The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-28 00:00:00

onal deed e transla meets in on it. d coma to d the ab ate pro n the ob tints, that ommission r decision. 'ter which NOCIC. citing till h e grounrio, d R e for . Ir. Heu r Y gentlemen red on the -Mr. Yin' üble share e buildings e district of anxious nisiness of RS also 00 lies Blac ri k' Sir J. " ifurd, Est' mhead; ;ow; D. ,er. 84c. ' laudatory ado° e con tight .0 31 . / * nd and cheers. ation. of to n 3--1 • ion. T. expresso(' would 011 ), the Con• a long P ie, eschew' of jui t l h e re sult 0 th e mselot de, that 111; id assert _ ies tly collo ae n3eatiogi Lracter, rly all e not go ired to g c ." verie e 010,1 :, t h e peOp le of the tar° ly a T ° . r o l: tnd the s. aving ill I laws- - 1 sugar, au; r. Bour u er i , assembly, ge , but : I L : z palsto. :iy - ed, bel ° o ? 1 marks s—first for ❑ —next eared ; gentle° e lected 1 d e msna be l ke plac e 5 3g......190 Fr' “ on no een he w i put' druir g a r ol'i xere an erittli i.e n OP bairlDa,tbet s erve , i° abl e en iro whe n 0 0 , , ~ luitY 0 oftv su cce oto e. apP r tb the we n coin v ll °' t, F er o f , t D' is4f , o f DP "' D idy „tort 3rl l , 300 ' ll % 3arford , of ,1 of ) 0 " ..1 1 oh „.' -A . rolo s. gas . ;i t°, p ir f 0, Jo ugd° C stjil: 3 0 ' g doo• A l to, Lena!' V 4 ' ett, ~eoreof;tir d.° 6 04 " . ts' 4# (3° Lie socii ir Jo ° jo b o tD , /- e0r‘ .11 ...0 5111 : VAr ) ‘ .ll°- f 1 11. * Its° r 131 4 `1% , o 4a , 1 o f .10:0-10 li N ATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. 8E WEEKLY MEETING of the LEAGUE will he held in the THEATRE ROYAL COVENT-GARDEN, M O RROIKEVENIN G , th e 29th of M ay. MT.ll.e Chair will be t a k en by the Right Hon. Earl DUCIE, prec i se l y The SEVEN O'CLOCK . AiLir m°oll 4 will be addressed by Ri c h ar d Cobden, rag., -•P.'• ' _ntis Milner Gibson, E sq ., M . P ., and Mr. Josiah Hunt, f arme r, burY, Gloucestershire. Cards of admission may be had on application at the Offices of the eloc , on k Monday and Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and •fltrs' . • Theacarllerds of registered Members will admit, as heretofore, to Pit klcl. PTO ems. BE OPENED AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. IJARANTEE SOCIETY' SECURlTYEstablished by Act of Parliament. GIVEN for the FIDELITY of PERSONS in SITUATIONS of TRUST. ~.hrticalars may be obtained daily, at the Society's Office, No. 2R, between the hours of Nine and Five o'clock. 1 AGENTS. Icsars. G. Edwards and Son ...... —Bristol. . 'Messrs.Mc,. srs. J. 11. and G. Ridsdale --Leeds. ' . 11, l u l e o:chesand Ronald .... .. .. Liverpool. Mr. Nathaniel Lea . ... ....Birmingham. • ... Taylor Mr. 11. Callender... :. ....Edinburgh. By order, THOMAS DODGSON, Secretary. RE _l l „„NEXT DIS ' URIBUI'ION OF MONEY a[A44:,tvIDENDS AUTHOPISEDand GUARANTEE]) by HIS af-... —LT Ihe EXpERO '‘ '- .. zso R of AUSTRIA contains A lei 1-44/ £7O £BO £9O too .£llO £120" £l5O £2OO N d 78,1 141 ,, £BOO £l,OOO £ 1 , 500 Bistributi tri X e l6 o ools ntai 3Ont s and 23,000 sterling. A Dividen as many Dividends as Bonds. Every Smallest Dividend - '' £5O riot for v..kargest Dividend - - £23,000 • ' r°6 Pectus, with full particulars, without delay to 11EINE BROTHERS, at Hamburgh. i i........____ Or te HEINE BROTHERS, at Lubeck. URI-J A NT to a - DECREE of the HIGH Xbw C O S URT •Aeits, of CHANCERY, made in a cause of WALTER i,' ft,galtiSt JOHN EDWARDS and OTHERS, the NEXT of t t l i te er n ,TS, ARD EDWARDS who died in the year 1836, living at res or ..` Utg death, or the personal ' Representative or Representn oelleit„:"Y of such Next of Kin as may have since died, are, by their 1, 14.1n,, ° : on or before the 1 ith day of danuaiT, 1845, to conic in L _U k „ x otit their Claim and rove their Kindred before Sir Glenn t 7ithen' lp : °l' the Masters of pro said Court, at his Chambers, in "AWIII pe t n i,, buildi nga, Chancery-lane, London ' ;or in default thereof 1 8 , easi,, --t nntorily be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. 6 — ,. ll egirne - ,, -n i an ' o d Edward Edwards was Lieutenant-Colonel of the s 4 ;._ - ' 6l ile th,, — ,..` of Madras Native Infantry, in the service of the Ho -171830 " Last India Company, mid left India sometime in the ' aril "te4rstd in the Year 1832 went to the United States of America, of le be ieci " s i, t , r , avelled to the province oe Texas, in North America, 1111,,, W hottu, -,.",Llie Year 1836. He was the son of Thomas Edwards, he as, It ' .straey_r ow d ry, . 31 and in: r garet, his wife; in the county of Glamorgan, gentle his father died in the month of April, ' wi ntother in the month of October, 1806. "IS, BOWEL?, and WILLIS', Plaintiff's Solicitors, Tokenhouse-yard, London. W ILT. I k onfi. - --IAIII. LEWIN, at present, and for one -4. Q to --"' Pest, residing at No. 19, Upper Thames-street, City, s e . r tw o w e„ ; kid r eeks previously of Duke's-court, Drury-lane, Middle ., tith na or nine month reviouslv of Bear-lane, Gravel-lane, ;It, S i: l and for four • 5 p revioiisly of Emerson-street, Bank i;!?,' t s::„t r _ l ,t , in the 3 co en un rs t p of Surrey, and being a black lead 1.7 40 11t.,_ 'or, do herebygive notice that I intend to present a t-si to be .ue Court of ilmltiguptcy, Basinghall-street, London, pray tacted einnained touching m debts, estate, and effects, and to be ii: Watue, -"1 all Process . upon 3' making ' a full disclosure and sturen 411,1settSyear„rt%ne and d . effects for payment t the time when the matter of the of my just and lawful debts ; ` 4,1 th e ttl°4 shall 4.itt"no.be:ltevaslnd?istitocebteaadvertised in the London Gazette er otl r n ereot . ; 718 .i!ii Newspaper one month at the least after 27th day of in the year Ifitn e „ 4 : di 1844. witness my hand this WILLIAM S LEWIN. , r . la4nf ° ' O F. Johnson, attorney for the above - named W i ll i a m Cornwall-road, Lambeth, Surrey. ;S ; 1 9 1.1N MATHEWS, at present, and for trish,;• 7o months past, residing at No. 6, King-street, in the 17 g ra,_ 4-. t ' au ain , t P rull's, Hammersmith, and county of Middlesex, and 1,4,74 it r ," 4 ' t ellandler, do hereby give notice that I intend to .. '„, t ! t io t 'th Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, 14tt l. -I. ' ifig n to o be examined a touching my debts, estate, and i ttet est :l t id t,, n „,i - ee protected from all process, upon making a flill t... 4144 and Burr of such estate and effects for payment of my . - 'e th e — eu debts ; and I hereby further give notice that the time it th e trapnatter of the said petition shall be heard is to be advertised a t i , at least Gazette and in the Morning Sun newspaper, one nlat. - ` after the date hereof ; as witness my hand. this 27th -,. in the year of our Lord, 1544. I Vitlr .....____ ' JOHN MATHEWS, It ' 11. Atkinson, 27, Carey-street. J rr x-, t'ini:ltruS felt': I READ, at present and for twelve ..i'atv °---. Past, residing at Cheam, in the parish of Cheam and stv, - Of b ' r rOY, and being a boot and shoemaker, do hereby intend to present a petition to the Court of lin n „ * lY de e b Y ,' Bn ainghall-street, London, praying to be examined touch- Sin` Inni u3 ; 3, *Mate, and effects, and to he protected from all process lietNitin t j trun disclosure and surrender of such estate and effects .ve 4 . 1'4 t hat .•?` nil just and lawful debts ; and I hereby further give ` Card I, be time when the matter of the said petition shall be -4 , N,,,,7, ue advertised in the London Gazette and in the Morning tags r; Palber one month at the least after the date hereof; as U. 1 likt td, this 27th day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1844. "Ita JOHN READ. \ ass it 4 W -- --1.....: • AtMnson, 27, Carey-street. 11 ,-, E REAS a PETITION of JOHN ti 't Ps. .Rot.. - ' 4 .115.., 4 h or „`v Is, formerly of 24, Chapel-street, Somers -town, lin latii, re tm ot. Pancras, and being a cabriolet proprietor and lai n ti Pan.," of beer, and now of No. 1, Duke's-mews;LiSBoll-grOre, Nb+! 4 eaq °f Marylebone, both in the county of Middlesex, and lair.. en d ~ _et Proprieter, having been filed in the Court of Bnk et I,ifivren to " Interim order for protection from proce o ss having f anAct ,t,,4 0 114, ne , the said John Brown, under the provisions 11 414 4 th e tPaased in the Parliament holden in the sth and 6th tab_ Of / of her present Majesty, intituled A Act for the e - •''a t„ ueolvent Debtors," the said John Brown, i s s . l hereby re the ` l4l4lo : l)Pear in Court before Edward Holroyd, I:t r 'NI:L . arming in the matter of the said petition, on the Bth k t Orli- next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the f th en Marti , .„, pe- , Y, 'Basinghall-street, London, for the purpose d 44 , ... 4 "ted .7° there examined touching his debts, estate, an f Lifisald Act, ho further dealt with according to the provisions o 44 - e. 4l > - f:',, 431 Persons indebted to the said John Brown, or that tie.. "vr t eetn,uts effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to NO noTh'." 4 °Metal a ' ssignee, No. 12, Abchurch-lane, Lombard •-t or -- nztted In that behalf by the Commissioner acting in the k ......._ !" Mid petition. Nt----,/ ... JAMES JOHNSTONE, Messenger. IloOttak NG OFF, CARPETS, - CHINTZES, ~1.117,., Ptf - b an d WORSTED DAMASKS, TAIOURETS, and CA ete,,t, kb "XITURE. 4 1 r?'4l o 'N "f , and CUMMING, of No. 4, Regent-street, opposite th e i 4 eN h t tell and James's beg respectfully to inform their Viands , I nten A lle, that in consequence of one of the Partners retiring, 111 ; 11 1, 14 40t - re linquishing their West-End Establishment, and are N at less than Prime Cost. A. splendid Aubusson Carpet, it 11, 1 , Price. . T he Lease of the Premises to be Disposed Of. 11 ) 41. '60 ---- --__ kta tito th er ''Z l 'S FINE WAX CANDLES, le sd.per lb • I. nor o d,„., 7 require trial to prove then the ' handsomest and ' 'thU gg, R Dr '. l candles in existence, that do not require snuffing. 444 )4 4 Nta n ' Candie s , Bps X, 2, 3 d 2s. per lb.--Superlor transparent Wax, 2s.— t,,,, Ps 46. ed Candles, kitchen and office Candles, s ; d.—Extra 1ik“,52,„ with the improved Wax Wicks, 7d.—Yellow Ip -e,41e1, i and 58s. per 1121bs.—Mottled, 60s. and 64s.—Wind- L`, ,lio r '• 4 d. per packet.—Old Brown Windsor ls 9d.—Rose 6c:: 6 d. '.. 2 s•—Superior Almond, 2s. 6d.—Superfine. Sealing: ' 4 4tt iv .ror e n ?b. —Refined Sperm Oil, 6s. per gallon—Solar Oil, one 7at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. k"_71,0 WU New Slaughter's Coffeehouse), Charing-croSS. Ilk,. l'oit STOPPING DECAYED TEETH. ' 'l46d Price 4s. 6d. ki by her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and R. her it A „-oyal Highness the Duchess of Kent. t ilti ' . “lOMAS'S SU - CCEDANEUM , ~, 4 for q .„„ -.v. It - TOPPING DECAYED TEETH, however large the or is , pm, Placed in the tooth in a soft state, without any pres all R ext ' and will r • rit tti ._ emant arm in the tooth for many years, ren taic.o4l, iEi unnecessary, arresting the further progress of decay. „ % c a n h ~,e use Mr. Thomas's Succedaneum themselves with uktqare,i only by are enclosed. t_ l 44, t reet. y l .'y Mr. Thomas, Surgeon-Dentist, 64, Berners-street, „°4l O , Wun u 'rice 4s. 6d.; and can be sent free by post. E st ... N,,,, dh continues to supply the loss of teeth on his new 5y5.4404-04,, .44 04 -04,, th""ion, without sp . rings or wires. This method does Wiw... e r etraction of any teeth or roots, or any paliful ope -'re • At home from eleven till four. a4R. SILVER-PLATED DISH COVERS. , 4 4 „ Sit, S aWORY and SONS, Manufacturing o,vid it , ~,bernritrnfithe choiceoril, London, ovosite the 'lank of '411.,,, PL 4 .„ or in their Plate.rooms, many Patterns of jj'een t , I ) DISH COVERS, of Sheffield Manufacture, b, °,l ble IT Twenty Guineas the set, viz. -- '144 Glue Pattern. The Melon Pattern. Donee h t ; gh c oy Size. X s d. • Size.X. s. 4. -01 paver, 21 ill. 5 13 6 t Plated Dish Cover , 90 in. 5 17 0 - , tsl- 1 c,;:!r, IM. 4 6 1 14 tish ;abv:,t:. ... r . .... 1.56. . ....... 1 1 7 : , 62 Dish Cover, 16 14 6 Dish Covers,l4 in. 6 6 0 l ' er ............. I n _lcirnl r .: e 4 Paviriß th e crest or coat of , s 7 li c reto roent, illustrated b 3 mnt, oi l .. 'at:ve to the purcha te, in .4111ilication - 'll 1 au,,,,, ,!r wi Lo a paid letter. Per set £6 17 6 and mountings, and silver shields Lrms. • Drawings, and containing every se of Sliver or Sheffield Plate, may se sent into the country, free of IV I` lII b ' 'SUNTIDE • repare prepare, your Summer w For Whit•untide is advancing ! And IFY AM'S Clothes beyond compare, li ° ear L , I D A I- b ' ,Are all of them entrancing! tits f athion a matchless are, and gay, Well worthy this effasion, Well suited tor this Holiday, And in a great profusion One visit will repay you well, ,Ao' , l prove to demonstration, 4_ ll la t t , • flat he does most of all excel, o L'Ylinienl),'"eritirheivi this, o ‘e r . o o th o er Nw ro of WhitsUntide, when f a t l i l ,e ar m e o i s n t full oe teilry ~,Zsfestivity, happiness , ' and pleasure, 0 crtn ' n ,7 to voThatrons for really making that event n e c e n o t h m so p ' iliat rn, 11: 51 Ing, and it is a fact, which the . ev f l e t o e ; eirsya daye tro•4l ivill t oore Is no house in London, 36 w:th 6 ? f u a t ce c o x l c o c r i c ,t h i - o s n tie b o u t t , , 11 ,a r i' c i °nee give to L. HY A al, ' l t 'l l' '"‘ltin " . x ious, in way sense of the word, 4441*. Of f, tr i Viich the public have honou od rab s rvArl a a lai ro ce h a d t g a l n i i / etot'il! \e hit Holidays. i n i m a 1 e t ' e h h n a e t t . L ( f e , n a t s i e p ro u e ts o a o l f l h p i a g s h t efforts r o o r u: out the question. . There their utmost wishes crews. • Ladies too it does behove • To call—their Habits to improve. Parents, bring your children too, v Hussar s an i 'Tunics ther o t o o r vrei , L. e Rich and young, old and - P all k..ly,kv, Patronise his splendid store. all ainin"haa great pleasure in announcing that, having made 44 4 j o t° las,,,,,Phrchases complete, the Public are resPe.ctitllly °' it I ,_-- ne t 6, - -- , , h,_i, Stock which is the most extensive in London, st tt --wok ,-•-•••• wlow any other House. h't-fr-Zltaining a listofprices can be had on application, er 11,,, --- , 0 any part of the United Kingdom. 14411ihi,4,.... any ESTABLISH ME ST 2 S. l __ The. Vi A treet. Li,,;hc,ster.":23t Nerrstrect. Bristol, 1 1 6, Union-street. ,t;•Pool , 3 , .1 a rket-Etrect • Ch Rive ti, v and 65, Lord- Leeds, 9, 1 120 1 g, g A a r t g e 'yle.strect. 6 .., - -ma r I. - .`nao and Address—L. HY AM, Pantechnetheca,3 . --- --__'"stitre et, c. ty 4Nell WEPPP 1'C.,,.2(11--, r k SS WATERS. 4 ,. . : ,, 1 4 ,, ,,,, rt ,„ 4 pre j-u•Aci.:(ce..3..,,,,,,b I Q fa I ' 4 , tW a le t s • "old unde h r a nded to a ask for tbos e k e o n a n p l a l r ro o d d es P u , c ° e c d o r o i l i t i a t io h i e ng pn or2 bl t ic mind pi:t. by t.tlyteiror4Porp.,,B,c'l,srirreers are earnestly c InTl ' I,o4LProt,,L,e inval t r iVe a l l sr It, re d e still t e he largest . manu- ZY a I,,werfj, I°4 of Alkali, Scientifically amalgamated by the aid ei ! - ~I, A r i , ,,, , ..,„,7tfr wrcki,tuhryetphreosi heir nt i n y t hei r nam e• •cn d •tcl "'t,_nurehinery, and ever genuine bottle is distingti o n . 1 _ in p v r e a h t t i t o 'r ns " Each bottle contains th o e_ b 4 44 utntittnt d passing it off as This precautio ..o r g s p o r w in o c g i c p o let m t po p s e it r i s o o o n , s an fruent. fill_i_ s's, 4 4PP E'S all to cure of heart eh,_ i t, e e ,,..., , QUID MAGNESIA , for the . fxl , and IN. "r‹:tifacturZn"' & c ' 14,,7"'', oristol, ,in bottles at Is., 2a. r,,_ ' 1 .51 b. 4,74 th care and skill, and sold b 6d y . m' 44 ost res . pectable ~,,i ~,. . suers- street; ; and at their Branch Manufactories at I‘l . 1 , t y• l'oV,,'R E STING TO LADIES. 1-"113. ROWLAND AND SON, 20 HATTON , ~ Oe q , r GARDEN, LONDON. •n i , tern,, „ erey_place, Landport, Portsmouth, April 4, I T the 1iii..kt,..l l oe--....1- 1 n lit but an act of justice to iriform You o . 1 i i '.' Nx e,,,,,, u ,„! 'vei om the use of your admitable Macassar Or. 't C ' -44 mu ago I found In' hairg getting daily more weak and o t ,ohtn.„ ,ll h discoloured tromYa ract e ice l l g had adopted of wetting et4l'lca,,, fit fearing thtt I should lose it entirely, and hearing of e,,,. Y e,•',.„, onr Macassar Oil I have for some time past con thictT am-Tinte?, amp the result is, that my hair is now perfectly re 11,,tvhi,h 1 1 0 c, 4nd ,rove . in appearance and colour, having become 4 ad- .` 4,er VsaY ; it also curls freely without the use of paper, ~va y. 4, „ did before. To all my friends I havewaresly recom ,,,k, ana hot publisla it • tit-irg Zitiz,p'-air.ca.4sairbOavileasaianexcellent restorative and preserva ban objection to . see ray name in print, 1 11 ece is „. Y Other u„ ~,,,' .0 you are at liberty to show this letter, ,f lew. Y, in No, Please el it, and rc era; pli .ta t of the efficacy of your Macassar Oil. r1,i,..•,.....ANtps Your obedient servant 1141 Preven ts ,t MACASSAR OIL preserves and renrodisces the ''alcs,oit' Origina.flr(tin falling trt• or turning Grey; Changes Grey Pri ce ., . he,,,,tit.„,, o.our ; frees it from Scurf and •Dandriff, and 1 'le tal.,• ts `i,','Y l!ct t and curly. ~,,t,au , .•' aradY bottles (equal to 4 small), ICts. 6d., anti thaulde C I ,,ACALICIN p . ~ that size, - "e heV ' A f( " Ofi le " g e mrine bottle has the words RO WLAND'S 4 1 - - Of til e w ' engraved in two lines on the Wrapper- and t 44,4 411 ,1 b lt y til t tt h oco e u P tm e :t r f a o P r P . er nearly 4sto and PertUmers. 1,500 time.c, containing ::.9,02.3 letters. r Ile Zand 4 cZ e l n e t , Ors, A Rowlaud and Son, '2O, Hatfon-garden, Rowland's" Macassar Oil, Al! others are ttftitit 1 ... - ( /, .1-- ) / L rl/7/, _ -- ' t . t 0 l, No. 16,157. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING SIT NY MAY 28, 1844. •- ,-' , f, ,,,, ~ , - .... •, , , A girk. . , •• 1 - ~,4 0} 1 1, . • ' --- miim. ...... „2..... , .:?, I : " - • . '''.i.v , i,t4- , eFf. .v • 13 . If r . - cs 4 --•, , i 1 - V - sN .' -- ~ . - ~,,,,,.).: % - r 's- 2'1 4 V t .--• ..... • 4 , ft 0 •-• . V,. .'____ _ . . i '4•• '---.... " _.. _. _, V ... , , ".,,, . . , - t ik • :1 - . - _..... 1, .."' Ns -, • L., '• g. A ~4 4. 2 ,1",,... , - -, ''," • , - - ,: ie r ~- -• / ' . , . ' :, '1....!v 4 ; i'," • '-'; ~ , ' ~,, V 4.7 Ifik)ii,,,,,, 0, - , ;4t_fo - I ' ; ',l:Av i at,. . -1 / 4 1141111"-1141" 11 ) \ 4 - '• -'' - :./ ' •• # 4 -• _ - ' , ..4, • ..AIN*- 4 Zl - • 4 11 WI , 3- 5 IX ",' ''l w ''' - ' 4111111 01 10 4':\ - .t.' -4,..%.- '''','- , IP,I DI D --1.•-. • .! 7 ,, _,• 0 _ ''' ' - ' lie *,l CP 1' :( 4144.-,,,i,..... 33 -Ito/ 1 , i• \ ' „ 1 ,4 f . !~ PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time 'or the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD :EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour. o RLEANS, TOURS, AND BORDEAUX RAILWAY. gapital 65,000,000 of Francs, in 130,000 Shares, of 500 Francs etch (,600,0001., in Shares of 201.), Of which 70.000 are subscribed in France, and the Deposit paid ; the remaining 80,000 to be subscribed in England. Deposit—One Pound per Share, To provide the usual Caution-money, or Deposit. required by the French Government, and which will be returned, without any de duction whatsoever, but without interest, upon the production of the Banker's receipt, if this Company shall not become the Lessees of the Railway, pursuant to a Law of the present Session of the French Chambers. tant, relating to the traffic of every description. The details are founded upon official documents, obtained from tin Government office in Paris and the local authorities in the provinces, under the sanction of a Royal Ordonnance. The Tables are complied upon the plan pursued by Mr. Robert Stephenson, in his aisle Report upon the Line from Paris to the Belgian frontier. They exhibit the actual traffic only, computed at rates under the Tariff autho rised to be charged. They will be communicated in due time to the Shareholders. R OYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, TRAFAL GAR. SQUARE. The EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN. Admission (front Eight o Clock till SeYCH) One Shilling. Catalogue One Shilling. _ . WHITSUN AMUSEMENTS. HAY MARKET. The Sempstress, a domestic drama, from the pen of Mark Leman, and founded on the humanity moving " Song of the Shirt," by T. Hood, was acted for the second time to a very crowded house in the Haymarket last night. The piece opens with a coun try scene, in which Mercy Goldring (Miss P. Hor ton) is discovered at the cottage door of her grand father, a pedlar (Mr. Strickland), making a shirt for one of the neighbouring farmers, while Plainwood (Mr. Stuart), her lover, is nailing some rose trees to the cottage wall in which the grandfather his the produce of his industry and self-denial concealed. Goldring returns home after a successful excursion in the way of his calling, and deposits an ad ditional sum of money in his hiding place, but is watched by Gusset, a draper, and his half starved servant, Bobbin (Mr. Buckstone), who pre sently make off with the treasure. Bob Debit (Mr. H. Hall), a cockney, is staying at the village and spending the money of Ms father, from whom he has fled, but seeing an advertisement in the news '- paper stating that if he should return he would meet ' with forgiveness, he accordingly returns, and takes with him Lydia Sparkle (Miss Julia Bennet) as his other self, and they take lodgings in the house of Gusset. In the course of a few years, Debit, who continues his gambling propensities, is involVed in difficulties, and becomes a borrower of some of Gusset's money. In the mean time, Plain wood and Mercy Goldring are married, and remove to London, together with the grandfather, whose wits are affected by the loss of his money. Here they are reduced to the greatest distress, to alleviate which Mrs. Plainwood seeks for employment from Gusset, who tells her, that " business is business," and that she must not expect more than other people. She returns to her forlorn home, "to ply her needle and thread," and consoles herself by singing " the Song of the Shirt." Mean time the villany of Gusset is discovered by means of the notes lent to Debit, and the confession of Bobbin. The result is that the Plainwoods are again made happy, and Gusset is left in the hands of the proper officers. Such is the outline of the piece, and we confess it failed in touching us as we should anticipate such a subject in such hands would have done. The 3 hirt scene was much too long for so painful a one. The air of the shirt song was not what we would have been led to imagine from the words, and the main design, or that which should be its main design, is subordinated to the acting of Mr. Buckstone. I ' Ve know the moral intended is to impress us with the duties we owe to our common suffering humanity, and an abhorrence of crime, but the form and pressure of the scene are too real to be elbowed by broad laughter and diversion. This piece was followed by the extraordinary performances of Professor Risley and his sons. Were it only to see the wonderful perfection to which Mr. Risley has attained in his art, and imparted to his children, a visit to the Haymarket would be amply . re paid. There is not, we verily believe, a single posture of which the human frame is capable, which these boys do not put themselves in with a grace and lightness that impart something of the beautiful to an art generally esteemed low. The audience gave evidence of their satisfaction at the feats of agility by repeated—almost continuous — plaudits • and at the close they came in front of the stage, and were most cordially received. The enter tainments of the evening closed with the extrava ganza of the "Fair One with the Golden Locks." IiEiRY HOWARD, R.A., Sec. 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The author has drawn his subject from one of the many incidents of the life of that eccentric sculptor and worker in metals, Benvenuto Cellini—an undoubted genius, but with something in him of the madman, and not a lit tle of the ruffian. The scene is laid during the resi dence of the artist at the court of Francis the First, where the Chancellor, Count Poyet (Mr. Did dear), is conspiring against his King, in favour of the Duc de Bourbon. He has also a ward under his care, who is emphatically a ward in Chancery, for he has confined her, with the intention of compelling her to marry him, being an heiress, and lovely withal. The fair Seraphina (Miss Chaplin) pines, as may be sup posed, under this treatment, of which the end is nearer than she imagines. Cellini (Mr. Emery) on his way to the Court, leaves his favourite pupil Fidelio (Mrs. Keeley) under the lady's garden wall, to await his return, and he, to beguile the time, sings serenade on speculation' w hich draws the beautiful heiress to the balcony, from whence a contract is made between the pair, with all the promptness, if not all the poetry, of the engagement between Romeo and Juliet in the same situation. They are over heard, when about to fly, by Francis himself, who has strayed from his retinue while hunting, and, so far from spoiling the plan, he assists them, by aiding to beat off the attack of Captain Sangfeu (Mr. J. Collier) and Peupeste (Mr. Keeley), a gasconading militaire and a cowardly tailor, who have been left by th e Chancellor, in charge of his ward. The capital acting of Keeley in this scene, well seconded as he was by Mr. Collier, produced . roars of laughter. It is only exceeded by the last scene of the first act, in which he is required to tell the story of the elope ment, and to do justice to his own valour in the pre- sence of the King. His puzzled perplexity and terror when he finds that the King and the unknown from he has received considerable " punishment," are one and the same, may be conceived, but hardly described. The poor tailor is further mixed up with the plot by having offered, at the suggestion of the Chancellor, to give evidence of the diabolical character of a cer tain gigantic head of Mars, on which Cellini is at work, and which Peupeste can observe from his garret window; the object being to ruin the artist with the King by accusing him of sorcery. It hap pens that Fidelio and his bride, having no means of setting up housekeeping on their own account, and it being impossible for them to live in Cellini's dwelling, have fixed their habitation, for the want of a better, in the interior of the gigantic head. Cellini, to clear his character, brings the King to inspect it ; the Chancellor and his confederates choose the Monarch's visit to the artist as a favourable opportunity for seizing his person ; but Fidelio, warned of their trea son, conceals a body of armed men within the head, who, at the moment they are most wanted, break through it, overpower the conspirators, and give the King cause to be as grateful to his deliverer, as the kings of comedies always are, by confirming his union with the heiress, and making all end as it ought to do. The materials of the piece are slight, but they are made the most of, and the parts. played by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, being exactly suited to them, told admirably. The dresses and scenery were new, and the whole getting up unexceptionable. The court yard of Cellini's house, with the gigantic head, was peculiarly effective. The applause was frequent during the performance, and was renewed so generally and so heartily on the fall of the curtain, that we cannot doubt but Two Heads Better than One will be a fa vourite trifle for sometime to come. The evening's performances closed with Polkamania and the Forty Thieves. The house was very fully attended. ;lc I _ - LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN LIFE COMPANY, 3, Charlotte•row, 31ansion-house, and 18, .Chancery -lane, London. The indisputability of the policies granted by this Company ; The obligation to pay the sum assured although the debt for which the policy was taken may hare been paid before the claim arises; Whole-world policies not confined to the limits of Europa ; Option of half-premium payment for the first seven years. These form a combination of advantages which can bo obtained only from the Londoa, Edinburgh, and Dublin Life Company. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. DISEASED AND lIEALTIIY LIVES ASSURED. 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These Pills are a good preparatory Aperient to Sea Bathing, and likewise previous to and while drinking the Bath, Cheltenham, and other Mineral Waters, or using the Warm Bath, as they prevent Giddiness and other unpleasant sensations of the Head. They are also an excellent Medicine for all excesses of the table. Dr. Ilarvey's patient, and the public in general, are informed that his Pills areas) be obtained genuine of Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Church yard, London ; also of Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; White, 24, Corn. ill; and most respectable Chemist CHARACTERS IN " CoNINGSBY. " —In noticing Mr, D'lsraeli's new work, " Coningsby," the Morning Post observes:—" It must not be supposed that in selecting personages . for his romance, the author has gathered simply from the stores of his imagination. The leading persons are full length portraits from actual life.. No one can fail to recognise the amiable, philanthropic Lord Henry, nor the easy, sagacious, gentlemanly Lord Esk dale, nor the hearty, open, impetuous Buckhurst, nor the good-natured, affectionate Milbank. These are characters that will be assigned to the respective owners instantly, and may be appropriated with honour. But then there are others—Rigby, the shallow party scribbler, the doer of dirty work. and the toady of the rich and profli gate Marquis of Monmouth ; Tadpole and Taper, the small hacks of the Carlton Club, working through thicl and thin for small places ; the Marquis of Monmouth himself—reguiescat in pace—who will be hardy enough to point out the originals of these portraits ? And yet we could lay our fingers on the very men—and so the reader will be able to do ere he has perused the second volume. The original of Lucian Gay every one will recognise. In deciding who sat for Coningsby himself, or for that greater Jew than Rothschild, the enormously rich and surprisingly accomplished Sidonia, we find greater difficulty, though, sooth to say, we have our suspicions 'as to the men intended. Who sat for the portraits of Madame Colonna and the Princess Lucretia we dare not say ; but no one who studies them can deny that they are drawn with a master hand." THE LATE W. BECKFORD, Esq.—We understand that the June Number of Colburn's New Monthly Ma gazine will contain some very interesting and remark able personal " Recollections" of the Author of 4 ,‘Vathek," now-for the first time made public. The following ships belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company arrived in the River during yesterday and this morning Jolliffe, from Rotterdam ; Caledonia, from Hamburgh ; Clarence, from Edinburgh ; Water Witch, from Hull ; City of Hamburgh, from Newcastle ; Attwood, from Sunder land ; Mercury, from Ramsgate ; Sir E. Banks, from Ostend ; Harleqinn, from Boulogne ; and Belfast, from Calais. MESMERIC PROPHECY. —" We are informed that a patient, while under the mesmeric influence the other day, was asked what would be the result of the South Lancashire election ? His reply was, that Mr. Brown would be returned. When asked by what majority? he replied, "By about twenty."—Manchester. Guardian. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Ni g ht, th ere by insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. ASTLEY'S. This favourite Amphitheatre of Arts was last night filled with holiday people, and Mr. Batty provided for them a copious bill of fare. The Chinese Wars, pre senting a grand, naval, military, and equestrian spec tacle, founded on the recent events of both services in China, was the first and best piece, and everything that could render its representation perfect was added. The principal personages in the drama were Sir Henry Pottinger, Sir Hugh Gough, and the Chinese Commissioner Lin. A view of Portsmouth, with the shipping, gun-boats, &c., in the first act, was very beautiful, and formed a splendid tableaux. A second, the Chinese Feast of Lanterns, presented a variety of s cen es, su h c as an array of cavalry, Tartar soldiers, Mandarins, British troops, with festive sports of peace, dancing, and artistical skill in gymnastic wonders. The third, and closing one was the destruction of Amoy, with all the bustle of shouting, cheering, firing, &c., conse quent on an engagement. It was well received throughout. Mr. Batty, finding that the " Polka mania' had seized the minds of the good people of Lambeth, produced it last night, when it was danced in excellent style by Made moiselle Cushnie and Signor Milano. Madame Annette and Signor Germani performed won derful equestrian acts and surprising feats ; and the humours of Mr. Barry, the clown of the circle, with his clever impersonation of six different characters in a farce entitled A .Day after the Fair, in which he was well supported by Miss Pettifer, varied the amuse ments. The house was well and respectably filled by an audience who evinced their acknowledgments of Mr. Batty's enterprising efforts with several rounds of hearty applause. SURREY. The inhabitants of the Surrey side of the Thames; and not a few on the opposite side, naturally expect an extraordinary treat at this old resort for thea trical entertainment during the various holiday sea sons of the year. The house last night afforded a spectacle of unusual interest, both as regards the pieces announced and the manner in which they were produced. We have seldom seen so large an audience. It may safely be said that there was not a single seat in the galleries, the pit, or the more aris tocratic parts of the theatre, which was not occupied at the commencement of the performance. What be came of those who had determined to patronise it at half-price is a question which we leave them to answer. But we must say a word or two as to the bill of fare which created so eager an appetite. The first piece was a new and original domestic drama (in three acts) by an author of celebrity (they might safely mention his name in future at the Surrey)--entitled The Instrument of Torture ' • or, The Needle and its Victims. As will be guessed from the title, the plot of the piece was founded chiefly on the sufferings of a sempstress, and many allusions were scattered through the piece to the various facts which have recently been made known in connection with the distressed needlewomen of the metropolis. A worthy old gentleman, named Abraham Bags, an old clothesman in the Minories, of the Hebrew per suasion, is the employer of the heroine of the play, whose adventures, though they extend beyond the needle, are closely connected with that " instrument of torture" up to the close of the piece. By the bye, this old Bags puts forth a remark which may be worthy of being remembered, namely, that himself and his frater nity are, after all, not so guilty as respects this matter as some who profess to pity the case of the sufferers, or at least that they share the guilt with those who are ' not willing to pay a remunerating price for their garments. A word to those who profess pity should be as weighty as a word to the wise. The piece was listened to throughout with marked interest ; and on the falling of the curtain the announcement of its repetition was received with cheering from all parts of the theatre. Next came a new tragic-comical, operatic, historical burlesque, in one act, entitled Georgy Barnwell; or, the Unfortunate London Ap• prentice, a very pretty burlesque, indeed, and one which told well with the audience. In order to avoid the incongruity of a real murder, the uncle was stabbed with a pair of tailor's scissors, which, instead of killing him, entered a box of Holloway's pills, which he carried in his pocket ; and this contrivance prepared the way for a very satisfactory termination, as a part of which the repetition of the piece was announced. A Grand Visionary Fairy Spectacle, in two acts, en titled The Spirit of the Snow Drift; or, the Frozen Charm, concluded the entertainments of the evening. Mortals and immortals, fairies, sylphs, ruined towers, and old oak chambers, in turn, varied the scene, and did their best to, make the beholders forget the mo notony of their every-day occupations. We cannot speak too highly of the getting up of the above pieces. The acting, too, was excellent, and afforded, to all appearances, universal satisfaction. We have little doubt that this theatre, while conducted as it is at present, will maintain its long-standing popularity. VICTORIA THEATRE. The holiday folk assembled last night at this well known house in great numbers, but unfortunately, through the peccadillo of one of the members of the corps dramatique, they were doomed to be disap pointed. A piece, which was not produced, had been for several days previously announced in the attrac tive phraseology, and conspicuously varied type of an unusually large-sized playbill, to be in preparation for commencing the evening's entertainments, and of course much was anticipated, and, as a natural sequence, many were disappointed. The piece was stated to be " a new historical drama, in three acts, preceded by a prefatory introduction in one act, en titled Hugo Mauracert, or the Poison King ;" but as the chief character had been entrusted to a gentleman who had, within a few hours of the opening of the doors, eloped, as it was rumoured, with the fair pro prietress of the saloon attached to the theatre, the audience were treated to the following notice instead of the historical drama : " The public are respectfully informed that in conse quence of Mr. Freer having so suddenly and unjustifi ably withdrawn himself from the theatre, even at the notice of a few hours only, it will be impossible to per form, for the present, the drama of Hugo Ilfaura vert, as already advertised. The manager, therefore, throws himself on the indulgence of the audience, and, in giving this public notice, begs to announce that on this evening, Monday, May 27, will be performed the cele brated play of the Stranger." This at first produced a slight convulsion ; but the excellent acting of Mr. Osbaldiston and Miss Vin cent soon restored order, and the evening passed away with animation and good humour. Subse quently to The Stranger, two pieces were presented, the first called Ccrsar, the Dutch Dog of the Castle, and the second The Parting Kiss. Of the former, the less said the better. It reflects no merit on the author, while its incidents are a libel on the taste and general good judgment of the indefatigable manager. The last is a two act nautical drama, of the old school, being plentifully interspersed with music, broad-sword combats, and abounding largely in ma rine scenic effects. QUEEN'S. Mr. C. J. James, the enterprising lessee of this popular little house, has brought several novelties be fore his Whitsun-holiday patrons. These comprise every range of character, from the melancholy mur derer, the admired of the gods, to the " gay Lothario," the delight of the little ladies in the boxes. The amusements of the evening commenced with a new piece, written by Mrs. Hallett for the Queen's, entitled Chester Fair, or the Prophecy. The play is cast in th a t troubled age, when Wales was as yet uncon quered by England, and it opens with a view of the fair in Chester market-place. The bustle of such a scene is well enacted, and the diversified groups of jongleurs, harpers, glee-maidens, and dancing-girls, come up to our ideas of a merry-making in the olden times. Sir Roger Dutton (Mr. J. Parry), the High Steward of Chester, mixes with the motley crowd, and is by a fortune-teller informed that he will fight a duel for a dancing-girl, that by so doing he will render his ladye love jealous, but that ulti mately " he will win her by timely rescuing her from the Welshman, with a tattered army." The doughty Knight fulfils the first part of the prophecy by res cuing Marian (Miss Stoker), a peasant girl, from the hands of Chief Justice Glanville (Mr. Rogers), thus securing the gratitude of her lover, Allan (Mr. Rey nolds), a minstrel, who has considerable influence with the mobocracy of the fair. So far so good; but unfortunately the hero's ladye love, Mary de Lacy (Miss Rogers), fired by her lover's supposed unfaith fulness,, flies her father's castle, and takes refuge with Earl Randolph (Mr. Renard), in his castle of Rothelan, on the borders of Wales, the very worst place, as it happens, to which she could have fled, as it is imme diately afterwards invested by the Welsh moun taineers. This calamity has its advantages, however, for it gives Sir Roger Dutton an opportunity of ful filling the last link in the prophecy, by defeating her enemies with the very ragged gentlemen whohad been enjoying themselves at C hester fair. Such is the outline of the plot. It was a bustling thing throughout, and the actors seemed at__ home in their parts. Mr . Parry and Miss _Romer, with Mr. Hodson, who personifies a drunken Irish fiddler, were particularly happy. The unities were not always well preserved by the authoress, but, as a whole, the piece was very suc cessful. This was followed by "a drama of intense interest," called The Vision if Death, or the Post house on the Heath, which seemed to go off rather flatly. The amusing burletta of Devils in the Room succeeded; and the bill of fare was wound up by a melo-drama, by Mr. Barnett, entitled The Skeleton Hand, or the Demon Statue. The name will give the reader an idea of the " glamourie" compressed into the two acts. We have forests and caves innumerable, banditti above number; interesting gallants in cloaks and dominos; supernatural appearances and---the Polka dance! The performances throughout the evening seemed to give general satisfaction ; the house was respectably filled, and the audience in the upper tiers much more quiet than might have been anticipated on a Whit Monday. DIRECTORS IN ENGLAND. Sir WILLIAM PLUNKET DE BATHE, Barthe, London; THOMAS HOULDSWORTH, Esq., M.P., Mancheeter ; WILLIAM GLADSTONE, Esq., London; ROBERT WILLIAM KENNARD, Esq., London; LEWIN MOSLEY, Esq., Banker, Liverprol; RICHARD PATERSON, Esq., London. SOLICITOR IN LONDON. R. E. Vanheythuysen, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row. SANKEIIII. - _ _ Messrs. Denison, Heywood, Kennaads, and Co., London; The Union Bank of London; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool; The Bank of Liverpool; Messrs. Cunliffes, Brookes, and Co., Manchester. CONSTITUTION AND OBJECT OF THIS COMPANY. This Company is founded on the law of the 11th of June, 1842, which provides for the carrying out of an extensive system of Main Trunk Lines of Railway in France, by the joint contribu tions of the public treasury and private enterprise, and for granting a Lease of the Railway to a Company, upon terms to be agreed upon. Among the Railways comprised in this law is the great Line from Paris to the Spanish frontier, by Orleans, Tours, Poitiers, Angouleme, and Bourdeaux, to Bayonne. The first section, from Paris to Orleans, has already been con ceded to a Company, who constructed it wholly with their own capital. It was opened to the public in May, 1843. The original purpose of the present Company was to obtain the Lease of the second section comprised between Orleans and Tours; but having obtained a larger amount of capital than would be required for that object, and encouraged by the terms offered by the Minister of Public Works, the present proposal of the Com pany embraces the whole distance from Orleans to Bordeaux, 295 miles, passing by the populous cities and towns of Blois, Amboise, Tours, Chatelleroult, Poitiers, Angouleme, and Libourne, to Bordeaux. The works to be executed, at the cost of the State, on the por tion between Orleans and Tours, are already so far advanced, that, in the hands of this Company, that important extension of the Paris and Orleans Railway could be opened to the public in the summer of 1845, with an expenditure of not more than 51. per share on the whole capital. The Company is reconstituted for this purpose. The Statutes of the Paris and Rouen and the Rouen and Havre Companies have been adopted, so far as they are applicable to this Company. The French portion of the Capital, 35,000,000 francs, is all subscribed, and the Deposit paid, in Paris and in the provinces. Of the 30,000,000 francs reserved for England (1,200,0001.), a considerable portion is engaged by the Shareholders in the Orleans and Tours Line of last year, who paid their deposits. The Board of Directors will consist of eight French and eight English, two of the latter resident in France, as the representatives and guardians of the English interests in the administration of the affairs of the Company. There will be an Office in London for the registration and transfer of Shares, for which every facility will be afforded, imme diately after the Company shall have obtained the authority of a Royal Ordonnance. Weekly reports will be transmitted to the English Directors for the information of the Shareholders. The Staff of the Company will be composed of the most efficient persons whose services can be obtained at the head of every de partment requiring practical experience in the details of Railway management. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE LEASE. The Minister of Public Works has demanded of the Chambers, in the present Session, a vote of 54,000,000 of francs, to be spread over a period of six years, for the construction of the works be tween Tours and Bordeaux. Of this sum 4,000,000 of francs will be applicable to the service of the present year, 1844, and 10,000,000 for that 0(1845. The Projet de Loi, or Bill, for this purpose, and for defining tho terms and conditions of the Lease to be granted, has been sub mitted for the approval of the Chamber of Deputies, and is now before a Commission, namely, in that stage which is termed in the English Parliament, " in Committee on the The following are the principal conditions proposed by the Mi- nister and embodied in this Bill. The obligations of the State are fixed by the Law of 11th June, 1844; and there is good rea son to hope that the conditions to be required of the Company, in return, will not be materially, if at all, modified by the Commis. sloe, or in the subsequent discussion in the Chambers The Minister of Public Works, in the name of the State, en gages to] pay for the land, and compensation to landowners; to execute the earthwork, masonry, stations, workshops, police sta tions, and.buildings of every description ; in short, te snake the Line, and its dependencies, up to formation level, be the cost what it may; to maintain the earthwork for one year, the masonry for two years, and the buildings for five years, after delivery to the Company. The Company have only to provide, lay, and ballast the perma nent way; fence off the Railway, supply the locomotive and car. rying stock, work the Line, and maintain it during the term of their Lease. To these alone their liability extends. A Lease for a term of years sufficient to liquidate the Company's entire capital, by the operation of a sinking fund of one per, cent., improved at compound interest. if se improved, at fsur per cent., the term would be 41. years and 16 days; if at three per cent., it would extend to 46 years and 324 days. The latter has been pre. posed by the Minister. The term commences from the delivery, by the Government to the Company, of the whole of the works on the entire Line to Bordeaux. The entire Line is to be delivered te the Company In work. able lengths—say between first class stations, and two years after such delivery are allowed to the Company for the opening to the public. The State is to participate equally in the nett profits of the Company, after ten per cent. to the Shareholders upon the capital expended, namely nine per cent, dividend and one per cent. sinking Thee right of the State so to participate in the nett profits sloes not arise until after the first five years of the opening of the Line throughout to Bordeaux. This will give to the Company about twelve years of undivided enjoyment of the nett profits of the section between Orleans and Tours. The Company are required to surrender the permanent way and its dependencies, at the expiration of the term, without compensa tion ; but are to be paid the actual value of their carrying stock, materials, and stores, either by the Government er the new Lessees, within three months after the term of their Lease shall have expired. The tariff, or rate of charge, for the transports of passengers and merchandise is to be the same as on the Paris and Orleans Rail way, with a small addition for third-class passengers, to meet the extra expense of covered-in carriages, with curtains at the sides, which this Company will be bound to provide. RIGIITS AND OBLIGATIONS OF SHAREHOLDERS. (Extracts trom the Statutes of the Company.) Every Share represents a proportional part of the whole Capital Stock of the Company, and will be issued at par. The liability of Shareholders is limited to the amount of the Stock held by them—a " Societe anonyme" in France, being pre cisely the same, in this respect, as the Railway Company in England, authorised by Act of Parliament. The liability of the original Subscribers to the Company extends only to three-tenths, or (31. per share, of the amount of their subscription. That amount paid up, the shares may be transferred without restriction, and the liability of the original Subscriber ceases. The amount of each Share shall be payable as foll)ws :—One twentieth on allotment ; one-twentieth within two months after the concession of the Lease shall have been obtained; the re mainder by tenths, as the Directors may see requisite, but at in. tereals of not less than four months between each call, until the whole 401. shall have been paid up. The calls bear interest, after the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, upon the amount called up, to date from the Royal Ordonnance authorising the Company, and payable half-yearly, until the open ing of the section of the I.ine between Orleans and Tours, after which the Shareholders will be entitled to share, pro rata, in the nett profits, divided half-yearly. The Shares will be in the names of the proprietor by subscrip tion or purchase, until the whole amount shall have been paid up, after which the bearer shall be deemed to be the proprietor, and they pass from hand to hand like Exchequer bills. • The possession of one or more Shares carries with it all the rights and obligations of the original Shareholder. - PROBABLE VALUE AS AN INVESTMENT FOR CAPITAL It may be laid down, as a general rule, that any Railway having Paris for one of its termini cannot be otherwise than good. Every Shareholder in the English Railways will readily sec that the least productive amongst thorn would be so, if the dividends were to ba computed only upon the capital required for completing the upper works, fencing, and stocking the Line. This is precisely the case in all the French Railways now before the Chambers. The result of one year's experience (May, 1844) after the open. ing of the Paris and Rouen, and the Paris and Orleans Lines, and, with a traffic as yet but partially developed, on either, is conclu sive as to the great value of the French Railways, as an investment, under good and economical management. The receipts on the Paris and Rouen Line, upon a lengthrof eighty-four miles, for the month ending April 30th, 1844, were, in British currency, 19,984/., or at the rate of 258,662/. per annum. The dividend actually paid from the 9th May to 30th September last (145 days) was after the rate of eight per cent. per annum, exclusive of a sinking fund. The present market price of a 201. Share is 071. 10s. The receipts on the Paris and Orleans Railway, upon a length o f eighty-two miles, for the month ending April 30th, 1840, were 24,061/. 7 s. 2 d. , o r at the rate of 312,7971 . 13s. 2d.' per annum. There is a capital of 50,000,000 of francs (2,000,000/.) to be provided for. The present market price of a 20/. Share is 381. It must be borne in mind that, in the case of both these Com panies, the whole cost of the land, works, buildings, and of a com plete carrying establishment, was defrayed out of their own capital. In the case of the Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux Company, at least one.half, perhaps three-fifths, of the whole cost of the com plete Railway, in the most efficient working condition, will be do.. frayed by the State! The difference between the capital of the Paris and Orleans Company (2,000,0001.) and that required for the Orleans, Tours, and-Bordeaux Railway (2,600,0001.) which is amply sufficient, is not very considerable; while the latter is nearly four times the length of the former. and traverses some of the richest, most fertile, and most pepulous regions of Western, South-Western, and Southern France. The importance of this_ Railway may be inferred from the fact that the twenty-five departments traversed by, or collaterally con. nected with it, comprise an aggregate population of 9,318,000 4 souls,, and contains 283 cities and towns, with a population of 1,766,000 persons, to whom the advantages of railway communi cation will be thus alrorded. The tom the most Complete bay a etetistics ex promo posses* F.CONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 34, BRIDGE-STREET, RLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established 1823. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. THOMAS FRAM KLAND LEWIS,. Chairman. HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq, Deputy .Chairman. Lancelot Baugh Allen, Esq. Thomas Edgar, Egg. Stephen Nicolson Barber, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart. Henry Barnett, Ess. Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P. Robert Biddulph , Ell. John Mendham, Esq. Robert Davies, Esq. William Routh, Fag. AVDITORII. Francis Dumergue, Esq. Charles Morris, Esq. Capt. 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We be lieve its glories from tradition only, for we never saw it ; and as Joe Grimaldi is gone, and the manuscript _ r uf the piece is said to have been burned with Ellyn , - lane, we are willing to admit to the old folks that no such pantomime ever was befure, or ever will be again produced. But it is something to revive the traditionary points of such a piece. This the Olympic play-bill assures us has been done; the comic business of the Opening was well got up, and the dresses and masks had a fresh appearance that spoke favourably. The music is said to be revived from the old score. Mr. Bologna and Mr. Jefferini were the Harlequin and Clown ; Mr. Hartland was the Pantaloon. The part of Columbine was very gracefully danced by Miss E. Gates. The house was well filled, and the pantomime was favourably received. e SADLER'S WELLS. " 'Tis true 'tis pity, and pity 'tis 'tis true," in those days of enlightenment, we have to announce the performance of Macbeth so far away from the aristocratic the " monied"— the " pelf-hoarding" regions of the West as Sadler's Wells. The lo cality is nothing ; the absence of Shakespeare from the "national ?" theatres is another ; but glad are we to say that, although there was an audience so crammed together as to cause many recriminations at first, the moment the curtain rose, and the develop ment of the ideas of our immortal bard commenced, the dropping of a pin might have been heard in the house. Mrs. Warner was the Lady Macbeth, Mr. Phelps; the usurper. Few persons who have watched this lady's stage career can be at all sur prised, when we say that throughout the whole piece she made tangible to the " readers" of Shakspeare the creations of his imagination. Mr. Phelps as Macbeth, displayed much knowledge and study of his author, but some would feel almost inclined to think that a sight degree of modulation in some parts of his delivery might give a little more effect. In say ing this, we mean not in the slightestdegree to depre ciate Mr. Phelps' high talents. The dissection of the tragedy of Macbeth would be an act of pedantry dur ing the present reading mania, which increases and will as time rolls by, but we must say, in sadness and sorrow, that to see the talent which can at the present day embody the conceptions of England's— the world's—intellectual idol, you must walk as far towards Islington as Sadler's Wehs, and turn your back upon Grosvenor, Berkeley, and sundry other aristocratical and (consequently ?) intellectual squares, crescents, and quadrangles. Mrs. Warner delivered an address after the conclusion of the tragedy with her usual grace, in which was an expression of regret for the absence of—can it be called appreciation ? scarcely—but of attention to the attempts of deve loping the ideas of him " who was not for an age, but for all time." Happy are we to say that there was quite enough of the good old leaven—albeit, those who manifested it might never have occupied s stall at the Opera—to appreciate and loudly applaud the lady at the conclusion of the epilogue. The next performance was that of the Hunter's Bride, or the Rose qf Altenheim, the music of which was by Mr. Clement White, and in this case he supported his honestly earned reputation. Mr. George Forman (lately of the Adelphi Theatre) sustained the rather difficult character of Maximilian Blokk, and drew down roars of laughter by his quaint humour. Few men could have more effec tively brought out before the audience such a character as he had to support in this piece. " Though last, not least," comes Miss Lebatt, who, both as an actress and a songstress, was appreciated by every person of taste and feeling. In conclusion, we shall address ourselves to old English feeling, and say, if you like to see the best performance of Shak speare (at the present time), and the travestied im personation of what we see and hear around us passing every day, go to Sadlers' Wells. ADELPHL " The Wizard of the North " continues to draw crowds nightly to this theatre, to witness his mar vellous feats of sleight of hand, and those really sur prising deceptions and transformations which might well excite the envy of Simon Magus himself. Not content with the fame he has already won, " The Wizard" has, with a just appreciation of the popu larity his performances have acquired, made renewed exertions to strengthen his claim to public favour at this particular season. In addition to the diversified succession of his own performances, the lovers of music were highly gratified by a vocal and in strumental concert, which formed a distinct part of last evening's entertainments. The performers were Mademoiselle Rossini and the Misses Emma and Victoria Collini, and Mr. Collini. Made moiselle Rossini played two grand fantasias on the violin with admirable execution and effect, and with a skill and command that drew from the audience re peated bursts of applause. The Misses Emma and Victoria Collini sang a duet, "As it fell upon a day," in which they were much applauded, and Miss Emma Collini sang with great sweetness and expression the beautiful ballad, " Kate Kearney." Brief as this notice necessarily is, we must not omit to mention ' the ability with which Mr. Collini played accompani ments on the violoncello and the flute. At the con clusion of the concert the audience again testified their approbation in renewed applause, and this musical interlude promises to become an agreeable feature in the entertainments at the Adelphi. "The Arab Brothers," a trio of interesting youths, per formed some wonderful feats of agility, and formed some very beautiful and striking tableaux. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. These gardens opened for the season yesterday, and were crowded to excess. This is the first season the gardens have been under the management of Mr. Tyler, who has displayed great taste in the manner in which he has laid them out. Adorned as they now are with beautiful parterres, fine casts from antique statues, and elegant fountains, they form one of the most agreeable summer lounges in the neighbourhood of the metropolis. The doors opened at twelve o'clock, thus giving ample time for a lounge round the gardens, and for the inspection of the animals ; and at two o'clock Messrs. Cameron, Campbell, Mackay, and M'Donald, the Highland pipers and dancers, who were selected by the Marquis of Breadalbane to perform their national melodies and national dances before her Majesty and Prince Albert at Taymouth Castle, commenced the perform ances with their national dances and melodies. Their costumes were beautiful, and their dancing w ag distinguished by a gracefulness, an appropriateness, a fitness, if we may be allowed the expression, which we have never before seen infused into so-called Highland dancing. The dancing of these High landers was characteristic, was national. Those who saw it could not but at once perceive that they were witnessing the real national dance of the country, performed by native dancers, denizens of the land of mountain and flood, who entered into the spirit of what they were performing with all that intensity which so completely distinguishes reality from the most elaborate and even graceful imitation. At five o'clock General Tom Thumb, the greatest little man in the world, gave a history of himself, and an imita tion of Napoleon ; and shortly after six o'clock the promenade concert commenced under the direction of Mr. Godfrey. On the lake was exhi bited a Grand New-modelled Representation of London in the Olden Time, painted by Manson and Telbin. This model is one of the most elaborately constructed, and one of the most correctly deli neated, of any of the many marvellous models of the. wonders of nature and of art, which have been ex hibited at these gardens. In the centre rises Old St. Paul's, surrounded by the curiously constructed houses of the olden . time, and fllanked on the one, side by the old bud-gate and the towers of Castle'- I3aynard, and on the other, by old London-bridge, covered with houses, and defended by its gates, leading to the Southwark side of the river. As the evening draws in, the houses on the bridge are . lighted up, and gradually lights are seen twinkling in the various windows of the different houses in the City. These are gradually extinguished, and the city and its inhabitants are at rest. Suddenly a dense cloud of smoke is seen rising from the neigh, bourhood of Pudding-lane—flames burst forth—the fire-bells are heard tolling in all directions. We are presented with a view of the Great Fire of London. The houses on the bridge are consumed and fall in; the flames are seen ascending the spires of the churches. Street after street becomes a prey to the flames, until at length the smoke is seen issuing from the tower of St. Paul's, and the magnificent cathedral itself is con sumed. The efThet produced by the flames: , as they are seen issuing from the lofty tower and magnificent windows of the fine old cathedral is exceedingly fine;. and Mr. &tabby, the artist, to whom the manage ment of this pyrotechnic spectacle has been en trusted, has completely succeeded in his attempt' to give an idea of the great fire of London. The stage management of the performances,' if we may be allowed the expression, is much better this year than it has been on any former occasion ; there • is not that unnecessary lapse of time between the end of the concert and the commencement of the pyro technic display, of which we have had occasion for-,, inerly to complain, and for this improvement w e tende r Mr. Tyler our best thanks. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather the gardens were , crowded. There could not have been less than 3,000' persons present, and all seemed highly delighted with the amusement provided for them. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. •': This splendid national collection of pictures, in which are congregated the works of almost all the celebrates painters of every country in Europe, since the close of the fifteenth century, formed, as might be expected, iv *r re at object of attract ion to thousands of the more; sober-minded of the holiday folks yesterday. The dif ferent rooms were :crowded to excess during the day,' but the greatest decorum and regularity were observed by the multitudes who thronged them. ✓ THE ROY AL ACADEMY ...• From its extent, varied character, and the prestige attaching to its name (being 'justly considered at the head of all the periodical exhibitions of the metropolis), MI i