The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-31 00:00:00

Foreign Courts.

PARTS, Jan. 29

Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress honoured the
benefit of Madlle. Patti last night with their presence at the
Italian Opera. '1 he chef-d' ceuvre of Mozart, " Don Gio-
vanni," was selected for the occasion—the young prima
donna singing Z-ftlina for the first time. After the perfor-
mance their Majesties paid the fair artiste the flattering
compliment of summoning her to the imperial loge, and con-
gratulated her on his new success. Though the prices of
admission were doubled, the theatro was crowded to exceiss.
A Paris letter, in the Nouvelliste of Rouen, says :—M.
Monnier, who has just been appointed preceptor to the
Prince Imperial, will, it is a aid, receive a salary of B,ooofr.
a year, besides board and lodging. It appears that the
Emperor, reserving to h'mself the supreme direction of his
son's education, has drawn up a programme similar to that
traced by the late Prince Consort for the Prince of "Wales.
His Majesty is said to have had a few copies of it printed for
distribution among the members of the imperial family."

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary have arrived at their resi-
dence at SL James's Palace, from Cambridge Cottage, Kew,
for the season.

His Excellency the Italian Minister has arrived
at 49, Grosvenor-street, from Turin.

The Duchess (Dow.) of Sutherland and Lads-
Blantyre have arrived at Stafford-house, S-. James's, from
Clietden-park. Bucks. We learn that Lord Ronald Leveson
Gower is nearly recovered horn his recent severe illness.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare have
left for ther seat in Ireland, and purpose to join the Duke
of Leinster early in the ensuing month, at Carlton House,
Maynooth.

Earl Granville, Lord President of the Privy
Council, gave last evening a dinner at his residence in
Bruton-street, to the following party :—The Lord Chancel-
lor, the Duke of Somerset, the Duke of Argyll, the Earl
of St. Germans, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Sydney,
Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. Sir Charles
Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon.
T. Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, tre
Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, Mr. Helps (clerk of the coun-
cil), and Mr. Harrison (deputy•clerk of the council). The
roll of sheriffs for the present year was settled at the meet-
ing.

The Countess of Portsmou►h was safely delivered
of a daughter on Tuesday last, at Eggesford House.

Viscountess Palmerston arrived at Cambridge
House on Tuesday evening from Broadlands. The Earl and
Countess of Shaftesbury and family, and Viscountess
Jocelyn and family, remain at Broadlands.

His Excellency Mr. Charles Alison, C. 8., her
Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to the Court of Persia, left town yester-
day for Persia, to resume his diplomatic duties,
The Baron van Osten and Count Rowetzenoff
have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris.
Lady Louisa Cavendish arrived at Holkar Hall
on Thursday from a tour of visits.
The Paris correspondent of The Queen, says :
A bal costume at the Tuileries is talked of for the
16th of February. It is now several years since such an
event has taken place there, and the rumour has conse-
quently caused a great sensation, and already set all brains
at work to invent something entirely new and out of the
usual routine of ordinary fancy costumes. Secrecy is the
order of the day under such circumstances; and will
be all the more difficult to observe, as preparations are also
being made for Mme. Drouyn de Lhuys' fancy ball of the
7th, which is to be also a very original affair. Let me de-
scribe to your readers two very singular costumes which will
make their appearance at the next bal costume. One is to re-
press nt the ocean, and is composed of a flowing robe of
gaze argentee (such as is used to cover lustres, clocks,
&c.), painted all over to look as if it were water, and with
fishes of all sorts and sizes floating about in various direc-
tions. The head-dress consists of a mass of shell-work,
with marine plants hanging at the sides and back of her
hair; marine plants and sea. weeds being also arranged
round the lower part of the dress, and body, and sleeves.
Another lady has selected to represent a serpent, of which
the huge folds are painted round and round the dress in
golden, green, and opal tints, while the head of the reptile
is reared upwards, and arching over the top of the head
forms the coiffure. Poth these scenic costumes are being
painted by one of the decorateurs of the opera for two
ladies who pique themselves on their reputations for eccen-
tricity.

We understand that the members of the National
Choral Society intend presenting their conductor,
Mr. G. W. Martin, with a purse of gold and a bust of him-
self. It is arranged that the presentation will take place at
the Ranov,r-square Ruoms on Monday evening, the 9th of
February.

Mr. H. B. Loch, C 8., has betn nominated to
succeed the late Mr. Pigott as Lieutenant Go7ernor
of the Isle of Man. The public will hear with pleasure of
this small mark of Royal favour bestowed upon a gentle-
man whose sufferings in the prisons of Pekin two years ago
excited so much sympathy, not only by reason of their
severity, but also by the gallant bearing with which they
were endured. The inhabitants of the Isle of Man will
moreover, by this appointment, obtain a man of energy,
who has seen military and diplomatic service in all parts of
the world.

THE 'THRONE OF GREECE.—The Europe of
Frankfort states that it learns from official sources that
Count Pasolini has declared to M. Roque, charge d'affaires
of Greece at Turin, that if the Protecting Powers are not
opposed King Victor Emmanuel will accept the thrJne of
that country for the Duke d'Aosta. Count Mamiani is
said to have made the same communication at Athens.

The Nord says :—" General Haynau, who not
long since took part in the affairs of Electoral Hesse, and
who had been dismissed from his functions in consequence
of an affair of honour, has just blown out his brains."
COTTON FROM SMYRNA.—At a dinner which re•
cently took place in Smyrna one of the speakers
said that the exportation of cotton from twat port, which
had been 15,000 bales in previous years, was 60,000 bales
this year. Acccording to a statement in the Smyrna Mail,
large plots of land in the interior are being laid out for cot-
ton cultivation, the area being in some places ten times
greater than formerly,