The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-11 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to 5/ Os ; clover
ditto, 3115 s to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1116 s to 2/ 2s per load.
A full average supply, and a fair demand.
CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 18s to 51 5s ; clover
ditto, 31 15s to 6/ Os ' • and straw, 1116 s to 215 s per load.
Trade steady, at full prices.
WHITECRAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to 5/ Os; clover
ditto, 31 153 to 61 64 ; and straw, 1116 s to 21 2s per load.
Supply good, and trade rather dull.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Mr. E. T. Smith opened
this theatre last night for a promenade concert, which
he proposes to repeat to-mdrrow and Thursday. The
pit has been covered with the boardings which have so
often done duty in the days of Jullien ; and the back of
the stage hung with the draperies of like familiar service.
The orchestra stands in the centre of the area, and com-
prises a large body of instrumentalists, under the com-
mand of Mr. G. Hayward, assisted by Mr. Duggan,
who superintends, especially, the vocal department.
The selection of last night was made with a judicious re-
ference to the popular taste, the instrumental music,
consisting of an overture by Auber, and polkas, quad-
rilles, and boleros, by ,Tullien, Bosisio, and D'Albert,
being vigorously and brilliantly rendered., The vocalists
were Miss Featherstone, Mr. Henri Drayton, Miss
Poole, and others, whose exertions were rewarded with
loud applause. The price of admission being the same
as to Jullien's, the house was crowded, and from the
manner in which the whole passed off, there appears to
be little doubt that this new bid for the public patronage
will be successful.

LYCEUM THEATRE.—Mr. Allcroft commenced a series
of promenade concerts: hero last night, when the first
part of the programme consisted of a selection from the
works of Mendelssohn, the second part being made up
of miscellaneous pieces. The evening commenced with
the overtui e to Ruy Blas, nicely played by the band of
instrumentalists heretofore known as the London
orchestra, consisting of some of our best orchestral
players, conducted by Mr. Frank Mori. Some vocal
pieces were sung by Mdlle. Mille, Miss Rebecca Isaacs,
Miss Blanche Tudor, and Mr. Augustus Braham ; but
the grand feature of the concert was the performance
of the violin concerto by Herr Ernst. His performance
was distinguished by his usual masterly execution and
refined expression, and his reception was enthusiastic.
The second part was made up of that mixed fare which
the best suits the taste of the million, and without a
due infusion of which no concerts of this class would be
likely to succeed. With half the evening, however,
devoted to classical music, the influence of these popular
concerts must be beneficial to the public taste.
MR. C. H. ADAMS.—For many years past Mr. C. H.
Adams has occupied the Adelphi Theatre during the
penitential week, and we look for his lecture on astro-
nomy and his tunes on the musical glasses as regularly
as we look for anything. It was not surprising, there-
fore, to find him at his post last night, bringing with him
his numerous transparencies illustrative of the phe-
nomena of the heavens, and the aforesaid musical
glasses. To record the fact of the brief return of
this gentleman is all that is necessary. His lecture,
which he delivers with his accustomed fluency, com-
prises a popular outline of the science with which it pro-
fesses to deal, with notices of the discoveries which have
recently been made by Mr. Hind and other diligent star-
finders. It is replete with interesting information, while
his diagrams, stationary and moveable, give such practical
force to his descriptions as the public understanding
requires.

S.T. MARTIN'S HALL.—Last night Mr. Glover gave
his annual concert in the hall, when a very numerous
audience assembled to listen to Clara Novello, Rita
Favanti, Madame Sediatzek, Madame Amadei, with
Sims Reeves, and- others. On the whole the concert
afforded satisfaction.

ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION, 14, REGENT•
STREET.—Messrs. Grieve and Telbin, ever alive to the
wants of the public in that branch of art in which they
have become so justly celebrated, exhibited yesterday
a diorama illustrating the route of the British army to
the seat of war, combined with the much-admired
Overland Mail Diorama, which has been entirely
renovated on this occasion. The views of Constan-
tinople, St. Petersburg, and Sebastopol, were also
shown, as well as a new picture by night of the Darda-
nelless, from a sketch by Lieutenant O'Reilly, of the
Retribution. In this scene the general effect of moon-
light on the water is extremely well managed. The exhi-
tion commences with the embarkation of the first body
of troops from the Southampton docks, on board a
large steamer, which occupies the front of the picture,
while its supposed progress is indicated by the
moving of the back scene, on which is passed in review
Portsmouth, Spithead, the Isle of .Wight, Osborne,
and so on to the arrival of the troops at Malta. The
leading views have all been described before, but they
cannot be either too highly or too frequently praised,
not only for their local interest, but also for the artistic
skill with which they are designed and executed. The
diorama concluded with the celebrated Taj Mehal, com-
prising the gateway, the exterior of that magnificent
building, by moonlight, and the interior, showing the
elegant marble screen, by lamplight. Many of the
scenes were much applauded, and the whole exhibition
appeared to give great satisfaction.
THE NEW CATTLE MARKET.--A deputation from the
parish of St. Mary's, Islington, consisting of the clergy,
ministers, churchwardens, trustees, and vestry-clerk, has
just presented a petition to the Court of Common
Council, with reference to the alteration in the day of
holding the market, so as to avoid the desecration of the
Sabbath. The petition, which was signed by 16,000
inhabitants, and bound in a large volume, was, after
some discussion, ordered, upon the suggestion of the
Lord Mayor, to be read, as was also a letter from the
Bishop of London, in which the right rev. prelate ex-
pressed an earnest hope that the petition would be fa-
vourably received, and tha.t,. thereby, the desecration of
the Sabbath might be diminished. The petition was re-
ferred to the Markets' Committee, with power to report
to the Court of Common Council.
" WESTMINSTER ABBEY ; OR, THE DAYS OF THE RE-
FORMATION," is the title of the new historical romance
by the author of Whitefriars." It is destined to
people the Gothic solitudes of that
s reat monument
of the past with "beings of the mind" asinstinct with
vitality and passion as the world-famous personages of
the Notre Dame of Victor Hugo. The whole abbey
is, besides, by an ingenious application of the unity
of pl ice, made the threatre for the most important
events of the dawning Reformation. The most interest-
ing historical personages of the age are grouped upon
its vast stage "in their very form and lineaments as
they lived." King Henry VIII., Anne Boleyn, Car-
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and sweep the dust of ages from aisles, while the
personage of the martyr hero, and the extraordinary
combinations of his doom are alone sufficient to entitle
the author of " Whitefriars" to the highest honours of
original and pathetic genius.—Britannia.
.FAILURE.—The letters from Paris 'mention' that a
meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Leroy de Chabrol
and Co. is appointed for the 15th, when it is thought
the bankruptcy may be superseded, as their affairs are
stated to look better than had been anticipated, and there
is no doubt of all the debts of the establishment being
paid in full.