The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-02 00:00:00

PERSIA.

Our last advice" from the Persian capital, which
come down to the 7th ultimo, are not of the most
flattering nature, with every allowance even for the
state of the country at the time of the late sovereign's
decease. The youthful monarch, Nassiruddin Shah,
has not hitherto been able to consolidate the founda-
tions of his rule, shattered by the intrigues of the
priests and mullahs, and the open rebellion of certain
chief.. The vast influence of the English Ind Rus-
sian embassies at Teheran, which placed him on the
throne of his ancestors, alone retains him in his seat.
The siege of the sacred city of Meshed in Khorssean is
still continued, and the place holds out with
successful obstinacy against all the efforts of the
Shah's troops. It is more than suspected that
the latter are suffering from inanity of provisions,
and from the cold of a winter which has set
in with great severity. The last native reports
state that the passes between Teheran and Meshed
are impassable from the snow. In Isfahan the
priestly party. had set the Shah's governor at defi-
ance, and having enlisted the desperate lootis of the
city in their favour broke out into open insurrection.
Many lives had been lost, but latterly the royalists
had had the advantage. At Shins things are in a
better state : the lootis have been suppressed ; but
this city of Persian poesy is now one of the most
profound sinks of corruption. liac.lji Kawani, one of
the most powerful and active intriguers of the day,
rules paramount iu the city ; while the 11 Khani, or
Lord of the Tribes, brooks no rival outside the walls.
Ills royal highness Prince Ashman Mirza, the nomi-
nal governor of Fare, is a mere cipher.
In the Dashtistan, or maritime provinces of Penn,
the authority, not only of the governors of Lar and
Fare, bat of the Shah himself, is openly derided. The

Sheikh of Bonilla's, after haring anceelThy
ed
a desultory siege of some months by the Jungbistati
troops, countenanced by the government of Fare, hal
jut been honoured by a Inelaat from the Prince,
the retard of suceessful rebellion.

gbe Court.

Arum
The Queen end Privies Albert WINDSOR
took their v
~acing walk. The royal family took walking and
exercise La the rounds adjacent to the castle. The
dinner putr at the Castle this evening will include
Duchess of Keel, Lay Fanny Howard, Barone,, de Sptii
Lady Vernon and the Hon. Mies Vernon, Er,. F. spa
H. Mrs. F. Amu, aad Sir George Couper.
G byd7
the Soots Fusilier Guards attend daring dinner.
Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Cc
Lnd Charles Fitzroy has relieved Major-General Wernyw
his duty as Equerry in Waiting to her hisjesty; and
Colonel F. H. Seymour hu relieved Colonel Souvede in
duty as Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert.

The Marquis of Lansdowne left town yesterdal
Brighton.
Despatches were sent off last evening' from ,
Cotottial-otfice for tleepovercors of the West lathe f,,Atelt.

DEATH OP THE EARL. OF MACCLESFIELD,_
venerable nobleman died on the 31st ult., at En,lun
near Teteworth, Oxfordshire, aged 97. He wee .on
third earl by the daughter of Sir William ilcatheots
ilia lordship was twice married, viz , first, in MA, to
Edwards, and seeoadly, in 1907, to Miss Wolstenholate.
has had issue by both marriages, viz., by the first
daughters, and by the second two daughters —the Co
of Antrim'at.dly Lavinia Dutton—and;n.- son, V,
Parker, who succeeds to the ti,le and mat..., a d
son-in-law to the Marquis of Westminster. The dews
held property in Ox'ordahire and Devonshire, sad
deputy-lieutenant of the former county.

EASTER MONDAY IN LONDO

Easter Monday—the great holiday of flit label
classes of the Loudon population—displayed yestern,
usual features. Workshops were comperativtiy eropt
places of amusement inordinately full. The public e
dons, the strew boats, the railway excursim trains
taverns and the theatres, had all an abundance of pat
The British Museum was visited by upwards rt *AM,
sons; the Tower, St. Paul's, Westmkster Abbey
Thames Tunnel, Burford's Panorama, the P. lytthei
atitution, the New Gallery of Illustration, the Leon=
the Colosseum, bring each also mat Etr
places of resort. The United Service Inuit
in Scotland-yard, was another point of attn
Several valuable additions were made to the Museum
the year, and it is coofidently hoped that by next
the most interesting object within its wells will I
Waterloo model constructed by the late Cat tain Si
Chelsea Hospital was not the least popular of the
objects of intermit with which the metropolis and its s
abound. Tne only curiosities recently added to the,
■re the standards which were captured by the hin
ens other regiments during the campaign in Cabal.
are composed of rich cashmere, beautinilly trimmer
having Oriental inscriptions. The cspel is also hun
old regimental colours, and with eagles and other ti
taken in action during the late war.
The annual Easter fair Mai held at Greenwich
vacant plot of ground leading lrom the chur.h to D
Creek, where the usual motley a•rem'.lags of h
and exhibiti, ns were congregated ep wards of Su fee)
are supp:sed to have been in the fair and park ~er
day. In the course of the evening, several tern.;:
st riotrly injured by the pressure from the cruwd, o
merous robberies were committed. A. striate dy of
were in attendance, wno appreherded a ere= mar.,
pocke•s. Besides Greenwich fair, there were
at Battersea, Wandsworth, and Chalk Fara. Them
aunt of the revival of the Etpinir hunt, and that a r
would be =muted at Bucktiurst Hill, induced
number of Cockney Nimroas to mount their 111.:a
fuliow the hounds sans pear of ►ccident by flood .r n.
The railway§ were well occupied y, sterday in pr.
holiday accommodation. The Greenwich railw iy, a•
carried its fair-going multitudes every 10 end 14 re
against the competition of the river steam. r-, r
their fares to 41. and 6d. A longer time for stsj:ri
out of town was given by nearly e'l the compubi“ to
the cue lost year. The return tickets issued bj ter
Western enabled passengers to stay live days,
day. These on the Eastern Counties gave t. or . a
:hose on the South Western four. Toe Lood..i. sled F
took passecgers to and tro to Brighton at 10'., be
The London and North Westera issued tic'::•'

term.. and ran trains from Liver; 00l and Bark. n
se ht seeers to the celebrated "Britannia Bride . '

Pare excunion trams by the South Western "Ride
nc•t so sucerssful at last year,ueither of them curtest;
than 20 or 30 continental tocursionists.

THE LORD MAYOR'S EASTER BANQ

The Lord Mayor gave the cuitotoary E,Stt
day enterta.!nment, yesterday, at the Man,,in-ls a.
mire th .n ususlly numerous circle of guns,. lhe
tian-hall, which was the scene of the festivity, was de
precisely in the game manner as on the late bar.
Fri, C 2 Albert and the municipal authorities of the
Kingdom. The company included, besides the civic
roles and their ladies, the French Ambassador, the A,
Minister, the Bolivian Minister, Lori D. S•uart,
French, Mr. Cartels, Mr. Mitchell, Sir W. Moieswar
several other members of the House of Commons, the
of St. Asaph, the Chairman and Deputy Cr.a.rmar
East India Company, the Deputy tioverhor of the I
Erglan I, Major-General D-lansotte, and Archd &e-
-clair Toe band of the Coldwreem Gaards, nude
GArrey, the band master, were in attendance. an,
formed various pieces during the dinner. A vocal
under the direction of Mr. Jolly, sang several eppr
songs in the course of the evening.

Vert Art toasts having been given and aeklowledp
c-mpauy proceeded to the ballroom, where dance
kept up till a late hour.

THE THEATRES.
DRURY-LANE.
The lessee of the national theatre, stimulst
doubt by the success of the " Eland of Jew, ls."
Lyceum, ventured boldly last night into the ret
spectacle, and with a brilliancy and success which
we trust, a long and profitable career for his adventure
name of th- novelty is "The Devils Ring, or, Earth, Air,
and Water." And as we wish all our young friends
go and see it, we shall endeavour to prepare them
treat by giving a short outline of the plot and inzi
Oftoeup, rather vaguely described as " Prince of
Lands," but having his country seat somewhere in
has a fair daughter Erelime, whose hand is
by a perfect mob of ar:stecratic and chivalric suit:rs
however, preters • youth of humbler rack, woo si
e‘edivgly well, and is a charcoal burner by pro ergo •
father, with true parental brutality, kicks the level
dome, and the fair Eveline is, by some process whi
could not very clearly unravel, transferred forthwi'
dismal cavern, and placed under the absolute cone
superintendance,of • " Fell wizard," when inteatiooe
her are tot of the most friendly nature. Their of.rue
however, still on the princess. The young charc .1
(now become a minstrel) obtains a magic riog from
natured demon of his acquaintance, and sets sheet t
ir.g his adored one. The plot thence rues clean throe
four elements— earth, air, tire, and water.
wizard takes his ward first to th • teak
tire, having eogsged Fiestas lodgings in the
nor of Mount Etna ; the lover fellows, and
her back to earth, the upward journey tsrming tt
tableau, which was • magnificent scene, and was rapes
to the echo. The next act opens with the Fails of
not very well painted, near which the lovers bad chase
retreat. but the wizard is on their track, he aro
tendant go.,mes, a new spell is worked, and the who
deemed through the spray and mist to the city of th,
tains, a scene of surpassing beauty. Thence, after wit
• grand naiad ballet, the Princess is again test rod I
by the indefatigable lover. He has now fellow.' Intl
through tire and water, but the weird has still NI
earth and in air, and the remainder o, the
is occupied with adventures in both elemen,:a.‘
earth is represented by the " digging " L
transformed by • slight poetic license to
diamond mine, and the air by • palace of T unboi
least suoceusul of all the tableaux. The lolsta
umphantly through all, the wizard is at last Nato
and tree piece concludes with • grand set ac
sine, which, when made • little more pert:et
will, we ban ao doubt, prove a most beillian• chic;
kind. With all its hitches, lest evening, and tires is.
• few, its intrinsic splendour carried all be ore,
brought down the curtain amid the most eathtee
fag. The spectacle is rather long, but excellent of
the dialogue tolerable,and the scenery, as we hese b
crated, very good. That nothing might be wanting to a.
Mr. Rodwell has interspersed it with music cernp.*'
happiest vein. Two or three of the airs were .110/fe.
the dance music was most successful. The ve ferret
exerted themselves to their utmost. Miss 11...iter
improved. tier singing as Leila, the watt rg.raz
much applauded, and she was ably supported in tl
nested pieces by Miss Nelson as the f'sincess, and 1
Huddart as Hubert, the lover. The contralto saes
latter young lady took the audience quite by
and ware much applauded. On the
are inclined to prophesy that, it th: •
be somewhat pruned, and this carpenters kept 5.‘
better up to their work, the " Devil's Ring" will tie
one of the most successful Easter pieces au Leftism
amply repay the enterprise and outlay of the lesas'se.
had almost forgotten to mention that "Jane Shore
dieted previous to the spectacle. Why will manage(
such unfeeling advantages of holiday audiences as t..
them swallow "Jane Shore" or " George Barnwell
laxly every Easter Monday, in spite of the at) !so
sibillations, and sometimes the actual ribellter
which thew precious specimens of didactic tree'
uniformly received.

HAY MA K ET.
Sir Walter Scott's " Ivanhw" is the bubje:
Subic offering at this theatre, and wee proulia,
evening in the shape of a burlergite by the Both, r
tt I
who have wisely acknowledged the plry-bda

th the origiaal. The maim haws
1-4 ass sea sr/carefully followed, aad a Asst per.
OW ag is which the Swinges depends, is pre-
soh as as as ens abet
ds _ :•a Oileces asesriptioa. All the leading sharee-
01°, morel S
have ea iegisiously iairedated sad the
urs
.t.!„—lay. empty. d so to diitribuNs their as as
• atibet ill the comic actors stashed to the theatre,
't;;;aese tow it suet he said diet the sagest has sot, es
•It ee' to haserously dealt with as it sight lime
tosaas was certainly suggestive of a bread awl
ainaide, end the v. ritlail graphic MONS &Meted
Ld id sled scope hir the
otec. Th. iSeims ha
sa
s bees basOly SiastrkiiiiaPki&peo.
~,,tre. but is working Out their ltiest to the pew
Mat g„,itaine they' has iltpeaded too trimly von
*rte ~bith mu old sough to have bon oak
vin the days of the Malakte Temp
wilje arrangers has, however, bees ails
TF cow. mt. swe
bete author r by palates, sad la
• • limbs' say onsidered lb., most effeadia
bee yet bees produced at the May marl**.
sures eery great liberties have been takes
sad the dietinguieltiag features of sash
_,...,415.0,.,kau1e to state of the privies day Thus Cedric the
ourodseed se •• a figs old /Codfish gliatleesa,"
thi• .01 kaowa Sanas that nese. Sir
eri:bert is • swabs of lb. Middle Teeple
' • oohs a the NOTalalitavattolli "—with a li,
••• ,a▪ d a French
serest. Imam is • dietaberited
,„aa swats: sole (played by Mrs.
-"ad trasiba is a jester who anuses the
• at ea:, it a laaasioa, with • series of 'ekes, at
eves Joe Miller luaisilf would hasiblashed.
• rl v. w aipeose•tid se • Jew elothessaa, who Ms-
kad wise at eatortialhais prises, hew who
,jat nowasso. sad Use by starts( the work•people I.
Sikes. the Jew's daughter Is a ft
ag,ik• e the Jew'sadaughter lathe' posaiibulay4couladkl
• „Nark hair. sad elegiac soap wkh all the skill
• :se et es pp n eu.ger. This last stationed character
_ , „al by Ms P. Morton, who, albeit " ha" was sot
aiagagtity of the part, contrived to wia the
eg appl we. by the charming mass. in
sag the lassie eatrusted to her. The
• oki:h till to bee shire appeand to be deficient
P-
tyvar oy. at least. the wards were ecli by the
ipa , aaks they iris er.sided. It. missed tole ••fault
5.:3 sat 01. that tik eructing their soap they bad as
. Mei Dist admitted of Wag rendered betas-
ilLioits. however, displayed a thorough know-
: •hr • shell tyke of the day, sad the pointed
• ther.t • as. in Lamy inseams, both Issornas
• TLe.?tild,qus wal w,th salad. Mr.
._

la Elf.
k Kr. Seliiiks Sir DAN* Bea Conant)
NT' 7), ...! • Icanhoe,lseckdosit (se Wenhito Kale,
• • Mn. itswillian (se Meeet Beed,)
.
r y z,,e to Reireens,) seines ad their awn is
" el date* see enrisi norall• The *MI nee
nenniel, ing et ita SINS the Gahm were
ie.

FILINCESS'S.
eLestre esitribeled its quota to the Easter
7.,!1:1, in the Misr w • new extra's/sem, called
of the Maw, or the (sorcerer of Candabar."
" a. te it pie;ee of this description, lea simple' ono,
; s,r `ver.isated ie. slew words. Mahone, the pregrer,
X! W la Ire with hie slave, Nerti/Ao (Mies LOW.;
N tad idiom he bas from childhood confined to bie
gig. Ate sitars' cot hie peer a, hat primate's to bottoms
•.., scd be priers her with a charm which,
a. ,a he remains true to her, giro her a greater
-.•• than himself ; Tot the possession of this rum
. a .-4 with the coachtion. that dike declares her love to
m..:,?•!e charm diralver, she again becomes subject
, err the saner. r, sod becomes at ones old and
TLa At Gm (Mr. 11. T. Crayon), who is bound
a, a_ fby ark to merry his mosin who bad hoes
.tees child, depostehee AbonifeWie, the Grand
Vary Ir. Yaw), is 'earth of her. Aboaarii
Ito tae ,Matt Of his mission, asa is
ant Ges:nert, one of N.) ida's compani. Da.
T-• . I:ecoa • info mud from another quer in that
.0,....a.d he goes to Carthame. to 'sponse
tr .'cm leerier Neritsa is the garden of roles he
•hlk tee, and she declares her lose for him ;
the wearer bad threatened, she suddenly
~ .! sad Oaer pit, and is car:icd by the power of ho.
~z, • rare two thousand feet under the Ind an Ocean,
..t.aes her d.rab. Tree spirit of the sorcerer then

1- . en .47. by means of his cabalistic book,
lea ts :keened of diwoleiag the power of the charm. Is
to us:sands the Nuitan's nuptials with °wi-
os the point et completion, when Neraihes
te, easel ?coaled power diouchants herself, becomes
••.d is pr•elumed the Sultnn's Lride and the
Ite becoming ne wife of her Arai
te• r-,./ I "use r . The piece wee got up for stage
elects f• we of these were very striking, the machinery
er,u au the first time of acting, end the facility with
wt.; tr.:stoma:ions were effected drew forth the
1-- to- :f a wsl filled house.

LYCEUM.
-.** tale of 14 on and iphigenia," as re-
• free the Wit of Garrick by Mr. Planet& was last
Li;: I i. 74.411 is this theatre with decided sumer,
▪ -• t- be a favourite entertainment for the hell-
, wi• eaceedingly simple and pl,asing
rrgondes, who is an enchantress, or
c rut ;mos to one, is April fool encash to
• s rings to her bow in the persons of
it.ond ss.4 a ,untrymas Merlin, and a kidnapped
~, a young gentleman of great innocence, and
!...t••1 thst the sharpest arrows of love are blunt
• • -.• _Verlui heels's,' aware that the young
• t 7. •r• as maail share of Urganda'r affection, and in a
••• halos, gives that lady her choice. She
It. pror.ounces the phroptiecy that Cytison's
• •-. t,e wound, and immediately takes wee-
-1..•••:, *core fultilmeat With the aid of his magic
• • t• .ztrvinees a Silvia, Iphigenis, a noble maid of
tt• !madame, but hitherto commas boy, and there
qtat•lr, .to d with stupid eyes
itsl ppm nsutb, t. 1.4 taseArled surprise.
7ht Lam, of .kilris rift, n the heart which was so *Wil-
y., :5 L

a art of Urganda; and the P. pbian boy finds
t to his weapon. The metamorphosis is emu-
:: '?'r, boy is sow (to nee a cant phrase) " wide
avl tel... his with the most gentlemanlike Jodi!-
rep,:y to the queries of Urlando; for though self-
rn would Wad her er •to tie MN, Fatima, her model
zr said. Li•naturedly keeps admonishing her that
Ma dump ia the boy's manner la to be
to his love of another. This 1. worm-
•- rryetiele, who determines to twanged

.
rival, and piirg Cymon • Italf holiday, she
• ." Ahmed to track ku stew and endeavour to diseover
•:.•nnoeaawrJta nay M. Fatima gladly undertakes the
atauirl an: Cr./vide, now invokes the aid of Renelce

• • ••• •, !!.,teed, and Deopear, for the purpose of 's
tett crusade spinet her rival. The shepherds:4lZ
*AP N•fria; the shepherdesses ace all jealous, sad,
•••-s•-: to Lave her banished frees the country,
•1! suit reaplaicts before Dow, a justice of
to 7-see with more of Squire Hawthorn than of
L•ri (..,sties in hi. compositiun. The shepherds, mean-
-1:-•• busy in =Aim their proposals for the fair Silvia
tot,: Gat old mother Dorcas, sad an attractive scene for
ate ;ma* is the side hose. Gems, while Siam, (Mr.
L'l't 475 his ,:aims before the deaf old lady (Mr. Frank
Brutus.. hoses baits( heard the plaintiff Daphae, is so
cam.: by her attrattituis that he deternunes to ship O the
4r • no to &Ashy Bay. The old proverb prevails,
Jts story is good loth the other is told"; for no
Me shinning Silria brought before hs worship
utt her beauty ILCUPIII her pardon. The work of
..s. 51, however, is not complete. The wrathy ms-
sada' to witness an li:tactics's between

' saTI he. the letterr
"ma; the Kul of Tomfoolery madardlod Aer
Pcihos, when lore dwells anima the roma
" • deteramod Is aanoy Lis/sods to the tut, sad just
t.A ?. al. in herself grim barrios got Saida Into her power,
For. 'to sad* waste to Psphoe, sat restores the lovers
6411. r. Tim ',Wag up of thus is highly credit-
ihs Vomit maaagessest. Mies Masson, who sup-
.- • diameter el Silvio, sale • eitoseisfal delus/. Mr.
"t", Mathsers, April U. First, List of Tomfoolery,
I"%a u Chorea, interpreted each route to the mitoses.
1,1 of the canals he, Miss Jolisat oourge,who played
• sad Mr. Marley (who coasted Deems), were kiidly
t‘'..l; AM ease Nona to eeknowloilgetheemplimest.

THE ADELPHI.
I.'" entertainments selected at the Adelphi Theatre
' ••,• t, thoug's varied, ;instated aotbiaß novel—with
" ' 7.i of a vaudeville styled " Playing Pint Piddle"
onygoiag public, the threephoet the everting
et Douglas J d's drama "The Mother's
C*lll. "My Precious Betsy," sad " Tom Noddy's
familiar Rust the public be with the marks of
••,:••-tatpieter,es also with the style la which they have
r.•'"bbeuedly sad efeetively prodeeed, that say
it"'•..1.,1 swam would be superfluous. The vaudeville,
* leg sight pat epos the rugs tor the
•-•111, ay be eharsateriesd as a pretty Mid.
of Pesach omit life ia IGh2 —de.
•,,—;•kr math same for ephemeral favour cm semis mesas•
u%?•asese, as also as the tact and taste of the
this en say intrinsic merit whisk it peetemea.
• ;41..7 a the plat—if sash it eau be said le hele.4l
as bath as two eateries dm • ad the USN le
4 do Chateau Chatty andrLreessis nerimeadle. the
4 The charm:tan la the were seresised very
• hy Mutant Wises an Ass llmpeisis Loral, Is
11. et.eti the trinaspl et amis. them* be a Web
„-"at Ivan that in wire& It wee aesemplitheded ad
.
1..L'1 Xr Timotheue," who, it is et " Mina
,—ra to the ski. a," whilst his t
vi • lb .ugh Madams Gime% •
. *I
gap,, *Aintree the triumph by the M.
t• • 'el. "'ion the muds to the semi likeett
t,..4 met m which there iv neither wit eat week
104 at. lady. Indeed Um musks of the Owe
•w•• ,t a . sad limey maw's. sad "Inn' q. • inp,rior laelodid to ream it aitreadis OD
abtkilled in ths Meissen. All Mai Mad
NustArt we amnia, rendered belh_ei,
M.vs E flardine.aa Deasy g
to, • th• JaW41144101 i Mt. P. B. id, as the
tt• , sad Mr. Lambert, as Soolist (die
whilst the scenery, "Mated by Messrs Pitt and
+L I r•n•ume were rich, actuate, sad entirely in
t:r ICs piece wet admirably pet um Ms stags ; bet
kr the cat.in many expremerd daaPPlabaggalle, •• vials% the greater number remote pow

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