The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-04 00:00:00

4 ITALY.

The King of SARDINIA has sanctioned the law al-
lowing a credit of 120,000 f. for the erection of the
machine for the perforation of the great tunnel of the
Savoy Railroad, between Bardoneche and Modane. A
hydraulic machine is to be erected to put the former
in motion.

M. DE MONTESSUT, the new French Ambassador to
the Tuscan Goverurcent, arrived at Florence on the
26th ult.

A letter from Rome of the 20th ult., published by
the Messaggiere of Modena, states that the wife of M.
STERBINI, who played so conspicuous a part in the
late Roman revolution, has been ordered to quit
Rome for having carried on revolutionary correspon •
dance. The rooms of the Prince DE CANINO'S steward
have been searched. CEENUSCIII and CAPANNA have
been transferred from Castel Sant Angelo to the pri-
son of San Michele ; they are under the exclusive
jurisdiction of the French authorities, and it is be-
lieved they will be allowed to make their escape.
Field-INlarshal RADETZILY, accompanied by a nu-
merous staff of eminent officers of the Austrian army,
among whom were Marshal NUGENT and Generals
LICUNOWSKY, HAIIU, and SALIS, arrived at Padua
on the 26th ult., to be present at the funeral of Gene-
ral D'AsrRE.

A BRAW NICIIT Wl' SCOTLAND.—HOW many
thousands would be glad to get " ayont the Tweed" to ban-
quet for a single night in the delicious strains of Caledonian
music. In a metropolis like this the national song of every
country should have its interpreter. The community is too
much occupied to seek the Muse at her birth-place; and, un-
less she sends her representatives here, we are debarred from
hearing many a theme that would afford the highest degree
of delight. The songs of Scotland, of all other music, have
been most neglected in this country till within the last ten
or twelve vears, during which the taste has been revived so
effectrallithat a leading exponent of Scottish music has be-
come essential. The task has been undertaken byMr llilne,who
has become universally admitted a the representative of
Scottish minstrelsy. If be does not bring with him the
north wind, be interprets to us "the airs o' the north;" and
an evening at one of his concerts is a true international com-
munion. His songs of Scotland on Monday evening were
most admirably given, and elicited the loud applause of a
crowded audience. His " Duncan Gray cam here to woo"
made a bit that will render it popular for a considerable
period.
SIGNOR GABDONI.—We are happy to announce
that this favorite tenor has arrived in town, from Russia,
covered with laurels. He has received the most magnificent
presents from the Emperor. We understand he will make
e, as Le Compte
i
his rentree this season at her Majesty's Theatre,
Ory, in Rossini s opera of that name, n a few days.
a Saturday,jestysiolneamtrae, making his atpoptehaerarnehce on the stage of her
Majesty
he was greeted by the most enthusiasticarsa
applauLaseTemhpyestfhae,
members of the chorus and band, and, in tact, all present, led
by their talented conductor Balfe.

CHATHAM, JUNE 3.--On Saturday afternoon
three sergeants and eleven privates of the 11th Hussars
(Prince ♦lbert's Own) arrived at Fort Pitt as invalids.
Some of the men have served upwards 01 28 years in the
regiment, and most of them are decorated mitt' medals for
long service and good conduct. After medical inspection,
live men were taken into hospital and the remainder were
sent to the invalid depta. The detachment came from
Norwich.

LEAMINGTON SPA, JUNE 30—Among the latest
arrivals are the Marquis and Marchioness of Tweeddale,
Marquis and Marchioness of Bute, Lady Adelaide Hastings,
Viscount Ebrington, Lady Arundel, Lord Bishop of Cashel,
Lord Bishop of Carlisle, lion. Mrs. Percy, Lade and Misses
Brown, Lady and Miss Bailey, Lord Lifford, lion. Mr. and
Mrs. Boyle, Hon. D. Murray, Lord and Lady Alvanley,
Countess of Belmore, Lady Crompton, Lady Louisa and
Ramsay, Hun. Mr. Carew, Sir George Ridley, Sir H.
Bishop, Hon. the Dean of St. Patrick, the Dean of Kildare,
the Dean of Wells, Sir U. Gore, lion. G. L. Trundle, Ladv
and Miss Selina Clinton, &c. The celebrated Ge;man hand.
tthey
from Cologne, have been engaged for the entire season at this
popular watering place.
REvENG. --a momentary tiitnnpl.i, of wbir.h ,h,
sattsfactii in dies at once, and is
whereas forgiveness, which is the nobli,st of ail revenges,
entails a perpetual pleasure.—Eliza Cook's
;Jizodt :nen/
etwiet.
• • ,
Diaptebes were reetived
°moires, the GOVOII2OII of the Wen

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, SIINDAY.
The Queen and Prino3 waked early this morning in
-gee Park. The young r members of the Royal
aily walked as usual.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness, and her Royal
-ighness the Princess Royal, and the ladies and gentle-
men of the royal household, attended Divine service at
eleven o'clock. The Rev. J. Protheroe officiated.
MONDAY.
The Queen and Prince walked this morning early in
O-h, rne Park and grounds.
His Royal Highru-ss the Prince of Wales, her Royal
Highne.s the Princess Royal, and younger members of
the Roy al Family. walked and de as usual.
There was no additiu, yesterday to the royal dinner
party.

ADELPHI THEATRE.
A travestie of Esmeralda was produced at this theatre
last evening. It ;professes to be a 'burlesque, but it is
only partially Co. The action, scenery, dresses, and
characters of the novel, in a dramatised form, are closely
followed, so much so that the piece might pass for a
" spectacle;" and in this respect it has some very brilliant
eff-cts. The principal characters ate slightly travesth d,
but scarcely enough so to mos,- them humorous The
best attempt of this kind is the Captain Plicesus of Miss
Woolgar, a dashing young hp, who revels in all the
privileged of a guardsman, teases his bride. quizzss
his mother•in•lsw, and, when kesping his midnight as-.
signaih n with Esmeralda, provides for her a lobster sup-
per. This part was filled o,ut by Miss Woolgar with a
great deal of slash and and humorous swagger. Fleur
de Lss, who has some vixenish tendencies, and quarrels
provokingly with her lover, was also converted into an
amusing burlesque character, by Miss Kathleen Fitz-
william. who sang some songs, as she always does, with
great effect. Mr. 0. Smith was the Claude Frollo, and
was especially amusing in the lobster-supper scene,
where he joins, unperceived by the lovers, in a
pas de fascination. Another scene, where, having been
thrown over the tower by Quasimodo, he hangs in mid•
air by a spout, his garments (bought at a slop-shop)
gradually giving way, was scarcely a subject t'or hu-
morous treatment. Mr. Wright'a Pierre Gringoire was
chiefly amusing by reason of his grotesque dancing with
Madame Celeste (Esmeralda) in the well-known.
truandaise. The Quasimodo of Mr. C. J. Smith was al-
most too real for burlesque. The dialogue of the piece
is occasionally smart and eff cove, and the introduced
songs and choruses from Der Fretschut2, and The Hu-
guenots, &c., are cleverly managed. The story of the ori-
ginal is cirried on to the preparations for the execution of
Esmeralda, and her rescue by the appearance, safe and
sound, of P. tabus, after he has been fished up by the
Draftsman from the Seine; and then comes a grand denoue-
ment, brought about by a magic whistle, sounded by Es-
meralda, which converts the scene into a distribution of
prizes. The tickets are drawn from a lottery-box by
Mr. Paul Bedford, the chief of the gipsies. Corres-
ponding tickets bad been given to different persona in
the theatre, and as the prizes were drawn, the holders
were informed that the different articles would be depo-
sited with the box-keepers. The last prize was in the
shape of the well-known statuette of Dorothea, person-
ated by a living damsel. The holder of this prize
was a member of the company (Mr. Worrell)
seated in the stalls; and roars of laughter arose
when Mr. Wright appeared in a private box,
as his indignant spouse, protesting against his
taking " that 3 oung woman " home with him. The
acting of Worrell was excellent, his reception of the" cur-
tain lecture " of his better half was the very perfectionof
Job Caucileism. The piece terminates with a brilliant
scenic effect, resplendent with blue fire and so forth, and
introducing characters from successful Adelphi dramas.
The piece was successful, and was announced for repe-
tition every evening until further notice by Madame
Celeste, who, it should be added, contributed in a great
measure to its success by some very clever dancing.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TA rTERsALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
Checking balances and settling small accounts occu-
pied so much of the altt rnoon, that little attention was
paid to future eTents; our quotations, therefore, will be
brief:—

ASCOT STARES.
5 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Vampyre
5 to 1 agst any other.

.... _
TIIE EMPEROR'S PLATE.
Even money laid between Canezou and The Flying
lutcliman.

25
33
40
,000
,000

DEBBY, 1851.
to I agst Lord Stanley's Storm
to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Comus
to 1 agst Mr. Winteringham's England's Glory
to 20 agst Lord Howth's Trunnion—taken
to 20 agst Capt. Harcourt's Brother to Ellerdale
—taken

750 to 50 agst The Flying Dutchman winning the
Emperor's Plate aid Voliigeur the St. Leger—(taken).

SUNDAY LETTERS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST.
Sir,—ln your Parliamentary report of this day it is
stated that •" Mr. Loch presented a petition from a place
near Bath, praying that at least one delivery of letters
may take place on Sundays." The words used would
naturally lead your readers to suppose that it was an
address from a small neighbouring village, and not the
important petition which was pie,ented by Mr. Locke
from the city of Bath itself, as well as its vicinity, and
which was signed by several county and other magis-
trates (one of whom was High Sheriff of the county
of Somerset until March lest), six admirals, and many
other inhabiti‘nts cf high respectability, consisting of
clergy of the Established Church, physicians, general
and other officers, sze.

Requesting you nill be good enough to insert the
above explanation,

I remain, your obedient servant,
ONE. OF THE _PETITIONERS.

Bath, May 31, 1850.

THE NEPAULESE PRINCES.—ARTIFICIAL FREEZ•
ING.—Yeiterday these interesting strangers visited Mr.
Nia.sters' large premises, which adjoin the Polytechnic Insti-
tution, Regent-street, to inspect his freezing and other patent
inventions. The entire suite remained upwards of an hour
to witness the process of artificially producing ice by various
apparatuses, which vary in dimensions from a quart-pot to a
good-sized cheffonier. So great was the astonishment of the
Princes at the instantaneoas manner in which the ice was
produced by Mr. Masters, that it was evident they regarded
him as a magician. Upon the process being explained to
them by their interpreter, they manifested the greatest de-
light at the idea of being able in future, in India, with such
certainty and rapidity, to produce ice. We may remark that
Mr. Masters' apparatus will produce ice wi:hout the aid of
ice, and that the freezing mixtures which he manufactures
remain unimpaired for any length of time in the hottest cli-
mates. Ilis process must, therefore, be invaluable to resi-
dents in India. It is also evidently a very economical means
for producing ice in our own climate during the summer
season, as ice of the greatest purity can be produced at the
expense of a few pence, for sherry coblers, &c., at all times,
in perfection, from pure water. Ilis ottur inventions for
making soda and other aerated waters, also excited much in-
terest.—Morning Chronicle.
SINGULAR FREAK.—CLOSING TEMPLE-BAR.---011
Friday night—er, rather, on Saturday morning about two
o'clock. a scene took place which, if it had occurred during
the s 11 the
would renowned
d onh t
iCe
su
sff a
vaen and hisve n red-hot
rise
to
of peace and tranquillity
and loyal citizens, but in these days
Chartisthor short sway
confederates,of t
the blue bottle
serious apprehensions for the safety of her Majesty's good
tended merely to bring about half-a-doz•en ofb
ats
and
guardians of the night from their regular beats, enahm,
as well as the loose fish in the vicinity
adjoining rank,
look out. A thick. set, middle-aged man, in the
rise to a good deal of merriment amongst en the
were on the .
'Temple-bar, and with a strength
it into his head to close
and adroitness that was perfectly marvellous, he, with a
garb of an engineer, from some strange cause or other, took
single swing at each, drew both the ponderous doors under d
expansive arch closely that noble a• together, and thereby
prevented all ingress or egress to or from the City.
The police who assembled, with much difficulty suc-
ceeded in forcing open the half door on the north aide,
but that on the south side baffled all their exer-
tion and strength. They could net move it an inch.
The wag who had called forth this exertion had managed to
get away, and might have got clear off, but for some cause
or other he returned, and his load laughter at their perplexity
caused the police to suspect him, and a City constable, who
no doubt thought the act was an insult offered to the Lord
Mayor or the City police, instantly seized him, and was in
the act of removing him to the station, when the fellow asked
if in the event of his performing the task of putting back the
half-gate he should be allowed to go about his business?
The constable hesitated, when several persons who had
heard the proposition, thought it a very fair one, and ex-
pressed their opinion to that, effect, and the result was that
the offer was accepted. The man, with a tact which evi-
dently proved he knew what he was about, took the gate in
his hands and gave it two or three shakes, after which he
pushed it back with the greatest ease, and walked away
amidst loud cries front the crowd of " Bravo, old fellow !"
Sunday Paper.

•
DRERT•LANE THEATRICAL FUND. Yesterday
evening the usual annual festival of this charity took place
at the Freemasons' Tavern, and was remarkably well at-
tended. His Royal highness the Duke of Cambridge was
expected to preside, but at the last moment intimated to
Mr. Harley, the treasurer, that he was unable to do so, as
his presence was required in the House of Lords. In the
absence of his Royal Highness the chair was filled by Sir
Wyndham Anstruther, who exerted himself in the most
creditable manner to discharge the duties thus cast upon him.
The amusements of the evening were Well sustained by he
gratuitous services of many of' our most esteemed and fa.
Miss P. Horton,
Fanny Redden,
vourite musicians and vocalists; to these were superadded
the exertions of Mr. Bacon, the roprietor of the tavern, who
provided the dinner on a scale of unusal splendour. Among
the ladies and gentlemen who favoared the company with
business point of view were of the usual cha-
gtehtehecrhatcr,ity,
efunodn,
andt h e
thatra cte ra—t :it:I'll:a :Ili:eine racntiatmteuets: amusing
it a itt's aotitintohuncing sub-
gmmr
iai
sstssu 1 gratuitous uulcsi
sepaiesroin,oy,rnmiseia,rn.f‘Dl
iri.;slwvße. raKe7nlflogre:riar,nld,:nis, Aliasist. ,IT i v i
er .
l' e
pro-
ceedings
abouta‘ 16001. It • appears
speech, reporting
gctsalotto'
that in a short time six more are likely to be added to the
eiosgnsBlaidtmp•trionstpitet
number. Under these circumstances, unless the friends of
the charity come to its support, it is
an! icipated that a reduc-
tion of the allowances to annuitants nu
vested capital of the charity must bei l.stn take
rerer
~acie or
th
The
e
whole character of the festival may be described as very suc-
cessful, if not for the permanent interests of the fund, at least
for the amusement of those present, and the ball was graced
with a large assemblage ladies,
of who appeared to take a
lively ' interest in the proceedings.
NEW ZEALAND COMPANY.— A meeting of the
New Zealand Company Ham held on Fricl,y, but it was
agreed, i n the recommendation of the court to adjourn
general proceedings in connexion with the annual report
until the beginning of Ju!y, win -ii is is anticipated the nego-
iations with the Government a II have been concluded, and
lie results placed in a pr.,per position tor presentation to the
po.prieturs. Before, however, the t.djeurtiment was finally
trended, a di-cursive debase took ph,ce upon toe prospects of
the Canterhury set 11, Int.,!t. is hich the directors regard all
,eoui.gitig, aed it was
'l,vi-ted in tLe course of the conver-
•atioi. shat 10,V0/. has `;,ten reoently raised eta debentures,
-oeing a porlion of the '‘5,UOOl. the eoMpalt,y 11.Y0 airsioi to
i advance to the promoters of that etttlemsat.