The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-14 00:00:00

HER iIIAJILSTY'S THEATRE.

Mademoiselle Johaiii..7. Wagner on Saturday night
appeared as Lucrezia, Borgia in the opera of that name.
Though the part is not likely to become so completely
identified with her as that of Romeo, her largeness of
manner, both as a vocit and as as actress, gave im-
portance to the impersonation, especially at the end of
the first (really the second) act, when the result of the
mother's long-sustained anguish was exhibited with mar-
vellous power. M. Carlo Braham, who had already dis-
tinguished himself as a concert.singer, made his debut as
Geunaro, and was received with the welcome due to the
member of a family long associated with the history of
musical art in this country. The part, which is an ex-
tremely arduous one, and requires efficient acting as
well as singing, was perhaps somewhat beyond his pre-
sent powers, but he executed his task so as to gain con-
siderable applause. The popular character of Maffio
Orsini was sustained by Mademoiselle Amadei, who
sang the " Brindisi " with a great deal of dash and viva-
city. The house was filled in every part, and the new
ballet went off with great elcat.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

The gentlemen who have so brilliantly distinguished
themselves in the gymnastic fields of pantomime gave
a second performance of " William Tell," on Saturday
night at the above theatre, which, as at the Lyceum, was
completely filled, not as hitherto, by privatesolicitation,
but by the public at large. The object of the perform-
ance was to lay the foundation of a fund, the purposes
of which are described in the following extract from the
prospectus issued by the club of wits and humorists to
whom we have been indebted for the amateur represen-
tations :

" The object is the immediate relief of emergencies in
the literary or theatrical world. Those connected with
either profession know, too well, that instances occur,
even weekly, when, in the first hour of affliction or. ca-
lamity, a few pounds forwarded at once are likely to
prove of far greater service than six times the sum sub-
sequently given, after the painful routine of application,
questioning, and deliberate awarding. The following
gentlemen will act as trustees to the fund :—Messrs. A.
P. Barlow, C. A. Cole, M. W. Hallett, J. M. Lang-
ford, Albert Smith, Arthur W. W. Smith, and Charles
Taylor."
As large sums of money were obtained by the sale of
private tickets for the former performances, there is no
doubt that the receipts of Saturday night will prove to
be considerable, and enable the benevolent individuals
who so assiduously skip and tumble in the cause of
charity to sow the seeds of the proposed " Fielding
Fund."

CRYSTAL PALACE.

VISIT OF PRINCE ALBERT AND PRINCE OF

PRUSSIA.

On Saturday it was expected that her Majeaty, ac-
companied by the Prince Consort and the Prince and
Princess of Prussia, would have honoured the Crystal
Palace with their presence, for the purpose of viewing,
amongst other objects, the playing of the Great Foun-
tains. The visit, however, was confined to their
Royal Highnesses reiece Albert and the Prince of
Prussia, who arrived as early as ten o'clock. They pro-
ceeded at once to the first balcony at the great transept,
from which not only the interior, but an uninterruptel
view over the whole exent of lawns, parterres, terraces,
and fountains which surround the palace is obtained.
The Prince of Prussia frequently expressed himself in
terms of the highest admiration of their great beauty.
Mr. Grove wished to exhibit the whole series of the mag-
nificent waterworks, hut Prince Albert, rightly consi-
dering that the wind was too high and would spoil the
effect, deferred the spectacle to some more auspicious
day. But the wind having afterwards abated, the whole
of the fountains were set to play, and one of the most
splendid and beautiful exhibitions ever seen in this coun-
try was the consequence. Having examined the Scutari
monument and the peace trophy, the ro3al visitors
viewed the various courts, and left the building about 12
o'clock, soon after which hour the general company be-
gan to arrive, but not in such numbers as on the pre-
vi )us occasion, when the grand display of the fountains
was announced, in consequeuce of the unpropitious; state
f the weather. The band of the Coldstream Guards
supplied the place of the R4al Artillery, the latter
eeiug engaged at Woolwich in consequence of the visit
and departure of Prince Oscar of Sweden fur the Con-
tinent.

The Mayor of Birmingham has transmitted a second
sum of 250/. to Paris in aid of the inundation fund.

M. de Fouton, wife of the Russian Minister at Han•
over, died at Vienna on the 7th.
A letter from Rome, . in the Risorgimento of Turin,
tates that at the late interview of the Pope with the
King of Naples, at Porto d'Anzio, the question of the
sale of the Duchy of Benevento and Poutecorvo to the
crown of Naples was seriously discussed.
THE ORDER OF THE GAETEIL—Her Majesty held a
chapter of the Garter on Saturday afternoon at Bucking.
ham Palace at which Viscount Palmerston and the Earl
of For tescue were invested with the insignia of this
most noble order.

Mn. JAMES SADLEIR.—DUBLIN, Saturday.—lt is not
true that Mr. James Sadleir left Ireland in the romantic
way that has been described. It is now said he took
his departure on board one of the ordinary mail steamers
about three weeks ago.
Tun CALEDONIAN BALL.—The result of the grand
Caledonian ball, of the 20th ult., at Wil:is's Roomi.
under the patronne of the Queen, has produced a Let
sum of 7201. 3s. GI, in aid of the mirable charities to-
wards which it is annually held.
The Hanoverian Ministry has experienced a great
check in the Second Chamber, which has rejected the
modifications of the constitution of 1849, proposed by
Government.

AMERICAN SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.—News from
Halifax states that the steam-ship Propontis, with the
submarine cable to be laid across the Gulf of St. Law-
rence, to connect Newfoundland with Cape Breton, had
arrived out from London.

On Wednesday the Queen, accompanied by her die -
tinguished guests, will go to the camp at Aldershot,
where her Majesty will remain for the night in the royal
pavilion, proceeding on the following day to Osborne,
the marine residence_of the Court in the Isle of Wight.

OPENING OF THE LIMERICK AND BOYNES RAILWAY.
—On Thursday his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant in-
augurated the opening ci the Limerick and Boynes Rail-
way as far as Rathlteal:. A banquet on a magnificen
,cale was given, at which over 600 guests sat down.
Everytbing passed off most satisfactorily and agreeably'

_
WIO/CLOW COPPER MINING COMPANY.—At the half-
yearly meeting of the Wicklow C9pper Mining Com-
Liany, which took place in in Dublin on Thursday, a
dividend at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum was de-
clared for the half-year, leaving a balance of 15001. to be
added to the reserved fund. _

At the quarterly meeting of the governors of the
Royal Free Hospital, on Thursday last, it was resolved,
" That Miss Nightingale, in testimony of her highly die-
anguished services in the cause of suffering humanity
during the late war, be elected an honorary life governor
of this hospital;"
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Tuesday, the Bth int.,
by special license, at Ilussborougb, the seat of the Earl
,)t Milltown, Capt. Turton, 3d Dragoon Guards, of Ka-
,lale Halt, Yorkshire, to Lady Cecilia Leeson, daughter
of the Earl and Countess of Milltown. His Excellency
the Lord Lieutenant and a large party of the surround-
ing nobility and gentry were present on the happy oc-
casion. After the d4jeuner the happy couple departed
for Mariterno, one of the seats of the bride's uncle, Lord
Cloncurry.
Diu BALLOT.—With;n the last few days a successful
canvass of the liberal electors of the City has been made
in aid of the funds of the Ballot Society. The list is
heady by Baron Rothschild, M.P., with 501., and fol.
lowed by Messrs. Kirkman, Hodson, Raikes Currie,
M.P., Ingram Travers, W. J. Hall, T. A. Mitchell,
Frederick Paulson, &c., for handsome sums.
31r. Henry Berkeley, M.P., has given notice that if his
,)pposition to the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act is
unsuccessful he will move ballot c!auses in committee.
FIRE AND Loss or' LlFE.—Yesterday morning, abort
10 o'clock, a fire took place on the prerai es of Mrs.
Davis Albion, waterproacluthing maker, Rip !rt•streut,
Whitechapel, in consequence of the bursting of a bottle
of vaphtha. The flames reached the clothes of M: s.
Albion, and she was so much injured that she died so( n
after her removal to the London Hospital. A mt n
named W. Morris, in endeavouring to subdue the fire,
and his clothes set on flames, and upon running out in 0
thei.treet fell down exhausted. The premises -211 which
the fire commenced were burnt out, and !serious 4100
was done to.the building. "