The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1859.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

We are enabled to state upon authority that Her Majesty's
Theatre will be opened for the usual summer season, under
the management of Mr. E. T. Smith, and that the general
musical arrangements are to be under the direction of Mr.
Benedict, who will officiate as conductor of the orchestra.
The principal tenors already engaged are Signori Mongini
and Graziani ; the baritones, Signori Graziani (of the Royal
Italian Opera), Fagotti, and Badiali ; the ladies, Madlle.
Weisser, Signore Sarotta, Brambilla, Vauneri, and Madlle.
Titiens.

Many other artistes of celebrity are likewise expected to
join the company.

The vexed question of the re-opening of this great lyric
theatre was only decided yesterday afternoon.—Morning
Post.

The Prince of Wales, who is travelling under
the name of " Baron Renfrew," passed through Botzen, in
the Southern Tyrol, on the 20th ult., and through Verona at
10 o'clock in the morning of the 24th. Although his Royal
Highness wishes to travel incognito, he received and re-
turned the visit of the Archduke Charles Louis, the Gover-
nor of the Tyrol, when he was at Innspruck.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Baron Knese-
beck, arrived at St. James's Palace, last evening, from
Cambridge Cottage, Kew, for the season.
His Excellency the American Minister and Mrs.
Dallas honoured the Panorama of the Mammoth Cave of
Kentucky and other American scenery, at the Royal Gal-
lery of Illustration, with a visit yesterday.
The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Lady
Cecilia Gordon Lennox are expected to arrive in Portland-
place, to-day, from Goodwood Park, Sussex. His grace is
invited to the Earl of Derby's Parliamentary banquet this
evening.
The Marquis of Bath has arrived at his residence
in Berkeley-square, from Longleate, Wilts.
The Marquis of Tweedale has arrived in town
from fester House, Haddingtonshire.
The Countess of Derby has issued cards for
assemblies on each Wednesday in February, at her man-
sion, St. James's-square.
The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor are ex-
pected to arrive in town to-morrow from Calvaley Park,
Cheshire. -

Viscountess Palmerston will have an assembly
this evening, at her mansion in Piccadilly.
Viscount and Viscountess Sydney will return to
town to-day from their seat, Frognal, Kent.
The Bishop of Durham has arrived at Claridge's
Hotel, from Auckland Castle.
Lady Peel and the Right Hon. Frederick and
Mrs. Peel come to town to-morrow from Hampton Manor,
near Coventry, for the season.

It is reported that various modifications of the
tariff are contemplated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
in his next financial arrangements.
MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT.—MANCHESTER,
Tuesday.---The busines of to-day has beenlimited in amount.
Offers are freely made at' a considerable decline in prices ;
these are generally refused by producers, who are not
pressed for orders. The cloth market is not altered since
last week, but orders are not quite so plentiful.
The advices from St. Petersburg continue to
describe great speculative activity in the field of joint-
stock enterprise. The concoction of companies proves
fascinating in that region from its novelty, and in many
cases large premiums are obtained. At the same time
rtunsur still runs on the urgent necessity of a State loan.
tinder these circumstances the precipitate disclosures at
Paris of the aggressive policy against Austria must have
been regarded by Russian statesmen as a great and annoy-
ing mistake.

MURDER AT MANCIIRSTER.—Yesterday afternoon
a man named William Thompson, of the Cross Keys beer-
house, Albert-street, conunitted a most determined murder,
by stabbing his wife in the neck with a knife. He after-
wards hanged himself, having previously attempted to set
fire to the house. • The cause of the dreadful deed is stated
to be jealousy, which had. led to frequent quarrels between
th. pair.

There is now living in Wells a remarkable old
woman, in he? 105th yeav, -who has cut two teeth, a circum-
stance which occurred to her in her 103 d year. Mrs. Oxley
is the widow of the late Mr. John Oxley, tiler and plas-
terer, of Wells.
A YOUNG LADY MORTALLY SHOT.—Yesterday
Miss Mary Ann Hum , aged 16, who resided in Hill-
street, Peckham, asked her brother 'William to shoot some
pigeons, and a gun was taken down from the mantelshelf ;
while putting on a cap it exploded, the contents entering
her body. Medical assistance was sent for, but from the
severe laceration • the unfortunate young lady shortly
expired.

CURIOUS OCCURREVCE.—During the Cothelstone
coursing meeting, on Thursday last, the following singular
circumstance took place drawing a small covert
thee coursers wen astonished to see no fewer than 80 or 100
pheasants rise at once, and three hens singling themselves
out flew almost locked together to a house, where they
smashed a pane of plate glass (four feet by three) into
atoms. They were takcri up dead by the ladies who were
watching the coursing from the window.—Manchester
Guardian.

COURAGE REWARDED.—Yesterday (Tuesday) a
rich service of plate, veined at about £lOO, together with a
purse containing 100 guineas, was presented as a testimo-
nial from a number of the merchants of Liverpool to Capt.
Johnston, of the ship Eastern City, for his cool and intre-
pid conduct at the burning of that ship, from which he
escaped and saved 4he lives of 237 of the crew and passen-
gers. The presentition took place at the rooms of Messrs.
Elkington and Co., who supplied the plate, and Captain.
Schomberg, R.N., the emigration officer at Liverpool, as-
sisted at the presentation.,

RAILWAY BlLLS.—Yesterday Messrs. Smith and
Frere, the examiners, declared the standing orders of both
Houses of Parliament tolhave bee* complied with in re-
spect to the following railway bills:—Kingsbridge and South
Devon; London and North-Western (Branch to Gilder-
some) ; London and North-Western (Extension to Orsett);
London and North-We*ern (Denton to Staleybridge) ;
South Staffordshire ; Portsmouth and London and South-
Western; Bombay, Baroda, and Central India; Witney ;
Great Western and London and North-Western (Traffic
Arrangement) ; Vale of Neath ; South Yorkshire; London
and North-Western (Working and Traffic Arrangements) ;
Great Western ; Oxford,fforcester9 and Wolverhampton ;
Tenbury; Belfast and Londonderry Junction' (the standing
orders not complied with:.)
Mr. ROUPELL, M 2., AND HIS CONSTITUENTS..--
Last evening a very cro7,vded meeting of the electors and
non-electors of the boncnigh of Lambeth was held at the
Horns Taverns, Kennington, for the purpose of hearing an
addreSs from r. W. Itoupell, one of the members of the
borough, as to his past conduct in Parliament, and the
course he should pursne in future. Mr. Roupell, in the
course of his speech, said that there were several Reform
Bills to be brought before Parliament, but that he should
not pledge himself to any one, but would accept that which
went furthest. A vote of thanks for his past services and
of confidence and support for the future was carried. The
meeting then separated.

THE POACHING AFFRAY IN NOTTS.-DEATH OF
ONE OF THE POACHERS.—Ward, the man who was so
severely wounded in the late violent affray at Shelford
(Notts), died from the effects of his wounds on Monday, the
31st inst. It is stated by the keepers who were engaged
in the affray that the blow on his head was inflicted by one
of his own gang ; that it was meant for one of the keepers,
but that he stooped, and that it knocked down the deceased.
Ward's skull was smashed, and he lingered for a week,
when death took place. An inquest upon the body was held
at the County Hall on Monday night last, before Mr. Coro-
ner Swann, and adjourned for a week. The police have not
yet succeeded in capturing more of the gang. Curzon
(who was taken on the spot) is in custody.
OYSTERS AT HERNE BAY.-At the commence-
ment of the winter it was stated that vast quantities of
oyster brood had been deposited along this coast, and a hope
was expressed that it would be a boon to many poor persons
when employment was scarce. We can now report that
the extraordinary low tides which prevailed last week after
the full moon, aided by strong southerly winds, have given
opportunity to many to collect the brood, and reap a good
reward by the sale of it. On Friday and Saturday it was
calculated that about two hundred persons were busily
employed in this vicinity. From 3s. to 10s. or 12s. a day
have been earned by individuals and families, and it is
gratifying to state that many have availed themselves of
their good fortune to pay off outstanding debts unavoidably
contracted.--Kentish Gazette.

DEATH OF THE REV. CANON CHESSHYRE.—
One of the stalls in Canterbury Cathedral, and the joint
livings of St. Paul and St. Martin, Canterbury, have.be-
come vacant by the death of the Rev. Canon Chesshyre,
which took place early yesterday morning, after a lengthened
period of extreme suffering, borne with exemplary patience
and Christian fortitude. When selected by the Earl of
Derby as a successor to the Rev. Canon Stanley, on that
gentleman's appointment as Regius Professor of Ecclesias-
tical History in the University of Oxford and to the canonry
of Christ Church attached thereto, in March, MS, the de-
ceased clergyman was then suffering from the indisposition
which baffled all the resources of human skill, and has ter-
minated his career at the comparatively early age of 55.
THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY.—The
new steam ship Nepaul left this day for Marseilles, for the
conveyance of the mails between that port and Alexandria.
The steam ship Union left this day for the Mauritius, to
convey the mails (under the new contract) between that port
and Reunion (Isle of Bourbon). The steam ship Fulton left
this day for Havre to take on mails and passengers for
New York. She will leave this port on the 9th instant for
her destination with the French and English mails. The
Hamburg-American Company's ships, which have ceased
running during the winter, are announced to depart again on
the 4th proximo. They will call at Southampton on the out-
ward and homeward passage. This line comprises the steam
ships Borussia, Hammonia, Saxonia, and Bavaria. They
will form a fortnightly communication between Hamburg,
Southampton, and New York