The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-22 00:00:00

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.

The Members of this celebrated circus continue' to give
satisfaction to the public. Last evening the celebrated
"Ella" went through her wonderful performances with
her accustomed agility. The trained ponies, under the
direction of M. Juaglieni, displayed remarkable docility,
and the performing dog " Tasso" excited the admiration of
the audience. The most extraordinary feature of the even-
ing's entertainment, however,was reserved till near its close,
when Don Castello,- an- American, introduced an entirely
new character into the arena, in the shape of a fine black
bull. As might be supposed, the announcement of his ap-
pearance excited the greatest curiosity among the audience,
and his entry was eagerly looked forward to. After bring-
ing him in, gaily decorated with bells and ribbons, and in-
troducing him to the company, Dan Costello made a few
remarks before commencing his performances. He
observed it was not so much what ha did that
was the marvel, but the fact of a bull doing anything of
the sort. They had made experiments with many, but
this was the first animal of the kind that they had been
able to teach to do the simplest thing. It was far easier, he
observed, to teach a horse to dance the polka than to get a
bull to run round the ring without jumping over. This
education of " Don Juan," as the animal in question is
called, has been singularly successful. He runs round the
ring alone, stops when called, lifts his feet, jumps through
hoops and over hurdles, and finally mounts on a board and
allows the men in attendant° to carry him off above their
heads. Dan Castello, his trainer, also distinguished him-
self in vaulting besides playing the arduous part of clown.
It was his first introduction to an English audience, and
he was repeatedly called for and loudly cheered. We re-
commend all lovers of equestrian marvels to visit this ad-
mirably conducted establishment, and to take an early
opportunity of witnessing the accomplishments of Don
Juan.

BIRTIMAY OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL

WINDSOR, MONDAY.

The 19th anniversary of the birthday of her Royal High-
ness the Frincess Frederic William of Prussia was cele-
brated here to-day with the customary honours paid to the
members of the royal family. Early in the morning and
throughout the day the bells of the Chapel Royal and St.
John's Church sent forth joyous peals. At seven o'clock
a.m. the band of the Ist Life Guards, under the direction of
their master, Mr. Waddell, assembled beneath' the windows
of the apartments appropriated to the Prince and Princess
Frederic William, adjoining the York and Doncaster Towers,
and serenaded her royal highness with some popular and
appropriate airs, concluding with the National Anthem.
At one o'clock a royal salute was fired from the corpora-
tion ordnance in the Long-walk by the town bombardier.
Royal salutes were also fired at Fort Belvidere and the
Royal Adelaide frigate on Virginia Water. The'houses of
the royal tradespeople were decorated with flags and ban-
ners bearing the arms of England and Prussia, and in the
evening the Messrs. Caley and others illuminated their
houses.

The London College Society of Ringers came to Windsor
and performed on the bells of St. John's Church a grand
peal in honour of the day.
A grand banquet will be given at the Castle this even-
ing, and to-morrow evening a ball will be given to the ser-
vants of the royal household.

THE COURT.—On the sth proximo her Majesty
and the Prince Consort, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses the Prince and Princess Frederic William of Prussia
and the junior Members of the Royal Family, and suite,
will leabe the Castle for Osborne, Isle of Wight. The
Court will remain there until the 24th, when her Majesty
will return to Windsor for the Christmas holidays. The
Haymarket company will have the honour of performing at
the Castle, in St. George's Hall, on Wednesday evening
next, and on the following Wednesday the Olympic com-
pany will have the honour of performing before the Court.
Their Royal Higlinesscs the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary left Kew yesterday afternoon
for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty.
The Earl of Granville arrived at the Pavilion
Hotel, Folkestone, on Saturday, from the Continent.
The Earl and Countess of Craven and the Ladies
Craven will leave town to-day on a visit to the Earl and
Countess of Verulam, at Gorhambury Park, Herts.
Lord and Lady Gardner have arrived at their
residence in Dover-street, from Scotland.
Colonel Crombie has arrived in London from the
Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone.

Mr. and Mrs. Sturges and family have left
Edwards' Hotel, for Oxford.

Miss. Burdett Coutts left town yesterday for
Torquay.

Mitchell's Royal• Library, Old Bond-street, was
brilliantly illuminated last evening, in honour of her Royal
Highness the Princess Frederic William of Prussia's birth,.
day. The design was large, all in jets of gas ; the initials '
"V. A.," a star, ani the motto, in bold, letters, " God bless
Her."

Mgr. Barry, Roman Catholic Bishop of Savannah,
in the United States, died on Saturday morning in the
establishment of the Brethren of Saint John of God.

The Antiquarian Society of France held a sitting
three days ago, and elected Gen. de Preuly as resident mem-
ber in the room of the late M. Mauprat. At the same sit-
ting M. de Lepinois was elected corresponding member.

Owing to the extension of the limits of Paris,
the number of omnibuses will be increased from 400 to 550.

Not fewer than 2,000 labourers are employed in
cutting down trees, removing locks, and demolishing the
towing paths of the canal St. Martin, preparatory to lower-
ing its bed and covering it in.

Such a vast quantity of fish arrived, at Paris on
Friday and Saturday that the part of the Hallos Contrales
specially set apart for the fish market was iniuflicent to
contain it all, and a portion had consequently to be placed
elsewhere.

The weather has grown colder, and the sheets of
water in the public gardens are frozen over. At six o'clock
yesterday morning the thermometer of M. Chevallier stood
at 1 deg. 4-10ths below zero Centigrade (29f Fahrenheit),
and at noon at I deg. above zero C. (33t F.)
At the fair of Saint Martin, at Nonancourt, near
Rouen, which has just taken place, between 7,000 and 8,000
sheep were sold at high prices ; cows, heifers, and horses
also sold well.

Count Karolyi is to replace at the Prussian
Court Baron de Koller, Austrian Amba!ssador at Berlin,
who has been appointed Under-Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs.

The Emperor of Austria has named Francis 11.,
King of Naples, colonel-proprietor of the 12th Regiment
of linlans, which will henceforth bear the name of his
Sicilian Majesty.

At a late royal shooting party of Letlingen in
Prussia, 250 deer, or roebucks, and 30 wild boars were
killed. The Prince Regent alone brought down 67 head
of ghame.

The upward movement in corn transactions at
Brussels still continues. At the last market day the fluc-
tuations were very remarkable, showing the eaormous
difference of 7f. Bc. between the lowest and the highest
price of wheat. About 1,047 hectolitres of wheat were sold
at from 19f 22c. to 26f, 30c. the 80 kilogrammes, the
average price being 23f. 19c., or lf. 35e. higher than on the
previous market.

The Llklibar of the 15th announces the death of
Lieut.-Colonel Fonin, of the Ist Regiment of African
Chasseurs, that which Nva3 commanded by the late Count
de Montalembert.

The Princess Royal appears somewhat more
matured than on her former visit ' • some of the personal
friends of the Princess assert that she has grown a trifle.
This may be so ; but, certainly, every spectator must be
struck with the improvement that health and happiness can
alone have achieved in the person of our highly-esteemed
Princess.—Court Jerwital.

ft is stated that of the capital of £600,000 sought
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less than one• sixth have as yet been secured. The assist-
ance extended to this national undertaking by the British
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