The Sun. — London, England, 1863-03-27 00:00:00

TIER MAJESTY'S THEATp,E.-1 Mr. MAFLESON has the honour to announce that • ills UPERA SEASON of 1E63 will commence on SATUR DAY, Aprllll. The prospectus, with lull particulars, may be obtained on application at the Box-office, wh!ch is open daily, under the superintendence of Mr. Nugent, from Ten to Six; and at all the principal Libraries and Musicsellers. THE ATR E-R YA L, DRURY-LANE.-- Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, EXTREMES ; or, Men of the Day. Dies . re. Henry Lorraine, Missncl S. Calhaem, J. Robins, Mrs. D. P. Bowers, s Clara Weston, and Mrs. Ed mund Falconer. To conclude with THE SPANISH DANCERS. Mr. J. Robins and Miss Lydia Thomon Commence at 7. THE RE-RO7 Al„ HAY MARKET. I,essce. Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, will be performed OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck• k tune I Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. followed by MY AUNT'S ADVICE. Messrs. Howe, and :•_iothern ; Miss Linley, an d Miss Coleman. To conclude with LUCK HUNTING. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTE R. THIS EVENING., March 27, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Carden, H. Widdicomb, 11:88 Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3log - ue, entitled THE DUKE'S SfOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter, supported by Messrs. G. Vining, J. Brougham, H. Widdi combe, Mlntyre, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, H. Butler, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Lederer', Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Stage-Manager, Mr. G. Vining. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. karma. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Lessee and Manacer, Mr Lindus. THIS EVENING, THE LOTTERY TICKET. Messrs. G. Belmore, Fitzjames, and Cathcart ; Miss Hudspeth and Mrs. H. Marston. To be followed by the drama of AURORA FLOYD. Miss Amy Sedgwick. Miss Henderson, and Mrs. Simpson ; Messrs. it. Roxby, H. Vezin, G. Belmore, C. Scyton, Wallace, and Collett. To conclude with THE HONEYMOON. Messrs. Roxby, Vezin, Belmore, Stephens, and Cathcart ; Miss Constance Aylmer, Miss M. Oliver, and Miss M. Jones. NEW THFATRE-RO AL, ADELPHI.— sole Propriotor and Manazer, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING (oth time) AURORA FLOYD. Miss Avonia Jones, Miss H. Simms, Mrs. Billington ; Mr. Benj. Webster, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Billington, air. Stuart, Mr. Sefton, Mr. Romer, Mr. C. J. Smith. After which, A VALENTINE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, Miss Kate Kelly, and Miss Seaman. ANOTHER LARGE ISSUE OF THE WEDDING SUN Is now Publishing. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tgis DAY.—Morning, 6h. 54m.—Afternoon, 7h. 21m. To-moltuoic-Morning, 7h. 49m.—Afternoon, Bh. 25m. t t ,e ,..:. : , ; ! ; ,,, b „...u 0 t e g .forithe,.., - Troir.4. ~,,olut # LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1863. In the House of Lords yesterday, after a shoat de bate in which the subject of London railways was considered, the second reading of the Great Eastern New Metropolitan Station and Branches Bill was negatived and the bill itself referred to a select committee. The Tobacco Duties Bill was passed through all its stages. The Lord Chancellor ex plained his plan for augmenting the value of small ecclesiastical benefices in his gift, and added that he was aware the successful operation of the bill must depend in a great measure upon the proper framing of its complicated details ; and be, there fore, proposed that if the measure were read a second time, it should be referred to a select com mittee. Lord Cranworth, Lord Chelmsford, the Bishop of London, and the Duke of Marlborough, expressed a decided approval of the general prin ciple of the measure, which was read a first time, s.nd the second reading appointed for to-day. In the House of Commons Sir R. PEEL, in answer to Lord H. Thynne. said that the Government had not received intelligence that the United States Go venment were recruiting in Leland. In reply to Mr. Whalley, Sir It. PEEL also said that the disturbances which had taken place in some Irish towns on the 10th were only the acts of a few disaffected individuals, and entirely opposed to the feeling of the county. Mr. DorosoN called attention to the charges for the diplomatic service, and moved that all sums re quired to defray the expenses of that service ought to be annually voted by Parliament, and that esti mates of all such sums ought to be submitted in a form that would admit of their effectual supervision I,nd control by the house. After a brief discussion, in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer opposed Mr. Dodson's views, the motion was negatived by 136 to 65 votes. The house then went into committee of supply, ia - ting the votes in the civil service estimates. When the house resumed, The Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill was read tilhird time and passed. The Telegraphs Bill was then taken in committee, aul. l passed through that stage. The Office of Secretary at War Abolition Bill was read a second time, its object being to abolish techni cally an office which has merged into that of Sec • retary for War. The Oaths Belief in Criminal Proceedings (Scot land) Bill, the object of which is to allow affirma tions in lieu of oaths in certain cases, was read a second time. The Local Government Act (1858) Amendment Bill, the object of which is to extend the operation of the Act of 1858 to places to which it did not at present apply, was read a second time. The adjourned debate on going into conruittee on the Salmon Fisheries (Ireland) Bill was resumed, and the adjournment was again moved. After dis cussion, on a division the motion was lost by 59 • to 5, and the bill wen t into committee pro forma. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER obtained leave to bring in a bill to make stock certificates transferable to bearer. The other business was disposed of, and the House adjourned. Is Mr. BRIGHT labouring under the delusion that he is the citizen of a Republic, instead of being, like the rest of us, numbered amongst the subjects of a Sovereign ? It would really appear so. The honourable gentleman is still railing—in the most eloquent manner, it is true, but still railing—per- petually against the very shadows of Crown and Sceptre, against the mere phantoms of what more vulgar rhetoricians have dubbed before now the " bloated aristocracy." In his plain thinking and out speaking there is very much, no doubt, of the siurdy independence of JOHN BULL. But it is JouN BULL, Quaker wise, with his choler* up. It is a specimen of the genus BULL, before whose eyes the trailing of the scarlet robe of a peer is just sheer distraction. Nothing appears to irritate JOHN BULL —we beg pardon for so transparent a lapsus— we meant, of course, and should have said, JOHN BRIGHT —more than the flourishing of that red garment of the nobility, unless indeed it be the still more maddening gleam to him of the purple of a Monarch. One reflection alone apparently can soothe his agitated feelings, at the mere thought of these dreadful symbols of old-world vanity—that one assuaging and mollifying consideration being the thought of the—Well, yes! the—United States of America. Nothing to all appearance can even shake Mr. BRIGHT'S loyalty—not to Queen VICTORIA, no nothing of the kind! but to the United States of America. His feelings of respect and admiration for the institutions of the great North American The Printer's Devil ventures to ask if this word is not a very obvious misprint ? Republic are clearly indes:i ectible, Through the fiery ordeal of the present deadly conflagration of eivilWar, there, in that afflicted country, his homage for the perfection of that particular exemplar of a Democratic form of Government, pass scatheless, as if animated with the life of a salamander, and clothed in raiments of asbestos. There is something charming in this devotion—it is so complete. In its completeness it is perfectly Arcadian. One "listens delighted" to the dulcet utterances of a tender affection so untiring and unconditional, Mr. BRIGHT'S love of America, since first he became wedded to her cause, seems never yet to have got out of its honeymoon. If there were a Dunmow across the Atlantic, as there are all sorts of other places, such as a Cairo, and a London, and a Rome, and so forth, under an American aspect —if there were among those other topo graphical plagiarisms, anything at all like our English Dunmow, with its porcine and marital institutions—Mr. BRIGHT would certainly be in a fair way to win his Flitch of Bacon at the appointed time. Listen to him as he yesterday prostrated himself in the dust before his own ideal of what America is, and in the same breath railed like another self-banished TIMON against the country of his birth and the people who are, never theless, to be supposed, in spite of his fearful language against :them, to be still his own countrymen ! Speaking of the deplorable civil war yet raging at its fiercest in America— speaking of that civil war yesterday in St. James's [Tall, Piccadilly, to an immense concourse of work men there assembled together as a demonstration in favour of the Northern States and of Negro Eman cipation, Mr. BRIGHT asked his artisan audience in so many words, " Have you any special interest in this contest " Without immediately giving his own answer to that point-blank inquiry, the hon. gentleman went on to remark, with scorn in every inflexion of his harmonious voice, and in every move ment of his eloquent lips, " Privilege thinks it has a great interest in it, and every morning with blatant voice it comes into your street and curses the Ame rican republic. Privilege has beheld an afflicting spectacle for many years past. It has beheld 30 millions of men happy and prosperous, without Em peror, without King, without the surroundings of a court, without nobles, except such as are made by eminence in intellect and virtue [General BUT LER to wit, we will suppose ? or Admiral WILKES let us say ? or BARNUM? or TRAIN ? or Nature's nobility of that kind, Mr. BRIGHT ?] without state bishops and state priests, [Mr. BRIGHT quite for gets that there have ever been such people in existence as a JOSEPH SMITH or a BRIGHAM YOUNG, apparently]. sole vendors of the law that works salvation, without great armies and great navies, without great debt, [No ! but they are making one now fast enough !], and with out great taxes. Privilege has shuddered at what might happen to old Europe if this great experiment should succeed !" Whereupon Mr. BRIGHT having reached that climax his congenial audience breaks into a storm of applause! For all the world, just as if that " great experiment" had succeeded ! And so on, and so on—usque ad nauseam, as the classically educated Captain WRAGGE would say, if not ad infinituin. Seeing what we all see, knowing what we all know, as to the state of things politically and socially amongst cnrselves and amongst the North American republicans—Mr. BRIGHT can yet de nounce the European system as a " rotten system" — those are the very words he used in its regard as recently as yesterday ! Vaunting to the skies as nothing less than absolute perfection the free ins ti • tutions, the blissful condition, the complete com mercial prosperity enjoyed by the enviable race who look up to their Chief—not in a Windsor but in a White House ! Beholding in that chief not a mere Constitutional Sovereign like Queen VICTORIA, but —again we are tempted to employ the favourite language of Captain WRAGGE, in order in any way adequately to express the emotions inspired by the theme—that ne plus ultra of Dignity, Autho rity, Wisdom, and Beneficence, profanely called by some "Old .ABE!" For ourselves, we are almost tempted to call him sometimes, still more profanely, " Old Gaby"—say, when he is making some more than usually senile ghost of a joke to the sound of the distant carnage among the opposing armies of Federals and Confederates ! Or, again, when in the midst of the ruin and desolation caused by the feebleness of his wholly inconsistent policy he is outraging public decency alike in the Old World and in the New by actually receiving an absurd little dwarf, like General Tom THUMB, with a sort of State ceremonial. These, forsooth, are the objects of Mr. Betecerr's unstinted admiration, while he can find nothing but foul words to lavish from a marvellously ample vocabulary upon the Political Constitution, the Free Press, and the other (in spite of `Zr. BRIGHT) still popular in stitutions of our own fatherland, of England, of the United Kingdom. We certainly stand amazed before the choice made in this matter by the hon, member for Birmingham. It is the result surely—Cat least we may venture to say that) — of an astounding hallucination. The presentation of the City Address to her MAJESTY will give general satisfaction, and is one of the most gratifying of the incidents relative to the Royal Marriage. Jt is the first step taken in a direction that wi'l lead the Sovereign back again to her subjects, after :the gloom and seclusion of the late trying year. Right and fitting as was that retirement it still has been attended with secondary evils that have militated against the prosperity of trade. Thus, many well-wishers to the community have been anxiously looking forward to the time when the Court mourning should cease as to a period when better times might dawn on those whose dark days in business have made them dejected and despond ing. The civic authorities presented a most appro priate address, and while invoking the blessing of Heaven on this auspicious union they made special allusion to the happy influence which they desired it might exercise upon the present position of the. QUEEN, and added that they trusted "it may prove a solace to your MAJESTY under your present cares." This truly represents the general wish of the nation. From the time when the Prince of WALES'S marriage was first spoken of, all concurred in expressing a hope that this new interesting and important event might rouse her MAJESTY from the depre ,, sion which she so naturally felt, and which is sometimes more painfully overwhelming when the time for mixing in active life draws near than even in the first crushing hours of affliction. Her MAJESTY'S reply was very satisfactory. She ad- 1 verted in touching terms, not only to the occasion of joy, but the event of sorrow, in which her people had shown their sympathy :—‘ l I am truly sensible of the gratifying proofs of loyalty and ...ttachment to myself and the Royal Family which have been exhibited by the citizens of London, not less in their deep a th th e y inm marriage Prince than e f wr o A n i, E t s h . e ” heavy y e occasio sy n al o p f This is a suitable recognition of the deep feelings that have been everywhere evinced on the subject , of the irreparable loss that Her MAJE,TY h sus -1 tained. There is another matter of rejoi c i ng i n thi s i n cident of yesterday, and that is, that th e most he first trial of painful effort is over, siuce t as such a g reatest. It is ear -1 nature is ate, the nestly to be tru._ gted that all who have influenN with her MAJEsliv fill persuade her not • "t to come forward again to lapse into retirement, th. - is' no great on all State occasions, and where the n -flume parade or excessive gaiety to be expected, to r, those duties in the performance of which she so ex cels. Then we shall have the satisfaction of feeling that the marriage of the Prince of WALES was twice blessed in its results, and, besides witnessing the improvement of many desponding classes of the community, we shall know that the chief per sonage herself has the best prospect of being restored at least to partial happiness. Nothing can divert the thoughts from the weight of overpowering cares, or soothe the memory that is prone to dwell too much on natural grief, as the distraction of active engagements. This is one great benefit bestowed by toil on the heirs of Adam's doom, and it will be conferring no kindness on our well-beloved Sovereign, if her nearest advisers seek to prevent her from incurring any fatigue or responsibility, now that so many engrossing attractions and so many new and engaging objects are at hand to interest and sustain her. We trust that the ceremonial of yesterday is an augury of the public reappearance of one whose absence no one can sup ply, and who is so associated with the best wishes and hopes of her subjects that to know she is still in the gloom of retirement will cast a damp on all heartfelt rejoicings and throw a sombre shade over all coming festivities. There is in existence a large class of well-mean ing but narrow-minded individuals, who in their attempts to reform and remodel the world are likely to do a great deal of mischief. We have many representatives of this well-intentioned body of meddlers among us, and though the good sense of the community generally keeps them in check they occasionally contrive to carry their point, and by so doing produce a reaction which its injurious to the real interests of religion and order. We can all remember the disastrous results which followed the introduction of I ord GROSVENOR'S Sunday Trading Bill, when the Government were forced to yield to the illegal opposition of riotous mobs what they had refused to the common sense and justice that generally regulates our legisla tion. The injustice of men, whose homes and club-houses were furnished with every luxury, forcing a rigid observance of the S ibbath on those whose tables must often be bare, if not supplied on the morning of that day, was so manifest and glaring that the general feeling of the public sup ported the opposition to the bill, however unseemly or disorderly the forms in which it was expressed. We have now a repetition of the same mistake, originating, doubtless, with men of excellent principles and benevolent intentions, who are sin cerely anxious for the good of their fellows, but who make the very common and serious error of trying to drive instead of to lead them. Experience has often enough proved the utter futility of such an undertaking. If men would lay down their vices at the word of command, as soldiers do their arms, there might be some hope of good results from the projects of Lord ROBERT MON TACU and the schemes of Mr. SOMES. But, as if to afford us an invincible answer to their plausible arguments, we have an existing proof of the fallacy of such theories in a part of the United Kingdom which ought, according to its lawn, to be the most highly moral and sober nation in Europe, but which is unfortunately very much the reverse. The practical consequences of the FORBES MAC KENZIE Act are not such as to encourage the most enthusiastic of teetotallers to desire its extension to England, yet the object of Mr. SOMES' " Bill for shutting public-houses on Sunday " is virtually the same. It is confidently asserted by those qualified ,to judge that the FORBES MAC KENZIE Act has in no wise diminished the sale of spirits, inasmuch as the poor.a. classes, compelled to purchase their stimulants over night, provide alcohol—which does not deteriorate by keeping— instead of the comparatively harmless malt liquor which is their usual beverage. The evil effects of gin drinking are already evident enough among our lower classes without the Legislature throwing this additional temptation in their way—a temptation which appears the greater• when we remember that on Saturday night the artisan's pockets are full and that the Sunday is his holiday, with which he naturally associates some degree of convivial enjoyment. To pass a bill like Mr. SOMES'S would consequently be to transfer the profit from the publican to the gin palace, to irritate the lower ::lasses, and to make them regard with disgust the welcome day of rest—that Divine boon which, Eike every other good gift, is given for man's use, tot his abuse. Anything that tends to elevate the minds of the working classes, that by degrees re fines and cultivates their tastes and habits, is a step gained towards the better employment of the Sunday ; but arbitrary legislation and restrictions, which are felt to be unjust because directed only tgainst the poor, will never succeed in rendering them religious and temperate. Mr. ROEBUCK'S satirical iuggestion, that in the event of the bill in question being read a second time he should move that all club-houses be shut on the Sunday, was a pointed reproof to the ill-advised promoters of this new social reform. The bill will, no doubt, meet with t very strong opposition when it comes on for the second reading, and it will, we should hope, be finally thrown out ; but so great is the mistaken z- al of tho promoters of such schemes, and so easy is a consent to high-sounding regulations which do not effect the comfort of the voter, that it will be necessary for the real friends of order and progress to be ready to meet it. The less our legislation runs directly counter to the feelings and wishes of the masses the better, and the less our pious obser• vances depend on Acts of Parliament, the more ad vantageous it will be for the real interests of religion and civilisation. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN , " Containinv, the Latent SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, tan be had Every Evening of G. R. GIANIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Very Latest Literary Intelligence. lady Audleys Secret—has been Found Out. For further particulars inquire of Mr. W. S. Fullom, of Surbiton. N.B.—We are sorry to add, moreover, that Miss Aurora Floyd, otherwise Mrs. Mellish, proves after all to be a mere Woman of the World. Nevertheless—Miss Braddon has actually had the courage to write the following amazing little note to one of our contemporaries ; Miss Braddon presents her compliments to the Editor of the/Torn/nu Post, and begs to state that her novels, "Lady Audley's Secret" and " Aurora Floyd," ore entirely and thoroughly original, and not derived in the slighteat degree from Mr. Fullom's book, of which she never heard until the publication of that gentleman's recent lett , rd. 6, Mecklenburgh-square, March M. MR. SUTHERLAND EDWARDS, the author of "The Russians at Home," "The History of the Opera," and other tr orks, has been despatched to Poland, as correspon dent to the limes. Mr. Sims Reeves and Mr. Santley will sing at the National Choral Society's Passion-week performance c; tue " Messiah," at Exeter Hall, on Tuesday the 31st insL, being the only occasion those great singers will sing to. gethor in this oratorio during the season. Mr. G. \`' Martin conducts as usual. . CANADIAN MAILS.—The Royal Mail steamship North American sailed from Liverpool for Portland yester day. Besides the Canadian mails she took out a full cargo, and had about 160 passengers, of whom 45 were cabin pas oengers, LATEST INTELLIGENCE, (REITTETt . S TELEGRAMS.) BUCHAREST, MARCH 26. The Government has contracted a loan of 50 illione of francs with Englida and French c3pi- talists. The agents of some great financial houses have memorialised the Government for concessions to construct railways, and to establish a bank for granting credits on landed property. Perfect tranquillity prevails everywhere. SPAIN. MADRID, MARcn 26 (Evening), The Infanta Don Juan de Bourbon, after having visited this capital incognito, has returned to France: The Correspondencia states that the Infanta's ourney has not been productive of any result. ALEXANDRIA, MARCH 27. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Donnai arrived at Suez yesterday with mails from India and China, 130 passengers, and 910 packages of merchandise. The Labourdonnais leaves Alexandria to-day with the above for Marseilles. FRANCE. PARIS, MAnou 27. It is officially stated that the news published yes terday by a London journal that Mr. Chojecki, private secretary to Prince Napoleon, had arrived at Cracow with important communications for the insurgents, and had, without stopping, proceeded on to the camp of General Wysocki, is devoid of any foundation. M. Chojecki is not secretary to the prince, but librarian to the Senate, and is not only now in Paris but has not quitted it for a single day since the commencement of the insurrection. No person has been entrusted by the prince with any mission whatever to the insurgents. Le Pays of this morning announces that M. Christides, who had been driven into exile imme diately after the Greek Revolution, last evening quitted Rome to return to Athens, whither he had been summoned. At the close of a long and able article. upon Poland in Le Siecle (au argument, signed Leon Piee), the writer observes sententiously and signi ficantly, " There is no defeat for the oppressed. There is only a difficult series of steps by which to remount to Liberty." Le amstitutionnel this morning notifies the fact that his Imperial Majesty the Emperor Napoleo❑ having recently transmitted to the Prince of the Asturias, the heir presumptive to the Crown of Spain, the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour, the journals of Madrid are exulting over that act of imperial courtesy, while the Queen of Spain herself has written a letter of thanks to the Em peror. L' Opinion Nationale (as well as Le Pays and Le Constztutiolinel) gives the whole of the remarkable speech delivered yesterday by M. Octave Feuillet before the French Academy, in the presence of H.I.M. the Empress and the Princesses Clotilde- Napoleon and Matilde, upon the occasion of the orator's reception. BoußsE, March 26.—The market has not shown much animation, but the closing rates of yesterday have been maintained, Threes being now at 69f 45c. Railway Share Market also quiet. Prices receded towards the close, and left off as follows : It per Cents. .. 96 60 r Bank Shares 3250 - - Do. end month.... Credit 1 , oneier 1490 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 69 30 Do. end month 7O S 5 New 3 per Cents .. Russian Do, end month.... Austrian .. — Credit 15d0bi1ier...,1275 Spanidt Threes — Do, end month ....1282 50 Home Debt LA IL - AYS. Orleanri• •• 6 o Cash. Account. 1116 25 .. 1116 25 1040 .. 1040 Northern New. ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1215 1217 50 Geneva Southern .. Western Eastern Sardinian 390 Austrian Lombard .7 North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona 652 50 . . 553 75 730 - . . 730 - 350 - . . 352 50 THE DANISH ROYAL THEATRE. (From the Denmark.) Of the three Scandinavian countries, Denmark hos the most characteristic dramatic literature. Baron Ludvig dolberg, 'who died in 1754, may be considered the real founder of the Danish stage. He has given us a cyclus of comedies, in which he has depicted the customs and social stat,) of his time with so masterly a hand, that as Oehlenschlaeger, our first tragic poet, says, we may through his plays alone form a good idea of our social state in his day. Of actresses we must mention Mrs. Heiberg, our prima donna, the above-named poet J. L. Heiberg's widow, who, although now no longer young, has never been equalled, either in merry or touching parts. Mrs, Phister, wife of the actor of that name, is famed for sustaining her part to perfection in Holberg's pieces, as chambermaid. We have also Mrs. Sodring, Mrs. Hoist, and others. It connot be said that we possess a national opera ; certainly we have some compositions in which the national songs may be heard, such as " Little Kirsten," by Hart man, and several compositions by Veyse and Gade ; but we arc obliged to have recourse to much foreign music. Our t tate for genuine music is well cultivated. Mozart's is highly appreciated, and well performed. Our most ce/e brated opera singer is P. Schram, who enjoys great re putation both as actor and singer; Leporelia, in " Don Juan," may be considered his chief part. liansen has a soft and melodious voice, with a peculiar talent for ballads. Ferslev is a good bass, Steen berg, a middling tenor. We must mention the excellent debutant Nyrop, who appeared last year and was very suc cessful ; it is his fine figure and great talent as an actor which has given him his complete triumph, for his voice— tenor—is nothing unusual. 01 late Docker has come for ward, and is a promising debutant. Mrs. Gerlach is our prima donna, and we must mention Mrs. Liebe and Mrs. Sahlgreen. Our theatre possesses also a ballot, which has been created by Bournonville, who at present is einployed in Sweden. We have a good light to be proud of our bullet, which is national, and in an artistic paint of view pre-eminent, for no other country can produce its equal. But if this is to continue, it will he necessary that Bournonville, its natural supporter, should return, for it has been on the decline since Carey took the management. THE BANK OF ENGLAND. 1863, The following is the House List of Governors and Direc tors of the Bank of England foe the year ensuing FOR, GOVERNORS. Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, Esq., Governor. Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq„ Deputy •Governor, Fon DIRECTORS, Thomas Baring, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq. fienryWollaston Blake, Eeq. j John Benjamin Heath, Esq. John William Birch, Esq. JoOn Gellibrand Hubbard, Travers Buxton, Esq. Esq. Stephen Cave, Esq ! Charles Frederick Huth,Esq. EdwardHenryChapman,Esq Alfred Latham, Esq. Robert Wigram Crawford, George Lyall, Esq. Esq. Thomas Masterman, Esq. William Cotton, Esq. Alexander Matheson, Esq. Bonamy Dobree, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Charles Pascoe Grentell,Esq. Sheffield Neave, Esq. Henry Hucks Gibbs, Esq. j George Warde Norman, Esq. John Saunders Gilliat, Esq I Clifford Wigram, Esq. The Election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will be held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 7th April; and for Directors on Wednesday, the Bth April, from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four in the afternoon. MR. GLAISHER'S SCIENTIFIC BALLOON ASCENTS —The ascent which was contemplated yesterday from the grounds of the Crystal Palace was postponed, owing to the violence of the wind. Dr. Lee, the president of the Astronomical Society, and chairman of the Meteorolo gical Committee, with Dir. Glaisher, Mr. Colwell, Mr. Negretti, and other men of science concerned were on the .round early. Towards noon the wind rose, and as it reached a speed of 70 miles an hour, blowing from due west, and would have taken the balloon in less than an hour over the Nore, the ascent was put off. The balloon, however, remains on the spot, and, if practicable, the ascent will take place this day, as all the parties aro within reach of the telegraph. Owing to the continued severe illness of Mr. Wilkie Collins, he is unable to take the chair, as announced, at the annual dinner of the Theatrical Fund, and his place will be supplied by Mr. Charles Dickens. C 21114 t'1111,111111: HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 26. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Louis of Hesse, attended by Lieut. Colonel Hon. D. DJ Ros, drove out yesterday afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales drove out. The Dake of Argyll, the Earl of Malmesbury, and Viscount Sydney arrived at the Castle yes terday. _ Presentation of Loyal Addresses to her Majesty. The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of London, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, and the Lord Provost of Edin burgh, with deputations, attended at Windsor Castle this afternoon, to have the honour of pre senting addresses to her Majesty. The Queen received the addresses privately in the White Drawing-room. Her Majesty was accom panied by the whole of the Royal family now stay ing at Windsor, and was attended by the Lord Chamberlai❑ and the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department. The Sheriffs of London and the City Remem brancer had an audience of the Queen, to receive her Majesty's commands as to receiving the ad dress of the City. The Lord Chamberlain then introduced the depu tations. The Lord Mayor of Loudon, accompanied by Mr. Alderman Copeland, Mr. Recorder, Me. Sheriff Lawrence, Mr. Sheriff Jones, Mr. Truscott, the mover of the address, Mr. Daputy Jones, monder, Mr. Kearns, Mr. Da Jersey, and the City Remem brancer were first introduced, and the address of the corporation of London was presented to her Msjesty, and a gracious answer was returned. The mover and seconder had the honour of kiss ing her Majesty's hand, and the deputation retired. The Lord Mayor of Dublin (Hon. John Prender gast Vereker), accompanied by Alderman John Campbell, Councillor John Martin, Councillor John Gray, the Town Clerk, the Sword Bearer, the Mace Bearer, and the High Constable, was then intro duced, and the address of the corporation of the City of Dublin was presented to her Majesty, and a gracious answer was returned. The mover and seconder had the honour of kiss ing her Majesty's hand. The deputation then retired. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh, accompanied by ilr. Marwick, City clerk, and W. H. Graham Lawson, private secretary, was next introduced, and the address of the city of Edinburgh was pre sented, and a gracious answer was returned. The Lord Provost had the honour of kissing her Majesty's hand, and the deputation retired. The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol was pre sented to her Majesty at an audience by Sir George Grey, and did homage on his appointment. The Rev. Dr. Stanley was the Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting. The Prince and Princess of Wales. Another delay in the visit of their Royal High ❑esses the Prince and Princess of Waits to San ..lringham has been tendered necessary, but we believe it is finally arranged that the special train will leave Windsor, and travel through to Wolver ton to-morrow, only staying at Lynn to receive the address of congratulation of the corporation. Their Royal Highnesses will stay at Sandringham, it is expected, over the Easter holidays. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Captain P. Cust, left their residence on Thursday afternoon, for Balvoir Castle, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland. The Princess George of Saxony has been safely lelivered cf a daughter. A son had been hoped for, the Royal family not yet having any direct male heir. The Duchess of Somerset had a reception last evening at the First Lord of the Admiralty's official resi dence, at 'Whitehall, The Marquis of Queensberry, R N., has arrived at Eaton-place West on a visit to the Dowager Marchioness of Queensberry. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bath have left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Longleate, War minster. The Earl of Derby was able yesterday to be present in the House of Lords. The noble earl is much better, but some days must elapse before he regains his strength. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield have joined the circle visiting the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir Castle. The Right Hcn. Sir George Grey returned to town yesterday afternoon from Windsor Castle. Sir Henry and Lady Hoare and Miss Hoare have left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Paris. Lady Molesworth entertained last evening, at her residence in Eaton place, the Prussian Minister and the Countess Bernstorff, the Duchess of St. Albans and Lady Diana Beauclerk, the Marchioness of Ely, the Mar quis of Sligo, Earl Granville, the Earl and Countess De Grey, Lord and Lady Lyvedan, Viscount Falkland, Lord Frederick Cavendish, M.P., Lord Dunkellin, M.P., Gen. the Right Hon. Cecil Forester and the Hon. Mrs. Forester, and Mr. and Lady Margaret Beaumont. Lieutenant the Hon, Albert Denison, R.N., has left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Paris. DEATH OF THE DUKE OF GRAFTON.—At an early hour yesterday morning the Duke of Grafton expired at Wakefield Lodge, Northamptonshire During the last month or so the duke has been in such a very bad state that the members of his family were fully prepared for the sad result. He was in his 74th year. DEATH OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM HENRY HIGGS, R.N.—A vacancy has occurred in the list of officers on the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital for a Captain R.N., valve £BO per annum, in consequence of the death of that gallant and distinguished officer, Captain William Henry Higgs. The deceased officer was in his 83d year. Berkeley-street dates from 1659, and St. James's street, then called Long-street, was finished in 1670. Dover-street and Old Bond-street (the latter named after the speculator who built it—one Sir Thomas Bond) were laid out about 1688, and Albemarle-street and Bolton-street about 20 years later. Clarges-street was finished in 1718, and Half Moon-street in 1730. The same year also saw the completion of Hanover-square, Grosvenor and Berke ley-squares being almost contemporaneous with it. At the beginning of the last century, Oxford-street, or Tyburn• road, as it was then called, had only a few scattered houses on the north side. Pennant describes it as " a deep hollow road, full of sloughs, with here and there a ragged house, the lurking-place of cut-throats." So late as 1746 there were no houses on the north side west of Marylebone-lane. Nlarylebone is derived, not as is often thought from a cor ruption of La Bonne, but from St. Mary Le Bourne—a brook which bounded the manor of Tyburn on the east, as ,he West Bourne (now so familiar a name to us) did on the other side. The course of this brook (which crossed Oxford street from north to south, near Stratford-place) is still to be traced by the depressed level of the valley through which it used to run. And, doubtless, the irregular course of larylebone-lane itself, which contrasts so markedly on the map with the rectangular streets all round it, marks the winding of the rural lane which once followed the stream let's course. Oxford market was founded in 1731, and Mid dlesex Hospital in 1745. Cavendish-square was planned in 1715 " on a waste and dangerous spot, intersected by a shady or lover's lane' from Margaret-street to the spot where Manchester-square now stands." Wigmore-street was begun in 1729, but the Harley Fiel ds (where Whitfield used to preach) were not built upon till about 1770. Port land-place dates from 1772. Portman-square was built between 1761 and 1784. Fitzroy-square was not begun till 1812, which is also the date of Nash' s plans for Regent street and the Regent's-park. The son of M. Jullien, whose name is advertised as the conductor of a London orchestra, is the author of some interesting papers on the organisation and manage ment of the French arm y , which have appeared in Mr. Dickens's periodical. PROPOSED TOWER BRIDGE..—IrI reference to the scheme for a foot passengers' bridge from Irongate-stairs, near Little Tower-hill, en the north side of the Thames, to aorselydown old stairs on the south, the Board of Trade report that they feel compelled to object to the construction of this bridge, which would greatly interfere with the traffic in the Pool, and they trust that the select committee on the bill will not allow this structure to receive the sanction of earliament. A duel with swords has just taken place between the director of the Diritto of Turin and the director of the Politica del Topolo of Milan, in consequence of 9, dircus sim in their journals. '1 he former received three wounds, whilst the latter escaped with a slight scratch on the head. The state of the director of the Ifiritto is not considered dangerous, NAS .RT. The Chronometrical Chart of the History of England ; Civil and Military, Religious, Intellectual and Social. From '. 55, to A.D. 1860. Togeth'r with a Table of the Contemporary Sovereigns of Europe, from William the Conqueror to Queen Victoria. By David Nesmith. Messrs. Philip and Son, Fleet-street, London; South Cas le-street, Liverpool. Mr. Nasmith's idea amounts almost to a discovery. History is not with him as an old almanack. Viewed by this keen-witted, clear-headed scholar, it has loomed before his " mind's eye" in various shapes and colours, as distinctly visible and as easy of remembrance by the would-be chronologist as the map of England by the would-be geographer. The paramount merits of Mr. Nasmith's very original projection of the History of England are two—its simplicity and its symmetry. As now published, The Chart appears under two dis tinct forms : either bound in cloth, as an Atlas, or mounted on rollers in a single sheet five feet square. The Atlas being better adapted for the use of stu dents, as a mast valuable adjunct to the reference books lying habitually upon the library table of the lettered Englishman. The hanging chart, mounted upon rollers, being more suitable for the purposes of instruction upon the walls of a school room. Upon the wall of every schoolroom in the land we should be right glad to know that this truly admirable Chart of the History of England would before much longer be hanging. We speak of it thus, emphatically, it is true, but quite dispassionately also : uttering our opinion solely in our professional capacity as critics, strangers to the author of the chart, but grateful admirers of the happy ingenuity displayed by him in its compilation and arrange ment. How to explain that arrangement of his in words? That is our difficulty. Yet another glance at the Chronometrical Chart almost induces us to believe nevertheless that a lucid verbal explanation of its ar rangement is after all practicable. It is in its entirety as a chart mounted upon rollers, and suspended against a wall, that the symmetry, the beauty, and the perfected completeness of the scheme ass whole become the most readily recognisable. Far more so than when the chart, disintegrated, so to speak, and paged into an atlas, comes the more handily within reach of the student seated at his desk. It is, there fore, of the chart in its five-feet square form that we would here be understood to speak exclusively. So displayed to view—the Times of our History, the events of our History, are brought before our gaze altogether. They can be scanned there upon that symmetrical chart at a glance. They are arranged there harmoniously, in due proportion, relatively to each other. How arranged Mr. Nesmith has himself explained with admirable lucidity in a paper read by him on the 12th of last November before the members of the College of Preceptors. In the course of that paper the author reminded his hearers, as we are here, in turn, enabled to remind our own readers, that— " The History of England involves the whole or part of three distinct periods of 1,000 years each. " 1. The 1,000 years immediately antecedent to the birth of Christ, with the history of which in connection with England we know very little; to this period a very small space at the head of the chart has been allotted, which con tains the notice of but the events, the invasions of Julius Caesar. " 2. The second period is the first 1,000 years of the Christian era, containing many more, but still comparatively few, and for the most part unimportant events. This period is represented by the long band immediately below the first division, It is divided into ten parts of one hun dred years each; which are respectively subdivided into ten parts, viz., a band and nine squares of ten years each ; and to every event in this portion of the chart, the unit figure is prefixed. Thus, in the fourth square of the first division, is ' 4 Beric at Rome ;' and as the first division represents the period A.D. to An, 99, the fourth division represents the ten years from 40 to 49; therefore the figure 4 prefixed to Beric at Rome shows that Beric was at Rome in the year 44 A.D. " 3. The third division represents the second 1,000 years of the Christian era, not yet completed ; it occupies the great body of the Chart. In this part the plan of con sttuction is fully carried out. It forms a square divided into a band, and nine squares of one hundred years each. These periods are respectively divided into a band and nine squares of ten years each; which are again subdivided into a band and nine squares of one year each." Such is the arrangement of the Chronometrical Chart, as described in a few simple words by the ingenious compiler of it. As may be readily con jectured, the eff_et of the spacing of the different epochs, as we look back from the present time into the past, the old familiar " air and harmony of grace express," by becoming as a matter of course "small by degrees and beautifully less." The clearness and distinctness or the whole is further secured by differently colouring the various dynasties; by printing the names of the Sovereigns, so to speak, " in relief ;" by giving the narrative in ordinary type, legal matters in Old English, statistics in Egyptian or Arabic, and miscellaneous particulars in Italics, beyond all this employing a diversity of compact and easily recognisable symbols. A Scroll typifying a Treaty, a Tree the acquisition of Terri tory, * literary men ani matters, t fine arts, — 'companies and united action, s (for example) the particular day of the month, md. married, dr. daughter, bit, built, and so forth. Altogether the Chart is a wonderful Microcosm. It is a cyclo [Alija of information. And what is more than that, it is pleasant to consult—the eye discriminating easily, and even agreeably, upon the instant, by the mere tint of the colour, the particular people, or the particular dynasty green Britons, brown Romans, blue Saxons, orange Danes, drab Normans, yellow Piantagenets, pink Lancastrians and Yorkists, green Tudors, rose-coloured Stuarts, :with a white patch in the midst of that blushing space to mark the inter regnum of the Commonwealth, and finally the red house of Hanover ! The diversity of information here compacted together is really something in its way surprising—something that at times has about it almost the effect of wit! Wit being defined by some metaphysical inquirers as the effect produced by a sudden bringing together of two wholly distinct matters, never before brought thus into direct association. Oar meaning in likening the effect here produced as having in this sense somewhat of a resemblance to the effect produced by wit, may be exemplified, by the way, upon the merest passing reference to the parti cular division of the Chart allotted to 1784 ; where we find it recorded that in that same year, "Lord Palmerston was born," and " mail coaches were introduced !" A certainly startling double-charge of information that ! Lord Palmerston, born in he very same year in which mail coaches (long since: fallen into disuse and almost forgot ten) were firat introduced. 7 his good old coach, however, having long survived—and long may he still survive them—far into the railway era! Altogether, we hesitate not to pronounce this eingularly beautiful Chronometrical Chart of Mr. Nasmith's a veritable boon, in its way, to the whole Educated or Educating Community. It tends, in a delightful manner to systematise the knowledge of us all. And, for inasmuch as it is practically calculated to do this, we have reason to regard with gratitude the intellectual ingenuity that has produced it. SHIPPING—This Day, (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—Athens, steamer, from Cape of Good B.OPe: La Message and Argyll, steamer, from Carentan ; and Georges, from Cherbourg. Sailed—Naples, for Bourbon ; Janette and Laura, for Swansea. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GI:AYE:SEND, Friday Morning. Sailed, March 20—Constance, for Barbadces ; Lord Nel. son, for Mauritius. Sailed, March 27—Kinn .ird, for Rangoon., Madawaska, for Goutzacoulds ; Onyx, for Mauritius ; Johanna, for Dantzic ; Seine, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—Cid, crew steams-, for Ei&a; Scidenskjold:for Quebec, Constance, for Marseilles ; Rickard and William, for Lagos; Mary and Martha, for Galatz—all from Lon don; Lloyds Sm:thson, from Sunderland, for Vera Cruz. Anchored—Europa and Exter, and Peacock, of Wey mouth, from West, for North; Graces, of Shields, from North, for West. DOUBLE EXECUTION AT DORCHESTER. --This morning the condemned convicts Preedy and Fooks underwent the extreme penalty of the law, over the t,ld entrance facing the Froome meadows. There was a large concourse of spectators, The " British Nation" Life Assurance. One of the most successful and do,urving of our provident institutions, is the " British N at 316, Rtgent-sireet. The company, and the so cieties amalgamated with it have paid upwards of £1,300,000 in the defrayal of over 3,u00 claims. This is an institution which has achieved far more success than could justly have been prophesied by its admirers when it was set on foot in the year 1852. At first the institution erred a little on the side of generosity to the public. Its conductors are en abled, however, now to publish the following figures : Annual income (nearly) Invested funds exceed (irrespective of the capital) 257,000 New business effected 1862 And we learn that the business of the current year presents still more gratifying evidences of the public appreciation of the principles of the associa tion. Here is the plan of its constitution, clearly and eloquently told in its own prospectus : " Life assurance is one of the most important elements of the principle of association, and affords the opportunity of investment and provision to almost every class of society. Not only is it a means of family: provision to the man of income, but to the wealthy landowner, the merchant, the trader, and the artisan, it offers unequalled facilities. There are practical difficulties, however, which have presented themselves to the minds of intending assurers, and have prevented the more general adoption of life assurance. These are-1. The want of some benefit to the assurer himself, should he attain old age, and perhaps outlive the persons for whom he assured. 2. The fear of litigation on some disputed point, after the payment of many years' premiums, whereby the assurer bequeaths a law suit in stead of a legacy to his descendants. 3. The fear of being unable to continue the premiums on the policy, whereby the payments of many years would be lost, and the object of the assurance defeated. The policies of this association obviate all these objections :—By the application of the profits to rendering the policy payable during the lifetime of the assured—by the avoidance of all uncertainty or liti gation, by making policies indisputable—and by the pro visions for the non-forfeiture of policies by inability to keep up the payment of the premiums." These are very important objects to achir,ve by the instrumentality of life assurance, and it is satis factory to note that they are liberally dealt with by the company. That the policies should be pay able during the life of the person assured, and with out any extra premium whatever, is a very impor tant feature in the programme. Upon this theme the explanatory book already quoted from, says "It is frequently the case that the object for which a life is assured passes away, or the family for which an assur ance is effected becomes richer than the person whose life is assured in their favour; or that in declining years the money,which is ordinarily only payable at death, would be invaluable. The principle, therefore, of applying the bonus at each division to the extinction of the latter premiums on the life, and thus of making the amount of the policy pay able in the lifetime of the assured, is one which recommends itself to the mind of every assurer. For instance, under the ordinary plan, the survivors of a person assuring his life for £5OO, would, at his death, receive £5OO, and either some thing extra in the way of bonus, or the assured might dur ing life have paid a decreased annual premium. But under this system he may receive, say on reaching 55 years, the £500." It is a grand and attractive feature in the plan of operation that no policy can ever be forfeited after it certain period by the non-payment of the pre- RiIUM :-- "After the payment of five annual premiums on whole life policies, effected with profits, the association will tot forfeit the policy by reason of the temporary intwility of the assurer to pay up his premiums, but will, on application, advance the required amount for premiums at interest, as often as the value of the policy will admit. Thus an as surer who has paid five annual premiums of, s a y £lO each, being temporarily inconvenienced, could have the sixth premium credited to him and charged on his policy at inteus+, he having the same indulgence the following year, or, at least, as often es the value of his policy would admit of it. He would also have power to repay the amount so credited as soon as convenient, or leave it a charge on the policy. By the deed of settlement, five per cent, of all the profits are also set aside for the formation (i a fund for sustaining the whole life bonus policies cf those who are temporarily unable to pay up the premiums." We will now quote a few of the examples ap pended to the society's tables " Table I.—A person aged 30 next birthday may, at his decease, secure to his family and survivors the sum of 4,000 by the payment during life of £24 Os. 101. annuallYl £l2 7s. 6d. half-yearly, or £6 53. quarterly, and will be fur ther entitled to a participation in the bonus of the associa tion, which may be applied— (1) In rendering the policy payable during the lifetime of the assured. (2) In reduction of future premiums. (3) In adding to the amount assured. " Table lI.—A person aged 30 next birthday may. at his decease, secure a fixed sum of £l,OOO by the payment dur• ing life of £2l. Is. Bd. annually, £ll ls. Bd. half-yearly, or Xt3 Os. 10d. quarterly. " Table 111.—A person aged 30 next birthday may secure at his decease, provided he die within the term of one year? the sum of £l,OOO by the payment of £ll Os. 10d. ; or may secure, provided he die within the term of seven years, the same sum by the annual payment of £ll9s. 2d. (This table may be advantageously employed in commercial transae' tions, either for securing debts, money advances, or s hort partnerships, or any contingency certain to occur within ”ne or seven years.) " Table IV.—Single Payment Assurances—Assurance s may be effected under this table for any desired amount"' say from £'2s and upwards ; and being wholly paid u p, be ceme absolute reversions, descending in all their entire'', without charge or trouble, to survivors and heirs at the death of the assured. A person aged 40 next birthday IllaY secure £lOO with bonus, at death, by the payment of £ 5l 17s. sd. Policies of this description are always available for present pecuni iry purposes, seeing that money may ! a t all times, be readily obtained upon them by the holders free of cost, for temporar) accommodation. " Table V —Joint lives—Two persons, aged respectively 25 and 30, may secure £l,OOO payable at the death of either , by the annual payment of £32 13s. 4d., during the joint c..ntinuance of their two lives. " Table VT.—Endowment Assurances.—A person aged 25 next birthday may, by the annual payment of £2B 1 8 s' td., secure to himself £l,OOO, together with the additions by way of bonus, on his attai❑ing the age of 60; or the same ,imount would be payable to his survivor, in the event of his dying before that period. "Table VII.--Endowments for children.—Example 4 ' (The moneys paid to be forfeited to the office in the event of the child not surviving the term.) "£lOO may be secured to a child aged 3 years, on attain . ing 14, by the annual payment of £6l9s. 9d., or by a 6 , 4 1° sum of £59 13s. Id. " (All premiums returned in the event of the child not reaching the agreed ago.) £lOO may be secured to a child aged 3 years, on attaining It, by the annual payment of a 6s. 2d. "£lOO may be secured to a child ag d 3, on attaining 21, by the annual payment of £3 174. 9d.'' The profits, divisable every five years, it mai be remarked, are apportioned in the followivg liberal manner : "Ninety per cent, to the assured, whereof 70 par cent; is applied as follows:—I. In rendering the policy payab le during the lifetime of the assured. 11. In reduction of future premiums. 111. In adding to the amount assured' 5 per cent, to the assured for a policy sustentation fund, t° secure policies from lapsing when assurers are temporartlY unable to pay the premiums. 15 per cent, to the assure d for purchasing up the shares at the market price, so th at the association may become mutual, when the e ntire assets will belong to the policy holders. 10 per cent. to the shareholders, in addition to interest of not less than 5 P er cent. per annum, on all capital paid up." The above illustrations will, however, be suffl cient, in regard to the British Nation Assurance Company, of which Dr. George Birmingham is the chairman and Mr. Like the manager. THE ROYAL WEDDING.—The estimate for " cellaneous, special, and temporary objects" show that the marriage of the Prinoe of Wales necessitates a vote for £23,455. The £23,455 is made up of the following items Extraordinary charges devolving on the departments o f her Majesty's household and travelling expenses, £10,300; for works at Windsor under the direction of the Office of Worltg and Public Buildings, £3,200 ; for illuminations of public buildings, £7,000 ; and for opening the theatres to the pub" lie on the 10th, £2,955. _ _ Mr. LUMLEY AT HER MAJESTY'S TTIFATRE. -- " Some friends of Mr. Lumley have projected three testimonial performances, to be given for his benEfit, May, at the theatre, the brilliant annals and glories of whict` are so intimately associated with his name; and Mr. Maplo' di s posal. The performances f s r o o n m has the f most ac fact of ge n l‘ er ld o l u le s . ly Pi Pic c:l c o ' mini (Marchinn, G6etal,i) d o h av i ng volunteeted her s erv i ces f or the three represe nts' dill the Opera erivean 1-€l:l.u,escei:ltiut bicolor tions. Mdlle. Piccoloruini, however, as has been rumoured+ does not intend resuming the stage as a profession After performing for Mr. Lumley she goes back to Italy and retires again int o pr i vate life. With the invaluable aid of the clebrat e d ex-prima donna, with the principal at- i'ts her Majesty a Theatre, and, indeed, all the talent iu rho country— for everybody will be anxious to lend a hand O so intero.ting an occasion—the three testimonial peri cir' mances cannot fail to prove unprecedentedly a ttractiv e '' The nights for the three representations are fixed for Wed, :Imlay, May 6; Monday, May 11; and Monday, May The tion tt The rate a being discus The Wedn of hi)] exhibi much Thi stock out I theati ciple The I ti hen whit] desig prove and c in thi West went. prese nalia ment const: dend pecte tres a are Si than right men ur de peers £125 .£25 I Th mail Th will will Di vaile Sugn Coffe rice, regal press per 1 moral inue curr 921 The men are Bill 227 soli4 quo vari The littl unL Mic and at I mai 3 Po 3 pc Nev Sp Sp , Tu THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY__ EVENING MARCH 2/, 1861 (