The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-09 00:00:00

MA RRIAGE OF ONE OF THE A O JIBBE WAY INDIANS. k l - c f t . an early hour this morning St. Martin's Church int Its vicinity presented a gay and animated appear -144; ~i t Naving been known that one of the Ojibbeway is at present sojourning in this country, and who 4,. ° wa by the extraordinary appellation of Not-een-a of f c l . the Strong Wind, and who acts in the capacity intilltftpreter to the other Indian!, was about to enter t ea ) tile bonds of hoiy matrimony with a young and 11tirti11 i:tIglish lady. About half-past nine o'clock tICTa drawn by four grey horses containing in ' n dolaaß, their wives ' and children, attired t.a.trir native costume, followed by two car -41,e---the first containing the bride, bridegroom, of t h% i desmaids, and the second the father and friends tart e orid e ,_, drew tip at the church, and the whole of the b iksj vntcred the sacred edifice, which was crowded by Afteirla!bly dressed- persons, the majority . being ladies.. es_ sir e Th u le so!emn ceremony was per:ormed in an imp 4 ,7,antler by the officiating clergyman, the party re. eh t e .,",,' to their equipages, and drove off amidst the beitio's s the assembled multitude. The name of the . a Miss Sa ra h H a i nes , th e s econd daughter of ele E p,„„ - n -es, of George -street, Euston-square (she health baePrits)—that of the happy bridegroom, Alexander 4-46411'4, a nati ve o f U pper C ana d a , b ut o f F renc h e x 7 rl sea was Attired in a b!ue military surtout and kt trousers. H . e is a very- handsome man, both in es " and f eatures AY, THE THEATRES. DRUI?Y-LANE. M. Dupree has atAined an additional con ye of a week from the Academie Royale de Musique, and, conse quently, during the Easter week he will continue Drury-lane. He appearel last night as Arnold in Guillaume Tell, and will appear on Wednesthy and Friday. Stretton, who was the Tell, was suffering so severely from lameness, the consequence of an accident, that, before thecommencement of the opera, Cooper came forward, and bespoke the consideration of the audience on his behalf. The accident, however, as Mr. Cooper most truly slated, had " not affected Mr. Stretton's.vccal powers," for we never heard him in better voice. The old drama of the Tale of Allystcry, which was very well acted, followed the opera. The management judging, and judging rightly, that the attraction of Duprez would be sufficient to till the house, without the addition of the usual Easter spectacle, the house was crowded. HAYMAIIKE7. y eos, i t)ENo VA G A noNß .—J o h n lSeotf, a boy of twelve testis sentenced to eighteen months in the Pent kor et Perth, and liberated a few weeks ago, on the l i i, e v °f bad health, a f ter h av i ng un d ergone the half of at tlB,enknee, was y es t er d a y sen t en ced to imprisonmen t "e Police -court for being " drunk and disorderly. es okin; Tal- .. . b ee i6 totit is en route to Paris from Italy, ha n N u - i ni ng . he r o o Pgaged at the Academie Royal for a limited . ex peo ', ll ights ; after which the celebrated danseuEe is . „en to visit London. in t Is een,id, JAEv ENTA.-Some time ago we stated that a tag‘e- table falling off would be found in the assessed Tien ..e Pertment, in comparison with 1842, in cot! ce lif the • The revenue returns, just Publish-„ income-tax. par e d ~.,7:'t show a deficiency last year of 73,064/. corn here , 1,"6 the previous year. This loss does not ' i e a nd . tid es ' Y the closing of windows, and reductions in ta, , , of establishment (to balance against the income rd „,-) trade speople have sustained serious injury. ~ ia _ t.tsrte eint.,ea.sures r (1 ,, 'a. the late Government not been ob of bat' "-,' _and those Ministers continued at the . helm t , alonai artairs, we should not have had this loss . o . post,e. , the inquisitorial and oppressive income f offi n n ,Z r a depressed trade. We predict a further falling w .e assessed taxes this year. llon,?„ ° 2 ) P AvEmescr.—(From a Correspondent.) — tees an _ cr tun the exertions of the various paten oe end the willingness of the public to patronise wooden tapir n i t, it is in vain to deny . the fact that I., ev i i. tie K lNing ground, while it daily becomes more . ; dent tat . in th it is unsuitable as a mode of paving, and wanting 4 rete'essentials of safety, durability, or economy. By of t b ur e furnished by Mr. Harvey, th e Commission e r the;' 4 City Police, it appears that in the leading viomeghfares in the City there are 1,237 yards of th an .P a vement, and that in a given period no fewer ~ chil e ; .7 accidents occurred from horses falling,. ,e pa l . d aring the same days upon 4,122 yards of stone llis e i r6 . e nt only 51 horses fell. The Life Guards, during hit'as,t winter, shower] that discre.tion ss . - as the better t oil et valour, and, avoiding P.egent-street, went down to Ivhe t , gna-cl by Bond-street and St. James's-street,. J ar : 'Roby's," where the roadway " dishes " into St. hor,es's-street, has become a receiving -house for the oon,ee who slip and are picked up at the k eri t l% ;The durability of the wood-pavement is chi timee eitl if it is quite smooth it certainly lasts som_ _ It ' s ' a ' nn traffic can go over it to wear it out ;. but . if al l • n b;`, (3o ved for safety, the edges m ear down directly, % e l l , it le gent•street and the block is pared away, and ti lle - s i i 'le street is stopped for reparation. But it is the tvoo,tuTlTof exee nse w hi c h w ill put an extinguisher upon scinar,, at . is impossibl e to l ay i t d own un d er 2e. per ki s :" Yard per annum , w hil e B on d- stree t i s Mae toattrat zed ii„ and watered a t 7d. p er square yard, and the 6 0 e ra nite pavem en t, lik e L on d on -b r id ge , ma y b e laid stts W p n ri a much smaller annual charge. .It is , m t ) s t slis tik reg that the inhabitants of the leading ti ll - Prefer the quietness of wood pavement; hut when f thestnitt that this quiet is increased by the avoidance o Am I,streets by horsemen and carriages ; when they . es e Lefir trade leaving them, and their paving-rates in 1;4,7 five-fold, they will do as Messrs. Swan and don e ` r and many leading houses in Regent-street, have oe _ s and i. si gn a memorial to the Commissioners of W d or when t he y hclrests against any more being laid do tlis ; 6 , l 'e the power in their own bands, th w e n iwill do as Gs„%eufthitants of St. Andrew's, Holborn, and St. t , -qp, ilv et 4 the Martyr, did a short time since—turn ou Aa.v tt i l e -c lle paving Commissioners e ho voted for wooden eh t.erit, and thereby increased the rates greatly, and 1/, c- z ",,, lve ntY-one gentlemen pledged against it. Royal . High - lace s I , Or PRINCE ALBERT.—HIS 4: ' + L n nee Albert will return to this country on Thurs oe" "te 11th instant, and arrive at Buckingham Palace 4 the evening of the same day. Arrangements have t en d r !ade to enable his Royal Highness to embark at s t „, at about 10 o'clock, A.m., in the Princess Alice tilese:r;rie;sinei Commander L. Smithett, and as this vessel makes the passage from Ostend to Dover in ‘..,. eours, his Royal Highness may be expected to land ,„,..t" ti.elatter port at about three o'clock, P.m., when a C s ! I train will be in readiness to convey the illustrious en l e a r n t of he_r Most Gracious Majesty to London. . raein way tirt " s I xN. -- --Last night great excite • created in the neighbourhood of Holborn, in Acmes issuing of a fire breaking out in Gray's Inn. setipie:d by x i: . g l c i att of the windows of the chambers oc- South-square, ecianle• l aw- stationer, and situate No. 12, Made. An i ll , -- "eu the unwelcome discovery t o be the firm mediate alarm was raised, but owing to Utterly holdirapnssibithe flames had attained it was . found . t a3 he sis fi 4 rei ce eto get them extinguished without the of the engines. In the course of half an hour 14.04tUrge entirely extinguished. Alittton, whose opera, Pascal Bruno, has been Ike 4 .. i u "'. °Y biro with such marked success at Vienna, probable arrived in London, from the Continent. It is %geuie_that the piece will shortly be performed here. ip felt much gratified by the neyric passed P e a wettenry Pottinger by Sir Robert Peels and by Lord at on, and responded to by the cheers of both sides 41)4 He eses This, added to the eulogium from Lord feat s a end the Opposition in the House of Lords, pre fieupinti a rare instance of great merit overcoming all party idlii, g s • We ask is this, however, to be the sole reward for C a national services of her Majesty's Plenipotentiary in tie /i t ? Iler Majesty conferred the title of Baronet on httlia,enrY Pottinger for his great diplomatic services in l'Otti o ' ' 0 4 .'1 4 , when her Majesty again called for . Sir . Henry , e ntalA''' ' ability, zeal, firmness, and discretion," to ° l )ey ed. af rairS in China, those commands were cheerfully Isir er The issue of Sir Henry's mission is known lien the the British flag waves. We now ask is Sir suh s i:l a q 4; 'Linger to retire from public life without some n ot itll%l4lMark of her Majesty's favour? Sir Henry is tr ust f ' a le man—but he is a proud one. A P eerage , we I*: nl aY be th e reward of his national services—ser lossy. pecequalled within our times.—Araval and illili k`r ett .x A. e• 'of I t T UTICS or INSOLVENCY.—During the month 43 2 i l t., rel l, there appeared in the Gazette 97 bankrupts; v rhi o caotents, who have received vesting . orders, by and 4 2 'eir persons are protected against their creditors; e ases o , ,t , l %ignroent s to trustees, making a total of 571 . solv e 4 ' ulaolveney. There is a gradual increase of in aGg"-Y- In March, 1843, there were 98 bankrupts, ' 4 4'j: sti ng orders granted, and 28 assignments —a total 4 .:se i x , It .may be assumed that not more than one aie g fortr gazetted ; this would make the insolven `',,f e r a, I „ a rch, 1844, 5,710, and if there be a deficiency A ' l42 j '" 4°°4 ill each, the monthly loss would be laubie v 3 was eti s . it- On these assumed data the loss during the of' the nat. 4sst the Poors'-rate 12,000,0001., 'or considerably more than , an three-sevenths of the inte , A ... tonal. d e b t , . 10 the7 : :: l o s t atccident occurred on Thursday afternoon, who, Ziheis bird-4, 00 7Y Russell, of Montpellier House, k amPton, was sh ie lt ul the neighbourhood of Lee - of the gu n, o f a et in the leg by the accidental discharge 'llecin_panied, a n d °un g s choolfellow, by whom he was ‘wsrtee time that the Who had approached so near him at /ia, r ' l°( - I ged in the fie fire contents of the fowling-piece Of 3 "eveyed home ieg, just above the knee. Mr. Russell !elan4ie w ns n u a rg n e h n u n r s d , le, and, on the inspection d thi t ° t un th ci e b b Y o th instantly called in, it was 4 3ut atizr.1 ___ ne had been so severely shattered that ,indispensable. This operation, conse-. 4 0.0. toy' add that performed as yesterday, and we are glad to be te l "g as well the young gentleman was last evening as, under the painful circumstances of the f „' was to s..,HiN be expected.-_ Cheltenham Looker-on. tht to GR ATITUDE.—A n none o f c DE.—An English merchant, of 2 .7.ae tto, where _ sudden oysided many years at Canton and thinea a ge 0,6 reverse of fortune reduced him 44 ,,, aermi;sr . e , anmence to the greatest necessity. A merchant, named Chinqua, to whom he had for ulte,4;_, endered service, ratefull; offered him an im- Icc3t7 l l , e a a e nd of ten th o.usa g nddollars . , which the gentleman . .1) 11 , e , m i,,,.._e immediately his bond for the amount g ; ; this the e o n, it , 4 .72, !tiately threw into the fire, saying " When deY 4 t o ,;• t 'entl, first came to China, I was a poor man, iere urs, e Z e hy the . hand, and assisting my honest en 's see .-le me ri. Our destiny is now reversed ; se Yon °, o r, whiled aniblessed with affluence." The taLmnarns, s a e a n d sib sn i atched the bond from the flames ; the F.; .-,..titte7b, friendeehetaueeitinkail3t,o Pi-, es y affected by such generosity, pressed dtealsstreothe security, which he did, d it. The disciple of Con aid he vs ,, 1 g the increased distress it occasioned, le a ..__ _ 1 1 dof of his watch, or any little valuable, ln....e`uernorial of their friendship. The gentleman im -sSil''-natei- - 1 .,_ Y Presented his watch, and Chinqua, in return, e . I lt . ln an old iron seal, saying, " Take this seal, it is It l i , "aye lona. "'You at: us . ed, and possesses no intrinsic value, 8,4,44(1ieg coneerfis°lnto India to look after your out -414,11_0_ _ 9 should fortune further persecute you, 1 04 .P n ma fur any further sum of money you may witl i i n ti, ll : eed of, sign it with your own hand, - and sei!l. eaarnangeses. 6 -ie nta Ti r s signet, and I will pay the money."—Forbes 's V i I l :l‘ th ile of Llanrian, Pembrokeshire, vacant 0; a resignation of the Rev. Josiah Ress, has been ' velt to the R Diftri s h . e or. Jacob Hughes, formerly curate of the Pri S d ° , g re at was the influx of visitors at Brighton on lit:4l4of fonfurthteiiTe sev t Y oft that all the hotels were crowded, and at ,cparticularly the Old Ship), from the igh.t, parties were eagerly waiting in theiwtsrcern to seize on the dinner-tables the instant v 6 v atated by others. bl k - 174A T To l'Avis To w i.,"ure3 are bein CK.— e understand that _."13 a r a ik,,, a __ , g a dopted for the purpose of construct to raise the !neeti ngs ha .); i tom Plymouth to Tavistock. Preliminary e taken place in Tavistock. It is proposed !), ~, ~,,,,. required capital in shares of 25/. eaels, , t nqs_ Planch6, the indefatigable, has provided the Easter piece for this theatre, in the shape of a new original, oc casional, and local extravaganza, entitled, The Drama at Home; or, an Evening with Puff. This, like all Planches burlesques, is repicte with wit, full of excellent bits at the follies of the day, and abounding with puns that might make Hood himself jealous. In the ficst scene we find the Drama (Mrs. Glover) in extrunis. The scene represents the ancient temple of the Drama, with a miserable prospect and a dissolving view of the company. Puff (Mr. C. Mathews) appears in a critical moment, and straightway proposes various plans for the re storation of Drama to her former supremacy. It was a dangerous experiment to reproduce Puff on the stage, but it was completely successful. PlancbCs Puff is the lineal descendant of Sheridan's Puff, and he is worthy of his lineage. Some of his schemes are admirable. He proposes to turn Covent- Garden into a grand National Hydropathic Establish ment—cold water for the million—and to reproduce the farce of Animal Magnetism, under its new name Mes merism, by mesmerising the whole of the audience, and making them applaud in the proper places, so as to ensure the success of any piece that may be produced. The Drama is thrown into a mesmeric state, and Drury lane and Covent-garden Theatres appear before her in a vision. The latter is under a cloud, to wit, behind one of Jullien's immense bills. The actors, too, have left the temples of the drama. Ariel (iliss P. Horton) is engaged to lecture at the Adelaide Gallery and the Polytechnic ; Othello is boarded by Warren, and is a walking advertisement for jet-blacking ; while Macbeth, who is up to snuff, takes up his position as the High lander at the shop-door of a tobacconist. The Drama, driven from the patent theatre, takes refuge in the Hay market, which, fur the first time, appears on its own stage (by the kind permission of Benjamin Webster, Esq., lessee). Having thus found a refuge, Mr. Puff presents the Minor Theatres on the occasion of their late emancipation, and the piece concludes with a grand ano malous procession of the London exhibitions, including the Ojibbeway Indians and Tom Thumb. The piece was admirably got up, and was completely successful. At the conclusion, Mrs. Glover, Mr. C. Mathews, Miss P. Horton, and Mr. J. Bland, who acted Punch, were called for and received wRh loud applause. The extraordi nary and classical performance of Professor Risley and 7 his son followed, to the great delight and amusement of a crowded house. PRINCESS'S. Perhaps the principal cause of the crowded state of this beautiful theatre last evening, was the announce ment that it would be the last evening but one of Ma dame Eugenia Garcia's performance here this season. The opera of Ote/le was repeated, and it is unnecessary fur us now to enter into a disquisition of its merits; and we have only to say that it was warmly applauded in every passage., There was a grand Easter entertainment, to which we could not give a name if the bills had not helped us. It is entitled Fair Star, or the Singing Apple and the Dancing Waters. The extrava ganza opens with a view of the interior of the Temple of the Drama, where Melpomene presents a specimen of a case of real destitution, and Thalia is not much better off, while Euterpe, " the Professor of Dancing for the Million," arid Terpsichore (" a light character, frequently found tripping, and, al though without ancestors, much attached to her grand pas") are in the ascendant and high favour. They in voke Fancy, as a lady of suggestive mind, to their aid, to invent some mode of amusement for themselves and audience; and forthwith are exhibited some animated cartoons, displaying a few of the earlier passages in the history of " Fair Star." The after scenes c3ntinue that history with admirable effect and great interest. King Bigaroon (Paul Bedford), Monarch of Cherry Island, " a merry sovereign, addicted to taxes and tippling, and too careless of the state of his head for the head of the state," has lost his son and neice, Cherry (Mrs. H. P. Grattan) and Fair Star (Miss Fortescue), while they were quite children, through the contrivance of his Queen Marella. (Madame Sala), "an underhanded dowager, trying t o get the upper hand of the King," and Lord Stalk (Mr. Oxberry). They have, however, been preserved and reared by Crambo (Mr. Wright), a Greek Corsair, " retired from the Atlantic and become Pacific, self elected governor of the foundlings." They are, ulti mately, restored, and Cherry (after overcoming most wonderful difficulties, to procure the singing apples and dancing waters for his lady love) obtains the Fair Star's hand, and all (as it should do) " ends happily." The extravaganza is written, it is stated, by Mr. Albert Smith and Mr. Oxenford, and the two gentlemen have produced a very amusing Easter-offering. Many of the points told extremely well with the house. Bedford has some very laughable songs and speeches, and he made the most of them. Mr. Wright and Mr. Oxberry also were excellent in their several parts ; indeed, like praise may be awarded to all the characters above-mentioned. The scenery was beautiful and very extensive. The entire extravaganza was very successful, and was received most applaudingly by a full audience. LYCEUM. This amusing little theatre opened last night for the season under the management of Mrs. Keeley. The house was exceedingly well attended, and the per formances, which consisted of three new pieces, ad mirably suited to the tastes of an Easter audience, went off with great applause. The first pitce was a come- dietta in two acts, called Hasty Conclusions, and turns upon the ludicrous mistakes made by a General Mow bray (biddear), who is always too apt to ccme to decided . conclusions upon wrong premises. Mrs. Keeley played the part of an arch servant maid, Nancy, with admi• ra!ile nuivite, and by 11:.r acting saved the comedy, which would otherwise have gone off somewhat tamely. The Post of Honour, which followed, represented Keeley in one of those parts in which he never fails to make a hit—namely, in the 'character of a quiet, good-humoured, but somewhat over-timid gardener,who, by some strange ill luck, finds himself metamorphosed into a soldier of the burgher guard in a Dutch frontier town, in which the scene is laid. No sooner has he been persuaded to enlist in this guard, than he i, ordered to do duty at a certain post which the French are expected to attack, greatly to the annoyance of his sweetheart, Trudchen (I.lissWoolgar),who, finding that he must needs go, resolves on accompanying him. The scene wherein the Burgomaster (Turner), endeavours to reconcile bins to the dangerous post, by telling him that it is a post of honour, and that if by any miraculous chance he escapes with his life, he will win an immortal name in history, was acted with infinite humour, and nothing could surpass Keeley's mingled expression of horror, disgust, and apprehension at the idea of his being compelled, against his inclination, to play the part of a hero and a patriot. When told that he ought to rejoice, rather than grieve at the thought that he has now an opportunity of " bleeding for his country," he replies, with a world of dry and shrewd humour, that—thanks to the tax-gatherer--he has al ready bled quite enough for his country— a delicate allusion to that upright and lenient impost, the income tax, which was received with shouts of laughter. The piece concludes with Cobus Yerks's (the character played by Keeley) successful maintenance of his post, against a host of fanciful perils, first from the enemy, and, secondly, from the more dreaded ghost of a despe rate miller, and his ultimate marriage with Trudchen. Miss Woolgar performed a secondary part with much archness, and Mr. Turner, as the Burgomaster, exhibited all the phlegm and self-importance of a heavy Dutch dignitary. The night's performances closed with a whimsical parody in rhyme on the favourite Arabian story of The Forty Thieves," which was got up with uncommon splendour, as regards scenery and decoration, and bids fair to run through the season. In this piece Keeley appeared in the cha racter of Hassarac, lieutenant of the band of robbers, and sang an admirable parody, with irrisistibly ludicrous attitudinizing, of the famous drinking-song in Der Freischuiz. Mrs. Keeley was the maid-servant, Mor giana, and displayed infinite spirit and self-possession in her performance. Miss Fairbrother made a lively captain of banditti, who entertains the highest possible opinion of his own personal graces, and was called on to repeat the dances, which she went through in a very superior style. The piece was in rhyme throughout, and abounded in puns and smart hits at several passing topics of the day, which seemed to be particularly acceptable to the Gods. We have rarely seen an Easter spectacle which created so much amuse 111‘..n` r2= 01! rn^fly oil. tl - .1 ro: P.l THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDA Y EVENING, APRIL 9, 1544, which will be pretty sure to become a favourite with the play-going public. We subjoin an opening address, wriitE.n by Mr. George a Beckett, and which sirs. Keeley delivered with great grace and nuirete : "When a new minister assumes the reins, His policy 'tis right that he explains : I, having taken office, don't refuse To make the house acquainted with my views. Some may conceive I owe an explanation For having headed the administration: Upon that point - a motion I will make, The opinion of the house at once to take, That ladies can't good managers be reckoned. Is that a motion any one will second—(Cheers)? I thank the house for its polite decision, The motion is thrown out without division. To look on idly ne'er could be my choice, A woman always likes to have a voice; Silent indifference could never suit her, The grammar tells us woman can't be neuter. 'Tis true, I might have filled an humble station In our theatrical administration; But female influence soon gains the ascendant-- When it begins, no one can see the end on't. Instead of coining to it by degrees I thought at once the Premiership I'd seize. To keep the place I very much incline, Unless this house calls on me to resign. Now for the measures I shall introduce I mean to do away with one abuse. The scheme on innovation somewhat borders, But I propose to drop the standing orders. My policy may probably be hinted In a short bill I've ordered to be printed; That bill I see already in your hands — I trust that you will pass it as it stands. 'Tis not the least remarkable of facts, That if you pass that bill, you pass five acts ; If Parliament as fast could use its powers, It would'nt be complaining of late hours. My views with brevity I now will state, Upon the principle legitimate ; • The drama call'd legitimate may thrive As well in two or three acts as in five. Were length legitimacy's standard—then \Vhat would become of all the little men? Heirs to a throne, if short, would lose a crown Which must be given up—not handed . down. Man, by his mind, not by the height we rate; Talent, not length, makes plays legitimate. But here am I don't practice what I teach, Making a long, and perhaps an empty speech ; So, I'll be brief in coming to a close— We've several measures ready to propose ; But if you deem them wrong they shall be stopp'd— , Amendments we are anxious to adopt. The confidence I feel there's one thing clenches, As yet I see no opposition benches. Before I bring my statement to an end - One thing most earnestly I recommend— . Throw out our bills, object, or criticise: — But never think of stopping the supplies." tion, if not of a crowded, certainly of a delighted an dience, may be fairly taken as evidence of the merit of , the piec:s themselves. The first is of a mixed melo dramatic and comic character, and is from the pen of Mr. S. Co;•ne, a gentlemen air& acly favourably known in the theatrical w orld. The drama is called The Signal, and its chief plot turns upon the historical incident of the rising of the Tyrol in resistance to the tyrannic rule of Bavaria. The machinery of this political struggle is found in the domestic incidents of one Bezenvelt(Mr. Laws), the widower of a murdered wife, and the father of an only child, of course, a daughter, and the offspring of his buried love. Stung by his own and his country's wrongs, Eezenvelt becomes the leader of the Tyrolese confederacy, and has for his bosom confidant an Italian, named Michael Bernard (Norman), who is deeply enamoured of Dorothea, Feconveles daughter, whose hand he hopes to gain. Bernard has neither personal nor patriotic sympathy in the Tyrolean conspiracy, but has joined in it solely with the hope of being united to Dorothea, in reward for his services. As the plot thickens, and the time for the rising approaches, ELenvelt draws his dagger, and, in presence of his Italian confederate, •swears solemnly never again to sheath it till his own and his country's wrongs are redressed. At sight of the dagger the Italian wildly asks v )ire it was obtained by P6tenveltt and, in his confusion, acknowledges that he lost it ta enty years before on that very spot. Eesenvelt declares that the dagger then in his hand had been drawn by him from his wife's murdered body at the period alluded to, when, having refused the unmanly overtures of a marauding soldier of fortune, he had plunged it, in disappointed passion and- revenge, into his victim's bosom. The murderer thus stands confessed before Rezenvelt, who (of course) rushes on him to consummate " the wild justice of revenge ;" but the Italian, too quick for him, commends the dagger to the 'husband's bosom, in pre ference to his own, and drives it pretty well into him, but not with such instantly-fatal effect as when practis ing, some years previously, upon his wife. Bernard now makes for the crag from which the beacon-fire. " the signal" of the revolt, is to be fired, and where he expects to find Dorothea, whose hand is to fire the torch on the arrival of her father and her lover. The Italian determines to seize upon and take her to the first Bavarian post, where, by giving notice of the - intended revolt, he hopes, after all, to secure her as his bride, steeped though his hands are in her father's and her mother's blood, and to have honours and riches heaped upon him. On his ar rival at the appointed rendezvous he feigns to her that suspicion is rife as to the plot, and that he is commis sioned by her father to stay " the signal." Dorothea, who bad never liked or trusted him (and who, of course, had another love of her own, and not her father's selection), demands some token from her father that he has really commissioned him (the Italian) on this doubtful errand. lie produces the dagger which had previously been so very useful to him, and she for a moment is pacified, re collecting it well as having for years been carried by her father. But her eye wanders from the well-known handle to the blade, and on it she sees drops of blood, scarce yet dried. A horrible thought is now -awakened in her mind, and she turns from her companion with horror and shuddering. She wishes to make for the crag to light " the signal," but the wily Italian detains her. 'With the true quickness of woman she pretends she has lost her cloak, only a few yards behind, and sends him to discover it. No sooner do his receding footsteps die away upon the ear, than she mounts rapidly the mountain side to gain the beacon. He returns, and seeing her design, rushes rapidly in pur suit of her. At this moment the wounded parent totters in, and, as the Italian is struggling with his intended victim, " the dying patriot" (for so the bills call him, and so, therefore, do we) grasps a rifle that some " spirit of health or goblin damn'd" had benevolently left on a hedge hard by, and at once lodges a bullet in the thorax of his son-in-law that was to have been, who, of course, drops from the crag into the shades below. Do rothea, the heroine of the revolt (and very well that heroine was personated by Miss L. Melville) now fires the signal, and the revolt takes place,—that is, we suppose it dces, for less of row or riot we never yet saw or read of at a revolt. The " dying patriot" blesses his now liberated country, and having given his daughter in marriage to another young gentleman in military attire, who was luckily near at hand, gasps out his latest sigh, and so brings all to a close. The character of Rezenvelt was very fairly played by Mr. Laws, from the Brighton theatre, a first appearance on these boards, and, by the applause of the house, we may fairly prophesy very far from a last one. In addition to the plot we have thus sketched, there was an under-plot (if we may so term it), of low comedy, in the persons of Sam Nubbles, a London lozenge manufacturer on his travels (Mr. G. Wild), and Rummy Tights, an extemporaneous tiger following the fortunes and misfortunes of Nubbles (Mr. Rogers). Both these characters, redolent of low comedy in speech and action, were admirably acted, and drew forth repeated plaudits and bursts of laughter, The piece, of its kind, is a very creditable one, and we have no doubt will draw money. There are some sprightly snatches of song in it, which were well giver, especially by Miss Lehatt, who, in the after part of the evening, sang, "Tell me my heart," with excellent taste and judgments The scenery in this drama of The Signal, especially the mountain portion of it, deserves praise, and we therefore state that Mr. Beverley is the artist. The other new piece was a burlesque extra vaganza, cailed Cinderella, or the . Great Fairy and the Little. Glass Slipper, and really it has been most truthfully christened in the bills. A better hit at Italian opera and French dancing we have never seen, and, while full of fun, it is alike free from ill nature or low vulgarity. Cinderella, by Mademoiselle Georgiana Wild, is one of the most amusing pieces of act ing we have ever seen. 'We can conclude as we have begun, by repeating, th a t t h e mana ger has catered hap pily for the season, and th a t th os e who wish to " drive dull care away" cannot more effectually do it than by going to the Olympic theatre. by their rather broad drollery. The brothers Boleno, as Ilarlequin and Clown, exhibited astonishing agility, • and Miss M. IL Fairbrother madfi a most graceful Co lumbine. Great credit is due to the manager, Mr. Greenwood, for the manner in which the pantomime was got up; and we hare no doubt it will yet draw more crowded houses than on this, the first night of its repre sentation.. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Having recently described the alterations which have taken place in the interior of the building, it is quite needless to make any allusion to them at present, espe cially as the season of Easter is likely to make the public acquainted with them by personal observation. The grand attraction yesterday evening, and which is likely to continue so for a considerable time, was a new grand historical s pectacle, in three parts and fourteen tableaux, by Mr. J. Courtenay, entitled The In vasion qf England by William the Conqueror, or, the Battle qf Hastings. A better subject for this species of representation could not possibly have been chosen, and the atten pt was, we must say, eminently successful. It is not necessary to say anything as to ' the plot, further than that it it was so constructed as to fill up all the gaps in the mental picture of the Norman invasion. Nothing was wanting to complete the effect; from the time when William assembled his troops and embarked in the enterprise, up to the time when, having been successful, and established his rule by the slaughter of Harold, he was at length crowned first Norman King. Everything was pourtrayed in a manner which tended to impress the leading features of the history on the minds of the audience. With regard to the scenery, the tableaux, and all the ar rangements of the piece, the utmost praise would fail to convey an accurate or adequate idea of the re ality; and the audience applauded the Wonderful tableaux successively presented with the utmost heartinerqi of manner. As we do not think it desirable to enter into the plot, it is, perhaps, best not to make any lengthened remarks on the performance of the actors in the stirring scenes. William, Duke of Normandy, was very ably sustained by Mr. Henry Howard, the Saxon King by Mr. J. Danville, whilst Algitha, the wife of Harold, was personated by Mrs. Short. Great amusement was caused by the acting of Mr. Hudspeth, as Magnus, in which character he joins the invading force, and, accompanied by a young lady who shares his adventures, lands with the Norman troops. His per formance elicited roars of laughter. The character of Sweeno, a Saxon, surnamed Sweeno of the Flail, was cleverly taken by Mr. T. Barry. The Norman Conquest was succeeded by Monsieur Plege's evolutions on the tight rope ; and greater dexterity could not possibly be exhibited than was displayed, on this occasion, by this clever performer. Signor Germani, Monsieur Ziesback, and Monsieur Massotta, successively astonished the audience by their wonderful feats of equestrianism ; and these were followed by a very pleasing and elegant per formance of the same description, by Monsieur Tour naire and Mdlle. Annette. A farce called My Next Door IVeighbour, wound up the amusements of the even ing, which throughout appeared to afford the greatest satisfaction to a numerous and highly respectable company. SURREY. The principal Easter piece at this theatre—for there were two others—was an adaptation from Mr. Towns end's " Whitefriars," under the direction of Mr. R. Honner, to whose skill and judgment it does consider able credit. The scene is laid in a period of our history in which the worst passions of the vilest men were hit loose, and it is one, too, which is not without its interest and moral for the times we live in. The main point in the plot is not unlike that upon which the interest of Richard Savage, not long since produced here, was founded. Mervyn (Mr. E. F. Saville) is the son of Lady Howard (Mrs. H. Vining), by whom he is disowned, and whom he does not know to be his mother. Under the guidance of Titus Oates (Mr. Heslop) and Colonel Blood (Mr. H. Hughes), a formerlover of Lady Howard's, he is unintentionally- made a party in the murder of Sir E. B. Godfrey (Mr. Hawkins.) After his return from the war in Scotland, whither he is forced to fly, and where he is made a captain in King Charles's service, he falls in love with Aurora Sydney (Mrs. R. Hornier), of whose charms, Charles (Mr. Johnson) also becomes enamoureeand whose honour he tempts by a casket of jewels, sent by Mervyn. The offer, of course, is indignantly rejected, but the Merry Monarch, bent on accomplishing his object, effects a meeting with Aurora Sydney, and endeavours to force her compli ance, but Mervyn rushes in, and an encounter ensues, the King being assisted by Blood, and Mervyn by Claude Duval (Mr. N. T. Hicks). Blood and Mervyn being wounded are taken to the laboratory of Elkanah, a Jew poisoner (Mr. R. Hormel . ), to whom Lady Howard offers a considerable sum of money, upon his undertaking to poison both. Mervyn refuses his remedies, but the Colonel imbibes the poison through his wound. After it begins to act, he calls upon Elkanah, who informs him that Lady Howard instigated him to infuse the poison. Before his death he procures a meeting with Lady Howard, and just as he gets her to acknowledge that Mervyn is her son, he calls in the latter, who is con cealed in an adjoining room, upon which his mother swoons and dies in despair. The Colonel also dies from the poison, and the curtain drops. The piece possesses some good scenes, and was very well received. The charac ters are very creditably sustained. Mrs. Vining and Mrs. Honner performed their respective parts with taste and ability; and Mr. Johnson, Mr. Hughes, and Mr. Saville, were very effective in theirs. A little comedy, called the Scapegrace of Paris, and a short piece, called Barak Johnson, adapted from a tale in the New Monthly Magazine, followed, and went off very well. The theatre was very well attended, and the pieces were announced for repetition amidst loud ap alause. VICTORIA. A new drama, entitled Leontine, or Sixteen Years Ago, was produced at this theatre last night, and met with considerable success ; the principal characters being sustained by Mr. Osbaldiston ; Mr. C. J. Bird, a promis ing actor, who made his first appearance here last night ; Mr. Coreno, also his first appearance, who played the character of Paul Dupont, a simple hearted portrait painter, very respectably ; Mr. Freer, Miss Vincent, and Mrs. G. Lee, all of whom sustained their parts in a creditable manner. The plot was w ell arranged, the scenery well painted, and, in short, the piece was produced in a manner highly creditable to the enterprising lessee. The drama was followed by a pretty little ballet, called Ondine, or the Water Spirit, which introduced Mr. Frampton's talented juvenile ballet company, eleven in number. Some very pretty dances were performed in a manner which called down the applause of the audience. Another drama, bearing the title of the Bridge of K e hl, was also produced, in which Miss Saker, from the New castle Theatre, made her first appearance here, a s Madelon. After the drama, Mr. Frampton and four of his pupils performed what the playbill• termed a " grand pas de cinque ala Chinoise," which was also well received, and was followed by Buckstone's Ice Witch, a Norwegian tale of enchantment, which con cluded the evening's entertainments. The house was very well attended. OLYMPIC. The manager of this theatre has been happy this year in catering for the amusement of his .aster pg trons. Two entirely new pieces bear testimony to his cff rte to dc.c3.l.c. and the ungnalificr.l. S7RAND THEATRE. This snug little theatre was opened for the summer season last evening, when, among other sources of at traction provided for the audience, they were gratified by the first appearance of a juvenile actress (according to the bills only eight years o!d), Miss Heron, from the Theatre Royal, Dublin, who made her bow to a London audience in the character of Terry O'Rourke, alias Dr. O'Toole, in the Irish Tutor. While the memory of poor Power is still fresh upon us, it is no trifling matter for another to please in any one of those characters which he made so peculiarly his own ; and in none was he more laughter-exciting than that of Dr. O'Toole. It must, therefore, be no slight merit that drew down such repeated plaudits as greeted the young aspirant to fam from all parts of the house. In fact, she made a decided hit. Her acting was marked by extraordinary tact, cleverness, and just perception of the pzrt she had to play; and if there was any one matter in which correction might be suggested, it was in her taking too much pains to mark the brogue. This, perhaps, she thought re quisite to suit an English audience. The manner in which she danced an Irish jig was admirable, and drew forth an encore. The entertainments concluded with a mythological burletta, entitled Venus and Mari; or, the Golden Net, founded on the not very delicate subject of the loves of those deities. It is a very dull piece, with moderately good scenery, and was little more than re deemed from failure by the clever acting and singing of Miss Louisa Lyons as Mars, and Miss Fitzjames as Venus. The dialogue Was totally devoid of point, and the sentiments were anything but delicate. It did not deserve to succeed. SADLER'S WELLS. The performances of yesterday evening at this theatre were of a somewhat novel character, inasmuch as an ex hibition of wrestling, of single-stick, and of sparring with the gloves, was included in the bill of fare. The quality of the materiel seemed, however, too recherché for the tastes of the worthy public of St. John's, and a very poor house was the necessary consequence. The first piece of the evening was a drama of Mr. PlanchCfs, entitled Ivan Dandoil; or the Sledge Dri r er, founded, we believe, on an incident in the reign of the madly ca pricious Paul of Russia. The principal personages are the redoubted Ivan himself, and Catherine, the heroine, to whom he is ultimately married, personated by Mr. H. Marston and Miss Caroline Rankley, with their ac customed excellence, and happy appreciation of charac ter. This was succeeded by the amusing farce of liaising the Wind, in which Mr. Marston enacted Jeremy Diddler. Then followed (we copy from the play-bill) " for the first tune in London (pray Heaven it be the last), a new bat, called Finsbury Fields, or Good Old English Games." The games we have already mentioned. and the artistes were, in the wrestling, Dyer and Snell, Truscott and Kemp (the latter a Guardsman, noted at Chalk Farm. Stacey and Davis exhibited their skill in a bout at single-stick ; and Mason, alias the Bull-dog, and Johnny Walker ; Bill Jones and Tom Maley, asto nished the lieges with the gloves, which amusements may bo useful in propagating a taste for manly and honest modes of self-defence; but surely the stage of a theatre is not the fitting place, and delicate females not exactly the proper individuals to witness them. The evening concluded with a revival of the comic pan tomime of Baron Munchausen, or the, Genii of the En chanted Isle. The tricks and situations, if not entirely cri",inal, were certainly striking and croted much fun ADELPHI. At this theatre, the more than celebrated, the re nowned " Wizard-of the North," appeared last evening, " re-ascending his mystic throne," to astonish and amuse the public a fourth London season. 'An entertainment that has commanded so continued a popularity must have great intrinsic Merit, and we were glad to see that a crowded attendanCe last night bore testimony to the great skill of the "modern Faustus," for to fill a theatre may, in these days, be almost accounted a supernatural feat. In this the Wizard succeeded to his desire, and the applause that attended his deeds—it were un seemly familiarity to call them mere tricks—gave good promise that their attractive power will endure. His apparatus is most magnificent, and arranged with an eye to effect; while he, the won der-worker himself, waves his wand with the air of a perfect master of arts—we say not of what colour. But, as variety is pleasing to a holiday-making public, the Wizard, though in himself a host, does not trust entirely to his own efforts. Like Prospero in his island, he calls in music to aid his magic, and relieves the eyes of the ' assembly, which vainly attempt to follow his sleights, by furnishing gratification to their ears. After the first hour of the evening has been rendered pleasingly brief by his necromancy, the Wizard retires, and Mr. Malone Raymond, favourably known as a successful representative of Irish characters, commences an entertainment called An Hour in Ireland ; it con sists of tales, stories, and jokes—some new, but many of venerable antiquity—mingled with snatches of song, comic and sentimental, liberal use being made of the melodies' of Moore. He is as sisted by Mrs. Raymond and MiSs Linley, and the trio, during their " hour upon the stage," gave some favou rite airs, harmonised for three , voices, in a very effective manner. Mr. Raymond was himself encored in the " Groves of Blarney." Altogether the " Hour in Ire land," threw a pleasing variety over the evening, which concluded with the second part of the Wizard's per forniances in the " Mystic Temple." Of his separate feats of dexterity we do not speak ; there are some things beyond the powers of description, and these, as the poet says, " are of them." But for a combination of cleverness, neatness, brilliancy, and effect, to say nothing of the total absence of anything.painful or ob jectionable, they cannot be surpassed. ROYAL ADELAIDE GALLERY. The proofs of a continued course of good management in a public institution were never more pthminently ex hibited than they were last evening, in the variety of entertainments produced,' and the crowds which assem bled to witness them. • To speak first of the portion of the entertainments wh;ch many would consider merely popular, we mast say that the " Gallery of Practical. Science" has fully attained its object, in making the greatest works of the greatest authors in Musical Science not only popular, but appreciated. That mag nificent piece, " The Massacre cf St. Bartholomew" (perhaps the chef-d'oeuvre of the master), from Meyerbeer's " Les Hugenots," was executed in a style so masterly, so complete, and so exact, that it left us in doubt whether the maestro or the orchestra deserved the greatest part of the applause, which was rapturously bestowed by an audience, in our judgment, fully competent to judge. M. Laurent, the conductor, deserves great praise. To turn from the musical department to that which the dryest of philosophers will admit to be a fit subject for his study, we may state that the Electrical Eels have in creased enormously in size and health, and in the vigour of their shock. The lectures of Professor Maugham were worthy of his reputation as a simple, clear, and eloquent professor. The principal novelty was " Bielfield's Aphanascope," an invention from which im portant results in the science of optics are expectgd. The experiments of last evening were in the highest degree satisfactory ; but the subject will require a separate notice. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Yesterday we visited the rooms of this interesting establishment, and were glad to find that there is no lack of energy on the part of the management. An in stitution like the Polytechnic differs from all others, in asmuch as its ulterior object is the dissemination of in struction, blended with that amusement which is an ex citement to the best moral feeling, and which induces a train of thought and reasoning, the benefit to be derived from which, probably will not be made very general un til this generation shall have passed away; however, from this circumstance its range is greatly curtailed. We have here this season another new instrument fur the optical department arranged by Mr. Longbottom, which pro mises to be one of the most attractive exhibitions in the metropolis, and is capable of being made a most useful adjunct to the whole field of natural philosophy ; investigations may be now made on objects which, until the adaptation of this instrument, have remained uninvestigated. It is called the Physioscope, and we yesterday saw a human face magnified by 12 feet, and the effect was most extra ordinary--the appearance being that of a moving giant —and, when a round of applause had been given, the monster bowed its head in acknowledgment, and the audience was convulsed with laughter. There were also several novelties introduced in Longbottom's Opaque Microscope, and we observed several important additions to the Scientific Museum, which will most advantageously be noticed at another time. On Thursday Mr. C. E. Horn will commence a series of lectures on the National Music of Different Countries, to be illustrated by vocal and in strumental accompaniments. The Institution was crowded in every part. NAPOLEON MUSEUM Among the many exhibitions now open for the amuse ment of the holiday folks, we know of none more jute resting that the Napoleon Museum. It is indeed an illustration of history. We visited it yesterday, and found it very well attended. The reduction of the charge of admittance to a shilling has had the effect of greatly increasing the number of visitors. MR. LOVE'S POLYPHONIC ENTERTAINMENTS. This celebrated ventriloquist, or as he, more Grecian like, styles himself, polyphonist, displayed his marvels and his mirth last evening at the Crown and Anchor, Strand, in his usual talented manner. The variety of characters he assumes, and the distinct intonation he gives to each person, whether young or old, male or female, certainly excel all we have heard sinee the days of the immortal Mathews. Although Mr. Love is a perfect master in the art of polyphony, he by no means relies on that alone as the attraction of his performances, but, like those that have gone before him in this very curious and difficult exercitation of the human voice, he developes his powers through the medium of inge nious and humorous plots, that are very cleverly wrought out in terse and witty dialogue. His new monodrame, called The Wolf in Sheep's Chthing ; or, the Biter Bitten, afforded much amusement to the audience. Mr. Love promises other novelties on Wednesday and Friday this week, which we have no doubt will amply repay in gra tification all who go to see them. BRITISH MUSEUM. Yesterday ,the number of visitors to this national establishment was 21,339. On last Easter Monday there were 18,342, making an increase of 2,907. Out of this large number of persons there was not a single indi vidual rejected on the ground of intoxication. The police arrangements were under the management of Sergeant Reason, A division, who had 12 officers under his command. The behaviour of the visitors was most orderly, and there was not a single case of damage. A great disappointment was experienced by persons taking children under eight years of age, who, by the regula tions of the Museum, are refused admission. This re striction is likely to be removed from a suggestion of the trustees. Thousands of persons during the day congre gated round Magna Charta, the original palladium of English liberty, always an object of great attraction. The Museum continues open till Friday inclusive. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. Nearly 10,000 persons inspected this national depo sitory of paintings yesterday ; their conduct was gene rally unexceptionable. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. This grand national edifice had less than fifty visitors, which may be 'accounted for by the continuance of the exorbitant charge of 4s. 2d. to view the whole. WESTMINSTER ABBEY. There is, it would seem, a general repugnance to pay ing at all for admission to view public buildings, and, consequently, though for some time past the amount charged to view the monuments and other interesting objects in this venerable edifice has been reduced to tid., the visitors have not been near so numerous as might have been expected, and yesterday the numbers were fewer than usual on holidays ; the exact number could not, however, be accurately ascertained, for one attend ant said, "I don't know ;' another, "We must not say; the numbers were very insignificant, but we d on 't wan t to be noticed in t he papers. Another said, " You had better ask Mr. Hume:' The last verger (or attendant) applied to said the, number of visitors was about four hundred, but it is understood there was not more than half than number. THE TOWER OF LONDON. The armoury and the jewel-room at the Tower were honoured. with the presence of hundreds, who, while visiting. the ." lion.s of..London,",coUld not refrain from paying a visit to that place, which forms so prominent a feature in the tinD9.ls of their country, Ana ..117 the new features are several guns of Chinese manufacture, cap- , tured by the British during the recent campaign in China. . ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENT'S-PARK. The season for visiting these gardens commenced yes terday, and if one might judge by the number who flocked to them, they stand pre-eminent in the exhibi tions of the metropolis. During the past winter great alterations have been made in the gardens, as well for the biped as the quadruped, and the number of animals has been greatly increased. An?ong the novelties is a young giraffe, born in this country, and about five or six months old. Ths time of feeding the anima's has been changed—the pelicans at one time and the lions at an other, so as to enable the visitors, who did not feel in clined to stay all day, to see some of the animals fed. The most amusing, to the young folks, is the ouran outang, who likes tea and eats bread and butter in the most accomplished style ; the dress consists of a crimson velvet tunic with white trousers. The museum belong ing to the Society is in a great state of forwardness. The Diorama, the Panorama, the Cosmorama, the British Institution, and numerous other instituticns in the metropolis, also received a fair share of the patronage of the holiday seekers. In various parts of London and the suburbs amusements of all descriptions were going forward for those who had not the means of going to Greenwich or any of the foregoing exhibitions. DEATH OF LORD ABINGER. (From the Times.) It is with deep regret we announce the melancholy in telligence that the Noble and Learned Lord, alio for the last ten years has filled the office of Chief Baron, has breathed his last at Bury, early on Sunday morning. Lady -Abinger and several members of his Lordship's family were present when he expired. He never ap peared to regain consciousness from the first moment that his fatal illness supervened. During the long period of half a century Lord Abin ger had practised or administered the law. His active and distinguished life was passed during the reigns of four Sovereigns. When he entered upon the exercise of his profession Lord Kenyon presided in the Court of King's Bench, Sir James Eyre was Chief Baron, the first Earl of Rosslyn at the head of tha Common Pleas, and the first Earl of Eldon Attorney-General. To climb the heights which these great men had already attained formed the object of his youthful ambition. To contend with the formidable rivalry of their imitators and suc cessors became the business of his life; and no reader now requires to be informed that he prosecuted this great design with an amount of professional learning, moral energy, and intellectual power, such as have been rarely equalled, and never surpassed. He was the descendant of a family which settled in Jamaica as long ago as the first establishment of the colony. In that island they lived long enough to ac quire considerable wealth and distinction, and there Lord Abinger was born, the second and last surviving son of Robert Scarlett, by his marriage with Miss Elizabeth Anglin. His youngest brother, Sir William Anglin Scarlett, was also a member of the legal profession, and eventually became Chief Justice in the island with which he and his relatives had been for so long a period con nected. As a natural result of the in which he had been born, it was necessary for Lord Abinger to leave his home and travel to Europe, in order to secure the benefit of such an education as his early powers seemed entitled to receive, and for this purpose he was consigned to the care of a friend in the north of Eng land, at as early an age as lie could venture to travel alone. He was placed for a short time at a public school, but was soon removed to Cambridge, whera he entered as a fellow-commoner of Trinity College. In four years he took the degree of 8.A., and shortly afterwards quitted the University. Within one year after his call to the bar—viz., on the 22d of August, 1792, he mar ried the third daughter of Mr. Campbell, of Kilmorey, in Argyleshire, by whom he had three sons and two daughters ; of the latter the eldest is the lady of Lord Campbell, who enjoys a peerage in her own right as Baroness Stratheden. On quitting the University he came to London, and devoted himself to his profession with great ardour, selecting as the chief object of his laborious studies the perusal of modern reports, which he esteemed the spee diest road to success as an advocate. By the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple he was called to the bar in thelyear 1791. Although lie inherited more than a com petent independence, he devoted himself to the most laborious of all professions with an earnest perseverance of which there are few examples, and with an industry rarely called into existence by any stimulus less than the pressure of actual necessity. The practice of the common law was that to which he gave a preference ; and the Northern was the circuit to which he attached himself. Years rolled by ; and, like others, he was compelled to go through the usual proba tion. In due course the leader of his circuit presented him with a bag ; but not until he had business enough to render that species of accommodation quite needful. Not many years elapsed before that bag laboured under a plethora. The opinion entertained of him by attor neys, clients, and jurors, at first favourable, gradually grew into admiration, and at length ripened into un bounded confidence ; until, in the end, men began to think that it would be almost " a tempting of -Provi dence" for any one engaged in litigation to omit retain ing Mr. Scarlett. At the time to which we refer, his personal appearance was, in a remarkable degree, cal culated to win the favour of every beholder. Though born in a tropical climate, his physical strength and animal spirits were indomitable, while his command of temper also presented an exception ,to the ordinary rules which apply to West Indians. He was as calm as any Englishman, and as discreet as " if bred at Glasgow or at Aberdeen." In the year 1816 Mr. Scarlett was called within the bar, invested with a silk gown, and became, therefore, one of that eminent body known as " his Majesty's Counsel learned in the lave." From this time forward a large proportion of the leading business of the Court of King's Bench fell into his hands. To enter the House of Com mons became the next object of his ambition, and he forthwith offered himself as a candidate for the borough of Lewes ; but his opponent, Sir John Shelley, was elected by a majority of 19. The demise of George 111., however, necessarily led to a general election , and he accepted ' the offer of the late Earl Fitzwillia m to come in for Peterborough. - Although his professional fame had not even then at tained its highest point of eminence, he entered Parlia ment with the character of being one of the ablest coun sel at nisi prius that had ever adorned the English bar. Yet there were many amongst his rivals and contem poraries who excelled him in the attributes of an orator. He was no sentence maker; his style was so unadorned and unpretending, that his audience never suspected themselves to be in the presence of a great man; he never abashed a jury or benumbed their faculties by any display of intellectual superiority; but rather sought to comfort them and mould them to his purpose by in ducing them to conceive a very high opinion of their own wisdom and intelligence; he never made the least at tempt to exercise imagination, and always gave prac tical proof that he had no wish to excite the passions of a tribunal by anything approaching to declamatory appeals. The first subject to which he applied himself in the House of Commons was the financial policy of the Ali nisters who were in power when lie first obtained a seat in that assembly. He urged the expediency of apply ing the sinking fund to make good the deficiency in the revenue ; but, as might be expected, these early efforts of his in the way of Parliamentary opposition, produced little effect upon the general policy of the King's Govern ment, and he therefore thought it expedient to lose no time in applying. himself to subjects more congenial to the habits, and probably more agreeable to the natural construction of his mind ; accordingly, we find him giving cordial and efficient assistance to Sir Samuel Romilly and Sir James Mackintosh in their efforts to amend the criminal law. In the next stage of his career as a legislator he introduced a proposition for altering the Poor-laws. That attempt proved abortive, and the practical carrying out of the principles which he then put forth was reserved for a later period and another Parliament. In the year 1822, a vacancy occurring for the Univer sity of Cambridge, he became a candidate, but Mr.Bankes was returned by a majority of 138 ; and Mr. Scarlett continued to sit for Peterborough, still a supporter of the Whig interest, though so quiet, unobtrusive, and discreet, that he could scarcely be called a partisan. On the breaking up of the Liverpool Administration, in 1827, Mr. Canning invoked the assistance of the Whigs, and Mr. Scarlett became Attorney-General. This was his first approach towards thosg Conservative principles by the consistent maintenance of which he has been dis tinguished for nearly 20 years. In the office of Attorney-General Mr. (now Sir James) Scarlett was succeeded by that able and very learned, but somewhat eccentric person, Sir Charles Wetherell. Then came the Wellington Ministry, and with their accession to office came many changes, amongst which was the measure of Roman Catholic relief. To this Sir Charles Wetherell opposed himself with extra ordinary effect and characteri stic vehemence, where upon the Duke, in his usual way, intimated that the resignation of the worthy an d Learned Knight wotAl d be o very acceptable ; and with out loss f time Sir James S car lett became once more his of Attorney- General. This was the period of the Brunswick Clubs - ; and the enthusiasm which characterised those associa tions naturally extended itself to their organs amongst' the daily and weekly press. Several criminal informa tions were filed against a publication, long since defunct, called the Morning Journal, against the Atlas, and other papers, fur libels on the Duke of 'Wellington and the Lord Chancellor. These prosecutions, in which Sir J a mes gained verdicts, formed the leading features of his official life. He still continued to owe his seat in Parlia ment to Lord Fitzwilliam, whether sitting for Malt° n or for Peterborough, and yet h e gave hi s unqua lifi e d sup port to those principles which, about that time, ceased to be designated by the term "Tory," and assumed the de• nomination of " Conservative." As might be expected, lie resigned the office of At torney-General when Lord Grey became the head of the Government., and zealously co-operated with Sir R. Peel and his supporters in their opposition to the several Reform Bills which, during the years 1830 and 1831, were submitted to the consideration of Par liament. He had, however, for some time ceased to be the nominee of Lord Fitzwilliam, having been returned for Cockermouth in 1831, and for Norwich in 1832. Lord Lyndhurst filled the office of Chief Baron in 1834. Towards the latter end of that year Sir Robert Peel was unexpectedly called upon to form a Conserva tive Ministry. Lord Lyndhurst was, therefore, required to withdraw from the Exchequer, in order that he should preside in Chancery; and the office of Chief Baron was conferred upon Sir James Scarlett, who, at the same time, was called to the House of Peers by the title of -Baron Abinger. It has long been proverbial in Westminster Hall that a distinguished advocate, when raised to the bench, does not always become an eminent judge; on the contrary, - it has happened in more instances than one, that men wird never had enjoyed much fame at the bar have, when placed on the judgment teat, acquired, amongst the sages N, 1 \ :4 4CI ;AI of the law, the highest and most ends ing reputatrons• •e•-- - To this rule Lord Abinger formed no exception, for his - fame as an advocate has not been equallet: by his racter as a judge. The same result having often happened in similar cases did not prevent considerable .51trpriSe • in some minds that a man, who for nearky forty vei611: 1 ! (TS had been accustomed to influence juries with almost disputed sway, should suddenly lose some portion of his ascendancy over their minds when he attained to a more elevated position and a weightier responsibility. For s !me time after his elevation to the bench Lord Abinger did not get his verdicts out of the jury-box with all the facility that long habit at the bar probably led him to expect. As an advocate he had been the wonder of the age in which he lived. Under every variety of circum stance be exerted himself body and soul to present the facts of • his client's case clearly and consistently and in disputably beture a jury. Few men excelled him in the art of cross-examination; but he outstripped all compe tition whenever he found it necessary to restore, to com fort, and to set up one of his own witnesses whose testi mony might have been damaged by a severe cross examination from the adverse counsel. Lord Abinger was for many years a bencher of the Inner Temple, and was for many years Attorney-Gene ral of the County Palatine of Lancaster; and his Lord ship was also a Privy Councillor. His first wife died in the year 1829, and after remain.- ing a widower for fourteen years he married, in 4 1843', • the daughter of the late Lee Steere Steere, Esq., of Jayes, in Surrey. Lady Abinger had previously been married to the Rev. H. J. Ridley, of Ockley. Lord Abinger retained the full use of his remarkable and vigorous faculties down to the very day on which he was attacked with the fatal disease that terminated his valuable existence. -He was one of the judges of the Norfolk Circuit during the present assizes ; and being at Bury St. Edmund's he presided in Court on the se cond of this month up to the late hour of seven o'clock in the evening, going through the business of the day with the same clearness, precision, and skill which dis tinguished him in the prime of life. Within two hours from the adjournment of the court he was speechless, and, within the short space of five days, he breathed his last,, having reached the advanced age of 76, and having ac quired, as a leading counsel at nisi prius, higher re wards in fame and in wealth than have yet fallen to the lot of the most fortunate amongst his contemporaries. His eldest son, Robert CaMpbell Scarlett (now Lord Abinger), was born on the sth of September, 1794. On the 19th of July, 1824, he married Sarah, the second daughter of George Smith, Esq , Chief Justice of the • Mauritius. The issue of this marriage was two sons and two daughters. The present Lord Abinger was: called to the bar, and practised for a short time. lie was returned to Parliament for Norwich in 1835, and for Horsham in 1841 ; and his elevation to the peerage will therefore occasion a vacancy in the representation of that borough. The second child of the deceased ?ecr is Lady Stratheden, the third is the widow of Sir Ed ward Currey, the fourth Colonel Scarlett, of the sth Dragoon Guards ; and his youngest sou, who had been marshal and associate of the Noble and Learned Chief Baron in the Court of Exchequer, has been recently ap pointed her Majesty's Secretary of Legation at the Court of Tuscany. THE HIGH PRICES of the FUNDS. It appears that for the first time for nearly a cen tury, the Three per Cent. Consols are at par, or 100/- money for 100/. stock. The last time they were at 100/. was in 1749, the year after the peace of Chapelle; at which period the amount of the public debt was rather more than 78,000,000/. The highest price the Three per Cents. ever rose to was in June, 1737, and again in May, 1739, when they attained the high price of 107/. Between the years 1729 and the year of the Rebellion, 1745, the Three per Cents. ware never lower than 89, and for a consider able portion of that period they were above par. Again, in March, 1792, they rose to 974, when the amount of the national debt was 239,350,0001. During the period between the peace of Paris, in 1763 (when the amount of the debt was 138,774,000/.), and the breaking out of the: American, war, they fluctuated between eighty an& ninety per cent. Towards the close of the Ame rican war—namely, in February, 1782, they were a$ low as 544. At the termination of the American war the debt was 249,851,628/. In the years 1797-8, in consequence of the great success of the French. armies on the Continent, and of the mutiny at the No, , :e, and of the rebellion in Ireland, together with the ,Pailure of the attempt to negotiate with the French RepAblic, the price of stock became less than it has been before or since that time. In May, and again in June, 17:97, the Three per Cents. Reduced were as low as 46 . t. In the September of that year the Three per Cent:- Consols fell to 474, being the lowest price to which! they have ever fallen. Dr. Hamilton, in his valuable* work on the national debt, states that they were also. at that price in January, 1798. The Three per Cent. Consols have not been under 68 since the latter part of the year 1820, when they were 674. The highest price the Five per Cents. ever attained was 1074, in August, 1791 ; and the lowest price was 594, in January, 1798. The highest price the Five per Cents. ever attained was in August, 1791, when they were 1'221, and the lowest price was in August, 1798, when they were only 694. STATE TRIALS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—lt may be of use to call the attention of those who are intrusted with the defence of Mr. O'Couneil to the following passage in page 383 of the last Quart..lrly Review : Speaking of the French Revolution, it is said—" The , : first and most effective abuse of the forms of law was; this:—The Convention had decreed that all conspira cies and plots, tending to disturb the State by a civil war, by .arming citizens against each other, or against the exercise of any lawful authority ' should be punished with death. Under the vague and comprehensive terms of conspiracy,' and 'plots,' and tending,' words, writings, and even thoughts, might be included ; and the first question, therefore, generally submitted to the jury was, whether there bad existed a counter-revolu tionary conspiracy ?" In what follows, there are remarks which appear to me to bear on the late Irish trials, but if any one legally , employed thinks such remarks of any value, he will, of course, turn to the ReviewAN itself. ENGLISH MECHANIC. Liverpool, April 8, 1844. COLLISION ON THE RIVER.—Last night, at a late hour, a collision of a most serious character, and which. it is much feared involved loss of life, happened on the. river, between Greenwich and Blackwell, by the Coquette steamer, the p roperty of the Blackwell Railway .Com pany, running into the schooner Hibernia, belonging to Guernsey, lying at anchor in Blackwell Reach. The following particulars are furnished by a reporter, who was on board the Coquette at the time. The steamer, which is iron -built, plies between the Greenwidi and Blackwell piers, under the charge of Captain Batdielor. She left the former at a quarter before 9 o'clock, with about 150 passengers, the chief of whom consisted of women and children. The night being very hazy, to the surprise of many she proceeded at full speed. The master, Mr. Batchelor, was on the paddle-box, and part of the crew were placed forward, to keep a look ol.t. The first thing that attracted the attention of the pa a- • sengers was those forward shouting out to the captain,. " There is something a-head, sir." The vessel's course. was not, however, altered. The vessel had then arrived about half-way, and the watch again repeated, "There's a vessel a head, sir." The master made no reply for several seconds, but suddenly cried out, " Port, stop her, turn a-stern.". All eyes were now directed forward, when they saw a schooner, which proved to be the one' above named, moored to the southward of mid-chanint„ the tide at the time running down fast. In an instant a% collision took place, the bow of th e Hibernia strik ing amidships the Coquette, carrying away part o h f th t a.rn board paddle-box and the. p l at f or m on which t ec o ap tl was standing, and throwing t he steamer almost lee r beam ends. The scene that f ollowed the dread ful n crash was one of a most agonising description ; the shrieks of the women and the loud cries for assistance could ba heard on each side of the shore. Many of the crew being seen to rush to the schooner and clambering up the rigging, apparently for the purpose of saving them; selves, and the loud hissing of the steam, impressed.spota the minds of the passengers the idea that the steamer was; go ing down, and they simultaneously made a similar movement. At this trying moment it is asserted by several of those on board board,TOT persons, amidst the. confusion, had fallen over and it is not at all im probable that such is the fact. The captain manifested much presence of mind, and implored the passengers to remain quiet, but for full ten minutes he was unable to pacify them. At length the vessels were disentangled, and it having been ascertained that the hull of the steamer was not materially injured, she proceeded, leaving many of her passengers on board the ,schoone4 to Blackwell, where she arrived about half-past nine. EASTER MONDAY.—It may with truth be said that yesterday " London was out; of town." From all its outlets, north, south, east, and west, colossal London commenced at an early hour, and continued, the whole day to pour forth its immense population. Hampstead, Highgate, and their neighbourhoods, were covered with holiday folks. Greenwich, its park, and its fair, pre sented ono living mass of human beings, devoted for the day to all those indulgencies which, in their proper season, and when characterised by moderation, are rational and wholesome. Everything appeared tCY be carried on with as much propriety as (considering the season and circumstances) could be expected. Romford,, Ilford, Bow, and Stratford on the eastern, and Hammer smith, Kew, Richmond, and Mortlake on the western side, were likewise crowded with visitor.. , Who indulged in relaxation and amusement. While multitudes thus enjoyed physical recreation, a large number evinced their taste for intellectual enjoyments by visiting the British Museum, the National Gallery , St. Paul's Cathedral, and Westminster Abbey, and other public structures where art and science, as well as virtue and valour, are honoured. THE O'CONNELL DINNER AT CORK.—The artis tical arrangements will be completed at the Lancasterian building early to-morrow. The tables, of which there are eight, each accommodating about ninety persons, ex clusive of the head table, will be laid by twelve o'clock, when the curious may have an opportunity of inspecting the arrangements, at a small charge, the receipts to be handed to the Sisters of Mercy. The galleries are con structed so as to accommodate nearly 250.—Cork .Exa miner of Friday. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of Wil• liatn Mordaunt Edward, eldest son of Sir William Mor daunt Milner, Bart., of Nunappleton Park, Yorkshire, and Georgina Anne, youngest daughter of the late Frederick Lumley, Esq., of Tickhill Castle, niece of the late and cousin of the present Earl of Scarborough, will take place on Tuesday, the WtU inst. ~~ ~ ;~ ~s ~ )1 0 i I