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

: ONE Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK, 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 negotiated at 31 per cent., although 3; should be quoted as the general rate. About £lll,OOO in gold was purchased by the B ink 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 mat ket, however, prices generally have experienced no material variation. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this day, accolding to Mr. Rkuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 691. 85c.—Firm. The English Stock Mat ket this morning continues inactive, and prices are generally heavy. The attention of the dealers has been chiefly directed to rs e the foreign departments, and the operations in the feuds have consequently been on a most limited scale. Consols are 921 fl for money, and 928 1 for the Maysettlement. 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 148 13-16ths ; the India 5 per Cent. Loan is dealt in at 1081 9 ; and the 5 ' per Cent. Enlaced Paper has improved to 107.1, 1; Exchequer Bills continue at ss. to 2s. dis. 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 ; do. Land Warrants to 61 71-; Gye,-1. to 281 29 ; do. Coupons to 131 4 ; Mexican to 331 ; Turkish Consolides to 491 d ; Old Turkish 6 per Cents, are 901; do., 1858, 681 Q ; do., 1862, 69 1; Venezuelan, 60 1 ; Italian, 71,1 ; do. New Scrip 11 1 prem ; Spanish Deferred, 461 47 ; do, Passive, 24: do- c'e”tifie..es, 101; Portuguese, 471 49 ; . Peruvian, 871 88 ; Russian, 951 964; Egyptian; 971 98. The Confederate Loan, after being 4 to 3 dis, has risen to la to 1 dis. Business in the Railway Share Market has been .rather inactive, but a firmer tone has prevailed. Great Eesterns, South-Westerns, Midlands, and South-Easterns have each improved about 55., while - North-Eastern (Berwick) have declined 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without material alteration, Dutch Rhenish being dealt in u at 161 17 ; Great Luxembourg at 151; South ati Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian have improved `4 to 241; East Indian to 1081 109; Cape Town and Dock . to 107; Grand Trunk of Canada receded to 20; and Schick Delhi Stock to 1061. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are i tj in some instant. s rather firmer. Bank of Egypt have improved to 31 and 311 ; London and South st African to 27/ ; London and Westminster declined eta to 771; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam to 771. 1 8. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. li li Bank Stock ... 234.3 5. x d li 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities • 9l 901 ti 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per C en t. A nnu i t i es.... ~ . .linuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.. Dili() for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 141 13-16 India Stock — Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto EnfaCed Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent Consols for Account, April 8 921 / ndia Stock tor Account, 6 per Cent lOB/ Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent 2 5 Ditto £5OO Ditto Small 2 5 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent .. . Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayrea 6 per Cent Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 39 Danish 4 per Cent. (1850 & 1861) Egyptian 7 per Cent 971 8 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupms., 201 Ditto A rleonnt, Ditto Coupons I al iati 5 per Cent. (;tlaremmana Railway) 721 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account li , :w Granada Ditto Deferred 8 1 1 Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) ., 7t PJruvian 41 per Cent. Ditto 1862 Ditto Account. B7l Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account Ditt9 1862 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859. Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Spanish 3-per Cent , .... Dittp Account Ditto N'ew Deferred . . Ditto Account I ii to Paszsie • • Spanish Cert: of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 i?itto Account Ditto 6 per *Cent. 18..1'2 Ditto Account Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. francs — liitto • Account .. • 711 TWO O'CLOCK. • Consols, Money Oitto Account 9 'i i May settlement 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 mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.22} per £1 sterling. On co►uparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is n arly 2-lithe i er cent. dealer in London than in Paris. adyices from Hamburg the price of gold is 124 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per £1 sterling. standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 5-101118 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 gol i is 55 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 bet .n asserted and subsequently denied that the cot ' ton plant can be cultivated in the South of vrance. The question appears to be set at rest by MM. Lille, Brothers, who have addressed a letter to the t yens papers, in which they sta'e that cotton may be cultivated in France as easily as tob4co. The only impediment to be apprehended is heavy rain in autumn, when the crop is fit for picking. In that case the colour of the cotton and the suppleness of the fibre arc deteriorated. but it will be still fit for the manufac tbre of coarse cloths. The mole of cultivation recommended is to plough and harrow the ground in the month of February or March, and then manure the ground i n the proportion of 20 tons to the acre. The manure is to b e ploughed into the ground and left so for a few days, and the ground then harrowed a second time to prepare it for the seei, which is to be sown towards the end of April, in drills, about two inches de , p and three feet apart. A s cotton seed is slow in st r iki n g root it must be steeped in water fin. 48 hours and then mixed 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 ouglit to be watered. When the plants rise to the height of 6 in. they are to receive their first hoeing. When the plant s are 18 in, high they are to be again dressed in the Canoe manner as beans. Some days after the toi,s of the plants are to he pinched off, in order that they may strike out branches. After this period the plants, being strong, will bear watering if the weather be dry or hot. In order to 11,, sten the maturity of the plants some of the lower leaves and the asele.s branches are to be removed towards the end of August. This precaution is necessary in all countries where the autumn mils, which usually occur in October, may injure the crop. The crop ought to be gathered in dry wcncther, according as t h e p ds begin to open, and th ,, y should be immediately deposited in a dry and airy place London, 57• MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, 7a Ceylon Company, a Crystal Palace, ;in London General Omnibus Companyalim.), 11 National Discount Company (lim.), 8i ff Oriental Inland Steam (lim.), 61 Peninsula and 0 lental Steam, 78a 7t S. African Irrigation Investment (lim.), 31 3 Tho _Pandora, 4, screw gun. vessel, Commander Buxton, tested her speed at the measured mile in S!olt( s Bay on S iturday, but, from attendant eir eutnstamaea, will prohabiy repeat the trial before titin i ; for liar • demination, the West Coast of armament comprises one Goethe's "Faust" has been translated into Italian 11c -pounder, two 20-pounders and t w0. 12 -pounders, by the poet Anselmo Guerrieri, of Mantua. The transla ail Armstrong breech-loaders. tier), is said to be a literary masterpiece. SQUARE aARKETS—This day , ti sk - tAii,6:- , AND STti Railways. Paid: 88} 112,1 Closing BusineBF Price. done. 12 1281 I 501. I 21 Nit * d • h arc 1174. and Sty. Val. ; Blythe and Tyne. 10 I Bost.,Sleat.,and st Bristol and Exeter ; st Caledonian 50 ''ork and Bandon 20 ICorn wall 10 'Do A A ,zets no dig 10 Do . B ti lip esp an.has been paid to B . Dubliii& Belfast Junc. IDun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. st 'Edinburgh & Glasgow. st IGlasg. and S. Western. st Great Eastern, Ord. stk st Ditto A stock st Ditto East Anglian st st GreatNorthot Scotland st Great Northern.. .. • at Do A stock st Do B do at Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland st Great Western .... at Do Str Val gua. stock at Lanoashve & Yorkshire st Loudon and Blackwall st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast, st Lon., Chat., mad Dover at Lon. & North Western at Lon. & South Western at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 12i Dot shares 10 Metropolitan st Midland .4.0 Do New at Do Binning. & Derby SO Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do. shares 25 Mid Kent LO I Do Cray Line at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase st Do Lecds at Do York st Do Carlisle.... st North London 10 Do New 16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction t 'Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock at Do Scot Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Welchpool at Shropshire Union at !South Devon at South Eastern at South Wales at IS. York. and River Dun 20 i stain es, Wok., an dWok 15 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do !S Do New, 1860 at Taff Vale., 10 Do B 10 Do C 50 ll:lister 25 I Do 1. 10 Do at , Vale of :deathst !Victoria sta. and Pim.. at Waterford & Kilkenny at West Cornwall at W. Hartlepool llar.&R at West Midland Oxford at Do Newport at Do Hereford BRITISH P 4ailwavb Itlantic tic St Lawrenc4 tom.,Baroda<lz.Cent Inc Gu. 5 per cent.. Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares... zui autlalo anti Lake Huroi, it , Do. Preference 0 I Brant,&Godricli p. at. lids. Aug. 1, I , k7t ,-, Do. do. July 1, 1878 10 JO. do. Junk 1,1 , t 'l , utia..v S. EaAin. I. st 'apeTown Dock Set .ock Eastn. Bengal go. 6 p. ock East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. 20 Do. do. G Ext.... 20 Do. do. H do. .. ock Grand Trunk of Canada 00 ho. Ist Pre. Bonds.. 00 Do. Go. deferred...... 00 Do. 2d Pret. Bon 4 s.. 00 Do. do d fer ed...... ,00 Do. 3d P ef. stock ... 100 Do. do. d-I err d.... 100 Do. 4th Pref. s o k... 100 Do. do deferred...... ;ock GLlnchaPenni.gua.sp.c 20 Do. New gua. 5 p. c... 20 Do. January, 1862 .. took Gt. South.of India (Lin, ,:uaranteed 5 per cent. 204 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer 204 Do. New 0 0 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. 00 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.. . 10 Indian Branch Limited ock Hadras guar., 5 p. o. ock Do. It p. 0. Extension ock Dc. 44 do. 20 Do. Fifth Extension. ek ‘lelb.Corv. sp. o. ) tlelb. & Hobson's Bay. D Do. 7p. c. along. Bds D New fir unswick Cand, Class A sn t B N.lLl.C'da6 pc Ist pt bds X k Soinde •• •• •• 1 it 5 Do. Delhi • ( Do. do •• • '1 go Do. Punjaub Do. Do. o. Do. Indus. St. Flo.) •o SSE Paid.l 100 100 100 100 10f, ClosiaL , Price. 82 64 - 108 107 I ]}p 5 bi iP 7i 8 105 107 1 16 tO7 107 of; 1143 109 11 P 14 :0, 63 66 i 8 61 54 57 42 s 5 42 33 76 24 27 20 22 1071 10Si 11 1{ 105 107 12i .3 8 74, 100 102 93 45 li lip 105 106 99 101 95 ~7 47 49 100 (ioo 100 2 15 1 100 00; 0 OCk Itusiness done 106 U 107 1071 1039 9 1081 8 121 it 3 5 £0 f 2 1( .7 1 , 8 105 106 4 IP * '* 1054 1(64 99 101 3 / i 106 j 51 106 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - nii.Goc. p.e.J a ,t,J 1877-81 Do. 6 p.c. Feb. & Aut 100 U 4 18 Do. 6p. c.Mar. & Sept 100 104 106 Do. s p. c. Jan.&.July. 100 97 98 971 6} Do. 6 Inscribed stock 100 95 97 ;:ape G. Hope, 6p c,187: 100 110 112 Do.Ap &Oct. 1881 100 114 116 - Do. 189 , 100 114 116 Jan. & July, 1891.. 109 113 115 Ceylon. 0 0v.1861, 0p c 10 - Mau WIN i per cent .. 100 111 112 111 Nutt , G.V. d ier cent . 1)0 11 112 -4.140 v. o (01 106 107 p. c.Ap. & Oc. 10, - N. S.W. G ov. p 18 10, 101 102 Do. Sp. Ato 1 101 100 1011 Do. d0.,1888 &upwd. 100 1001 1012 104 10/ New Zealand 6 p tent. 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. t.. ' sterling, 1875 IOU 1061 1071 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 1 113 b.Aus (16p.c.t876.& up IOU 411 113 "" V le•Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul, 100 108 110 Do. to n.n 100 081 109 lOB l RUTTISH MINES. 2 ;Cambrian Cons o l . G old 1 1 ,1 4cl - I 1111ora Amalgamated.. - 19 21 - Devon G. Con.. (Tavist.. 1 515 525 - East Bassett(llloiran,. 30 78 82 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. 10 - East Caradon ....... '!..14.1 , 424 13} 41} - East Carn 8rea...... 3.0.0 9} 9 - F. IVI Russel (Tavistk.. 7.19.0 44 4 - Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 57, 14 16 - Treat South Tolgus.... 476- 41 5} - i. Wheal Vor (llelston 40 64 7 - Grenville . - erod's - . • . • • '•l*- 46 18 lingston Downs... .. • 4. 7. 0 2 24 - Lady Bertha - Margaret (tiny Lelan' 34 3; - rlarke Valley.. 4 ‘lvndy Iron Or (Lim `t/. 1 e d - New Setun ..... - North Down* 4 24 3 ..Wh'i Basset(Illo t. 17.1 4t 4 - north Wheal Crotty . 2.4.9 5 6 - i'ar Consols Blazey 14 44 5 40 , rovidenee(Uny Lelnt. 10.0.; 12 44 - iouth Caradon(St.Cleer 141 390 400 - S. Cara Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6! 3 4 - Fran. tm.l .9 874 924 - Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv./k Lead Mho. 44 t 10 rin Croft 9 22 23 - West Basset (Illogan) l4 12 13 - IW Caredon 11.1skeard, 5 32 84 - West Seton - Wheal Basset (Mogan' r} 75 80 - Valeal Buller (Redrutli, 5 60 65 - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 - WhealLud ott - wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 61 154 16} - I`Wheal Seton . . 584 245 255 heal Treiawney (Lis, 7 IT 18 - Wheal Union 3.17 5 5} PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. C. 6 per cent. pref., 129,} London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1. 114 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent., 46, 41 I Ditto, 6 per cent., 125 6 Ditto, 3 per cent., 66 Mid. Consolidated, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 140 North Kastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 92 1 Nor h Eastern, 3i per cent. rd., 101 North Eastern, York. H. and Selby purchase, 10 South Wales, gua. 4i per cent., 1-59, 100 PREFErtENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pl., 1031 41 LINES LEASED A c FIXED RENTALS. Lancaster and Carl ale, 2061, 6 London and Chatham 4 per Cent., 921 London and Greenwich, 63 London, Tilbury, and Southend, 91 Shrewsbury and Hereford, 136 A n n ah tw ia e a rp .d an s d a. R l o ,r tt a e n r c d i a se m o , o B im t FOREIGN RAILWAYS. it'aixheennaisbhOulr6gl, 17 6 .) gua. 7 per cent., 211 Dutch San Panto '1 South i m.). gm.- 7 per cent., 91 Austrian and Lo ma. ), Lombardo Venetian, 241 Cape Coppe FOREIGN MINES. Don Pear , 1 41, 1 ,1% ) . 3 it 3 Fortuna (Itirq - 57 " el Rey. & 1 BANKS. Livar?ool United Mexica n Yudanamutana. of 8. itu6t:trll aim.) 4; JOIN Ti.s.rocaw' ' - Alliance Bank of London and -- Anglo i ortuguese (lim.), 2 (Um.), 241 Australasia, 7.il I Bank of Egypt, 91 304 30 1 nly 1, Chartered Bank of British Columbia, g Ch ar tered Bank 01 India, Australia, and chi- City, 94 31 -.us, 241 5 Eng., Sco ~ and Australian Chartered, 201 i Imperial:Bank (11m.), 15 London and Brazilian , lim.), 311 i .i. London, B. Ayres, and It. Plate (Urn.), 221" London and Comity, 44 34 London and N irthern (Lim ', 5 41 London and South Airman, 271 7 London and Westminster, 77 i i Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 21 Ottoman Bank. 461 South Australia, 371 DOCKS. 8 8j 7 8 85 87 112 113 6i 7 40 42 13 14 88 88 107 109 49 80 45 47 24 25 120} 1214 120 122 134 136 101 103 6ti f6l 1081 ICBI 7) 76 114 115 39 40 974 98 10 1014 44i 45} 121 121 12:M 124 1i Up 91 93 50 51 24 25 98i 99 544 654 EN E6i 116 118 1 1i 18 i6i 11i lt 119 121 42 43 98 100 48 tO 32 33 911 92% 67 69 99 101 7 8 37 38 9 10 D 7 * 7 1 1. ) 149 151 1 6 ' 2 31 p 79 81 150 160 28 30 87 f 50i i 11 241 135 4j 662 75 8i 1 10 I i 11471 43 44 37 39 99 101 ISIONS. THE SUN, LONDON, WESDAY EVENING, APRIL 7. 1863. SPORT NG INTELLIGENCE.—This Day (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ) NEWM RKE RA( 'ES—This DAY. LATEST BETTING. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 100 to 30 agst Physalie colt (taken) 9to 2 agst Bedouin (taken) 100 to 15 agst Colleen Rhue (taken) Bto 1 agst Fairwater (taken) 100 to 8 agst Man at Arms (taken) 15 to 1 agst Watchman (taken) 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 sous each—Water Kelpie, Presumption, and /Etna. Out of the Sweepstakes of 50 soya each—Muezzin. Out of the Biennial —C by Windbound Splitvote, Beatrice, Water Kelpie, Bseotia, Mrs. Somerville, Refuge, Gamuzo, Aracan, Automaton,Thais, Glowworm, Enopides, c by Teddikgton—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. CRIMINAL COURT.—This Day. OLD COURT. Benjamin Williamson, a respectable .looking man, aged 49, described as an agent, was injicted 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 bays 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, aged 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 Lon 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 prosecutor, when he felt a tug at his watch-pocket, and, putting hie hand to his waistcoat, he found his watch gone; seeing that prisoner made a rush forward he seized him, and charged him with stealing his watch, a policeman came up and also seized the prisoner, at the moment he saw something drop, and pushing back the crowd the watch was found at 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 Geo. Fox, both soldiers in the Ma rines, and servants to officers, were indicted, Jones 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 engineer, were indicted, Fletcher with stealing 11 pipes, vaue £9, and a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of Mr. Phillips, of Houndsditch, 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 summed up, the jury found 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 DISABLED.—BRUTAL ATTACK ON THE POLICE.—John Biggins and John Dirkin, two rough fellows living at 6, HusbaLd-street—a street rather noto rious for assaults—were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with 'the following assaults on tho George Carpenter, 36 C. said about two this morning he saw the prisoners with some others hammering at the shutters. He told them to be quiet, and they went on till they got outside the door of the house where they lived, 6, Husband-street, where they again made a great noise,being 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 constable how Biggins got his wound on his head, and the constable said that one of his (Biggins) friends tried to strike him (the constable), but the blow fell on Biggins's heal. Biggins then cried out, "Murder the —," and Dirkin said, " Get out the —'s staff and let us kill the —." Whilst on the ground Biggins bit his hand and kicked him several times, and last night he could scarce ly walk. William Green, 76 C, confirmed Ca r pen t er's statement, and said that he was thrown down he b e li eved by Lirkin , and while on the ground kicked over his legs. William Hellicar, 171 C, said that he heard Dirkin say, "I'll go in and get something to settle the —," and he was then attacked, seized by the hair of his head, and beat about the face (the constable's face was badly bruised) and while on the ground kicked several times by one of the prisoner's companions. Inspector Bowles, C Division, said that Carpenter and Hellicar had been seen by the burgeon, Mr. Tothill, and both were ordered off duty in consequence of the treatment they had received. Mr. Tyrwhitt, after making some remarks on the forbear ance exercised by the police, who had suffered themselves to be so much ill-used without making use of their staves, and, after stating that he had often been struck with the mode ration of the police, when attacked in a brutal manner, committed the prisoners (who said they had nothing to say in answer to the charge)—Biggins for a month and Dirkin for 21 days. PLAYING AT "ROUNDERS'' IN KENSINGTON GAR DENs.—Juhn Guyon, of 13, Pembridge-crescent, Bays water, and George Mansell, of Alma-terrace, Kensington, both young men, were charged before Mx. Tyrwhitt 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-oon stable, 46, 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 see young men like the defendants engaged in such a game at such a place, and if they would not attend to the constable, who was only doing his duty in cautioning them not to play, they must take the consequences. He should fine them 10s. each, and he would inform them that if they re peated the offence they were liable to a penalty of 40s. 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 cureionisis 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 mad other entertain ments on the programme of yesterday evening. all kinds, some good, many indifferent, more bad—hw 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. SHIPPING—This Day, L 0 DON, April 7.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; fresh breeze, and fine weather. MAURITIUS, March 6.—The Neptune, screw steamer, left Reunion for this port on the 19th Feb., and has not since been heard of. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRIPII.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Amber Nymph, from Dominica ; Geleed, from St. Michaels ; Triumph, Devon, Recompense, and Wave— all from Guernsey; Enigma, from Lannion ; Artistic, from Smyrna; Unites, from Guernsey; Sylph, from Bruges; Condor and Little Nell, from Caen ; Nautilus, from St. Kitt's. Sailed—Esmok, for Port Phillip ; John Knox, for Ade laide. DEAL. Tnesday Morning. Anchored—H.M.S. Foz, from Woolwich, for West ; Philippine, from London, for Vancouver's Island. Passed—Zara, screw steamer, from London, for Van couver's Island. ANOTHER NEW THEATRE.—A company is in pro gress of organisation for the purpose of establishing another new theatre in the metropolis, the site being near Ch ancery -lane, and the establishment being intended to furnish facilities for obtaining amusement in the imme diate neighbourhood of Holborn, which will, it is considered, ministi , r to the dramatic tastes of that populous district. theatre is to be built of iron, in order to render it completely fireproof, and the system ofl'ghting, ventilating, and warm ing the buiding will be entirely novel. On the stage new mechanical contrivances will be resorted to for the purpose of increasing the general effect as well as economising the expenditure, and no charge for booking places, play bills, or the safe keeping of coats, umbrellas, &c., of the visitors will be mace. The directors propose to " remed3 existing grievances, and provide in the tnost liberal manner for tho comfort and entertainment of all who may frequent the new e t c h te es a tr to e. r " esui F t r to omthe estimate s g i ven l arge the ehareholderes—.Erch p m r e e t i i r t o is li teazup ADE LPIII. 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 than 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 actions of the old gen tleman, until he comes across the 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 short 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—energetieally,,humorously, and suee.ssfully. A very charming set scene, representing a villa residence and gar den, painted by Mr. Jemes, 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 bo 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 mast 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 tentage of Mr. Brough's ver bal qiibs 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. STRAND. Mr. Byron has acted wisely this year in going to Eastern fiction for the subject of his burlesque at this house, and in chossing the story_ of the Forty Thieves" he his also showiCjudgment. 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 attractiveness, 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• Fence 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 by 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 be turned into stone by Mor giana and the enchanter Orcobrand, and so rescuing Cassim 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 free from anything that can offend the most fastidious hater of burlesque. The writing is sparkling—and daring when it dashes after puns—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 us 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 31d member of the company—made a very successful reappearance as Cassim Bat a. The Fin • 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 musical 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 overflowed 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 (ASTLEY'S.) Mr. Boucicault re-opened this theatre last night, after a week's holiday, with the Scotch drama of "Effie Deans." A few new faces were seen amongst the per formers. Mr. F. Robinson replaces Mr. Swinbourne as Geordie Robertson; and Mr. Charles Vincent now playa 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. Lloyd, from fhe Theatre Koyal Manchester, sustained the principal character. SURREY. Mr. Shepherd, catering for the Easter holiday folks and for the patrons of his attractive theatre, produced last night an Easter novelly, entitled " Jessie Ashton ; or. London by Day and Night." In the production of the piece, the in defatigable lessee 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 Westminster-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 his 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 Adelphi 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. H. Vezin), and a good stock company. t-hakespeare's "As You Like It" w as 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 so famous. Mr. Vezin appeared for the first tim.e 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 tool, a fool !--I met a fool the forest," and "All the world' s ae,stag" of elicited immense applause. Alt hou g h the engagement these artistes is only for 12 ni g hts, the success of last evening will, without dou bt, cause Mr. Dudley, the manager, to induce them to prolong their stay. MRS. FANNY BEMBLE'S READINGS SIIAKESPERIAN . After an absence from London for six years Mrs. Fanny last night at the E g ypti an -h a ll, Kemble re - app eared w h e re she gave a reading of •?hakeepere's play of " As You Like It," the first of Belies 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 nittuy telliug peesages, and the ch tz;teris in it afford lull hottpe for the tff,euve dibpitty of the Lie+ trionic art, and hence bosh veteran actors and tyros, when 9313} 671 DRURY-LANE. 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. Tue 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 asWidow Green, Burlesque (represented by Miss Louise Keeley), Opera, Ballet, and Horsemanship are all rejected in favour of the suggestion of Britannia, Mike Ellen Terry, who proposes a grand panorama, and which idea the anxious 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 quits extraordi nary, and when the good-humoured lessee made a passing complimentary notice i to his ," American Cousin," and said "he liked that Sotherra l 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 formed. 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 Hus band," in which Mr. Compton was successful in 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 astio in its demonstrations of approval. LYCEUM, The sustained popularity efthe 7 ‘ 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 ;;Cthis theatre were the new three-act drama, " Aurora Floyd ;" the first performance of a comedietta by Mr. Maddison Morton, called " Killing lime," and t" 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 succe ssful course, which it owes to the excellent manner in W hich the princip a l characters are acted, especially to Mis s Am y Sed g wick's impassioned and yet natural impersona tion of the heroine, and Mr. Belmore's very powerful, b ut somewhat melo dramatic picture of the villain Hargreaves. "filling 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, writ ten with great spirit, and sustained with equal spirit by Miss Amy Sedgwick and Mr. Goorge Vining, who has returned to take 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 so 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 sists of a string of scenes, in which the actors talk the most unmitigated nonsense, couched in a sort of rhymed jingle, crammed full 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 beaus y 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," though 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, Ming 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 ruthlees hands of the burlesque dramatist. The classic legends of antiquity, the tragedies of Shakespeare, and the dramas of Byron, have all been seized on as subjects for word-twisting and j•eke-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 acceptance, 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 1, sque adaptor (Mr. F. C. Burnand), if pronounced guilty, must be recommended to mercy on account of the many bad examples which he might cue as precedents. The verdict of the audience was 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 any offence at the liberties taken with the charming fable of "Acis and Galatea." 't here is no occ-eion for detailed description—it, may be easily imagined how the incidents of I the legend are intermixed with the most absurd anacluo- I Iderall—how the rhymed dialogue is duffed full of pima of they wish to pourtray Shakespere, will cite one or more of gorgeous picture. Athens, although not so striking, yet hese pa-sages, and will endeavour with mor e or less such truthfully portrays all the brown sterile hills and arid ..tees, oftener, however, with less th an more , t o personate aspects which so disappoint the tourist. We can confidently one of these characters. But to hear the passages cited, and recommend a visit to this old-established exhibition 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 w as 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. FEDERALS AND CONFEDERATES. Mr. Henri Drayton, at the Polyzraphic Hall, had to reason to c , mplain of a want of patronage yesterday to his highly-interesting pictorial 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. 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, furry, 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 the 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 an) where before the footlights, the " Queer Little, Jolly Little, Funny Old Man I" Now Sandy, with his plaid and his bagpipes ! 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 serm comic narrative about her sweet heart Joe being, in truth, quite irresistible. " Milk below I" 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 l.rettily 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. Reseleaf's Little Evening Party." Not one individual, we should think, however old or however young, lady or gen tleman, rut of all the numerous company assembled toge ther 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. 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. CRYSTAL PALACE. Fine though rather cloudy weather, and the extraordi nary facilities of approach offered by six lines of rail, brought a large number of holiday-makers to the Crystal Palace yesterday. The amusements (which were under the direction of Air. Nelson Lee) will be continued daily until Friday. THE OXFORD. Mr.. Morton has been fortunate in securing the two French clowns, Arthur and Bertrand. Coming freim 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 great eclat last 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 zest 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 medias 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 ether, 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 magicpose is an accomplished fact. Professor Owen shou d examine the vertebra of these singularly supple performers. These clowns revel in a wealth of tricks—sufficient, we are told, for eighteen die • tinct exhibitions. Their marvellous gambols include Le Tonneau Diabolique, le Chapeau Enchants, la Chaise Perilleuse, la Machoire Infernale, Tete en Bas, le Sommeil d'Hercule, la Grenouille Sautante, l'Habitant des Landes, les Santa de Serpent, l'Homme Cease, and many other rich performances. Arthur and Bertrand tie up their bodies in a way so 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 bean, 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. But of the result of their performances we can bpeak 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 are ac , om plished. We have dwelt upon the special attraction afforded by the engagement of these artists. Them usical excel lence attained at the Oxford has long been past dispute. The selections from " Ernani," " Nabuco," and the new cantata " Herne the Hunter," are gems of the pure water in point of execution. In these the splendid vocalis of Miss Russell, Mr. Albert, and the earnest sinngning With little tenore tobusto, M. Bernardi, are conf ifornexe s • ~ Masa commel dable emulation, a new "Iveicrthi°the r evival of the niello" is produced in the some week % awe; and, taking the opera at the Royal Italian Opearanyrs lea and dn hie h e ch s o p p l - e l n o d z i i d e wrietshpetohtes the latter.former u ns v"irveasio willur ee not tineutoffearcchoyucnotro, ipinaann3.son worth, the stump orator, of the Oxford and "and terpsichorean is well set off by the voc sallies of hi s ht t i o rr n e ig u h ta t b ; nonsense he utters from ni The sole ownership h o e reverted to Mr. Charles Morton, the Canterbury acre founder of the m odern music hall, to whose spirit of indivi dualable ally, Eugene. 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 Fite Arta 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, alteinate 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 first appearance of " Les Freres Athos," four artists of the physical school, from the Carig nan Theatre, Turin, whose feats of acrobatism excited great astonishment. BURFORD'S PANORAMA. Greece, Rome, and Mexico are the attractions here, and certainly three finer panoramas were never submitted to the public. Although the paintings are not new, the latter comes with a novelty of ireshnees, and one can gaze upon it now with a great interest when its Government is in volved in war with that of France. The appearance of 02, picture icy up , ` ; the colours are soft and bril liant, and it is inalk,d Ly all that atmospheric effect in which Mr. Burford's panoramas e xcel, Rome is also a) INSTITUTIONS. All tho free institutions were of course crowded through out the day, the British Museum, the National Gallery, and the South Kensington Museum being the chief favou• rites. The Zoological Gardens, in the Regent's-park, were opened at the reduced admission fee of 6d., and crowded with children and their friends. The Polytechnic, in ad dition to its "ghost" lecture and other holiday entertain ments, gave a burlesque musical and pictorial version of Der Treischuta with many singers, and . a " chorus" acted by Mr. Lionel Brough. - ENTERTAINMENTS. At St. James's-hall Mr. Arthur Sketchley appeared with his " Quiet Morning" and "Mrs. Brown at the Play :" and the Christy Minstrels in another part of the same building began a series of four special holiday performances. At the Hanover-square Rooms Mr. Kennedy, the Scottish vocalist, who has n ,v/ appeared in London nearly 100 times, took his first benefit, and to-night Mr. David Fisher, the well-known actor, will make his first appearance in the same room with a new entertainment, called " Facts and Fancies, Musically and Dramatically Illustrated." THE AMERICAN SITUATION, The latest military intelligence from the West is not so favourable to the Union armies as we would wish it to be. Important movements are on foot, and either great successes or great disasters will soon be announced. The very latest news may be summed up as follows :-1. Admiral Farragoes fleet did not get pest the batteries at Port Hudson, but Admiral Farragut, in the steamship Hartford, did get past, and at last accounts, was below the Warrenton batteries ready to co-operate with Ad miral Porter, who doubtless by this time has sent more iron•clad gunboats to his assistance. The Union Navy Department account of the passage of the Port Hudson batteries was wrong, and the ori ginal rebel account was substantially correct. 2. The Yazoo Pass Expedition has come to a stop. Worse than that, it Las not only been held at bay, but beaten back. The rebels have disabled our iron clads, and put an army of 10,000 on the defensive. Reinforcements have by this time reached the Union expedition, and we hope soon to hear better news , from that quarter, but so far things have not gone well. 3. Union gunboats and transports are reported to have reached the Yazoo river abive Haines Bluff, by way of Cypress Swamp, and the Deer and Sunflower rivers. This is good news, if true ; but there is ne confirmation of its truth, nor can there be for several days to come. 4. The news from Tennessee and Kentucky is really alarming. The rebels are flanking Gen. Rosecrans, as they did Gen. Buell. They are in Kentucky in force, and have captured Danville. We hear of more feeble fighting and cowardly sur renders in the Department of the Cumberland, and it is clear that Gen. Rosecrans must either soon fight a great battle or abandon Murfreesborough and Nashville. 5. The arrival of Gen. Burnside with his 9th Army Corps at Cincinnati from the Department of the East is significant, and shown that our military authorities are seriously alarmed at the threatening state of affairs at the West, especially in Kentucky. As Gen. Burnside will be compelled to take the field immediately against the enemy, it is to be regretted that he was not sent some time since to his new department, so as to learn something of the country he was to operate in. From this resume news may be expected from the West at any moment, Let us hope that it will prove as favourable as all loyal men wish it to be.— New York World. THE FRENCH BUDGET: In an elaborate article on the French Budget, and especially the expenditure which is increasing from year to year, the Temps contrasts it with that of England. Going so far back as the year 1830 it finds much the same progression in both ; but on balancing them the weight of expense is somewhat heavier on the side of France. For the first ten years—that is, from 1830 to 1840—the average ex penditure of every sort was in France 1,140 million francs and only 1,125 millions in England. Be tween 1841 and 1851 the difference was still more to the disadvantage of France—the average being 1,525 millions, whereas for England it was but 1,270. From 1852 to 1861 England, as well as France, made large sacrifices for the war in the Crimea and the expeditions to China, and if the former in curred no expense for Italy, she had to put down the Indian mutiny, which was extremely costly. But during that period of 11 years the average expenditure for England was only 1,634 millions, while in France it was 1,954. It may be alleged that the comparison is fallacious on account of the different manner in whieh the two Budgets are made out. In England, for instance, the expenses of the towns, and certain special institutions, such as the poor-rates, do not figure in the general ac count of the Treasury. On the other hand, the fictitious items relative to the Sinking Fund should be suppressed, and the proceeds of the town duties (octrois) should be added in the French Budget. The Temps allows the objection, and rectifies the calculation, applying it proximately to the year 1862. Thus FRANCE. Millions. Primitive Budget of 1862—Expenditure 1,970 Extraordinary and supplementary Town dues (proximate) 2,356 Deduct fictitious "expense of Sinking Fund and 173 drawbacks , ----- Real expenditure ENGLAND. Normal Budget of 1862—Expenditure.... .......... 1,758 Local taxes, inclu&ing poor's-rates, Church•rates, mun i c ipal imposts, &c. ................. 375 I t n tre a r article. Total ............ proposes to treat Wh a t characterizes a Budget is less the total amount of expenditure than the nature of the re is t i;b a i : end the a t this ou r c p e a s r tt rBE NCH ACADEMY OP SCIENCES, At the last sitting, M. Flourens read a paper on the dis tinctionorinflarnmation of th e membranes coma caused by chl oro f orm. He remarkedof produced by a meningite, betwe en th e state of state the ani ma l was under the influ the brain, and the sleep eneteheatf complete pro stration, but did not sleep; that it kept its eyes shut,pro stration, but would open them on the slightest occasion; that it could see, hear, and feel, and was constantly shivering. In its natural state the dog's pulse is at between 100 to 120 per minute, and it breathes from 20 to 30 times per minute; during coma the pulse does not exceed 90, and it breathes 24 times. But the animal which is under the in fluence of chloroform really sleeps ; it snores and does not open its eyes ; it can neither see, hear, nor feel ; the pulse is at 60, and it breathes 16 times per minute. The brain of the animal which has died of coma is all covered with red spots, a mark of congestion; the brain of the animal that dies of chloroform has no red spots, the vessels of the dura-mater alone being gorged with blood. Hence, in the case of coma, the congestion is intro-cere bral ; in the case of chloroform, extra-cerebral. This should therefore, M. Flourens concludes, serve as a : ' caution to those who apply chloroform, " since from an _ a extra cerebral congestion to an intra-cerebral one, m. is but a step."—A communication was received fron . 2 Il e stated that. the country around Amiens ffint 11 h a tchets are Vibraye on the flint implements found in thebavdr:ll4ft. i ll , is not the only part of France where ears been explor ' found ; and he has for the last five 0 9 f the Loire, and ca n e d, in about a ing various parts along the ba spec imens pertain foundbe exploredro of o u t p h w e a r a d g s e of o fa stonet hous thousand d ofit i 0 these i‘otivr Loir-et-Cher has begun to of thallium for tlectrichy. As on the conducting power soluble in , • - • water viz. , in the ,his new metal is slightly , ~ ty had to be determined in naphtha, ratio of 1 to 500, its d.nsi ..,, out to be 11•800 ; salts. A paper was received from • sad turns whence its conductibility for cleotrwity varies I.43tWatil C.i' 2l i_.et 5 . 26 ,it a temperature of 12 degrees Centigrade (53 6 Ftthr ) 97i 1011 55} Mt 6 434 4 - _ 3 1