The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-25 00:00:00

LABUAN.

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By her MAjesty's brig Albatross, Captain Far-
quhar, advises have been received from this place
to the 12th instant. Sir James Brooke, after his
arrival there, suspended the Lieutenant-Governor
from office, but on what charge or charges we have
not heard. The sale of the town allotments, we are
told, went off very briskly, and the lands sold
well, there being a considerable competition. The
colony was quite healthy ; there has been no fever for
many months, and the hospitals are generally empty,
having one or two patients at the utmost. Sir James
Brooke was much better in health, and may be ex-
pected to arrive in Singapore at an early date, in the
Hon. Company's steamer Nemesis.—Free Press,
Jan. 18.

We understand that the Commander-in-Chief at
Madras, Sir George Berkeley, has expressed an
opinion in regard to the occurrence between the
Lieutenant-Governor of Labuan and Captain M'Cas-
kill, to the effect that the gallant officer had entirely
misconceived his position, and done exactly the con-
trary of what he ought to have done. This is the
common sense view of the case, and we, therefore,
never doubted the result, when the matter was in the
hands of so able and impartial a commander as Sir
George Berkeley has proved himself to be.—lbid,
Feb. 1.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Never since the debut of Cerito has such an effect
been produced by the debut of any danseuses as that
which was produced by the debut of Mademoiselle
Amalia Ferraris, at this theatre, on Saturday even-
ing. Ceeiar-like, she came, she was seen, and con-
quered. At eight o'clock on Saturday all that was known
of her was that it appeared by the bills that Mdlle.
Amalie Ferraris was to make her first appearance
in a divertissement and dunce a pas de
deux with M. Charles, and at 10 o'clock she
had established herself, by the unanimous verdict
of the habitues of her M-jesty's Theatre, as
par excellence the queen of the dance, and this on the
scene of the triumphs of the elder Taglioni, of Fanny
Eisler, of Cerito, of Lucille Grabn, of Carlotta
Grisi, of Rosati. Mademoiselle Amelia Ferraris
possesses every physical requisite for a deesse de la
danse. Her features are beautiful and expressive,
and her dark and lustrous eyes are full of fascination
—her figure is perfect and exquisitely developed,
and her poses are full of grace and abandon. She is
perfect mistress of her art, and unites to the poetic
graces of a Taglioni the glittering execution of
a Fanny Eisler and the abandon of a Cerito.
Her aplomb is wonderful, and she made all her
" points ' with an ease and a steadiness that excited
the most intense admiration. Not the least pleasing
part of her performance was the graceful ease with
which she managed the transition from the spiritual
and majestic grace of the classical school of the
Taglioni to the abandon, the revolving pas of the
Cerito, and from this again to the glittering won-
ful little steps of the Fanny Eisler. As a danseuse
she is perfect; we have none, we have bad none, who,
like Mademoiselle Amalia Ferraris, has seized upon the
beauties of such opposite schools, and made them
all her own, combining them with a style
in which the animation of the realist school is in-
fused and inspired by the majestic and graceful in-
spiration of the idealist. Her reception was at first
rather cold, but she had scarcely commenced her pas
before she warmed her audience into enthusiasm ;
throughout her performance she was greeted with
repeated bursts of the most rapturous applause, and
at its conclusion she was called forward and honoured
with a complete ovation. Mademoiselle Amalie
Ferraris is, we understand, from the Royal Opera
at Piedmont, and the thanks of every lover
of ballet are due to Mr. Lumley for having discerned
and secured her services for her Majesty's Theatre.
The opera was Ernani, in which Mr. Sims Reeves
and Parodi again produced a perfect furore by their
imNtssiened performance in the finale, and were at
the conclusion called before the curtain to receive the
well-merited reward of their exertions. The ballet
was Les Metamorphoses, in which Carlotta Grisi was
as e
his Grace
sPiegieand ath graceful as ever. There were pre-
sent e Duke of Wellington, the Duke
and Duchess of Montrose, the Duke and Duchess of
Leeds, and Miss Elizabeth Lane Fox, his Excellency
the Russian Minister, Baroness de Brunnow, and
Madlle. Olga de Lechner, his Excellency the Swedish
Minister and the Baroness Rehausen, M. de Berg,
the Count de Barke, the Marquis and Marchioness
of Salisbury, the Marquis of Donegal, the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Blandford, the Marquis
of Granby, the Earl of Aboyne, the Earl of Lons-
dale, the Esrl of Falmouth and the Countess of Glen-
gall, the Countess de Flahault and Alias de Flahault.
the Cardigan, Earl Bruce, the Earl of
CountessShelburne.
ofHerMaesty's box was occupied by
Miss Lascelles, Miss Mary Lascelles, Mr. Claude
Lascelles, Mr. Edwin Lascelles, Miss Ellis, Miss
Diana Ellis, Mr. James Ellis and party. The
Viscount Cantilupe, the Viscount Somerton, Viscount
Melbourne, the Baron de Sisterton, the Comte de
Civry, the Viscount Clifden, Lord and Lady Rendle-
sham, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Lady Brougham,
Lord Sandys, Lord Clarence Paget, Lady Cowley,
the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Ward, Lord H.
Paulett, Lord George Paget, Lord Cecil, Lord and
Lady Eddisbury, Lord Foley, Lord Adolphus Fitz-
clarence, Lord Southampton, General the Hon. H.
Cavendish, the Hon. C. R. Neville, Sir H. Fremantle,
Bart., and Lady Fremantle, Sir J. Lowther, Bart.,
M.P., Sir Thomas Barrett Leonard and Lady Barrett
Lennard, Sir Seymour Sadler, the Hon. Mr. Welles-
ley, Sir T. Retford, General Sir Alexander Woodford,
Bart., and Lady Woodford, the Hon. Mrs. Gore and
Miss Gore, Lady Gordon, &c.

SIGNOR GARDONI.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sza,—l. beg leave to state that there is no truth in
the article from the jfoniteur du Soir, reporting the
death of Signor Gardoni, and copied into the Sun
.of Saturday. I have before me a long letter from
St. Petersburgh, written by Signor Gardoni on the
11th, and posted on the 12th of March ; therefore
posterior I
find
following
hisof
passage, allege
which shows thatd decease. In this
letter
there have not even existed plausible grounds for this
malicious rumour :—" As regards my health, I have
only one thing to observe, that except one night in
October, on my first arrival here, I have always been
able to respond to all the demands of the management,
which have not been few, having successfully sung in
Puritani, Beatrice, Norma, Elisir, Conte Ory, Linda,
Giovanna d'Arco, Roberto it Diavolo, Orazii e Curl-
azii, &c."

I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
5 A, Cork-street, March 24. G. PUZZI.

MR. BUNN ON THE STAGE.—The highly instruc-

tire, amusing, and intellectual entertainment, lately
given by Mr. Bunn, at the St. James's Theatre, closed
on Saturday night last with the most brilliant eclat,
when Mr. Bunn delivered the following farewell address
to' a highly fashionable audience, amongst whom we
perceived several distinguished members of the
literary world : "Ladies and gentlemen, —lt
would .be the height of ingratitude were I to suffer
this evening to pass orer without acknowledging the
heavy obli.:ations your kindness has imposed upon me.
You have given me throughout my undertaking a recep-
tion rarely allotted to performers of the highest standing,
by virtue of which I have received provincial offers, I
am now going to carry out in e‘ary part of the empire;
and I will trespass on you no further than to say, that
when I cease to remember this I hope you will cease to
remember me." At the conclusion of this appropriate
speech Mr. Bunn was recalled before the curtain by
of
fh eThhe unanimousauditory,hEnuwsreoh.
pena greetings
classic
wreatha nd ap
cp u
whichse t, f
washis
a card, on which something was written) was thrown to
him, when a fresh salvo of applause burst from all parts
Captain Gott, sailed from Liverpool ,
on Saturday for Halifax and New York.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW`.
CITY, Q UAI:TER TO THREE.
The sales f,f Cotton at Liverpool, on Saturday, were
estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 800 American were
taken for export, and 500 on speculation. The market
closed heavily at previous rates.—Railway Shares conti-
nued very dull, without any material alteration in value.
In the Grain Market to-day wheat has moved off
freely, at full prices.
The following are portions of a statement upon the
dried fruit trade, furnished us by Messrs. Witherby and
Hanson:—
" We have no alteration in the currant market to
notice since our last report; its characteristic has been
one of perfect monotony; only two cargoes received;
the sales of an unusually contracted extent for the season,
and, with some few exceptions, limited to second-hand
parcels. Importers may almost be said to be out of the
market, by reason of their high pretensions, caused by
the continued advance of price at the several places of
growth, by the fact of our stock being about one-third
less than that of March 1849, and of the quantity to
arrive here during the remainder of the season, not being
likely much to exceed our requirements, if our ch aranees
equal those of last season during the corresponding
period.
" We ha i hoped to announce this month an increase
in our clearances for home consumption, to make up in
part for the falling off which we noticed in our last
report, but we find from the 19th ult. to the 15th inst.
they have not exceeded 300 tons against 605 tons during
the like period of 1849, and against 420 tone, 633 tons,
and 390 tons in 1848, 1847, and 1846 respectively. At
Liverpool, on the contrary, they exhibit a decided im-
provement, having reached during the four weeks
ending 12th inst. 395 tone, against 285 and
304 tons during the corresponding weeks of
1849 and 1848 respectively. The clearances at
this port during the last three months of 1848 and 1849
were alike, say about 4,680 tons respectively; but from
the Ist January to the 28th February of this year they
have fallen off to the extent of about 750 tons, having
been 820 tons in 1850 against 1,570 tons in 1849. At
Liverpool there was an unexpected decrease during the
last three months of 1849. of about 240 tons, but an in-
crease of about 85 tons from Ist January to 28th Fe-
bruary, 1850, making an aggregate comparative falling
off since Ist October of about 150 tons."
The prevalence of contrary winds still keeps out a
large number of arrivals, but the dates brought by the
sailing vessels will generally be old, as the steamers oc-
casionally dropping in furnish an outline of the news.
The Thames steamer, with the West Indian and
Mexican mails is hourly expected. When the homeward-
bound fleet arrives, there will be an immense addition to
the qaantity of produce held here, and the effect on
prices may be correspondingly prejudicial, though it is
probable that fair allowance has already been made for
this, otherwise we should for some time past have had
great.e. buoyancy.
The arrivals from the Continent are exceedingly
limited, and there is no very prominent political intelli-
gence. No one, however, who takes an interest in the
affairs of foreign countries can fail to regard with solici-
tude the condition of French finances, elucidated as this
occasionally is by the reports of the Ministers for the
time being, or of the Committees. The latest state-
ment concerns the budget of receipts fur 1850, and the
necessity of equalising expenditure and income is very
properly admitted, but, as far as we can ascertain, by no
means acted upon. The savings proposed amount but
to 84,000,000 francs, off a gross sum of 11,408,000,000 E,
326,000,000 t. being for the interest of the debt. At a time
when the revenue is admitted to be only 1,251,523,967 f., no
arrangement is made for wholesale retrenchment, and the
salt duties alone have entailed a loss of forty-one million
of francs. We should be glad if we could believe that
the total deficiency of income compared with the ex-
penditure for 1850 would be under fifty millions, but
there appear to be such constant changes in the financial
plans of the State, and there is such frequent recourse
to extraordinary votes, that we cannot indulge any con-
fident expectations.
Business in the English Stock Market has been very
inactive again, and prices have undergone no fluctuation
worth noting. In the aspect of foreign politics there is
nothing encouraging, but the abundance of money here
tells powerfully, aided, too, by the impression that, as
confidence abroad becomes impaired French and other
Securities will be disposed of by the holders, with the
view of investing the proceeds in Consols. These latter
have been 95i for Transfer, and 95i for Account.
Exchequer-bills are steady at 625. to 635. premium, and
India Bonds at 86s. to 88s. premium.
The Foreign S eck Market is still rather dull. Mexi-
can Bonds are 29 , with no inclination to do business.
Peruvian Five per Cents. have been quoted 71i to 72i,
and the Deferred 27i to 28. Equador Stock has been
33- I, and Grenada Deferred 3i. Russian Scrip has
been l to 11 premium. Danish has been run up to
2i and 3 premium. Spanish Five per Cents. are 164 le
and the Three per Cents., 35k. Dutch Four per Cents.
are 86g.
The Railway Share Market is rather flatter, especially
for Caledonian. North Stafford have advanced, and North
Western are tolerably firm.

ONE CLOSING
PRIQES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES.
3 Jo, Uent. Consols Annuities... 95A1,4 95%
Long Anne. to expire Jan.lB6o
inn,: Bonds, 1,0004 B6 86 p 89 p
Ditto under 1,0001... .... 86 p . 86 p
-0n5,.1,i for Account 95%% 951/2
India Stock for Account — 267
ii.c hequer Bills. 11,44.& 2d
1,000/. June... 63 62 p 65 p
. 5001. June
Small. June 65 62 p 62 p
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
razilian Bonds ....... ..... ..... ... ..... 89
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 ... 8814
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.... -- 49
Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. ..
Ditto 5 per Cent..... —
Ditto, Scrip
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent —
Ditto Deferred
;Mexican, :1 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ....
Ditto, Account .........
Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent
Ditto Deferred
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Russian Bonds
Ditto Scrip 11)414 p 11,h p
7:p5.r0313 5 per Cant. 1840
Ditto. 3 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 234 per Cirit., 12 Guild. .. 5514
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 86% 86%
4ARICES OF PAM. BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN
RAI'..WAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRI( E 4
berdeen
Do. Preference
Birtninp, Wolverh'ton,
and Dudley, calls duly
pd, or with guarantee 15 ..... ...... IMMO
Do. without guarantee 15
Caledonian
Ditto, New IC/. Pref... 10
Chester and Holyhead... 50
Ditto, Preference l 5
Dublin and Belfast June. 40
East Anglian, 25L, L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25
Do., 3/. 108., Pref... 31,4 -
astern Counties........ 20
ii'reat Northern
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12% lO%
:rear South. and West.

73/4

1%
7%
7
1014

(Ireland)
4reat Western 100
Ditto. New 171........ 15 ... ~ 7 6% 74 7 1/4
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Lancashire& Yorkshire 100
Ditto, ditto lOO ..... 3614 .... ..... ...... 35
London &Blackwall...ll/. 6s. 3d... 3%..
L .rition, Brighton, and
South Coact..... 100
Do., New, guaranteed
6 per Cent . ...100 132
London and N Western 100 .....10514 104% lo3lh
Ditto, New Quarters 12
D'tto.Fift i
London BS.W,•stern lO4l ..... 62% 62 63 63
Do, New 50/. . ...... 424 —
Do., New Preference. 5
Nllnchester. Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire...loo
Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 ...... 7 6',7,
'Midland ....... ..... ....MO ...... 39 39J/4
Do., 50/. Shar.q
Dc. Consolid. Bristol and

3 S

Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 ......12.3(4 12314
N0,,.}) British ........... 25 ..... ... ...
Ditto, Halves ..
North Staffordshire ... 171pj 7l4dA% 7A
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate l5 .... 15A 3/4 153/4
Shrewsbury and Biwa... 13%. — dis .......
Ditto ditto, Class B 9 - ... .. ..... 2%
:.pith East,r,i
Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 30 ...... 1414 13%
Do.. Registered No. 4 10 ...... 5 43/43g
.4%
York. Newcastle, and
Berwick. . ..
Do. Newcastle Exten, 20
Do. G.N.E.Preterence 8 ... 1)i 4s %A Ai
York and North Midland 50
ii,ti,.: Preference

FOREIGN RAIL WA lI'S.-
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon)... 20
Luxembourg
Ditto
Northern of France. l6 .......
Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ......
MINES.
Brazilian Imperial ...... 241,4 — ....... •—•
BrazilianCocaes&Cuiaba 30
Do. St. John Del Rey 15
United Mexican
JOINT STOCK BAN KS.
Union of L0nd0n......... 10

24
12.4,
8%

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LLO YD'S SHIPPIN (;_('THIS DAY.)

LONDON, MARCEL 25.—Wind this day at noon N.N.W.,
light br( eze and fine dry weather.—The Thomas Demp-
sey, Liverpool to Trinidad, sprung a leak, and was
abandoned, Ist Feb. ; crew arrived at Barbadoes on
the 10th ult.

DEAL, MARCH 24.—Wind N.N.W. to N.N.E., strong
and :qually.—Arrd. Leonard Dobbin, Dawson, Callao;
Jane Erskine, Llay; Mary, Inglis, Demerara. Arrd.
from the River and sld. Diana, Sydney, New South
Wales; China, Madras; Tyro, Monte Video; Captain,
Trinidad; Marmion, Quebec; Faside, St. John's, Now
Brunswick; Sultana, Adelaide, South Australia; Ann
Milne, Port Philip; Actress, St. John's, New Brunswick;
Johrt Anderson, Demerara. Sld. Diana, San Francisco.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 24.—Wind N.N.W., strong
and squally.—Arrd. H.M.S. Cygnet, Sierra Leone; sld.
Ist Feb.
BIDEFORD, MARCH 24.—Tho Dasher, of St. Ives,
struck on the South Tail Sands, off this harbour, and
sunk, crew, except a boy, saved. The Speculator, of
Liverpool, has been brought in a derelict.]