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

E R A.j ES T Y'S THEATRE. SEA.SON 1857. SPEZIA, GIUGLINI, VIALETTI, and POCCHINI. OPENING NIGHT, TO-MOll :I,OW (TUESDAY), April 14, Opera—LA FAVORITA„ The Opera will be succeeded by the National Anthem. Ballet—LA ES'3IERALDA. The same OPERA 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. given of her first appearance. Due notice will be ILf ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA - NIGHT, THURSDAY, April 16. SPEZIA, GIUGLIvt, VIALETTI, BENEVENTANO, and POCCHINI. Opera—LA FAVORITA. 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 may be had on applca tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. Price one guinea and one guinea and a half. The doors will open at 7, the Opera commences at half past 7 o'clock. T HEA T R E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. DRAMATIC FESTIVALS for th© EASTER HOLIDAYS. Immense - Attr;ticti ' Ter Positively Six Nights only.— Engagement of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES DILLON, who will appear THIS EVENING and Every Evening during the week, supported by Miss WOOLGAR and the principal members of tho 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 Slaalopere's Tragedy ot,OTHELLO : Othello, Mr. C. Dillon ; lago, 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 Woolgar, 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 in 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 c-nsequence 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 tills. Private boxes, 2/. 25., 1/. lls. 6d., 1/. Is., and to hold two persons, 10s. 6d. ; stalls, ss. ; dress circle, 4s. ; first circle, 2s. 6d. ; upper circle, ls. 6d. ; pit, 2s. ; first gallery, Is. ; second gallery, 6d. half price to all parts, except stalls and upper gallery, at 9 o'clock. I)pOY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakespere's tngecly of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS. T HEATRE ROYAL, FT YMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Bu-kston.. NEW ARRANGEMENT. OP PRICES OF EMISSION. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the new Drama of A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Bnekstone ' Comp ton Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poyn ter, Fitzwilliani, After which, for the first time, a Classical Love Story, un der the Apple-lation of ATAL ‘_NTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, her first appearance here, and Miss Ellen Ternan, her first appearance in London. Concluding with GRIIISIHAW, BACSEIAW, AND BRADSHAW. Mr. Buckstone. In future the prices will be : Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), Gs. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d, Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes L 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ....... 3 0 Upper 80xe5...... Pit . . Lower Gallery — 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 t . No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will bo performed the new and original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wr;g•ht, Mr. Paul Bedford, &c. 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. TRAND T XT Tlll—MAnazer, M:. T. • Pavrio.—THlS EVENING will be performed RUTH OAKLEY. After which, WILLIAM TELL (Burlesque.) Mesdame 3 Leigh Murray, Cuthbert, SomerB, To conclude with a Farce. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls, ; Callery, 6d. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, the new drama of THE IRON ARM. After which, MIDAS. Apollo, with sonv,s, Miss Poole. To concluda with THE DUMB SAVOYARD AND HIS MONKEY. The Monkey, Mr. Flexmore. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Leßspe, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, will be performed a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, kc. The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLFS CLOTHING. To conclude with THIEVES ! THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F. Robson, G, Vining, &c. Commence at half-!ast Seven. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMP RITE' A.TRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (First week), a New and Gran - 1 Mili t&ry 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 EQUMTRIAN ACTS in the CIRCLE, in which Miss Kate Cooke will appear. Appearance of M. Croneste. the inimitable Clown, and of Signor Corelli and Family. To conclude with THE TAILOR OF TAMWORTH. Commet.co at seven o'clock. Dress hoses, 4s. ; Upper "loxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 11., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; tipper Gallery, fid. ?ox.oflice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr, W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CA ANTERTMRY TINTA, Westminster-road.— ..) OPEN EVERY EVENING.--The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., via. : Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunch, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr P. Jonglimans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor Antonio M. ale Solla, and E. L. Him° ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corn i ; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforte. Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre. cisely. Suppers, ote., until twelve o'clock. 1.7,1.041 WATER AT LONDON RRTDGE. THIS DAT—Morn. 2 min. aft. 4—Evening 18 min. aft. 4 TO-Mositow—Morn. 33 min. aft. 4—Evening 47 min.aft. 4 THE WEATHER-SUN OPPIOE, APRIL 12. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 52—hi g hest Rinse noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 48 —this day at noon. BAROMICTES, 29'47. WrisTD, W.N.W. to S.W.—Rather fresh, with fine sun shiny weather, and slight shower at noon. Some heavy showers dining the evening. The barometer falling rapidly, APRIL 13. Fs—highest since noon yesterday. 39 —'ewest this morning and during the night. 45 —thin day at noon. Baßowcr l e, R . tines Baturday. down to 28'95—now 20. A great fall WIND, W. to N.W.—Fresh and squally, with dirty, cold, rainy weather. A miserable day for Easter Monday. Two O'CLOClL—Weather looking up rather—wind more northerly and fresh. t Ls lm • LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1867. The PA LYIERSTON Parliament is at this moment I all but completed. Under 15 members yet re-i main to be returned by the Irish County Consti tiler) cies. Already, out of the 654 representa tir, es who will take their seats in the new House of Commons, 640 may be enumerated. An exa ruination of this long list of 640 M.P.'s brings to tight, among other things, the remarkable fact that there are among them no less than 171 who have never before enjoyed the privilege of being units in the Legislature. Contrasting forcibly with which circumstance is the no less remarkable truth that already 175 Old Members—many of them even whose names have been lorgg familiar to the readers of Dod and Hansard—have NOT been re-elected I 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 ! Suck a yengeance 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 Badmin 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 priitely 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 I—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 probable 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 himself 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 t) 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 PA MUMMY is to drive tandem this session ; and the worst is that one half of his House of Commons will have had no training at all. He could have 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-Stick 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 look him in the face. The Press confidently predicts that Lard PAL- IsERSTON'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 YEHISM by almost as large a majority as that which buried Protection in 1862. 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- men t. 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 diy 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 LOCKE-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 his majorities may advance as well as recede, yet if it be manifest that the ebb has commenced, it will probably ebb rather fast. We understand Mr. BERKELEY will soon test 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 doubtless 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 Lord 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 •f the vote. But Lord JOAN RussEttr—what is to be done with him ? He will be rather frisky after beating " the young man from Northampton: , go assuredly does not mean to bo a political nobody during this Parliament, I probably not during this half session. Ha knows his 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 JOHN 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. 'What, however, we should much prefer would be to let byegones be byegones ; to see Lord JoIN 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 country 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 JoaN's Reform Bill No. 11. Between the necessity, in any case, of a Reform Bill for Lord JOHN, the certainty that all Lord PA.LMERSTON does in that line will be invit/ 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 PA.LMERS TON Liberals, unless the Premier'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 now 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 150,000,000/. 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 pereei re 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 Sf. 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 are too many indications of the EMPEROR'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 inhabit int;, 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 absolutely pro hibited the development of its natural capabilities. The " talent has been buried," so far as the Mol davians and Waliachians 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 "occupations," as they are termed in diplomatic language—should be con tented to abandon all attempt at improvement, and to snatch a scanty subsistence from what under more auspicious circumstances might be sources of wealth and abundance. 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 amelioration since the time when the STUAATS reigned in England. - The anxiety of Russia for the union is to ren der the new State too powerful 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 his neighbours. Europe no longer quails at Moslem power. Russia is now the aggressor, and her arguments are as specious as those of the wolf when seeking protection against the sheep. Fortunately, we have Lard PALMERSTON at the head of affairs in this country, and it is to be hoped that he will not allow himself either to be bullied or cajoled—that he will not yield either to dictation or persuasion. England has not any " poor little " German ,Prinoo whose fortunes she desires to ad- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL l3, 1857 vance. It would notinterestherin the slightest de gree even if a candidate of the House of Coburg—a matter by no means impossilde—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 continua 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 iadependent (I) sovereign from on• of the reigning families of Germany. THE ACCOUCHEMENT OF HER MAJESTY. The acconchement 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 era the com 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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the President of the Board of Trade are at their country seats. The latter 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 acconchement 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 some of the royal children. The Queen's general health is, we are happy to say, as perfect as the raost 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 Hohenlohe Langenburg. Court Journal. 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. Piccolomiid 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, Pocchim, having been for some time in Lon don to prepare for her d6but. 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 atheve concerts, St. Martin's-hall, this evening, in an original entertainment, by one of the authors of " The Great Gun Trick," anti " Like and Unlike," entitled " Fa miliar 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 beat 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 Assurance." A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at Lord Palaierstou'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 huger had not the state of the Queen demanded the presence of the Viscount in town.—Court Journal. Madame Otto Goldsmidt gave birth, on the 31st ult., at Dresden, to a (laugh' er. The Union Bank of Australia is to pay the half-yearly interest on the city of Melbourne lean. Dr. Basham 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 Kent's usual good health is nearly re-esta blished. A call of V. 103., making 221. 103. 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 pltice at Madrid on the 30th inst. The sum assigned is 375,000 rea!a. M. Horace Yernet has received an official invitation from Washington to paint the portrait of President Bu chanan. He is going to America for the purpose. EARL FITZHARDINGE.—We are happy to bear that there has been, within the last few clays, some Flight im provement in the noble earl, though he still continues in a very precarious state. Bristol Times. matrimonial alliance is about to take place between the eldest son of Lard Campbell and the eldest daughter of the late Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol.—Bristol Mirror. THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK.—We understand that his grace the Archhishop of York has, for some weeks past, been in a state of health which causes the greatest anzoaty 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 la four or five volumes, and will be entitled " Memoires pour servir a rHistoire demon Temps depuis 1814 ju-qu'au 23 Fewrier, 1848." LIVERPOOL, April 11.—The Rial Mail steam-ship America sailed hence to-day for Boston with the mails, a large cargo, and 114 passengers. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—SOUTHA3IPTON, April 12 —The European and Australian Royal Mail Campany's steam-ship Etna, Captain W. F. Millar, sailed hence to day for Malta aLd Alexandria with the mails (comprising 389 boxes and five bags) for Ceylon, Australia, New Zealand, &c., 38 pas,engers, jewellery value 7,705/., and 176 packages of general cargo. WELLS AND FAKENHAM RAILWAY.—This line, a con tinuation of the existing Norfolk Railway from Norwich to Fakenham to Wells-next-the-Sea, is expected to be opened for traffic about the eud of May or the beginning of June. The line is about 10 miles lung, and will place the port of Wells -next the-aea in communication with the interior of Norfolk and the Eastern Counties system generally. DEATH os MR. JAMES HARTLEY.—News reached Southampton on Saturday of the dew h 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. lie was found dead in his cabin on board tha Nubia between Ceylon and Suez. Tf.e 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 manufac.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. FOTJND DrtowNED.--The body of Capt. Asa A. Corn ing, formerly of the ship Confederation, was picked up on Friday, floating off the Rock Light, Liverpool. The deceased has been missing since January last, cc hen his ship was wrecked in the Channel. All 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 (United Serviee 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 sto have an opportunity of paying generous homage to so distinguished a soldier. FATAL INCAUTION.—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 farms bis own land near Boldon, was at work in the fields on Thursday, with a bind. 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 when some one went to inquire after 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 lqarquis'a constitution has been too much 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 much 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 pubho servants.—Court Journal, fat ATEST NEWS. A PLOT TO ASSASSINATE THE EMPER,OR 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 in 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 numbers. 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 i 3 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 calves of jealousy and discontent are too deep to be easily removed. Be tween 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 here at 7 o'clock this morning with the Indian mail, which was sent on by railway train at 10 o'clock. FRANCE. 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 ; those regimer.ts wilt shortly quit the garrison 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 Marsan, the cavalry form ing the second line. At 1 o'clock the Emperor, in the unforrn of a lieutenant-general, wearing the grand cordon of the Legion of Honour, mounted on norstback, and accompanied by Prince Napoleon, the Prince of Nassau, General Todtleben, Marshals Valliant and Magnau, and several officers of the Imperial staff, passed in front of the two lines. A detachment of the Cent Gardes clo3ed 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 "Vivo I'Empereur !" " Vivo le Prince Imperial !" Fresh acclamations cheered the Empress when she appeared on tha balcony of the palace, accompanied by the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, and attended by several Court ladles. At half-past one the troops defiled by pla toons. The Emperor placed himself in front of the Pavillon de l'Horloge, and was received by the regiments with the usual acclamations. The following private telegraphic despatches were received in Paris yesterday : " MARSEILLES, AntiL 11. "Accounts from Constantinople, of the 2d instant, announce that the pirates, 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 electric wires for Con stantinople to India through the Red Sea. It is deter mined that the wires shall follow the Euphrates Raiiway. " The British steamer Arcadia, ashore at the en trance to the port cf Smyrna, has been got off, thanks to the assistance afforded by Admiral Bonet, " Wheat i$ falling at Marseilles. We find by the Sinai, arrived from Constantinople, that wheat is like wise falling in that capital." "BERNE, APRIL H. "The Republican journal printed at Neuchatel de mands that the Federal Assembly shall be consulted 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 Europe the enthusiasm with which the ETelvetic people are disposed to maintain their juiit rights." M. de Kisseleff leaves on the 20th for Toulon, in order to meet the Grand Duke Constantine, and the Chaplain-General of the Fleet on the 16th, f)r the same purpose. M. Fould, Minister of the Im perial Hou , ehuld, went yesterday to Fontainbleau to direct the preparations for the festivities which. are to take place there on the Grand Duke's ar rival. Ca,pta'n Tchigir, of the Russian navy, who, I believe, was Secretary of the Admiralty at Nico laieff during the Crimean war, has arrived in Paris. General 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 pact of the Government of Gi eat Britain, for the regulation of the Newfoundland fisheries. BOURSE, April 11.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 69 50 69 75 New Loan — Bank Shares 4,200 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,400 Austrian Belgian 44 Piedmontese (5) 9l Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOB CASS. fr. c. fr c Orleans 1,4924 Western Northern Lyons 1,5774 New Ditto Mediterranean 2,160 Grand Central L — 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 Governments 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 women — who were dressed in the ancient German costume, were conducted to the " Hall of Ceremony" (Cere monies &cal) 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 were 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 wett e d f eet, and a little bag containi n g 32 silver groats had been hung round the necks of the old people, the cere mony was at an end. Her Majesty, who wa s at tended by her Lord Steward, acted in ex ac tl y th e 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 bis Government that Spain was warranted in requiring reparation ' from Mexico for the assassinalion of her sub jects ; but that the English Cabinet hoped it might be obtained 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 individu•ds, but as part of a system of declared hostil ty to Spain. The receipts of the Treasury in February last amounted to 212,124,477 reals, which were 8,675,306 reals more than those of the corresponding period of last year. It was said that a Ministerial department for the Colonies was about to be established, and that M. Gon zalez Bravo would' most likely be appointed to it. The Duchess de Montpensier had a faussel couche on the 31st ult. The trial of the for publishing a seditious article, had taken 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 withgreat fe rocity against the Spanish, nor against the assassins 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.) The Edinburgh, Review once said that "the spirit of self-assertion was the predominant characteristic 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 importance to be easilypassed without his opinion having been consulted on such a scheme ; if, on the other hand, the Ministry postpones its reform mea sures, then Lord J. Rus-ell, true to his antecedents, will endeavour again 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 " will be adroitly disparaged. But if the Premier will have his difficulties in avoiding a Reform Bill, it cannot be denied that Lord J. Russell will also have some obstacles to 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 his anxiety 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 out when Lord John Russell first made use of the phrase. We believe that it was so far 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 political unions were strongly deprecated byboth sides of the " house." Amongst other speakers, the late Mr. Hume (then M.P. for 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, 1849, the noble lo rd (then Prime Minister) defended the Reform Act against the onslaught of the Radical Reformers, led by Mr. Hume ; and en 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 ; a nd in politics, as in other things, " words are but wmd —actions " speak the mind." Between " the bill, the whole bill, and notbi ng but the bill," cg a fi nal measure," "progressive re form," and "improvem ent from time to time," it 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 the poll in the burghs of Tain, Cro marty, Dingwall, Dorno6, and Wick the numbers were— Lord John Hay ..• ••• ••• 272 M r . Sh aw ... 162 At Kirk wall, at 2 o'clock, there was a majority of 21, and only 12 electors to poll. I REL AND. DOWN (COUNTY) —CLOSE OF THE POLL. Lord A. ••• •• 5,915 Colonel Forde ••• ••• 5,316 Mr. Kerr ..• ••• ••• ••• 3,646 Ellis Green KILXENNY (COUNTY). Mostyn ••• Shea ..• ••• ... ... 2,587 .., 1,620 ••• ... 1,315 ... ... 1,034 KING'S (COUNTY). Messrs. O'Brien and Bland have been returned. KENSALL 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 l►tsle suited to the solem nity of the place. The ground strewed with oranges, nuts, &c., laughter, and opinions of those who slept quietly there jarred on the feelings of those who went to weep, to pray. I ask you is this fit, is this seeming in 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, how different !" THE SHIP BOANERGES.—The emigrant ship Boanergee, Capt. Sedgwick, which took the ground on Friday morning, on the eastern side of the outer basin of the Great Western Docks, at Plymouth, when being piloted into dock was floated off by the next tide on the same day, having sustain2d little damage, and making no water. SALMON FISHING IN THE NORTH OF EUROPE.—A cor respondent of the Field says :—" I venture to send you the result of twelve c onsecutive days' remarkable fishing (omitting the Sunday) ; and as I saw every fish killed and weighed, I can vouch for the following state ment :—Colonel A. Fraser and Captain J. Grant killed in the 12 days 151 salmon with the fly, and, with the exception of three or four, they were all clean fish. They fished from the banks of the same river taking different sides on alterna te da y s, and so even did they fish, that Colonel Fraser killed 7G, weighing 7501 he., and Captain Grant, 75, weighing 746Ibs.—being 151 fish, of the total weight of 1,4961b5. I also saw Captain Grant kill 17 salmon in one morning with the same fly, which was tied by that skilful artist Eratt. I omit the name of the river, as I have no wish to add to the number of those already ruined in these northern regions by giving them THE EASTEL, NO VELTIES. Of late years managers have seemed to evince little faith iu the attraAivenesi 'of Easter spectacles, and this year the amount of novelty produc.d is less than usual. Perhaps the greater facilities af forded for holiday-making amidst the sunshine by excursion trains and steamboat ;r, and the counter acting influence of those places i of out-door enter tainment that open about this time, have had their effect in checking the exertion 5 of the honourable company of- spectacle-makers that were wont to cause the wealth of theatrical tree A , uriesto be laviShed upon the tinselled fairy pieces of Covent-garden and Drury-lane in the days gone by.. Possibly, too, the forestalling of the recognised E aster productions of burlesque and extravaganza by some of the houses at Christmas have lessened thci probability of the olden outlay being pate at this season ; but, however it may be, the fact is evident, and will very few exceptions the perforn lances have little of a novel character, and in savers a instances the bills remain entirely unchanged. The rival operas commence the season on Easter Tuesday, HER 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 Favorite," and the ballet of " Esmeralda," and that at tae latter the opening opera will be " I Puritani," with Crrisi, and a new diveitissement, entitl e d " 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 pautoriaime 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 performance of the burlesque-ciim-pantomim e will be Easter Monday at tw o o ' c l oc k. given ca 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 appellai ion of ""Ata lanta, or the Three Golden Apples." The female portion of the company has been strengthened bl the accession of Miss M. Oliver, Miss Marie Wilton, an d Miss E. Ternan. The brilliancy of the dialogue, and splendour of the scenery havebeen b o th repor ted as likely to create a theatrical sensation, and the repute of the writer will justify a sanguine expects' tion, ou the part of the public, of a plentiful pro. vision of those pleasant puns and piquant parodies with which the author's extravaganzas are generalli, studded. The long-required new arrangement 0' prices to all parts of the house will be also an add tional attraction to the i viatiors, and a decided advantage to the reanager. The PRINCESS'S relies upon the unabated attrac' tion of " Richard the Second," with its mditall pomp and pageantry, and exciting episode illustra" tive of the return of Bolingbroke. Tile ADELPHI celebrates the season by the return of our public favourite, Madame Celeste, from the provinces, and the re-production of the Terco chorean and operatic spectacle of "The Elves ; ors The Statue Bride. The farces of " Weloowe i t, Little Stranger," and "A Night a t Notting-hill, precede and follow the extravaganza. ‘E Like an' Unlike" is to be revived on Tuesday and succeed' ing nights, with Madame Celest a i n h er cr i g in character of Lisette ; supported by Mr. Billingtolh from T. R. Birmingham, as Harty Mowbray; g 4 f,' Wright, as Peter Pott er ; an d A rt h ur Leslie, PI Mr. C. Selby. The OLYaIFIC presents for acceptance the that has been so often honoured by the audieo_, and reserves the new ex t ravaganza i n rehearsal f°` another occasion. "Daddy Hardacre," with Niti Robson as the hero, w i ll th ere f ore st ill b e the inos important feature of the programme. The STRAND, with a morning perforMance 01/ Easter Monday, provides for its evening visitor the drama of "Ruth Oakley," and a new burlesc4 by Mr. Leicest:tr Buckingham on the subject " William Tell." SADLER'S WELLS commences its summer sea, i under the management o f M r . G. W e b ster, Miss Woolgar as the "star" for the first week, aw Mr. Charles Dillon for the second. The SURREY has a new drama of strong inter called "The Iron Ar m ," i n which Mr. Shepb plays the hero, Malaventure ; Miss Mortimer, fro: : Birmingham the heroine ; and the bill i s 614, 4 made attractive by th e return o f Mi ss Poole to Ili{ stage, this popular vocalist re-appearin g in thee of Apollo in Kane O'Hara's old burle=que "Midas." Madame Auriol and Mr. Flexmore also engaged, and appear in " The Dumb Savor° and his Monkey." ASTLEY'S furnisllls a brilliant militarY specto e) which for some time past has been in preparalio a and adds some astosishing feats of eq ues t r i a ni. to the ever popular scenes in the circle. The unfortunate MARYLEBONE THEATRE ' open for t holidays on Monday e veni , ,, f) the hem E ter aua a g s ement of mr. E. F. Edgar. 'L P ieces will be the d rama of " The Marble Seaga under and the comedy of " Giralda ;" the principal in which will be sustAtied by Mesdames O'f 0 ; Clinton, Ch ar l otte Astor Robertson, Tu rne r • Messrs. E. P. Edgar, W. Young, Robert SoiitY W. Robertson, &c. Going to the Eist-end we find that Mr. Phel is still retained as the star at the STANDARD, :, 0 at the C ITY OF L ONDON great exertions have bef made to produce counter-attractions for the day-folks that always muster strongly locality. 0 The GRECIAN SALOON h as a new burlesque 31 BRITANNIA is visited by Mr. Ira Aldridge, African Roscius, who here plays a round•Of P 31 .1 prior to his departure for the C on ti nent ; and 4, concert rooms promulgate the fact of auxiliarYl being eng age d f or th e amusement of their quenters. Of entertainments not belonging to the draw l class we hav e an i n fi n it e var i ety. Mr. ALI3POO, SMITH continue s t o re l ate hi s amus i ng experiend of continental tourists, and illustrates Mont 1 31 and its associations at the Egyptian-hall. ci Mr. W. S. W OODIN i nfuses into his "Oiit;fie Oddities," at th e P o l ygraphic-ball, new vocal ` ' local allusions. THE LION HUNTER, Mr. GORDON CUMMING / - dd to his stirring relations of the exploits he anhie ° o and the adventures he passed through in Soutli e bi Africi, descripti ons o f th e di scoveries made 1:1 t 4 enterprising mi ss i onary and traveller, D r . LiVP St on. Trn SURREY GARDENS present Mr. and I ‘ ° German Reed in their popular illustrations. it EXETER HALL celebrates Easter Monday after: own fashion by a grand Verdi Festival, in wt' i i i g Madame Cla ra Novell°, Miss Loui sa Vinniug, - 1 -‘`,, e t Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. W e i ss , an d e t 't vocalists of celebrity, are supported by a full 0 11 , 0 rd from the Itali an O pera, and Mr. Alfred Mel'°- excellent Orchestral Union. d ST. MARTIN'S HALL op ens w i t h a misceila.a concert and the dramatic photographs of Mr. wour Carleton. At the REGE NT G ALLERY M r. and Mrs. ,-- -104. 8 • 0 9 Drayton continue their pleasant vocal illustrO of popular proverbs. Th. POLYTECIINIC, in about a d ozen diff ere nt partments, furnishes a complete exposition of Bt wonders of science ; and the COLOSSEUM pi-01f startling shilling's worth in the multiplicity °. p y musical, dioraanic, optichl, an d general attrac9cibei Burfcrd's Panorama of NIOsCOvr, the Great 0 1.11' the Society of British Attists in Pall-mall, the t y tional Institution at the Portland Gatlery v i Zoological Gardens, th e B o t an i c S oc i e t y, M a d Tussaud's, Kahn's Anatomical Museum, and, P i g minent amongst the rest, the Crystal Palace, o po Dish abundant m eans f or gratifying every taste, to all the "Op en S esame " i s one silling. o r CANTERBURY HALL also opens its hospitable = t o tals, giving the best entertainment, in, every to its visitors. In addition to the well-1 0 ,0 corps, the p ro p r i e t or h as b een fortunate enonge'evi secure the services o f M a d ame M ar i etta, the tl,l brated Spanish vocalist ; and Mr. Sam Colliost o lif well-known Irish singe r , w h o i n f uses i n t o hi s 131 00 dies the long lost spirit of poor Tyrone Power.,,pil the 20th inst. another mighty Sam, will restuirri, position, and Mr. Cowell will again narrate teh deplorable fates of the " Ratcatcher's pangii4ol and of " Lord Lovel," and the stir r i ng a d ve nb of " Barlow." d ij CREMORNE s re-c. , ,m1 - ellished in every wan fe; re-opens with new atti aAions. The railways sent every possible temptation, by the cheapoe transit, to invite excursionists on their resP e l, lines, and though Gr eenw i c h F a i r be a b o lis t ) Richardson 's ghost numbered with the things vi i)r were, enough yet remains to contribute to- -- we trust all may enjoy— A HAPPY HOLIDAY. ve l ,4 l ‘l MURDER IN ISLINGTON. -- Upon one of ih° 'ol# searching the ro om oc c upied by Tripp h e foun '1001°1( some hay in a box, the skull, should er -bl a d e, a nd bones, forming part of a female skeleton, aPPfO e ; about middl e age . There were also p or ti ons o f a valie°„, li shawl, d r e s s, and other articles of f ema l e appare l- y ke',l things were in the inquest-room, a n d crea t e d grea , ,of' s cation. This new and unexpected discovery has c i I P considerable alarm and exciteme n t th rou gh° locality. t air feel a la are tioni ever plat( NvEo their laws Cau rawit LOUD. of to EhOIVI BCVer, bean 93i f New che qt Marc' Spani ditto Thi way k takin Coun Lanc West Shefli li. 1 tions. East( and ss. h Na price! Jo ous r and Th previ Stem B RI7 3 per 3 per New Lo eta D it Bank Lit Cons; Braz ifoxi Di Peru' Port. Ruse Pard Tun ma Ili w m 4