The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-07 00:00:00

fiONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE CITY, TWELVE O'CIOCIC. The Money Market exhibited a less active ap pearance this morning, the requirements of the commercial public having been somewhat abated. First class three months' calls have been nr4gotiated at 31 per cent., although 3/ should be quoted as the general rate. About £lll,OOO in gold was purchased by the Bank authorities yesterday. Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days has been inter rupted by the Easter holidays. In the private market, however, prices generally have experienced no material variation. Two O'CLocK. At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 69f. 85c.—Firm. The English Stock Market this morning continues inactive, and prices are generally heavy. The attention of the dealers has been chiefly directed to the foreign departments, and the operations in the funds have consequently been on a most limited scale. Consols are 921 / for money, and 921 1 for the May:settlement. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are heavy at 901 91; the New Two and a Half per Cents. have been dealt in at 76; and the 30 Years' Annuities at 141 13-16ths ; the India 5 per Cent. Loan is dealt in at 1081 9 ; and the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper has improved to 1071 ; 19. Exchequer Bills continue at se. to 2s. die. In the Foreign Market this morning a large business has been transacted. Grenada Bonds have risen to 151; the New 2 per Cents, to 331 a ; the Deferred to 81 1 ; do. Land Warrants to 61 7} ; Greek to 28/ 29 ; do. Coupons to 131 1 ; Mexican to 331 1 ; Turkish Consolides to 491 ; Old Turkish 6 per Cents. are 901; do., 1858, 681 1; do., 1862, 69 1 ; Venezuelan, 60 1 ; Italian, 71,1 ; do. New Scrip 11 1 prem ; Spanish Deferred, 461 47 ; do, Passive, : do 101; Portuguese, 471 49 ; Peruvian, 871 88 ; Russian, 951 961; Egyptian, 971 98. The Confederate Loan, after being 4 to 3 die, has risen to 11 to 1 die. Business in the Railway Share Market has been rather inactive, but a firmer tone has prevailed. Great Easterns, South-Westerns, Midlands, and South-Easterns have each improved about 55., while North-E Astern (Berwick) have declined 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without material alteration, Dutch Rhenish being dealt in u at 16/ 17 ; Great Luxembourg at 151; South 11 Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian have improved to 241; East Indian to 1081 109; Cape Town and Dock to 107; Grand Trunk of Canada receded to u 20; and Scinde Delhi Stock to 1061. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are II in some instanc,s rather firmer. Bank of Egypt have improved to 31 and 311 ; London and South : 1 African to 27i ; London and Westminster declined to 77i ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam to 77g. st ------ BRITISH FUNDS— I, CLOSING PRICES. li Bank Stock 234 3 5 a d I( 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per. Cent. Annuities... 76 Anntuti'es, 80 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 14/ 1346 India Stock Ditto 6 'per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per, Cent Consols for .ccount, April 8 92s 1 1 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent lOBl Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent 2 5 11, Ditto £5OO Ditto Small 2 5 s' FOREIGN FUNDS --CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 4i per Cent., 1852.68-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 39 Chilian 6 per Cent. — Ditto 41 per Cent . _ _ Danish 4 per Cent. (1850 & 1861) Equador New Consolidated Egyptian 7 pet Cent 971 8 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1821-5, ex-Coupms 29' Ditto Account.. Ditto Coupons.. Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 721 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 33 i I I i New Granada " Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) . . 7# Pau:11,1141 per Cent. Ditto 1862 Ditto Account B7l 8 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account 4 Bl it Ditto 1862 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, 2 St — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859.. ... 601 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto NeW Deferred .. Ditto Account Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account .. 901 1 90 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account 6 Bl k i 8 1 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1802 Ditto Account 691 9 1 Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto Account 24 Ditto 6 tier Cent., 1862 ... 601 60 1 • ' Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account TRREEO;CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuKS. Share Railways. Paid., Closing 1 Business i I , Price. done. ' ~.........+. ......................di 13.14. 1 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val ' all 8 84 46 Blythe and Tyne. 10 Boat.,Sleat.,andMid.Co all 7 8 st Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian lO 112 113 1121 5 0 , 01'4 and Balloon all 20 Corn ,v,II i 10 Do A .2t.tg no di N ) all 10 Do. B ti 11 fip e.p an.ha , , all been paid to R.l) 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 40 42 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 13 14 st Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 86 88 87 1 st Glasg. and S. Western., 100 167 109 st Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 49 60 50 3 / 4 1144 et Ditto A stock st Ditto East Anglian st 100 24 25 2 1 1 i et , GreatNorthot Scotland 100 St Great. Northern., st Do A stock I 100 120 122 st Do Bdo 1 100 134 136 135 4 3 / 4 et IGt. S. an iW. of Ireland, 100 101 103 St 'Great Western et Do Str Val Yorkshire stock 100 st Lancasha Ye & orkshire 160 1084 1(84 1084 1 1 st London and Blackwall 100 7) 76 7 544} st Lou., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 114 115 14 st Lon., Chat., aad Dover 100 39 40 st Lon. & North Western 100 974 98 971 3/ st Lon. & South Western 100 10 3 / 4 1014 101 3 / 4 1 et Man ., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 143/4 453/4 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 124 Do j shares . all 10 Metropolitan all 1 2 1 12 1 12 1 11 i at Midland 6.4.0 Do New st Do Birming. & Derby 100 91 93 921 10 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 4 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line et North British et Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 24 25 241 st Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 98 3 / 4 99 961 194 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 —d 4 d st Do Leeds ' 100 544 654 554 st Do York It Do Carlisle lOO et North London 10 Do New 1946.4 North Staffordshire 1 0 N. and S. W. Junction all 114 12 et Scottish Central st Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 42 43 et Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 98 100 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all st Shropshire Union et South Devon lOO 32 33 st South Eastern et South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 100 99 101 20 staines,Wok.,andWok all 7 8 25 Stockton & Darlington all 37 38 ' 2 5 Do l5 9 10 o ' 25 Do New, 1860 8 74 71 p St Taff Vale . lOO 149 151 1 0 Do B 10 Do C 'et 8 4i 5 3 34p 50 Ulster 21 Do 12.10 Do ' 55 et Vale of Neath 1 et Victoria sta. and Pim.. 100 150 160 st Waterford & ICilkeuny 100 et West Cornwall lOO 28 30 l st Vt. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO et West Midland Oxford 100 43 44 434 4 1 st Do Newport 100 37 39 st Do Hereford 100 99 101 BRITISH. POtI'ESSIONS. Closinc ,har, rtat MANN p al e. Price. Business dont 100 , tianfic & St. Lawrene. all 62 64 itk tom.,Baroda&.Cent Lid ico 107 10 4 4. Gu. 5 per cent... 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares. 4 0 3 tullalo anti Lake atm.! 4l 5 bi 10 Do. Preference ..... all 74 8 too titalalo,Brant,&Godrid o p. et. bds. Aug. 1,1).Y , Uo. do. July 1 , 187 :• 73 100 co. to. Jou, 1, 1- , fif• et 'l. utta.N S. Eastn.. I. 100 1( 5 107 et 'apeTown & Dock St'r 1.0 1. 6 .07 107 61 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. I.oc , 107 if 8 1075 stock East Ind.an. gu. 5p av If 8 1 0 9 10.35 9 20 Do. do. G Ext 5 11 11p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of caustat, tv. 194 0 20 100 I /o. Ist Pre' . Bonds I 64 66 61 5 100 Do. to. deferred.— all 8 51 100 .0. id Prei. Bon s 4l. 54 67 100 Da. do d fer an 42 .5 100 uo. 3d P ef. stock 100 Do. do. d ietr d... al , 33 26 100 Do. 4th Pref. s o all 24 27 25 100 Do. no deferred all 20 22 stock Gt.lnclialenta.gua.sp.c 100 1075 10i4 1081 8 20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 1 1 20 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.ot India (Lint guaranteed 5 per cent. teo 105 107 204 Gt. W. of Canada Sharef. all 121 :3 121 205 Do. New .. I r 8 71 , 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 wlth't opt. all 100 102 100 Do. 55 p. a. do. '77-8.. . all 93 t 5 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1} lip 31 1 stock Madras guar., sp.c. .. 100 105 106 106 54 stock Do. 4} p. o. Extensiot. 100 99 101 stock Dc. 4. .... 100 95 ,7 20 Do. Filth Extension. 2 stock \lelb.Corp. np. o. tins - 100 50 llelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 47 49 100 Do. 7p. o. &lortg. Bds. al. 20 Newßrunswicka Can& Class A sn 1 B. all 3 5 N.Rl.C'da6 pa Ist plb& 100 E 0 ( 2 stock Mode (100 107 1( 8 at Do. Delhi Do. do ••• Llg 2 20 Do. Punjaub 15 15/ et Do. Do. .f . „ l 4 t 055 1(61 1061 stock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 1 10 ` 99 101 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Lan.6ov. 6 p.e..14 &J ut: 1877-84 Do. 6 P.C. Feb.. Au,. 100 It 4 .16 Do. 6p. c.Mar. & Sent 100 104 106 Do. sp. c. Jan.&.luly. 100 97 98 971 - . 64 Do. 5 Inscribed stool 100 95 97 (4peG.Hope, 6p c,187.. 10u ,10 112 Do.Ap & Oct. 1881 100 114 116 Do. loy, 14)1) 114 116 iDo. Jan. & July, 1891.. 101 113 115 Ceylon, Nov.ls6l. 6p . 10.' - - Msu Bias i per cent .. 100 111 112 111 Naia G.,v. 6 per cent.. 1)0 11 112 I N. ii. Gov. 6 p.c..) a.,sz,J ui iOu 106 107 i.o. (I p. .Ap. & Oc, , lOO - - NI. S.W. Gov. t. p ;.,18 Mb 101 102 Do. sp. c.,18,,, to 1 i 100 1004 1014 , Do. d0.,1888 it upwd, 100 1004 104 101} 100} , New Zealand 6 p .ciii. 100 110 112 iNova Scotia Gov. 6 p.. . I sterling, 1875. lOO 1065 1074 Queensland Gov. 6p. a 100 • 1 113 '6. Aus G01).0.1+376.6; up.. 100 111 113 Vie. Gov. 6 p.a. Ja.&Jul3 100 108 110 Do. in A n.n. A DALOnt. 100 1085 109 1084 i BRITISH MINES. 2 ICambrian Consol. Gold 1 ' 4 .1 1 d ' Anioru Amalgamated.. 19 21 i)evon G. Con.. Javirit.., 1 515 525 littst Bassett (111nzan,.. 30 78 82 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. }d o -- 11 4 t, t C ;a ar rK n d li n rea . i '3..114:: ±24 434 l 4111 I 24 ii,. wn Russel (Tavistk.l 8. 1 .6 4* 41 st,e B ,o t .n . ul 14 1 , voph u oo b o flk g ( : 7 ; t.i e c. , t n. ) : . ...) , I si : : ~ 11 : 076:7.. . : 0 54 1 642 4 :6, 557 1: 1 41 i -- Great (l anl . .. . 7 - - 1 : !Grenville ein ‘ r V ogd h s Lady Bertha 11,irgaret (tJny Lelant 3, 34 V, ilarke Valley.. 4 •lvndy Iron Ore (Lim au 1 ~ (1 New Seton .. 191 130 140 --. North Down. '4 2.0 3 ...ovic 1 Baset.t t I litt ~:tt 1.17 , 4 4 'orth Wheal Crotty 2.4.±. 5 5 'ar Consols(st. Blaze) 14 44 6. 10 .'rovidenee(Uuy Lelul., 10.3'.. - . ,2 44 South Caradon(St.Cletr 11 l 390 400 'CO S. Cern Brea (Mogan,— 5.15.fil 3 4 i Wheal Fran. (Illov‘n , 18.1 .9 , 871 921 Stray Park 5 Varner Silv.& Lead Mu, 45 4 1 ILO Pin Croft 4 22 23 Nest Basset (Illogant ll ±V Carcilon (Liskearil 5 12 13 32 34 West. Seton ..—.••••• •• - 474 oes 275 iVheal Basset (Illogan 64 75 80 .3 heal Buller( ltedrutl, 5 CO 65 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant 2.0.6 iVhealLud ott ,V heal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton _ . heal 'Pr. mwttey (Lis. 7 17 18 Wheal Union 2.r 154 1 43 1 .ti 64 1 3t . 585 245 255 ',• 3.17 i 5 54 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) Sales about 5,000 bales. Imports 841. Steady No change. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about per millo pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.221 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is arly 2-10ths rer cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 124 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.5 i per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mirit price is, therefore, about 6-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at days' sight is about 171 per cent., and the premium on gold is 551 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the mportation of gold from the United States. THE GROWTH OF COTTON IN FRANCE.—It has been asserted and subsequently denied that the cot- ton, plant can be cultivated in the South of ursine. The question appears to be set at rest by MM. Lille, Brothers, who have addressed a letter to the Lyons papers, in which they state that cotton may be cultivated in France as easily as tobacco. The ocly impediment to be apprehended is heavy rain in autumn, when the crop is fit for picking. In that ease the colour of the cotton and the suppleness of the fibre are deteriorated, but it will be still fit for the manufac thee of coarse cloths. The moue of cultivation recommended is to plough and harrow the ground in the month of February or March, and then manure the ground in the proportion of 20 tons to the acre. The man ure is to be ploughed into the ground and left so for a few days, and the ground then harrower a second time to prepare it for the seer], which is to be sown towards the end of April, in drills, about two inches de p and three feet apart. As cotton seed is slow in striking root it must be steeped in water for 48 hours and then mix Pd with sand. When dried in the sun it is to be sown in parcels of 6 grammes weight, at a distance of 2 ft from each other taking care to cover the seed with earth immediately Should the ground be dry it ought to be watered. When the plants rise to the height of 6 in. they are to receive their first hoeing. When the plants are 18 in. high they are to be again dressed in the same manner as beans. Some days after the tops of the plants arc to be pinched off, in order that they may strike oat branches. After this period the plants, being strong, will bear watering if the weather be dry or hot. In order to haste n the maturity of the plants some of the lower leaves and the useless branches are to be removed towards the end ot August. This precaution is necessary in all countries where the autumn rams, which usually occur in Octet er, may injure the erep. The crop ought to be gathered in dry weather, according as the p ds begin to open ; and they should be immediately deposited in a dry and airy place Th 9 Pandora, 4, screw gun. vessel, Commander Ruxton, tested her speed at the measured mile in Stokes B ou S tturday, but, from attendant eir eumstances, will prohably repeat the trial beforr sailing for her dettivatiou, the West Coast of Africi. The Pandora's armament comprises one 110-pounder, two 20-pounders and t wol2-pounders, all Armstrong breechloaders. 1100 . btic ls9 au,ovg hag , s ' t 1 , ico , hot, ;tla, 011 een i" is Pl) r e i . , %O dill bi° DSSP #. .I'~Ll s at the AuP Ol niveY4 ible to 3 clow , Or aere Knt and de LI ; PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. C. 6 per cent. pref., 1294 Great We,tern, 4 per cent. irred., 904 90 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1.114.15} Ditto, 5 per cant,, No. A .13% Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent., £6, 44 Ditto, 6 per cent., 125 6 Ditto, 3. per cent., 65 7 Mid. Consolidated, Bristol and Birm.. 6 per cent., 140 1 orth Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 92 1 Nor h. Eastern, 14 per cent. rd., 101 North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 10 South Wales, gua. 4s per cent., 18.'9, 100 PREFEitENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 1631 4% London, Brighton, Sic., 4i per cent., 185 z, 101 LINES LEASED A l' FIXED RENTALS. Lancaster and Carl ale, 206 f 6 London and Chatham 4 per Cent., 924 London and Greenwich, 63 London, Tilbury, and r'outhend, 91 Shrewsbury and Hereford, 136 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 8 Bahia and San Frane , sco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 211 1 Dutch Rhenish, IN , 17 Great Luxembourg, 15i Sambre and Meuse, lI lie ban Paulo lim gua. 7 per cent., 91 Ditto (all), South Austrian 23l and Lombardo Venetian, 24* 1 C a , : -i nl y u er t l i irn_ oh .:.. B. Fortuna ail N " United u n:i t a l e : I d 181 e x i if •) 'a n 5 limn.), ~O . , 1tE . 1. , G i N MthES. I,ll 3 Rey, & 1 Cape :-.- Australia (11m.), 4} Alliance ortug Bank oues j il i e c o N ii ld - o s s n 2nd RANKS. Ang Liverimol (lire.), 24 Australasia, 7.st 1} Chartered Bank 01 British Columbia, 1, 4 Bank of Egypt', 2S 3oi 30 130 304 11 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, a n d City, 94 3 , 1 Eng . ., :ion ~ and Australian Chartered, 281 i • ula. China, 241 5 i 4 Imperialyauk (lire.), 15 L on don and Brazilian lira.), ali A , London, B. Ayres, and R. Plate (a. ).221 L o udon and County, 44 31 4 L on don Joint Stock , 361 London and N irthern (lire.', 5 4 London and South Atrican,27l 7 i Netrop. and Prov. Bank lirn.), 21 Loudon and Westminster, i7i 7 Midland Bank (lirn.), li Ottoman Bank, 44 South Australia, 37i DOCKS. London, 57 61 MISCELLANEOUS . Berlin Water Works, 7/ Ceylon Company, Crystal East India Irrigation and i'anal, 1 Italian irrigation (Canal Cavour), 5 Joint stoLk Discount, 22 London Gen ral ()iambus Company (lim.), 11 Madras Irr gation and Cana., 3 National Discount Company (lira.), 84 3 Oriental Inland Steam (lim.), 6/ 4 Peninsula and 0 iental Steam, 784 74 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements (dm.), 23 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1863. EASTER ENTERTAINMENTS. The holiday of Easter Monday was evidently ap preciated quite as much yesterday as in any previ vious year. The railways were thronged with ex cursionists throughout the day, extra trains being everywhere put on to meet the extraordinary re quirements of the pleasure traffic. The popular places of resort in the suburbs, such as Greenwich, Hampstead, Hornsey, Richmond, and so on, were crowded, and notwithstanding the immense number of persons who must have deserted London in search of country scenes and fresh air, a sufficient number were left to fill the theatres and other places of amusement in the metropolis. At nearly all of these establishments special novelties were produced for the holiday audiences, theatrical managers evidently being determined that Easter shall not be forgotten as a popular festival. We proceed to give a notice in detail of the various dramatic ar.d other entertain ments on the programme of yesterday evening. DRURY-L ANE. Mr. Falconer's popular Lyceum drama, " Peep of Day," was revived at this house last night—being performed for the 347th time in London. All the original scenic effects— enlarged to suit the stage of Drury-lane—were reproduced, and Messrs. Grieve and Telbin were again applauded for their work. The cast of the drama shows many alterations. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, and Spencer ; Miss Hudson and Miss Clara Weston appeared in their original characters; but nearly all the other principal parts were in the hands of fresh performers. Messrs. H. Loraine, C. Verner, and J. Graham stand in the places formerly occupied by Messrs, Hermann Vezin Falconer, and C. Selby; and Miss Cleve land replaces Mrs. Bowers, who has gone back to America. Tee piece was acted with great spirit throughout, and the faction fight, with more people and more space, was more exciting than ever. The ballet farce of " Magic Toys," in which Miss Lydia Thompson sustained her original cha racter and danced a sailor's hornpipe,brought the evening's entertainment to a very pleasant close. HAYMARKET. Mr. Buckstone, true to his usual spirit of enterprise, determined that the public should not lack novelty, and accordingly a due proportion of that element was intro duced into his programme for the amusement of those who make holiday the week after Easter. Of the four parts into which the entertainment was divided, the first was Shakspeare's comedy of "Much Ado about Nothing." It is almost needless to say that at the Haymarket this was put well upon the stage. Mr. Howe well sustained the cha racter of the young lord of Padua, and Mr. Compton was not wanting in fidelity to the character of Dogberry. Miss Louisa Angel, from the Theatre Royal Newcastle-on-Tyne, made her first appearance as Beatrice, which she portrayed extremely well, and with more than the self-possession usually displayed by those so new to the metropolitan boards in so difficult a part. Miss Ellen Terry appeared as Hero, and added fresh laurels to those which she already so deservedly wears. Don Pedro was effectively personated by Mr. W. Farren, and Mr. Walter Gordon made a creditable first ap pearance at this theatre, as Claudio. Next followed "an original, domestic, and dramatic apropos sketch," by Mr Sterling Coyne, entitled "Buckstone at Home; or, the Manager and his Friends." The worthy manager is dis. covered in his room, reading the manuscript of his Easter piece, when, to his great surprise, he is interrupted by the appearance of his " familiar friend " (Mr. W. Farren), a gentleman with a strong odour of brimstone about him, a kind of Mephistopheles, who disapproves of many of the points in the piece. Tragedy, represented by the two Hamlets, sustained by Mr. Braid and Mr. Coe, both capital hits at Messrs. Kean and Fechter ; Comedy, with Mr. Chippendale as Sir PeterTeazle, and Mrs. Wilkins as Widow Green, Burlesque (represented by Miss Louise Keeley), Opera, Ballet, and Horsemanship are all rejected in favour of the suggestion of Britannia, Mies Ellen Terry, who proposes a grand panorama, and which Idea the anxiou. manager accepts. One of the most telling parts in the open ing was the wonderful stump oration of Mr. Buckstone, in answer to that of " a man of peace who keeps a little shop in the cotton district," and who pleads for his North Ame rican brethren. The laughter evoked was quite extraordi nary, and when the good-humoured lessee made a passing oomplimentary notice to his "American Cousin," and sat. "he liked that Sothern feller amazingly," the house posi tively echoed with applause. Of the idea of a new panorama of the principal places in the East visited by the Prince of Wales in his recent tour, Mr. Buckstone was the projector, and its execution was entrusted to Mr. T. Telbin. by whom it has been well per f rmed. The subjects comprise Cairo, the Nile, Jerusa. lem, the Jordan, the Dead Sea, Nazareth, the Sea of Galilee, Mount Hermon, Baalbec, Beyrout, and Constan tinople. A supplementary illustration, by Mr. Grieve, was also given of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, as it appeared at the celebration of the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Tableau after tableau was applauded, and at the end Mr. Telbin was led forward by Mr. Buckstone to receive the ovation due to his talents. Mr. Grieve's picture was - not less warmly applauded. The entertainment was brought to a close with the farce of "Borrowing a Hue band," in wh+ch Mr. Compton was successful ire his efforts to amuse, and in which Miss Maria Harris made her first appearance at this theatre as Pamela. There was a full house, which was cordial and at times enthusi astic in its demonstrations of approval. LYCEUM. The sustained popularity of the "Duke's Motto" rendered a change of entertainments at this theatre unnecessary, and this effective drama, therefore, held its place in Mr. Fech ter's bills. Mr. Jordan is the successor of Mr. George Vining in the character of the Duke, Mr. J. G. Shore now plays the Regent, and the rest of the cast remains unaltered. PRINCESS'S, The Easter entertainments at this theatre were the new three-act drama, "Aurora Floyd ;" the first performance of a comedietta by Mr. Maddison Merton, called "Killing Time," and "a new and original whimsical extravaganza founded on the poem of Don Juan,' the ballad of ' Lord Bateman,' and the Legend of Lurline,' entitled "Beautiful Haidee ; or, The Sea Nymphs and the Sallee Rovers," written by Mr. H. J. Byron. "Aurora Floyd" is running a successful course, which it owes to the excellent manner in which the principal characters are acted, especially to Miss Amy Sedgwick's impassioned and yet natural impersonation of the heroine, and Mr. Belmore's very powerful, but somewhat melo dramatic pic' ure of the villain Hargreaves. " Killing Time" can hardly be called even a comedietta : it is without plot or incident, and is merely a dramatic scene—a "keen en counter'' of wit between a lady and a gentleman, wri ten with great spirit, and sustained with (goal spirit by Miss Amy Sedgwick and Mr. George Vining, who has returned to tat e a share in the management of this theatre. This sketch was found very amusing, and was received with the best kind of applause for such a thing—hearty laughter. Mr. Byron's new extravaganza has good points, but it is eo very extravagant that it is unintelligible. We cannot but think that, as there is method even in madness, so an extravaganza or a burlesque should have a certain degree of coherence or sequence in its incidents. This was totally wanting in the present piece, which con si4ts of a string of scenes, in which the actors talk the most unmitigated nonsense, couched in a sort of rhymed j'ngle, crammed lull of puns, to an excess we have never heard equalled. There were torrents of puns —every line contained one and sometimes more ; and their very profusion and the extravagant badness of them, were certainly, for a time, provocative of laughter, though the audience evidently grew weary of so heavy a dose of bad jokes. But the defects of the piece were in a considerable measure redeemed by its remarkable splendour and beauty as a spectacle. The scenery Was exquisite ; one scene in particular, representing the world beneath the sea, exhibiting the treasures of the deep, its strange plants and fantastic inhabitants, was one of the most delicious pictures we have ever seen on the stage. Tne closing scene, too, called " the floral hall of the Carytides," theugh we had not the slightest idea apropos of why it was introduced, was such a splendid display of light, form, and colour, that it revived the decaying animation of the audi ence, and brought down the curtain with considerable oclat. The costumes and decorations were rich and tasteful; the stage was filled with brilliant and picturesque groups ; there were some elegant dances ; and the music, composed and arranged by Mr. Hall, the leader of the orchestra, was not only clever and pretty, but often very amusing, from the quaintness with which many of the popular morceaux of the opera► stage were burlesqued and parodied. OLYMPIC. The performances at this house last night commenced with the comedy of "Taming the Truant," in which Mr. Robert Soutar (from the Brighton Theatre) made his first appear ance here, in the small part of Captain Pertinax. The after piece, bang the Easter novelty, was an extravaganza en titled " Acis and Galatea, or the Nimble Nymph and the Terrible Troglodyte." Nothing is safe now-a-days from the ruthless hands of the burlesque dramatist. The classic legends ot antiquity, the tragedies of Shakespeare, and the dramas of Byron, have all been seized on as subjects for word-twisting and joke-spinning. Milton, so far as our recollection serves, remains as yet untouched. Milton and broad grins I—the combination might be found attractive, spiced in the modern fashion with nigger dances and parodies of opera airs. However, as the practice has met with general acceptan , e, and Easter brings with it the same licence for burlesque that Christmas gives for pantomime, the Olympic version of " Acis and Galatea" is no graver ffence than has often before been committed ; and the bur lesque adaptor (Mr. F. C. Burnand), if pronounced guilty, must be recommended to mercy on account of the many bad examples which he might cite as precedents. The verdict of the audience wee certainly anything but condemnatory, and to judge by the laughter and applause at the Olympic Theatre last night, there was no classical scholar who took a ny offence at the liberties taken with the charming fable of " Acie and Galatea." 'There is no occ , sion for detailed I d escr iption—it may b e easily imagined how th e i n cidents of the legend are intermixed with the most absurd anacluo 0' arais—hOW the rhymed dialogue is stuffed full of Fula of ' s 11 kinds,isome good, many indifferent, more bad—how an intense situation suddenly resolves into a nigger dance— how various popular airs are parodied including (alas 1) some of the movements of Handel's charming Serenata. All this can be easily imagined by any one who has ever seen a burlesque. The acting was generally good. ADELPIII. The great success of the drama of " Aurora Floyd," and the wonderful conception of the part of Steve Hargreaves by Mr. Webster, rendered the production here of an Easter piece quite unnecessary; but the untiring lessee, ever anxious to evoke a special laugh for his patrons at holiday time, gave them a new farce, entitled the " Trial of Tomp kins," in which Messrs. Toole and Paul Bedford sustain the principal parts. The plot is slight, amusing, and extravagant, and it enables Mr. Toole to show his talents in light eccentric acting as distinguished from what is usually called low comedy. Tompkins is a suitor for the hand of a young lady who possesses £6,000, and is guarded by a father even more ridiculous then the ordinary run of parents in farces. The father has drawn out a list of qualities which he wishes to find in a son-in law, " and he "tries" Tompkins in various ways to see if he possesses these qualities Up to a certain point the un fortunate suitor is mystified by the ac , ions of the old gen. tleman, until he comes across tho list before-mentioned. His eyes being opened, he humours his expected father-in law and becomes super .humanly virtuous, abstinent, and courageous. His exertions, however, are not awarded with the hand of the young lady, but he consoles himself with philosophy and a abort address to the audience. Mr. Paul Bedford played the plotting father with plenty of ani mal spirits, and Mr. Toole exerted himself--as he always does—energetically„humorously, and succ.ssfully. A very charming set scene, representing a villa residence and gar den, painted by Mr. James, ought not to pass without notice. ST. JAMES'S. To the popular melodrama of "Lady Audley's Secret," which is having a great " run" at this theatre, the manager has added for the holidays an additional attraction, in the shape of a new burlesque, from the pen of Mr. W. Brough, called " The Great Sensation Trial of Circumstantial Effie- Deans." The object of the writer—so far as the writer of an eastern extravaganza may be presumed to have any object at all—seems to be to ridicule the rage of sensation effects which has come upon the modern stage; and this he has done in a very smart and vigorous manner. Poor Effie Deans makes her debut in a mat woe-begone plight, and complains that besides her private griefs she has for the last month or two been traduced in half the theatres of London. Indeed, she hints that the managers of the present day, if they have not killed the drama, have at least " Scotched it." On this occasion she is played by Mr. Rogers, who, contrives to let it be seen that her life, like that of the Highlander's terrier that was always fechting, is "full o' seriousness," but he does it in a manner that calls forth peals of the most unsympathetic laughter. Perhaps to complete the leading features of :the " cast " it will be sufficient to give the play-going section of the com munity a tolerable clear idea of what the piece is like. Geordie Robinson is played with great spirit by Miss Marie Wilton; Reuben Butler by Miss Patti Josephs; Margaret Murdockson by Mrs. Frank Matthews; and Jenny Deans by Miss Nisbett. The action perhaps flags a little, and to repeat a trite but generally very apt morsel of criticism, a little judicious recension would greatly improve the plot. The text is crammed full of the most daring, not to say sometimes inscrutable puns, of which the sub-title will serve as a sample ; but many of them are very good. In deed, a somewhat larger per centage of Mr. Brough's ver bal quibii and oddities seem to meet with appreciation from the public than Is always the case with this class of joke making. The scenery, by Mr. Fenton, is of considerable excellence ; and on the whole the piece may be pronounced a success. The author received last night the honour of a call before the curtain. ST RAND. Mr. Byron has acted wisely this year in going to Eastern fiction for the subject of his burlesque at this house, and in choosing the story of the " Forty Thieves" he has also mhown the judgment. Few stories present more variety of incident and character for the burlesque writer to work upon, or a plot more simple and interesting or more familiar to every man, woman, and child among the audience. It has been presented in the form of an extravaganza at least half a dozen times during the last fifteen years—from the time when Messrs. Gilbert a Beckett and Mark Lemon placed it on the Lyceum stage, to the " Savage Club" per formance for a literary charity. No amount of repetition seems to exhaust its at ractiveness, and " Ali Baba, or the Thirty Nine Thieves," at the Strand Theatre, promises to be another of Mr. Byron's many successes in this peculiar walk of dramatic literature. One feature to be commended in this version is the ab• sence of female parts played by men. Very rarely can this burlesque trick be performed without bringing coarseness and vulgarity on the stage, and we are glad to find that the piece has been cast without any of these violent transfor mations. Ganem and Abdallah are both played ty ladies, but this is in good taste ; and the latter character, so sus tained, calla up recollections of the elegant Miss Fair brother. The story of the "Forty Thieves' is so well known that we need waste no time in repeating it. Mr. Byron has treated it with the usual license allowed to burlesque authors, and has obtained a very effective situation in the cave scene, by causing all the thieves to b 3 turned into stone by Mor giana and the enchanter Orcobrand, and so rescuing Cassini Baba. The business of the jar scene is carried a little too far when the ghastly head of one of the murdered thieves is drawn up by Hassarac and played with, but with this ex ception the piece is singularly fr ee from an y thin g that can o ffend the most fastidious hater o f butles q ue. Th e writing is sparkling—and daring when it dashes after p uns—and many of the songs are very happy as parodies, The scenery and dresses are equal to anything that has been seen at this theatre, and that is saying a great deal ; and the music, arranged by Mr. Musgrave, is well selected and executed, The acting in all the parts leaves little to be desired. Miss Ada Swanborough as Abdallah, Miss Polly Marshall as Ganem, and Miss Charlotte Saunders as Morgiana were all excellent—the first as a swell captain, the second ns a saucy boy, and the third as a faithful serio-comic maid of all work. Mr. Turner was jovial as Ali Baba ; and Mr. Frank Seymour—an old member of the company —made a very successful reappearance as Cassim Bat a. The prin cipal part, Hassarac (a part, by the way, which the author sustained last night at Mr. Swanborough 's theatre in Bir mingham), was most humourously and artistically rendered by Mr. George Honey. His m usical acquirements, as we expected, were remarkably useful in the concerted music and mock operatic arias, but he did more for the part than this—he gave an entirely new version of the mock melodra matic ruffian, and his bye play o verflowed with grotesque fancy. All the other performers exerted themselves in the most praiseworthy manner, and the result was a genuine success, and the loudest applause for everybody at the fall of the curtain. WESTMINSTER (A.STLEY'S.) • - Mr. Bouoicault re-opened this theatre last night, after a week's holiday, with the Scotch drama o f " Effie Deane." A few new faces were seen amongst the per tormers. Mr. F. Robinson replaces Mr. Swinbourne as Geordie Robertson; and Mr. Charles Vincent now plays the Duke of Argyll. The drama was preceded by the farce of John Jones ;" and the entertainments concluded with the farce of " Mr. and Mrs. White," in which Mr. Fred. Li .yd, from fhe Theatre [Opal Manchester, sustained the principal character. SU R REY. Mr. Shepherd, catering for the Easter holiday folks and for the patrons of his attractive theatre, produced last night an Easter novelty, entitled " Jessie Ashton ; or. London by Day and Night." In the production of the piece, the in defatigable lessen has bestowed the greatest care, and it will create surprise if it does not attract for hundreds of nights to come. The scenery by Mr. Charles Brew, particularly that of the Thames by moonlight, with the new W e stminster -bridge, the Houses of Parliament, a few sail, and other dottings, is remarkably imitative, and elicited rapturous applause from all parts of the house. The artist was called before the curtain, and received the highly merited honours to which but artistic genius as a scene painter entitled him. Among the new engagements Were Mr. William Searle, the popular London favourite; Mr. Dacre Baldie, from the Theatre Royal, Brighton; and Mr. J. H. Fitzpatrick, from the Theatre Royal, Birmingham ; and the French clowns, Arthur and Bertrand, who to their Parisian and Adolph celebrity have already added South London fame. SADLER'S WELLS. This theatre was opened last night for a short legitimate season with those excellent actors, Mr. Hermann Vezin and Mrs. Charles Young (Mrs. 11. V ezin), and a good stock company. Shakespeare's" As You Like It" was the chief piece of the evening. The Rosalind of Mrs. C. Young is so well known and highly appreciated, that on the present occasion we need only say that it was marked by all those exquisite beauties which have rendered her version of the character eo famous. Mr. Vezin appeared for the first time as melancholy philosophical Jacques, and although his reading of the part was marked with the most refined taste, he appeared to be rather overweighted in character, but not to the extent to admit of fault finding. His delivery of the well-known lines commencing " A fool, a fool I—l met a fool P the foreA," and "All the world's a stage," elicited immense applause. Although the engagement of these artistes is only for 12 nights, the success of last evening will, without doubt, cause Mr. Dudley, the manager, to induce them to prolong their stay. MRS. FANNY KEMBLE'S SHAKESPERIAN READINGS. After an absence from Londou for six years Mrs. Fanny Kemble re-appeared last night at the Egyptian-hall, where she gave a reading of Aakespere's play of " As You Like It," the first of a series of readings which she is an nounced to give at the same place. As all who are ac quainted with the writings of Shakespere know, " As You Like It" contains many telling passages, and thecharacters in it afford full scape for tha effective display of the his trionic art,.and hence bosh veteran act Ors and tyros, when they wish' to pourtray Shakespere, will cite one or more of hese passages, and will endeavour with more or less such cess, oftener, however, with less than more, to personate one of these characters. But to hear the passages cited, and the characters personated, with true artistic skill, is a treat that rarely falls to one's lot to enjoy. The audience at the Egyptian• hall last night, who expected such a treat, and it seemed reasonable to expect it from a Kemble, were not disappointed. It was apparent, before the scene was over, that Mrs. Fanny Kemble had lost none of that true appreciation of the great dramatist's spirit and that ability to render the characters of ,his plays which formerly charmed the playgoing public. She was particularly happy in pourtraying the humour of Touchstone, and the stupi dity of the country wench Audrey, though some appeared to think that she gave the best effect to the utterances of the melancholy Jaques. The audience were numer ous and fashionable, and were quite as demonstrative as such audiences generally are in their applause. MR. AND MRS. GERMAN REED'S ENTER- TAINMENT. Nothing could possibly have gone off better than Mr. and Mrs. German Reed's " entirely new" entertainment last evening, entitled, "A Charming Cottage." We remember no such first night of any entertainment. Not a hitch, not a falter, not a momentary pause from first to last. Every thing worked smoothly—without an instant's show of hurry, curry, or hesitation—from the opening to the closing of the curtains. It was a brilliant success. One thing in this mercantile age, we can distinctly promise the public, in re gard to this new entertainment, that those who go there are quite certain of getting tha full worth of their money in amusement. We never saw Mr. German Reed, especially, to greater advantage, than yesterday. His by-play through out was admirable. His versatility fairly surprised us. Now himself, Mr. German Reed in propria persona I Now Mr. Crochet, the hen-pecked husband I Now the great composer of fugues, that pre-Raphaelite of the piano, Mr. Sebastian Barker I Now one of the most eccentric oddities we have for a long while seen anywhere before the footlights, the " Queer Little, Jolly Little, Funny Old Man I" Now Sandy, with his plaid and his bagpipes I And again and again Mr. Crotchet. They were all capital impersonations—admirably well got up and excellently well portrayed. Mrs, German Reed again seconded her accomplished husband throughout delight fully. Her love story and her love song, as the Milk Maid, were perhaps, all things considered, the hit of the evening. The humour of her eerie. comic narrative about her sweet heart Joe being, in truth, quite irresistible. " Milk below 1" told in every note and word with the audience, as their rounds of applause and bursts of laughter testified. A Charming Cottage, it seems, was designed by Mr. German Reed himself—that gentleman, moreover, furnishing it with half a dozen new songs, a duet, and two trios, the last of these trios forming the finale, and the music of all his own composition. The piece itself (suggested, as we have said, by Mr. Reed), was written by Mr. Andrew Halliday. A beautiful set-scene is the arena for all the fun of the even ing—a scene cleverly painted by Mr. John O'Connor: and re presenting very prettily the interior of the Charming Cottage, with a distant view of Windsor. It would be ungrateful not to mention that one of the principal characters intro duced in this new entertainment is humorously represented by Mr. John Parry, to wit, a certain dreaded cousin of the Crotchets, one Bob Crotchet, otherwise Captain Robert Horatio Nelson Longbow Crotchet—without one buffo song, we grieve to say, but full of fun and frolic nevertheless. The whole hilarious evening was brought to a delightful close by Mr. John Parry's inimitable delineation—with talking and with singing, at the piano, and near it—of "Mrs Roseleaf's Little Evening Party." Not one individual, we should think, however old or however young, lady or gen tleman, tut of all the numerous company assembled toge tber yesterday to witness this first night's performance of the new Entertainment provided for the London Public by Mr, and Mrs. German Reed, assisted by Mr, John Parry, but must have left the Gallery of Illustration last night thoroughly delighted. __---r MR. YATES'S INVITATIONS. The alterations made in Mr. Edmund Yates's Entertain•. ment are decided improvements. The scene called "Twenty Minutes with a Medium" is happily conceived at the present time, when Mr. Home and his noisy apostles are publishing their impudent gospel. Mr. Yates as the Medium, and Mr. Power as the Visitor, have ample scope for their dramatic talents, and they are doing the public a service by drawing down ridicule on this new and preten tious phase of thimblerigging. The hall was full,notwith standing the many counter attractions, and the entertain ment has evidently entered upon a new lease of life. THE OXFORD. Mr. Morton has been fortunate in securing the two French clowns, Arthur and Bertrand. Coming from the Theatre Imperial du Chatelet, Paris, where they performed for upwards of 360 nights, Mr. Webster imported their ex traordinary talent into the last Adelphi burlesque, to which they gave an immense fillip by the daring and novelty of their tricks. They are now also at the Crystal Palace ; but will find a permanent home, no doubt, at the Oxford, at which place of entertainment they appeared with grea eclat la-t night as the novelty for Easter. Arthur and Bertrand defy comparison with any specimens of the acro batic schools we have yet seen. In the " sensational" and mercurial character of their evolutions they are essentially French; and a spirit of mischief seems to underlie most of their tricks, imparting considerable z9st to their perfor mances. It is next to impossible to describe their feats of tumbling and juggling—for juggling we must call the hat scene, where the two confreres keep the felt hat in msdias res, with the aid of a stick, for an unconsionable length of time. Negatively, we can say that their peculiar feats of lifting and poising each other, and their thousand and one antics in the air, are utterly unlike what we have been accustomed to in the English clown—who is "beefy" and sluggish to a degree compared with the aerial artists we have here. Whilst the native clown is thinking of what he is going to do, these foreigners do it. No sooner is a " com bination" arranged than the magic pose is an accomplished i fact. Professor Owen shou d examine the vertebrae of these singularly supple performers, These clowns revel in a wealth of tricks—sufficient, we are told, for eighteen dis tinct exhibitions. Their marvellous gambols include-- Le Tonneau Diabolique, le Chapeau Enchante, la Chaise Perillense, la Machoire Infernale, Tete en Bas, le Sommeil d'Hercule, la Grenouille Sautante, l'Habitant des Landes, les Santa de Serpent, l'Homme Casse, and many other rich performances. Arthur and Bertrand tie up their bodies in a way eo unaccountable that it would require almost the aid of photography to fix the precise attitudes. What is a pleasing characteristic of their performance is that they do all without fuss. They seem to have been well and early trained to their business, for an exciting occupation has not told on the frame of one of the artists, which may almost be called "pudgy," if we may apply so homely a word to so mighty an artist. There is something very comical in the repose of this little stout-set man. He is the figure of the First Napoleon, and the crisp horizontal moustache and impas siveness of feature are equally suggestive of the Third. It will be treason, we suppose, to say that the other gentle. man is very much like Mr. Charles Kean, but such a re semblance the physionomist can hardly fail to detect—and the two artists, viewed through these triple resemblances, may be more relished than without them. We have said that we should fail in a technical description of their tricks. They must be seen to be fully comprehended. B u t o f t h e result of their performances we can speak without hesita tion. Whilst combining every species of grotesque contor tion with feats of downright strength, which would of themselves place them in the first rank as acrobats—their performance is without a tinge of vulgarity. Any sense of uneasiness in the beholder is allayed by the consummate ease and aplomb with which the several tricks arc accom plished. We have dwelt upon the special attraction afforded by the engagement of these artists. The musical excel lence attained at the Oxford has long been past dispute. The selections from " Ernan;," " Nabuco," and tho new cantata " Herne the Hunter," are gems of the pure water in point of execution. In these the splendid vocalisation of Miss Russell, Mr. Albert, and the earnest singing of the little tenors robusto, M. Bernardi, are conspicuous. With commendable emulation, a new selection from " Masa niello" is produced in the same week with the revival of the opera at the Royal Italian Opera House ; and, taking the " resources" into account, in many respects the former re vival will not suffer by comparison with the latter. Uns worth, the stump orator, is irrefutable in the splendid nonsense he utters from night to night; and his chop-logic is well set off by the vocal and terpsichorean sallies of his able ally, Eugene. The sole ownership of the Oxford and Canterbury Halls has reverted to Mr. Charles Morton, the founder of the modern music hall, to whose spirit of indivi dual enterprise the public will look with confidence for the production of novelty of the A 1 class. CANTERBURY HALL. The series of halls, including the Fine Arts Gallery, were well filled last night, and the usual musical and pictorial treat awaited the audience. Grand se!ections from operas, with Miss Russell as the prima donna assoluta, alternate with the laughter-moving harangues of Unsworth (the great stump orator), and the brilliant burlesque dancing of Eugene, and eccentric displays of Daley. The novelty of last night consisted in the firs t a pp earance of " Les Freres Athos," four artists of the physical school, from the Carig nan Theatre, Turin, whose feats of acrobatism excited groat astonishment. BU RF OR D' S PANORAMA. Greece, Rome, and Mexico are the attractions here,. _and never submitted to certainly three finer panoramas were the public. Although the paintings arennevot new, the latter comes with a novelty of freshness, and one can gaze upon it now with a great interest when its Government is in rhse a a p re pe s ara tt nce of the and bril liant,olved in war with that of Fran e all th ce t c h .o a lo t l' atmosphe o ric elect in picture is most remarkable; and it is marked by which Mr. Burford's panoramas excel. Rome is also a i c t u re. Athen s, althou g h not eo strikin g , y et gorgeous truthfully portraysp a ll the brown sterile hills and arid aspec ts which so disappoint the tourist. We can confidently recommend a visit to this old established exhibition. FEDERALS AND CONFEDERATES. Mr. Henri Drayton, at the Polygraphic Hall, had no reason to complain of a want of patronage yesterday to hie highly-interestingpictorial and musical entertaiment upon the position of the Confederates and Federals of America, which conveys a great deal of amusement and instruction, at the same time; and, the more it is heard, the more popu lar will it become. 'HIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) NEWMARKET RACES—TiIIs DAY. SALE STAKES. Gold Dust Dunksld FREE HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Vigil 1 2 Queen Elizabeth Four ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. .... Cerintha Bright Cloud 3 Canace FIFTH BIENNIAL STAKES. The Ranger Gladstone Twelve ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS. Sister to Wing Cassidia Four ran. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. Bedouin Watchman Fairwater Won by a length and a half easily; a head between the second and third. Eighteen tan. LATEST BETTING. CITY AND SUBURBAN. Bto lon the field (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 11 to 1 agst Hospodar (taken) 100 to 30 agst Saccharometer (taken freely) Only a few assembled at the rooms after the races, and Saccharometer only in force. The following horses have been struck out of the New market Handicap :—Stampedo, Canwell, King of Italy, War Horse, Lawyer, Rubens, Amazonian, Squire Percy. Out of the Sales Stakes—Oreli and Emma Blake (late Alice), Out of the Sweepstakes of 100 soya each—Water Kelpie, Presumption, and !Etna. Out of the Sweepstakes of 50 sous each—Muezzin. Out of the Biennial—C by Windbound Splitvote, Beatrice, 'Water Kelpie, Bootie, Mrs. Somerville, Refuge, Gamuza, Aracan, Automaton,Thais, Glowworm, CEnopides, c by Teddington—Lady Evelyn, Gunner, Crockerton, Worthless colt, Achmet, Rosette, Flower Safety, Sweet Willie, Blue Mantle, Lady Harriet colt, Corroborator, Or deal, West Wind, War Horse, Taje, Rolypoly. DURHAM RACES—This DAY. CITY PLATE. Betsy Copeland Prairie Flower 3 Satinstone Four ran. LAMBTON STAKES. Metes dam Theobalda ... Good Advice Five ran. RABY HANDICAP. 1 Lord Dundreary Devotee .. 3 Betsy Copeland Rear-A dmiral of the Blue James John Stopford to be Rear- Admiral of the White. Captain Frederick Hutton to be Pear-Admiral of the Blue. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 2. Royal Marine Light Infantry—First Lieutenant Frederick Ley to be Captain, vice Boyd, placed on half pay; Second Lieutenant Edmund Hicks Beach Lysoas to be First Lieutenant, vice Ley, promoted. SELLITO STAKES. Picco 2 Saltant Three ran. NORTH DURHAM HANDICAP. Bohemian ....... I Upperhand 2 Bernice Four ran. LONDON GAZETTE---This Evening. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 26. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Richard Heade, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Bengazi, to be her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Bengazi. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Horace Phillips White, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Cyprus, to be her Majesty's Vice .Consul at Cyprus. APRIL 4. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Robert Lowe as Consul at Path for his Majesty the King of Hanover. 'WAR-OFFICE, PALL MALL, APRIL 7. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain Charles Mor ley Balders, from sth Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice William Edward Marsland, who exchanges. 4th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Henry Edward Bridges to bo Captain, by purchase, vice Arthur Alas+ei ton B.obertson, who retires; Cornet and Adjutant Thomas Bradney Shaw-Hellier to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bridges. sth Dragoon Guards —Captain William Edward Marsland, from Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Charles Morley Raiders, who exchanges. sth Lancers--Harry Patrick Andrew, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice George Robert Saunders, who retires. 12th Lancers—Parker Raingili, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Vandeleur, promoted ; Alfred:David Ker, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Browne, promoted. 4th Regiment of Foot—Ens gn Lachlan M'lline to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Charles Frederick Brockman, deceased; Ensign Herbert John Mainwaring Williams to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lachlan M'Laine, whose promotion, by purchase, on 3d March, 1833, has been cancelled; Gentleman Cadet Melrnoth Caulfield Gahan, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Williams. 15th Foot—Ensign Henry Kyle Gillespie Savage to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gcrald Butler Beere, who retires; Aubrey Delves Broughton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice S.vAge. 16th Foot—Bernard Ouseley Brownrigg, Gent., to be En , sign, by purchase, vice De l a P ere Robinson, transferred to the 20th Foot, LBth Foot—Gentleman Cadet John Charles Sane Irving, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Butler, promoted ; Lieutenant Charles Gor ing Minnett to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieuten ant Noblett, promoted. 20th Foot—Ensign Henry Lawrence to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles Enys, who retires; E ns ign De la Pere Robinson, from the 16 th Foo t, to be Ensign, vice Lawrence. 34th Foot—Lieutenant Richard John Philip Leeson, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Arthur George Shawe, who retires; Ensign John Macredio Mure to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice R. J. P. Leeson ; Gentleman Cadet Henry Walter Phillips, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mure. 55th Foot—George Henry T ra g ett, Gent , to be Ensign, by urchase, v ice Ogden, promoted ; Walter Lewis Pitt, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice George Henry Tragett, transferred to the 72d Foot. 72d Foot --Ensign Douglas James Broadley Hebden to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice James Robert Kil dahl, deceased ; Ensign James Elnesley Macaulay to be Lieutenant, by purchase. vice Hebden, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 20th February, 1863, has been can celled ; Ensign George Henry Tragett, from 55th Foot, to be Ensign vice Macaulay, promoted. 83d T Foot—Lieutenant Thomas to Edward Brackenbury ownsend,from 96th Foot, be Lieutenant, vice Davies, who exchanges. 96th Foot--Lieutenant Herbert Grant Davies, from 83d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Townsend, who exchanges. 100th Foot—Captain Henry Cook to be Major, by purchase, vice Henry Stratton Bush, who retires ; Lieutenant Henry Edward Davidson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cook; Ensign William Palmer Clarke to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Brown 'Wallis, who hrs been superseded for being absent without leave ; Ensign Cecil Edward Leny Lyon to be L ieutenant, by purchase, vice Davidson ; Ensign Jeremiah Bingham Kersteman to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Palmer Clarke, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 15th February , 1863, has been cancelled i Gentleman Cadet G. Pepper Lowry, from the Reyol Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lyon ; Richard Barclay, Gent., to be be Ensign, without purchase, vice Kersteman. COMMISSARIAT DEPA.RTNIENT.—Ensign Arthur Elking ton, 91st Foot, Acting Deputy Assistant Commissary- General, having completed the prescribed period of pro bation, to be confirmed in th e rank of Deputy Assistant Commissary General. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—TO be Waif Assistant -Surg eons from the Ist October, 1862—this antedate not to w car pa ry pay prior to the date on which they ceased to d , r : er Stu . : from the Army Me Heine School at Chath dents: —David Mackie, M,D., Wm. N e Bichard Wm. Hare, M. 8., Charles Wilmot H. T. Power, Gent., George Doidg w aters, William IL Bent ClapP, !CD , , uglas, M.D, Gent., Jas. Dewar, M.D., Camp / 7 0 ,r, John E. St Baynes Reed, Gent., Fred,y,, 3 ,03., Charles Albert Fannin, Gent', Stephen k rrnrgeClose, Gent., Gent. Joseph L. Curtis' M. 8., Frederick Beaufort Maunsell. M.D., Nicol (I,,ar_? . r : lyre. 'Nealor Thursfield, m . ri g t u .wi tue g rfu ,n rd o ' nog h O'Farrell, Gent. Wm. Folliott,cuurgiing., M.D., Richard Hall. M D., Kenneth Gent John George Ashton. M. " Langdon, Gent., Er M. went. ARTMENT—Chas F. MILITARYSTOAB sistant t d Marriott, Gent., n en ent of Stores, to be Deputy As EYEBRT. David Anderson, 22d Foot, having completed five years ' qualifying service in the rank of Lieut.-Col. un der the Royal Warrant of Oct. 14, 1858, to be Colonel in the Army Capt. Walter Fane, Madras Staff Corps, and Capt. John Watson, Bombay Staff Corps, to be Mayors in the - Army. Paymaster John Akin Dyer, and Pa master Fr ank rank of Captain. Dundee, 19th Foot, to have the honorary The following promotions to take place consequent on the promotion of Col. Walpole, Royal Engineers, to be Major- General, in succession to Major-General Alex. Gordon, Royal Engineers, who died March 16, 1863 : __Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Robert R ussell Harris, half-pay, 60th Foot, Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Colonel. Major Gustavus Hume, half-pay Unattached, serving with the local and honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while employed as an Assistant Inspector of Volunteers in Great Britain, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Robert Bruce Chichester, 81st Foot, to be Major, ADMIRALTY, APRIL 6. The following promotions, dated the let April, conse al of - quent on the death, on the 31 st ultimo, of Vice-Adinir have this day taken the White George William Co urten o , place : Vice-Admiral of the Blue Thomas Bennett to be Vice- Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red Henry Francis Greville, C . 8,, to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the Wh ite Sir James Hope, K.C.8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. BANKRUPTS. ----- - The follewing are the only bankrupts of any importance which appear in the Gazette : James Holly White, dairyman, Highbury-vale William Woodhams, clerk, Camberwell Edward Benjamin, licensed victualler, Bermondsey John Nichols, butcher, Whitechapel Jonathan Gibbs, coach builder, Coventry George Brown, provision merchant, Bath Henry Courteen, commission agent, Gloucester Tammy Blake, innkeeper, Exmouth John 0. Cutts , electro silver plater, Sheffield John Knowles, shoo dealer, Manchester Thomas Abdale, builder, Darlington John Roughley, jun., grocer, Little Brighton SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Fowler and Gourley, timber merchants, Glasgow John Kerr, house painter, Glasgow Robert Murdoch, wright, Bannockburn John Keir, dairy farmer, Glasgow James Ritchie, farmer, Upper Kinmouth, Kincardine shire Alex. Smith, house carpenter, Thurso fruit merchant, Glasgow John )ii`KinneY, Course of the Exchange.---This Day. - Amsterdam ........ Short,. 11 15/ 11 164 Ditto 3 Months. 11 18 11 18k Rotterdam — 11 18 11 181- Antwerp .......... - 25 45 25 50 Brussels . . --2 545 25 50 Hamburgh — 13 74 13 74 Paris 3 Months; 25 45 25 50 Ditto Marse illes 25 47k 25 52 k Frankfort on Maine -• 119 i 11 119 3 a 5 Vienna Trieste —35 k Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz .. 49 49h 48b 49 25 55 25 GO Leghorn .. Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon 25 55 25 60 25 .52k 25 60 2,5 55 25 62i 25 57i 25 621 25 5a 25 62i 621 521 52/ 53 Oporto — F ore ign Gold in Bars (Standard), per o z .. £ 0 17 9 M ex i ca n Dollars . 0 0 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 0 S ou th American Doubloons CRIMINAL COURT.---This Day. OLD COURT. Benjamin Williamson, a resp ectable •looking man, aged 49, described as an agent, was indicted for feloniously forg ging and uttering a bill of exchange for the sum of £25, with intent to defraud. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and in mitigation stated he had been induced to endorse the name of Mr. Brough, to whom he was well known, believ ing he should receive remittances that would enable him to meet the bill at maturity. Mr. Brough, whose name was forged, gave the prisoner an excellent character until the present occurrence, and he fully believed that he meant to have paid it. The Recorder, in passing sentence, said it was very likely the prisoner intended to have paid the bill, but the forging a name to a bill was a serious offence.—Sentenced to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour. John Lane, ages 43, saddler, was indicted for stealing a gold watch, value £lO, from the person of Mr. Thomas Caldicott, warehouseman, of Wood-street. It appeared that the prosecutor was passing over Len don-bridge about half-past five on the night before the entry of the Prince and Princess of Wales, there being a great crowd to see the preparations. The prisoner was walk ing on the watch side of the front of the h prosecutor, when he felt a tug at his wa tch- p ocket, and, putting his and to his waistcoat, he fou nd his watch gono ; see ing that prisoner made a rush forward he seized him, and charged him with stealing his watch, a policeman came up and also seiz.:d the prisoner, at the moment he saw something drop, and pushing back the crowd the watch was at found the prisoner's feet. The prosecutor and the policeman ad mitted that they did not see the watch drop from the pri soner's hand, and that it was possible it might have dropped from some other hand in the crowd. The jury gave the prisoner the benefit of the doubt, and found him Not Guilty. Wm. Jones, 25, and Gee. Fox, both soldiers in the Ma rines, and servants to officers, were indicted, J ones with stealing, and Fox receiving a portion and aiding Jones after the robbery. The jury acquitted Fox. Jones was then sentenced, on his confession, to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour. Jane Fletcher, described as a widow, and Geo. Clarke, an eng i n eer, were indicted, Fletcher w.th stealing 11 pipes, vane £9, and a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of Mr. Phillips, of Houudsditch, to whom she was servant, and Clarke with receiving the same, knowing it to be stolen. Mr. Dickie prosecuted. Fletcher pleaded guilty, and Clarke not guilty. It appeared that Clarke had been seen frequently at the house of the prosecutor to see Fletcher, who called him uncle, and was also seen loitering about the house. After the robbery, and apprehension of Fletcher, the lodgings of Clarke were searched and a great portion of the stolen apparel was found. Clarke's defence was that the articles found at his lodg ing had been given to him by Fletcher, she stating she had given her mistress 10s. for them. The Recorder having s ummed up, the jury f ou nd Clarke guilty. Fletcher was then sentenced to nine months' and Clarke to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, --This Day. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. Two CONSTABLES DISA.BLED.—BRUTAL ATTACK ON TILE POLICE. —John Biggins and John Dirkin, two rough fellows living at 6, Husband-street —a street rather t no with to rious for assaults — were c har g ed before Mr. Tgrwhit the following assaults on the police. George Carpenter, 36 C, said about two this morning he sa w the prisoners with some others hammering at till the s hutters. He told them to be quiet, an d they went on they got outside the door of the house where they lived, 6, Husband-street, wh ere they again made a great drunk. He advised them to go indoors, when Biggins gave him a violent blow in the face, saying " Take that, you —." He then, with the assistance of another con stable, 76 C, attempted to take Biggins into custody, when he turned round and cried out, "Let's kill the and Biggins then kicked him in the eye. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the consta ble how Biggins go t his wound on his head, and the constablfl said that one of his (Biggins) friends tried to strike him (t h e c onstable), bu t the blow fell on Biggins's h ead. Biggins then cried out, " Murder the --," and Dirkin said, " Get out the ---28 s taff and let us kill the —..-," Whilst on the gr ound Biggins bit his hand and kicked him several times, and last night he could scarcely walk. William Green, 76 C, confirmed Carpenter's statement, and said that he was thrown down he believed by Dirkin and while on the ground kicked over his legs. William Hellicar, 171 C, said that he heard Dirkin sago " I'll go in and get something to settle the ---," ;b e at ll was then attacked, seized by the hair of his head, and) sad about the face (the constable's face was badly brni oned) while on the ground kicked several times by oi the Mr. Tothill, and prisoner's companions• s s t u r ff u e c red w t it h h em th s e el m ve o s a t e o . ga id eesoten that eof ef_okt_fh C te a h : re settnrate.veaerts:aane :add H lnspector ieer h had dBo beenw Bowles, s the the he haa police, oft often o be h e a n d Mr. Tyrwhitt, after making some remarks on th© forbear bb theyo t sho hadweur cc receiveb orderedafter .c without d t eC h u n o t n y u ly .t v i n i m aking re i cia of the police, when attacked • committed the prisoners (who said in a brutal manner, in answer to the charge)—Bicr • they had nothing to say for 21 days. sacs ft e r e 8: t r c i g ! a that wed t oms for a month and Dirkin PLAYING AT " ROUNDERS " IN KENSINGTON GAR.. 4 b 1 0 young— me hnG n u , yon, of 13. Pembridgo-crescent, Bays water, and George Man se ll, o f Al ma -t erra ce, Kensington, were charged before Mr. Tyrwbitt with playing a game called " rounders " in Kensington Gardens Contrary to the rules of the Commissioners of Works. The defendants were seen by Mr. Edwards, park-con stable, 45, with some others playing at a game called rounders. He, constable, spoke to them and told them that it was not permitted, being dangerous to the passers by. Thinking the defendants would desist, the constable went his round, and on returning saw the defendants again playing, and as they seemed resolved to defy him, he took them into custody, the defendants having behaved in a most impudent manner. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he felt somewhat surprised to sea t )oung men like the defendants engaged is such a gam suchwho was place,as onlyand o doing g they his would duty inno tc a utio nin g attend t o th t h e cmo sotfie late:, t p h la e y m , t l h O e s y . each, must a t r i ld ' h e ethweouclrisnefclourmenctehem litheat sh o u l dif they n re peated the offence they were to Pena...ltY of 40s. SHIPPING—ThisDay. ---,.._ no on —South - LONDON, April 7.—Wind this day at Westerly ; fresh breeze, and fine weather. ooreir steamer, MAURITTUs, March 6.—The NePtUnel Recompenfie, and Wav ,from_Dominica ; Galeed, from sleinftceßbeetmeniohneafroar o th f. is port on the 19th Feb., and has not (DT MAGNETic TBLEGRAPH,) GnAvssEND, Tuesday Morning. 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