The Press.
London, England, 1854-05-27 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

DEATHS.

BAYLEY—On the 19th instant, at Leamington, Maria Barbara,
relict of Sir Daniel Bayley, aged 80.
HARGREAVES—On the 23rd instant, in Berkeley•square,
Robert Hargreaves, Esq., of Bank-house, Accrington, aged 45.
JENNINOS—On the 15th instant, at Stoke Newington, Ben-
jamin Jennings, Esq., one of the Senior Paymasters of the
Royal Navy, aged 80.
JEPHSON—On the 17th instant, at Mallow Castle, Louisa,
widow of the late Lieut.-Colonel Jephson, of Mallow, aged 84.
THORNTON—On the 91st of March, at Calcutta, John Paul
Thornton, Esq., late Colonial Secretary at Tobago. aged 44.

PARIS EXHIBITION of 1855.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Department of Science
and Art of the Board of Trade has been instructed to conduct
the Preliminary Inquiries with a view of ascertaining the pro-
bable NUMBER of EXHIBITORS from the UNITED KING-
DOM, and the amount of space it may be necessary to demand
from the French Imperial Commission. Manufacturers and
other produoers who are desirous of exhibiting may obtain
forms of demands for space and copies of the regulations, by
applying to Captain OWEN, Royal Engineers, MARLBOROUGH
HOUSE, Pall•mall, I oudon.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. ALFRED WIGAN.
REAPPEARANCE OF MR. ALFRED WIGAN.
On MONDAY NEXT, and during the week,will be presented
the Comedietta called THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE..
Principal characters by Messrs. F. Robson, J. H. White, Leslie,
Vincent, Franks, Rivers; Mrs. Chatterley, Miss P. Horton, and
Miss Marston. After which, the Comic Drama of THE FIRST
NIGHT. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Leslie,
Vincent, H. Cooper, Franks; Miss P. Horton, and Miss Emily
Ormonde. To conclude with a Farce, called THE MUMM%.
Characters by Messrs. F. Robson, H. Wigan, Leslie, White,
Cooper, Rivers; Miss Marston and Miss E. Turner.
Box-office open from Eleven to Five. Doors open at Seven,
and commence at Half•past Seven. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 4e.;
Pit, 2s; Gallery, Is.

OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S
THEATRE.—The Directors of the Theatre Lya igue, Paris,
beg to announce that the entire Troupe of that Theatre, including
the services of Mme. MARIE CABEL, will commence a short
series of French OPERAS COMIQUES, at the above Theatre,
on MONDAY, Jgne 5, immediately after the completion of M.
Lafont's season.

The First Representation will consist of Adolphe Adam's new
and very successful Opera, entitled LE BIJON PERDU, in
which Mme. Marie Cabal will make her first appearance in this
country.
Subsequent performances will be selected from the New and
Favourite Opera La Promise, Galathee, Le Domino Noir, Le Roi
des Halle', La Tante Aurora, Le Postilion de Lonjumeeu, Le
Toreador, La Sirene, Les deux Voleurs, Le Tableau Patient,
L'Eclair. All of which are completely prepared for representa-
tion. The nights of performance will be on Mondays, Wednes-
days, Fridays, and Saturdays. Subscriptions will be received for
Twelve Representations. Prices of admission for the night:—
Stalls, IN. 6d. ; Boxes (dress circle), 511.; Pit. 2s. 6d.; Amphi-
theatre. 2s. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets, to be made
to Mr. Seguin, at the Box-office of the Theatre ; and at Mr.
MITCHELL'S Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street.

COLOSSEUM, Regent's Park. Admission,
One Shilling.—The original PANORAMA of LONDON by
DAY is exhibited daily, from Haltpaat Ten till Five. The ex-
traordinary Panorama of LONDON by NIGHT, every Evening,
from Seven till Ten. Muaio from Two till Five, and during
the Evening.

CYCLORAMA, ALBANY-STREET, NOW OPEN,
with a magnificent PANORAMA of NAPLES, exhibiting the
great Eruption of Vesuvius and Destruction of Pompeii,
A.D. 79; with the present State of the ruined City. These
Views have been long in preparation, and will be exhibited
with the resources of this vast Establishment. Daily at Three
and Eight o'clock. Admission, Is. ; Reserved Seats, 2s.

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETYof LONDON.
The QUEEN having been graciously pleased to name
Saturday, June 10, as the day on which her Majesty will open
the Crystal Palace, Notice is hereby given, that the Meeting of
this Society, announced for the same day, will be held on SA-
TURDAY, JUNE 3, instead of Saturday, June 10, as previously
intended. All Tickets issued for June 10 will be available for
June 3.-21, Regent-street.

DRAMATIC READING.-MR
WIGHTWICK, author of "The Palace of Architecture,"
Jo., will Read the Second Part of Shakepeare's HENRY IV., at
WIT.LIS'S ROOMS, King-street, St. James's. on Thursday Even-
ing, Ist June, at Eight o'clock precisely. Admission he.

Under Distinguished Patronage.
DR. ALTENHAL will deliver, on Friday,
June 2, at Eight o'clock, a LECTURE (in English) on
GOETHE'S " FAUST," with German Readings from the Text,
and MUSICAL ILLUSTRATIONS, selected from Beethoven,
Schubert, Spohr, Lindpaintner, &a., by eminent Vocal and Instru-
mental Artists.
Reserved Seats, 55.; Area,3s.; Gallery, 2s. Tickets to be had
at Cramer, Beale, and Co's, Regent-street ; Mitchell's, Lona-
dale's, Old Bond-street; Sams's, St. James's-street; and at the
MARYLEBONE LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC
INSTITUTION,
17, Edward-street, Portman-square, where the Lecture will be
delivered.

MRS. LEACH, late Lectureas on Anatomy
and Physiology at DR. KAHN'S MUSEUM, continues
to give ADVICE to Ladies only, on subjects of interest to them.
selves, at her residence, No. 7. QUEEN•STREET, Sherrard.
street, Golden-square, until her own Ladies' Museum is com-
pleted. Dr. LEACH may still be consulted as usual.

AN Undergraduate, who takes his B.A.
degree at Oxford in November. wilhe's in the meantime to
obtain EMPLOYMENT as a CLASSICAL TUTOR. He would
prefer to give daily lessons in London, but would not object to
resident tuition. Apply to A. 8., care of Mrs. Harris, toy-shop,
Dartmouth-row, Blackheath.

DEAFNESS.—The only medal awarded at
the Great Exhibition of 1851 (for Acoustic Instruments)
was to F. C. REIN, for his new ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS
for the DEAF. They are made of different power, to suit ex-
treme and every degree of Deafness. To be procured only of the
sole inventor and maker, F. C. Rein, 10a, Strand, nearly opposite
Exeter-hall, where the Instrument can be tried, and numerous
testimonials seen, amongst many one from the Right Hon. Sir
John Patteson, one of her Malady's Privy Councillors.

SATURDAY,

I..JOUTHGATE and BARRETT have received
instructions from Mr. HOGARTH, of the Ifaymiutet, to SELL,
by PUBLIC AUCTION, at their Fine Art and Book Auction
Room, 22, Fleet•atreet, London, on WEDNESDAY EVENING,
June 7th, and following evenings,

THE WHOLE of the REMAINING COPIES
of the very celebrated Work known as
"P'inden'e Royal Gallery of British Art,"
consisting of a limited number of artiste' and other choice
proofs and the print impressions, which are all in an exceedingly
flue state. 'the work consists of forty-eight plates, the whole of
which are engraved in hue by the most eminent men in that
branch of art, anti the pictures selected will at once show that
the great artists—'Truer, Eastlake, Landseer, Stanfield, Web-
ster, Roberts, Wilkie, Maclise, Mtilready, and more than thirty
other British masters—are represented by the works which es-
tablished and upheld them in public favour, and by themes which
appeal to universal sympathy and happiest affections, or which
delineate the peculiar glories of our country.
The attention of the public is also particularly directed to the
fact that ALL THE ENGRAVED PLATES from which the
impressions now offered have been taken WILL BE DE-
STROYED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PURCHASERS
at the time of sale. By thus securing the market from being
supplied with inferior impressions at a future time, and at a
cheaper rate, the value of the existing stock will be increased,
and it will become the interest of all who wish to possess copies
of these eminent works of art at a reduced price to purchase
them at this sale, which will be the ONLY OPPORTUNITY of
obtaining them.

QOUTHGATE and BARRETT beg also to
1.3 announce that they will include in their SALE BY AUC-
TION of " FINDEN'S ROYAL GALLERY" the whole of the
STOCKS of PROOFS and PRINTS of the following HIGHLY-
IMPORTANT ENGRAVINGS, published by Mr. Hogarth and
Messrs. Lloyd and Co:—
Ehrenbreitstein, painted by J. M. W. Turner, A.A., engraved
by John Pye. Ecce Homo, from the picture by Correggio, en•
graved by G. T. Doo. The Dame School, painted by T. Webster,
R.A., engraved by L. Stocks. Eton Montem, two views illustra-
tive of, from pictures by Evans of Eton, engraved by Charlie
Lewis. Portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth Fry, engraved by Samuel
Cousins, A.R.A., from a picture by George Richmond. Portraits
of Eminent Persons, by George Richmond and C. BaUgßieL
Portrait of W. C. Macready, Esq., as Werner, painted by D. Mat-
hes, R.A., engraved by Sharpe. Flowers of German Art, a series
of twenty plates by the most eminent engravers. Cranstone's
Fugitive Etchings, seventeen plates. Turner and Girtin's Rh, r
Scenery, thirty plates. Cottage Piety, painted by Thomas Faed,
engraved by Henry Lemon (unpublished). See-Saw, painted by
T. Webster, ILA., engraved by Holl (unpublished). Village
Pastor, painted by W. P. Frith, R.A., engraved by Holt The
Immaculate Conception, painted by Guido, engraved in line by
W. H. Watt. Harvey demonstrating to Charles the First his
Theory of the Circulation of the Blood, painted by Hannah, en-
graved by Lemon. The Origia of Music, painted by Melons,
engraved by Wass. The First Step, painted by Faed, engraved
by Sharpe. The Prize Cartoons, published by Messrs. Long-
mans and Co.

ALL THE ENGRAVED PLATES of the above-mentioned
engravings WILL BE DESTROYED in the presence of the
purchasers at the time of sale. thus securing to them the
same advantages as in the sale of " L'inden's Royal Gallery."
Framed impressions of each of the plates, at well as of the
" Finden," can be seen at Mr. Hogarth's, 5, Haymarket; of
Messrs. Lloyd Brothers and Co., 22, Ludgate-hill, and at the
Auctioneers', 22, Fleet-street, by whom all communications and
commissions will be promptly and faithfully attended to.
In the same sale will also be included the very extensive,
highly important, and extremely choice stock of modern English
and Foreign Engravings, Water-colour Drawings. and expensive
Bo )ks of Prints, of Mr. HOGARTH, of the Haymarket.
Amongst the ENGRAVINGS will be found, in the BEST
STATES of ARTISTS' and other CHOICE PROOFS, nearly all
the popular plates that have been published during the last
quarter of a century; also an important collection of Foreign
Line Engravings, in the best states ; a large variety of Portraits,
and other subjects, after Sir Joshua Reynolds—some very rare ;
an extensive series of Prints by Hogarth, in early proofs, and
with curious variations; a most complete series of artists' proofs
of the works of George Crulkshank, includingnearly all his early
productions, many unique ; a number of scarce Old Prints, and
a series in tine states by Sir Robert Strange. The stock ie pe-
culiarly rich in the works of .1. M. W. Turner, R.A., and com-
prises artists' proofs and the choicest states of all his important
productions, and matchless copies of the England and Wales
and Southern Coast. The collection of HIGH-CLASS WATER-
CO LOUR DRAWINGS consists of examples of the most eminent
artists (particularly some magnificent specimens by J. M. W.
Turner), as well as a great variety of the Early English School,
and some by the Ancient Masters; also a most interesting col-
lection by Members of the Sketching Society. Of the Modern
Schools are examples by—

Absolon Fielding, C. Lewis, J. Prout
Austin Holland I.iverseege Tailor, F.
Barrett Hunt Maclise Vv. ins
Cattermole Landseer, E. Muller Webster
Collins Leslie Neatield Wilkie
Catalogues of the entire sale will be forwarded on receipt of
twelve postage-stamps; and all communications and commis•
sions promptly and faithfully attended to.
22, Fleet•street, London.

CONTINENTAL EDUCATION.—At a &st-
rata ESTABLISHMENT on the RHINE, Young Gentle-
men are Prepared for the Public Schools, Universities, and the
higher branches of Commerce. The pupils are taught to con-
verse with fluency in German and French, and also, if required,
well grounded in Italian and Spanish. Inclusive terms, fifty
guineas. For further particulars address Mr. A. 8., Radnor
Villa, Great Malvern.

GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
(used In her Majesty's Laundry), and

•
W OTH E R SPOON' S Machine-made
CONFECTIONERY, MARMALADE, JAMS, JELLIES, tic.
(which gained the Prize Medal of 1e61),
may be had of all Grocers; Wholesale of Wotherspoon, Mackay,
and Co., 66, Queen-street, Cheapside, London; and Robert
Wotherepoon and Co., Glasgow.

JOHN WHITE, Consignee and Importer.
Special Margaux Claret, 98s. per dozen ; Burgundy, in prime
condition, 48s. per dozen ; Dinner Claret., 265. ; Sparkling Cham-
pagne, 425.; Moselle and Hock, still or sparkling, 445. and up-
wards ; Dinner Sherries, from 268.; Duff Oordon's Sherry, 965.
and 425.; Fine Old Crusted Port, 365. to 425.; unequalled, 4sa.
to 545. Terms cash. All other wines, of the best brands and
choicest. vintages, at equally moderate prices, in full-sized bottle!,
or at per gallon if preferred.-34, DOWOATE•HILL, CANNON-
MEET.