The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-18 00:00:00

Russ TAN ANGLO. - DUTCH FIVE PER CE NT. LOAN for £4,000,C00, or 70,800,000f1 STOCK. Messrs. BARING BROTHERS and CO., of London, and Messrs. HOPE and CO., of Amsterdam, beg to announce that in conformity with an Ukase of his Majesty the Em pe ror of Russia end with the instructions of his Excel len,cy the Minister of Finance, they will RECEIVE .APPLIC AT lON S for the LOAN therein authorized for SIX MIL LIONS POUNDS STERLING, or Seventy Millions E ight Hundred Thousand Florins of Stock bear ing Five p er cent. interest, on the following terms and conditions : Bonds in due form executed in St. Petersburg will be issued in sums of £lOO Sterling or 1,180f1., and £B4 15s Sterling or I,ooofl , with twenty half-yearly dividend warrants payable Ist April and Ist October, new style, of each year, at the Counting Houses of Messrs. Baring Bros. & Co.. London, and of Messrs. Hope Co., Anisterdam, and with an authorization to claim trash dividend warrants without charge. The half-yearly dividend warrants will be respectively for £1 103. or 29.5011. on each bond of 100 or I,lBofl ; and for X?, 'Z.s. 61. or £25 on each bond of £i4 15s. or I,ooofl. Tne amount of the bonds will be also reimbursed without charge or deduction, either in London in pounds sterling, or in Amsterdam in florins, at the offices of the above men tioned ii-ms, at the choice of the holder. A sinking fund of 1 per cent. on the principal will commence on let April, 1866, and be applied annually (together with the interest on all bonds paid off) towards the reimbursement of this loan at per. This reimbursement will thus be completed in 37 years from its commencement, and the bonds thus destined to be paid off at par will be annually drawn by lottery, and the amount can be received on Ist April of each 3 ear, either in L indon or Amsterdam. The Bonds will bear interest from let April, 1864, and the payments in London wilt be as follows : On £lOO Bonds — £lO to be paid two days after allotment to Messrs. Martin and - Co., Lombard-street. 10 „ on 18th May. 10 „ on 15th Jane. 10 „ on 13th July. 15 „ on 14th September. 10 „ on 12th October, less the Coupon of £2 10s. 10 on 14th December. 10 „pn lBth January, 1865. On £B4 15s. Bonis £8 10s. to be paid two days after allotment to Messrs, Martin & Co., Lombard-street. on 18th May. on 15th June. on 13th July. on 14th September. on 12th Oct., less the Coupon of £2 2s. 6d. on 14th December. on 18th January, 1865. 8 10s. 8 10s. 8 103. 12 10s. 8 lOs. 8 10a. 8 lOs. £72 The failure to pay all the instalments forfeits all previous payments. Subscribers may pay up all or any of the instalments under discount of the respective maturities at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. Scrip receipts will be delivered with as little delay as possible, on production of the bankers' receipt of payment of the instalment, and the bonds will be issued with the least possible delay. Applications may be made according to the annexed form, but none will be received atter Friday evening, the 22d inst. The allotment of the loan will be made as early as pos sible after the close of the subscription list, and in cases where no answer to applications is returned, it will be un derstood that it has not been practicable to make any allotment. London, 18th April, 1864. _ . RUSSIAN ANGLO.DUTCH 5 PER. CENT. LOAN OF £6,000,000. To Messrs. BARING BROTIIERS, and Co., London, Gentlemen, request that you will allot to the sum of nominal capital in the above Loan, and en gage to accept that amount, or any less amount which may be allotted, and to pay the Instalments thereun in confor mity with your circular of the 18th inst. Name Address Date The Bonds are requested as nearly as possible in the fol lowing proportions : £ in Bonds of £lOO each. ' /I „ £S 15a. each• ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-Darden. From this time until the end of the season there will be four nights in each week, viz.. every Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day, and t,atarday. Extra Night. - Combined Entertainment. THIS EVENING (Monday`, At rit :8, a grand combined entertainment wilt be given, on which Occasion will be per formed lia , lin's opera of NORMA. Norma, Mdlle. Emi!ia Lag-rua ; Adalgisa, Md le. Marie Battu; Foal°, Signor Nau din ; and Oroveso, Herr Schmid, his third appearance in England. After which, the two great acts—viz., the second and third ot Auber's celebrated opera, MASANIELLO. Fenella, Mdlle. Salvioni; FLtro, Signor Graziani ; B rella, Signor Polonini ; Selva, Signor Fa lar; and Masaniello, Signor Mario. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre sta Is, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre. 2s. Gd. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico of the tbefure, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. THEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. Alter which, will be produced the Grand Stage Revival of Shalc-pere's Chnnicle or Historical Play, entitled the First Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. The cast will include impersonations by those mine _it Irtists, Mr. PEI IMPS, Hr. Walter Montgomery, Hr. Waiter Lacy. Mr. A ddiso Hr. Ryder, Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, Mas R. , .se Leclercq, ,nd Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lace Ccm pany. Concluding with MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. THEATRE ROYAL HAY NI ARKET.- S ole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Ruckstone. THIS EVENING, April 18, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: Messrs. Sothern, Bnckstone, Chippendale, Rogers, Clark, Gordon, Braid, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Lindley, Hill, Harris, Snowden, &c After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe, &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, Nelly rower, Hill, Wright, Rogers, &c. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. Commence at 7. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, PAUL'S RKTURN. After which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. To conclude with, 2 , st time, a new Farce, by J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled DRAWING-ROOM. SECOND FLOOR. AND ATTICS. oyAl, LYCEUM THEATRE. x,_v_ Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE DAY AFTER TEIE FAIR: Messrs. Widdi combe, Garden, Moreland, and Miss E. Lavenu. A Ater which, at Eight o'clock, the 134th Night of BEL DEMONIC, a Love Story, in Twelve Taoteaux, taken from Stendhal's ." Italian Chronicle ." Principal characters by Messrs, Jordan, Charles, J. Brough,,m, Emery, Morton, Ititymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, ,;ollett, Sims ; Miss Hate Terry, Miss E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, Miss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is ;lade to the occupaats of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play tolls or for the safe keeping of hat + and cloaks, and teat the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive, any gratuities whatever. Boa-office open daily from 11 to 3. Commence at 7. an r n s o ß n e n c e that the P.wholeF E perofiTtsFoißthel:7is to ic „ hrstNa ion of Hamlet will be divided between the SHAK SI'EARE S PEARE COMMIT TEE and the DRAMATIC COLLEGE SCHOOLS FUND. Mr. FECIITER'S indisposition pre venting the production of Hamlet on the Evening of he 23d, the LYCEUM THEATRE will be closed that night. w THEATRE-ROYAL, ADEL.PHI.- k 1 Pronrintor and Manazar. 317. R. Webster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON FABLE FRANCAIS : Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Billington, and Miss At 5, LEA 11 : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Miss 11. Simms and Mrs. Bblington. To o include with T RE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, et. Homer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATEMAN.—L E A H.—THIS EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will re-appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish Ina'clen Aitil further notice. In order o give due effect to tits most remarkable succes , of the se son, ea ireiy new Sc enery by the celebrat.ci artists Messrs. Danson and ions, Thnnips,n. New dr ssLs and appo ntmonts have be n p re pare for its producti on .—N . i s. I n conse quence of the resB nig and numerous .pplications at the Box-all e, ar- Ingement- have cow been made by which Seats m.y bc ob a Fortnight in Advan.e. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Ite-em agement of those celebrated artistes, Mr. and Mrs. C. ning. Mathews. —The grea tly successful new Comedy every Eve THIS EVENT... N ,. G, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDLNG. Mr. 11'. _ Rob inson and Miss Herbert. L. Buckin At a qu g arter bet ore 8, the successful new Comedy, by ham, entitled HE SILVER : Mr. harles Mathews, Mr. F. R ob inson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague sirs Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, at —les W entworth, and Mrs. Stirling. After which, COOL --A c A. CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To Miss concludeCottre with UNDKR TUE ROSE : Mr. Ashley and A. 11. Commence at 7. The Weather—Sun Office, April 18, 1864. THER.3IOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 6O Barometer-29.66. Wind—S.W. ; moderate breeze, and fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. nue D& .—Morning, 11h. 59m.—Afternoon, h. m. ro-moßßow.-Morning, 12h. 27m.—Afternoon, 12h. 58m. gtt TIFt'OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Sw anboroue , h. • Tins EVENING, MY PRESERVER. Atter wnich, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, 0 RPHEU.3 AN'D EURY 010 E : Messrs. Honey, wood, James Fenton, Alesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, }lvi es, &c. Concluding with TURN Hilt OUT. Commence at 7. C OALS. —The LILLESHALL CONIPANy's COAL. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' 26s. per ton. Double.. ....... 21 s. per ton. op 9 ss. Nuts.. • i9s. „ Deep ... Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, P addington, VV. Best Cole ... ....... lss. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. 11EIE THTEID EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, 38a be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, XENV9 AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1864. The debate in the Upper House on Friday even ing concerning the Limited Enlistment Act and Reserve Force was not without interest. The Earl of LUCAN, who from his position might naturally be supposed to know something of the wants and wishes of the soldier, took the opportunity, while moving for a return of the strength of the Reserve Force, to pass some severe strictures upon the prin ciples which at present regulate our system of en listment. To most readers, however, unbiassed by military etiquette or professional prejudice, the authorities of the War-office will appear to have the best of the argument, and the existing regula tions will be admitted to be far more reasonable and more conducive to the benefit of the service than those which Lord LUCAN regrets. Formerly, as is well known, men were enlisted for life. When they embarked on the strange and often perilous career of a soldier, they were bound, whether they liked it or no, to abide by it. It might prove very different from what their boyish enthusiasm painted ; in the hour of trial they might find them selves made of different stuff from what they had fancied ; the roar of artillery, the groans of the dying, the wounded, the disabled, the ghastly wounds, the disabled horses, might be more than their nerves could wall bear. Bat once pledged they were pledged for ever. There was no with drawing from the fatal circle, unless they wished to have the brand of a deserter on their shoulders. It was felt by most men that this was an unwar rantable hardship, that there was no reason why a man should bind himself to be always a lawyer any more than a barrister should swear never to forsake the law courts. Those best ac quainted with the profession, among them no less an authority than the late Duke of WELLINGTON, were of opinion that a wise relaxation in the terms of the Enlistment Act would greatly increase the popularity of the army, and probably add to the number of recruits. It must be remembered by those who still censure the Act of 1847 that matters have changed very much during the last twenty or thirty years. A hundred new courses are open to industry and enterprise. The development of our railway system alone has opened oat numberless channels to intelligent in dustry, while the rapid advance made by our colonies—the Australasian ones more especially, since the gold discoveries—has drawn off great numbers of those classes who would of old have enlisted from the love of adventure and a daring spirit. Such qualities now find the field for action which they need without entering the ranks or relinquishing their independence, and consequently Earl DE GREY and RIPON is very wise when, in stead of increasing the obstacles to obtaining recruits, he endeavours to give the men every en couragement. The War Secretary reassured Lord LUCAN as to the number of men who were entitled to take their discharge this year and. the years fol lowing. Owing to the extensive enlistments at the time of the Crimean war, the ntimbers will be ' unusually large, but Earl DE GREY reminded the House that, according to former experience, not more than 4,000 of the 10,000 whose term of sere vice will be out this year may be expected to leave the army. It is of course a great advantage to the army to retain the o;c1 and experienced soldiers, and therefore Earl LIICAN'S objections to the ad vantages offered to those who re-enlist are not well founded. As Lord DE GREY pointed out, the free kit and the bounty money would have to be given to the raw recruit; and surely it is better to get a trained man who knows his business than one who has all to learn. But an additional reason for the reduced term of enlistment is found in the statistics furnished by the Army Medical Department. It appears from the report that the death-rata of soldiers between the ages of 20 and 24 is about two per 1,000 less than the corresponding rate among civilians, but that from that age it gradually increases until at 40 and upwards the military death-rate has reached the predominance of 23.61 per 1,000 to 13.5 of the civil population. Earl DE GREY therefore, re marked that at the ages to which the Limited En listment Act applied the death-rate was at its lowest point. The Earl of DALHOUSIE, who was the original introducer of the bill, naturally supported it, observing that the effect of allowing the soldier a certain time before re-enlistment would be advane tageous to the service, since he could compare his own life with the many agricultural and manufac turing labourers, and the noble lord made a good suggestion that a bounty should be applied to such a soldier for all the recruits he might bring. His old friends and neighbours would be more likely to be influenced by his pictures of barrack life than by the highly-coloured representations of the recruiting sergeant. A much greater amount of attention is now being given to the soldier's health and comfort; various reforms have been organised, and we may hope that others of equal importance will shortly be set on foot. The crying evil of almost compulsory idleness in barracks is being remedied by gymnasiums, reading rooms, lecture halls, and other resources—and officers are beginning to see that it is useless to issue codes of regulations unless they themselves pay heed to those great moral and physical laws which nature has laid down, and whom breach is certain to pro duce the most evil and disastrous results. We have, therefore, good reason to hope that many of the objections which steady and industrious men en tertain to a military life will shortly cl . isappear, and that consequently the difficulty of obtaining recruits in time of peace will become as much a thing of the past as the formidable life enlistments. The destruction of dwellings occupied by the working classes is a subject that especially calls for attention, and nothing can excuse the negligence with which it has been treated in some quarters. In the hurry of events, and the eagerness for im proved communication and means of transit, the claims of the humbler classes are very apt to be overlooked. It is, then, highly requisite that due care and caution be exercised, lest a great and grievous injury be inflicted on the labouring popu lation of this vast metropolis. The evils that have long existed are now found to be greatly augmented by the immense increase of railways. The greatest credit is due to those noblemen and gentlemen of high position who have endeavou-ed strenuous:y to procure advantages for the poor who are suffering so much from the want of fresh air and proper ac commodation, and to bestow upon them the benefits of country air, and this with the o:way of only a moderate sum, The petition which the Earl of DEBBY presented to the souse of Lords, from the inhabitants of st y George's, Snthwark, contained much solid sense and sterling truth in its contents, and its prayer was one which deserved instant attention and earnest co-operation. It set forth that the parish was greatly overcrowded, and that it was very important that some relief should be afforded. It also stated that the many railways that had been made in the district had considerably contributed to the evil effects produced. This fact was proved by one railway having taken down one hundred houses, which were the residences of no less than three hundred families. The compensa tion that is given for this removal does not benefit the poor tenants, who are thrust out, and they are compelled to remain in the vicinity of their employments. It is impossible to over estimate the fearful state to which these unfortu nate families are reduced, forced into miserable localities where there is no real space for health, comfort, or decency. It is not a philanthropic scheme, it is not a mere utopian demand that calls for a remedy, but the question has now become a national grievance, and shou!d be dealt with accordingly by the Legislature. If the session passes away without anything being done to readjust this difficulty and remedy this deficiency, it will be a great scandal and disgrace, and heavy will be the responsibility incurred by those who neglect to do their duty in this emergency. A proposal has been made which promises well, and may in due time, with the aid of the requisite aprliances, go far to rectify some of the most palpable evils that we now deplore. It is that the railway companies should be compelled to run two trains a day for the benefit of the labouring classes at a very moderate coat. By this means the families of the poor would be provided with ample accommodation and enjoy the benefit of fresh air, while no additional outlay would be incurred. It is really lamentable to think that for the wretched places in which they reside the poor often pay as much in proportion, and even more occasionally, than do their richer brethren for their stately abodes in the West End. Such a state of things should not be allowed to continue, and all that has been said and written on the subject point to an end that now is the time for a remedy to be effected. Side by side with the accelerations for the speedy communications of business, the facilities af forded for the machinations of trade, and the general advantages conferred upon the public generally by the many railways that are to tra verse and intersect the metropolis, let the com fort and convenience of the poor be striven after. Let it not be said that all else was considered ; the gain and the loss, the traffic and the transit all noted down, and the one thing needful totally neglected. This will not be the way to prosper, and those who wilfully or unthinkingly neglect the claims now urged upon them will one day deeply rue, and bitterly bewail their unwise and cruel conduct. If the present system be continued, there is no saying to what dreadful evils it may not give rise, and should the ensuing season be a damp or an unhealthy one, all kinds of fever and sickness would undoubtedly occur. It is a social crime thus to compel people to be huddled toge ther, and no excuses can be valid that would justify the course that leads to such a calamitous result. It seems a wise and proper thing to make use of the railways that have occasioned so much annoyance and suffering to the working classes, and to convert them into the means of trans porting the toil-worn artisan and the weary mechanic to a spot where they can enjoy freedom and fresh air. In the families of the poor it will also be an inestimable advantage to be re moved from the scene of so muceconfusion and tur moil to a spot where they can bring up their chil dren in comparative comfort, end pay due regard to the cultivation of those habits and feelings which, if not implanted in early life, can never flourish or take root. What was true for the last generation is equally so for the present, and the learned and wise who imitate the go-a-head energy of the race across t Is Atlantic had better take heed lest in attempting too much, they may not do a great deal of harm. It will be of no use to gird the metropolis with rail ways, if by so doing they add to the burdens that now oppress the labouring classes, and render the homes of labour poisonous and pestilential. Too much care cannot be given to the subject, and there is no excuse for those who are qualified to act for not setting to work to remedy the deficiencies, and reconcile so far as is compatible the uses and abuses of the present railway mania, We drew attention some three months since to an excellent article which appeared in the Memo rial _Diplomatique last December on the decision of the American Priz© Courts, Since that time an elaborate test of the judgments in the cases of the Stephen Hart and the Springbok has been published, and the editor of the Menzo rial Diplomatique has reopened the question of the legality of the condemnations, and has taken Judge BETTS pretty severely to account for the validity of his law, and the truth of his allega gations. It is something new for it to be neces sary for a French journalist to take up arms in the defence of the rights of British subjects, while their own Government meekly acquiesces in the decisions of foreign powers whenever they invade the rights of Englishmen, but is ever ready to set law and justice at defiance when the interests of an arrogant, restless, and presumptuous belli gerent are supposed to be endangered by the legitimate trade of neutrals. The French editor, of course, has taken up the question in the cause of neutrals generally, and France in particular. While we cannot but feel humiliated that the task of maintaining the maritime rights of neutrals should devolve upon France, we must acknowledge that at the present moment these rights are in far safer keeping in the hands of the ever watchful Emperor of the FRENCH, who, if he cannot inter fere in the outrages upon British subjects and Bri tish property perpetrated by the American Courts of Law, while Earl RUSSELL meekly acquiesces, will at least look pretty sharply after the interests of Frenchmen. Anybody who takes the trouble to peruse Judge BETTS'S extraordinary expositions of the laws affecting neutrals and belligerents, must not only concur heartily with the conclusions drawn therefrom by the able writer of the article referred to, but will likewise consider that he is justified in calling upon his own Government to protest against the establishment of precedents so injurious to the interests of all maritime nations. Until the out break of the American Civil War, certain laws affecting neutrals were generally accepted by all civilised nations, and although it was impossible in dealing with such a delicate subject as the property of neutrals that disputes and misconceptions should not occasionally arise, these were generally satis factorily arranged. Without entering into details we may state that in a recent remodelling of these laws it was generally accepted as a rule, that free ships made free cargoes, and that the property of neutrals was not seizable even in enemies' vessels, contraband of war excepted. These rules applied to ail ports not blockaded, but even a blockade could not be acknowledged unless it was effective ; in other words, that a sufficient force must be stationed off the port to prevent a general ingress or egress. Judge BETTS has cast aside the old law completely, and established a special code of his THE SUN, LOl\ DON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1864. own. The main points of which are these; firstly, that it is lawful to seize contraband of war in neu• tral vessels trading between neutral ports, provided that such contraband may be hereafter destined for an enemy; and, secondly, to seize and condemn the vessel which carries these articles, as well as the articles of free commerce forming the remeinder of the cargo. Were such a precedent once established no vessel would be safe from sudden seizure, for, ac cording to the American SOLOMON, an article which can be of service to a belligerent, not only for the purposes of aggression and defence, bat even for the necessaries and luxuries of life, are, in many in stances, considered contraband. Again, ho w is it possible for the master and supercargo of a mer chant vessel belonging to a neutral nation, and carrying goods from a neutral owner to a neutral consignee, to prove that at some future time these same goods, which are perfectly legitimate merchan• disc between neutral ports, may not come into the possession of a belligerent; and yet, unless this practical impossibility can be accomplished (so the satisfaction of the captor, the vessel and her cargo are to be forfeited on the evidence of the American supposition that the ulterior destination of the cargo may possibly be intended for a belligerent. Let this extraordinary mode of dealing with the pro perty of friendly nations be admitted, and it would be less injurious to the prosperity of a maritime country to engage in any existing war, where, on the strength of belligerent rights, its navy could protect its commerce by force, instead of standing neutral and permitting friendly cruisers to ruin the trade of the nation. In the case of the Springbok the seizure was made upon the alleged ulterior destina tion of the cargo. The Springbok sailed from Liverpool, bound for Nassau, having a British cargo on board, is February, 1863. She was captured between these two neutral ports by the Federal steamer Sonoma, when it was discovered that, amongst a general cargo of the value of some £66,826, there were two cases of buttons, a few kegs of nitrate of potash for curing of provisions, and a couple of dozen swords and bayonets, amounting to the value of £225. The buttons in question, which constituted the greater portion of the condemned articles, were adjudged contraband because they were marked C. S. N., which letters, the sagacious Judge BETTS stoutly maintained, could not signify anything but Confe derate States Navy. But that the result of the trial of the Springbok has been her unjustifiable condemnation, and must lead to the most disastrous consequences sooner or Liter, we might feel inclined to laugh at such a thorough down east conclusion. As it is, the position of a neutral consigner of cargo is not enviable; he may please himself as to the course he adopts, but the result will be the same in any case. He may either declare that the cargo is destined, after being landed at a neutral port, to be forwarded at some indefinite time to a belligerent, or that it is a bona fide consignment for the use of a neutral. In the first instance the cargo is at once condemned ; in the other, the ship's papers are pronounced to be simulated, because they do not set forth that the cargo is intended to be subsequently forwarded to a belligerent port. Credat Judceus :2 Why, it reminds us of the fable where, in dividing the spoil, the one sportsman thus addresses his compa nion :—" Have it any way you like—either I'll take the partridge and you the owl, or you take the owl and I'll take the partridge." " That sounds quite fair," replied the other, " but it seems to me that I shall get the owl anyway." So it is with Judge BETTS' international law. Where is this national disgrace to end? Shakspere Events of the Coming Week, (From the Athenceum.) On Monday, in the afternoon, there will be a meeting of bankers and merchants at the Mansion House, to hear addresses from Mr, Cowper and Mr. Tile, on behalf of the Shakspere Committee, the Lord Mayor presiding. In the evening there will be a perlorrnance of" The Merchant of Venice" at Sadler's Wells, for the benefit of the Menu meat Fund. Miss Marriott and G. V. Brooke will sustain the principal parts; Mr. Buckstene will appear in the farce of "Box and Cox ;" and Mr. George Cruikshank and Miss Heraud will play the dagger scene from " Macbeth," On the same evening a Sbakspere concert will be given by the Philharmonic Society, at which Miss Banks and Mr. Lockey will sing, and Signor Sivori will perform Mendels sohn's violin concerto. On Thursday evening a festival concert and dramatic entertainment will be given at the Agricultural Hall, at which Mesdames Lemmens Sherringt,n, Sainton-Dolby, and Parepa, Messrs. Reeves and Weiss, with many others, will sing ; and Mr. Phelps will read the first act of Shaks pere's " Tempest," On Friday, a grand concert will be given, under the di• rection of M. Jules Benedict, at St. James's Hall. The roost eminent of our musical artists will give their ser vices, On Saturday morning, the London trade societies will assemble on Primrose Hill—from that day to be popularly known as Shakspere Hill—where the bands of her Ma jesty's Household Brigade will execute some of the most favourite Shakspere music. A space of ground will be marked off on the southern slope, by direction of the Chief Commissioner of Public Works, in which the working men will plant an oak sapling from Windsor Forest in memory of the day. The procession will then form and march round the tree. . . In the evening these societies will assemble in the Agri cultural Hall, Islington, to witness a Shaksperian Coucart and Recital, At Drury•lane, the "First Part of Henry then Fourth" will be performed. At the Haymarket, "Twelfth Night," with " Venus and Adonis" as after piece. At the Princess's " Comedy of Errors." Perform ances in commemoration of Shakspere, and for the benefit of the Monument Fund, will also take place at the New Adelphi and the St. James's Theatres. At the Surrey Theatre will be given the " Second Part of Henry the Sixth." On the same day there will be a festival at the Crystal Palace, for which a temporary monument has been erected in the gardens; and a banquet, at which Lord Carlisle is announced to preside, at Stratford. PRESENT OF GUNS TO THE KIrSG OF DENMARK. — The Hampshire Independent of Saturday states that Mr Waterman, a working man residing at Shirley, near Southampton, lately addressed a letter to Viscount Palmer ston, asking his lordship whether it would be proper for him to present to the King of Denmark a small park of artillery of which he is the owner. To this application Mr Waterman received a reply, which the Independent publishes, together with a subsequent correspondence which pass ed between this patriotic Englishman and General Knollys 10, Downing-street, April 6, 1864. Sir, --I am desired by Lord Palmerston, in reply t o y o u r letter of the 3 d inst., to sa y that he dues not conce i ve th ere w ould be any imp ro p riet y in your givi ng to the Danish Governmen t the g uns which you describe, b u t t' ia t h e s h ou ld be inclined to t h ink t h at the Danish Gov ernmen t i s sufficiently supplied with field artillery. I r ema i n y our o bedient serva nt, EVEL YN ASHLEY. W. W a t erman , E s q." • "Sir, --I am the pro prietor of the small park of artillery represented above. 14 4-pounder field-pieces, consisting o f-pieces, properly mounted, together with two gun carriages. They have been used upon many loyal and festive occasions during the seven years I have had them, as a proof of which I have expended upon those occasions more than a ton and a half of gun powder. They have been inspected by many military men, who have pronounced them to be faultless. My object, Sir, in now addressing you is to request you will do me the favour to represent to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales that it is my wish and desire to present them to his Majesty the King of Denmark. 1 feel, in common with a very large number of my countrymen, that his Majesty is nobly sustaining the honour of his country in the un equal strife in which he is now engaged, and nothing would afford me more pleasure than to be allowed as a proof of my sympathy to bo permitted to carry out my wishes. I have written to,*and received a reply from, Lord Palmerston, stating that he could see no impropriety in my presenting them to the Danish Government, and I should feel greatly h noured by receiving the sanction of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. lam only a working man, and in but humble eireumetatees, but will hope that my motives may nevertheless be rightly appreciated. — l remain, sir, your humble and obedient servant, Wm. WATEnmArf. General Knollys." " Sandringham, King's Lynn, April 12, 1864. Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th inst., with the offer of a small park of artillery for the use of the King of Denmark, and have laid it before the Prince of \Vales. His Royal Highness has desired me to forward your letter to a general officer in the King of Den mark's household, which I have done this day, and will not fail to communicate to you any reply I may receive should the General employ me as the medium of conveying his Majesty's pleasure.—l remain, sir, your obedient servant, W, I NOLLYS, Mr, Waterman,". LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] FRANCE. LETTER OF THE EMPEROR TO M, FOULD, PARIS, APRIL 18. The Emperor has addressed the following letter, dated the 15th inst., to the Minister of Finance : " The happy solution of the Mexican affair creates its. me a desire to see the country profit by the first repayment of the expenses of the war by diminishing the taxes on landed property. " Be good enough, therefore, to see if it be not possible to eact the immediate suppression of the second decime registration fee, only preserving of the general law prepared by the Council of State those arrangements which may be strictly neces sary for balancing the budget. This measure, to gether with the hopes of peace, which every day become more certain, will contribute I trust to the development of pubic prosperity." The illoniteur of this morning publishes the fol. lowing telegram t VERA CRUZ, MARCH 29. There is no military news. The army of Juarez no longer exists, Juarez himself being a fugitive. His whereabouts is unknown. There are only some bands of plunderers wander ing about the country. THE NEW MEXICAN LOAN. PARIS, APRIL 18. The subscriptions to the new Mexican Loan are already very large. The scrip is quoted 14 per cent premium. FINE ARTS. Institute of Painters in Water Colours, (Tins DAY.) ----------- The Thirtieth Annual Exhibition of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours—the Society founded in 1831, under the patronage of her Most Gracious Msjesty the Queen, and rechristened a season or two back a s the Institute of Painters in Water Colours—opened this morning to the general public; the private view of the Gallery having been duly afforded to the critics and the privileged few on Saturday. Against the effect of the pictures at the private view, tha gloomy atmosphere of Saturday militated very considerably. While it did so, however, it had something of compensation in the fact of its also thinning the customary throng in attendance. The seasonable transformation of the weather to-day has had, of course, a totally contrary result in each particular. The effect of the collection is enlivened by the brilliant influence of the change of weather, while the genial spring air and the April sunshine have tempted into the Gallery of the Society during this afternoon a crowd of- visitors, eager to inspect the works there displayed upon the walls by the competing contributors. From what could be seen of the collection, through the gloom of Saturday and through the throng of to day, it is manifest that the Exhibition for the pre sent season may vie in many respects with the most successful of its predecessors. There are not many, though there unquesionably are some, among the pictures init his collection of the very highest merit as works of art—works achieved through this exqui site medium, that is, through the medium of water colours, handled as those water colours are in the select instance referred to, by some of the most skilled and gifted among our living water colourists. While, however, there are but very few in this highest class of water colour pic tures—there are fewer this season than usual of those more mediocre and insignificant contributions, ordinarily making up the bulk of our annual art exhibitions. The few more conspicuous pictures in the gallery this year we can alone now find either leisure or space to particularise. Among the foremost of them, by reason of its ambitious character, is Mr. Henry Tidey's " Night of the Betrayal" (No. 253), an inepoit int work, in three compartments, suggested probably by Paul de la Itlehe's renowned Good Friday pictures. Mr. Louis Highe's two pictures this year, for he has only two pictures in the exhibition, Nos. 33 end 83, are worthy of him : the former representing " Torquato Tasso Seskiog an Asylum in the Convent of St. Onofrio, at Rome," the latter a splendid production, the interior of " £he Cathedral of Munster." No. 100 in the catalogue will—trite though its theme—the por trait-painting in the Vicar of Wakefield"—be turned to with interest and from with reluctance, it being a sufficiently favourable specimen of Mr. Sohn Absolon. As for No. 282, knowing what is the subject and who the painter (the former a scene from Tennyson's " Morte d'Arthur," the latter, Mr. Corbould), the visitor to the Gallery will not marvel at the difficulty he has in obtaining anything like a satisfactory peep at it. Another favourite painter, Mr. Augustus Bouvier, attracts more nume rous admirers than usual this Edson—to one of his contributions especially, meaning No. 184. Where the lovely Maids of Honour sung of by Alexander Pope—radiant butterflies, not mere houseflies, congealed in the are bar of his verse —the coquettish Bellenden and her gay compeeresses are portrayed a brush oi bewitching grace and fascination. - Mr. Carl Werner has, according to his wont, a number of resplendent Oriental sketches. Mrs. Margetts, with her plums, in No. 92, touches our sense of taste almost through the palate, and with her lilacs and laburnums, in No. 26, almost one might venture to say, gratifies our sense of taste through the nostrils—so blooming are the spring flowers there in their efflorescence. Mr. Aaron Feeley dazzles us, in No. 29 (hard by the lilacs), with a radiant sunset at Windermere; and Mr. Whymper makes us long for a stroll through the meadows by a glance at his (No, 257) Haymaking. Altogether ( we are tempted to repeat) the contents of the gallery at 53, Pall Mall, this season are in the highest degree satisfactory. It should be obs served, however, is justice to ourselves, that we have restricted our remarks to-day to the merest pick from among the more meritorious contributions to the walls of the Exhibition. GENERAL GARIBALDI AT MELAZZO.—A picture, painted by the celebrated Italian artist, Signor Panebianco, is now on view at Messrs. Moore and Macqueen's gallery i❑ Fenchurch-street, represent ing General Garibaldi at the battle of Melazza. The General is represented leading the attack, and although the incident is depicted with spirit, there is evidence of hurry in the execution of the work which detracts somewhat from its general appear ance. The picture, notwithstanding, will be sure to attract crowds of visitors. Mr. Jerry Barrett's Drawing. Room picture was privately exhibited on Saturday at 28, New Bond street. It represents a scene at Buckingham Palace, and in the portraiture of the celebrities Mr. Barrett has been peculiarly happy. The harmony of colour is very beautiful, and a more interesting specimen of fine art has not been presented to the public for a long time. AN AFTERNOON AT HAT,IPTON COURT.—This is the title of a picture, painted by Mr, Lucy, now on view at the Egyptian Hall. It represents the Lord Protector, Oiivcr Cromwell, surrounded by his family. The chief figures are well executed, and the minute details are carefutly fiaished. The painting is a work of real excellence. The number of visitors at the :crystal Palace on Saturday was as follows :—Admissions on payment, 16,884; ditto by season tickets, 7,407—t0ta1, 24,291. MASSACRE OF POLES.—A Warsaw letter says: —" A terrible but authentic piece of news has come to hand. In the western portion of the Government of Warsaw are three villages almost exclusively inhabited by Russian peasants, only a few families of Poles remaining there. An official report states that all these latter have been massacred without exception by the Russian peasants, who also set fire to the houses of their victims. The cure of the Catholic church, the only ono remaining in the three villages, shared the fate of his parishioners, having been thrown into the flames by tie liustjans.". POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SINGULAR CHARGE OF ROBBERY.—JOIIII Stott, a re spectable-looking young man, described as a draper, of No. 14, South-street, Manchester-squ,re, was charged before Mr, Knox, with stealing a pair of gloves and two half-sove reigns from the person of a young female of smart appear ance, named Louisa Herbert, who described herself as a dressmaker, and said she resided with her father, a coach man, at Cavendish-mews. Mr. E. Dillon Lewis, from the office of Mr: E. Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, defended the accused. The prosecutrix said she was at the London Pavilion last night (Sunday) when the prisoner accosted her and asked her to have something to drink. She consented to take a glass of cold brandy and water. She afterwards left and went with the prisoner to Quinn's Supper Rooms at the top of the Haymarket, and had some supper. The pri soner offered to ay, but she said sh I would pay for her own, and took out a pair of gloves, in ono of which were two half. sovereigns. As the prisoner, however, persisted in paying she put the gloves an i her money back into her pocket, and then left with the prisoner and walked up Regent. street. They then walked into Hanover. square, and she told the prisoner that she had missed her gloves and money, and then he hurried off, saying that he lived in Manchester square. She followed the prisoner to the corner of Duke-street, when, on telling him that she should charge him with robbing her he knocked her down. She then gave him in charge. In answer to Mr. Lewis the prosecutrix said she was a dress maker and not an " unfortunate." She went to the London Pavilion by herself for recreation. Her father was a coachman, and she lived with him over the stables in the mews. After going up Regent-street she went somewhere else with the prisoner—to Union-street, and the house might be a brothel. She did not ask the prisoner to go with him. but he asked her. 'I he money belonged partly to herself and partly to her cousin. She did not tell the prisoner that if he gave her a sovereign she would not charge him. Barber, 223 D, said that on going to the corner of Duke street he saw the prisoner fumbling in his pockets and drop a glove, one of the prosecutor's, from his pocket. On taking him to the station three half sovereigns and other money was found upon him. In answer to Mr. Knox, the constable said the prisoner gave a correct address. Mr. Lewis recalled the prosecutrix, and she denied that she had said at Evans' that she lost £lO, but she said she had lost £2 belonging to her father. She supposed it was taken out of her pocket. She earned 12s or 14s a week, and paid 9s out of it for her board and lodging. Mr. Knox said it was a very odd story altogether, and until the constable had given his evidence as to the glove falling out of the prisoner's pocket, he thought it a prepos terous affair. Mr. Lewis said his instructions were that the glove be longing to her was put by her into the prisoner's pocket, and that the charge was trumped up by her. Mr. Knox said he would remand the prisoner, and take one bail in LW for his future appearance, and in the mean time the prosecutrix's antecedents could be looked into. Mr. Lewis s.id he could bring witnesses to speak to the prisoner's character. Tho prisoner declared his innocence. TIIA.MES. SCANDALOUS FRAUD ON GAS CONSUIIERS.—Mr. Ilkley, a gentleman connected with the Commercial Gas Company, Stepney, came before Mr. Paget and asked for his advice under the following circumstances : A man had been in the practice of calling on the cus tomers of the Commercial Gas Company under the pretence of lcoking at the meter and altering the burners, and repre senting that he would be followed by the inspector of the company, and that a diminution in the price of gas would follow. The fellow then obtained a sight of the gas account of the preceding quarter and asked for payment, which in too many instances he had obtained. Mr. Ilkley then put in a gas account for 10s. which had been paid to the impos tor, who signed the receipt, "L. Davis." Mr. Paget—ls this a genuine document ? Mr. Ilkley—lt is, sir. It is one of the invoices of the company left with the consumer. This system of fraud has been carried on to a considerable extent in Whitechapel, Stepney, and Mile-end New-town. Mr, Paget—Do you know who the party is who is guilty of these most abominable frauds ? Mr. Ilkley—No, w a do not. Mr. Paget—There is the difficulty. Mr. Ilkley—We had a lad named Davis in the employ of the company, and he is suspected. We make this appli cation in the interests of the consumers, who, if they pay any person but our authorised collectors, will have to pay a second time. Mr. Paget—The payment to a person not authorised to receive thR money will not relieve the consumer of the obligation to piy the gas company again. This is clear]) a case of obtaining money under ialee pretences. Give in formation to the police. Mr, Ilkley—Shall we be justified in giving the delinquent into custody without a warrant ? Mr. Paget would advise the Commercial Gas Company to consult their solicitor and act on his advice. Any person defrauded by toe man, or who had paid him money wrong fully, would be justified in giving him into custody. When the party was before him (Mr. Paget), he should know how to deal with him. The object of the Commer cial Gas Company was to protect their numerous cus tomers, and he had no doubt this application would be come known, and the object of the company in some measure attained. Mr. Ilkley said in one case, where 335. was owing to the gas company, 30s. was obtained on account. A customer of the Imperial Gas Company had been imposed upon in like manner. Mr. Paget--I will put the law in force if the offender is brought before me. A mcre impudent fraud was never per petrated, and I hope gas consumers will be on their guard, and pay none but the authorised and known collectors of the company. Nr. Ilkley thanked the magistrate and retired. MARYLEBONE. A COMPANION OF DEVINE'S A CANDIDATE FOR THE GALLOWS.—Thomas Jones, aged 23, a surly looking fellow, of no home, was charged before Mr. Yardley under the following circumstances : Edward Everd ell, the gate porter at the Marylebone Workhouse, stated that about eight o'clock on the previous evening there were about twenty young men waiting for admission into the casual ward for a night's lodging, and Mr. Douglas, the master, told him to admit all that had net been in before. The prisoner said he would not be ad mitted, and forced his way in and was put out. As the names of the others were being entered the prisoner kicked violently at the door, and made use of most foul language. The gate was opened, and he was requested to desist. He made another rush to get in, when witness stopped bim, and prisoner kicked him on the leg and struck him on the breast. He said if he had a knife he would stick it into witness, and that he was a " pall":of Devine's, and he would not mind swinging with him. _ . Mr Gorge Edward Douglas, the master, said that last night there were 23 at the gate, and, according to the rule, they were asked if they had been there before, as the new corners were admitted first. There was room for 30 in the casual ward, and it was filled, with the exception of six, as during the night the police invariably bring in some houseless person. Last evening prisoner made use of most foul language, and said he had been there before, and he would be let in again. He said, " Let mein, you —, for I am a ' pal' of Devine's, and I should like to be where he is nnw." He had had tickets from time to time to go to work. Ansted (the gaoler)—He has been here before for refusing to work and disorderly conduct. Air. Yamley said he would send him where he would have to work s and sentenced him to one month's hard labour, WESTMINSTER. SINGULAR APPLICATION.— A middle aged respectable looking woman this morning addressed the magistrate as follows :—" If you please, sir, I want a hummos against the secretaryress of a society to which I belong, for using me improperly and preventing me from having my rights which I am entitled to. . . Mr. Arnold—lt is a teetotal society. We are " the Independent sisters of Progress," you un• derstend your worship. Mr. Arnold-0 yes, I understand perfectly. Your are an Independent Sister of Progress, and you have a female secretary, at least, that is I suppose what you mean. Applicant—Exactly, and the impropriety of her conduct consists in refusing to give me my kick pay to which lam by law entitled. Mr. Arnold—On what ground has she refused ? Applicant—Because she says I am not a married woman. Mr. Arnold—Aro the Independent Sisters of Progress necessarily married ladies ? _ _ Applicant—Well —no, your worship, they maybe married or they may be single, but they must be teetotallers. When you join the Society you are asked the question whether you are married or single, and I told them that I Was mar ried, but she says I am not, and therefore not entitled to seek pay, as I imposed upon the Society. Mr. Arnold—Why don't you satisfy her that you are married ? Applicant—lt is a very rude observation to say a woman is not married when she is. I have satisfied some of the Sisters by showing them my marriage lines. Mr. Arnold \V by not show them to the lady who is secretary Applicant—Providing that all the Sisters have to pro duce theirs, then I don't mind producing mine. Mr. Arnold—Where are your lines ? Applicant handed them to the magistrate, who found that he had no power to interfere, . HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— CONCERT ROOM.— An amateur concert will take place on Wednesday next, the 20th April, at this theatre. The performeri are entirely selected from the civil service; the programme includes a selection of miseellnneons music., vocal and instrumental, and will conclude with Mr. F. Clay's operetta of "Out of Sigh , ," for - which the cervices of Miss Edith Wynno have been secured, -............'... ~...., , en}4.l, 4. 4, • .s• elrailat HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Saturday. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Helena end and Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington and tae Hon. Mortmer Sackville West, went to Claremont yesterday afternoon and visited the Queen Mario Amelie. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll arrived at the Castle. Sunday. Ptincc Alfred, Princess Helena, an Princess Louise, attended by Viscountess Jocelyn, LF.cly Cato. line Barrington, the Hon. Mortimer Sackvil2e Wrest, and 1.4f.u!. Haig, went to London yesterday. Princess HQlcua and Princess Louise visited t he Exhibition of the Society of Painters in Wat er- . d colours in Pall-mall East, and the French Fine Art Gallery. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred met the Princesses at the French Gallery, and drove from thence to Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, attended by Viscountess Jocelyn, returned to Windsor Castle in the afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and Pith' cess Helena, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington , rhe Hoo. Mortimer Sdckville West, and Lieut. H4ig, honoured the performance at the Covent garden Theatre with their presence in the evening, and returned to Windsor Castle at night. His Majesty the King of the Belgians, attended by General Count de Moerkerke and Dr. Koepl, arriNei at the Castle from London yesterday even ing. Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, arrived at the Castle from Greenwich Park. Her Majesty the Queen, the King of the Bel their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, Prin cess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, with the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Rev. F. C. Cook, Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen, preached the sermon. On Wednesday he Queen will leave Windsor for the Isle of Wight, Her Majesty will remain at Osborne until the 10th proximo, when she will either return to Windsor for two or three days, or proceed direct to Balmoral. To•morrow the King of the Belgians will take his departure from this country for Belgium. His Excellency the Ambassador of France enter tained at dinner on Saturday evening, at the residence of the embassy, Albert gate HGuse, his Excellency the Aus trian Ambassador, his Excellency the Peussian Ambassa dor, his Excellency the Swedish Minister and the Countess Wachmiester, his Excellency the Saxon Minister, his Excellency the Spanish Minister and Madame Comyn, his Excellency the Portuguese Minister, the Hanoverian Charge d'Affaires and the Baroness Blome, the Marquis and Marchioness Cadore, the Marquis d'Audigne, Count and Countess Contades, Count Montmarin, Count Whimpffee, Viscount Beaumont, Baron de Katti, M. do Rivel, &c. His Excellency the Belgian Minister and Ma dame Van de Weyer will arrive at their residence in Grosvenor-square to-day from New Lodge, Windsor Forest. The Archbishop of Dublin and Mrs. Trench will arrive in town to-morrow from the Archiepiscopal Palace, Dublin, for the season. Tne Duchess of Manchester has arrived in Great Stanhope•streat from Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdon shire. Me Duke of Bucciench has arrived in Beigrave square from Dalkeith licuse, near Edinburgh. Toe Marchioness of Abercorn and Lady Georgina Hami.iton arrived at Chesterfield House on Saturday from a tour in the south of France. Tile Earl and Countess of Wilton have left town on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Craven, at Coonie Abbey, near Coventry. The Countess of Harrington and Lady Anna Chandos Pole arrived at Harrington House a few days since from Eivaston Castle, Derbyshire. Vlscount and Viscountess Stormont have arrived at their residence in Charles .street, Berkeley-square, from Scone Palace, N. 8,, for the season. L(,rd and Li.dy L )ncle,borough will arrive at their residence in Grosvenor-place to-day from Grimston Park for the season. Lord Ebury 1-ft town on Saturday, to join her ladyship and family at Moor Park, Herts. Lord L'sToLfield has arrived at his residence in Grosvenor-place, from Petworth House, Sussex, Fashionable Arrangements for the Week. TO-MORROW.—General Garibaldi's visit to Her Majesty's Theatre; Mr. Seely's afternoon party to meet General Garibaldi. WEDNESDAY.—The Marchioness of Salisbury's evening party ; Frances Countess of Wel degrave's evening pasty; the Right Hon. the Chan cellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone's dinner and evening party to General Garibaldi; the Hon. Mrs. Fellowes's dance. THURSDAY.—Entertainment to General Gari baldi at the Reform Club; General Garibaldi's visit to Fishmongers' Hall. FRIDAY.—Mrs. Cecil Fane's first dance, at Willis's Rooms, King -street, St. James's. SATURDAY.—Viscountess Palmerston's assembly. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Of the magnificent performance at the Royal Italian Opera on Saturday, of Rossini's last, and perhaps greatest, achievement as a maestro, his grand five-act opera of " GuglielmoTelVour notice is unavoidably postponed. For the present, it will be sufficient to say, that the first representation of that great masterpiece this season at Mr. Gye's establishment was in every way worthy of the work itself, and of the establishment. The evening bad a twofold attraction, it being not only set apart as the first night of " Guglielmo Tell," but as the first night also of Signor Wachtel's appearance in that opera as Arno:do. Ic was the test of his capabilitie3, and that test we has' en to say at once, by anticipation, he passed triumphantly. Himself taking the toyer's. p , le in lieu of his emieeat predecessor in it at, Covent Garden, Signor 'l'amberlik—the Patriot Chteftain found a substitute for M. Fdure in Signor Grtziani, and Walter another for Herr Formes in Herr Schmid, that remarkable new basso pro- Tondo, who promises to tale rank in the estimation of the operatic w ntld, here, in London, as the first legitimate successor of the mighty Labiache. Their Royal Highnesses Prince !tared and the Princess Helena, alteaded by Lady Caroline Bar rington, the Hon. Mortimer West, and Lieut. Haig, honour( d the pertormances during the evening with their presece2—their Royal Highnesses oc cupying the Queen's box. Amongst the rest a the distinguished company present were the Dachess of Manchester and Viscount Mandeville , the Marquis of Hartington, the Marquis of stio the Marchioness of E!y, the Marquis or Salis bury, the Countess of Fife and Lady Anne Duff, the Earl and Lady Constance Gros venor, the Earl of Dudley, the Earl Gran ville, the Earl of Coventry, the Earl of Ux''' bridge, the Countess Dowager of harringtout the Earl and Countess of Westmorland and Ledi Emily Kingscote, Viscount Sydney, Lsdy Alfred Churchill, Lord and Lady Colville, Lady S a ndY s and the Hon. Miss Sandys, Lady Panmure and 2 , 1 r Power, Lady Gooch and Miss Gooch, Lady Pal k and Miss Palk, Hon. Reginald Yorke, Hon. William Napier, Hon. otw ay Toler, Hon. Frederick Leves° ll Gower, Captain the Hon. J. C. and Mrs Vivian' Hon. Henry Eliot, Major the Hon. Henry Gage , Sir James and Lady Anne Mackenzie, the Italian Consul General and Mrs Heath, Colonel Farquha r ' son of Invereauld, Captain and Mrs Browne, Car tain Berkeley, Colonel Martin, Captain Fludyer, Colonel Airey, Captain \Vigram, Colonel Minchin, Captalu Knox, Admiral Ryder Burton, Mr White side and the Misses Whiteside. The Mayor of PortsrnoutL has issued the folloW tug notice:--" The Mayor has ranch pleasure in informing the inhabitants that General Garibaldi will visit Portsmouth for the purpose of reoviving the address of hte corporation. Public intimation w ill ba g i v en in regard t the presentation of the a.;:drees o s soo n as Genera l Garibaldi is enabled to fix the day of his visit." o