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LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1857.

at the mere thought of any such wholesale innova-
tions. If, on the contrary, he bids for something
like an obdurate scheme of Finality, or, still
worse, of something Ile absolute Retrogression—
farewell at once to the aid otherwise secure at the
hands of every Lambeth repudiator of Wiscount-
cies, and other titular glories of the Haristocracy !
According to the anti-Palmerstonians, in fact, the
Noble Lord at the head of the Government is in
a cleft stick. According to them he had much
better have been defeated. According to them his
victory is a veritable disaster, not so much to the
country as to himself. Why, upon this principle,
one might as rationally have tried to frighten
DANIEL LAMBERT With the dread of atrophy—or
have endeavoured to appal the Living Skeleton with
the notion that he woull die the victim of ele-
phantiasis. The arguments employed by the
enemies of the Administration are altogether too
preposterous. They remind us of one of those
memorable apophthegms of Mr. SAMUEL WELLER
—" Rayther too rich, as the little boy said when
he objected to a pork pie because it was all fat !"
Really and truly the logic of the anti-Palmer-
stonians in blowing in one and the same breath
hot and cold, in proving everything
.to be at one
and the same time black and white, is just a trifle
too ridiculous. The weakness of Lord PALMER-
STON, if we are to listen to them, consists in his
strength—their strength in their weakness.
"Fair is foul and foul is 'fair,
Hover thro' the fog and filthy air"—
meaning the political atmosphere just now, accord-
ing to the view of the anti-Palmerstonians.
Before the Dissolution—the noble Viscount
could not survive his Defeat. After the Dissolu-
tion, now that the General Election is pretty well
completed, it is absolutely impossible he can by
any chance survive his Victory. So we are told
by his discomfited antagonists. Well—we dare
say that he will somehow or other just manage to
survive it nevertheless. It is a very bitter pill for
him to swallow, we don't, of course,' attempt to
deny that, for a moment—a very bitter pill, this
overwhelming Majority of his in the new Parlia-
ment Yet, lo and behold, he has already con-
trived to swallow it ! It is perfectly wonderful
what taste some people have. But it really does
appear as if this Rosicrucian Premier of ours, this
Youth-in-Age, this Adolescent Octogenarian (or
very near it), so far from revolting from the poi-
soned chalice of a Majority presented to him by
the constituencies--30 far from revolting from it,
actually seems to quaff it with a relish like an
Elixir Well—again we observe, we dare say
he will contrive, somehow, to survive it. A diffi-
cult matter, no doubt, to endure the anguish of
such a really glorious triumph : but still we dare.
say he will survive it—the deadly anticipations of
his enemies to the contrary (as the old legal idiom
has it) nevertheless notwithstanding. Obviously
to thorn, to those enemies, " the wish is father to
the thought." That, no doubt, will be a solace
to the Prime Minister in this afflicting hour of his
success. Under the pressure of which calamitous
happiness, we here venture to proffer to him, our
commiserative congratulations.

This striking difference between " interest" and
"discount" clearly proves the " thimble-rigging
dodge" performed by the moneyocracy. Under fa-
vourable circumstances "discount" shoWid be much
less than " interest ;" and such was invariably the
case in the palmy days of England, when the for-
tunes were acquired which the owners are seeking
to increase in value at the expense of the
rest of the community, but especially of the
industrial classes. But now matters are altoge-
ther changed, and if affairs should long remain
in the same condition, we may reasonably con-
clude that the culminating point of British pros-
perity has been passed, and that men now living
will witness the decline and fall of the once proud
"Queen of the Ocean."
Surely the new Parliament will pause before
they sanction the renewal of a system to which
this untoward state of affairs may be directly
traced. A new Bank Committee must be ap-
pointed immediately after the meeting of the
Legislature ; and if that Committee ho-
nestly and fairly discharge its arduous
and important duties, we cannot doubt
but that considerable alterations will be
inaugurated in our monetary code. Sir G. C.
LEWIS has avowed his desire to renew the act of
1844, without change or modification of any
kind. But as we have stated in reference to
other topics, he is made of "squeezable mate-
rials," and will readily yield to an adequate pres-
sure from without. The exertions of monetary
reformers should now mainly be directed to
obtaining a fair and searching investigation
into the operation of the existing law.

It is really amusing to observe the extraordi-
nary manner in which some of the Anti-Palmer-
stonians are consoling themselves. Discomfited,
utterly and irretrievably discomfited, by the re-
sult of the General Election, they are pulling the
longest faces imaginable—not, observe, at their
own defeat, but at their opponent's victory ! The
consequences of that victory to himself, to the
constituencies, to the country generally, are
scarcely to be thought of ! " Wait a bit," they
say—with a sinister raising of the eyebrows, and
a sardonic shrug of the shoulders, and a sarcastic
curl of the lips, and a " Burleigh " nod, and a
sigh , " like furnace," a sigh of mingled des-
pair and commiseration Only wait a bit, and
see " 0 those consequences ! Consequence 3
quite awful to conteruplat, quite appalling !
Never were such consequences.

Increased firmness is perceptible in the money
market. There was an advance yesterday of one-
eighth in the quotations of the Government 3 per
Cents. ! Better still, we hear that " there was a
temporary absence of the pressure for money in the
Stock Exchange, the discount market, and at the
Bank I" These results have followed, and pro-
bably were the consequences, of the arrival of
gold from Australia by the Royal Charter. In
other words, the receipt of something more than
half-a-million of pounds sterling (525,0001.) has
occasioned this conspicuous change, and pos-
sibly prevented the addition of another hall
per cent, to the minimum rate of dis-
count. Can there be a more striking illustration of
the impolicy of our present monetary code
than the above-mentioned circumstances. In
private life, a man worth some seven or eight
thousand pounds would not rejoice exceedingly at
the receipt of half-a-sovereign a little sooner than
he had anticipated. It would be a bagatelle, not
worth taking into consideration. But Lombard-
street rejoices at this comparatively trivial addition
to the stock of the precious metals. There is ease
in the money market, and that although a large
proportion of the recent arrival will be
exported to other lands. This clearly proves
that it is currency, not capital, that is want-
ing. We are to all intents and purposes the
wealthiest nation of the world, and yet we are
brought to a stand-still ; production ceases, in-
dustry_is paralysed for the want of a proper mea-
sure and representative of value, a suitable me-
dium of exchange that will permit a fair adjust-
ment of accounts. For permanent investments
little more than 31. 2s. per cent. ctn be obtained,
while the highest class paper will not be discounted
for double the rate. And the parties are fortu-
nate if they can obtain legitimate accommodation
at that price, together with " a commission" that
will increase the charge to some 10 or 12 per
cent.

And yet—when we come to look at them, they
prove (these astounding consequences), to be most
inconsistent and altogether contradictory.
According
for (xau:plo, the
b some, perilous
position of Lord P.ALMERSTON, at the present
moment, is traceable to the circumstance of his
being encumbered with the aid of so many ultra-
Liberals,.

There are many competent and trustworthy
witnesses ready and willing► to come forward
and to detail the result; of their experience. But
their evidence will not be received unless forced
on the " packed jury." Desirous of having some
foundation for their previously concocted report,
they will refuse to listen to those who may con-
fut© their "foregone conclusions." Mercator
and his disciples will alone be heard. Their palp-
able fallacies will be "cooked" into a report,
and the community at large condemned to ten
yoars additional " penal servitude," making ,
bricks while the straw is kept, back from the

According to others, it is cxplicable by the fact
of his supporters numbering amongst them so
many ultra-Conservatives.
He must be wrecked on Toryism, says One.
He must be wrecked on Ratii„iisw, says another.
He will disgust the Conservatives by his Reforms, i
and the Reformers by his Conservatism. If he
bids for Changes, searching and.comprehensis e,
be will at once estrange those among his nominal
disciples who are horror-,tricken, by anticipation,

labourers. A few striking demonstrations
at the proper time and place would avert this
fearful evil. We have already witnessed the
potent operation of popular excitement in refer-
ence to the Income Tax. The " pettifogging
quibble" was swept away before the voice of
public opinion, clearly and intelligibly expressed.
None dared to maintain " the slight convenient
entrenchment in the distance," when the fiat had
gone forth that it should be razed to the earth.
The monetary is even more important than
the fiscal question, inasmuch as the amount
levied is less annoying than the mode of
obtaining the means of payment. Let the
latter point be satisfactorily arranged, and we
shall more willingly pay 2s. in the pound than
Is. or even 7d. under the present monetary sys-
tem. Let the question only receive the attentive
consideration that it so eminently merits, and a
fair and righteous verdict be returned, and we
shall be contented ! The welfare and prosperity
of the people will then be insured for a long
erm of years !

A supplemental list of the non-commissioned
officers and privates who are considered justly
entitled to the French military mar medal
has just been published. Four hundred
of these honourable and highly-gratifying
decorations had already been distributed
before Sebastopol, where the exploits by which
they bad been so eminently merited were per-
formed. The remaining hundred have now been
disposed of to those who had been obliged to
leave the Crimea previous to the distribution. It
is indeed highly gratifying to those men, and .to
their families, to know that the faithful and exem-
plary discharge of their onerous duties has been
duly recognised and appreciated. In the olden
time the name of the fallen or wounded
soldier might possibly be "embalmed in
a Gazette," but that was all he could
anticipate. His ' deserts were blighted by
" the cold shade of aristocracy." Now mat-
ters are altered. There is something to which
the living man, albeit of humble birth and slender
means, may refer with pride and gratification ,
during the remainder of his career, and which will
remain a cherished heir-loom in his family during
successive generations. It is not merely his acci-
dental presence at a particular contest that will ,

thus be testified, but extraordinary gallantry on
some striking occasion, where he well deserved the
designation of " bravest of the brave," or a pro-
tracted course of exemplary conduct that proved
him a really "good soldier."

We look with intense gratification to the selec-
tions made for the Legion of Honour (how appro-
priate the designation !)—the VICTORIA Medal
and the French Military Medal. The prospect
of such rewards will stimulate the private soldier
as highly as the hope of the "Bath " could his
aristocratic leaders. He may not be enabled
to exclaim —" A Peerage or Westminster
Abbey," but he can feel that there is
something almost as dear to him as the
hereditary title to the General or Admiral,
which he may acquire, and which he will regard
as an equivalent stake to a lowly grave
on the well-foughten field. Besides the very
aspiration will operate as a perpetual incentive to
good conduct. The man looking forward to.such
a distinction will not risk it by yielding to the
seductions of the wine cup, or anything
that may damage his chance of obtaining
it. The very struggle will ennoble him, and for
every one that obtains it there will be ten others
improved, and rendered in every sense of the
word better men. We hope that the system
thus inaugurated will be duly carried out,
and that henceforward the " hope of dis-
tinction " may opera,be as a more powerful
incentive to meritorious conduct than the dread of
punishment. It ;,s far better to bestow "stripes
en the arm" than on the back—to govern the
men rather by love than fear. The plan
was long since earnestly recommended by
the Hero of Meanee and of Hyderabad.
and we rejoice to find that the suggestion of Sir
CITA ALES JAMES NAP= is, although tardily, at
le'agth efficiently carried into practical execution,

fliE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1857.

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8 o'clock.

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ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.
STATE OF THE POLL.
LONGFORD, COUNTY.—(FIRST DAY.)
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••• ... 836

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FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDAY EVENINOM
The Grand Duke Constantine will be here on ilia
23d M. de Kisseleff; Geo. Todtleben, and other
Russians of the army and navy now in Paris, will, as
a matter of course, go to Toulon to meet him. Ad-
miral Hamelin, Minister of Marine, and other high
functionaries will, as a matter of courtesy, proceed
thither also for the same purpose. The Emperor
was anxious to pay him a higher honour still by
sending his cousin, Prince Napoleon, to meet the
Grand Duke. The Prince was spoken to on the
subject, but it appears gave a formal refusal. The
coeversation appears to have been rather animated
at one moment, the Emperor making use of every,
argument and putting forth all his powers of persua-
sion to convince his cousin and induce him to con-
sent ; but as yet in vain. His Imperial Highness,
whose repugnance to a Russian alliance, or any-
thing approachinglit, is very strong, remained and
remains unmoved ; he declared his readiness to ab-
sent himself from Paris, if, necessary, while the
Grand Duke was here. Whether he will yet change
his mind it is hard to say, but to this moment he
has not done so.
General Todtleben is of course rather feted among
official people. He remained with the Emperor
nearly an hour at his first audience. The Emperor
asked him whether, if the French and English had
marchad on Sebastopol at once after the battle of
Alma, they could have taken it ? Genero 1 Todtleben
declared that there wai no doubt about it, as there
were but two or three battalions in the place. This
opinion was subsequently expressed by him to
others.

King of I-IR.:aria, travehiiiiunder the name of
Count 4-,Atlgus,
z immediately after his arri-
•
allla
,
Calabria and the
Counts of Trani and of nee with his suite, was visited by v:
nand 11. and his sons, the Duke -
The royal travel-
er leaves to-day Sicily. On returning here he
will make longer stay. Two days back the
Tunisi?.n general Ferhad, envoy of the Bey of Tu-
nis, left our port for his native country. Com-
merce regains each day its importance ; new in-
dustrial companies are being established ; the go-
vernment is about to execute great works; artisrs
are receiving numerous orders ; in a word, an ard-
matiou and prosperity exist which create despair
amongst the revolutionary press. The Turin and
Genoa journals are greatly annoyed at hearing that
an arrangement with the western powers is in
course of negotiation and seeing the Sicilian prey
escape them, they redouble their violence. Iu sup-
port of what I have said with regard to the recovery
of confidence, three facts, already alluded to, speak
more eloquently than all my comments :—M. de
Kakoschine, ambassador of Russia, does not hesi-
tate to quit Naples on a leave of absence of six
months ; the Spanish ambassador will embark on
the 15th, on an absence of four months ; and,
finally, M. de Martini, ambassador of Austria,
leaves Naples in a fortnight."

SPAIN.
The Madrid Gazette of the 9th contains a royal
decree granting an "ample and general amnesty to
all those who, in any manner whatsoever, have
taken part in the Carlist insurrections and conspira-
cies of the last two years." The decree is based on
a report signed by all the ministers, in which an
indulgent view is taken of the Carlist movements,
and in which it is said that the pardoning of the
offenders will cause no danger to public order. The
other journals of the 9th contain no news.

A letter from Vienna, in the Lloyd of Pesth,
denies that M. de Bourqueney has taken any step
to prove that France has the intention of assuming
the role of mediator in the Austro-Sardinian diffi-
culty, or that Count Buol has declared in a note
his readiness to accept that mediation.

A letter from Berlin, in the Cologne. Gazette,
says :—" The committee appointed to examine a
proposition submitted to the Chamber of Deputies
by M. Mathias, on the liberty of the press, hag given
in its report, recommending the rejection of the pro-
position, and consequently approving the preven-
tive measures now adopted towards the press."

A. letter from Vienna, of the 10th, announces
that telegraphic despatches had been just received
from the Danubian provinces, stating that the An-
thion, a despatch boat of the Sardinian navy, had
arrived on the 7th at Ismail from Constantinople,
having on beard the Sardinian Commissioner, the
Chevalier Benzi.

The Pays mentions that the Bourrasque, the
Couleuvrine, and the Raffaelle gunboats, lately
fitted up, are destined for the Senegal station.

The Ministerial paper, the Pays, says that ad-
vices from the Persian Gulf state that the armistice
concluded between Persia and England was an-
nounced on the 9th of March to the General com-
manding the English expedition to Bushire, and
that the convention relative to the suspension of
arms had been signed anterior to the treaty of peace
between the two nations, and when the bases of that
treaty were agreed to.
It is expected that the difference which exists be-
tween the Turkish and Persian Government rela-
tive to their boundaries will be amicably arranged,
ih• Persian Ambassador having proposed, to refer it
for arbitration to the Emperor of the French.
Despatches were received to-day at the Foreign
office from M. de Turgot, the French Minister at
Madrid, which announce, it is said, the probable
arrangement of the difficulties existing between
Spain and Mexico.
BOURSE, April 13.—The following were the last
quotations
Cub. fr. c.
41 per Cents
3 per Cents 69 90
New Loan —
Bank Shares 4,200 Roman
Credit Mobilier ...... 1,400 Austrian
Belgian 41
Piedmontese (5) ...... 91 Roe Debt
tr. -
RAILWAYS—WR CASH.
fr C.
Orleans 1.5( L_,
Western 790 - Northern -
Lyons
...1,590 New Ditto - Mediterranean ...........
-
Lyonos Genevtt ..... 830 Sardinian
Mii Grand Central 1 6lO
.......... , ....... 854 Austrian Cum. 7521-

AUSTRALIA.

End or Month.
92fr. V.
69 75
70 15

•
AUSTRIA AND SARDINIA.
I A Berlin letter says :—" The antagonism of
Russia and Austria not only aggravates the dif-
ference between Sardinia and Austria, but it
creates difficulties of a complex nature with
respect to Denmark. Persons who are ac-
quainted with what took place at Copenhagen,
from the be,ginniug to the end of the war in
the Balti., know perfectly well the change which
has tatpn place in the relations between Denmark
and Russia, which were formerly so cordial and
Intimate. This change dates principally from the
day on which the Oerstedt Ministry, which con-
cluded the treaty of neutrality with Sweden in
1854, was obliged by events to resign in order to
make room for new men, chosen exclusively from
the national Danish party, who were brought on
the political stage by the revolution of 1848. It
cannot be den'ed that since 1855, and especially
since the peace, the great influence which Russia
was accustomed to exercise in Denmark has greatly
declined, whilst that of the Western Powers has
increased, and tends to increase still more every
day. It is, therefore, clear that the Czar's Govern-
ment is constrained to act with a certain reserve.
Another circumstance causes it to display reserve,
and that is its intimate alliance with Prussia, whose
influence, already considerable in all the States of
Northern Germany, cannot fail to increase in con-
sequence of the steps which she is about to take in
the Germanic Confederation in favour of the two
German duchies. Russia feels, besides,. that in
intervening in favour of Denmark, in a thoroughly.
German question, she would alienate the sympa-
thies of all the courts who are represented in the
Germanic Diet. In spite, however, of the reserve
of Russia, the conflict ahout the duchies causes dis-
quietude in the diplomatic world. England and
France continue to watch the progress of it with
solicitude, and. when the time for a solution shall
arrive their just influence will weigh in the ba-
lance. The verbal note of Denmark of the 9th ult.
has produced a bad impression at Berlin ; it proves
that there is nothing to expect from the new (belay
which the German powers have accorded to the
Danish Government.

precision.

'IR •IMU J,MENTS.

DRURY-LANE.
There was no Easter novelty at this th, atre.
The first piece was "Othello,* in which Mr. Dillon
mired the part of the Moor. The manner in which
Mr. Dillon sustains this character is so well known
to the London public that it would be waste of time
and space to dwell upon it ; and the same remark
applies to Mrs. Dillon's De-demoni. The other
pieces were a sort of fusion of " Cf.nrad and Me-
dora" and "See Saw, Margery Daw"—" two single
gentlemen rolled into one." Both the.e latter
pieces have maintained their footing, the former at
the Lyceum, and the latter at this theatre, for a con-
siderable period, and it may be said of them,' as of
most books, most plays, and most speeches, that
judicious retrenchment and condensation renders
them more agreeable.
The scenery of " Conrad and Medora" is indeed
very beautifully got up, and reflects credit upon the
artists engaged in its design and execution.
Mrs. Mell-n (Miss Woolgar) and Mrs. Dillon,
the former as Conrad and the latter as Medora,
were very amusing, and upon the whole the audi-
ence seemed thoroughly satisfied, and to feet that
they had got good value for their money.

HAYMARKET.
At the Haymarket Theatre this year the Easter
piece is extracted from the glowing and fanciful
pages of "Ovid," and it bears the name, "or
rather the apple-ation," of "Atalanta, or the Three
Golden Apples." The main features of Naso's
beautiful allegory are preserved, but Mr. Talfourd,
whose pen turns all it touches to fun, introduces
an endless variety of ridiculous incidents, iofuses
the spirit of drollery into the most poetical conceits,
and causes all the characters to swim about--so to
speak—in a sea of absurdity. From the rising of
the curtain till the going down. of the same, not
one word is utt.red on the stage with any other in-
tention than that of causing a roar throughout the
house ; the most preposterous parodies of popular
songs are sung wish an air of funereal solemnity ;
jokes and funny say;nas • fly about in all direc-
tions ; in fact, it may be said to rain puns ; and the
actors are so incessantly interrupted by the laugh-
terof the audience that they can with difficulty fight
,their way through the dialogue. The plot of the
piece may, therefore, be thus briefly described :
Hippomenes (Miss Eilen Teruan), the son of King
Maaareus and of Merope, is a wild unmanageable
youth, who sets at nought all the sage precepts of
his parents, and hurls defiance at his tut rr, Paida-
gogos (Mr. Compton), whom he ridicules as "a
body-snatcher of dead languages." He leads the
reckless lire of a " fast man," until Venus (Miss
Fanny Wright)—the queen of a kingdom uuon
which the sun never sets—and her son Cupid (Mi-s
Marie Wilton) arrest him in his mad career, and
i,apire him with an absorbing passion for Atalanta
(Miss M. Oliver). This young lady is described as
of the parish of Saint Uries-back, spinster, daugh-
ter of King Schaaneus, very strong in her head and
very fast upon her legs ; exercising sufficient self-
wilt to be considered an absolute certainty, but so
guileless and innocent that she may be regarded as
a moral impossibility. At least a hundred suitors
compete for the hand of this peerless lady, but to
win it is no such easy matter. The course to be
adopted for that purpose is the race-course, and
she strikei dismay into the hearts of her admirers
by announcing that the condition of successful
courtship is, that her lover shall run a race of two
miles with her, and win it. It is clear that " her
young mail" must be above the average "run ;"
but even in that case his prospects are none of the
brightest, for Atalanta is swifter than the winds,
and those who accept her tremendous challenge do
so with the full consciousness that, if they fail, they
pay with their.lives the penalty of their hardihood.
Her father Schceneus (Mr. Chippendale), who is
also Kieg of Scyros, over which he exercises a rule
to which there is no exception, perceives that his
daughter is-in imminent danger of dying an old
maid. This thought causes him the deepest anxiety,
and he does not hesitate to declare that he—
" Would die with satisfaction lively,
Not practically, but comparative-Iy,"
if he could only find a young geatlsnaan so fleet of
foot as to out-strip,the Princess in the race. He is
candid enough, however, to explain, without re-
serve, the terrible alternative involved in the al-
most inevitable alternative of failure. So
" Those who have no itching for the match,
Will prove it by not coming to the scratch."

Many suitors fall back upon the better part of
valour, and discreetly retire from the perilous con
test. Others, however, and among these Paida-
gogos, through whose withered heart Cupid drives
• a poignant arrow, resolve to make the dread expe-
riment, and their defeat, though death to them, is
glorious sport to the audience. But " well runs the
fox that is never caught," says the old proverb. A.
victor at length appears in the person of Hippo-
menes, who as he runs throws golden apples behind
him. His mistress pauses to pick up the glittering
prizes, and thus, as every schoolboy is aware, loses
the race. It is marvellous to think what. fun Ur.
Talfourd has contrived to extract out of this pretty
little story. Every incident of it be presents in the
most ludicrous aspect, and every personage is in-
vested with qualities that make him an object of
ridicule to the spectators. The violent contrast be-
tween the modern cockneyisms and the grandeurof
classical style and costume produces a grotesque
effect, and the dialogue is alive with humour. The
only objection to which the piece is liable is the
inconvenience that results from excessive laughter.
In this respect the actors are participes crtminis
with the author, and none of them have more to
answer for than Mr. Compton, whose drollery is
unbounded, and Mr. Chippendale, whose mock
heroic 4, .in . imitating all that is imitable in Mr.
-Macready, convulses the house with laughter. Nor
can we exempt from this responsibility Mr,.
Poynter, who plays the part Mississarris, " Ata-
lanta's duenna, ' the guard of the old Greek stage,
with, in this instance, an eye to the "males." Her
bonnet is one of those tbiugs that, seen, becomes a
part of sight. " Graciens . goodness Goodness
gracious I" as Mr. Buckstone•would sav, " What
a boneet !" Never before was anything like it seen
upon the head of woman. The lady's lover might
well address her in the words of the old song,
" Oh, leave off that bonnet,
Or I'll lay upon it
The loss of my wandering soul."
Miss Ellen Ternan and Miss Marie Wilton made
their first appearances in the course of the evening,
and their performances were cordially applauded.
Miss Oliver, who is re-engaged at< this theatre, also
experienced an enthusiastic reception. Her face
sparkling all over with happy smiles, her step airy
and elastic, and her words tripping on the tongue
with triumphant gaiety, she is seen to special. advan-
tage in such light And radiant jieces.
The scenery throughout is finely executed, and
displayed in appropriate lights. There are some
beautiful " interiors" and some brilliant landscapes,
which have the charming distinctness and vividness
of Mr. Calcott.'s co!ourang. The front hall in the
King's palace; the King's orchard and kitchen gar-
den by night ; the view of the race-course near
Scyros ; and an historical episode, as it is termed,

representing a heterogeneous multitude enjoying
the festivities of the season, may be particularised

as amongst the most striking of the scenes. Nor
should we forget to mention, as one of the attrac-
tions of the piece, a new ballet divertissement, in
which Miss Fanny Wright dances with grace and