The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-12 00:00:00

Crystal Palace.

Yesterday was perhaps one of the most entertain-
ing days that has been spent at the Crystal Palace.
The occasion was the annual benefit of Mr. Nelson
Lee, a gentleman whose long connection with the
theatrical profession has made his name as familiar
to the public as a household word. Having due re-
gard to the varied tastes of his numerous supporters
Mr. Lee had resolved to please every one of them,
and to send them all home thoroughly satisfied, not
alone by placing before them a programme full of
variety, but such a one as could not be obtained
elsewhere, nor indeed under any other circumstances.

---Ike began by inviting all who were disposed to re-
spond to his appeal to the Palace and its magnificent
gardens. He entertained them with some admirable
selections by the orchestral band of the company,
followed by the dexterous performances of the
" Hicken Family"
upon their lofty, revolving
pedestals—an entertainment that met with the
hearty applause of the audience. This was suc-
ceeded by the acrobatic feats of the Brothers
Ellistra, and next came the really clever perfor-
mances of Signor Fortuny on the violin. This
violinist, who has been but a short time in England,
acquitted himself in a series of solos in a manner
that took every one by surprise 'and earned him
a most enthusiastic acknowledgment in the
shape of encores. This concluded the first part of
the programme, and the interval from two to three
o'clock was agreeably filled up by a grand display
of the fountains. At three o'clock the company of
the Olympic Theatre, by permission of Mr. Horace
Wigan, played the comedietta of " Always
Intended," the caste being—Mr. Muddle, Mr. Mac-
lean; Charles, Mr. G. Vincent; Mr. Project, Mr.
Horace Wigan ; Mrs. Mowbray, Miss Sheridan ;
and Mary, Miss Ada Harland. This performance,
it is hardly necessary to state, met with the most
hearty applause. Next succeeded the " great and
original Christy's Minstrels," including their " peer-
less tenor," Mr. J. Rawlinson, whose singing is so
generally admired.
After this the " celebrities from
the halls of Merry Monms"—Vance, Lloyd, Lingard,
W. Randall, and J. H Stead—severally acquitted
themselves in their most popular songs to the grati-
fication of a very
crowded audience. Mr. Paul
Bedford also vocally favoured the audience. The
" Pantomimic Revel Extraordinary," in which some
twenty clowns were introduced, succeeded ; and a
series of selections on the great organ brought the
entertainments to a close, and Mr. Lee's benefit to
a very successful issue, there being no less than
14,000 persons present.

Mr. and Mrs. Windham Again.

The London correspondent of the Belfast News Letter is
responsible for the annexed scrap of gossip in reference to
this distinguished oouple :—" Mr. and Mrs. Windham ap-
pear determined to keep themselves well before the public.
The interesting heir of Felbrig Hall still drives the coach
from
Cromer,
and passes his leisure hours in
the society nd ostlers. A profound excite-
mento
was created in Norwich the other day by the
appearance of Mrs. Windham en
Norwich
of t
cabmen a
grande tenue. Had
the Princess of Wales driven over from Sandringham,
and promenaded the market-place, she could not have
received a greater ovation. The charming Agnes was al-
most mobbed by ladies and gentlemen who would no doubt
have been dreadfully offended had they been invited to
meet Mrs. Windham at a dinner or a croquet party. The
report soon got wind that she had come to Norwich to see
her husband, with the view of inducing him to sign some-
thing or other, but as her husband was at that precise mo-
ment on his way to Cromer with his coach she could not see
him. Subsequently she ordered a carriage, and followed
him to Cromer. Certain of his friends, however, deeming it
better that they should not meet, sent an express after him
to Cromer, and he quitted the town a few minutes before his
wife entered it. In two years snore, should he live, Mr
Windham will succeed to an estate of about £4,000 a
year, which, of course, will devolve upon the child born to
Mrs. Windham a twelvemonth since. The existence of this
child of course destroys the hope of the estates descending
to Mr. Windham's other relatives. The costs of those pro-
ceedings in lunacy against Mr. Windham have at length
been ascertained and paid. It seems, that so far from
getting anything by them, their authors have had to
pay £13,0(0, which has been contributed by Gen. Wind-
ham, the Marquis of Bristol, Lord Listowel, and ono or
two others. Gon. Windham has not any property worth
mentioning in Norfolk; and when, at the late general elec-

tion, he endeavoured to propose a candidate in the interest
of the Whigs, he could not get a hearing. How delusive
is the vox populi ! At one moment he was perhaps the most
popular man in England. The whole of the Norfolk estates
which Mr. Windham had the power of selling have been
purchased by a retired grocer in Norwich, named Kitten,
who succeeded in acquiring a large fortune during the
Crimean war by speculations in oil cake. The Lord Lieu-
tenant of the county and the principal families in the
neighbourhood have consented to recognise the new owner
of Felbrig Hall as one of the landed gentry, and have left
their cards for Mr. and Mrs. Ritton.

Two bales of this year's growth of Bavarian hops
have just arrived for Messrs. Wolton and Co., Hibernia
Chambers, Borough, and been forwarded by them to Evan
Evan's, Esq., Yale of Heath Brewery, Heath.