The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-23 00:00:00

THE MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES,

The sixth class of these estimates, which was delivered
yesterday, comprises "superannuation and retired
allow-
ances, and gratuities for charitable and other purposes.
The total amount for the current year is 213,0791., the
increase over the votes of 1853 being 3,3511., and that
over the votes of 1852 only 56/. Of the sixteen charges
included under this heal the following are the most im-
portant :

(1.) SUPERANNUATION AND RETIRED ALLOWANCES.—
The aggregate of this vote is 135,7721., which is very
nearly the same with the amount voted in 1553, but ex-
ceeds by 2,9391. the total of 1852. Tile superan-
nuation of 33 offices is to be provided for by this
grant, the largest items of which are for Consuls
abroad (18,7101.), for the Paymaster-General's office
(17,9551.), for the Audit office (14,8371.). for the Trea-
sury (13,3651.), and for various public offices in Ireland
(12,1051). In the charges of the Foreign-office and the
Slave Trade Commission there is a considerable decrease,
in 14 of the others an increase ; the rest remaining 'sta-
tionary. The question of the Superannuation Fund
having lately attracted attention, it should be observed
that the deductions from salaries under the Act 4 and
5 Wm. IV., c. 24, now amounting to 14,246/., are,
under the present system, paid into the Consolidated
Fund, instead of being brought in aid of this grant ;
and the vote is therefore proposed for the whole amount
of the charge. It is also to be added that a large pro-
portion
of the vote—in the Paymaster-General's office
nearly the whole—consists of compensation allowances
granted on abolition of offices, and that the superannua-
tions appear to have been granted with the strictest re-
' gard to economy.
(2 and 5.) The vote for "Toulouse and Corsican Emi-
grants, &c., and American Loyalists," and that for
" Polish refugees and distressed Spaniards," are in
gradual course of diminution. The former has fallen to
2,5611., which is less by 6581. than the amount voted in
1852, and the latter now stands at 4,3001.—the Polish
refugees taking 3,0001., and the Spaniards, all of whom
are understood to have been emnlo'ed
s - ' the Britis'
army or to have rendered assissa—
' sular war, only 1,2001.
(6.) MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES FORMERLY DEFRAYED
FROM THE CIVIL LIST, THE HEREDITARY REVENUES, &C.,
FOR WHICH NO PERMANENT PROVISION HAS BEEN MADE
BY PARLIAMENT.—FuII details as to the items of this grant
will be found in the evidence laid before the committee
who reported in 1849 on the Miscellaneous Estimates.
The total is 4,4691., and there has been no variation in
the amount for the last three years. A small provision
is made under this vote for the college of St. David's, at
Lampeter ; but as the income of the foundation M-
I creases, the assistance given from the public funds will
diminish.
The next eight votes included in this class are for the
maintenance of public charitable institutions in Dublin,
The amount has varied but little, the vote for 1852 hav-
ing been 18,2391., that for 1853 17,8251., and that for
the current year being 18,3711. The increase is due to
one vote only, there being a decrease on all the others ;
and no explanation is given as to the single exception.
(15.) NON-CONFORMING AND OTHER MINISTERS IN
IRELAND.—The total amount is 38,745, of which 37,0851.
is distributed among 520 ministers of congregations
described as "already endowed," 47 receiving 921. 6s.
2d. each, and 473 only 691.45. Bd. To the ministers of
five " new congregations" 3461. is assigned, and the
successors of those who at present enjoy the larger
salaries are to be placed on the reduced allowance.
(16.) CONCORDATION FUND AND OTHER CHARITIES
AND ALLOWANCES IN IRELAND.—The amount is 6,4261.,
and various charitable institutions participate in the
benefits of the grant.
The seventh class of the Miscellaneous Estimates
comprises " Miscellaneous, Special, and Temporary
Objects." Twenty-seven votes are in the present esti-
' mates included under this head, and the aggregate is
536,098/. which exceeds by 229,2851. the amount granted
in 1852, and by 215,6261. that granted in 1853. It is,
however, apparent from the peculiar nature of these
votes that a fair comparison can hardly be made, as
many of them are non-recurrent in their nature, and
their appearance in the estimates of one year or another
is almost accidental. This will be apparent from a brief
review of the principal charges.
(3.) The Charity Commission enters this year for the
first time, and the amount required is 15,0001. The
heavy expenses incurred in preliminary investigations
will not be forgotten, and the act of last session was ne-
cessary in order that satisfactory return might be ob-
tained for the large outlay of preceding years.
(7 and 8.) MERCANTILE MARINE AND MERCHANT
SEAMEN'S FUND.— The aggregate a little exceeds
100,0001., and the charge appeared last year for the first
time. The salaries of fifteen examiners in navigation
and shipping, and the expenses of local marine boards,
with their estab'ishments, are defrayed under the first
of the two grants, and the second is rendered necessary
by he act for winding up the Merchant Seamen's Fund,
whin has brought upon the revenue the charge of inure
than 26,000 pensioners, amounting to 64,0001. A fur-
ther sum of 10,0001. is required to pay commutation of
pensions, and thus reduce the future charge.
(15). For the Australian exploring expedition, under
Mr. Ernest Haug, 5,0001. is asked ; and a corresp,m-
deuce, printed with the estimate, shows the interest
which the Government has taken in the projects of that
1 enterprising volunteer. The sum applied for in the first
' instance was only 3,5001.; but on reconsideration, and
at the request of the Colonial Secretary, the Treasury
determined on conceding the additional amount.
(17 ) The defalcation of the late registrar of the Admi-
ralty unfortunately renders a vote for 25,0001. necessary
to supply the amount for which the public has become
responsible.
(18.) For the Orange River Settlement at the Cape of
Good Hope the sum of 45.000/. is proposed to be voted
in the present year, it being at present uncertain what
may be the total amount of claims arising out of the
arrangements recently made.
(247) A report from Mr. G. G. Scott gives a detailed
account of the present condition of the royal monuments
in Westminster Abbey. The estimated cost of the ne-
cessary repairs is 4,7001., of which it is proposed to take
2,5001. for the current year. The statue of King
Charles 1., at Charing-cross, is also to be restored and ,
renovated, preparatory, it may lie supposed, to being
placed under the surveillance constituted by the new act.
(26.) For Agricultural Statistics, to be collected in
the three kingdoms, the sum of 13,0001. is required.
There is to be a " eomplete system" in Scotland, carried
out through the medium of the Highland Society, a
" complete system" in Ireland under the management
of the Board of Public Works, and in England there
are to be " further experiments" under the superintend-
ence of the local officers of the Poor-law. It is only to
be regretted that the time has not yet arrived for more
systematic, and therefore more useful, inquiries on the
southern side of the Tweed.
The following votes for metropolitan improvements
may with advantage be taken together :- -
(9.) Battersea-park, 25,5001.
(10.) Chelsea Embankment, 35,0001.
(14.) Land at Kensington-gore, 27,5001.
(20.) Burlington-house, Piccadilly, 140,0001.
Towards the first vote 32,6411. was taken last year ;
and towards the second, 35.0001. For the purchase of
land at Kensington, 150,0001. was granted in 1852.
The Duke of Wellington's funeral (80,0001.) and the
census (40,0001.) constituted the principal extraordi-
naries of the year 18523 ; the commissions for investi-
gating corrupt practices at elections (30,0001.), and the
continental electric telegraph (30,0001.) those of 1853-4 ;
while the purchase of Burlington-house and the expendi-
ture to be provided for at the Orange River settlement
are the principal items appearing fur the first time in
the estimates of 1854-5.
The figures which follow show the aggregate amounts
in each of the three years :
1852-3. 1853-4. 1854-5.
Class VI. 213,023 ...... 209,728 ...... 213,070
Class VII. 306,813 ...... 320,472 ...... 536,098

519,835 749,177
29,341
Increase in 1851-5 over 1852-2 ............•••""""'£2............•••""""'1853-4 ........................ 218,977
a- I f 1

530,200

GENOA.—Advices from Genoa state the suspewriftioh nijoal.
the mercantile firm of Scararvaglio and Peloso,
bilities to the extent of about 60,0003/).
Delicious RevaIenta-
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Arabic°. Food invariably rest as
sah'esvaelsths,
owtiitmhoeust
imtsetcloicsitnien,
inconvenience, or expense,
t &cast a few out of 50,000 testi
other remedies.
No. of cures, wWheichexhard resisted all medicines. Cure
No. 180.—" Twenty-five yfears' nervousness, constipation,
from which I had suffered great
indigestion, and debility,
niie°l4 and which no medicine could remove oe relieve,
have been effectually cured by Du Barry's food in a very
short time.—W.
B. Reeve, Pool Antho. ny, Tiverton."
Cure No. 4,208.—" Eight years yspepsia, nervousness,
debility, with cramps, spasms and nausea, have been
effectually removed by. Du Barry's delicious food in a very
short time.—Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridliugton Rectory,
Norfolk.' Cure No. 1,78 I—" Not expected to live six
days longer. I was cured by Du Barry's admirable food.
__Magdalena Purvis, Moffatt, Scotland." Cure No.
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nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency,
spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomitings, have been
removed by Du Barry's excellent Food.—Maria Jolly,
Northam, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Cure No. 3,000.
" Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and general
debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent
Food.—James Potter, Athol-street, Perth." Cure
No. 81.—" Twenty years' liver complaint, with
disorders of the stomach and nerves, have been
perfectly cured by Da Barry's Revalenta Arabica.—
Andrew Frazer, Hathlington, East Lothian." " Trevagler,
Gulval, near Penzance. Feb. 20th, 1851.—Eighteen years'
nervous debility, violent palpitation of the heart, throb-
bing of the temples, violent pains in the left side and back,
shortness of breath, coughs, numbess of the extremities,
cramps, spasms, flatulency, retching, and such general
weakness, that I was constantly fearful of falling when on
my legs ; all these symptoms have been removed by Du
Barry's excellent Food.—Mary Gilbert."—ln canisters,
suitably packed for all climates, and with full instructions
—llb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. • 51b., lls. ; 121 b., 225.
super-refined, 11b., Os. ; 21b., 11's. ; 51b., 225. ; 101 b., 335.
The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage free, on post office ordettr..
Barry dk Barry an Co., 77, Regent-street, Lond.„?.._.:
Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majcest.Y. ric
cadilly ; also. at 68, Cornhill; 60, Graechur, hes:xBo:s!
330 and 451, Strand, 63 and 150, Oil°rd""re
Chslialg-crom; ti, Chopside.
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Les Pales de Marbre, a five-act drama, produced some
time ago by the French company at the Soho Theatre,
Dean-street, has furnished Mr. Charles Selby with ft
subject for translation, or adaptation, which, under the
title of The Marble Heart, was produced last night, with
the most unequivocal success, at the Adelphi Theatre.
It is true tale of the heart, a domestic tragedy of deep
and powerful interest, enlivened by comic persons and
incidents. Mr. Charles Selby has accomplished his
translation too righteously adhering as closely as pos-
sible to the original drama, which is a pity, since Les
Rifles de Marbre is diffuse to a fault, and from five acts
might with propriety be cut down to three. With a
liberal
use of the pruning knife, we have no doubt that
The Marble Heart will become as great an attrac
Lion
Theon as any piece produced at the Adelphi for years.
story, though spun out to an interminable length in
the drama, is exceedingly plain and simple. A young
painter falls in love with a lady of wealth and rank,
who at first, through a spirit of coquetry a,-
toexcite
ne rivalry Af' some of her female friends, encourag,
d afterwards rejects him.. The artist is a
highly sensitive persons, and dies from the effects of
the
lady's cruelty. The first act is a dream of the artist,
in which he fancies himself Phidias, the celebrated
Grecian sculptor, and falls in love with his three statues
Aspasia, Lais, and Phryne. The second act takes
place in a wood at Fontainebleau, near Paris, when the
artist, Raphael (Mr. Leigh Murray), meets and be-
comes fascinated with Mademoiselle Marco, the Marble
Heart (Madame Celeste). In the third act we have the
artist in his study with his mother and Marie (Miss
Woolgar), an orphan who has been thrown upon their pro-
tection. Marie loves Raphael, and the mother wishes for
her union with her son. But Raphael's heart is ab-
sorbed by Marco. Act the Fourth takes us to the mhas
an-
sion of Mademoiselle Marco, where the young artist
been spending some weeks on a visit. The lady, whose
whole aim in life has been to get well married, accepts
the offer of a rich suitor and dismisses Raphael with
contempt. In the fifth act Raphael returns home dis-
tracted, and finds that his mother has died in his absence
from grief of his desertion ; and he himself expires
in the arms of Marie and his friend Volaga (Mr.
Benjamin Webster), from conflicting and overwhelming
emotions. Mademoiselle Marco, true to her character
of the Marble Heart, comes in to win a bet that she
would recall him back to her, and beholds Raphael dead
on the ground, with Mario lying senseless over his
body. The acting was excellent. Mr. Leigh
Murray had a most difficult part to play, but
accomplished it with great power and finish. Madame
Celeste carried out the intention of the author
of Les Fille,s de Marbre with admirable art. Her cool-
ness was finely assumed, and her occasional displays of
womanly feeling—which proved that her heart was
only hardened, not marble—exquisitely managed. Mr.
Benjamin Webster made as much of the hearty friend
and counsellor of Raphael as could possibly be made ;
and Mr. Charles Selby's Parisian exquisite was very
striking if not natural. Miss Woolgar had not much to
do in Marie ; what she did was most graceful and touch-
ing. Mr. Paul Bedford's eccentricities as a French
count appeared to be relished by the audience ; and the
subordinate parts by Messrs. Parselle, Miss Emma
Harding, Miss Fanny Markell, &c., were very re-
spectable. The scenery, dresses, and appointments were
splendid and appropriate, and the drawing room in the
house of Mdlle. Marco magnificent and gorgeous. All
the artists were re-called after the fall of the curtain,
and received with the greatest enthusiasm.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMP.RITHEATPE.

Numerous and fashionable audiences have attended
the representations of a Talc of the Spanish War, which,
from its grand effects, and particularly the judicious
manner in which the horses have been introduced by
Mr. William Cooke, has proved an universal favourite.
Very superior training, we imagine, must have been
employed by him to teach a quadruped the task required
in the terrific storm scene, where the noble animal pre.
serves his master front the fatal wreck.
The scenes in the arena, too, deserve cur highest corn.
mendation. The talent exhibited by Miss Kate Cooke
and Miss Emily Cooke, placed in juxtaposition with
that of the clever equestrians who astonish and delight,
is a source of considerable attraction.
We understand that a grand spectacle is in prepara-
tion for Whitsuntide, founded upon some of the most
stirring events of 1814, when the Russian Cossacks in-
vaded la belle France.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSA.LL'S—YESTERDAT.
The DERBY.—Some of the movements to-day were
very significant and important. Dervish was in immense
force. At the commencement sto 1 was laid, but in
less than an hour afterwards 4 to 1 was taken to several
hundreds ; 2,000 to 500 was booked in one bet. It
transpired that the impulse was imparted in the course
of the morning at the Club, the higher odds being
taken there to 4501. Meanwhile, Autocrat was so
severely shaken, that the investment of upwards of
5001. at 6 to 1 could scarcely arrest his downward tend-
ency. 6to 1 was still offered at the finish. King Tom,
though closely pressed by Dervish, maintained his lead
with a degree of strength which gave encouragement to
his backers. 7 to 2 were the highest odds obtain-
able. In the early part of the afternoon 300 to 100
was taken. 600 to 500 betted between him and Der-
vish. Andover was a little unsteady—after 1100 to 100
had been taken, he receded to 12 to 1 " offered to
money ;" 450 to 25 once, and 1000 to 60 two or three
times were jotted down about his stable-companion
Hermit, and 6 to 1 taken about the two ; 1000 to 60
taken four times about
take 25 to 1 ; 450
20 to 15
100 to
a
1000 to 40 taken about Hospodar ; 1000 to , 0
25, and 1000 to 30 taken about The Trapper ; 10to 10000 to
20 Alembic, 10,000 to 100 New Warrior, 10,000
Early Byrd ; 2000 to 20 Champagne, 1000 to 10 Ostro-
goth, 1000 to Buiardo, and 1000 to 10 Lord Exeter's
" lei."
Offers to bet 1000 to 10 bar 16.
O7litSo. Atlaektee
taken about
oWuatsobacked 0
da
dt s 3wthoiclh
were
taken
a
and o
at the Club to 1101.
CLOSING PRICES.
SOMERSETSBIRE STAKES.
9 to 2 agst Mr. T. Stevens's Hercules (taken)
sto 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Rataplan (taken)
100 to 15 agst Sir R. Pigot's Coup d'Etat (taken)
Bto 1 agst Mr. J. J. Henderson's Lough Bawn (t)
15 to 1 agst Mr. Shepherd's Arribas (at first Bto 1
was taken)
Royalist was struck out in the morning, at a quarter-
past nine.
THE DERBY.
7to 2 agst Baron Rothschild's Sing TOM (taken
and offered)
4to 1 agst Lord Derby's Dervish (taken freely)
6to 1 agst Mr. E. Cooper's Autocrat (taken and
and offered) .
12 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Andover (taken and offered)
16 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Hermit (taken)
16 to 1 agst Mr Clarkson's Neville (taken)
20 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Wild Huntsman (taken)
25 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Hospodar (taken)
33 to 1 agst Mr. -Payne's The Trapper (taken and
offered)
50 to 1 agst Alembic (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Lord Chesterfield's Ostrogoth (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Champagne (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Lord Derby's Boiardo (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Shepherdson's New Warrior (t)
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Copperthwaite's the Early Bird (t)
1000 to 10 agst Lord Exeter's " lot" (taken)
6 to 1 agst Andover and Hermit coupled (taken)
600 to 500 on King Tom agst Dervish (taken)
OAKS.
7 to 2 agst Lord Derby's Meteora (taken)
7to 2 agst Lord Chesterfield's Omuo (taken)
NoTicE.- -The room will be open every day this week.
Bets will be compared on Thursday, Friday,
day. and Satnr-
HORSES SCRAP:MED.—Prime Minister and Eva are
and
ester the
struck out of the Epsom Grand Stand Plate,
former is also scratched for the Union Cup, Manch.
THE WHIP CHALLENGE.—The challenge which Lord
Exeter sent for his Stockwell has been accepted by Mr.
Morris, whe holds the whip for Kingston.
BATH RACES.
The following horses have arrived :—MNaracthAannt,oSneya,ntaaill
mOcotraa, Diana,viia,Caliph ,
Mishap, apinaway,
Miniature, St. Spiro, Splitvote colt,
Arnaut, Bessia, Oulston, William the Third, Brinklow,
Rataplan, Haco, Exact, Lough Dawn, Poodle, St. Faith,
Jacqueline, Whalebone, Charley, Hope, Epaminondas.
Ladybird, Vixen, Coup d'Etat, Hercules, Jephson,
Hybla, Waterfall, Battery, Montague, Calamits, Non-
such, Fanny, Lina, Queen of Egypt, Red Rose, Betty
Pockets, Stonehenge, Noisettc, Little Charley, St.
Stephen, MaotnilndEag, (af
OlrrßorutsliN, and Remnant.
DAL
3.3 D—Trial Stakes.
334.133000-1 BSs eioecomn 3.3o—Biennial
ridas leStfsioehrn:t Biennial,
e za re t-.olds.
5- o—Members' Stake;
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