The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, 111(1.iNDA EVENING, JULY 13, 1868.

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CRYSTALPALACE,-NEXTIVEDNESDAY.
Mr. MAPLESON'S BENEFIT, under the Imme-
diate Patronage of
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,

Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales,
His Royal Highness the Duka of Edinburgh,
Her Royal Highness thi Duchess of Cambridge,
Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary Aida,lde,
The Prince Perk, &c.

Mr.IIAPLESON has the honour to annonuon that his.
BENEFIT will talc,) place at tho CRYSTAL PALACE
on WEDNESDAY Next, July 15, on which occasion
will be presented an Extraordinary Combination of At-
tractions.

GI aud Concert at Four o'clock, supported by the fol-
lowing Attistes :—Xldlle. Titiens, 31 illo Clara Louise
Kellogg, Mdlle. Sink°, 31111 e. Coral, .31111 e. Rosa il.'r:fle,
M Warne Trebelli-Bettini, Mdlle. Bauermeister, and Mdlle.
Christine Nilsson. Signor Mongini, Signor Forensi,
Signor Bettini, Signor Agresti, Mr. Lyall, Signor Gassier,
Signor Zoboli, Signor Bos,i, Signor Casaboni, Signor Foli,
Signor Fiorini, and Mr. Santley.
Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor, Signor
Arditi. Maestro Concortatore al Piano, Signor Bovignani.
Chorus Master, Signo Santi.
The Military Baad v ill he that of the Grenadier Guards,
under the direction of Mr. D. Godfrey. The Magnificent
Orchestra and Chorus of liar Majesty's Opera.
Display of the whole system of Great Fountains at 6.30.
Military Bands on grounds at Seven until Eight.
Operatic representation it 8.30, with scenery, costumes,
decorations, and appointments of Mozart's Opera, LE
NOZZE DI FIGARO. II (,!onto d'Almaviva, Mr. Santley ;
Figaro, Signor Gassier ; Bartolo, Signor Foli ; Basilic.,
Mr. Lyall; Don Curzio, Signor Agretti • Antonio, Signor
Zoboli; Marcellina, Mdlle. Corsi; dherubino, Mdlle.
Christine Nilsson ; Susansa, Mdlle. Clara Louise Kellogg;
and La Contessa, Mdlle, Titiens. Conductor, Signor
Arditi. The Minuet and Fandango in the Ball Scene will
tr tbe danced by Mdlle. Gos in, supported by Md 13 Brun
and the corps de ballet of 41a.jesty's Opera. Stage Ma-
nager, Mr. Edward S tirl . ,misui. it. Grua. S uggeri-
tore' Signo? Rialp
The Palace and Grounds will ba BRILLIANTLY
ILLUMINATED, exhibiting many novel and remarkable
effects. The termination of this great combined fete will
be distinguished by an unequalled display of GRAND
FIREWORKS.

The prices of admission will be as follows :—On the day,
7s. 61; Tickets purchased This Day or To-morrow, ss. ;
Season Tickets on payment of 2s. 6d. Stalls for the Grand
Concert and Opera, 10s. 6d. ; Reserved Seats for Grand
Concert and Opera, ss.
Handel Orchestra.—Numbered Seats, 55.; unnumbered
seats, 2s. 6d.; reserved seats for Fireworks, 55., 2s. 61,
and

Tickets and places may be secured at the new Box-office
of Her Majesty's Theatre, under the Colonnade (two`doors
from Pall-mall). Open from Ten o'Clock until Five daily,
under the superintendence of Mr. Nugent.
Tickets also at the Offices of Her Majesty's Opera,
Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, under the front portico ; also
at 2, Exeter Hall, Crystal Palace; and of the Agents de-
scribed below.

CRYSTAL PALACE. Mr. MAPLESON'S
BENEFIT NEXT WEDNESDAY.
Palace will open at 12.0 1 Performancesof "Nozze
Grand Opera Concert 4.0 1 di Figaro"
Fountains and Military
Bawl 6.30
Fireworks and Illuminatio:
NOTE— This is the Last DI

1. of Fountains after the Opera.
L but One for ss. admissions,

THE IVAR, IN PARAGUAY.

The Royal Mail steamer Oneida brought the mails
from the River Plate and the Brazils, which fully
corroborate our statement, that as yet no women
have been enlisted in the Paraguayan army, as so
confidently asserted by our contemporaries. We
know Paraguay well, and have not the least doubt
that if Mar,hal Lopez sh3uld really be so much re-
aimed in his resources as the Brazilians wish us to
belieVe, and his army no longer able to defend the
:hies of fortifications, which they have done
with so much success and valour for the list
four years, that the female population of Para-
guay, just as patriotic as the men, and im-
bued with the same deep hatrel against the foreign
invaders, the destroyers of their fathers, husband's,
and children, would rise as one for the defence of their
beloved country and shed their heart's blood ; but not
only 4,000 women, as our contemporaries have it,
but 200,000 women, will be ready to take up arms.
The female population of Paraguay has always
been in excess of the male, since the tyrant rule of
Francia. The females of Paraguay are said in the
late statements in the journals to perform all
the hard work; that they handle the hoe,
the spade, the pickaxe, and the shovel ; that
they cultivate the soil—in short, that they
do the drudgery of agriculture. Now, none
of those statements are correct. It is perfectly
true that the women of Paraguay are probably the
most industrious women—as certainly they are the
most loving mothers and wives, but no such hard
work as herestated isdone by them. Agriculture has
always been performed by men, and the occupa-
tion of the woman consisted in making cigars for
the home and export business, in making sweat-
meats, bread, and in distilling cana, the rum of the
country ; most of the market business is in their
hands, and particularly needlework. The Pa-
raguayan lace and hanmack are celebrated through
South America, and bring fabulous prices. Now
such work will not make women very savage, nor is
it unbecoming female employment. The Paraguayan
women are as proud as they are handsome, and if
they have a fault it is their extreme love for their
country and their Government, and this feeling
will make them all heroes when called into action.
Some of the descriptions given in the romantic
statements with regard to the Paraguay " petticoat
war," of the commanding officers at the head of
these female divsions, as well as the positions their
respective corps occupy, are just as incorrect. Para-
guay is certainly one of the finest countries in the
world, as it was the healthiest till this unwarrant-
able war introduced yellow fever and cholera, and
is very rich in all the Southern produce, but no
"mulberry" grows wild along the edges of the
forests, nor is the cocoa, palm, and cinnamon com-
mon dong the rivers. Neither one nor the other
is found in the country. Paraguay is very little
known, and her enemies, who are very powerful, as
they get loans and ships in England, notwithstand-
ing the state of war and her neutrality laws, try
very hard to throw as much abuse on them as they
possibly can, bat whether they are able to conquer
this brave and undaunted nation time only can
show, as up to the last date the allies had been un-
able to attack Humaita or to cut off its communi-
cation with the Chaco. Marshal Lopez is still at
the head of some 20,000 men, 6,000 of whom are at
Humaita and the rest at the Tebicuari and the
Chaco. " The losses of Brazil, both hi men and
money," the Times states, " exceed all the resources
of that vast but disorganised and bankrupt empire."
This statement is perfectly true, and if the election
for President of the Argentine Confederation should
be in favour of General Urquiza, which we are told
by last advices to be secure, Brazil may find her-
self in a very critical position with regard to her
as the first work at the opening of the Ar-
' gentine Congress was a unanimous attack against
the Protocol of the Treaty of the Triple Alliance,
which was declared unconstitutionally wicked and
unjust.