The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-29 00:00:00

ADELPTII THEATRE.

Mr. Wigan's farce, bearing the desirable title of
" A Model of a Wife," was revived at this theatre
last night, the author playing the part of the
romantic M. Bonnefoi with all the grotesque
humour and fantastic vivacity for which his im-
personations of foreign character are so amusingly
remarkable. The house was very numerously
attended.

Mr. Webster, whose tour in the provinces has
been highly successful, will return to his old quar-
ters on Easter Monday, when Mr. Watts Phillips's
drama of " The Dead Heart" will be again pro-
duced.

BANK OF ENGLAND-1860.

The following is the Ho
Directors of the Bank of Engl
FOR GO'V
Bonamy DoLree,
Alfred Latham, Esq
FOR MR

)use List of Governors and
land for the year ensuing, viz. :
TERN ORS.
, Esq., Governor.
[., Deputy - Governor.
tECTORS.

Thomas Baring, Esq. Kirkman D. Hodgson, Esq
Hy. Wollaston Blake, Esq. Henry L. Holland, Esq.
*John William Birch, Esq. J. Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq.
Travers Burton, Esq. Thos. Newman Hunt, Esq.
*Stephen Cave, Esq. Chae. Frederick Huth, Esq.
Ed. Henry Chapman, Esq. George Lyall, Esq.
H. Wigram Crawford, Esq. James Malcolmson, Esq,
William Cotton, Esq. Thomas Masterman, Esq.
C. Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. Alexander Matheson, Esq.
Henry Hucks Gibbs, Esq. James Morris, Esq.
Thomson Mankey, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Esq.
J. Benjamin Heath, Esq, Geo. Warde Norman, Esq.
N.B. The gentlemen against whose navies an asterisk is
placed are new candidates for the Direction.
The election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will be
held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 10th April, and for
Directors on Wegnesdav, the 11th April, from 10 o'clock
in the forenoon till 4 in the afternoon.

We understand that Mr. Herman Merivale, now
permanent Under. Secretary for the Colonies, will be the
new Under-Secretary for India, in succession to Sir George
Clerk, appointed Governor of Bombay.
Hisoyal Highness the Prince of Waits, who is
well up in all the good old English sports, is, we (Oxford
Chronicle) understand, likely to make a first-rate tennis
player. Since his residence in Oxford his royal highness
has patronised the tennis court in Merton-street, and ix
company with many of the noblemen and gentlemen of
Christ Church has wielded the racket in an effective man-
ner.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridgo and the Princess Mary honoured Lady Truro by
their company at dinner last evening, at her ladyship's
residence in Eaton-square. A distinguished circle were
present.
His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the
Countess de Bernstorff have left town on a visit to the Duke
of Rutland at Belvoir Castle.

The Duchess of Inverness is, we are happy to
hear, recovering from her indisposition. The Duchess of
Cambridge visited her grace yesterday at Kensington
Palace.

DEATH OF THE EARL OF LONGFORD.—We re-
gret to announce the death of this peer, who died on Tues-
day night after a prolonged illness. He was Earl of the
county of Long-ford and Baron of Longford in the peerage
of Ireland, and Baron Silchester of Sileheeter, Southamp-
ton, in the peerage of the United Kingdom. He was born
on the 30th of October, 1817, and succeeded to the title on
the 21th of May, 1835. He will be succeeded by his
brother, the Hon. Colonel William Lygon Pakenham,
C.B.

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REFRESHMENT HOUSES AND WINE LICENSES
BlLL.—Yesterday Mr. Crook gave notice that, on the mo-
tion for the second reading of this bill, he would move that
it be read a second time that day six months.
THE NEW STAMP DUTlES.—Yesterday the bill
on the new stamp duties was printed. It contains 18 sec-
tions and a schedule containing the new duties to be im-
posed. A heavy penalty is to be imposed for frauds in re-
lation to adhesive stamps.
THE INCOME TAX.—The bill on the income tax
was issued yesterday. The duty is to commence on the 6th
of April next at 10d., and to be for one year. Claims for
repayment must be made within three years.

In a day or two the telegraph wires will be ex-
teided to Ventnor, at the back of the Isle of Wight. Lon-
dolt will then be in telegraphic communication with Cowes,
Hyde, Newport, Ventnor, and Osborne, the chief towns and
Queen's residence in the Isle of Wight. The telegraph
already extends to Hurst, opposite Yarmouth, the extreme
south-western end of the island.

LLOYD'S.—At a meeting of the members of
Lloyd's held yesterday, the followingvoteswere unanimously
passed :—The sum of no in aid of the funds of the Ship-
wrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society ;
the sum of .E. 25 in aid of the funds of the Royal National
Lifeboat Institution; the sum of £3O in aid of the sub-
scription raised for the widows of four men who lost their
lives in endeavouring to render assistance to the crew of the
Unity, Smith, from Hartlepool to London, when that ves-
sel was at anchor in a dangerous position off Aldborough,
on the 21st Dec. last, and for rewarding James Chatten,
who nobly exerted himself on the occasion ; the honorary
silver medal to Commander T. Davies, R.N., to mark the
sense entertained of his praiseworthy and gallant conduct
in assisting to save, at the risk of his own life, five of the
crew of the fishing smack John Bull, of Yarmouth, when
stranded near that port, on the 17th Feb. ; the honorary
bronze medal to George Melligan, coxswain of lifeboats, and
the sum of XI to him, and each of the other 11 men who
accompanied Commander Davies in the surf-boat on the
above ()cession.

A STREET G .tIEVANCIik—A writer in a contem-
poriry says :—" I do not know who are to blame for the
disg,raccful condition of the carriage way in North Wel-
lington-sti eet, Strand, but in the interest of humanity I
beg to call attention to the facts, which I am sure any resi•
dent in the street can corroborate. No horse can be driven
up the street from the Strand without grievous straining to
avoid stumbling and severe injury to its frame. I have
seen five horses down with broken knees and severe con-
tusioas in the space of an hour, and in one day I counted
14 accidents. The paving is as smooth as sheet glass. If
nothing can be done, let me advise any man who has a
feeling for. his horse not to permit it to be ridden or driven
up North Wellington-street."—[The same may be said of
a portion of the Strand, from Savoy-street to Burleigh-
street—more especially opposite The Sun Office, where the
paving slopes considerably.—En, Sun.]