The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-27 00:00:00

ENGLISH OPERA.—THEATRE-ROYAL, COVENT-
GARDEN.—Auber's opera of "Le Domino Noir" was re-
peated for the sixth time last evening to a fashionable and
crowded audience. By the announcement we perceive the

season is drawing to a close, there being only ten more
nights. Among the distinguished personages who have
lately honoured the theatre with their presence we have
noticed the following :—The Marquis and Marchioness of
Normanby, Marchioness of Ely, Earl Spencer, Viscount
Exmouth, the Dowager Countess of Essex, Lord and Lady
C. Bruce, Ladies Grey, Mary Bulteel, C. Barrington,
Theresa Lewis, Elinor Stanley, Kinnoul, Churchill,
and Boothby ; Duke of Hamilton, Earl of Carrington,
Lords Alfred Paget, De Tabley, Kinnoul, Cremorne ; Sir
C. Armytage, Bart. ; Sir John Stuart, Col. and the Hon.
Mrs. Biddulph, General Cavendish, Colonel Vivian, Hon.
Mrs. Stonor, Hon. Mrs. Ricardo, Colonel and Mrs.
Bathurst, &c., &c.

The late Mr. J, R. Judkin, of St.Thomas's-square,
Ila",kney, has left a legacy of one hundred guineas, free of
legacy duty, to the National Lifeboat Institution.
SUDDEN DEATII OF LADY RODEN.—It iS
with regret that we announce the sudden death of Lady
Roden, which took place on Monday afternoon at the
family mansion in Cavendish-square. We are informed
that the Countess, who had been in delicate health for
some years past, had only left her room to meet her
daughters, the Countess of Gainsborough, the Mar-
chioness of Londonderry, and Lady Marie Forester who

had assembled to take luncheon with their mother, when
she was attacked with an apoplectic stroke, and in less
than half -an - hour afterwards was pronounced
dead. The Earl of Roden was absent from town at the

time, but reached London in the evening to receive the
melancholy news. The Countess Maria Frances Catherine
Stapleton was second daughter of Thomas, 22d Lord Le
Despencer, and was born on the 22d of September, 1794,
and by the Earl of Roden, whom she married on the 9th of
June, 1813, she leaves surviving issue Elizabeth, Mar-
chioness of Londonderry ; Frances, Countess of Gains-
borough ; Maria, widow of the Hon. Charles Weld Forester ;
Colonel the Hon. Strange Jocelyn, married to a daughter
of Lord Broughton ; and the Hon. William N. Jocelyn,
belonging to the diplomatic service.
20TH SURREY RIFLES.—On Monday evening a
dramatic entertainment took place at the Griffin Assembly-
rooms, Kingston, for the benefit of the 20th Surrey Rifles,
under the patronage of her Grace the Duchess of Northam•
berland, and the nobility and gentry of the district. The
play selected for performance was Sheridan Knowles's
" Hunchback," Miss Amy Sedgwick, who generously gave
her services, taking the character of Julia. The other cha-
racters were very respectably acted, especially that of
Master Walter by Mr. Armstrong, which was in the highest
degree satisfactory. The entertainment was numerously
attended, and no doubt the funds of the corps will be con-
siderably increased.
THE ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT IN MANCHES-
TERDMITORS PRISON.-Sir John Kincaid, who was directed
by Sir G. C. Lewis to inquire into the allegations recently
made respecting the treatment of the debtors confined in
the Manchester City gaol, has made his report. Sir
John is of opinion that the debtors department of the pri-
son is " very defective," but with reference to the charges
of harshness preferred against the governor, Captain Lane,
he asserts that he has not been able to discover that he
" exceeded, in any case, the duties which he was bound to
see carried out." Equally satisfactory has been the conduct
of the other officers of the prison, and the visiting justices
are stated to have shown due attention to every memorial
or complaint addressed to them by the debtors.--11/renehos-
ter Guardian.
INSOLVENCY OF A PRIVATE BANK ER.—The recent
death of Mr. John Crosby, banker, Kirkby Thore, West-
moreland, who during his lifetime was a man highly re-
spected by all classes of society, has revealed a state of in-
solvency which has caused great surprise, and will cause
great misery in the district. Mr. Crosby died very suddenly
at his residence on the 12th inst., and upon his execu-
tors going to examine his books after his death they found
there was a great deficit. A meeting of the creditors was
held on Saturday last at the George Hotel, Penrith, when
it was stated that the liabilities amounted to £Bl,OOO,
and the assets were £39,000, leaving a deficiency of
£42,000. It is generally expected that the creditors will
only receive about ss. in the pound. This failure will
cause the greatest misery in the neighbourhood, where
Mr. Crosby was held in high esteem. The number of
depositors was large. Many small farmers who had placed
their money in the bank to be ready for their rent-
day on the 25th of March will be almost ruined ; others
who had taken farms had their money accumulating in the
bank, as they thought, to stock them ; farm servants had
deposited their savings in Mr. Crosby's hands, and have
lost their all. The losses will be heavily felt in all the coun-
try side. It is supposed the insolvency must have been for
a long time approaching a crisis, but the fact was shut up in
Mr. Crosby's own breast, as he kept his books strictly
private, permitting no one to examine them but himself,
even his son who was in the office not having that privi-
lege. The creditors, a largo number of whom assembled at
the meeting on Saturday, appointed a committee of inves-
tigation.