The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-07 00:00:00

THE SUlti LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING; JUNE 7, 1866.

pretext, should be made on them. The poorest
provincial town can get up committees to watch
over its byeways and keep petty squires in check,
surely the wealthiest city in the world, where thou-
sands can be subscribed for a fancy project in an hour,
possesses sufficient benevolence and public spirit
not to remain outdone by a few private indivi-
duals in a provincial town. Hampstead-heath is
already, to all appearance, doomed ; St James's
Park is threatened. What new danger must
menace the welfare of the population, and widen
the great gulf existing between the rich and the
poor before something is done ? Our appeal is not
confined to the middle classes, nor to those more
immediately concerned ; we appeal also to the
more discreet members of the aristocracy, assured
that the best and most enlightened members of
their order will not fail to perceive the urgency
of the case. A paltry convenience, and the en-
riching of a few peers, are surely not to be set
against the disaffection of the toiling million—
; more especially now that the political horizon is
so charged with gloom.

GRAND FANCY DRE.S BALL AT TRE
BANOVER-SQUARE _ROOMS.

This brilliant affair came off last night with signal suc
cess. There cannot have been many less than 1,000
present, and we understand that the Royal Academy of
Music—for the benefit of the funds of which iestitutiou
the ball was projected —will receive nearly 2,0001. from
the proceeds.
About half-past 9 o'clock the rooms began to fill, and
long before the hour at which her Majesty the Queen
was expected to arrive the spectacle became as animated
as it was splendid. As none were admitted except in
uniform, court, or fancy dresses, the variety of costumes
was remarkable. The rooms were rendered more lus•
trous by additional candelabra, suspended from the roof
on each side of the great chandelier, and by the aid of
lesser devices. At half-past ten the cheers of the crowd
oet.ide and Vie distant strains of the National Anthem
from the band of the Scots Fusiliers announced that the
eventful moment was at hand, and a few minutes later,
at a sign from M. Laurent (whose excellent band was
engaged for the occasion), the orchestra echoed the well-
known melc.dy from within, and the Queen, accompanied
by Prince Albert, the Princess Royal,the Prince of Prussia,
and a numerous suite, entered the Hanover-square
Rooms by the gallery, where her Majesty took her place
and remained for nearly an hour. The dancing then
began.
The ceremony opened with two sets of quadrilles—
" illustrative quadrilles," as they are termed—executed
simultaneously by distinguished parties. The first, or-
ganised by the Countess of Westmorland. was supposed
to represent the elements—four groups of dancers being
emblematically costumed so as to figure respectively as
Fire, Air, Earth, and Water. The other set of qua-
drilles, got up under the superintendence of Lady Jersey,
was intended as a symbol of "Night and its surround-
ing Stars." Two other "illustrative" dances followed—
one, u..thr the direction of the Countess of Harewood,
entitled the ",Silcle de Louis XIV." the other, under
that of Mrs. Charles Mills, representing the " Alliance."
The costumes of the first will suggest themselves at
oece to our readers. Those of the last are scarcely
more iu need of description ; and when we say that
Zouavts and Turks were conspicuous among the charac-
ters we have only stated what would have been guessed
in advance.
After the "illustrative quadrilles" her Majesty de-
scended into the room, where places were set apart for
herself and suite underneath the gallery. Here she re-
mained conversing affably, not only with those immedi-
ately about her person, but with many others whom she
recognised, with unusual condescension.
Her Majesty sat till nearly 1 o'clock.
When the Queen rose sbe t iole the arm of the Earl of
Westmorland, and promenaded once round the room in
the midst of the visitors, graciously saluting the various
groups that stood apart to allow her freer circulation.
The band continued playing the National Anthem until
her Majesty had retired, and then the dancing was re-
sumed with fresh energy.

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TURIN, FRIDAY.

It is stated positively that Count Cavour will
set out on another journey to Paris. The situa-

LOU is considered critical.

CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 30.
Russia protests against Prince Stourdza being
joined in the Bessarabian commission.

European landed proprietors will be called
upon to pay a land-tax, and 13,000 rayahs are
said to be subject to the levy.

BERLIN, FRIDAY.

M. Benkendorff, Russian Minister to Stutt-
gard, passed through this city to-day.

TRIESTE, JUNE G.

Accounts from Constantinople to the 30th ult

state that the Persian representative in that city
has assured M. Thouvenel that a Persian ambas-
sador would be shortly sent to France. Letters
from Athens of the 31st ult. mention that Gene-
ral Kalergis will shortly visit that city in order
to effect a reconciliation with the King. M.

Tricoupis has announced that the occupation by

the foreign troops will shortly cease.

TURIN, JUNE 5.

According to the Italian Correspondence of
Turin, General Broglia is appointed to be present
at the coronation of the Czar. The same paper
states that General do Lamarmora will probably
resume the portfolio of War.

non, in excellent condition, have been found. Two
of them had the ammunition wavons and the
horses attached to then. The bodies of L,ev,•-1.3

artillerymen were seen near the same spot. The
hull of a Russian brig sunk near the place appeared
to have been completely destroyed by the worm,
which is generally the case with all vessels which
remain long in the harbour of Sebastopol or in
the neighbourhood. The English frigate Ter-
rible, now at Malta, is said to have been ren-
dered completely unfit for service from the
ravages committed by these destructive insects.
Eupatoria has been completely given up to the
Russians, who have hoisted their flag there.
The 1,200 Turks who remained there embarked
for Constantinople on the same day that the town
was restored. The supplementary material be-
longing to the railway at Balaklava, which was
intended to be used to extend the line to Kamiesh,
has been purchased by the Porte, and conveyed to
Eraclea, where a railway is to be established to
convey to the coast the coal from the mine about
to be worked there.