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Sig, Polonini ; Alberto, Signor Capponi ; cava ieri, Signor Lucchesi, Signor Rossi, and Signor Fader ; Hambaldo, Signor Teri-Baraldi ; and Roberto, Signor,Naudin, his second appearance in that charac ter in England. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 78. ; amphitheatre eta Is, 301. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 25. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico of the theatre, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicselltrs' and THEATRE ROYAL DR U R Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. Atter which, Shakspere's HENRY THE FOURTH. Mr. PHELPS, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. A ddiso ,, , Mr. Ryder, Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoti, Mr. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith 'Wynne, M es It se Leclercq, ~nd Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Ccm pany. • Concluding with MY HEART'S IN THE lIIGHLANDS. TFIEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, IV eathersby, ; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe. acc. ; Mes dames Louise Keeiey, Snowden, NellyZower, Hill, Wright, itogers, &c. To conc:ude with MRS. WHITE. Mr. Compton. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Linder the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECTITER will perform HAMLET on SATURDAY next, May list. Claudius, Mr. Emery ; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan ; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden h.ff ; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedigger, Mr. 11. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. F. Charles ; Messrs. IV M'lntyre, F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmond•, Sims, Collett, Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, Miss M. Hen ] ade ; and Gertrude, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open at half -past 7, and Hamlet com mences at S. The whole profits of the evening will be diT7ded between the National Shakspere Committee and the Dramatic Col leZe School Fund. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. All Tickets issued for May 11th will be available on Satur day, the 2, st. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, THE OLD STORY. Mr. Dominick Murray. Atter which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. To conclude with BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy 0' itaffer y, Mr. Dominick Murray. NEW THEATRE-11.0 YAL, ADELPHI.--• Solo Proprietor and Mana:zer, Mr. B. Webster. Last Week but three of t he Great Tragediene, Miss Bateman, in the character of LEAti. THIS EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKEE3PEARE'S HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH: Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Biilington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Mrs. ilidington. To conclude with THE AREA BELLE : Jlessrs. J. L. Too:e, P. Bedtord, et. !tomer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATEMAN.—L E A H.—THI EVENING and EVE tar EVENING —Miss Bateman will appear in her great Impersonation of the Jewish ma d.n uLtil further notice In order .o give due effect to tNis most remarkable SUCZ,CF 4 of the se .son, e,,irety new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Manson and a:.d Thompson. New dr, ss s and appo ntments have be,n prepare I for its production.—N.l l . In consequence of the •xessing and numerous i,pplications ar. the Box-of The, ar tngement4 have Low been nade by which Seats m y bo ob tained a Fortnight in Acivan.e. .ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Comedy, by Dian Boucicault, Esq., every Evening. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular mmes of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. .7. L. Toole, Mr. s. Clarke, Mr. Psul Bedford, Mr. F. ltobinson. Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss ILrbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and original Comely In 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled THE FOX CHACE. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr...T. Clarke, Hr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Cham ,er laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss B enrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At 10, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Frank +1 attpews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke; Miss Fanny Josephs Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF. Followed by THE MAID OF 110NOUR. Atter which7(l6th time) MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, Turner, &c. ; 3larie Wilton, Simpson, &c. To conclude with MARGATE SANDS • Commence at 7. "MOSES AND S 0 N in • respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest taDrlCa are combined with the latest and most fashionable oesigns, and the best workmanship. E. 3IOSEs and SON give particular attention to this important branch of their business, and they can with confidence affirm that the prices are such as must satisfy the most economical. 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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rim DAY.—Morning, 10h. 59m.—Afternoon, 11h. 30m. fa-monnow.-Moraing, 11h. 58m.—Afternoon, h. m. r.,/ SUM LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1864. It is not very long since the public was startled I by the news of a terrible catastrophe in Yorkshire when two hundred persons fell victims to the burst ing of a reservior. On that occasion considerable blame was attached to the negligence which had neglected to warn the occupants of those houses which were endangered by the accident, as soon as any risk was apprehended, and it was felt that if due care and caution had been taken, not only in the building of the reservoir, but in promptly com municating the impending danger, many valuable lives might have been saved. But the negligence or indifference which existed in that case has now been thrown completely into the shade. There was reason, it is true, to dread the possibility of the overflow of the waters, but there was no absolute certainty, and the engineers, we believe, hoped against hope up to almost the last moment that the catastrope might be averted. In the case now under consideration, however, the danger was not only possible but imminent, not only a vague pro bability in the future, but as terrible certainty in the present. The result it is true was not so start ling in its extent, the injury it inflicted did not de solate hundreds of houses, nor attract the attention of the country, but though on a smaller scale, it was of much the same character. When we consider the vast extent and crowded position of many of our manufacturing buildings, we must think it very fortunate that only ten lives were sacrificed at the Greenfield disaster. A chimney being built at some mills fell in the night across three cottages, most of whose inhabitants were killed by the accident. So far there is nothing wonderful in the melancholy occurrence. The surprising part of the affair is that the cottages knew the danger which they were in but took not the slightest heed ; one them contenting himself with saying, when told of the unsafe state of the chimney, that he was not worse to die than any body else. Acting on this principle, the dwellers in the three houses went on, day after day and night after night, until the crash came, and ten of them were suddenly, in the darkness and silence of night, summoned to their eccount. We cannot dignify this by the name of courage; those who showed it would probably have hesitated had they been asked actively to imperil their lives for another. It was rather a stolid indifference, a reek less disregard of consequences, which we often see manifested in minor matters, but seldom in cases of life and death. The infatuation which leads the Italians to build again on the very spots once deso lated by burning lava is of a similar kind, if not in degree, to the feeling which led these poor cottagers to linger within reach of the falling chimney. But, if we feel surprise at their conduct, what must be said of the watchman ? This man, put on guard for the night to see that all was safe, positively watched the tokens of an approaching fell without even thinking it necessary or advisable to warn the sleepers of the terrible visitant at hand. Such stupidity is almost incredible, unless it arises from absolute mental deficiency, and in any cane the man was most unfit for his post. According to his own evidence he was cautioned about the chimney on the eye of the accident, and the man who cautioned him left a stick wedged in between the corner of the stone and the chimney on the opposite side from that of the ill fated houses. Two hours later the watchman looked, and lo the stick had fallen to the grounn. Surely this was proof positive that the chimney was leaning away from the stick, and was tottering to its fall. The man tried to wedge it in again, but it was now half an inch too short for the place it had previously filled. Upcn this startling revelation what did he do ? Did he call assistance without a moment's delay and rouse the sleepers in the cottages without pausing for breath ? No ! " I went my usual round, intending to try it again when I returned. Oa my way back about eight minutes later, the chimney fell." Well might the Coroner ask, "Did you not know these poor creatures were sleeping beneath it ?'' and when this most extrordinary wit ness replied in the affirmative, inquire again, " Did it not occur to you to call HAMMOND or some one else ?" Whereupon the witness answered quietly, " I thought I would come and look again." This is . certainly accepting the literal interpretation of the duties of watching, since it appears that what• ever he saw he was not disposed to act. But how ever great the negligence or ignorance of this man, there must have been something very seriously wrong in the structure itself. It seems that it was quite a new chimney in course of erection, and so far back as some months ago the same watchman noticed that it was leaning. Instead of being pulled down, the foundations looked to, and the whole error thoroughly remedied, it was `stretched" or strightened, but a few weeks back it was again seen to lean to one side, On Monday night the watchmen perceived a crack about three yards in says, le an op n gthatt e h t e in b g ottom of the chim ne y, f orm i ng, h e between the chimney an the earth, so that it seems this extensive structure had no regular foundation. If a chimney of this height is raised on the flat ground we need not wonder at disasters occurring. We hope this point will be closely inquired into, and indeed the whole affair stands in need of a most searching investigation that it may be ascertained at whose door the blame really lice. It is therefore with satisfaction that we hear the jury have decided that the inquest should be adjourned in order to give time for com petent authorities to examine the foundation s of of the fallen chimney. Melancholy as is h life occasioned by this accident, it is but a typ e o f the catastrophies wo may expect unless due pre cautions are observed in the erection of our various manufacturing establishments, and it is therefore imperative the full truth of the matter should be ascertained, so that such lamentable disasters m a y be guarded against in future. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY is not one to let a good opportunity slip out of his hands for being of service to the poor and suffering. The claims of c the little chimney-sweepame under the notice 701 the House a little time back, and the reception they then met with has induced the noble lord to make some more effective regulations for the protection of the children. These excellent expedients cannot fail to b e o f great service to the unfortunate littl e band so gre a tl y i n need of succour, and it is not too presumptuou s now to hope tht, in a short time , there may be a total stophild r P e t : n itn this unfit o rhe u nefarious nta nd dan gerous prac tics of employi ng c task. In the first place it is proposed that DO chimney-sweeper shall be permitted to employ v child under ten years of age in any work whatever, ex cept in his place of business, under a penalty of ten pounds. A still better rule is the following— that the master be prevented from having any per son under sixteen in his employ when he enters house for the purpose of sweeping a chimney. To fulfil the design of this comprehensive enactment it is arranged that a constable be authorised to arrest without warrant," any chimney sweeper who thus offends, and also to detain the young person. This is a very good rule, because it attacks the evil at its source. There is no knowing what devices the crafty will resort to to gain their ends, and there fore it is always wisest to check the commencement of such practices. If a child is not in the house it can not possibly be sent up the chimney, but if for oneez case or another it is taken in, no one can tell what may take pace. When a chimney-sweeper is con victed of compelling a child or person under twenty one to ascend a chimney, he may be sent to prison for a term not exceeding twelve months, with or without hard labour. It seems almost surprising that some such rules or regulations should not have been made before, but better late than never is a very true saying, and too much praise cannot be awarded to the Earl of SHAFTESBURY for his stre nuous efforts to better the condition and emancipate the race of these little negroes of a free country. There is also a very sensible provision made to the effect that when a chimney is built, or rebuilt, novice shall be given to the Board of Health, or other authorities, and clauses are put in this bill to ensure the fulfilment of the required restrictions being complied with. Surely now there is a good prospect of this scandalous practice being disoon tinued, and it is a great shame that so many per sons who were in a position to know the evils of the habit should have permitted it to be carried on in their own dwellings. The shipowners of Liverpool are now followiug in the wake of those alarmists who have taken up the cause of the Federals with such sympathetic ardour. A petition has now been signed by those who signed the memorial lest year, with the excep tion of one. This petition states that the under signed " view with dismay the probable future con sequences of a state of affairs which permits a foreign belligerent to construct in and send to sea from British ports vessels or war, in contravention of the provisions of the existing law." This is very likely the genuine expression of those who utter it, but the course that is proposed is a most dangerous one, and can never succeed in effecting the objects in view. After going on some time further in the same strain, the meaning of all this lugubrious statement is disclosed, namely, that it would be exr pedient to sanction the introduction of changes in the Foreign Enlistment Act, to afford the Execu tive greater power in preventing the building of ships destined for belligerents in British ports. All this has been already proposed a score of times by various supporters of the Government policy and admirers of the Federale, but it has not as yet gained many adherents, nor will it ever be popular in the country for it to take place. The result of these proposals and strictures against the rights of subjects and the claims of others has always been that of ignoring, and has always fallen on the proposer of the innovation, and failure most com plete and mortifying has attended the venture. Still no one ever can or will learn from it the ex perience of others, and it will not be at all surpris ing; if before long we have another attempt to change the present state of the law. Earl RUSSELL has already hinted at something of the kind rather vaguely, and he may be glad to take advantage of the excellent opportunity, which the demands of so many influential men may give him. It is to be hoped that such extremities will not be resorted to, because all such expressions of irritated feeling and angry altercations as these proposals give rise to are best avoided, and can but produce unpleasant consequences. It would be quite an innovation on the free and unfettered course of action which has hitherto been the birthright of our countrymen to set down who they may build ships for, and who they may not. The absurdity of the argument here met with is, that any country may hereafter be come a belligerent, so to prevent . the possibility of the mischance they dread. The petitioners had better demand that no vesse:s at all shall be constructed for foreign Powers. This will be the readiest mode of putting a stop to the danger, though perhaps even they may think that this step will be going too far. Certainly the advocates of these preven tive measures are doing their best to make foreign nations believe that the period is past when Eng land was mighty in arms, and rich in resources of all kinds for an emergency. First on one side, then on another, we hear of the imprudence of this prac tice, the undesirability of that custom, and the ex pediency of a complete and immediate change for fear a war should take 119 by surprise and find us overwhelmed in a sea of difficulties. According to present arrangements, there is no prospect of a speedy resort to hostilities, but no one can tell how soon the tide of affairs may change, and sometimes the very means taken to prevent war may provoke it to come to pass, One thing is certain, it will not avail us then that to please foreign nations we have sapped the strongholds of our own Constitu tion, and compromised the rights and privileges cf our subjects, in order to satisfy the scruples of over punctilious people. AMATEUR PERFORMANCE.—Last night a per formance, organized by Mr. Lynch, was given in "the Bijou" attached to her,Majesty's Theatre, for the pur pose of increasing the funds of a charitable institution in Somers-town. The pieces selected were a " Cosy Couple' and " The Rivals,' and although it is usual to pass over the efforts of amateurs with the usual complimentary phrase of" all acquitted themselves with ability," in this instance wa must particularly single out the efforts of Mr. Lynch for high commendation. From first to last he appeared quite at home on the boards of the pretty little theatre, and elicited loud applause by the excellence of his acting. The leaders also deserve great praise for the talent they exhi bited on the occasion. The performance gave great plea sure to the entire audience. CHARITIES IN THE METROPOLIS.—It appears that the gross income of the endowed local or parochial charities known to be existing in the city of London amounts to £66,356, and that of those in the city of Westminster to £26,666. The purposes to which the income of the first group of charities is applied are as follows :—Education, £ll,292—apprenticing and advancement of children, £1,777 —endowments of clergy, lecturers, and for sermons, £3,833 —church repairs and general purposes, £26,o4s—mainte nance of Dissenting places of worship and their ministers, £s7—education of Dissenters, £93—public parochial uses, £3B3—support of almshouses and their inmates and of pen • sinners, .£6o,oBo—distribution of articles in kind, £2,801 — distribution of money, £s,37B—and general uses of the poor, £8,614. The income of the Westminster charities was de voted as follows :—Education, £7,o7o—apprenticing and advancement of children, £2,299—endowments of clergy, lecturers, and for sermons, £1,233-2hurch repairs and general purposes, £266—support of almshouses and their inmates and of pensioners, £ll,s63—distribution of articles of kind, £ l34 —distribution of money, £l,66o—general uses of the poor, £ 46 0--medical relief, £l,2ol—and loans, £7Bl. Besides these charities the gross income of a third group in the county of Middlesex amounted to £51,793, which was devoted to the following objects :—Education, £17,024—ap • prenticing and advancement of children, £2,72B—endow ments of clergy, lecturers, and for sermons, £66l—church repairs and general purposes, £2,3l3—maintenance of Dis senting places of worship and their ministers, £545 education of Dissenters, £2,6l2—parochial uses, £1,585 — support of almshouses and their inmates, and of pensioners, .£12,130 —distribution of articles in kind, £6,2ls—distribn Lion of money, £s,l6l—general uses of the poor, £794 and medical relief, £2l. The Nouvelliste of Marseilles mentions the death of a little girl, 10 months old, in a rather extraordinary manner. A small nine-pins in bone, stained red, was given her to play with, She put it into her mouth, and sucked off the colouring matter, In a few hours after symptoms o f po i so ning showed themselves, and, in spite of medical assistance, she died in a Short time► THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING ) MAY 17, 1864 THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Adelina Patti in "La Sonnambula." Bellini's charmingly tender and graceful two act opera of "La Sonnambula " was performed last night at the Royal Italian for the first time this season—Madlle. Adelina Patti being the Amine, Signor Naudin the Elvino. and M. Faure the Count Rodolpho. A hattet Zast among living artistes could net f. , a aeasonably looked for. With the .mica of Madlle. Patti the London nehlie. is already familiar. The Elvin° of E4,,snor Naudin was, on the other hand, e, rotaelty. While the appearance of M. Faire as the Count was greeted with evident satisfaction by an audience that welcomed him with the cordiality, alone displayed. towards an acknow ledged favourite, 177 our usually blase, or, at any rate, undemonstrative world of opera -goers. The entrance uf Signor Naudin a little earlier is the evening, namely, in the fifth scene of the first cc l whatever. For this a ' , atbeytheway, being a sign a l f or no recept i on waapparent apathy or indiffe rence towards himself, however, the accom plished Frenc'a tenor was fated to win for himself, more than once during the evening, the very amplest compensation. I'Ve have hardly ever heard Signor Naudin, in truth, to greater adv an t age t h an we did yesterday. His impassi one d s i ng i ng an d acting repeatedly roused the au di ence to enthusiasm, The music of Elvino is exactly adapted to the range of his voice, as the character itself is sufficiently in harmony with his capabilities generally, to secure for it at his hands the advantage of an apt and, at at times, most effective impersonation. Although encores were by no means the rule yesterday evening, the fact in regard to those attesta tionsbeing, in reality, exac tly the N aud in, s most impassioned de i:ery reverse,o(f (at tpleasuret Signor he close of the fourth scene of the second act) of the "Ah ! perche non posse odiarti"—agonized in the prevailing fervour ' of its intonation, nothing less than tearful in its closing cadences—drew forth a thunder of applause that virtually amounted to a demand for its repeti tion. Any repetition there, however, being simply impracticable from the mere circumstance of the "situation"—thelovere having separated in anguish, and the chorus of villagers having dispersed. Signor Naudin so completely took the house by surprise last evening by his representation of the character of Elvino that we have been tempted thus to make first-mention of him in regard to last night's per formance. Mademoiselle Adelina Patti's Amina has already, in point of fact, long since assumed its place, in London as elsewhere, among her most charming impersonations. As Amina among all the most singularly gifted of living soprani, this youthful, this still almost girlish cantetrice has actually no superior, has, all things considered, no competitor. By one only most rarely-gifted creature has she been surpassed, indeed (in our recollection) as —that fairest of village maidens, la Bonnambula! Dazzling though the vocalisation of Jenny Lind in Amine, at Her Majesty's, bewitchingly though the character was represented by Miss Romer at the Lyceum, and exquisitely though her every look, and tone, and movement was rendered by Madame Grisi, when la diva was yet in lae,r glory still, even then we would say, that, upon the whole, Madlle. Patti's Amine has never once been surpassed! But for Malibran !—but for one of our earliest recollections, that of Malibran !—a re membrance caught at the most impressionable age of all—one of the most vivid, as it certainly is also one of the moat treasured memories of childhood—but for Malibran ! as thus heard and seen distinctly in her great character of Amine, heard and seen still it seems to us distinctly at that distance of time (how many years is it ?)—but for Malibran, we say, we should have yet pronounced Patti's Amina unsurpassed. Remembering Malibran, however, as the somnambulist, remembering that incom parable genius of the 'yrical stage —among operatic soprani what E3mued Kean must have been among tragedians, what Paganini must have been among violinists, just simply, in one word, unapproachable —it is no disparagement whatever to say of Madlle, Patti that in one instance, though in one instance alone, in this character of Amina, has she been, in our own recollection, surpassed. Malihran's exqui site, her nothing less than matchless Amine having raised the Drury Lane Theatre as an operatic arena to a level, in those days, with the noblest lyrical stage in all Christendom. Who that once heard her, that once saw her, that listened to her en tatnaed, that watched her through teare—can ever lose the remembrance of it ? Ihe passion, the very rapture of her singing awakening a shadowy reflec tion of genius, as it were, in the English tenor who then sang and acted with her as Elvino—poor past, and gone, and almost forgotten Templeton ! No— it is no disparagement whatever to say of Madlle. Patti that her Amine has been in that one instance— in the instance of the incomparable Madame Malibran-deaßeriot—not merely surpassed, but surpassed incommensurably. Having been thus surpassed by Malibran---for the one simple reason that in Malibran the possession of the divines': voice was combined with tha possession, (quite as absolutely) of the rarest gift of genius. Apart from any comparison, however, with that purely exceptional instance of Madame Malibran, what a lovely and delicious impersonation it is, the Amine of Madlle. Patti ! Bellini's sleep•walking heroine is, in fact, among the triumphs of imper sonation achieved by the most youthful and fas cinating of all living prima donnas. From the first to the last, yesterday, from the warbling joy, of the " Come Der me serene," to the rapturous end daz zling delight of the 4C Ah ! non guinge uman pen.- siero"— Madlle. Patti's delivery of the lovely music allotted to Amine, was worthy in every note of the splendour of her reputation. The duet between Amina and Elvino, Prendi, l'anel ti done,' as given last night by Madlle, Patti and Signor Naudin, was especially entitled to admiration, if only by reason of its evidencing unmistakeably the enhancement, yet further during these last few month!, of the power already familiar to us in the fresh and radiant organ of the young eantatrice. Testifying, thus, that even as her rare powers are now, they are still in appreciable process of dev e l o pment! • Faure's Rodolpho, excellent throughout, from his tender and contemplative delive r y of the famousl the ravviso, 0 luoglai ameni," thr"gh all agitating scenes that follow -- the bed room scene, where the Count's chivalrous soul prompts him to leave the fair hsomnaam bulist sleeping dreamily an his co lic e proached, unasvakened, undisturbecl down to the last breathes incident when, in Elvino'ssight and in the sight of a ll th e v ill a gers, she unconsciously attests her own i nnocence by a re petition, aver the millroof, acro ss th e b r id g e, of her pe rillous som nambulism. M oro t h an simply e xcellent, how ever M. F a u re ' s R o d o l p ho was not. The rest of . the character s are so pec uliarly insignificant that they scarcely a d m it o f being Pl rtcularised. lt Signor Si will be sufficient, therefore, to mention that rragli .g afirPolonini was t h e Al ess i°, Madame the intrigui ng Lisa, and Aladlle. Anese, Teresa t , The foster-mother of Amine the somnambulist. 1 t instrumental accompaniments of the action of the piece by th e orc h estra , with the occasional t o gether choruses of the villagers, we re all that could be wished by the m os t fast' as —Mr. Costa presiding over the mom en t ar y whirlwind and directing the intermittent s t orm of both or chestra and chorus with all his wonted mastership as a conductor--as 4 nt area of the hotre the conductor. The magnificent - last night was very fully occunie,d in boxes , stalls, and amphitheatre. To-night Meyerbeer's " Itobertoll Diavolo" (first ,given this season on Saturday) will be r epeated. Thursday will be the first night this season of Gonnod's "Faust e Margherita. " We observe, moreover, that Fiotow's opera. of " Stradella," iu lieu of Nicolai's " Merry AVives of Windsor," i s active preparati on , announced by Mr. Gye as now in The town of Miramont (Haute.Garonne) was thrown into consternation three days since by a dreadful homicide committed on the person of the mayor, M. Birag net, a cloth manufacturer. About nine in the morning a re.pectable man named called to see the mayor, and the latter, after a long interview, was taking leave of his visitor at the door, when AI. D - stabbed him in the neck with a table knife, inflict►ng a wound wn , ch termi nated fatally soon aiterwarda. The assassin iwinedia"Y after the crime threw himaelt into the river with the inten tion of committing suicide, but was got out alive and de livered over to the police. Re ie supposed to be tame. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] GIBRALTAR. MAY 12. A telegram received some days ago from Malaga, reported the wreck of an English vessel on the African coast, near the Spanish settlement of Alhncemas. Tier Majesty's gunboat Procris and the Redpole were therefore despatched to the rescue of the wreck for the purpose of saving the nrew, and whatever might be left of ship and cargo. There being no vestige of the ship discernible on the shore, the commander of the Procris communi cated with the Governor of Alhucemas, from:whom he learnt that the vessel had been wrecked about four miles to the eastward of that settlement. On proceeding to the designated locality, the com mander ascertained from the Ruffians on shore, with whom he communicated by means of a Moorish interpreter taken from Gibraltar, that a large English vessel, supposed to be a barque, had been wrecked, that three of the crew were drowned, and that the survivors, seven in number, had been sent in one of the Riff boats to Tangiers. The week had entirely broke up. The Procris had left for Tangiers to bring over the seven men who have been sent there, and in case the Riff boat should not have reached Tangiers, we under stand that the Prooris is to coast along the African shore to Tetuan, with a view of intercepting the boat in its passage. The name of the English barque is not yet known. Commercial accounts from the Western coast of Barbary received by the Languedoc, speak of the difficulties which heve been experienced by the European merchants in their commerce with the Moors, on account of their ill-% ill, more or less disgusted with which the Moorish authorities regard all trade with the Sultan's subjects and foreigners. A regulation made by the Moorish Government, about a year and a half ago, that pro duce should be sold only in open market at the coast towns, and that agents of foreign merchants should not be at liberty to traverse the interior for the purpose of purchasing the productions of the country, although not strictly in accordance with the treaties between the Sultan and several European Powers, appears to have been acquiesced in as an experimental matter. The result seems not to have been satisfactory, for we learn that the British Vice-Consols on the coast have now been informed by a circular from her Majesty's Minister, Sir John Hay, that British subjects would be pro tected in their rights to make purchases by them selves and their agents beyond the jurisdiction of the coast towns. This would, it was thought, give an impulse to business. The supply of wool coming to market in Max Igen was not abundant, and there was a report that the Sultan at the end of the pre sent clip would prohibit the exportation. Prices of wool were high, not only on account o the short supply, but because vessels were in the bay loading, and their charterers were therefore under the neces sity of completing their cargoes at the high price demanded by sellers, or sending away their ships half empty. Cad:z papers says—" The object of the visit of the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier to England is to be present at the marriage of their daughter, Dona Maria Isabel d'Orleans, to the Count de Paris, which is to be celebrated on the 30th inst. The Spanish Minister in London has also been directed by Royal order to be present as a witness of the marriage. The following British vessels have arrived hero since the departure of the last mail:—Schooner John Pierce, 23 days from Liverpool; schooner Mary and Jane, 14 days 'rem Cardiff; schooner Exchange, 17 days from Cardiff; steamer Arasces, 61days from Liverpool ; steamer Marathon, 51 days from Liverpool; steamer Syria, 5 days from South ampton; and steamer Peninsular, 8/ days from Swansea. Exchanges are quoted on London, 90 days' date, 50i to ik; Paris, sf. 32a.; Marseilles, sf, 32c.; Genoa, of. 32c.; Madrid, eight days' sight, par; Cadiz, 2 die.; Seville, 1 die.; Malaga, 1 dis. ; Bar celona, prem.; Almeira, Valencia, and Admit, par. FRANCE. The Duke de Luynes has again left Jerusalem with the scientific expedition under his direction, to explore the country between the south of the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Akaba. This expe• dition, which is provided by its chief with the best mathematical instruments and apparatus, has already obtained results of high interest of science and arch call( gy. _ _ A duel which terminated fatally has just taken place between two soldiers of the 4th Chasseurs, at Carcassonne (Aude). One of them, a brigadier named Alillot, was run through the lower abdomen by his adversary's sword, and expired a few hours later. General Lemaire, grand officer of the Legion of Honour, has just died at Verdun, his native place, in consequence of an illness brought on by his anxiety about the health of his eon, now recovered. BOURSE, May 16, The market has been rather heavy, and the little business done has been at a decline on the last quotations of Saturday. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 70c., and Mobilier at 1,172 fr. 50c. Railway Market quiet, but firm. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents. 94 75 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 80 Credit Mobilier 1167 50 1)o, end month 1167 : 50 Spnk Shares 3375 Credit Foneier 1260 Roman Italian Loan 69 10 Do. end month 69 New ditto Do. end month — Russian Austrian.. .. Spanish Threes florae Debt _ _ — Deferred PAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans . , ... 885 —, , . 885 Northern .... Lyous and Mediterranean 890 .. 887 60 New ditto BB5 .. Southern 650 .. 665 Western .. - Itastern Sardinian Austrian LOYP bard North of Spain Saragossa 665 .. 663 75 Ditto to Barcelona BAIL AUSTRIA. VIENNA, May 14. The following is the official report of the Aus trian commander in the recent naval engagement, in a despatch to Count Crenneville, the First Adju tant-General to the Emperor :-- "This morning, while on my way to Cuxhaven, I learned that three Danish frigates had been seen near Heligoland. I sailed in that direction, and having come up with the vessels in question, at once attacked them. After the battle had lasted two hours and a half the foremast of the frigate Schwarzenberg took fire. As the vessel was lying with her head to the wind I was obliged, in order to prevent the fire spreading, to let her fall off. At the sametime I made a signal to the other vessels to break off (abbrechen) the engagement. We re treated to Heligoland, where we cast anchor.' A non• German, who witnessed the action off Heligoland, says the Austrians displayed great courage and determination, and that the foremast of the Schwarzenberg was hit by a shell while her crew was preparing to board one of the Danish vessels. At first the A ustrians maintained that they were overmatched, but they now candidly acknow ledge that they had more and heavier guns than their antagonists. The Schwarzenberg has a crew of 520 men, and carries four rifled 24-pounders, 40 smooth. bored 3 0 - pounders, and six mortars for throwing 601 b. shells. The frigate Radetzky has 390 men on board, end her armament consista of three rifled 21 pounders, 24 smooth-bared :30-pounders, and four mortars for 601 b. shells. E-ich of the Prussian gun boats—Blitz, Basilisli, And Adler--carries three g ucs. the panieh screw-frigate Niels-Duel, which is said to have been much injured, has 42 guns, and the screw schooners Dagmar and Raja- dal 16 each. As a reward for his gallantry, M. von Tegetthoff has been raised to the rank of a Rear-Admiral. This Government has just forwarded to Berlin a note, in which it is hinted that Austria and Prussia will hardly be able to come to an understanding in respect to the conditions to be imposed on Denmark until the question relative to the German Customs Union has been settled to the satisfaction of the Im perial Cabinet. It has long been known to the Austrians that the ultra-Conservative party in Prussia has a hankering after the Danish Duchies, but they certainly did not expect that such men as Count Arnim-Boytzenburg and Prince Putbus would advise the Sovereign to lay violent hands on his neighbour's pro perty. The Austrian Government is said to disap prove the address which has jest been sent to the King of Prussia, but it can hardly attach import ance to it, as it must well know that neither Eng• land nor Russia will willingly allow Holstein and Schleswig to be incorporated with Prussia. In the evening of Wednesday you learnt from me that only a part of the Austrian Loan had been taken, and I am now able to give some detailed in formation on the subject. At 8 o'clock in the even ing of Wednesday the various sealed offers were opened in the presence of the Minister of Finances, but the only one accepted was that made by a coen pany composed of the Anglo• Austrian Bank, Messrs, Baring, of Londe n, and Barons Sine and Wodianer, of this city. The Vienna Credit Bank was willing to take 10,000,000f1. at 76, but M. von Plener declared its offer to that effect to be unacceptable. Yesterday evening the official Abend post informed the public that the whole loan of 70,000,0001 " was in the hands of a Syndicate." The true meaning of the words quoted is that the Anstrian Minister of Finances has given the whole of the loan, with the exception of the 23,500,000 of silver florins which were subscribed, in commission to a company, which is composed of the Anglo- Austrian Bank, Baring Brothers, M. Wodianer, J. '3. Sine, the Dutch Bank, the Berlin Discount Company, M. Karo, of Berlin, and B. G. Gold. schmidt, of Frankfort. The independent Vienna papers plainly give the Government to understand that nothing but strict economy can keep the finances of the Austrian empire from going to the bad. The Pesth Ilirnok professes to have learned from reliable sourzes thst the recent hard frosts have destroyed nine-tenths of the rape and four-tenths of the wheat sown in Hungary. The loss sustained is estimated at 40,000,0001, but in my opinion the accuracy of the estimate is very questionable. One hundred and sixty sailors have gone from Trieste to the North Sea, to fill up the gaps made by the Danish guns in the crews of the two Austrian frigates. VTII - 7- , - (fort HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Saturday. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Helena, and the Prince and the Princess of Leiningen, arrived at Balmoral at half-past three this day. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Louise, the Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, with the Princess Alberta of Leiningen, and the Royal suite, arrived shortly after. Lady Churchill, the Laiy in Waiting, joined the Royal train at Oxford. MEXICO. The Independence Beige mentions that it has re ceived letters from Mexico which give more de tailed intelligence than that published by the French journa s. It says :—" The following is a summary of the contents of those letters, and both are in accord on that point. Vidauri, who has always been the personal adversary of Doblado, would have refused to place himself in communica tion with that chief. But, after several interviews which he had with Juarez, he is said to have agreed to give up Monterey to the ex-President, the latter having 'manifested the intention of transporting the seat of his Government to that town. He therefore retired with his troops, in order to leave Juarez under the protection of soldiers who had faithfully served him since the commence• ment of those disasters, and in whom he might have full confidence in the probable eventuality of his being obliged to :secure his retreat towards the Rio Grande. What had become of Vidauri since he evacuated the seat of his Government no one knew, as at Mexico nobody had any susp'cion of a fact made known by some letters, that Mejia, who commands a body of Imperial troops, and who was in the State of San Lute, had gone to the as sistance of the former Governor of Leon and Coa huila. At Mexico people ore not so sanguine as the illondeur, which declares that the army of Juarez no longer exists. There, indeed, Ortega is said to be assembling around him, including the bands of Doblado and Negrete, from 4,000 to 5,000 men, in addition to the guerillar under the direct command of Carvajal; Uraga is also said to have entered Acapulo with from 3,000 to 4,000 soldiers; and, lastly, as a proof that the ex-President has still some real forces at his disposal, is the fact that the troops by whom Monterey is occupied are only a detached corps, CRACOW, A letter from Cracow has the The sudden arrival in this city of Count Mensdorff Pouilly has had the effect of imparting activity t o the zeal of the local authorities in their campaign against the Polish element in Gallicia. The last females arrested were the Countess Marie Tarnowski and the Countess Zaluske, grand-niece of Thaddeus Kosciusko, the most illustrious patriot of Ancient Poland. The Governor-General declares that he will adopt the most severe measures to make them con fess their complicity with the National Government. The men are treated no Letter, M. Bentkowski, the eminent deputy of the Berlin Parliament, who has been detained for 10 months in an unwholesome cell without having undergone any interrogation,is dying of an affection of the lungs. Gen. Kroszwski, for merly in the Belgian service, but since settled in Gallicia for several years, is also ill and deprived of any assistance from his family. Lastly, General Count Joseph Ziluska, a veteran of the First Em pire, has just been torn from the works of art and history to which he was devoting the remainder of his life. A companion of Napoleon 1., he was en. gaged in analysing and describing with talent the wars and combats of which he had been a witness. His interrogatory commenced on the 27th ult. in the criminal prison of Przumysl. The following is an official report of the extraditions published by the German journal of Cracow :-275 inhabitants of the kingdom delivered up to the Russian autho lilies (the journal takes care to add that 46 were bandrd over by constraint) ; 359 expelled, probably to France; 217 sent for fi , red residence lionce,gs. gratz in Bohemia, and 80, belonging to different nations, sent to their respective countries. This is the official return, but it is very far from attaining the real number, which we shall give when an op portunity presents itself." FRUIT PROSPECTS IN DEVON.—The country ge nerally, and North and East Devon in particular, is looking remarkably wall just now. The late fine growing showers came just when they were wanted. If no unusually severe frosts come on, the prospect for fruit of every kind is a most excellent one. It is long since such a splendid dis play of apple blossom has been seen ; the trees and even whole orchards sue one mass of bloom-. Pears are likely to be abundant and are set, some of the young fruit already measuring two inches round.—Cherries, too, are forward, some being an inch and a half round. There is every pros pect of plenty of garden fruit,—Tiverton Gazette. TIGERS IN SINGAPORE. —Captain Nelson, of the Madras Presidency, induced by the unceasing ac counts appearing in the newspapers of the dreadful de struction of human beings in Singapore occasioneci by tigers, has written to the Government to suggest that an attempt might be made to poison the brutes by means of strychnine. He mentions a case in which he succeeded in destroying a tiger, together with a great many vultures, jackals, dogs, &c., by putting strychnine on the carcass of a buffalo which the tiger had killed and only partly consumed, and to which he returned to complete his meal. The method recona • mended by Captain Nelson is about being tried here by the commissioner of police, and we hope it will be found suc cessful, although there are doubts on the point, as repeated attempts have been made in Singapore to poison tigers, but without any good result. Dogs have been tied up in the jungle in places resorted to by tigers, their necks having been previously shaved and rubbed with strychnine, 'neaps being taken to prevent their lickhq,, , off the poison. Calves have also been tethered in the jangle with their necks pre pared in the'same manner; but none of the experiments succeeded, although from the marks of tigers' feet all round the bait in several instances it was apparent that their no tice had been attrae:ed to it. In one or two cases strych nine has also been placed on the bodies of persons killed by tigers, but the tigers did not again touch them ; indeed, we are assured it has been generally observed that in Singapore Lig ers do not return to eat bodies, whether of men or beasts, which they have enly partly consumed.--Singapore Free tress, April 7, The Frince and Princess of Wales. The Prince and Princess (J Wales, attended by the Hen. Mrs. W. Grey and Major Teesdale, went in the forenoon yesterday to see Mr. Holman Hunt's picture in Hanover street. The Prince rode on horseback, attended by Major Teea. dale. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, attended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey. The Princo and Princess of Wales, attended by Lord Harris, the Hon, W. and Mrs. Grey, and Major Teesdale, went in the evening to the concert given by the Philhar monic Society at the Hanover-square Rooms. The Duke of Somerset, the First Lord of the Admiralty, will entertain a large party of naval and civil officers attached to his department on Tuesday next, at his official residence at the Admiralty, Whitehall, The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Cavendish left Devonshire House on Saturday last for Chatsworth, Derbyshire, to pass tho holidays. The Duke of Marlborough has left town to meet his yacht in the Southampton Water, in order to take a cruise in the Channel. During his cruise his grace wil visit Cherbourg and other parts of tho coast of France. The E Arl of Carnarvon leaves town to-day on it visit to the Earl and Countess of Portsmouth, at Hurst bourn Park. The countess will remain in town. The Earl of Wilton left Grosvenor-&qtlare yeFter. day for Badminton, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort during the Bath race meeting. The Earl of Coventry, Viscount Canterbury, the Earl Annesley, Viscount Curzon, Captain Hon. Frederick Curzon, Sir Joseph Hawley, Sir Henry Des Voaux, Colone 1 Hon; James Macdonald, Colonel Hon, H. Forester, Captain Leslie, Mr C. Greville, Mr Payne, Mr W. G. Craven, and a large party have left town for the Bath races, and will be among the guests at Badminton. The Earl de Gray, as Secretary of State for War, will give a full-dress banquet on Tuesday next, at his man sion in Carlton-gardens, to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and a distinguished party connected with the military department over which the noble earl has control, in celebration of her Majesty's birthday. The Earl of Powis is expected to return to town, towards the close of the week from doing duty with the yeomanry. The Earl Russell, the Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, will give a full• dress dinner to the foreign ambassadors on Tuesday next, in celebration of the Queen's - birthday, We understand that the marriage of Lady Con stance Villiers, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, with Captain the Hon. Frederick A. Stanley (the Grenadier Guards), youngest son of the Earl and Countess of Derby, will take place on the 3ist inst. Lord and Lady Dufferin have left the Palace Hotel, Buckingham-gate, for Clandeboy, Ireland, for a few days. The marriage of Lord Frederick Cavendish, second son of the Duke of Devonshire, and the Hon. Lucy Lyttleton, second daughter of Lord Lyttleton, and Maid of Honour to the Queen, is appointed to be solemnised on the 7th of the ensuing month. THE MARQUIS OF AILESBURY is recovering from his recent indisposition, which prevented his Lordship attending at Court. THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE is better.- His Grace of late has derived much benefit from tranquil nights, and has regained much of his lost strength. THE ACCOUNTS OF THE VENERABLE EARL RADNOR are such as to give uneasiness to his friends. Lady C. Bulkel y (his Lordship's only child by his first marriage with Lady Catherine Pelham Clinton) has gone to Coleshill, where Viscount and Viscountess Folkestone are expected. THE EARL HoWE i 3 considerably better, and. is cast recovering from his recent indisposition. Drinking Fountains, TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. Sin,—ln anticipation of the approaching hot sumnier days, the Committee of the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountains Association beg to inform the public that funds are urgently needed to enable the society to continue those exertions which have hitherto been attended with such great success. Through the instrumentality of the associa tion upwards of 80 fountains have been already erected, at which it is computed not less than a quarter of a million people drink daily during the heat of the year. It is the desire of the society to extend the boon as far as possible to every corner of the metropolis, so that the thirsty wayfArer may not be forced into the necessity of repairing to the public-houses. The committees are overwhelmed with applications for new fountains, but are unable to erect fresh ones from want of funds ; and for the same reason the provision made for the relief of the sufferings of cattle and dogs from thirst falls short of what is required. All the fountains of the association are under constant supervision, and qualified workmen are employed to keep them in an efficent state, but several of those erected by private benevolence have become dilapidated and even dry. If the in bile will afford the means, the committee propose offering to undertake the supervision of all the fountains in London, and (thereby to seeure for each the necessary attention. I shall be happy to receive contributions in aid of those objects, or subscriptions may be paid at the office of the association, 1, Shorter's-court, Throgmorton-street, 8.C., where any further information may be obtained.—l am, &c. SAMUEL GURNEY, Chairman. 25, Prince's•gate, S.W,, May 16, 1664. ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN [Bora IN ARMY AND NAVY] TO DO HIS DUTY, and it seenig likely that our soldiers will very soon be provided with a little hook, telling them in simple language what their duty is TELEGRAPH TO AMERICA.—The necessary ar rangements for another attempt to lay a submar ins telegraph between Ireland and North America have b ?en made, and the Atlantic Telegraph Company are more s; in guine than ever that the experiment to be undertaken ill the spring of 1865 will be a complete sncess. By the time that the Atlantic Telegraph Company is ready for its grand enterprise, a second and entirely different line of telegraphic , communication between Europe and America will approach, if not reach, its completion. This is the line running across Siberia, thence connecting with Russian America, thence passing through British Columbia, and ultimately rc,achit l 6' our Pacific States. The most difficult portion of this tele graph, that through Siberia, is now, according to a recent despatch, completed as far as Irkutsk, the capital of Ea. deru Siberia. Mr, Collins, a citizen of the United States, to. whom the Russian Government has given for d period of 36 years the exclusive right of working this telegraph through the Russian dominions, has now obtained from the British Government the right of way through British Columbia. The Western Union Telegraph Company of the United States are prepared to assume the construction of the line, and capitalists are ready to supply the money for carrying out the undertaking. It is intended to cantinue the tele graph northward along the western coast of British America to Behring's Straits, which will be crossed by a eubmarino cable 40 miles long, thence along the coast of Arctic Russia to the mouth of the Ammer River, at which point the B,us-- i m t i lv e i s t with n extent, their own. an d , T w h h e e n n e N e v o line l completed, shin Government have a gree d to meet the line and connec t be willn t . a unite r 4 ;p 20 Europe' Asia, and America, p r i nc i pa ll y by land,---ffew York Trisune. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. —_Late on Friday night, or early on Satu r d a y morning, a destructive Ere broke out on Weddiu g t on f arm, in the parish of Ash, near Sand wich. The flames were first discovered by Richard Pay, a neighbour, about half. past 1 o'clocic on Saturday reornirg' as he was getting up to go to market. He gave the alarm t° William Marsh, waggoner and bailiff to Mr John Woo3ruift the occupier of the premises. On ping to the stable 111 arA' found his horses dead from suffocation. The lames had then extended to the whole of the buildings, which were all brun t to the ground before an engine could be procured. Indce 6 if an engine could have been got, it would have been of la° Use for want of water. Four young horses, we: 1h £3O tacit' were burnt to death in the stable. After the fire bad burnt out they presented a deplorable spectacle, their bowels P r°: trading as if the careas cs h a d b urs t w i t h excessive heat. The hind legs of two of th e p oor creatures were cornp lott'Y burnt off, Five breedi ng cows were a l so found in a sirail3- y , condition. The buildings, consisting of a four• horse stable, a wheat barn, a barley bat; a fodder barn, a bullock lodge, all birch-b u ilt, an d th a t c h e d , ware completely destroye d ' together with their contents, which included a waggon, two carts, and a quantity of agr i cu l tural i mplemen t s , and tw o straw stacks, the growth of 13 acres . F rom the aPPear_aolo l . of the fire when it ias first disc over ed it must have f menced either at the str aw s t ac k or a t th e north corner of u :he wheat barn. The w aggoner ' s ma te was the last person on the premises on F r id a y n i g ht, a nd he left the st able aelo0u: 10 o'clock, when all a pp eare d qu ite safe. The fire is up posed to be the work of an incendiary. The d a mag 1 : variously estimated at from £7OO to £ l , OO O, bat the lose I fully covered by insurance. I