The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-17 00:00:00

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.

There can be no doubt that the " Isle of St. Tropez" is a
melancholy drama, and that the admirable acting of Mr.
Wigan is not calculated tc raise the spirits. In fact, the
high finish and wonderful at:ention to detail which mark his
personation of the principal character produce impressions
the more painful in propart;on to their depth. At present,
however, no visitor to this theatre has any occasion to be afraid
that he will be sent home in a melancholy mood. A farce called
" The Pacha of Pimlico," which was produced on Monday
evening, is broad enough to counteract the effect of any
tragedy, however deep, and is an antidote powerful enough
to neutralise the effects of any poison, however deleterious.
To find that the mysteries of a harem are transferred to a
second-floor back in Pimlico, and that a tobacconist and his
assistant figure in the most absurd of Turkish costumes,
whilst a milliner's apprentice becomes a Georgian slave, and
a bag of rabbit-skins does duty for the fatal sack of the
East, is t) indicate a sufficient amount of alsurdity, which,
controlled as it is by Mr. Maddison Morton dramatic ex.
perience, and interpreted by Miss Julia St. Casse and
Messrs. C.Young, and Belmore, cannot fail to be productive
of a tremendous amount of laughter. In short, the parody
upon Eastern customs that forms the basis of the piece,
which bears unquestionable marks of a Frenci origin, is a
capital subject and is capitally treated.

The marriage of Miss Victoria Russell, second
daughter of the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P., with
Mr. M. Villiers, son of the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of
Durham, being announced to take place yesterday at Peter-
sham Church, Surrey, the church was crowded at an early
hour with spectators. The bride, who was accompanied by
her father, was attired in a dress of whits glace silk, with
two deep Brussels lace flounces. Her headdress consisted
of a wreath of white roses, white lilies, myrtle, and orange
flowers, ancra large square veil of Brussels lace. A. valuable
necklace of pearls and diamonds completed the costume.
At the conclusion of the ceremony the wedding party re-
paired to Pembroke-lodge, Richmond, the seat of Lord
John Russell, where a dejeuner was given. The newly-
married couple afterwards left town on their tour.
Last week we noticed the performance of Herr
Decker Schenk and his company of Swiss female singers
at St. James's-hall, recommending them warmly to the
attention of our musical readers. This entertainment con-
tinues to be given daily, with greater and greater success ;
and no wonder, for there is a charming freshness about
these mountain melodies of Switzerland and the Tyrol,
delightful to the ear and suggestive to the imagination.
PLYMOUTH', April 16.—The ship Tubal Cain,
Captain Charles H. Clarke, 564 tons register, belonging to
Bath, U.S, laden with wool, 137 days from Adelaide,
having met strong contrary winds in the Channel, and
being short of provisions, has put into the Sound, bound to
London. Off the Land's End on the 11th she spoke the
English barque Malay, Captain Peers, 105 days from Ade-
laide.

AUSTRALIAN GOLD.—PLYMOUTIr, Tuesday.—
The ship Kooria Mooria, Captain Adams, from Melbourne
Jan. 1, which put into the Sound en Saturday with gold
dust for London, left again this morning. Tho wind con-
tinues to blow strongly from the eastward, and with her
buoyant cargo of wool the Koeria Mooria cannot make
much progress up the Channel against it. But for the
compart.tive shortness of the nights and the increasing
moonlight the troopships from China and India now out-
side the port would be compelled to take refuge in the
Sound.

TYNEMOUTH, Tuesday Afternoon.—Mr. Otway,
brother-in-law of Lord Clarence Paget, is the Liberal can-
didate. His friends have commenced to canvass for him,
and he will be down in the borough to .morrow. Mr. It.
Hodgson and the Conservative party are busily engaged
canvassing to-day, and that gentleman will address a meet-
ing of the electors to-night. There is every prospect of a
warm contobt. It is not likely that Mr. Lambert will
stand.

PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN.

—The following are the names of the gentlemen who passed
the major examination, ikpril 16, as pharmaceutical che-
mists :—Henry C. Birch, Richmond ; William Cornish,
Brighton;over;
\v
il berm Grindley, Elliott,
Newcastle; Stanley Fowler,
D
Chester; Thomas H. Thist-
wick, Harrogate; and Robert Towers, Ulverston.
THE INDIAN FAMINE RELIEF FUND.—The dona-
Rliao

ions forwarded yesterday to the Mansion-house towards

this fund amounted to £2,920 odd, making the total sum
raised there, down to last night, £46,093, exclusive of the
money subscribed in Liverpool, Dublin, Edinburgh, Man-
chester, and several other of the principal cities and towns.
The amount received yesterday was considerably swelled
by sums which had been collected in churches and chapels
on Sunday last and by contributions from provincial towns.
Birmingham, through- Mr. Ryland, the mayor, sent £5OO
(a second instalment) ; Bath, £500; the corpora-
tion of Ncwcastle-upnn-Tyro, £100; Kendal, by
Mr. W. H. Wakefield, the mayor, £lOO (a first
contribution) ; Walsall, £5O; and £lO6 odd was col-
lected on Sunday at Trinity Church, Tulse-hill. Lord
Stanley has also sent £2O. On Sunday last collections were
made in nearly all the churches and chapels in Liverpool
and the neighbourhood, and down to yesterday afternoon
the sum subscribed there amounted to £B,OOO. The next
mail for Bombay will leave to-morrow (Thursday), by which
all sums received up to that time will be despatched to Sir
George Clerk, the Governor of that Presidency.
THE FIRE AND Loss OF TEN LIVES IN DUBLIN.

—An inquest was held on Monday on the bodies of the
ten persons who lost their lives at a fire in-Patrick-street,
Dublin, as repoitod in our columns yesterday. The jury
expressed an opinion that the fire was caused by the
intemperate habits of Michael Barker and his wife, two of
the inmates of the house, who escaped from a fate similar
tp that of the deceased. They were accordingly taken into
custody.

THE SUSPECTED MURDER AT ROCHDALE.—On
Monday John Warburton, the man who is suspected of
having caused the death of Ellen Garside, by drowning in
the Rochdale canal at Lock-bridge, on or about the let of
April, Was again brought up at the Rochdale Police Court.
Mr. Superintendent Pickering applied a second time for a
remand, and again stated that he, besides being able to
prove an improper connection between the parties, in the
neighbourhood of Manchester, under the assumed name of
Roberts, could also prove that while the deceased was at
Manchester, Warburton several times came to Rochdale to
console the husband for his loss, adding that he was very
greatly surprised at deceased's conduct, for he never thought
she would do such a thing as leave home. The remand was
granted without opposition until to-day, when it is expected
that the case will be gone into.

MURDER OF A- CHILD BY TWO BOYS, NEAR
STOCKPORT.—On Friday last, the dead and naked body of
a child, about two and a half years old, named Geo. Bur-
gess, was found in a brook near Hcmpshaw-lane, Stock-
port. The deceased was the son of a person named Ralph
Burgess, residing in Higher Hillgr,te, Stockport. The
body presented a pitiful appearance, the whole of the back
and arms being a mass of bruises, apparently inflicted with
a stick. An inquest was opened on the body on Saturey,
when several witnesses were called, who deposed to having
seen the deceased in company with two boysin the vicinity of
the place where the body was found,whilst one of them stated
she saw one of the young wretches beating it with a stick. The
medical gentlemen who had made apost mortem examination
stated that the cause of death was suffocation from drown-
ing, and that the injuries on the back must have been
inflicted with a stick shortly before death. Two lads,
named Barrett and Bradley, each stated to be only eight
year of age, were taken into custody on Saturday night,
and they have confessed to committing the murder; but
until the adjourned inquest is held, the circumstances under
whie4 tile crime was perpetrated will tact be made Public.