The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-26 00:00:00

THli SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EV ENING, APRIL 26, 1358

ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—
Talons, Ortolani, Giuglini, Aldighieri,
Ylaletti, and Belletti.
' —.Thursday, April 29 (Extra Night), will be repeated Meyer-
beer's Grand Opera,
LES HUGUENOTS.
Valentina, tisane. Titiens ; Raoul di Naugle, Signor
Ginglini.
And the Ballet Divertissement, CALISTO; ou, Le Renvoi
de rAmour, by Mesdames Pocchini, Annetta, Pasquale, Bio-
letti, and Morlaechi.
The Opera will commence at half-past 7 o'clock.
A. limited number of boxes nave been reserved to the pub-
lic, price 21s. and 31s. 6d. each, whibh may be had at the
Box•oflice at the Theatre.
FLEUR DES CHAMPS.

On Saturday next will tos produced an entirely new Ballet,

euililed FLEUR DES CHAMPS, in which Madlle. Pocchini
will ,isustain the principal part. To be preceded by a favourite
Opera, in which Madlle. Piccolomini will appear.
On TuvadaY, May 4, IL TROVATORE. Madlle. Titiens
will appea‘r for the first time as Leonora, in " The Trovatere
and Madlle. Alb.ni will make her first appearance this season
as Azusena, Signor Giuglini will sustain the part of Man-
Tic°.
Thursday, D. ay 6 (Extra Night), IL TROVATORE.
Du both eved."Via, favourite Ballet, in which Madlle. Poc
chilli will appear.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE
Titers, Ortolani, Giuglini,
Aldighieri, Vialetti, and Belletti.
TO-MORROW EVENING, Tuesday, April 27,
LES HUGUENOTS.
yalentina, Maddle. Titiens ; Raoul di N ingis, Signor Giuglini.
To conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement, by SI.
lickssot, entitled
); OU, LE RENVOI DE L'AMOUR.
CALLST
The principal parts by Madlles. Pocehini, Annetta, Pas-
The F. Brown, La Petite Philips,
quale, iforlacchi, Biolett
and 3sl; Caron.
A limited flambe? a Boxes have been secured to the public.
which may be had at the Box
215 and 31s 6d each,
(Mee, at the Theatre.
To comnstmee at half-past 7 ofelOck.

THEATRE ROYAL, H;LYMARIKET.
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with
AS YOU LIKE IT.
After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO
AND PROSERPINE.
Followed by JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON.
Concluding with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST.
Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the
evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.)

First Price. s. d. Second price. s.
Draw Boxee 5 01Dress Boxes 3 0
Upper Boxes._ . ....... ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0
Pit
gallery 1 0 Gallery 0 6

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE
Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS EVENING, will be presented MUSIC HA.TH
CHARMS.
After which KING LEAR, King Lear, Mr. C. Kean.
Concluding with SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.

THIS EVENING will be presented the drama of
THE POOR STROLLERS, in which Madame Celeste, Mr.
B. Webster, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform.
After which, a new operatic spectacle, THE CALIPH
OF BAGDAD. The characters by Mr. Rolfe, -Paul Bedford,
J. Blaad, and Misses Roden, Keeley, and Arden.

STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee and Directress,
Miss S wanborough. —This Evening will be
presented the COUNTRY SQUIRE, supported by Messrs.
Emery, Belford, Charles, F. Seymour, Meagreson, Misses M.
Oliver, M. Ternan, Portman, and Messrs. Selby.
Followed by a new Farce, YOUR LIKENESS, ONE
SHILLING. Messrs. Charles Young, Ray, and Miss M.
Ternan.
After which, the new burlesque of FR,A. DIAVOLO ; or,
The Beauty and the Brigands. Fra Diavolo, Miss Swan-
borough ; Beppo, Mr. C. Young.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westmin3ter-roati.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS,
CHORUSES, GLEES, D VETS, (Sze., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs.
Badzey, Miss Brunel', Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, and
Miss Montague; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Joncc,
J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L, Hime, Mr.
Badzey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Beraard ; Messrs. T.
Maclagan, W. T. Critchfield, John G. Forde, and E. Mackacy.
Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ;
Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock
precisely. Suppers, dm, until twelve o'clock.
Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening.
Mr. WOODHOUSE (by permission of Charles Kcan, Esq. )
will have the honour of introducing, every evening. his
highly successful Performance on the new REGULATION
DRUM.

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 25.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
66—highest since noon yesterday.
48—lowest this morning and during the night,
57—this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 30.05—falling.
WIND, all round the compass since morning —now South
Easterly, with heavy cloudy weather, and smart rain ix
the forenoon. In the afternoon the wind changed again,
with more rain.

APRIL 26.
CO—highest since noon yesterday.
47—lowest this morning and during the night.
53 —this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 30.11.
WIND, East, Northerly, and Easterly ; light and cool,
with fine sunshiny weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

THIN DAY—Morn., 45 rain. aft. 12—Even., 1 min. aft. 5
To-MORROW—Morn., 25 min. aft. I—Even., 42 min aft. 2

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LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1858.

There is a time-honoured apophthegm respecting
the folly of " reckoning without your host." It
would have been well for the Palmerstonians had
they profited by the lesson contained therein, and
abstained from abortive demonstrations, or in
vulgar parlance from " showing their teeth until
they were able to bite." The veteran comedian,
who was appropriately termed " the First Lord
of the Jokery," could not, however, imagine any-
thing in his mind so ridiculous, as that the
country could possibly dispense with his
services or those of his popular col-
leagues, Lords CLARENDON and OLANRICARDE,
Sirs G. C. Lzwis and C. WOOD, or that expe-
rienced statesman, Mr. -VERNON SMITH. He
svisumed, because there was a Liberal majority,
that they were bound to obey with cringing ser-
vility the lash of his whipper-in, to accept, " with
bated breath and deep humility," all the petulant
contumacy to which he thought proper to give
utterance, to behold the national honour sullied,
and the tax-payer overburdened by the weight
unduly cast upon his shoulders all for
the sole purpose of constituting him a
♦irtual dictator, who should carry out
Tory principles under the name—we call it, the
mask of liberality, for it was so loosely worn that
it could not conceal the real features.

Deluded by this vain notion he fancied that he
had only to stretch forth his hand to regain the
reins of power, which through the agency of Lord
CLARENDON, had been snatched from his grasp,
and that the House of Commons would stultify
and degrade itself, by joining in, or, originat-
ing a factious opposition against his suc-
cessor at any moment, whenever he thought
proper to give the signal —t) reject
good measures for tho sole purpose of replacing
himself and his colleagues in place and power.
Fur this purpose the India Bill seemed to afford
a suitable opportunity. It was the champ tie
battaitle where, as he imagined, the contest could
be decided, and the welfare, happiness, and pro-
'parity of one hundred and fifty millions of our
fellow-subjects in that mighty empire, and the in-
t',rests of the United Kingdom' were to be disre-
garded,' solely for the purpose of restoring him to
his justly forfeited position). se
But this design was
defeated. Lord JOHN RUSSELL could not be
induced to march through Coventry with the
ragged regiment. He suggested a correct and
proper course, and that suggestion was readily
adopted. It was that the measure for the futurey
government of India should be introduced by
means of resolutions first canvassed and discussed
Seriatim in the popular branch of the Legis•
!attire, so that the opinion of the House

might be fairly taken on every point. This,
which deprived the factious Palmerstonians of
the weapon which they hoped to use with
such powerful effect, has rendered them per-
fectly rabid—so much so th'at they were dis-
posed, if they could do so with a hope of suc-
cess, to disregard all the decent and recognised
courtesies of political warfare. The introduction
of the resolutions was to be opposed ! And the
motion, that " the SPEAKER should leave the
chair," in order that the House might go into
committee, resisted with all the energies of the
party.
But this promising scheme has fallen to the
ground. The cup has been dashed from his
lip. The gorgeous bubble has already burst.
Those who attempted such ponderous jocosity on
the subject of being governed by a minority,
forgot that the Derbyites were at least double the
Palmerstonians ; and that, under existing circum-
stances, there 174U54 be a Government by a
minority. And it is fortunate that it should be
so, for it ensures that the voice of public opinion
will be listened to with respectful attention. As
we have already stated there are at least half a
dozen different parties in the House, of which
the Derbyites are the most numerous.
Then come the Russellites and Palmerstonians,
and the disciples of Messrs. BRIGHT and ROEBUCK,
and the Peelite engineers, who are all officers,
without any immediate followers. Tt would be
iaipoEsible to unite all those parties in any bond
for the exclusive benefit of one, or to induce them
to wade through the dirt, for the purpose of gra-
tifying or exalting Lord PALMERSTON, whom Mr.
BRIGHT described as the worst possible Minister.
There was a faint hope that something might be
found in the budget on which to found an onslaught.
But the financial scheme won the approbation of
the entire country. There was nothing that could
fairly be objected to, or rather that offered rea-
sonable prospect of attack. They were therefore
driven back on the India Bill, and the
only chance was opposing the introduction
of the resolutions. This, however, has become
hopeless. The destiny of India cannot in common
decency be made a subject of party strife. None
but the most anxious "waiters on providence"
could be. induced to participate in such an at-
tempt ; and therefore it will be relinqui3hed, and
we suppose that we shall next hear of the extraor-
dinary forbearance of Lord PALMERSTON, and of
the patriotic anxiety to promote the welfare of
Hindostan, which induced him to relinquish so
favourable an opportunity of damaging his oppo-
nents and reinstating himself in office.

The proverbial enterprise of the Anglo-Saxon
race is happily sustained at this period in various
parts of the habitable globe by divers world-
famous Englishmen. The national character in
this respect has never perhaps been more signally
vindicated than during the last few years—north,
south, east, west, simultaneously in both hemi-
spheres. Recollect, for example, that it was only
the other day that the great Arctic Riddle was
at length solved by a native of these islands ; and
that previously another British subject had
brought to light the ancient site of Nineveh from
its three thousand years' sepulture in the arid
wastes of Palestine. A visible, legible, irrefra-
gable demonstration of the minute historical
accuracy of the Biblical records has been the mag-
nificent result of the topographical researches set
on foot by AUSTIN LAYARD. And although nothing
whatever in the shape of actual, material advan-
tage has accrued to the nation in consequence of
Capt. M'Cnunz's discovery of the reality of the
North-West Passage—at any rate something has
been gained to the geographical knowledge of the
world by the transformation at last of a mere
conjecture into an absolute and undeniable
certainty. It seems appropriate that these
wonderful achievements should have been
successfully accomplished immediately anterior
to the completion of perhaps the grandest scienti-
fic enterprise of all—the girdling of this marvel-
lous planet of ours with the magical cincture of
the wires of the Electric Telegraph. Already .we
know perfectly well that much has been done,
actually done, not dreamt of, but done—towards
the realisation of this unexampled undertaking.
A vast continent has been threaded by the elt-c-
-trio wire both in :the new world and in the old.
Europe is covered in all directions with its fibrous
network. The remotest limits of North America
are brought into momentary communication
through the same agency—so that Maine can talk
with California, and Florida with Michigan. The
waters of the deep sea have proved no obstacle ;
but, on the contrary, there along the bed of the
ocean channels dividing France from Eng-
land, and the latter from the sister island, the
wondrous cable with its metallic core has been
deposited in safety, and thus at pleasure, upon
any instant, Paris and London may hold com-
munion.with the speed of the lightning, time and
distance being in a maaner annihilated.

Meanwhile, in all directions the Anglo-S ta.,3n
character for enterprise is being otherwise at
this period very signally sustained. It is not
that we allude so much to the collective
enterprise of the race, as to the evidences
of that enterprise afforded here and there by
isolated individuals. As illustrative of the latter
category, two names alone need be here particular-
ised. Immediately those names have been men-
tioned, they will be accepted as amply sufficient,
as conclusively demonstrative. They are the
names of—Sir JAMES BROOKE and of Dr. DAVID
LIVINGSTONE. The great African traveller we
have very recently had amongst us. We have
seen him as he is—a simple-hearted, honest, gal-
lant, earnest, enlightened Christian gentleman.
His eminent contemporary may be described in
words in every way identical ; only that to these
qualities he adds another in some respect very
different. Sir JAS. BROOKE is not merely what
we have said, but with this he unites the daring
and the dash, with neither, however, the lawless-
ness or the cruelty, of the ancient buccaneer.
Ilia Excellency has returned amongst us once
more—and this time after having passed through
one of the most perilous exploits to be found any-
where recorded even in his own adventurous his-
tory as Governor of Labuan or Rajah of Sarawak.
Through a band-to-hand, life-and-death struggle
of the most sudden and fearful description, this
heroic Englishman, it will be well remem-
bered, fought his way back from the abrupt
overthrow of his authority, from the absolute
anarchy of a desperate and murderous rebel-
lion, to supreme power as the ruler of the Bar-
capacity as the representative of his
nese, in his
Sovereign. Remembering who this brave man is,
remembering what ho was at the outset of his
career, and what he has become since then, re-
membering that he began his Asiatic course as an
English country gentleman, wandering in his
yacht amongst the waters of the Eastern Archipe-
lago, and ultimately becoming there the recog-
nised Pro-Consul upon an island, geographically, as
large as the Mother Country, remembering all
this, and remembering at the same time that the
Rajah of Sarawak is still in the full maturity of
his valiant manhood—shall wa not give him the
welcome to which his splendid actions so well en-

fiat 3 him ? Shall we not greet him, for such as
he :is, namely, as one of our true English worthies?
For has he not given us reasons enow, in truth,
to b e proud of him as a bold, frank, heroic Eng-
lisht clan ?

An' entertainment was given to Sir JAMES
BROOICE, on Wednesday last, by the citizens of
Manchester. We are glad of this--we rejoice to
notify the circumstance. But—has not London,
also, a welcome to give the Rajah of Sarawak,
has not the capital of the British empire one cor-
dial greeting, one earnest hand of fellowship to
proffer to one of the noblest of her great Pro-
Consuls ?

There cannot be much doubt, we should ima-
gine, by this time, that the Hope of Italy is the
Constitutional Government of Sardinia. The last
King of Italy was NAPOLEON. The virtual King
of Italy now is VICTOR EMarANUEL. Virtually, we
say, this is so even now—if the chief of the
classic peninsula is ever in the history of the
world to be a Constitutional S ivereign. Sup-
posing this to be the case, supposing the liberties
of Italy won, as the liberties of England have
been won under the leadership of a Monarch
exercising purely constitutional authority
through the exquisitely balanced machinery
of our constitutional Government—assuredly
in the person of the King of SARDINIA, that
leader is clearly recognisable. In the great cause
of Italian independence he has himself fought be-
fore now upon the battle-field. His glorious
father was, indeed, the last who raised aloft the
national standard, the rallying tricolour of the
race. Under its shadows he led out his army—
for it he imperilled everything—his crown, his
life, his sovereignty. Nay, the reigning Prince
of the House of Savoy, the son and heir of
CMARLES AMBER; the late knightly King of the
Sardinians, received from the heroic hand of his
sire the sceptre he himself has since then so nobly
and so wisely wielded—received it tarnished with
the smoke of battle, but unbroken and unbent,
upon the last " foughten field" of the Italians—
the fatal field of Novara. From that day, the
day upon which CHARLES ALBERT set out on
his mournful wanderings from his home
and his fatherland to die (if ever man so
died) a few weeks afterwards of a broken
heart at Oporto, since that memorable and
lamentable catastrophe, King VIOTOR EMMANUEL
has not ceased to be increasingly the Hope of the
Italian Peninsula. His Government has been
uninterruptedly since then, in the strictest sense
of the term, Constitutional. He has not once yet
blundered. There under his auspices the germs
of the liberty of speech, and of the liberty of
writing, the liberty of the Press and of
the Tribune Lave been planted and tended,
are expanding and flourishing. As the latest
and the most signal • proof of this—there
are the recent discussions in the Chamber
of Deputies at Turin. For freedom of sen-
timent, for what we may designate Parlia-
mentary audacity, the debat3s there might
have; transpired in the House of Commons at
Westminster. Reading those discussions, marking
the dignified policy, and the steady progress of
Sardinia, it would be idle to despair of our yet
witnessing the constitutional vindication of the
great cause of Italian Independence.

His Serene Highness the Prince Nicholas of Nassau
las arrived at Maurigy's Hotel.

The Marquis of Lansdowne entertained a large circle
of friends at dinner, en Saturday evening, at his man-
sion, in Beikeley-square.
The Marchioness of Sligo has issued cards for a ball
to take place this evening at her residence in Mansfield-
street.

Madame Szarvady, the celebrated pianist (late Wil-
helmine Clauss), has left Paris on a professional tour for
two months in England.

GEN. WOLFE.--TThe William and Anne, the vessel
which conveyed Gen. Wolfe to Quebec, and which was
lately lying at Newport, has been lost in the Mediterra-
nean.

_
ILLNESS OF CHIEF Jusrics COCKBORN.—We regrat
to state that the Lord Chief Justice (Sir A. Cockburn),
continues so seriously indisposed that he is unable to
attend and asume his judicial functions. It is under-
stood he i 3 Euffering from bronchitis.

The lion. Frederick Arthur Stanley, youngest son of
the noble Premier, has just enured the army as eneign
in the Grenadier Guards.

Letters from Jerusalem of March 20 state that the
troubles on Mount Hebron were not yet appeased. The
governor had asked for reinforcements, and all the con-
suls bad supported his demand.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of the Hon.
Reginald Capel, son of the Earl of Essex, with Miss
Fezek,-rly, niece of Lord Rokeby, was solemnised on
Saturday in St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, in the presence
of a brilliant circle of the friends of both families.
SPADDING AND HOLBEACII RAILWAY.—The line from
the Great Northern station at Spalding to Holbeach is
expected to be opened for traffic in about six weeks, the
rails being laid and the station buildings progressing
rapidly.
THE NEW COMMANDANT OF CHATHAM GARRISON.—
Col. Eyre, who has succeeded Major-General W. H.
Eden as commandant of Chatham garrison, has closed
Chatham-barracks—which had always been open to
persons having occasion to pass in and out of them—
against the public. A. few days ago a garrison ordee was
issued, from which the following is as extract :—" No
person whatever is to be allowed into barracks to sell
anything, without a pass (signed by the Brigades Major);
and all common women, beggars, pedlars, Jews,
hawkers, and other Suspicions persons, are to be wholly
excluded." Such an uncalled-for order is justly looked
upon as an unwarrantable insult against the* lass for
whom it is undoubtedly meant.—South, Eastern, Gazette.
THE PRINCE 01 WALES AT BRISTOL.—On Saturday
afternoon a telegraphic message was forwarded to the
Bristol Commercial-reoms' containing the unexpected
announcement that her Majesty's steamer Osborne, hav-
ing on board the Prince of Wales and his suite, had
anchored in Kingroad at 1.30 p.m. The intelligence
was immediately communicated to the Mayor (Mr. J.
A. Cooke), and under the impression that the Osborne
was waiting for the tide, and would come up the river
in the coulee of the afternoon, measures were being im-
provised for giving the heir apparent a hearty welcome
on his arrival at the old city. A second telegram, how-
ever, rendered these preparations unnecessary, as it
stated that the gig of the Osborne had been lowered, and
that the Prince and his retinue were proceeding in it
up the river. This intelligence hardly became known
before the boat arrived at Rownhaw, where his Royal
Highness and suite lsnded, and proceeded in hackney
carriages direct to the terminus of the Great Western
Railway to catch the up express train, which leaves
Bristol for Paddington at 2.50 p.m. Here his Royal
Highness expressed to the deputy-stationmaster (Mr.
Gardner). through one of the gentlemen in waiting, his
d.eostihringeto be regarded as strictly incognito, and hence
like a public demonstration was attempted.
On the arrival of the train a separate carriage was set
apart f the Prince and his suits. The Osborne sailed
from Kingroad the same evening.
PORTSMOUTH, April 25.—His Royal Highness Prince
Alfred has been placed under the charge of Lieutenant
Nelson, attached to the Illustrious (training ship), and
commanding the gun-brig Rolla. His royal highness Las
been cruising about on board the brig nearly every day,
we understand, during the past week, and undergoes
the same course of instruction, and is treated precisely
in the same manner as the other naval cadets, with this
exception, that he dines at his own residence at Alver-
stoke in the evening, and frequently invites the naval
and other officers of the port to join him. He is de•
scribed as an inquiring, affable, and amiable boy.
PANIC IN THE FLAX TRADE.—In consequence of the
absurd rumour that Lord Bosse had predicted an un-
usually hot and dry suram,,r the flax trade has been
seriously affected. Farmers have made up their minds
to sow less flaxseed than they would other: ise have
dune, and, it appears, persist in that determination,
not e iti s aading the contradiction given by his lordship
to the indi =meet rurnour.—Armagh, Guardian,
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.—It will be a source of
satisfaction to those interested in the success of sub-
marine telegraphs to know that the Governoaent has it
ia centmeplation to allow a limited number of scientific
peesons, especially those whose attention has been di-
rected to this subject, to go out in the Agamemnon to
witness the submerging of the Atlantic cable.

WILLS —The will of Rear-Admiral Earl Spencer,
K.G , C. 8., P.C. of Althorp-park, Northampton, and
St. James'e:place, Weritminster, was proved in London,
by Baron Lyttelton, F.R.S., the nephew and Henry
Goodford, E-q , the acting executors, the other execu-
tor having renounced. The personalty was sworn under
250,0001. The will beats date May 17, 1854, leavinl his
real estates and residue of his personal to his son, Vis-
count Altborp. • There are four codicils ; by the second,
which is in his lordship's own handwriting, he has at the
request of the late countess, dXected six cottages to be
ereAed at Great Brighton, Northamptonshire, to be

called, " Lady Spncere' Cottages," for the reception of
poor widows ci that InigfrAbout hood, who are each to pay
a rent of one penny a week, but free of texas. He has
secured to hie da❑ght,r, Lady Sarah Isabella Spencer,
a sum of 100,0001. Two of his lordship's gamekeepers
have a legacy of 5001. each. The will of Sir R. Camp-
bell, Barr., was proved under 70,0001. personalty in
England. Tile executors are John Rennie, Esq., and
Robert H. Scott Campbell, E-q., the son ; the latter is
also appointed residuary legatee of real and personal
estate.— The will of William Joseph Horsfall, E-q., of
Lancaster, 80,0001.—illustrated London, News.

A letter from Toulon, of the 22d inst., mentions a
disastrous accident which took place the previous day off
the islands of llyer,s on board the ship of the line
Suffren, which has been fitted up as a school for naval
artillerymen. Willa the men were firing at a targat a
cannon burst, and the explosion unfortunately caused a
number of victims. There were 10 men killed, and
15 wounded. The lath r were hem diately taken to the
ships of the fleet, In order that thoy might m ,re speedily
bare the advantage of ix.ical ad. The Eclaireur had
been despatched to bring the wounded to Toulon. The
Itopelial steam yacht Aigle, which is building in the
port of Cherbourg, will be 258 long_ She is to be a
paddle steamer of 500. horse power. It is said that the
Aigle will be a model of naval architecture.

ST. JAMES'S HALL—The first performance of " The
Messiah " in these rooms will take place on Wednesday
evening next, for the benefit of the Royal Society of Mu-
sicians. To an unusual array of principal vocalists,
including the names of M►ss Louisa Pyne, Madame Weiss,
Miss Dolby, Miss Palmer; Messrs Simsßeeves, Benson,
Thomas, Wino, and Weiss is added the attraction of an
orchestra, comprising the most eminent inAtrumet;talists,
aided by a large choruF, and °inducted by Professor
Sterndale Bennett. This excellent charity, the funds of
which this performance is intended to aid, distributed
last year upwards of 2,774/. to distressed musicians and
their families.

Miss Amy Sedg wick, not having sufficiently recovered
from her indisposition, will not re-appear at the Hay-
market until Thursday, e hen she will perform in the
comedy of "An Unequal Match." Mrs. Chas. Young
plays on the fir et three nights of the weeks in " As You
Like It," "'Tee Love Chase," and "Much Ado About
Nothing."
ARRANGEMENTS, ETC., IN THE NEW THEATRE, CO-
VENT GARDEN.—The real modifications of the arrange-
ment as u ual in theatres, beyond those of the structural
sort for security from fire, have for their main object
greatly increased space to each sitting in the stalls, both
cf pit and gallery, with ample width between the
are so designed and fixed as to be removable in a few
rows of seats. But, also, the divisions of the boxes
hours ; so that the whole of what will be usually pri-
vate boxes can be. thrown together, should the theatre
be devoted to or‘Anary dramatic entertainments at cer-
tain seasons, according to an arrangement which has
entered into Mr. Gye's calculation, and has in several
respects modified structural features or dimensions.
There are but three tiers of boxes, exclusive of those on
the level of the lower gallery, or
will be called " pit tier," grand tier," and " first," or
" upper box tier." In addition to the provision for
removal of the lime "amphitheatre. They
partitions, the box fronts of the
pit-tier will be removable, in order that the whole space
under the
grand tier may be thrown into the pit.
The !Ara ions will be canvassed and papered ; aed
the
, generally throughout the house, the
",‘"aical lug inclusive, will be covered with Btelefeld's
fibrous slit)" material_ As part cf the means
of ventilatio the fanlights cf the doors of the b; x-s are
made to open. The warming of the house will be by hot-
Water p' pee, c .rried round the house below the level of the
pit floor, the air being admitted by aperturt s below the
fronts of the boxes of the pit tier. At the f out of one of
the boxes of the grand tier, there was lately " off I.d up"
a specimen of the bow-fronted finishing,eerice ed with de.
coration in gold on a white round. These I out are to be
exeeu e•I in the new iy-inventAl moulled otrivas mettle rl,
by Monti. ce ling will be by Jack ,on and Son. The
Preeeerriune will Lueneure 50it. in th, op ning, and will be
42 feet 4 inches in height to the crown to the arch.
Thera
six of less importance. Tee whole of these are fire proof,
are eight main etaircas-s in the buil .ine, besides
and carefully plaened to avoid risk of aecidere. Be ides
the
Principal box entrance there appear to le five en-
tras oar for the pit, el ;o available for the 1 oxes ; bat the
pre cse app ieatien of thee arid the EtaireaBeS to the
°PPP' pates of the house, is perhaps not settle;'. The
d^tors lee finishing wil. be chiefly in wl.Le and gold,
with rose-celeured hargings to the boxes.
The whole of the depots comprising the 3d Battalion of
Infantry at Chatham were assembled on their parade-
ground, Brornpton-huts, on Thursday afternoon, for the
Purpose of hearing read the sentence of a district court-
mai tell recently held at Chatham garrison on Coleur-Ser-
g!ant Hobert Beret, 70th Regiment, on a charge of deser-
tion front the depot of his corps at Chatham. For this
charge he was sentenced to be reduced, in the presence of
the whole battalion, to the rank and pay of a private. The
sentence of the Court having been react by the Adjutant
the prisoner was marched to the front, when his " stripes"
were cut from his arm in the presence of the troops. The
prisoner has been branded with the letter " D."
Orders have been received at Chatham fur the following
East India depots to furnish reinforcements for ernbarke- •
tion for India :-Bth, 10th, 19th, 20th, 23d (Royal Welsh
Fusiliers), 21th, 2trth, 32(1, 3;th (11,oyal Sussex), 43d
(Light Infantry), 52d (Light Infantry), 73d, Glst, 70th
750, 81st, 816, and 94th regiments. The reinforcements'
to the number of nearly 1,000 men, with 10 officers, are,
expected to embark at Gravesend on the Ist of May.

L4-TEST NE WS.

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING.
The Ripon, steamer, with the Bombay mails
and passengers, passed Hurst Castle at 8.35.

TURIN, APRIL 24.

The first clause of the law of M. Foresta,
relative to the crime of conspiring against
foreign Sovereigns, has been carried, with a
slight amendment, by a large majority.

FRANCE.
PARIS, SIIND.,IY.

The English Government (says the Constitution-
nel) was right in not further pursuing the prosecu-
tion of Bernard. After an acquittal on the chief
charge, which involved a capital punishment, what
would have signified a few months of imprisonment
or a fine of some hundreds of francs ? To have
convicted of a misdemeanour one who had been
acquitted of a crime would have been a mockery.
This is the first day of the elections for Paris,
and, as almost invariably is the case, shows less
animation among the electors than there will be
to-morrow.

The third electoral district (third arrondisse-
ment) is formed of a part of the Faubourg
Poissonniere, another part belongs to the fifth
arrondissement, and the rest is made up of
the quarters of the Bourse, the Halles, and
the Bourdonnais. The population of this ar-
rondissement consists of the richer capitalists.
the haut commerce, and a considerable number of
employes who depend on them. Bankers, stock-
brokers, the proprietors of large wholesale esta-
blishments in the Lyons, St. Etienne, Roubaix,
Rouen, Sedan, and Elbceuf trade are to be found
there. The quarter of the Halles, the fish-mar-
kets, cloth-markets, leather-markets, and the
quarter of the Bourdonnais furnish a numerous
contingent of electors. There was no great ani-
mation apparent up to half-past two o'clock in this
quarter. The commercial and bank clerks and
other employes of this description reserve them-
selves for to-morrow. The duty of electors they
prefer exercising on Monday, for, while serving
their country at the balloting urn, they will " do"
their employers out of a half-holiday. In the third
electoral district the bulletins of the candidates,
Opposition as well as Government, were distributed
at the doors of the Mairie and the sections. In this
district General Perrot stands against M. Lionville,
batonier of the order of advocates.

This arrondissement, inhabited generally by
wealthy persons, passes for Conservative. For
this reason it is that General Perrot has been pre-
sented as tha Government candidate ; as former
Commandant of the National Guard, he is pre-
sumed to represent order and stability.
The fifth district, in which M. Eck and M. Picard
are candidate-4, consists of the Porte St. Martin,
the Temple, St. Martin des Champs, as also of the
first and second sections of Belleville. The work-
ing populatiou abound there. It teems with iron
and brass founders, engine builders, trailers, shoe-
makers, saddlers, &c. It was remarked in this
arrondisement that the tickets with the names of
the Opposition candidates only were distributed at
the doors of the Mairie, at the different sections, and
in the streets. In the Mairie itself, and at the en-
trance of the hall where the voting tickets are de-
posited in the urns, the bulletins of the Govern-
ment candidate were handed to every one who
approached.

In the fifth district there was more activity ap-
parently than in the third ; and the voters were
more numerous.

M. Eck, who was formerly an operative, and is
now a wealthy employer, represents as closely as
possible the alliance of the master with the work-
man. The Government, by choosing such a candi-
date, intended, no.doubt, to exhibit to the labour-
ing class the interest it bears it by honouring one
taken from its ranks. The selection of M. Eck
means, that with order and industry the workman
can arrive at the highest post. It remains to be
seen whether the workmen will appreciate tue
lesson so delicately conveyed by the Government.
Of the three candidates people generally think that
M. Picard has the least chance of success. The late
revision of the electoral lists, however, makes it
very difficult to offer an opinion on the result.
The sixth district (Bth arrondissement) is the
most populous of the three, and at the same time
that which presented the busiest aspect this morning
at the Mairie and the sec ions. This is owing to the
great number of market gardeners in the Fa,ubourg
St. Antoine. These cannot, like the others, afford
to " keep St. Monday." On Monday they must be,
at any cost, in the market. The district consists
principally of cabinetmakers, paperatainers, engine-
makers of all kinds, workers in the metals, coal
merchants, &c. At the doors of the Mairie of the
Bth arrondissement the bulletins of the Opposition
and the Government candidates appeared to be im-
partially distributed.
In some sections, whore the working population
is the most numerous, the bulletins of the
Opposition candidates only were distributed ;
but, on the other hand, at the Mairie and the
entrance of the voting room only the tickets
bearing the name of M. Perret were seen.
In a quarter so populous as this arrondisse-
ment, M. Perret is the very personification of
beneficial establishments. The services which he
has rendered to this arrondissement are matter of
notoriety ; and perhaps the Government judged
rightly in believing that such a man was among the
few who had a fair chance against M. Jules Payne,
the candidate of the Opposition.

BOURSE, April 24.—The following were the
closing quotations :-
4:3 per Cents 93 25
Do. end month._
3 per Cent. ..... 69 20
Do. end month 69 23
Bank Shares
Credit Mobilier 760
Do. Account

RAILWAYS.
Orleans
Northern
New Ditto 770
Lyon and Mediteran. 810
New Ditto 775
Geneva

Credit Foncier
Belgian 44
Piedmontese (5)
Roman B9
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt .
- FOR CASH.

Midi
Western. 620
Strasburg
Grand Central
Sardinia.n
Austrian

AUSTRIA.

A letter just received, dated Vienna, April 21,
say s:7" During the last day or two the quiduuncs of
this city have been exclusively occupied with Ber-
nard's trial and acquittal, and some of them have
been at great pains to prove that the verdict of the
jury is a direct confirmation of the assertion so
often heard on the Continent, that England "sys-
tematically patronises and protects foreign political
conspirators." It is evident that these persons are
dissatisfied because foreigners who are guilty of
political offences while residing in England are tried
and punished according to English law. They would
fan have a special court, a modern Star Chamber,
established forthe especial beboof of refugees and po-
liticalnialconteas, but fortunately England is no,
yet trought so low that she need permit foreigners
—whether French,. Russian, or Austrian—to r evise
her laws for her. That this Government takes a
more rational view than the public of the Bernard
affair is to be seen by the linder of the Ost-Deutsche
Post of this morning. The non-eftioial organ of the
Austrian Foreign-u Wee finds it very natural drat the
French Governmenit should be greatly annoyed that
Bernard was not convicted ; but it is unable to un-
derstand why the British nation should be blamed
because 12 jurymen were of opinion that the man's
guilt was not sAisfactorily proved.
The Oat-Deutsche Post does not exactly say that
this Government is well satisfied with what has oc-
curred, but it is almost certain that such is really
the case.

Tne revival of " King Lear," at the Princess's, mid be
rep, ai-Ad this evening, Weilnesday, and Fi ay, precedt d
by " Samuel in &wen of Himself."W
Tuesday and Thurs.
day, " Faust and Marguerite ;" and, on Saturday, " A
hi i ?summer N:ght's Dream" will be represented.
Mr. Emery makes his first apprarance at the Strand
Ti o tre this evening, in Dance's comedy of " The Country
Squire," followed by the burlesque, at.d the new farce of
" Your Likeness !Cr One Shilling."