The Sun. — London, England, 1846-04-14 00:00:00

- - • SPURTING -IN TELLIGEN CE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN ME t...TING. • NEwIiARKET, SUNDAY NIGHT, 11 O'CLOCK. The Craven Stakes not having filled, the match between Tribute and Brown Bess having been postponed"till Tuesday, and Lad y Constance and W rvnose h a vi n g paid to Sam. Mire in the D.M. Sweepstakes, the bill of fare for to-inor- Nw is reduced to eight races, all of which have appeared in roint, except the two handicaps ; for these the following horses stand Handicap of 20 sovs. each, and only 5, &c. D.M. Din g Cob, Bst 121 b Nell Cook, 3 31", Paultons, 4 yrs, 8$ 71b 21b cby Beiram out of Agnes, Footstool, 3 yrs, ' 7st 31b Peasant, 3 yrs, 7st 3 yrs, Est ' l2lb Two declared forfeit. Discord, Handicap of 25 soya . eac h, 10 f t . T.Y.C. aged, Bst 121 b Cocoa Nut, 5 yrs, 7st 1 01 b Garr y Owen, Espo* aged, Bst 121 b Beaumont, 5 yrs, ist 10 1 b - yes, 7st 1211, Hawkesbury, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b The Craven Stakes did not till. Lord Chesterfield ' s Birkenhead, Duke of Bedford's Piet O tfoot, Sir G. Heathcote's Amato colt, Mr. Phillimore's berrY, and Lord Lonsdale's Miss Milner colt, are scratched for the A.8.N1. Sweepstakes, and Joinviile and the Revelry colt for the D.M. Stakes ; both in the first day's list. Soldier's Joy and Vol•au Vent are scratched for the New market Ha 1 . I LA y, New Match for Friday—Corranna, Bst 101 b, agst Oakley , sit 71b, T.M.M., 200 h ft. As yet we have had no betting; in fact, the town has been thrown cif its balance by an accident of a most alarming nature that befel the special train this afternoon. From the hasty aF• count we have picked up, it would appear that the train consisted of two engines, three horse-boxes, with hacks, and e eight or nine carriages, and that it had proceeded not m e o h_ than nine or ten miles from Shoreditch before the firstes gine jerked the other off the line, and the horse-b t be coming detached, were overturned ' into the some of the line. Of the carriages, all went over but three, with watera ° t x he side on their sides, and others over those in advance. the wheels in the air. 't he wreck is representedto have been awful, and it is miraculous that theconsequenchesilsiedho,uld have another been so comparatively trifling. One horse was bad his back broken, and two or three others very v ere dread severely fully maimed. One of the guards was also • hurt, but we are happy to .tate that the l altogether. What would have been their)airen escaped passengers d not the horse-boxes been placed between the carriages and the en iginea it is frightful to contemplate. It was full half an hour before the unfortunate horses were extricated, or the full extent of the mischief ascertainen ; one of the engines was then sent back to the Shoreditch station, and fresh carriages having baen forwarded, the passengers, amongst whom were Lords Chesterfield and Maidstone, were sent on, and, about two hours after the proper time, reached Newmarket. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. MONDAY AFTERNOON, FIVE O'CLOCK. —The Sub acription: rooms were opened last night as usual, but so entirely was the attention of every person present en grossed by the accident to the special train, that the reading of the list was a mere ceremony; not a bet was laid. It was at first stated that all the carriages had been overturned ; we. believe, however, that the follow ing b id account will be found to be pretty near the truth :-The train, which was started expressly for the Newmarket visitors, consisted of fire horse boxes, one truck, and six or eight carriages, most of them first class. It was drawn by two powerful new engines, and travelled with great velocity until between Edmonton and Potter's-bar. The fore,wheels of the second engine were then listed off the rails, and directly after were dragged on again. The jerk, however, threw the hind wheels off, and almost instantaneously the first horse-box also went off the rail. Providentially the chain that connected it with the tender broke, and the engines became detached. The train, however, had acquired so great an impetus, that the box swung round, and fell over into a Wide and deep sheet of water at the side of the line ; the other boxes shared the same fate, the collision being so fearful that the first Was smashed to pieces. The first carriage was tilted up against one of the telegraph posts, all, we believe, were off the rail, and the la,t was over turned. Some idea of the shock may be formed, when we state that the horse boxes and truck, laid parallel with the carriages, 1. e., precisely in an opposite direction to that in which they had started ; the engines, on be coming detached, proceeded two or three hundred yards, and were then stopped. It is miraculous that the only t ersons injured were a guard and one of the porters, and beyond a few contusions, the passengers escaped. The horses were not so fortunate; one poor an'mal was drowned, another had its back broken, and three or four others were more or less hurt. It is due to the secretary of the company and its servants, that every possible as- Instance was rendered, and that one of the engines hav ing been immediately dispatched to Shoreditch, extra carriages were a: tached to the two o'clock train, and by about half-past three, the passengers proceeded on their journey, reaching Newmarket between two and three hours after the proper time, some with their luggage (none the better for an immersion in the water), and some without any. The accident is accounted for in various ways, but is most commonly attributed to the greatness of the speed, and the use of two engines, when one would have b, en amply sufficient : that two were used, was owing to the determination of the directors to prevent anything in the shape of disappointment or delay. Whether the report of the accident had any influence on the. Metropolitans, certain it is, that the arrivavls this morning were less numerous than we had calculated upon. The attendance, however, included most of the regular frequenters of the meetings, and the general muster on the heath was about an average. The weather was favourable and the sports (albeit) lacking a Craven Stakes, was satisfactory in quantity anti competi. tion, and kept the company on the ground from one o'clock until tour. We add the usual return: — Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, and 5 only if declared, for three and four years old. a M. Cel. Peel's King Cob, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Nat) 1 Lord Albemarle's Nell Cook, 3 yrs, 6st 2l Duke of Rutland's Paultons, 4 yra, Bst 71b The following also started but were not placed : Lord Orford's, Footstool 0 Duke of Richmond's, Peasant 0 Lord Exeter's c by Beiram, out of Agnes 0 Betting-7 to 4 apt Paultons, 4to 1 agst Peasant, 9 to 2 agst Footstool, and 5 to 1 agat King Cob. Paultons, Peasant, and Lord Exeter's ran together, in company, at a strong pace to the c irds, where Foot stool, Nell Cook, and King Cob joined them, and they ran in close array half way up; King Cob then quitted his horses, and won very easy by two lengths ; all well up but the Agnes colt, which was beaten a long way. handicap Sweepstakes.of 25 soya. each, 10 ft, for four years old and upwards. T.Y.C. Lord W. Powlett's Espcir, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (Bartholomew) 1 Col. Peel's Garry Owen, aged. Bst 121 b Lord Albemarle's Beaumont, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b The following were not placed:—Lord G. Bentinck's Discord—Lord Exeter's Cocoa Nut—Mr. Shelly's Hawkesbury. Betting-7 to 2 agst Beaumont, 7 to 2 agst Garry Owen, 4 to 1 agst Discord, 4 to 1 agst Espoir, 4 to 1 agat Cocoa Nut, and sto 1 agst Hawkesbury. Hawkes bury made the running at a good pace, followed by Espoir and Discord, but all liing in closecompany. No change took place until they reached the cords, Espoir then went in advance, made the rest of the play, and won cleverly by a length ; all were well up at the finish ex cept Hawkesbury. _Match-200 sovs., half forfeit. First half of Ab. M. Mr. G. S. Ford's Millwo o d, Bst 21b (J. Rowlett), beat Mr. O'Brien's Tribute) : Bst. 51b (Francis). Betting 2to lon Millwood. Won in a canter by three lengths. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, half forfeit, for three years old fillies, Bst 71b. D.M. Lord G. Benunck's Blackbird .................... (Nat) 1 Duke of Rutlan d ' s sister to Flambeau. Lord Exeter's Brainkss, sister to Nora Creina 3 Betting-5 to 4on Blackbird. 6to 4 against sister to Flambeau, and sto 1 against Brainless. Sister to Flam beau made play at a capital pace to the cords, where she was challenged by Blackbird, and in the run in defeated eleverly by a length. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, for three. years-old ; colts, Bst. 71b.; fillies, Bst 71b. D.M. (5 Subs.) Lord Chesterfield's Free Lance .................. (Nat) I Lord Lonsdale's Joy Mr. Marson's Pawnbroker ........................... Betting-7 to lon Joy, and 2 t o 1 against th..e.F.ree Lat,ce. Joy took the lead, and al,hougit anything but dispnoed to run straight, cut out the work right into the cords ; Free Lance then challenged, left him a few strides from the chair , and won by a length and a halt Pae.nbroker was beat,ci off Match-200 snag., half lorfrit. Weight forage. D.M. Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wi1d:61%4 yrs, Bst 71b (Nat) Lord Orford's Prussic Acid, 3 yes, 6,5 121 b 2 6t04 on L.aly Wildair. Won by a neck. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, half forfeit , for three year-sold etas, Bst 71b each. Ab. M. (8 Subs.) Lord Lon dale's b c by Bay Mid'lettm, out of Miss :Mintier, allowed 41b (Bartholomew) 1 Mr. Payne's Collingwood (allowed 41ba.) 2 Sir. J. Hawley's Prospect 3 4 Sir. W. W. Wynn's Cynynion (allo wed 41bs) .. Betting-2 to 1 agst Prospect, 7to 1 agst Coiling wood, and 4 to 1 agst Cynynion. Prospect made play at the top of his speed to the hill, in descending which the Miss Milner colt went in front, whb Collingwood in her wake, made the rest of the running, and won very easy by a length. Prospect and Cynynion were beaten three or four lengths. Match--500 soya., 200 ft, D. I.—Duke of Bedford's Minotaur received from Mr. Payne's Queen Mab, Bst 71b each. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft for fillies, &c., Bst 71b each, D. M. Colonel Peel's Samphire, by Slane, out of Sea Kale, walked over. Match-300 sovs. h ft, A. F.—Mr. G. H. Moore's Wolf dog.. 7st 10Ib, received forfeit from Mr. Greville's Alacc, Bst 7st. . NEW MATCHES.—TIIESDAY. Duke of Bedfsrd's Captain Phoebus, 4 yrs, agst Sir W . Don's I:seelzebub, aged, Bst 71b each ; first half of A b. M., 50. FRIDAY. Nir. Moore's C•9rranna, B,t 101 b, against the Duke 0 . Be dfortre 0 kley, Bst 7lb ; T. M M ; 200 sovs, h ft. BETTING ON THE NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 8 to 1 apt Mr. Copeland's Arthur .13 to 1 agst Mr. Moore's Correia's, 1-4 to 1 frist Lord G. Benemck's Marquis Conyngbam 14 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Little Vulgar Boy 20 to 1 agst Mr. Cuthberes Queen of Tyne 20 t s t, 1 agst Mr. G. H. Moore's yVolf Dog—taken 22 to 1 agst Lord Gla s g ow : B Emilia filly 25 to I agst Sir G. Ileatheote's Akbar—taken 25 to 1 agst Sir B. Bulkeley's Chertsey. The reason of the Earl of Euston's resignation of the ftlen eley of th e West Suffolk Militia is understood to have been the appoi utment, of the adjutant without paying his ti shit , the u.ttial compliment of ta kin g his recommenda "•-- Ssitr)//z Paper. 4, ;I: It is positi ve l y affirmed," says the Courrie r Fran s ais, at when the Qt,•een of England visits Paris, Prince Albert w it ] ne treated whit royal honours. It is known that during the Germ exwursiln whickt the Sover,ign of Go eat Britain took to ke a ln the Prioct received only the honours paid to the Vi e rn to l p not the heads of royal families, and that Queen 1 !" much angoyed at It." , MIS • 1.3 ROUTE _TO TILE W E ST INDIES. • civilisation, and tending to secure the peace df the Thanking you, Sir, for the readiness you have ever shown to promote all similar improvements, and for your expressed intention of inserting this communication, 1 remain, your obedient servant, THOMAS HODGSKIN. one exception, closely - to the Tegend on which thet,piece• professes to be baSed. It opens with a corps of fairies, presided over by Robin Goodfello‘ii Mar shall), deliberating what is to be done for the co c h l c a l m u s c e l s ed ; i si t ork i i s ng posed on the itthattitants of Cov e n t ry, by I- 4 - , otric, the Earl of Mereia, and lord of th e manor , would be no bid the elt repeal after of some discussion, thepoll-tax im posed for the relief of their protoges. Accordingly it is resolved that the female poeulation Of the ag grieved city shallr he instigated to make a movement against the obnoxious impost. We art- then led to the gland baronial hall of the Lord of Niercia, wherein Lady Godiva (Mrs. Fo,brokv), who is mom,ntarily ex pecting the return of her liege lord from the warS, is waited upon by a deputation from the United Female Association, headed by Mrs. Mildred (Ntss Emma Stanley), wife of Peeping Tom, praying that Lr'dY 100 diva would us- her interest to get the law abrog A d, in furtherance or which they present her with a n'"" - t . " petition. The lady promiSe , , her itifluenee, her lord r-•lnrns, and having been sucee,sful in hiscatnpaigu,he holds g ra; jollifinttion or banquet, at which, ge ting rather heady from the excess of his potations, Godiva takes advantage 0# the opportunity and urges the petition of the femam r-formers of Coventry. Its lordship, who thinks in the miin with the Duke of Newcastle, that a " man may do what he likes with his own," nevertheless, being watm with wine, is disposed for once to yield a little, but it is only on condition that his good lady parades the city in the manner described by the legend. Site consents, much to the surf rise of Leofric, who expected he might make a show of generosity without giving the substance. A pro companies the orphan; and this treacherous design is also defeated. Ttie orphan establishes her claim, her persecutors are detected, and she relvards her gallant deliverer with her hand. The minor personages are also rendered happy, the slighted .I.latifole transferring her affections to an amorous tradesman, Sansonet, -TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR.—In the course of the year 1842, The Sun contained one or two articles, written by me, calling at tention to the advantages of communicating with our Vest India colonies, and with the ports of South America, through the United States. The plan I entertained and described was this:—The 'mails, includit;g passengers, letters, and commu nication of all kinds for the whole of our West India colonies for Mexico by Vera Cruz, and all the adjacent coast of America, north and south, should he nt from England by the steamers which now ply be tween Liverpool and Boston. Having, by concentrating all the communications with the whole Alnl'lletin conti nent, on this one line, brought to it a great increase of business. it might be profitable to send a steamer from Liverpool once a week, instead of once month or once a fortnight. Fr om Boston it was proposed that all the communications should be forwarded, either by steamers or rail, as the communication is carried on in the United States, to New York, and from thence to Savannah, or Georgia, i r some other e xtreme point in the Unit, d States, to which there is now a rapid communication. 'cher, the mails, it was proposed, should be by steamt.rs. communicating with Vera Cruz, Jamaica, the rest of the West India colonies, and carried to their respective cl-stinati , ns. That is a brief outline of the plan then .-tig4ested, which was noticed, th ugh not with much approbation, by the Liverpool Timts and some other papers, Each of the many days that has since elaped, has brought with it for me its own thoughts and its own avocations, and Lief had almost washed out of my mind all remembrance of my scheme. was with no little surprise and satisfaction, therefore, that I saw, by the last arrival fromt the West Indies, that a plan in principle similar to mine has been adopted, and recommended to the public, isti.:nGetiacchhgy. of Jamaica,reaterdetail than I had entered into, by Mr. a gentleman who appears to be well acquainted with the localities, appliance, and con veniences of the islands and countries around the gulf COURT CIRCULAR. ~,,,WkllN:nSaoiaringYloisnyae pony p e h Q a e u t e o e i Pr thisa mor i n n i F i e , g Albert . 1.. the afternoon his R,,yal Highness Prince Albert drove her Majesty out in a pony phaeton, followed in a pony landau and four by the Lady in Waiting and the two Maids of Honour. The Equerries in Waiting to her Majesty and Prince Albert attended on horseback. The Prince of Wales, the Prince Alfred, the Prin e,,s Royal, and the Fri c..-ss Alice took their u,tial walking and piny exerci , e in the grounds adjacet.t.to the Castle this forenoon. Their Royal Highnesses took a carriage airing in the afternoon, accornpalied by the Do ,, ager Lady Lyttelton. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will ineutle her R .yal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Earl and Countess, of 11. , me, Lady Augusta Brune, Baroness de Speth, and Colonel M`Douall (2d Life Goarrt•). The band of the Grenadier Guards attends in the Castle du, it g dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attends. Ilia Serene Highness the hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen, attended by Captain Taylor and Baron de Reitz , ”istein, went to Kew on Sunday, and dined with their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge. Yesterday morning the hereditary Prince, at tended by the Earl of Sheffield, Captain Taylor, and the Baron de Reitzenstein, left town by tue Great Western Railway for the Slough station, to attend the hunt. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar was also present at the hunt. Dispatches were received yesterdaY, at the Colonial office, from the Governor of Mid Mauritius. (Wright), by whom they are ardently responded to; and Marcel obtaining the hand of her sister Agatha (Miss E. Chaplin), to whom he had long been attached. The acting of those whose names we have mentioned, as well as of Bedford, who, in the character of a .conjugal lover, rather too much addicted to the bottle, kept the house literally in a roar, tended considerably to the success of the piece, which, though not very naliel in Vat, was by no means destitute of merit. Some of the scenes were extremely pathetic, and there was suf ficient incident to give it vitality. The title was rather infercitnus, for the plot of the plebe was based on the designs of Rollin and Delamere; and the respective specimens of industry and indolence were only mere 'Teats in working out the pie Ce. In a word, the piece was not forme" to illustrate the moral which its title would I. ad us to suppose. Peter W was the next piece. This was a revival of an extrava ganza based upon the nursery tale of the same name, with which, no d nibt, our readers are well acquainted. It perhaps, whether we regard the performers or the scenery, was never put forward in a more attractive form. The principal characters were su,tained by. Messrs. Bedford and Munyard, Miss Taylor, Mrs. Har rison, and Miss Emma Harding, who, in the part of Colombat the CLVI, sustained regal character with all the mock dignity that belongs to it in the piece, Some of the scenes were admirably exeeuted, and r. fleet considerable nie,it on the artists, Messrs.:Pitt and John. stone. Both these pieces were announced for repetition every evening until further notice, which was received with loud applause by a crowded house. The evening's entertainment concluded with the hemourous farce of Did you ever send your Wife to Camberwell? The cast was the same as before, with the exception of Miss Woolgar, as Mrs. Honey bun, whose place was ably sup plied by Miss Emma Harding, who is every day de servedly becoming a greater favourite with the public. )f Mexico. His plan, Its I find it, which you published in extensu in The Sun on Saturday, a part of which THE THEATRES. DRURY-LA iv g. I hope I may repeat in this. Mr. M'Oeachy proposes to vary the present route bi.twecn Jamaica and Great Britain by a diversion through The opera of the Crusaders vvas performed at this theatre last night, for the 34th time, and, from the re ception it met with from a crowded house, it does not 'rem to have lost one particle of its interest since the first night of its performance. The spirited lessee of this establishment exercised a sound discretion in deter mining on its repetition, in preference to some new Easter offering, as he thereby affords an opportunity to hundreds who visit the metropolis at this joyous season of the year of witnessing the performance of an opera full of histrionic interest, splendid scenery, delightful singing, and enchanting music. On the first night of the performance of this opera we gave it deserved praise, and on a second visit our first impression of its merits are not only strengthened but fortified. We are happy to see that our opinions are those also entertained by the publie—if we may be allowed to judge from the best of all criterions, the patrona to they bestow upon it. The excellent singing of Miss Romer, Miss Rainforth, and Messrs. Harrison, Borrani, and Stretton, called forth loud and continued plaudits. The entertainments of the evening were concluded by the revival of the ce lebrated ballet d'action of 1 'erouse, or the Desolate Island. The scenery of the piece reflects great bredit on Grieve and his assistants ; and the excellent acting of Wieland as Champanze cannot too highly appreciated ;as an imitator of the monkey species, he is unsurpassed and unsurpassable. We perceive by the bill that it is the intervion of the lessee on Thursday next to produce, for the first time at this theatre, Auber's opera of The:Crown Jewels, when the fascinating Thillon will make her first appearance in her original character of Catarina. the United States and Halifax, so nevertheless as to re duce the period of communication to a maximum speed of 14 days. He proposes, if we rightly comprehend his plans, to, make Montego Bay the station for the steam ers which are to be the medium of communication be tween the island and Great Britain. The mails, and passengers of course, would be transmitted by the rail way now in course of projection, from Kingston to Montego Riy, and a steamer would bear them thence to Batabano in the island of Cuba, from which a commu nication by railway is already e,tabli,hed to Havannah. Another line of steamers stationed at the latter port, would take up the line of communication to Tampa Bay. in the Stute of Florida, and railways between t7iat place and Cha , lesion, New York, and Boston, to St. John's, New Brunswick, would be met by steamers at the latter place, which, plying between that port and the western coast of Nova 'Scotia, would convey the mails and pas sengers to the terminus of a railway concluding at Hali fax, from whence they would be embarked for Bantry Bay, in Ireland, which Mr. M'Geachy proposes as the British packet station. " Mr. M'Geachy estimates the time expended in this route at 14 days 5 hours between Kingston (Jamaica) and Ireland, thus : From Kingston to the west end of Jamaica, say Montego bay, by the projected railway . 5 hrs. To Batabano by steamer Batabano to Havannah, by railway Havannah to Tampa Bay, by steamer 44 do. Tampa Bay to New York, by Jamaica to New York New York to Halifax.. 125 do. 24 do. Jamaica to Halifax 149 do. Or 6 days 5 hrs. Halifax to Bantry Bay, or Valentia Jamaica to Ireland ... 14 days 5 brs. " The selection of Tampa Bay, as the place of arrival of the steamers, appears to be particularly advarvage , for a company projected to carry out Mr. M•Greachy's plan. The very great importance of the cities of New Orleans and Mobile, as seats of commerce profitable as well to the United States as to European nations, is too weal known to require observation from us. At present the means ot communication between these cities and the principal commercial towns on the eastern coast of Ame rica are extremely defective ; indeed, a sea voyage between New York and New Orleans is at present an undertaking equal to a passage across . the Atlantic. Tampa Bay would be comparatively but a few hours steaming from the mouth of the Mississipi, and the pro jected railroad would take the New Orleans merchant to New York in thirty hours." Mr. M'Geachy's plan is much more extensive than mine, and contemplates new railways and different packet stations in Europe, which mine proposed to pro pel by those which are already in existence, believing that one present attainable improvement will lead on to others. Of Tampa Bay and the railroad hence to New York, I know nothing; nor should I presume to sug gest any improvement or project to the wide awake Americans, whose spirit of enterprise needs no stimulus nor directions from us, but I know that already there exists, as you may read in Mr. Lyall's travels in the United States (one of the best works that has been published on that country), a complete railway com munication from Boston to Savannah, and it may be expected with proper arrangements that the distance between Boston, with which our Liverpool steamers now communicate, and some southern point of Florida or Georgia, with the railways now existing in the United States, should be easily accomplished in three days. Lt twelve days the st, amers now pass be tween Liverpool and Boston, and supposing, with Mr. M'Geachy, that from this southern point Jamaica might be reached in ninety hours, or, say four days, it is lear that, without fie) , very ex tensive change, but simply substituting compare Lively small steamers between Florida or George, and Jamaica, having only voyages of four or five days to make, for the great steamers which can cross the ocean from Southampton to the West Indies, London, and Jamaica may at once be brought within twenty or twenty-one days of each other, instead of twenty- eight, as by the expensive plan of communication now in use under the management of the Royal Mail Packet Com pany. Mr. WI ieachy, much more sanguine and better acquainted with the subject than I am, says Jamaica may be reached in fourteen days, or shortening the time by one-half. Of course by this route the Bahama Islands, Cuba, St. Domingo, &c., would be reached in a prepor• tionably still shorter time, but the scheme would not be so advantageous in reducing the time in which England can communicate with Antigua, Barbadoes, &c. As steam-packets are not calculated to carry very large cargoes, and it has always appeared to me preposterous to run two series of such packets, chiefly adapted for pas sengers, across the Atlantic, one going from Southampton round by the Madeira or the Azores to obtain a supply of coal in order to reach the West Indies, and the other going . straight to Halifax and Boston. The sea voyage, and, r the most favourable circumstances, round by Madeira, is twice as long, and the travelling by land through the United States being chiefly performed by rail, is at least three times as rapid as the voyage by steamer. Let any man look at a chart, remembering that there exists at present a r a il wa y com m un i ca ti on from Boston to Savan nah, an d h e must at once b e struc k w i t h t h e man y ad vantages and d is A s n h t o i r g t u r a 7te froth England to Jamaica, fxn 1 all the-neighbouring islands, over the longer route by Madeira of what can be do Now that the plan has been taken up, at the other end whatever that R e illy "' dope who sees what is going on, as it were, by a might be' suc cess, and and inthe West Indies, I have no doubt it the elements of complete suc advantages. The carried mercantile, and social be made through anifT out with great pecuniary, umcations with our colonies would great objection to it is that o ur co communicati on foreign state. But since I broached the subject the tiFation between England and her Indian Empire has wonderfully in im portance, and a l most as wonderfully us rapidly. Thi s import ant communication however, is c arr i e d on through at least t wo ptpd(i)tsieectitltate,,, France and E g ypt, r f o or,..gn .i h rough Au s t r i a.mustpass through half-u-dozendnce with tections may be mad e —l hold. ta t t h es e . re Whatev e r oujee ones—to tratt.rnitting our correspondence are no legitim a t e South America and our West India colonies l the United States , apply at least with equal fttbhie"eoLit4h witting our Indian c orres pondence through France antr :; Austria and Egypt. All these objections are, then f .re practically answered by that tra nsin;—s.on, and there is now no need of any arguments to refute the apprehen sions of conveying our mails and passengers from the most northern to the most southern part of th.- United States. The distance will not be much grea ter than from Marseilles to Calais. I believe I conveyed as through that they would be as sae y less i nterru ptedly, and France, and even more safely, notch more expeditiously . On both England ai d the United States the plan would confer great advantages. d of uti- The communication would be an additional bon lity and peace. Whateve r mi g ht have peen thought a f e w months ago of some braggadocios in American tour nals and Congress, it is now abundantl y plain that the bulk of the Americans desire peace with England as ar dently as we desire peace with the United States. Let us help this brotherly mut ual desire b y increasing the accommodation which we can mutually afford ; and as Mr. M'Geachy's plan would do this, it would promote both the pecuniary and political welfare of the United States. That our advantage—the advantage of our merchants, our Government, aed all our people—would be promoted by this plan there cannot be a doubt. They could save, at the very least a week, perhaps a fortnight, in reach ing ,Jamaica and most of the adjacent colonies. It would increase their trade both with the United States ai=d with Europe. Having more speedy informa tion, they could at all times adjust with greater accu racy than at present the supply to the demand. Our West India proprietors complain ; let them facilitate communication with Europe and North Africa, and half their complaints will be removed. The trade of the Americans, both with Europe and all the southern world, would be much extaried by the same means. Independently of the steamers visiting their harbours, and the increased traffic along these rails and coasts, the existence of those would necessarily carry with them a tot responding increase of trade between North and South America. They would be benefited probably even more than we should, and in proportion to the be nefits they derive from our communications with nor colonies through their country would he their unwilling ness to interrupt it. Besides the pecuniary and teprean Llie7 advantages of Mr. M•Geachy's plan, or any plan. it would have, like all successful schemes for extending communication, the still greater advantage of promoting THEI SUN, LONDON', TUESDAY M_ORN'iNG,APRIL 14, 1946. to its original state. A pretty-scenibeff. et is then produced bya star, opening and revealing a iine bustof Shakepeare amid the 'usual ,:e.2oinpanitnents of -red. red and blue fire. It would be l;ardly lair to conclude ‘Aithout salting that the actors su , tained the parts alloted to them with much power and ability. As to the scc:nery, it was in general superior to what is found in min , r theatres. STU el \ 11, M. Philippe commencedhis summer campaign here last night, and commenced by lighting up his temple of ineigie by a pistol shot. 11 fired, and behold 250 candles became lighted at once. Patil Redford should have been there to have given his fay .write word of command, " Blaze away." for M. Philippe would have obeyed it to the very b.tter. Another marvel which M. Philippe in troduced last night was his graham uh-r's crap, and vr tainly his grandmother cuti-4 have been the most won derful of womankind—the c , .p of Fortunatus was a m •re ordinary article of manufacture compared to the cap of M. Philippe's grandmother ; that cap alone is in itself an inherim tart the bon bons, and the coffee, and the goo I things of all sot is which M. Philipp produces ar.d di..tributes among his friends, were last night in grt ater quan tity and greater variety than ever. IVhat an invalu able man ho would be as magician to ::ti exploring party in the back woode, or to an emigrant party to Oregon, a r even to attend an invading army. 'll,, commissariat dvartment tuigl4 be dune away with entirely, if ex plorers, and emigrants, and armies coahl secure the ser vices of such a magician as M. Philippe, who can, no doubt, at any timo, exteinpori.e stores stocked to an uneiwited extent in the bush or in the desert. ASTLEY'S. This favourite place of amusement well sustains its long esta'elished character as the principal eqwstrien establishment in the British empire. Last night the spirited manager of this theatre, in conformi:v with his usual custom. produced a ntiv. , l and original t qaestrian spectacle for the Eastar holidays, which is entitled The Arab Steed, or the Pearl of the Euphrates. It combines the interest of a rainaltic story, crowded with stirring events, with the gorgeous scenery and decora tions which are peculiar to Asiatic exhibitions. The drama is from the pen of Mr. Leman lie ode. It com mences with a view of the desert near the mouth of the Euphrates, where Arrac, " the Son of . the Down," was resolved to dwell, acid not accompany his tribe, who were about to set out with their steeds, baggage, Er i c., to dwell in the sunshine of Caliph Omar's power. Ac cording to an old tradiion it was affirmed that upon the last steed of pore Arab bled, and the last of a great tribe, being left alone, wandering in the desert, the Caliph's power would be at an end This appre hension so worked upon the Caliph Omar that he -eat one-half of his courtiers to obtain the Arab steed, in the possession of Arrac, which he fancied was the one referred to in the tradition. Arrac refused the request, and was in consequence surrounded by the troops of Omar, who marched him off a prisoner. A council was held by Omar, at which Arrac and his family were assembled as prisoners. Arm at length brings forth his steed, and after declining the most tempting offers made to hire, fur the steed is condemned to death, and his wi'e, son, and daughter are kept prisoners, notwithstanding the most earnest interces• sion by Selitn, the nephew and suecessor of the Caliph, on behalf of Zillah, the daughter of Arrac, with whom he has fallen in love. In the meantime the noble animal, as if prompted by instinct, bounds eff from the guards by whom he is surrounded—makes a sudden anti marvellous escape, and flies back to the desert with the speed of lightning. After a variety of thrilling incidents which were depicted with great power, Llaha Louri, the Arabian Amazon, calls up her guard of female warriors, who like true daui,hters of the desert, vow that that they will avenge the wrongs of Arrac, the son of the desert. The Arab regains his steed, vengeance is wreaked on the Caliph, the palace and round tower are fired, the fortress is demoashed, and after the most deadly encounters and bailout try conflicts between the Caliph and his myrmidons on the one side, and Arrac with the brave Amazoniens on the other, the curtain falls on the triumph of the tribes, and the victory of might over right. Barney Branagan, from Ballyragget, who was wrt eked and thrown on the coast near the Ca liph's Court, while on his way to a pearl fishery, sus tains the principal portion of the underplot. and keeps the house in a continued roar of laughter. Some of the scenes, and particularly the one where Arnie and the perishing camel are discovered in the endless desert, are very splendid. Indeed, the whole arrangt merits reflect the greatest credit oil the naanagetnent, and we venture to predict a lung and successful run for this gargeous and interesting spectacle. The evenings entertainments were concluded with the laughable afterpicce of For-, tune's Frolic. SUIIREV. The bill of fare for the entertainment of the public, presented more than usual attraction yesterday evening ut this theatre, and the pieces presented, we are happy to say met with the loudly expressed approbation of a very crowded audience. The perrormances commenced with an entirely new extravaganza, entitled Jack the Giant Killer, or the Knights of the Round Table. The plot being entirely based on the *original nurA•ry tale, of course requires no repetition; suffice it to say, that both the scenery and general management of the piece were very effective. It approached so nearly to a pantomime as to be peculiarly fuel or the recreation of the youth ul of the community during the Easter recess. It was followed by a rew farce from the pen of Mr. E. Stirling, entitled, On t*.e 7'iles,or a Night at Green wich. The situations were amusing in the extreme. and the misadventures of two gentlemen, who venture upon the tiles to obtain interviews with their respective sweethearts, were very ludicrous. The falling snow is admirably imitated ; and the farce, though not of the first order, was announced for repetition amidst loud applause. It, was fotlowed by a necrom.'ntic ballet d'arti.in, entitled, Der (-hanwis Yager ; or, the Fiend qf Emei, written arid prep ired by Herr Dentin, who, with Sladeinoi ell- Theodore Deulin and Herr E. Detain', are the principal dancers. The ballet was eminently suc cessful, and the dancing of the comp ,ser, and his brother, and sister, much admired. The character of the Fiend of Earth was exceedingly well sus tained by Herr Nicolo Deulin. The work was very ingeniously contrived, and altogetlit r the Earth Fiend offered from the ordinary " poor devils" been on the stage, inasmuch as he pus sensed all the terrible and mischievous qualities usually ascribed to fiends of German extraction, without any of the absurdity of the " gentlem , n in black" who some times condescend to appear in public. The ballet is one of a first-rate order, and the pantowimic portions kept the audience iu roars of laughter. At the conclusion, the whole of the Deulin family were called before th.- curtain, and loucLy applauded. A tableau of the late victory in India was well done, and equally well-received; and the entertainments cone tided with an interesting drama, called the Rats of Rat Castle. At the fall of the curtain the au.liencit again expressed their sense of having witnessed a really good night's amusement. VICTORIA. E ester Monday fund this house, as usual, with a supply of novelty, an admirable caste of characters, and a crowd of spectators. Cheers and deep silence succes• sively testified the applause and interest of the audience, and there could have been but one opinion of the splen dour of the scenery, most of it new and always appro priate, got. up with great taste and effect, and admirably worked. The novelty of the evening was Laid up in Port, or Sharks cdov Shore. The at ry is one ot love and daring, villainy and intrigue. The finale, of course, rewards the gallant, and distuisses the villain to punish ment. The curtain rose upon the house of Captain Stockton, R.N., who happens to be at sea. Here was Old Squalls (Mr. Robert Tindell), who had been fat , rd to save the Captain's life, and, as he thought, lose Young Squalls at thesama moment, born, as it might seem, to ue the protector of the Stocktoms. And here was Feli city Stockton (Miss Vincent), a gay merry young girl, with no hing to trouble her but the thought of a young Commander in the navy who had won her affections. Seine , times a yarn from Old Squalls about the rescue of the Captain would affect her to tears at the int mory of his boy, anti the wants of an un'orunate family could get her sympathy stud her help ; but here, too, wis the re puta-d friend of the family, )1(1 Snake' v, who had already sold Felicity to a Mexican pirate, with a view to enrich himself with her father's house and property. The winds and good seamanship brought the Mexican cm& " along shore." Snaky onwrtuaity to gratify the pirate's wishes and his own, promises that the returned convict, a. he really was, should Fen.) become a gentle man. The plot succeeded so far as to maku failure more desperate, and detection dumbly disgraceful. But before (hi; occurred many were the incidents curiously int.-rwoven, and depending on love and long lost rela _ dons, which n••w fell out. Mr. Fredericks played the pirate well, bold, daring, retnurs.•less, and no hypocrite in his villainy. Miss Vincent sustained the character and the shifting fortune of Felicity Stockton with great truth. As the gay, light-hearted girl in love, or the im passioned, indignant victim on the (leek of the pira . .e, when danger, and dishonour in hopelessness, drew her to defy di ath, in these differing circumstances, she shows an eqvtally fa •ile command of to r a, t. Just as all was ge:tiug dismal—when boldness in comprict with intrigue was expecting success and triumph—Your g Squalls, long since reckone I with the dead, makes his appear ance from the banks of the Ganges, unknown, and knowing none, though with a memory that lies in wait fur the thousand coincidences which shall identify him in connexion with the living. " Chance," as he is called, is really a lucky fellow, for fallitg in with hard fortune, as his fate would have it, he becomcs cognizant of the plot against Felicity, but, in his attnupt to defend her, finds himself also in the iron grasp of the Pirate ; fate, however, threw the cruiser's helm into his hand. _ . .... Chance, mistaken by the Pirate for one of the crew, and contrary to command, hove the ves:44 across the tack of -- • - ••,. • , 4 the " Alligator, slop of war, now under pra.ss •• of canvas in pursuit, under cotamand of Felicity's lover. She was -o ,n raking the pirate lore and aft—the brave tar. , prung on deck, and the finale was rescue and v:.ctory— recognition and joy. Mr. E. F. Saville sustained the character of Chance with great p,,wer. The part of Mrs Cumming was well played by Mrs. G. Lee ; and Perogiine Pickles (Mr. E. G. Burton), and Hortensia Stubbs (Miss E. Terrey), were admirable. The Daugh ter of the Regiment, and the Rats of Rats' Castle, closed the amusements of the evening., which were throughout very much to the gratification of the audience, and the praise of the company and the lessee of the theatre. Sir .T. Graham l e ft town on S ',Ards); for F.lkefitone DISCOVERY OF A MINERALOGICAL CAVERN.—The improvement of the road from lovernesA to Fort-Augu,tus h is led to the discovers. of a singular c .vern, near Abriachan, about sev. n miles from . Itiveroe , s. A congulf-xable quantity of stones and rock having to Ir removed, in order to pre vent their shifti.ia duwn lln the r"ad. a ca vern was di-co vered, partly fil:e i with that pec uliar deposition from lime stone called alabaster, or more properly stalactite and stalaraite.—Roasshirc Ackertiser. LYCEUM: The Keeleys have anything new for Easter Monday, beci„se, as Nor Liston used to say, .• there was no occasions for it." General Tom Thumb and . the Marble Maiden are the great objects of attraction; and while they tontine to draw such houses as they drew last night there can be n o necessity for novelties. SADLER'S WELLS. Last night was produced, for the first time at this house, the historical tragedy of Brutus; or, The Fall of Tarquin, in five acts, written by M r . H. Payne. Tne scenery, which was entirely new, was by Messrs. Fenton and Finlay, and reflects considerable credit on their judgment and taste ; the scene of the Forum, in the l a st act, particularly so. The piece was well got up, and the characters well sustaint d. The pint being already so well known to the public, renders it needless fur us to enter into any description of it. The part of Brutus (Phelps) was played very effectively. The manner in which he threw off his disguised madness, and swore to effect the 111)0126in of his couotry, was admirable ; and in the third act his oration over the corpse of Lucretia—he seemed particularly at home. While the stern and unbending patriotism of the Roman Consul, and the violent emotions of the a ff l oi ona t e parent, the one demanding the punishment of the traitor to his country, and the tither struggling in its intensity for the preservation of the life of the son, the scene of his final parting. and passing sentence upon him, were pour tra% ed in Vie most vivid and truthful manner. The conflict of filial affk.cti..n with love for Tarquinia was well depicted by Mr. Marston it , Titus. Mr. Bennett played well in the character of Collatinus, especially in that part where he lam •nts the death of his wife Lu cretia. Tullia's haughtiness, in captivity, and the re worse and ma , lness of the dethroned parricide at the sight of her murdered father, upon the forcing in of the gates of the sepulchre where he was interred, were displayed in a most talented style by Mrs. Warner. Miss Cooper ' displayed c msitiernble ability in the part of Tarquinia, particularly in the last scent, where she makes a spirited and affecting appeal to Brutus on behalf of his son. Miss Huddert aepeared to advantage in the small part which she had to perform as Lucretia. 'the minor characters were we:lsustained. At the conclusion of th' piece a comediett i was produced for the first tim-, caled My Uncle's Pet, in which Jules (Miss Cooper), the perso nification of a youth of seventeen, addicted to horse-racing, and other sporting pursuits, and not in the least degree deficient of sell sufficiency, is the uncle's pet, who falls in love with Isadore (Miss Huddart), with whom, however, his uncle General Hermilly (Mr. Wiliains), aged 80 years, is also enatn,:ured. Isadore is a ward, and her tutor also wishes to obtain possession of her hand. Aft er so me little trickery im and p . osition upon the unc l e , with the aid and assistance of Zurich (Mr. Scharf), and Madame Bertram (Mrs. Francis), both of whom are servants to the Colonel, the pet succeeds notwithstand ir.g the oft-repeated suitnuniti o n of Zuriwi, " that it will never do," in obtaining the affections of Isadore. The uncle and the tutor finally abandon their claims to Isa dore in favour of the pet, and the marriage contract is confirmed by a liberal dowry from the uncle. The lively and clever performance of Miss Cooper was well re ceived, and the connivance of Zurich and his companion at the young blade's intrigues caused considerable mer riment. An amusing farce, called State. Secrets, the laughable incidents of which, dated in the time of the Puritans, finish( d the atnie,ements of the evening. It is pleasing to notice the marked improvement in the con duct of the audience at this house. Mr. l'hel i is and Mrs. Warner certainly deserve success- for the manner in which they endeavour to raise the tone of feeling for the British drama. Some allowances are perhaps to be made far the present holiday season, but with the excep tion of an occasional inappropriate exclamation from the denizens of the gallery, the whole of the performance was listened to with marked attention, and received its well merited approbation, If the success of a comedy is to be calculated by the laughter it produces, Its all about Love and Jealousy, has been a decided hit—for the audience did not laugh with the author. They certainly indulged petty freely at his expense. Without a single in tident to relieve its dullness, without plot, dialogue, or wit, which was net of the stalest and most vapid description, it lived throuL h five acts. The st try of the piste is as follows : —Don Alvan z de Leyva (Mr. James Browne), an old fellow, marries Donna Louise (Mrs. Griffith), a ward oc hi,, who repents her match. and is t xirt m,-I3 fond of flatt.-ry, and a b: au; Don Alphonzo (Mr. Cliffixd), falls in love with Donn, Helena (Misss lironde), who b r i,vtse e e: : soe i l d n; )n.t., noticed tnigite i nht n ,epiv t i: h ,:trt e iiiiea h e.it i hv iu iatrw s hpi g e irie:o.t o g,ha, f :arue, D bt aiD,, .. l , til i ,: i )wite:ii A ne: aini l v ifv: a ),Drt r i:L t utt, z ,inii: eu tun: I ,:hi i i.4 s e ;:fl:l, : i t, :u m Aixiiii,t e iu,y,..,..: i (:, n, :n. .ii Boyce). and Donna Violletta (Miss Char!, s). It sh , add jg t , ,stie h e.uatn t ri v i u (ig, ju l pe d s(omn( r ) t sf t b. n yi , a iAs x i : e y i w iiz t i t c h ii(ind)ms her, eiiin t a onm n , d idt h , : : : : t , , r , o b be so r n i i 3 .. ell i. aware i.,.iig t a . f ogone Our r:(, author, , A ) :n 1 .4h o ,a l t t r , dc I), g t i s i i ) , who the fact by the lady herself. Don Alvarez bec.oin s r h oe e h is t a h p e ou se t h t e o m r e u , ti away i confidestle m gentleman in the r t n h e t h s e t r s e e e c t r , e a t assistance, and hires bravos to carry of Alphonso rand some with a lady from Alvar,z's house. The Don Dcaornrypthoitmnisoetr' seemed sel°(vi.a luggedrez a ns havinginhisstreet,toprisonexplana tion . having no particular business out, overhears her in.ister maid to Donna Louise, talkin e is, and there all the isat an wen and made jealous been set at liberty by and Jealousy takes place, they had The other partit s in the play have no caornAntxi an i d iti - llalthusian, ever with the plot of the piece, a niggardr, though make a show. But the comedy was nut ego ...i.intoti.g,r.sshtt istrt?.plin,autororit with out b log . high," and accordingly the servantmplete an a in bestow nrdo i ( u )p t e h ra . ilc Chore aht.itceto. Zi le maid_ fall h is love with each other, cently to be sure—to somebody btoywseiteliinogutleai v r e her ic ad li o s e h e r . aa d i: int!, of his sentiment iind wit, is not ing happiness on others, and being the piece winds up with five marriag, s different entertainments w-mid up with A Gra graphic Allegorical Burlesque . Address f author of the fue mer piece, viz., . 11 ',, p en of the Bolton. This was by no means the ' %,;* Gt , urge managers stage, _ t rnsisted from Covent Garden and Drury Lane, its f refuge e drama o in f athneadaresseinireeandt pnyrohviidrilt(f;lrettl.i.temetvheenflini Sadler's Wells, until it finally rested at the Olympic.e to Genius (Mrs. ll.l3,iverley) they appeared upon th Haymarket, and its subsequent. flight 1 . 1.011 at . the and entered into conversation with upon the taste of the d a y, and the decline of the drama. Mr. Hollingsworth, dressed as .Mr. Lumle .), with h am t na. itt hand shows to her op, ra (Nlis R N 1 ItLeY), and ballet (Mi , . M. rc , T). Opera F erforined her part Si ) well that she was loudly en . (!i . e i, she certainly stin g wi h ( e eling. _ After a n um b er Of ehn _ grea t truth and rat t er s are introduced, designed to mil - nick some of the vocal fu „,„ o rites t ot the Opera louse, A num ber of dance, are . per or.tneo. representing tlio t! pert' , .rmed esewl!ere, siz , tp , e pus de sedaetion"—the '' pas de exta.e"—and the pas de luatre." The piece concludes with a pr . ophecY_ 1 )y Genius), that the taste for these would , vaunt), aud t h e drama would be restortd HAYSIAIiKET. ...- - As a treat for the Easter folks, Mr. Planche has at this theatre tried an experiment, and, as the event proved, a successful experiment, on the birds of Aristo phanes,in attempting to adapt t hem to our dramatic climate, and the present season, by giving them new names, new features, new songs, and new tales. The piece opens with a prologue, partly said and partly sung by that swt etest of Nightingales. Miss P. Horton ; and then we base Jackanoxides (Mr. Hudson), and Tomestyleseron (Mr. Caulfield), two Greek " neglected geniuses," who seek the king of the birds (J. Bland), and in a par liament o: lirds - prepose to build a city in the air, mid way between earth and heaven, for the especial use of the birds. The speech of Hudson was very good and fill of excellent hits. The interruptions of the Mem bers of the Birds' Parliament were excellent, and the whole was an admirable, and by no means over drawn, parody of the scenes which not untrequently take place in St. Stephen's Chapel. the scenes with the Poet, the Architect, and the Senator, who each offer their services to the Archon of the Birds, give oc casion for some excellent hits at the follies of the day ; and then we are treated to a bird's•eye view of the city of the birds ; a very fanciful scene, designed by Alfred Crowquill. The last scene is the High Court of Olym pus, a magnificent scene, in which J. Bland, as Jupiter. rt ads a lecture to the two Athenians on the vanity and presumption of mankind. After which, the curtain falls. The p;ece, which is vt ry short, is carefully written, and sparkles with wit. Some of the passages are excessively piquant., It is scarcely proper to term it a Burlesque ; it i s a petite Comedy in verse, interspersed with songs, which are beautifully sung by Miss P. Horton, Mr. Caulfield, and Mr. Hudson, and mAny of which were de,ervedly encored. It is put on the stage in the most complete manner, and will no doubt afford amusement to the holiday folks for some time to come. It was pre ceded by Sullivan's excellent comedy, A Beggar on Horseback, which increases in its attraction every night of its representation, and followed by the farce of The Irish Post. The house was crowded. ADELP,IL The frequenters of this theatre were regaled with a more than ordinary dramatic treat yesterday evening. l'he entertainment commenced with a drama by Mr. E. Stirling, en adaptation frein the French, F ntitiled Industry and Indolence, or the Orphan's Legacy. The plot of the piece was as follows :—Monsieur Delamere (Mr. Chas. Per ki. - .s), a man of broken fortunes, is . he supposed heir to a wealthy uncle, who, however, dies b. queatning his pro perty to an only (laughter, whose mother is dead, and who has bean brought up in ignorance of her parentage. Delamere is made acquainted with the death of his rela tive, and the disposition of his property, by a person named Rollin (Mr. 0. Smith), who, under the pretence of obtaining employment from him, has an interview with hire, and discloses these facts. He also informs him that the heir to his uncle is about to pass through Paris, in which city the scene is laid, and a plan is conobcted by which she is way-laid, and an attempt made on her life, which, however, is frustrated by the bravery of a work man in the employment of Delamere, Etienne (Mr. Howe), who is remarkable for his industry and probity, and who arrives in time to rescue her from a watery grave, her assassins having flung her into the Seine. Etienne oinveys the fair Cecile (Madame Celeste), whim he has thus chivalrously snatched from the jaws of death, to his own humbler dwelling, and disco% ers in her the embodiment of a fair vision of female beauty which has incessantly haunted him. Her arrival, however, is rather anal apro pos. and leads to no less a circumstance than the breaking off his marriage with a young female in his own station of life, to whom he was affianced. Batifole, (Miss Woelgar),Delamere, an d Rollin make several other attempts on the life of the orphan, in which, however, they are equally unsuccessful. Rollin, who turns out to be the next of kin after Cecile, to the wealth which has in stigated them to the attacks on the orphan's life, sug gests the propriety of attempting to obtain the will, and some other papers of consequence in the possession of Cecile, who, he uuderstands, intends departing from Paris, and stopping at a certain village some miles dis tant. He finds a ready tool fur the prosecution of this nehiriousenterprise in the person of Marcel, (Mr. Selby), the brother of Etienne, from whom he differs widely, bein. ; as notorious for indolence as the other is for in- dustiy, which has marred several estimable qualities, aid who, induced by a large reward, undertakes the perilous duty. It happf-ns that the brave Etienne ac clamation is made of the into ntion of the Lady Godiva 0 tree the good cit,, and all are ordered t., keep their houses, and have their windows and doors shut, on pain of death should they dar., to look. Tom (Mr. Compton), it tailor by profession, determines to set the proclama tion at defiance, and sits up all .night in order to have a peep. lie bores a hole, and has all ready for the stolen glance, when he is &feat , d in his intention by the fairies, who throw him into a deep sleep till all is over. lie is detected by his wife, and exposed to the wrath of her ',male colle , gues and reformers, but all is set right in the end by the explanation of his being unsuccessful in his sinister attempt. The piece closes by the repeal .of the tax, and the justification of all parties concerned. Miss Marshall made a very graceful fairy, and sung the music allotted her with considerable taste. Mr. Walton was a fair representativ e of the swaggering :Baron, and the Lady Godiva found an efficient personater in Mrs. Foshroke. 't he principal humour of the piece, however, Aas made to depend on peeping Tom (Mr. Hildebrand), lloity-Toity, Sla)or of Coventry (Mr. Granby), and N 1 inkin Gathercole, the town crier (Mr. (lxberry). The piece abounds as usual with allusions to, and hits at, all i g w e a n y e s r , a c tii . oa T u.s l e i . e scenery, especially the the passing political events of the day, the Stekhs, the and .Nir .. t t la h l e atr p i: i h e acliin i g s a beautiful sylvan retreat, is excellent, placed on o a n u t d h ie e n s u t e ag w e e w r, i t t h rv g a r t e t. a d t w e i a t r h e. Bo, !r t ! e ip m e n nin b g ill s , ce r n a e i , ,apt and Gilbert. The applause was frequent by the Misses r M trshall: and Bailin, :and and the piece was announced for t a h n e d banquet aneqaiv a scene i, the repe tition amids t ---_ PRINCESS'S. The holkay frequenters of this popular place of amusement were presented last night with an entertain ment in which the grave and the gay. the in , tructive and the entertaining, were served up in judioi us propor tions, and with the greatest satisfaction to all parties concernei, if a crowded house and a highly gratified audience are to he taken as indications. The pieces selected were Hamlet, and a new burlesque, founded on the well known legend of Peeping Tom of Coventry the former for the purpose of bringirg out Mr. Mucreacly on his return from the provinces, and the other for the especial gratification of that numerous portion of her Majesty's lieges who always expect, on occasions like the present, something appealing more than common to their sense of the grotesque and humortais. The philosophic Dane, need we say, was most admirably pourtrayed by Mr. Macready, who was enthusiastically applauded throughout., and at the conclusion of the piece—walked his brief hour on the stage. After which cane the holiday feltare of the evening, in the shape of an entirely new grand serio.comic, ariqoplianie, opt rs tical, allegorical, cborographical, legendary, historical, fairy extrava,ganzg, taken from a well-known legend, entitled Lady Godiva and Peeping Tom of Coventry. The plot is of the simplest character, and adheres, with CULTIVATION OF THE DAHLIA. At the 4nee,ing of the Chelmsford Horticultural and Fiona Society, held-at the Bell. Inn, on Tuesday even ing, Mr. T. Sorrell delivered an interesting lecture on the history and cultivation of the dahlia. After some introductory observations, he said— The cultivation ti' the dahlia is a subject that has en gaged the attention of many•and able hands, who have. doubtless, given it the b nefit of their learning. Mine will be a brief, but a practical illustration of the subject. as it has fallen .under my notice. • I purpose to divide the subject under the following heads :-1. Its introduc tion into this country. 2. The best method to adopt to secure varieties. 3. The propagation of the plant from cuttings. And, lastly, some general observations as to the time of planting, the selection of the ground, the first appearance of earviigs, and the dressing of flowers. First, then, as to its introduction into this country. Having l.r , dced with diligence into the various authori ties, I find none that give a more comet account, ac cording to my opinion, than Mr. Louden's Encyclopte dia, in which he inform- us that its first appearance in this country was about the. year 1;89, when, from igno ranee of its culture, the stock wa, lost ; but through. the perseverance of the late Lady Holland, some seed was re-introduced to this country, from which we from time to time have been making progress to perfection. It is, perhaps, curious to the uninitiated how such ex cellence could be arrived at, even to the present time ; and I doubt not that even the standard, as laid down by G. Glenny, may yet be attain,d by the same unremit ting attention that numbers bestow upon their favourite idol. In its natural stale, as found growing wild in the sandy meadows of Mexic.), it will scarcely bear any comparison with the beauty of the flower, as brought to pefection by cultivation. It is there, as compared to its beauty by attention and culture in this country, as the oil Kiss-behind-the-garden-gate to the perfection of the pansy. I will now come to the next head—namely, the best method to adopt to secure varieLit.s. In order to accom plish this, it is absol ute ly necessary that due caution should h• used in the gathering of the seed; it is advis able that it should remain on the plant for its perfection in growth until the ne.tr approach of frosts, previous to which it should be cut and hung up in bunches, sheltered from wet, until its appearance denotes its complete ripe ness; it should then be rubbed from the husk by th. hand, and securely deposited until about the 20:h of February, when it should be sown in boxes, placed in a slight hot-bed, the more rapidly to proinoto vegetation ; it should then be gradually weaned ham the warmth, and, when sufficiently hardened, transPerred to a cold frame, and: about the middle of April nuty be pricked out on some sheltered birder, protected by covering from frost until the middle or latter end of May, at which time a well-prepared bed should be inade for it , reception. To perfect its bloom the plants should b. removed with a rk and trowel, with a ball of earth, te prevent the influence of the sun having too great a hold on the young plants, and in this, as in all other instance , of dahlia culture, too great a supply of water can scarcely be given. It only remains upon this head to mention that those flowers possessing the required qui.a- lities for multiplying the almost ',timberless good ono, should be saved. My next observations will apply to the third head— I the propagation of the plant from cuttings; and as thee, are many and various ways of proceeding with that work, and as mist persons consider their own the best, I shall give you mine, having found it the most success!ul. If a large quantity of plants are required trom . one root, it necessarily follows that the usual steps for that pur pose must be taken at a much earlier period than if only a few were required; for a quantity I should say com mence potting your bulbs in January in good siz-,d pots, so that there be as little mutilation of the tubers as possible, then fill the vacuum with good rich compost. composed of one part each well rotted dung, leaf m , uld, maiden loam, and sea sand, allowing the crowns to b. about the surface; plunge your pots t► the brim it, bark tan, in a good strong bottom ; heat either in cucumber frames, or other means which may be place,' in your power. You will in a short time see the pro gress of vegetation by the swelling of the eyes, and con tinuing the heat you will soon have cuttings of sufficient size to take ott; and as I am of opinion that a practical performence will more accurately convey to your minds the nature of the operation . than any observations of mine, I now produce this plant, which I have brought for the purpose, in order to show my method. It is as follows :—Take up your plant, drink moderately, and commence. After the cuttings are off. they should be potted in the foregoing compost (heing scrupulously particular as to your numbers, as nothing tends more to dishearten an amateur than to have wrong plants), and replace them in bottom heat for striking, keeping them shaded, as occasion requires ; after struck they may be repotted separately in sixty s pots, and remain in cold frame until required for planting, Proceeding still further with this delightful subject brings me to the last head—namely, the time of plant ing, &c. The time of planting should be deferred until the middle of May, and I would here observe that it is desirable not too hastily to commence, let our anxiety be ever so great to take advantage of the almost unex ampled mildness of the season. It is possible, nay pro bable, that we may even yet meet with some severe weather, which, if we are too eager, may blast our hopes as well as our flowers, and deprive us of plants wi fondly hoped would have realised our most cherished ex!) , etations. In the selection of our ground, I maintain that it can not, under any circumstances, be of too rich a character. nor the situation too unencumbered by trees, or other crops of any description; and the arrangement of heights and variety must depend upon the locality of the sp►t selected by the growl r. The precise dir,ctiens upon this point can be ascertained from the many and excellent catalogues published by the various nurserymen, who vote much valuable time in its arrangement for our guidance. From the time of planting, the growth of the plant will I. , rm an epoch in its history, as it must be pro tested and sufficiently secured against strong winds; the branches !ranted to stakes, but net unnaturally to mak its slipearance unsightly. At the first appearance of th, earwigs, which are so destructive as to cause the greatest damage in blooming season, indeed (instances are not wanting where some growers have been unable to cut a single good bloom, by reason of the ravages of this pest ro the dahlia), they should be especially looked after and killed; as it is a fact, resting on undoubted authority. that the destruction of one at its first appearance ma) destroy a whole host that would otherwise appear. With regard to showing, I would merely observe upon this head that every person who intends showing will select his best blooms for that purpose, the arrangement , for the same depending upon the flowers that he has, I advise not too much artificial dressing of bloom:, as ii not unfrequently tends to destroy, rather than improve, 'he flowers so treated. THE GARDENSof CHATSWORTH Chatsworth is one of the great places of the clay of which it may be said that its proprietor is ',rime, and its gardener a man of title. As a whole, its extent and gem rill grandeur is unsurpassed by any English garden that we know ; every department is constructed on a vast and broad scale. We could point out other gardens where some one department is carried out with equal or even greater success than it is at Chats worth ; but if we take it in all its parts it has no rival. If we refer to its scenery, it is grand and highly pictu resque, with thousands of acres advantageously seen bear ing the aspect f boundless wood and parklike ground. throu4h the midst of which runs the meandering gurgling. but pure and limpid trout stream, the Der went. Then there are its acres of Italian gardeni— its terrace-walls, and raised, straight, and broad ter race walks—its gushing waterfalls and fountains, send ing forth their p4rpendicular liquid columns to the height of central hundred feet ; and the piles of rock work which have to be passed between the house and the conservatory, which, as a work of art, is most pro digious. Next is the conservatory, which in magnitude greatly surpasses all other conservatories which have been built. By our mode of stepping we made tht length about 282 feet, and the width 120 feet ; th. height we do not remember, hut it is a few feet °vet or under 50. It is surrounded by:a gallery, or pathway. at the height of 25 feet, overi.mking the centre com partment of the house. Tho floor of the house it• traversed by a boundary walk near the glass ; a straight walk also passes through the centre from the extrem( ends, and this is again crossed by another at t he middy of the house. The remainder is formed into earth beds, in which the ',Lays are growing. The tem perature is kept up by hot-water pipes surroundlng the house, just within the outer wall ; and two under gr..und trenches, each containing a series of pipes run. niug parallel to each other the whole length of tht. house. It will convey some idea of the magnitude of this erection, when we mention that along one side, for a short distance, is planted a hedge of Agave Ame ricana, or American aloes ; in another part, and con tiguous to the latter, is a grove of mandarin oranges ; in another is an immense mass of rock-work, upon which is constructed a pathway of rude steps, by which the gantry, or balcony, 25 feet in height, reached ; again. in another, a lake, a pool, or aquarium. is constructed for gold fish, and the grove or water plants ; then a grove of plantains, or muses, and in another a natural group of palms, amAryllidae, &c.. planted in the border. Amongst the palms we noticed an old acquaintance, and one of the finest plants in the house, cocospluFnosa, now nearly 30 het high.—United Gardeners' and Land 'Stewards' Jour,,al. We read in the Droit, in a garret of No. 41, Rut. Grenetat, lived a poor German wood turner, 59 years of age, named Hunger. His only companion and friend was a dog, to which he was much attached. Without being unsociable in his nature, Hunger had little intercourse with his neigh bours, who, on either side, felt little interest for the miserable condition of the poor workman. Two days ago, however, as he had not made his appearance for several days, mey knocked at his door, and, having no answer, applied to the commissary of police, M. Bartlett. This gentleman came, and forcing open the door, a dreadful sight presented itself'. Hungar had suffocated himself with the fumes of charcoal, and also his dog, which was dead in his arms. The follow ing paper, written a short time Wore bis death, was lying near him :—" Que de &tins pour fifre, que to beine hour mourir? Bour que mon chien ne reste bas abres moi, je lui ai tonne aussi la mort. Atieu A ceux qui me trouferont ; la mist re et une maladie incurable sont cause de ma mort." GERMAN STUDENTS.—Some one calls out to you by your name, if he happen to know it; if not, by the name of your country, which he generally guesses with tolerable ac curacy :—"Es kommt etuas ihnen," meaning, something coming to you," raising his glass at tl , l . e o s time. lest you should not um de stand li"s bj •t. . r beer, mina e a novice, you merely bow, and take a sp oty , u o me. _ _ ns coin ing it is all over; but the ceremony is by ie " . to taste the `Mete In the first place, you ought ti L it "Theriekmi: prink !" and then, liquor at all, but you must bawl out after the spfice of a few back again." Such saying, "Es how nit v‘ ruch"—` to, b not following it, is the process, which it is welt to at a stranger, you will un • elthough offence is neva. taken iniiiiit.es, return the complimt nt, by c haracter which, among the students, that a blockhead — a thiub:edly lose caste, end be set down for a "Munimeijunge," is treated wit L b. contempt it nierits.—Lublin University Afagatim. THE RAILWAY RELIEF B Public attention here is as much occupied as iviti • the " Railway IZ lief Bills," about to be bro 00.6 Parliament; and nun-serous sug:2Pstions are effete shun -- • discussion and in the letters of correspondents, t}lf ut st.engthen its provisions, and to render it trbi'Mt . ffe tual for the olject in view. None are so earnest advocated, perhaps. as that already adverted to, whic " would throw the onus upon directors and provisional 4 .V committees of obtaining a new authority from their con stituents before being permitt. d to advance any further. This, it is hoped, will have Lord Dalhousie's most fa vourable consideration. That great difficulties will attend any sourse whatever which • Parliament may adopt ib certain, and, what is worse, there is .no scheme within human wisdom to devise which will not, amidst ouch complicated interests as those connected with railways, the instant it is announced, lead to jobbing, and intrigue, sod speculation, on an exten,ive scale. This ought not, .certainly, to stop the Legislature in the nevolent and accessary attempt to find a remedy for the enormous ~ v il which at present exists, but it is right to prepare the public for the introducti(m thereby of another eyil, of a less important kind, but of which there were indications all eady on till sides as soon as it was intimated hi what mode the Legislature intended to interfere. This may ;)e left to itself until the new Bill has assumed a denite -hape, bat it will then be brought prominently into public notice. There is nothing so, instructive in eases of this sort as an insi;tht into the position of some of the as:.ociations iirmn which the new measure is to operate, arid as one ►f a clas, , , we cannot do better than s,•lcct the following, which is supplied by a coreespondent:— " In order to give some idea of the relative position, in law and equity, of parties connected with projected iines of railway, who are to be protected by the wisdom of Government, I beg to submit the Fresent state of •iffairs of a projected line of railway now before Parlia ment, in order that you may judge how far the proposed Act contemplated by Government will effictually reach hem; or, whether, supposing such Act to pass, we shall not for the next ten years bounder the necessity of an nually passii,g ' An Act to explain and amend an Act .ilready explained and amended by an Act passed in the fur payment e w s h ' agreement previous year.' " No. 1. Are the respective trustees named in the sub eachof h s i s u fsc two i subscribes deposit,projectedr crt:the company, ) . n tt fi e r d m sh t a h l e l have aets th a e nd ex d el e u T s d i v s h e tash o m a f t a e competing railways, management such,it thee reemddei directorsnirnctctoi t i f c :ths ov et e hui n euft a rae n iai t rall s s and that he will abide by, obey, and respects. a 2. Are the respective directors of these two projected companies appoinmd by their deeds, and under the ',towers of which they‘have amalgamated, to avoid un accessary ex; Buses in Opposition to each other, and have bound themselves and their shareholders by various re mlutions at board meetings, and by mihsequent deeds or agreements, to proceed to Parliament for ene Act only, , vhich by suitable clauses therein sh Ili confirm such ama lgamation, and secure to the shareholders in each ioo undertaking. ao4 f these companies who still hold their scrip. p 3 a . n A y re an the eciti o al riignitnearies s hareholders h i a n re th h e o ers or laced it in the com panies, but who have , sold the scrip, p fur mui ey ad " 4. Are original shareholders in these two hands of other persons as a secu rit y . vaaced. " 5. Are the scripholders by purchase or loan in one or both of these companies, but no legal assignment or transfer of such scrip has been made by any document rendering them liable in respect of such scrip. "6. Are the trustees and directors of another pro jected railway, who were disabled from proceeding to Parliamont for want of paid-up capital; and such being he case, and their line approximating to that contem plated to be made by the two first amalgamated com panies, the directors of this latter line sold their plans, Scc., to their opponents, who paid for them partly with he funds and partly with shares of the amalgamated company, free of deposit. " 7. Are the directors of another company who hold the engagement of the amalgamated company, to take up 10,000 of their shares within a certain period as the price of peace in Parliament. "8. Claim to be creditors of the amalgamated com pany for a very large sum more than they have been paid, for ,services rendered one or both companies in some way or other, and who have all commenced actions igainst the committees of one or both of the amalga mated companies, and expect to obtain verdicts. "9. Are the solicitois to the amalgamated companies who have been sued by various parties for work done for t h em , i n respect to one or other of the undertakings, but which claims are considered illegal, and therefore are resisted, and the amalgamated committee have autho rised such actions to be defended, and passed resolutions to indemnify their solicitors therein. " 10. Are the finance committee of the amalgamated companies who have equally contributed (out of their respective capital) to the deposit now ie the hands of the Accountant-General, and the deposit has been made in their joint names. " These are the relative positions of parties connected with two companies who have amalgamated, all of whom, he it understood, are to be protected impartially by 'he means proposed by Government. The first neces tary proceeding to become entitled to this protection is to sign a petition to Parliament not further to entertain the proceedings of their deliberately constituted trus tees, in direct breach of their covenant to abide by and confirm such proceedings, or to forfeit their deposit. ['he effect of this petition in Parliament will be to hang op the undertaking until an Act is pissed for putting an end to it ; the committee or directors, and all other persons connected therewith or interested therein, in the eareime to remain shackled with their liabilities to each other in all matters regarding the affairs of the undertaking. I beg your readers again to peruse aid .inderstand the relative position in law and equity the iiirties I have enumerated, and then say how tar it is ,ikely the measures proposed by Government will acct their case. Toe Act may put an end to future proceed ings in Parliament, and may direct the affitirs of an undertaking to be wound up, but can it do more than Phis ? What tribunal is to have power to settle matters ,f contract so intricate and so weighty as those I have enumerated i What will be the situation of the directors %rid committees, supposing an assignee to be appointed by the Act to receive from their hands the last shilling they hold as an indemnity for their engagements and contracted for the advancement of their un lertaking, and no one competent to release them there from ?" It is unnecessary to pursue further the observations of this correspondent, the chief object in quoting him being to show what Parliament will have to deal with, 'and the entangled state into which these companies in their des perate attempt to-puss the threshold have been brought. In the City, people look with a degree of hope to any. measure which may facilitate the defeat of railroad schemes now before the Legislature, and compel the winding up of their affairs, because a great =any will be thus disposed of, and this is a benefit to be hailed with gratitude, even though some companies which ought to b.. broken up still manage to main•ain their ground. The great difficulty in obtaining payment of calls will. dim dispose of a great number without any such exter nal aid ; and thus the money market, which is the only matter thought of here, and not the railway system, will obtain some relief. . There is another class of correspondents, differing from those above referred to, who anticipate that whatever form the Government measure may take, great injustice, must ensue by stopping, in many cases, good scheir.es and allowing bad ones to go on ; and these would a'pply the remedy in a-later stage of the proceedings % *making it, in fact, form part of any Bill to be obtained hereafter by a railway company. From one of these, in order to assist in preparing materials for the approaching discus sion, we select the following : " If a cure of the railway disease is to be effected, it must be by gentle and not violent means ; a sudden n alike d in th g e u p p u o b f lic c , om a p e a r n e i v e e s, be nue, they g the subscribers, or eri b ber a s d , , will local ties. )ca u ii i h e a s t . ev ., , e q. f ) t , r vi t l h ia e c ge h: o la u r i t i t i ti h o a n ve o f i t t s h e ra D i l t , i s k a e y o , li well irnfettoedn efforts were made by the principal inhabitants of almost; every town of consequence to bring their district into lair competition with their neighbours. Every place, the trade and traffic of which had been torn away by the Diversion of the travelling population, promoted under takings prosperity fthese frommmp might ti i n c bg h e e a axn p pd a e r c t rt e i e a da l t 0. r e r a s T t t o ihv r e a e t b i o o pn n r j o fie f cdtheir supporterfl l o r h m o e l r ds their shares and are willing to proceed with the lines. .vhich they have adopted ; but the effect of the measures now proposed is to destroy the good schemes, and to leave those only which are too slightly subscribed for to be worth the breaking up. The scrip shares of th, really good companies having been mere freely dealt in, are in the hands of the many ; a small outlay in scrip at pre sent prices by a competing company already established will secure a majority to destroy a rival, and the neigh bourhood to which the line was to run will have inferior railway accommodation, or none at all for the next ten. years. _ Would not public interest be secured by— " 1. Allowing all existing Companies to go through Committee at as little expense as possible (the great ex penses having been already incurred)? "2. Inserting a general clause that all shares shall be registered within tour months after passing of the Acts; all shares not registered, and the register to lie open for inspection, to be forfeited? "3. That within two months after the passing of the Act a general special meeting shall be held, at which a majority in value of registered shareholders shall deter mine whether the undertaking shall proceed, or shall be abandoned? "4. That in case of proceeding the subscribers miry -omplete portions only of their line at one time, baying unule time allowed tor cowmen:ring and comphiting the other portions, but., be;ng compellable to tike at any time on notice any lands to which the compulsory powers may apply, or to abandon the same, so that landowners; may not be hindered from improving their estates r_.... Times. F A ST INDIA M US EUM . —On ...,aturday this interestin g valuable additions hiinontshilleacodelltheatiohne I l atel y, e sta blishme n t,-sb e en eceent .asa t i t s n i c t (. li d ed by t o n t , l:3 ll l;a l s , t oo ln o d p i e a rs l o i n ous s. e, Therein Les hdaevne eraAl o n g e i c w al roo an m d GiseoloFt being; - and S iTn in o lia n in. gst which are the flat considerable depilrtm t tli : lati. c :lti a tis s idate u or r ibari e ri a 'shf o lro f erirsac e tjeto x ir c e ; i n dri c eB t irtio: an ili d °in;lnOAdfibah. gi gantic species found in the Hitny lava mountains and other hilly districts, which will shortlrbe thrown open for public inspection. TUN MANCHESTER CUSTOM HBE a return of the am oun t o f duties receivedHOUSE. — t tfeel haste seen Custom-house during the quarter ended on the 6t - It instant.; which shows a great and rapid increase in the business of tins bonded warehouses here. The amount received during the last quarter, notwithstanding the general depression in busi ness which has existed during a considerable portion of the time, was no less than :38,4271. ss. 3d ; whilst that received in the corresponding quarter of 1845, was only 11,043/. ss. 7d-, showing an increase, in twelve months, of about three-and- , a - half to ODS.—Mansheeter Guardian. a