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Nothing more recklessly daring,.or, we are bound to add, more easy and elegant in their style of performance than those feats have been witnessed in Loudon within our memory."— Morning Post, April 14. M. AGOUSTE, the Champion Equilibrist of the World, in his extraordinary act of Equilibrism. In addition to the above attractions the WARNE TROUPE in their highly interesting act LES ECHASSE, and the wonderful SPANISH COMPANY Every Evening. Open at half-past i ; commence at 8. Morning per formances, • Wednesday and Saturday, at half-past 2. Children under ten half-price to Morning performance only. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole I.essee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, SISTERLY SERVICE: Messrs. Belford, Harcourt; Miss Sheridan. After which, TUE FIELD' OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. McssrB. Thorne, James, and Robson ; Mesdames Swanborough, Lydia Thompson. Sheridan, Hughes. utc To conclude Nith MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE. SADLER'S WELLS TH R EATE. THIS EVENING. 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Now, however, all these gloomy forebodings have been set at nought, and the brightest anticipations more than realised by the intelligence from the seat of war. Seldom has a General had more decisive and gratifying intelligence to communicate than that which Sir ROBERT NAPIER has just sent home. The captives are rescued ; that is the most important point to dwell upon, and the people of this country will rejoice that the primary object of the expedition has been attained. King • THEODORE is dead, and has paid with his life the penalty of having insulted England, and perse cuted the unfortunate foreigners who were thrown into his power by the force of circumstances. The extraordinary character of this news is yet further increased by the intimation that the British sus tained no loss of life, and there were only about ten wounded in our army. It is strange to think that when the Chancellor of the Exchequer was speaking to the House on Thursday last on the subject of this expedition, and men tioning that the affair would probably soon be over, it was even then concluded in the most satis factory style possible. It appears that all the ar rangements were planned and carried out with the most perfect precision, and they reflect the highest honour upon Sir R. NAPIER. He evidently appre ciated the vast importance of using despatch in his movements, and pressing on whenever he had fairly got the start. Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE has re ceived two telegraphic despatches from the Com mauder-in-Chief of the Abyssinian force, and the various items of intelligence which they contain succeed each other with startling rapidity, and recall to mind the more brilliant and exciting days of past history, rather than the more tame doings of our prosaic times. On Good Friday au engagement took place near Mag ' Bala, between our troops and the army of THEO DORE, in which the latter was defeated with heavy loss. During the two succeeding days THEODORE sent into our camp every European that he had in his power, both captives and employes. Sir R. NAPIER demanded that THEODORE should surrender himself, and gave him twenty-four hours to decide. This telegram concludes by stating that the KING's troops are completely demoralised. The next telegram also contains some astounding in telligence, for on Easter Monday Magdala was taken by assault under cover of Arm strong steel-guns, eight-inch mortars, and rocket battery. In this assault THEODORE was killed, defending to the last, and our loss was small. The ascent to the gates is said to have been most formidable. THEODORE was greatly disheartened in consequence of the severe losses he had sustained on the tenth, and Borne of the chiefs had surren dered the most formidable position of Shilasse, and many thousand fighting men had laid down their arms. Notwithstaning these preliminary advan tages, it is evident th a t i t was h ar d wor k t o carr y the place, and such an achievement will enhance the reputation of all who assisted in the great work. THEODORE retired to Magdala with all who remained faithful to him. It seems a just retribution that he should have met his fate there in the very place where he had so long confined the unfortunate Europeans, and he certainly affords a warning to all the contumacious tyrants who may come after him. His conduct has been cruel in the extreme, and it seems difficult to account for his perversity except under the suppo sition that he was greatly incensed by various ru mours. At any rate we hope and believe that a lesson has been given that will not likely be for gotten, and that in future the subjects of our Sovereign may dwell in greater safety in those barbarian lands now that the supremacy of England has been asserted so completely and effec tually. It must be admitted that THEODORE pos eessed some striking qualities; he possessed great determination, and died with a spirit worthy of a better cause, and was doubtless a hero in the esti mation of the uncivilised people he ruled over. Had he been able or willing to control his passions he might, even with his opportunities, have effected a great deal, but it is always most unwise and unsafe to allow prejudice to attain so great a mastery over the mind. We must bear in mind that Sir ROBERT NAPIER and his forces did not fight their hardest battle when they attacked THEODORE and chief difficulty lay in stormed Magdala. Their the nature of the country itself, and it was in over coming these obstacles that so much recognition is due to our army, and so much credit belongs to its General. The march of our troops from Annesley Bay to Magdala is a trophy of military skill, and will remain a striking record in the annals of his tory when the more immediate incidents of the affair arc forgotten. After the painful and weari some march was over there remained the dreadful idea that THEODORE WO:11d remove the captives and consume valuable time in making our forces pursue him. This has happily been dis pelled, and the result the best thing that could have taken place for all parties has taken place. We are saved an awkward task in disposing of the KING by his exit from the scene of his vices and his struggles, and our work in Abyssinia is all the sooner accomplished, as Sir It. NAPIER puts it. " The army will return immediately." And why in deed should it remain ? Its mission has been nobly fulfilled, its work effectively accomplished, and its honours well won. All that we desired to do in Abyssinia has been done, and those who wished for some more lasting connection to be made between England and that distant sot must be disappointed, while those who have been amusing themselves by declaring that an increased territory was an ulti mate object will be effectually answered by the speedy return of our troops. In looking at the matter, as it now stands, we may remark that the brilliant and striking success of our arms in Abyssinia furnishes a complete con tradiction to those who have been busy, throughout the whole of the affair, in circulating unpleasant hints, and declaring that the whole thing would be a failure, and so on. The climate was against us, the captives would never be rescued, the expense would be enormous, the country did not care for these outlandish wars being entered upon, and so on. A more complete discomfiture has seldom been met with than has befallen those croakers, and it is well that it should be so ; another proof has been afforded of the courage and constancy of our forces, and, what is of equal importance, of the skill and efficiency of our General. A more com plete and finished piece of work than this Abys sinian expedition it has seldom been our lot to wit ness, and it is not saying too much to affirm that it could not have been better accomplished. This gratifying intelligence comes happily for the Minis ters, who are just now rather roughly assailed, and the rescue of the prisoners of Magdala is a bril liant triumph for the Conservatives. This Abys sinian affair was in some respects the most vexa tious legacy left to the new Government when Lord RUSSELL retired ; the task of decision was an ardu ous one. The honour of the country was at stake —English subjects were in peril—and yet there were not wanting hints of the difficulties in a rescue, and the expenses of the affair, joined to the extreme doubtfulness of the issue so far as saving the pri soners was concerned. Lord STANLEY has carried another triumph, and may well be congratulated upon the success of his work. When the noble lord announced his intention to the House of Commons of proceeding to extremities in the event of THEO DORE refusing to liberate the captives he was met with general approval, but there were not wanting those who declared he was mistaken in his policy. These may now recognise their error, and, although it is impossible to control circumstances, and events must be left to the doctrine of chance, this Abyssinian Expedition may prove au example for all statesmen to copy, and a lesson that the timorous and hesitating may derive profit from. We had unfortunately of late years been too much in the habit of letting things alone, and the influ ence of England was materially affected thereby. The past year or two has done much to retrace our steps in this particular and retrieve our errors, and the good work must be continued. The fact that England has extended the majesty of her power to the wilds of Abyssinia, and rescued with a strong hand her captive subjects, will strike terror into many a tyrant, and the effect upon our position abroad cannot be overrated. It can no longer be said that from motives of expediencyor ideas of compromise we leave our fellow-countrymen to their fate ; and this part of the affair must not be overlooked amid the general rejoicing which the intelligence of to-day will give rise to. Public opinion will ratify the wisdom of those who, in the day of doubt, chose the better part, and recognise that we have them to thank for the brilliant success that has attended our arms, and the happy exploit that has de livered our friends from a fate that was worse than death. The news which we published on Saturday from Australia comes in startling and painful contrast to all recent intelligence from our southern colonies. The reception given by the colonists to the Duke of EDINBURGH was unprecedented in its warmth and its demonstrativeness. No pains were spared to do him honour, while gold was lavished with a readiness only possible in such an auriferous coun try. Melbourne especially distinguished itself by the magnificence of its festivities and the splendour of its preparations, but every colony was equally cordial and equally prompt to bring its best to greet the young sailor Prince. The enthu siasm everywhere manifested by the colonists was the more remarkable, because Australia is separated by so wide a space that it might reason ably have been supposed that the sentiment of per sonal loyalty would not be strongly developed, and that, if the Prince received a mere courteous and ceremonious welcome, it was all that could be looked for. On the contrary, the Australians wel comed him as if he were a long absent and dearly loved monarch, and have thronged to greet him from every quarter.:l3usineas, and politics, and do =Ale engagements have all been at a standstill as the Prince passed from colony to colony. Even the great political difficulty, which has for so long para lysed the people of Melbourne, was suspended by the great occasion, and amity was for the nonce restored between the members of the Council and of the House of Assembly. The Duke of EDINBURGH, we have good reason to believe, was much gratified by the cordiality of his reception, and the ties be tween England and her far distant children were materially strengthened by his visit. It is difficult no doubt for us in the first shock and consternation of learning the attempted assassination of the Duke to realise adequately the horror and indignation which must have filled the minds of the colonists, who had been spending their time, their thoughts, and their money so lavishly in the Prince's cause. That his confidence should be thus abused, and his pleasant and friendly inter course with them should be turned into an occasion of danger and suffering, must have caused them the greatest vexation and disappointment. We can fancy the intense eagerness with which news of the PRINCE'S health would be watched for by the popu lace, and the fervent rejoicing with which they would learn that he was at last out of danger. The wound was evidently a serious one, the ball having entered the back and followed the course of the ninth rib, traversing altogether a distance of twelve inches and a quarter. Most fortunately it did not prove fatal, and the ball was extracted two days afterwards by the surgeons of her MAJESTY'S ships Challenger and Galatea. Since then his Royal highness seems to have progressed as favourably as could be wished, since on the 28th March he was able to go on board his ship, and it was thought would be sufficiently recovered to return home the week following. The name of the assassin is O'FaneeL, and he was fortunately captured on the spot, not,however, before he had fired another shot, severely wounding a gentleman near. The crime was committed at a public pick-nic given in Sydney harbour in aid of the Sailors' home at Clontarf, Port Jackson, and the cowardly nature of the at tack is shown by the Duke being shot in the back. England and Australia may both be thankful that the attempt war unsuccessful. Had the shot proved fatal Australia would have bitterly mourned so tragic au issue of her festivities, while England, besides sympathising in the maternal grief of her QUEEN, would have deeply regretted the death of the frank and popular young sailor prince. Happily that grief has been spared us. Our Royal Family of late years has especially endeared itself to the people by mixing freely among them. Its members have laid aside the formality and exclu siveness which in the days of the GEORGES hedged round the Court circles, and kept them aloof not only from the intrusion, but from the sympathie of mankind. Our QUEEN has set th© more timorous or pompons sovereigns of Europe an ex ample of simple and pleasant holiday-making, which some of them have been glad to follow. She has broken through the old conven tional insular prejudice, which kept an English King or Queen in this country as if those who had so many interests involved in Continental affairs were bound to know nothing of ether nations ex cept by hearsay. Her sons, too, have been brought up in a manner very different from that of older reigns. They have studied at the public colleges, they have not only explored their own country, but have actually crossed the broad oceans, and made acquaintance with shores on which certainly no English Prince set foot before. The Prince of WALES in his extensive travels has been able to compare the fading relics of Eastern splen dour with the fresh young civilisation of the West, and that southern hemisphere—a world in itself— which he has left unseen has just been visited by his brother. It is a matter of deep regret that the free and friendly spirit in which the young Princes have everywhere mingled with the people should in this instance have met with so ungenerous a return. We must not, however, attribute any blame or want of vigilance to the Australian authorities. Such crimes are always possible, and their results can only be determined by the decrees of PROVIDENCE. In the French capital, in the midst of every State form and courtly escort, in a street thronged with gens d'artnes and guards of honour, an Imperial visitor narrowly escaped from a similar attempt. Such criminals, if not always madmen, are at least monomaniacs. They are infatuated by one idea, whether it be re venge for a fancied wrong, or a miserable craving for notoriety, and they are for the time being reckless of the consequences. We hear that a de fence on the ground of insanity is to ba set up ; but, unhappily, we cannot exonerate Fenianism on that score. Like the Clerkenwell outrage the Fenians could not have devised a surer method of disgusting men of all shades of opinion with them and their dastardly scheme. We knew long ago whAt Fenianism was worth, and what were its chosen weapons. Treachery, assassination, secret attacks, incendiarism, all the worst and most con temptible and cowardly crimes are its fitting agents. We have just had conclusive evidence how little influence it has really gained among the warm hearted and quick feeling Irish people, and they, in the midst of the sorrow and indignation with which they will learn the tidings of this last and worst manifestation of Fenianism, will be heartily thankful that at least they have been spared the disgrace and humiliation of such an outrage being committed on their own shores. The visit of the Heir-Apparent to what was supposed to be the very stronghold of Fenianism, accompanied, as he was, by his charming Princess, shows a confidence in the people which has proved not misplaced, and we can only rejoice that no catastrophe or shadow of annoyance has interfered with the accomplish ment of so graceful and generous a p ro j ect. The Duke of EDINBURGH, w e may hope, will shortly recover from the effects of his wound , and we ma y look for his return among us—a return that will no doubt be as cordially greeted by the English people, who rejoice over his safety, as his arrival in the Australian seas was welcomed by her MAJESTY'S loyal subjects in the southern hemisphere. LATEST INTELL MENGE. CONCLUSION OP THE WAR IN ABASINILL DEArat OF THEODORE. FOREIGN-OFFICE, April 2G. The following telegram, dated Alexandria, April 25' has been received from her MAjesty's Agent and Consul-General in Egypt :—. "The following telegram just reached me from Suez : " Theodore defeated near Magdala. Surren dered all captives and artificers. Retired into Mag dala. Magdala taken by storm on the 13th. Theodore killed. Troops suffered very little lose. Fourteen thousand men laid down arms.' " Secretary Sir Stafford Northcote has received the two following telegraphic despatches from the Com mander-in-Chief of the Abyssinian force : (Without Date.) 1. " Au engagement took place before Magdala on Good_Friday between our troops and the army of Theodore, in which the latter was defeated with heavy loss. " Casualties on our side—Captain Roberts, 4th Foot, wounded in the arm, and 15 rank and file wounded. " No one killed. " On the two following days Theodore sent into our camp every European that he had in his power, both captives and enzployds. " Theodore has not yet surrendered himself ac cording to my demand. " He has been given 21 hours to decide. " The King's troops are completely- demoralised. " ROBERT NAPIER." " April 14. 2. "Theodore's army much disheartened by the severe losses of the 10th inst. "A portion of the chiefs surrendered the most formidable position of Shilasse (?), and many thou sand fighting men laid down their arms. "Theodore retired to blagdala with all who re mained faithful. " Magdala taken by assault on the 13th under cover of Armstrong steel guns, eight-inch mortars and rocket battery. _ " Asemt to gates most formidable. " Theodore killed, defending to the last. " Our loss small. " Army will return immediately. " About - guns and mortars taken. " ROBERT NAPIER." We have received the following telegrams from our (lintes),Special Correspondent with the expedi. tion is April 10. " The British forces are crossing the Bashilo• Magdala is about ton miles distant. " The enemy is in front of Magdala, posted in very strong positions, with escarpments and ravines, presenting great difficulties of approach. Appre hensions prevail iu Maglala lest Theolore should escape. " Sir Robert Napier has demanded that the elp tives be given up to him, but Theodore hca not yet returned any answer. A battle is shortly ex pected. " The weather has been very severe. " The health of the army is generally good, " APRIL 12. " King Theodore attacked the First Brigade) :near Magdala on Good Friday, but was re2ulsed. Ivith heavy loss—about 500 men being killed. lirit,ish loss—One officer wounded, 19 non- CQMraiS3lollo‘l officers and mon wounded. "Darkness stopped the pursuit. " The enemy left their wounded on the field. " On Saturday 'Theodore sent in a flag of truce and offered to treat for unconditional surrender of the English prisoners. The captives have joined the camp. ~ It is believed the remaining Europeans will be surrendered. "The Abysieiau troop are utterly didheart cued. " Theodore has attempted suicide. " Captain Roberts, of the 4th King's Own, is wounded seriously. "APRIL 14. Magdala was stormed yesterday. "Theo lore was deserted by nearly all his army, but made a desperate resistance with a few devoted followers. " Theodore killed hi►nsjlf with his pistol as the Biitish troops approached him. " The British loss was about ten men wounded." [These telegratns wore forwarded from Suez, tia,llalta line, April 23, 9 p.m.] Another despatch, direct from Suez, dated Head quarters, April 14 : " Magdala was stormed yesterday. Theodore was deserted by nearly all his army, but made two desperate attempts at resistance with a few devoted followers, and finally killed himself with his pistol as the British troops approached him. " British loss, ten men wounded." (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) HEAD-QUARTERS, BRITISH ARMY, MAGDALA (date not given). All the European prisoners, numbering GO men, women, and children, have been delivered over to Sir Robert Napier, and are now on their way to Zoulla. All Theodore's army have been either killed, wounded, or taken prisoners. The representative of the New York Herald in London yesterday received the following telegrams from the Special Correspondent of that journal with the Abyssinian Expedition : " (No. 1.) (No. date. Probably April 7.) " Reports having been received from spies to the effect that King Theodore intended moving, Sir Robert Napier instantly crossed the Jeddah river, and established his heal-quarters on the plain of Talanta, 20 miles from Magdala. animals were lost while crossing a terrible ravine, eight miles wide, 3,500 ft. descent, 4,500 ft. ascent. The troops marched over King Theodore's road, which is 30ft. wide, Sir Robert Napier made a re connaissance of Magdala this morning. Ile sighted the King's camps and defences. The fortress ap peared to be impregnable. To-morrow we expect to be at the Bashilo, tcn miles from Magdala. A letter has been received from Rassam, dated yester day, warning uc to beware—that Theodore was moving." cc (No. 2.) " Basliilo, April 8. " A second reconnaissance was made before Magdala this morning. Theodore has 28 guns mounted outside. Sir Robert Napier has sent him a letter demanding the release of the captives. Meanwhile the army is concentrated on the river. Scaling ladders and torpedoes are ready for an attack upon the fortress." (No. 3.) " April 10. " The army is now concentrated before Mag dala, in position, six miles from the fortress. Theo dore's camp is in view, on a tremendous height. Attack soon." " (No. 4.) " Alagdala, April 13. "The truce ended this morning. King Theodore had not surrendered. FAllas Silasso Islanze (?) surrendered at once without fighting. Theodore had retreatel to Magdala. He plantel five guns at the base of the ascent. When General Napier came in sight the King opened fire. The English replied with 10-pounder Armstrong guns and 7- pounder rockers. The King left his guns, barri caded the sally-ports, • and opened with musketry. Ile gave no signs of surrendering. The bombard ment lasted three hours. An assault was then ordered. The fortress was carried after vigorous resistance. The Abyssinian loss is 68 killed and 200 wounded. 'The English loss is 15 wounded, rank and file. King Theodore was found dead, shot in the head. his body was recognized by the Euro peans who had been released. Some say that he was killed in battle, and others that he committed suicide. His two sons have been taken prisoners. The fortress presents mmy evidences of barbaric splendour. Among the trophies taken are four gold crowns, 20,000 dollars, 1,000 silver plates, many jewels and other articles, 5,000 stand of arms, 28 pieces of artillery, 10,000 shields, and 10,000 spears. The European prisoners will depart for the sea coast to-morrow. The army will depart imme diately." AMERICA. NEW YORK, April 25. According to Messrs.Wiight's report the receipts o f cotton at American ports during the week amount to 18,000 bales. The exports to Great Britain daring the same period were 38,000, to Franco 4,000, and to other ports 6,000 bales. Stock at all ports 229,000 bales. VENEZUELA. PARIS, April 27. Official advises from Venezuela state that a severe conflict had arisen between the Congress and General Falcon. Armed men, partisans of General Falcon, forced their way into the Chamber of De puties, the members of which withdrew, after mak ing a protest. The United States have demanded reparation for the insults offered to the Government of Caracas. The American agents have granted a delay of ten days to obtain all the necessary information before presenting a definitive ultimatum. THE CHANNEL SQUADRON. PLYMOCTII, Monday, 10 A.M. At 7 o'clock this morning four ships of war, sup posed to be the 'Minotaur and three others of the Channel Squadron, from the westward, were in sight, hull down; they wore under easy steam, pro ceeding apparently for Portland. Wind southerly ; a strong breeze. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 25.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : 4-1 per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 69 25 Credit Mobilior End of month 240 Credit Fonder 1172 .50 End of month — - RAILWAY Bank Shares ItAP.an Loan — End of month — Mexican Loan 19 75 Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Deferred — Account 865 Orleans • N orthern 1183 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern— Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian JJS4 42} 555 372! Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman AN IRISH RESIDENCE FOR THE PRINCE OF WALES. —A Dublin contempora►y says it is rumoured that inqui ries have been made as to the probable cost of renovating, enlarging, and decorating the mansion of Castloton, near Celbridge, as a royal residence in Ireland. The Prince drove through the picturesque demesne lands on his return from Carton, the seat of the Duke of 14 , inster, on Wednes day.. Another great work of art, in many respects the greatest of any be has yet produced, Holman Hunt has now added to the series of his masterpieces. The picture is at present on view in the Messrs. Gem. bart and Company's Gallery, at No. 1, King-street, St. James's. It is of considerable dimensions and of extraordinary elaboration. For what must be termed chromatic effect, it may take rank with " The Light of the World," for luminous beauty with the "After Glow," for profound imprasive ness with the " Finding in the Temple." As the latest, and, in very many particulars, the most re markable evidence of the daring originality of the artist's genius, it shows him to us as he is now— namely, at his best and at his greatest. Begun at Florence and finished in England, this extraordi nary painting has occupied him, as we are given to understand, about two years in its pro duction. For his subject he has again had recourse to the imaginings of the most sensuous, as he is also one of the very greatest, poets of the century—Keats. But since the period (1848) when, in his twenty-first year, he gave us his bodying forth of Keats's " St. Agnes," the ripening of Hol man Hunt's powers has, iu truth, been something marvellous—comparing that youthful picture of his with the present one, this wonderful product of the artist's capacities, which are just now in their full maturity, this bodying forth thus, in his forty-first year, of Keats's " Isabella." To the author of the " Decameron," of course, rather than to the author of " Endyinion' and " Hyperion," the love-lora heroine of that profoundly pathetic story of the Pot of Basil owes her existence originally. Yet by means of the exquisite sheen of poetry through which English readers have long since learnt to contemplate the terrors and anguish of her affecting history, now that that history has been sublimated by the bewitching verso of Keats, Keats has made her and her sorrows far more his own than they ever were Boccaccio's. To Keats, therefore, rather than to Boccaccio, Holman Hunt has gone for inspiration. To Keats and to Nature—to Poet and to Reality —guided in his quest throughout by the unerring instinct of his own rare genius as an artist. As when in the " After Glow," the moment selected by the Painter was (as indeed the very title of the work itself indicated) immediately after sunset— so here in this still more remarkable picture of the "Pot of Basil," the moment chosen is immediately before sunrise. In the former the glory was fading or glimmering down in the West, whereas in the latter it is faintly dawning or glimmering up from the East —there in an Egyptian, here in a Florentine atmo sphere. The "After Glow," it will be remembered, was an out-of-doors picture—the "Pot of Basil" reveals to us, on the contrary, the interior of a luxurious apartment, or rather suite of apartments. Narrowed though the glimpse afforded us down that suite of apartments is, by reason of the re stricted width of the canvass, the distance suggested by the perspective is something really astonishing. We see at a glance that the grief-stricken maiden has left her bed at the earliest glint of morning and wandere 1 into the adjoining room, which she has mede the sanctuary of her despairing love, the spot consecrated by her to the preservation of her ghastly treasure. Lorenzo's head —secretly dug up by her from the forest dell to which her lover had been lured, and in which he had been murdered by her two brothers: the mouldering relic (unknown to them) being afterwards brought home by Isabella, and buried away in a beautiful vase (or pot, as the old loped calls it) under the roots of a Basil, watered by her tears ! In that one sentence lies the whole pathos of the story. Upon the form, but more especially upon the features of Isabella herself, the whole re sources of the painter of this wonderful picture have been lavished. Clad-as the beautiful maiden is, merely in her night dress, the symmetry, and even, in a partial manner, the warm flesh tiats of her lovely limbs, of her whole lithesome shape in its ductile and Rowing outlines, are discernible through the semi-transparent texture of the delicate white drapery. Her feet are uncovered. Her left arm is clasped right round the capacious orb of the basil pot. Iler right hand is pressed upon it tenderly, yearningly--as she stands, there, beside the depository of her cherishe 1 but dreadful secret, gazing upon it askance, gazing into it rather, as though, in spiritual vision, her sight could pens trate to the very heart and innermost core of that fair-seeming and blooming trophy of her undying tenderness. She gazes, as (before the exhumation and decapitation) -- "S i an gad into the fresh thrown moult, l as though One glanea did f u ll y all its secret f e a pe c s ry w at e a u l ld know well."s t el : L ho bs sa at w b a o s ttO t na lm o r Cl r oa a r l l e y Her eyeballs tearless, now, as if her heart and brain had already rained away all her command—shine 1 • unnuously with love and anguish, as only (it might have been thought until now) eyes of lovers and mourners actually living and in the flesh • could shine. They are the glory, the " bright particular stars," the wonder of the whole picture. Looking at the m , it •Is a lmost incredible to think that they are mere painted semblances of woe. A • soul shines through them, as it does, iu truth, through all the sentient lines of the grief-worn, mobile we had almost said, breath ing countenance. Examining the picture for the first time the attention • is absorbed, is swallowed up, is wholly mastered, as it should be, by a contemplation of the central figure, the one human form upon the canvass, the form and features of the fair Florentine maiden of Keats and of Boccaccio. Afterwards,when the glamour exerci • sed by the pain ter's genius over our • • nagmation has had its swing, has been fully recognized, and when we turn to a consideration of the va • nous accessories of the nu merous details introduced into this extraordinary picture, we perceive that there, too, in those seemingly trivial details minor and • nor accessories of it as a work of art, there is not one amongst them but has its peculiar and affecting • • significance, there is not one amongst them but what is a wondrous achievement in its way, of executive skill in the painter's art. With a full assurance that we exaggerate nothing when so speaking, we here quite confidently assert, for ex ample, that never yet has there been pourtrayed upon canvass, in Italy or England—anywhere for that matter— .such a basil plant, such a jar or pot of majolica, such a cabinet of inlaid Ni ood, or such a water-pot of opal glass as stands in front of that piece of furniture. The realistic effect of each and all of them fills us with astonishment. Of the green flowering basil plant we could pluck a branch—and smell to it ! While the ma jolica jar or pot, out of which it is growing, bears all the appearance of an actual specimen of the ceramic art in its vitrious gloss and all its gor geous colouring. Exception may be taken to the grimly death's heads, symbolically introduced here and there into the design of it, as rendering un likely its selection by Isabella for her strange pur pose—unlikely, because so directly suggestive to her brother of the " wormy circumstance" of " the thing" "vile with green and livid spot," of the poor head with its " wild hair" calmed with a golden comb, hid away within there under the roots of the sweet-smelling basil. The very piece of furniture, even, which in the picture forms the pedestal or pediment fur the pot of basil, as it is here depicted by the brush of Hol man Hunt, is such in its absolute verisimilitude, in its solidity, in the sheen of its polished sides, that it might be wheeled aside, one might think, as readily to one part of the picture as to another. The embroidered coverlet, too, is just as marvel lous in its verisimilitude —bearing evidence of the haunting memory of Lorenz) in the heart of Isa bella, of whom, in the hippier days of her love, the English poet sings— hf,r lute strings gave the echo of his name ; She spoilt her half -done brJidery with the canto. Regard should be had, moreover —by every visitor to the Messrs. Gambart's gallery, or rather to the studio set apart there especially for the display of Holman Hunt's latest and greatest work of art— especial regard should be had, we conceive, to one other of those marvellous subordinate portions of the picture, in the delineation of which the artist has given the last and crowning evidence of his peerless capabilities as a realist in art. So trium- HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, April 25. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High' ness Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday after' noon. Fier Majesty, accompanied by Princess Chris tian, drove out this morning. The other members of the Royal Family also went out. APRIL 2G. Her Majesty has to-day received a telegram fro► his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, ill forming her Majesty that he is progressing Lilo° favourably. Tier Majesty, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold' Prince and Princess Christian, and Princess Bea' trice, attended divine service at Whipping llo2 Church this morning. THE SUSPECTED FENTANS AT BUCKINGITA-lf PAL .ACE - - At B3w-street, this day, the two men nawel Barry and Keeffe were placed at the bar, chargeu with having an explosive substance is their Po' session with intent to commit felony. Mr. Poland attended on the part of the Treasury th e prosecution. Mr. Poland said on the present occasion be should only call the professor of chemistry, w h f had examined the tin case, and then he should as' for another remand. Dr. Henry Low said—l am a Fellow of the Rar l Society and lecturer on chemistry at St. George' s 'hospital. On Wednesday Inspector IVildanisa g and Sergeant Sears brought to my laboratory a t i° case, 13 inches long and 6 in diameter. It was brought in a bucket of water, and removing it frog the bucket a quantity of water came out of th ° , canister, in which some holes had been made. opened the case by removing the lid, which Avg s not secured in any way, and then found an inner case, on opening which I found it to conta is , phosphorus. T j his second case was 8 in. long and in. wide. Mr. Poland—You have examined the case 0 . 133 you are quite sure it was phosphorus ? Witness —Yes ; the box contained a large bled` of phosphorus which would weigh about lA' . or Gib. It is worth about 4s. a pound. I o l : . not tell how it could be purchased in that block. It is usually sold in sticks, and it mus t have been melted to have run in so solidly. 121)e substance melts at 112, and if it had been pla c e d in the box and then immersed in hot vira tt ' d at 120 it would dissolve into the state I fn gli it, I k now th e m i x tu re or di nar ily- called Greek fire. One of its chief ingredients is P l3°s : phorus ; th e o th er i s bi- su l p h ate of aarb,°: The phosphor us b ecomes a li qu id , an d w h e n t“ i " mixture is thrown against anything the bi-sulphate of carbon evaporates, and the phosphorus takes fi re ,; I found no trace of bi-sulphate of carbon. I d °ll , know that phosphorus is used in any other van° but by lucifer match makers, and then th e , l would not keep it in the form iu I found it. When I removed the sen 3° ` cylinder from the water, I placed it an 0 stone slab while I went to the laboratory, but ti t soon as I turned round the whole into a flame, and I had great difficulty in ei t ' ll ; guishing it. Thi s o ccurr ed t w i c e. The friction °` the air was quite sufficient to make it take fire. Mr. Vaughan —Is phosphorus itself explosive ?, e Witness—Not explosive, but highly inflanarna b l ; Mr. Vaugha n —D o y ou k now an y t r ade by whi ch such a large quantity of phosphorus could be r o ' quired. Witness—No, Ido not. f 1 Mr. Vaughan—Nor any other thing of a law- LI nature where so large a quantity would be r e. (paired ? Witness—No, I don't. I don't know hew could be purchased in the state I found it. sold ordinarily in sticks about the size of a tobaee" pipe. Mr. Vaughan (to the prisoners)—Do you wish t° ask any questions ? Barry—Yes. Was the phosphorus in the state you recovered in an explosive state ? Witness—l have stated that it was not explosige' but highly inflammable. Barry—Then I say I am charged with havivg my possession an explosive material. Hoyt can i ° ,, f keep me in custody after that ? I 0° nothing further about this matter than that. Keeffe said he was simply asked by a parV Totteuham-court-road to carry a parcel As f° : be Buckingham Palace, and that having done 8° ifet was taken into c us t o dy by the police, and n e ' h t told what he was charged with until he was br°" to the Court last Wednesday. i• teli Barry—Do you think we are two persons - 1 to carry out any such nefarious design ? ;io ll ' Witness—That's not a question. It's an 013 n - eel Sergeant Langley was then called aad elanu n o in corroboration of the evidence given by Serge Campbell. bt e t Mr. Vaughan—Am I to understand that f ar investigation is being made into the ease ? a ce t h e evidence Poland—Yes, sir, and I expect to tb o evidence to show a further development of case. The prisoners were then remanded. THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATIO , THE DUKE OF EDINBURG-11 THE PRISONER SENTENCED TO Di" — e s COLONIAL OFFICE, April 2 7 , 18"4-6.6, By a telegram, dated Sydney, March 319 1.1 1 of information has been received from the e d Belmore that the prisoner O'Farrell was arraigoo on the 18th March, before the Supreme Cou rti t to the capital charge of wounding with intel3. t of kill. The prisoner applied for a postpone We i ll r ieclf his trial, which was granted. lle has be en od and was found guilty on the 31st of March/ was sentenced to be hanged. 11. S. BRYANT, Private Secretor Tl all . REJOICINGS ON THE RESULI ABYSSINIAN WAR.—(THIS DA11") This afternoon the glorious news of the te tion of the war, and death of King Tbeo3orey'cro' confirmed by order of her Majesty's G ° 6 o o ' merit by firing the Park and 'Tower t I9 tl Thousands flocked to each place, 13 ; 1 0 1 th e greateSt order prevailed, and at the eu feel' firing the multitudes gave way to eryiug.,l o d ings in no unmeasured terms by thel oo t, " God save the Queen and her family." iflic; achieved by the British army, it is uudersOf tv ter ' be celebrated on a similar scale a i.that 3 ! 0 0 Russian war, viz., by a general illuraloittl° tlivlay of fireworks, &c. phantiy has he painted the mere smooth, solid, shining woodwork of the piece of furniture sup' porting the basil pot —as well as the watering pot of opalized glass, already mentioned by us as stand ing in front of it —together with the reflection of that opalized glAss watering pot in the shining sur face of the cabinet—that one is almost fain to lift up and carry away the watering pot, and then expect to see the reflection of it disappear from the side . of the cabinet These, however wonderful, are merely subordinate parts, it should be remembered , of a work of art, especially commanding our admi ration for its pathos, its pas3ion, and its vital and perennial beauty. It is a work pre-eminently worthy of one of the greatest painters of the age -- an artist who ought years ago to have been what he is not to this day--a Royal Academician. It would now at last be a graceful, and, at the sario time, a striedy just and reasonable act on the part of the Royal Academy to elect him—if only by right of this one picture, and without requiring bun to pass through the pre:iminary or intermediate grade of Associate—R.A. by acclamation. r„. . il CConal ' ,-- -,- . - g'- eirtifiat .4,..„