The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-12 00:00:00

can happen to the agricultural interest is that corn
should be at such a price as to enable the operatives
of Lancashire and the crowded population in large
cities to consume the beef and mutton which you
grow." This is very sensible advice, and it breathes
of that far-sighted observation and deep-rooted
philosophy which sees good in all, and puts gains
by the side of losses to adjust the balance and
rightly recognise the events and circumstances of
life This speech of Sir LAWRENCE PALK's is one
of the best that have recently been made upon agri-
cultural topics. He kept to his subject; he did
not seek for adventitious aid from without, but
within the scope of its limits he contrived to deliver
an inatrucive and interesting address, which may
well serve as counsel and consolation to other parts
of the country besides that for which it was imme-
diately designed, as ho observed, " we must look
for the future more to producing beef and mutton
than cereal crops ;" and, by way of explaining the
feasibility of such coming to pass, he states that by
the rapid transit of railways people nowadays can
buy meat and take it to London, Birmingham, and
Manchester very much easier thus in the olden days
they could forward it to Bristol. Sir LAWRENCE is in
favour of the malt tax being modified slightly, con-
sidering that it presses with undue weight upon the
agricultural interest. Unfortunately there is no
immediate prospect of this tax being altered while
Mr GLADSTONE remains in office, for it is pro-
verbial that the right hon. gentleman always
slights the interest of the landed portion of the
community, and turns his attention to changes
that will affect or benefit the manufacturing
interests. Mr KEKEWICII made a few remarks
appropriate to the occasion, and very happily
introduced the fact of the formation of these
societies. He said he had a part in their formation,
and had always recognised their importance. It
Was necessary that a place should be found where
the claims of the honest labouring man should be
recognised and honoured. In speaking of the spread
of these societies all over England the hon. member
added, " It is now a pride and a pleasure for men
of the highest ranks to take the place occupied by
our excellent Chairman this day, and I should not
be surprised to see the day when the future King
of England may be the Chairman of a ' ploughing-
match' dinner !" This is the true spirit in which
t o view such undertakings as opportunities for con-
necting, at least partially, the separate parts of the
community, of affording neutral ground for the dis-
cussion of important matters relative to great inte-
rests, and, above all, to foster that spirit of good.
will amongst all classes, which is one of the greatest
blessings that society can experience, and without
which the most fair-seeming institutions and
wealthiest population can never really flourish.

Her Majesty's Theatre.
JULLIEN S CONCERTS,

The admirable concerts at this theatre are fast draw-
ing to a close, in consequence of the stage beikg required
very shortly for operatic performances. Last night there
was a very full attendance, the great attraction being the
performance of the Danish Guards, the Danish vocalists,
and M. Lotto. Irrespective of the beforementioned artists,
we had a very excellent selection of music, both classical
and modern, so judiciously arranged that the peculiar
taste of nearly every person present was graified, and that
in a very high degree. The concert opened with Weber's
magnificent overture to "Der Freischutz,"whicla was given
with great precision and effect by the band; and then fol-
lowed one of those light sad pretty valses identical with the
name of Jullien, viz., " Rosita." Benedict's brilliant fan-
tasia for the pianoforte, " The Prince of Wales," was ex.
coedingly well played by Mdlle. Mariot de Beauvoisin ;
and M. Lotto, as usual, astonished the audience by his
execution of Paganini's solo fir the violin, on the theme,
"Di Tanti Palpiti." This accomplished musician produced
all the original variations, notwithstanding the extreme
difficulty of the composition, his tones being full,
round, and resonant. The prestissimo passages
perhaps created the greatest effect; but, as a
whole, the performance was one of great merit.
Mdlle. Liebhart sang Verdi's " Caro norno cho it mio core,"
mom " ltigoletto," which, with the performance of the
Danish Guards, and a solecti,n, by the orchestra, from
M ozart's grand opera " Don Giovanni," concluded the first
portion of the concert. The Danish vocalists, during the
first and second part of the concert, sang one of their
national songs " Et Bondebryllup," a melody invariably
sung in chores by the peasants of Zealand to welcome a
bride to her future home; which with their ether perform-
ances, created the usual enthusiasm. In the concluding
part of the concert a Danish fantasia, arranged by M.
Jullien, entitled " Daneke Toner," was admirably per-
formed. All the peculiarities of the Danish Guards' Beni
were fully brought out, and the concluding theme, the air
sung by the vocalists and before adverted to, performed
with the aid of Jullien's band, brought the evening's enter-
tainment to a successful conclusion.

COVERED WITH BEES.—It is a peculiarity of
bees that they will suffer some men to handle them
with impunity. Wildman was a man who seems to have
had an unusual attraction for them, or command over
them, as he termed it, though it is not easy to comprehend
how a man could have command over four thousand or five
thousand insects. On one occasion ho paid a visit to Dr
Templeton, the then Secretary of the Society for
the Encouragement of Arts, to prove to him how com-
pletely bees submitted to his influence. He was brought
through the city in a sedan-chair, and, it is to be pre.
sumed, into the doctor's room, for when he presented
himself his head and face were covered with bees,
and a huge cluster cf them hung down like a
beard from his chin. Notwithstanding this novel appen-
dage, he conversed wi.h the ladies and gentlemen who were
present for a considerable timewithout disturbing the insees,
and finally dismissed them to their hive without anybody
being stung. The fame of his performances reaching Lord
Spencer, he invited him to Wimbledon to meet a large party
of his friends. The countess had provided three stocks for
the occasion. Ile took one of the hives and emptied the
living occupants into his hat to show that it was not neces-
sary to destroy the bees in order to deprive them of their
honey. lie next presented himself with a colony hanging
about his head and from his chin, and then stepping out of
a window on to the lawn, where ho had directed a table
covered with a clean cloth to be placed, he put them back.
into the hive, He then made them come out again and
swarm about in the air, after which he caused them to settle
on the table, and from thence he took them up by handfuls,
and poured them out of his hand, as if they had no more
feeling than pebbles, and finally concluded this portion of
his entertainment by causing them to re-enter that hive.
His lordship was too unwell to be present at these experi-
ments, so, later in he afternoon, he was taken into his
lordship's room with all three of the stocks hanging about
him at one time, one on his head, ono on his breast, and
the other on his arm, from which places he afterwards
trans!erred them to his head and face, so that he was quite
blinded, and was led in this condition to the lawn in front
of his lordship's window. He next requested that a horse
might be brought round, which was done, the horse having
been first well clothed to guard against accidents. First
taking the bees out of his eyes that he might see what he
was about, he mounted the horse with the bees hanging
about him, and rode backwards and forwards repeatedly,
until the company had seen enough of his performance,
when he dismounted and placed the bees on the table,
from whence he dismissed them to their respective hives. It
is worthy of remark, that though there were a great many
persons present on this, as on the previous occasion, yet
nobody was stung.—Dickens' "All the Year Round,"
The Indian telegraphs which connect together
Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Delhi, and all the prin•
cipal towns in India, are now advanced eastwards as far as
Rangoon, and the routes thence to China and to Australia,
by way of Singapore, Java, and Timor, are almost entirely
in comparatively shallow water so far as the submarine
part of the line is concerned, "and do not otherwise,"
writes Sir Charles Bright, " offer any difficulty which
should prevent our having daily telegrams from Hong
Kong, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, and Brisbane within
three years from this day."
THE STATUE OF FATHER MATLIEW.—The un-
veiling of the statue recently erected in Cork in
honour of Theobald Mathew, the epos le of temperance, took
!Awe on Monday, and was tho most imposing ceremony
which ever took place in that city. Having traversed the
principal streets in the city, the procession arrived opposite
the statue in Patrick street, and atter an inaugural address
by the Mayor, the statue was unveiled amidst the deafen-
ing cheers of the many thousand persons present. The
entire proceedings passed off without disturbance or acci-
dent of any kind, and were totally devoid of any sectarian
or party spirit.

THE COST OF CAEROWYN. By Mary Howitt.
3 vols.—" Mary Howitt has powers as a narrator which
may almost be termed unique, so singularly graceful and
felicitous is her pen. There can be no doubt of the exceed-
ing beauty and interest of this story. It is at,once
fascinating, and instructive to a high degree. he
most attractive personage in the tale, Simeon Hughes, is
one of those creations that v ill be remembered of all readers
like the Adam Ihde.of Miss Evans, or the Jeannie Deans
of Sir Walter Scott,"—,star.