The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-28 00:00:00

RAIL WAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern . 975 .. 980
New ditto 867 50 .. 865 .
Lyons and Mediterranean 867 50 .. 866 25
Geneva 405 .. 407 50
Southern
Western 565 .. 565
Eastern
Satrdinian
Austrian
Lombard .. ..
Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 14c. • money,
25f. 13e. ; three months, paper, 24f. 87 ic. ; money, 2:4f 85c.

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, SUNDAY, MAY 27.

The Royal Mail steamship Canada arrived here
at 120 p.m. today. She brings 152 passengers.
Her dates are Boston, 16th, and Halifax 18th inst.
She landed all mails except those for Liverpool and
Manchester, and proceeded for Liverpool at 141)
p.m. All well.
The Europa and Kangaroo had arrived out. On
the 21st inst., while off the Bank of Newfoundland,
in a dense fog, the brig Rover's Bride sustained a
collision. She was abandoned by her crew, who
were taken on board the Canada.

This morning the Canada passed the City of
Manchester off Kinsale.

The Japanese Embassy arrived at Washington
on the 14th inst., and were received with grand
military and civic display, seeming greatly de-
lighted. Their interview with the President was
to take place on the 16th inst.
The Republicans' National Convention would
assemble on the 15th inst.

The barque Wildfire had been seized off Cuba
with a cargo of 500 slaves, and taken into New
Orleans. It is expected that the slaves will be
sent back.

California dates were to the sth inst. The mf r
kets dull on account of the rain.
The Canadian Parliament was adjourned till the
19th inst.
Mexican advices state that a battle had been
fought'at San Luis Potosi, in which the Liberals
were completely victorious. The
.second corps of
Miramon's army had been cut to pieces.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, MAY 15, EVENING.
Stocks better. New York Centrals, 82g.; Erie,
211- ; Illinois, 61:-. Money unchanged. Exchange
on London, 1001. Cotton steady ; sales to-day,
1,300. Middling Upland, 111 c. Wheat and corn
tending downwards. Rice and sugar firm.
NEW ORLEANS, MAY 15.
Cotton sales to-day 6,000 bales and upwards.

Prices irregular. Sales in three days, 19,000.
Freights, 1 to 7-16 d.

(LATEST BY TELE6RAFII, via HALIFAX.)
NEW YORK, MAY 17, EVENING.
The Chicago Convention has not yet nominated
any candidate.

The Japanese Embassy were received by the
President to-day. The reception was magnificent.
Cotton market firm. Middling Upland, 113 c.
Breadstuffs active, but heavy receipts caused qua-
lities to decline slightly in price. Provisions steady ;
stocks lower.

NEW ORLEANS, MAY 16.

Sales to-day 7,000 bales. Receipts, 18,000 below
last year. Prices firm. Middling, lltc. to 12ic.

QUEENSTOWN, SUNDAY, MAY 27.

The royal mail steamer Africa arrived here at
1.50 p.m. to-day, embarked mails and passengers,
and proceeded for New York at 6.30 p.m. All well.

71A M. 4 itKE r THEATRE.

On Saturday evening a roaring farce, entitled
" Fitzsmythe of Fitzsmythe Hall," was produced at
this theatre. The fun arises mainly from the gro-
tesque sufferings of Mr. Buckstone, who enacts the
part of Snoggins, a Whitechapel trader, who has
made a fortune, and is induced by his wife (Mrs.
Wilkins), to purchase an old baronial hall and
estate, the last heir of which, being utterly ruined,
abandons his paternal property. Snoggins,
incited by his wife (who is a lady com-
bining very sordid household ideas with amaz-
ing ambition for social distinction), takes the
name of Fitzsmythe, as well as the estate. At the
opening of the farce they have been 20 years in this
decitful state, and have a charming daughter, Pene-
lope (Miss Henrade), with whom a young farmer
(11r. W. Farren) is in love, but who is rejected by
Mrs. Fitzsmythe, who looks to a very different
marriage for her daughter. The lover, driven to
despair, assumes the disguise of an artist, and makes
his appearance at Fitzsmythe Hall as the last of
the Fitzsmythes, and terrifies Snoggins into an ac-
knowledgment of the subterfuge under which he has
lived, and claims his own name, which he declares
Snoggins has purloined, although the latter per-
sists he has only picked it up. Fitzsmythe comes
to a compromise on condition that he is admitted to
live at the hall, and that its ancient hospitality and
splendour are revived. This being, with no incon-
siderable amount of horror, assented to by Snoggins,
the hall becomes a scene of riot, hunters are encou-
raged through the grounds, cricketers break into
the drawing-room in search of a lost ball, all the
household arrangements are interfered with and
upset, and—after a scene of riot worked up to the
usual farce pitch has been created, and the daughter's
hand, as the last outrage, has been demanded in mar-
riage--Snoggins declares that he would rather brave
anything and give his daughter to the young far-
mer, than be tormented by a Fitzsmythe. Hereupon
the young man takes off his capacious whiskers and
beard and declares who he is; and Mr. Bucket one
coming down to the footlights, declares Fitzsmythe
Hall shall nevertheless be opened every evening
for the entertainment of his friends and those who
will favour him with their company. The opportu-
nity given by Mr. Buckstone to display the vast
variety of comical tones, gestures, and dresses he has
ever at his command, is the staple merit of the
farce, and never was opportunity more completely
taken hold of. The laughter was uproarious, the
applause continuous, and at the end vehement ;'and
certainly a perfect success has been achieved by
Mr. Maddison Morton, who adapted the idea in a
liVely way from a French original. All concerned.
aided with their usual ability the little piece, and
Mr. Rogers caused some merriment by his extra-
ordinary appearance as an uncouth livery servant.
The new comedy, " The Family Secret," seems to be
attractive, as the house was filled in every part aid
in the pit to overflowing.