The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-22 00:00:00

ST, JAMES'S THEATER.

Last evening Ambroise Thomas's " Opera Bouffon," en-
titled "Le Caid," was performed at the above theatre with
Madame Faure as the heroine.
." Le Cad," brought out in Paris in 1849, was produced
for tlio first time in this country about two years later at the
St. Jern'es's Theatre, under the management of Mr. Mitchell.
Madam•e Faure is doubtless very vivacious and intelligent
in the prin ciPal character, and she sings the florid music
with both skill and taste.
The plot cif "Le Caid" is unsuited to the English stage.
Notwithstanding-, thanks to the remarkable talent of
Madame Fau2:6, " Le Caid" met with success on this occa-
sion, and will probably prove attractive for a few nights to
come.

The accomplished artist was warmly applauded in all her
efforts, and her admirable execution of the air, " Vive le
Mariage," in which she took an E flat in alt, per saltum
with surprising aplomb and brilliancy, elicited demonstra-
tions of the most enthusiastic kind.
The orchestra played witk great precision and effect, and
was excellently conducted by M. Remusat.
The.house was well attended.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, JAR. 21.

On Wednesday, the 2d proxinio, her Majesty and his
Royal Highness the Prince Consort will. leave Windsor
Castle, and proceed to Buckingham Palace.

On Thursday following the Queen will open the Session
of Parliament in person. _ _ _

On Friday, the 4th, her Majesty and Prince Consort
will return to Windsor Castle.

On Saturday, the 12th, the Court will leave Windsor
Castle, and proceed to Buckingham Palace for the winter
Beason.

A telegraphic despatch from Athens announces
that the King of Greece has conferred the Grand Cross of
the Order of the Holy Saviour on Queen Victoria.
A telegraphic despatch from Munich announces
that M. Hegnenberg has been named first president of the
Chamber of Deputies by 140 votes out of 142 ; and M.
Weiss second president, by 89 votes out of 140.
ENGLISH CONSULAR SALARIES.—NAPLES.—By
a new arrangement all fees are to be carried to the account
of ete Government, and the salary of the new Consul at
Naples' is fixed at £7OO a-year. The salary of the Vice-
Consul is £lOO a-year, the same lucky individual being re-
quired to be' a gentleman, a man of varied knowledge, and
an excellent linguist.—Civil Service Gazette.
A COURAGEOUS ENGIN E-DRlVER.—Dgring the
progress of the Great Northern express train between Crof-
ton and Featherstone, on a branch of the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Railway, on Saturday last, the flange of one
of the wheels of the engine broke, and shortly afterwards a
large portion of the tire of the wheel was cast off. The
train was proceeding at the rate of 50 miles an hour over
a steep embankment, and the accident threw the carriages
off the line, but by the courage and coolness ,of the driver
the train was pulled up just in time to prevent its falling
down the incline. The passengers finding that something
was wrong got out of the carriages, and on perceiving the
danger they had escaped testified their admiration of the
driver's skill and firmness by making a subscription for him
on the spot. The line was ploughed up and the chairs
broken for nearly a mile, and the train was delayed for
about two hours.

UNIVERSITY MORALITY.-RESIGNATION OF THE

PRO-PROCTORS AT CAMBRIDGE.—The' late Pro-Proctors
have laid before the members of the Senate their reasons
for resigning office in the form of a pamphlet of twenty
pages, containing the correspondence between themselves
'and the Vice-Chancellor. The disagreement which led to
their resignation arose out of the case of an under-graduate
brought before the:Vice-Chancellor's Court by Mr. Jameson
for having been found in a house of ill-fame, and dismissed
" with a simple admonition." The nature of the correspon-
dence will appear from the passage with which Mr. Wil-
liams closes it :—" As I can imagine, nothing more injuri-
ous to the character of the University, as well as to the
cause of morality, than that such sins as are here in ques-
tion should be virtually condoned, and the censure—for
such, indeed, it is—turned on the Proctors,l believe I shall
most effectively pretest againat this dominant theory of vice
ku
by following the example of my late colleae and resigning
an atrintment the duties of which it is now evident I can-
not discharge to your satisfaction and my own."--Times.
PIIO'fOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.—The members of this
society treated their friends and admirers with a soiree on
Thursday evening last. The spacious and well-lit room
belonging to the British Artists, in Suffolk-street, being
admirably suited to such a purpose, the large assemblage of
fashionably-dressed persons who attended on the occasion
produced a brilliant and striking effect. The photographs,
extending round the large room, as well as occupying con-
siderable space in the two smaller apartments, attracted
much attention. The bold photographic copies from Ra-
phael's Cartoons appeared very effective under the subdued
and peculiar mode of lighting the room, and were much ad-
mired for their force and accuracy, as was the large view of
the interior of the Crystal Palace, and the still more ex-
tensive one of Cairo. The tables:of stereoscopic subjects
were not neglected ; and that in the centre of the room,
being provided with means for changing the slides by
merely pulling a wire, was in constant requisition, and it
would be difficult to decide whether the ladies or the gentle-
men were the more assiduous in the manipulation of that
very amusing toy. The rooms were filled throughout the
evening, not only by fashionable amateurs, but by others
who very numerously represented art, science, and litera-
ture; and the arrangements were as creditable to the mem-
bers of the society as the attendance of their visitors must
have been considered complimentary to their artistic and
scientific productions.
THE CIVIL SERVICE.--War-offiee.—Mr. Walter
Whitmore Jones, a clerk of the third class in the Account -
ant-General's Branch, has resigned his appointment. We
believe that Mr. A. A. Geary, of the Clothing Branch, will
be appointed private secretary to Major-General Peel, in
place of Mr. J. H. Orde, resigned. There are vacancies in
this office for junior clerks, commencing salary, £lOO per
annum. Audit-office—Mr. Peter Cunningham, F,S.A., a
senior examiner of the first class, is about to retire from the
service. There is a vacancy for a junior clerk in thii office ;
commencing salary, £9O per annum. Law department—Sir
Walter Buchanan Riddell, Recorder of Maidstone and
Tenterden, has been appointed County Court judge of North
Staffordshire, Circuit No. 26, in the room of Mr. Robert
Griffith Temple, deceased. Foreig,n Department—The
consulship of Calais has become vacant by the promotion
of Mr. Bonham. Inland Revenue Department—Stamps
and Taxes Branch—The distributorship of stamps for the
district of Derby is now vacant. The value of this appoint-
ment is nearly £l,OOO per annum. Mr. Samuel Lucas has
been' appointed distributor of stamps for the district of Lei-
cester. East Indies—Mr. James Nasmyth, deputy com-
missioner of the second class, has been appointed a deputy
commissioner of the first class. Captain S. Graham, deputy
commissioner of the third class, has been appointed deputy
commissioner of the second class. Captain W. M‘Neile,
assistant commissioner of the first class, has been appointed
deputy commissioner of the third class.—Civil Service
Gazette. _ _

THE SUSPECTED MURDER OP A WOMAN BY TIER
HUSBAND IN WOLVERHAMPTON.--The inquiry into the
death of Harriet Thompson, the details of which were given
in The Skit of Wednesday, was closed yesterday. Owing
to the statement of a female companion of the deceased, the
son's account of the scuffle between his father and mother
in the house, and some marks of violence which appeared
on the body, the, coroner adjourned the inquiry for the pur-
pose of a post mortem examination. The surgeon to whom
this was entrusted fsund the internal organs of the deceased
extensiVel!. diseased, and gave it as his opinion that she had
died front an attack of pulmonary .apoplexy:,-"rhujury re-
turned a verdict of "Death front natural causes ;" and in
the course of the day the husband of the deceased, who had
been apprehended on a charge of killing his wife, was libe-
rated by the sitting magistrates.

THE Bisnor BURTON MURDER.--The nine pri-
, soners concerned in this case were brought up for final
examination before the East RNing magistrates, at Beverley,
on Thursday. An attempt was made to prove an alibi on
the cart of Playforth and M'Grath ; Johnson said he was
innOcont of the murder ; the' other prisoners offered no
defence. The Bench having held a consultation, the
Chairman stid :—Playforth, M'Grath, Franklin, Johnson,'
Markham, Marshall, and Stoven, you aro severally com-
mitted to take your trial at the next York Assizes for the
wilful murder of John Washington Jex, and also for maim-
ing and wounding Robinson and Geddes. Addressing
Robson and Thompson, the Chairman said that, after
carefully considering the whole matter, they were of opinion
that the evidence was not sufficient to prove that they wore
guilty as accessories, and he therefore ordered them to be
discharged, cautioning them as to their future conduct, and
observing that they had had a very narrow escape. Robson
and Thompson thanked the chairman, and then left the
court. Mr. Pettingell stated that he had substantial bail
to offer for Playforth and M'Grath, but the Chairman
referred him to the judges.

A MURDERER'S LETTER.—The Stainforditiercury
publishes two lettere, written Whitworth, who as lately
execufstl at York, to the parenbty s of his victitn, Sarwah Hare,
who resilie in Coningsby. The one of latest date is as fol-
lows :—" .IThrk Castle, Jan. 7, 1839.—My dear Injured
Friend,—l was very glad to hear from you, but more so to
receive your forgi7eness before I die. My time is short ; in a
little time I shall be launched out of time into eternity. But,
thank God, that does not disturb me: for God, for Christ's
sake, has pardoned all my sins, so that for me to die will be
gain, and I hope to meet hu that is gone before at God's
right hand that we might welcome you all when you arrive
at home. It may be a few years before you all come, so I
bid you a long farewell till we wake up at the last day.
May God help you till your journey's end, and I sincerely
hope that our love will be a sufficient warning to all young
lovers that are left behind. So now I wish you all a long
farewell, and in a very few hours I shall have changed this
world fur a much better. Indeed, it is most astonising to
think how wonderfully well God supports me in my last
hours, so unworthy as I am,.and I humbly thank the
Almighty for the good he has done me, and I declare to
you 1 at variance with no person. God has taught me
to forgat and forgive all. So I must bid you a long fare-
well in this world, for I am at peace with all the world now,
and in a short time I. hope to be in heaven, where I trust I
shall meet you all again. So good bye, and
.God bless you
all.---From your well-wisher,. JOHN T. Wit ITIVORTH.—To
Mr. Thomas Hare."