The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-08 00:00:00

ENGLISH OPERA, LYCEUM.

Balfe's new opera, " The Rose of Castile," was I
repeated. here last night. The house was crowded,
and the performance was received with enthusiasm.
Mr. Harrison and Miss Louisa Pyne sustained the
chief parts with great ability and success. They
were called for at the end of the first act,
and again at the conclusion of the piece.
Mr. Weiss, who sustained the arduous
part of Pedro, was also summoned before the
curtain. At the. close of the second act Mr.
Harrison stepped forward and announced the con-
tents of the Indian despatch just then received at
the Foreign-office, the same as announced by Lord
Palmerston to the House of Commons, and Lord
Granville to the House of Lords. The audience
listened with the deepest interest, and at the con-
clusion the band struck up the National Anthem,
which was loudly applauded. We are glad to see
this successful season is terminating so brilliantly.

The Duke of Cleveland, who came to town on Wed
nesday last from the north, left his residence in St,
James's-square on Saturday, for Rugby Castle, Durham,
The Duke Of Hamilton has arrived in Arlington
street, from Hamilton Palace, N. 8., en route to join the
duchess and family at Nice.
The Marchioness of Exeter is seriously indisposed at
the family mansion in Grosvenor-square. Her ladyship
only arrived in tewn, from Hatfield, on Wednesday last.
The Earl and Countess Spencer left town on Satur-
day, for Althurp Park, Northamptonshire.
Viscount and Viscountess Villiers returned to town
on Saturday from visiting the Earl of Cardigan, at Dean
Park, near Kettering, where a large circle have been
staying during the week.
Lord Broughton arrived in town on Saturday, from
visiting the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey. His
lordship left town yesterday for Erlestoke Park, Wilts.
Lady Frederick Bentinck has been seriously indis
posed for some days past.
Miss Jenny Meyer is appointed to fill Johanna
Wagner's post in the Royal Theatre of Berlin, at a
salary of 4,000 thalers a year—about 6001. of our
money. Fraulin Wagner has, it is said, married, re-
tired into private life, and entirely withdrawn from
her professional career.
It is generally understood that there will be no Wind-
sor theatricals this Christmas. The dramatic folk have
heard, on the other hand, that the gratuitous opening of
the theatres, on the occasion of the marriage of her
Royal Highness the Princess Royal, is under conside-
ration.—Athenceum.
The advices from Sydney state that the Centurion
has sailed for London with 107 ounces of gold and
10,000 sovereigns, and the Maid of Judah with 197
ounces of gold and 14,600 sovereigns, making a total
of about 26,0001.
A letter from Bremen of the 21 says that the commer-
cial crisis bad not produced any ill effects of importance
in that place up to that date, the number of bankrupt-
cies not being greater than usual, but it was not believed
that the town could much longer escape"!
GENERAL CANROBERT.—Canrobert has written to. a
lady now in Paris, widow of an English general killed
in the Crimea, a letter full of the deepest admiration of
the behaviour of the British troops in India. "No one
who has seen the skill and valour displayed by British
officers can have bad any doubts of the issue," says the
Marshal ; " but even we are astonished at the speed
with which theso immense results have been accom-
plished."—Court Journal.
THE EXETER HALL SERVICES.—Sunday evening the
third of the series of Sunday services, designed for the
benefit of the working classes, was given at Exeter
Hall. The spacious building was densely crowded. The
sermon was preached by the Rev. John Graham, minis.
ter of Craven chapel, Golden-square.
The Pays has received a peivate letter from London
of Dec. 2, stating that it has been decided to spare the
life of the King of Delhi, and that he will be imprisoned'
in the fortress of Vellore for the remainder of his days.
Nouvadja Shah, King of Delhi, now in the 93d year, is
the representative of the family of Akbar-Kban, one
of the foundess of the Mogul empire.
INQUEST ON THE WOMAN AND CHILD DROWNED IN
THE VICTORIA PARK.—An inquest was held on Friday
night, on the bodies of Ann Chamberlain and her child,
found drowned in a pond in Victoria Park. The circum-
stances of the case have already been briefly stated in our
paper. The jury returned an open verdict, viz :
" Found dead in the water of the Victoria Park, but,
how they came there there is no legal evidence show. '
OMNIBUSES AND CABS IN THE METROPOLIS.—From
an official document just issued it appears that last
year's railage duty on omnibuses, licenses, Sec., was
74,270/. 7e. 101, whilst on cabs the total duty was
82,1101. 95., including the drivers' and conductors
licenses.
A despatch, dated Dec. 5, says :—" An ordinance of
. the Senate suspends Art. 29 of the German law on com-
mercial bills. It orders that the notes of the private
hank of Lubeck shall be received by the public offices."
THE CRISIS IN HAMBURG.—A letter (Wed the 6th
inst. says that 16 more houses have stopped, making
up 41 firms within the last three days.
AUSTRO-GERMAN TELEGRAPHS.—The foiluwing static-
tical information relative to the Auetro-Grerman tele-
graphs may be of interest to some of our readers
the 25th July, 1850, Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, acid
Saxony concluded a telegraph convention, and al“he
other German States are now parties to it. Tile-length
of the telegraph wires is about 5,000 Gerroaa miles
(abot 24,950 Engli,,h miles), and the length of the
different lines 2,880 German miles (about 14,300
' English miles.