The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-07 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

Ariosto
Ephesus

The opening of this theatre, last night, was accom-
panied by a couple of novelties, one a five act romantic
drama, and the other a choreographic and musical enter-
tainment for the introduction of the corps de ballet,
which, as we stated yesterday, is to be the chief strength
of the company this season. Of the drama, St. Marc,
there is not much to say—its plot is rather complicated,
but it treats mainly of the unsuccessful efforts of
a libertine to obtain possession of the virtuous
wife of one of his followers, which are at length sum-
marily put a stop to by his assassination at the hands of
a religious fanatic, whom he has injured in some way
not clearly made out. The interest is well sustained
throughout, and the dialogue in many parts forcible and
elevated. It was well acted, Miss Vining and Mr. Daven-
port taking the principal parts—the husband and wife.
The ballet, The Spirit of the Valley, was very successful.
The corps is one of the best we have seen for some time, and
executed the various complicated manoeuvres of the piece
with wonderful precision. Mdlle. Rlunkett has several very
clever pas in the piece ; one of them—q El Zapateado "
—Spanish, we suppose, by the name—she danced with a
vigour and expressive grace which was loudly ap-
plauded. M. St. Leon, besides his dancing, played
several airs on the violin with great taste. We
should mention that one of the parts which
he fills in the piece was that of an old
village fiddler, which gave considerable scope for the
display of his pantomimic powers. Miss Julia Harland
also appeared in the piece, and, greatly contributed to its
success by the manner in which she sung several pretty
songs intrusted to her. The house was tolerably well
attended.

CITY OF LONDON THEATRE.—On Saturday evening
a dramatic version from that, master-mind of domestic
truths and powerful conception, Dickens's "Bleak
House," was produced here with good effect, both in
development of the characters and scenic display. All
the artistes exerted themselves to the utmost, and
were deservedly successful, more particularly the
poor crossing-sweeper, Joe, personated by Mr. Searle.
Mr. Travers, Mr. Saville, and the wretched and neglected
Howdon, by Mr. Frampton Johnston, showed their
artistic conception in the characters entrusted to
them ; and though last, not least deserving, the
wily lawyer Tulkinghorn, personated by Worrell
(although not quite old enough, according to our con-
ception of the author's intention), was admirably im-
pressive, and truthfully crafty and lawyer-like. Mrs.
Campbell arid Miss Eliza Clayton were very good. The
house was crowded, and the drama decidedly successful.
EXTENSION OF THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.—Yes-
terday a communication was received at Lloyd's from
the Danish Consulate, announcing that the submarine
electric telegraph cable had been successfully laid down
across the Great and Little Belts. This line of telegraph
in connection with the Dutch line of telegraph and the
submarine cable, extending from Orfordness to Holland,
opens up the electric communication between London
and Copenhagen.
ODESSA.—From Odessa the mercantile letters reach
to the 27th of May. For some days after the return of
Prince Menschikoff there had been general consterna-
tion and an entire suspension of business, but the feeling
of alarm was now partially subsiding, and some trans-
actions had taken place in wheat at about 235. per
quarter, free on board, the price a fortnight or three
weeks previously having been 265. to 275. Freights
were enormously high, and'Bo3. per ton had been given
for tallow,—the conclusion being, that in the present
state of uncertainty of no disengaged ships are likely to
visit the Black Sea, aril. hence, that this important
Russian port must for a long, time pay a penalty for
the Emperor's proceedings.
The. price of ships continues to 'mount rapidly up-
wards. Vessels of a class which only a few months ago
would have been a drug in the market, are now eagerly
sought after ; every description of tonnage is at present
in great deinantl.—Newcastie Journal.

ASCOT RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,
TRIAL STAKES.

Fifteen ran.
ASCOT STAKES.
6to 5 agst Lady Evelyn.
6to 1 agst any other.

THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM.

WOoLwicil, JUNE 6.—Captain Taylor's troop of Royal
Horse Artillery left Canterbury this morning on their
march to Woolwich, and will arrive here on Thursday.
Captain Richard Blackwood Price's field battery have
received orders to march to-morrow for Thorncliff, via
Ashford, Cranbrook, Tunbridge Wells, Grinstead, and
Reigate, where they will halt during Sunday, and thence
to Leatherhead, and into the camp on the 14th. The
field-battery will be of the following strength :-94
horses, 4 9-pounder guns, 2 24=pounder howitzers, 26
tents, 1 forge, 1 store cart, 1 baggage cart, 2 captains, 3
lieutenants, 1 assistant-surgeon, 5 serjeants, 5 'corporals,
5 bombardiers, 1 farrier, 2 shoeing-smiths, 2 collar-makers,
1 wheeler, 2 trumpeters, and 130 gunners and drivers,
making a total of 159 officers and men. The officers'
names are Captain Richard Blackwood Price, command-.
ing ; Second Captain J. R. Gibbon ; Lieutenants Miller,
Seale, and Tedcroft ; and Assistant-surgeon W. Perry.
The barracks at Thorncliff will be temporarily occupied
by a detachment of Royal Artillery, consisting of 1 lieu-
tenant, 1 serjeant, 4 non-commissioned officers, and 14
gunners, of Captain Swinton's company, from Dover.
Each subdivision of Captain Blackwood Price's field-bat-
tery carries 4 tents, and. the two flank guns 5 tents
each ; 2 for the men of each gun, 1 for the harness, the
remainder for officers, staff-serjeant, and guard. Each
gun carries 268 rounds of blank cartridge, 100 port-fires,
and 300 tubes. The gunners are to march on foot and
carry their knapsacks ; a system it would be advisable
to alter, so far as to allow of the knapsacks being carried
on the limbers. The weight is considerable ; and, in
addition, Nos. 1 and 2 are buckled up with a pouch, a
sword and belt, a haversack, and wooden bottle, and
also a carabine. It must be evident that after a march
an artilleryman, with all these incumbrances, cannot fail
to be very tired on going into action, and not in a very
fit condition to rattle a trail about, or to make a very
good shot. Their appendages, and the weights they
have to carry, will now be thoroughly investigated at
the camp, and changes take place for the better.
The following circular has been issued to the regiments
under order to, encamp on Chobham Common :
" Horse Guards, May 31, 1853.
"Sir,—l have the honour to informyouthat it is intended
shall encamp on Chobham Common on the
14th June. • The camp equipment, with the exception of
the canteens, haversacks, and blankets, which the regi-
ment will draw at its present station immediately, will
have been previously delivered to the detachment sent on
agreeably to my communication of this date. The regiment
will draw its rations from the commissariat from the day
of its arrival in camp, and will cook on the ground. A re-
turn will be forwarded to this department with the least
passible delay of the total strength for which camp
equipment will be required, adding the number of
women, servants, and soldiers and mounted officers'
horses which will camp. Care will be taken that
the regulated number of women (six per 100 non-
commissioned officers and men) be not exceeded. To
each field officer one marquee will be allowed ; to every
other officer one tent; for regimental guards five per
regiment ; for orderly room and stores two tents ; for the
mess two large marquees ; the hospital one marquee ; be-
sides eight barrack tables and thirty chairs for the use of
the officers' mess. Instructions will be issued as to the
form and mode of drawing and accounting for supplies.
Mounted officers of infantry will receive their forage in
kind. The form of encampment for infantry will be ac-
cording to that numbered 3 in the Regulations for Encamp-
ment, dated 11th May, 1853. The regulations provide ra-
tions of bread and meat to be paid for at cost price, with
a free ration of fuel, to ono washwoman for every twenty
men, and the women are besides allowed thirty trusses of
straw to a company to thatch •their huts. Instructions
have been issued to the Commissariat to supply fir poles
and branches for roofing.and walling their huts. The Com-
missariat department have been instructed to provide trans-
port for 15 tons of baggage for every infantry battalion
which moves by railway from the point of its debarkation
from the railway to the camp. Towards the defrayment of
this expense a charge will be made against the commuted
allowance for the regimental baggage. The . cavalry and
that portion of the infantry which proceeds by march route
will provide their own conveyance in the usual manner.
The heavy baggage of regiments must be placed in store at
their present station, carefully packed and marked, and in
readiness for movement, in the event of• the regiment not
returning to its present quarters.
"The wives of officers, however, and those of soldiers
now residing in barracks, and who do not go into camp,
will be permitted to occupy their present quarters in bar-
racks, and in their case the use of their baggage will of
course be admitted.
" I have the honour to be, &c.,
" J. FREETH, Quartermaster-General.
" Officer commanding Regiment."

THE CHANOELLOI?SIIIP OP OXFORD.

OXFORD, MONDAY;

Although the inaugurations of former Chancellors
have taken place under more brilliant auspices than that
of the Earl of Derby, and the line of conduct which has
been taken in giving so purely political a complexion to
this occasion is not very judicious, still the approach of
the ceremonial of to-morrow excites considerable interest,
and the venerable streets of this city of colleges and
churches wear an aspect of unwonted animation and
gaiety. The great event of the day has been the arrival
of the Earl of Derby, who entered Oxford at half-past
six o'clock, and proceeded to the Vice-Chancellor's resi-
dence in Worcester College. , The noble earl was accom-
panied by his countess and his eldest son, Lord Stanley,
M.P., and was received in due form by the Rev. Dr.
Cotton, provost of Worcester, the Vice-Chancellor for
the present year, and several of the heads of houses.
The routine of dinners, balls, and festivities does not
begin till to-morrow. The University authorities have
not yet decided whether any representatives of the press
are to be admitted.to the dinner in Worcester College
Quadrangle, which takes place at half-past six to-mor-
row evening, but great apprehensions are entertained
that the spirit of exclusiveness will prevail.
Two events of considerable importance in themselves,
and deriving additional interest from their connection
with the grand affair of the time, took place in the neigh-
bourhood of Oxford to-day. One was the re-opening of
the Abbey Church of Dorchester, a village of great an-
tiquity, situated about eight miles from Oxford, which
was the seat of one of the Saxon bishoprics. The church
is an edifice of the later Gothic style, without transepts
or clerestory, but an interesting specimen of that class
of architecture, though not presenting any examples of
great finish or elaboration. It has lately been repaired,
the stone-work partially restored, and the chancel fitted
up with wooden rails and screens of a style in harmony
with that of the edifice. The Bishop of Oxford performed
service, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Addison, curate of
Dorchester, and preached an eloquent discourse from
Matthew xviii., 20, " Where two or three are gathered
together in my name, there will I be in the midst of
them." The other event alluded to was the opening of
the diocesan school for training schoolmasters at Cul-
ham, about three miles distant. The Bishop of Oxford
and the Earl of Derby both spoke at considerable length.
Oxford is chokefull of strangers, and the price of
lodgings has risen, as usual, enormously. Amongst
those already arrived, or momentarily expected, are
Lord Colchester, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis
of Blandford, the Marquis of Chandos, Mr. Disraeli,
M,P., Mr. Walpole, M.P., &c.

The Hon. Major Macdonald has just engaged, for his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, until Septem-
ber next, the beautiful residence belonging to G. E.
Tawrey, Esq., Rarewood-lodge, Sunning-hill, which is
three miles istant from the Chobham encampment.
Baron Rothschild having engaged the above residence
for the Ascot Race week, his Royal Highness will take
up his abode there the week following.
Loss OF THE NEPTUNE, LONDON AND ST. PETERSBUEGH
STEAM-SHIP.—On Saturday were received at Lloyd's
the details of the loss of the Neptune, London and St.
Petersburgh steam-ship, and the marvellous escape of her
passengers and a large amount of bullion which she had
on board. She was the property of the St. Petersburgh
Steam Navigation Company, of about 700 tons burden,
worked by a screw; and, when she met with the disaster,
she was pursuing her first homeward voyage, after a
thorough refit with new boilers, &c. She was to have
sailed from the Thames on the Ist of the month, on a
second trip to St. Petersburgh. 'She did not make 'her
appearance ; and, on that very day, a telegraphic mes-
sage was received.by her agents, from Hull, announcing
that she had been wrecked on, the shoals known as
the Nickman's Grounds, in the Gulf of Finland. By
the arrival of the Emperor from the northern
capital, confirmatory intelligence of the loss was re-
ceived. The latter ship was making her way
through the gulf on Friday evening, when a
large steamer was observed ashore, some distance off.
As the Emperor proceeded, a boat was noticed to be
making for her, and on her coming up, she was found to
be that belonging to the Neptune, and contained Mr.
Brownless the master, and some of the passengers and
crew.. The mishap which had befallen the Neptune was
reported, and the preservation of 22 passengers which
she had on board, and specie to the extent of 50,000
imperials. This, however, was effected under very try-
ing circumstances, as the sea, which was very tempestu-
ous, made over the wreck, the poor creatures expecting
every moment to be washed off. The Emperor was,
solicited to stand off during the night, so as to take the
passengers off the Neptune, and what could be recovered
of her. This was complied with, and the Emperor
brought to. After continuing so, however, many hours,
and the night becoming most boisterous, and fears being
entertained for the safety of the Emperor should she re-
main off the shoal, it was deemed advisable to run out
to sea, and to pursue the voyage to England, which she
did. There is little doubt that all on board the Neptune
were saved ; but it is also as certain that the ship became
a loss, her bottom being driven in, and her hull fast fill-
ing with water. She was insured for a large amount.
The next arrival from St. Petersburgh is expected" to
bring the passengers and crew from the wreck.
CLYDESDALE ORCHARDS.—The appearance of fruit in
the orchards of Clydesdale gives promise this season of
large abundance. Since the year 1822 there has been
nothing to equal the appearance. Of late years the pro-
prietors have suffered much by the frosts that set in
after the blossom had appeared ; but .from the lateness
of the season, no danger has been experienced from this
cause.—Plavoto Constitutional.

THE FR

EiriPlit E.

The Emperor received yesterday at a private audience
V4ly Eddin Rifaat Pacha, Ambassador Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Sublime Porte,
charged to deliver the reply of the Sultan to the notifi-
cation of his Majesty's marriage.
The semi-official journal, the Pays, contains a long
article on the position of France in the Eastern question.
It is of importance, as it is meant to convey the expres-
sion of the Emperor's ideas, and as marking the line of
policy which it is proposed to follow. The article bears
the signature of Viscount de Laguerroniere, the princi-
pal editor of the Pays. After criticising with some se-
verity the conduct of M. Thiers in 1840, the Pays pro-
ceeds thus :

" Our national pride isimuch flattered, no doubt, at hear-
ing it constantly said that the Mediterranean is a French
lake. Unfortunately, the treaties of 1815 have changed into
a dream that expression of a great man. In consequence
of these treaties the Mediterranean is not, and cannot hence-
forth be, other than an European and International lake.

It is to 'maintain for it that Character that Egypt ought
not to be either English or French ; and that Turkey cannot
be Russian. Let us speak in good faith ;—could we permit
England, for instance, to establish herself in the Balearic
Isles to intercept our route to Algeria, which is henceforth
united to France by indissoluble bonds ? And could
England suffer that by making Egypt French we should
take from her the Bay of Suez, which is for her the gate
of the Indies ? M. Thiers threw himself rashly into the
question of the East in 1840. He could only end in an
impossibility. He completely disregarded the interests of
France in that question. The Restoration did not commit
such a fault ' • and its flag floated at Navarino side by side
with that of Russia and of England. The independence
of Greece was won and settled by Europe. It was also the
whole of Europe which intervened to:settle the interests at
stake between Egypt and Turkey. The day, that the
Eastern question loses this European character the peace
of the world would be disturbed for a long time ; let this
be believed ; and it is not France that would have to suffer
from that attack on the equilibrium of Europe, for she is
perhaps the most disinterested of all in the question of the
East. There are three Powers who have a vital interest in the
East—Russia, England, and Austria. For Russia it is the
interest of her religious ideas, which points out to her the
attainment of a political sovereignty where she has the
pretension to exercise a sovereignty of dogma and of faith.
For Austria it is the interest of her security and of her de-
fence on the Danube against the immense weight of the
Empire of Russia, which already presses on her. For Eng-
land it is the interest of the freedom and security of her
communications with India, where she has immense pos-
sessions, which are the source of her prosperity, and the
absolute condition of her rank as a power of the first order.
But France has only the interest of all—that is to say, the
balance of Europe and the freedom of the seas. France
would not be menaced in her vital interests, like England
and Austria, were Russia at Constantinople. Her expan-
sion towards Africa and America would not be less free.

It may even be said that sbe would find it a counterpoise
to the excess of the maritime force of England, if that force
should occasion umbrage to us. France would remain then
what she is, and what she will always be, a power of the
first order. But that rank, of which she is proud, of which
she is jealous, and which she will no more lose for herself
than she will take from others, Austria and England
would infallibly lose the day that the Ottoman Empire be-
came the vassal of the Russian Empire.
" The Government of Napoleon 111. has not committed
the fault of the Government of Louis Philippe. It has not
sought in the Eastern question for an occasion of revolu-
tionary tumult on the drum of propagandism ; it has not
isolated France from Europe. No ;it has placed itself
with dignity, firmness, and calm in the right of Europe:lt
is for that that it negotiates; it is for that that it would
fight, if necessary, not alone, but with all, and for all.
France ought not to be and cannot be alone in the question
of the East. The simple supposition of her isolation is a
folly of so monstrous a character that it is impossible to
think of it for an instant. France is with England, with
Austria, with Prussia ; and she will be also, we hope, with
Russia. There exists between the five great Powers, as
between them and all the others of Europe, a common in-
terest, more intimate for some of them, more distant for
us, but obligatory for all. If Russia were to disregard
that fact through pride or ambition, is it with France alone
that she would have to do ? Would France alone take
fire for an interest more European than French ? Could
she, from the extremity of the west, separated from
Russia by Germany, and from Turkey by the Mediter-
ranean, the Archipelago, and the Dardanelles, have
to fire the first shot for a cause which is hers only because
it is that of every one? Honour would not command so
much precipitation, nor would sound policy recommend
it. What she ought to have done, she has done. At the
first signal of the complications she sent her fleet, took
up a position near the theatre of events, and was ready
for every eventuality. But in displaying her flag in face
of the Dardanelles, France showed her right to all
Europe; and her right is the right of all—that which she
could not defend single-handed without temerity, and
which the other Governments could not abandon without
weakness, and without relinquishing their proper interest
and honour. We cannot imagine a nobler situation for
France. We know of none more honourable for her Go-
vernment, and which more markedly contradicts the senti-
ments of distrust which had greeted its accession. Napo-
leon 111. has too much prudence, patriotism, and political
genius to play with that terrible word ' war. That
word, which is a part of his glory, has not dazzled him.
Twice only has has he pronounced it since ho has governed—
three years back, as a reparation towards the head of Chris-
tendom, the illustrious Pius IX., replaced in the chair of
St Peter by a French army ; and now, as a precaution
against the fear of an encroachment and of a violation of
treaties. The foreign policy is sufficiently characterised by
this explanation. After having had the honour of saving
religion amidst the applause of Europe, ho now defends the
right of Europe, respect for treaties, order, peace, and
equity. The conqueror who was feared is not he. The
people which tremble for its repose is not that which ad-
joins our frontier. No, he renders impossible any coali-
tion against France ; and he also renders impossible the
partition of another Poland, as well as the conspiracy or the
treason of another treaty of Pilnitz ; and he is ready to take
his place in the great European coalition, to cause the in-
tegrity of a people and the inviolability of a right to be
respected. Besides, this point must not be lost sight of,
that war, not probable but possible, would not resemble in
anything what has been hitherto seen. It would not be
the frontier uncovered, nor the nationality engaged. The
Rhine, that natural barrier, would not be menaced by any
enemy : and it is not at our doors that the quarrel will be
settled. 'At the utmost, in a distant scene,. France would
have to appeal, not to defend herself nor to attack, but to
cause treaties to be respected. Such is her armed mission.
She would have behind her flag the armies and fleets which
could not make default to the cause of the right of all against
the ambition of one. War on these conditions would un-
doubtedly be a misfortune, but it would never be a: peril or
a convulsion. Consequently, whether France combats er
negotiates, her situation is as glorious as it is strong, for
war would only be an act of common ',European defence,
land peace a treaty of affiance, the indissolubility of which
would have for sanction the permanent interest of all the
States."

The Moniteur publishes an account of the proceedings
of the Governor-General of Algeria against the Kabyles.
The Arabs make no resistance, so that there are no
killed on either side, but the native villages are burnt
without mercy. By a telegraphic 'dispatch, dated the
28th May, the Governor-General announced that " all
the tribes have made their submission, furnished hostages,
and paid the impost."
The market for Government Securities at the Bourse
yesterday had been dull, and a decline ultimately took
place in the Three per Cents., in the quotation for cash,
of 20c. ; and for the term of 15c. The Four-and-a-Half
per Cents. were, as usual, better supported, and closed
with an advance for money of 25c., and of sc. for the
end of the month. Bank of France Shares fell 10f.
The final quotations were :—For cash,--Three per Cents.,
78f. 70c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 102 f. For the
account—Three per Cents., 78f. 65c. ; Four-and-a-Half
per Cents., 101 f. 80c. ; Bank Stock, 2,665 f. Shares of
the Mortgage Bank still remain at 800 f. ; a decline of
2f. occurred in those of the Societ4 Mobilibre, which
were finally quoted at 825 f. 50c. The Railway Share
Market was also affected by the general want of activity
in affairs, though, on the whole, that description of
public security was tolerably well supported. The most
favoured lines yesterday were the Northern and Paris
and Lyons—the former of which advanced 55f., and the
latter 20f. Orleans shares also improved 5f., and Paris
and Rouen, 2f, Closing prices :—Northern, 950 f. ;
Paris and Orleans, 1,065 f. ; Paris and Straibourcr, 902 f. ;
Paris and Lyons, 935 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,037f.6