The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-17 00:00:00

"THE RING."

"I have even heard, Sir, that THE LADIES ADMIRE TIIE
RlNG."—Omnibus Chat.
'T is true the Ring the Ladies like,
H ave champions at call ;
E 'en they themselves, with beauty, strike :

R egard they ? ' Not at all.
I just would say one little thing—.
N o doubt 'twill " fond remembrance" bring—
G old is the metal of their ring.

F. A. LEWIS.

The Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh° and Lady
Charlotte lanes Keir have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel,
Bond-street, from Floors Castle, Kelso, N.B.
The Marquis of Conyngham and Lady Cecilia
Conyngham have arrived in town, from Ireland, for the
season.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Chandos
arrived at the Euston Hotel yesterday from Wotton Court,
Bucks. The marquis and marchioness attended the
Queen's State ball last evening.
The Countess Cowley and the Ladies Cowley
have arrived at Lord Ebury's residence in Park•street,
from Paris.

Viscount and Viscountess Dungannon have
arrived at their residence in Grafton-street, from Brynkin-
alt, Denbighshire, for the season.
Lord and Lady Vernon are staying at the
Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone.
Viscount and Viscountess Torrington have
arrived at the Queen's Hotel, tipper Norwood.
On Thursday last his Excellency Henry Francis
Howard and Miss Adela Howard, left the town resi-
dence, in Mansfield-street, of the Right Hon. Emma Lady
Petre, for her Majesty's Legation at the Court of the King
of Hanover.
Among those present at her Majesty's last levee
we observed the name of the High Sheriff of Cumberland,
Mr. Philip H. Howard, of Corby Castle.
In the case of Scully v. Ingram, M.P., the arbi-
tration, it is said, have awarded a verdict for Scully with
£2,000 damages.
DEATH OF SIR LAWRENCE PALK, BART.—We
regret to announce the demise of this much respected
baronet, who expired yesterday in his sixty-seventh year.
This family is descended from Henry Palk, who was pos-
sessed of estates in Devonshire in the reign of Henry VII.
The death of Sir Lawrence, who was third baronet, has
spread a gloom over his neighbourhood and amongst a
numerous circle of relatives and friends.
Mr. Webster's great performance of "Richard
Pride" more than deserves all that Douglas Jerrold has
said of it. No description can do justice to it. Complete
and perfect in every detail, it presents such a realisation of
the career of the drunkard as has certainly never before
been witnessed on the stage. From the early days of his d
ful slavery, when the tender voice of his loving wife had
power to move but not to change him, to the time when like
a savage in the bush he drowns his best feelings in the
cursed cup ; and still later, when unable to listen to the
promptings of humanity, we see the but too well-known
and truthful portraiture of a mind destroyed, there is a
masterly evidence of artistic power in the great actor's every
gesture and facial expression, which must indelibly impress
the recollection of Mr. Webster's " Richard Pride" upon
all who see it.—eVanchester _Examiner.
It is no slight acknowledgment of merit to say
that the drama of "Janet Pride" is in every way worthy
of those eminent playwrights, Messrs. B. Webster and D.
Bourcicsult, to whose joint authorship it owes its existence.
After witnessing the fine performance on Monday evening,
when " Janet ['ride" was produced at the Theatre Royal,
it is impossible to disconnect the incidents of the story from
the admirable acting of all concerned.—Manchester Exa-
miser.
CRYSTAL PALACE,—Mr. Vincent Wallace will
give a popular concert at the Crystal Palace en Saturday
next, the music of which will be selected from " Lurline"
and his other operas. Mr. Sims Reeves, Madame Lemmans
Sherrington, Mr. Weiss, Miss Poole, Mr. Santley, Mdllo.
Parepa, Herr Becker (the violinist), and Miss Arabella
Goddard, are among the principal performers—lNlr Manna
and Mr. Vincent Wallace being the conductors. The
concert will be given in the Centre Transept.
ST. MARTIN'S HALL.—A new oratorio, entitled
" John the Baptist," was performed last night,
under the
direction of Mr. John Hullah. The composer is announced
as llerr Johannes Hager, of Vienna, an amateur. Miss
Banks, Miss Palmer, Mr. Willey° Cooper, and Mr. Santley
were the principal vocalists. Band, chorus, and principals
all exerted themselves to the utmost to achieve a success,
and Mr. Hullah never directed his forces with greater
ability and zeal, but the music was too commonplace and
spiritless to excite the most sensitive. The quartet in the
second part, " Repent ye, 0 children of Israel," was the
only piece encored.
VOCAL A SSOCIATION.—The fifth subscription
concert was given last evening, and Aldlle. Brunetti, Sig-
nors Mongini, Eyerardi, and Sebastian° Ronconi, from her
Majesty's Theatre, appeared among the singers, by per-
mission of Mr. E. T. Smith. The lady introduced the grand
scene from Der Freischutz, tl Before my eyes behold him,"
and acquitted himself with remarkable power and skill.
Signor Mongini created aftwor in the aria, " Fra poco,"
from Lucia, and being vehemently encored gave " La
donna e Mobile," whicl7, if possible, produced a greater im-
pression. The only instrumental performer was Mr. J. F.
Barnett, who played two pieces on the pianoforte. Mr.
Benedict codducted the whole of the music. There was a
very full attendance.
ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, LIVERPOOL,—" Green
Bushes" last night drew the largest audience of the en-
gagement. It was beautifully performed. "The Last
Hope' will be represented to• night, and in this drama
Madame Celeste, Mr. Rouse, and Mr. Johnstone challenge
applause.—/e'veepeol Daily Post.
SHIPWRECK AND Loss OF SEVEN LIVES.—At two
o'clock on Friday morning, the brig George, belonging to
Thomas Poake, Esq., of Stonehouso, from Pernambuco,
went ashore stem oa in Whitsand Bay, just to the eastward
of Sharraw, near the grotto. At five o'clock, unfortunately,
the master and eight men, all the crew but one, left the
ship in her boat, which shortly alter struck against the
rocks and capeized, and all in her except the master and an
able seaman, who clung to her keel, were drowned. They
got on a rock under the cliff, and were drawn up by some
men belonging to the coastguard, and to the farms near.
While being lifted the master was struck against a sharp
point in the cliff, and received such injuries that it was ne-
cessary to put him in bed immediately at Tregantle Farm.
The seaman left on board the George to cast off the painter,
could not afterwards get into the boat. Two hours oubse-
quentiv the coastguardsmen fired a line from a rocket and
hauled him ashore. The brig is on the sands apparently
not much injured, but has been forced much nearer the
shore by the tides since she was stranded, We understand
that both the brig and her cargo are insured.—Plymouth,

THE YORKSHIRE ASSIZES. The Lord-Lieu-
tenant of Yorkshire has received a communication
from the Home Secretary, informing him that the
Yorkshire Assize business is to be divided, and
that the West Riding portion of the business is
to be transacted in some town in the West Riding;
and the Lord-Lieutenant has been directed to take
the opinions of the West Riding magistracy as to which
town in the riding is best adapted for the purpose. The
Lord-Lieutenant has sent the communication to the deputy-
clerk of the peace at Wakefield, who will take the opinion
of the magistrates individually by circular. Wakefield and
Leeds are the only towns that have entered the lists as com-
petitors for the honour of being the assize town, and the
inhabitants of each are bestirring themselves to make their
respective claims heard. Wakefield lays claim to the aq-
sizes cn the ground that it is the ancient capital of the West
Riding, and that it possesses every requisite cexo:Lienee
and Leeds bases its claim on the ground of its tieing the
great commercial centre of the district.
THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH HANOVER.—A
Royal order, recently issued, will effect achange in the mode
of carrying the punishment of death into execution. The
condemned is to be executed in an enclosed space, in the
presence of two officers of the Crown, a registrar, who is to
draw up a report of the details, a surgeon, and one or more
ministers of the faith to which the criminal may belong.
The Crown deputy is to take care that 12 inhabitants of
the neighbourhood shall attend to witness the e ocution ;
and the defender of the ri,ccused, as well as his nearer re-
lations, are to be permitted to be present. If the space will
permit, the Crown deptity.can also grant admission to other
discreet persons of the male sex, according to hisjudgment.
The execution of the sentence is also to be made known in
the journal of the place wherein the court which passed the
sentence sat; and an mcccunt of the proceedings is to be
publicly read by an official at some place in the neighbour-
hood as soon as possible aster the official decree 4ao been,
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