The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-26 00:00:00

BAL MASQUE AT CREMOBNE.

A more gorgeous display than these gardens presented
last night was never witnessed. Everything that art,
refined by taste, could accomplish was done to give
splendour to the scene ; and the fineness of the season,
with the novelty of a Bal Masque at Cremorne, at-
tracted a brilliant assemblage. Dancing was carried on
with great spirit upon the spacious platform in the ball-
room, and in other parts of the grounds, to the inspirit-
ing strains of Bosisio's Great Cremorne Band, the cele-
brated Hungarian Band, and Sidney Davis's Brass
Band. The gardens were illuminated in a most bril-
liant, but, at the same time, somewhat novel manner ;
for, in addition to thousands of lamps, shells, globes,
and lanterns of all sorts, shapes, and sizes, a consider-
able number of immense reflectors, upon the principle
of the kaleidoscope, aided by a great many smaller ones,
threw light over all parts of the grounds with an almost
dazzling power. Upon the whole, nothing could have
been more successful than this experiment, which will
doubtless be repeated at an early opportunity.

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY.

The Queen and Prince, the Duchess of Kent, and the
whole of the Royal family, were out in the grounds yes-
terday.
A performance of vocal and instrumental music took
place last night before her Majesty and the Royal party
assembled, after dinner.
The following is the programme :
Trio, "Irennenieht das Band der Liebe,"
Mdlle. Agnes Bury, Signor Gardoni,
and Herr Formes (Das Nachtlager in
Granada)
Ballade, " Rolandseck," Herr Formes
Friihlinslied, Mdlle. Agnes Bury 5 Felix Mendels-
g sohn Bartholdy.
Romance, "Lea Regrets," SignorGardoni F. Schubert.
Andante and Finale, Pianoforte, Mdlle.
Clauss (Sonata Op. 53)...
Duetto, " Bella Ninfa," Mdlle. Agnes
Bury and Signor Gardoni (Jessonda) Sphor.
Lied, Friihlingslaube," Herr Formes... F. Schubert.
Lied, "Das Schiffiein," Mdlle. Agnes
Bury Grail.
Mendelssohn
Canzone di Primavera, Signor Gardoni F.
Bartholdy.
Koraisches Trio, " Das Bandel," Mdlle.
Agnes Bury, Signor Gardoni, and
Herr Formes
Mrs. Anderson presided at the pianoforte.
Viscountess Jocelyn has succeeded the Marchioness of
Ely as Lady in Waiting, and Sir George Couper has
arrived from London, as Equerry to the Duchess of
Kent.
The band of the Royal Marines played on the terrace
this morning, being the birthday of her Royal Highness
the Princess Helena.
During dinner yesterday the band of the Royal
Marines performed the following selection

Overture, " Preciosa"
Selection, " Robert le Diable"
Polka, " Plarenkler"
Cavatina, " Lucrezia"
" La Belle Suisse"

Weber.
Meyerbeer,
. Stasny.
. Donizetti.
D'Albert.

Professor Aytoun and the Rev. Mr. Lee had an inter
view with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his officia
residence in Downing-street.

BM, MASQUE AT VAUXHALL.—The fine weatherdrew
an unusually large number of masquers last evening to
the ball with which the " Derby day" is annually wound
up and the season inaugurated at the "Royal Property."
From Epsom Downs to Vauxhall the transition now has
almost become inevitable to the more determined plea-
sure-seekers, and there the cockney character may be
studied under another phase. Masks of all times and
nations, dresses fantastical, if not splendid, variegated
lamps, sparkling music, and animated dancing make up
the coup and an irresistible one it seems to be to
the holyday folk, if one may judge by the eager throng
in the gardens last night. Mr. Wardell's arrangements
left nothing to be desired.
THE MADIAL—M. Madiai and his wife passed
through Pons-du-Var a. few days ago, on their way
from Hyeres to Nice, from whence they were to proceed
to take up their residence at Geneva.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—The Cape of Good Hope mail
is now considerably overdue. The steamer Bosphorus
is daily expected home with it. The Cape mail steamer
Hydaspes is on her way home, under sail, without a
' mail. The Mauritius, another Cape steamer, is under-
going repair at Calcutta, which is the terminus now of the
Cape line. The Propontis will take out the next Cape
and Calcutta mail ; she will start from London for Ply-
my, uth where she will ship without calling at South-
ampton. The General Screw Company's vessels have
been very successful generally in making good voyages
from Calcutta and the Cape of Good Hope. The com-
pany's steamers Harbinger, Queen of the South, the
Lady Jocelyn, and Calcutta, having kept time to a day.
The accidents to the Hydaspes and the Mauritius have
caused some temporary disarrangement of the Cape mail

service.
THE AFRICAN MAILS.—PLYMOUTH, Wednesday.—
The African Mail Steam Company's packet-ship Faith,
Commander James Parsons, departed yesterday on her
second voyage, with mails for Teneriffe, Sierra Leone, and
the west coast of Africa. She has a full general cargo and
about 20 passengers. The boilers of the Faith are for
the first time heated with anthracite coal, by which it is
expected a saving in the cost of fuel of nearly two-fifths
will be obtained, and, as less coal is required, a consider-
able saving in labour is also expected. Anthracite coal,
by the ordinary mode of burning, produces little or no
flame, and requires an immense draught. To obtain
this draught on board the Faith a large steam pipe is
connected with the steam-chest at the top of the boiler,
and is brought down in front of the furnaces, into which
steam can be thus admitted at the discretion of the
engines. The admission of the stream produces flame
and causes an intense fierceness in the fire, which leads
of course to the speedy production of steam for the pro-
pulsion of the ship. The anthracite used on board the
Faith is from Bouville's-court, Tenby. Dr. Frank-
lyn, cf Owen's College, Manchester, is the gentle-
man who first made the important discovery of the ex-
traordinary effects produced by forcing jets of steam
into coal containing large quantities of carbon when in
a state of combustion. Messrs. M'Keen and Maclarty,
of Liverpool, have adopted the new system, it is said
successfully, on board their steamships Genova, Livornia,
and Waterwitch.
WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE.—The bill brought into the
House of Commons by Sir William Molesworth, for
transferring Westminster-bridge to the Commissioners
of Works and Public Buildings, and to enable them to
remove the present bridge and to build a new one, has
just been printed. From the passing of the act the
corporate body called the Commissioners of Westminster-
bridge is to cease and be dissolved, and the Commis-
sioners of Works and Public Buildings are constituted a
corporation for the purposes of the measure. Power
is given to the commissioners 01 sell the materials
of the present bridge, and all the estates vested in
the -existing commissioners • to raise money by mort-
gage, and grant leases for the purposes of the act ; and
to construct a new bridge across the Thames, "on and
adjoining to the site of the present Westminster-bridge,
together with all necessary and convenient piers, stairs,
yards, and landing-places, and also the necessary and
proper streets, roads, and approaches to such new
bridge, at both ends thereof." The amended plan of the
new bridge, and the incidental works is to be deposited
at the office of the Commissioners of Works and Publie
Buildings, where it may be inspected at all reasonable
tinies, by all persona on the payment of a ibilling,