The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-08 00:00:00

ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.
A sai!it > march for two else ant pieces cf plate, gives
by the Re.:y-q1 AIJ,-rsey Yrcht, Club. will take place on
Saturday-, Iho, 12:h day of June, 1852; to sail from the
Drk.ntiend Fvrry, the " Queem's CourFe," and finish et
New Brighton, by the fuliowing yachts belonging "/
!members:—

FIRST CLASS.
Aquila, 44 tons—J. 11. Rowan, Esq.
Vision, 45 tons—Thomas Birchall, Esq.
Bacchante, 73 tons—Vice-Commodore.
Queen of the Isles (new), 55 tons—rt. Langtry, Eci•
Water Wyrern, 43 tons--J. E. Stopford,
Tartar, tons—W. H. Dawes, Esq.
SECOND CLASS.
Seabird, 33 tons—Hon. Secretarr.
Fidget, 18 tons— khn Laird, Esq.
Stanley (new), 17 tons—Thomas Wilson, Esq.
Surprise. 15 tons—Henry Leader. Esq.
Surprise (ne,), 13 tons—F. D. P. Astley, Eaq.
• Ouda (new), 20 tons—R. W. Laurie, EN. Light
Tie seco:ld-c1:15.8 ycchts sail rouad the N. TT •
only once.

I LAST APPEARANCE OP MISS CULi—
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ON THE AMEPICAN STAGE. Av.
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ER FAREWELL PERFORMACE AND PARTING
DRESS.— Miss Charlotte Cushman has closed her urfor
lint professional career in America. She appeared s
the last titer, at the Broadway Theatre, which
rice
crowded by those who wished to evince their edam- the
Of her character and talents. The play selected for sir
oecasion Was Guy Manraering, dramatised from iss
Walter Scott's novel of that acme, and in whieu 8.
Cushmen enacted her great character of Meg Me:tr. bet
It would be supererogatory to criticise or orrlilisee ea'
matchless rendering of this, one of the grandest -irt to
tions of the " Great Wiz.rd of the North." Sefac.e.,e-ich
say, she has nobly sustained the high reputatioe,'"aned
she has long since won on the stage for her unsv"no
delineation of the gipsy queen, and was frequeres.
interrupted in her performance by the irrel sip
sible plaudits of the audience. After the the
fail, Miss Cushman, in obedience to the tel
bgb
'it
Her° appearance came
Barry, the talented stage manager of the establish°
oagA
bwefaosre the lights, supporteo hi on
greeted with rapturous se-dhi,jeee
sustained applause. As soon as the uproar erru-„„- es
sufficiently to permit her voice to be heard, she 5,,nr
her adieu in these words :—" Ladies and georletre;s6
will not indulge in the cant of saying that this ellm'd for
unexpected, or that I have come entirely unnreP!4r-1
ir. The custom of actors addressing audiences 19'„er
lieve, more honoured bs
in the breach than rbe:it- of
Vance.' In olden times it was punished by forte-sfor
b
fines. I may seem an antediluvian in my taste ; -4.ll,biee
the sake of all concerned, I could wish the old '4ci,
rf
restored. For myself, I have but little to say „ -itt
you find it not at all to the purpose, I must beg
your kindness and courtesy, to think that it's Pret',l,abh°
for a woman, especially one unaccustomed to Mites
eth
speaking.'—(Laughter and great applause.) 00,Pemiee
of April, 1335, then 18 years of ege, under the d2l%ietia
of the gentleman at my side (Jr.l Barry), my fits
.tbe
last manager, I launched my tiny craft aPPlorier
sea of public opinion. In a course of alternate 9.40
and calms, which has known no retrogression, but; the
has ever been onward—your approbation, are°,rior
earliest bre, zes that filled my sails—l have we'ru-seo
land rats and water rats (pirates, I mean), c-ijoels'
under false colours,mermen and mermaids, rocks, 6010
and quicksands. I had no compass but the eltiroae;
of those gone before me—no pilot save perseve Ott
but, with hope at the pros', a steadfast will atthe
under the protection of papers of an honest Puf Pao
the
have, after seventeen years' voyage, come 5a1.13
?:nd per
port of friends' esteem, with the colours or 'e 11/9
dence nailed to the masthead.—(Great applause') little
labour has been earnest, incessant. The world ass
knows the labour of such a life, for none but so set
wee
know an actor's toil. In the public I have niever,
tbs
a generous master. I believe you will award :root;
credit of having proved myself a faithful B'
For all those now struggling as I once etrl etia
I ask of you the same approbation which obeerned prce,
encouraged me to the attainment of that Prc'Allo;
fessional and social position which I now enjoy' spell,
me, then, to bid you a respectful and thankful far eat
iNfis Cushman bowed and retired, amid the viesitieri‘
evidences of public approbation. This celebrated P. die
can actress proceeds from hence to England, wit° pub'
plays her lust engagement, makes her conga to
_t"-,ibiell
lic, and takes a final farewell of the profession' utl et"
she she has long been one of the most brilliant orna:igfel
It is to be regretted that she retires now, while sbv
in the zenith of her successful career, her laurelsgest
green, and herself acknowledged as one of the rio
living ac,ressee Iler retirement will leave a void,L,,„
profession which will not be readily supplied---Ive''
Herald.

9/13
DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. -- Miniv-tF'Cieur
understand, came to the determination, at the Cabintlicilitats
cil of Saturday, to do everything in their power to voila'
the transaction of public business, so as to dissolva:-.0 get
ment on the 26th instant, it being found impracticable
through all the indispensable business to admit of ti3eed for
lution taking place on the 24th, the day formerly
the purpose.—Advertiser.
; 813001
EXTENSIVE PIRE.-0a Sunday morning, - od, ...-
o'clock, the metropolis became brilliantly illuminia,si
consequence of the sudden outbreak of a ID gieg'S:
cross, which continued to burn for a
tensive fire, near the Great Northern Railway, nerieu*
d belohs-
The premises in which the disaster commence ~„oete
to Mr. Womb well,:ithe great cab proprietor, wsS
wharf, blaiden-lane, Battle-bridge. Ta„%ioisc bu't
Dot
made by a police-officer of S r g -
stab ,
until the fire shot throughroof of the
the The rSC
long range of buildings, in which 28 horses were% aid
thing sought to be accomplished was to rescue the horses,ot, cat
iengthene r- d
several persons having entered the burning premiseie3,,Lb..„'Jtbst
the halters from the animals and set them loose, a h
ecorc..ed-
expedient they were saved, two only having been
e, .„ch
The great quantity of hay and straw in the lofts provsta.;of
a powerful auxiliary to the flames that in the brief
five or ten minutes after their existence became dir
the reflection of the fire could be seen for mil;_ineg,
tant. This caused a general turn out of the
~‘‘tt of
and forthwith those of the London brigade, 11;1741e
England office, and that of the parish arrived, and 417 tba
Royal Society's fire-escapee. The firemen then founae
entire length of the buildings over the stabling in nu
set t°
mense sheet of flame. The engines were quickly the
work, some from the Regent's-canal, and others rou'
f tiesal'"
mains of the New River Company, by which
the but bap
A
were enabled to scatter streams of water on the -re,tee
were unable to get it extinguished until the whole
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opa
upper floors were completely gutted, the roof burned
uft, ,
.„ov
the contents consumed. The origin of the disaster co 1.„9,1
be ascertained. The premises were insured in the 10_,)L,.0
Exchange Fire-office, but, unfortunately, the contents 1"-
not insured.
QUICK LATE BRIGHTON TRAINS The Bright . 01l
0
Company have put on a ten o'clock quick late train, v_ij,ors
must prove a most acceptable boon to the Sunday ,
to Brighton, and those who come to see London. We ti'lher
the plan might be adopted with advantage by some nt"
companies.
SALE OF THE INDIAN COLLECTION FROM THE ur.-,
Exuma-max.—Yesterday morning, at the Mart, Mr. Morro
proceeded with the first day's sale of the magnificent Inal;
collection exhibited at the Crystal Palace by the Honcalb-;
able Directors of the East India Company. The sale of to
entire collection will occupy eleven days; and yeaterdaY,lir
lots submit,ed for competition consisted of cotton menu'
tures from different parts of India; native shoes and slippel
embroidered shawls, gauze shawls brocaded with gold a‘,lll
silver, velvet throne covers; jewelled jade, agate, and crnis
cups, and jewellery of the most costly description. IA
sale-room was densely crowded by a fashionable asseinb!Bs's
of ladies and gentlemen, and the possession of the varo.,,
lots was spiritedly contested for, the whole day's sale rah'
ing 2,8001.
; O
ETON COLLEGE.—A. F. Birch, Esq.,
,
ot;re f
King's College, Cambridge, brother of the Rev. H.M. -`l,-„ge
late tutor to the Prince of Wales, has been appointed
the
of the assistant masters of Eton College, in the place -
Rev. H. Dupuis, vicar of Richmond.
t powersh m t
We understand that the authorities of New C°llbler
have preferred a petition to the Bishop of Winchester' teal-
visitor,
e requestingdorm aohfotliid,eacspecialCollege
pvi
nistiot visitation
no
,f
tut the it
:roof
lege. This course is deservint, of great raise, inasmuch ioSC,
seeds on a • tio
constitutional method towards the realiza aite
objects which many opponents of the Commission have q a
as much at heart tve hoP,
es its favourers or promoters. ,• 9hea
that, on the one hand, the reform thus begun will be Pun tbe
boldly and consistently towards its completion; and, tole
other, that the rest of the colleges will follow the
thus excellently set them. oti
- GRAY'S INN.—It has been announced tba
Thursday evening next, at half-past seven o'clock, the r,:iAce
of the recent examination for houotirs which have takeeibrod
in the Hall of that society, will be declared in the 11%01,
that on the following evening (Friday, at the setae dress
William David Lewis, Esq., will deliver his farewell au
on retiring from the office of lecturer.
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[ADVERTISEMENT.] —A Lieutenant of M.
d Pills.
cured of Rheumatism by Holloway's Ointment an
_vre
This officer, who is in the Dutch army, states that fieku."ch ap-
Pills and Ointment have cured him of rheumatism, bobs,
peared to be incurable, as neither sea bathing, vapour god,
nor preparations vaunted as sure remedies, did him 2:,,19 trial,
and the treatment of the doctor, after several month taking,'
was without success. At this juncture he commenced
these pills, and rubbing the ointment into the enlyPoultiro of
parts twice a day, which effectually cured him in the d for
six weeks. The truth of this statement can be veueli'l)reg-
br Mr. J. B. Stratman, of Bois-de-Due.—Sold by a straarl'
gists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244,
London.