The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-13 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. SEASON 1857. SPEZIA., GIUGLINI, VIALETTI, and POCCHINI. OPENING NIGHT, TO-MORROW (TUESDAY), April 14, Opera--LA FAVORITA. The Opera will be succeeded by the National Anthem. Ballet—LA ESMERALDA. The same OPEN A and BALLET will be REPEATED on THURSDAY, April 16 (it being an extra night not included in the subscription). A limited number of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on ap plication at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay market. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. The doors will open at seven ; the Opera commences at half-past seven. Madlle. PICCOLOMINI has arrived. Dub notice will be given of her first appearance. UER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT, THURSDAY, April Hi. SPEZIA, GIUGLINI, VIALETTI, BENEVENTANO, and POCCHINI. Opera—LA FA.VORITI. Ballet—LA ESMERALDA. For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half•circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and m ty be had on applica tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Co'ounade, Haymarket. Price one guinea and one guinea and a half. The dool:s will open at 7, the Opera commences at half past 7 o'clock. T FIEA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. DRAMATIC FESTIVALS for the EASTER HOLIDAYS. Immense Attraction for Positively Six Nights only.— Engagement of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES DILLON, who w:11 appear THIS EVENING and Every Evening during the week, supported by Miss WOOLGAR and. the principal members of the Drury-lane and Lyceum Companies. Grand Combination of the Lyceum Burlesque of CONRAD AND MEDORA, with the Drury-lane Pantomime of SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW, with Beverley's magnificent scenery, " Holiday's Mistletoe Home," &c., and Fenton's unequalled Transformation Scene. THIS EVENING will be presented Sbakspere's Tragedy of OTHELLO : Othello, Mr. C. Dillon ; Ingo, Mr. J. Stuart; Desdemona, Mrs. C. Dillon ; Emilia, Mrs. Weston. To conclude with the celebrated Lyceum Burlesque of CONRAD and MEDORA, combined with the world-renowned Drury lane Pantomime. SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW, introducing Beverley's magnificent scenery, and Fenton's Lyceum Trans formation Climax : characters in the Burlesque by Mrs. C. Dillon, Miss Weolgar, Mrs. B. White, Miss Howard, Messrs. Barrett, Shore, Montague, &c. On TUESDAY, RICHELIEU : Richelieu, Mr. C. Dillon ; Julie de Mortimer, Mrs. C. Dillon. On Wednesday, a Play i❑ which Mr. and Mrs. Dillon will perform. On Thursday, HAMLET : Hamlet, Mr. C. Dillon. Concluding each even ' ing, with the Grand Combination of Lyceum Burlesque of CONRAD and MEDORA, and the Drury-lane Pantomime of SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW. In consequence of the sup pression of Greenwich Fair, a MORNING PERFORMANCE of the Burlesque and Pantomime will he given at 2 o'clock THIS DAY. The Box-office is open daily, under the superintendence of Mr. E. Chatterton, from 11 till 5. Private boxes, 21. W., 11. lls. 6d., 1/. ls., and to hold two persons, 10s. 6d. ; stalls, ss. ; dress circle, 4s. ; first circle, 2s. 6d. ; upper circle, Is. 6d. ; pit, 2s. ; first gallery, ls. ; second gallery, 6d. Half price to all parts, except stalls and upper gallery, at 9 o'clock. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, THIS EVENING, will be performed Shak espe re's tr ,gedy of • KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs, C. Kean. Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF ADMISSION. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the new Drama of A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Buckstone, Comp ton Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poyn ter, Fitzw ;Main, die. After whiel, for the first time, a Classical. Love Story. un der the Apple-lotion of ArAL.kNTA : or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will vppear ; also Miss M. Wilton, her first appearance here, and Miss Ellen Ternan, her first appearance in London. Concluding with GRIMSHAW, BAGSIIAW, AND BRADSHAW. Mr. Buckstone. In future the prices will be:— Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the • evening.), Cs. each, (No charge for booking.) First Price, s. d. Second price, s. d Dress Beres 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper 80x,:5.., Pit . . Lower Gallery — 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 eNo half-price to UpperGallcry. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI Lessee—Mr. Ben. 'Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, &e. Followed by THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will make her first appearance After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear. OTR AND T FIE AT RE. —Allmar., , er M r. T. ►7 Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performed RUTH OAKLEY. After which, WILLIAM TELL (Burlesque.) Mesdame 3 Leigh Murray, Cuthbert, Somers, &e. To conclude with a Farce. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; BOX3S, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 61. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Croswick. THIS EVENING, tho new drama of THE IRON ARM. After which, MIDAS. Apollo, with songs, Miss Poole. To conclude with THE DUMB SAVOYARD AND HIS MONKEY. The Monkey, Mr. Flexmore. R OYA L OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, will be performed a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, ke. The new drama, by Tom Taylor; Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. To conclude with THIEVES ! THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F. Robson, G. Vining, die. Commence at half-past Seven. AST LEY'S ROYAL AMP 111TH EATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (First week), a New and Grand Mili tary Spectacle, introducing Mr. W. Cooke's admired Stud of trained Horses, ke., called THE FRENCH IN ALGIERS; or, The Battle of Constantine. After which, a novel Series of EQUESTRIAN ACTS in the C , RCLE, in which Miss Kate Cooke will appear. Appearance of M. Croueste. the inimitable Clown, and of Signor Corelli and Family. To conclude with THE TAILOR OF TAMWORTH Commerce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Roam 3s. • Private Boxes, from It., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, (id. Vox office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr, W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popnla7 Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel], Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Coml. Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Hiine ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corgi; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. 'Hackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pro , Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. Rion. WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIEI DAT—Morn. 2 min. aft. 4—Evening 18 raid. aft. 4 To-Ifloßaow—Morn. 33 rain. aft. 4—Evening 47 min.aft. 4 THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, APRIL 12. THEIMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. `'3 —highest sines noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 48 —this day at noon. BAIIO7IIMICR, 29'17. WINn, W.N.W. to S.W.—Rather fresh, with fine sun shiny weather, and slight shower at noon. Somo heavy aliowera during the evening. The barometer falling rapidly. APRIL 13. WS—highest since noon yesterday. 37 owest this morning and during the night. .bls day A noon. BABOTIIITIM, down to 28'95—now 29. A great fall since Saturday. WIND. W. to N.W.—Fresh and squally, with dirty, cold, rainy weather. A miserable day for Easter Monday. Two O'CLOCK.—Weather looking up rather—wind more northerly and fresh. ( t . 4%% 51) ) LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1857. The PA LMERSTON Parliament is at this moment all but completed. Under 15 members yet re maiu to be returned by the Irish County Consti tuencies. Already, out of the 654 rcrprosenta tives who will take their seats in the new H ouse of Commons, 640 may be enumerated. An exa mination of this long list of 640 M.P.'s brings to light, among other things, the remarkable fact that there are among them no leis than 171 who have never before enjoyed the privilege of being units in the Legislature. C n.trasting forcib:y with which circumstance is the no less remarkable truth that already 175 Old Members—many of them even whose names have been long familiar to the readers of Dod and Hansard—have NOT been re-elected ! Close upon a hundred of these receiving their quietus from their constituents — simply and point blank because of their having voted in favour of Mr. COBDEN'S monstrous Chinese Resolution ! Such a vengeance as it has been, to be sure !—a vengeance so summary, so sweeping, so comprehensive and overwhelming ! The difference observable between the list of 171 New Members elected for the first time, and the other list of 175 Old Members not re-elected, shows at a glance that only four out of the aggre gate of 654 representatives are Old Members re vived !—Members who have sat before, although they had no seat in the last Parliament—four Old- New Members (as we may term them), in regard to whom the constituencies have been repentant. Conspicuous among these four—par excellence— " RETURNS " to the House are two well-tried and proved Reformers, to whom we offer our very cordial congratulations on their restoration to the British Parliament General PER RONET THOMPSON, again M.P. for Bradford— and Mr. JAMES WYLD, again M.P. for Bodmin. Heartily glad are we to see them both " in" once more—as they ought to have been, but were not, in the defunct Parliament. They are again, as the chosen representatives of their respective con stituencies, " right men in the 'right places." Members we could ill spare in the last Parlia ment by reason of their strong common sense, each evidenced after his own peculiar fashion. The " General" Reformer, as we may appro priately and with a double significance designate the famous Author of the Corn-Law Catechism ! and the " Chart-ist" Reformer, as Punch face tiously termed the Royal Geographer !—being just the very men one would have liked to select from the list of Quondam Members to be restored to their former posts in the popular branch of the Imperial Legislature. Fourteen more members (out of the 654 con stituting the British House of Commons), yet re maining to be returned—we may, nevertheless, already calculate the probajde balance of Parties in the PALMERSTON Parliament. A careful ana lysis of it proves, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that in it there will be a majority of more than eighty Liberals over and above the aggregate of the Conservatives. A. glorious prospect for Re form—seeing that these Liberals are not simply Palmerstonians. They are thorough and unmis takeable Palmerstonians, it is true, as far as regards the foreign policy of the country ! They are ardent and devoted supporters of the "English" Minister ! They are enthusiastic admirers of his daring and patriotic conduct in supporting a dis tinguished servant of the Crown many thousand miles from home, vindicating, in a position of great peril and responsibility, the rights of British subjects,' the honour of the British flag, the dig nity and authority of the British character ! But beyond this—they are Palmerstonians only, so far as the Prime Minister resolves upon declaring hiniself to be a Reformer. Such is the promising aspect of the New House—such is its agreeable and propitious political complexion ! It is rather awkward when you are driving tandem to have your leader turn round and look you in the face. Whip and reins must be very adroitly handled if you are to be saved the morti fication of atoning for employment of superfluous strength by asking your companion to descend and put all straight. If we are to believe the great organ, the Lord JOHN RUSSELL organ, the PALMERSTON organ, and the organ of Mr. DISRAELI, Lord PALMERSTON is to drive tandem this session ; and the worst is that one half of his Rouse of Commons will have had no training at all. He could hate got on well enough in horse and gig style, but the country has set him up with a chaise and two, but not a chaise and pair. It is much feared, also, by all good Palmerstonians, that though his steeds will travel well enough, while on the road to China, that they will be very skittish where two or three roads branch off in the direction of Re form. It is said, indeed, that he will try and keep on the main road to Canton ; that if that cannot be done for the whole session, he will try one or two left-hand ways towards Ecclesiasti cal Courts and Joint-Stock Banks; but just then it is that the danger is apprehended—it is feared that some who drew right before will then be a little restive ; and, in fact, that his leaders will turn and lo . ok him in the face. The Press confidently predicts that Lord PAL MERSTON'S decline will date from the day of his first triumphant entry into the House of Com mons. Similar fears appear in other quarters. No one doubts that the vote which practically reverses that of the memorable 3d of March, will inter WHIR& by almost as large a majority as that which buried Protection in 1852. But then the real trial of skill must come. The new Members are pledged to obey the Ministerial whip and rein only in the Chinese affair. That settled, they will consider the country to be on the look out in regard to other matters. Just after hon. members have quitted the hustings, and just as they are expecting to reappear on them, are the times when they think most of the opinions of constituents. And new as Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT has it, they. have come back re-dipped in a general election, and they must for a time feel the renovating effects of the hydropathic treat- ment. All would be easy enough were Lord PALMER STON a spontaneous reformer, but Reform never was any particular business of his. He is not indeed the man, as his Conservative opponents openly regret, to keep out of office a single day for any principle whatever ; impertinent interference with his management he would not submit to, but he probably sees no principle whatever in any of the different modes of extending the Suffrage. The Ballot, to be sure, he would never concede, if possible, that being obviously giving political independence to the constituencies. Not a single advance would Lord PALMERSTON volunteer. The Locsic-KING vote proved that plain enough. How, then, will he keep his majority when the great domestic questions are forced upon the House ? The first diminished majority will be a diminution of his power. It will show that to that extent the ma jority is not his majority ; and even though hi s majorities may advance as well as rece d e, yet if it be manifest that the ebb has commenced, it will probably ebb rather fast. We understand Mr. BERKELEY Will soon teat the House on the Ballot. Now it must prove very. damaging to him if a large number of his supporters on foreign questions desert him on this. The open question policy is very damaging to the strength of a Go vernment. It reveals internal dissension ; and we have high authority indeed for the fate of a House divided against itself. Then Mr. LOCKE KING will dollbtlC 9S bring forward his motion again, and there may be some explanations very inconvenient to the Govern ment, touching what on the face of it looks like a false statement on the part of Lerd GRANVILLE. It will be very inconvenient to have the Honour able Member for Bucks patronising the Cabinet by a Conservative vote, and at the same time bitterly taunting its members with clap-trap state ments, for electioneering purposes, on the subject of the vote. But Lord JOHN RUSSELL —what is to be done with him ? He will be rather frisky after beating " the young man from Northampton: , He assuredly does not mean to be a political nobody during this Parliament, probably not during this half session. He knows Lis advantage to be on domestic ques tions—he will avow entire concurrence in the course to be adopted in China ; he will thus cut away all ground for preference of PALMERSTON on score ; he will not suffer the hustings' fervour of the members to evaporate before he brings for ward his views, and if they be not adopted, his own motion for a bill ; and, lucky for the coun try if he should be driven to do it in opposition. It will be far more worth having as a bid for power than as a Cabinet offering. Thoroughly should we rejoice if Lord JoUN proposed a bill, including the Ballot, got the famous Reform Bill majority of one or two upon it, was sent for to Buckingham Palace, dissolved Parliament, and gave the country an opportunity of pronouncing on the franchise and free voting. Whit, however, we should much prefer would be to let byegones be byegones ; to see Lord JOHN coalesce with Lord PALMER STON, arrange the honour of the question as they pleased, and both uniting to bring in a bill which would rally the whole emmtry round them. A half measure will only damage all. who propose it. It will not arouse the people to force it through the House of Lords. It would fall an abortion, like Lord JoßN's Reform Bill No. 11. Between the necessity, in any case, of a Reform Bill for Lord JOHN, the co: tainty that all Lord PALMERSTON does in that line will be invitt Minerva, and the extent to which so many members are, in honour, pledged to do something, there appear to be elements of serious division among the PALM.ERS TON Liberals, unless the Premi'ar's liberal domestic policy unite them. We wish his Lordship success, but no man knows better than he the difficulty of succeeding by half measures when power is in a Minister's hand. He has seen the GREY and other Liberal Ministers fall by disappointing the natural expectations of the people ; and he knows that it has been the unpardonable sin of Liberals. Of Tories bold liberality is not" expected, of Liberals it is—nor can they keep their party in spirits or keep them collected without it. Let Lord PALMERSTON boldly take the road to reform, and at full pace, and we will answer for it that his steeds will need little guidance and no whip, and that his leader will not turn round and look him in the face. The future government of the Danubian Principalities must speedily be decided. The commissioners from the contracting Powers are rlow assembled at Bucharest. They will have ample opportunities of judging for themselves re specting the real feelings of the people, which should be respected, and so far as practicable acted on, in any arrangements that may be definitively entered into. But the question is of vast importance not only to the inhabitants, but to Europe generally. On the de cision that may be arrived at depends not only the welfare and prosperity of the Principali ties, but the peace and tranquillity of the world, Although it was a fundamental article of the Treaty of Paris that these important provinces should continue to be subject to the Sublime Porte, and that the exclusive interference of Rus sia—or quasi " protectorate"—should for ever ter minate, it is now attempted to carry out by in direct means that which was expressly and unequi vocally prohibited. Russia endeavours to effect the union of Wallachia, Moldavia, and to place at the head of the Government a Ger man Prince, who would be her tool and instru ment, willing to carry her behests into execution, and to act on her suggestions as fully as if he were the representative and nominee of the AUTOCRAT. If, this project should be accepted it would be a second edition of the Greek farce. The nominal Sovereign would be a Mus covite satrap, and all that has already been accomplished in opposition to the Russian de signs would be completely neutralised and thrown away. The sacrifice of 76,000,0001. of English money and of 50,000 gallant Englishmen, and of an equal amount of French money and nearly double the number of Frenchmen would be absolutely wasted. It is by no means an over-esti mate to state that the late war cost the Allies 150,000,0001. and 150,000 soldiers, and it would be too bad that the legitimate results should be forfeited, or even endangered, by diplomatic blunders. Great Britain, Turkey, and even Austria, clearly pereeire the enormous evils that must necessarily follow the contemplated union, and the selection of "a Prince of one of the reigning families of Europe," as desired by the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. France, at one time, participated in these sentiments, but, we regret to say, that no great confidence can now be reposed in her co-operation. There aro too many indications of the EMpnao&s intention to play "the Russian game," and to connive at this union, which would render the Principalities, although nominally un der the suzerainete of the Porte, to all in tents and purposes an appanage of Russia. The angel of Peace will, of course, take part with his nephew, and thus parties will be nearly equally balanced, and the utmost vigilance will be required to guard against the impending danger. On this point England is perfectly disinterested. Her only objects are to promote the happiness of the inhabitants, and to retain a barrier against Russian aggression on the Ottoman dominions. There is a fertile soil abundantly sufficient to pro vide for its inhabitants, even if quadrupled ; and also to export cereals largely to other countries. The deplorable system, so long in operation, has, however, not only retarded, but absolUely pro hibited the development of its natural capabilities. The "talent has been buried," so far as the Mol davians and Wallachians are concerned, and we cannot feel surprised that those who are living in a constant state of alarm—who, are exposed to re peated invasions, or " occupg.tions," as they are termed in diplomatic language—should be ,con tented to abandon all atter_npt at improvement, and to snatch a scanty subsistence from what under more auspicious circumstances might be sources of wealth and e.bundance. Matters have remained in statu quo for the last century and a half, and a Moldavian RIP VAN WINKLE might be puzzled to notice any change or amelioratitin since the time when the STUARTS reigned, in Euglasi d. The anxiety o'f Russia for the union is to ren der the new Eitate too vowerful for Turkish coercion. But the danger does not lie in that direction. The SULTAN is not of an aggressive disposition. His sole anxiety is to retain his own, not to trespass on Eis neighbours. Europe no longer quails at Moidem power. Russia is now the aggressor, and. her arguments are as specious as those of the wolf when seeking protection against the sh ,eep. Fortunately, we have Lord PALMER ETON at the head of affairs * in this count ry, and it is to be hoped that he will not all o w himself either to be bullied or cajoled—tha% he will not yield either to dictation or persuasio n. England has not any "poor little " German Rtinee whose fortunes she desires to ad vance. It would not interest her in the slightest de gree even if a candidate of the House of Coburg--a matter by no means impossible —were in the field. Still, considering the sinister and unconstitutional influences in operation, it behoves all true-hearted Englishmen to exercise a salutary caution, and to take care that Ministers continue in the right path, yielding neither to fear nor favour, their assent to the Muscovite proposition for the union of the Principalities, and the election of a so•called independent (!) sovereign from one of the reigning families of Germany. THE ACCOUCHEMENT OF HER MAJESTY. The acceachement of her Majesty is hourly antici pated. The Secretary of State, whose province it is to summon the great officers of State on these occasions, has had officials nightly in attendance during the past week, in expectation of the event. The Prime Minister remains in town, though he is very desirous of visiting his seat in Hampshire for a little relaxation ere the come mencement of the Parliamentary session. Some of the leading members of the Cabinet have had leave of ab sence granted them. The Lord President is in Paris, and tie Chancellor of the Exchequer and the President of t'ae Board of Trade are at their country seats. The 'alter are, therefore, at too great a distance from the metropolis to arrive at Buckingham Palace in time, even if they were summoned by electric telegraph. The Premier, the Lord Chancellor, the Secretaries of State remain in charge to attest the birth of the royal infant. Sir George Grey will, it is expected, officiate for Earl Granville as Lord President at the Privy Council which will be held immediately after the accoachement has taken place. Her Majesty retains her usual active habits ; she walks daily in the palace gardens, and every afternoon takes a carriage air ing, accompanied by Prince Albert and same of the royal children. The Queen's general health is, we are happy to say, as perfect as the most loyal subject could wish. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent pays a daily visit to Buckingham Palace, as does also her Majesty's half-sister the Princess of Hohealohe Langenburg.— Court Journal. THE SUN,' LONDON, MONDAY NING, APRIL 13, 1867 MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The performances will commence to-morrow night at half-past 7, half an hour before the usual time. The importance of the opera and ballet and the addition of the National Anthem have rendered the arrangement desirable. Mdlle. Piccolornitii arrived in London on Thursday. The rehearsals at Her Majesty's Theatre of the ballet " La Esmeralda," which is announced, together with the " Favorite," for Thursday, as well as for the open ing on Tuesday, are actively progressing, the principal danseuse, Pocchini, having been for some time in Lon don to prepare for her d4but. COLOGNE CHORAL SOCIETY.—This distinguished body of vocalists will again re-visit London under the auspices of Mr. Mitchell, this season. Their first concert will take place in the month of May. MONDAY EVENING CONCERTS FOR THE PEOPLE.—Mr. H. S. Carleton is to make his appearance at the above coneerts,.St. Martin's-hall, this evening, in an original entertainment, by one of the authors of " The Great Gun Trick," and " Like and Unlike," entitled " Faces ; or, Old Friends in New Places." On one of the last days of this month a concert will be given at Exeter Hall, with the co-operation of some of the best English and foreign artists, for the benefit of the daughters of Mr. Leffler, who are left by their father's decease, in great need of aid. Among the passengers by the Kangaroo steamer, from New York, was Mr. Roberts, an American tragedian, who visits England for the first time. Lieutenant Perry, of Windsor court-martial celebrity, has adopted the stage as a profession, having recently appeared at Melbourne in " London Assura nee." A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at Lord Palmerston's residence, in Piccadilly. Viscountess Palmerston has, we regret to say, been somewhat indisposed lately. It was from this cause the Premier hurried away from Tiverton to Torquay, in order to give her ladyship a day or two at the sea-side, where the Visccnnt and Viscountess would have remained longer had not the state of the Queen demanded the presence of the Viscount in town.—Court Journal. Madame Otto Goldsmith, gave birth, on the 31st ult., at Dresden, to a daughter. The Union Bank of Australia is to pay the half-yearly interest on the city of Melbourne loan. Dr. Nasham succeeds Dr. Roe as senior physician of Westminster Hospital. Two vessels with cargoes of tea have arrived from Shanghai, viz , the John Robinson and the Palmerston. We are happy to state that her Royal Highness the Duchess of Ke❑t's usual good health is nearly re-esta b'ished. A call of 21. 103., making 221. 10a. called, is to be paid on the original shares in the East Kent Railway Company by the 13th May. Another auction of the foreign redeemable debt of Spain is to take place at Madrid on the 30th inst. The sum assigned is 375,000 reals. M. Horace Ternet has received an official invitation from Washington to paint the portrait of President Bu chanan. He is going to America for the purpose. EARL FITZHA.RDINGR.—W e are happy to hear that there has been, within the last few days, some slight im provement in the noble earl, though he still continues in a very preeßrinua st ate. —Bristol Times. A. matrimonial alliance is about to take place between the eldest son of Lord Campbell and the eldest daughter of the late Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol.—Bristol Mirror. THE ARCHBISHOP or YORK.—We understand that his grace the Archuishop of York has, for some weeks past, been in a state of health which causes the greatest anxiety to his friends. Dr. Armstrong, R.N., had an interview with his Royal Highness Prince Albert, on Saturday, to present a copy of his work on the discovery of the north-west passage. M. Michel Levy, the Paris publisher, has bought the Memoires" of M. Guizot for a sum of 100,000 francs. The work is to appear in four or five volumes, and will be entitled " Memoires pour servir a l'Histoire demon Temps depuis 1814jusqu'au 23 Fevrier, 1848." LIVERPOOL, April 11.—The .Royal Mail steam-ship America sailed hence to-day for Boston with the mails, a large cargo, and 114 passengers. THE AUSTRALIAN M AILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, April 12. —The European and Australian Royal Mail Campany's steam-ship Etna, Captain W. F. Millar, sailed hence to day for Malta and Altlandria with the mails (comprising 389 boxes and five bags) for Ceylon, Australia, New Zealand, &c., 3'6 pas-angers, jewellery value 7,705/., and 176 package-a of general cargo. WELLS AND FAKENHAM RAILWAY.—This line, a CCM tiouatirn of the existing Norfolk Railway from Norwich to Fakenhain to Wells - next-the• Sea, is expected to be opened for traffio about the end of May or the beginning of June. The line is about 10 miles long, and will place the port of Wells-next the-Sea in communication with the interior of Norfolk and the Eastern Counties system generally. DEATH OF MR. JAMES HARTLEY.—News reached Southampt , :m on Saturday of the death of Mr. James Hartley, the great Dublin shipowner, and director of some of the principal steam-packet companies in the kingdom. Mr. Hartley went a few months ago to Egypt and Ceylon for the benefit of his health. He was found dead in his cabin on board the Nubia between Ceylon and Suez. The news of his death was telegraphed to England from Trieste. ENGINE MANUFACTURING IN PRUSSIA.—In Bersig's locomotive manufactory, the most important of the en gine mauufae urers of Berlin, which, all branches taken together, may amount to 40 in number, the 798th loco motive has just been completed. This manufactory, during the comparatively short time of its existence, has produced of locomotives alone a value of about two million pounds. FOUND DROWNED.—The body of Capt. Asa A. Corn ing, formerly of the ship Confederation, was picked up on Friday, floating off the R .ick Light, Liverpool. The deceased has been missing since January last, when his ship was wrecked in the Channel. AR the crew were saved ; but he, one of the mates, and a boy remained by the vessel and went down with her. At the inquest on Saturday a verdict of "Found drowned" was re turned. General Todtleben, the famous Russian engineer, is just now at Paris, and all the French officers of distinc tion hasten to his hotel to do him honour. We (Unied Service Gazette) hope devoutly that he purposes paying England a visit when France shall have exhausted her courtesies. We are convinced that the British officers —the British court—and the public at large, will rejoice to have an opportunity of paying generous homage to so distinguished a soldier. FATAL I nArnorr.—The Gateshead Observer says, "By eating poisonous plants two persons have this week lost their lives in this neighbourhood. The son of Mr. John Snowdon , who f arms his o wn land near B o ld on, was at work in th e fi e ld s on Th urs d ay , w i t h a hi nd. They were seen at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, quite well, occupied in scouring a ditch. They did not come home to dinner ' • and whe n some one wen t t o i nqu i re a f ter them, the hind was dead, and young Snowdon, a lad of 17, dying. He did not long survive. They had eaten some poisonous plant, said by our informant to have been ' wet hemlock,' and thus perished. The hind has left a wife and seven children." HEALTH OF LORD DALHOUSIE.—Some time back we gave our readers reason to hope that the Marquis of Dalhousie, through improved health, might be restored to the service of his country; it is, therefore, with great regret we assert that these hopes are doubtful of realisa tion. It is true that his native air, combined with the ablest medical advice, caused his lordship to rally won derfully, and every one of his intimate friends had con fident hopes of a perfect recovery ; but we fear that the noble Marquis's constitution has been too mush shaken and undermined for the improvement to be permanent. The rally which took place soon ,after his lordship's return, and which was a subject of so touch congratula tion, has been followed by a relapse, .and there now seems little doubt the country has lost all chance of again having the benefit of the services of one of the ablest of her publzo servautsi—Court Journoe,. LATEST NE WS. A PLOT TO ASSASSINATE THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post (second edition), says : " Within the last few days the police of Paris dis covered a ripened plot to kill the Emperor, and 31 persons were arrested accordingly. From the in terrogatories which have taken place, it appears some of these persons held communications with the foreign secret society in London. They are mostly men in humble positions, and the chief actor of the plot iu question is a dyer from Lyons. lam not able to give you the precise plans by which they hoped to accomplish their crime, but it is not true that they had nearly succeeded in their object. No doubt other attempts will follow, until this faction have one by one fallen into the hands of the police. Every day reduces their munber3. Nevertheless no one can help calculating on possibilities. The Emperor is notoriously fearless, and frequently drives and walks out almost unattended ; his nearest and best friends have long remonstrated with his Majesty on this subject, and in vain." Despatches have been received at the French Foreign -office from M. de Bourqueney, the French Ambassador at Vienna. It is again said that there are hopes of the differences between the Austrian and Sardinian Governments being arranged through the friendly intervention of the other Powers. England and France, no doubt, are anxious to see friendly relations restored, and would do their best towards that object ; yet the calms of jealousy and discontent are too deep to be easily removed. Be twena Austria and Piedmont appearances may be kept up, but a good feeling cannot for a long time be sincere on either side. MARSEILLES, SUNDAY. The Euxine, with the overland mail, arrived hero at 7 o'clock this morning with the Indian mai. which was sent on by railway train at 10 o'clock. Fri &NOE. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. The Emperor reviewed the 17th, 20th, 66th, 88th, and 97th Regiments of Infantry, and the 11th Dragoons, yesterday, in the Court of the Tuileries ; these re g iments will shortly qu it the gar..ison• of Paris., The troops under the command of Marshal Magnan were drawn up in line of battle, their right resting on the wing of the palace, forming a con tinuation of the Pavillon Mamin, the cavalry form ing the second line. At 1 o'clock the Emperor, in the unform of a lieut enan t- genera l, wearing the grand cordon of the Legion of Honour, mounted on horseback, and accompanied by Prince Napoleor, the Prince of Nassau, General Todtleben, Marshals Vaillaut and Magnan, and several officers of the Imperial staff, passed in front of the two lines. A detachment of the Cent Gardes cloied the march. After the cortege came a light carriage, in which the Imperial Prince was carried by his nurse. The carriage passed in front of the troops, who received him with cries of " Viva l'Empereur !" " Vive le Piince Imperial !" Fresh acclamations cheered the Empress when she appeared on the balcony of the palace, accompanied by the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, and attended by several Court ladies. At half-past one the troops defiled by pla toons. The Emperor placed himself in front of the Pavillon de l'Hurloge, and was received by the regiments with the usual acclamations. The following private telegraphic despatches were received in Paris yesterday : " MARSEILLES, APRIL 11. " Accounts from Constantinople, of the 2d instant, announce that the pirate 3, who attacked a Dutch ship in the Bosphorus, have not been discovered. Crimes are numerous at Constantinople. "The British Minister and the India Company have abandoned the plan of passing the electiio wires for Con stantinople to India through the Red Sea. It is deter mined that the wires shall follow the Euphrates Railway. " The British steamer Arcadia, ashore at the en trance to the port of Smyrna, has been got off, thanks to the assistance afforded by Admir.l Bonet. " Wheat is falling at Marseilles. We find by the Sinai, arrived from Constantinople, that wheat is like wise falling in that capital." "BERNE, APRIL 11, "The Republican journal printed at Neuchatel de mands that the Federal Assembly shall be conselted previous to the Paris Conference adopting a definitive resolution. "Another Swiss journal wishes that the popular assemblies should be called together in order to demon strate to Prussia and to Europa the enthusiasm with which the Helvetic people are disposed to maintain their just rights." M. de KisEeeff leaves on the 20th for Toulon, in order to meet the Grand Duke Constantine, and the Chaplain-General of th e Fl ee t on th e 16th, for the same purpose. M. Fould, Minister of the Im perial Household, went yesterday to Fontainbleau to direct the preparations for the festivities which are to take place there on the Grand Duke's ar rival. Captain Tchigir, of the Russian navy, who, I believe, was Secretary of the Admiralty at Nico laieff during the Crimean war, has arrived in Paris. Genera'. Todtleben dines t )-day at the Tuileries, and Marshal Vaillant, Minister of War, gives a grand dinner on Tuesday, in honour of the same General. The Moniteur of Saturday publishes an Imperial decree, promulgating the convention which was concluded on the 14th of January between Count de Persigny on behalf of the French Government, and the Earl of Clarendon with Mr. Labouchere on the part of the Government of Great Britain, for the regulation of the Newfoundland fisheries. BOURSE, April 11.—Tha following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Conte —91 fr. 75c. p . er Cents 69 50 69 75 New Loan Bank Shares 4,200 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,400 Austrian Belgian 4i Piedmontese (5) 9l Home Debt RAILWAYS-10H CASH. tr. c. tr C Orleans 1,4921— Western Northern Lyons 1,577 i— New Ditto 825 Mediterranean 2,150 Grand Central 3 — Lyons Geneva Midi - Austrian Cum.....„ 745 AUSTRIA. VIENNA, APRIL 10.—Some of the German papers are informed by their Vienna correspondents, that the diplomatic relations between Austria and Sar dinia are likely soon to be renewed, but nothing of this is known in diplomatic circles. The French Government has been extremely active here, but its endeavours to persuade the Austrians to be reconciled to their Sardinian neighbours have totally failed. Directly after his return from Turin Count Paar had an audience of the Emperor, and he is said to have informed his Majesty that there was little hope of any change in the policy of the Sardinian Government. The language used in Austrian official circles is, that the diplo matic relations between the two Goveriments will not be renewed until the satisfaction demanded in Count Buol's notes of February 10 and March 16 has been given by Count Cavour. Yesterday the ceremony of "The Washing of Feet" took place at Court. At 9 o'clock in the morn ing 24 old people-12 men and as many wpmen— who were dressed in the ancient German costume, were conducted to the "Hall of Ceremony" (Cere monicw Saal) of the Palace. On their arrival the men were placed on one side of a long table, and the women on the other. As soon as the seniors had taken their seats their Majesties entered, and placed before them a great number of dishes which were brought in trays by the Imperial servers. The Emperor handled the " crockery" in a mas terly way, but the Empress required the assist ance of her ladies. After the dishes had been set on the table they wore removed and placed in twenty-four large baskets, which were sent to the rooms occupied by the paupers in the almshouse. At 10 o'clock the washing of feet began in the chapel of the Palace. The Emperor performed the ceremony on the above-mentioned 12 old men, and the Empress on the women. His Majesty received from the hands of his Lord Steward a gilt ewer, and poured from it a few drops of water on one of the feet of each of the men. After a towel had been pressed once or twice on each of the wetted feet, and a little bag containing 32 silver groats had be en hung round the necks of the old people, the cere mony was at an end. Her Majesty, who was at tended by her Lord Steward, acted in exactly the same way as her Imperial consort. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 6th have reached us. The English Ambassador is stated to have notified in the name of his Government that Spain warranted in requiring roraration frorrt Mexico for the assassination of her sub jects ; but th a t t h e English Cabinet hoped it might be obt a i ne d peaceably. One of the jour nals says that both England and France are labouring to bring about an arrangement of the differences between Spain and Mexico. The Government had sent a note to the Emperor of the French, representing that the aggressions on Spanish subjects in Mexico must be considered, not as acts of indiviiluals, but as part of a system of declared hostiltty to Spain. The receipts of the Treasury in February last amounted to 212,124,477 reals, which were 8,675,306 reels more than tho , e of the corresponding period of last year. It was said that a Ministerial department for the Colonies was about to be establi , thed, and that M. Gon zalez Bravo would most likely be appointed to it. The Duchess de Montpensier had a fausse couche, on the 31st ult. The trial of the Iberia, for publishing a seditious article, had take n. place, and ended in the acquittal of that jour nal, which was ably defended by M. Olozaga. The Queen had written an autograph letter to the captain -general of Catalonia, M. Zapatero, thanking him for his recent energetic measures for the preservation of order, and announcing to him that his wife had been made a member of the order of Maria Louisa. A letter says :•-" The Government has this day received the news that the Mexican Government has executed four of the assassins of Spaniards at Cuernavacco, but it does not appear that it has proceeded against the func tionaries of the Republic who acted with great fe rocity against the Spanish, nor against the assassins of San Vicente. These executions do not satisfy the Spanish government, which requires a more complete reparation." AUSTRALIA. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 13. • The Royal Charter has arrived with upwards of 200 passengers, and brings 128,000 oz. of gold and 13,000 sovereigns, besides a large quantity in the hands of passengers. One gentleman, Mr. G. Sparrow, brings a splen did nugget weighing 328 oz. pure gold. - The Royal Charter had . nothing but light winds from Cape Horn to the Western Islands, and strong north-east winds from that until she made the land. The passengers are well pleased with the ship's per formance. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. This morning the Sir W. J. Williams, Captain Rees, belonging to the Black Ball line, arrived in the Mersey from Hobart Town. She has made the voyage in 69 days, having left that port on the 2d February. Her news has been anticipated. REFORM OF PARLIAMENT -LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S "FINALITY." (From the Press.) Ths Edinburgh Review once said, that "the spirit of self-assertion was the predominant characteriitic of English statesmen ;" and a more self-asserting politician than Lord John Russell does not exist. If GoVernment bring in a Reform Bill, we cannot suppose that Lord J. Russell will allow a measure of importanceto be easilypa'ssed without his opinion having been consulied on such a scheme ; if, on the other hand, the Ministry postpones its reform mea sures, then Lord J. Russell, true to his antecedents, will endeavour agaiu to attract towards himself the gale ofpopular. favour. The oldfirm of " Russell and Co." will again issue their circulars, requesting the support of their friends. "Our Sir James Graham" will, possibly, be introduced as a part ner, and the credit of the " Tiverton Company " wfll be adroitly disparaged. But if the Premier will have his difficulties in avoiding a Reform Bill, it cannot he denied that Lord J. Russell will also have some obstacles tsi encoun ter. Foremost amongst these is the memory of the vacillation that he has shown upon the whole ques tion. He was for - a long time called " Fieality Jack," and the manner in which the noble lOrd earned that appellation contrasts with hi s anx i e t y during the " Coalition" to pass a Reform scheme, at the withdrawal of which he wept in the House of Commons. The changes of, tone of Lord John Russell with respect to "finality" cannot be overlooked. We have been at some trouble in find ing outs when Lord John Russell first made use of the phrase. . We believe that it was so fir back as the time of the passing of the Reform Bill. On the sth of June, 1832, Lord John Russell moved that the house should agree to certain amendments .of the Lords, when, as the report states, " a long and animated debate ensued, in which the politicalunionswere strongly deprecated byboth sides of the " house." Amongst other speakers, the late Mr. Hume (then M.P. tor Middlesex, at the height of his vogue) " declared that he would not give a pin for the bill if it stopped at its present point, without paving the way for further changes, whereupon (continues the Report) Lord John Rus sell rose, and said " that he trusted that the Bill would be received by the country as a final mea sure ; he could consent to nothing which went be ' yond it. If it were received the public would soon cease to waste their time on political unions." These are strong and significant words. In 1839, the "Letter to the Electors of Stroud." uttered the same tone. On the 21st of June,lB49, the noble lord (then Prime Minister) defended the Reform Act against the onslaught of the Radical Reformers,' led by Mr. Hume ; and on the 4th June, 1849, the noble lord made so moderate and Con servative a speech, that the present Secretary to the Admiralty called it " a melancholy exhibi tion." In justice, however, to the noble member for London, we must admit that on one of those last occasions he said that "he had always been of opinion that the Reform Bill would admit of im provement from time to time"—a phrase which may mean anything or nothing, as "improvement" and " time" are equally vague ; and in politics, as in other things, " words are but wind"—actions "speak the mind." Between " the bill, the whole bill, and nothing. but the bill," "a final measure," "progressive re form," and "improvement from time t o ti me, " i t would be difficult to ascertain the permanent con victions of the noble member for London. But his inconsistencies are as nothing, when compared with those of the present Prime Minister; and in the coming session both those noble lords will.be com pelled to speak out. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. SCOTLAND. WICK BURGHS. At the close of thepO1111;;; burghs of Tain, Cro marty, Dingwall, Dornoch, and Wink the numbers were— Lord John Hay ... ... ... 272 Mr. Shaw 162 At Kirkwall, at 2 o'clock, there was a majority of 21 and only 12 electors to poll. IRELAND. DOWN (COUNTY)—CLosE OF THE POLL. Lord A. ... 5 ,915 Forde .. 5,316 Mr. Kerr ... ••• ...3,646 KILKENNY (COUNTY). Ellis Green Mostyn. Shea ... ... 2,587 ... 1,620 ... 1,315 ... 1,034 KING'S (COUNTY). Messrs. O'Brien and Bland have been returned. RENSALL GREEN. A correspondent of a morning contemporary says : " On Good Friday I went to pay a tribute of respect and affection to one long departed. In approaching the tomb I found a large assemblage of persons collected, whose behaviour and language were little suited to the solem nity of the place. The ground strewed with oranges, &c., laughter, and opinions of those who slept quietly there jarred on the feelings of those who went to weep, to pray. I as k you is this fit, is this seeming i n a Christian country ? "The cemetery of Pere la Chaise is not looked on as a tea-garden, unjust remarks on the dead are not heard, decency is observed ; but with us, bow different !" THE SHIP BOANERGES.—The emigrant ship Boaner,,,geri, Capt. Sedgwick, which took the ground on Friday m orning, on the eastern side of the outer basin of the Great Western Docks, at Plymouth, when being pilot e d into dock, w as fl oa t e d o ff by the next tide on the same day, having sustained little damage, and making no water. BAL3ION FISHING IN TEM NORTH OF EI7ROPE.-A COT-' respondent of the Field says :—" I venture to send you the result of twelve consecutive days' remarkable fishing (omitting the Sunday) ; and as I saw every fi.h killed and weighed, I can vouch for the following statf meat :—Colonel A. Fraser and Captain J. Grant in the 12 days 151 salmon with the fly, and, with the exception of three or four, they were all clean &h. They fished from the banks of the same river, taking different sides on alternate days, and so even did they fish, that Colonel Fraser killed 76, weighing 7501b5., and 'Captain Grant, 75, weighing 7461bs.—being 151 fish, of the , tstal weight of 1,496:b0.. I also saw Captain Grant kill I 17 salmon in one morning with the same fly, which was I tied by that skilful artist Eratt. I omit the name of the r iver, as I have no wish to add t o th e num b er of those already ruined in thesenorth ern reg i ons b y giving them publicity. 7 BASTIsh NOVELTIES. Of late . years. managers have seemed to evince little faith in the attra - ,:tiveness of Easter spectacles, and this year the amount of novelty produced is less than usual. Perhaps the greater facilities af forded for holiday-miking amidst the sunshine by excursion trains and steamboats, and the counter acting influence of those places of out-door enter tainment that open about this time, have had their effect in checking the exertions of the honourable company of spectacle-mak,rs that were wont to cause the wealth of theatrical treasuries to be lavished upo❑ the tinselled fairy pieces of Covent-garden and Drury-lane . in the days gone by. Possibly, too, the forestalling of the recognised Easter productions of burlesque and extravaganza by some of the houses at Christmas have lessened the probability of the olden outlay being polrt , c at this season ; but, however it may be, the fact is evident, and with very few exceptions the performances have little of a novercharacter, and in several instances the bills remain entirely unchanged. The rival operas commence the season on Easter Tuesday, IlEn MAJESTY'S and the LYCEUM both entering upon their spring campaign, under the respective banners of Messrs. Lumley and. Gye, with an array of forces that should secure the strong position to which they mutually aspire. Of their strength and their prospects we have already spoken, and it only remains to be added that the former leads off 'with "La Favor its," and the ballet of " Esmeralda," and that at the latter the opening opera will be " I Puritani," with Grisi, sad a new divertissement, entitled "Les Abeilles." The in terior has been fitted up in the usual expensive style, and the exterior has also received some em bellishment. On each evening, to afford more con venience to the aristocratic , supporters, the opera w:11 commence at half-past eight. DRURY-LANE opens with what is called an Easter Carnival of six nights, in which a junction of the Lyceum burlesque of " Conrad and Medora" with the Drury pantomime forms the principal feature. Mr. Charles Dillon appears as Othello, and is sup ported by the principal members of the company that lately belonged to the Lyceum. To increase the novelty of this experiment, a day performiince of tird burlesque-cum -pantomime will be given on Easter Monday at two o'clock. The HAYMARKET really has an Easter piece, in the form of a classical love story, furnished by Mr. Frank Talfourd, founded on a familiar mythological legend, and produced under the a.ppella I ion of "Ata lanta, or the Three Golden Apples." The female portion of the company has been strengthened by the accession of Miss M. Oliver, Miss Marie Wilton, and Miss E. Ternan. The brilliancy of the dialogue and splendour of the scenery have been both reported as likely to create a theatrical sensation, and the repute of the writer will justify a sanguine expecta tion, on the part of the public, of a plentiful pro vision of those pleasant puns and piquant parodies with which the author's extravaganzas are generally studded. The long-required new arrangement of prices to all parts of the house will be also an addi tional attraction to. the ,visitors, and a decided advantage to the manager. The PRINCESS'S relies upon the unabated attrac tion of " Richard the Second," with its military pomp and pageantry, and exciting episode illustra— tive of the return of Bolingbroke. The ADELPHI celebrates the season by thei return of our public favourite, Madame Celeste, from the provinces, and the re-production of the Terfsi chorean and operatic spectacle of "The Elves ; or, The Statue Bride. The farces of " Welcome, Little Stranger," and "A Night at Notting hill," precede and follow the extravaganza. "Like and Unlike" is to be revived on Tuesday and succeed ing nights, with Madame Celeste in her original character of Lisette ; supported by Mr. Billiugton, from T. R. Birmiuguaw, as Harry Mowbray; Mr. Wright, m Peter Potter ; and Arthur Leslie, by Mr. C. Selby. The OLYMPIC presents for acceptance the bill that has. been so often honoured by the audience, and reserves the new extravaganza in rehearsal for another occasion. "Daddy Hardacre," with Mr. Robson as the hero, will therefore still be the most important feature of the programme. The STRAND, with a morning performance on Easter Monday, provides for its evening visitors the drama of "Ruth Oakley," and a new burlesque by Mr. Leicester Buckingham on the subject of "William Tell." SADLER'S WELLS commences its summer season under the management of Mr. G. Webster, with Miss Woolgar as the "star" for the first week, and Mr. Charles Dillon for the second. The SURREY has a new drama of strong interest, called " The Iron Arm," in which Mr. Shepherd plays the hero, Malaventure ; Miss Mortimer, .fromßirmingham, the h ero i ne ; an d the bill is further made attractive by the return of Miss Poole to the stage, this popular voca li s t re - appearing in the part of Apollo in Kane O'Hara's old burlesque of "Midas." Madame Auriol and Mr. Flexmore are also engaged, and appear in "The Dumb Savoyard and his Monkey." ASTLEY'S furnishes a brilliant military spectacle which for come time past has been in preparalion, and adds some astoeishing feats of equestrianisra to the ever popular scenes in the circle. The unfortunate MARYLEBONE THEATRE .Will open for the Easter holidays on Monday evening, under the management of Mr. E. F. Edgar. The pieces will be the drama of "The Marble Heart" and the comedy of " Giralda' '-" the princip a l p ar ts in which will b e sustained by Mesdames O'Hara, Clinton, Charlotte Astor, Robertson, T urner ; an d Messrs. E: F. Edgar, W. Young, Robert Soutar,. W. Rob'ertson, &c. Going to the E - rst-end we find that Mr. Phelps is still retained as the star at the STANDARD, and at the CITY OF LONDON great exertions have been made to produce counter-attraction s for the holi day-folks that - always muster strougly in this locality. The GRECIAN SALOON hag a new burlesque ; the BRITANNIA is visited by Mr. Ira Aldridge, the African Roscius, who here plays a round of parts, prior to his departure for the Continent; and the concert rooms promulgate the fact of auxiliary aid being engaged for the amusement of their fre quenters. - Of entertainments not belonging to the dranatio class we have an infinite variety. Mr. ALBERS SMITH continues to relate his amusing experiences of continental tourists, and illustrates Mont Blano and its associations at the Egyptian-hall. Mr. W. S. WooDIN infuses into his "Olio of 'Oddities," at the Polygraphic-hall, new vocal and local allusions. THE LION HUNTER, Mr. GORDON CUMMING, adds to his stirring relations of the exploits he achieved and the adventures he passed through in Southern Africa, descriptions of the discoveries made by the enterprising missionary and thiveller, Dr. Living' ston. THE SURREY GARDENS present Mr. and Mrs. German Reed in their popular illustrations. EXETER HALL celebrates Easter Monday after its own fashion by a grand Verdi Festival, in which Madame Clara Novello, Miss Louisa Vinniug, Miss Dolby, Mr. Sims. Reeves, Mr. Weiss, and other vocalists of celebrity, are supported by a full chorus from ihe Italian Opera, and Mr. Alfred Mellon's excellent Orchestral Union. ST. MARTIN'S HALL opens with a miscellaneous concert and the dramatic photographs of Mr. Sey mour Carleton. At the REGENT GALLERY Mr. and Mrs. Henri Drayton continue their pleasant vocal illustration of popular proverbs. _ The POLYTECIINIC, in about a dozen diffell'ent de partments, furnishes a complete exposition of the wonders of science ; and the COLOSSEUM provides a .startling shilling's worth in the multiplicity of its musical, dioratme, optical, and general attractions. Burfcrd's Panorama of MOSCOW, the Great Globe, the Soc . ety of British Artists in Pall-mall, the Na tional Institution at the Portland Gallery, the Zoological Gardens, the Botanic Society, Madame Tussaud's, Kahn's Anatomical Museum, and, pro minent amongst the rest, the Cryst'Ll Palace, fur nish abundant means for gratifying every taste, and to all the "Open Sesame" is one shilling. CANTERBURY HALL also opens its hospitable por tals, giving th,e best 'entertainment, in every Way, to its visitors. In addition to the well-known corps, the proprietor has been fortunate enough to secure the services of Madame Marietta, the cele brated Spanish vocalist ; and Mr. Sam Collins, the well-known Irish singer, who infuses into his melo dies the long lost spirit of poor Tyrone Power. Oa the 20th inst., another mighty Sam, will res ume his position, and Mr. Cowell will again narrate the deplorable fates of the " Ratcatcher's Daughter," and of " Lord Lovel," and the stirrim , adventures of " Billy Barlow." 0 CREMORNE is re-emtellished in every way, and re-opens with new att! actions. The railways pre sent every possible temptation, by the cheapness of transit, to invite excursionists on their respective lines • and though G reenwich Fair be abolished, Richardson's ghost numbered with the things that were, enough yet remains to contribute to—wba we trustail may enjoy— A HAPPY HOLIDAY. MURDER IN ISLINGTON, —Upon one of tholice searching th e room occu pi e d by T ri pp h e found amongst some bay in a box, the skull, shoulder-blade, and ntbet bones, forming part of a female skeleton, apparently about middle age. There were also portions of a bonnet , shawl, dress, and other articles of female apparel. These things were in the inquest-room, and created great kee; sation. This new and unexpected discovery has cause d considerable alarm and excitement throughout th e locality, tbe con plo; foil has ceiv no I cial ban! deeli the I Won] ticip tune feeliz a lar l are e vault throe There dence exists deran dens o there the e 3 same ample the develc doubt Xiogd ,are co tions i. ever, place, who-le their c laws is caused MO 3t C alterati have hi The 1 Wm ext .As far a from th the im] 476,284 Were 17 A hr touncec of Cie and 13, the lattc from w e no doub An inc In the E niehed p the Ito, and the. cOUrEle , show n a several p been effe 93 k for i s levr Thl c bequer March, a In p ( 6 per dead. 1001. s Cents. 4, ilian 5 y The fo] Stock s 23i 545 ; p c per Cent Spanish ditto Cer There way Shar takings h Counties Laneashil Western, Sheffield, 1. The I Lions. Eastern and Lyor. No buy British, ] prices are Joint-E OUs rates. and Unic The Previous S team 1.4 ban Isi 8 Fr* cent 3 tier Ceti New 3 per -o , ig Aunt Ditto at COlasola lot Etehogn £lOOO 8580 Small: PRIORS Brazilian Ditto N( ttexicau 3 Ditto A ( Peravian I Portuguese Ditto 18 Ditto A( at4r(linian Tarkith Ditto Ac Ditto GI ;I:E.M. i Cons( Ditto The Si nation of to be a se Iltb, wh, The Bt cif has ut 1)r. K err Piaget do News 0 13 the 1 was g ain rna n vva to rem) th a t he Parlour, street, / damage