The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-27 00:00:00

ITALY.

A letter from Florence, of the 20th inst., states
that on Thursday afternoon, the 16th instant, the
Hereditary Prince, who was driving in his caniage
outside the town, was stinted with cries of " Long
live the Constitutional Prince ! " His Royal High-
ness took no notice, and continued his drive. It
was then determined by the Constitutional party to
make a gi eat " demonstration " on the 18th, and to I
call for the Prince and the National Guard. the
Government, being apprised of their intension,
issued a proclamation forbidding any demonstra-
tion whatever. The IRn consequently passed over
quietly, and the town has not since been disturbed,
but commercial transactions are suspended.

According to telegraphic advices received at Ber-
lin from Copenhlgen, the Danish Goverment has
convol:ed the Lldstein Estates to meet in an Ex-
traordinary Diet on the 15th of next month ; this
is the first step towards the fulfilment of the pro-
mises recently made by the present Danish Cabinet
with a view to sttving off the evil day, which
nevertheLss will, sooner or later, invitably come,
and br ng with it a collision between Denmark
and Germany.

The Austrian Government, is said to have signed
a convention with various Italian States, the ob-
ject of which is to re,tist in future any revolutionary
attacks.

Private letters from Athens of the 17th inst.,
sp:ak of the "splendid reception" given by the
Russian Minister to the Queen en her Majesty's
embarkation on board the Russian frigate.

The names of Mdlle. Piccolomini and Signior Baletti
are added to the list of singers engaged at the Norwich
festival.
Miss Wyndham leaves the Adelphi to join the com-
pany at the Olympic, under the new management.
Mr. Charles Mathews visits America this autumn.
Previous to his departure he will give a few farewell
performances at the Haymarket Theatre, commencing
on the 10th August.
Miss Cushman leaves England next month for New
York, with the intention, as we learn, of playing short
farewell engagements through the principal theatres of
the Union.
Mr. Webster and Madame Celeste wit make their re-
appearance at the Adelphi to-night, after an absence of
some weeks, during which the former has been playing
a succes-ful engagement at Liverpool, and the letter re-
cruiting her health in her native France. Mr. Wright
and Mr. Paul Bedford, who accompanied Mr. Webster
in his provincial tour, will also reappear, with Mr.
Webster and Madame Celeste, in the dramas of "George
Danville" and "The Pretty Girls of Stillyrg."
LYOEUlL—Professor Anderson, the famous Wizard of
the North, returns to this theatre on Monday, the 17th
August, on his way to China.
We understand that the Lyceum Theatre has been
taken by Mr. Harrison and Miss Pyne, who will give
English operatic performances there until Christmas,
when Mr. Charles Dillon will re-commence his dramatic

seasca.
Master John Lee (son of John Lee, lessee of the City
Theatre), of the City of London School, belonging to ti2as
Latin class, has obtained the second prize for French,
also a prize in the second division for drawing, pre.seated
to him by the Right Hor. the Lord Mayor, in the
presence of a numerous assembly.
NATIONAL STANDARD.—Mr. Douglas, the lessee of
this establishment, has engaged Mr. Sims Reeves, the
celebrated vocalist, for eighteen nights, commencing on
the 7th September. Mr. Reeves receives from Mr.
Douglas the large sum of nine hundred pounds for his
services for the time named.
Miss ANNA MARIA QUINN.—This juvenile actress,
who has obtained an extraordinary celebrity in Aus-
tralia, appears on Wednesday next, at the Haymarket
Theatre, in the personation piece of " The Actress of all
Work." It is to be understood that it is only as ap-
pearance granted to Miss Quinn, in (vier to afford her
an opportunity of playing before an English audience,
and submitting her histrionic pretensions to the ordeal
of public opinion.
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRIL—There were present at
the performances at her Majesty's Theatre on Friday
evening and on Saturday evening last—The Duchess of
Wellington and Lady Julia Hay, the Duke of Leeds,
the Duke of Wellington, the Marchioness of Sligo and
party, the Countess of rkney and the Viscount Kirk-
wall, the Countess of Mountoharles, the Countess of
Abingdon, the Countess Talbot, the Countess of Coven-
try, the Countess of Munster, the Countess Dowager of
Harrington, Caroline Countess Bel'ew and party, the
Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Wilton and Lady C. Grey
Egerton, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady
Theresa Lewis, the Viscount Grey de Wilton, the Vis-
count and Viscountess Galway, his Excellency the Count
de Vitahurn d'Echstadt (the Minister Plenipotentiary of
Saxony), the Viscount Miravelles, the Count Lewis
Corti, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Kin-
sale Lord Charles Hay, Lady and Miss Macgregor,
Lady Elizabeth de Roe, the Ladies Isabella, and Lady
Fitzmaurice, Lady Hay, Lady Lawley, Lady Louisa
Bruce, Lady Molesworth and the Dowager Lady Moles-
worth, Lady Webster and party, Lady Abercomby,
Lady East, General the Hon. Edward P. Lygon, C. 8.,
the Hon. Miss Smith, Sir William Fraser, Bart.,
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Sir Ralph Howard,
Bart, Lady Howard and party, General Charritie,
Sir G. Wombwell, Bart., Col. Meyrick, Miss Meyrick
and party, Col. Wilkinson, Col. Woodford, Col. W. L.
Freestun, M.P., and Mrs. Lockyer Freestun, Col. Han-
bury, Col. Yorke, Major Pole, Mr. Sergeant Wranghain,
Mr. Alderman Challis, Mrs. Hattori, Mr. Morley, Mr.
A. Selwyn, Mr. W. Cox, M.P., and Mrs. Cox, Mrs.
Selwyn Tuyll, Mr. and Mrs. Thietlethwayte, Mr. and
Mrs. H. Watson, Mr. Morgan and party, Mr. L'zardi
and party, Mrs. Agar, Mrs. Auldjo, Mr. and Mrs. Chap-
lin and party, Mr. and Mrs. Abercrombie, &c.
A Punic PARA FOR BIRAIINGRAM.—A strenuous
effort is now making to secure Aston Hall and its park
for the permanent use and enjoyment of tha people of
Birmingham.