The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-30 00:00:00

RAILWAYS.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

The fourth and last of the festival performances,
in honour of the nuptials of the Princess .Royal
with the Prince Frederick William of Prussia,
took place yesterday evening at Her Majesty's
Theatre.

The house was decorated very much in the same
style as on the former occasions, and had a gay and
striking aspect.. On the panels of the second-tier
boxes, immediately fronting the stage, were in-
scribed in golden letters, upon a crimson ground,
the words "May Heaven bless them," an aspira-
tion intended no doubt for the royal bride and
bridegroom. Her Majesty's box was draped very
tastefully in crimson and blue velvet, the canopy
being surmounted with the arms of England and
Prussia. At the base of the royal box, on either
side, a " beef-eater," whose appearance justified the
appelatiotz, kept watch and ward during the whole
performance, and two other of these officials wore
stationed respectively on the right and the left of
the proscenium.

Tile Prince of Wales, the Princess Alice, and the
rest of the royal children, occupied a box directly
in front of the stage, and consequently at some dis-
tance from their august parents.
Precisely at half-past seven o'clock the Queen
and the Prince Consort, and Prince Frederick Wil-
liam of Prussia and his royal bride, attended by
the Court, entered the theatre, and were received
with cordial acclamations.

The Queen wore a tiara of diamonds, the Prin-
cess Royal a wreath of white and red roses.
The curtain then rose, and discovered the whole
corps dramatis uc upon tho stage. The ladies were
all dressed iu white. The National Anthem was
sung with fine effect, Madame Clara Novello tak-
ing the solo parts. The additional verses by the
Poet Laureate vr-Te given with suitable fervour of
expression, and elicited enthusiastic applause.

Solo—Madame Clara Novella.
God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen ;
God save the Queen.
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us,
God save the Queen.
Additional verses, by Mr. Alfred Tennyson,
Poet Laureate :

Chorus.
God bless our Prince and Bride !
God keep their lands allied !
God save the Queen !
Clothe them with righteousness I
Crown them with happiness
Them with all blessings bless
GM save the Queen !
Solo—Madame Clara Novello.
Fair fall this hallow'd hour !
Farewell, our England's flower !
God save the Queen !
Farewell, fair Rose of May !
Let both the people say,
" God bless thy marriage-day ;"
God bless the Queen !

Tho performance was as follows :

THE RIVALS.
Sir Anthony Absolute Mr. Chippendale.
Captain Absolute Mr. W. Farren.
FauWand Mr. Howe.
Acres Mr. Mickstone.
Sir Lucius O'Trigger Mr. Hudson.
Fag Mr. Clarke.
David Mr. Keeley.
Lydia Languish
Mrs. Malaprop Mrs. Poynter.
Julia
Lucy Mrs. E. Fitz williarn.

THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER.
Characters by

Messrs. Dfilington, Wright, Selhy, and Mi4l Arden.
The comedy lost nothing of its attraction by the
manner of its representation. The actors were
all " up" in their respective parts, and played with
excellent spirit and effee. The most finished per-
formance was undoubtedly that of Mr. Buckstone,
whose very name, like the cashier's signature to a
Bank of England note, is sufficient guarantee for
the genuine fun and humour that he infused into
" Bob Acres." His drollery shed merriment like
sunshine through the whole house, and not only
provoked hearty laughter in the royal box—greatest
triumph of all—it proved too much for the gravity
of the beef-eaters, who were compelled to relax
their statuesque rigidity, and to laugh like less
dignified mortals.
The entertainments were over shortly after 11
o'clock, and the royal party were much cheered as
they retired.

The house was thronged with a very brillian.
audience.

Tirn rl2uxqi,4N ALLIANCE.

The union of the Princess Royal with the heir to
the Prussian Crown, is naturally looked upon by
our foreign contemporaries as an event of some
political importance. A Paris correspondent of
the Nord, in reference to this subject, says
'"Certain journals affect to see in this alliance of
two royal families of England and Prussia the germ
of a triple Anglo-German alliance destined to
counterbalance that of Russia and France. That
such a chimerical notion should becomo a reality,
it would be necessary, that the relations between
England and France on the one part, and Prussia
and Russia on the other, should be materially
altered. But what is certain at this moment is,
that these relations have never been better
than at present. I will go further, I will say
that the relations between England and Russia,
which until lately have not been all that could
have been desired, are now as satisfactory as possible,
and I can oven assure you—and you know I am not
accustomed to make assertions on slight grounds—
that before very long these relations will bo re-
established on a footing of cordiality, much to the
common benefit of the two nations and tue peace
and prosperity of Europe. To the Emperor Na-
poleon is to be ascribed a large share in this happy
result, to which his benevolent efforts have so power-
fully contributed. Far from seeing in the union
of the Houses of Prussia and England a symptom
of a division among the great Powers on a revival of
an old European balance, which, as a policy, has
served its day, I find in it the germs of a durable
good intelligence between all the great States, and
advantageous for all."
The St. Petersburg correspondent of the same
journal says : _ _

" Two Years ago the English journals frequently
attacked the policy of Prussia. Since then the
relations between the two Powers have been en-
tirely modified. The recent alliance between the
Houses of Prussia and Great Britain is looked upon
as a new bond of friendship uniting the two great
nations. The marriage of the nephew of the King
of Prussia with the eldest daugh er of the Queen
of England satisfies not only the desires of the two
royal families, but also the wishes of the two
nations. We sea the proof of this in the tone
adopted in reference to this subject in the Prussian
and English press.
" The best relations of neighbourhood and con-
sanguinity have never ceased to reign between
Prussia and Russia. On the other hand, the com-
mune between England and Russia is too important
for both countries, that with us (in Russia) as
well, that we should not regard with pleasure
these frank and loyal advances between the policy
of England and the pacific policy of Prussia."

THE NEW CLASSICAL EXAMINER FOR ARMY COMM/S.
SIONS.—The Rev. Nicholas Pocock, M.A., and late
Michel Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford, has been
appointed by his Royal Highness the Commander-in-
Chief examiner in cla2sics for candidates for commissions
at the Horse Guards. Mr. Pocock graduated in
Michaelmas Term, 1834, as a first class in mathematics.
and a second class in claFsical honours ; in 1835 he was
elected Dr. Johnson's mathematical scholar, and in the
following year obtained the University mathematical
11 scholarship. He was for several years chaplain of hiss
college, and one of the pro-proctors of the University in
1 1342, and has twice filled the office of examiner in the
mathematical schools, viz,, from 1844 to 1846, and again
from 1848 to 1850.

EARLIER DESPATCR OF DAY MAILS —On the Ist ej
February, and thenceforward, the day mails for Ipswich,
Norwich, and Yarmouth, and also for all towns on the
Ipswich line of the Eastern Counties Railway, will be
deTatched from the Shoreditch station earlier than
heretofore. Under this alteration correspondence for
conveyance by day mail to the uadermentioned towns,
viz.,—Beccles, Billericay, Brentwood, Bungay, Bury St.
Edmund's, Chelmsford, Colchester, Dies, Halesworth,
Har!eston, Harwich, Ingatestone, Ipswich, Ktivedo
Lowestoft, Malden, Manningtree, Needham-market,
Norwich, Ongar, Saxinundharn, Scole, StowrnarKet,
Sudbury, Witham, Woodbridge, and YarmLuth—mu, t
be posted as foil() :—Receiving-offices—Letter a,
n3wspapers, and book packets, 10 p.m. London Pillar
Letter-boxes—Letters only, 5a rn At the District-
offices—viz , western central, 126, High Holborn
western, Old Cavendish-street ; south-eastern, Hs,
lLrough High-street; rth-western, 28, Everaholt-
street,Camden-' own ; and at the branch-efEce, Charing-
ire wepayers and book packets,
cros.s —Letters, 7 15 a.m. ;
6.45 a.m. General Post-offict., F. Martin's-le-Grand,
and Briach-office, Loiabard-street—Letters, 7,45 ;
newspapers and book packets, 7 a in. The day mail for
the towns between London and Norwich, by the route
of Cambridge (Norwich itself excepted), comprising the
bags for the following place;-, Will continuo to be
d,spntched from London at the present hour :—Att!e-
holough, Bishops Stortford, Crandon, Cambridge,
Downham, Duninow, Ely, Epping, Harlow, Hertford,
lloddesdon, Newmarket. Saffron Walden, Sawbridge-
worth, St. Ives, Thetford, Ware, and Wymondharn.,—
By command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND
Id ILL, Secretary.—General Post-office, Jau. 28,

LETTERS FOR AUSTRIA, dc., SENT VIII

FRANCE.

In accordance with the provisions of a new postal
convention concluded between France and Austria,
the following rates of postage will be substituted on
the Ist February next, for those now chargeable in
the United Kingdom upon letters forwarded via
France to the several countries specified.
Letters addressed to Venetian Lombardy or to
Alexandretta, Beyrout, Constantinople, the Dar-
danelles, Gallipoli, Latakia, - Mersina, Mitylene,
Rhodes, Salonica, Samsoun, Sinope, Smyrna, Tre-
bizond, Varna, and Volo, are sent via France, un-
less otherwise directed, but letters addressed to anY
of the other countries and places specified below,
intended to be forwarded via France, must be 5°
directed.

Austrian Dominions. —Not exceeding oz., Sd. ;
above oz. and not exceeding oz., Is. 4d. ; abovo
oz. and not exceeding t oz. 2s ; above oz. and
not exceeding 1 ox.,

City of Belgrade. —No t exceeding I oz., Bd. ;
above oz. and not exceeding oz., is. 4d. ; above
oz. and not exceeding oz., 2s. ; above oz. and
not exceeding 1 oz., 2s. Bd.

Servia (Beigrade excepted) Montenegro.--Na
exceeding oz., Bd. ; above oz. and not exceed-
ing F oz., ls. 4d. ; above !, oz. and not exceeding
Bd. / oz., 2s. ; above oz. and not exceeding 1 oz., 2s.

Moldavia, 'Wallachia, and lonian Islands.—No
exceeding oz., ls. 2d. ; above / oz. and not es'
ceeding oz., 2s. 4d. ; above Y oz. and not exceed"
in oz., 33. 6d. ; above oz. and not exceeding
loz 4s. Bd.

Places in Turkey at which the Austrian Post'
office maintains Post-offices, viz. :—Alexandretts,
Adrianople, Antivari, Beyrout, Burghas, Csne
Constantinople, Ohio, Dardanelles, Durazzo, Galli'
poli, Janina, Laruica, Latakia, Mersina, Mitylenet
Previsa, Rhodes, Rutschuk, Salonica, Samsoini,
Seres, Sinope, Smyrna, Sophia, Tenedos, Trebi'
zond, Valona, Varna, and Volo. Not exceeding
I oz., Is. 2d. ; above oz. and not exceeding
2s. 4d. ; above oz. and not exceeding
3s. Gd. ; above oz. and not exceeding
1 oz., 4s. Bd. Letters for Alexandretta, Bar
rout, Constantinople, the Dardanelles, Gallipoli)
Latakia, Mersina, Mitylene, Rhodes, Salonies
Samsoun, Sinope, Smyrna, Trebizond, Varna, and'
Volo, intended to be sent via France and Austria,
must be so addressed, or they will be forwarded'
from Marseilles by French packet at the lower rate
enumerated in the British Postal Guide.
Sweden, Norway, Russia, and Poland-14°S
exceeding oz., is. 2d. ; above .11 oz. and not
ceeding oz., 2s. 4d. ; above oz. and not exceed`
ing oz., 3s. Gd. ; above oz. and not exceeding .1"
oz., 4s. Bd.
By command of the Postmaster-General,
ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.
General Post-office, Jan. 29, 1858.

The next Cape mail will take out elo,ooo BOVOreign°
on Government account.
PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS. —The Metropolitan Beard
of Works has officially notified to the vestry of ov.
Pancras its intention to send its own collectors into tl'",
parish and levy rates, in consequence of the neglect e;
the vestry to -comply with the precept issued for 1856 f°
the payment of 3,2671. A. deputation from the vestry
is about to wait on the chairman of the board. Yester;
day the vestry voted a poor's rate of 14d. in the pone dof
also, a sewers rate of ld. in the.pound, a general ratete
5.d r. in the pound, and a lighting rate of 2d. in t
pound, making for the ensuing half-year, exclusivoitie
local square rates, and for a rate on the late paYl °
districts, as compensation, &e., to officers.
the
CLOSE OF THE WELSH STRIKES.—The strikes of - •
colliers and ironmen throughout the Welch districts
now completely at an end, the men having unconditiona
ally gone in to work at the proposed reductions, 90
arl
matters are quietly settling down into their custom
routine. Some still remain out of work, but the maJ°r"ty
have returned, and the useless and foolish strikes ,114
gradually expiring. The shipment of coal from C3....r",01
and Newport shows a marked decrease as cornPirrbe
with last year, the inevitable result of the strike.
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trade in the valley is gradually recovering its tone. '
Nantyglo Works are going on favourably,
and all as
are in full employ. In otherdistricts the furnaces
were put out are being gradually blown in. g
ELECTIONS TO OPEN AND OTHER SCHOLARSIII,.„p -
OXFORD.— The following gentlemen were
yester4l
(Friday) elected to open scholarships at Lincoln Colleg%;
—MrM. r
oHseepnhryGßraisecnooeel Bails froßmSlty.,Peter's College, Radhl„e'l ;
from Reading St,":l'
Mr. Wm. Julius Jeaffreson, from lirppieghana Ser
and Mr. Weightinan from Exeter College. A" Lir
same, Mr. Berkeley Wesley, from Western Gram-00
School, Brompton, Middlesex, was elected schol9rials
Dr. Brady's foundation. There were 19
candidates ;9401
The following gentlemen were yesterday
afternoon et,
scholars of Pembroke College, viz.;—Mr. C. F. lidagroo4
from Elizabeth College, Guernsey, on the Morley
.`"dop
dation, and Mr. R chard E. Coles, from Abil:hg Of School, on the Abingdon foundation. Mr. W. A'3"-ocisi‘
Stocker A glen, commoner of University College'. 00
on Thursday last elected to a Mathematical Exbibip-rof
in that society. Mr. Matthew M. Ffinch, comoVlit",ibi‘
Exeter College, was on Thursday last elected
Dd
tioner of Oriel College on the Lud well foundatioe.f„ible
Mr. Thatch, of Trinity College, Perth, was elected
Clerk of the same society.
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THE MANUFACTURE OF ACCEPTANCES,—At the lce.
sitting of the Nottingham Bankruptcy Court an aPPOI of
tion was made for the discharge from the town gietbas
Samuel Holland Briggs, a lace manufacturer of the
town, recently made bankrupt, and in custody festoelg
sum of 2831., at the suit of the London Join.", tbol
Bank. In the course of his examination he stateefor j,
he had accepted bills for Macdonald, of Scotland? ept•
per cent. Mr. Flalford, of London, he said, was accolh
ing bills for tens and twenties of
thousands of Pfev
and he got him (the bankrupt) to accept his paper b'
less commission. The bill for which he was arreloVre
added, was for 2831,, for accepting which he
vvsiffi'i,see;
ceive 529. or 535., but the commission had not all
paid. (Laughter.) He was told the Western Bail!, bi/
Scotland would hold him harmless. He had
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property to his father, and paid the proceeds to t, t b°'boil!,
whom he had bought goods. He had not pal'
who had leut him money to start business with. andl, 11,1
was a friend who had made him bankrupt. J 39
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guarantee from Macdonald that he should not be "'vielf
upon to pay the money. The bankrupt, after roe,
a severe reprimand, was ordered back into CtlatodYioVP
MELA.NCHOLY Loss ov A SHIELDS BRIG AND • OP
lIANDS.—A paragraph appeared in our collo:pe
Saturday last stating that a quantity of wreck bad 001
0
ashore near to Whitby, and it was feared that a Vie
had perished with her crew. Such is the case' ter'
wreck bas been identified as a portion of the brig D
chant, of South Shields : and some clothes an'''',;oo 0'
articles that have drifted ashore prove to be a Per""delif
al-le 1;
the effects of her crew. She left the Tyne, co
for London, on the night of the 19th instant ; Dlrbef
Chambers, of South Shields, pilot, :laving chafe oeri4l
to take her to sea. She was towed out by the F°cv 03°
steam tug, and it seems that in crossing
struck violently three times, and sprung her stela
After she had got a good offing the pilot hailed tn 13,1 et,
e
not to leave the brig, as she was leaking much a° re'
of her pumps was choked. The men
promise'
aS
main ; but the weather became worse, the steeple, 001
put about and returned to the harbour. The2r:coul°
afterwards seen with a flag of distress flying.
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not get baek to harbour ; and it is; supposed that
ee
ning along the Yorkshire coast the leak iccreas„e sehl
much that she sank with all hands. Thepi so'
was taken away with the vessel, has left a wiu,?-ijro9l
five children ; and several of the crew have left
—Manchester Guardian. fQ
VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROILOTIOgirbIi
THE CIVIL SERVICE. Colonial Department rsierr°
office of the Queen's Advocate for the colony of t°
Leone is vacant—salary 8001. a-year, with libertyiioo,lo%
practise. The. Foreign Department.—The f("eotio:
offices are now vacant The Secretaryship of jar
at Rio Janeiro, the office of Secretary and Bee r. 4,004
Hong Kong, an Attachesbip at Dresden, the `lo4o`.
Generalship at Venice, the Arbitratorship of the t
Commission Court, Havannah ; the Consulship , the
rente, France, by the death of Mr. J. F. Clo9°,,ielli?
Consulship of the Polynesian Islands ; the Consa the
at Carthagena, the Vice-Conselship at Odessa, 99,gr. sr'
Vice-Consulship at Ismail. War Department.---`Traer‘
J. Smith, Royal Engineers Department, has 10°,00
ferred from E i in burgh to Wool wicb, vice Mr. T. 0013,..1e
removed to Chatham. Civil Service Commission• in the
George W. H. Fletcher has been appointed Clerk JZ, /1:1
Civil. Service Commission Office. Customs.—Mr' 'fed
Churchill, Clerk, General Business, has been sl9l),,iete
a searcher in London. Mr. J. Story has been APP -V03:0
principal coast officer at Dublin (Arklow). I‘l,rra el9o
Worstold has been promoted from fourth to th, 13,
in St. Katharine Docks, London. Mr. 141. 1°"0
been promoted from fifth to fourth class cleric 1
r;
Katharine Docks, London.—aril Service Gazelle. 813°
TITLES OF THE FIRST EMPIRE.—The death
tteet,`",o
,0
,
time since of the Due de Dalmatie has directed s
to the families which were ennobled under 0 0512316
Empire. The following is a list of the titles eLil
the te9o
ing, and of those which become extinct in Persato
line. The titles of duke which still exist in th: Cec!°‘,
of direct heirs are those of Bassano (Nlafe'"ssa,(l)Pose
(Cliampagny), Rivoli (Nlassena), Prince °l
pe
Treviso (Mortier), Elchingen (Ney) Prince de
co wa, Massa (begnier), Rovigo (SAvar9„)' ilernSe.
(Perrin), Termite (Macdonald), Vainly (0-e_ (0140.40
A.brantes (Juno'), Albufera (Sucher), Vicencl,joisroce
court), Mon ebello (Laune ), Padoue (Arrighi)! Pr!ope
(Lebrun), Oirautc (Ll'ouche), Wagram (Berth's, ) „
de Neuchatel. The titles which ar et xtioctare C'
00,
(Auger eau), Aner.taudt (Davoust), Prince "ol°,ie
Feltre (Clarke), Ga6:e (Gaudin), Itaguese / Prips.
Daotzick (Lefebvre), Frioul (Michel do P (13e bio
(Beg; eves). Tie Prince Duke de Pootecerv;iitebooe
dotte) was elected to the throne of Sweden' Beo° ie
son now occupies. The title of Prince Duke "ed eotime,
(Talleyrand) would have died with him ha' of 'dr
brother been authorized by a royal ordonnaebortio
25, 1815, to take the title of Prince de
_""TalleY,;cf
;00,
which he transmitted to the present Duke d' de
Perigord, father of the Dukes de ValencaY an
vied
Tue title of Duke de Conegliaro was transfedlefolt to
royal ordoenance of December '2l, 1825, in
eon" direct heirs, to Baron de the ee% of
Marshal Moncey. Lastly, the title of Prince deo° tor
Panne (Cambaceres) has ceased to exist, but 7.d.greo
Mty 27, 1857, traosfeered to the present Grans' Deice
of the Ceremonies of the Emperor the title f
Cambacerer,