The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1860.

GREAT WESTERN R AILWAY._
On SUNDAY, July 29, an EXCU,ZSION T RAIN
will leave Paddington at 7.45 a.m. for Reading, Theale,
Aldermaston, Woolhampton, Thatcham, Newbury, Kint-
bury, and llungerford (ss. 6d., 45., and 35.) ; Pang-bourne,
Goring, Wallingford Road, Dideot, Culham, Abingdon, and
Oxford (6s. 6d., 55., and 45.), returning the same day from
Oxford at 7.15 p.m., and intermediate stations as per hand-
bills.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY-
CHEAP EXCURSION to the SEA SIDE. —On
SATURDAY, July 28, an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave
Paddington at 3.34) p.m., and Reading. at 4.45 p.m., for Chip-
penham, Melksham, Trowbridge, Westbury, and Frome
(fares, 'Os. and Os.), Yeovil (11s. and 7s), Dorchester and Wey-
mouth (12s. and Bs.) iteturning on TUESDAY, July 31, from
Weymouth at 7 a.m., and Intermediate Stations as per hand-
bills.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.--
CHEAP EXCURSIONS to the NORTH.-- FAST
EXCURSION TRAINS will leave PADDINGTON at 10:20
a.m., on WEDNESDAY, July 25, returning on the 30th
truly, or 6th or 13th August; MONDAY, July 30, returning
on the 6th, 13th, or 20th August ; MONDAY, August 6, re-
turning on the 13th or 20th August; WEDNESDAY, August
8, returning on 13th or 20th August : MONDAY, August 13,
returning on the 20th August, for OXFORD (fares lls. and
ss. 6d.) ; Banbury (14s. and 65.6 d.); Leamington and Warwick
(18s. and 8s.); Birmingham (20s. and 9s. 6d.); West Bromwich,
Wednesbury, and Bilston (21s. 6d. and 10s.); Wolverhampton
(225. 6d. sad 10s. 6d); Wellington and Shrewsbury (as. 6d. an
13s. 6d.) ; Oswestry Llangollen Road, Wrexham, and Chester
(335. and 155.); Birkenhead and Liverpool (375. and 175.)

(TI WESTERN RAILWAY.-
k.A NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next HALF-
YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS
of this COMPANY will be held, pursuant to Act of Parlia-
ment, in London, at the Paddington Station, on FRIDAY,
the 17th day of August next, for the general purposes of
business.

The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely.
SITE LBURNE, Chairman.
BARRINGTON, Deputy Chairman.
_ _

The Transfer Books will be closed on th; 2dAugust next,
and will not be opened until after the said Half-yearly Gene-
ral Meeting on the 17th Auzust.
London Terminus, Paddington, 20th July, 1860.

POSITIVELY THE LAST FIVE NGHTS.
CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall,
King William-street, Strand.—Farewell Season in Lon -
don, previous to the retirement of Mr. J. W. Raynor on the
4d of August.—Every Evening at 8, and Thursday mim-
ing at 3 o clock, it being the last Morning Performadee.
Tickets and places may be secured at the Hall from 11 till 4,
and at Mr. Austin's West-end Box-office, St. James's
Hall, Piccadilly.—Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. J. W.
RAYNOR.

A RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Picea-
dilly.—Open every Evening, with the celebrated Band
conducted by Mons. Lamotte (chef d'orchestra to the Em-
perm Napoleon). A magnificent SMOKING SALOON
added to this Establishment. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Ad-
mission, ls. _ _ '

Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament.

APPROACHING CLOSE OF THE SEASON,

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS,
High [-lolborn (formerly Casino de Venese), the most
beautiful and costly decorated Ball ltoo and Best Band in
London. Open Every Evening. To-night, and until further
notice, the programme will include the Overtures Zanetta
and Zampa, Quadrille, Songs of the olden times ; Waltzes,
Kathleen 111avourneen and Nelly Grey; Polka, D'Amour ;
the St. James's Galop, &c. Doors open at half-past eight,
and close at 12 o'clock punctually. Admission, ls.

TULLIEN FESTIVAL, ON TUESDAY, 31st
eJULY, at the ROYAL SURREY GARDENS, for the
Benefit of M ,t.DAME JULLIEN. On which occasion the
Proprietors of the Royal Surrey gardens have in the moot
generous manner placed the entire establishment and the pro-
ceeds at the disposal of Madame Jullien. The following cele-
brated artists have also most kindly volunteered their valu-
able services, gratuitously, for this occasion. Vocalists—
Madame Catherine Hayes, Madame Gassier, Maddlle. Marie
Brunetti (of her Majesty's Theatre, by kind permission of
E. T. Smith, Esq.), Madame Louisa Tinning-, Madame Weiss,
Madlle. Enrichetta Camille, Miss Poole. Miss Palmer, Miss

Laura Baxter, the Misses Brougham, Miss Kate Rande, and
Madile. Parepa. Mons. Gassier (by kind permission of E. T.
Smith, Mr. Weiss, Mr. Wilbye Cooper, Mr. Leonard,
Mr. Patey, and Mr. rime Reeves. Ipstrumentalist—Misa
Arabella Goddard. The Choir of the Vocal Association, con-
sisting of Two Hundred Voices, under the direction or Mr.
Benedict. The Orchestra will include the principal members
of the Bands of her Majesty's Theatre and the Royal Italian
Opera, and the Soloists of the late M. Jullien's orchestra ;
the Band of the Grenadier Guards (by kind permission of
Colonel Lambert), under the direction of Mr. D. Godfrey ; the
Band of the Coldstream Guards (by kind permission of Colo-
nel Lord F. Paulett, C. 8.), under the direction of Mr. God-
frey ; the Band of the Fusilier Guards (by kind permission
of Colonel Ridley), under the direction of Mr. Charles God-
frey, junr. Conductors—Mr. Alfred Mellon, conductor of the
Orchestral Union ; Dr. James Peck ; Mr. Emile Berger ; and
M. Benedict. The programme will include Jullien's cele-
brated British Army Quadrilles, English Quadrilles, and his
Last Waltz (first time of Performance). Admission—One
Shilling. Dress Circle, 35., Second Circle, 25., Gallery, ls.
extra. Places can be secured at Messrs. Chappells', 50, New
Bond-street; Mr. Sams', 1, St. James's-street; Messrs.
Keith and Prowse's, 48, Cheapside ; and Pi<zott's, Kenning-
ton Common. Concert eommence at Half-past Six.

THEATRE ROYAL DRLAY-LANE.-
The Committee of the Savage Club have the honour to
announce that a Dramatic Performance will take place under
their direction at the above Theatre, on, WEDNESDAY,
July 25, 1860, for the Benefit of the Widow and Children of

the late ROB El•
The following Gentlemen
Art, have already consented
on this occasion :

V 2 B. BROUGH.
connected with Literature and
to act as a General Committee

Charles I 'ickens. Esq. til. Landells, Esq.
Wilkie Collins, Esq. E. F. Roberts, Esq.
J. R. Planche. Esq. Harrison Weir, Esq..
Bayle Bernard, Esq. Grattan Cooke, Esq.
G. A. Sala, R.q. F. Vizetelly, Esq.
W, Blanchard Jerrold, Esq. R. B. Barton, Esq.
Thornton Hunt, Esq. Sydney French, Esq.
Horace St. John, Esq. Godfrey Turner, Esq.
Percy B. St. John, Esq. Edward Draper, Esq.
F. G. Tomlins, Fsq. J. Crawford Wilson, Esq.
Morgan John O'Connell, Esq. T. Foster, Esq.
Richard Ansdell, Esq. Charles Furtado, Esq.
Alfred Mellon, Esq. Stephen J. Meany, Esq.
Leicester Buckingham, Esq. Herbert Ingram, Esq., M.P.
J. Palgrave Simpson, Esq. George Cruikshank, Esq.
Edmund Falconer, Esq. Henry Mayhew, Esq.
James Lowe, Esq. W. H. Wills, Esq.
Andrew Halliday, Esq. H. Sutherland Edwards, Esq.
Walter Thornburg, Esq. R. Hammerton, Esq.
W. J. Sorrell, Esq. W. R. Markwell, Esq.
Jonas Levy, Esq. T. German Reed, Esq.
J. Deffett Francis, Esq. Edmund Yates, Esq.
F. Wallerstein, Esq. Dante Rossetti, Esq.
W. M'Connell, Esq. Francis Talfourd, Esq.
W. Foard, Esq. H. Ottley, Esq.
Tom Taylor, Esq. H. J. Byron, Esq.
A. Arcedeckne, Esq. John Hollingshead, Esq.
J. Stirling Coyne, Esq. D. W. Deane, Esq.
Mark Lemon, Esq. Frederic Lawranoe, Esq.
E, L. Blanchard, Esq. W. Moy Thomas, Esq.
James Hannay, Esq. James Fraser, Esq.
Colonel Addison. J. Langford, Esq.
Thomas Archer, Esq. A. 0. Christie, Esq.
C. H. Bennett, Esq. Dr. G. L. M. Strauss.
Julian Portch, Esq. James Kenny Esq.
J. Barnard, Ebq. Charles Watkins, Esq.
W. H. Angell, Esq. J. Hollis, Esq.
The Committee have ,o•reat pleasure in announcing that the
following Metropolitan Managers,
B. WEBSTER, Esq., Theatre Royal Adelphi,
J. B. BUCKSTONE, Esq., Theatre Royal Haymaket,
F. ROBSON, Esq.. i Royal Olympic Theatre.
W. S. EMDEN, Esq.,
' A. HARRIS, Esq., Royal Princess's Theatre.
Miss SWANBOROUGH, Royal Strand Theatre,
Have, with the utmost promptitude and liberality, given
their valuable co-operation by permitting principal Members
of their respective Companies to appear. The performan es,
full partibulars of which will shortly be announced, will con-
sist of a selection from the repertoires of the Theatres enu-
merated, and the following distinguished Artists have already
kindly volunteered their services :
Mrs. Stirling.
Miss M. Oliver.

Mrs. A. Mellon (Miss Woolgar)
Mrs. Weston.

Miss Carlotta Leclerq. Miss Henrietta Sims.
Mrs. Wilkins. Mrs. Selby.
Miss Fanny Stirling. Miss Button.
Miss Rosa Leclerq. Miss Louise Leclerq.
Mr. Buckstone. Mr. Webster.
Mr. W: Farren. Mr. A. Harris.
Mr. Paul Bedford. • Mr. J. L. Toole.
Mr. Parselle. Mr. J. Clarke.
Mr. Garden. Mr. J. Bland.
Mr. Ro ,ers. Mr. Billington.
Mr. Clark. I Mr. W. H. Eburne.
The Entertainments will conclude with the Burlesque
written bythe Brothers Brougli,entitled THE ENCHANTED
ISLE, in which Mrs. A. Mellon (Miss Woolgar) will sustain
her original charvcter ; and Miss !canny Stirling will also
appear, supported by Members of the Savage Club.
Mrs. Stirling has kindly consented to speak an Original
Prologue to the Burlesque written for her ; and in the course
of the evening Mr. Leice ter Buckingham will recite Robert
B. Brough's poem of " and Mr. G. A. Sala will de-
liver an Occasional Address, written by himself.
Acting Manager, Mr. Leicester Buckingham ; Stage Ma-
eager, Mr. Edmund Falconer ; Hon. Secretary. Mr. Andrew
Halliday ; Hon. Treasurers, Mr. Francs Talfourd and Mr.
John Hollingshead.
Subscriptions to the Separate Donation Fund will be re-
ceived at Messrs. Coutts and Co.
Prices of Admission—Private Boxes, from £2 2s. upwards •,
Stalls, £1 Is. ; Dress Circle, les. ; First Circle, 7s. ; Second
Circle, ss.
Admission to the Stalls can be obtained only by means of
Vouchers issued by the Committee, for which application
should be made, by letter, to Andrew Halliday, Esq. Honorary
Secretary, at the office of the Dramatic Authors' Society, 10,
Lancaster-place, Wellington-street, Strand, W.C. Tickets
for the Stalls will be issued in exchange for the Vouchers
granted, on application at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33,
Old Bond-street ,• or at Sams' Royal Library, 1, St. James's-
street. Tickets for Private Boxes, and alt parts of the house
(Stalls excepted), may be obtained of the principal Libraries,
and at the Box office of the Theatre.

3, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W., NEAR
THE PANTHEON.]

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fILLICENT HALL, Spinster, deceased.
Pursuant to an Act of Parliament made and passed
in the 2::2d and 23d years of the re'gn of her present Majesty,
Queen Victoria, entituled "An Act to further amend the Law
of Pronekty and to relieve Trustees" notice is hereby eiven,
that all creditors and other persons having claims or demands
against or affecting the estate of Millicent Hall, late of No.
70, Albany-street, London, and of Hayes, in the county of
Kent, Spinster, who died on the 12th day of December, 1854,
and whose will was proved on the Bth day of January, 1855,
by Frances Horden and Charles Pugh, the executors therein
named, are required, on or before the 20th day of August next,
to send in .the particulars of their claims to the office of Mr.
Warren Pugh, solicitor, No. 13, King's-road, Gray's-inn,
London ; or in default thereof the said executors will, at the
expiration of the above time, proceed to distribute the assets
of the said testatrix among the parties entitled thereto hav-
ing regard to the claims or demands of which they shall then
have had notice ; and the said executors will not be liable for
the assets or any part thereof so distributed to any person of
whose claim or demand they shall not have had notice at the
time of such distribution.—Dated this 7th day of July, 1860.
WARREN PUGH,
Solicitor for the said Executors.

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INTERNATIONAL DECIDIAL ASSOCIATION.—The
fifth general meeting of this association was held on Friday
evening, in the room of the sixth section •f the Statistical
Congress, Viscount Ebrington in the chair. Among the
gentlemen present were M. De la Rive, Minister to this
country from the Swiss Confederation ; M. Tricoupi, the
Minister for Greece ; Count Morner, of Sweden; Mr. J. E.
Fitzgerald, of New Zealand;; As:op Effendi, from Turkey;
Professor Daa, from Norway ; Professor Ackersdyck, from
Holland ; Mr. Glaisher, F.R.S., Dr. Lee, F.R.S., Mr. J.
Yates, F.R.S., Mr. S. Brown, F.S.S., Mr. Rathbone, and
others,including a large proportion of foreign delegates.
Considerable progress was reported as having been made in
Russia, Italy, Norway, Portugal, and other countries in the
introduction of the metrical .
system
•-•, Vice-Presidents for
various continental States and British colonies were ap-
pointed. The resolutions with r,apect to weight and mea-
sures, and moneys, adopted by the 6th section of the Inter-
national Statistical Congress, were brought before the meet-
ing, and approved, the association resc.lvhi—
is to give all the
aid in its power to the method of inquiry suggested by the
M Congress. r. ThomasMitc hell, the under-secretary of the
British branch of the association having been appointed
Attache to her Majesty's Legation at St, Petersburg, was
requested to represent
the association and forward its ob•
recta in the empire of Russia. A resolution was also passed
calling on every branch of the society to assist in urging on
the different Governments of Europe the necessity of an in-
ternational system of weights and measuregi. After Noe,
ing a vote of thanks to Lerd Ebringtol}t4e meeting reps-
rated.

.R 0 I'AL .DRAM.,.ITIC COLLEGE.

Night after night the moon takes up the " won-
drous tale" so effulgently narrated by the sun in the
. morning, but Diana's performance is far less bril-
liant than Apollo's; the child of an illustrious sire
usually provokes the criticism " sequitur patrem non
passibus zequis ;" the painter who attempts to re-
produce a tine picture most frequently injuries his
own reputation ; and Smollett's continuation of
Hume is a very inadequate achievement. From
these and many kindred facts it may be inferred
that sequels are for the most part failures. They
come tardy off, and too often suffer by contrast with
their antecedents. Such is the general rule, but
this rule, like all others, is subject to particular ex-
ceptions, and a most notable one has occurred in the
case of the Dramatic College fete which was cele-
brated at the Crystal Palace on Saturday under
circumstances of far greater eclat than attended its
original production at Maybury last month. The
plan of both entertainments was in all essential re-
spects precisely the same, and for that reason need
not now be recapitulated with much particularity
of detail; but the Sydenham festival has passed off
in a gayer and more spirited style, and has enjoyed
a much larger amount of public patronage than was
vouchsafed to its prototype. For this satisfactory
result several reasons may be assigned, the most ob-
vious being that the locality of the second' fete was
more convenient, the period of the season better
chosen, and the weather, upon the whole, more
favourable. At Maybury thcattendanco was very
sparse, and consisted Chiefly of actors, artists, and
a limited number of gentlemen connected with dra-
matic and periodic literature ; but " all the world
and his wife" were at Sydenham on Saturday, and
with the worthy couple many thousands of their
multitudinous progeny. The rain, which fell copi-
ously in the morning, and which, viewed in con-
junction with the black clouds that loured omin-
ously in the west, not unnaturally excited
alarm, cleared off. rapidly as the day advanced,
and from noon till evening the weather was de-
lightful, with sufficient sunshine to give effulgence
to the scene, and breeze enough to maintain
a fresh and pleasant atmosphere. At two
o'clock a very numerous and fashionable company
had assembled, and we heard a beautiful lady ob-
serve that " there was not an empty seat that was
not full!"

One of the most attractive features of the day's
proceedings was a fancy fair presided over by some
of the most distinguished actresses of the London
theatres. This department of the entertainment
must have proved very beneficial to the exchequer,
for there was no lack of purchasers, and the arti-
cles sold were not disposed of at an alarming sacri-
fice ; but it is to be regretted that the stalls were
not scattered at frequent intervals throughout the
building, instead of being all concentrated in the
Centre Transept, where a vocal and instrumental
concert also took place; where the fairy Post-office
likewise was established; and where, moreover, a
number of peep-shows and other exhibitions con-
tributed to draw together so dense a crowd that the
heat was overpowering. A different arrangement,
in a place where the noble proportions of the edifice
might have made it so easy of accomplishment,
would have materially promoted the comfort of the
visitors, and at the same time greatly improved the
general splendour of the scene by giving it a better
effect of light and colour and a certain charm of
panoramic motion, which a closely-wedged crowd,
however brilliantly attired, cannot present. The
ladies who presided at the stalls were :—Mrs. Stir-
ling, Miss Amy Sedgwick, Mrs. A. Mellon, Miss
Swanborough, Miss Julia Daly, Mrs. Billington,
Miss K. Kelly, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Kate Hick-
son, Miss E. Fitzwilliam, Miss H. Simms, Miss E.
Thorne, Mrs. Charles Young, Miss Marie Wilton,
Miss Oliver, Miss Buften, Miss C. Saunders, Miss
Herbert, Miss Neville, Miss Marston, Mrs. Eburne,
aid Miss Laidlaw.

These fair dames de boutiques drove a thriving
trade, and displayed surprising skill of cajolery in
enticing customers to their respective bazaars. It
was remarked of Fuselli that a beggar painted by
him was idealised into a "patriarch of poverty,"
and, in like manner, it may be said that the
usually ignoble habit of " touting" acquired grace
and dignity at the hands of the accomplished ladies
who practised it so dexterously in the cause of
charity at the Crystal Palace on Saturday. It was
not a little amusing to observe the various alluring
arts and winning devices to which they had re-
course in their perpetual attempts to coax the
money out of the pockets of the gentlemen who
clustered round their counters. It would be invi-
dious to hazard an opinion as to which lady did the
most business, but it may be safely asserted that
none appeared to do more than Mrs. Stirling, of the
Olympic.

It not unfrequently happens at fancy fairs that
the public are exposed to loss owing to their utter
inability to obtain silver coin in exchange for gold ;
but this inconvenience was effectively obviated at
the Dramatic College Fair by establishing, within
an easy distance of the stalls, a little bank, where
change was supplied to all comers. This was a very
laudable arrangement, for even the best natured old
gentleman who may have agreed to pay 2s. 6d. for
a fourpenny pen-wiper, would like to see some
change out of his sovereign.
The Fairy Post-office was conducted by Miss
Hudspeth, Miss Marshall, and Miss E. Johnstone
with a tact, a courteousness, and a zealous assiduity,'
to the requirements of the public which the autho-
rities at the great establishment at St. Martin's-le-
Grand would do well to imitate. The pehny sys-
tem was not acted upon, but the memories of the
good old times were renewed by a respectable rate
of postage—not less than a shilling—a sum which,
however alarming to financial reformers, did not
impede the circulation of epistolary correspondence.
for the office was besieged with applicants for letters
lying in the poste restante.
"Aunt Sallys," Cheap Johns, and Punch and
Judy Shows were of frequent recurrence, and these
favourite portions of the entertainment were under
the direction of Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Frank Mat-
thews, Mr. Clark (Haymarket), Mr. H. Compton,
Mr. H. Widdicombe, Mr. James Rogers (admirably
made up as a Methodist parson), Mr. J. Clarke
(Strand), Mr. Joseph Robins, and Mr. Lewis Ball.
Mr. Toole devoted his artistic energies to a peep-
show, which was one of the most popular exhibi-
tions of the day. Out of doors, upon the upper
terrace, was erected a white marquee, enigmatically
designated " The Tent of Mystery." This Eleu•-
sinian abode was understood to be under the man-
agement of Mr. Buckstone and some other cele-
brated comedians, but upon the doer was inscribed
a terrible warning—" Whoever enters here must
observe silence as to what he sees or —." The
dread of this unknown aiternative prevents us from
disclosing what we witnessed within the canvas
walls of this temple of mystery, but we may ven-
ture to assert that it was very wonderful, and will
not easily be forgotten by those who paid their
money for admission. It is worthy of remark that
very few ladies entered the tent, and that the few
who did so were observed to have a very un-
easy expression of countenance on coming out—
as though they had something upon their
minds which they would give the world to
reveal, but dared not. The anguish occasioned
to the female constitution by such a state of
things may be more easily imagined than described,
and we cannot but regard the erection of "The
Tent of Mystery" as a heartless invasion upon the
prerogatives of the sex.

In the interior of the Palace were suspended flags
and banners bearing appropriate mottoes ; and
over the organ was printed this salutary and suit-
able injunction from Hamlet, "See the players well
bestowed. Let them be well used, for they are
the abstract and brief chronicles of the time."
At three o'clock Mr. Webster, the master of the
college, appeared in the Handel orchestra amid
enthusiastic applause, and read, with his usual
grace and fervour .of elocution, an address written
by Mr. Bell, and certainly more remarkable for
humanity of sentiment than for melody of cadence,
truthfulness of rhyme, or elegance of composi-
tion :

The painter who displays his art on glass
Creates what seems at first a dusky mass
Of tints and outlines—till the light shines through,
And brings its latent beauty into view ;
Then glow the colours, then the forms appear,
And what was dark before grows bright and clear.
Thus, too, the poet who the stage essays,
And trusts his fame to audiences and plays,
Prepares a picture into which he throws
Wit, knowledge, humour, all the traits his muse
Can gather out of life, from sternest passions
Down to field practice and the fast new fashions.
But when 'tis done, and every scene is wrought
With finest skill in character and plot,
It waics the light that shall its depths Manse,
And all is dim until the actors come.

They to its fable vital action give,
Quicken its words, and make its figures live :
Through them the scenes start from the silent page,
And with their breathing movements fill the stage;
'Tis in their name we have come here to-day,
To honour bath—the player and the play.

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Tho Drama needs no helping hand; 'tis sure
Through all Time's shifts and changes to endure.
Not so the Player; when his prime is o'er,
lie sinks neglected, and is seen no more.