The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-12 00:00:00

DUFFY'S LIBRARY OF IRELAND.

The second series of the " Songs of Ireland,"
edited by Hercules Ellis, Esq., has just reached us.
It is an elegant little volume, and dues great credit to
the taste and enterprise of both publisher and editor.
It is a collection of minor poems, by about fifty
different authors, many of them saved from oblivion
by the industry of the learned editor, who, in a
gracefully written introduction, has classified them—
under a new, and we think un improved nomenclature
—into sonnets, songlets, and songs. Sonnets, the
only one of these minor poems hitherto defined, is
contained within a single stanza of fourteen lines ;
songlet, he defines to be a minor poem, containing not
more than one hundred syllables ; a song, he defines
a minor poem, longer than the songlet, and not ex-
ceeding in length four stanzas or forty lines. The
fourth and fifth divisions of minor poetry he makes are
romance and ballad, but the present volume is confined
to minor poetry under the first three heads. Many
of these little fugitive pieces are of the very highest
order of poetical beauty—all are above mediocrity.
We regret our space will not allow us to make ex-
tracts, and it would be invidious to mention parti-
cular names where all are worthy of praise, yet we
cannot avoid saying that the anonymous poems,
which we must presume to be the editor's own crea-
ti,ns, are not the least attractive flowers in the
Wreath.

FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE.—Last night, shortly
before eight o'clock, a fire, which it is feared will be
attended with fatal coniequences, broke out upon the
premises occupied conjointly by Mr. Roberts, an auc—
tioneer, and Mr. Lloyd, a solicitor, No. 7, Old Jewry,
Cheapside. It appeared that a young man, named
Mears, a clerk to Mr. Lloyd, was engaged on the first
floor warming a quantity of gold size, when it boiled
over, the contents of the saucepan became ignited and
blazed away with great fury. The unfortunate mien
then took the saucepan off the fire, and was, it is sup-
posed, in the act of carrying it down into the street
when his foot slipped and the fiery liquid ran down the
staircase, setting it in flames, and at the seine time
running over the whole of the man's body. The poor
fellow succeeded by a desperate effort in forcing his way
through the fire, when on reaching the street the flames
were blazing over his head. After running to and fro
for some time he at length fell in the street, and some
persons having thrown a few pails of water over him.
the fire about his person was extinguished. It is doubtful
whether he can recover. The engines of the London
brigade from Watling.•street, promptly attended, and
the firemen immediately set to work. Other engines of
the brigade, with that of the %Vest of England Company,
followed in rapid succession, and the flames were fortu-
nately confined to the staircase.
Roslin Chapel (or Collegiate Church as it was),
was commenced in 1446 by William St. Clair, Earl of
Orkney. The founder died in 1479, and left the building
unfinished; the completion of it is attributed to the end
of that century. This chapel is an extraordinary com-
bination of the massive and the minute, some of the
parts being large and coarse, while the decoration over
the whole is most elaborate anti continuous. But for
documentary evidence it would be ascribed to the
following century, when Gothic ran mad ; it is like
nothing else,—cannot be classed,—and ought nut
to be imitated. Externally, some of the pinnacles
have a Chinese aspect, and other parts are
Indian; there are flowers carved on the face of the but-
tresses, and a semi-circular arched porch over the south
door. Inside, all the parts, roof, jambs, strings, arch
mouldings, are sculptured, and much of the carving is
welt executed and now in a good state, considerable works
having been done there eight or nine years
ago, at which time the east window was
put in. The vaulting of the aisles is received on straight
lintels, which run from the main columns to the aisle
wall. These lintels are all sculptured; one of them dis-
plays the Vices, with the Evil One looking on out of the
jaws of hell. In the arches at the east end, where there
is the greatest luxuriance of carving, the Dance of Death
is represented.—Builder.
CHUSAN.—The Island of Chu-san, or Chow-san, is
a great rendezvous of native junks, and is but a short dis-
tance from Ming-po, the principal emporium of trade
for Chekeong province. Chu-san is blest with the most
proltietive soil ; its internal resources are abundant, the
inhabitants orderly and weli•disposed, the town
pirtieularly- well-built, and the climate the most
lubrious in China. how all these advantages could
have been overlooked by our diploinatist4 appears
enigmatical; or why the arid, fetid, broiling sport,
Hong-Kong, should have been fixed upon (excel),
t
for its contiguity to Canton) as a British colony, mus
remain a riddle to be explained by the negotiators of the
treaty. All those whose health become impaired by a
residence in Hong-Kong, are advised to take a voyage
for their recovery to Chusan, from whence,i after a short
residence, they generally return coenvadtesirctenet,,, otrhamate-
rially our
dip benefited. It is deeply to b
lomati-ts neglected to secure this fertile island for the
British Crown. —China and the Chinese.
MIDLAND R ULWAY.—Mr. Ellis, M.P., has been
e.ec t
1 I chairman, and Mr. Samuel Beale deputy• chair.
man of this compatiy.
THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY,—
The directors of this company- are, on acme of their
branches, laying down a single line of rails, with the
electric telegraph, in order to economise expeuditure.
We understand the company will, by this wise proceed-
ing, BaYe alsout a quarter Of& million sterling. -

MEMORANDA OF A MUSICIAN.

BY GEOLIGE J. 0. ALLMANN.

" Notes, notes, forsooth, and noting !"
SIIAKSPERE.

No. NI I.
G !USE PPE VERDI.

Rather would I prove a sorry ;:rophet than an unkindly
one, but I have ever observed that those reputations
which resemble the ascent of a meteor, that with a eud•
den flesh, and with a terrific rushing noise, upmounts to
the highest heaven, are like to that meteor in their short-
lived and unenduring brilliance. I do not say that this
will be the case with Signor Verdi, but only hope it will
not be so. From one of the " unktioen crowd," from a
natuehess ohwurity Verdi suddenly started into " a :11:01
of note," and gained a Lame end reputation celebrated
throughout the extuit of Italy and now extended far
beyond. tiow this was it would be impertinent and
perhaps futile to examine. We have oily to deal with
tsets—incentrovertible, immutable. Ido not hesitate to
acknowledge that Signor Verdi is a men reesessing con-
stdereble genius as a musician, but I du affirm, that, net-
withstanding he has been befit:tied tine beprsis.ed by the
press, ad nauseam, the resonant tunes of their trumpets
beldieg es expect something like is modern "rare avis
in terris," there are no internal signs—none of those
palpable evidences that convince you in a second and bid
doubt cease—not one of those untnistakeuble proofs in
his scores that would justify so much adulation. Per-
haps my reade-rs may nut be so well aware as those who
are fortunate enough to possess musical friends in Italy
whose solicitude supplies their English friends with the
most interesting news and newspaper::—to be found in
Italy, somewhat like angels' visits, few and very far be•
tween—relative to musical matters,lbut if they have they
will then know to what an extent this furore for adulat-
ing Verdi was catried during the early part of his ca-
reer. And however much his own countrymen may feel
the voices of melody and beauty breathe from his music,
nevertheless, the extreme lowliness in which his wor-
shippers prostrated themselves in adoration before his
footstool was, if not to the Italians, at least to us who
like to judge sensibly and after mature and unprejudiced
meditation, productive of ill effect, and somewhat marred
Verdi's future endeavours, which did not mount to the
standard of excellence required, after the first excitement
had worn away. Still, as I have before observed, I would
rather than be an unkindly prophet be one of false omen.
The real stability of Verdi's fame is hidden beneath the
dark and subtle web of futurity—the veil which is concealed
from the gaze of all till the dewdamps of closing exist-
ence fall on the brow, when the failing arm lifts up the
pall, and the glazing eye pierces for the first'and for the
last time its awful and solemn mystery I
And yet, to return to my subject, the career of Giu-
seppe Verdi has been pre-eminently illustrative of that
of a child of genius. Born in the year 181 e, at Bussetto,
a poor and insignificant village in Lombardy, his parents
vv. re obscure and by far too straitened in their means to
afford him a musical education, but as the boy gave evi-
dences of rare promise in the Art, the village organist
undertook to promote his wishes; and it happened—
strangely enough in Italy, but very fortunately— that the
latter was somewhat of a theoretician, so that the advan-
tages Verdi possessed were great considering the obstacle
of poverty; and uh! how great, how invincible is that
obstacle at times! Bui; as Verdi grew in years he began
to excite attention, and by his pleasing exterior and un-
assuming manners won many friends ; not like flies
which buzz about the sugar cask, but friends in the true
sense of that impressive word—who determined to assist
him in his exertions and strugles for fame. This pur-
pose they effected by obtaining for him an admission
into the Conservatorio at Milan. Here he struggled till
the year 1839, when he produced his first opera at the
Scala, called Obei to, Conte di San Bunifuzio. It had
been a :.isastrous season at La Scala, almost every opera
had proved a failure or been coldly received, and thi,,
the first opera of Verdi, shared a similar destiny. The
work was well nigh forgotten, when by the intervention
of his friend Marini, the well-known basso profondo,
Verdi, after effecting important anti judicious alterations
in it, reproduced it, and this time it created a perfect
furore; Salvi, Marini, and our own lamented country-
woman, Mrs. Alfred Sbaw (the famous L'lnglese of the
Italian stage) filling the principal rides. 'This opera
raised Verdi's reputation considerably, but one opera
rarely achieves much, and Verdi, thoroughly compre-
hending this great fact, set to work on an opera buffa, but
owing to the loss of his wife, to whom he was sincerely
and tenderly attached, and who died before it was finished,
it was not brought out till lately at Venice, and if it has
not proved successful, we must attribute it to the melan-
choly state of mind of the poor composer during the time
he wrote it. Verdi's next appearance before the public,
after the mournful event I have recorded, was on the
production of his Nabucodonosor, better known in Eng-
land as Nino ; and this opera has solely rendered Verdi
the favourite he now is. In this opera occurs the beau-
tiful patriotic lament, " Va Pensitro," a happy instance
of that pathetic and flowing form of melody which occurs
now and then—like glimpses in the desert, or voices of
music upon the night air—in this composer's operas.
Pity that these snatches of genius do not eppear more
frequently, for amid the rugged and generally unvocal,
though it must be confessed dramatic, airs in his operas,
they would prove a relief and a charm. Verdi has au
excellent idea of dramatic effect and therein lies the secret
of his success—and therein alone ; for it must be ad-
mitted on all hands that his works are not what is termed
melodious ; on the contrary, his style of composition
which affects a severe simplicity of construction, but
which is in reality only to be attributable to the power-
lessness of producing at all times agreeable and flawing
melody, has severely tried, and at the present time is
ruining the finest singers of hissountry. Independently
of this, be possesses very little conception of the resources
and effects of an orchestra ; his instrumentation is un-
imaginative and lacks refinemt nt and variety ; now and
then, however, he produces startling effects by unisonie
choruses and instrumentation that proves, in confirma-
tion of my own thesis, that his chief claim to fame rests
on his knowledge of dramatic effect and the judicious
use he makes of that knowledge.
I have little else to add now than to record the produc-
tion and success of his later operas, /Lombardi, El nani,
Glove:end D'elreo, Alzira, I due Foscari, Attila', the last of
which Fame, that speaks from the musical organs of
his own country, pronounces to be Verdi'. greatest;werk,
and an opera of transcendaet beauty, and Muebetto. I
believe it was the success ai tending the representution of
this latter opera, which induced our own enterprising
and liberal impresario, Mr. Lumley, to engage the ser-
vices of Verdi to compose an opera sec.ressly for Iler
Majesty's Theatre. Ile accordingly produced I Illas-
nadieri (the subject taken from Schiller's first written
and powerfully dramatic tragedy "The Robbers"), but it
proved only partially successful, notwithstanding the Saint
Cecilia of the age, the great, the good, and the captivating
Jenny Lind impersonated the heroine, and the other
parts were fulfilled by the first singers in Europe. There
are one or two pretty airs scattered hare and there
throughout the opera, but on the whole it is dull, and
was listened to with an ominous silence, nutwithstunding
that the presence of its composer in the orchestra draw
from an English audience those marks of encouragement
and favour which only an English titniitory accord so
spaLtaneou.ly. But the detractors of Verdi must in
this instance bo candid enough to confess that tl a na-
ture and revolting incidents of the story went tar towards
rendering this opera unsuccessful. At present Verdi is,
I he ar, engaged on a tragic opera of which, rumour with
her thousand tongues, speaks in highly encomiastic lan-
guage.

Though little more than thirty years of age,
Verdi looks considerably older. The traces of deep
thought, united to care and illness, have made fearful
havoc on his otherwise handsome and somewhat melan-
choly features. Ills hair is of a fine Chesnut colour, and,
singularly enough for an Italian, his eyes are " dei ply,
darkly, and beautifully blue," while thvir expression is at
once soft and vivacious, and variable as a summer land-
scape. Though he has amassed already a considerable
fortune, Verdi prefers a lie of retirement and seclusion

DREADFUL SUICIDE.—On Thursday night last, at
about 11 o'clock, Hall, the lock keeper of the Regent's
Canal, near Maiden-lane•bridge, St. Pancras, whilst in
his residence on the banks of the canal, was attracted by
the report of a pistol, and on proceeding towards the
spot whence the report issued he found a pool of blood
and a brace of valuable duelling pistols. lie instantly
gave information to police-constable 96 5, and on exsnii-
nation they found appearances on the ground which left
no doubt that some one had been shot, and afterwards
fallen into the water. Ono of the pistols was discharged,
but the other was primed and loaded. They immedi-
ately procured drags, and alter dragging for some time
succeeded in getting out of the water the remains of a
respectably-dressed man, about 54 years of age, with gray
hair, quite dead. He was taken to St. Pancras work-
house, when, on being searched, 2s. 2d. was found in his
pocket, but nothing else whatever to lead to a discovery
of who or what he was. A severe pistol-shot, wound was
discovered in his side, and it is evident that the unfortu-
nate deceased stood on the edge of the bank of the canal
when he shot himself, and fell b ickwards into the water.
Information was forwarded to Mr. Wakley, the coroner,
and the police are making exertions to truce the friends
of the deceased.
Tits GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.--We are autho-
rised, in contradiction of a report very much circulatedi
within
sthriion itnhtee nl at
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of traettei retiring Air.fro re Chas.
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Chairman of the GreatwliVshesit,efrnthßeailvi•ay•
proprietorsC thatompany, so
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board shall poss ss the confidenee ofthe
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should continue to preside over theirr the acffumairpsa,hy. and
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imputation of hav-
ing to perform any duty conflicting with the interests of
b i l chairt) . utr)
Company to prevent
Huss( II only relinquisthhee possibility
the Great Western Railway Company.
RECENT FIRE IN PORTLAND-PLACE.—Yester-
day Mr. Wakiey, the coroner, received information that
Jennings. the coachtia,n to Mr. George Gusset Hill, of
24, Porilaed place, had expired from the effects of the
injuries he received at the fire which broke out in his
master's stables and couch-house on Sunday mornine.
last. During the raging of the fire a police-constable,
who was working at one of the engines, had his hand
drawn
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and it was found necessary to rei.ort to amputation to
save his life.

BLEGLARY AND EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF STAMPS,
&c.—Yesterday rooming the dwelliug-house of Mr. T.
W. Buck, s!ationer, 33, Mount- street. Lambeth, and who
keeps a post• office, was burglariou-ly entered, and pro.
perty stolen to the amount clover 2001. The thieves, it
appeared, ha'! managed to force an entrance to the back-
yard, and from thence into the house, train which they
carri,d po-tage-s amps, postuge-envelopes, bill stumps,
receipt stumps, silver table spoon-, silver te.,stotins,
silver sugar tongs, all fiddle-pattern, and marked " B."
silver knife rests, silver pepper castors, a large white
leather letter bug, and other property. •

SHOCKING DEATH AT YORK..
On Tuesday night, between ten and eleven, the inha-
bitants of York were much alarmed by the report that
the b ,dy of Mr. Richard Nicholson, of Citften,rieur that
city-, had been found in the liver Ouse, end that the un-
fortunate g-nt!cman had been the cause of hit: own
death. Mr. Nicholson was brotber•in-law to-Me. Hud-
son, M.P. for Sunderland, and from his connexion with
the directorate of the York and North Midland Railwil
Company, great and melancholy interest is -felt in this
sfrair. A variety of rumours are athat as. to the dq-
cent:L(l's pecuniary circumstances; bit as these were not
adverted to at the inquest, we shall not further allude to
them. The following abstract of the evidence gives all
that is at present known as to the immediate circum-
stances of his death.
A jury was summoned en Wednesday afternoon, when
the coroner fo► York, Mr. John Wood, proceeded to hear
the evidence.

The first two witnesses were watermen, who saw the
body in the river Ouse about ten o'clock on Tuesday
night. The deceased's hat was visible al,ove the surface,
and by th light of the moon they saw the body. Bar-
ing got the I►udy out of ,he water, it was conveyed to
public house, by which time Medical aid had arrived.
Mr. T. K. L. Walker, surgeon, stated, that when he
reached the place where the body lay he ncognisad it
to be that of Mr. Richard Nicholson. Pulsation was
quite gone, rind when he attempted to extract b!uoil
It oat the jugular vein none would flow. Dr. Layeock was
also called in, and af, cr they had t xacuiued the body
they came to the conclusion that deceased bad been dead
at least half an hour, :did that the cause ot death was
drowning. There were no marks ot violence whatever
on the body.

John lieynard, who had lived upwards of 17 years
with the deceased fl 4 servant, said LIS late master was
abut 56 years of age. His late waster dined at home
on Tuesday atternoun, at the usual hour (live o'clock),
and be left the house about eight o'clock in the evening,
having first put his top coat on. He told his servant he
was going into the town for a 'short time. Witness
had observed for about a week or ten days previously
his muster had appeared not so cheerful and well as he
was wont to be. He appeared restless, and often went in
and out of the house. On Tuesday, while taking soap,
he observed that his master's hand trembled, but that he
accounted for from the tact that deceased had received
an injury on one finger, which he said caused him pain.
Witness never saw the deceased again alive after eight
o'clock that evening. When told of the circumstance of
his late master's death, he went to the place where the
body lay, and there took several articles of value, and
9s. 6d. in silver, from one pocket. Deceased had left his
watch at home.

The next evidence referred to the deceased's move-
ments after he left home on Tuesday evening. A youth
name d Coding saw the deceased on the banks of the
Ouse, a short distance from the York and Scarborough
Railway bridge. He then had his top coat on, and the
collar was turned up. He stood with his tuce to a large
tree, as it' to avoid being recognised by the witness sad
his companions. This was about 9 o'clock. Mr. M.
Richardson, a solicitor, also saw the deceased near to
the place spoken of by the youth Ceiling. He was
then walking slowly, and with his head dawn (au un-
usual thing), and appeared to be in a moody state.
No evidence could be procured to show the precise
time when the deceased got into the water, and nothing
can be ascertained as to what has become of the top
coat, which was not on the body when found.
The CORONER walressed a few remarks to the jury,
and they immediately returned the following verdict:—
"That the deceased was bound drowned, and that there
is not satisfactory evidence to show how he got into the
water."

STRANGE APPREHENSION OF BURGLARII.-012
Thursday night, as Police-constables Carlo and Pickess,
officers under the management of Superintendent Ray,
of Boxford, were on their beat towards Kersey, ►rom
Boxford, in agreement with their orders they ♦isited the
premises of Mr. Stutter, of Sauspsou'a Hall, in the parish
of Kersey. They had but just entered the stackyard
when they espied a man (it was quite moonlight) at a
distance, as if upon the watch; believing " something
was up," they immediately crouched to avoid observa-
tion; fearing, however, they might lose their man, they
made a move, when they saw two other men—all of them
appeared as if preparing fur plunder. At this juncture
the officers hnd reached the cowhouse, from which place
they could see what was going on outside: The depre-
dators had to fetch a ladder from a distance to enable
them to get to the granary. When they had unlocked
the dour they cause down again, and on., of them actu-
ally looked into the neat-house where Carlo and Pickers
were, but fortunately did not see them. Two of them
went to work up the granary, leaving one below
in the yard to watch. They were not suffered to
be at it long before the officers rushed out towards
the man outside, who immediately gave a sort
of watchword, " !" and down jumped the
other two, when a battle ensued. They proved to be
very powerful and determined characters, and with hor-
rid imprecations, as "-- them," "Kill them," they
went at the officers like furies, no doubt determined fully
to carry out their threat. The cot.flict lasted some time,
but ultimately two of the party were secured, %ho proved
to be John Humphrey and Robert Humphrey, both no-
toriously bad characters from Polstead. The former has
long been looked upon as a chief amongst a gang that
has infested the neighbourhood for a lung time, and is
the son of the old man of the same name who was trans-
ported for the second time at Ipswich last year. Carlo,
in the affray, lost his staff', but clo'ed with his man, who
was much more powerful than himself. Pickess en-
countered the other two, and while stalking blows, or
warding off those of his antagonists, he shivered his
staff into three pieces, and with the fragment in one
hand, and his prisoner (whom he had stunned), he con-
trived to get near enough to assist Csrlo, who was
struggling desperately with the elder Humphrey upon
the ground. The prisoners had furnished thetmetvos
with seven skeleton keys, a dark lantern, and a file. It
was found that almost any of Mr. Sutter's doors could
be unlocked with the skeletons. On Saturday the
burglars were brought before the magistrates at lied-
leigh, and were fully committed to take their trial at the
assizes.—lpswich Express.

11ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen and his
Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the perform-
ances at her Majesty's Theatre on Thursday evening with
their presence. The royal suite in attendance upon her
Majesty end the Prince included the Countess of 1)e-
-sart, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, the Hon. Miss Murray.
Earl of Morley, General Wemyss, and Lieutenant-
Colonel the Honourable Alexander Gordon. Her Royal
lightness the Duchess of Kent also honoured the theatre
with her presence; in attendance upon her Royal High-
ness were the Baroness de Speth, Lady Augusta Bruce,
the Hon. Miss Dawson, Lord James Murray, and the
Hon. Thomas Bruce. Her Majesty the Queen Adelaide's
box was occupied by his Serene Highness Prince Ed-
ward of Saxe Weimar, his Serene Highness Prince Wil-
liam of Hesse Philipstehl, the Earl of Denbigh, the
Viscountess Barrington, the lion. Miss Barrington.
Lady Jane Fielding, and Captain Taylor. His Royal
Highness Prince Leopold of N4ples (Count of Syracuse),
attended by the Chevalier Colonnu, also visited the
thewre. Amongst the audience wire his Grace the
Duke of Wellington and Lady Charles Wellesley, the
Duchess of Leeds and Miss Lane Fox, the Duke and
Duchess of Cleveland and Lady- Alicia Powlett.
his Excellency the Russian Minister, the Baroaves
Brunnow, and Mademoiselle Olga de Lechner, his
Excellency the Sviedish Mitlis;er and the Batoness
Rehausen, his Excellency 'the Austrian Ambassador
and the Countess Coloredo, hie Itxcellency the Das
nish Minister, the Countess Reventlow and the
Countess Hilda de Reventlow, his Excellency the
Neapolitan Ambassador, his Excellency the Belgian Mi-
nister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Saiisbury and Lady Blair Balfour, the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Londonderry, the Marquis of
Huntley, the Marquis of Donegal, the Countess of
Mansfield, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Falmouth.
the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, the Earl of B.&
fast, the Earl and Countess of Boctive, the Count Stro-
ganoff, the General Count Nielowsky, the Count Kou-
driaffsky, the Conde de Prado, the Baron :Koller, M.
de Kuchnit r, the Viscount Cantilupo, the Viscount
Anson, the Viscount Enfield, Lord Ward, Lord Sandy.,
Lord Feversham, Lord Cranstoun, Lady Rolle, Lady
Frankland Lewis, Lord C. Wellesley, Lord G. Puget,
Lord W. Lennox, Lord ti. Lennox, Lord F. Gordon,
the Hon. D. Ward, General the Hon. S. Cavendish,
the lion. Mrs. Browne, the Hon. Mrs. D. Ward, Sir J.
Bayley, Bart., and Lady Bayley, Lieut.-General Sir
Andrew Barnard, Bart., Lieut.-General Sir A. Wood•
ford, Bart., Lady and the Misses Woodford, Sir R.
Sutton, Bart., Sir P. Acland, Bart., Sir Seymour Sad-
ler, Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, Sir H. Webb,. Bart.,
Sir G. Wombwell, Bart., Sir H. Meux, Bart., Lady
Wentworth and Miss Wentworth, Sir Cornwallis
Arthur Upton, Mrs. Fitzroy Somerset,
rs. C. J. Palmer,
Captain Cator, R.N.. Colonel Dixon, C
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Ricketts, Bart., M. Lewis Blanc, Genersoliontheel
Wild-
man, Colonel Cavendish, Mrs. and sirs.
Mr. 0. Morgan.
M.P., Colonel Thornton, Mr. Fordo Captain Meynell,
R.N., Mr. Rose, Mr Montague Gore, Mr. W. Dela-
field,
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Captain Smith, Mr. Sturt, . M. C. Koudri-
affsky, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Ewing, Mr. Packe, M.P.,
and
Hubert de Burgh, Cap-
tain
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ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT- GARDEN.—Her
Majesty's box was occupied on Thursday evening by her
Grace the Duchess of Norfolk, Lady Adeliza Howard, and
Lady Mary Howard. There were also present the Duke
of Beaufort, the Earl and Countess of Leicester, Lady
Blanche Dupplin, Lady Geraldine Somerset and Lady
Henrietta Somerset, the Marquis of Headfort, the Earl
of Belfast, the Earl Grosvenor, the Countess of Minto
and the Ladies Elliot and Hon. C. Elliot, Viscount Ex-
mouth, Baron Gorlache, Lord Archibald St. Maur,
Lady Foley, Lord George Lennox, Lord Maynard, Lady
Quentin, Lady Williams, Lady Caroline Maxse and
Lady Southampton, Lady Williams Vaughan, Lady
Clarence Puget, Ilon. John Fortescue, M.P., Hon, Mrs.
Wyndham and Miss Ward, lion. Mrt\. Ives, Hon. B.
Coke, lion. B. Lumley, Sir Henry Paulet, Bart., Sir
Ralph Howard, B.rt., and Lady Howard, Sir John and
Lady Campbell, Sir William Fraser, Sir John Bur-
goyne, Bart., and Mr. and Mrs. Blackett, Sir Coate
Lindsay and Mr. Liddell, Sir Charles Price, Bart., Lady
Webster, Lady Wilson, Col. Sslway, M.P., eneral
Knox, Colonel Phillipps, Col. Hodgson, Major Gages
Captain Colville, Captain Rainier, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Mills, Mr. Sturt, Mr. Morgan, Mr. T. Knox Holmes.
Mrs. Mountjoy Martyn, Mrs. Standish Standish,
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CONTINENTAL TEAFFIC.—FOLKESTONE HARBOUR,
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