The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-22 00:00:00

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THE DRAWING-ROOM.
The Queen held a Drawing-room on Saturday in St.
James's Palace, in celebration of her Majesty's birthday.
The reception included the Royal family, the whole of
the diplomatic corps, and a very numerous circle of the
nobility and gentry, numbering about fourteen hundred.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
ladies and gentlemen in waiting, arrived from Bucking-
ham Palace soon after two o'clock, escorted by a party
of Life Guards, and were received by the Lord Cham-
berlain, the Lord Steward, the Master of the Horse, and
the Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness.
The Duchess of Kent (attended by Lady Anna Maria
Dawson and Lord James Murray) and the Duchess of
Cambridge and the Princess Mary (attended by Lady
Georgians, Bathurst, Major Baron Knesebeck, and
Major Home Purves) attended the Drawing-room, and
were received by the Vice-Chamberlain.
Vee Rapider Wudair, Rajah of Coorg, Prince Gholam
Mahumed, and Prince Feroze Shah, attended the re-
ception, and were habited in magnificent Eastern
costumes.
Lord Cranworth, Lord Chancellor, came in state,
wearing his gold robe, attended by his secretaries, and
preceded by the Deputy Serjeant at Arms, Mr. Good-
body, bearing the gold mace, and by the purse-bearer.
The other Equity judge present, the Vice-Chancellor
Sir John Stuart, also wore his gold robe.
The chief judges of the courts of Common Law, viz.,
Lord Campbell, the Lord Chief Justice of England ; Sir
John Jervis, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common
Pleas, and Sir Frederick Pollock, the Lord Chief Baron
of the Exchequer,. wore their gold collars of S. S. in
honour of the day.
The Right Hon. Charles Shaw Lefevre, Speaker of
the House of Commons, arrived in state, wearing his
gold robe, and attended by Lord Charles Russell, Ser-
jeant at Arms ; Rev. Thomas Gamier, chaplain to the
House of Commons, and Mr. Lefroy, his Secretary.
The day being observed as a collar day, the Knight's
Companions of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, of
the Most Ancient Order of the Thistle, and of the Most
Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, and ie Knights Grand
Crosses of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, wore
the collars of their respective orders.
Her Majesty's Guard of the Hon. Corps of Gentle-
men-at-Arms was on duty in the state saloons, under
the command of the Lieutenant. The sub-officers,
Lieutenant-Colonel Nevill and Major Cooke, were on
duty with the corps.
The Queen's royal body-guard of the Yeomen of the
Guard were under the command of Sir John Kincaid,
the Exon in Waiting.
A guard of honour of the Life Guards, with the band
of the regiment in state uniforms, was on duty in the
large quadrangle of the palace.
Before the drawing-room, the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, the Archbishop of Armagh, the Bishops of Win-
chester, Ripon, Gloucester and Bristol, Oxford (Lord
High Almoner), 'Worcester, Chester (Clerk of the Closet),
St. David's, Peterborough, Hereford, Sodor and Man
(Lord Auckland), Bangor, Lichfield, Cashel, Chichester,
Llandaff, Down and Connor, St. Asaph, Cork, Ossory
and Ferns, Lincoln, and Adelaide, were introduced to
the Queen in the Royal Closet, when the Archbishop of
Canterbury delivered an address of congratulation to her
Majesty, on the auspicious return of her natal day.
The prelates having retired, the Queen and Prince
Albert entered the Throne-room, accompanied by the
Princess Royal, the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of
Cambridge, and the Princess Mary. Her Majesty and
his Royal Highness were attended by the Duchess of
Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes : the Viscountess
Jocelyn (in waiting), the Duchess of Wellington, the
Viscountess Canning, the Countess of Desart, the
Marchioness of Ely, and the Duchess of Atholl, Ladies
of the Bedchamber ; the Hon. Caroline Cavendish (in
waiting). the Hon. Flora Macdonald (in waiting), the
Hon. Reanor Stanley, the Hon. Matilda Paget,
the Hon. Lucy Kerr, the Hon. Mary Seymour, the
Hon. Beatrice Byng, and the Hon. Mary Bulteel,
Maids of Honour ; Lady Charlotte Copley, Lady
Caroline Barrington, Lady Theresa Digby, the Hon.
Mrs. G. E. Anson, and the Hon. Mrs. George Camp-
bell, Women of the Bedchamber ; Earl Spencer, K.G.,
Lord Steward; the Marquis of Breadalbane, K.T., Lord
Chamberlain ; the Duke of Wellington, Master of the
Horse ; the Marquis of Abercorn, K.G., Groom of the
Stole to his Royal Highness ; the Earl of Mulgrave,
Treasurer of the Household ; Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice
Chamberlain ; Viscount Drundanrig, Comptroller of the
Household ; Lord Rivers, Lord in Waiting ; Viscount
Torrington, Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness ;
Colonel the Hon. Charles Phipps, C. 13., Keeper of her
Majesty's Privy Purse ; Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey,
Private Secretary to his Royal Highness ; Sir Frederic
Stovin, Groom in Waiting ; Colonel Wylde, Grcom in
Waiting to his Royal Highness ; Colonel Bouverie,
Equerry in Waiting ; Captain Du Plat, Equerry in
Waiting to his Roya Highness ; and Messrs. George
G. Cameron and H. Farquharson, Pages of Honour in
Waiting.
The following Ministers of State and members of the
Cabinet were present, and occupied their usual stations
near the Sovereign, viz., Lord Cranworth, the Lord Chan-
cellor ; Earl Granville, the Lord President ; the Earl of
Aberden, K.T., First Lord of the Treasury ; Lord John
Russell, Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., Secretary of
State for the Home Department ; the Earl of Clarendon,
K.G., Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; the Duke
of Newcastle, Secretary of State for War and the
Colonies ; Sir James Graham, the First Lord of the
Admiralty ; Sir Charles Wood, the President of the
Board of Control ; and the Right Hon. Sidney Her-
bert, Secretary-at-War.
The Queen wore a train of white silk richly brocaded
with a running pattern of flowers in gold and cerise:
The train was trimmed with gold blonde. The petticoat
was of white tulle, over white satin, ornamented with
bunches of white roses, green leaves, and lilies of the
valley. Her Majesty wore on her head a diadem of
diamonds.
The Duchess of Kent wore a train of white poplin,
spangled with gold (British manufacture), trimmed with
tulle and gauze ribands of white and gold. The
stomacher ornamented with diamonds. The petticoat
was white satin trimmed with gold and white blonde
and tulle. Her royal highness's head-dress was a tur-
ban of gold blonde, ornamented with ostrich feathers
and diamonds,
The Duchess of Cambridge wore a train of grey satin,
trimmed with white Brussels lace. The,stomacher orna-
mented with sapphires and diamonds. The petticoat was
of grey satin, with an overskirt cf white Brussels lace,
and was trimmed with marabout feathers and silver
blonde. Her royal highness's head-dress was formed of
a tiara of diamonds and feathers. The necklace was
diamonds.
The Princess Mary of Cambridge wore a train of pink
glach silk lined with white satin, and trimmed with
white lace and white bugles. The stomacher ornamented
with emeralds and diamonds. The petticoat was pink
crape over pink satin, and was trimmed with rosebuds
of the same colour. The Princess's head-dress was a
tiara forming a series of stars composed alternately of
diamonds and rubies and diamonds. The necklace was
of pearls.
The officers of the Royal Household appeared in the
full dress household uniform, and the Ministers of the
Crown wore the full dress official costume.
The Foreign Ministers, conducted by the Master of
the Ceremonies, were introduced, when Captain Charles
Newte, sth Austrian Dragoons, was presented to the
Queen by his Excellency the Count Collodero.

MINISTERIAL BANQUETS.
. The Earl of Aberdeen, First Lord of the Treasury,
gave a state dinner to a party of peers, in honour of her
Majesty's birthday, at Argyll House. The noblemen
present were the Dukes of Buccleuch, Leeds, and Argyll;
the Marquis of Westminster ; the Earls of Burlington,
Carnarvon, Camperdown, Chichester, Clanwilliam,
Ellesmere, Fitzhardinge, Kintore, Shaftesbury, Zetland,
Airlie, Albemarle, Clare, Gosford, liaddington, Gram
ville, and Ducie ; Viscount Canning; Lords Heytesbury,
Hatherton, Overstone, Ward, Monteagle, and Beau-
mont ; Mr. Clinton Dawkins and Mr. Cole (private
secretaries).
The Marquis of Breadalbane, K.T., Lord Chamber-
lain of the Queen's Household, gave a state dinner in
celebration of the day, at his residence in Park-lane, to
the following distinguished circle :—The Vice-Chamber-
lain, Lord Ernest Bruce, the Captain of the Gentlemen-
at-Arms, Lord Foley, Earl Somers, the Earl of Listowel,
Lord De Tabley, Lord Byron, Lieut.-General Sir Fre-
derick Stovin, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Alex. Nelson
Hood, Major-General Berkeley Drummond, Lieut.-
General Sir Edward Bowater, Captain the Hon. Mor-
timer Sackville West, Hon. Frederick Byng, Colonel
Sir Frederic Smith, Sir William Martins, Mr. Thomas
Ramsden, Mr. Arthur Blackwood, Captain Green, Mr.
Alfred Montgomery, Mr. Wilbraham Taylor, Lieut.-
Colonel Henry S. Stephens, Sir Alexander Campbell,
Bart., Mr. Norman Macdonald, Hon. Col. Upton,
Field Officer in Waiting, the Duke of Roxburghe,
James Clark, Bart., Major. General Sir George Bowles,
Sir David Brewster, the Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wel-
lesley, and Sir Roderick Murchison.
The Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for War
and the Colonies, gave a state dinnia: to celebrate the day
at his residence in Portman-squa:re, to the following
gentlemen connected with his grace's departments :
The Commander-in-Chief, the Military Secretary, the
Secretary at War, the Deputy Secretary, the Adjutant-
General, the Quartermaster-General, the Private Secre-
tary, the Lieut.-General of the Ordnance, the Principal
Storekeeper of the Ordnance, the Clerk of the Ordnance,
the Inspector General of Fortifications, the Judge-Ad-
vocate General, the Secretary to the Lieut.-General of
the Ordnance, Mr. Under Secretary Peel, Mr. Under
Secretary Merivale, Mr. Assistant Under Secretary
Elliott, Lieutenant-Colonel Mundy, Assistant Under
Secretary for War, Mr. Commissioner Murdoch, Com-
missioner Sir F. Rogers, Governor Sir Geo. Grey (Nov
Zealand,) Lieutenant-Governor Mr. D. .Daly, the Right
Rev. the Bishops of Adelaide, New Zealand, Graham's
Town, and Sierra Leone, the "Very Rev. VT - A• News
man, Dean of Cape Town, the Honourablle and Rev.
Douglas, Cape Town, the Chief Justice of St. Helena,
the Chief Justice of Victoria, the Chief Justice of the
Gold Coast, the lion. the Master of the Rolls, Nova

ls
Scotia, Mr. • k iidA A. W. Det Bala; of NewfoNadi
land, Mr. JUstice Surtees, Mauritius,Nata the Coleilia't
Secretary of New South Wales. -`--.
Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., Socretery of State for
the Home Department, give a state dinner in honour of
the day, at his residence in Carltbn-gardens to the fol-
lowing judicial and state functionaries :—The Lord
Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of England, the
Speaker of the House of Commons, the Lord Chief Jus-
tice of the Court of Common Pleas; the Lord Clidef
Baron of the Exchequer, the Vice-Chanbellor -Itindetrs-
ley, the Vice-Chancellor Stuart, the Right Hon. Sir
John Dodson, Dean of the Arches Court • the Right
Hon. Stephen Lushington, the Judge of the Admiralty
Court ; the Right Hon. Sir John Young,. Chief Secre-'
tary for Ireland ; the Hon. Justice Coleridge, the Hon.
Baron Alderson, the Hon. Justice Creswell, the Hon.
Justice Erle, the Hon. Baron Platt, the Hon. Baron
Martin, the Hon. Justice Crompton, the Hon, Justice
Crowder, the Lord Mayor, the Lord Advocate of Scot-
land, the Solicitor-General for Ireland, Mr. Sheriff
Wire, Mr. Sheriff Wallis' Sir James Duke, Mr.
Masterman, Baron Rothschild, the President of the
Poor Law Board, Mr. H. Waddington, Mr. R. *),V.
Grey, and Mr. Clifford.
The Earl Spencer, K.G., Lord Steward of Her Ma,
jesty's Household, gave a state dinner on Saturday
evening, at Spencer House, in celebration of her Ma-
jesty's birthday. The company consisted of the Earl
of Mulaave and Viscount Drumlanrig, Treasurer and
Comptroller of the Household ; Lieutenant-Colonel
Biddulph, Master of the Household, and Mr. Thomas
Shiffner, Paymaster ; the Marquis of Ormonde, K.P.,
Lord Camoys, Lord Rivers, and Lord Waterpark,
Lords in Waiting ; Mr. Ormsby Gore, and Mr. Frede-
rick Cavendish, Grooms in Waiting ; Captain Courts-
ney Boyle, R.N., Sir Noel Harris, Colonel Diggle,
and Commander Bedford, Gentlemen Ushers ; the lion.
Spencer Lyttleton, Marshal of the Ceremonies ; the
1 Marquis Camden,• K.G., the Earl Waldegrave, Lora
Frederick Gordon Hallyburton, Lord George Quin,
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord Lilford, Lord de
.Mauley, the Hon. Charles Compton Cavendish, Captain
the Hon. Joseph Denman, R.N., Captain of the Queen's
Yacht, Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, K.C.8.,
Rear-Admiral Fremantle, Captain Cavendish Boyle,
and Alr. Edward Browell, Secretary to the Board of
Green Cloth.
Sir Charles Wood, President of the Board of Control
for the Affairs of India, also gave a state dinner in
honour of the anniversary, at his residence in Chesham-
place. The company consisted of the Hon. John Elliott,
M.P., the Hon. R. Cavendish, Sir William Clay, M.P.,
Major Oliphiant, Mr. Macnaughten, Major-General Sir
George Pollocik, Sir Thomas Redington, Sir Henry
Hillock, Sir F. Currie, General Hunter, Captain Shep-
herd, Mr. Ross Mangles, M.P., Colonel Malcolm, Mr.
Prinsep, Mr. Willoughby, Sir James Melville, Mr.
Lowe, M.P., Colonel Sim, Colonel Roberts, Mr. Baring,
Colonel Abbott, Colonel Melville, Captain Wingate, and
Mr. Charles Mills. . .... . _ . _

The Attorney-Gemsral, Sir A. Cockburn, gave a grand
dinner on Saturday, in celebration of her Majesty's
birthday, to the Queen's counsel and leading members
of the bar, at the Album, Aldersgate-street, ihe exterior
of which was brilliantly illuminated in honour of the oc-
casion. Covers were laid for 70, and among the com-
pany were—The Solicitor-General,M.P., the Right
lion. S. H. Walpole, M.P.., Sir F. Thesiger, M..P., Sir
F. Kelly, M.P., Right Hon. J. Napier, M.P., Mr. W.
J. Alexander, Mr. J. E. Anderson, Mr. B. Andrews,
Mr. W. Atherton, M.P., H. Bliss, Mr. J. Camp-
bell, Mr. C. P. Cooper, Mr. A. Hayward, Mr. .M.
Chambers, M.P., Mr. R. D. Craig, Mr.W. Elnisley, Mr.
C. Hoggins, Mr. R. Ingham, Mr. E. James, Mr. Edward
James, Mr. C. J. Knowles, Mr. J. H. Roe, Mr. R.
Malins, M.P., Mr. J. Mellor, Mr. R. Palmer, M.P.,
Mr. N. Pashley, Mr. J. B. Parry, Mr. J. G. Philli-
more, M.P., Mr. M. Prendergast, Mr. W. C. Rowe,
Mr. F. W. Slade, Mr. M. Smith, Mr. J. G. Teed, Mr.
S. Temple, Mr. C. Temple, Mr. Samuel Warren, Mr.
C. H. Whitehurst, Mr. G. Willmore, Mr. F. Whit-
marsh, Sergeant Channel, Sergeant Goulburn, Sergeant
Murphy, Sergeant Shee, Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. W.
Clarkson, Mr. W. H. Bodkin, Mr. W. N. Welsby,
Mr. T. 11. Terrell, Mr. J. Wilde, Mr. G. Pigott, Mr.
J. Wickens, Mr. W. H. Willes, Mr. J. P. Fearon, Mr.
J. Timm, Mr. S. Gardiner, Mr. E. L. Pemberton, Mr.
F. J. Hamel, Mr. J. Whiteside, M.P., Mr. I. Butt,
M.P., Mr. V. Scully, M.P., Mr. George, Mr. L.
Bland.
Her Majesty's Guard of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen
at Arms had a full dress dinner on Saturday in celebra-
tion of the day.

THE ILLUMINATIONS.
The illuminations on Saturday night in honour of her
Majesty's birthday were on a scale of great richness and
magnificence, as the occasion never fails to draw forth
renewed manifestations of loyalty to our beloved Soya-
reign. The devices were varied and extensive, and bOMO
of them of great beauty.

THE PROPOSED STATUE TO PRINCE

ALBERT.

The following correspondence has been sent us for
publication :

" May 3, 1854.
Sir,—ln pursuance of the accompanying resolution, I
have the honour to transmit, for the information of his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, a list of the subscribers,
with the amount of subscriptions. No appeal has yet
been made to the general public, who have so materially
benefitted by the Great Exhibition, and who will, it is
' believed, contribute, according to their means, when a
definite plan be adopted for the attainment of the
object.
"I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your obedient servant,
" THOMAS CHALLIS.
"To Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey.
" ' Resolved,—That previous to making an organised
appeal to the country, it is the duty of this committee to
submit to his Royal Highness Prince Albert a report of
its proceedings up to the present time. They would,
therefore, respectfully solicit the honour and advantage
of his Royal Highness's counsel as to the best mode of
transmitting to posterity a memorial of that great na-
tional event, the Exhibition of 1851, with which the
name of his Royal Highness must ever be associated.' "
" Buckingham Palace, May 6.
" Sir,— I have had the honour of receiving, and of
submitting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the re-
solution adopted by the committee of subscribers to a
' Memorial of the Great Exhibition,' which was enclosed
in your letter of the 3d inst., and in which his Royal
Highness's counsel is solicited `as to the best mode of
transmitting to posterity a memorial of that great event.'
" In the very natural desire to record the success of
that great national undertaking, which has reflected so
much credit on the enterprise and perseverance of the
people of this country, his Royal Highness most cor-
dially concurs. The same desire necessarily forced itself
upon the Royal Commissioners, when they had to con-
sider the best mode of applying the surplus which, on
finally closing the accounts of the Exhibition, remained
in their hands.
" They agreed that its most appropriate memorial
would be found in the attempt to perpetuate some of the
advantages which that undertaking had been intended
to produce, viz., the fostering and promoting of general
education in the arts and sciences as applied to produc-
tive industry—and his Royal Highness would refer you
to the published report of the Royal Commissioners on
the disposal of that surplus for a detailed explanation of
his own personal opinion and that of the Royal Com-
missioners as to the best mode of effecting this object.
" It seems to his Royal Highness that the wishes of
those who have subscribed to the proposed memorial
would be most satisfactorily met by the adoption of some
plan which, while it harmonised with the objects recom-
mended by the Royal Commissioners in their report,
should still preserve a distinctive character, and should
be calculated to mark the specific nature of the purpose
which the subscribers to this memorial have had in view.
' "In the uncertainty his Royal Highness must neces-
sarily be under with respect to the wishes and feelings of
the subscribers, he would not wish to give more than a
very vague idea of the manner in which he thinks this
purpose may be best effected. It might probably be
done by the endowment of one or more professorships ;
by the institution of periodical exhibitions ; by the pur-
chase of fine works of art for the national museums ,• or
by the endowment of prizes for specific objects. But
that which strikes his Royal Highness at this moment
as the simplest and most effectual method would be to
found scholarships as prizes for proficiency in certain
branches of study connected with art and science. These
might be travelling scholarships, and if the sum sub-
scribed should amount to 10,0001., the interest would be
sufficient to found four, or one for each of the four great
classes into which the Exhibition was divided, while by
this means also the connection between our efforts in art
and science and those of other nations would be main'
tair,r,rd
The competition for such prizes, as being immedi•
ately connected with the objects of the Great Exhibition,
might, if so wished, be conducted under the auspices of
the Royal Commissioners, who might meet publicly each
year, on the anniversary of the opening of the Exhibi-
tion, to announce the successful competitors, when the
reports of the preceding year, which the scholars should
be instructed to furnish, might, also be read, and their
publication for general use afterwards undertaken b 7
the commissioners. this sag-
" His Royal Highness merely throws out
gestion as an
illustrative of his idea of the mnef
wihnowrthhiiciyh
the memory of the Exhibition would be
matured plan
perpetuated, and does not give it as
butwhi csllliohuel should proposesthis, or foainytshiemail(alorpptiixo:,
he would have much pleasure in further
subject with them. The only wish lie can
may
of the committee;
their
vitae,
carry out
such a plan may be adopted by tiietl.nsfl,
eraen discussing
have i s tthhaet
scribers, as well as most beneficia l
it was a so ono
their object in the manner most sal it.o. so.tioereyotuontrtlyieg sub-
scribers,
al Highness would..
hhiechwioliusldßb,e,yglad to find,that
be enabled
rally,t\var towards which
the honour to be, sir, your very
~ ,C. GREY.
himself to have the pleasure of
ocboendtireinbtutstmrgv.,—Al: have

"To Thomas Challis, Esq., 31. P."

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DEATH OF LIEUTENANT W. IT.
This distinguished young officer, whoH cOorumanaed the
second cutter in the remarkable voyage of the boats of
her Majesty's ship Plover, from Icy-cape to the Mao-
kenzie, in search of Sir John Franklin, died at Broi rpto•
on Friday morning last. His premature death w. Is oc•
casioned by disease of the lungs, brought on by co-otant
exposure and severe hardships and sufferings, Lio' xteriant
Hooper, having, on one occasion, been lost for tbrixo
days in a snowstorm, and passed two lonely winter"
away from his ship in log huts, with a few of I xis boat •
II
crew, near the northern shores of America, liTi) sg chi4.l.
upon offal fish.

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
THIS EVENING, Mat 22,
Wfll bs performed Auber's Opera, FRA DIAVOLO. Fra
Dla-
volo, Mr. Sims Reeves; Lord Allcash, Mr. Weiss; Giacomo and
Beppo. Messrs. Leftler and F. Smith ; Lady Allcash, Mine. Weiss ;
'Zerlina, Mrs. Sims Reevos.
Foilowed by (4th time) a neiv RALLET DIVERTISSEMENT,
entitled UNE FETE EN OLYMPE, in which Mdlle. Fasqualis will
appear.

Yricee—Stalls, 7a; Dress Circle, 55.; Boxes, 3s. ; Fit, 2s. ; Gallery,
Is.; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The
Box-office open daily from Ten till Six, where places may be
secured. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had of Messrs. Leader and
Cock 63, New Bond-street.

THE&TRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.
Voider the management of Mr. Znekatone.
THIS EVENING, MAY 22,

Will be pertbrmed THE MILITARY KNIGHTS OF THE
ROUND TABLE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, G.
Vandenhoff, W. Farren, Compton, and Buckstone ; Miss Reynolds,
Miss E. Grey, and Mrs. Fitawilliam. _ _

After which, the entirely new and original extravaganza, entitled
XS. BUCKSTONE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE (IN LEI-
CESTEB-SQUABE), written by J. B. Planchet Esfi• Principal
characters by Mr. Buckstone, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Clark, Dir. J.
Marshall, Mr. H. Marshall; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. CauLdeld, Miss
E. Grey, 11las Lydia Itompecn, Miss Laura Morris, and Miss
Featherstone.

IiOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. Cissamks Kksri.
THIS EVENING, MAT 2.
Wilt be performed TEIE MARRIED UNMARRIED. Characters
by Meares. W. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart; and Misses Heath and
Mu ge,y.
Feflowed by FAUST A. ND MARGUERITE. Characters by
Mtasrs. C. Kean and Dttii.i Fisher ; Mrs. Winstapley and Miss C.
Lee. e req.
After which, AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. Characters by
Messrs. Meadows, D. Fisher, and Saker ; and Misses Murray and
Daly.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. R. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, MAT 22,

Will be performed THE MARBLE HEART; or, The Sculptor's
Dream. Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, L. Murray, Ben. Web-
ster, and C. Selby ; Madame Celeste, Ml,os Woolgar, and Miss E.
Harding.
Followed by THE MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT. Principal cha-
racters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Keeley, and Parselle ; Mrs. Keeley,
and Miss Mary Keeley,
After which, THE OVERLAND JOCrRNEY TO CONSTANTI-
MOYLE, AS UNDERTAKEN BY LORD BATEMAN, WITH
INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF THE FAIR SOPHIA.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lesser., and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan.
THIS EVENING. MAT 22.
Will be performed THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Cha-
Teeters by Messrs. F. Robson, J. H. White, Leslie, and Vincent;
ILtv. Chatterley, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Marston.
After which., THE MUMMY. Characters by Messrs. H. Wigan,
Robson, H. Cooper; Misses Marston and E. Turner.
To be folio wed by TO OBLIGE BENSON, Supported by Messrs.
Emery, RoPJson, and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling and Miss Wyndham.

STRAND THEATRE.

...
B°lo to nee Mr. F. W. Allcroft—Directress. Miss Rebecca Isaacs.

THIS EVENING. MAT 22,
will be performed THE STATUE LOVER.
o be followed by A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING.
After which, THE GARDENER OF VERSAILLES.
To be followed by THE SEA NYMPH'S CAVE.
To conclude with THE BONNET-BUILDERS' TEA PARTY.
Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, Is. 6d ; Gallery, 6d. ; Private Boxes,
#1 I Is. 6d., to be had of Mr. Allcroft, lb. New Bond-street.

ASTLET'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke.
THIS EVENING, May 22,
'CM be presented the new grand Nautical and Equestrian spec-
tacle, embodying navel and extraordinary effects (written by Mr.
Nelson Lee), entitled A TALE OF THE SPANISH WAR; or.
The Horse of the Wreck. The horses expressly trained by Mr. W.
Cooke.

Followed by NOVEL FEATS of EQUITATION SANSPA-
REILLE.
To Conclude with a Grand Ballet, entitled THE STAR OF THE
BRINE.

box-oftlee open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
Vogt.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tuts DAT —Morning 11 min.after 8 I
Evening 52 niin.aft. 8
150.31comow—Morning 31 rain.after 9 Evening 7 min.aft. 10

THE WEATHER.—Sus OPPTCX, MAT 21.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
68—highest since noon yesterday.
52—lowest this morning and during the night.
63—this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 2988—falling rapidly.
WIND, W.S.W., blowing strong.—Cloudy, dull weather,
with glimpses of sunshine ; rain in the morning, and a
sprinkling at noon.

MAY 22.
65—highest since noon yesterday.
53—lowest this morning and during the night.
63—this day, at noon.
BAROMETER, 29.61—a fall of more than half-an-inch
since Saturday.
WIND, W.S.W., light.—Dull weather; heavy rain in
the night, and some slight showers this morning.

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LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 22, 1854.

Winter has not prevented Sir CHARLES NAPIER
from illustrating the power of the great maritime
armament under his command by one or two re-
markable achievements. In these preliminary
undertakings he has been well aided by the gal-
lant French fleet, bearing the flag of Admiral
PARSEVAL-DESCHENES. It may be remembered
by our readers that up to a late hour on Saturday
evening, we had learnt by the most recent intelli-
gence from Stockholm that the allied fleets
under NAPIER had contrived, in spite of the
continued frost, to advance, before the close of the
first fortnight of May, as far up the Gulf of
Finland as a point immediately in the neigh-
bourhood of Helsingfors. While alluding to
this important advance already made in the'
direction of St. Petersburgh, we availed
ourselves of the opportunity to observe that
the movement was the more worthy of re-
mark from the circumstance of the ice frequently
remaining in considerable abundance in that
branch of the Baltic as far into our vernal season,
as near to the limits of our earlier and more genial
summers, as the second or third of June inclu-
sively. Whether in this year of grace, 1854, the
Northern winter has or has not been more than
Usually prolonged, there cannot be much surprise
that the war vessels of France ani England had
not, in the early part of May, penetrated further
into the Gulf of Finland than the vicinity of the
coast near Helsingfors. There cannot be felt
much surprise at this, we mean by those who are
in any way acquainted with the Baltic navigation.
Intelligence, by way of Stockholm, bringing
Us to a somewhat later date than the one referred
to on Saturday as the latest then received, ac-
quaints us, moreover, with the gratifying infor-
mation that more has been effected by the united
Maritime armaments under Admirals NAPIER
and DESCHENES than a comparatively early ad-
vance to the neighbourhood of Helsingfors. Ac-
cording to accounts only just now received from
the Swedish capital it appears tolerably certain
that Aland has been taken, and it is probable
also that even Revel may have been attacked.
There is Certainty, however, of one other rather
otable success namely,
thecoastt
of
strop p! y, the capture of a fortress on
ghold not and, either Hango itself, or some
very far from it, leaving on our
hands "at one fell
it s
five hundred:, "no
Russianlesspron
thiasnoenr. Soesthousand
ad
that
our sea warriors in the
any means, Baltic have not been, by
as inactive as was at
one time sup-
posed. They have pushed forward as boldly as
they
Well could, by any possibility, -wader the circum-
stances. Waiting for the ice to clear away
quietly edging
they
in defiance
have been all the while of late
their way in—so successfully, indeed,
of every natural obstacle and of every artificial
impediment, that before May has very far ad-
vanced they have seized the island of Aland, they
have at least threatened the port of Revel,
they have taken fifteen hundred prisoners at
Hango, or at some other fortress imme-
diately contiguous, and have taken up a
roa4ition within the Gulf of Finland, hardly a
maritime stronghold no less important than
Ilelsingfors. Therefore, Sir CHARLES must be
allowed to have acquitted himself as bravely as
• the most sanguine of his numerous admirers either i
at Paris or London could have reasonably antici-
Pate&
When strengthened by the union with his
own
mighty Beet
of the whole of the French naval
armament sent out to co-operate in the Baltic with
the maritime force, of England, we may rest as-
suredly and very confidently, that the hero of
Acre will show himself " ready, dy, aye ready," to
avail himself of the very earliest opportunity for
a descent upon Cronstadt, and beyond Cronstadt
Von St. Peteriburg. 'and
he has displayed,