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

ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE

We had two novelties here last night, the one being
a piece of apropos called Now in Rehearsal; or Confi-
dential Revelation Strictly Public, and the other an old
Easter favourite, Aladdin, and the Wonderful Lamp,
newly trimmed and burnished for the Marionettes.
The audience must, indeed, have been bard to please
that could find much fault with either performance,
for apart from one or two little gaucheries incidental
to first performances, everything was excellent. We
have not space to criticise either piece at length, ncr
is it necessary, as the performances more than sus-
tained the already good name of the Marionette
Theatre. The story of Aladdin was well told, the
libretto was entirely new, and the introduced songs
and duets gave opportunities for displaying the very
creditable vocal talent engaged here. In the intrdac-
tory brochure, Now in Rehearsal, we had something
after the style of the Critic, with a good-natured
exposure of some of the bickerings and jealousies of
green-room life. We cannot refrain from speaking
in the very highest terms of the scenery and costumes
in the spectacle, for they were truly magnificent, and
this little theatre may successfully vie with its
proudest rivals in the admirable scenic effects pro-
duced. The audience was very numerous, and of
the highest fashion, and were evidently delighted with
their evening's entertainment.

ISCELLANEOUS EX dIBITIONS, &c.
THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—The chief objects of
attraction for the numerous visitors to this establish-
ment yesterday were the gigantic sculptures lately
arrived from Nineveh, and only
w depositedorkso the Mu-
seum a few weeks ago. Thesewinged human headed lions, and twon bulls,nsistrknwie
of two
winged and human-heeded, which formed the portals
to the temples of the Assyrians. The bulls
are of
enormous size, being, no less than 14 feet 5 inches in
height, and of proportionate bulk. These objects are
placed in the Ga lery of Antiquities, near the en-
trance, in a species of transept, which, though spa-
cious and lofty, is scarcely sufficiently so to allow of
their being seen to proper advantage. They are such
extraordinary productions of the art of sculpture and
of such extreme antiquity that it is no wonder they
excited the admiration of all who looked upon them.
PICTURE GALLERIES.—The National Gallery,
Trafalgar-square and the Vernon Collection of pic-
tures, at Marlborough House, received, as usual, a
great accession of company yesterday. The different
exhibitions of paintings now open also received their
share of public patronage :—That of the Society of
British Artists, in Suffolk-street, which, though not
first-rate, is still particularly interesting on account
of the variety it displays both in the selection of sub-
jects and in style of execution; that of the •Britis
Institution in Pall-Mall, which includes among its
contents some creditable historical pictures and some
fine landscapes ; and Mr. Grundy's Winter Exhibi-
tion of Water Colour Paintings and Sketches in oil,
in which are to be found several excellent works by
the leading artists of the day.
THE COLOSSEUM.—This old-established and popular
haunt comes forth this Easter with a new face. For
some time pa4t it has been in the hands of the im-
prover and decorator. The principal change is in
the Glyptothece, the inner walls of which are now
lined with mirrors, set in elaborately gilt frames
which reflect the statuary on the opposite side. By
this devise the hall seems to have increased in biz-,
while the figures appear to be multiplied upon the
same principle. The whole of the embelli.hments
have experienced renewal, and the ensemble is now
lustrously and delicately beautiful., Tne other at-
tractions of the place remain unaltered, though they
have all undergone the process of revivification. The
conservatories, the stalactite cavern, the Roman anti•
guides, the aviaries, &c, are replete with interest, as
they always must be, for the cost which they have
occasioned in forming, and the grace and beauty of
the several effects, are too obvious and remarkable
ever to be overlooked. The Colosseum, in a word,
with its two elaborate panoramas of London and
Paris, is a sight among sights, in which the best con-
trivances of art have been associated with the highest
refipements of taste. As a refuge for the idler, and a
repast for the sight-"seeker, it surely can have no
equal. The Cyclorama will re-open- shortly, with a
moving diorama of the Crystal Palace.
MR ALBERT SMITH'S ASCENT OF -MONT BLANC.
—One of the most attractive of the Easter exhibitions
is this, which not only contains a series of charming
paintings by Mr. William Beverly, illustrative of an
excursion between Paris and Chamouni, but is further
enriched by the viva voce descriptions of Mr. Albert
Smith himself—a tourist of great observation, and a
lecturer of the most agreeable vivacity. His narra-
tive of a journey to the foot of the celebrated Mont
Blanc is replete with comic gaiety, while his sketches
of the personages whom he has met with are given
with an apt sense of the ludicrous, and with much
versatility and address. We need not remind our
readers that Mr. Smith actually accomplished the as-
cent of Mont Blanc in the autumn of' last year. The
second part of his lecture deals solely with this adven-
ture. He tells the spectator, in a pleasant conversa
tional manner, of the difficulties he and his compa-
nions encountered while prosecuting this hazardouscl
a_
undertaking; and his descriptions receive a practical
reality from the several portraitures of Mr. Beverly,
f scent up
which sink perpendicularly into the
dataages, and by
this process suggest the idea of ent since
the sides of the mountain. This
it has been opened has met with.s
is
no
more than
egnatrnearinpillrecedented
amount of patronage, though
only
was predicted, for it is not instructive, but ex-
quisitely amusing. Rooms.—The public
pwrospornieetrorisnotwthhictsh et silt
ea;
LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGTLLa
owe no slight thanks to the
blishment for the admirable
have raised it to one of the recognised
and decorum, so
public amuse-
ments
of the metropolis•
h places, are here shown to be in
hdiephleansiugrheti;yanfidll
this elegant room, ,
easily violated in stic
s and
perfect accordance
if we may judge the pubiic app
frowralththec enjoyment
o wd
ate to the full
reci
the very excellent manner in which the
out. The arrangements
here are carried
nd b t orchestra is one of the
inerous. l eds
.conducted in the metropolis,
most nu
and as the music p nye is of the newest and most
select • description the musical dilettante, as well as
the lover of the mazy dance, will find a treat here
which will well repay him for a stroll into Windmill-
street.
Sr, GEORGE'S GALLERY.--The
diorama of "Tern-
„own, painted under the superintendence of Mr.
William Beverly, from sketches made by Mr. Bart-
lett during his long sojourn in the East, has been one
of the most popular of the
picture exhibitions. In
it has no rival, solemnity of interest •
val, for the scenes
which it depicts are those of grave and momentous
peculiarity. The scale upon which these views are
painted is vast in comparison with other works of the
same class with which the metropolis abounds, the
measurement being the same as that required in a
full-sized theatre. This great extent of surface adds
considerable grandeur to the pictorial effect, inasmuch
as it has enabled the artists to embrace wider ensem-
bles, and treat the most remarkable localities with a
breadth due to their individual importance. The
diorama contains views of the Mount of Olives, Mount
Hor, Mount Sinai, Bethlehem, Nazareth, and other
places of like holy suggestiveness.
DIORAMA OF THE HOLY LAND.—This diorama,
exhibiting at the Egyptian Hal), is similar in plan
and purport to the foregoing, though not painted
upon so magnificent a scale or so elaborately. The
views professedly illustrate the same localities, which,
it is said, were " daguerreotyped" for the purpose.
Most of the scenes are, however, taken from different
Points of view to those which are to be met with at
the St. George's Gallery, and hence the two dio-
ramas, although dealing with the same theines, have
separate specialities and can scarcely be said to in-
terfere with each other.l f
DIORAMA OF HINDOSTAN.—The Diorama
Louis
dostan, painted by Mr. Philip Phillips and
b neon ax-
Haghe, which for some months past
has alio Baker-
hibition at Madame Tussaud's establis n 3
ht ethe exteroal
street, affords an instructive glimpse °

character of Indian scenery. Derived from sketcheg
taken on the spot by Colonel Luard, long a resident
in those districts of the vast country which the pa-
norama undertakes to illustrate, tht forty ,or
fifty views which pass successively before the
eye may be accepted as authentic. Com-
mencing at Fort William the traveller ascends the
Ganges, the principal localities of which are depicted
with great and striking effect, while the customs,
costumes, and public and private ceremonials of the
natives are incidentally delineated. The artists to
whom the town is indebted for this interesting tran-
script of scenes, in which we may be said to feel s
national interest, have amplified the original drawings
of Colonel Luard very ably, while perfect vraisem-
blance has been secured by
the personal supervision
of the colonel himself.
HIINGERFORD HALL. The well-known diorama
of the Chevalier Bouton, that of St. Mark's Church,
his been transported to the exhibition-room of Hun_
gerford Hall, where it is now on view with a variety
of contrasted effects, the result of the dioramic pro.
cesP, which it illustrates as beautifully, probably, as
any of the numerous pictures which have at various
times been submitted to the public at the old esta-
blishment in the Regent's Park. The economical
rate of admission established at Hungerford Hall
places, it may be observed, this wonder of pictorial
ingenuity within the inspection of all classes of so-
ciety.

MADAME TUSSAUDiti.—The gallery of Madame
Tussaud does not seem to abate one jot of its cele-
brity. It has outrivalled, and consequently outlived,
many other collections of a aim il sir kind, simply by
its great superiority in the facts of portraiture and
by i's brilliancy and gentility as a promenade.
Among the most recent additions, a figure of Kos-
suth is the most prominent, besides a Bloomer or two
in proper brevity of costume. A model of the Rus-
sian giant, Loushkin, is now on view—a worthy be-
tween eight and nine feet high, a downright Brobdig.
nagian, a man, indeed, of most fabulous proportions:
But there he is, in his dress as drum-major in the
Imperial Regiment of Guards, of which he must be a
monstrously conspicuous member.

GREEN WIWI FAIR.
Yesterday's sun shone forth in earnest, and chal-
lenged tho 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, gingerbread, and other "com-
bustibles," as Mrs. 111alaprop bath it. Thousands of
pedestrians footed all the way to Greenwich, nor felt
the way tedious. Indeed, it is many years since se
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 promptly given, " All serene."
For the origin of this military or civil
sign and countersign, we confess we have con-
sulted the authorities in vain. Every one knows the
story of the statesman, who said " Give me the
songs of the mob on my hide, 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 aa-

sault of a long•visaged grim personsge 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 was popular all day, a verse of which runs

thus :

Arouse up, Britannia, or soon we shall rue;
The French are all coming to beat us quite blue.
In France there's been lately the devil to pay ;
Come, rouse up, Old Nosey, and show us the way;
We'll not be conquered, boys, don't be afraid;

John Bull will pr-otect his ;Omen and maid,
And if we get wounded whilst blazing away,
Queen Victoria will give us three halfpence a day.
With sounds and sights like these, we beguiled the
way to the great scene of action, and struck into the
glorious park to gaze upon the vast landscape that pre..
seats itself, into four counties, and a circuit of some
70 or 80 miles, from the summit of the Observatory
hill, now called Flamstead House, and devoted to as-

tronomical and scientific observation and research.

During the dynasty of the warrior kings of
England, when the crown sought py all means to
strengthen itself against rivals and the turbulent
insolence of powerful nobles, who had 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 fortified.' The famous Humpbery, Duke
of Gloster,' raised upon • the summit of this hill a
castle which had in those times, when parallels of
approach and battering trains of heavy artillery
were unknown, the character of being a place
of great strength. The extensive chase of Black-
heath then extended far beyond Eltham Palace, which
the Norman race of monarchs, including Richard
Coeur de Lion, his son, and his brother King John,
cherished as the stronghold of Royalty, as well as
the secluded retreat where they could, unobserved,
indulge in wild wassail teasing, and every excess.
There was under the protection of the fortress on the
hill, and close to the river side, another palace. On
its ruins the Merry Monarch Charles 11. raised that
wing of Greenwich Hospital which has often been
the awns of his pleasant orgies, and upon which every
gala•dav now tloat,, in imperial pcznp, 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. lie has this year
polished off a Warrens 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 men agerie,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
tender nurslkgs to-day to witness the gilded glories
of gingerbread-row.
There ware not wanting lures for all classes—riflea
for our future volunteers—swings for highflyera—E.
O's, lotteries, and turnabouts, for the gamesters, and
pigs—cats
all sorts of preternatural sights for the gullible mob :
Russian terriers, with the forepart of their bodies like
claws,
and
their
eagle's w
hl aadss
,
ducks—greyhounds
with lambs heads—th the hands
danodg
from South Africa,
with forefeet
ofa a nd tmhoonke
likebinydLqouoaorktesrswith re al h likers
n n
b
like
appeared to attract a fair share of spurs—andpatronage. Archer's wonderful collection of mons-
trosities,
A representative of the Fives Court has established a
ebaosobtihonforstrsippaprerdiegan, some
dwbheelarbouerd et would-be sprigs of
each other about the
nose and eyes until their s weeh carts could not dis-
tigThere was a greater number of
hueinubislehb ball-rooms, them.
-o ° m s ,
at two and threepence per head
for admission, than usual, and the keen bracing air
induced great numb-re., even at an early hour, to spurt
a fantastic toe to not-indiffereut music. The endless
ball-room of Alger occupies its usual place, and defies
refreshments, all competition—whether,onorr a
London
band fora
tfihtmse vastaot
arec:.
aaor
87 ,a excel-
lentaitpseriortothose at many
There is in every popular meeting something pecu-
liarly in vogue. The crowds that entered the pretty
little studios of the portrait-painters betrayed the
prevailing feeling, and might with propriety license
us in naming this spot " Vanity Fair," there seemed
to he so general a rage " to be taken from life," or
rather we should call it, to live • after death in a flat-
tering resemblance. These varied agremens OCCII•
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 foliage
and even of verdure, through the long-continued
drought and perishing north-east winds, was well
frequented, and there was a great profusion of at-
tractive goods spread along the gravel walks which
have been laid down since 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 racing down the bill was carried on with
great spirit., notwithstanding the interference of the
police, who got mobbed and pelted with oranges and •
apples for their pains. " Kiss in the ring"—a time-
honoured sport—had its votaries in a remoter part of f
the park; where, also, there was a frequent consul.
tation held by simple swains and lasses with the •
weird sisters, the tawny daughters of Egypt, who
deal with fate and fortune, and— ,
" Like foul and midnight hags,
Do a deed without a name.'
The Heath, with its surrounding hills in the d.is"
tance and handsome villas grouped around ilgenwsidise
margin and embosomed in groves of evergl pie-
sure to be a source of general attraCtl.ngs within,
f a
turesque wildness awakens those
genialnedurance vile" ,
the human breast that even a long
does not render
within
ateth.e dread bills of mortality cannot quite
Naturam expellas force,
greensward on a Jerilialein
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can Join here in a
pony,sNvee t hoera ri
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o r prepare himself by rifle
,uronraifiea_elinthge
match at cricket., ancient archers of Kent
in drawinglung bow,
alldcoronskesineytuhfiaJeLthel-1
the
the future defence
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a,
momentary
rryytys of
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toil which
zest to a life of severe labour.
obfrernalcauLadisignhteortliagi
renews his
were actively progressing energy and gives
when we left
the scene, and from the place, the ex-
tent of preparations made,easndetthee excellentte arrange.
ment and dispatch of the trains, we must prognosti-
cate, that as the weather promises well, this f • will, 15 gur w.!•
be th© best Easter fair on record. .

FRANCE.
The ilfoniteur has the following relative to the new
copper coinage :—" The Bill which is now before the
Legislative Body opens a credit to the Minister of
Finance of 7,560,000 f. for all the expenses attendant
on the calling in of the old copper coinage, and the
coinage of that which is to replace it. Persons who
may read the Bill without the preamble may con-
sider this operation as onerous to the Treasury, but
such is not the case ; the Bill, as it was presented by
the Government to the Council of State, contained no
demand for a credit. The combination proposed
withdraws from circulation 10i millions of kilo-
grammes of copper. The coins which will be struck
off instead of them will only employ five millions of
kilogrammes of metal, and will only cost with the
expenses of coining, the above-mentioned sum of
7,560,000 f., and that expense will be more than
ha
made up by the sale of the 5i millions of kilo-
grammes of copper which will remain at the disposal
of the State. The receipts will therefore at least
cover the expenses. If the Council of State, while
adopting the Bill of the Government, has modified
its wording, it is in order to conform to the rigid
rules necessary in the accounts which compel the
expenses and the receipts to be entered separately.
It is only a measure of order. It is therefore evi-
dent that the substitution of a convenient and better
struck coin for the rough and heavy ones which
disgrace our monetary system will in no way affect
the budget."
By the Senetus-Consultum, which allows the Prince
President twelve millions a year, and the national
palaces, that of Compiegne, Stc., with their dependen-
cies, the right of hunting and shooting in various
forests is reserved to him. We understand that the
forest administration has ordered about two hundred
workmen to clear the rides in the forest of Compildgne.
It is said that Louis Napoleon is to pay a visit to
Compiegne in the month of May.
The large equestrian statue of the Emperor Napo.
leon, modelled by M. de Neuwerkerke for the city of
Lyons, is to be cast in bronze at one operation, by
MM. Eck and Durand, next week. The pedestal of
this statue is for the present placed in the courtyard
of the Invalides.
As the President of the Republic was the other
day returning to the Elpee, a very old woman loudly
expressed her wishes for his prosperity, and at the
same time threw a small garland into his carriage.
The Prince handed a piece of gold to a man who was
within reach, saying, " It is for the good woman who
threw ma the garland." The man to whom the
money had been given refused to give it up, saying
that it was meant for himself. Some persons present
remonstrated with him, he assaulted them, and it was
necessary to call the guard, by whom he was taken
before the Commissary of Police, and afterwards to
the Prefecture.

For some time past it has been contemplated to erect
an equestrian statue of the Emperor in some open
part of the Champs Elys6e, and the magnificent and
unrivalled avenue that stretches away from the Place
de la Concorde to the superb arch of triumph of the
Barriere de I'Etoile, is to be adorned on both sides
with statues of the great men of the past—from the
times of Charlemagne to him who vainly wished to
restore the era of universal dominion—from the 9th
century to the 19th. It is doubtful, however,
whether the contemplated project of crowning the
arch with a triumphal chariot, similar to that of
the Place Carrousel, will be carried into effect.
In addition to the chariot it had been proposed
to adorn the four angles of the summit with allegorical
statues in marble. It has, however, been found that
the tuonument,masiive as it is, would scarcely suffice
to support such a weight. It was, however, part of
the original plan that it should be surmounted by a
group in bronze, representing France its an antique
car, surrounded by the genii of the nation. But then
the arch was raised higher than intended; and this
was objected, when is 1835 it was proposed to place
a gigantic eagle on the top, with outspread wings.
All these colossal statues and enormous cars may
endanger the safety of the magnificent monument.
The erection of a new theatre, to be called Theatre
Napoleon, capable of containing 6,000 persons, is
also spoken of. The Place Carrousel will probably
before long assume a more imperial title—La Place
Napoleon. A fete is proposed to be given by the
army on the occasion of the Grand Review fur
the distribution of the eagles, and for which each
officer will contribute two days pay—all the more
readily, no doubt, as numerous promotions are ex-
pected to take place on the same occasion.

2HE CHEPSTOW RAILWAY BRIDGE.
CIaErSTOW, SATURDAY.—Since the floating of the
great tube forming part of this important structure
over the Wye, the second process of raising has been
successfully carried on. This second movement is
one not less important, and of more interest to the
spectator than the first. The tube having been floated,
as previously described, to a point a few feet above
high water mark, between the piers ultimately in-
tended to support it, bAg, by means of powerful
" crabs," to he raised to a level with the line of rail-
way, about 50 feet above its fits; position. For this
purpose three sets of chain-iiftieg tackle, of immense
power and strength, were put in operation. Each
end of the tube is lifted in its turn, and the one end
has now been raised by this tackle to its second eleva-
tion in the rock, on a level with the railway. The
other end still rests on its stege, a short distance
above high water, so that at present the tube rests at
an angle of about 45 degrees. The other end will be
raised in the course of next week. Ordinary troves
and steamers can pass underneath it by keeping close
to the east cliff. When it is raised to its final
destination, a pugway will be suspended from it,
upon which the workeeen will proceed to construct
the railway, or rather to fix the girders. These!
girders, which are ready in the company's yard below,
will be raised in three parts, viz., one girder of 120
feet the middle one) end two ends of 85 feet each.
When the centre girder is brought up, the massive
chains from the tube will be brought down and at-
tached, and the two ends will also be attached to
chains from the tube in like manner. The roadway
and materials for the vernaanent way will then be
brow ht and put together, and one line will be com-
Pl"te- The present calculation is that this opening
may be efficted in sie weeks :or two months, if no
unforeseen accident occurs. This will be a most im-
portant
trffie
acti rnm
nsuatiun, as the mineral and merchan-
dise at present excluded from the railway on
acceunt of this gap, will then be introduced 'The
opening of one line of rails will suffice for this, and
when this has been accomplished the 'additional piers
ou the western low (e
thE'
the up-line of
constructed river for the reception of
--nowspart rails vlqil
second tube meted, and the
below—will be raiseol.- male andnelaying in the yard
bridge may be completed It
ho'—
or,e the end of the year,
that the whole
and that in two months from this time the bridge will
be opened for one set of rail..

ROMANTIC LOVE
(From the Lille J ° Y.
The young Mr..W--ancl the yoJournal
ylleisstsaGbl—ish—ed
both belonging to English families, newly
only
in this town, loved each other for some newtilme, and their
parents, extensive manufacturers, not approved
of the attachment, but were ready to consent
to 4
q
mar-
riage. All at once, for motives which we do not inquire
into, W— found that his future father-in-la
treatment of him became quite changed, and that
that
he put forward a multitude of pretexts for
post-
poning the wedding to the Greek Calends. Irritated
at these obstacles, the young people resolved to
surmount them. Mr. W left for England,
where it appears people can get married more
easily than in France, and made the necessary
publications and preparations for a nuptual cere-
mony. Oa his re:urn be made an attempt to soften
the lady's father, but having failed in it, he arranged
with her to fly with him. In a short time they were
at Calais. They arrived at midnight, and obtained
a permission to embark from the Special Com-
missary of Police by representing themselves to
be husband and wife. At two o'clock they
arrived at Dover, at seven o'clock they
were married by an accommodating clergy-
man, and at nine o'clock they re-embarked for France.
At Calais they had again to present themselves at the
passport-office. They found the commissary much less
polite than on the preceding night. 'Ah ! it is you,
sir,' said he. I have learned that you deceived me
last night in stating that this young lady was your
wife, whereas she is only Miss G—. I have orders to
take her under my protection, and to arrest you on the
charge of having carried off a minor.' The new
husband, by way of reply, pulled out his marriage
certificate, and said—' Look, sir—this will prove that
I am not a deceiver!' The certificate was perfectly
regular, and was signed by tem French Consul at
Dover, and all the competent authorities. The com-
missary, seeing that be was iu error, set the young
couple at liberty.
It Would appear that the history should end here;
but
alaa
no • the newly wedded pair were not ar-
i the end of their troubles. Mr. G— and
s soil
on to
the arrived at after having given informa-
d aughter. lice by telegraph of the elopement of his
had go„ t: having bean told that the young couple
and t,,,,tha the rail railway station they hastened there,
room, her hu4,,,',!tinghter alone iu the refreshment
gsge. Mr. having gone to see after the lug-
damhter get into greatly irritated, made his
towArds St. Pierre lez
arrived, sine! learned that
CLZ% " drove off with her
Jdust after the husban d
'
off. lie hastened to St. pier, had been carrie
be took the railway to Lille "uiric. one was thered ;
there ; and then, his heart fail beide was not
M. Gazelle, visited in succession Dunkirk, Raz despair, he
the towns on the coast, but in Vaine'rianek, and all
thatil!
returnod to Lille, anfl waited on length ho
General of police.. He proved to him ilsPeetor-
married, and that consequently his Nam bei7o,a duly
him in spite of all the fathers in the worinited. to
occordingly demanded and obtained su order from

the Inspector-General, to all commissaires or agents
of the police, 'and to assist him in finding out the
place in which his wife was secreted. But where had
the inflexible father-in-law carried his daughter ?
Mr. W- knew not, and was about to leave at
hazard to seek after her, when an anonymous letter
was brought to him stating that the young lady had
been brought to Lille by her father and brother,
and that the three were about to leave the
station at Fives. To Fives Mr. W--- immediately
hastened, accompanied by some police agents.
Presently, Mr. G--, Mr. G-, junior, and the
young lady arrived. Mr. W- took possession of
his wife, and she threw her arms round his neck. The
father and the son swore many Goddems, but Mr.
W- carried off his wife in triumph. Since then
we hear that Mr. G-, convinced of the reality of
the rights of Mr. W- to the person of his daughter,
has resolved not to resist the fait accompli, and has
even promised to be the godfather of his first grandson."

CONCENTRATED SEA WATER.
It is well known that M. Moride, of Nantes, has
sent to the Academy some concentrated sea water, and
a memoir on its preparation. M. Jolly has read the
following report on this communication :—" The ob-
ject of the work sent by M. Moride is to compose sea
baths by means of the sea water itself, by concen-
trating it, and collecting its mineral and or-
ganic principles in such a manner as to be able
to keep and transport them to any distance that
may be
.wished, with as much certainty of their
composition as confidence in their therapeutical pro-
perties. The extract of sea water thus obtained by
means of concentration and evaporation, would serve
for the composition of an artificial sea-water bath by
merely mixing it with simple water in certain propor-
tions or to a suitable degree of saturation, such as 5
kilogrammes of concentrated sea water to 160 litres of
river water. One of the members of the commission
has analysed the products sent to the Academy by
M. Moride, which consist of-Ist, a saline residue of
a pasty consistence and greyish colour ; 2d, an amber
liquid produced from the salt pits. He devoted
himself to the search of the principal elements, the
really active elements, to which sea water owes its
therapeutical propertics. It results from this exami-
nation that the product of the sea water taken at
Croisic and concentrated by the processes of the
author to the degree wished for, a long journey, and
its mixture in simple water, represent in as exact
and identical a manner as possible the sea water from
whence it was derived. Thus, apart from the presence
of a little sulphate of lime, which may be merely
a product of re-action, and some gases which may
have escaped in the operation, this first product con-
tains all the other constituent principles of the sea
water at Croisic, namely, chlorides of sodium, mag-
nesium, and potassium ; alkaline and magnesian sul-
phates, as well as iodine and bromine, in the state of
salt, if not in great abundance, at least in very ap-
preciable proportion. The commissioners think, con-
sequently, that there is reason to welcome the idea
of the author both in a scientific and practical point
of view, and they propose to address to him a note of
thanks and encouragement, and to deposit his work
in the archives of the Academy. These conclusions,
after some short observations from M. Cloquet, were
put to the vote and adopted."—Journal de Mr-de
Aledicale, February, 1852.

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. Barton
Lodge, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge,
to the vicarage of St. Mary Magdalene, Colchester,
rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. John Robert
Smythies, M.A. In consequence of this appointment,
Mr. Lodge resigns the rectory of St. Martin's, Col-
chester, which benefice is in the gift of the Bishop of
Rochester.

The Archbishop of York has collated the Rey.
Joseph Dunnington Jefferson, M.A.., late of St.
John's College, Cambridge, rector of Thorganby, to
the canonry oOsbaldwick, in York Cathedral, ren-
dered vacant by the retirement of the Rev. G. P.
Marriott, A.I.A.
The Bishop of London has licensed the Rev. John
Tucker, 8.D., Fellow of Corpus Christi College,
Oxford, and secretary to the Church Missionary
Society, to the incumbency of the new church in the
parish of Hampstead.
The Lord Primate of Ireland has presented the
Rev. C. T. Hackill, 8.A., to the rectory of Killaney,
and the Rev. T. B. Kennedy, M.A., to the rectory of
Kilmore, both in the diocese of Clogher.
Toe Rev. James Jones Reynolds, M.A., curate of
St. John the Baptist, Bristol, has been instituted by
the Bishop of Salisbury to the rectories of the Holy
Trinity, Shaftesbury, rendered vacant by the resig-
nation of the Rev. Thomas Stanton, M.A.., on the
nomination of the Earl of Shaftesbury.
The Bishop of Worcester has instituted the Rev.
Jackson Porter, M.A., of Corpus Christi College,
Cambridge, to the rectory of Oddingley, near Droit-
wich, rendered vacant by the retirement of the Rev.
Charles Tookey, M.A., on the nomination of J. H.
Galton, Esq.
The Bishop of Lichfield has presented the Rev.
Thomas Weight Whittaker, M.A., of Emmanuel Col-
lege, Cambridge, rector of Stanton- by-Bridge,
Derbyshire, to an honorary canonry in Lichfield
Cathedral.
The Rev. Francis Gartside Tipping, M.A., of
Bmsenosa College, Oxford, late incumbent of More-
tor, Staffordshire, has been licensed by the Bishop of
Manchester to the incumbency of All Saints Church,
Bolton-le-Moors, rendered vacant by the resignation
of the Rev. John Leach, M.A.; patron, T. Tipping,
Esq.
The Rev. Charles Lee, M.A., curate of All Saints
Chore, Derby, has been appointed to the incum-
bency of Christ Church, Leicester, rendered vacant
by the resignation of the Rev. R. Fawssett, M.A., on
the nomination of trustees
The Rev. Denis Browne, rector of Enniscorthy,
has been appointed Dean of Emly, in the room of
Dean Disney removed to Armagh.
A new church has been erected at Woolwich, and
is to be consecrated by the Bishop of London on
Wednesday, the 28th inst. It is dedicated to the
Holy Trinity, and the Rev. W. Duncan Long, M.A.,
late Minister of St. Bartholomew's Church, Birming-
ham, has been appointed to the incumbency.

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