The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-25 00:00:00

TURKEY.

The Courrier de Marseilles publishes a letter
from Bagdad of the 9th ultimo, which states that
an insurrection had broken out in that province.
The communications were intercepted, and the mails
could not be forwarded but with an escort of 100
or 200 horsemen. The Arabs are masters of the
country from Mossoul to the Persian Gulf. The
Turkish authority no longer exists but in the fortified
towns ; its moral furce has almost entirely disap-
peared, and it is time for the Government at Con•
stantinople to put an end to this deplorable state of
thing,.
The French scientific mission had arrived at
Bagdad; its labours will occupy its members for
a year unless the state of the country should pre-
sent too many obstacles to the accomplishment of it.

NATIONAL EXHIBITION, CORK.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Dublin Committee Rooms, Museum of Irish In-
dustry, 51. Stephen's. green East, May 21, 1852.
SlR,—Will you livour me by publishing the enclosed
letter, which, I think, cannot fail to give additional con-
fidence in the public mind to our National Exhibition?
I am glad to be enabled to announce the following
additional subscriptions:—
Sir Joseph Paxton „ ... £5 0 0
Royal Hibernian Mining Company, per Henry
Gibson, Esq., Managing D►rector, London. 20 0 0
John Sampson, Esq , Cotton Waste Manufac-
turer, Stockport ... 5 0 0
T. W. Kinder. E- q., Contractor for Locomotive
Service, Midland GI-slit Western Railway... 5 0 0
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
JOHN C. DEANE, Hon. Sec.

" of Ireland, 20 h May, 1852,

"Sir,—l am desired by the governors and directors to
inform you, for the information of the deputation from
the Cork Exhibition that attended at the Bank this day,
Zthat the Cork agent will be directed. by this night's post,
acipay to the executive committee at Cork the sum ot
tio;; *A this Bank's subscription to the National Exhibi-
°f the Arta, &c., to be held in Cork.
• "I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" John D. . " WIC GRAVES, Secretary.
Atkin, E'q., 5, Merrion-square List."

i/B-41,
An immense 'elites*, of statistics,
• RICAL STATISTICS.
the Chamber of (do collected by order of
Commerce by a special commission,
under the su
view to ascertain then slice of M. Horace Say, with a
fortdasitlate of trade and manufactures in
the metropolis,
such „."—though it seems a strange
place to look for
ertthlntriateioain—some curioas details
the state
respecting
France. The gentleman ten ‘plast and present, in
has t rged with this part of the
N. Rondot,
inquiry, Ni- ctLlike his colleague, con-
fined his researches to Par'
whole of the country. Titnie'iratet 'ti ;ended toma
tot the
is set down at 361 :of theatres in the
88 departments the small e ~I.,__°6 out of that bar belonging of the Seine.
The provincial boards do not aei "Imat
well supplied with
performers, 40 itinerant companies
--ea Provided with
less than 280 theatres, 45 only mit/i°l3 duty for no
stationary troupes. Tfiteosidempaatet
dtmiuentthehaome
lie
theatre
whatever, all three being M. Rond "t4-"Le \
zkre
Basses-Alpea, and At dt)che. ot conew.. ,
tutwg that the IltMlb,r of his
general statistics by s . actors
• musty estimated,. .
and actresses in France is var
3,000 to 8,000. We are then the prop.timi ire iL.. shown
Under outs XIII h.n. crease of theatres in Paris. ~
Louis. 1 -'e
under
was Only one theatre in the capita, 7
they increased to five; there were six under Louis XV,,
and under his ill-fated successor ten theatres were iu
full play. In 1791
51 theatres Sprang by the year 1807,
, all monopolies having been abolished,
up all at once; but,
we find them decreased to 34. At this period privihges
and in the following were re-established, year only nine
were in existence
• -I.
aria, enjoyed ten theatres from 1810
to 1814, eleven from 1814 to 1819, fourteen from 1819 to
ree 1830, sixteen in 1831, twenty-one in 1832, twentrth
in 1846, twenty-five in 1849, and twenty-three in 1851'
Thieve twenty-three theatres contain about 34,000 places,
and the average number f !
o apectators every night is
calculated at 20 000. Holmes theatres, there are 145
places of amusement open in the capital and its vicinity,
principally ' during the sunnier season-public balls,
such as Mabille's, Cafi-concerts, Gaiuguettes, &II; 1136/Se
establishments, are frequented by, it is estimated 24,000
persons per diem, thus carrying the number of pleasure-
seekers in Paris to 44,000 daily. Not the least inter-
estingpart of these statistics is that which refers to the

reseipti of the metropolitan theatres, which 'have under.

gone many variations, Gs may be seri' from the following
account. .irom 1807 to 1811 tht-ir average was nearly
five millions of francs; from 1822 to 1826, nearly seven
rriillions; from 1837 to 1841, they averaged more than
tine millions; from 1842 to 1846, more than ten;
rid .iti 1847 they rose to eleven millions. Here M.
Rondo_t discontinues his own figures, and quotes
the Government returns which stand thus:—.lB4B,
10;460
6'747'4"t04• ,1849, 7,715,570 r.; 1850, 9,959,785 f.; 1851,
. statement
_. ofßondot concludes his return by a
thei' number of the
the Paris theatres from personnel employed in
at the lower end of toe scale, that there are upwards of
400 box keepers
italnd females, and 750 employes.
clerks, &c., in the adrnoolaortions, whose aggregate sa-
laries amount to 740,
/tc.,
are
mThe dress makers, carpen-
Ins, scene-rhifters,
amonretthan 600 strong, and
their average salaries
the to 500,000 f. The
number
aonfd mtubseiierianasgrieegateincome orchestras
is 630,
is 600,85 V.
We now come to the performers, ofmwehorn, according
to M. Rondot, there are 1,152 men,.. and
males. Of these 793 are artistes, and the remainder
fe-
nder
shoriatera and figurants. The enniumente of t,„-
.. 12111110•