The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-30 00:00:00

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LLOYDS' SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, May 30.—Wind at Noon, N.N.E. ; light
breeze, and cloudy. There have been several light falls of
rain this morning.
Cows, May 29.—Wind, W. to W.N.W. Arrived—.
Hcnry Harbeck, Matanzas ; Bertha, do. ; Joven Celia,
do. ; Otavia, do., and sailed for Gothenburgh.
PLYMOUTH, May 29. Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—
St. George, Callao.
QuEnrsTowN, Ma 28.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—
President van Buren, Havannah ; Gasparino, New York.
Off Port—Conqueror, Bombay ; Medora, Matanzas.
HARWICH, May 28.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Alma,
Buenos Ayres.

LOWESEOFFT, May 29.—Wind, N.E. Arrived- -Mary,
Southampton, for Sunderland, assisted in here with con-
siderable damage from contact with the Diana (s), of
Waterford.

CLYDE.—Arrived—California, New Orleans ; Cora Linn,
New York. Sailed—Emperor, Maulmain ; Akbar, Cal-
cutta.

NEWPORT, May 29.—Arrived—Scott, Gloucester, for
Cape of Good Hope ; Louisa, Liverpool, for Quebec ;
Hamlet, do., for New York ; Albion, London, for Ja-
maica.

DUNKIRK, May 27.—The Republican, of and for Yar-
mouth, from Shields, which got on shore April 25, has
been assisted off to-day, and brought into harbour.
AKYAB, April 12.—The Good Luck, of Jersey, from
Rio Janeiro, struck on the Takerr Rocks, and has become
a total wreck ; crew saved.
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POINT DE GALLE, April 29.—The Madras (s), Calcutta
to Suez, struck upon a rock here to-day, is leaky, and will
proceed to Bombay for repairs ; her mails will go forward
by another vessel.

PRIZE PIANOFORTES.

Recently we have been favoured with a view of three
exquisite and costly pianos, about to be transmitted
across the Atlantic by the manufacturers—Messrs.
William Stodart and Son of Golden-square—for the pur-
pose of disp' -y in the New York Exhibition. They are,
of course, or different characters— one being a "grand,"
another a "square," and the third a " cottage " piano-
forte. The Grand is a seven octave instrument encased
in walnut wood, the mouldings round the top and bottom
being of carved rosewood. Elegant pannelling is intro-
duced along the sides and elliptic end—the centre of
each containing a shield in a circular framework. The
instrument is supported by solid walnut legs, designed
with admirable taste, and altogether, both in tone and
external appearance, bears evidence of being in all re-
spects a masterpiece of skilled workmanship. The
Square is in every way dissimilar from the noble piano-
forte just mentioned. Its principal characteristic is its
compactness. The conspicuous beauty of its case con-
sists in the bold and massive carving of the rosewood.
Besides these peculiarities, the instrument possesses
others still more remarkable. Although unusually small
in dimensions—being only five feet two inches by two feet
six inches—its tone is singularly powerful. Added to
which, we find on examination that the principle of the
action is altogether different from that which has hitherto
been adopted in the construction of other square piano-
cortes. Among other things, for example, the move-
ment of the two pedals is capable kwithout altering
the quality of tone) of giving greater effect to the
crescendos and diminuendos. It appears that this
novel result is produced by the simultaneous action
of the hammer-rest and the key-board—one diminish.
ing the force of the blow from the hammer, and the
other lessening the depth of touch—thus enabling the
performer to exercise greater command over the fortes
and pianos, and doing this by what has been termed "a
gravitation action" by the manufacturers. The Cottage
is noticeable among the three as quite a curiosity. But
it is not only curious—it is also eminently beautiful.
Cased in walnut, it is decorated, besides, with satinwood,
richly carved in the style of Louis Quatorze. Curtains
of blue satin cover the doors both at top and bottom,
the former displaying the "arms " of the United states
in the loveliest coloured embroidery. Again, instead of
being cut out of ebony and ivory as usual, its keys are
of tortoise-shell and mother-of-pearl I Altogether, these
three exquisite pianos—while extending the reputation
of the Messrs. Stodart—cannot fail to reflect credit upon
our English manufactures.

HAYMARKET THEATRE.--A more than ordinary de-
gree of excitement was created on Saturday night by an
unexpected incident which occurred during the per-
formance of M. Planch6's popular extravaganza, en-
titled Mr. Buckstone's Ascent of Mount Parnassus. In
the scene where Mr. Caulfield personates the Spirit
of Mont Blanc, and usually adds to the amusement
of the audience by an attempt to mimic the voice
and manner of Mr. Albert Smith, the extraordinary
resemblance, after the delivery of a very few words,
produced a sensation which animated the audience to
uproarious laughter and applause. The gratification
of the public, however, was only surpassed by the as-
tonishment of Mr. Buckstone, on the stage, when, al-
most immediately after, it became evident that it was
Mr. Albert Smith himself, who, having supplanted Mr.
Caulfield as the Spirit of Mont Blanc, was making fun
of his own entertainment with singular bonhomie and
good humour. What led to this very curious improvi-
sation was not made public. It is enough to add that
every word uttered by Mr. Smith increased the hilarity
of the audience, and that, being unanimously called for
at the end of the scene, he asked pardon of the house
for the joke he had committed, and retired amid the
loudest applause.
THE DOCKYARD APPOINTMENT SCANDAL.—The Report
on Dockyard Appointments is valuable rather for the
facts of which it will form the official record than for the
opinion it expresses on those facts. We cannot help
considering that an exposure so scandalous would have
fully justified the committee in chronicling their de-
cision in stronger terms than they have employed. It
may be, however, that the subdued and entirely un-
impassioned tone adopted in the Report will have
more weight with candid men than a style of com-
position more proportioned, in popular estimation,
to the flagrancy of the offence and the iniquity of
the system. It may, also, very probably have been
present to the minds of the Commissioners that the
extra judicial opinion of the public had, during the
whole progress of the inquiry, been so ably and
eloquently conveyed through the press, that they
were themselves additionally bound to preserve a sort
of judicial calmness and dignity in commenting on facts
and conduct the mere statement of which is their suffi-
cient condemnation.— Weekly News and Chronicle.
DEATH OF MR. CULLING SMITH, BROTHER IN-LAW TO
THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—It is with feelings
of regret we announce the demise of this venerable gen-
tleman, who died at the residence of his son-in-law, the
Duke of Beaufort, in Arlington-street, in the 79th year
of his age, on the 26th inst. Mr. Culling Smith was a
member of an old English family, and was closely re-
lated to Sir Cullen Eardley, or Cullen Eardley Smith, as
he is better known. The deceased gentleman had held
situations in connection with the Excise and other de-
partments of the government. In 1799 he married
Lady Anne Fitzroy, widow of the Hon. Henry Fitzroy,
daughter of the first Earl of Mornington and sister to
the Duke of Wellington. Strange to add, the Duke of
Beaufort married two of the daughters of Lady Anne
Wellesley—his first wife being her daughter by the Hon.
Mr. Fitzroy, and his second, his daughter by the im-
mediate subject of the notice. The legality of his Grace
the Duke of Beaufort's marriage to the two half-sisters
being surrounded with doubt, a special act of Parliament
was passed to render its validity undoubtable.
ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS.—WOOLWICH, MAY
28.—One sergeant and 12 rank and file arrived at
head-quarters here on Thursday last from the Royal
Military College, Sandhurst. The 11th Company,
under the command of Captain Hassard, Royal En-
gineers, ordered from Alderney to head-quarters,
are expected to arrive here on the Ist or 2d of June.
The Master General has approved of a knapsack of
much smaller dimensions being issued to the corps than
the kind hitherto used, and a great part of the kit at
present carried by the men will be placed in a canvas
bag, and carried on the baggage waggons or other con-
veyance. The new arrangement is certainly a great
improvement in the right direction, and there is every
reason to believe the authorities of the line will soon
follow an example which will afford such ease and com-
parative comfort to the men, who on long marches have
been almost borne down by their heavy knapsacks.
SUICIDE.—On Saturday James Bennett, aged 44, a
labourer, residing at 21, Fitzroy-place, New-road, com-
mitted suicide. On the landlord of the house going
down stairs into the kitchen, ho found the deceased in
the act of inflicting a wound in his throat with a clasp
knife ; he immediately (lid what he could to save the un-
fortunate man, and deprived him of the knife, but the
wcund already inflicted was so great that he dropped
down in a pool of blood. On being conveyed to the
University College Hospital, his wound was dressed by
Mr. Hillier, the house surgeon, but the injury inflicted
was so serious that he died in the Course of the day.