The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-27 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

DEBORAH.

Madame Ristori appeared in a new character last
evening—the heroine of a German drama, which
has been rendered into Italian by Signor Cerri, and
into English by Mr. Charles Kenney. The scene
of the story is laid in Styria, in the middle of the
past century, when the Jews were expelled from
Hungary, and a groupe of them happening to halt
in the neighbourhood of a Styrian village, Deborah,
a Jewish maiden, engages and returns the affections
of a young farmer named Alberto, who, though be-
trothed to the daughter of his pastor, persuades her
to desert both her people and her faith, and accom-
pany him to America. The sudden illness, however,
of his father restores the young man to a sense of
duty, and, crushing his infatuation, he marries his
betrothed. The poor Jewess, ignorant of his false-
hoed, steals into the village that she may meet him ;
and there seeing him leave the church
a bridegroom, a terrible revulsion ensues
in her heart ; all her affection turns tor•
fury, and launching on him her malediction, she
leaves him with the promise that in five years she
will return and obtain in some shape her revenge.
This interval is supposed to have ensued at the
opening of the last act, and Deborah, true to her
word, again confronts the farmer, who is now a
father as well as a husband—when, on learning that
he had been instrumental in obtaining an edict
from the Emperor for the protection of her people,
as an offset to his wrong to her—a second revulsion
restores her heart to all its tenderness and kindness,
and, blessing him and his family, she bids adieu to
him for ever.

Though not without some merit in its pictures o„
Styrian manners, this drama, on the whole, i
very meagre and diffuse, and owes all its vitality
to the character of the young Jewess, to whom it
assigns but one great scene—that of her parting
from her lover. This scene, however, is one that
affords no little scope to the unequalled powers of
Madame Ristori; and, whether in its pathos or in its
fury, stands out as one of the finest instances of her
genius which she has yet exhibited. Poor as we are
compelled to think this drama the surprising gran-
deur of the scene, must be accepted we arc quite
sure as a sufficient reason for the plays production.
It is needless, we presume to add, that the audience
thoroughly recognised the claims of the perform-
ance, and summoned Mdme. Ristori before them
with more than their usual ardour.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean's Readings for

the Shakspere Fund.

Last evening's Farewell Readings, by Mr. and
and Mrs. Charles Kean, in St. James's-hall, in
aid of the Shakspere Fund, if judged merely by
the enthusiasm of the applause accorded to those
two distinguished artistes, must be pronounced at
once and with all emphasis, and without one par-
ticle of reservation, a brilliant and even triumphant
success. It was unfortunate that the very night
selected for thesa Readings should also, as it fell
out, be the night chosen by the Guards for their
grand complimentary Ball and Banquet to their
Royal Highnesses. Otherwise, the occasional stall-
seats, and even here and there an entire row of stall-
seats, observable last evening in St. James's Hall
as vacant, would, we may rest assured, have been
occupied, like the rest of the vast area, with atten-
tive and appreciative witnesses of the ovation
received by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean.
An ovation all the more earnest; of course,
for the two paramount reasons—that those
eminent performers were there upon the
platform at the head of the hall in their individual
characters, to afford fresh evidence of their remark-
able powers, in homage especial!), to the genius of
our glorious Shakspere—and that they were there
also, for, in very truth, positively their last public
appearance here in England, prior to their depar-
ture for Australia and their sojourn at the antipodes
for the chief part of a twelvemonth, After their reci-
tations, now in dialogue, now in soliloque, of various
scenes from "King John"—scenes referring exclu-
sively to the pathetic history of Prince Arthur—the
second part of the evening's entertainment, after
the customary pause of ten minutes had elapsed,
enabled the audience to listen to the recitation by
Mrs. Charles Kean of Hood's exquisite poem of
" The Bridge of Sighs," and by Mr. Charles Kean,
first of Professor Aytoun's nervous and heart-mov-
ing Ballad descriptive of " The Execution of Mon-
trose," and lastly of Lord Macaulay's soul-stirring
Lay of Ancient Rome—" Horatius Cocles"—the
latter being the very climax and glory of the whole
evening's performance.
(From the Times.)

The readings and recitations by which Mr. and Mrs,
Charles Kean took leave of the London public last night at-
tracted a numerous and brilliant audience, who were most
enthusiastic in their applause.

(From the Daily News.)
The hall, in spite of many counter attractions, including
the Guards' ball, was well filled with a distinguished audi-
ence, and these two popular actors were received with well-
deserved applause. It is not the custom to criticise a per-
formance given for a public or benevolent object, and we
therefore do little more than record the pieces read or re-
cited. There were selections from Shakspere's play of
" King John ;" Professor Aytoun's spirited ballad, " The
Execution of Montrose ;" Hood's "Bridge of Sighs," and
the best of Lord Mat.aulay's rather rhetorical Roman bal-
lads, " Horatius Codes." The play was almost equally
divided between Mr. and Mrs. Kean, whil-, the two ballads
were reci‘ed with great dramatic effect by Mr. Kean, and
Hood's poem was given by Mrs. Kean with taste and
feeling.

. (From the Era.)
The earnest welcome accorded to Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Kean on their appearance was followed frequently through-
out the evening by sudden bursts of spontaneous applause,
and at the conclusion a round of acclamations, again and
again renewed, demonstrated in the most emphatic manner
the public sense of the great treat that they had that night
enjoyed. Remembering that these distinguished artistes
would in the course of a few more days be on their way to
Melbourne, the audience lingered yet to bestow another
affectionate expression of their good wishes and a more
triumphant proof of the high position which Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Kean have gained for themselves in the estimation
of society could not have been manifested.
(From the Herald.) ,
That the final performance previous to Mr. and Mrs.
Kean's departure for Australia should have been so signal
a triumph was gratifying. Such a triumph, indeed, will
involve a repetition of the " Readings and Recitations" on
the return of the accomplished pair from Australia, since
whoever was present last night must needs desire to see
again such another matchless exhibition of skill and inspi-
ration. Mr. and Mrs. Kean were recalled after each per-
formance, and at the end made their appearance to a voci-
ferous and universal summons, and were received with the
utmost enthusiasm.

(From the Iforning Advertiser.)
It would not be easy to overpraise the skill displayed
in these recitations, which were all characterised by the
perfection of the descriptive art, and drew from the audience
the most enthusiastic plaudits. Had not the programme
been too full to admit of repetitions, everything must have
been given in duplicate, Matters were, however, well
managed as to quantum as well as quality, and a highly
gratified audience retired at an early and decent hour.

THE PRECEDENCE OF EDINBURGH OVER DUBLIN.

—The correspondence between Sir George Grey
and the various parties concerned in the decision of this
question was published yesterday morning. The report of
Sir Bernard Burke, the Ulster King at Arms, to the Lord-
Lieutenant of Ireland, together with the correspondence of
the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, has been forwarded to Sir
Charles Young, Garter King at Arms, for his remarks.
These are given as the last document produced in the case,
and the opinion of the Garter King at Arms appears to be
most decidedly in favour of Edinburgh.
ANOTHER NEW METAL.—SIDERIII3I.—In the
development of his invention for the production,
on a commercial scale, of the metal magnesium, which we
hope at no distant period to see extensively introduced as a
substitute for silver, Mr. E. Sonstadt, of Loughborough,
has discovered a new metal in the "carcase" remaining
and igtheniting
the
chloride of
magnesium is obtained by evaporating
chlorides of magnesium and sodium. In
many of its reactions this new metal corresponds almost
pr ecisely with iron, tor which metal it has probably hitherto
been mistaken. The blue, as in the case of iron, is obtained
with the prussiates of potash, hut, unlike iron, this bue is
unchanged, or only turned purple, by the addition of am-
monia, whatever the excess. When the precipitate by au
alkali is ignited, it is reduced to a dark spongy mass before
the blow-pipe or charcoal with great ,difficulty; this mass
does not fuse, and is not in the least magnetic. The new
metal appears, at present, to occur invariably in connection
with magnesium, which cannot be entirely freed from it.
Mr. Sonstadt has separated the oxide of the metal, but the
process is so tedious that Ji a grain in three weeks is about
the present rate of production. We shall shortly be en-
abled to publish more complete details with reference to
the now metal,—Zning Journal.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.

(Per the Persia.)

NEW YORK, JUNE 17, 1 P.M.

The Indiana enrollment excitement continues. A
general disinclination to submit to the draft is ap-
parent all over the country.
A military board has been appointed to settle the
claims of Generals Butler, Fremont, 111‘CleHan,
Banks, and Dix for military precedence of rank.
Mr. Vallandigham has arrived at Wilmington
en route for Nassau.

Senator Cameron has made a speech at Harris-
burg, declaring that the neglect of Pennsylvania by
the Administration was reckless and disgraceful,
and urging the appointment of Gen. M'Clellan or
Franklin to command the militia for the protection
of the State.
The latest advices from Gen. Lee state that he
has pushed a very large force up the Shenandoah
Valley, and there is no doubt that he is throwing
his whole army towards Maryland and the interior
of Pennsylvania, and not moving to give battle on
Bull Run.

General Hill's corps has been seen in the neigh-
bourhood of Point of Rocks, and the Confederates
have invested Harper's Ferry on the Virginia side.

The Baltimore correspondent of the New York
Herald says:—" General Ewell with 18,000 men
has the advance of General Lee's army, and Lee,
with Hill and Longstreet, is moving northward,
and keeping between Ewell and Hooker. General
Hooker is moving to follow Lee wherever he goes,"
General Fitzhugh Lee is reported to have been
severely wounded,

The Confederates under General Jenkins, 3,500
strong, are encamped around Chambersburg. News
is awaited of their future movements.

The steamer Norwegian was wrecked on the 4th
on St. Paul's Island, in a dense fog. A l the pas-
sengers, crew, mails, and baggage were saved.
Official advices from Vicksburg to the 12th inst.
report that the siege was progressing favourably.
The Confederates occupy Canton and Yazoo
city in force. Richmond papers of the 13th inst.
assert that General Johnstone has cut his way
through Grant's lines with his whole army, by
which it was expected he could raise the siege.
This news is not generally credited, but there is no
doubt that Johnstone, largely reinforced, is ad-
vancing against Grant.
President Lincoln has sent a reply to the com-
mittee, who forwarded him the resolutions passed
at the Albany Vallandigham meeting. The Presi-
dent says that the ordinary law courts are inade-
quate to the emergency. He continues military
arrests, and the suspension of the Habeas Corpus
Act are constitutional whenever public safety
demands it.

" Mr. Vallandigham wan arrested by the military
because he was warring against the military, by
labouring to prevent the raising of troops and en-
couraging ilesertion." President Lincoln states
that he does not know whether in his own discre-
tion he would have arrested Mr. Vallandigham, but
he thinks commanders in the field better judges of
particular cases. He will discharge Mr. Vallan-
digham as soon as he can by any means believe that
public safety will not suffer by it.
The privateer Clarence, the tender of the Florida,
has captured seven brigs and schooners off Virginia
Cape. The captain of the Clarence transferred his
guns to the barque Sacony, which he captured, and
burned the Clarence. Twenty-five Federal vessels
have left Northern ports to capture the Sacony and
the Coquette.

The privateer Japan captured the ship Dictator.
It is rumoured that the privateer was seen fifteen
miles north-west of Cape Room.
The Spanish steamer Soler, from Havanna to
Mobile, was wrecked on the 26th ult. The cargo
was worth five hundred thousand dollars.

NEW YORK, JUNE 17 (Morning).

General Lee, with an army estimated at 100,000
men, including 30,000 cavalry, has commenced an
offensive campaign against the Northern States, the
plans of which are not yet fully developed.
The following are the operations up to the pre-
sent time:—

General Jackson's old corps, commanded byE well,
supposed to number 18,000 strong, passed through
Culpepper last week, cn route for the Shenandoah
Valley. On Saturday last Ewell attacked Milroy
at Winchester, and on Sunday night carried the
outer works of Winchester by storm. Milroy then
spiked his guns, and retreated towards Harper's
Ferry, but was interrupted on the Martinsburg
Road, and compelled to cut his way through, reach-
ing Harper's Ferry with the loss of 2,000 men. On
Saturday night the Confederates captured Perry-
ville and the small Federal forts at that point, and
on Sunday night they attacked Martinsburg, com-
pelling the Federals there to retreat to Harper's
Ferry.

On Monday morning the Confederates occupied
Hagerstown, Maryland, advancing northward from
there in three columns, each column said to consist
of 5,000 cavalry, with infantry and artillery.
On Monday night the Confederates occupied
Greencastle and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
They were reported to be still at Chambersburg at
midnight yesterday, and it is not known whether
they propose to march from Chambersburg to
Harrisburg, Pittsburg, or Baltimore. In conse-
quence of General Lee's movements, General
Hooker's whole army including the forces on the
south side of the Rappahannock, left Falmouth on
Sunday morning, marching to Fairfax station, via
Dumfries, and arriving at Fairfax on Monday
night. Belle Plaine and Acquia Creek were
abandoned, and Hooker's base of supplies trans-
ferred to Alexandria.

General Hooker's army at present occupies the
old Bull Run battle ground, and the line of the
Orauge and Alexandria Railroad.
General Lee's main army is said to have crossed
the river at Rappahannock station, and to have
moved off towards Warrington, and General Lee
is now supposed to be on the westerly side of Bull
Run Mountains, somewhere about White Plains or
Front Royal.

A battle on the old Bull Run battle ground is

expected.

It was rumoured yesterday that General Lee, by
a flank movement, had cut off and captured the
entire sixth corps of General Hooker's army.

General Lee's invasion has created an immense
sensation throughout the Northern States. Presi-
dent Lincoln has called out 120,000 militia from
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Western Virginia, Ohio,
and New York, for six months service. The Go-
vernors of the different States responded promptiv,
and the New York seventh regiment and several
others leave for Harrisburg to-day. The Governor
of Pennsylvania has called upon the Governor of
New Jersey for the services of the nine months
soldiers just returned. Several regiments volun-
teered.

The Governor of New Jersey also issued a stirring
appeal to the people of Pennsylvania. not to stand