The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-29 00:00:00

POLICE INTE.

PLYMOUTH, MONDAY.
The Royal Mail steamship Dane, Captain Hoff-
man, arrived this morning. She left Table Bay
February 21, and St. Helena February 28.
Commerce at the Cape was prosperous. Provi-
sions were in demand. Land was advancing in
value. Parliament was to meet for the despatch of
business on the I,6th of March. Engineers were
staking out the line of railroad from Wellington to
Cape Town. A lighthouse was in course of erec-
tion on Robben Island.
The Transvaal republicans had abandoned their
designs of war against the neighbouring native
tribes. Intelligence from - the border States and
Natal was satisfactory. It was reported that the
59th Regiment, now at Cape Town, is to be ordered
up to Natal in the Magmra.
The 2d Regiment, 45th (oue wing), and Cape
Mounted Rifles were on the frontier. The other
wing of the 45th was at Natal.
5,105 horse:s had been shipped for India. The
Vocalist, which took out emigrants, was going on
with horses. '
Her Majesty's ship Boscawen, steamers, Sur-
prise, Lyra, Hermes, and Magtura, with the brig
Persian, and the Russian ships Gridine, Rinde, and.
Ossritchwick, were in Simon 's Bay.
The mail steamship Celt, from Plymouth, ar-
rived at the Cape on the 13th of February.
The brig Anna, with 1,111 bales of Wool, sailed
on the Bth of February for London. She was to be
followed by the Despatch, Rafael, Alacrity, Regina,
and White Cloud.
Cape Produce.—Argol, per 1001b.,455.; elephants'
teeth, ss. Gd. to 6s. 6d. ' • ostrich feathers, £9 to £l2
per lb. ;ox and cow hides, wet, net,-4d. per lb. ;
horns, per 100, 425. 6d.; wheat, 225. 6d..t0 255. Gd.;
pontac, £lB to £2O ; first quality, Is. 6d. to
ls. Bd. ; second quality, 9d. to ls.
The barques Frederick William, Coral Queen,
Glendower, Irene, Meteor, Sunshine, Dreadnought,
and Anne were in Table Bay. The ship Launces-
ton, barques Arthur Parden, Planter, Avoca,
Brothers, and Springbok, and brig Emma, were in
Algoa Bay.
Arrived.—At St. Helena,- Feb. 27, the barque
Palestine, 84 days from Penang, for London ,
Dutch barque J. des Ruelles, 68 days from Batavia,
for Rotterdam ; Feb. 28, the American whaler,
Hector, 68 days from Zanzibar, for Warren, Rhode
Island ; the ship Holmsdale, 52 days from Calcutta,
for London (did not anchor) ; the French barque
Gyptis, 68 days from Bombay, for Marseilles; the
ship Hero of the Nile 16 days from Algoa Bay,
for London ; the Spanish ship Reina de la Oceano,
66 days from Manilla; for Cadiz ; the barlue Mari-
ner, 101 days from Rangoon, for London ; the ship
Martaban, 54 days from Calcutta, for. London ; the
Amercan whaler Marion; the English barque Ga-
zelle, 15 days from the Cape, for Ascension ; the
French barque L'lndefatigable, 44 days from
Mauritius, for Bordeaux.
Mr. C. R. Bigley. master's assistant .of her Ma-
jesty's ship Triton, Lieutenant-Commander Barton,
entered St. Helena on Sunday, the 27th of Feb-
ruary, in charge of a brigantine, name unknown,
captured off Killongu, on the west coast of Africa,
lat. 4 deg. 32 min. S., long. 10 deg. 52 min. E.
The Triton was at anchor when the.brigantine was
first discovered standing in shore ; she altered her
course immediately, and stood to sea. The Triton
got up steam, and, chasing all night, came up with
her at seven a.m. No colours were exhibited or
papers produced. She was fully equipped for the
slave trade, and had on board dollars to the value
of £3OO. Her captain came passenger, but was not
likely to oppose condemnation. Mr. N. Solomon
is the proctor.

Yesterday evening Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean
took their last benefit in the theatre which has
been the scene of so many of their triumphs, when
Shakespeare's " Henry V." was revived for the oc-
casion. It is the last " reviver that will take
place under his rule as director and kesee of the
Princess's Theatre, and he has evidently resolved•
that his concluding production shall eclipse all his
former efforts.
So deep has been the interest exhibited by all
classes in Mr. Kean's success, that it is but due to
him and to them to publish the concluding passages
in the preface to his arrangement of the new re-
vival, " King Henry V. :"
"As the term of my management is now
drawing
i to a close, I may, perhaps, be per-
mitted, n a few words, to express my thanks
for the support and encouragement I have received.
While endeavouring, to the best of my ability and
judgment, to uphold the interests of the drama in
its most exalted form, I may conscientiously assert
that I have been animated by no selfish or commer-
cial spirit. An enthusiast in the art to which my
life has been devoted, I have always entertained a
deeply-rooted conviction that the plan I have pur-
sued for many seasons might,' in due time, under
fostering care, render the stage productive of much
benefit to society at large. Impressed with a belief
that the genius of Shakespeare soars above all
rivalry, ~that he is the most marvellous writer the
world has ever known, and that his works contain
stores of wisdom, intellectual and moral, I cannot
but hope that one who has toiled for so many years,
in admiring sincerity, to spread abroad amongst
the multitude these invaluable gems, may at least
be considered as an limiest labourer, adding
his mite to the great cause of civilisation and
educational progress. After nine years of unre-
mitting exertion as actor and _director, the
constant strain of mind and body warns me to re-
treat from a combined duty which I find beyond
my strength, and in the exercise of which neither
zeal, nor devotion, nor consequent success, can con-
tinue to beguile me into a belief that the end will
compensate for the many attendant troubles and
anxieties. It would have been impossible, on
my, part, to gratify my enthusiastic wishes, in the
illustration of Shakspeare, , had not my previous
career as an actor placed me in a position of com-
parative independence with regard to speculative I
disappointment. Wonderful as have been the yearly
receipts, yet the vast sums' expended—sums, I have
every reason to believe, not to be paralleled in any
theatre of the same capability throughout the world
—make it advisable that I should now retire from
the self-imposed responsibility of management,
involving such a perilous outlay ; and the more
especially as a building so restricted in size as the
Princess's renders any adequate return utterly
hopeless. My earnest aim has been to promote
the well-being of my profession ; and if, in any
degree, I have attained so desirable an object, I
trust I may not be deemed presumptuous in cherish-
ing the belief that my arduous struggle has won
for me the honourable reward of—public approval."
The glorious language which Shakspeare has
placed in the mouth of Chorus has hitherto been
spoken by the figure of " Time." Clio, the muse of
History, is now chosen to supply Time's place, and,
sweetly played as it is by Mrs. Charles Kean, with
her classic figure, and her admirable execution, the
character becomes one of the most pleasing in the
tragedy. Under the guidance of the Chorus we
are shown two most admirable tableaux of the tents
of the French and'English before the battle of
Agincourt, the dissipation and vivacity of the
French dicers contrasting excellently with the de-
pressed solemnity of the English, who are at mass.
The first grand " effect" is the siege of Honfleur,
which is perhaps the most vivid re presensation of
a battle-field ever ',placed upon the stage.
Between the fourth and fifth acts Mr. Kean
tas introduced an " historical episode," represent-
ing the reception of King Henry on returning to
his capital, after the French expedition. The
scene represented is the approach to old London-
bridge from the Surrey side, where the citizens are
assembled in hundreds waiting the advent of the
monarch. The house balconies are crammed, all
the yards of the adjacent ships are manned, and the
joy-bells are pealing lustily. As the troops ap-
proach they are greeted with overwhelming cheers,
the mob rush ferward and wring their hands,
women search-eagerly in the ranks for their loved
ones, and while some are clasped to their husbands'
hearts, others are plunged into the deepest grief at
hearing of their losses. To welcome the king, who
arrives on horseback, comes out a procession of the
burgesses, followed by a chorus of young children,
who sing the identical " Song on the Victory of
Agincourt," and by a troop of morris-dancers
dressed as angels, who execute a very quaint and
pretty pas. The play was received with rapturous
applause ; the style and manner of its representa-
tion are worthy of Mr. Kean's fame. Three times
in the course of the evening he was summoned
before the curtain to receive the enthusiastic con-
' gratulations of the audience. Mrs. Kean partook:in
PL his triumph, and at the close of the performance
she was nearly overwhelmed with wreaths, gar-
) lands, and bouquets.
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INDIAN FINANCE..

Yesterday were issued, pursuant to an address
of the House of Lords, copies of despaches from the
Governor-General in council to the Secretary of
State for India, of the 26th of January and sth of
February, 1859, relative to Indian finances, and of
despatches in reply. In a despatch of the 16th of
the present month Lord Stanley tells the Governor-
General that he cannot refrain from observing
that " your requisition for an immediate sup-
ply of bullion from this country without a
previous indication of your contemplating such
a step, appears to furnish evidence of some want
of foresight on the part of those officers of your
government to whom your financial arrangements
are entrusted." The disposition to look to this
country as a certain resource for supplies of specie
cannot too strongly be discountenanced. His lordship
dismisses the proposal of the remittance of bullion
"at once, as one that cannot be entertained," and
adds that her Majesty's Government, after the
fullest consideration are inclined to recommend
that if further measures :should prove to be abso-
lutely necessary, the preferable course to follow
might be to open a six per cent. loan payable at
the option of Government in five or six years for a
fixed and specified amount, and to state distinctly
that the loan will be closed immediately that
amount is subscribed. There is an important ad-
dendum, however, to this despatch which disposes
of one of the previous statements. This addendum
or postscript is as follows:---
" Since this despatch was written, I have received
your letter dated sth February, No. 19, earnestly
soliciting that further remittances of bullion, to the
amount of two crores, in addition to the requisition
already complied with, may be forwarded without
delay, one crore to arrive in the course of April or
May, and the other as soon aftewards as it can be
despatched. Her Majesty's Government have
learned with deep regret the state of your financial
prospects-, • • which have forced you to make this
further requisition, which it is most inconve-
nient to meet, provision not having been made for
such large demands in the loan about to be con-
tracted here under the authority of Parliament; yet,
under all the circumstances, the), do not feel that
they can decline to comply with it, at least to the
extent of remitting a second million of bullion.
Measures will accordingly be taken for sending
another million, to 'arrive, if possible, in the course of
the month of May, and in the proportion of one-
third to Bombay and two-thirds to Calcutta. If
indispensable, and in the event of my not meanwhile
receiving more favourable accounts, a further
supply of bullion will be remitted to you within
the limit of a third crore. Her Majesty's
Government are glad to ' see from . your present
letter, that your are considering the practicability
of introducing new measures of taxation, which
are so urgently needed to meet the increased
payments which will have to be made, even after
the necessity for carrying on extraordinary military
operations shall have ceased.--I have, &c.,
(Signed) STANLEY."
Lord Stanley wishes also to strongly
impress
upon the Governor-General the fact, that any
efforts that can be made in this country with a
view to obviate financial embarrassment in India,
must inevitably be of little avail, unless the
necessity for increasing "your income and for
effecting a large reduction of expenditure be kept
steadily in view, and measures founded thereon be
promptly carried into effect."

Earl Jermyn, the eldest son of the Marquis of
Bristol, has issued an address to the electors of West Suffolk,
offering himself as a candidate, in anticipation of the retire-
ment of Mr IL S. Waddington. Earl Jermyn's address is
of a Conservative character, and on the whole favourable
to the Ministerial Reform Bill. At a meeting of the Con-
servatives, at Bury St. Edmund's, •on Wednesday, a re-
quisition was agreed to calling on Major Parker, of Clop-
ton-hall, to stand for the Western Division.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND DESERTION OP A WIFE—
FORTUNATE CAPTURE.—Thomas Edward Gilbert, a teacher
of music, was brought up in custody of Shillingford, ono of
the officers of the court (having been taken by him on
board the British Queen, at Gravesend, which vessel was
to sail this day for Auckland, New Zealand) charged with an
assault on his wife.

The prosecutrix, Julia Gilbert, said she had been married
to the prisoner only six months. He had left her and gone
with another female, by whom he had some children, and
on Sunday night last he came to where she was staying,
when she asked him if he was not, as she heard he was
going away, going to make her some allowance. At that
time prisoner, who had his hat and coat off, went down t•
answer a ring at the bell and did not come back but sent the
female for his hat and coat, which she refusing to let her
have, he came back, and on her sister interfering he struck
her, and afterwards gave her (prosecutrix) a violent blow in
the mouth, loosening some of her teeth. She was in a
destitute condition, only having a small room of furniture,
which, she had no doubt, would be taken by the landlord.
Mr. Lewis of Great Marlborough-street, addressed the
magistrate, Mr. Beadon, at some length for the prisoner,
concluding with the request that it might be treated as a
common assault.
Mr. Beadon said, here was a man married only six
months deserting his wife and going away with another
woman, and just before going on board the ship to leave
her probably for ever, and for aught he (the worthy magis-
trate) knew in the family-way. He considered it a very
aggravated case.
Committed for four months with hard labour.