The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-31 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUES DAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1863,

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-'
SEASON, 1863.
Mr. MAPLESON has the honour to annowece to the no-
bility, gentry, his subs, ribers, and the public, that 11 e
MAJESTY'S THEATRE: will OPEN on SATURDAY, the
11th of April.
He bags leave to preface a synopsis of his arrangements
with a few remarks, which he hopes may be excused byt tls
responsibiity and exigency of his po Rion ; more particularlye
addressin r them to those of the sub cr,Lers and patrons of
Her Majesty's Theatre, who, by r.elr co-dist and liberal
patroriat,e, e abled him to signalise the Se/V.Oll ot last year
b-j special triumphs, and tot t
it to ranch satisfactory
results.
He need scarcely add that, in the gratifying success s)
achieved, he finds the very strongest inducements to increased
exertions for the season about to conimeae
As the reputation of an establishment so inseparably asso-
ciated w.th our grandest must al traditions must be main-
tained by a reco, rse to the highest contemporary talent, It
has been Mr. Mapleson's aim to tp cure sue t artists only as
are doubly distinguished—not alone by brilliancy of talent,
but by tiesliness of voice.
Mr. Mapleson, since the close of last season has visited the
chiet cities of the Continent, and he trusts that his arrange-
ments for the coining season will prove that his time and
exertions have not been in vain.
Operas included in the repertoire of lien Majesty's Theatre
be presented to the subscribers most powerfully sup-
ported ; but such repertoire MP be drawn upon with mode-
ration, as the chief desire of the director is to produce several
new and original works, as well as to revive.
In the ballet deli u tment if will be seen that the director
has been succossful in t mraging the three greatest danscuses
in the world. Arrangements hay. also been concluded with
the most eminent choreographic composers. The ballet will,
therefore, as in olden times, be a very conspicuous feature.
During the recess the entire stage arra, gements have been
remodelled. New scenery has b en painted, as well for the
operas in the repertoire as for the correspondingay splendid
production of the new works referee to ; t. .o whole being
again confided to that accomplished artist, Mr. William Call-
cott. Completeness in the stage department will therefore
be a pr. minent aim of the manage rent; everything pe.sible
being effected towards the realisation of the scene. The en-
tire stage direction has been entrusted to a director of emi-
nence, whose name alone will be a sufficient guarantee.
Every part of the theatre has been thoroughly cleansed and
embellished, and the whole of the decorations carefully re-
; ainted and restored, according to the original designs, by
Messrs. Green and King.
With he earnest resolution of ctrrying out the whole of
the pledges of his prospectus, the director hopes to deserve a
renewal of the enthusiastic suppo t award d to him during
the past season. He is sanguine in believing that the staunch
patrons of the opera will continue to render Her Majesty's
Theatre that which it has always been—the undisputed centre
of fashion and of musical eminence.
ENGAGEMENTS.
PRIME DONNE—SOPRANI:
Madlle. T IT I ENS,
Madlle. ARTOT,
Her First Appearance in England.
Madlle. LOUISE MICHAL,
Madlle. ROSA DE RU DA,
Her Fi•st Appearance; and
Madlle. KELLOGG,
Her First Appearance.
CONTRALTI :
Madame A LBONI,
Madame LE3IA IRE. and
Mdlle. TREBELLI.
PRIMA TENORI
Signor BARAGLI,
Of the Teatro Oriente, Madrid, his First Appearance in
England.
Signor GEREMIA BETTINI,
His First Appearance these six years.
Signor ALESSANDRO BETTINI,
Signor GA MBE TT
Of the Tcatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, his First Appearance ; and
Signor GIUGLINI.
PRIM! BARITONT—BASSI—BuFFI :
Signor DELLE S
His First Appearance at Her Majesty's Theatre.
Mr. SANTLEY,
Signor FAGOT TT,
His First Appearance at Her Majesty's Theatre.
Signor FRICCA,
Of the Royal Opera, Ber in, his First Appearance.
Signor BAGAGIOLO,
Of the Operas of Parma and Barcelona, his First Appearance.
Signor BOSSI.
Signor VIALETTI.
Signor ROVERE.
Signor ZUCCHINI, and
Signor GASSIER.
Other Important Engagements are pending.
Th e above brilliant list of principals will,be supported by;
Madlle. BAL H.STRA.
Madame TACCHANI.
Madlle. CORSI.
Signor SOLDI,
Signor CASA BONI, and
Signor BERTACCIII.
The ORCHESTRA. —The Services of the Orchestra, with
some valuable additions, which !-tat e such satisfaction last
year, have been retained intact. It will be again under the
uaton of its popular chief, Signor ARDITI.
The Military Music will be executed by the renowned band
of the Grenadier Guards, under the direction of Mr.D. GOD-
FREY.
The CHORUS has been selected with great care and discri-
mination from the Italian Operas of Paris, Barcelona, Turin,
and Naples, under the direction of Signor Clll A 1:0 MONT E
(Maestro di Coro (A the Theatre Imperial Italien), Paris.
STAG It; ARRANGEMENTS.
Reeisseur de Ballet, M. Petit.
Suggeritore, Signor Fontana. Regisseur, N. Grua.
Stage Director, Signor *Corsi.
The Scenic Dep rim - nt has again been confided to that emi-
nent artist, Mr. William Callcott.
Artistes Costumiers, Miss Dickenson and Mr. S. May.
The Machinery by Mr. Jones.
The Appointments by Mr. Bradwell.
Gas Engineer, Mr. Kirby.
The opera will commence at eight o'clock on each evening,
and the doors will be opened half an hour before.

The following grand operas will be performed, for the first
time in England:—

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO.

The orchestral score and parts of th s, Signor Verdi's last
opera, with the right of representation, have, at a large out-
lay, been secured from the proprietor, Signor Ricardi, of
Milan, who has bound himself not to supply any other theatre
in England with a copy during the forthcoming season.
The above work will form one of the most attractive novel-
ties f r the subscribers, as it will be produced on a scale of
great magnificence, under the immediate personal superin-
tendence of its renowned c3mposer.
Likewise, for the first time in England, Gounod's admired
opera of FAUST
will be pr duced with new and splendid scenery, decorations,
and appointments, under the personal superintendence of M.
Gounod.

One of the earliest novelties o" the season will be a :new
grand original opera, in louracta, entitled

NICOLI DE' LAPI,

The libretto by the 3111.qiiii;ilasEilinoa'Azeglio, the music
by S (*nor Schira, who will person lly superintend its pro-
duction. Principal characters by Madlle. Titiens, Madlle.
Trebelll, Signor Gassier, Mr. Santiey, Signor Giu,;lini—for
whom the parts have been expressly composed.
Together with a new adaptation of the popular opera,
STIZA DELLA,
produced under the person tsuperintendence of Herr Von
Flotow, its eminent composer.

Also,
F DEMO.
Leonora, Madl le. Titiens ; I supported by a most powerful cast.
A most attractive feature in the arrangements for the sea-
son will be Weber's grand romantic opera of

O BE RON.
the scenery and dresses of which have been prepared with
great care, under the personal superintendence of J. B.
Manche, Esq., the author of the original libretto; while the
whole of the grand music is caretully preserved, and new re-
citatives have been written by Mr. Benedict (pupil of the com-
poser of the great work). The following will be the unpre-
cedented cast:—Sir Huon, Sic. Baragri ; Oberon, Sig. A.
Bettint; Scherasmin, Mr. Santlev • Babekan, Sig. Gassier ;
Fatima, Madame Alboni ; Puck. Madlle. Trebeli ; Mermaid,
Madlle, Kellogg ; Roshana, Madlle. Louise Michal ; Regia,
Madlle. Titiene.

Moz'rt's
NOZZE DI FIGARO

will again be represented with the undermentioned unequal!ed
east :—La Contessa, Madile. Titiens ; Cherubino, Madlle.
Trebelli ; Susanna, Madile. Kellogg.
In addition to which, the repertoire of the season will be
selected from the following operas :
IL PURITANI
IL TROVATORI
E ttNANI
LUCREZI A U )It(i IA
LA TRAVIAT A
IL BAR ItIERE DI SIVIGI. LA Rossini.
GI. I 1,7 G ONOTTI
NOZZ E DI VIG A ItO Mozart.
BALLO IN MA5C11ERA.....••.... Verdi.
ROBERT Lk DTA LE.... ...... Meyerbeer.
LUCIA DI LA MMERMOOR Donizetti.
IL DON GIoVANNI Mozart.
NORMA
RI, JOE. ET I-0
LA. I( I. lA' DEL ItEui GI NE ENTO. Donizetti.
LA 7. INGA RA
MARTA
Flotow.
SEMIRAII IDE Rossini.
LA SONNAMBU LA

THE BALI,Er.
In the ballet depailment it will be seen that the director
has been singularly fortunate in enzaging the greatest cho-
reographic artists in Europe, who will appear in the follow-
ing succession

illad I le. FERRARIS
Ifer First Appearance these two years.
AI/addle. BERI:,TTA.
Of the Teatro San Carlo, N:,ples, her First Appearance.
Madll'.
POCCHINI.
Her First A
MP:rani:3e these two years, assisted by
adlle. BE RTOL ETT r,
Der First Appearance.
bladlle. IDA IDAL lE.
Mad I le. G I ULIANI,
Iler First Appearance.
PRINCIPAL DANCERS :
Signor AMAURO,
Of the San Carlo, Naples, his First Appearance.
Signo FISSI.
Of the Teatro, Milan,r his First Appearance.
Of the CSignor ALL ESANDRO PAUL,
.rl° Felice, Genoa, his First Appearance.
PRIMA MIMO
Sign ATT
tlf the Teatro anaScala, MilanO C,
his Firs,t Appearance.
The Corps de Ballet has been selected with the greatest
re'e, and will be considerably reinforced by numerous addi-
our from La Scala, at Milan.
order to properly utilise such au affluence talent, the
',in. eat°,
E
induced has great gratification In announcing that he has
the eminent choreograph, Signor ROTA, to sit
-usoaltd for the first time, to produce his celebrated ballet,
which wipes BIANCHI E NEGRI,
and eleganeeAyp entire ale of extraordinary completeness
pointments ; anri y New Scenery, Dresses, and Ap-
Iletti, Id in
which adlle. Beretta, Madlle. litrto-
and signor Effiste • - Madlle. Giuliani, Sign or Ammaturo,
-atte will appear.
new Ballet, by Signor
DIANI, will be produced in ,the
FRFAL
early part of the season, entitled
LA
in which Madlle. Ferrara, Au,„,LETTA,_
Signor Allessandro Paul, am, .;atißein
trto letti, Signor Diani,
Signor BORRI, the eminent Ballet Master and C
has been engaged to produce, for the first Composer,
try, his original ballet, entitled e this coma-
LA GIOCOMERA,
in which Signor Fissi, Madlle. Pocchini, and other eminent
artistes will be included. The whole to be
PrOdUCed under
his personal supervision.
The THEATRE will OPEN on SATURDAY, April tub,
when will be performed Verli's favourite Opera, IL TRo.
VATORE. Manrico, Signor Giuglini ; II Conte de Luna,
Mr. Santley ; Azucena, Madame Alboni ; and Leonora,
Madlle. Titiens. After which, a new SERENATA, in honour
of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales._
The music composed expressly for the occasion by Mr.
Cusina ; the words by John Oxeuford. In the course of the
evening the NATIONAL ANTHEM, by the strength of the
company.
The Subscriptions will consist of either Thirty or Forty
Nights, at the option of the subscriber, and the terms will be
as follow :

THIRTY NIGHTS. FORTY NIGHTS.
Pit Bores r 0 Guineas
Grand Tier 2OO ;
One Pair
Two Pair
Orchestra 5ta115.... 25
Tile Box-office of the Theatre is open daily for Subscribers
from 10 to 8, under the direction of Mr. Nugent, where appli-
cations for boxes and stalls are to be made. Also, of Mr.
Mitchell, M, ssrs. Lacon and Collier (Ebers's), Mr. Hookham,
Messrs. Chappell, Mr. Bubb. Messrs. Cock and Hutchings,
Bond-street; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street ; Messrs. Cramer,
spal •. end Wood, liczent-street ; Messrs. Hammond, late
.1,11;bl', itegent-street ; Messrs. Keith, Prowse, and Co..
Claeapidc ; and MesLIO. Leader and Co., Opera Colonnade.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tins DiT.—Morning, 11h. 42m.—Afternoon, —h. —m.
To-moltaow.-Morning, 12h. 15m.—Afternoon, 12h. 40m.

the glory of Glasgow University be it said, the
veteran statesman, now as First Minister of the
Crown of Great Britain, wielding the rod of empire
over the world-wide regions owning allegiance to
Queen VICTORIA.
Physically even, certainly intellectually, the
newly installed Lord Rector of the University
of Glasgow must perforce be regarded in the light of
a phenomenon. In the vitality of his extended and
long sustained reputation he is so, and that within
the distinct recognition of us all. When many of the
political characters surrounding Lord PALMERSTON
or confronting him, members, more or less eminent'
of his Government, or men numbered in the ranks
of the Opposition, were yet unborn, Lord PALMER-
STON—StiII to this day as vivacious in intellect, and
bearing, and temperament, as the youngest
amongst them, was already in office as an admi-
nistrate;—high in office—a Cabinet Minister! He
has long since arrived at an age when we might
speak of him,"regard:ng him simply through his age,
as Venerable. We are almost led to doubt, by this
time, however, whether it would be possible to
apply that appellation to Lord PALMERSTON
at any age, without exciting by such an
application of the word, a certain sense of
incongruity. There is too much go in the veteran
Premier, for him ever, as yet at least, to be spoken of
otherwise than jocularly as venerable. He seems
to have quaffed of some perennial fountain—to have
had a sip, at any rate, of the Secret Elixir. None
so gaily, so lightly, plays and trifles with the every
mood of the House of Commons, or wields a more
careless mastery over any miscellaneous auditory.
Another illustration-upon-illustration of which
tact Glasgow had the opportunity of recognising
yesterday afternoon and yesterday evening
at the Installation and at the Banquet.
Neither the inaugural address, nor the
more brief and careless after-dinner harangue
affected to be in any one sentence an oration care-
fully prepared by a master rhetorician. The former
was admirably well considered nevertheless through-
out, though it bore, at the same time, all the
appearance of being extempore or unpremeditated.
The two speeches in efEct, widely contrasting as
they do, the one with the other, were excellently
to the purpose. Could anything have been in a
nobler strain than the following ?—" Our solar
system, as is well known, forms but an insignificant,
a comparatively insignificant, part in that great
universe of which, on a starlight night, we see some
portion exposed to our view, and the study
of the mechanism of the universe is a study which
leads the mind to the most exalted thoughts—
which expands our considerations more than any
other, and which, although it is not decided by cer-
tain results which have been maintained in the
study of our own solar system, yet I believe
enough is known to excite the wonder and the ad-
miration of those who are acquainted with it. Let
it not be said that these studies direct the mind
from the practical precepts of religion. On the
contrary, I maintain that they tend to strengthen
and confirm that faith which is inculcated by our
revealed religion. If when, on the one hand, we con-
template those marvellous arrangements extending
over space indefinite, and comprising worlds innu-
merable with order and arrangement, that nothing
but the most supreme wisdom could have established,
when we contemplate in the first place the arrange-
ments for our systems, when we consider the mul-
titudes of suns and worlds even beyond the range
of the telescopic power of man, and are made sen-
sible of the comparative insignificance of every-
thing that belongs to this earth, this speck of crea-
tion ; and if there is any man who, in the con-
sciousness of genius, in the enjoyment of wealth,
in the possession of genius, is inspired by feelings
of vanity and pride when he reflects that the
world which he treads upon is a mere speck
in creation, and that he himself is an immeasur-
able atom in that speck, these thoughts must tend
to lower that pride, to divest him of that
vanity, and to teach him veneration and humility
in his position." The effect of these impressive
words we will not mar by adding here one syilatle
of further comment upon those proceedings of yes-
terday, which must have been hardly less gratify-
ing to all who took part in them, than to Lord
PALMERSTON himself, the Hero of the Day.

The Federals seem resolved to continue their one-
sided policy. They carry out the same system in
war as in slavery, one law for themselves and an-
other for other parties. The news of another illegal
seizure makes one wonder at what they will stop, and
if any limits will ever be put to their cupidity and
arrogance. The accounts furnished by the captain
of the Magicienne reveal an astonishing imperti-
nence on the part of the officer of the Onward,
though, doubtless, he will be considered as a model
for others in the same capacity, and a gallant up•
`older of the rights of the Federal flag. With such
individuals as this officer, acting on such instruc-
tions, nothing appears to be of any use whatever in
the way of remonstrance. In vain the captain of
the suspected vessel proffered most ample proof of
his innocence of the charge imputed to him.
Nothing he said was believed and nothing he showed
in evidence was accepted in good faith. Some of the
extracts from his very concise summary will best
explain how matters stood, and give evidence of the
glaring want of consistency, and the absence of all
courtesy which characterised the proceedings.
" After seeing the ship's papers, they went down
the forehold. After finishing there, they ordered me
into their boat; at the time it was blowing fresh and
a heavy sea, and I was in danger of being swamped
alongside. I mentioned that to the officer ; he told
me it was his orders, and I must go on board the
United States ship Onward. After getting on board
that ship the master came to me and said the Magi-
cienne did once belong to Charleston. I told him
she never did, she had always been an English ship.
He then said to me my cargo was for the Seces-
sionists."

Further on we meet with similar proceedings.
" The officer told the first lieutenant he had seen
papers since he had been on board, and he thought
the ship was cleared from England all right. I
showed the other papers to the captain, and he said
he would send t'ie vessel to Port Royal ; but the
officer in charge said you may go on board ;' and
that be would follow Magicienne all night, and
settle all in the morning. Thursday—l told him
he had used the flag and the ship very bad. He
said, "Captain, if your papers are right you will be
paid, but I take her on suspicion ; your papers
may be forged.'" Surely, this is going rather
too far, even for Americans, when treat-
ing with English Ciptains, or indeed with
4,iy one sailing under an English flag. It is quite
time that our vacillating foreign policy was ex-
changed for something a little worthier a nation
supposed to be the monarch of the seae. Also tht
days seem gone by when our countrymen could
share the privilege of the ancients. " Civic
Rornanus Sum " was a passport from one
end of the world to the other, but
it is otherwise with us at present. The
flag that has braved a thousand years the battle
and the breeze, must now be no safeguard and prow
no sanctity against invasion and insolence. This is
enough to make the attentive watcher of events
I doubt the truth of that far famed vaunt of Lord

JOHN RUSSELL in duy s of yore that Lord YALMER.

STON was not the Minister of Austria, not the
Minister of France but the Minister of England.
The two noble lords are together now as then in the
Cabinet, with the exception that they have changed
places, as Foreign Secretary and Premier. The
honour of our country seems left to take care of itself
and to be always considered secondary to the leas:)
notion of offending other States, of provoking their
prejudices, and rousing their passions. This is
quite a mistake, since it is the same with nations as
with individuals, a decided manner and an unhesi-
tating line of action never give half the provoca-
tion that a timid and vacillating line of conduct is
sure to create at last. The inconsistency of the
Federals is amazing; they find it very convenient
co forget or ignore their own acts on former occa-
sions. During the Crimean war they 5 cted as
purveyors to the Russians. They fitted out a frigate
and sent her to Petropaulowski, commanded by a
United States lieutenant. At present also they
have imported arms and munitions of war from
British ports, and are still doing so to a far greater
extent than the Confederate Government have been
able to do, and they now complain that a firm at
Birkehhead have built a single ship for the South-
ern Government. It appears easy for them to
forget that they themselves endeavoured to enter
into a contract with the same firm to build somo
half-dozen gnnboats. It is evident that all these
contretemps and misunderstandings arise from
the short-sighted policy of our Government
in not having recognised the Southern States
at the outst of hostilities. Since in the
American War of Independence England was
forced to acknowledge the right of her
transatlantic colonies to secede from her rule, on
what grounds can Earl RUSSELL refuse an f qual right
to a porti mof the same States. This is a question
that time must answer, but in the meantime many
and great are the evils that have accrued from the
want of due care and consideration that characte-
rised the proceedings of our Government at the
outset of this war.

The administration of English criminal law has
long been held to be nee of the principal glories
of our country. We are fond of boasting that
among us the strong arm of the law projects the
very meanest, while justice is tempered with mercy
in a degree that becomes the humanity and civili-
sation of our age. Yet there are occasional discre-
pancies in our practice which might go far to
modify our comfortable self-gratulation. The error
of excessive severity was the mistake of our fore-
fathers, until our criminal code was happily re-
modelled, thanks to the humane efforts of SAMUEL
ROMILLY and other labourers in the cause of pro-
gress. The evil consequences of the Draconian
system once in favour, which placed on one level the
murder and the pickpocket alike; which could find
no other punishment than death for the starving
wretch who stole a few shillings, and the deliberate
poisoner who took inch by inch the life of his victim,
are now so deeply felt that there is some danger of
our rushing to the opposite extreme. Wise and
good men differ, and have good grounds for differ-
ing, about the infliction of capital punishment for
any crime whatever; but, so long as the sentence
of death forms part of our penal code, so
long ought that penalty to be inflicted in
oases of cruel and deliberate murder, if we
would hope to invest the law with any salutary
terrors, The pardon of SMETHURST was an exten-
sion of the prerogative much to be regretted, as it
doubtless afforded encouragement to many secret
poisoners. He had been condemned, after a long
and careful investigation, in the course of which
every opportunity for defence was accorded him ;
and when the deliberate verdict of an English jury,
and the sentence of an experienced judge, were
practically revoked by the Ministers of the Crown'
the effect of such interference was certain to be a
diminution of the popular respect for the law. The
generation which has acquitted THOMAS SMETH-
URST and CELESTINA SOMMERS can hardly be
accused of excessive severity, but the question is
whether, in its lenity to the murderer, it is suffi-
ciently considerate of the interests of the weak and
defenceless members of society.
The privilege which is accorded to juries of ap-
pending to their verdict a recommendation to
mercy is a very right and wise one. Many cases
may arise where the commission of an illegal act
is indisputably proved, but where the culprit's
youth and previous good character, the extreme
provocation received, or other extenuating circum-
stances, may fairly be taken into consideration.
In such instances the jury are bound, of course, to
give their verdict in accordance with the evidence,
but they feel that the case is an exceptional one,
and are unwilling that it should be treated with
the same severity as an act of premedi-
tated crime. Sometimes, however, the lenity
of juries exceeds their judgment, if we
may judge by a case which was yesterday heard
before Mr. Baron MARTIN on the Northern
Circuit. Four men were arrested for being con-
cerned in s murder at Ribchester near Preston.
One of them died suddenly in prison, another was
edmitted as approver, and the remaining two were
brought up for trial. It appears from the evidence
that the deceased was a widow who kept a small
farm and brerhouse, living by herself. She em-
ployed a servant, who, on coming to his work one
morning found his mistress's door fastened, and his
suspicions being aroused, he searched the house,
which he soon found had been ransacked. On
opening the door of the widow's room she was found
dead in her bed, with her hands tied to the bed-
post, and a handkerchief tightly fastened round her
neck. According to the confession of the approver,
he and his companions concealed themselves in a
barn belonging to the deceased on the night in
question until after twelve, when they forced one
of the windows, and entered the house. After
searching below, and helping themselves to what
they could find, they went up to the widow's room
and demanded of her where her money was kept.
rhe unfortunate woman, thus roughly aroused, began
screaming for help, when, according to the ap-
prover's evidence, he held her, and the others
beat her about the head in the most brutal
manner. Having secured her in the way
before stated, and apparently finished their task b 3
strangling her, they proceeded to ransack the house,
and, having found .ElB, divided it among them ant
departed. With the evidence of one of the gang
before them, the jury could not of course do other-
wise than find the prisoners gstilty. This verdict,
however, th3y thought proper to couple with a re-
commendation to mercy, upon what grounds se,
confess ourselves unable to see. If it be co.
the plea that the murder was not in
entional, their argumen7 is scarcely tenable.
Fourhead,
and
menbeattiyngogo>>ian elderly woman violently o
the
a handkerchief " very tight
round her throat," have certainly every reason for
supposing that the death of their victim wil,
result. There is no ground that we can see for
giving them the benefit of the doubt. Surely the
taw is mainly intended for the protection of those
who cannot help themselves, for the remedy o
those abuses which existed when might was left
to settle the cause of right. Why should ruffiant,
like these be suffered to escape the full penalty of J

their crime? Lrt, th66e ttho p'ead in their

defence reserve their syn D,ithies for the Lmel:,,
wom..n, suddenly roused in the dead of the night,
whote natural cries for help and proto etion were
met by the murderer's savage blows. It
capital punishment is not to be inflicted for
murder, let the fact b 3 openly declared,
but in cases like the present let the
punishment which the law has awarded to the
crime of murder, whatever that punishment be, be
inflicted without mitigation. The lives and pro-
perty of solitary and defenceless persons will always
run risk enough from reckless and desperate ruf-
flana like these. Surely, then, the law should,
in such cases, even stretch a point in their
favour, and juries should not trifle with the noble
prerogative entrusted to them, by accompanying
their just condemnation of such ruthless crimes
with that recommendation to mercy which should
only be reserved for strongly extenuating circum-
stances.

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, March 30.

The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High-
ness the Princess Louis of Hesse, drove out this
morning. Lieut.-Colonel Hon. D. de Ros, Equerry
in Waiting, attended on horseback.