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Jason, Signor Mongini; e;e7n 7 e,Mr. Santley; Neris, Sinico; lErce, Alllle. Bartermeister; Clyte, Mdlle. Hersee; La mia, Mile. Corsi; and Medea, Mdlle. Titiens. Con inetor—Signor Doers open at Eight o'cloe,k; co - tn - n3tr3e at half-past Eight St tits, Our Gain 3;; km?hithcitre Stall; 7; an 1 5 . 3.; Re3ervod Box Setts, ICs. 61: Gallery, 23. 61. B YX,II, stalls, and placcs mly be obtained at the new Box r3 of 113 r 11l tiesty s Theatre, un ler the Colonnade (second door from Pall-m 111), open daily from 10 till 5, under the super intendence of Mr Nugent; also at the Box-office, Theatre Royal, Drury-lane (under the portico in Brydges-street). open from 10 till 8. Tickets also at all Librarians' and Music-sellers'. Er K ,F H ORMANCE. WEDNE3DAY. June 24th. Mozart's Opera, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. Doors open at half-past One; commence at Two o'clock pre cisely Boxes, Stalls, and Plans at the Boz-offices of Her Majesty's Opera: also at all Librarians' and Music-sellers. rEIEATRE ROYAL, H A YMIRKET. Sole L3sses, Mr. BaekAtone. THUS' EVENIN3i. • THE LADIES" CHAMPION. Mr. Km - dal, Mr. W. Gordon, Miss lone Burke, and Miss F. Wright. To ba followed by A HERD OF ROMANCE. Characters by Ann's. Sothero, Buc..kstous, Compton, Chippendale, Rogers, Clark, &e.; Mes lamas Robertson, Fitzwilliam, Chippendale, Dalton, Laws, and Drabigny. Concluding with A 03-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT. Messrs. Cauipton and Kendal; Mesdames Chippendale, Dalton, Lewin, Commence at Seven. IpIIEATItE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Solo Proprietor and Minv,er. Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfre 1 Mellon. THIS EVENING, GO TO PUTNEY: A Tale of the Boat RAT 3. Messrs. G. Bzlm)re, G. J. Taylor, Miss Harris, anti Miss Emily Pitt. At a quarter to S. NO THOROUGHFARE. Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. 13illinzton, Mr. H. Neville, Mr. G. Belmar's. Mr. C. 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MOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS E • are Closed every Friday Evening at sunset till Satur day Evening at sunset, when business is resumed till 11 o'clock. MOSES and SON'S LONDON HOUSES: A-4 • CORNER OF MINORTES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD STREET, CORNER of HART-STREET. COR SER of TOTTE N HAM-COURT-RD. & EUSTON-RD. MOSES and SON'S COUNTRY BRANCH: • BRIDUE-S fREE f, BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. IPECEAL NOTICE.—In consequence of fre ►J quent misrepresentations, E. MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their only Establishments are the above mentioned. J 2 4*t Z:j11 1 . lt I It -12. 44,it 4,4 LOSDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1868. The members of the House of Commons have certainly no easy task this weather in settling the Irish Reform Bill, but as so much time has been wasted at the outset of the Session there is nothing for it but to make up for lost time now. As might have been expected it was no easy task. Before going into committee the Government was re quested to withdraw the redistribution part of the bill on account of its unpopularity. This sugges tion, as might have been expected, led to a long discussion of the pros and cons of the affair. The consequence of it was, however, that it expedited the work afterwards, and the bill actually passed through committee, which is a great thing to have accomplished. Mr. GREGORY made some very wise remarks on the subject of deferring the redistribu tion part of the bill, declaring that it would not do for the House to profess itself incompetent to pass a complete measure for Ireland, and he proposed that they should take the most spirited course of fighting over what difficulties might lay in their path of progress. Mr. DISRAELI promised that due attention should be given to the progress made, and when the . redistribution part of the bil came on for consideration he postponed some of the chief clauses for future consideration. Having effected so much, the task of settling will be much easier when the work is again resumed, and had it not been for the ingenious process of skipping it would have been quite impossible to attain the desired end of arising through com mittee. There was only one division, and that of no particular moment. Mr. LAWSON, the member for the smallest borough in Ireland, endeavoured to make a stand in favour of those occupiers in boroughs that are rated at £4, in contradistinction to the Government scheme that fixes the standard at more than £4. Portarlington was not rescued from the fate originally designed for it, and Lord MAYO showed that, by consenting to the amendment, they would unsettle the rating system of the whole Island, and only add two thousand to the borough electors when put in force. It is not surprising that, under these circumstances, the Com mons should have rejected the proposal altogether, although some limitation was afterwards suggested in respect to it. Mr. DISRAELI has promised that the bill shall be resumed the first thing on Monday, so that there is every chance of its being speedily completed. Mr. CHILDERS must unnecessarily interfere again on the subject of the supplies being taken for nine months only, and went over the whole ground ag din, declaring that he must enter his protest "for constitutional precedents'" sake against the course proposed by the Chan cellor of the EKeheiner. It might have been all very well for one to have entered on this bpie, but there was quite enough said last week on the ques tion, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer's argu ments were quite compete is their way. Mr. CHILDERS is one of those who are of the same:opi nion still, because he has been convinced against his will, and accordingly he yesterday inflicted on the Eloise another of his lectures on the expediency of following in the steps of 1,31.1 RUS3EE. in 1811. It is really very idle to talk in this strain, and the notion of precedent after is rather a mistaken one. Why cannot the statesmen of the present day act in the manner they think the best for the interests of the public • service without troubling themselves to ransack the pages of Hansard to see if a noble lord of the past generation did such a thing half a century ago, or to speculate if to follow this plan would be in accordance with the directions laid down by a particular class of politicians. „ I Mr. CHILDERS failed to show that the state of affairs that existed in 1811 was analogous to that of the present complication. He allay well ask, when on the su bj ec t o f p r ecedents, where Mr. , Luxur ant an t Beautiful Hair is the distinguishing Cr - LADSTONE found his for pushing the Irish Church badge of Youth." Bill forward with such vigour, and disturbing all The following is EXACTLY what MRS. S. A. ALLEN'S the; legislation of the year by so doing. The Regis- ORL D'S HAIR RESTORER Olt DRESSING trzi.ion Bill was read a second time, and referred to WILL DO. a velect committee. Some discussion took place on By its use GRAY OR FADED HAIR is quickly the subject previously, and Mr. LEEMAN, a clerk restored to its youthful colour and beauty , and with the firstst application a beautiful gloss and delightful fragranc e is given I 0 t t the peace of twenty-fire years' standing, de to the Hair. It will cause Hair to grow on Bald Spots. c lared that the bill would answer all the ends de- It will promote luxuriant growth. FALLING Hair is immediately checked. sl 'red, and that the processes for shortening the THIN Hair thickened. BALDNESS prevented. b asiness reflected great credit on the Govern- It makes the Hair rich, soft, and glossy. It invigorates, thereby strengthens the hair. intuit. This he said in answer to some It keeps the Head cool and clean. It removes all scurf and dandriff. disparaging remarks that had been made to It containa neither oil nor dye. It will not soil white cambric. I•.he effect that large clas s e s w o u ld be p reven t e d In large Bottles—price Six Shillings. f..om voting by the measure. Mr. HARDY got over ZYLOBILSAMUM (Mrs. S. A. Allen's). — a good many objections that were made by deelar isaanyerorm, t l i: i i, e ns o p r ar i e i n a l r paare , . o io t n h w os it e h w olt o s s q e dl i m ai e r nl s ; it far excels i that the Ministry had carefully considered the naturally dry, requiring frequent dressing, its cheapness and great value will be proved. Its early use on Children's Hair will poi mts in dispute, an .l that the committee would insure an abundant and bountiful supply from YOUTH TO OLD AGE. I duly inquire into them. On the whole, there fore, we may come to the conclusion that the I - louse got through its work very successfully last night, - and real progress was made in import tut mat ters. Notwithstanling the creaking of some, and the fears of others, and the •earnest wishes of a :,elect few, there is now every chance of the Session coming to a close in the regular manner, with all necessary work accomplished, and the re-election taking place speedily and effectually. This shows what can be accomplished by practice and perseverance, and no one can say that the occupants of the Treasury Benches have failed in either of these desirable qualities. The Opposi tion has not let them reach their goal without subjecting them to many searching ordeals, but they have had the spirit to surmount the difficul ties, and escape the pitfalls prepared for them. The House of Lords, which is generally con sidered rather indolent in its manner of conducting business at this season of the year, is now reversing the usual order of things, and while the Commons are wasting their time in personal altercations and somewhat visionary schemes, the Peers are occupied in discussing a goo.] many minor matters of prac tical interest and importance to the public. Last evening several bills were advanced a stage, and motions were made which occasioned some in teresting debate. Among those which are likely to be really of practical service was the • clause which Lord REDESDALE proposed to insert is the Sale of Poisons Bill. his lordship very sensibly suggested that it should be made compulsory that poisons should be soli only in one particular form of bottle—a provision which would certainly avoid many distressing accidents, and save many lives. This is not the first time that a proposal - of the kind has been made, and we believe it was once suggested that poison bottles should be coloured, but that precaution would be valueless in the dark. If the bottle were of a par ticular size and shape, so that the most careless or ignorant person must immediately on grasping it become sensible of the difference the risk of acci dents would be very much lessened. The reason why the change was not specially advocated by the Pharmaceuticil Society was because they feared it might be troublesome ; but general security on such a matter is surely worth a little trouble. Besides, as Lord REDESDALE justly remarked last evening, when once it became known that poisons were to be sold only in particular bottles, and when it was made unlawful not only to sell poisons in other bottles, but to sell things not poisonous in this particular form, much trouble would be saved and the risk very much lessened. As it is, we aro constantly hearing of sad accidents arising from the careless use of poisons whether they are use .I as medicines or employed for any domestic business purpose. Our sick nurses, we may hope, are rapidly improving in knowledge and skill; but titers must still remain many ignorant and uncultivated women among them, and there will always be amateur nurses among the lower classes, who may be very clever and successful in attending to the patient, but who are very liable to make blunders in decip:lering written directions. Among the revelations from some of our pro vincial workhouses it was discovered that many cf the pauper nurses could not read or write. Fztal mistakes, too, are often made in the dim and uncertain light of a sick room, and these would be entirely prevented by the employment of peculiar bottles. In spite of every warning, and of the sad accidents which they see and hear of arising from carelessness, some persons will always be heedless in such matters, and it is well that some decided precautions should be taken in the public interest. The report of ' the medical officer to the Privy Council two years ago dwelt strongly on the danger to life from the indiscrimi nate sale of poisons in village shops. The act which last night passed through committee, pur poses to make certain examinations compulsory upon ' all persons practising as chemists. and while the Pharmaceutical Society is to conduct the examinations the Privy Council is to be the central authority, and its approval will be necessary for any regulations of the sale of poisons which the society may think it necessary to propose. The noble lord, the President of the Privy Council, while approving of the bill introduced by his pre decessor, observed that he should be glad to see more restraint put on the sale of opium, for there was ample evilence that it was destructive to human life throughout the country. We may hope that the passing of this bill will lead to increased legislation in all such matters, and that such lamentable disasters we now constantly hear of may henceforward be of rare occurrence. While the question of how best to deal with the difficulties attending the education of the masses is occupying much of the time and thoughts of our statesmen, it is well that some important topics relating to the mental training of a higher rank should not be altogether overlooked. England has always been justly proud of her public schools, which, though in many ways impeded, have yet succeeded, generation after generation, in sending forth to the world good scholars and high-minded gentlemen. Their merits, however, are no reason why their deficiencies should be overlooked ; they are rather an additional incentive to supply what is lacking, and to remove what is superfluous, in order that they should at tain a yet higher standard. In the House of Lords last evening Lord STANHOPE introduced the sub ject, and earnestly contended for some change in the manner of conducting the studies at our great public schools. Ilis lordship deprecated the exces sive attention now given to classical composition, n which comparatively few boys can excel, fo the exclusion or neglect of science, modern languages, and even mathematics, which some thirty years ago were not even thought of at Eton. Earl STANHOPE, we are gla-1 to find, does not join with Mr. LOWE in denouncing the classics altogether. On the contrary, he admits that the studies of the public schools should have a classical basis, only he would like to see less time employed is the construction of Latin and Greek verses, which, after all; are often more an exercise of ingenuity than anything else. It is a very different thing for boys to study the works of the great masters of ancient literature and to construct with much time and labour verses for which they Kaye perhaps no natural turn. Lord STANHOPE was able to cite the authority of Dr. WHEWELL, the late Master of Trinity College. Cambridge, who was himself distinguished among our foremost men of science, and of Dr. BUTLER, the present Head Master of Harrow, who both ad vocates a modification of the existing system. The debate which ensued was full of interest, and though not leading to definite result, it did good service by bringing forward the subject. LATEST INTELL MENGE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE (Via Queenstown.) NEW YonK, June 6. By general consent the trial of Mr. Davis has been again postponed until November next. Mr. Sumner has introduced a resolution into the Senate declaring the constitutional responsibility of Senators voting at the impeachment trial. In the House of Representatives resolutions eulogising ex-President Buchanan were rejected by 73 against 46 votes. Rioting occurred at Washington on Tuesday night between the blacks and whites. Two of the latter were killed. The former, elated with the success of the Republican ticket, were the aggres sors. Mr. Woolley is still imprisoned. Advices from Vera Cruz state that Marquez publicly denies the betrayal of Maximilian. Civil warfare still continued at Lima on May 14th. Strong apprehenaions of a,,war are entertained between Chili and Peru. The Inman Royal Mail steamer City of Cork, from New York on the Gth inst., arrived at Queens town at 4 a.m. this morning, with $410,000 in specie. She landed her mails and passengers and proceeded for Liverpool. All well. GREENCASTLE ; June 16. The Allan Company's steamer Nova Scotian, from Quebec on the Gth inst., arrived in Lough Foyle at 7.50 a.m. to-day, and after landing mails and pas sengers, proceeded for Liverpool. SOUTHAMPTON, June 16. The North German Lloyd steamer Baltimore, from Baltimore, has arrived here with 124 pas sengers for this port, Havre, and Bremen, and 980 packages of cargo. The Baltimore experienced fine weather throughout her passage, and passed on- the 7th and Bth inst. many large and magnificent ice- bergs. On the 2d she spoke the Bremen schooner Chris tian ; sth, the ship Auguste ; 6th, the British ship Isaac Webb ; 7th, the bark Sarah Douglas ; 13th, the ships Elizabeth, Yeo, and Thomas Martha ; 14th, the bark Mary, from Valparaiso ; and the ship William Tapscott, bound west with emigrants. THE WAR IN PARAGUAY. Rio DE JANEIRO, May 24. On the 3d May 3,000 of thelAllied troops took possession of that portion of the district of Chaco which is opposite to Humaita, and from which the fortress received its supplies. The Paraguayan forces attempted to oppose this movement, and afterwards to retake the position, but, according to the Brazilian accounts, were routed. The fortress is now said to be completely in vested. President Lopez is alleged to be arming 4,000 women. The Brazilian Budget shows a deficit of 74,000 con tas. The resumption of specio payments at Moni.evideo will positively take place on the Ist June. BUENOS AyREs, May 14. Exchange on London, 494. Salted hides, 40 to 43 ; total sales, 433,000. Shipments, 172,881 ; dry hides, 50 for 30 ; sales, 60,000 ; shipments, 196,947 ; stock, 52,000. Freight to channel, 325. ; wool, 48s. to 82 ; lumber, 40s. to 41s. ; Car diff coal, 15s. Imports.—Market firmer. ROUMANIA. BUCHAREST, June 15. The Ministers have withdrawn their resignation. A decree from the Prince has dissolved the Senate, and new elections have been ordereL3. The two Chambers are to re-assemble within forty days ; in the meanwhile the sittings of the Chaniber of Deputies will continue until the 22d June. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Last evening a Mr. Allerton made his first ap pearance in London as Hamlet. The house was very full, and an event of some interest was evi dently expected. On the entry of Mr. Allerton, in the second scene of the tragedy, be was most warmly welcomed. He is a gentleman above the middle height, with good stage qualifications as far as per sonal appearance is concerned, but his voice is harsh, and so ill governed that his warmest friends must have experienced far from plea sant sensations even so early in the tragedy as Hamlet's first interview with the Ghost. Here in breaking from Horatio and Marcellus, Mr. Aller ton let loose the whole torrent of his passion, and gave the first unmistakeable evidence of a want of discretion, and to such an extent that the very fine lines commencing, " Unhand me, gentlemen," was positively bawled out in the most rugged style. Want of feeling was again apparent in the plat form scene, a tone of affection was altogether absent, and where Mr. Allerton furnished us with an original reading of the text, it seemed en tirely opposed to the meaning of the great and immortal author. The first interview between Polonius and Hamlet was remarkable for novelties. In making reply to the old man's inquiry with re spect to the book held in band, Hamlet is made to say, "Words, words," but Mr. Allerton gave addition to the effect by tearing the leaf from out the volume and throwing it at the feet of Polonius. Again, we have to take objection to the manner in which Mr. Allerton gave the well4nown words, " except my life, except my life." It seemed most extraordi nary that he should a dd ress th em to Polouius as an invitation to kill hi m . The fine soliloquy commencing—" Why what a rogue and peasant slave am I" was Mr. Allerton must forgive us for saying—cut up by the roots. Nothing like it has ever been done at the Princess's before, and although the applause that followed it was loud, it seemed to come mostly from a portion of the house upon which least reliance ought to be placed by an actor. IVithout going entirely through the character we may say Mr. Allerton has much to study before he can justify his claim to such parts as Hamlet. It may be that the excitement of a first appearance disconealed him, therefore before expressing a decided opinion as to his merits ; we shall take another opportunity of judging his his trionic abilities. The other parts of the tragedy were supported by Mr. Leeson, Mr. Shore, Mr. B. Potter, and Mi .s Elsworthy with their accustomed ability. The sixtieth Rhine Musical Festival is now being held at Co:ogne. These annual meetings have been conducted by all the great German musicians. Among the works to be performed this year are The Messiah, a cantata of Bach's Le Feu Eternel, an overture of Hiller; a Psalm of Mendel ssohn, Spontini's La Vestale, and the ninth sym phou of Beethoven. The choir numbers six hundred and thirty roiceo.—alusical Standard. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIa (FROM OUR OWN CORRFSPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY, June 15. The heat is something tremendous. Last week we had frosts ; to-day the thermometer has been upwards of 90 deg. Fahrenheit in the shade. What can we do this weather but " sit in our skeletons," as Syeney Smith used to say? At least we sit in the Champs Elystes and the Bois de Boulogne. Paris, from the Tuileries to Long champs, is quite a sight in the evenings. The whole populat'oa seems to be living out of doors. The theatres aro simply impossible, and I fear the various managers and impressarios must be suffering terribly. The Mabille is patronised not only by Parisians, but by staid Lmdoners, who on no account would be seen at Cremorne, but who when they cross the Channel leave all their squeamishness behind them. The chief topics of gossip are the Servian tragedy and Prince Napoleon's journey. A good deal of anxiety has been caused by the first matter, on account of the mystery which surrounds it. One report states that the murder was an act of revenge by the Itadanovitch because the Prince had dishonoured a female member of that family, and that the murderers have confessed this to be the case. But every hour seems to increase the conviction that it was a political crime. How far it will complicate that troublesome Eastern question which we all dread so much remains to be seen. As for Prince Napoleon, the latest news is that he will still go on to Belgrade, though I confess to being rather doubtful on that point. If report be true he is going to turn author, and publish a pamphlet in which he will frankly avow the mistaken opinions which he had formed of Austria, and which his present visit has corrected. There is still much talk about diplomatic changes. Some time ago it was proposed to send to Berlin Prince Talleyrand, wh o fi n d s hi mself very uncom fortable at St. Petersburg. M. Benedetti was then to go to Florence, and Baron Malaret, now at Florence, was to replace Count Sartiges at Rome. At the same time it was proposed that the Italian Legation should be raised to the rank of an embassy, an unexpected difficulty appeared in the way. Chevalier Nigra, who is the Italian Minister here, refused to accept the change from a second-class into a first-class Minister, unless his salary were increased accordingly. This the Italian Government, being short of cash, refused to do, and so the negotiation has fallen through. It is not unlikely that Nigra may have to leave Paris altogether. He does not get on well here. No fewer than sixty new Opposition journals have appeared since the passing of the new Press Law, while the Government journals have not been increased by one. The " devoted " organs are naturally alarmed at this state of things. Ido not think that the motion which will be made in the Corps L6gislatif by a distinguished member of the Opposition for reducing the stamp duty has much chance of being accepted by the Government. Ministers will naturally say, if three score newspapers have been started in as many days, it is certain that the duty cannot be very burdensome. A French paper has the following. You will know how far it is true :—" According to recent letters from. London, it appears that it is the pressure of public opinion which has obliged Queen Victoria to return to Windsor. Mr. Disraeli himself, in spite of his com plaisance for the sovereign, has not dissembled from her that it is al s )lut ely necessary for her to return to the seat of government." THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. .Extreme Sea • Tuesday, F. 1 June 16 B. T. ' W. 1 to , P. D. W It. to 8 a.m. 12 9 ------- '— Nairn ...... 30'22r. 52 - 49 B.S.W. 1 4 W. c.o. 1 Aberdeen .. 30'24r. 54 48 S. 1 1 W.N.W. b.o. 1 eith ... 30'24r. 56 51 E. 2 3 N.W. b.o. Shields . . 30'27r. 62 53 E. 2 2 N.W. C. 2 Scarborough 30'30r. 63 57 S.S.E. 1 3 W. c.b. 1 Yarmouth.. 3,1'31r. 62 58 N.N.E. 2 3 S.S.E. C. 2 Helder ... 30'39 61 W.S.W. 1 2 . Cuxhaven 30 7 27 f. 6 0 57 S . S.W. 3 3 N.W. c.ro Cape Clear.. 30 24 S.W. Lc. 2 Roche's Pt. 30'36 r. %59 57 S.W. 4 4 Holyhead .. 30' 22r. 57 5 6 S . S .W. 4 2 S.W. Lc. 3 S.S.W. c.m Liverpool 30'3Cr. 63 60 S.E. 2 3 W. c. 1 Ardrossan 30'22f. 56 -51 S.E. 1 3 N.W. c.o. 1 Greencastle 30'15f. 53 51 S.W. 2 4 N.W. c.r. o'os Penzance 30'3:r. 61 59 Z. 0 3 W.N. W. c.o. -- 1 Plymouth .. 30 35r 61 58 Z. 0 2 N.W. c.o. 1 Weymouth Portsmouth 30 30r. 64 60 N.N.W. I 3 W.N.W.W -- e. 1 London .... 30'3.r. 66 61 Z. 0 4 W. c b . C'peGrisN ez 59 57 W.S.W. 1 1 W.S.W. f. 1 Brest .. .. 3026 r. 61 59 E. 1 1 E. c. 1 L'Orient. .. 31'24r. 59 57 N.E. 4 4 N.E. c. Rochefort b. 2 ... 30'27r. 72 67 E. 1 5 N.W. . Biarritz .... 30•25 5 . 77 72 W. 3 3 W. — g Corunna.... 30'19 69 N.W. 1 b. 2 Brussels .... Paris —-- Strasbourg.. Pc:J . l ' o 3 n .... 3011 s. . —3 —7 E. ---- Hcsrt's Con tent (6 :tan, local time) i 59 58s. ,45 44 i W.-.V 4 I 4 W. 5.1% f. 4 EMANATION. EMANATION. ra remit el* ccrrcctcd and rcduccd to 32 deg. a tea level. Theletters r., rising ; f., faring ; s., steady—indicate direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thom( meter exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm Wenthc r: blue sky; c.—clouds, detached; f.—fog; h.—hail; t nirg ; misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull; r.- rain; a.- snow; t.—thunder. I:Mi.-fall, snow er bail (melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. nrArALKS. Uniformly rreviures are retorted this morning at all istations the increase in the north during the last twenty-four hours has been upwards of three -tenths of an inch, but at stations in the southern Etna western districts, the difference between readings is but slight. In the west of Ireland a sli;ht decrease is shewn since last evening. Temperature has risen in the south and west of our isllnds. The winds yesterday were generally light, and from N.W. to S.W. This morning ca lms prev.ll on the Channel coast: on the Irish coast th e wind is light and south-westerly, but variable elsewhere. The weather is generally dry, and the sky overcast ; but at Greencastle a little rain is reported. Fog with mist has prevailed in the west. The Morn g Post denies the rumour that Chevalier Nigra is to be removed from the Italian Legation in Paris to that in London. It is probable, however, that he will shortly cease to represent his Government at the former capital, for, through a variety of circumstances, his has become a dacult mission. Some time ago we copied from the French journals statements to the effect that there was serious discontent at Malta. The Libcrte especially represented the Maltese as downright seditious and treasonable. None of our ow advices have co-firmed these reports. We now learn that the elections have just taken place, that only 1,300 out of about 2,r00 electors took the trouble to vote, and that the retiring numbers were re elected. The Malta Observer says :—"• Af cr th's result, we may safely predict that the heroic pctiti n t ) the House of Commons, asking for all sorts of nice hin_s, will he dropped for want of support from the pr.blic Of course, a discontented minority of c ever citizens will always exist, and all the good we can wish them is to make less noise, and be judge .1 by their deeds, not words." The new United States Minister to this country is a fortunate man. The exceeding popularity of Mr. Adams rendered the position of his successor more than usually diffi cult. It seemed scarcely possible that the new Miniiter could stand as high in the estimation of the English people as the old. Nevertheless, judging from the praises which were bestowed upon him by the whole of the British press without distinction of party, Mr. Johnson will begin with a s many admirers as Mr. Adams left off with. Never was a Minister more heartily received than he will be. He will not have the demonstrative reception that we gave to our old enemy Marshal Soult, when he came over here in 18:i8 to represent France at Queen Victoria's coronation, but the welcome will be none the less real. To what a pitch of folly fanaticism will carry a people may be well illustrated just now by the doings of the Australians in the matter of O'Farrell's attempted murder of Prince Alfred. It is stated by a correspondent from Melbourne that a lta ling advocate of the Victoria bar, who was specially retained for the defence of O'Farrell, was afterwards black-balled at his club for accepting the brief. One can hardly believe the truth of this statement. But still the passing of an Act declaring it criminal to refuse a loyal toast is much on a par with this. Victoria is apparently very much advanced in its legisla tion concerning drunkenness. The colonists have determined to treat a drunkard as an insane person, and have provided in their lunacy laws that an habitual drunkard can volun tarily submit himself to confinement and treatment for twelve months. It is also laid down that "if a parent, husband, wife, child, or other near relative, or any friend of any person who shall be labouring under or recovering from an attack of delirium tremens, or who within a period of one year immediately before the application hereinafter mentioned, by and through the excessive use of intoxicating drinks, shall have either wasted or shall be wasting his means, and shall have neglected to main tain and support his family, or shall have habitually or repeatedly threatened or used violence towards any mem ber of the family," shall apply to the Master in Lunacy, and Ala — support his application by proofs and by medical evidence to the satisfaction of the Master, and shall give such notice of the application to the drunkard as the Master shall require, the Master may authorise the deten tion of such person, and may subject him to curative treatment for a period not exceeding twelve months. The great objection to these enactments is that they are liable to be much abused, as they place the man at the entire mercy of his friends, if such they can be called. The action as to lunatics has to be well guarded, even with our English law, and what would be the result when such extended powers are given to those whose interest it nay be to get their relatives incarcerated, remains to be seen. Mr. Hamilton Hume, the secretary of the Eyre Defence Fund, announces the formation of a committee for receiving subscriptions for a testimonial to the ex governor. Sir Roderick Murchison is the president, Rid the Hon. Miler 46_2p, .41,E, the yissrpteeitiezite THE HANDEL FESTIVAL. "The Messiah"—Yesterday. It is no exaggeration to say at once that our loftiest anticipations in regard to the Third of these Grand Triennial Handel Festivals—high though they undoubtedly were—have been utterly sur passed. The Festival of 1868, judging of it merely from the first of the Three Days' Performance, will henceforth be regarded as the standard of excellence in respect to these colossal and majestic exhibitions. It as completely surpasses the Second Festival as that Second Festival surpassed the First, or as that first surpassed all other kindred deinonstrations then on record. Much of this advancement or pro gression is, of course, attributable to the mere effects of practice, of experiment, of experience. A great deal, moreover, is traceable to the steady and instantly appreciable improve ments of an acoustic kind achieved upon each suc cessive occasion, in the structure of what is techni cally termed the auditorium of that gigantic Hall of Music, the Grand Transept of the Crystal Palace— the Palace of the People of England —down at Sydenhafri. It is just possible, of course, that some additional contrivance may even yet be hit upon before the Fourth Triennial Festival in honour of George Frederick Handel i❑ 1871 shall have arrived. It is possible, we say, but it is barely probable. For, so far As we can conceive, these acoustical arrangements which have been growing up, three years by three years, we had almost said year by year, in the. Crystal Palace, over and around that marvellous Orchestra, have already attained a degree of merit, or we should prefer to say a tho roughness of efficiency, such as leaves nothing whatever (that we ourselves at any rate could sug gest) to be desiderated. The screening off of the arched portion of each of the naves—the screening off of each from the spring-point of the arch—so effectually retains the sound within the range of the auditorium without allowing it to escape, or so to speak evaporate in the iramensity of that great sur rounding edifice of iron and glass, that the most delicate pianissimo of a tremulous; violin-string, the faintest articulation of a pathetic soloist, when the notes warbled forth are allowed almost, one might say, to die out into silence, can be dis tinctly heard, can be heard without an effort, in any portion of the vast area allotted to the audience. We speak after a very carefu examination or rather after an elaborate testing of the audience-part of the grand transept, whether from the floor of the building where the seats are portioned out into blocks, or from the several gal leries on either side of the transept, or immediately fronting the gigantic orchestra. From the upper most gallery of all, upon a level with the rail of which the high rope of Biondi!), the acrobat, was stretched from end to end a few years ago, when that most daring of aerial dancers played such "fantastic tricks before high heaven" —from that " coign of 'vantage," the uppermost gallery of all, we " listened delighted" to the chief part both of the " Grand Full Rehearsal" of Fri day last and of the " Messiah" yesterday. Hearing everything at that giddy altitude with the greatest ease, and again we say it, listening delighted. Up wards of 18,000 attending on the Full R,learsal Day, that is on Friday last, we are not surprised to observe that more than 19,000 were assembled together yesterday in honour of the first of the Three Grand Days—constituting an integral portion of the,Festival itself—to witness the performance, then and there, upon the grandest scale ever attempted, of Handel's cape d'opera, the MESSIAH. Tue mere sight of the Orchestra, when filled with the four thousand performers, vocalists and instrumentalists —the mere sight of these serried ranks of musicians, banked up, row above row, on either side of the great organ, and in unbroken semicircles behw the great organ down to the cushioned stool and music desk of the Conductor in the foreground—where there is set apart a little open platform as the stand point of the half-dozen soloists—the mere sight of this giant Orchestra when filled, to say nothing of the sounds flowing from it afterwards, has about it a wonderful impressiveness. It is worth tra velling some distance merely to hook at it. But— to hear it ! It is like the acquisition of a new sense, or, at any rate, like thn glJrificatioa or beatifica tion of one of the subtlest of the Five with which Human Nature is so wonderfully endowed. Any one who may have attended yesterday fir the first time since the conception of these Grand Triennial Festivals, must have realized thus much before a note of the music of Hanl:l's " Messiah" had been given forth by that array of musical in struments of all kinds gathered together, there, under the shadow of the glorious organ. Doctor John Bull's anthem of " God Save the Queen " more strictly speaking the National Anthem of England than even the heroic and patrio tic air of " Rule Britannia " was enough of itself to stir the soul and heart of the most phlegmatic person there present, as the soul of a knight or as the heart of a war horse is stirred at the sound of a trumpet. Upstanding, uncovered, hushed into attention, the audience of twenty thou sand listened to the four thousand voices and instruments pealing forth that simple but majestic and spirit-moving benediction upon the reigning Sovereign. Immediately before this the group of soloists, engaged for the occasion, had, upon their appearance together, been welcomed with signal cordiality by the assembled multi tude. Madlle. Titiens as the soprano, Madame Sainton Dolby as the contralto, Mr. Sims Reeves as the tenor, and Mr. Santley as the bass of, the occasion, receiving, as they were each entitled to do, a grand reception. Yet shar ing that cordial reception of theirs with the hardly less cordial reception given to the two eminent singers who were associated with them yesterday—namely, Mr. Cumming and Madame Rudersdorff. When moreover, at the very last moment, that is, imme diately upon the stroke of two o'clock yesterday afternoon, the Prospero of the day, wand in hand, made his always welcome appearance—Michael Costa to wit—as Leigh Hunt has it in his won derful little:poem on Paganini-- " Tho thunder of the applauding house came down, And bowed the breathing sorcerer into smiles." Then came the National An them,and directly upon its conclusion, the "Messiah" began with the Overture. Our great tenor, Mr. Sims Reeves—facile princeps among all living sacred-music sob-singers--by his glorious delivery, so familiar to us all, of the reci tative " Comfort ye, my People," followed by the air, " Every Valley," first kindled the enthusiasm of the audienco yesterday— an enthusiasm that was often afterwards rekindled sometimes with a burst of acclamation not only in answer to his sJlos and those of his associates, espe- clay in the instance tint.) and again of Midlle. Titiens and Mr. Santley, but again and again, and yet again, at the close of many a marvellous Chorus, The first of these choruses', that is the first in order, had a thrilling effect—" And the glory of the Lord." As a matter of course, however, it was immeasureably surpassed by three or four of the choruses coming afterwards in their appointed places. The " Hallelujah " being just simply elec trifying! Not that we regard that sublime pro.. duction as the choral chef d'ceuvres of Handel, or even of this Oratorio, of which it is, no doubt, one of the most majestic portions ! " For unto us a Child is Born," being, to our notion, far beyond the " Hallelujah" —as, indeed, who will gainsay it, when remembering—" Wonderful! Counsellor! the Mighty God ! the - Everlasting Father ! the Prince of Peace !" Even as a " Hallelujah" we have the temerity to accord precedence and supe- riority, and honour, and glory, by preference to the " Hallelujah" of the Mount of Olives by Beethoven —a song of adoration worthy of being pealed forth in the heavens themselves to the treble of the cherubim and the diapason of the thunder; to the harps of the seraphim and the trumpets of the arehangels. But, as peerless and unsurp as- sable in its way as that " Hallelujah Chorus" of Beethove% is Handel's magnificent and inimitable masterpiece, "For unto us a Child ii Born." Yes terday it was performed just simply to perfection. - - - Immediately preceding it, had been given with adstirable effect, respectively, Madame Sain ton Dolby's rendering of " 0 thou that tellest " and Mr. Santley's ucble articulation of the reci- tative " For Behold DarkaQss," followed . by the sombre and devious, groping, almost stumbling air of " The People that walked in Darkness." After the chorus already particularised as the arch-achieve ment chorally of the day—there came, in as usual delicious contrast, the exquisite and sylvan warbling grace of the " Pastoral Symphony". Then earns triumphs of song won alternately by Madlle. Titiens and Madame Sainton-Dolby—crowned by that noble close to the first part of this truly glorious oratorio, the grand concordant sounds of " His Yoke is Easy," articulated, as by a single voice and a single instrument, by the orchestra of four thousand. Subsequently the second and third parts were performed in uninterrupted se quence as a single part, that is to say, without the slightest break or pause whatever. Here, the solo triumphs were most notably those achieved by Mr. Santley in " Why do the nations so furiously rage," by Mr. Sims Reeves in " Thou shalt break them like a rod of iron, thou shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel," by Mdlle. Titiens, in " I know that My' Redeemer," and lastly, again by Mr. Santley, in "The Trumpet shall Sound" with Mr. Harper's trumpet obbligato. Besides the sublime "Hallelujah," the second portion of the oratorio gave us, among others, three very wonderful choruses, wonderfully rendered—" Surely he bath borne "—" And we like sheep "---and " He trusted iu God," the open ing passage of which chorus last mentioned conveys so vividly to the imagination through the thunder of the scoffing basses, the pitiless fury of the rabble of the Jews exulting in the Crucifixion. The two quartetts in Part Three were splendidly delivered, and the whole oratorio brought to a majestic conclu sion by the highly-elaborated and colossal chorus of " 'Worthy is the Lamb." Altogether, the first day of this greatest of the Triennial Handel Festivals was a triumph of art that will long be looked back to as to a standard of excellence. It promises gloriously for the " Selections" set apart for to-morrow (Wednesday) as the Second Day, and for the " Israel in Egypt " set down for Friday, as the Third and Last Day of this memorable Festival. Yesterday's performance 'of the " Messiah" transformed the Crystal Palace for the time being into a very Temple of Adoration. E,K • , 9 &Dial (eirtil Tar. HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL CASTLE, June 13. The Queen drove out in the morning, accom panied by Princess Louise; and in the afternoon her Majesty 'again drove out, accompanied by Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold. AD.I.IIRAL ROUS ON THE TURF. • TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. S:r,—Observing in your paper of to-day the following paragraph, quoted from the Pall-Mall Gazette :—" The Sporting Life, with more audacity, mentions that Admiral Rous said on the course that if he had taken as much laudanum as had been given to the mare he would have been a dead man," permit me to state that it is perfectly untrue. My belief is that Lady Elizabeth had a rough spin with Athena in March, when the Days discovered she had lost her form—a very common occurrence with fillies which have been severely trained at two years old; that when the discovery was made they re versed a commission to back her for the One Thou sand Guineas Stakes at Newmarket, and they de clared that Lord Hastings would not bring her out before the Derby, on which he stood to win a great stake. I am informed that when Lord Hastings went to Danebury to see her gallop they made ex cuses for her not to appear. If he had seen her move the bubble would have burst. But the touters reported, she was going like a bird ;" £lO will make any horse fly if the trainer wishes it to rise in the market. She has never been able to gallop the whole year. I,lrd Hastings has been shamefully deceived, and with respect to scratching the Earl, Lord Westmorland came up V) town early on Tues day from Epsom to beseech Lord Hastings not to commit sucli.an act. On his arrival in Grosvenor square he met Mr. Hill going to Weatlierby's with the order in his pocket to scratch the Earl. and Mr. A. Padwick closeted with Lord Hastings. In justice to the Marquis of Hastings I state that he stood to win £35,000 by the Earl, and did not hedge his stake money. Then you will ask, " Why did be scratch him ?" What can the poor fly demand from the spider in whose web he is enveloped ? I am, Sir, your obedient servant, H. J. Rous. 13, Berke!ey-square, June 15. An interesting archeological discovery has been made in a railway cutting at Pont de Pierre, not far from Chalons-sur-Saone. At three feet below' the surface of the ground a group of thirteen skeletons was found in a narrow space, and won derfully preserved. They seem to be the bones of full-grown men who had died in battle. The skeleton of a woman has been discovered among the others. Between the jaws of one of the dead was found an obolus, which the friend of the de funct had no doubt slipped in to enable the de parted to pay his fare to Charon. A coin, very much defaced, but still seen to bear the effigy of the Emperor Gordian, was also picked up among these remains, which leads to the conclusion that 1,700 years have elapsed since they were there interred. A correspondent of the Times writing from Pesth, under date of June 11th, says :—To-day we have the fete of " Corpus Christi," the most solemn festival of the Roman Catholic Church in Austria and Hungary. In purely Catholic countries the celebration of the feast of Transubstantiation has scarcely the same meaning as in those where Ca tholics and Protestants live side by side, for there is a sort of muster of those who are within the line which separates the two .confe sions. The whole Ca}holic population turn out in the morning to go in procession through the town. After the number of the four Gospels, four altars are erected before the doors of four different churches, or in smaller towns, where there are not so many churches' more or less open places are chosen in the streets for the altars, and starting from the main church the Host is carried through the streets, stopping at every altar, where a chapter from one of the Gos pels is read and the Host elevated. Right and left of the altars boughs and branches of trees are arranged against the walls or made up into bowers, while the road itself over which the procession passes is strewed with small twigs and flowers• In Vienna the whole Court takes part every year in the procession, but this year, the Empress not having quite-recovered, the Emperor and the m ale part of the household alone will figure. Here the sister towns divide the dignitaries between then• Buda, the official city, takes most of the Minister o and public functionaries, while Pesth has the mem bers of the high courts of law. A Madame Gravis, living in the civil hospice of Calais, has just completed her 100th year. 14 ' great number of persons of the town came to COs her on the occasion, and she replied to all with great animation and• apropos. The day after the clergy came to conduct her in proces sion to the chapel of the establishment , to be present at a solemn mass. In the evening 3 dinner was given by public subscription to the out persons of the hospice, and at the dessert Madam e Gravis, on her health being drunk, rose, glass in hand, and returuel thanks in excellent language for the interest shown her. The Washington County Post states that an habitant of a certain village " down west" having bought a lot of sugar which had been adulterate d with sand, inserted in the local paper the following advertisement :—"Notice.—l bought of a groce r in this village 71b. of sugar, from which I have extracted lib. of sand. If the rascal who cheat ed me will send to my address 71b. of sugar (t he Scriptural measure of restitution), I will be sat. is ; fled. If not, I will expose him." The next day. o , o 71b. packages of sugar were left at the advertiscra house, there being nine grocers in the village, a ll e ach NuppoAing himself to hayo been dotected. NE 16, 1868. 1 that bus; ben; dry but viar. exec of Ace, D.Q 11 5 1 i 3 can Spoil (le( to Vice A Lan isi Pc La n deal) In Ldl 3-16 Port 111 nay crap; 5 to , X ; Ei Z 1 37. r ri Con) th e ttate aecol Ti; t i ) r t 1 With Ti Can a deer( Drop Der c e quip ft itia Dre u , 41,4 8 Pel Di a I), Alt' , D ( -r-.x(31 rs 121; -uAni 1)( I iticii; , 1)( AU it traz