The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-27 00:00:00

ROYAL, ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. From this time Wit li the end of the season there will be four Opera nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and atarday. Subscription Night, in lieu of Tuesday, August 2. Mdlle. Emilia lagrua ; Signor Graziani ; Signor Mario. TO-MORROW • EVENlNG(Thursday ,April V, will be per formed Donizettl 's opera, LAFAVORITA. Leonora, Mdlle. Emi i% Lagraa '; Inez, Madame Tagliafico ; Alfonso XI., Signor Graziant ; Baldassar Signor Attri ; Don Gasparo, Signor ttossi ; and Etrdinando, Signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. The incidental Divertissement wi 1 be supported by Mdl!e Stlvoni, Mdlle. Carmine, and Mdlle. Navarre. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre sta Is, 103. 6d., 75., and 55.; smphitheatre. 2s. 6d. Ilexes, stalls, and tickets may be had At the box-offica under the portico of the tneadre, which is open from tea to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and THEATRE ROYAL DR U R Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, a scene from TWELFTH NIGHT. Alter which, will be produced the Grand Stage Revival of ShakTere's Chr,nicle or Histori'zal Play, entitled the First Part of HE X 11.1" THE FOURTH. The cast will include impersonations by those emint..it krtists, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Waiter Lacy, Mr. a ddiso Hr. Ryder, Mr. tcobert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Pitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, M ss ft( se Leclercq, .nd Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Com pany. To conclude with AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Delmore. TEIEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET7- sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Messrs. Howe, Chippendale, Buekstone, Rogers, Compton, leatren, ; Mesdames Angel, Lindley, Fitzwilliam, Snow den, After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENU3 AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe. &e. Mes dames Louise lieeiey, Snowden, Nelly rower, Hill, Wright, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. lip OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Alt) Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE DAY AFTER THE FAIR: Messrs. Widdi combe, Garden, Moreland, and Miss E. Lavenu. After which, Mr. John Brougham's Original Comedy, PLAYING WITH FIRE. Messrs. J. Brougthm, Emery, Widcicomb, .1. G. Shore ; Miss C. Leclercq, Miss Henrade, Dims P. Leclercq; Mrs. Winstanley. • - - Doors open at 7, commence at halt-past. NTEW THE ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHL boIe Proprietor and Manairer, M. B. Webster. THIS:EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S BOLTS : Alessrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, ,Stephenson. • - - - - Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson; Miss H. Simms and airs. To conclude with T fiE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, x. Earner, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. yr ISS BATEMA N.-L EA H.-THIN JL EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will re-appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma,thn uLtil further notice. In order .o give due effect to tAs most remarkable success of the se,son, entirety new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Dansun and Sons, and Tnomps.n. New dry es.s and appo ntments have been prepared for its production.—N. Is. In consequence of the 'stressing and numerous ,ipplications at the box-office, ar ingements have Low been made by which Seats m.y be ob tained a Fortnight in Advan.e. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MY PLIES 14:RYER. After which (never acted) MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, Turner, &c. ; Marie Wilton, tiimpson, &c. Commence at 7. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of llfr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The greatly successful new Comedy every Evening.—First week of a new sensation Farce.—Mr. J. Clarke. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedtbrd, Mr. J. Robinson, Mr, Ashley, Mr. J. Johnstone; Mrs. Char es Mathews, Miss Herbert, Mrs Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth., and Mrs. Stir,ing-. EVERY EVI:NING, at 7. a Farce, with a new sensation, called SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Ashley. Mr. Johnstone ; Miss Fanny Josephs and Miss Patti Josephs. At a quarter before 8, the successful new Comedy, by L. Buckineutm, Esq., entitled THE SILVER LIN LiCr: Charles Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, and Mrs. Stirling. • - After whlDh, at 10, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE : Mr. Ashley and Miss A. Cottrell. Commence at 7. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COAL 5. Direct from their own Collieries. 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We allude to what has been latterly occurring in the House of Com mons—and elsewhere, without the walls of Parlia mcint—among some of our most conspicuous living politicians. Take, for example, the suddenly hust ling away out of London of General GARIBALDI. Are we, there—to believe or not to believe our own senses? Ave we to follow in that matter the simplest dic ta tes of " common" sense ? GARIBALDI himself protests, in answer to every inquiry addressed to him —even to the t nquiries addressed to him by the most eminent surgeon living —that he is uncommonly well. We see him with our own eyes—and he looks what he says he is, namely, uncommonly well. The Great Surgeon, in his very last letter upon the subject of GARIBALDI'S health, says, as plainly as words can Aby anything, that on pressing him (GARIBALDI) closely with his inquiries he appeared to he fagged —and that on examining him very closely he looked fagged. Well, for that matter, really the wonder of the world would have been if he hadn't, Fancy any man living, going through the fatigue and ex citement that GARIBALDI had been going through for nearly a whole fortnight, and not acknowledging when he is closely cross-questioned that he is rather fagged—and not, when he comes to be very closely Ecrutinized, looking rather fagged. " A throat of brass and adamantine lungs," and all the rest of his anatomy built up out of similar materials, would be r,riaired in a man who could speak or look otherwise after such a fortnight as that following GARIBALDI'S arrival in London. Fagged, of course, he was— but otherwise, if we can believe himself, he was uncommonly well. And, if we can bee lieve ouc own eyes, he was so the day before ho left Londoe. Oh, but he was something more than faggedt—the public have been seriously in formed. Gmtine,LDl was something more than merely fagged — he had a boil! Nay, he had "two boils"--ju his arm.? How very severe they must have been, th b ose - °l-B 'aeeing that G without w incing, go . throu g h .ARIBALDI CoUld, such an amount of hand shaking, that it le a mercy his arms were not wrung off before he could get away from the metie'polis. Then again —these boils on his arm, his m ore zealous friends, that fairly compelled Ministers cf the crown and others on the score cf his h ea lth advise ills i mmediate de parture—theee b o ils on Lis aem d on ' t seem to have interfered in the least with his rowi ng t h e Dowager Duchess cf Sutherlend about tbe Th et ,„ ! More than that—What in the name of com mon 8.,u.39 is the vica co: , evidence given in by Mr. BEALF.S, Mr. NICHOLAY, and others on Monday at the London Tavern, h;f)re the City Garibaldi Committee? Why, the evidence is this—the Chairman of that Committee, namely, EE A DC., the Revising B eirister,:already mentioned, Mr. NICHOLAY also already mentioned, and otLher members, said they had seen GARIBALDI at; Cliefden on Sunday, "Ile had assured them he was in perfect health, and that the cause of his de,parture must be attributed to other causes." Than these, words could not be plainer—any more, in deed, than they could be more tautological! Reading them—looking simply at very plain facts remembering the look of GARl- BALDl—remembering the assertions uttered by GARIBALDI himself as recently as Thurs day in answer to inquiries about his health and about the real reason for his hasty departure— again we ask are we in future to believe our own senses—are we to follow the dictates simply of common sense ? Mr. GLADSTONE says no. Lord PALMERSTON ditto. Lord SIIAFTES BURY protests as distinctly as possible that we are not—and according to what formula ?—upon his honour as a gentleman ! Really —we cannot help recalling to mind, in the midst of all this, how very comically, only the other day, CHARLES DICKENS, speaking of one cr two passages in SHAKSPERE'S plays, remarked that, but that it was SHAKSPERE, we should call it bosh! It is, for all the world, exactly thus with us in regard to this over-much speaking and writing of certain noble lords and right hon. gentlemen about GARI BALDI'S Health. Bat that the assurances we are listening to come from these noble lords and right hon, gentlemen, we should be certainly very much indeed inclined to call it bosh. One of the most important of the measures affecting the interests of the trading community which have been passed in our time is undoubtedly that which first admitted the principle of limited liability. It appears so manifestly unfair for a man who has only taken a small share in a business, or perhaps no share at all, save advanc ing some part of the money required for carrying it on, to be held liable for the full consequences of his partner's imprudence or misfortunes, that it is only wonderful that such a measure should have been so long delayed. Its omission was the more to be regretted because, in a busy thriving com munity like our own, it is a matter of daily oc currence for capitalists to advance money to con cerns in which they take no active part. If a man take a recognised share in the management of a business, and induce others to trust him to a large amount, he should, undoubtedly, be held personally responsible for the consequences. But if he has merely advanced a certain sum as a profit able investment, it is certainly not only hard but unjust, that because his investment has proved -a bad one, ho is to be forced to sacrifice the rest of his means. The advantages of such a measure of protection are very great in every way, putting a restraint on those unprincipled persons who are very willing to risk other people's money, knowing that the consequences will not fall upon themselves, and cautioning the public against putting too ready faith in any company or speculation on the strength of one or two names of known respectability, with out inquiring too closely into its actual means or prospects. To require a men to be personally re sponsible for all the liabilities of his firm is much as if he were called upon to pay the value of the whole freight of a vessel which had gone down with his goods. No imposition is practised upon the creditors by the regulation, since they are warned of the state of affairs by the very name of the company, so that if a tradesman continue to supply goods to an unsafe firm, rely ing on the private fortune of one of its members, it is his own fault if he is disappointed. It was this important principle which constituted the lead ing feature of Mr.SCIIOLEFIELD'S Partnership Law Amendment Bill, which was read a second time in the House of Commons on Monday night. The bill proposes that the ben,efits of the Limited Lia bility Act, which at present are restricted to coma panies consisting of not less than seven members, should be extended, with certain re3trictions, to a wider fiald, enabling capitalists who wished to ad vance money to an energetic) man of business to do so in a safe and profitable manner by being regis tered as partners of limited liability. It is practi cally the object of the measure to extend still fur ther the benefits oZ the Act already passed, but it will have a still wider influence. It will assist and encourage the enterprise of self-made men, enabling them to obtain the necessary capital on fair terms from respectable capitalists as a matter of open and regular business, instead of trusting to the liberality of friends and relatives, or being driven into the toils of professed money lenders. As Mr. MALINS very justly observed, in his clear and sensible reply to Mr. HUBBARD'S attack upon the bill, it is to the advantage of the public that young men who pos sess skill and ability, though they may not have capital, should be able to enter into business. Mr. HODGSON supported the same view when he said that so far from injuring the tone of commercia morality, the bill in question would raiss it by giving greater freedom to contract, which meant greater freedom to industry, and it would confer upon honest and deserving men opportunities of reaping the fruits of their industry which they have not hitherto enjoyed. Mr. GREGSON'S objections on the ground that while the non-acting partner was only liable to a curtain amount, there was ❑o limit to the credit to be obtained on the strength of that sum, is scarcely tenable in the face of the registration system by which a creditor oan ascertai❑ not only the amount of responsibility incurred by each individual member of a firm, but also how much of the capital is paid up—so that if, as the hon. member sug. bested, ten persons were duped on the strength of a liability of 1:10,005 each to the full amount, it must be their own fault, when they could ascertain whether or no the full £lO,OOO had been paid into the concern. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD, in fact, called it a creditor's measure, and pointed out that it did not in the least affect the present law of partnership regarding those who are held out to the public as being partners, since the only persons limited to the amount which they put down will be those of whom the creditors know nothing excepting from the registration of the amount of their liability. At present, as the hon. member for Birmingham pointed out, a capitalist can only lend money to a private partnership by doing so at a fixed rate of interest, which the borrower may decline to make a high one, and which at a low rate would not repay his risk, or else by becoming a partne r , and thereby risking his whole property. It is, in 'act, proposed to extend to firms the advantage now restricted to companies, and, if the Principle be ~ound in the one case, there can be no reason why it shou'd not be admitted in the other. We are surpris,:d to see a gentleman like Mr. HUBRARD, who has previously shown so much good sense and fairness in dealing with commercial responsibilities in the matter of the income tax, put himself so decidedly in the wrong by his unqualified opposi tion to this measure. Fortunately the House of Commons were Inconvinced by hi s arguments, since the amendment was negatived without a division, and the bill was read a second time, with a view, we may trust, of its shortly becoming law. It may be very convenient for the adherents of the Government to keep silent under the awkward circumstances that attend upoa tileir very unwise THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1864. conduct in many particulars, but those who scan events with a critical eye must observe the strange course of things. Thus a retributive justice seems avenged in the circumstances that surround the whole of the proceedings connected with the Alexandra. The last intelligence is certainly of a very conclusive character. It informs us that the Collector of Customs at Liverpool was served with a writ from the Court of Exchequer, ordering him to deliver up the Alexandra to her owners. On the day when the order came from the Government for this vessel to be seized, and in the plenitude of power those dressed in a little brief authority proceeded to carry out the arbitrary enactment with ali due expedition, how mortified would the mighty ones in office have been had they been told of the end that was to follow on their grand beginning, the ignominious failure, the complete discomfiture, the regular break-down. All possible means were tried,unlimited expenses incurred, the interests of individuals sacrificed, for what ? That an oppres sive policy should be carried oat, and a tyrannical edict enforced. The whole procedure from first to last has been characterised by a spirit quite out of character with the feelings and sentiments of the nation. The devices and stratagems resorted to were unworthy of British statesmen, and the very IlEtture of the affair was an utter violation of British rights and national independence. So far as the question can be regarded in every sense of the word, the dgeat of the Ministers has been a triumph to freedom, a victory for fair play, and a success in a right cause. The excitement that the contest occasioned has now subsided, and the effects can therefore to quietly scanned and calmly regardeil. Those who win are to receive back their rightful property, torn from them by the ruthless grasp of men as oblivious to the claims of consideration as a maraud ing army, and as devoid of any sense of justice as any despotic envoy, or emissary of an absolute mo narch. So far the honour of the nation has been vindicated in the sight of men before the nations of the world. The dwellers in the cities beyond the broad Atlantic have learned that matters are not quite so easily settled in England as in some coun tries that are near, and some that are remote from her: The subjects of our land may rejoice that the laws are so framed that they can be put in force against those who think themselves capable of controlling and regulating those laws. A serious matter has yet to be thought of. The expenses incurred in this contested case will be enormous, and the loss to be made good to the de fendants very considerable, and on whom will this fall ? On the Government ostensibly, but on the nation really; and is this right ? Ought sums to be squandered for the purpose of gaining time to prolong a disgraceful struggle, and persist in a suicidal policy that rightly applied might have been made the means of benefit to many, and the source of blessings to those in great need of help. Every day we hear of some sad case, some deplorable calamity, or some desirable undertaking unfulfilled, because the Government cannot possibly afford to do so much. They are stowing up their ammunition to fight the battles of the stranger and the foreigner. The sums that are wasted in these degrading con troversies might have done good service to those who are sinking under their exertions to aid public works of usefulness, and private missions of charity. It is impossible to over estimate the vast sigoifi canes of the proverb " One sows that another may reap." It is hard that money should bo so reck lessly squandered for purposes for which it was never meant. It is easy to go on in the way of ex travagance if once it is fairly launched into, but in the name and for the sake of these hundred interests which devolve upon Ministers of State, at every period of their probation, let not a similar escapade occur. Let it not be said that personal claims, pri vate rights, and public claims were all counted as dross in the balance when politica! purposes were at stake, and party prejudices ruled the hour. Such a consummation bodes ill for the reputation of a Minister, and betides dark things for the Govern ment that unscrupulously embraces such a line of action. The Alexandra had better be a warning for the future, as it has been a temptation in the past, and a humiliation for the present. In such a cause defeat is better and safer than victory, and the discomfited party who have had to give up their much coveted pris 3 mist take heed lest riches and greater things are not claimed from them by way of forfeit. GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION, We are pleased to find that the Tuesday morning and Saturday evening performances of Mr. German Reed's opera di camera "Jessy Lea" receives a full share of the public patronage. Were it otherwise, it would be a reflection on the musical taste of the metropolis, because Mr. Macfarren has set the little captivating pastoral to some of the most des lightful music that ever fell from his pen. The part of the coquettish heroine Jessy is now sustained by Miss Robertine Henderson, a young lady who has won much applause at many of the concerts given in London within the last few months. Nature has been bountiful to her, and, in addition to pleasing features and good figure, she has a voice of much sweetness, which she uses with the greatest dis crimination. Mr. Whiffin has much improved since his first appearance, and at no distent day he,will become a general favourite. The same must also be said of Mr. Wilkinson, who, as the rough, hearty sea captain, shows himself a clever and accomplished artiste. The music exactly suits the compass of his voice, and every note is sung with an ease and fullness of tone that greatly pleases the audience. But the chief honours aro invariably secured by that acknowledged favourite and accom plished vocalist, Miss Poole, who sustains the p trt of Etspeth the gipsy. Her singing produces the greatest delight, because it is executed with sweetness, and in a manner peculiarly her own. There is a witehery iu her eye that enchants the audience, whilst freshness and power in her voice shows how carefully and solidly the framework of her musical education must have been laid. Other singers have appeared and long passed away since little Bessy Poole sang her first song, " Oyster, sir," at the Olympic Theatre ; yet still she is the queen of English ballad singers, and simply because she is 4 6 native here, And to the manner born." A more delightful afternoon or evening cannot be pasted in the metropolis thlr at the Gallery of Illustration in Regent -street, RECEPTION OF THE LIBERATED CONFEDERATES IN RICHMOND.—The following is en extract from a Richmond paper :—" The paroled prisoners whom General Butler sent up from Fortress Monroe a few days ago mad a grand . time upon their arrivgl. A procession conducted them to Capitol square, and Jeff. Days was called on for a speech. Taking his stand on the platform of the "Wash ington monument, he welcomed the soldiers to their native land. He had often heard of the severe trials to which they had been subjected in their captivity, and his heart had yearned for the brave boys' who had proved true under every trial, and had resisted every offer made to them to desert the fortunes of their country. Though they had passed through so many bitter trials, there were, perhaps, many yet in store for them, but hs knew that they would not shrink from them—that they would all assist in achieving the independence of the coun try, and in driving away the hated foe now polluting our soil. After a brief respite, said the President, you will ba again called to the battle-field. I know you will come.' He hoped that they would all find their families better provided for than they might expect to do. The President closed by invoking the blessing of God upon those he addressed." Other speeches having been made, three cheers were given by the crowd, and the band 'truck up " Dixie" as a finale to the proceeding'. THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, "Un Ballo in Manhera." The loveliest of all Signor Verdes operas, " Un Ballo in Masehera,' j was repeated last evening at the Royal Italian to a brilliant and delighted audience. From the stealthy opening of the Over ture, an opening that always sounds to us as though it came burdened with muttered Intimations of the approaching conspiracy, up to the pathetic tumult of the grand Finale, where Duke Richard expires amidst the lamentations of his court, having been struck down by the pistol shot of Renato in the midst of the gay wild hubbub of the masquerade— the Four Acts of this most charming lyrical drama "went off " with admirable effect under the baton of Mr. Costa. Yesterday being the second performance of the opera this season, both orchestra and chorus were brought into due subordination at last by the potent wand of the conductor. There was no op. portunity left for cavilling last night, therefore, any longer at the over-zeal either of the instrumen talists or of the choral singers : as there had been opportunity for thus cavilling on the first occasion, namely, on Saturday. And by this evidence (as it were, upon second thoughts !) of moderation on the part of the chorus and the orchestra, the principal performers, no less than the composition itself, as now rendered at the Royal Italian, were very con spiouousiy benefitted. Mademoiselle Lagrua, for one, was thereby enabled, quite unmistakably, to add yet another leaf to the bay garland she is fast winning for herself here in England—her Amelia taking rank now side by side with her Norma and her Leonora. It is in the tender pathos of it, indeed, even a yet more bewitching impersonation at times than the King's Favourite, Signor Mario again was in noble voice last evening, to the evident exultation of a crowded house. So that it needs hardly to be said, what we will yet say, that his Riccardo was from the first a masterpiece at once of acting and of vocalisation. His impersonation of the Duke remains still to this hour wholly and absolutely unrivalled. The character in itself is one of the most eminently dramatic within reach of a prime tenore, and allotted to a consummate artist like Signor Mario, one who is great as an actor no less than as a singer, it wins our sympathy through out while it commands our admiration. Amore bewitching performance, again, than Mdlle. Battu'e Oscar, we have certainly not within our very recent recollection. It acts with the charm of a spell upon the usually sedate and undemonstrative Covent Garden habitue. A most graceful page she makes, in all the variations of costume and situation —and one who sings the lovely melodies allotted to Oscar not merely charmingly but deliciously. Of Signor Graziani we may here say, at once, that we have never yet heard him to greater advantage than as the Duke's friend and secretary in the lovely double of "Gustave"—this opera of Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera." Graziani's Renato in the fourth act especially was just everything we could in resson have wished. His romanze " 0 dolcezze perdute," in which he laments the lost happiness of his undoubting love for Amelia, was given with the most exquisite delicacy— a delicacy all the more apparent in that tender lament composed for the baritone, inter woven as the articulated notes of the singer are in this romanze with the refined breath ing forth, almost, one might say, sighing, of the flute accompaniment. As a matter of sheer neces sity with the audience, Signor Graziani was, at the close of the second verse, instantly encored. There were several other encores during the night— equally as a matter of course: but the ab sense of one other, would have been a cause of nothirg less than bewilderment to us but that the " sit uation"—as for that matter must be always provokingly visible at every performance of " Un Ballo in Maechera"—but that the "situation," we say, at the moment, precludes the audience from following its instinct and demanding a repetition. We mean here, of course, no other than Oscar's delicious, warbling, riant " &per vorrcste," with its trilling refrein, " Tra la, la, la" —sung iu the midst of the dance and frolic of the masquerade, immediately before the assassination—and which exquisite tnorceau was carolled last night by Mdlle. Battu with bewitching espieylerie ."The gem and glory of this beautiful opera, however, has yet to be mentioned—mentioned we mean, of course, in regard to the rendering of it last evening at the Royal Italian Opera, For, as to its celebration, otherwise—who is not already familiar with it? "It" here signifying that delicious quine tette, namely, at the close of the filth scene of the second act, the quintette led off by Riccardo's " E scherzo ode follia "—how sung by Mario, those who have ever heard him sing it will mall, nothing less than grate fully, to their re me mbrance ! It i s that superb quin tette, in fact, the very climax of the beauty of which is Capped, so to speak, by Oscer's impassioned cry soaring above, piercing through, the chorus, in sounds of dismay— " E. sari dunque spento In breve a tradimento P Al sol ponsarci Abbrividendo va 1" Armando and Arigri, the consciratore, and with those two the hag, Ulrica, participate with the page Oscar and the Dake Riccardo in " rendering" this lovely concerted piece :—one of Signor Verdi"s most brilliant, as it is certainly also ono of his most popular compositions. Given as it was last evening, it was redemanded with enthusiasm, and listened to throughout, on its repetition, with unabated admiration. Almost equally effective— certa i nly as successful in propor ti on to its merit —was the masterly finale to the third act, where R enato takes his disgraced wife , homewards f rom t h e moon li t fi e ld, to the jeering of the libertine chorus— Ve la trapdia mutt) in commedia Piacevoltssima . ah lah 1 all Of Mademoiselle Tati who was the Sorceress, we prefer saying nothing unquestionably f a il s to at all for as U!rica she make any impression what ever. The rest of the characters, being none of them of any importance, may be passed by without being particularized. The o p er a, a s a whole, is put upon the stage with a minute regard to its completeness, not unworthy even of the reputation of this great lyrical estabiishouent. The final scene, or rather " spec , aule," namtly, the ball room in the palace, superbly illuminated and gor geously decorat e d, filled with a radisnt a nd ever moving throng o f pi errote , h ar l equ i n s, pun chinellos, wallet dancers ,a nd masquera d ers , so me among them sumptuously costumed, i s , as u.n iilusior , j ust simply in one word, m agn ifi cen t. The marvel to us is, not that the op era shoul d now have been re vived, but that two years should have been allowed to elapse witho u t any per f orman ce at all of " Un Ballo in Alaschera" at Civent-garcien—knowing full well, us o p era - goers d o, t h e e ver -living charm of the librett o , t h at i s, o f t h e mere story related in the librett o — a story that, onc e upon a time, one might not uurtmonahly have thought, that Auber had long ago made his own czclusive;y, by royal right, as one may s a y, of his puissant g enius as a composer ! A n d our won d e r that during the last two years thi s I ta li an d ou ble of " Gustave" has not been heard at Covent Garden, is:not diminished, of course, when we remember the lovely, fresh and Sparkling music wedded anew to the old tale by the younger genius of Verdi—a genius that (happily) shrink not horn auda ciously daring a comparison, even of melo dies, with the brilliant Frenchman ! However, after the lapse of these two 3 ears the charming opera is revived, and we are thankful. To•mor row, Donizetti's "La Favorite," will be repeated : and on Saturday, for the first time this season, with Wachtel as Jean of Leyden, And Madame Destinn as Fides, the patrons of the It )yal Italian will have produced for them, as Mr. Gj e'e establishment can produce it, "Le Prophilte"—• we were going to say bileyerbeer's masterpiece, bu t that we 'nave too _ . grateful a remembrance of his "Huguenots." THE COUNT DE CHAMBORD 'S STUD I--Fourteen horses, said to belong to the Count de Damns, but in reality the property of the Count ce Chambord, have just been sold at the French Tattersall's for the sur f of 72,4001. One, a lady's horse,, was purchased by Ulf: Dale do la Rochefoucauld for 8,4001, and another by l v f. S.ildanha for 10,4001. The aTerav price of the 14 aryiuuted to not leis ihats 5,1001, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] THE WAR IN DENMARK. FURTHER ADVANCE OF THE PRUSSIANS IN JUTLAND. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 25 (Midnight), On Saturday last the Prussians were a mile and a half south of Aarhuus. The enemy continues his works at the tete de pont of the Dybbol position, and is strengthening his batteries between Ragebol and A!sen Sound. BERLIN, APRIL 27. Advices received here from Warsaw to the 25th instant state that on the previous day a letter from Archbishop F&linski was read to the various con gregations abolishing mourning in the churches. In consequence of this the bells and organs are again used. MADRID, APIRL 26. The banquet of the Progressist party is fixed for the 3d May. The question of inviting Evartero is being dis- cussed, DEPARTURE OF GARIBALDI. FOWEY, APRIL 27. Garibaldi and his son Ricciotti embarked here in the Undine at nine this mornirg. The yacht left at 930 a.m. Wind fair. FRANCE. PARIS, APRIL 27. Private correspondence announces that the Eng. lish Admiral sent to Tunis has received instructions to act in concert with the French Admiral. BOURSE, April 26.—The same want of anima tion pervades the market, but prices have not re ceded. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 90c., and Mobilier at 1,067 f. 50c. Railway Shares offered, and some of the lines rather lower. Mexi can Loan is at d per cent. premium. The market closed as follows 41 per Cents .. 93 60 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 90 Credit Mobilier 1192 50 Do. end month 1190 Bank Shares 3400 Credit k oncier Roman BAIL` Or'nue Northern Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern .•.. 00000 4.•••• Sardinian Austrian .... Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Italian Loan . 68 95 Do. end month.... 63 75 New ditto ...... Do. end month.... Russian Austrian Spanish Threes — Rome Debt Deferred . 46 (Ari. Cash. Account. 887 50 „. 885 975 945 950 887 50 .. 670 670 500 500 480 481 25 371 2:5 .. 3€7 50 417 50 415 -- 560 558 75 491 25 .. 492 50 572 50 .. 572 50 270 280 THE FALL OF DUPPEL. COPENHAGEN, April 23. The Minister of Marine published yesterday the following report concerning the part taken by the Rolf Krake in the fight at Duppel of the 18th inst. ; " The commander of the squadron in the western portion of the Baltic reports : " 'At 10.15 a.m. our troops were seen hurrying to the trenches in unusually large numbers, where upon, although the signal agreed upon with the commanderin-chief had not been made, the battery Rolf Krake immediately weighed anchor and cleared her docks for action. "'l34fore this could be accomplished the black and white fligs were observed over Forts 1,2, 3, and 4, although, so far as we could perceive, no shot had been fired from those works. "' The Rolf Krake immediately steamed towards the Duppel shore and opened fire upon the advanc in; columns of the enemy with grape. As, how ever, the smoke spread over the shore, being at times so dense we were forced to suspend fire for fear of hitting our own troops, the discharges could only be directed in accordance with the observa tions made, to the best of our ability, of the move ments taking place on Duppel-hill. During the engagement the Rolf Krake fired in all 95 shots, and was fired upon by all the batteries at Broager and those in the rear of Arnbjerg, as well as from Redoubt Nu, 1, which was in the hands of the enemy. Impediments in the shape of nets and similar contrivances, which had been placed in the Sound by the enemy, obstructed her progress, " About noon, our troops having been compelled to retreat to the tete du pont, and large bodies of the enemy which could have been fired upon with great effect being withdrawn, the battery retired out of range and remained in the vicinity until 3.30 p.m., when the entire Diippel position had been evacuated by our troops. It is ray.painful duty to report that a 24-pounder shell, which broke through the dedr, killed Lieutenant Jespersen and wounded nine men, one severely. A splinter which penetrated the fi re .:urret also severely injured Cannoneer Olsen in the fury :cad. "'The commander of the bai:rY cannot suffi ciently praise the remarkable intreia..tY and zeal with which Lieutenent Jespersen perforni:.'d his duty, and even up to the last moment assisted him (the commander of the battery) in observing all that took place beyond the ship. The zeal and bravery of Cannoneer Olsen must also be especially mentioned. Again, the commander of thq battery must repeat that as usual every man did his duty, bat he must specially mention the pilot Dithelfsen, and the second mate, P. F. Olsen, both of whom remained on deck, as much as protected by the tur ret, in order with better effect to direct the course of the vessel and observe the movements of the enemy. Besides these, the coolness and celerity with which the guns in the turret were served, as well by the two commanders of the turrets as the force occupying them deserve great praise.' '' The Minister of War publishes the following " COPENHAGEN, April 22 (Morning), 1861, a Yesterday notaing of importance took place in Alen. The body of General Du Plat has been given up by the enemy, " According to a report of the commander in chief the bodies of the following officers were lying in Ulkebol church :—Colonel Lesson, of the Ist tirigade—Captain Luudbye—Lieuts, Torverdt and Mailing, of the 2d Regi ment—Captains Behind, Jeueen, and Gruner, and Lieut. Behrenz, of the 22d Regiment—Captain Ahlefeldt, Lieuts. Gram, Lindhardt, and Schultz, of the 9th Regiment— Lieut.-Colonel Seholten, Captain Stockfleth, of the 20th Regiment—Lieut. Erininger, of the Bth Brigade—Lieut. E. bchan, of the 16th Regiment—Colonel Bernstoff and Chief Surgeon Boesen, of the 17th Regiment—Cadets Barner, Fusinette, and Pio—also the corpse of an unknown officer, with an elastic stocking on one leg, and another unknown officer with woollen drawers marked H. B. " The following captured officers, who have all applied either personally or in writing for their baggage, are sup posed by the commander in chief to be slightly wounded or unhurt :—Lieutenants Gandil, Gjorup, Thestrup, Larsen, Holmertz, and Sammark, of the 2d Regiment—Lieuts. Jaeger, Johannsen, Averhoff, Corlsen, Hohlenberg, and Grunwaldt, of the 22d Regiment—Major Stein, Captain Petersen, Lieuts. Agerholm, Kofoed, and Christiansen, of the .16th Regiment—Lieutenants Nielsen, Dameck, Galster and Sparre and Horn, as well as the Cadet Ram sing of the 17th Regiment—Lieutenants Nielsen and Hertz of the 3d Regiment—Borgan of the 20th Regiment—Hein of the Staff of the 3d brigade--Captain Sick and Lieute nants Tielge, Starik, and Tensen, of the Artillery." " April 22, 4 p.m. "The commander-in-chief reports that at Alsen nothing of importance has occurred. A few shots have been fired Ly the enemy." " April 23 (Morning). " Nothing of any consequence took place on Alsen yes terday. The enemy is at work on the redoubts of the Duppel position, and is strengthening his batteries on the shore of the sound. The promised communication of Field. Marshal Von Wrangel concerning our captured officers and their condition has not arrived." The Daqbladet publishes the following upon the condition in which the bodies of the fallen Danish officers were returned to their comrades : "The dead bodies of tho Danish officers, which had been collected by the Prussians, arrived hero (Alsen) yester day. It was a heartbreaking Bight. In proof of the ' chivalrous' manner in which the Prussians carry on the war, a fact they themselves are never tired of praising, it may be interesting for posterity to know that every officer who Was brought over hero hid been previously pluuclored their pockets had been emptied ; their buttons and marks of ranks had been cut off; their boots had vanished. These are facts which among others can be substantiated by the various foreigners staying here." The correspondent of the Berlingske Tidende says:— " All the corpses of officers which we received from the Duppel side had been, according to Prussian usage, tho roughly plundered. Watches, rings, gold shoulder-straps, boots, stockings, all had been taken. Major Rosen was brought in covered only by his shirt." The two unknown officers mentioned in the foregoing report of the commander in chief were unrecognised, for these reasons—viz., their heads had been shot off in the action, and it was impossible to recognise them by the few scraps of clothing which were still left upon their persons. PROCLAMATION OF KING CHRISTIAN TO THE DANISH ARMY . COPENHAGEN, April 21. The following proclamation has been issued by King Christian to the army : ° Brave soldiers I undaunted and heroic comrades " The army occupying the Duppel position has been forced to retreat to Alsen after a defence which will be memorable to remotest posterity, nut only on account of the inequality of the contest, but also for the heroism with which it was fought. " Heavy indeed have been the sufferings the development of the contest has entailed upon you ; nor will the great and painful losses of the last few days ever be forgotten. But by God's help neither the sufferings nor the losses will have been in vain, for tney will bear traits in the war we are now waging against might and injustice—a war whose aim is the existence and independence of our beloved country. " I return you the fervent thanks of myself and my peo ple for the perseverance and self•sac:ificing heroism you have displayed, and I am convinced that you will still be inspired by the same spirit. " God preserve ray brave Danish army I May it receive the reward of its persevering bravery, and may He confer everlasting peace upon our fallen heroes. "CHRISTIAN R." AMERICA. (Per the Hibernia,o.) NEw YORK, April 15, Evening. General Grant has left for the Army of the Potomac. General Forrest's forces have captured Fort Pillow, on the Mississippi, by assault. Four hundred out of the garrison of 600 men are stated to have been killed. Telegrams state that the Con federates killed all the negroes and many white troops after the capture. It is reported that they are now evacuating Fort Pillow, and moving on Memphis. The Confederates are in possession of the town of Paducah, Kentucky. Unfavourable rumours are current in New Orleans concerning the Federal situation on the Red River. Two hundred Fedorala have been captured near Alexandria, Louisiana. The streets of Alexandria are barriclded against an attack. The previously reported attack on Alexandria was untrue. The Federal Arkansas expedition is still ad vancing towards Texas. It has had two successful skirmishes. The House of Representatives has censured M. Long, of Ohio, for declaring himself in favour of the recognition of the Southern Confederation. The steamers Syren and Cozet have arrived at Nassau from Wilmington. The steamers Grey hound, Will o' the Wisp, and Syren have sailed for Wilmington.• Steamer Petrel has arrived at Nassau from Coarleston. The steamer Juno, from Wilmington, has foundered; nearly all hands were lost. Mr. Chase is in New York making financial arrangements. Money tighter. Gold opened at 73, advancing steadily to 741 per cent. premium. The excitement in the market is subsiding. Exchange on Londo❑ 191 1911, Stocks fell 3to 5 per cent. this morning on rumours of the inten tion of Mr. Chase to issue at 6 per cent. loan, but recovered on the report being denied. Tile ten dency is downward. New York Centrals 141,t, Illinois 148 i, Erie 1231, Six per Cent. Uuited States Bonds 116. Cotton very firm ; Middling Upland 82. Bread stuffs tending downwards. Provisions dull. Coffee very firm. Sugar good inquiry. Molasses very firm. Petroleum dull; crude 38 to 49, ditto rtfiued 56 to 571. NEW YOUR, April 16, Morning. Money tight. Gold 71 per cent. prem. There has been a panic in the Stock market, in cause quence of which prices declined. They are now, however, rallying. New York Centrals, 139; Illi nois, 143 ; Erie, 119. NEW YORK, April 16, Afternoon. The CJnfederates, who had occupied Paducah, were subsequently shelled out of their position. Yesterday they demanded the surrender of the fort, which was refused, the Federals marching out to attack them. The War Department has received no informs. tion concerning the reported massacre of troops a Fort Pillow by the rebels. The City of London and Teutonic take ou 950,000 dole. in specie. Money tight. Gold 71 per cant, premium. The panic in the Stock market continues, and prices are again declining. New York Centrals, 1381 ; Illi nois, 138 k ; Erie, 119,1; 6 par Cent. United States Bonds, 115. Cotton steady. Aliddling Upland, 80c. Petroleum heavy; crude 38 to 39, refined 54 to 56. THE WEST INDIA, MEXICAN, AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 27. The royal mail oteamer Shannon, with the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 304 passengers, including the Bishop of Barbadoes and family, £520,896 in specie, of which £5,413 are on account of the Mexican divid(nis, and 1,600 packages of cargo. She left St. Thomas on the 13th inst., and expe rienced fine weather throughout the passage. In Chili business had improved, and in all de partments of trade, large transactions had taken place. Confidence had increased. Toe excitement in the copper markt!: had sub sided. Transactions were limited. Mining operations were being se7;vely prosecuted, Ciaarters for England had slightly declined. Exchange was quoted 441 d. to 44ti. General business in Peru was satisfactory. The growth of cotton was increasing. The political news is unimportant. Exchange, 37d. News from Santo Domingo says that the spirit of the Dominicans is by no means subdued, and that the pacification of the country is far off. The Spaniards had deferred the Monte Christi expedition until October. No news from Mexico. The intelligence from the West India Islands is unimportant. Garibaldi's Health, "Mark, how plain a tale shall put them down." Those who wished to get prematurely rid of Gari baldi, under the pretext of his being in a state of ill health, will require no ordinary amount of logi cal ability to dispose of, on their theory, the follow ing fact:—" Oa Saturday evening," writes a dis tinguished gentleman, who was present and witnessed what he states, " the General was engaged for an hour or so in rowing the two Duchesses (the Duchess and Dowager Duchess of Sutherland), and Lady Grosvenor, with another friend, on the beau tiful water at Cliefden." To row a boat full of per sons for upwards of an hour is not precisely what might be expected from such an invalid as Garibaldi has been, for political purposes, represented to be. " What," asks our Correspondent, "will the doctors say to this ? "—Advertiser. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market steady bit quiet. Sales, about 10,000 bales. Imports, 291 bates; Previously, 12,373, 7 ifj°ll rit HER MAJESTY. T P OSBORNE, April 26 '. Her Majesty the Queen drove out yesterday 111 the morning and afternoon. Their Roy al Highnesses Prince Alfred and Princess Louise rode on horseback. Prince Alfred, attended by Major Cowell ord Lieut. Haig, left Osborne this afternoon for London: on his way to Dover, where his Royal Highness will embark for the Continent. The Prince will make short visits to Brussels, Hanover, Berlin, Coburg, and Darmstadt, end " I then proceed to MarEeilles to join her Majesty'e s hi p Racoon. Lieut. Haig, of the Royal Engineers!, appointed by her Majesty to be in attendance on Prince Alfred. h as been T►he Queen held a Council this afternoon at 03 ' borne, which was attended by the Duke of Somer set, Earl De Grey and Ripon, and Lord Stanley of Alderley. Sir Lmes Wilde and Mr. H. Bruce, M.P., W e " sworn in to the Privy Council. The Prince and Princess of Wales, SANDIONGHAM, April 26. The Prince and Princess of Wtdes and the Duke of Cambridge, with Lieut.-General and Knollys, Captain Grey, Culonel Clifton, Mr. g• Fisher, Mr. H. L. Wood, Mr. Holzman, and the Hon. Mrs. W. G. Grey, attended Divine service on Sunday last at Sandringham. Tne Rev. G e orge Brown Moson, 8.A,, rector, read prayers, and the Bishop of Oxford preached the sermon from the 16th chapter of St. Jonn. On Monday the Prince and Princess of Waleaf the Duke of Cambridge, the Bishop of Oxford, Lieut.-General and MN. Knoltys, Captain Gre g Colonel Clifton, Mr. Fisher, Mr. Wood, Mr. Holz• man, and the Hon. Mrs. W. G. Grey, drove from Sandringham to the pleasant watering place of Hunstanton, returning about five o'clock in the afternoon. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge .eft Sandringham at about half-past ten this morn ng, accompanied by Captain Grey and Colonel Cid' .on, for Newmarket. The Bishop of Oxford left Sandringham for Eli this morning, His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Major Cowell and Lieutenant Haig, arrived in town yester day afternoon from Osborne, and proceeded last evening from the Charing-cross Terminus to the London -bridge station, and thence by the 8.35 train to Dover, en route for the Continent. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived at Gloucester House, Piccadilly, late last evening: from Newmarket. His royal highness had been staying on a visit to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales since Saturday at Sandringham, and yesterds9 accompanied the Prince of Wales to Newmarket. The Countess de cirey will have a dance on the 6th and another on the 10th of next month, at the famili residence in Carlton-gardens. The Countess of Derby will_ have her first assembly this season to-night, at the family mansion in St. James's-square. The Countess (Dowager) of Glasgow and Lady" Dia',La Pakington have left Furrance's Hotel for Malvern, Worcestershire, Count Krouseowitze, from Homberg, and Baron Brunie, from Paris, have arrived at the Portland Hotel, Southsea. The Bishop of London and Mrs. Tait entertained at London House, St. James's-square, yesterday evening' at dinner, Lord and Lady Cranworth, Lord aad Lady Houghton, Lord and Lady Rollo, the Bishop of St. Asaphr Archdeacon Hale, Sir David and Lady bumble, Dr. M`Murray, Lady Sitwell and Miss Sitwell, &c. Fied-Marshal Sir Edward Blakeney, G.C.8., Governor of Chelsea Hospital, is improving in health. The venerable officer is regaining his lost strength. MARRIAGE OF VISCOUNT POWERSCOUET AND LADY JULIA COKE.—The marriage of Viscount Powerscourt and Lady Julia Cok', eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Leicester, was solemnised yesterday at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. The church was crowded to excess on the occasion by the numerous relatives and friends of both noble families. The noble bridegroom, in company with Captain Richard Bateson, arrived at the church shortly after half. past eleven o'clock, and was soon joined by the bride, who was accompanied by her mother, the Countess of Leicester. The wedding party then arranged themselves in front of the communion table—the bride being attended to the altar by ten bridesmaids, namely, her six sisters—the Ladies Anne, Gertrude, Mary, Winifred, Mar garet, and Mildred Coke; the Hon. Alice Jocelyn, daughter of Viscountess Jocelyn ; Lady Mary Gordon, daughter of the Marchioness of Huntly ; Miss Mary Stephenson, daughter of Lady Mary Stephenson; and Miss Stewart, Captain R. Bateson (Ist Life Guards) attended as "groom's man." The Rev. Robert Collyer, honorary canon of Norwich Cathedral and rector of Warham, performed the religious rite. The bride was given away by her father, the Earl of Leicester. LIVES SAVED FROM SHIPWRECK.—The Board of Trade state that in the nine years 1855-63 3,409 lives have been saved by lifeboats, and 2,896 by lines and ropes throws from the shore either by rocket and mortar apparatus or by hand. In the year 1863 the numbers saved were 505 by lifeboats, and 357 by lines and ropes. THE LATE BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH NURSING THE FARMER'S CHILD.—Some years ago the late Bishop of Peterborough had occasion to visit a remote country village in his diocese, and notice had been sent to one of the churchwardens (an intelligent but unpretending farmer) that his lordship would call upon him in the course of a certain morning. It was cold weather, anc, after an early breakfast, the farmer's wife had gone upstairs for a short time, leaving her baby, of about three months' old, asleep, and still in his nocturnal habiliments, in a cradle by the parlour fire. When upstairs the good mother heard a knock at, the house door, but, never dreaming that the bishop would call before nine o'clock, she took no notice of it. Presently, however, she descended to look after her infant son, and to her extreme astonishment, and indeed horror, fouad him in the arms of the worthy prelate, who was alone in the parlour with him, hushing, coaxing, and kissing the now unmistakeably wide awake child. The good bishop, altnough then wanting not many years of threescore and ten, had walked over at that early hour• froa a town three miles distant; and, having probably roused the infant from its slumbers by his knock and entrance into the room, had taken it out of the cradle, and was good na taredly acting the part of nurse until the a rrival of the mother. Such a man naturally won the hearts of all. FARMERS IN MUSLIN I —Can our residers picture to taemsetves tan agricultural exhibiti on, at which tho farmers are attired mainly in white muslin, with tur bans instead of hats, and slippers instead of hoots—the said tanners, moreover, having black or brown f ices, decorated perhaps witn paint, and generally set off by 'tarrings of gold and precious stones, not to mention other rings wherever it is possible to place them—on the arms and the fingers, the ankles and toes ? Such an anomaly may have been sug gested at Hanwell, but it is only lately that it has found existence in real life; and, even now, it may not be seen in this country. To behold it one must have been at Calcutta a few weeks ago, when a proceeding was enacted which had hitherto been unparalleled in India. For the idea of this novel experiment the local public are indebted, it appears, to the excellent Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, the Hon. C. Beadon. It oticurred to him, we are told, in the early part of last year, That' an Agricultural Exhibition, somewhat on the model of these held in England, would be of material benefit to the countly, by improving the breed of cattle, in troducing a better ck'ss of ag ricult ural implements, and stimulating the tillers e. f the soil to greater care concer ning the quality of the products brought to market. To carry out these objects the most 'effectual measures were taken- Locala committees were appoitted in every part of India, and announcements of the nature of the scheme were cir culated in all the local languages, The Bengal Govern ment advanced a sufficient sum of n.'oneY for prizes, which were on a very liberal scale, and for 'ic L general the Exhibition :so th ere was no on. expenses of iasicn to solicit sub scriptions. But contributions of object's to be exhibited were demanded from all sides, and the resi.'onse was satis factory in the highest degree. By the end of the year, the collections were nearly completed. These, ex,meisting of live stock, machinery, and produce, were ah' properly classified, and placed in temporary buildings erect ed on a large piece of ground assigned for the purpose. Atidt on the 15th of January, the Exhibition was formally opened by Sir John Lawrence, who arrived out just in time for the ceremony.—Dickens's. , All the Year Round." GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY.—This companY fis showing great activity in preparing for its con tinental traffic between Harwich, Rotterdam, and Antwerp. We announced a few weeks since the launch of the Avalon, the first of the fleet of noble vessels constructing by ot,1:: Messrs. Dudgeon, of Cubitt Town, for the railwa c c. ei pany. On Saturday last the second steame r was Icon robe :- : visitors, kiss Alice Goodeon, the eldest daughter most successfully in the pretence of a large number Chairman of the Great Easter n Railway, p!rforrai The hip Was named :fg the the baptismal duties meet ei4cientlY , Zealous.