cent. prem. There has been a panic in the Stock market, in conse quence of which prices declined. They are now, however, rallying. New York Centrals, 139; Illi nois, 143; Erie, 119. NEW YORK, April 16, Afternoon. The Cmlfederates, who had occupied Paducah, were subsequently shelled out of their position. Yesterday they demanded the surrender of the fort, which was refused, the Federals marching out to attack them. The War Department has received no informa. tion concerning the reported massacre of troops a' Fort Pillow by the rebels. The City of London and Teutonia take oui 950,000 dole. in specie. Money tight. Gold 71* per cent, premium. The panic in the Stock market continues, and prices are again declining. New York Centrals, 138 : 1 ; Illi nois, 138-1 ; Erie, 119 k; 6 per Cent. United States Bonds, 115. Cotton steady. Middling Upland, 80e. Petroleum heavy; crude 38 to 39, refined 54 to 56. THE WEST INDIA, MEXICAN, AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 27. The royal mail steamer Shannon, with the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 304 passengers, including the Bishop of Barbadoes and family, £529,896 in specie, of which £5,413 are on account of the Mexican dividends, and 1,500 packages of cargo. She left St. Thomas on the 13th inst., and expe rienced fine weather throughout the passage. In Chili business had improved, and in all de partments of trade, large transactions had taken place. Confidence had increased. The excitement in the copper market had sub sided. Transactions were limited. Mining operations were being actively prosecuted. Charters for England had slightly declined. Exchange was quoted 441 d. to 4.41r1. General business in Peru was satisfactory. The growth of cotton was increasing. The political news is unimportant. Exchange, 37d. News from Santo Domingo says that the spirit of the Dominicans is by no means subdued, and that the pacification of the country is far off. The Spaniards had deferred the Monte Christi expedition until October. No news from Mexico. The intel►igence from the West India islands is unimportant. Garibaldi's Health. " Mark, how plain a tale shall put them down." Those who wished to get prematurely rid of Gari baldi, under the pretext of his being in a state of ill health, will require no ordinary amount of logi cal ability to dispose of, on their theory, the follow ing fact :—" On Saturday evening," writes a dis tinguished gentleman, who was present and witnessed what he states, "the General was engaged for an hour or so in rowing the two Duchesses (the Duchess end Dowager Duchess of Sutherland), and Lady Grosvenor, with another friend, on the beau tiful water at Cliefden." To row a boat full of per sons for upwards of an hour is not precisely what might be expected from such an invalid as Garibaldi has been, for political purposes, represented to be. " What," asks our Correspondent, "will the doctors say to this ? "—Advertiser. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market steady b.at quiet. Sales, about 10,000 bales. Imports, 294 bales ; Previously, 12,373, • _ o rsi dir 61111 HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, April 26. Her Majesty the Queen drove out yesterday to the morning end afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and Princess Louise rode on horseback. Prince Alfred, attended by Major Cowell nod Leut. Heig, left Osborne this afternoon for Londo n, on his way to Dover, where his Royal HighnEss Wli embark for the Continent. The Prince will make short visits to B 0 ° 15 ! Hanover, Berlin, Coburg, and Thrmstadt, E nd wil l then proceed to Marseilles to join her Majesty'e Racoon. Lieut. Haig, of the Royal Engineers, has been appointed by her Majesty to be in attendance on Prince Alfred. The Queen held a Council this afternoon at O borne, which was attended by the Duke of Sower; set, Earl De Grey and Ripon, and Lord Stanley °L Alderley. Sir James Wilde and Mr. H. Bruce, M.P.) I ° ll sworn in to the Privy Council. The Prince and Princess of Wales, SANDRINGHAM, April 26, The Prince and Princess of W,les and the D uk e of Cambridge, with Lieut.-General and I Si o rs ' I~nollys, Captain Grey, Colonel Clifton, Mr• ": 6 Fisher, Mr. H. L. Wood, Mr. Hol zm an, and the Hon. Mrs. W. G. Grey, attended Divine service I n Sunday last at Sandringham. The Rev. Ge (l6B Brown Moxon, 8,A., rector, read pr a yers, and t h e Bishop of Oxford preached the sermo n from the 161il chapter of St. John. Oa Monday the Prince and Princess of W 3le : ' the Duke of Cambridge, th e Bi s h op o f Osf°r" LLieut.-General and Mrs. Knolly s , C ap t a in G re ' , ' Colonel Clifton, Mr. Fisher, Mr. Wood, Mr. 10i t, man, and the Hon. Mrs. W. G. Grey, drove in Sandringham to the pleasant wa t er i ng place °f Hunstanton, returning about fi ve o ' c l o ck in t , m afternoon. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cin3briag° left Sandringham at about half-past ten this mor n ' ing, accompanied by C a pt a i n G re y an d C o lonel Gli f ton, for Newmarket. The Bishop of Oxford left Sandringham for 51 this morning, His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Major Cowell and Lieutenant Haig, arrived in town ye ster ; day afternoon from O s bo rne , an d p rocee d e d l as t eve nai ' from the Charing-cross Terminus to the London bridge station, and thence by the 8.35 train to Dover, en route f(lt the Continent. His Royal Highness the Duke of Can2bridge arrived at Gloucester House, Piccadilly, late last evel aili6 from Newmarket. His royal h ig h ness h a d b een s tay lug (—n a visit to their Royal Highnes ses th e P r i nce an d PLiace's4 ,-, of Wales since Saturday at S an d r i ng h am , an d yesterday accompanied the Prince of Wales to Newmarket. The Countess de Grey will have a dance 00 the Gth and another on the 10th of next mon th, a t the family residence in Carlton-gardens. The Countess of Derby will have her first assembly this season to-night, at th e f am il y mans i o n it' , James's-square. The Countess (Dowager) of Glasgow and Loll Diana Pakington have left Farrance's Hotel for Malvern' Worcestershire, Count Krouseowitze, from Homberg, and B 3 r °ll uotelo Bruille, from Paris, have arr i ve d a t th e Portland Southsea. The Bishop of London and Mrs. Tait entertain ed at London House, St. James's-square, yesterday evelli A g: at dinner, Lord and Lady C ranwor th, L or d an d Ll' Houghton, Lord and Lady R o ll o , th e Bi s h op o f St. fist): Archdeacon Hale, Sir D a vid an d Lady Dundas) INl'Murray, Lady Sitwell and Miss Sitwell, &c. Field-Marshal Sir Edward Blakeney, O. () . V h : Governor of Chelsea Hospital, i s i m p rov i ng i n h ea lth• T venerable officer is regaining his lost strength. MARRIAGE OF VISCOUNT POWERSCOURT i 149 LADY JULIA CO E.—The marriage o f VisOo o° ' , Poweracourt and Lady Julia Coke, eldest daughter of th e Earl and Countess of Leicester, was solemnised yesterday at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. The church vi a crowded to excess on the occasion by the numerous relatiTea and friends of both noble families. The noble bridegroOof in company with Captain Richard Bateson, arrived at 00 church shortly after half•past eleven o'clock, and was 011 joined by the bride, who was accompanied by her mother, the Courtess of Leicester. The wedding party then arranged themselves in front of the communion table—the bride beiag attended to the altar by ten bridesmaids, namely, her sisters—the Ladies Anne, Gertrude, Mary, Winifred, M ar: garet, and Mildred C o k e ; th e H on. A l i ce Jocelyn, d aug hter of Viscountess Joc e lyn ; L a d y M ary G or d on, daughter of the Marchioness of Huntly ; Miss Mary Stephens °l3 ,' daughter of Lady M ar y S tep h enson ; an d M i ss Stever," Captain R. Bateson (Ist Life Guards) attended as "groom ; man." The Rev. R o b er t C o ll yer , honorary callo Norwich Cathedral and rector of Warham, performed the religious rite. The bride was given away by her father; the Earl of Leicester. LIVES SAVED FROM SHIPWRECK.—The Board 0 f Trade state that in the nine years 1855-63 3,409 lives have been saved by lifeboats, and 2,896 by lines and ropes thr ° f_ ll o , from the sho re e ith er b y roc k e t an d mortar apparatus or 1 4 hand. In the year 1863 the numbers saved were 505 by lifeboats, and 357 by lines and ropes, THE LATE BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH NURSIN G THE FARMER'S CHILD.—Some years ego the le t° Bishop of Peterborough had occasion to visit a remot e country village in his diocese, and notice had been sent t° one of the churchwardens (an intelligent but unpretendia farmer) that his lordship would call upon him in the costa e of a certain morning, It was cold weather, and, after an early breakfast, the farmer's wife had gone upstairs for short time, leaving her baby, of about three months' old, asleep, and still in his nocturnal habiliments, in a crad le by the parlour fi re . 'When upstairs the good mo ther hear d a knock at the house door, but, never dreaming that tbe. bishop would call before nine o'clock, she took no notice it. Presently, however, she descended to look after b e a t infant son, and to her extreme astonishment, and inde ed horror, found him in the arms of the worthy prelate, WI was alone in the parlour with him, hushing, coaxing, , i , (411 ,, a kissing the now unmistakeaVy wide awake child. The good bishop, altnough then wanting not many years of threescore and ten, had walked over at that early hour fl a town three mil es di s t an t ; an d, h av i ng pro b ably rane e the infant from it s s l um b ers b y hi s k noc k and entranc e in the room, had taken it out of the cradle, and was good ri r 4 turedly acting .the p a rt o f nurse unt i l the arrival of t'"" mother. Such a man naturally won the hearts of all. FARMERS IN MUSLIN I —Can our readers pictu re to themselves an agricultural exhibition, at W;L - i e ' the farmers are attired mainly in white muslin, with t ut ; bans instead of hats, and slippers in s t ea d of boots—the std farmers, moreover, having black or brown f aces , d eco ratZ perhaps with paint, and gener a lly se t o ff by earr i ngs of o'l and precious stones, not to menti o n o th er r i ngs w h er .ever i ,, is possible to place them—o n th e arms an d th e fi nger s, °- ankles and toes ? Such an anomaly may have been a t i gested at Hanwell, but it is only lately that it has 1 011/1 40 existence in real life; and, even now, it may not be seen this country. To behold it one must have been at Calcut ta few weeks ago, when a p rocee di ng was enacte d which had hitherto been unparalleled in Indi a . F or th e id e a of t'i l " „ to novel experiment the loc a l p u bli c are i n d e bt e d, it app earSr e. the excellent Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, the Hoe. t Beadon, It occurred to him, we are t o ld, in th e ear ly P l ' r e of last year, that an Agricultural Exhibition, somewhet at the model of these held in England, would be of znai er ;, benefit to the country, by improving the breed o f ca ttle, " - ' d troducing a better class of agricultural implemente, /In . stimulating the tillers of the soil to greater c are co ncere ir t the quality of the produce brought to mark e t. To O rr "' out these objects the most effectual measures were tltk e . P. Local committees were appointed in every part of Ind s ' and announcements of the nature of the scheme were cue culated in all the local languages. The Bengal Gev er % - ment advanced a sufficient sum of money for prizes, Whic were on a very liberal scale, and f o r th e ge n er al expenses o f the Exhibition; so there was no oceasi.n to solicit su e ' d scriptions. But cont r ib u ti ons o f o bj ects to be exhi were demanded from all sides, and the response was " t' s , factory in the high es t d egree . B y th e en d o f the Year o ' o f collections were nearly completed. These, consisting live stock, machinery, and produce, were all pro P e i: _ classified, and pl ace d i n t emporary b u ildi ng s erecteddo 02: large piece of g roun d ass i gne d f or t h e pur pose. •A -T1 b the loth of January, the E x hibiti on was f o rmally () Pe lle t he Sir John Lawrence, who arrived out just in time for ceremony.—Dickens's " .All the Year _Round." GEEAT EASTERN RAILWAY.—This coa3P aOY iS showing great activity in p r eparing for its tinental traffic between Harwich, Rotterdam, en d AintLorn; We announced a few weeks since the launch of the vvaion, b, the the first of the fleet of noble vessels constr ucting Messrs. Dudgeon, of Cubitt Town, for the pany. On Saturday last the second steamer was rn Lauber of most successfully in the presence of a l ar g e nu daughter Dg the visitors, Miss Alice Goodson, the eldest daug orwing the Chairman of the Great Eastern Railway , Pr i as name d baptismal duli f s most efficiently. The s hi p Zealous. railwaYn4'-'h7d THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, Mt