The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-13 00:00:00

ADELPIII THEATRE,

Miss Bateman terminated her engagement at the
Adelphi, on Saturday, with all that enthusiasm
which she has maintained in London for upwards
of eight months. Called before the curtain at the
conclusion of " Leah," and led forward by Mr. Ben-
jamin Webster, she was greeted with a shower of
bouquets so profuse that she did not know what
to do with her floral treasures, and could only carry
them from the stage with the assistance of the
courteous manager.
Althoug;a Adelphi season still continues, and
is likel— to continue for months to come, the
tem-
por,ry retirement of the young American actress,
who so suddenly and so permaEently became an
idol of the public, furnished an occasion fitted for a
speech, and the following, short, bat much to the
purpose, was accordingly delivered by Mr. Web-
ster, when the fair Western star had set bviliod the
curtain

"Ladies and Gentlemen)—l am very proud to
witness the ovation you. biore just paid to this
and I think I may venture to
talented young 15,:37,
sly justly Laid to her. To produce a suzeessful
piece a pleasing event in any manager's career,
these boards have witnessed many extra-
ordinary successes, but to produce a- great artist is
a rare event in tiny theatre, for they are like angels'
visits, few and far between, especially one so gifted
mentally and physically as Miss Bateman. During
211 nights Miss Bateme n has in the one character of
Leah excited the interest of the public, and their
judgment is seldom in tue wrong. She has proved
chat genuine talctit, genuine art, will ever have its
attractions even with the highest in the realm. I
a".../ happy to inform you that Miss Bateman will
reappear here on the 2d of January next, to achieve,
I trust, in other characters fresh triumphs, and
until then she most gratefully, cordially, and re-
spectfully bids you farewell."

The latter part of the speech was received with
acclamations, Possibly, many of the
feared•that the theatrical favourite of the last eight
months had taken leave of them for ever. At ell
eNents, the official prediction that she would reap-
pear after Christi:L.l4s, and perform new parts, was
received with tumuLuous acclamation. audi floe

PRESENTATION To CAPTAIN JAY,,—Captain Jay
and the members of his troop or Horse Artillery,
had the honour of entertaining at a banquet at the Armoury
House, on the 10th ult., the Lieutenant Colonel of the
H.A.C., Lord Colville, and a distinguished party, among
whom were the Earl of Mount Charles, the Marquis of
Ormonde, Admiral Stanley, Colonels Douglas and Palmer,
and other distinguished military personages. Seventy
gentlemen sat down to a most sumptuous dinner. The
distinction which this troop has obtained was made the
subject of warm eulogy in a very able speech on military
matters, delivered during the evening by Lord Mount
as a mthaisrkeoufpthiseirre
Charles, and which his lordship remarked N.Vwachs
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to the judicious command and discipline which had been
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raised and held the first commission in the troop of horse
pre-
sented by the gentlemen under his command, in token of
their personal regard, and in acknowledgment of his great
exertions on behalf of the troop. Sth June, 1864."
THE CHANNEL SQUADRON.—Plyrnouth, Monday,
,10 a.m.—Wind, southerly ; squally. Fires were
lighted in the furnaces of the Channel Squadron at 7 o'clock
this morning. The screw steamship Prince Contort, 35,
Captain George 0 Willes, C. 8., hove short at 9, and at
B. Wainwright, second in
command, followed. The flag
half-past left the Sound by the Western Channel. The
Black Prince, 41, Captain J.
ship Edgar, 71, Captain G.
P. Hornby, is now clearing the western end of the Break-
water, and all is ready for the immediate departure of the
Warrior, 40, Captain Hon. Arthur A. Cochrane, C. 8., and
the Defence, 16, Captain Augu,tus Philimore. •

A lloluiniLE RUMOUR.—The almost incredible
statement is made, says the London Review, that
no fewer than 40,000 Irishwomen ara at this moment
wandering outcasts in New York alone, the mothers, sisters,
and daughters of men who have been plied with drink End
carried off to fill up the broken ranks of the Federal army,
REMINISCENCES OF THE OPERA. By Benjamin
Lnmley,2oyeers Director of Her Aliijesty's Theatre.
—Messrs. Hurst Etaid Blackett have just issued Mr Lumley's
long-expected '`Reminiscences" in one handsome volume.
It will be eagerly perused in all literary, musical, and
fashionable circles. The work compricsaestainannui,mi‘eiraaibiblerainn-,
teres'ang anecdotes and recollections in reference to almost
the principaNlymusicalaurtnisd r
artistes rta,dcomposers of our time,
among whom ill be found
Grisi, Sontag, Jenny Lind, Alboui, Cruvelli, Persiani,
Tietjens, Branibilla, Castellan, Catherine Hayes, Wag-
ner, Piccolcwini, and Rachel; Taglioni, Fanny Ellaler,
Cerito, Dumilatre, Lucile, Grahn, Rosati, &c.; Rubini
Mario, Fraschini, Gardoni, Mariani, Calzolari,
Lablache,Tamburini, Ronconi, Fornasari, Coletti, Menotti,
and Staudigl ; Rossini, Mendelssohn,l4leyerbeer, Donizetti,
Verdi, Haley, Benedict, Balfe, &c,