The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-14 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1858.

be found in some appointments to the Govern- !
ment, and an addition to the Privy Council, which
were made at that period ; and, if wetre rightly
informed, the violence of our contemporary, at
the present moment, must be considered to indi-
cate that the services of one of those gentlemen
who joined Lord PALMERSTON' s Government
during the first summer of its existence, are now
at the disposal of the country, and that any Prime
Minister who does not avail himself of them will
incur the high displeasure of the Times.

The telegram from India, received at the
read in both Houses of
Foreign-office at 5 p.m.,
Parliament, and published in the third edition of
The Sun of last evening, will be received with
universal satisfaction throughout the entire
country. Lucknow has fallen. The last strong-
hold of the insurgents is now in the hands of the
British army. Sir COLIN CAMPBELL has added
another triumph to those he had previously
achieved, and, happily, with a comparatively
trivial loss on our side. Our brave Commander
has shown that sound discretion may be combined
with unflinching valour, and that while no neces-
sary risk is avoided, he is still chary of the lives
of his valiant soldiers, and will not expose them
without adequate cause. This is one of the
highest qualifications that can be desired in a
general ; and the man who was passed over in the
Crimea has shown that he possesses it in a pre-

appeared would be subjected possibly to heavy
damages and the costs of both sides, and, under
the most favourable circumstances, to his own ex-
penses. Surely it would be right that the man,
wbo was really guilty, and who knew that what
he was saying would be published, should bear the
consequences. In like manner, a lady might have
her reputation irreparably damaged, be assailed
in the coarsest and most outrageous terms, and
yet—unless, indeed, the foul imputations were
cast upon her in the City of London—she
would be left without redress, save for the special
damage which she might be enabled to prove.
Snrely, it is high time that the absurd distinction
between oral and written slander should cease,
and that if a wrong has been inflicted, the real
party should abide the consequences of his own
conduct, and that all that should be required from
the journalist was, that he should show that he
was not actuated by malice ; and that what ap-
peared was a fair report of the observations which
fell from the speaker.
Lord CAMPBELL did not even go this length.
He merely desired to extend the privilege be-
stowed on the report of proceedings in courts of
justice, to those in Parliament, and a certain class
of public meetings, viz., those called by lawful au-
thority, and which it was highly important should
be made known to the community; or, at all
events, in the district to which they referred.
The bill was founded on the report of a Select
Committee of the Lords. If any objection could
be taken to that report, it was that it did not go
far enough. Too much caution was manifested
to maintain what the ' Lord Chief Justice truly
designated as the " preposterous distinction"
between written and spoken slander. It was,
however, thrown out by a considerable majority.
Even the suggestion that it should be referred to
a Select Committee, after the second reading, was
disregarded, and public journalists are left with-
out protection for another year. Or perhaps some
other grievance as flagrant as that which occurred
in " DATIDSON v. MINOAN" may be perpetrated.
The cause of public justice is frequently greatly
promoted by the publicity given by the press, and
yet for that publicity proprietors, or publishers,
may be heavily mulcted. if the late Mr.
PALMER:S career had not been cut short by the
hands of the common hangman, it is probable that
he would have brought numerous actions against
those who, by bringing suspicious circumsta►noss to
light, directed inquiries into the proper channels,
and thus caused the majesty of the law to be vin-
dicated by the exemplary punishment of the trea-
cherous poisoner. If the people are so proud of
the liberty of the press—if they truly describe it
as a palladium of national freedom—it is surely
time that that liberty should be established on a
proper foundation, and that full protection should
be afforded to those who may be regarded as
public benefactors, that they should not be ex-
posed to serious losses for the proper exercise of
their functions-•--losses from which all other
classes in the community are exempted.

eminent degree.
The last accounts clearly indicated the fate im-
pending over the capital of Oude. The well
planned combinations of the Commander-in-Chief
left but little chance of its holding out much
longer. The nation was therefore prepared for the
glad tidings which it has so recently received.
But still the details were anxiously looked for.

It was desirous of hearing not merely of the fall of
Lucknow, but also how it fell, and the line of
policy adopted towards the insurgents. That
desire has now been gratified, and although a
large body of the rebel sepoys have escaped for
a time from the trap into which they had volun-
tarily entered, there is every reason to believe
that their career will be brought to a speedy close
and British supremacy re-established throughout
the length and breadth of the land.
It was on the 19th ultimo that the rebel city
came fully into the possession of the British army,
with it no less than 117 guns were captured, and
"about 2,000 of the rebels were slain during the
siege." This alone was a heavy blow and great
discouragement to the mutineers. It has, in fact,
broken the neck of the rebellion. The towns-
people and villagers being protected were resuming
their occupations ; and the principal landholders,
vho had been led astray, but had not stained
their hands with the blood of helpless and inno-
cent captives, had made full submission, which
was accepted. There is no portion of the intelli-
gence which will cause greater joy throughout the
country than that which announces the rescue
of Mrs. Ona and Miss Jamrsorr. They must
have suffered fearfully during their protracted
captivity, knowing the terrible fate inflicted
on the innocent victims at Delhi and Cawn-
pore. Their sufferings have, however, ter-
minated, and they are restored to their families
and friends without having sustained irreparable

injury.
At the last moment some 50,000 of the rebels
escaped from the doomed city, making for Rohil-
cund and Bundelcund. A considerable force wag,
however, in pursuit, and it way be anticipated
that a good account will ere long be rendered of
the fugitives. They were, in fact, surrounded on
every side, and but for the unfortunate delay of
the column under Sir Husk Roes, which was
detained for three weeks at Saugor, owing, we
believe, to the want of provisions, the plan of Sir
Comx would have been completely successful, and
the rebels intercepted in every quarter towards
which they directed their light. Sir Huou had,
however, reached within 25 miles of Jhansi on the
21st of March with the second division of the
Rajpootana field force. It was said that there
were 30,000 of the insurgents, most of whom
were mutineers, in his front. He could certainly
prevent their escape until the pursuing troops
came up, and they were thus placed between tfflo
fires. Brigadier CHIWERLA IN was also advanc-
ing from another quarter, with the Punjaub levee?,
so that they would find escape all but impossible.
General ROVIIRTS had marched from Nusseerabad
to K0t9.11 on the 10th and 11th March ; winle
WIIIILOCeg force remained in charge of Saugor,
the cavalry only having pushed on to Allahabad.
The Calpee mutineers had seized on the fort of
Churbard, making the Rajah a prisoner, but this
had been more than atoned for by the capture of
Chunderee on the 17th March by STEWA.RT'S
brigade. On the whole, the intelligence is emi-
nently satisfactory, and we may now indulge in
the reasonable expectation that we have witnessed
" the beginning of the and" of the Indian mutiny
and rebellion, which some of our neighbours
vainly fancied were to prove destructive to British
prestige and British power in Hindostan.

siege.

April.

b.-,en accepted.

Another postponement of the practical con-
sideration of the Main Drainage Question !
And meanwhile, as a most ingenious com-
promise, the outlets of the sewers are to be
extended. So that every possible facility is to be
afforded for the still further contamination of the
waters of the Thames. It is impossible to purify
the river at once—and, therefore, until its purifi-
cation can be taken in hand comprehensively,
efforts must be made during the interim
with a view as much as possible to secure
its more wholesale contamination. That is
literally the last deduction drawn from the
contorted logic of those who are unhappily
entrusted with the responsibility of supervising
the drainage of the metropolis. Otherwise than
by this oblique reasoning, it is impossible in any
way to explain the decision just arrived at by
the Metropolitan Board of Works—to the end
that the outlets of the sewers shall forthwith be
extended. The stream is not sufficiently turbid
—let the feculent supply, therefore, be poured
into it more freely. The Sanitary HERCULES not
having yet made his appearance—measures must
be adopted energetically in anticipation of his
advent, so that the Augean stables may be yet
more impure than heretofore. If our social
reformers in this one department of the public
service could but at least recognise the truth—per-
fectly glaring and transparent to every one besides
themselves ! That the sanitary change of all the
most desirable and important for this vast city
would incontestably be, the diverting of the
drainage of the metropolis front the river Thames,
rather than the facilitation of that drainage into
it ! Compared with this all other sanitary im-
provements are notoriously subordinate. It is a
fact which is only failed to be recognised distinctly
when viewed from within the precincts of Gwydyr
House—or other kindred strongholds of what are
called the vested interests. Eatamined from any
other point of view, the thing is perfectly obvious
and beyond the reach of one moment's contradic-
tion. Looked at point blank in this way—if we
may be allowed to call things by their right
name, to call a spade, a spade, and so forth—we
ought iu reason no longer to talk of the River, but
rather of the Open Sewer by courtesy "known as"
the river Thames. It is a river still, no doubt,
above bridges—where the clear water runs spark-
ling among the green aits and between the rushy
banks from the remote region of the Seven
Springs in Gloucestershire, to the contiguous por-
tion of its channel passing between the opposing
shores of Surrey and Middlesex somewhere in
the neighbourhood of Twickenham. But below
bridges—a river it is no longer, but a sewer, a
stream in every way very different. A current
rolling to and fro twice each way in the
twenty-four hours according to the ebb and flow
of the tide—carrying backwards and forwards
between the most gigantic and populous city in
the world a loathsome and pestilential mass held
there in horrible solution to contaminate the air
and thereby poison the inhabitants. How long
are we to wait for the Sanitary HERCULES who
is to cleanse this vast open sewer, to destroy its
odious exhalations, and to restore its original
salubrious and beneficent character ? Mr. CLARK-
SON put an end to slavery. Mr. VILLIERS opened
our ports for the admission of corn. Mr. WALKER
closed with a benignant hand the horrid system
of intramural interment. There is work yet to
be done by many another great public benefactor.
Here, in regard to London, especially in the mat-
ter of its drainage. Who bids for the office 7 It
is, as the advertisements phrase it, an eligible
opportunity. Whoever seriously and energetically
undertakes the task will secure to himself the
really enviable glory of accomplishing an enter-
prise of true philanthropy.

driven back.

morrow.

We are seriously alarmed by the sinister view
which the Times appears to take of the present
Mate of our national politics. According to that
eminent authority, Parliament and the eountry
are humiliated by the continuance in office of
Lord Dzitsf s Government. We offer our opinion
with great diffidence in opposition to the Levia-
than of the Press ; but we cannot refrain from
observing that, as far as we are able to judge, the
alarm of the Times is not shared by the people at
large, and that, but for the servility to France
which marked Lord PALMERSTON'S last acts, the
recent change of Government would have attracted
but little attention. As it is, however, we con-
sider—and the opinion is very generally enter•
tained—that the country may well congratulate
itself on having escaped the disgrace of the Con-
spiracy Bill, even at the expense of Lord PALMER-
STON'S Government.

The Law of Libel Bill, moderate as it was
admitted to be, has been rejected by the House of
Lords. The second reading was last night
refused by a majority of 28, there being but
seven in favour of giving protection to the Fourth
Estate, while 33 were willing still to encourage
speculative actions, which, while giving but a
farthing damages to the injured (!) party, might
still saddle the defendant, who was only seeking
to discharge an important duty fairly and effi-
ciently, with enormous and almost ruinous costs.
It is now universally admitted, that notwith-
abanding the great improvements effected by L )rd
entrant's previous exertions, the law of libel
is still in a very unsatisfactory and defective
condition. It was the case of DATIDSON T.
DINIPAN, on which we have already com-
mented, that proved, beyond the possibility
of doubt, the great injustice that might
beslightestete(l ot
i ill-feeling
an innocent d
publisher, who h
not
against the person C3lll-
prtahlacettnoprirnoogc,febe hisaiu tnwhe, if he would maintain the cha
reportgpsubatlimcaeteietinn,gsahoofugldrefaatitlhoofualllyorge_
I
ral Interests. Numerous petitions were present •,d
praying for an amendment of the law, which wou'd
give complete immunity to the innocent publisher,
and render the really malignant slanderer respon-
sible., This could only be effected by assitnilatincr
the law of libel and defamation, and making the
person who wantonly and vindictively assailed
another in the hearing of reporters, and welt
knowinc, that his statements woull appear iu dee
course, as fully liable as if they had been written
or printed by him. Lord CAMPBELL show( d the
extent of the mischief. As the law now stood, to
say that a man was a coward, a liar, and a scoun-
drel afforded no cause of action unless some spe-
cial damage had been sustained. Toe vilest fa se-
hoods may be uttered, calculated to bring a man
into contempt and disrepute, and against which it
would be essential that he should vindicate his
cbaracter, but unless a specific crime, punishable
by law, were imputed, the vindictive and lying
Dose
that coolly and deliberately uttered ,
slanders would escape with impunity, while
the proprietor of the newspaper in which they

Now that the change has taken place, we are
unable to discover what injury it has inflicted
upon our country. Of Lord PALMERSTON him-
self, we always wish to speak with respect, on
account of his great age, and of the official ser••
vices, &c., which he has always tendered to the
country, no matter what party was in power ;
but we cannot help reminding our readers that
he has never identified himself satisfactorily with
the advocates of political progress, and that, in
point of fact, his Administration, however bom-
bastic in- professions,lwaa, in its action, more slug-
gish than any which bas existed since the Reform
Bill became law. As to his colleagues, there is
not one who is regretted by the country. There
never was a set of Ministers more wedded to red
tape notions and bureaucratic routine than the
WooDA,PANNI.TRES, GRANVILLE; and LA.BOWCHEREs
of the late Government. As for Lord CLAREN-
DON, he has been found out, at last, to have been
the most courtly and servile Minister who ever sat
in the Cabinet of an English Sovereign. We
need not dwell upon the imbecility of SUITS and
the immorality of CLANRICARDE. Enough has
already been said to show that the present Minis-
ters need not shrink from comparison with their
predecessors in office.

We shall not conclude without making an at-
tempt to explain how it is that, in spite of the
circumstances to which we have just alluded, the
nails insists upon representing the country as
humiliated by the Government of L )rd DERBY.
Our readers will remember that similar attacks
were directed against L-,rd PALMERSTON'S Ad-
ministration during the first few months of its
existence. What put an end to those attacks
The fall of Sebastopol? Oh, no the Laviatli,ln
had succumbed long before the Russian strong-
hold.

ficY,olll4sc,mo
rekrsceot,
His Excellency the Earl Cowley, the British Ambep-
Eador at the Court of France,
eat' arrived At Lord Eldury'
t.:4 ilenee in Park-street
1 V
Tee
a understand nEir.: taanndd yesterday from Paris en conyc.
e to town to-mor-
row duties in a week or two,
will reAirno his diplo-
CholusntEexe
row from Alarst;)n licu,e,
SAD FATE OF A ROYAL RELIO --The gold watch which
Charles gave Jane Lane, and which here e.ieter of h
d might
deecend as an heirloom to the eldest daughter
house of Lane for tho time being, was till lately at Cl,a-tiese-
eot,-house, near Stratford-on-Avon, from whence it was
s 01, n, and melted down in some Birmingham rec,,siving-
house.— Westminster Neale for April.

We look in vain for any change in the circutn-
3tances of the country, or in the conduct of the
war, to account for the ehange which took place
in the tone adopted by the " Times," towards
Lord PALMERSTON'S Government in the August
of 1855. We are told that the explanation is to

THE SUN, LOND ON, WEDNESDA►Y EN-ENING, __APRIL 14,

L &TEST NEWS.

F ALL

LUCKNOW.

The following telegram, from her Majesty's
Acting Consul-General in Egypt, was received at
the Foreign Office via Malta on the 13th April,

at 5 p.m.:—
The steamer Ganges arrived at Suez yesterday
evening from Bombay.
The following intelligence has been telegraphed
from Suez :

BOMBAY, MARCH 24, 3. P.M.

Lucknow fell on the 19th ; 117 guns captured:
about 2,000 of the enemy were slain during the

Mrs. Orr and Miss Jackson rescued.
Eight officers killed.
The townspeople and the villagers being pro-
;ected, are resuming their occupation.
The submission of the principal landholders has

THE KROOMEN QUESTION.

The great Kroomen question came on in the
House of Commons last night, and Mr. Lowe
brought forward the motion, of which notice had
been given (in the Times) three weeks ago. The
right honourable gentleman must have been rather
disappointed at the result of his onslaught. He
bad probably anticipated a full house, loud cheers,
,nd a sally from the chiefs of the Ministerial pha-
If such was the expectation of Mr. Lowe he
must have been sadly mortified by the event.
When he rose to speak, the house, which had been
full, was nearly empty, and in the delivery of his
prepared attack, he was not encouraged by a single
cheer. Instead of being answered by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, as he had
probably anticipated, Mr. Disraeli left him
in the hands of Mr. Baillie, from whom he received
a well-deserved rebuke for his ignorance of Par-
liamentary practice. Lord Palmerston, seeing the
mistake of his lieutenant, came to his rescue, and
gave the motion a friendly character. Negroes
would be very useful in India, said his lordship ;
and all that Mr. Lowe had in view was to prevent
a renewal of the slave trade. This explanation the
right hon. gentleman thought it prudent to accept,
although it was in direct contradiction to the
speech which he hail just delivered.
It is with great satisfaction that we observe that

been accepted.
About 50,000 of the enemy have escaped,
making for Rohilcund and Bundelcund. The
army is in pursuit of the rebels.
The delay of Sir H. Rose's force for 3 weeks at
Saugor prevented the line of troops, intended to
intercept the enemy, from being closed up.
Sir H. Rose, with the 2d division of the Raj-
pootana Field Force, was within 25 miles of
Jhausi on the 21st of March. Thirty thousand
rebels are said to be in his front.
General Roberts' force marched from Nusseera-
bad to Kotah on the 10th and 11th. The dis-
tance is 120 miles.
The Calpee mutineers have taken the fort of
Churhard, and made the Rajah prisoner.
Whitlock's force remains in charge of Saugor ;
the cavalry only having pushed on to Allahabad.
Stewart's brigade captured Chunderee on the
17th.

This telegram arrived at Malta from Alexan.
dria by merehant-steamer at noon on the 13th of

LYONS, Admiral.

Aux.

the opinion, which we, in the first instance, expres-
sed in favour of the enlistniant of Kroomen is now
confirmed by the authority of Lord Palmerston,
and also, as was stated last night, by the Governor-
General of India.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

There is something peculiarly gratifying in re-
cognising a familiar and valued friend, and being
able to truthfully congratulate him on " looking
better than ever." Such was our feeling last night
on the resumption of our intimacy with Her Ma-
jesty's Theatre, for never did the walls of the great
and original Temple of Apollo resound with more
deserved and delighted echoes of enthusiastic
applause. The house is fresh and bright in all its
decorative constituents, and the dense crowd of
visitors imposingly sustained the full-dress charac-
ter of an opera audience—heightened and honoured
by the presence of the Queen.
The fascinating music of Italy and France had
to give place on this occasion to the weightier Ger-
man school, and "The Huguenots," with all the
complex elaboration and ponderous dramatic ex-
pression, identified with the works of Meyerbeer,
was produced for the first time at this theatre ;
with an earnestness of purpose and combination of
talent which will render this grand opera one of the
greatest attractions of the season, after a few re-
presentations have "rounded off" some of the dif-
ficulties involved in the subordinate parts. The
first night of such an opera claims considerable in-
dulgence at the pens of critics ; but in this in-
stance there was nothing to carp at, saving a
slight indication now and then of the Chorus
"agreeing to differ," and the long "waits"
between the acts. The great expectation of the
evening was placed on the new prima donna,
Madlle. Titiens ; whose qualifications more than
fulfil the I eputation which preceded her. With-
out dilating in lengthened and profuse terms of
eulogy, we shall only declare that we have seldom
witnessed a greater success on opera boards, than
that achieved by the Valentina of last night.
Madlle. Titiens possesses an organ of unusual
power, clearness, and open tone ; using it,
moreover, with judgment and refined taste.
Her acting is of an order rarely blended with vocal
talent ; and her struggle scene with Raoul (Giug
lini) was intensely dramatic and finely expressed ;
apart from the electrifying brilliancy of her singing.
Rapturous plaudits and showers of bouquets bore
pleasant witness to the excited feelings of the
and once ; and Mr. Lumley may deem himself for-
tunate in having procured such an attractive prima
donna.

M&LTA, APRIL 13, 12.30 P. M.

The Rhone has arrived from Alexandria, bring-
ing tidings of the arrival at Suez on the 7th of the
Boinbary mails, with dates to the 24th of March.
The whole of Luckuow was in our possession on
the 19th, but large numbers of the enemy had
escaped, and were making for Rohilcund and Bun.
delcund.

The submission of the principal landholders had

The townspeople and villagers were protected.
On the 21st Sir Hugh Rose was within 25 miles
of Jhansi ; 30,000 rebels were said to be in bis
front.

The Calpee mutineers had taken the fort of
Chundaree, and made the Rajah prisoner.
The rebels had crossed the Etwab, but had been

General Roberts marched on the 10th from Nus-
seerabad. for Kotah. Whitlock's force remains at
Saugor. The cavalry alone pushed on to Allaha-
bad.

The Bombay money market wasbecoming tighter.
Imports of all descriptions in good demand.
CA`on. rising. Freights steady.
The dates from Alexandria are to the Bth April.

THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.
MA T,T 4, TTTFIRDAV.
The fleet under Lord Lyons sails for Tunis to.

Madlle. Ortolani sang with her accustomed spirit
am! Giugliai appeared to gather fresh
vigour and inspiration from the fair rivalry he en-
countered, for we la Ivo never heard him to such
advantage. The careful and correct singing of
Belletti was admirably suited to the part of
San Eris; and Vialetti was quite at home in
Marcello.

The scenery, dresses, and general appointments
were perfect in their kind ; and the total "getting
up" of the opera, evinces that Mr. Lumley is en-
tering the field of his olden glory with brave deter-
mination to retain, and add to, the laurels he has
already gained from au appreciating public.

We append a few of our contemporaries' opinions

(From the Times.)

wootwpfooierttar akhhnoit
ouiocgpt ,
Yesterday evening the Opera-house reopened for the regu-
lar season, which was inaugurated by the presence of her
Majesty—a rare honour for a first night. With the regular
season returned the normal brightness of the most aristocra-
tic of theatres. A certain dingy hue that had been diffused
over the audience of the extra nights had altogether vanished,
obvrsetcli.uinr Indeed, the commencement of a new order
and the company in the boxes and stalls were again up to
was marked in the most various manner. The
selectedslpoe for performance was the "Huguenots" of
Meyerbeer, a massive production, demanding an attention to
details that can best spared in operas of the ordivary Italian
class. The very lection was a departure from the old
beaten track on which for the last year or two lyrical drama
has jogged a trifle too steadily, and the manner in which the
piece was put on the stage showed a gallant resolution on the
part of the manager to conform to the spirit of the time.
The scenery, new throughout, did the greatest credit to the
Mr. Charles Marshall, and the dresses—likewise new
painter,
throughout—aptly corresponded with the scenery. There
were none of those shabby spots that will now and then make
their appearance even in the most glittering spectacles, but
everything presented to the eye was pleasant to look upon—
fresh, clean, and picturesque. Then at the head of the voca-
lists was a new prima donna, Mademoiselle Titiens, of whom
report had spoken not merely in a kiwi voice, but with a
`degree of confidence that screwed up expectation beyond the
usual pitch.
' When a opera terminates after midnight, and that opera is
the "Huguenots," played by a company for the first time,
ne s
ebrei
pbtti
oi brief
we cannot venture to be very minute in our remarks. If
indgetawileedead
generalweremsualytsdoffetrhea
moreeven
will be no longer requisite.
' lle Titiens, then, has not only answered expec
Mademoiselle
but there seems little doubt that she will prove the
tations,
remarkable vocalist heard at her Majesty's Theatre
most
able length of time. She is not a sin:er for
for a consider
whom any allowance need be made, and who hopes you will
opportunity brevity
in stating the
put up with this in consideration of that; but everyone of
her qualifications may be tested separately, and they will be
found to complete, not to counterbalance each other. A grace-
ful and impassioned actress, she is still a vocalist to whom a
lover of music may listen with his eyes shut. With an organ
of the finest natural quality, full and rich to the highest
point of an extensive compass, she is a consummate artist
who has her notes completely at her command, and surprises
her audience as much by the finish and brilliancy of her exe-
cution as she charms them by the fascinations of her voice.
We shall not enter now into a commentary upon her Valen-
tine. It is enough to convey the opinion that Mademoiselle
Titiens has asserted her position as a thoroughly sound, satis-
factory vocalist, whose success' cannot be otherwise thin
permanent. •
Signor Giuglini, who reserved his powers in the early part
of the evening, did full justice to himself in the celebrated
duet, iu which he and Mademoiselle Titiens vied with each
other. With a voice still somewhat tremulous, Mademoi-
selle Ortoleni executed very neatly the music of tue Queen of
Navarre. As St. kris, Signor Belletti was st adiness its lf,
geto
among
probably never found a pert suitable to his talent than
thatofth
lf with
noble.ehsitmersenOatholiecredit,
Si
pains with Marcel, but scarcely gave to this important cha-
racter all the effect of which it is capable. l
However, he
acquitted
and the Signor
only Viatt
person i took great
the principals who decidedly missed tho mark was
the young
lady who played the page, and who seemed frightened out of
her wits.
The " Huguenots" is not one of those works in which
perfection can be attained on a. first night's perform-
ance. Some of the choruses.- especially the " Rataplan"
--might go better than they did last night, but what
was pleasing throughout
the whole opera was the
manifestation of a desire to take extraordinary pains
with an d' extraor inary production. While introducing
to the public a prima donna who can scarcely fail to be
an attraction during the whale of the coming season, the ma-
nager has evidently resolved not to rely on isolated talent,
but to employ all his resources for the production of general
completeness.

(From the Moraing Post.)
The " Huguenots" represents a period which, though
marked by the most sanguinary deeds, and particularly dis-
tinguished by one of the most frightful acts of treachery the
world has over known, was yet full of romance and eh' Val! y.
Tho mind, carried back to a remote ago, is excited and
astonished by the contemplation of political facts which d's-
grace human natur and deeds of individuai heroism which
ennoble it, The groat mainspring of all human thought and
action—relig ous feeling - now appearing in all its i ative
purity —now arrayed in the dark or blood-red colours of
fanaticism—is actively at work throughout, and gives a pur-
pose and significance to even the smallest characters. The
very peasants, citiz ns, or private sAdiers, forming the choral
crowd, are not, a 3 in most opens, mere stage automata, but
people with strong convictions living in stormy times—
people who are ready to fight or dio for their faith, and may
be called on at any moment to do s We watch their every
movement with interest, for an unguarded word or gesture
may bring about a fray, and materially infltenc 3 the action of
the drama we are witnessing ; and whilst the mind is thus
agreeably employed o, ith the story of " Les Huguenots," the
eye is charmed by the faithful delineation it affords of the

gorgeous pageantry, quaint architecture, and picturesque POLICE INTET,LIGEN
costumes of the 16th century, and the ear delighted by some
of the most throroughly dramatic and beautiful music which
the modern composite school has produced. We nee i scarcely
add, however, that there is a great difficulty in put-
ting such au opera properly upon the stage, or that great
credit is due to the management which succeeds in the at-
tempt. With respect to the performance of last night, which
did not terminate until long past midnight, we must neces-
sarily bo very brief, and shall therefore devote our critical re-
marks c`,iefly to the efforts of the new prima donna, Madlle.
Titiens, who made her debut as Valentina, and Signor Gin.
glini, who appeared for the first time in London as Raul. The
lady's success was complete. She was enthusiastically ap-
plauded throughout the opera, and unanimously called for
several times at the end of each act ; and what is better still,
the applause and " ovations " were thoroughly deserved, for
Madlle. Titiens is a true artiste of the highest order; and
although slightly embarrassed when she first came upon the
stave last night was soon able to make her extraordinary
powers, whether as singer or actress, mauifest ;n all their
force and fulness to the audience.

Madlle. Titiens possesses a rich and beautiful soprano
voice, extensive in compass, and unusually equal in quality
through all the registers. It has also a voluminous and at
the same time penetrating and brilliant force, which, when
exercised to its fullest capability, as it was, for instance, last
night in the finale to the first act of " Les Huguenots,"
where Valentina sustains C in alt during some bars,
can predominate very distinctly over the immense body
of sound produced by a mass of i ,struments and voices.
She " produces " her voice in the best possible manner,
phrases admirably, and executes fl-rid passages with all
desirable clearness and orilliancv. Her singing is also full of
dramatic accent and energy, which at the right moment can
rise to the loftiest and noblest heights of tragic passion.
Madlle. Titiens is, in short, a very great artiste of the
gusto grande order, and an immense acquisition to the Anglo-
! Italian stage.

!E.—(This Day)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ROBBERY AT HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—James Dun-
can Grant, 45, and Charles Murray, 38, the former de-
scribed on the charge-sheet as a- tobacconist, of Crown-
street, were charged before Mr. Bingham with stealing,
at Her Majesty's Theatre, a pocket-book containing a
cheque for 1501., the property of Capt. Durant, of Dover
street, Piccadill
Capt. George Durant raid—l was last night at Her
Majesty'.. Theatre, and on leaving was going to the
cloak-room for my coat, and while doing so a young man
came up and asked me if I bad lost anything. I pot my
hand in my pocket and found my pocketbook gone, con-
taining a cheque on Messrs. Cox for 1501. The young
man said it was the prisoner Grant. I followed and laid
bold of him. He said he knew nothing about it, and
that he was respectable. I held hire until the young
man came up with the other prisoner. We all pro-
ceeded upstairs to get out of the crowd, and while doing
so the pocket book fell on the stairs at the feet of the
prisoners, and he felt certain they dropped it.
Sir George Wombwell, of 18, George-street, Hanover-
square, said—l was coming out of the Opera-house last
night, and when at the foot of the stairs I beard some-
thing fall and picked up the book which was owned by
Captain Durant. I feel quite certain it dropped from
one of the prisoners, but I can't say which.
Jo3eph Bawn, of 19, Tichhorne-street, said—l was at
Her Majesty's Theatre on the previous night, and ob-
serving the prisoners going about mysteriously, I kept
a watch on them. I saw them follow Captain Durant,
and saw the prisoner Grant push up against him. I
then asked the Captain whether he bad lost anything,
and finding he had, I went off after Murray, and left
the other prisoner with the captain. I asked a gentle-
man to look out, and having done so, picked up the
pc oketbook.

For Signor Giuglini's wonderful,y fine delineation of Raul
we have likewise nothing but praise of the warmest kind.
The great Italian tenor, who was evidently " on his mettle,"
as the phrase goes, exerted himself most strenuously from
first to last, and with the best possible success. His magni-
ficent singing in the septet occurring in the second act, " Per
tutti ii ciel" (in which he took a B natural in his chest voice
with a marvellous power which made the house ring), elicited
a rapturous encore, and the only one demanded during the
evening.

AO inspector said as the prisoners were being brought
out Murray threw away an opera-glass.
Murray said he never had the glass in his possession.
He ,as a gentleman living on an annuity.
Mr. Bingham said they had heard the evidence, and
did they wish the matter settled there
The prisoner said they did, they were both guilty.
Mr. Bingham said he should remand them till to•
morrow week.

The prisoners said they wished he would settle it at
once.

Mr. Bingham—No ; some more inquiries shall b
made first.

MARK T Nzvve.-4rins Day,

CORN EXCFIANG'S,
Our market to-day was very so•Antily supplied with all
kinds of English wheat. The at'tendance of both town and
country millers was limited., yet, the demand may be con-
sidered steady—though far from active, at Monday's im-
provement in value.
With foreign wheat we were fairly supplied. Good and
useful parcels changed hands at very full prices, but info•
rier samples met a dull inquiry, on former terms.
Barley was in moderate supply and fair request, at full
quotations.
In malt very little was passing, on former terms.
The oat trade was very firm, at extreme currencies.
Beans, peas, and flour sold steadily, at fully Monday ■
quotations.

English
Irish

Foreign....

ARRIVALS THIS 'NUR.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. i Oats. I Flout,
530 375 1,210 410 700
_ 30

1,670 i 3,300

6,480 1 920 ski.
brig

BOROUGH HOP.
There is a steady business doing in most kinds of hops
and prices generally are well supported.

WHITECHAPEL.
The demand for each kind of meat was steady, as follows:
—Beef, from 3s Odto 4s Od ; mutton, 3e 4d to 4a 8d;
lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 6d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Oki ; pork, 3a 2d
t) 4s 6d per 81bs by tho carcase.