The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-04 00:00:00

HA Y-11 ARKET THEATRE.

The Queen and the Prince Consort honoured the Hay-
matket Theatre with their presence yesterday evening,
when the entertainments consisted of Sheridan's brilliant
comedy of " The Rivals," and the very attractive panto-
mime of "The Sleeping Beauty." With the exception of
the part of Julia, which was last night assigned to Miss
Chalmers, the cast of characters was precisely the same
as on the occasion of the festival performances at her
Majesty's Theatre.

The house was crowded, and the perbrrnances passed
off with eclat.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
aid the Princess Mary, Prince Arthur, and the Prin-
cesses Helena and Louisa, visited her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Keat yesterday, at Clarence House, St.
James.
The Duke and Duchess of Atli°le have left the St,
George'a Hotel, for Dunkeld, N.B.
The Earl of Stradbroke has arrived at the Brunswick
Hotel, St. James's, from Henbane Hall, Norfolk.
The Earl of Derby entertained at dinner, last evening,
at his mansion in St. James's-square, the Duke of
Montrose, the Duke of Rutland, the Marquis of Salis-
bury, the Marquis of Exeter, the Marquis of Downshire,
the Earl of Carnarvon, the Earl of Sandwich, the Earl
Talbot, the Earl Delawarr, the Earl of Cardigan, the
Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl of Eglinton, the Earl of
Verulase, the Earl of Lucan, the Earl of Stradbroke,
the Earl of Madrnesbury, the Earl of Wilton, Lord
Seuthampton, Lord Forester, Lord St. Leonard., Lerd
Redesdale, and Lord Colville.
Lord Brougham was expected in town la't evening
from his chateau at Cannes, and it is said, intends im-
mediately to introduce a measure for the Rsifornt of the
Bankruptcy Courts, the abuses in which are, it appears
becoming daily more and snore intolerable. The rumours
that roach us from time to time regarding these establish-
ments are truly alarming, and if even a tithe of them be
true, it is high time his lordship sets himself to work fi r
their removal. We are told the official assignees are
receiving from two to five thousand pounds a year each,
and that during the last year one of their number netted
upwards of six thousand pounds, after paying clerks'
salaries, rent, and of 11,:e xpensee ! I
THE ROYAL SQUADRON.-The Vivid steamvessel,
Master-Commander H. W. Allen, arrived at Sheerness
at 5.30 p.m., on Tuesday, with a despatch frern the
Royal yacht for the Commander-in-Chief. The Vivid
left the Royal squadron at anchor on the Warp, where
they were to remain until daylight the next morning, the
weather being hazy, with constant thick snow. At
10.30 a.m. yesterday a steam tugressiel, belonging to the
Shipowners' Towing Company, arrived at Sheerness
with despatches from the screw steamvessel Alacrity,
Commander A. Wo.lehouee, for the Commander-ie-Cnief.
The Alacrity was reported to be left on the Shingles,
wbere she got on high water on Tuesday. The steamers
Lizar 1, Lieutenan•-Commander L. Maunsell, and the
African, Second Master Reuben Harvey, were ordered
to get up steam immediately and proceed t i the assist-
ance of the Alacrity.
At the close of the proceedings at the Court of Pro.
prietors at the India House, on Wednesday, the chair-
man announced the completion of the New Indian
Museum in Leadenhall-street, which will enable the
manufacturers co England to learn what are the raw
products and what are the t, x its fabrics of India.
The Queen's Remembraucer in the Exchequer, Mr.
Henry William Vincent, has resigned his office, it t g
intended by the Government to abolish it, and merge
its duties in the General Cart of Ex,.:heqner. Mr.
Vincent has been uninterruptedly iu the public service
fur 45 years.
The Petropolis has arrived from Brazil with 71,0001.
in specie.
THE REFORMERS OF OLDHAM AND PARLIAMENTARY
REPRESENTATION.—A. petition was sent last night to
W. J. Fox, Esq., M.P. for Oldham, for presentation to
Parliament on its opening on Thursday. The petition,
which is from the Oldham Returns Association, and
which is signed on behalf of the society by Mr. Ceirn•
c llor Kttott, pr,sident of the association, the vice presi-
deete, secretary, and committee, states that the peii-
tioners "are deeply impressed with the justice and neces-
city of a thorough Parliamentary reform," considering it
"a needful preliminary" to good government either in
domestic or colonial matters, and the petition prays that
Parliament will "take the state of the representation
into prompt consid-ration, and thus give the subject
precedence in point of time, as it is paramount iu im-
portance." The Reform Association meets on Thursday
evening, when it is expected that a requisition will be
prepared to the mayor, to call a public meeting to con-
eider the question of Parliamentary reform, A large
number of signatures have been affixed to the petition
agreed upon at the reform meeting held at Royton
on Wednesday last, many of them being thee of the
influential inhabitants of the township.— illariche..ster
Guardian.
The commercial advice from Australia on the present
occasion possesses considerable interest. Although at
the departure of the mail the commencement of the
English panic was not known, a genre d conviction
seems to have been entertained of the nature of the
trade carried on by our principal exporters. It was plain
t• every one that for months and menthe goo Is had been
recklessly consigned to the Australian markets on
English and Scotch account, and that a revulsion of
some kind could not fail to occur, There was conse-
quently great distrust and a cry of a scarcity of money,
although, as on the other side, it was confidence, not
money, tbat was scarce, laud being readily bought
at high rates., just as Consols were bought in London
during the worst of the pressure. Netneroue suspen-
sions had taken place, 15 firms having recently broken
at Melbourne alone for sums ranging from 9,0001 to
90,0001., and whicfe represent an aggregate of 470,000/.
A run upon the Union Bank had happily soon subsided,
but it is a point to be remarked that while this was the
only banking institution sot jetted to such a movement,
it is also the only one in Victoria based upon the prei-
ciple et unlimited liability. With regard to railway
projects, there were increasing signs that the capitalists
of London were expected to furnish abundant subscrip-
tions. At Melbourne the Government of Victoria had
called for tenders for the construction of more than 200
miles. In New South Wake the policy adopted is in
oppoeitien to that of
re-
solvedVieteria,pirt;htcatvisiendgi.b,fegelnvingcfi rect
to leave such works entirely to private enterprise
aanbdontluii:totftoliei.nidmetroicTeahnnecpoiluairinilgi:lerittihilemd
fbeoaersan)aretsionatofoinnedzolie.
dent companies.
contemplated against the Chinese immigrants have been

considerably softened, and the Act passed by the L:gis-
btture of Victoria with regard to them rutrely requires
that each should ply a residence tax of 61. annually (1/

every two inonthk).- It appears, rn ,reovtr, t)at
i 9 no ptnalty for ton-payment, except that in :IA

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case they will not be entitled t) eue in any court of la,y,

and that c msequently the measure is expected, to

great extent, to become a dead letter.
DR. MOIR, THE FAVOURITE POET OF THE PRINCESS-
ROYAL.—In proposing a congratulatory address to ber
Majesty on the auspicious occasion i.f the Princ,.:ss
Royal's marriage, in the Court of Common CJiincii,
London, on Tuesday, Mr. Parker, Under-sheriff, referring
to the Princ3ss•Royal, said : " Her gentle presence, ht r
expressive, tea' ti 'es, her benignantsindes—Viose outward
indications of the mind's treasures, of the heart's stores,

u in the Prussian
tion ; and though she may contm e
t ) come—as we hope
dominions for many, many years
win by her
shall stillbepresenttoour mind, memory, and imagina-
she w.,11—to attract by her graces and
virto,e, yet 'ball we say, in the words of her own favourite
poet,the late Dr, Muir, of Musselbur b, to whose elegant
corgipositi,,n)), It is understood, her Majesty's family
ic)ft, soothin are
goeatlY attached—
' The thow;hts of thee are as a pleasant dream ;
g, holy, beautiful, and bright :
Aof a Star that spar-ides o'er a stream '
Gemming the dewy coronal of night.'"