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R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Leases, Piess s. Linda , and Vining. THIS EVENING the drama of AURORA FLOYD. Miss Amy Sedgwiok, 3liss Henderson, and Mrs. Simpson ; Messrs. R. Roxby, G. Melville, G. Belmore, C. Seyton, Wallace, and Cathcart. After which, KILLING TIME. Mr. Gee. Vining, Mr. C. Seyton, and Miss Amy Sedgwick. To conclude with a new Nihimsical Extravaganza, entitled BEAUTIFUL HAIDEM ; or The Sea Nymph and the Sallee Rovers. Misses M. Oliver, Helen Howard, Hudspeth, Hen d- racn, and Murray ; Messrs. C. Seyton, G. Belmore, Fitz jam2s, Moreland, and Cockerill. 711 HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," j_ Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. DA.Y.—Morning, 9h. 45m.—Afternoon, 10h. 26m. To .1102.1L0W.-Morsing, 11h. 9:n.—Afternoon, 11h. 45m. (0040 epo irn --- LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1863. The Europa's batch of intelligence from the Ame rican seat of war shows that no progress whatever of any import has been made on either side. If anything, the advantages gained of late—negative advantages at the best—have been won by the dogged resolution of opposition rather than by anything like their former enterprise in attack manifested among the Confederates. Almost all the news from the Mississippi is of a character unfavourable to the interests of the Northerners. Commodore orA.dmiraIFAIVRAGUT,es he is called now, his non-success having apparently led to his pro motion, though he seems to have really made good, according to the first accounts brought to us to that eff ct, his advance past Port Hudson, in defiance of the batteries there—is, if we may judge from one rather significant account contained in those last advice', in evil case, nevertheless. A Philadel phia newspaper of April, patting forth the intima tion here referred to—asserting, that is to say, that General BANKS has made another movement against Port Hudson, the object of which was to send the land force past Port Hudson to assist Commodore FARRAGUT! The Admiral or Comniodure having slipped by the Port Hudson batteries, it is true, with his flag ship, the Hartford ; but—having done 50—finding himself afterwards in somewhat of a quandary, or as the Yankees might call it a fix, by reason of his very isolation. Vicks burg, so far from being placed in jeopardy again, as yet, would seem, moreover, to tell a tale decidedly adverse to the Federals—the reported sinking of one of the Northern steamships and disabling of another of them, being, according to these latest fragments of intelligence, fully confirmed. Another unsatisfactory scrip of information, by telegram, relates, it may have been observed, that a Federal brigade having been started on four trans ports to Port Hudson for the relief of Admiral FARRAGUT, the Confederates had cut the levee at the bend of the Mississippi, the transports ground ing, and being with difficulty floated off again. 'While other troops, with the like destination, having been landed seven miles below Port lludion,t he Con federates again cut the levee, compelling the troops to re-embark, the attempt being thereupon also, in that direction abandoned. The accounts, in feet, are simply monotonous—relating little else than petty defeats for the Federals and petty successes for the Confederates. The evil to both one and the other all the while becoming every day more deplorable, as they slowly or rapidly, by fits and starts, increase in magnitude and intensity. The full particulars of the melancholy catastrophe -which has lately deprived our navy of so many able officers and brave seamen, have just reached this country. They are—as is usually the case with nat. ratives of such disasters—full of painful interest. 1 Yet; whilivthe prominent feeling is one of deep re gret for the many valuable lives thus lost to their homes and country, there is a degree of mournful consolaction to be derived from the heroic bearing of the men in the hour of trial. The sea is certainly the :Englishman's element, and the national character never shows to greater advantage than when afloat. The daring of the soldier, urged onby the attendant excitements of the battlefield and the reckless con fidence which frequent lucky escapes may have giv e n him, can scarcely compare to the coolness and obedience to orders which are so often shown by raen suddenly removed m fro the routine of a Peaceful profession to situations of imminent peril, where there is no "doctrine of chances" in their favour, but every life is in simu:taneous peril. It is tree that the same qualities may often exist in the soldier, 58 was proved in the instance of the Birkenhead, a loss that reflected greater hooour on the sufferers than the most bril liant military achievement. A shipwreck is the hour of trial which tests every man's mettle, and we may derive some mournful satisfac ti;:-,n from the reflection that in the present instance the test was so nobly stood. The Commodore was heard to say, while he and the other officers were awaiting on the mizenmast the possible return of the boats, that whatever happened he would be the last to leave the ship. The men, animated by the same sense of duty re mained at their posts until ordered by their com mander to mount the rigging. Many of them, I according to the testimony of Lieut. HILL, were washed overboard in obeying orders. The same officer tells us that "from the commencement and during the whole proceedings nothing could exceed the coolness and decision of Commodore BURNETT, C. 8., the commander and officers, all in their sta tions, sentries on the spirit-room and store-rooms whilst the good feeling and steadiness of the men were beyond all praise." Such testimony as this must at least lighten in some degree the grief of the survivors, by showing that those they mourn met death while nobly fulfilling their duty—a privilege which all may envy. It appears that the unfortunate vessel was steer ing her course in exact accordance with the bear ings laid kown in Captain DRURY'S chart and sail ing directions, "since the publication of which," I says Captain JENKINS in his report to Lord CLARENCE PAGET, " the middle banks and small shoal on which the ship first touched have shifted bodily and considerably to the north." Surely there has been some terrible neglect some where if this fact has long been known in the vicinity ! The directions of the Admiralty chart were known to be not only incorrect, but ab solutely dangerous, it was not only an ineffi cient guide, but a positive traitor, and yet our ships, if strangers in those seas, were suf fered to go to their ruin! Surely it should be some one's business to verify these charts from time to time, in latitudes where changes are frequent. The public have long grumbled at the enormous outlay at the Admiralty, bat their complaints will be raised louder still, if, !with all its lavish expendi ture, it can furnish no better charts to our seamen than mere guides to destruction. It were better to send them on their voyage with no chart but their compass and lead, than to direct them right upon shoals. The Southern Cross, a New Zealand paper, in referring to the recent disaster says :—" It has been for a long time known to nautical men that the Channel laid down in DRURY'S chart has shifted considerably, and:that to steer strictly in accordance with the directions would ensure the destruction of any large vessel. Commodore BURNETT and Master STRONG (than whom a more efficient mariner did not hold a commission under her MAJESTY) were strangers t) the Manukau harbour, and as the change in the Channel had never been officially notified, the ship's course was kept in accordance with the Admiralty chart The fearful calamity which has cast such a gloom over this community, and inflicted such a heavy loss upon the nation, was the result." The Orpheus, a fine new corvette, of 21 guns, 1,706 tons and 400 horse-power left Sydney on Jan. 31, and after a fine passage to the coast of New Zealand, sighted land on the morning of Feb. 7, being then about eight miles from the bar of the Aanukau. The ship - proceeded on her course, steer ing east, till one o'clock, and then N.N.E., being the courses laid down, as the master told Lieutenant HILL, in .Captain DRURY'S sailing directions. " As we approached the bar," says Lieutenant HILL, "there was nothing more to see, in the shape of rollers or sea or., than I had been led to expect. The signal from the pilot station had been flying since 11.30 a.m., ' Take.the bar;' theSommodore and Master were very attentive with the chart on the bridge, and very particular in the steerage of the ship, and in the orders to the engine room to keep the steam at Corc.mand." At half past one the first warning of the coming catastrophe was felt, the ship touching slightly on the bar. Ten minutes later she was fast on the bar, the engines and tcrew never moving, and the rollers sweeping away her bulwarks and two of her boats. Every pos sible effort seems to have been made by the commo • dore to preserve his ship and men. As soon as the full extent of the disaster was evident, he despatched one of the midshipmen in the starboard cut ter with the ships' books and other papers, and Lieutenant HILL was ordered to take the pinnace and endeavour to obtain assistance. The Wonga Wonga, who rescued many of the crew was, at the time of the Orpheus striking, steaming out of the south channel, yet, strange to say, four hours elapsed before she reached the wreck, and in the words of Captain JENKINS, " critical and invaluable time was unaccountably lost." It is difficult for those safely on shore to picture the feelings of Lieu tenant HILL and his comrades, when after two hours pull against the heavy rolling sea, they spoke Mr. WING in the pilot boat, and learned from him that he had no boat to send to the Harrier to report their distress ; that there was a ,ifeboat hauled up on shore, but no hands or means to get her afloat, and that it would take 12 men to do so. At length they reached the steamer and returned with her to the wreck where their comrades had passed some terrible hours since they left. The ship parted at about half-past six, and at eight was completely broken up. The men saved were rescued only with very great risk to themselves and to those who assisted them—the tea on the tlood-tide having be come high and dangerous. Every exertion was made by Lieutenant HILL and the survivors of the crew to rescue their unfortunate shipmates, as sisted by the two vessels the Wanga-Wanga and Harrier, It was a clear night, and occasionally fragments of the wreck, would drift pass with men c linging to them. One of the young midshipmen saved by this means is the hero of a touching incident. He is the son of Sir HENRY BARKLY, Governor of Victoria, and was supposed to be among the lost. Captain JENKINS had just writ ten the news to his father, when the little fellow walked into the cabin to the surprise and de light of all. He is a fine boy of twelve, and his simple recital of his sufferings moved all who heard him. The Maories behaved with the greatest kindness, showing the utmost readiness in saving lives and tending the ex hausted survivors. The same Southern jour nal already quoted complains that if there had been a proper pilot establishment at Pepin ga help might have been earlier available This is another point that should be inquired into by the authorities, since the precious hours that elapsed before aid reached the Orpheus might have sufficed to save all hands. It is a heavy price to pay for experience, but at least let the loss we now have to deplore be the means of preserving ns from others, and let us not have again to lament a catastrophe which has sacrificed so many gallant lives if mortal skill or prudence can avail against it. The news about Poland seems at last to promise something satisfactory. It was useless to expect Any advantage to accrue by force of arms in the tong run, however protracted might be the struggle or gallant the resistance. When the Russians grant a full and entire amnesty, it is evident that they do not expect to put down the insurrection so easily as they at first said they could. The terms of the manifesto would be satisfactory if they were not arranged in such a manner that they can easily be perverted from their pretended object of clemency. In the first place it is said that " the only excep tions are with regard to ordinary crimes, and to such offences as have been committed by the army. Then further on, coupled with the promise to main tain the institutions of Poland, it is remarked that "they shall be developed according to the necessi ties of the age and the country." Of course all this is open to various significations and the whole thing is so vague and uncertain that it is extremely doubtful if the Poles will agree to the terms offered to them. It is certainly most inconsistent to men tion in the terms of the amnesty that exception will be taken against those who have committed ordi nary crimes and offenders in the army. The Rus sian soldiers may claim the monopoly of these to themselves; their conduct has been described as almost fiendish. " They are provided, an in the ' Crimean war, with fiery and poisonous spirits, with which they are taught to drink the health of the Emperor, the officers have no power over them." It requires all the unblushing effrontery of Russian assurance to dictate terms to other lands based on the good conduct of its troops, when at home all the evils referred to are increased tenfold. Another passage of the manifesto that is suggestive of most doubtful results is this one—" The obligation rests with us to preserve the country from the return of disorder, and to open a new epoch of political life, based upon the rational organisation of adminis trative local autonomy ; we have already laid the foundations of this autonomy in the institutions which have been granted, but whose efficacy has not yet been put to the test." I❑ the first place, how can anyone rest assured that the measures which it may be deemed essential to check the re currence of these " disorders" as they are called, may not be of a class synonymous with that hate ful decree which was the origin of this wide spread ing revolt, and the iniquity of whose character has fired with indignation the states of the civilised world, and stamped with infamy the rulers who attempted to carry it out. The system by which the Czar ALEXANDER the Second, the mighty Au tocrat, the Emperor of all the Russias, sought to increase his army by seizing Polish youths at night, and dragging them from their homes, was only worthy of a slave-catcher who kidnaps his prey by every possible device, and utterly in compatible with the dignity and decorum due from one who occupies so exalted a place, and in the presence of the nations of Europe, represents the majesty of the monarch of its largest dominions. In this whirl of discordant events, it is satisfactory to notice that England, France, and Austria have addressed an intervention to the CZAR. Such a representation can hardly fail to produce some beneficial result. Compared to these Powers, Prussia:shows to great disadvantage, and, indeed, displays motives that are highly questionable, and a zeal and assiduity in forwarding the views and furthering the interests of the despot that go far to assimilate its rulers with the harsh and unjustifiable governors whom they seem resolved to adopt as prototypes. The man • ner in which the Conventions have been renewed speaks volumes for the animus that exists in the minds of KING and Ministers at Berlin. It can hardly be hoped that the Chamber of Deputies will do true:, to arrest this enormity, bat at all events, for the honour of their country let them protest against such a violation of her honour and such a desecra• tion of the rights of of her states. If the terms of the instruction given by the Minister of War to the G,mmander-in•Chief are carried out to their rull extent, it is to be questioned if the voice of united Europe will not give a greater share of blame to those who practise such treachery at Berlin than those who concoct cruelties at St. Peters burg and carry them out at Warsaw. The latter are following their ancien regime, but the former are wilfully stultifying themselves, and forfeiting the good opinion of their neighbours, and disappointing the expectations of their people, to gratify inordinate desires of gain, and follow a sub servient policy to obtain unworthy ends. Another great wrong that is effected by such conduct is, that it increases the evil and the wrong it concedes to. For an independent nation like Prussia to follow in the wake of a crushing and exterminating policy like that of Russia is to make bad worse, and to hold out inducements to that bigoted and benighted Power to run riot in its uncontrolled course. The powers vested in the Prussian authorities by the stipulations of these last treaties that have been revived are simply preposterous. Persons of all classes who pass the frontiers are to be arrested Ind subjected to examination. Can anything be more absurd as well as more unfair than this adhesion to the cause of tyranny by the rulers of an enlightened nation ? One thing is certain—that whatever results ensue from this protracted strife for Poland, so far as regards the reputation of Prussia, this will have been t most disastrous episode in her career. Long years of quietude, and even some great achievements in the march of progress, will not efface the recollec ion of this base truckling to a despotic influence, and this striking dereliction from the course that the principles of justice and the dictates of honour alike would have commanded her to pursue. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, B RITON MEDICAL and GENERAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Chief Offices—No. 429, Strand, London, W.C. TRUSTEES. George H. Barlow, M.D. Rich ard Partridge, Esq., it James Duke, Bart. A1d.,1 F.R.S. ' John Propert, Esq. Sir Charles Hastings, W. Tyler Smith, M.D. D.C. L. Francis Webb, Esq. DIRECTORS. Chairman of the Board —George 11. Barlow, M.D. Deputy-Chairman—Francis Webb, Esq. By the peculiarly equitable manner of dividing the profits, the Policies issued by this Association become payable during the lifetime of the person assured without extra premium. After having been in force a period of five years, all Policies are absolutely Indefeasible and Indisputable. 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Commence at 7. under THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with an Ori final Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, M.ss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3lo;cue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal Messr s. will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, sunnorted by G. Vining, J. Brougham, H. iddi comte, W. NulntyFe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, H. Butler, DaW1,011; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenuc, and Elsworthy. Stage-Manager, Mr. G. Vining. Aoting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. NEW THEATRE-R0 YAL, &DELPHI, Sole ProDriotor and Denser, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE TRIAL OF TOMPKINS. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, Sefton, Miss Kate Kelly, and Miss A. Seaman. After which, at VOA o'clock, AURORA FLOYD. Miss Avonia Jones, Miss H. Simms, Mrs. Billington ; Mr. Benj. Webster, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Billington, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Sefton, Mr. Romer, Mr. C. J. Smith. Commence at 7. The Weather---Sun Office, April 12, 1863. THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday. 57 Lowest during the night This day at Noon 56 Wind—S. -Easterly; variable, and fine. APRIL 13. THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday ., 51 L owe st during the night. This clay at Noon Wind—E.N.E ; fresh, and fine. 'SUE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1363. I PURITANI. Two features distinguished the production of this opera on Saturday evening. The first was the debut of Signora Fioretti, ;n the character of Elvira ; the second, the welcome return to his duties, after an absence of two seasons, of the admirable Ronconi. Of the lady we are enabled to say that without being a great, she is a very careful and pleasing singer, with a light and fresh, if not power• ful voice, and considerable taste, if no depth of feel ing. The well known polacoa of the first act, "La Vergin Vezzosa," was very elegantly delivered, and still better was her " Que la Voce," which was very earnest, if not surprising. Signor Ronconi scarcely appeared to advantage in such a character as Giorgio —one that requires a positive bass, in order to treat its m mue effectively ; b u t hi s s kill an d d r amatic insight enabled him to master every difficulty. We are truly pleased to announce that he returns with re-established health, and with no abatement of his powers whether 'vocal or his trionic. We can aecoi - dingly look forward to his exer tions in the season with the very highest expecta tions. The Riccardo of the night was Mons.Faure,and one of the best that has yet appeared in it. His manly bearing and superior feeling giving force to -,very passage that was allotted him. The Arturo was . Signor Neri Baraldi, who sang the " 0 to Cara" very pleasantly; but, as a whole, scarcely rose to the level of his usual merit. The house was well Ittended. MEETING IN LIVERPOOL ON THE l% RON GS OF POLAND.—On S a t ur d ay afternoon a town ' s meet ing was held l a St. G eorge ' s Hall, Liverpool, for the pur pose of expressing sympathy with Poland in her present struggle for independence, and of memorialising . her Ma jesty, and petitioning both Houses of Parliament to take such steps in relation thereto. The meeting was convened by his worship the mayor, in answer to a requisition to him, very numerously signed by the most influential mer chants, bankers, and others. M. Luther, the indefatigable planet-hunter, has discovered another—the 7 8 th—asteroid —which he has named Liana. Tho planet is of the tenth magnitude. HER, MAJESTY'S THEATRE. COMMENCEMENT OF THE SEASON. No season could have opened under auguries more favourable than those which marked the first per formance at Her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening. Great talent served not only to attract a crowded audience, but to arousa an amount of en thusiasm which showed how that talent was appre ciated. In addition—the key-note of the season was clearly and adequately struck. Lyric tragedy was placed before us as its dominating purpose. One of the most popular serious operas of the modern romantic school, supported by four of the finest voices which it is possible to find in Europe, and an amount of artistic skill quite on a level with physical gifts, showed the great distinction as well as force of the entertainment at this theatre. A double end was thus secured. The separation was not only marked between the aims of our two operas—the predomi nance of the serious muse at one house, as of the comic at the other—but an advantage was presented also, that is peculiar ly dramatic. Ordinary tragedy having for the present disappeared from the London stage, it is certainly some compensation that we are at least possessed of lyric. Passion in this iutenser form if no longer allied to the realities, which raise illusion and convey ethics, has still an ideal sphere in which it can refine whilst it excites. Music, if denied the power of prompting imagina tion in all its diversity, or of painting character in all its truth, can still repay us by its almost unequalled command of the emotions. Serious opera, which is but an expansion of the Tragedy of the Greeks— in which the ancient chorus is completed, and the airs and concerted pieces unite with and relieve the original pervading recitative—seems to have a root in human sympathy that must ever endear it to refined society. Another feature of this per formance struck us as scarcely less distinctive. We can have no better proof of the advatce of art than when we see its study so well diffused as to asso ciate and vindicate the purposes of nature—when we find those national distinctions to which genius was allied in a past age, subside in the grand equality that heaven founds on gift and sympathy. A few years since we were always told that only Italians were adapted to opera—we need not remark how this shallow tra dition was rebuked on Saturday night by the pre sence of two such artists as Mr. Santley and Madame Titiens. Of the merits of the performance, whether gene ral or special, we should certainly find it difficult to speak in terms of exaggeration. On the whole we have rarely heard the Trovatore so grandly given. One reason was that all its singers were in the finest possible voice; another, that their powers and their warm reception seemed to urge them to unusual rivalry. Madame Titiens, who, during the recess has been exchanging battle fields with Midlle. Patti—And whilst the latter has been reaping some of her greenest laurels inGermany, has, with the courage of true genius, thrown herself boldly into the South, and at Naples especially raised a furore never surpassed—returns to us with, if possible, augmented force from her successes, and it struck us with an increased delicacy from her brief contact with Southern tastes. In the cabaletta of her aria D'entrata, the exquisite " Tacea la notte," we could not help thinking there was a deepened tenderness—a more dreamy and luxurious sentiment, and not less in the " D'amor sull alt rosee "—of the last act, that deep murmuring of affection which the soul of Leonora seems to exhale towards her imprisoned lover. In all her other leading solos all her old excellence was manifest•—all her unrivalled passion, all her consummate art, from the indignant fury of her share in the finale of the first act, to the piteous appeal in the last, the "Mira di ecerhe," for the delivery of Manrico, and the transport in which it culminates, the " Vivra contende"—when her boon has been obtained at the sacrifice of herself—all these, coupled with the exquisite pathos of her dying address to her lover, displayed a power in Madame Titiens which we may easily term unrivalled. The Whole performance is in fact a masterpiece, which makes the charac ter her own, If Mdme. Alboni's placid face and bounteous person presents rather the reverse of tin. physical idea of the suffering gipsy Azucena, she still was able to fulfil Franklin's dictum—that mind can conquer matter—in the manner in which her genius made us conscious only of the presence of her vocal and dramatic power. Her incom parable voice, and her most rerfect mode of singing, left no point in the music unrealised, from the vivid terrors of the " Stride la Yampa" to the tender and pathetic d murmuring of the gypsy's in the last act. Signor Guiglini also seems to return to us with an increase of power this season, his noble voice unchanged, whilst his energy and feeling are conspicuously deepened. He may now securely take his stand as our leading tragic tenor, and without vanity claim possession of a whole round of lyric heroes. In Manrico, which w as a l wa y s one of his vividest 'impressions, ho never shone more signally than on Saturday night last. He re newed all his great successes from the wonderful tenderness of the " Ah, ei ben mio," never so given in our kno w l e d ge , an d the kindling fire of hi s " de quella pi ra ," t o t h e p r ofound pathos, wholly unap • preached, of his "Ah. the la alone," which, as usual, was v er y ve hemently and deservedly encored. TAelert. culture,Santley hveereyewadeds a edquate:y completed this group of vocal l um i nar i es . T o his superb voice, an d hi s per depth of dramatic feeling which befits him to essay the severest trials of the lyric drama. His delivery of the ' Ii Balen" was, A' course, one of the great features of the night, and was rewarded with its usual, and always merited, redemand. And not less admirable was his treat ment of the music of the Count throughout, and more especially in the last act. Each of the great favourites we have named was honoured with the most cordial demonstrations throughout the opera, sharing in all the warm recalls which marked, as usual, the close of the acts. In support of their exertions we are happy to -announce that the chorus, which we believe has been imported entirely from Italy, was very full Ind well disciplined; and the band, under Signor Arditi, which appears to be augmented to 100, Jvinced an amount of skill quite on a level with its numbers. We must add that this reproduc don had also the advantage of some pleasing scenery—a moonlight especially, in the last act, doing every justice to the fame of Mr. Calcott. Having thus referred to the leading artistic dis tinctions of the evening, it is but justice to Mr. Mapleson to mention a few of the material with which he has sensibly added to the comfort and oeauty of the theatre. The entire house has been redecorated; the amber colour, in deference to the taste of the ladies, has been retained; and whilst all the patterns of the mouldings of the proscenium and boxes remain the same, th e y have been regilt and retouched so much as to regain their early fresh ness. Great comfort also has been secured in the ampler size and ease of the seats, and though thi s advantage has been gained in the stalls by a further contraction of the pit, Mr. Mr. Mapleson has compensated the public by throwing open the cent re o f t h e f our th tier of boxes, where the advantage of sound and sight will be even more enjoyed. This addition to what may be called, the democratic part of the audience, if it should rob the theatre of a little of its dignity, will undoubt edly add much to its warmth, and have a percep tible effect on the exertions of the singers. Between the second and third acts of the opera a cantata was introduced, in honour of the recent royal marriage—the words of which were by Mr. Oxenford, and the music by Mr. Cusins—but of this All we can say is that it was moderately well re ceived. This noble performance is to be repeated on Saturday next, when we doubt not it will attract is to be given the " Puritan',"supported by Mmde. AS brilliant a n a udi e nce as at first, a nd on Tuesday Titiens, Signor Guiglini, and Mr. Santley. A NON-SEQUITUR.—FABLE 1,11.011 LESSING.—A hawk pounced upon a nightingale singing in the hedges, crying, " Since you have such a sweet voice, how delicious you must be to eat!" Was this ignorance or irony in the hawk ? I don't know, but I heard soma one say yes - erday, " That young lady, who siege so delightfully, would make an excellent wife,"—Anwic" 13(114r' LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE INSURRECTION IN POLAND. CRACOW, APRIL 12, The Superiors of the Carmelite and the Reformed convents have been placed in confinement. The reasons for these arrests, as well as for those of Herr Bentknowski and of M. Chrzanowski, one of the writers for the Czas, who are still in custody, have not transpired. RUSSIA. AN AMNESTY FOR POLAND. ST. PETERSBURG, SUNDAY. To-day (being the Russian Rimer Sunday) an Imperial manifesto has been published, granting a full and entire amnesty to all Poles in the kingdom who shall lay down their arms and return to their allegiance by the 12th of May. The same term for laying down their arms and giving in their sub mission is also fixed for the insurgents in the Western Polish provinces. The only exceptions are with regard to ordinary crimes, and to such cffences as have been committed by the army. The manifesto further announces that the institutions granted to the Polish people shall be maintained, and after practical experience shall be developed according to the necessities of the age and the country. ST. PETERSBURG, ►SUNDAY. The following is a summary of the text of the manifesto granting an amnesty to the insurgent Polcs " The obligation rests with us to preserve the country from the return of disorders, and to open a new epoch of political life, based upon the rational organisation of administrative local autonomy. "We have already laid the foundations of this autonomy in the institutions which have been granted, but whose cfflceey has not yet been put to the test. It is our desire to maintain these in• stitutions, while reserving to ourselves the right of proceeding with their future development accord ing to the requirements of the age end of the country." ST. PETERSBURG, APRIL 12 (Evening). The amnesty granted by the Imperial ukase ap plies not only to all Poles, but also to such Russians as have taken part in the insurrection, and who stall lay down their arms before the Ist of May (old style). MEXICO. ST. NAZAIRE, APRIL 13. The Messageries Imyeriales steamer Floride has arrived here from Vera Crt.z. She brings intelli gents that the attack upon Puebla was expected to commence on the 16th March. R 0 M E. ROME, SATURDAY EVENING. Cardinal Barberini died to-day. FRANCE. THE POLISH QUESTION. PARIS, APRIL 13. The likniteur of tc-day in its bulletin, says:— "The Austrian Government having displayed views upon the Polish question in conformity with those of the Western Powers, an understanding has been established between the three Courts for acting in concert towards the Cabinet of St. Petersburg." Referring to the statement put forth by some journals to the effect that it is impossible to esta blish an accord between the French, English, and Austrian Governments, Le Pays distinctly denies the accuracy of this sin:ster accusation, by saying, " The accord is possible, because it exists." According to Le Constitutionnel, In Prussia, it appears, just now, they are less occupied with e consideration of the Polish question than with the Danish Decree of the Ist of April. They seem there to be even now undecided es to the attitude like]) to be taken upon that subject by the Government at Berlin. It is generally supposed that before pie. nouneing in any way defieitively in reply to that decree, the Germanic Diet will be convoked. In the meantime, they effect to rely with confidence on the concurrence with Prussia of Austria, Bavaria, and Hanover. le Siecle still maintains with confidence that so far from the Polish Revolution dying out, it steadily and appreciably increases both in extent, and therefore also in importance. L'Opinion Nationale, of today, on the contrary throws somewhat of a damper on the hopes of the friends of Poland by intimating, and this time with the utmost distinctness and precision of words, as a fact now perfectly well known,'its as sertion of yesterday that the Court of Vienna has expressed itself entirely satisfied with the good in tentions of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg in regard to the Poles! BOURSE, April 11.—The market has again re covered its firmness and buoyancy, and the business has been at an improvement on the closing rates of yesterday. Threes, for the Account, are now at 70f. 15c. Mobilier have also advances. Little doing in Railway Shares. The market continued firm to the end, and closed as follows : _ it per Cents. 97 50 Do, end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 20 Credit Mobilier 1447 60 no. end month 1453 75 Bank Shares 3375 - Credit I , oncier 1525 Italian Loan 72 85 Do. end month 72 60 New ditto Do, end month 73 75 Russian Austrian Spanith Thrses.... Homo Debt ...... 50 RA IL 0r10am...-. 'AYS. Cash. Accotnt. 1013 75 1015 Northern .... - New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1200 .. 1203 75 Geneva 426 25 .. 435 Southern 777 60 .. 780 Western - Eastern 540 .. 640 Sardinian . Austrian I,orp hard North of Spain Saragossa 757 60 .. 760 Ditto to Barcelona .. 1050 - WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS• iOUTIIAMPTON, Sundsy. The Royal Mail Company's steam ship Atrato, Capt. Woolley, with the above mails, arrived this morning. She brings 99 passengers and specie to the value of 995,818 dole. Strange occurrences were daily happening at St. Thomas, caused by the presence of several Fede ral war steamers, which continually keep up steam in the harbour, and whose commanders were acting in a most extraordinary manner. On March 20 the British steamer Neptune left St. Thomas, bound for Havannah in ballast. She was immediately pur sued, but unsuccessfully, by the Federal war steamer Waucbusetts. On March 24 the British steamer Dolphin sailed from St. Thomas for Nassau, with a general cargo on board ; within 15 minutes of her departure she was chased by the Wachusetts, and soon after boarded and captured. A prize crew from the Wacbusetts was put on board the Dolphin, with orders to take her to Key West. The Wachusetts then returned to St. Thomas. Her Majesty's ship Nile was in the harbour, but not until 48 hours after the return of the Wachusetts, nor until the Nile had left the island, did the fact transpire that the Wachusetts had 16 of the crew of the Dolphin on board, who were indignantly landed in a state of destitution, and were sent home by the Atratu as distressed British seamen. It is stated that the Dolphin was bound to Nassau, and that her crew were engaged only to that port, it being the inten tion of her owners that she should be sold to the highest bidder. Informati on by tli e that St. T becoming a Federal war 'Thomas is fast Atrato reports station, and the arrest o f s hi pping ions. No less than s even w m o st unscrupu ar steamers were shortl) expected at St. Thomas, and the United States con snl stated that 5,000 tons of coal were to be sent there to form a depot. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 11. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess Helena and Princess Beatrice, attended by the Duchess of Athole, drove out yester day afternoon in a carriage and four. Colonel Hon. A. Hardinge attended on horseback. His Royal Ilighnese Piince Alfred, attended by Kingscote, rode this morning- SUNDAY. Tile Queen, Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Prince Louis of Hesse, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. Tne Hon. and Very Rev. Dean of Windsor officiate d. Her Royal Highness the Princess Louis of Hesse and the infant Princess continue to progress favourably, It is understood that as soon as the health of the Princess Louis of Heese is re established her Ma jesty, accompanied by her Royal Highness, will go to Osly , rne, and remain there until the Princess has quite recovered her strength. The Queen and Court will then return to Windsor, and, after a short stay at the Castle, will start fur Balmoral, where it is expected her Majesty will arrive about the middle of May or soon after that period.— Court Journal. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.—SAN DRINGHAM. Sunday.—Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales rode out yesterday in the N icinity of the hall. The Prince has quite recovered from his recent slight indisposition. Ilis Royal Highness has accepted a terrier dog, presented by Mr. Willins, of Gor gate Hell, in this county. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by Lieut.-Gen Knollys, Capt. Grey, Mr. Fisher, lion. Mrs. Bruce, and lion. Mrs. F. Stoner, at tended Divine service this morning at Sandringham Church. The Rev. Dr. Stanley officiated. Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Clifton and Sir itichard Airey, has arrived in town from Portsmouth. The Duke of Montrose return 4 to town to-mor row from visiting Lady Emily Foley at Stoke Edith Park, Herefordshire. The Duch, ss end Lady Violet Graham tcre expected home this week from Pi.ris, where they have been sojourning en route home from Egypt and Italy. It is stated very positively that the Prince and Princess of Wales have accepted an invitation to spend a few days with the Emperor and Empress at Fonfaii ebleau; the recent excursion of the Empress to that palace is said to have been connected with preparations for this interest ing visit, The Earl and Countess of Derby came to town on Saturday from Tunbridge Wells. The noble earl has greatly improved in health. The Earl of Sheffield met with a severe accident from the kick of a horse at the volunteer review at Brighton on Easter Monday. His lord. hip is going on well. The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor left town on Friday for Paris where they purpose a fortn,ght's sojourn. Lord and Lady Vivian have arrived in town from Glynn Bodmin, Cornwall. Leidy Chelmsford has issued invitations for an assembly on Thursday, the 23d inst., and for a dance on the 4th prox.,at the family residence in Eaton-square. Lord Stanley, M.P., has arrived in town from Knowsley Park, near Prescott. Lord George Manners, M.P., and Lady Adeliza 'Manners come to town ear y in the present week, from Aeveley Park, near Newmarket, for the season. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons and Lady Charlotte Denison left Ossington Park, Notts, at an early hour this morning for the New Palace, Westminster. Sir Robert Peel, M.P., arrived in town on Saturday morning, from Mice, Lady Emily is expected home in about a fortnight. General Sir Wm. M. Gomm, G.C.8., is recover ing from his recent illness. There is now every hope of his recovery. La Marcbesa Gactini, nee Piccolomini, is coming to England, expressly to sing at three performances to be given at Her Mejesty's Theatre for the benefit of its ex lessee, Mr. Lumley. Mdlle. Titiens, Madame Letnmens-Sherrington, Miss Palmer, Messrs. Sims Reeves, Montem and Sant.ley are already engaged, we pet ceive, for the N.r wich Musical Festival. The new oratorio by M. Silas is Nntitled '•Joash," the new cantata; by Mr. Benedict, Richard Cur de Lion. FEDERALS AND CONFEDERATES.—Henri Dray. ton continues to give his attractive and interesting entertainment on the American Question, with pictorial and musical illustrations, at the Polygraphic Hall, every even ing, and on Wednesday and Saturday afternoon. All the news from the North and the South is duly incorporated in the lecture in the telegram style, as each mail arrives. The success of " Macbeth" in France is still a subject of conversation in theatrical circles. Shakespeare has made slow progress in France since Vol taire translated "Julius Caesar," and called its author ac inspired savage. The street boas of Faris used to follow Macready shouting, " Monsieur Macbet," "Monsieur Mac bet," and even that great actor's performances were looked upon with half admiration and half disgust; and now the most wild and imaginative of Shakespeare's plays attracts audiences in Paris, in spite of Banquo's ghost, and the witches' brown paper noses, which will too oft e n ge t l oose a nd fall into the cauldron.—Lady' s _New s p aper . PRINCE NAPOLEON.—A Russian semi-official print makes light of Prince Napoleon's speech in the Senate, and speaks of him as a man of no weight, whose opinions have no echo, That he is not authorised to speak officially on behalf of the Empe-or is sufficiently pr ved by M. Billault's disclaimer of his doctrines. But the Russia_ print is quite mistaken when it says he has no "echo" in France. It is a most curious fact that whereas Prince Napoleon, during the first ten years of the empire, never enjoyed any popularity, the doors of the Palais R •yal have been daily besieged since his speech on Poland by a large crowd, which watches his coming out to cheer him. The cheers which now greet him are quite as numerous, and much more genuine, than those which, in 1851, were or ganised at the gates of the Elysee when the President of the Republic was cogitating the coup- d' dtat. Mr. J. S. Westmacott has recently finished, in the marble, a statue of Alexander the Great, the attitude being suggested by a well-known passage from Dryden Many of our readers are aware that the large chamber at ihe Mansion House, called, for some non-architectural reason, the Egyptian Hall, is being gradually decorated with sculpture, and Mr. Westmacott's latest work is in tended to occupy a niche in the civic temple. ROYAT., BOTANIC SOCIETY, REGENT'S-PARK The seccnd spring show of this society took place on Saturday at the gardens in Rogent's-park. Many beaniiful and new azaleas were exhibited, th se plants forming thotehief objects of attraction. There was a fine display of begonias and hyacinths. Among the visitors were the Duchess of St. Albans; the Countesses of Buck inghamshire and Camperdown ; Lord Falkland, Ladies Molt, Panmure, Llewellyn, Pollock, Hamilton, H. Rams dale, Fellowes, and Malden ; Baron Harnbro ; Sirs Walter Stirling, J. Rennie, J. Mountjoy, and F. Golder:aid, and the French, Danish, Bavarian, Spanish, Turkish, Ame rican, Brazilian, and Austrian Ambassadors. First prizes were awarded for the best two azaleas (amateurs) to Mr. J. Cross, gardener to Sir F. Goldsmid, Regent's-park ; for the best six azaleas (shown by nurserymen) to Mr. C. Tut ner, Slough, Bucks; for the best three azaleas of 1860, '6l, and '62 (open) to Mr. C. Turner, Slough, Bucks; for 12 hyacinths (amateurs); to Mr. A. Carr, gardener to B. Noakes, Esq., Highgate; for 12 byacinths (nurserymen). to Messrs. W. Cutbush, Highgate; for siz amaryllis (open), to Mr. R. Parker, nurseryman, Tooting ; for 12 British ferns (open), to Miss Clarkson, 40, Avenue-road; for six begonias (open), to Mr, J. Cross, gardener to Sir F, Gold smtol ; and for six miscellaneous plants (open), to Messrs, J, and C. Lee, nurserymen, Ham mersmith. Mark PRI N L T e E m R o S n ' AEL,Mc:HtohUe editor o sEs.—W ef Punch, understand has con sented o h 1,71 sented to give a dramatic reading, in aid of this society, of his popular" Hearts are Trumps," in the large hall of the Whittington Club, on Saturday, the 2d of May; when we hope a good party a ill assemble to assist the object, for two reasons—first, because the funds of the institution sadly need replenishing . Mr. Lemon in thus endeavouring to assist the cause of be uevolence. COURT-MARTIAL ON CAPT. HILLY AR AND LIEUT. LILLINGSTON. PORTSMOUTH, Saturday. —Ti .e court reassembled this morning at nine o'clock. During he day Lieut. Sandys, Lieut. Hunt, Mr. Long, midship man, and Sub-Lieut. M'Kecknie, were severally examined up to five o'clock, when the Court adjourned until Monday, when the latter ( fficer will be croes-examined by the pri -,oner, and the further examination of witnesses continued. As yet not one half of those for the prosecution have ap peared before the Court, therefore it is probable the proceed ings will occupy some time, if we may judge of the slow progress hitherto made. A FACT FOR NATURALISTS.—In the village of Knightley, near Staffui d, a par rot, which had been confined in a cage for lb years, recently laid two eggs—one on the .6th ult,, 4 and the other on the 20th.—)5tafordsitire Ad vertiser. GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S GALLERY, Everybody who knows anything at all about its being there "On View" .aaa already, as a matter of course, been to this wonderful gallery of George Cruikshank's ! We ourselves have l',oked in there time and again —each visit enhancing our admira tion not less of the industry than of the genius of that Prince of Caricaturists. On Saturday afternoon we al ere tempted in there, however, yet once more by reason of our receiving an invitation for that day, especially, from that dear and honoured old friend of us all: of all those who hate a wt ong, who love innocent and wholesome laughter, who loathe a vice, and scorn a meanness, and delight in the freaks of a quaint and apparently inex haustible imagination. The invitation had about it something peculiarly alluring. It set forth that, ora Saturday afternoon, at three of the clock, George Cruikshank would himself " Lecture" upon his own very large and curious collection of draw ings, etchings, water-colour sketches, and oil paint ings—works of art and marvels of fun—produced by him during more than the last past half-cen tury. " Lecture," as it happened (very pleasantly), turned out to be not by any means the right word. For there, at a few minutes after the appointed time, we had the gratification of finding— the Lec turer, can we possibly call him P—the great Artist- Humourist ji st beginning to loiter round the room with his hat on, pointing, every now and then, with the ferule of his walking stick to one or another of the comical rectures hung upon the walls of the gallery. Accompanied, as he slowly, almost imperceptibly moved round the room, by a "Laughing Audience" —this time not Hogarth's, but Cruikshank's ! Cruikshank talking, as he went " through" his col lection, now in regard to this picture, now in regard to that—telling us at elle moment an anecdote, and at another some strange little fragment culled from his own autobiographic recollections. Answering any chance question that might be asked him by a bystander. Always in " merry pin," as Cowper oddly phrases it always in good humour, pert . ..coy self-possessed, and purely conversational. Working as he has done, and that too so assiduously —" Scrape ! scrape ! scrape !" as he said, for hours and hours, during days upon days,:yearaafter year; the little varnished copperplate before him, the etching-needle in his hand, the magnifying glass at his eye, " Scrape ! scrape! scrape !" said he, serio comically, " like a squirrel in a cage"—working hard like this for the better part of sixty years, George Craikshank scarcely bears the mark of sixty years at the very outside, upon his ever-delightful and characteristic lineaments. Yet there, around him on Satur day, was much of the right good work begun full sixty years ago—his own personal appearauce (apparently in denial of the fact) to the contrary, neverthless notwithstanding ! At the least a hundred oil paintings, water colour drawings, and original sketches! At a moderate calculation a thousand proof etchings from some of his most famous productions! To say nothing of his huge and highly elaborated allegorical oil painting in the cause of Temperance—" The Worship of Bacchus." Begin-. ning his good work when a little child of no more than eight or nine years of age, George Cruikshank is still " at it," as keenly observant, as droll in fancy, as large of heart, as noble in purpose as when he first had his sense of the ludicrous awak ened by seeing through a taproom window the plaster bust of Shakspere wish the clay pipe in its month. Long yet may he flourish amongst us, this merry reformer of his age, this kindly satirist ! THE FRENCH AND FLEMISH EXHIBITION, A tenth annual exhibition of pictures by living French and Flemish artists has this morning been opened at Mr, Gambert's Gallery, in Pall-mall. On Saturday we had the gratification of attending the private view of the collection for the present season. Not an exceptionally remarkable exhibition in any way, we should observe at once. But still a very admirable collection nevertheless. As among the Foremost of the chiefs of his charming school Nl. Meissonier has but a single contribution, this year in the Gallery. Our own John Gilbert, who smokes, while he manipulates with his won drously tecile pencil on the sleek box-wood, we feel assured, could not but bo interested, surely, to glance it :his sketch, by M. Meissonier, of his brother artist, • The Eicher "—his lit cigar in his left hand, his right delicately touching the plate with his etching needle ! A couple of the foremost pupils of Meis sonier make up for his own slight appearance, this season, on the wall or in the catalogue. M. Chavel, `or example affording us a minute glimpse of an `Artist's Studio," with the artist at his easle. Raiperez depicting, among other scenes, a room, ure might suppose, in an old barrack, with a •oldier amusing his comrades by enacting the part of a guitar-player. M. (Jerome—whose name is ever :tuned to now with eager interest—contents himself with one strange Oriental spectacle, fantastic, :listost grotesque, to western eyes—" A Group of Camels at a Fountain.' M. Frere—the Thomas Webster of France—has two delightful pictures that vi-itors will be safe to cluster about—one "The Arri val at School"—the other, " Breakfast-time at the Farmhouse." Besides these,he has a cluster of children overtaken by a storm, and another contribution also lepicting the mournful form and features of a widowed mother. M. Tissot's " Young Luther at Church" is an odious subject, and one that, as here t reated, is nothing less, to our mind, than eminently repulsive. The same artist's "Dance of Death," lowever—though hanging too high for satisfactory examination —appears to us, in many respects, to be very fine: the procession of figures, helter -skel tering down kill, being brought out marvelously on that hill aide against the glare of a ghastly sunset in the sky. Ttiough we miss Madlle. Rosa Bon heur alto ;ether from the gallery this year, we have M. Auguste lionheur's " Meadow Scene in Auvergne." Other contributors of various excellence we should be tempted here to particularise had we time and space or doing so: among these are MM. Poiteven, Achenbach, and Decamps. Sweetly pretty is M. Stevens' " Conversation at the Window.' There is delightful picture of Beethoven in his youth, top booted, long-heired (Was he then dead ?), seated at he piano ! To do anything like justice to the Ex nibitiou it requires to be visited more than once, even by the most vigilant of art-critics. AN ESSAY AT A COLLAR OF SS. FOR A STEED !--• Spanker, the property of 0* * D". Saturday, the 16th of September next, will be sold, or set up for sale, at Skibberdeen,—A strong, staunch, steady, stund, stout, safe, sinewy, serviceable, strapping, supple, swift, smart, sightly, sprightly, spirited, sturdy, shining, sure-footed, sleek, smooth, spunky, well•skinnei, siztd, and shaped, sorrel steed, of superlative symmetry, styled Spanker; with with small star and snip, s i vare sided, slender shouldered, sharp sighted, and step singularly stately ; free fi one slraiu, sprain, spavin, spasm, stringhalt, scistica, stag goes, strangles, sealing, sellander, surfeit seams, strutimus swell ings, sorrances, scratches, splint, squint, scurf, sores, snattering, shuffling, shambling gait, or symptoms of sick ness of any sort. ffe is maker stiff-mouthed, shabby coated, sinew-shrunk, spur-galled ; saddle-backed, shell toothed, slim-gutted, surbated, skin-scabbed, short-winded, splay-footed, or ,htulder-slipped, and is soiled in the sword point and st.fti-j3int. lias neither sick-spleen, sleeping evil, se' fast, snuggle-teeth, sand-crack, subcutaneous sores, or shattered hoofs; nor is lie sour, sulky, surly, stubborn, or sullen in temper, .A either shy nor skittish, slow, slug gish, or stupid. He never slips, strips, strays, stalks, starts, stops, shakes, snivels, snuffles, snorts, stumbles, or et cks, in hi- stall or stable, and scarcely or seldom sweats. He has a showy, stylish, switch-tail or stern, and a sate set of shoes on ; can feed on s übble, sainfoin, sheaf-oats, straw, sedge, or Scotch-grass. Carries sixteen stone with sur • prising opted in his stroke over a six-foot sod or stone wall. His sire was the sly obersides, on a sister of Spindleshanks, by Sampson, a sporting son of Sparkler, who won the sweeps'akes and subscription plate last session at Sligo. His selling price sixty-seven pounds sixteen:shillings and sixpenco sterling.—A Handbill, dated 1829, quoted in the History of Horse Racing. S►r Tat ton 63 kes stood six feet in his stockings ; he allowed nn spare fhsh to grow; he was Jackson's beet amateur pupil ; and though he never figured in tue ave once when he came down from the Grand Stand at Doncaster to shake hands, at 88, with Tom Sayers after his great fight at Farnborough, and an extempore ring was formed for him by the admiring bystanders—he was one whom no "rough" ever ventured to make free with. Sir Cation Sykes' best epitaph was thus spoken by a pair of honest Yorkshire lips at his funeral—" Eigh, well I there'll. inayba be a vast o' Sir Teuton Sykes's—and the wore tha better', but there'll niver be nobbut one ' Sir Tatton.' TOIIIII ~_,_DiEN • ta% Tar