The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-13 00:00:00

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MADAsis TussAup',4.—The gallery of Madame
not si-vm to libtrP °tie jot of its c Iti-
nrity. It :,as outrivad,ci, sod coosequenily outlived,
maby ner coliretions of a ti:ndAr kind, ,i,nply by
its great superiority in =he 61041 of -prtraituni and
by :arid • gentility as -.a promenade.
Among th-3 must recent additiurni, a figure ot Kos-
suth is the most prominent, besides a Bloomer or two
in proper brevity of c,Atume. A model of the Rus-
sian giant, Loushkin, is now on view—a worthy be-
tween eight and nine feet high, a downright Brobdig-
nagiim, a men, indeed, of most fabulous proportions:
But there be is, in his dugs as drum-major in the
Imperial Regiment of Guards, of which he must be a
monstrously conspicuous member.

GREEN WICH. FAIR.
Yesterday's sun shone forth in earnest, and chal-
lenged the votaries of rural delights to join the joyous
groups that rushed to the railway or the river in
search of health and recreation. Great was the throng
even on the highway of carts, gigs, carriages, and
pedestrians. The fair might be said to begin at the
Bricklayers' Arms, where for a mile the road was a
perfect mart of toys
bustibles,"
gingerbread, and other "nom-
'as Mrs. .111 islaprop bath it. Thousands of
pedestrians footed all the way to Greenwich, nor felt
the way tedious. Indeed, it is many years since so
many people passed down the road to an Easter fair.
All were agog for fun, and the cry resounded on all
sides, " What's your game ?" To which the ex-
pected reply was prcruptly given, " All serene."
For the origin of this military or Gina
sign and countersign, we confess we have cots.
salted the authorities in vain. Every one knowethe
story of the statesman, who said " Give me th,
songs of the mob on my side, and I shall laugh at
opposition speeches in Parliament." The temper of
the times showed itself in pictorial allusions to in-
vasion, caricatures of John Bull waiting for the as-
sault of a lung-visaged grim personage in uniform ;
caricatures of the condition of Englishmen and
Frenchmen, the latter sabred, shot, or deported to
the colonies. Groups were collected to hear a song,
which wee popular all day, a verse of which runs
thus :

Arouse up, Britannia, or soon we shall rue;
The French are all comtng to beat us quite blue.
In France there's been lately the devil to pay;
Come, rouse up, Old Nosey, and s' ow us the way;
We'll not be couqu.reo, boys, don't be afraid;
John Bell will pfoteot hi, women and maid,
Aud it we get ,ounde't whilst bhaing away,
Queen Viuturia will g:ve us three haitpence a day.
With sounds and sights like these, we beguiled the
way to the great steoe of action, and struck into the
glorious park to gaze upon the vast landscape that pre-
sents itself, into kur counties, and a circuit of some
70 or 80 miles, from the summit of the Observatory
bill, now called Ftainsteati House, and devoted to as-
tronomical and scientific observation and research.
During the dynasty of the warrior kings, of
England, when the crown sought by all means to
strengthen itself against rivals and the turbulent
insolence of powerful nobles, who heel each a little
standing army of his own at command, the present
site of the Observatory in the park was selected on
account of its lofty and commanding situation as a fit
spot to be fortifisd. The famous kluinphery, Duke
of Gloster, raised upon the summit of this hill a
castle which had itt those titnrs, when parallels of
appro tch and bettering trains of heavy artillery
welts unknoen, the character of being a place
of tsrea' stretes;h. The extensive chase of Black-
bete h then extended fir beyond Elthsat Palace, which
the Norman race of monarchs, including Richard
Coeur de Lion, his son, and his brother King John,
cbsrished as the stronghold of Royalty, as well as
the secluded n.freat wnere they coul,i, unobserved,
indulge in wild wassail feasiug, and every excess.
Tnere was under tie protection of the fortress on the
hill, and close to the river aide, another palace. On
its ruins the Merry Monarch Charles IL raised that
wing of Greenwich Hospital which has often been
the scene of his p!etleent orgies, and upon which every
gala-day now floats,. in imperial pump, the Royal
standard.
The fair street, terminating at Deptford-bridge,
presented nearly the same aspect as usual, and its at-
tractions in the way of shows were the never-failing
gorgeous glories of Richardson, who still, after the
manner of the early Greek players, carries all his
attractions in a waggon or two. He has this year
polished off a Warren's jet black band for the occa-
sion, and well and " gently they do their spiriting,"
impostors though these sable minstrels be. The far-
famed Wombwell and his splendid menagerie,we regret
to say, are not amongst the attractions. Indeed, there
were no wild beasts to be seen, whether biped or
quadruped, at the fair—an improvement which will,
doubtless, encourage timid mothers to bring their
to
tnh:r nurslings to-day to witness the gilded glories
of gingerbreed-row.
etfpsoarfrottrhoetfhegall
There were not wanting lures for all classes—rifles
volunteers
e—e swings for highflyers—E.
O's, lotteries, and turnultoutitterh,
their
gullible e
bodies
rise ,and s
_lmobike:
for our future
ducks—greyhounds with lambs'
toefr ri preternaturaler s,
heads—sand dogs
from South Africa, With forefeetlike eagle's claws,
like pigs—cats with the hands
of a monkey—aacks
asd with real horns on their heads
like Archer'sspurs—
wonderful collection of mons-
trosities, appearedt
o attract a fair share of patronage.
A representative of the Fives Court has established a
booth for
sparring,
where some would-be sprigs of
fashion stripped
and belaboured each other about the
nose and eyes until their sweethearts could not dis-
tinguish them. There was a greater number of
humble ball-rooms, at two and threepence per head
f,,r adwission, than usual, and the keen bracing air
induced great numbers, even at an early hour, to sport
a fantastic for to not-indifferent music. The endless
ball-room of Alger occupies its usual place, and defies
all competition—whether for its vast area, its excel-
lent refreshments, or a band of mits!cians, superior to
those at many of our London theatres.
There is in every popular meeting something pecu-
liarly in vogue. The crowds that entered the pretty
hrtle studios of the portrait-painters betrayed the
prevailing feeling, and might with propriety license
ns in hatnieg this spot " Vanity Fair," there seemed
to be so general a rage "to be taken from life," or
rather we should call it, to live after death in a fiat•
tering resemblance. These varied agremens occa-
sioned the fair to be crowded to excess all day, al-
though the town itself was thronged with thousands
of visitors. The park, too, though divested of folittge
and even of verdure, through the long-continued
drought end perishing north-east winds. was wall
frequented, and there was a great prefusieri of at-
tractive goods spread along the gravel walks which
have been laid down sires- last year, with good discre-
tion, by Prince Albert's order, as well as a fine wide
carriage-drive from the river gate to that at Black-
heath. The rasing down the hill was carried on with
great spirit, notwithstanding the interierence'of the
police, who got mobbed and pelted with oranges "a
apples for their pains. " Kiss in the rick"--s time-
honoured
c-
honoured sport—had its votaries in a remoter part of
causal.
the park; where, also, there was a frequent on
the
talon held by simple swains and lasses with
who
weird sisters, the tawny daughters of &yin,
deal with fate and fortune, and—
" Like foul and midnight have
Do a deed without a namel3%l in •
a•
The Heath, with its surrounding 'ls the di.
its Wide
tance and handsome villas grouped I
around
evergreens, is
margin and embusomed in groves
sure to be a source of general attraction.
of reens,
Its plc.
turesque wildness awakens those genial feelings within
that even a ion " durance vile'
the human breast
bills of mortality c
quite
within the dread anno
t
eradi_Cflatteu. ellas (urea q
ran 2
exp, f
attach ustte re-urrets
t'irt
male perruropet furturn fastitlia Vict:rix
The presence of these kindly feelings does not. render
him indifferencto a social ride with a friend, or his
sweetheart, across the green
pony, or in a donkey cart. He can sin here .in a
match et cricket,
e emulate the ancient archers of Bent
lung bo sward oo a Jerusalem
in drawing thrifle
practice or prepare himself b Y
.fl *
future for the t •
ure defence of his country, with-
out dread of ridicule.,or feeling of mauvaise honte.
This holiday is his
and
interval
a interval
in his
yearly . saturnalia—the break
toil which renews his energy and gives
a momentary zest to a life of severe labour.
-"le sports were actively progressing when We left
the
scene, and from the aspect ote place, the ex-
tent of preparations made, and the excellent arrange-
'''ant and dispatch of the trains, we must prognosti-
cate, that as the weather promises well, this fair will
be the beet Easter fair on record.

character of Indian &.ienery. Derived from sketches
taken on thai spot by Colonel Luard, long a resident
iin those districts of the vast country which the pa-
norarna undertakes to illustrate, th, forty or
fifty views which pass successively before the
eye may be accepted as authentic. COM•
mencing at Fort William, the traveller ascends the
wi Gauges, the principal localities of which are depicted
th great and striking effect, while the customs,
costumes, and public and private cere.meniells' of,tbe-
natives are ioeidentally delineated. Us Iliffc.to
whom the town is indebted for this intittestingititta.
script of scenes, in which we may be said to feel s
nation3l interest, have amplified the original drawings
of Colonel Luard very ably, while perfect vraisem-
the personal supervision
blanc has been secured by
of the colonel
HUSGERFORD HALL.-- The well. known diorama,
that of Sr. Mirk's Church,
has f the Chevalier
transportedhevaiier Bu ttuon the exhibition-room of II u re-
gerfurd Hall, where it is now on view with a variety
of contr.i.tt-d effects, the result of the dioranaic pro-
wuich illustrate, as beawifully, probdbly, as
airiy of the numerous picturts which have at various
tirnes be,n subtnitti.d to the public et the old este-
blisttnent in the Regent's 1).-v7k. The economical
rato ot. pii.;,,tiliab-d at. Hungerford
places, it may he observed, this won of pictorial
i,gentrity %whin the inspection of all e I ahht b of so-