The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-01 00:00:00

At the GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION the Welling-
ton campaigns suggest a theme of fertile interest, and
one of great comprehensiveness. A great merit of
this exhibition is that it does not deal wholly with
" feats of broil and battle," but studies to delineate
the localities where " the Duke" was chiefly em-

ployed ; and this gives a geographical value to the
subject which paintings wearing this peculiar military
sentiment have never before possessed. Mr. Ford's
libretto, and Mr. Stocqueler'si viva voce descriptions,
are each excellent in their way ; and the " Cam-
paigns" of the illustrious warrior could not in any
respect be better, more artistically, or more instruc•

Lively illustrated.
The POLYTkCIINIC is, SS usual, replete with amus-
ing and informing interest. The principal and most
important lectures now being delivered are those on
the new patent gas fire, which has excited so much
attention in the scientific world. Besides Dr. Bach-

hoffner, Mr. George Buckisnd, Mr. Pepper. and Mr.
Crispe lecture upon divers subjects, all of them having
some immediate public interest, and copiously illus-
trated. The miscellaneous matters consist of the
diving-bell, mechanical models, chromatrope, dissolv-
ing views, and various other tbings too numerous to
mention, but to inspect which consumes many hours.

DIAMOND DUST.
(Fro►m Eliza cook's Journal.)

He who would die sooner or later than he ought is
a coward.

Politeness is the outward garment of good-will; but
many are the nutshells in which, if you crack them,
nothing like a kernel is to be found.

True love and high morality are the same.
Hasty people drink the nectar of existence scald-
ing hot.

The most effectual way to secure happiness to our-
selves is to confer it upon others.
As the heart is crushed and lacerated by a loss in the
affections, SD it is rather the head that aches and suffers
by the loss of money.
It is not study alone that produces a writer,--it is
intensity; in the mind, as in a chimney, to make the fire
burn hot and quick you must narrow the draught.
As we go on in life we find we cannot afford excite-
ment, and we learn to be parsimonious in our emotions.
If you would not have affliction visit you twice, listen
at once to that it teaches.

FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Her
Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by
the Marchioness of Ely, the Hon. Murray, the Hon.
Miss Venn, Lord Galway, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Colonel
Hugh Seymour,
.honoured the French Plays with their
presence last evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Anna Maria
Dawson, the Baroness de Speth, Miss Dawson, Lord James
Murray, and Colonel F. Seymour, also honoured the theatre
with her presence.

TIIE RAILWAYS AND STEAM-BOATS.—Yesterday,
according to custom for the last three or four years, all the
railways connected with the metropolis issued excursion
tickets at half fares, thereby giving thousands of our artizans
and their families an opportunity of enjoying themselves
amidst country scenery. Monster trains left the London-
bridge terminus fur Brighton, Croydon, Dover, Tunbridge-
wells, and intermediate stations, numbers stopping at
.1N or-
woodand Annerley. The South-Western Railway also con-
veyed thousands to Richmond, Windsor, and stations beyond,
but the far greater portion stopped at the two former places.
Kew Gardens were visited also by thousands. The Great
Northern, Great Western, Eastern Counties, and Blackwall
Railways had their share of the public patronage, and vast
numbers sought the country scenery on those lines. The
latter railway more especially carried passengers to the boats
for Gravesend, which plied between the Blackwall station
and the latter place. The steam-boats, both above and below
bridge, were crowded throughout the day; and the Green-
wich oats were conveying thousands until a late hour of the
day, notwithstanding the immense number of persons who
travelled by the Greenwich Railway.
The British Museum, the National Gallery, Marl-
borough House, the Tower of London, St. Paul's Cathedral,
and other public buildings, were visited by large numbers
of persons yesterday. In addition to the visitors at Green-
wich and Wandsworth fairs, considerable numbers of persons
visited the fair at Stepney. The latter fair does not resent
so many attractions as at Easter; bie, among the shows,
dancing-booths, royal " cuccusses," &c., many of the old
Stepney favourites may be found. The usual large quan-
tities of whelks, fish, and bread, and cabbage pickled in
very questionable vinegar, were provided fur Cle refreshment
of the visitors.

MR. PARSEY'S COMPRESSED AIR ENGINE.-A
very successful experiment was made on the Eastern
Counties Railway, under the auspices of the principal offi-
cials of the company, on Tuesday last; and trim the
manner in which the engine worked, and the perfect control
Mr. Parsey had over the po,,er, and the accuracy with
which the air was regulated so as to work with a uniform
pressure on the pistons, according to the power required,
fully beam out the expectations of the ultimate result of this
invention.

DR. CULLEN.—Private letters received from Rome,
dated the 20th, mention the final decision of the Holy See
with reference to the appointment of Dr. Cullen for Dublin.
According to these 1-tters three bulls had been issued by his
Holiness; one severing the connexion of Dr. Cullen with the
Archdiocese of Armagh; another appointing him " Arch-
bishop of Dublin ;" and the third appointing him " Apostolic
Administrator of Armagh."
MR. FEARGUS CYCONNOR.—WO received a com-
munication last night, stating that Feargus O'Connor had
already returned from America to this country, and that the
writer saw him last night in an hotel in Westminster.
Though the writer of the letter is unknown to us, there is
nothing improbable in the circumstance, in his present state
of mind, in his having returned as hastily from America as
he proceeded to it. "He commenced proceedings," says the
writer, "which showed he was folly as bade as represented in
the New York papers, as drinking other gntlemen's wine,
helping himself to other people's dishes, reciting poetry, &c.
He then ordered dinner, having partaken of which he settled
down into a calm, and his conversation became both mild and
rational. I was struck with sorrow at witnessing the evident
derangement of his intellect, and shall be glad to hear of
his friends getting him under their own charge, as with pro-
per care and treatment it is possible it may yet please God to
restore his mental faculties."—Morning Advertiser.
The accounts from the Continental Bourses speak
of the little variation in prices. At Amsterdam the market
for home securities remained unaltered. Austrian Old Five
per Cents. and Spanish Certificates had, however, been
dealt in to a considerable extent at an improvement. The
Hambnrgh advices mention the failure of Emanuel
es in stocks and
and Son
for 120,0001. They had sustained heavy l
shares, and the event was not unanticipated.
Private letters from Amsterdam dated the 29th
inst. mention that the Upper Chamber previous to its ad-
journment had confirmed the vote of the Second Chamber on
the question of the arrangement between the Government and
the Dutch Rhenish Railway.
The accounts of the state of trade in the provinces
during the past week are for the most part very favourable.
At Manchester business has been checked by the necessity
for caution consequent upon the renewed excitement in the
Liverpool cotton market. but everything gives evidence of
an extensive demand. From Birmingham the reports show
a decided increase of general orders, and in the manufacture
of copper articles especially-, notwithstanding the rise in
price of the material, there is great activity. In iron there
ful:l&aatvn
large transactions at an advancAe.
have again been
average
dNratohgtee-
tinghain there has been unexpected dulness.
business has taken place in the woollen districts
Irish linen market has also been well maintained.
THE CHELSEA PENSIONERS.—The enrolled
pen-
sioners of the London district are to assemble in Hyde-park
to-morrow ( Wednesday), under the command of Lieutenant
Colonel Tullob, superintendent of pensioners, and they will
be reviewed on th.t day by his R
d)3•di•
colwich division, Highnessunder
rth the Luke of
Cambridge. The Na
lltajoJt.Qbe
vrenForbes,sleNit,
ailiel tae a
ark in
_steamerse.at command Wool
Woolwich
to-day, of
part 111 the review in Hyde-
park.

.1 UNE

I Mount Etna—as successful a production as any of the
kind that has emanated from the same artist—rivetted
the attention and admiration of the visitors. And
truly its effects were striking and impressive in the
highest degree, when fringed, as
were, by a large
behind line of bright cloud, retiringit, the setting
sun threw i:s golden rays upon the sides and summit
of the mount, Nature thus assistingArt, and together
presenting to the eye an object as charming in its
minutest details as it was grand and imposing
its
s
in
outline as a whole. The illusion was
perfect. In
the musical department, the programme,w
asas would have constituted no mean attraction suctoh
a much more refined and cultivated audience,
and and for this Mr. Godfrey, the conductor, is
entitled to praise. Give the. people
good
music, and they will acquire a taste for it, i n the
same manner as by the using that which was once a
luxury becomes a necessary of life. At dusk the
grand pyrotechnic display and eruption of Mount
Etna, to witness which a vast crowd collected. The
volcano never did its duty better, and the excitement
when it commenced operations was tremendous.
Lava streams reddened its sides, terrific explosions of
thunderous fireballs mimicked the earthquake reali-
ties of the original; the Cyclops worked away in
right good earnest, forging their lightning-bolts (ill,
inter Lsese, 6.c.)' and showersel
the most splendid V•
riegated fireworks crowned the terrors of the scene,
The effect of the whole was superb.

EXHIB WON S.
The COLOSSEUM maintains its well•known attrac-
tions undiminished—the re-decorated Glyptotheca, the
modelled ambiguities, the aviaries, the stalactite
cavern, and two panoramas of London and Paris,
the former shown by day, the latter by night, are
magnificent works of their class. That of London,
painted many years ago, from drawings made on
the top of St. Paul's, has obtained a European repu-
tation, which even now, after so long a lapse of time,
can hardly be said to have declined.
The CYCLORAMA, in Albany. street, is rendered most
attractive by its exhibition of a series of portraitures
of the Crystal Palace, painted by Mr. M'Neven, the
colossal size of which, coupled with the laborious
fidelity of the details, affords one of the most interest-
ing records of the " world's fair" that has yet been
contrived. The seven pictures of which this exhibi-
tion consists embrace all the best points of interest,
and to those who were not fortunate enough to see
the original will furnish an idea of its plan and aspect
which could scarcely be got by any other means.
At MADAME THiSAUD'S well-known Exhibition
we have a new group—namely, the Queens of Henry
the Eighth—" the most touching subject," says Mr.
Tussaud, "in English history." These unfortunate
ladies are associated with Kossuth, a Bloomer or two,
and the Russian Giant, Lousbkin. The variety of
the Exhibition, therefore, is indisputable ; and a
lounge through the saloons in which the figures are
placed, as antagonistic in mind, rank, and vocation,
as they are in visage and costume, may fairly be re-
commended to those who have an idle day before
them.