The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-03 00:00:00

POLYGRAPHIC HALL.

The knowledge that Mr. W. S. Woodin was again
" at home" would at all times be sufficient to insure
a good audience, and therefore there need be no
surprise at his having a bumper last evening. We
have too recently noticed his new entertainments
of " Baden-Baden" and " Up in the Air" to need
do more than state that they improve on acquaint-
ance.

THE OXFORD.
The entertainments at this popular place of
amusement consisted last evening of several operatic
selections, conducted by 111.1. Jonghmans, and per-
formed by Misses Russell, Barrie, Reid, and Fitz-
Henry, Messrs. Bury, Tivoli, St. Albyn, &c. ; a
ballet by the Hungarian family, and other attrac-
tions. The Oxford was litex ally crammed in every
part, and the performances received throughout
with loud demonstrations of approval.

MADAME TITSSAUD'S. -
This exhibition, in Baker-street, received its full
share of visitors yesterday ; the magnificent rooms
being constantly crowded during the whole of the
day. The catalogue was eagerly sought after, con-
taining, as it does, a complete epitome of the history
of England. The splendid Hall of Kings was
densely crowded, and the various life-size figures
of most of the crowned heads of Europe, together
with relics of byegone days, evidently gave the
greatest satisfaction to every one.

CRYSTAL PALACE.
Yesterday was the largest Easter Monday attend-
ance which has yet occurred, 29,087 persons being
present. Ethardo's re-appearance was greeted with
the most enthusiastic welcome. His daring per-
formance took place on a new and more lofty pole,
erected in front of the great orchestra. The ex-
hibition of an enormous head of Joey Grimaldi with
rolling eyes and moving mouth, by Dyk Wynkyn,
excited unbounded merriment among the spectators.

GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.
Mr. and Mrs. German Reed, with Mr. J. Parry,
gave a new entertainment last evening, entitled
" Our Yachting Cruise." Mr. Reed firstintroduced
himself as Mr. Wyldbury, on board his yacht the Na-
utilus ; and after Mrs. Reed has appeared as Elise, his
stewardess, he is joined by the Hon. Adolphus Nix,
a shortsighted gentleman, represented by Mr. John
Parry, who has fled from his aunt Mrs. M'Nab, and
hopes to join Mr. Wyldbury and his friends in their
theatrical representations on the morrow. Mrs. Reed
afterwards appears as Mrs. Wyldbury, and a few
angry passages between the husband and wife tell the
audience that an unfortunate gentleman named Gage
has sought refuge on board the yacht from three
mothers-in-law, one of whom is the Hon. Adolphus
Nix's aunt, and the others—Mrs. Pomo, a major's
widow, and Mrs. Bodger, a kind of Mrs. Malaprop.
Then comes Mr. William Switcherley, represented
by Mr. Parry, in the act of composing the libretto for
an opera to be played on board. Mr. Swit-
cherley takes elaborate notes of what he conceives
to be original ideas ; and in the course of his study
he tries a passage of his opera, and thus awakens
Mr. Gage, who had before been hiding and sleeping
under an awning over the piano. This is a capital
scene ; but it is equalled by the appearance of the
three mothers-in-law in search of the unfortunate
Mr. Gee, whom they each claim as their special pro-
perty. Mrs. Bodger claims precedence, because her
daughter was the first wife, Mrs. M‘Nab ; because
she had in her time ministered to him with Scotch
comforts; and Mrs. Domo because she had used
him to hardships and " made a man of him." They
make common cause, however, in their endeavours
to discover Mr. Gage, and he evades them only to
find himself in new and more trying difficulties.
But in time he rejoices at the discovery of the lisp-
ing Miss Mandolina Thrumb, an orphan, whom he
hopes to marry without the prospect of a fourth
proprietor. After this comes the rehearsal of the
opera by Mr. Switcherley, and two others of the
proposed performers, who each take several parts in
default of the appearance of the rest of the com-
pany. The opera is full of " striking situations,"
quite equal in absurdity and drollery to the scenes
which precede it. Altogether this is about the best
Piece the accomplished trio have appeared in at
the Royal Gallery of Illustration. We think, how-
ever, Mr. Burnand, its composer; has been slightly
too bsurd in the scene of the three mothers-in-law.
Mr. Tarry supplemented the entertainment with
his new episode in Mrs. Roseleaf's family, "The
Wedding Breakfast."

Austrian Despatch to the Prussian

Govei nment.

BERLIN, April 2.
On the 31st ult. Count Karolyi, the Austrian
Minister in Berlin, delivered to Count von Bismark
a note, of whick the following is said to be a cor-
rect summary :

" It has come to the knowledge of the Imperial Govern-
ment that, in order not to assume the responsibility of
having raised apprehension for the preservation of peace,
the Prussian Government has accused the Court of Vienna
of harbouring hostile intentions, and has even gone so far
as to hint at the eventuality of an armed aggression on
the part of Austria against Prussia. Although the un-
founded nature of such an assertion is notorious and
generally recognised throughout Europe, the Austrian Go-
vernment feels it incumbent upon it to protest against an
inculpation in flagrant opposition to the evidence of facts.
"The undersigned consequently hasbeen instructed to de-
clare categorically to Count von Bismark that nothing could
be further removed from the intentions of his Imperial
Majesty than an offensive action directed against Prussia.
Such an intention is formally precluded by the feelings of
friendship towards the King, as well as the Prussian nation,
of which the Emperor has so often given proof, both by
-word and deed ; but the Emperor moreover, does not
forgot the duties which Austria and Prussia solemnly ac-
cepted in signing the German Federal pact. His Imperial
Majesty for his part is firmly determined not to place him-
self in contradiction with the stipulations of Article XI. of
the Federal pact, which prohibit the members of the Con-
federation from endeavouring to redress their grievances
by force.
" The undersigned, while requesting the President of the
Council to submit the present note to his august Sovereign,
is instructed to express the desire that the Prussian Cabinet
may repel without ambiguity, and as clearly as the under-
signed has done himself, in the name of his Government, all
suspicion of a wish to violate the peace. By doing this the
Prussian Cabinet would restore that general confidence in
the maintenance of the peace of Germany, which ought
never to have been shaken.
(Signed) "KAROL-VI."
Copies of this note have been communicated to
the representatives of Austria at the German and
foreign Courts.

A BANK CASHIER CHARGED WITH FORGERY.—
Mr. Wilson, who has been a cashier in Messrs. Lambton
Iliad Co.'s bank in Newcastle-on-Tyne 40 years, has been
taken into custody, and would be brotight before the ma.
Plqtrntes of that town yesterday and remanded, charged
with having forged a bond for £l,BOO upon the River Tyne
Commissioners in connection with some trust property
with which ho was connected. Mr. Wilson was a leading
man among the Dissenters in Newcastle, and his appre-
hension has caused great excitement. There is no
reason to believe that his accounts with the bank are
wrong. Indeed they have been examined and proved to
be not so.

EMIGRATION FROM THE MERSEY.—During the
starch quarter just ended there sailed from the
Mersey a total of 24,777 emigrants, which shows an in-
crease of 10,261 compared with the same quarter of last
year. Of these there sailed to the United States, under the
Act, 892 cabin and 18,923 steerage passengers ; and not
under the Act, 860 cabin and 764 steerage passengers.
During the past mouth of March the total emigration was
13,253 persons, of whom 11,787 were for the United States
and the greater proportion were Irish. Messrs. Myer are
placing several additional steamers on their North Ameri-
can station to meet the demands of the emigration traffic.
Alontalivet, formerly minister under Louis
Philippe, in a letter from Nice addressed to the Debats,
regrets that the state of his health will not permit him to
join the faithful friends who are proceeding to Claremont
to •-sa2,-,
their List respects to the late Queen of the French.
quotes the following passage from ono of the ladies in
atteudauce on the ex-Queen :—" I am cut to the heart ;
but thank God I have arrived here in time to see the Queen
°lice more, and devote myself to her last moments. I am
going with Mdlle. Muser to lay her out, and to put on her,
brarding to her own desire, the dress she wore on quitting
lice.,,