The Sun. — London, England, 1844-06-19 00:00:00

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S' r o f. 1 0). , th C irCl 10 3 ; es at f 0 0 61 11 0 rum° o o f the ~ace 7 01 0 .4 ston e Njuo b tp i • ts, • b 2,10 p of Ju COAlle; dOg c !P" ' ;leer' th e ," d 1 054 .. e ct to e' tbe 5' 0 1 , 1 3/ t he o Ali , h Cl ior ot . fi A V rt t ,o pod dee I, 0 0 " of ,ve td , fey ,•-• 1 A 4 0$ e r3 tie sjec t Q o f ti le 5 '~:,, _, RAY M ARKET THEATRE. :------ . PRIZE COMEDY. ' I to:ILI: 1 i . e ' , l d i i p t , h ; TIE Q . or The Dag of Dupes, the co m e lye I ) . riZe. Compdy Committee unanimouy f or e prize of 500/. proposed by Mr. Webst . er, totsbileit:iihgeerhstlja:lnsadtv customs,p' l 'o' - ee come 0 , il u l e u e s a trai a i s i illustrative ee evening, i n ß g. , ri a t p i British 44,x ' there waes been expected, the House was crowded tp ' e s in every part. Long before the curtain drew not a nook or corner of the house ~evenp►e'l' 11 0x , s,pit, galleries, Were all crammed . t --€ i er ven ,. tile heats behind the pirars in the second . to e t boxes, whence it is all , but impossible eti .eateh a glirnik;e of the stage—were cc eoped. ons into wotild have been impossible by, any °_eeirab!e means to have. crammed ten more yi n , ts any- part of the house. The overture kid Z'ren performed, Mr. Web,ter came forward too y _t Ac e a prologue, of which the following is a ..----- e , tablisli'd rule from age to age lithorise,l the lessons of the stage, "ned the pleasant duty lies b p int th e manners living as they rise;' ,resent fair folly's face reflected here, it . o ol with a smile, and chasten by a sneer; Lif . ls e nn!e to turn some newer page, and show The s, and manners as they go Ali 44 Y to keep him' keeps no lover now; Ti e „. 1 , 1 ,,the wro . ng' forestalls no broken vo • An , : z s and stiff brocades our faith defeat en ' s ulte moralities are obsolete ! entioAß prose hath said its parting say ; v v ') 'n, with a t h ousand arms , h at h c l ear ' u the way; Theailroad waits f speechifying, man,— world's a game of Catch him if you can ! But i' f, in its perplex'd and motley scene, T u b ule Pleakuit in terludes ee it eo e Rta g e s h ould ,how—h i true naendry anise recorder, • nfusion, worse confounded, brought to order! ii our aim our cost and care Ap„ 370}irs • a pictiire—English manne they are. the kind requital ofou r ask! s„Pat!ellt audience is the boon we ask. 11,,,,i:initted lon g to your supreme h.liest, • s h ester and manager have done their best. n ( t 'llid you condemn. to your decree we bow, A h ° II! in justice, hear us, HEAR L'S NOW." iti:ler the prologue, whi :h was well received, the cur tty i t°se, mil discovered to us the exterior of a coun h. t il, at which Lieut. Henry Grigson, R.N, (Mr. ittst, l) ) , and Cant. Sippett (Mr. Buckstone) have tr • ' ri ved per railroad—the Lieutenant to meet by tli s PPs w 4 .l, 4l ent his aunt, Mrs. Grigson (Mrs. Glover), s hutisi i i ss ," a retired tradesman, residing in the neigh % , and the Captain, who is an inveterate tuft susln (sir? Proce e d to the seat of the Earl of Huns toisStuart), to superintend the getting up of jsi sh ?rivate theatricals. Lord Bellamont (Mrs. its e, t .), an Eton boy, the eldest son of the Earl, sa se a unlirabl e specimen of the aristocracy of the the c' e°n rse and the betting-room, arrives to drive Lo rd a Ptain in his phaeton to Hunsdon Castle, and his it 0 , 8 '9 having learned from Sippett that Henry tek k ; e nephew of "Hollyhock Lodge," as he the Q. t, Hollyhock Lodge being the place of Isiszi ri ig-sons, determines to indulge in the luxury of Ipst, himself a snob, and is on the point of drawing down la s s uirnself the su mmary punishment of the said trou ts wh t e n Sippett very adroitly gets him off the by drawing his attention to the country and it i n i'• the ho rses in his phaeton. Mrs. Grigson,. Vli s 4 "'spoken excellent-hearted, vulgar woman, qra h ates gentility and sighs for the bustle of issoereshurch.street and the shop, then enters and hes t i ii n s her neph ew that she has desired him to meet out th ere . in order to be enabled effectually to carry lisitc n ,seheme which she had always entertained of loess"g,_ him to her daughter. True, it is, that they old G ° Otralled as children, with the consent of fro to s ' i gson, but since that period Grigson has retired ths i su ",l l siness, set up as a fine gentleman, become tes 4 ; n nate associate of Lord Hunsdon, and so de l% s i a ne d worshipper of rank that he will not suffer ths e „ s ughter to wed any one save a lord. In order, that'ire, to win the old man's favour, she proposes af fee, who has been at sea ever since he VMS Labebe - 1 ; should introduce himself as a nobleman ; and ,Alg„ has been for some years messmate with Lord la n - is ru ° ll Fitzurse, second son of the Marquis of Ili ts ,";genet, it is determined that he shall introduce elf to old Grigson under that title. In the next Stuart). re introduced to the Earl of Hunsdon Th,Vand his agent, Mr. Cogit (Mr. Tilbury). tio os 'ari is a high-born, high-mannered, cold, ambi totce ar istocrat—Cogit a shrewd, unscrupulous T h e Y ; , raising himself by ruining his patron. The Is 0 is endeavouring to raise money . on mortgage, 044,11 Ur to contest the county, hoping, that if he .4 18 h 'urn the county members and the member fa . n. „41 s 4)r uligh of Oldffeld, to keep up his interest, in borough 'he condescends to patronise Mr. 814" , he may be enabled to secure to himself the t ( j r. ' t he great object of his ambition. The second AI N f e ns with an admirable scene between Mr. and tri,...1714'50n, in which old Jeremy Grigson (Mr. es o 4hsnd) • announces his intention of becoming the st ti' l ate for Oldfield under the auspices of the Earl (-11 0 ; , cn sdon. The acting of Strickland and Mrs. ',lttsr v : this scene was excellent, and kept the les I ' s r s '" in a roar; and the manner in which El kosrs. Edwin Yarnold) entered, and he care the ' 4 Y, in kissed her forehead, adding that that was `vas 6 '4 Y, in which Lord Hunsdon did the paternal, tfl e .I ' l ' in the extreme. Henry enters as Lord Al. rtij' s n, and is, of course, received by Jeremy in the re si .` "i 1 v ceremonious manner imaginable, to the tI o W idelight of Mrs. Grigson. The Countess of (Mis. \V": Clifford), accompanied by her fiti 4 C • t er, Lady Mary Rivers (Miss Julia Bennett). 1 1 4, - „TPett, are announced. They have come for the th e r ts of asking the Grigsons over to the private (Is s - ss r leals at the castle, and on Henry being intro- Th e l,,as Lord Algernon, Sippett is all obsequiousness. th e s 'nuntess insists on his returning with them to Atsb.` s as ,tie, recommending her daughter to pay him sti to - s s u ,lar attention, " for his, elder brother is in a con isiar,"°n"—vvhile Jeremy Grigson recommends his Als' ss ' it er also to pay particular attention to Lord tt4 s ' - ',? 0 11. Mrs. Grigson is delighted with the sue ' he r o ' her plot ; but Ellen has no heart to give to 114:13,1 1"0°' lin in eith e r of his characters. Her affections 1 111;• „; been bestowed upon Rivers (Mr. Howe) , niet s i -all to the Earl, and nephew to Sir Geo r g e is—ent (Mr, W. Farren), a rich old bachelor , wh o tul e 4 s visit at -the castle, and whose acerbities are the rated by the Earl an d his family on account of tiffe s , r 7at exp ec t ances th e y have from him. This love pen 's• nearly discovered through the prying pro kJ's\ of Bridget Prim (capitally acted by Mrs. • '`,- ) :‘ 1 1, the servant of the Grigsons. However, old 4 14i i ,'Irigson treats all Bridget's hints with contempt, te to „Ue real state of the young young lady's affections inn i s undiscovered. The scene then changes to Ivli o 5 s . ": 1 Castle, where Rivers has joined Mordent , of }f a d imagined that Lady Mary was the object not t ? secret attentions, but finding that such is Ysti t le case, he introduces him as Mr. Francis, a musician, who is desirous of superintending the keastiswtril arrangements . of the private theatricals. Peet une Sippett and Lord Bellamont begin to thesus brio , truth as regards Henry, and, in order to Al / : matters to a crisis, they spread a report that Lord I .'svf .tnnn has left his ship in India, in consequence of , l en s n killed a brother officer in a duel, and Henry the s n 'ediatel3- placed unAer arrest, notwithstanding her ea rnest as of Mrs. Grigson that he is l allai e P hs w, and Lord Hunsdon goes to town to make Crri r tes at the Admiralty. A letter from Mrs. to to her nephew, while in durance, happening eia 11 h Into th e h an d s of old-Grigson, he takes it into ° ,„f th e s s ' d to wax jealous, 'while Ellen takes advantage -e lnfusion to wed Rivers, a match at which ' s n is ill indignant,until he hears that Rivers ss agi 3 4 1.0 rd a tlve of the Earl, and is the heir to Sir G. kit nit when his sor row is turned into joy, and he '4l ll :ledges Rivers as his son-in-law. The Earl s 'AdA r fr oul London ; but his return is too late, for ii•ti ng in her tnother's advice, has made thus s "greea'ol eto Ile sry that they also are married , by a ', ° "lnecting the Grigson family with nobility sleeti do able alliimee. In the ineastime the hour , "-Iri g 2, a for Old 161 has passed over—and no Mr. oft h e n i ,aPParing, Cogit, Who NN Ili in possession Ol e Fuel's letter of recommendation to the respect fur e i r Poratio n of the borough, which was intended he e x s ,"' Grigson, uses it on his own account, and, as e lite '', re 'ses it, in order to preserve the Earl's influ. for ' ts a nd is returned Member of Parliament dim s us borough, th us completing the day of loji-ti.a. The co me dy was followed by a lively epi nt ti e l ' s wel l spoken by Mrs. Nisbett. The dialogue brilliant is very well written , a nd at times and sparkling, and the actors all exerted , fir st ',lves to the utmost. It was evident from the on condoLu there was a party in the house bent t o ,n so i ng oe possible, it ifand this was naturally se tt in Peeted. There were ninety-eight comedies nin et ' c onsequently th ere mu s t have been at least th at, t s even per sons , each of whom was convinced kosuesc' s was an ill- use d i n di v id ua l, and that he had eo soe u a comedy i n fi n it e ly su p er i o r to the prize friends' It was, therefore, natural to expect that the str o W 0 f the disappointed ' candidates would muster last evening. Their disapprobation, however, stili i , s ,Tolvned in applause until the end of the comedy, lOCC ie 't e .i r .i n korous effort was made to prevent the epi arid brie g heard. 'Webster, however, came forward Was restored addressed the audience, after which quiet ,seal,.'Ored, and the epilogue spoken, and atten • i o 4.Y4.l.ols.tened to and applauded. The applauders were ta ssed c 4 14 d majority during the evening, and having to s h o 'fro ugh the ordeal of the first night, there is ha s s s ,..‘ but that the comedy will have a run. It . 7, 101 , , put on the stage in the best possible manner, g oo4 w l , „II with some judicious curtailment, make a tigh t li vely, bustling acting play. 'Webster was quite as i t "' under the circumstances, to produce it at first Was originally• I, • 110 1 , ‘ , sent, in ; having done so, he may t owa , s w, e think, venture to condense it—particularly hi e the close—so as to bring about the denouement • th ei , rapidly. Great praise is due to all the actors for , sr exertions and M r. more particularly is honour due ,• Farren for taking such a part as Mordent an y other hands it would have been a part infinitely insignificant—in his hands it be came one of the principal characters of the , piece; and nothing could be more telling than his manner of giving the bits of sarcasm with which the part abounds. However opinions may differ as to the merits of the comedy, there could be but one opinion of the public spirit of Mr. Webster in offering the prize of 5001. May his efforts in the cause of the British drama be amply rewarded. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen end Prince Albert walked yesterday morning in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. The King of Saxony, attended by his Excellency Baron Gersdorff, Lord Charles Wellesley, M. de Minck witz, Count Albert Vitzthum, Baron de Reichardt, and Dr. Carus, left Buckingham Palace, at ten o'clock yes terday morning, for the Model Prison at Pentonville, where the King was received by the Duke of Richmond and other Commissioners, attended by the Governor of the prison, who conducted his Majesty through the building. The King next paid a visit of inspection to the Gene ral Post-office, and afterwards honoured the Lord Mayor with his company at the Mansion-house. His Majesty was received by the Lord Mayor, accompanied by the SheritY of London and Middlesex. After his arrival, the King proceeded to the Central Criminal Court, where he was received by Mr. Sheriff Moon and Mr. Sheriff Musgrove. The King was ushered to the Old Court, where a criminal trial was proceeding. His Majesty took his seat on the bench, and remained until the trial had concluded, a period exceeding an hour and a half. _ _ . The King then returned to the Mansion-house, accom panied by the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs. A dejeune was served to the King and a select party, his Majesty being seated between the Lady Mayoress and Mrs. Moon. After the chjeune his Majesty. attended by the Lord Mayor and the Civic Authorities, went on foot to wit ness the inauguration of the statue of the Duke of Wel lington, which took place in his presence, the Lord Mayor conducting the King to the front of the statue. His Majesty also inspected the Royal Exchange. The illustrious party then returned to the Mansion house, and, after remaining some time, the King entered his carriage, accompanied by the Lord Mayor. and at tended'by the Sheriffs in their state carriages, and drove to the Temple, where his Majesty and suite were re ceived by Sir Frederick Thesiger, the Solicitor-General, who conducted the King over the Temple church. After inspecting the sacred edifice, his Majesty visited the halls of the Middle and Inner Temples. His Majesty then took leave of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, and drove to the Gallery of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, in Pall-mall East, where his Majesty arid suite alighted, and viewed the exhibition. The King then proceeded to the British Institution in Pall-mall, and after inspecting this collection of pictures returned to Buckingham-palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode ont on horse back yesterday, attended by S;r Edward Bowater. The Royal Family were taking their usual airings yesterday in the royal gardens. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting, and Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting, went yester day evening to honour the Duke of Wellington with his company at dinner at the Waterloo Banquet, at Apsley House. Yesterday evening, at a quarter past nine o'clock, the Queen and the King of Saxony left Buckingham Palace to honour the Italian Opera with their presence, In at tendance on their Majesties were the Marchioness of Douro, Lady Caroline Cocks, the Earl of Warwick, the Earl of Morton, M. de Minckwitz, Count A. Vitzthum, Baron de Reichardt, Dr. Carus, Colonel Arbutnot, and Lord Charles %Vellesley. The Earl of Warwick and Captain Meynell have suc ceeded Viscount Sydney and Admiral Sir Robert Ot way as the Lord and Groom in Waiting on her Majesty. The annual inspection of her Majesty's body guard of the Yeomen of her Guard took place at St. James's Pa lace yesterday, when the whole of the corps was in spected by the Captain, the Earl of Beverley, attended by the Lieutenant, the Clerk of the Cheque, and the Exons. The Health of Towns Commission had a meeting yes terday, at Gwydyr House, Whitehall. The Commis sioners present were the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Lincoln, Mr. Robert Aglionby Slaney, Sir Henry Thomas de la Beche, Dr. D. Boswell Reid, Mr. William Thomas Denison, Mr. James Ranald Martin, and Mr. James Smith, of Deanston. Mr. Wallace, Mr. Scovall, Mr. Parker, and a deputa tion of wharfingers, accompanied by Mr. J. Trotter, M.P., Mr. E. Antrobus. M.P., Mrs H. Kemble, M.P., and Alderman Humphery, M.P., had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone and the Earl of Dal housie at the office of the Board of Trade. Sir John Franklin had an interview with Lord Stan ley yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial office for Sir Charles Metcalfe, Governor of Canada, and the Governors of the other North American provinces. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. The Lords present were the Lord President, the Vice-Chancellor Wigram, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. An appeal from Madras " Moottoo Vyaya Ragha midha v. Rany Anga Moottoo," was resumed. Mr. Kindersley, Q.C., Mr. Wigram, Q C., and Mr. Jackson, appeared for the appellant; and Mr. Burge, Mr. Lkyd, and Mr. E. F. Moore. for the respondent. Mr. Kinder,ley, Queen's Counsel, was heard in reply. Dr. Lushiogton, on the part of their Lordships, gave judgment, reversing the decree of the Sudder Adawleet, and dismissing the re , pendent's plaint without prejudjce to any suit which the respondent may be advised to in stitute within three years. Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, was heard (exparte) on an appeal from Trinidad, " Yates v. Ross." THE KING OF SAXONY'S VISIT TO THE CITY, AND THE OPENING OF THE CITY OF LONDON STATUE OF HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. The Lord Mayor having invited the King of Saxony on the occasion of his Majesty's contemplated visit to the public buildings of the City, and his Majesty having appointed yesterday, and, at the same time, expressed his wish that ceremony should be dispensed with as much as possible, the necessary preparations were made :n accordance with that request. The Lord Mayor re ceived the King, who arrived a little after one o'clock, at the great gate of the Mansion-house, in the , neighbour hood of which immense crowds were assembled, partly congregated in consequence of the report of his Majes ty's entrance into the City, and partly on account of the opening of the noble statue of the Duke of Wellington .n front of the Royal Exchange. His Majesty having viewed the principal rooms in the Mansion house, and expressed his admiration of the Egyptian-hall, the lobby, and the far-famed convivial apartments on the same floor, proceeded, accompanied by the Lord Mayor, to the Old Bailey, where he sat for a considerable time most attentively listening to the trial of a prisoner for housebreaking, and seemed particu larly struck with the mode of cross-examination adopted by the Learned Gentlemen of the Central Criminal Court. His Majesty, was heard to observe to the Lord Mayor, that he had often read of the proceedings of the Court, but all he had read could not adequately repre sent the practical effect. The length of time the King remains in the Court, which was until the conclusion of the case, which was tried by the Learned Recorder with his usual skill and diligence, prevented his Majesty from paying move than a very hasty visit to the interior of the gaol, but he expressed great interest in all that be witnessed there. His Majesty then returned with the Lord Mayor to the Mansion-house, where a most splendid dejeune a /a fourchette was prepared in the Long Parlour, in Birch's most sumptuous style, consisting of the richest deli. cacies and wines of the highest order. As his Majesty had expressed a wish that his visit should be treated in an unceremonious and private manner, the Lord Mayor limited his invitations to about thirty ladies and gen tlemen. While the King was at breakfast at the Mansion-house, Mr. John Masterman, M.P. for the City of London, and Sir Peter Laurie, waited upon his Majesty and the Lord Mayor, as a deputation from the Royal Exchange and Gresham Trust Committee, to notify that they were about to open the statue of the Duke of Wellington, and to beg that his Lordship would signify to his royal guest, that they h6ped his Majesty would honour them by witnessing the ceremony. The King, upon hearing the Duke of Wellington's name, expressed the most anxious desire to be present upon an occasion of doing honour to so illustrious a man, and proposed to the Lord Mayor, the Lady Mayoress, and the ladies and gentle men at the table, to proceed immediately to the spot on which the statue of the Duke was to be unfolded to the public gaze. At this moment the spseious streets of the immediate neighbourhood were not only densely crowded, but the very tops of the houses in the adjoining parts of Corn hill, Mansion-house-street, the Poultry, King William street, and Princes-street, were occupied by shouting j multitudes. The King walked arm in arm with the Lord Mayor, through masses of people from the gates of the Mansion house through the entrance to the space assigned for the chairman and committee, and was most warmly received. Here it is necessary to introduce some account of the proceedings of the - Royal Exchange and Gresham Trust Committee on the occasion of opening the statue of the immortal Wellington. At one o'clock the Royal Exchange and Gresham Trust Uomniittee, several of the Aldermen, the trustees for the Statue of the Duke of Wellington, the executors of the late Sir Francis Chantrey, who commenced and executed the most important parts of the statue, and some gentlemen of high commercial eminence, as sembled at the Guildhall, with the object of going in pro cession to perform the ceremony. They sat down to a very elegant dejeune a la fourchette, provided by Messrs. Staples, of the Albion Tavern, and after having drunk " the Queen," and " the Prince," amidst great cheering, were addressed by Mr. Richard Lambert Jones, the chairman, in a speech eulogistic of the extra ordinary man in whose honour they were all assembled that day. He called the attention of the company not only to the transcendent national services of the Duke of Wellington, but to the remarkable exertions made by his Grace to serve the City of London, by his advocacy of improvements which could not have been accomplished without his vigorous, resolute, and powerful aid.—(Loud cheers.) It Iftorwwaasrdnetveerprtoocubree forgot t en that p t p h r e o D ac u h k e e s to London-brige, after having carried the bridge itself in opposition to the strenuous labours of Members of the same House, who attempted in vain to degrade it es a job.—(Loud cheers.) The toast was drunk with the greatest enthusiasm, , as were those of " The Lord Mayor," " The Gresham Committee," " Mr. R. L. Jones," " The Executors of Sir F. Chantry," and " Mr. Simpson.' The Chaim** and Committee and the other gentle- NTHE SUN, L D-Q- men of whom the numerous company was formed, then proceeded from the Guildliall in the Tollowing order:— Mr. R. L. Jones, the Chairman of the Royal Exchange Committee. • The Master of the Mercers' Company. Mr. John Masterinan, m,R, and Sir P. Laurie, Trustees for the Statue. Executors of Sir F. Chantrey. Aldermen. Court of Mercers' Company. Mr. Tite, the Architect of the Royal Exchange. Members of the Royal Exchange and Gresham Trustees Committee. City Officers. The Duke of Wellington's hand struck up the National Anthem as the King of Saxony and the Lord Mayor en tered the space before the, statue, and the Committee received his Majesty with acclamations. The King ap peared to be overwhelmed with astonishment at thp scene which presented itself, and declared that he never beheld such an extraordinary multitude. The Com mittee having walked twice round the statue, the cover ing of which was removed instantaneously amidst cheers from all around, Mr. R. L. JoNEs said he thought it necessary, as it naturally Might be expected, that he should state to his Majesty, on behalf of the Trustees and Committee, why they were assembled on that day on that spot. They mot to pay A grateful tribute to one of the greatest men ever produced by this or any other country. It 'was needless for him to say that he meant the Duke of Wel lington.—(lmmense cheering.) It would ill become him to say one word about the transcendent merits of that great men, because those merits were known and ac knowledged by the whole _civilised world. The citizens of London felt . it peculiarly incumbent upon them to erect a statue to that illus trious person by subscription, and with the aid of the Government, who had supplied the metal from the guns which Wellington himself had taken from the enemy, they had succeeded in thus proving their grati.. tude.—(Great cheering.) This monument of a living warrior had been framed by the hands of a great artist, now no more, and it was a gratifying fact that it was the first equestrian bronze statue which had ever been raised during the life of the pergon represented. Never had either king or subject the opportunity of seeing himself so represented before.—(Cheers.) Independently of the vast military renown of the Duke of Wellington, the claim of his Grace upon the protection of the citizens of London . for advancing its interests by promoting the improvements and embellishments which the visitors to this great City looked upon with wonder, was such that they were determined to give effect to that feeling in a way which posterity would be well able to appreciate, and would leave an example worthy of imitation.— (Cheers.) The King pulled off his hat, and joined as heartily as any one in the immense multitude. His Majesty, after having taken a view of the interor of the Royal Exchange, over which his Majesty was shown by the Lord Mayor, and Mr. Tite, the architect, returned with his Lordship, loudly cheered all the way to the Mansion-house, where be sat down and finished his repast. His Majesty afterwards accompanied the Lord Mayor to the Temple, and visited the ancient Church, the Hall, and Library, and at six o'clock the King took his leave of the Lord Mayor, having expressed the greatest delight at all he had witnessed in the ancient and ho nourable City of London. By the direction of the Commissioner of the City Police, such arrangements were made as prevented the slightest confusion. The police, by the acknowledgment of all, conducted themselves with remarkable skill and judgment, and the vast population in the streets appeared to be highly gratified at the very interesting exhibition of the day. MONUMENT TO SIR DAVID WILKIE. The monument to Sir David Wilkie is now erected in the church of Cults. It is truly an exquisite work of art. So striking is the likeness, that many of the pa rishioners who have seen it discovered at once .the fea tures of the man whom it is designed to represent. The inscription is as follows : Sacred to the memory of SIR DAVID WILKIE, RA., Principal Painter in Ordinary in England, and Limner for Scotland, To King George IV., King William IV., and Queen Victoria — Born at Cults, 18th of November, 1785 ; died Ist June, 1841 ; buried at sea, off Cape Trafalgar. As the painter of domestic scenes, his works were the ornament alike of the palace and the cottage. Through life he was guided and animated by those sacred principles to which he had often listened when a boy in this place, from a Father's lips. In order to acquire the accurate means of illustrating by his art the history of our Saviour, he departed for the Holy Land, and died on the homeward voyage. This tablet is erected by his affectionate sister in 1844. Sir David is placed on the east, and the monument to his father and mother by Chantrey on the west of the pulpit—each of them within a few inches of it. --Fife Herald. SUGAR DUTIES. ANALYSIS OF THE DIVISION LIST. The following 49 Members, who had not voted with the Ministry on the division of Friday, June 14, assisted Sir Robert Peel on Monday in reversing the previous decision of the House in Committee. Those four whose names are printed in CAPITALS voted On the previous occasion with Mr. Miles : Ackers, J. Hawkes, T. Masterman, J. Acland, T. D. Hepburn, Sir T. B. Maxwell, Hon:J. P. Acton, Colonel Hotham, Lord Mildmay, H. St. J. Antrobus, E. Houldsworth, T. Newry, Viscount BAGGE, WM. Irton, S. Paget, Lord W. Beresford, Major James, W. Palmer, G. Buckley, E. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Powell, Colonel Bunbury, T. Kemble, H. Price, R. Burrell. Sir C. M. Knight, F. W. Ryder, Hon. G. D. Charteris, Hon. F. Law, Hon. C. E. Sheppard, T. DOUGLAS, Sir H. Lawson, A. Smollett, A. Eaton, R. J. Legh, G. C. - Thompson 'Aid. Emlyn, Viscount Lopes, Sir R. TUR\OR ,, C. Fitzroy, Hon. H. Lyall, G. Vivian, J. E. GORING, CHAS. Mackinnon, W. A. Wellesley, Lord C, Grogan, E. Marsham, Viscount Wyndham, Colonel Hardy, J. The following 15 Members, who supported the Ministry on Friday, did not aid on Monday in negativing a deliberate decision of the House : Blandford, Marquis Estcourt, T. G. B. Mitchell, T. A. Bright, J. Greenall, P. Morgan, C. Cochrane, A. Heathcoat, J. Pollington, Viscount Cresswell, B. Hillsborough, Earl Pringle, A. Drax, J. S. W.* James, Sir W. C. Rolleston, Colonel The following 38 Members, who formed part of Mr -Miles's majority, withheld their aid on the subsequent division, four of the number passing over to the opposite ranks : BAGGE, WM. GORING, CHAS. Pulsford, R. Blewitt, R. J. Henley, J. W. Rashleigh, W. Bodkin, W. H. Howard, Sir R. Repton, G. W. J. Buller, C. Lascelles, W. J. Rumbold, C. E. Christopher, R. A. Mangles, R. D. Shirley, E. P. Clements, Viscount Marjoribanks, S. Smith, A. Copeland, Ald. Mitcalfe, H. Smythe, Hon. G.l . Dashwood, G. H. Muntz, G. F. Taylor, E. Dick, Q. O'Brien, A. S. Trollope, Sir J. DOUGLAS, Sir H. Ossulston, Lard TURNOR, C. Entwisle, W. Paget, Lord A. Waddington, H. S. Fielden, W. Pennant, Colonel Wall, C. B. Gisborne, T. Phillpotts, J. The following 29 Members, who did not vote on the former occasion, came forward on Monday to oppose the reversal of the previous division : Ainsworth, P. Hall, Sir B. Pattison, J. Berkeley, G. F. Heathcote, G. J. Pigot, D. Blake, M. Hoskins, K. Ponsonby, C. F. A. Browne, R. D. Leader, J. T. Ramsbottom, J. Childers, J. W. Leveson, Lord Rice, E. R. Clay, Sir W. Macaulay, T. B. Smith, B. Currie, R. Matheson, J. Somers, J. P. D'lsraeli, B. Morison, General Stock, Sergeant Ellice, E. Murphy, F. S. Turner, E. Fitzwilliam, G. Murray, A. Had the following 13 Members, who have on other occa sions voted for a diminution of duties, and who ;have been considered supporters of free trade, voted with Mr.-Miles en Monday, the Ministry . would have been again left in a minority : Bouverie, E. P. Cobden, R. Ellis, W. Forster, M. Gibson, M. Hayter, W. G. Paget, Lord W. Humphery, Ald. Ricardo, J. L. James, W. Thornely, T. Marsland, H. Warburton, IL * The vote given by Mr. Drax. on Friday against Mr. .Miles's amendment has been stated by that gentleman to have been unintentional. • A letter from Mr. G. S. Smythe, explains that the official list is incorrect in attributing to him a defection . from Mr. Miles. Colonel Gore Langton paired off with Mr. Charles Wynn on Friday night in favour of Mr. Miles's motion. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—To those who know that I have bad something to do with the Court Gazette, and yet know not what, I beg to state that since three months ago I have been assisting the publisher in the advertisement department, quite unknown to the editors and proprietors of what country I was ; the employment, having no connexion whatever with the press, I undertook upon s the ground of the sympathy which that paper showed sometimes to the cause of Poland. The krttcle published on the Sa turday before last. on account 'f the arrival of the Em peror-of Russia, bears quite a different character, being written entirely in prejudice to the Poles. However, though the account might be differently viewed by many, yet what belongs individually to me, the circumstance is sufficient to interdict me anything whatever to have to do in the above office, and to resign the employment di rectly. Having done , so, I hope you will appreciate 'my motives, and therefore not refuse to allow publicity to my present statement through the medium of your co lumns.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, June 14, 1844. FERDINAND BIEILINSKI. COURSE OF EXCHA/ Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight l2 4 Rotterdam 2U. 12 6i Antwerp 25 90 Elamburgh M.B. 13 14 Altona l3 1411 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine 1211 Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin Vienna, effec. ft. 3 M 953 Trieste, ditto Madrid 37 tGE.—(YESTMRDAY.) Gibraltar Leghorn 3O 45 Genoa 25 90 Milan ~ Venice Naples ....... ..... 39 Palermo, per oz ll7 Lisbon 54. Oporto 54 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres NewYork,2ldyssight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars...f.3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10 Silver in Bare 4 Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Seville — WE 13,-N E S-DA-Y EVENING, JUNE 19, 1844. LITERATURE. WESTMINSTER REVIEW. No. LXXXI. Clarke, London , 1844. _ _ The first article in the Number before us is de- I voted to a consideration of the public character and conduct of the present Home Secretary, from the period when he commenced his political career—now nearly a quarter of a century since—as a Whiz "and something more," down to the present day, when he sits in a front seat on the Treasury benches as, an official supporter of the Tory principle of legislation. The night Hon. Baronet will assuredly not be'best pleased with the comments which the Reviewer is pleased to make on his various - changes in: politics;' and still less with the numerous significant ettracts. which he .gives from the once-well-known; but now, almost_ whollY forgotten.- pamphlet, on "Corn and Currency," which the Home Secretary published the year 1826, and the principles advocated in which he has long since seen cause to repridiate. - BUI though the article is certainly severe, it is by no means an unjust one ; and if it, blames his frequent political inconsistency, it does justice to his temperate and judicious management of the navy, when he was First Lord of the Admiralty, under the Grey Admi. ministration. " New Spirit of the Age" is a notice of Mr. Horne's recently-published work under this title. The Reviewer admits him to be a man of talent, but denies him the possession of genius, .and observes, in reference to his, fast quality :—" Genius, that 'is, the power of creation, we take to be an ema nation of the divinity that shapes our ends, and can no more work for hire than God himself could in the creation of the world," Surely this is not the. fact. Walter Scott. and Lord Byron were both men of genius, yet both of them avowedly "worked for hire;" so too did. Moore, when tempted by the bribe of three thousand guineas to compose his splendid poem of " : Lalla Rookh," Moreover, are not Brunel and Stevenson, the engineers; men of genius, and _do they not_ realise a handsnme fortune by the diligent exercise of' that faculty ? In the majority of in• stances our men of genius in modern times have been men of the wOrldnlsO, who have no notion of giving the rich fruits of their intellect to the world, except for a handsome equivalent. " Alison's History of Europe" is a thoughtful and carefully reasoned essay, in -which the consummate military abilities of the Emperor Napoleon—perhaps the greatest, master of the art of war that the world ever saw—are alluded to in a discriminating spirit. We must confess, how ever, that it is with no little difficulty that we bring Ourselves to think otherwise than with horror and detestation of these, magnificent military despots— the wholesale plunderers and murderers of their fel low-creatures. In the . article on the " Affairs of India" the Reviewer rejoices in the recal of Lord Ellenborougb; and the appointment of his successor, Sir Henry•Hardinge, " whose experience and firm ness of character," he says, " afford the promise 'of a happy dawn to millions. We quote the following sketch of the Home Secretary's character as a poli tician and a Minister:— " On 'the whole review of Sir James Graham's po• litical life and opinions, we find one point, and only one (his championship, of the Irish Church being not per fectly clear of exceptions) from which, so far as we know, he has never swerved :—viz., that the class of mortgaged and indebted landowners are a class worthy of special legislative protection. On this point, we believe we may pronounce his public character to be without spot or blemish of inconsistency. The doctrine has shaped itself differently in his mind, at different times : once it was the sponge, now it is the sliding scale, that must save the aristocracy,' preserve the landowners' estates' from harpy creditors, and prevent the landed property of England from changing hands:' —but, however the means may have varied, the end has always been, the same—either by adjustment of incum brances, or by protection of rents, to save insolvent owners of land from breaking. This is Sir James Gra ham's strong point. This is the one light speck in the general haze—the dot of terra firma in the chaos. Sir James Graham may fairly boast that, amidst incon sistencies and self-contradictions without number, he has always been consistent to the principle that the landed aristocracy and gentry must have Acts of Parliament put between them and their creditors—must have their debts paid, or somehow provided for, at the public cost. His - sympathies have been, through life, with a class of men the most mischievous that any country can be cursed with—the needy people of quality, the insolvent lords and gentlemen, the opulent knaves, who cannot live without their hands in other people's pockets. We do not know what, if any, may be the Netherby Ba ronet's individual interest in the maintenance of this doctrine of the right of landowners to have their debts provided for by Act of Parliament, and have no disposi tion to inquire. Nor is it necessary to waste words in discussing the honesty of it. The political morality which protects and patronises the great opulent knave interest fitly accompanies the political religion which stands up for the purity and integrity of the Church of England in Ireland. These two are the only net pro duct that we can find of Sir James Graham's political life. After striking out all the inconsistencies and con tradictions—balancing and neutralising every plus with its corresponding minus—these are all that the equation gives us. It would be scarcely fair to close our estimate of Sir James Graham's political character, without ac knowledging that he possesses, in a high degree, many of the qualities of a useful servant of the State, His administrative abilities are, we believe, generally allowed, by those who hare the best opportunities of judging, to be of the first class. He is a ready, capable man, both in office and in Parliament, with a fine talent for getting through business. He made an excellent First Lord of the Admiralty ; and improved the efficiency of the navy while curtailing its expenditure. Although he refused to abolish impressment, he placed two Acts on the Statute Book calculated to diminish its necessity and mi tigate its practical 'oppressiveness. Unfortunately for the public, his present share in the Ministerial cast of parts is one in which mere administrative dexterity is but a poor set- off against a shabby spirit, a rough tem per, and an unscrupulous partisan conscience. As a Home Secretary, Sir James Graham is one of the worst and most dangerous Ministers we have had these twenty years." HAND-BOOK FOR CENTRAL EUROPE. Hughes, London, 1844. The compiler of this volume, Mr. Coghlan, is well known for, his numerous guide-books, which have proved of great service to our tourists in the summer and autumn seasons. His present work is on a larger scale than any of his preceding ones, and con tains minute, practical directions for travellers through Belgium, Holland, the Rhine, Germany, Switzerland, and France, together with a full description of Paris, the Channel Islands, and the fashionable continental spas, and a list of the steam-packets to and from ali the foreign ports. LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND Vet VII. Colburn, London, 1844. The Life of Queen Elizabeth, with which the authoress, aware of the interest and importance of the subject, has taken unusual pains, is brought to a close in this volume. It is by far the completest and most circumstantial biography that we have yet met with, of this great Sovereign ; and it possesses the additional recommendation of being wholly free from anything like fulsome eulogium. The documentary evidence brought forward by the authoress is exceedingly copious, and much of it will be new to the majority of our readers; but the most interesting portion of the work is that which describes the death-bed of Elizabeth, and the intrigues of the Ministers and the courtiers the instant they became aware of the utter hopelessness of her recovery. The portrait of the Queen, prefixed by way of frontispiece to the memoir, represents her as being much more comely in feature than she.has been generally supposed to be. TRAVELS IN KORDOFAN. Madden, London, 1844. From the preface to this volume of travels we learn that the author, Mr. Ignatius Pallme, a Bohemian by birth, undertook ,the journey to Kordofan, of which he here professes to give an account, on commission for a mercantile establishment at Cairo, in the hope of discovering new channels of traffic with Central Africa. In the pursuit of his object, he remained longer in the country than. any European had ever done before him ; and the information which he fur nishes us with respecting the existing condition of this province of Egypt may consequently be looked on as strictly . authentic. But though M. Pallme's volume abounds in useful information, it is not, generally speaking, very entertaining in its Character,. for the author's mode of narration is dry and matter-of-fact, and he lays too much stress on matters of trivial mo ment. His account of the present state of slaves in Kordofan will be read with attention by those inte rested in this most complicated and difficult question, which seems to bid defiance to all attempts at a satis factory settlement; but we prefer quoting instead his description of the Sheikhs or saints who, it appears, are treated with a world of respect, not to say, rever ence, throughout the entire province of Kordofan : " These Sheikhs, or saints, are what we call idiots. They are unfortunate beings, who, although neglected by nature, are considered in this country as:direct apostles from God, to inform the children of men of their destiny. These poor wretches are all but idolized, every one • being anxious to show them the utmost respect. When they walk out in the streets, they are stopped by old and young; who kiss their face, hands, and even their feet, and offer them everything they wish for. Beings of this description are generally very apathetic, and accept little or nothing; they are, in fact, generally to be met dressed in the most disgusting clothes, in rags, or utterly naked, a lth oug h they would be provided with the finest raiment if they merely expressed the slightest wish. Their parents, sisters, or other relations, on the other hand, know how to turn their misfortune to the best account, and accept considerable presents for their intercession with these saints, or for procuring others an opportunity of consulting this oracle. They give the most absurd and ridiculous answers to questions that are put to them, partly as a consequence of their fatuity, and partly be cause taught to do so; it is, indeed, scarcely possible at times to guess at their meaning. The more absurd the answer, the more contented is the party interested; and absolutely delighted, if he can only - make out n single word of the whole rhodomontade, which in the slightest agree s with his wishes. To these saints the women flock in numbers to beg for fertility. Besides these Sheikhs, there are others, and Fakeers, who write A amulets, which the women wear on their arms, or heads, firmly believing that their most-fervent wishes will be then fulfilled. The latter profession ig•ekceedingly Inuit= five; and I hitve seen several persons who have made a ,small fortune in this manner, and very well understood the art of imposing on the people, and of persuading them to purchase a fresh charm, • although experience must have convinced them of the futility of.the last." MISSION TO THE COURT OF VIENNA. Longman, London, 1844. The diplomatic mission to Vienna, of which this volume furnishes us with a memoir, was undertaken by the Right lion. Sir Robert Adair, at a most critical period in our history—namely, the year 1806, shortly after Pitt's. death, and when Fox had just 'succeeded to office as - Foreign Secretary of State. The volume consists • for the most part of official documents, bearing on the negotiations between this *country and Austria, whose power had been recently crippled by the decisive battle of Austerlitz ; but some supplying admirable authentic materials of some future historian of that feverish period, when an apprehension of the ambitious views of Napoleon was the one general feeling of Europe, yet these documents. will be of little interest to the - majority of readers, for they are, with few exceptions, dry, business-like State dispatches, whose tact and sagacity can only be appreciated by those who are conversant with the complicated politics -of thosse times. Sir Robert Adair appears to have acquitted himself with signal dexterity in his diplomatic mis sion, and possessed the most full and entire confidence of Fox, of whose principles he was a cordial supporter, and of whose foreign policy the volume before us may in some degree be considered as the defence. It is dedicated to Lord Grey in a brief address, wherein the . author gracefully and touchingly observes, " accept the work in the name of our fifty years' friendship, increasing on my side in veneration as life and its business recede from me ;" and is introduced by a neat, sententious preface, in the course of which Sir Robert Adair explains the reasons that induced a large portion of the upper and middle classes to re gard Mr. Fox as the advocate of unconstitutional and revolutionary principles. THE HEIGHT-OF IMPUDENCE! Many illustrations of this phrase will doubtless belamilcar to our readers, but we believe it was scarcely ever so success fully realised as at the Mansion-house yesterday. The King of Saxony had honoured the Lord Mayor with his preSencent a collation, at which a very small party of private, friends were invited, to meet his Majesty. Judge what must have been the surprise of his Majesty and of his hos pitable host, when, in the midst of the repast, the folding doors were thrown open, and without any further announce ment than the exclamation of an usher, A deputation, my Lord," Sir Peter Lahrie and Mr. Masterman presented themselves to the astonished company. The Lord Mayor, in evident amazement, begged to know to what accident he was indebted for the unexpected intrusion, and Mr. Master man explained that the object was to request the presence of the King of Saxony at the ceremonial of opening the statue of_the Duke of Wellington to the public. The Lord Mayor suggested that . no preparations had been made. " Oh !• never mind;" quoth Sir Peter, " I know the King is a very active 'man, for I saw that when he lately went over Bedlam with me." With singular propriety, Sir Peter has a good deal to do with that establishment. Again - the Lord Mayor urged that his Majesty was taken by surprise, and requested " the deputation " to retire to another room; when -an answer should be sent to them. But Sir Peter, showed no inclination to " leave the warm precincts of the eheerfur dining-room, and repeated that " the King was an active man," adding, that there must be no delay, as "all the people were waiting." It was evidently of no use to resist further, though the Lord Mayor hinted the necessity of ordering the carriages. No carriages, however, would be permitted by the bustling Sir Peter. He insisted that the King must walk, and he would he responsible for his Majesty's safety! Accordingly, in spite of the exertions of the Chief Magistrate to put an end to this unwarrautable intrusion on his Royal guest, and on the privacy of a few personal friends, the illustrious visitor was dragged to the site of the statue, amidst the pressure of a crowd which the City Police either could net, or would not, keep, at a decent distance—through a throng of journeymen masons, and over heaps of rubbish, to the spot where Sir Peter Laurie's pet effigy of the Duke was erected. There the King of Saxony was forced to stand through the delivery of an oration by Mr. Lambert Jones, with which his Majesty must have been extremely edified; and at the conclusion of this speech the Royal victim had again to wend,his way back to the Man sion-house, from which he had been so ruthlessly- dragged, and was at length left at liberty to conclude his repast. What an exalted notion his Majesty will carry home with him of the gravity and decorum of a - London" deputation." The patience exhibited by the King, under this infliction, was only surpassed by the condescension and affability with which he accepted the elegant hospitality of the Lord Mayor, and exhibited generally during his visit to the City. —Post. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TlMES.—Nothing could be more misplaced than tine Pre mier's tragic remonstrances on Monday night at the conduct of his uncertain and desultory supporters. To read his ex postulations, one might imagine he was addressing rebellious children, or an ungrateful dependent, or faithless spouse. All the favour, all the confidence, is on his side. " Have I not made you what you are," he seems to say, " a prosperous and united family? Have I not taught you, and trained you, and admitted you to all the secrets of my heart? Do you not participate in a mighty design, conceived for your sole benefit? Why suddenly turn upon your only friend and leader—why band yourselves together against your lawful head—why dally with the treacherous foe?" We do not exaggerate a bit. Such was Sir Robert's tone. " Sir (says he, addressing the Speaker),if it be a matter of unimportance, we cannot consent to accede to the proposition." The Right Hon. Baronet, we are told, pronounced this with more than usual emphasis, and proceeded, after a pause, in atone forcibly expressive of wounded feeling—" it was carried by a combi nation of those who are our general supporters with our political opponents. If the measure, I repeat, be an unimportant one, in proportion to its unimportance it is significant of a want of confidence in our Administration." * * * " I may be wrong, but my impression is, that it was a precon certed arrangement between some of those who usually op pose and some of those who usually support us." In fact, everything—everything, that is to say, in the speech itself— was tending to a scene. It is impossible to say what we might not have had; Sir Robert on his knees, perhaps, un baring his bosom to the shafts of calumny, ingratitude, treachery, and all the rest of them, protesting his integrity to the skies, and flooding the house with his tears. But some very unkind interruptions spoilt the affair. " Ironical cheers and laughter" came in very awkwardly at the end of the sen tence, and broke the beautifully gradual descent of the pathos. So the worthy Baronet, unmanned for a moment, remembered his magnanimity and his figures. From affec tions unrequited, and confidence withdrawn, he returned with double energy to sugars, foreign and colonial, slave and free, cloyed and refined. Indeed, in the very depth of the pa roxysm it must have occurred sometimes with rather a ludi crous force that a question whether a certain duty should be 20s. or 245., or whether a certain reduction should date from to-morrow or the 10th of November, or should be levied equally on all kinds, was hardly theme enough for so moving a declamation. If Sir Robert Peel's measures were the best ever conceived by the most consummate wisdom, inspired by the highest virtue, he would have no claim to the absolute confidence, the utter prostration of judgment, which he de mands ; for this plain reason—that his supporters are the very last persons in whom he reposes confidence. No confi dence can last which is not reciprocal. Sir Robert does not communicate with his supporters—does not prepare them— does not identify himself with them—does not stand by them—does not protect them—does not give them the small est credit, or the smallest share in his successes, such as they are. On the contrary, every step in his course is their hu miliation and confusion. He deals with them as with his most open enemies. He takes them by surprise at every turn. All his measures are coups d'etat. He brings them into a defile, with the enemy in their front, and some dread ful extremity in the rear, so as to cut off all retreat, and then says, " I don't trust you ; but you must fight or be destroyed to a man." Sir Robert acts like a Premier, and affects to talk like a friend. Will he just attempt to think and feel as a friend for one moment, while we beg to suggest the following topics of meditation ? He talks in heartrending terms of a measure "carried by a combination of those who are our general supporters with our political opponents." Does he not regularly lay himself out for the support of " political opponents ? Does he ever fail to overawe his "general supporters," whenever need be, with some Whig contingent, which he is always able and ready to purchase at the expense of those " gene ral supporters ?" Every Conservative knows that the moment he ventures to think for himself, he may expect to find the Whigs on his flank. Nay, more. As soon as Sir Robert finds a supporter troublesome, he does not scruple to deliver him, bound hand and foot, to any particular " politi cal opponent " he may find ready for the work. With a glance at the other side of the House, he strikes a compact that has all the force of " preconcerted arrangement," and forthwith his too conscientious supporter finds himself in the hands of his bitterest enemies, without either rescue or com miseration. A man must have a wonderful power of sponging conscience and memory who can act as Sir Robert has 'sever failed to do when convenient, and yet can talk as he did on Monday evening. POS'r.—ln the performance of pantomimes and ballets, when it is found convenient to convey to the audience some piece of information beyond what the powers of gesticulation can impart, it is usual to resort to the expedient of a printed placard. Thus the rule against plain-speaking is not in fringed, nor is the auditory left in the perplexity of ignorance. We respectfully recommend a similar device to her Majesty's Prime Minister in the House of Commons. After what has happened, he need not be very delicate, and his chief aim ought to be the saving of time and trouble. Whenever a doubtful question comes before House, therefore, let him have a large placard erected behind his seat, stating that he does, or does not, intend to carry the question as he has proposed it to the House. Honourable Members (very Honourable in deed !) will thus be saved the trouble of coming down on a subsequent evening to rescind the vote to which, in the sim plicity of ignorance or misapprehension the House has pre viously come. It is clear that, with regard to the sugar duties question, a good many Members shared in the opinion avowed with so much naiveté by that independent weekly journal the John Bull, that Ministers would be very well content to be beaten. They had great confidence in the duplicity and insincerity of their friends on the Treasury bench, and felt well assured that their friends, when pro posing their vote of Friday night, wished for nothing more than to make an appearance of an intention, while in reality their views accorded with the views of Mr. Miles. This turned out to be a mistake but it.. was a mistake at which we are not at all surprised. Some men are slow to shake off impressions and to acquire new ones. Gentlemen who had listened to the Pre mier in 1841, who had heard the contempt expressed by him for the cant of " cheap sugar ;" who had listened to the great concern he expressed for the West Indies ; who had witnessed his extreme anxiety about the moral and social condition of those colonies ; who had been elevated into an enthusiasm of indignation against the Whigs by Sir Robert's denunciation of the policy which might render it impossible ever to raise sugar at a profit by free labour in those colonies —gentlemen, we say, whose memories were full of these statements, and who are not quick to catch up new views of things, might naturally suppose that Sir Robert Peel could not be quite in ear nest at the present time. No doubt they said to themselves that though the Premier might have reasons of expediency for appearing to have lost all concern for the in terests of the West India colonies, yet his views of 1841— those views upon which, and by the declaration of which he obtained office, must be what he really wished still to promote ; but they were in error. Upon this occasion they finessed too much, and have been obliged to contradict themselves. Upon such a class of men, however, Sir Robert Peel ought to have mercy. Let him remember that they have been very busy ever since 1841 learning the lesson he then taught them, and trying to " soak into their brains," as Lord Palmerston would say, the wisdom which he then imparted, touching the cant of cheap sugar, and the necessity of taking care of West Indian interests. All that he has to complain of is that they cannot unlearn what he has taught, quite so fast as he can ; but this may be because they received his opinions with more respect and more earnest belief than he received them himself. ----- THE METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—During the last few days much progress has been made on the various lines of streets connected with the improvements of the metropolis. In Whitechapel, for the formation of the new street to lead from Shoreditch Church to the London Docks, on Friday last twenty-nine houses were sold to the south of and adjoining Spitalfields Church, and which are now in course of demolition. When these are removed, there will be a direct communication with Whitechapel. In Red Lion street, passing to the docks, on the east side, above half the houses are being cleared away. I n upper St. Martin's-lane, being the continuation of the new street from Leicester.. square to Plumptre-street, the width of the road is marked out, and which is also done in this latter street, in each of which thoroughfares the carriage way is above thirty feet wide. In Plumptre-street the arches for the new houses are turned, and are - ready for the buildings, there being l e ft for a French Prot estant cha pe l, at a short distance a T ace Bedford chapel, the foundation stone of which will be shortly laid. On the new line of street in this neighbourhood, from Oxford-street to Holborn, there is now a direct opening made, though there are several houses to be removed to form the entire width of the street. When the houses are cleared a way, which is being rapidly done by the workmen, a new sewer will have to be formed in what was once called the Rookery, and, when th a t i s completed, the carriage and foot way. will be made, the whole of which is expected to he carried into effect bout Michaelmas next. The authorities of Eton College have received all intimation from Prince Albert, through the medium of Mr. G. E. Anson, that his Royal Highness is desirous of attending divine service in the College Chapel, previously to his laying the foundation stone of the new buildings on Thursday next. The Provost, in order to meet the views of the Prince, has appointed the service to take .place on the morning of that day,at half-past twelve o'clock. Yesterday being the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, the household troops, cavalry and infantry, mounted guard, wearing laurel in their caps, and having their colours also decorated with evergreens. The Chelsea pen sioners were also decorated in a similar manner, and num bers of private individuals who are out-pensioners, and who , served on that memorable day, wore the Waterloo medal on their left breast, and laurel leaves in their hate. OUR ACTRESSES. 2 Vols. Smith and Elder, London, 1844, These volumes consist of a series of biographical no tices, accompanied with brief cursory criticisms on their talents, of the most eminent actresses and vocalists that have appeared on the London boards within the memory of the present generation. The authoress is Mrs. Cornwall Wilson, who is already favourably known to the play-going portion of the community, by her Memoir of the Duchess of St. Albans. Her present work is slight and gossipping in its character, and has the recommendation, by no means common with biography, of being penned throught in a kindly and tolerant spirit. The critical portion of it is the weakest, for Mrs. Wilson appears to be no very dis criminating judge of theatrical excellence; but as her remarks are uniformly put forth without assumption or pedantry, We feel no disposition to bear hardly upon them. The volumes are embellished with half-length Portraits of some of the most distinguished of our female performers, among whom the authoress justly allots a prominent station to Mrs. Nisbett, undoubtedly the most finished comic actress of the day. We quote the following passages from the memoir of this lady : " Mr. Nisbett was a most amiable and affectionate husband ; and the widow's anguish may be conceived, but cannot be described. It is said that a friend was one day condoling with Mrs. Nisbett on the loss of her husband. Husband !' cried the lovely widow, wiping a tear from her brilliant eye— " He never was a husband.' " How ?' cried her friend, in astonishment. " No ;—from the day of our marriage—he always remained MY LOVER I' _ " The unexpected death of Captain Nisbett—who was not, as may be supposed, much of a man of business, caused perplexity.on pecuniary points ; there were dis puted claims to property, and some interested parties threw the affair into Chancery ! Chancery ! there is ruin—perspective beggary in the very name ! " During the Chancery proceedingi Mrs. Nisbett thought it prudent, for the sake of her own near, and we may add, dear relatives, to re-enter the theatrical profession ; a profession which she had quitted under such happy auspices : and, accordingly, in October, 1832, she re-appeared at Drury-lane. I-ler reception by the audience proved that they bad not forgotten their old favourite, and that they could commisserate her in her recent bereavement, and encourage her exertions to counteract the frowns of fortune. She went through a long list of the leading characters in genteel comedy, on each night increasing her fame. Amongst her chef d'auvres were Rosalind, Beatrice, Violante, &c., &c. Bankruptcies, non-payment of salaries, insolence, attempts at imposition, and all the petty vexations which crept in with the degradation and downfal of our na tional theatres, at length induced Mrs. Nisbett to accept the cash-paid salary from an engagement at a minor theatre, in preference to promise to pay' at a major house. She passed through several engagements for limited periods (so as not to interfere with her provin cial engagements), at the Queen's, and also at the Strand Theatres. _ . " At the Queen's Theatre we were present in Febru ary, 1835, to see Jerrold's new drama of the School fellows, in which Mrs. Nisbett sustained the leading character with great and deserved applause. On this evening there was a terrific outcry raised by the pittites against the bonnets, which, at that time, were prepos terously large if at all fashionable. The performance was for some time suspended with the cry of off bon nets' not being attended to. One little gentlemen, whose patience could no longer endure the tower of Babel before his view, very coolly stretching out his arm, sud denly and somewhat uncourteously thrust the point of an umbrella into the crown of the brobdignagian head de fender that interrupted his view of the stage, and car ried off its straw-built roof on the ferrule of his con quering weapon, to the no small amusement of beholders, but to the great dismay and enragement of the fair but obstinate wearer. We are sorry to speak in terms of censure of our own sex, but really on this point they are very unaccommodating, and deserve to suffer for their tenacity. " On the evening in question, entreaty had failed to remove the brobdignagian nuisance as it was called ; skirmish after skirmish took place between female heads and umbrella points, rendering the performance inau dible. At last a jolly tar, with lungs like a speaking trumpet in a gale of wind, got upon the seat, and roared out—' Them as is gentlewomen is expected to take off them helephant bonnets ; them as don't pretend to be sitch, may keep them on.' The effect of this odd ad dress was like magic, the pride of every female took alarm, and in a minute all the blue bonnets were over the border,' to the great amusement as well as accommo dation of many of the audience." GREAT WESTERN STEAM-SHIP.—A curious dis pute has arisen between the Peninsular Company and the Great Western Company. The former, it appears, pur chased the ship, the Great Western, for 32,0001., the owners undertaking to do whatever the Admiralty sur veyors might deem necessary to qualify the vessel for the mail service. A considerable delay taking place in com pleting a set of new boilers on the tubular principle, some time was requested and granted. All being ready, a trial was had down the Severn, under the inspection of the Admiralty surveyor, who found all right with the excep tion of the supply of steam, on which he declined to pass the survey. Some alterations having been made in the boilers, the vessel was announced as ready for a second trial, at the request of the owners. A delay of a few days occurring in sending the Admiralty surveyor down, the owners, with Captain Claxton, the manager, took on themselves to withhold the vessel, thus virtually cancelling the con tract, and, without notice to the Peninsular Company, ad vertised her departure for New York. The Peninsular Company feeling that, whatever the delay might have been, it was not to be laid to their account, but to that of the Admiralty, and not disposed to yield to this summary extinguishment of what was considered a desirable pur chase, an application was made to the Court of Chancery to prohibit the vessel being sent to sea, and immediately granted. Thus both this Company's vessels may be said to be in Chancery, the one, the Great Britain, in the Bristol dock, the other in Westminster-hall. Odds are now laid as to which of these ships will be first discharged of the ne exeat regno. The Peninsular Company have been obliged to dis patch another vessel, the Lady Mary Wood, in place of the Great Western, with the Alexandria mails.—Liverpool Albion. FRENCH MEN or WAR.—The arrival of the Danae, French frigate, of 56 guns, at Brest, puts an end to an idle story which is reported in a Barbadoes paper, re ceived this week, that the Dublin, of 50 , guns, Captain Tucker, had been sunk, with her colours flying, by three French frigates, for having given protection to the Queen Pomare, who had taken refuge on board of her. The Danae was one of the frigates at Tahiti, and she mentions nothing of such an event. The French garrison at the Marquesas was in distress for clothes and money, having had no pay foi fifteen months, and nothing but salt provisions. The French navy is certainly moving about much more actively than formerly. We observe that on the sth April the 60-gun frigate Sirene, together with the Victorieuse and the Re eherche, left the Cape of Good Hope, for China; and on the 27th March the Erigone, 50-gun frigate, left the same station for. Brest ; at the same time the man-of-war Colibri left the Isle of France for the Isle of Bourbon.—Hampshire Telegraph. Fnuocious ATTACK BY A BULL.—A few days ago, William Binnington, a servant in the employ of Mr. Jackson, of Old. Sunderlandwick Hall, near Driffield, went to look after his master's stock, amongst which was a bull, which made a ferocious attack upon him, and being unable to escape from the reach of the infu riated animal, he was dreadfully gored. His cries for help, and the bellowings of the savage beast, were heard by some children at play near the farm, who imme diately gave the alarm ; Mr. Jackson immediately called together all his men, and, having armed themselves, proceeded to rescue the poor man from his perilous situation. When released, he presented the appearance of a mass of gore and wounds ; and his clothes were torn into tatters. His collar bone was found to be broken, and his ribs much damaged. On different parts of the body were large gaping wounds, besides being much bruised all over. On the arrival of Mr. Simpson, surgeon, of Hutton Cranswick, he found the man in a very exhausted state, and fast sinking, but by careful administrationanma te o d, f and pr proper per he was then able to have his wo unds dressed and sewed u p , restoratives, and pers eve l n h g e peffoworetrssanodf life the wree re and his bones properly adj usted. Up toTuesday last he was going on with th e ho p es of an ultimate recover y. Hull Advertiser. CAUTION.-ALmtm or FIRE.—On Tuesday night last the troops at Devonpoyt were turned out by an alarm of fire which had broken out in the Mount Wise Barracks. It ap peared that one of the young officers of the 44th Regiment had gone to bed with a cigar in his mouth, reading, and falling asleep, set fire to his bed, which together with his clothes, &c., as destroyed ; the fire, however, wa s got under without don any father damage.—Devanport Telegraph. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. . The 68th Durham Light Infantry, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Lord William Pauleti is shortlY.eipecteei. to relieve the 75th Regiment in Plymouth ; garrison. The 68th is on its way to England in the Apollo troop 7 aliip, hav ing sailed from Quebec on the 31st ult. The depot of the 74th Regiment, commanded by Major Casimer, disembarked from the Dee, steam troop-vessel, at the gun-wharf of Chatham garrison, on Saturday. - It -con sisted of 1 field officer, 2 captai ns , 6 subalterns, 1 surgeon, 13 sergeants, 14 corporals, 4 drummers, 221 privates, 72 women, and 76 children. They embarked at Cork on the 10th instant. The depot of the 77th Regiment, under command of Ma- • jor Nelly, embarked from Chatham on board the Die, the same afternoon, for conveyance to Cork. Its strength was 1 " 1 field officer, 3 captains, 8 subalterns, 1 surgeon, 11 sergeants, 12 corporals, 4 drummers, 272 privates, 28 women, and 41 ' children. DETACHMENTS FOR BENGAL—The following detachnients from the provincial battalion at Chatham are directed by the , Commandant Colonel Sir Thomas Willshire to be held in • readiness for embarkation for Bengal, at the time specified, on board the following ships On board the Runnymede, on the 20th inst. :-50th Regi ment, Capt. Stapleton, Ensigns Venables, Purcell, and Dor nett, and 121 persons; 10th Foot, 40 persons. On board the Bucephalus, on the 28th inst. :-29th Regi. ment, Ensigns Francis and Scudamore ; 50th, Lieut. 0. Mo louy; and 96 men of the 29th Regiment. In the Asia, on the 28th inst. :-39th Regiment, Lieuts. Wolfe and Montgomery; 62d Foot, Lieut. roster; and 192 men of the 62d Regiment. In the ship Bolton, on the 28th inst.:-31st Foot, Major Spence, Lieutenant Elmsley, Ensigns Paul and Hatton, with 210 men. In the ship Judith Allen, on the 29th instant :--7Ensign Reader, of the 39th Regiment ; and 37 men of the 62d Regti In the ship Agincourt, on the 29th - instant—Lieut. Creagh and 61 men of the 9th Foot ; Ensign White and 79 men of the 29th Foet ; Ensign Esser, of the 39th Foot ; and four men of the 62d Regiment. In the ship Gloriana, on the 29th instant :--Captain Harvey, Ensigns O'Connor, Hawes, and Forster, 9th Regi ment ; and 150 men of the same corps. In the ship Owen Glendower, on the 10th of July :—Capt. Staunton, and 61 men of the 10th Foot; Ensigns Bray and Fitzgerald, of the 29th Regiment; and 58 men of the 62d regiment. • GRAND THAMES REGATTA. The noblemen and gentlemen forming the committee of the Thames Regatta, held their final meeting before the races, at the British Coffee-house, Cockspur-street, on 11ion day, J. D. Bishop, Esq., in the chair. The object of the meeting was to acquaint the subscribers with the arrangements that had been come to, and the chairman having briefly adverted to the list and number of prizes allotted for each day's sport, with the determination • of the Committee to preserve the utmost regularity and order, in which they called upon the public to support them, should it be necessary. A discussion arose as to the Oxford University (the holders of the grand challenge cup) com peting with the challengers in the same heat ; and the I.eander Club, in the four-oared match, having an advan tage over the challengers. FIRST DAY, THURSDAY, JUNE 20. Silver Challenge Cup for Gentlemen Amateurs (with sculls). The first two in each heat to row in grand heat :—First heat—J. M‘Donald, T. Bumpstead, J. Higgin, IPLeod. J. N. Wigham, Westrope, Esqrs. Second heat—A. Earn . - shaw, Peacock, Ronayne, E. S. Kennedy, F. E. Dodd, J. J. Pocock, Esqs. Eighty Sovereigns for Pair Oars (Watermen). The two first boats in each heat to row in the grand heat :—First heat —C. Everard and Moore, F. Lett and H. Campbell, Meckeff and W. May, J. Kippling and J. Harris, R. Doubledee and E. Maynard, H. Green and G. Campbell. Second heat—C. Hill and J. Maynard, W. Shelton and Poet, J. Phelps and Maxwell, K. Coombes and J. Godfrey, J. Everard and F. Braithwaite, J. Dodd and Joyce. Coombes and Godfrey are the favourites ; Doubledee and Maynard seem to be the next pair for choice, but the men are very evenly pitted, and a good race is anticipated. • Apprentices' Match for a Coat, Badge, and Freedom, pre sented by Edward Morris, Esq. First two in each heat to row in the third. First heat—Prince, Green, Page, Castle, Meesham, Taylor. Second heat—Adams, Doting, Johnson, Waite, Brunsgrove, M'Clavine. This will make nine heats for the first day. SECOND DAY, FRIDAY. Gold Challenge Cup, for eight oared boats. (Gentlemen.) At half-past six. One heat.—The Cambridge University Boat Club, the Leander Club, the Cambridge Subscription Rooms ( London), the Oxford University Boat Club. The 50 sovs. Prize, Cup or Specie, for four-oared boats. Open to any crew not being Thames watermen or landsmen. Lambeth crew—Hawes, Harrison, Croxford, and A. Went zell. Hammersmith crew—Biffen, Wright, T.Wright,Ewart, and Mansall. The Star Club, Fulham—consisting of A- Akers, E. Byan, B. Bower, Chasemore, and A. Bower, cox swain. The Avon Club —R. Clayton, Price, Saunderson, and J. Clayton, coxswain. Newcastle-upon-Tyne crew—Henry Clasper, Robert Clasper, William Clasper, and E. Hawkes. Two Silver Cups, for pair oars (Gentlemen). One heat.— A. A. Dalgleish and A. Julius, Esqrs. ; Harrington and. Walmsley, Esqrs. ; Kennedy and Ronayne, Esqrs. ; A. Earn shaw and H. Chapman, Esqrs. The first four are decidedly the favourites, and the last next for choice. 50 Sovs., for sculls (watermen).—The first two in each heat row in the grand eat. First heat—Church, Barrow, Thomas Coombes, Forrest, Robert Newel, James Maynard. Second heat—D. Coombes, Pocock, White, Watts, .each, Wilson. Four-oared Landsmen's Match, for aSweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, with 201. added. Chelsea crew—Thomas Chittle. Thomas Prince, James Bannock, George Sheppard, and Henry Coles, steerer. Wandsworth crew—J. Peters, W. Peters, J. Pocock, G. Cox, and —, coxswain. Lambeth crew—Jackson, J. Saxby, W. Archer, W. Salter, and E. Jackson, coxswain. London crew—R. Miller, W. Green land, J. Regan, P. Sullivan, and —, coxswain. In this the Elena crew, rejected in the Tradesmen's four, will be permitted to row, if they think fit. THIRD DAY, SATURDAY. Double Smiles Match for a Prize Wherry, for Watermett plying above Battersea-bridge. One heat.—W. Jackson and. B. Bawley, Richmond ; Kelly and Powel, Fulham ; F. Phety,s and James Green; Putnev. 100 soya. Four-oared Slatch ; the first out of the first hez.t. and the first and second in the second heat, to row in the grand heat.—First heat—London crew—Thomas Coonibet:, John Phelps, H. Newel, R. Coombes, and D. CoorWoes, coxswain. Greenwich crew—Forest, Humphries, J. NT S. Wogan, and T. Conde), coxswain. Second he:!,l—N ew . castle crew—Henry Clasper, Robert Clasper, Win. cl asper , and Edw. Hawkes. Lambeth crew—J. Doubledee, R. Doubledee, W. Pocock, F. Lett, and J. Parish, coxswa i n. Chelsea crew—Thomas Chittle, Thomas Prince, Jamea Han - Rock, George Sheppard, and H. Coles. Silver Challenge Cup, for four-oared boats (gentleman) ; first heat at four o'clock.—The Neptune Club, the Civil En. gineers, St. George's Club, Oxford University Club. Second heat at half-past four—Christchurch College (Oxford), the Waverley Club, the Royal Academy Club, the Guy's Club_ Grand heat at half-past six. The races will commence at three o'clock each day, and are so arranged as to give the various competitors time to rest between the heats; and the whole will finish with a scratch match amongst eight-oared boats, for silver medals, entries, for which must be made to T. L. Jenkins, Esq., the secretary, on Friday evening. CRICKET.—The match between the gentlemen of England and the gentlemen of Kent was one of the most. astonishing in the annals of cricket. It commenced on Mon— day at " Lord's" in the presence of one of the most distin— guished assemblages we ever remember to have seen upon at similar occasion. The brilliancy of the scene, too, was very considerably enhanced by some extremely large marquee , 3 which have been erected for the fancy fair and promenolde, which is to take place on Thursday for the benefit of, it h shipwrecked mariners. The gentlemen of Kent went ira ft ra t, and after some very fine play, scored in the first innivlge:ll6 runs, in their second 82, making a total of 198. Of e jtese Felix made 22 and 18 ; Mr. A. Mynn, 32 and 0 ; D'Ar. Swaaan, 24 and 4 ; Mr. W. Wynn, 4 and 17 ; Mr. Fredericks, 8 and 0 ; Mr. E. Bayley, 1 and 19 ; Mr. C. Harenc, 9 anet 2, Sic. The gentlemen of England scored bxt 63 in their first hands, being thus 53 fewer than their opponents. At the com mencement of the match the betting, of which there was a great deal throughout the contest, was 6 and 7to 4 in favour of Kent ; but as soon as the wicket of Mr. Felix had been lowered, the odds diminished to even. They, however, as sumed their original position as soon as Kent had terminated their second hands; and when England had lost their first wicket in their second innings, the betting went up. until as much as 7 to 1 were laid with some freedom._ But the result of the game proved how little certainty of calcula tion there is in the play. They began their second innings with a majority of 135 runs staring them in the face. They went, nevertheless, to work with great spirit; but Mr. Craven and the Hon. R. Grimston were got down for two and three runs respectively. Mr. Haygarth was the . first who made any stand against the terrific bowling of Mr.. IL Blynn and the awkward balls of M r . F redericka. He,-sob tainedl9 in excellent style. Mr. C. Taylor hit awa3 , with his usual freedom, and in a very short space of time contri buted 18 to the score. The match, however, was in reality won by the steady play of Mr. Gordon, and the resolute hitting of Mr. Kynastou, the former scoring, ebilst he scads 30 in his first, 32 (not out) in the second hands, awl the latter 3 and 35 not out. There were 17 byes aid 12 ',Nide& The new rule relative to " wide balls" was brought; into operation only once during the match, and then two were run for a wide from Mr. Fredericks. This gentleman. also gave one other wide, whilst Mr. Mynn bowled four singles, and Mr. Hareuc five. England th us won b y six wk kets, greatly to the surprise of all ball" is toe scored again s t th e par ticular b the spectators. In future e ac h wide run obtained bowler o b r y a w " given, upon the scoring paper. A RETORT.—" Are you prepared to pay me that bill?" said the landlord of an American hotel to a guest of his, who seemed to evince a decided and practi ca l p re f erence for the ' cre dit system." " Certainly, I will p a y was the reply, "as soon as 1 get a remittance from the worth. But why so une as y ? A m I not putting up with y our' " yes," said the landlord, " you seem g l a d enoug h t o put up with me, bu iyou'll find I shan't p u t up w ith you if you d on ' t p a y me. . , GENERAL POST -OFFICE ORDER.—Yesterday . the following notice wa s i ssue d b y comman d o f the Flarl of Lonsdale, the Postmaster-General :--" Notice to the -public, and instructions to all postmasters. sub-postmasters, and letter receivers. On and after the Ist of July nemi, the British rate of postage of 6d. the half ounce, on lecters ad dressed to or posted in the city of Bremen, conveyed by the Hamburgh packets, will be combined with the Bremen rate of 2d. the half ounce, and such combined rate of fed. the halt ounce, &c. &c., may either be paid in advance, or left un paid, at the option of the sender; but the payment of the British rate only, according to the existing practice, will no t be permitted. This regulation applies only to letters trans mitted between the United Kingdom and the city of Bremen by the Hamburgh packet. Those conveyed by private or by way of France, Holland, or Belgium, will be' chargeable with the same rates of postage to which they have b:,therto• been subject. FLOWER SHOW AT THE SURREY ZOOLOGT,CAL GAR-- dens.—The South London Floricultural Soci , ,,ty held their first exhibition of flowers and fruits for the season yesterday at the Surrey Zoological Gardens. The, weather was re markably fine, the flowers were exceedingly beautiful, and the gardens were crowded by persons who seemed to enjoy the delightful exhibition. In the evening there was sigvsuict fête in the gardens, which continued to be crowded up to the conclusion of the fete. The conflagration of Old London, which took place at dusk, was very grand, and the general conduct of the entertainments of the evening reflected the highest credit on Mr. Tyler, who has, by 11'..s management hitherto, shown himself a most judicious, ca t erer rp r th e public. SOUTH Suter,Ds.—During the 1 45 t wee k or two a " sensation" has been created in the Long-row, by the alma ta neou s disappearance of a cur r i e;cs and the landladly of a public• house, from that street, aDll, by what can beetraced. they are en route for America, On the day before leaving the town, the landlady manarged to lay black-mail ion the most of her friends, and ease the box of a fund, heler atter house, of some 15/., and hest fi o N f , e bicu l amen t ing children, .on that account has le ft be hind a f t, r n ier o : t s des T ti h t e currier as un h eAr l er eft a s eury kid ly wife . ~