The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-28 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Major-Gen. Lord William Pa- ulet, C. 8., Lieut.-
Governor of Portsmouth, and Commanding-in-

Chief the south-west district, with Vice-Admiral
Sir Michael Sqmour, G.C.8,, Naval Commander-
in-Chief at Portsmouth and in the south-west dis-
trict, embarked yesterday on board the Fire Queen
steam yacht, Staff Commander Paul, and crossed
over to Osborne on a visit to her Majesty.

The St. Lawrence East Indiaman arrived at
Portsmouth on Tuesday afternoon with the follow-
ing troops and passengers on board :—Majors Pinter
and Lawrence; Capts. Knapp and Palliser ; Lieuts.
Helyer, Hutchens, Pulleyn, and Swindley ; Cornets
Cooke, Chambers, and Maritam ; Vet.-Surg. Grey ;
Assist.-Surg. Sherlock, Riding-master Pick worth ;
Mrs. Pinter and Mrs. Sherlock ; and 216 men of the
Bth Hussars, 5 women, and 11 children. The left
wing was disembarked yesterday, under the super-
vision of Col. Shadwell, Assist.- Quartermaster
General for the south-west district, and was sent
on at 2 p.m. by special train to Brighton, where
for the present the regiment will be quartered. The
St. Lawrence left Calcutta on the 13th of January,
calling at the Cape of Good Hope on the Ist of
March, and at St. Helena on the 12th of March.
Three deaths occurred on the voyage.
The bhip Newcastle, 1,135 tons, one of Messrs.
Green's Blaekwall fleet), Commander Wm. Symons,
from Calcutta Jan. 16, and St. Helena March 10,
arrived at Spithead yesterday morning, with the
headquarters of the Ist battalion of the 13th Foot on
board, in the following strength—Lient.- Col. J. W.
Cox, C. 8., in command; Capts. G. S. Twynam and
A. G. Onslow ; Lieuts. D. B. Persse, R. F. King
(acting Adjt.), W. G. Smith, and A. C. Cunning-
hams ; Ensigns R.Warren (Instructor of Musketry) ;
C. F. Powell, A. S. Hart, and W. F. Middleton ;
Assist.-Surg. P. N. Jackson (in medical charge),
and one officer's wife, 24 sergeants, 15 corporals, 4
buglers, 240 privates, 8 soldiers' wives, and 8 chil-
dren. Ensigns Powell and Hart and 27 men are on
the sick list. One child has been born since the date
of embarcation at Calcutta, and one schoolmaster
and one private soldier have died. Soon after the
ship's arrival had been telegraphed to head-quarters
orders were received in return directing her to pro-
ceed on to Dover, 'where the troops will disembark
and join the left wing. At 3 p.m. the Newcastle
was towed by a Government steam tug clear of the
east end of the Isle of Wight, where she made sail,
with the wind at south-east.

On Tuesday a draught of the 2d battalion of the
20th Regiment, numbering 36 non-commissioned
officers and men, under the command of Captain C,
Fahie, left Chatham garrison for Dover, there to
embark on board her Majesty's screw steamer Ad-
venture, 400 horse power, for China, to augment
the service companies of that regiment.
On Tuesday th.., 9th Lancers passed through
Liverpool on their way to Dublin.

Stratford-on-Avon Tercentenary Festival,

STRATFORfI•ON-AVON, Wednesday Evening.

Last night the series of theatrical amusements
commenced, and the aspect cf the interior of the
Pavilion was completely changed. During the per-
formance of the " Messiah," on Monday, the appear-
ance of the building was newly the same as during
the banquet, chairs being substituted for tables.
The principal singers occupied the site of the pre-
sident's table, the band replaced the newspaper
reporters and the boys of the choir, and the
portion of the upper gallery at the back, com-
prising three sides of the dodecagon, was filled
by the chorus. The tenants of the chairs in the
arena or pit, which is the place of honour, like the
stalls of an ordinary theatre, sat therefore with
their backs to the stage, which was directly oppo-
site to the orchestra. Last night the orchestra had
been removed and the chairs all turned round, so
that the front of the house on Tuesday was yester-
day the back.
The visitors of the Festival had now ample op-
portunity to admire the beautiful drop curtain,
painted and presented by Mr. Telbin. It is after
the model of the drop scene at the Princess's, of
which, however, it is not a copy. The centre is oc-
cupied by the well-known statue of Shakspere, with
a view of Stratford Church in the background.
This is supposed to stand in a vestibule, which is
hung with a rich crimson drapery, studded all over
with the initial letter " S," save where there are
two medallions respectively containing the figures
of the Tragic and Comic Vase. The beau colour
of the drapery is relieved by two curtains of white
satin, looped up at the topmast corner of the pic-
ture. To this drop-scene the proscenium forms a
massive frame, too large allegorical figures, repre-
sentiug " Genius" and " Immortality," standing on
each side.

Were I writing for London playgoers only I
should consider I had rendered myself sufficiently
intelligible if I simply stated that "Twelfth Night''
was performed by the Haymarket company with
Haymarket scenery, and was followed by " My
Aunt's Advice (one of the innumerable versions of
" Livre 1., Chapitre M."), with Mr. Sothern in the
principal character. Since, however, for the pre-
sent week, Stratford, not London, is the theatrical
capital of England, aid the Warwickshire public
has not got Haymarket usages at its fingers'. ends,
it is as well to give the official programme entire :
" In the evening, at seven o'clock, will be represented, by
the company of the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London,
Shakspere's comedy of "Twelfth Night; or, What you
Will :"

Orsinoown.. (Duke of Illyria.. .. Mr. Howe.
Sebastian (a young gentleman, brother to Viola) Mr
Wearthersby.
Antonio (a sea captain, friend to Sebastian) .. Mr Braid
Fabian.. 1
Roberto (a sea captain, friend to Viola), Mr W. Gordon
Curio
Mr Clark
Valentine 1 Lords attending on the Duke fMr Worrell
Sir Toby Belch (uncle to the Lady Olivia) ..Mr Rogers
Sir Andrew Agnceheek Mr Buckstone
Malvolio (steward to Olivia) ..Mr Chippendale
Servants to Olivia jr Compton
A Priest{ Mr W. Farren
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Mr Cullenford
First Officer.... Mr Coe. Second Officer.... Mr James
Olivia (a rich Countess) Miss H. Lindley
Viola (in love with the Duke) Mies Louisa Angel
Maria (Olivia's woman) Mrs B. Fitzwilliam
Lords, Priests, Sailors, Officers, Musicians, and other

Attendants.
Scene.--A City in Illyria' and the sea coast near it.
After which, a Comedietta in one act, adapted from the
French of MM. Pierron and Laferriere, by Mr Sothern,
entitled "My Aunt's Advice."
Mr Charles Arundel Mr Howe
Captain Howard Leslie Mr So thern
Mrs Charles Arundel Miss Nelly Moore
Jane Miss Coleman.
The performance thus announced was honoured
by the immediate patronage of Lord Carlisle, who
aat in the centre of the front row of the arena,
with Lord Shaftesbury, Lord Leigh, Sir Robert
Hamilton, and other distinguished visitors already
mentioned in the report of Saturday's banquet,
ranged on each side of him. The audience was
more numerous than at either of the concerts. This
was expected, since to a large agricultural popu-
lation resident in the vicinity of Stratford a
play acted in anything approaching the London
manner,
and illustrated by London scenery,
such as is painted now, must be a wonderful exhi..
bition. The Birmingham Theatre, it is true, holds
a high rank among provincial establishments, and
there is a theatre at Leamington ; but Birmingham
is sufficiently distant to leave Stratford a public of
its own, and the Leamington house, I am informed,
is not greatly patronised. Moreover, the magnifi-
cent Pavilion is in itself well worth seeing.

The play was well selected, for it not only suits
the Haymarket company, but it has recently been
decorated with beautiful scenes iilustratirg the
Illyrian country, in which the action nominally
takes place, and therefore widely different from the
conventional pictures ordinarily used in provincial
theatres. The costumes are partially of the modern
Greek kind; those of Sebastian and Viola (once
dressed as a conventional page) being more conspi-
cuous than the rest. All these scenes and dresses
were brought down to the Pavilion by Mr. Buck-
stone, and by the inhabitants of a country town and
the rural district around it the performance might
really be enjoyed as a series of remarkable pictures.
Londoners, provided every year with a stock of sen-
sation scenes, and violently stimulated by astound-
ing " effects," can scarcely imagine the impression
which a piece perfectly put upon the stage pro-
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