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

Of the Teatro ails Scala, Mtfan. his Firit Appearance.

The Corps de Ballet has been selected with the greatest
care, and will be considerably reiniorsed by numerous addi-
tions from La Scala, at Milan.

In order to properly utilise such an affluenete talent, the
director has great gratification in announcing that he has
induced the eminent choreograph, Signor ROTA, to visit
ngtand for the first time, to produce hie celebrated ballet,

BIANCHI E NEGRI,
which will be given on a scale of extraordinary completeness
act elegance, with entire New Scenery. Dresses, and Ap-
pointmmenadtsu;'and in which Al adlle. Beretta, Madlle. Berto-
lett', t•Jsdalle, Mediae. Giuliani, Signor Ammaturo,
and Signor xtd to catte will appear.
A new Ballet, b g
early Put ed:,-ignor DIANI, will be produced in ,the
the season, entitled
LA FARFALLETTA,
in which Madlle Ferraris,ra_ Madlle. Bertoletti, Signor Diani,
Signor Allessandro, will unite.
Signor _DORM, the eminentul.Ballet Master and Composer,
r the first
has been engaged to Produce,
try, his original ballet, entitled time in this man-
Madlle. Poo:3111ot
LA GIOCOLIERA,
, and other eminent
in which Signer FJSBi,
artistes will be included. The whole to be produced under
his personal supervision.
The THEATRE will OPEN on SATURDAY,riI 1 ltb,
it
when will be performed Ver is favourite Opera,
VATORE. Manrico, Signor Giuglint ; II Conte de Luna,
TRO.
Leonora,h
o Mr. Santley ; Azucena, Madame Albont; and
Maine. Titiens. After which, a new SERE NATA, in
of their Royal Highnesqes the Prince and Princess of `proles,
us.
The muilc composed expressly for tl.e occasion by Mr.
Cusins ; 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
Night., at the option of the subscriber, and the terms will be
as foll3w :

THIRTY NIGHTS. FORTY NIGHTS.
Pit Boxes lt•D Guineas
Grand Tier 2OO 0
s One Pair .
,
''`• Two Pair
Orchestra Stalls.... 25 „ ••• • . • 32 ~
All Subscriptions to be paid in advance.
The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily for Subscribers
from 10 to 6, under the direction of Mr. Nugent, where apc "-
cations for boxes anti stal s are to be made. Also, of r.
Mitchell, M, sere. Lacon and Oilier (Ebers's), Mr. Hookham,
Messrs. Chappell, Mr. Bubb, Messrs. Cock and Hutchings,
Bond-street; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street; Messrs. Cramer,
Beal , and Wood, Regent-street ; Messrs. Hammond, late
Jullien, Regent-street ; Messrs. Keith, Prowse, and Co.,
Cheapside ; and Messrs. Leader and Co., Opera Colonnade.

LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1863.

Lord PALMERSTON'S popularity—unrivalled for
several years by that of any contemporary statesman,
but latterly supposed by many to be on the decline—
yesterday in the North of this island received every
signal recognition. The noble veteran's ovation was
apropos (as the country has for some time past been
aware it would be) of his formal installation as
Lord Rector of the Glasgow University. Thieelec•
tion of the Prime Minister to this anoint of
honour toek place, it will be rerembered,
as far back as the 15th of last November. The
ceremony of installation has been since then inten-
tionally delayed, in order to afford the noble Vis-
count an opportunity for his personal attendance !
And in order, moreover, to secure to the mem-
bers of the ancient seat of learning to the Pre-
sidercy of which Viscount PALMEB.STON had
been thus spontaneously elected by a majority
of the students, the enviable satisfaction of ac-
cording to him not alone as their new Lord
Rector, but also as Statesman, as Orator, as Chief
Minister of the Crown of Great Britain, a Welcome
worthy of him and of themselves. That fitting
welcome has been given—and has been received.
The recollection of the incidents accompanying it,
the remembrance of the speeches delivered upon its
occasion, but more particularly those delivered by
Lord PALMERSTON himself, first of all in the after-
noon of yesterday, as the day of his Inauguration
as Lord Rector, and afterwards, in the evening,
when he was being feasted, according to the
jovial custom of the land, will long render the 30th
of March, 1863, a date of especial interest in the
annals of the University of Glasgow.
Already Glasgow University has inscribed upon
its roll of Lord Rectors many a name illustrious in
the records of chivalry, of statesmanship, of
learning, of oratory and of literature. Very many
years ago, the chair of the Lord Rector of
Glasgow University was occupied by a native
peer, who was in valour peerless, even then,
among the dauntless Sea Captains of Great
Britain, peerless saving in the person of the other-
wise matchless HORATIO NELSON. Whoneeds to be
told, when we have said this much, that allusion
could by possibility alone be here made (in terms
that applied to any one else would be simply an
extravagance) to the then youthful Captain,
Lord COCHRANE, the late venerable Admiral,
the Earl of DUN DONALD ? Not far re-
moved in time from the date when Lord
COCHRANE presided over the Glasgow University
as Lord Rector, the same position was occupied by
one of the most resplendent geniuses that ever
illuminated the political history of the Empire, one
in whose intellect were combined, in the rarest
harmony and the most affluent abundance, the ima-
gination of a Poet, the judgment of a Philosopher,
and (as it certainly appears now when he is read,
if it failed to appear when he was listened to) most
of the golden gifts appertaining to a Great
Master of Oratory—EDMUND BURKE! Another
Lord Rector of Glasgow University, before
the close of the eighteenth century, was
that aptly named ADAM SMITH, magnificently
known as the " Author of the Wealth of Nations,"
the First Father or Founder, the BACON, the
KEPLER, the NEWTON of the Science of Political
Economy. Another Lord Rector yet, was that most
eloquent advocate, Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH : in
many respects a very phenomenon of erudition.
Another was spoken of in fitting terms yesterday
by the newly-installed Lord Rector of Nowadays
Viscount PALMERSTON, and was spoken of by that
noble premier in the simplest words of truth—as
" that great, that eminent, that wonderful man,"
HENRY, Lord BROUGHAM. Among the rest of Lord
PALMERSTON'S more immedia'tely and variously-
gifted predecessors as Lord Rector, have been—
tUOMAS CAMPBELL, the poet of the " Pleasures of
1-lope"—the noble Earl, now Chancellor of the
University of Oxford, and Chief of her
MAJESTY'S Opposition—Sir ROBERT PEEL and
Sir JAMES GRAHAM—Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON and
Sir BUL WEB. LYTTON—the noble Earl now Foreign
Secretary—the noble Duke now Lord Privy Seal
—the Governor-General of India, twice negotiator
of peace with the Chinese. And last not least, to