The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-20 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL TREATICALS.

Those old established public —fa;ourites, Madame
Celeste and Benjamin Webster, .have been playing a
round of their favouri te characters during the week at
Amphitheatre. The attendance has been
the Royal
large, and the gratification very great. Madame Celeste's
peculiar style of acting is as much admired as formerly;
the same graceful and appropriate action, perfect ease
and expressitm pantomime, wanting, perhaps, a little of
that extraordinary vigour that 20 years wear and tear
may bo supposed to have moderated. Her efforts in
petiie comedie, however, amply compensate for any pre-
sumed falling off in her fo.imer exclusive line. They are
distinguished at once for correctness, grace, and origi_
nality, to which last the peculiar charms of her French
accent contribute not a little.—Liverpool Mercury.

tons is
o - -
The pontoon for the Great Western Docks wa
launched on Wednesday morning, at six o'clock. It i 0-011
feet long by 901 wide, and will contain 4,000
its depth being 6 feet. It will be moored about 180 feete ial,
side the pier, and will. be connected with the shore by two
there •
iron bridges. Outside. the pontoon will be 18 n"
feet of
water, and 14 at low tide; and will accommodate two large
steamers, one on either side. The coffer-dam across Mill
Bay will be COlDDlencedin a few days.
ANTIGUA.—The Legislature of Antigua bay ap-
pointed as delegates from that colony the Hon. Williame
Byam, Mr. Francis Shand, and Mr. Joseph Liggins.
Counsel.mu Al-
ALL THE DIFFERENCE.—Mr. Pollock—5,,,"
Sir. Witness—Oi thinks of speaks up enough. Baron uP,
derson —You don't speak so loud as the Learned
Witness—Now,not
it's likely; use to it; it's his
trade.—(Laughter.)
..-A ,SHARK IN THE T
a young shark, about four feet I
BARNSTAPLE. -- ...Avv....-0,
the curious t
Tuesday morning
to "g, was
taken alive at the confluence of_
exhibited and Torridge. I
was brought to this town, and
purchased
one penny each. It
.WaS _by Mr.
skin.'Fraine at
smith, with the design of ,‘ stuffing " the gull-
Devon-
shire Chronicle.
INCREASE Or BUSINESS AT
THE POST-OFFICE.—.In
consequence of the recent extraordinary increase of duty at
the Post-office, in St. Blartin's-le-Grand, the messengers in
the Inland-office, upon the middle scale of wages, have received
notification from the Postmaster-General, of the e intention
of the Lords of her Majesty's Treaasurdy to messengers ala-
ries. A considerable number of d 'tonal are
also to be appointed, at 63/. per annum. Some of the senior
men in the London District-office have been informed also
that a slight increase is to be made in their weekly pay.'
These changes, however, by no means affect the interests -of
the general body of these useful public servants, many of
whom are much disappointed in consequence.
A WRACKER.—There is a man in New York who
was so large when a babe that it was impossible
to name
him all at once. Ile WAS laid on his left side, when the
called him Sam, and as soon as they could turn him over hey
was named. Snobble. A middle name was intended for him,
but his body was so round it wouldn't stay on.
Tug COUNSEL PUZZLED.—A witness examined in
one of our courts the other day, upon a trial concerning a
horse, was asked by the counsel for the defendant how the
1 plaintiff generally rode? "lie generallyrides a-straddle
sir." " How does he ride in company ?" asked the counsel'.
"If he has a good horse he always keeps up," was the re-
ply. " How does he ride when he is alone?" was the next
inquiry. " Really, sir, I cannot say," replied the witness,
! " for I never was in company with him when he rode by
himself." "You may stand afide, sir," said the counsel
snappishly.
At a recent trial in Springfield, Mass., before a
committee appointed for that purpose, between the self-
, raking machines of BrCormick, Dinsmore, and Hassey, the
first premium was awarded to Dinsmore s, and the second to
Ramsey's.