The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-01 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE CUBA.

QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 1.
The Royal mail steamship Cuba, from New i°lll
arrived here at 5.15 a.m. to-day, with 68 cabin par
sengers and £203,000 in specie. She landed 10a
sacks of mails, and seven passengers, and proceeded
for Liverpool at 5.30 a.m. All well.

SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. r
The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Borussia from New York passed the Needles t
10.30 a.m. to-day.

BRAZIL AND RIVER PLATE MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 1.
The Royal Mail steamer Seine, with the ab°ll:
mails, has arrived here with 72 passengers, £4,71;
in specie, four packages of diamonds (value 13°
stated), and 3,469 packages of cargo.

BUENOS AIRES.
The fall of Humaita is considered a mere clue%
tion of time, and the deserters state that Lopez'',
ordered its evacuation, and was preparing to cils•
pute the passage of the River Tehicuari. The eri
peditionary force sent to pierce the enemy's country
and reconnoitre the position of Lopez had retort
without achieving its object.
A strong feeling prevails here amongst o°ll'o
parties against the alliance with Brazil.
A terrific storm passed over the River Plate,
causing much damage.
The Presidential elections are expected to result
in a majority for Senor Sarmiento.

Rio.
It was reported that the Minister of Finance let
tended to introduce a measure authorising a furto
bi
issue of $60,000,000 for paying off Treasury
in circulation. The bombardment at .11'1131:14
was maintained with considerable 01)801"
both by the Paraguayans and Allies, ip
reconnaissance found the Paraguayans
Doi
force upon the Tebiguary, and armed /Tog
works from the Paraguay to some distanee•a_A,
the north bank of the Tebiguary are constructs
Trade was in an unsatisfactory state both
import and export markets, and financial oper9Sl

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were hampered by the uncertainty of affairo.

ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
A cad m 1
The annual public concert of the Royal 14-6 . 4 0,0-
took place on Wednesday afternoon, at the 't
ver-square Rooms, in the presence of a brilli3l3" of
fashionable audience. The music was genera coo'
a high order, and an interesting feature of t-taiompi
cert was the introduction of several Pro fle'
scholars to the public. The performances ()
tide
with an M.S. symphony by Mr. Alwyn, a -t poi°
which was pretty, and well executed, and tiliosfiog
gentleman afterwards appeared as a pianist' B:rto
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no slight promise in his rendering of a eonceare,
Hiller. Another young pianist, Mr. Sila'coo.
a King's scholar, played a capriccio of his o'o'oo
position, in. which the orchestra 109 fits
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too noisy to do him justice. The lady stade:etfro'
Miss A. Lanham, who sang the well-known oajovil
" Norma" with Miss De Chastelaine veri fo°:
Miss Vokins, who played Mendelsiiohn'suts
tasia in F sharp minor, with wonderful eye t
and Miss Dowling, whose manuscript Parthotig,
" Oh, the Merry May," was charming, greittile
simple. The rest of the programme Stio
varied. Miss De Chastelaine was certal: oog
prima donna of the occasion, but Miss licloirabil;
cavatina from "Der Freischutz" a"lbi
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and Miss Jewell also gained favour .th
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singing of a duet from " Samson . P
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Lanham, and by taking part iu a se no of f,5,4
Mendelssohn's " Athalie," which was ?"-a. 04%0
successes of the afternoon. The openi°' ll'
j.„lay, „Ertl
and solos, " Heaven and the earth cll'r„ per' to
very effective ; and the war choru3,
depart," was capitally given, though the euilivosicic`tPio
a whole, were not equal to the other
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Miss Buer played a concerto of Beethove:e oijiltea
pianoforte superbly, and Mr.KemPl‘vbc"iles 013°0,tio
to mention among the scholar artist
cbroliltbe
wonderful skill in his rendering of thotiglictiO
fantasia by Bach, also on the piano',, attra-og,
music itself was too monotonous to "` to
An air from Bach's Passion music was ,„ssieP 0,
severely C'P co 3
by Miss Severn, but it was too be a
please the general audience. Altoget" .8 ati
since..
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cert may be pronounced a great otoica
augurs well for the prospects of our
fession.

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