The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-21 00:00:00

Gallery of illustration.

Mr German Reed has just produced another new
opera, entitled " The Sergeant's Legacy," written
by Mr John Oxenford, and the music by Mr G. A.
Macfarren. The plot of the opera is very simple,
but the words and the music to which they are
set are beyond praise. A soldier has a friend who
dies after the battle of Salamanca, but just before
he expires charges him to return to England and
seek out an only and beloved child that he lett
behind him. He calls her Charley, though her name
was Charlotte, and this incident gives rise to a
great deal of humour, in which the vocal powers
of Miss Poole, well known as a popular favourite,
of Miss R. Henderson, and of Messrs Whiffin and
G. A. Shaw were displayed to perfecticn in several
duets and quartettes. They were loudly applauded.
There is also considerable merriment produced by
the character of a "jolly widow" that Miss Poole
sustains to perfection, and in which she displays
those rare comic and vocal powers that have made
her so long a favourite in the musical world. Tne
novelty was a complete success, and will certainly
bt.cotne highly attractive. We have to award great
praise to Mrs. G. A. Macfarren, who played the
whole of the accompaniments on the pianoforte in
the most artistic and brilliant manner.

CHARITABLE P ERFORM ANCE ON BOARD A
STEAMER.—The steam packet 11.1wis, of the Messageries
Imperiales Company, sailed last month from Marseilles to
Alexandria, and on touching at Messina took on board
Md me. Ristori and her troop of comedians to convey them
to Egypt. The commander of the Maoris thought it a good
opportunity to avail himself of Mule, Ristori's splendid
talents for a charitable purpose, and he requested her to
organise a representation for the sufferers by the fire at
Limoges, Mdme. Ristori willingly assented, and after the
performance a collection was made among the passen-
gers and ship's company, which produced a sum of 2,100 f.
(£34),

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

DENMARK.

COPENHAGEN, OCT. 21, 10.9 A.M.
Their Royal. Highnesses the Prince and Princess
will leave Copenhagen to-morrow.

The Ryvepostera of to.clay says :--The peace nego
ciations at Vienna are not yet terminated, instrac.
tions upon the financial questions having been sent
as late as the day before yesterday to the Danish
Plenipotentiaries at the Conference."

SPAIN..
MADRID, OCT. 20.

The Nuticias of to-day declares the rumour that
the Government iniended to circulate at a forced
rate the notes of the Bank, or to alter the value of
coined money, false.

CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS—
ADEXANDRIA, Ocr. 20,
The Baroda left here at 10 a.m. on the 18th, and
the Ripon at 4 p.m. on the 191 inst.
The former may be expected at Marseilles on the
24th, and the latter at Southampton about the Ist
November.

The Calcutta, China, and Australian Nails

SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steamer
Delhi, Captain Kellock, arrived at 11 a.m. to-day with the
above mails and 75 passengers. On freight she has six
packages specie value £15,000, also 1,126 bales silk and 127
packages sundries. The Delhi left Alexandria on the 9th;
Malta, 12th; and Gibraltar on the 16th instant, and has
made a rapid passage, with moderate SE breezes through-
out.

The usual Egyptian fleet was at Alexandria.
Her Majesty's ship] at Malta.—• Resistance, Revenge,
Meeanee, Gibraltar, Orlando, Psyche, Racer, Firefly, and
Chanticleer.

Tho Marlborough was to sail on the 13th. The En-
chantress, with the Lords of the Admiralty on board, was
to pail on the 16th instant,

Her Majesty's ship Procris and Redpole were at Gibra:
tar.

GIBRALTAR, Oct. 16.

The Z wagcz 1, upon which, when partially built, the
expetiment was tried of clothing her with iron plates, is
now abandoned. Ihe plating is pronounc:d a failure, and
after the ship having some millions of reals spent upon
her she is useless.

The Spanish sailing frigate Ferrolana, 30 guns, Captain
Aicardo, from Carthagena, arrived in Cadiz on the 12th
inst. This frigate is destined by royal order to proceed
to Santo Domingo.

The screw frigate Carmen, which was being got ready
for sea at Carthagena, would proceed to SpEzzia, to receive
on board and convey to Spain their Royal Highnesses the
Duke and Duchess de Montpensier.
At Gibraltar Exchange on London, 90 days, was quoted
50; on Paris, 5f ;oa Nar eilles, Of 30c ; Genoa, 5130 c
to 31o; M tdrid, eight days' sight, par to a dis.
The following vessels from England had arrived at Gib-
raltar since last mail :—The brig Billow, from Newport—
the schooner Gwalia, from Cardiff—the steamers Grecian
and Atlas, from Liverpool—the brig Ana, from Llanc.lly—
the schooner Hawendale, from Swansea—the schooner At-
lantic, from Cardiff—the barque SeAower, from Sunder-
land—the brigantine Jane, from Runcorn—the steamer
Clotilda, from London—the steamer Danube from Liver-
pool—and the brig Shields, from Cardiff.
The brig Parkside, from Palermo for Glasgow, arrived at
Gibraltar, reports that on the 29th September, at 5 p.m.,
while off Cape Spartivento, bearing Nby E E, distant
about 20 miles, saw a schooner, with hull painted black,
under all plain sail, suddenly disappear; not the least
vestige of her to be seen afterwards.