The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-03 00:00:00

MRS. MACREADI"B REGITATIONS.

This lady, whose dramatic readings or recitations
we have already done justice to in the columns of
this journal, repeated her illustration of Shakes-
peare's comedy of " A Midsummer Night's Dream"
last evening, at Willis's Rooms, to a large and
fashionable audience.

Having on a former occasion noticed Mrs.
Macready's marvellous ability in this charming play
of our great poet, we can only repeat our former
expressions of admiration for the wonderful accu-
racy which she exhibits in respect to the text of
the comedy, for her perfect appreciation of the at-
tributes of the several characters in it, and for her
effective embodiment of each of those characters;
and so well did she last evening hold, as it were,
" the mirror up to nature" by her acting, that the
audience could see in their " mind's eye" the whole
business of the play pass before them. Mrs.
Macready was cordially applauded throughout.

Viscount Palmerston left London yesterday for
Windsor Castle.

3Autcr...o HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER-HALL.-
Handel's oratorio " Solomon," from which a selection of
choruses will be made for one of the days of the great
Handel Festival, will bo performed to-morrow (Friday)
evening.

The late Count de Nesselrode has left one son,
Count Dmitry, master of the Russian court, and two
daughters, both married—the Countess Chreptovich and
the Baronesse de Seebach, wife of the Saxon minister in
Paris.

THE NEW CONDUCT OF ETON.—The provost and
Fellows of Eton have appointed the Rev. Naunton Lemuel
Shuldham, M.A., demy of Magdalen College, and curate of
St. Giles', Oxford, conduct (chaplain) of Eton, and assistant
master in the college, in the room of the Rev. C. K. Paul,
8.A., now rector of Sturminster Marshall, Dorset.

The Steele publishes a long letter from a private
correspondent, giving a glowing account of the progress of
the works in the Isthmus of Suez, which he has recently
visited throughout their whole extent, in company with M.
de Lesseps and a party of 12 gentlemen and four ladies.
The writer says :—" I can now assure you, from perscnal
experience, that 67 kilometres of the Suez canal are already
navigable ; that the waters of the Nile are conveyed into the
middle of the desert; that 20,000 men are now employed,
and that their number will be increased to 40,000 next
month, so that in less than three months the cutting through
the Threshold will be completed. If any persons now
doubt the feasibility of the undertaking, let them visit it as
I have, and all their doubts will vanish."

THE INUNDATION S.—NORTH RIDING.--On Tues-
day the flood-waters in the North Riding valleys ran in
considerably, but, as may be imagined, left the land in a
pitiable state, which is of more serious import owing to
the advanced time of year. The grain crops are simply
washed up, or laid under a deposit of unctuous mud, both
cases being a decided loss to the farmer, who must now
break up the land for turnips or other roots. The grass
lands are in a similar state, and many weeks must elapse
before cattle can be put upon them. Heavy rain was again
falling on Tuesday night. The weather was again wet and
stormy in Norfolk on Tuesday and yesterday, and the low
marsh lands are in many places still covered by conside-
rable sheets of water.

A deices from Kurrachee announce the arrival of
the Oriental Inland Steam Company's steamez Indus at
Moultan, on her second voyage from Kurrachee, with two
barges in tow, in 18 days from Kurrachee and 15 lays from
Kotree. The Indus Steam Flotilla Company's steamer
Stanley is also said to have gone up, with one barge, from
Kotree to Moultan in 25 days. It is further statel that the
Oriental Inland Steam Company has made arrangements
for extending their navigation up the Sutlej to Ferozepore,
and, in conjunction with the Government, to carry goods
up the Indus to Kalabagh, from whence a roar is imme-
diately to be made to give facility of communication with
Peshawur.

THE ALBERT MEMORIAL FUND.--The sub-com-
mittee of the Memorial Fund met yesterday at the Man-
sion House. In the absence of the Lord Maya., who was
unavoidably prevented from being present, Mr. Alderman
and Colonel Wilson took the chair. It was reported that
the total sum received was £43,326, of which £1,157 had
been received during the past week. Mr. Goximan, the
secretary, read a letter from the rector of Fulmer, Bucking-
hamshire, stating that, acting upon a suggestioi which ap-
peared in the newspapers, he had made a collection in his
poor parish, and the result was the sum of £2O is. 6d., for
which he enclosed a cheque, the amount conasting chiefly
of pennies and twopences from the poor of tie parish. A
discussion arose as to the propriety of subscription cards
Leing issued, but the matter was deferred to e. future meet-
ing.

THE BALLOT TRUANTS.—As the only Reform
proposal likely to be even mentioned to the House of Com-
mons this year, is the Ballot, it is desirable that consti-
tuencies which have returned members to support it, should
look to the attenthnce of their representatives. We, there-
fore, subjoin a list of supporters of the Ballot who were
absent, without pairs, from the division of last year :—Sir
Jahn Atnott, Kinsale; Sir Geo. Bowyer, Dundalk; Mr.
Brocklehurst (ill), Macclesfield ; Lord Bury, Wick; Mr.
Buchanan, Glasgow ; Mr. Cobden (abroad), Rochdale ;
Mr. Divett, Exeter; Mr. Dunne, Queen's County; Mr.
, Ennis, Athlone ; Mr. Esmonde, Waterford; Mr. Fits-
william, Malton ; Mr. Fox, Oldham ; Earl Gifford, Tot-
nes ; Sir J, Hanmer, Flintshire ; Nr. Grenfell, Preston;
Mr. Headlam, Newcastle ; Mr. Horsman, Stroud ; Colonel
Kingscote, Gloucestershire; Mr. Lanigan, Cashel ; Dr.
Lyons, Cork; Mr. 0. Ferrall, Kildare; Sir J. Ogilvy,
Dundee; Mr. Potts, Barnstaple; Sir J. Ramsden, West
Yorkshire ; Mr. Redmond, Wexford ; Mr. Roebuck, Shef-
field; Mr. Scrope, Stroud; Mr. Sheridan, Dorchester;
Mr. W. 0. Stanley, Beaumaris; Mr. Sullivan, Kilkenny;
Sir J. Trelawny, Tavistock ; Mr. Turner, Manchester;
Colonel Tynte, Bridgewater; Colonel Watkins, Brecon;
Mr. Wickham, Bradford,