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racters with which they had become so closely identified , and a particular interest being imparted to the performance by the Hon . Lewis Wingfield making his debiit in public as Minerva .. Miss Clara Denv ' tl personates Lcion ; Mrs . St . Henry looks and plays most carefully the part of Juno , which is said to hare been orig inally intended for her ; Miss Helen Howard made a very graceful Cupid ,

and Mr . F . Hughes was energetically funny as Mars . The remaining portion of the east is in no respect different from that of the piece when produced . Miss Eosiiia Wright si ill brightens the burlesque with her graceful dancing , Avell supported by the ballot company under her direction . Miss Harriet Pelham resumes her part of Jupiter , Miss Ada Cavendish is again tho bewitching

Venus , Miss Lydia Maitland the li \ -el y Apollo , and Mr . Joseph Robins the robust Ganymede . The revival is elaborately supplied with the adequate pictorial and decorative accessories , and it is very cordially received by excellent audiences . Shakspeare ' s play of " King John" is revived , with a tout ensemble and completeness which speak well alike for the resources of the house and the efficiency of the company enlisted under the banner of Mr . Montgomery . That gentleman himself undertakes the character of

King John , and by his rendering leaves very little to be desired . His elocution , as usual , is excellent , his bearing sufficiently majestic , and his reading marks the true artist and student . Mr . Fernandez plays Faulconbridge with great care , and AA-CII supports Mr . Montgomery throughout the piece . Mr . Raymond , as the King , and Mr . A . Nelson , as the Dmvphin of France , sustain their

roles so as to add greatly to the strength of the cast , whilst a better Cardinal Randolph than Mr . Vollaire we do not recollect to have seen for some time . The Herbert of Mr . Sinclair is amongst the most noticeable of tho other impersonations , Avhilst Mr . John Neville preserves the importance of the speeches belonging to tho chief Citizen . Mrs . Henry Marston enacts the Dowager Queen Elinor ,

and Ave need not saj' does full justice to her part , as she does to anything she undertakes . Miss Emma Atkinson sustains the character of Constance with marked effect , and 'Miss Madge Eobinson , as Blanch , looks and plays it as nearly perfect as could Avell be . Prince Henri / is efficiently represented by Miss May Travers , and Arthur by MissLouisaMoore , Avbois making rapid way in her profession . The house is nightly crotvded by a highly appreciative audience , and the performers have no reason to complain of the warmth of their reception .

GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION . Ma . GERAIAX REED ' QPEIIA DI CAMERA . The third season . of this chamber opera commenced on Monday night , Avhen two now operas Avere produced . The first performed , called "The AVidows Bewitched , " is composed by Miss Virginia Gabriel , and may bo described as a very pretty piece of musical patchwork

, being an echo , if not an absolute plagiary , on the style aud method , and in many instances of the airs , cadences , and phrases of the popular modern masters . It is very nicely suug by Mr . Whiffin , Mr . J . A . ShaAY , Miss Emily Pitt , and Miss Augusta Thomson . There are in it somo lively songs , ivhich are far the most pleasing ; and both Miss Pitt and Miss Thomson sang very nicely and

effectively . Tho libretto is of the usual inane kind , and consists of two ladies of quality , Avho having retired into the country are followed by two admirers , who assume the dress of an abbe and a professor of languages . A duet by Mr . Whiffin and Miss Thomson received and deserved the most applause , and a merry song at tho conclusion and a farcical duet brought the curtains together Avifcb

some applause . The second piece is a Chinese farce , entitled "Ohing-Chow-Hi , " in Avhich the fun consists in tho Avildest nonsense being sung as Chinese . A quartet in this jargon was about tho most original piece of music , which is by

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Offenbach , and therefore has somo dramatic force in it . Tho close imitation of all the absurdities of an Italian , opera are well parodied , and doubtless those acquainted Avith the originals and their monstrous violations of actuality Avere amused by the clever musical-imitation . The libretto of this opera makes no pretension to anything bun to afford a vehicle for a variety of absurdities

of singing and acting . Mr . J . A . Shaw , who is the buffo of this establishment , distinguishes himself in both pieces , and seems to bo a favourite . Miss Augusta Thomson , the only lady in the Chinese piece , sang Avith great freshness and spirit , and showed much taste and facility in somo of hor passages . Mr . Whiffin and Mr . Wilkinson were the chief male singers . The scenery and dresses are picturesque and brilliant , and the management is very carefully conducted .

The Week.

THE WEEK .

THE COURT . —The Prince and Princess of Wales , attended hy the Hon . Mrs . Hardinge and Major Teesdale , left Marlborough House at noon on the 10 th inst ., for Gravesend , en route to the Continent . Htr Majesty the Queen arrived at Coburg at eight a . m . on the llth inst ., and immediately proceeded to Rosenau . Having arrived at Rosenau , she was received at the railway by

Prince Alfred and the Duke of Saxe-Cohurg-Gotha . Her Majesty ' s stay at Rosenau will , it is expected , be prolonged until the commencement of September . According to the present arrangements the ceremony of unveiling the memorial to the late Prince Albert will take place on tho 26 th inst ., at four o ' clock in the afternoon . The monument is near completion ,

tha statue having been cist at Nuniberg ( Lenz Herold ) , and the base and pedestal at AVeissenstadt , in Bavaria . The tower of the Coburg Town Hall , which was burnt down on the 2 nd of May last , has been rebuilt of a more handsome shape , in the square where the memorial will be erected . GEXERAi . IIo . ArE __ EWS . —The mortality iu the principal towns

in the kingdom last week was 2 , 938 , or at the rate of 27 in the thousand . Hull stood extraordinarily high , being 'II ' . London was three below the average . Dublin was the lowest on the list . The deaths in London were 1 , 374-, or about 60 above the average . The births iu all Avere 3 , 830 , of which 2 , 042 were in

London , or about 77 above the average . Our Foreign Office has at last taken action with the view of inducing the Governments ofthe cattle exporting countries iu the north of Europe to adopt measures for preventing the transmission of diseased stock to this country . To effect this object Earl Russell urges the institution of a careful inspection at their outports of all

cattle shipped for any British port . Accompanying the noble lord's despatch is a letter fr . om the Privy Council , pointing out that it is as much for the interest of foreign governments as for our own to adopt such measures of inspection , and possibly of detention of cattle at their potts , and hinting that , whilst to prohibit importation altogether would be highly inexpedient ,

yet in the absence of the precautious suggested , restrictions might have to be placed upon their importation that Avould tend greatly to cripple the trade . This exactly hits the nail on the head . Mr . Seymour Fitzgerald was entertained ou Thursday , the 10 th inst ., at a public dinner , given in his honour by his late constituents at Horsham . There ivere

upwards of two hundred gentlemen assembled , who accorded their distinguished guest an enthusiastic and most flattering reception . Major Aldridge presided , and Mr . Fitzgerald , in acknowledging the toast of his health , referred at some length to the general result of the late election , and insisted that it afforded no evidence Avhatever of a reaction adverse to Con-