The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-01 00:00:00

1111 E SUN', LONDON* SATURDA bECEM HER 1 1819

A dirty piece of piper hiving been handed up to the
Court,
TLa COMMON SEItGrANT einClllatCd—AL, fl! there's
nO rneetirg Irithin,n! lie can get a charac:(:r 16r
eF, Lis family, tool for an;:thiqg else, if it is w.,intt d.
T!:e you: g ore, 1 think, has tc n impri...cned bolero.
The policeman who bad charge of them said he ha,!;
r 4ourreen days.
The COMMON ISERCEANT—WeII cow, Pit, what is the
use of whipping you? You Lave get beyond tha'.
Patrick—No, sir. I Leg for incicy, and I'd !serer do
it agin.
Tee COMMON SEEOEANT—Dint you this k you ought
to go abroad, eb, Pat? Dent you think you ought to
he transported, oh? Patrick—No, sir.

The COMMON SERGEANT—AS for you, Martin, you
must be imprisoned in the House of Correction, and
kert to hard labour for two months. As for you, Pat, I
do not know what to do with you. You sill be here
again before long.
Patrick—l will rover care again.
The COMMON ERGEA NT —I can't believe you, but for
the sake of your father, give you another chance.
The sentence upon 3ou is that you be implisoned three
months, and kept to hard labour.
A middle-aged msn, named Greene, a marine-store
dealer, carr3 log on business in Tooled-street, in the
Borough, was indicted for stealing two trowels, the pro-
perty of a brieldayer's labutuer.

On the sth of -Nov, tuber the prisoner was met by a
policeman near to the Lambeth police-court, with a bag
under his arm. The officer a.kcd him what he had got
there? He replied, " All right!" hut the officer was
doubtful of this, and insisted upon searching the bag.
The prisoner allowed him to do so, when he found that
it contained six trove els, two cf which were afterwards
identified by the prosecutor to be his property The
prosecutor said there was no distinctive mark upon them,
but he had had them so long in use that he could swear
they were his.
Mr. WOOLLET addressed the jury for the prisoner,
insisting thiA the identification was not sufficient to
justify a conviction.
The CusialoN SERGEANT charged the jury, that on the
sth of November the prosecutor wi-res two trowels.
Soon afterwards the prisoner is met by a policeman with
a bag under his arm. " Holloa!" says the policeman,
what havo you got there?" " All right," says the pri-
soncr. "Is it," says the policeman, " let rue see the
inside of the bag;" then he sees it and finds six trowels.
'• Ati, where did you get these from?." says the polie,
man. " I bought them of a man whose gone to Austra-
lia," says the prisoner. But, gentlemen, two of them
are identified by the prosecutor, who has had them a
long time in use.
Mr. WooLLET—The fret of use is hardly sufficient to
enable a man to identify property.
The CoatatoN SERGEANT—Oh, is it not though!
The prosecutor swears they are his. Is that not
enough? That's the man who shot at me last night.
Is not that enough? Well, the prosecutor says as
much of these trowels. I swear that this is my wig.
I know it because I have worn it a thousand times. A
oman swears this is my petticoat. I know it, because
I have worn it repeatedly. That is enough, eh? Well,
so it is he re. Gentlemen, consider your verdict.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
The COMbION SERGEANT—Is he known? The police-
man said a que.ntity of stolen property had been found
on his premises.
The CO3IMON SERGEANT—ALI, ah ! there it is you
see. The sentence upon you is that you be imprisoned
eighteen months in the House of Correction, with hard
labour.

Prisoner—Well, my Lord, do you call this justice?
The police magistrate offered to tend me to prison for a
month if I would say I was guilty, but as 1 knew I was
not, I preferred coming to the Old Bail.-y for justice.
This is a got up case, my Lord.
Mr. %VOOLLET said the magistrate gave the Prisoner
the alternative of sending him to gaol for a month, for
having possession of the stolen property, or of commit-
ing him for trial, and the prisoner preferred the latter
alternative.

The CONDON SERGEANT—The mi:gistrate was a fi,ol
,hen. Remove the prisoner.
The prisoner was then removed.

THE GAS QUESTION.
TO 711 E .EDITOIt OF WE SUN.

you publish the following letter, ad-
drebsed:to the lion. the Commissioners of Sewers for
the City of London

" Gentlemen,—On Monday, the 3d December,
instant, you will be called upon to decide whether
you will promote a contest between rival gas com•
panies in the city of London. The following sugges
Lions are respectfully submitted for consideration :

"1. Is there any object in promoting the competi
Eicn beyond the reduction of price to the consumer ?
"2. 'Will not the trade of the whole City be in•
errupted, and the cost of the pavement be greatly
,ncreased ?

"3. Are not nearly one-half of the ratepayers not
consumers of gas, and will not they have to contribute
to the increased burden of the rate, and loss of trade
by interruption?
"4. What has hitherto been the result of all con-
tests between gas companies ? Has the consumer
derived any permanent reduction of the price ? Have
not such contests r(quired two capitals to perform the
office of one ; and have not the public eventually had
to pay for such ccnttas in a long continued high
price of gas ?
"b. Do not the citizm gas consumers obtain their
gas 17i per cent. below the price charged in other
parts of the metropolis, where there is competition,
without having sustained the annoyance, loss, and
inconvenience of contest ?

" 6. What will be the additional cost to the com-
missioners in the repair of the pavements resulting
from a contest ? The late Mr. Acton made a report
on the subject, by order of your Court. So did your
late surveyor, Mr. Kilsey ; and it is presumed that
you will also seek the advice of your present sur-

veyor.
" 7. The attempt to lay pipes by night was the
law for some years, but you were advised to incur
the risk of disregarding the same, which your con-
tractors did for years, and ultimately you procured
the repeal of the law.
"8. Is it true that the new company, who are
without capital, manufactory, station, or pipes, can
manufacture and supply gas at 45,, and obtain a
profit of 101. per cent ? Similar assertions have
been made by the promoters of several companies now
in existence, which have not been real zed.

" I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant,
" Dec. 1, 1849." " A CITIZEN."

SPORTIIN G INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.-FRIDAY.

LEAMINGTON STEEPLECHASE —5 to 1 agar Chandler
(taken and afterwa!ds uttered), 8 to 1 Beet liwight of
thynne (taken).
CLUSTER Cur.-50 to 1 nest Peer-o'-day (taken),
500 to 71 figs; it It:ehard (:aken), 66 to I vgst Vt sta
(taken), 66 to 1 ai,,st Baroness (taken), 66 to 1 agat
Whim colt.

MAGAZINE DAY.

BLACKWOOD.

Although two serials continue to form the promi-
nent features in Maga, we cannot but feel the ab-
sence in such a rurninktive month as December of
Ii ng Christopher. "My Peninsular Medal," in its
current instalment, closes romewhat abruptly, and
with a ghastly intimation on the pert of a gravedigger,
which seems rather incongruous with the usually rol-
licking style of the writer. " The Green Hand " is
most pertinaciously continued, and with somewhat an
improved tone, though we are more and more con-
vinced each month that the second title is an egregious
misnomer. " The Vision of Sudden Death," a kind
of sequel to " The English Mail Coach," certainly
evinces greater power and coherence ; there contribu-
tions are, with some show ef justice, attributed to
Thomas De Quincey, the renowned Opium Eater.
Besides an article relating to " Spain under Narvaez
and Christina" (eminently deserving a pe-
rusal), there are two political contribu-
tions in Blackwood for December, one at
the commencement, the other at the conclusion—the
latter ingeniously rather than ingenuously describing
" Free Trade at its Zenith," the former an excellent
and intelligent paper on the "National Debt and the
Stock• Exchange." Without being particularly at-
tractive or enthralling, the various articles in the
current number are clear in their peculiar way-, and
when v. e say that they are each worthy of insertion
in this eminent periodical we have pronounced their
happiest eulogiutn. At the acme time we most cer-
tainly regret the non appearance of " Christopher
under Canvass," with the sententious remarks of
Buller, Seward, and their other jovial companions.
We 3earn for the anti-prandial dialogues and post-
prandial discussions, which have latterly tended to
iAlustrate the subtler phases of the genius of Shaks-
pere, and to destroy the sinister colossus of Atheism.

THEATRE ROYAL, DUBLIN.
KING RENE'S DAUGHTER.
(From the Dnblin Evening Packet of Nov. 29.)
Last night, after ikneet the Dane had fretted and
strutted his hour, the new drama of King ROW'S
Daughtcr was produced. From the brief abstract of
the plot given in our last publication, our readers are
aware that it is essentially a drawing-room play, and
admirably fitted, therefore, to form a portion of the
Windsor Castle dramatic representations. It has been
very tastefully put upon cur stage, the single garden
scene represented, with its surrounding mountains,
rocks, and ravines—a fairy seclusion in a desert—
being pleasingly conceived and artistically executed.
New and costly dresses too have been provided; and,
in fact, no accessary is wanting to render the drama
attractive.

As we anticipated, Mrs. Kean's Blind Girl, an
exquisite thought of Henrik Herz, was even more
exquisitely " bodied forth," than he in his brightest
imagining could have fancied. Fair, fragile, and
graceful; most becomingly, yet simply attired, she
looked the very creation dreamed of by the poet;
and her every look, gesture, and movement, so na
tural, so unembarrassed by the consciousness of her
deprivation, were indeed, as Coleridge phrased it,
" beautiful exceedingly."
In the opening paEstiges of the drama, which had
been most Judiciously curtailed and arranged for
the stage by Mr. Charles Kean, the plot is suffi-
ciently revealed to excite the deep interest of the
audience, and from the first entrance of lolanthe, to
the restoration of her sight, that interest never flags.
Her movements are so composed, serene, and yet confi-
dent, that her deprivation of the sense of sight is
only evidenced by an occasional listening attitude or
a gentle advance of the hand, as if essaying by the
sense of touch and feeling to supply the loss of vision.
Nothing could be imagined more in accordance with
the delicacy of graceful and lovely girlhood than Mrs.
Kean's acting, t.nd the sweet and happy expression of
her features, the pleased smile on her parted lips, tell-
ing that she felt not the sad want shown by her droop-
ing eyelids, were really inexpressibly charming. Her
delivery of the text was, if we may use the term,
spoken music, every distinct tone and syllable falling
on the ear wi h a deliciously fresh, melodious clear-
ness of intonation.
When first Tristan discovers that she is blind, and
speaks to her of the distinction of colours among the
flowers, the fello wing passages were finely delivered :
"Is it so hard, then, to distinguish flowers?
Are not the roses round and soft and delicate—
Hound to the feel, as is the Z •phyr's breath,
Ard soft and warm, like to a summer's evening?
Is the carnation like the rose? Ah! no!
Its perfume stuns one like, the wine, which late
I gave thee—then the cactus; know'st thou not
Its points are like the wind in sharpest trost?
" TRISTAN—'Tis erange! Have you, then, never yet
been told
Chat to distinguish objects from afar
Is possible, by help of—(hesitating)—of the sight?
" lOLANTIIE—HOM 1 from afar ? Oh, yes, the little bird
That sits on yonder roof I can distinguish
By its light twittering; and all mortal men
Each by his speech; so do I also know
'1 he bounding steed on which I daily ride,
Far as he may be, by his stop and neighing;
But, by the help of what you call sight,
Of that I have heard nothing."
Again, when asked by Tristan—
" Tell me, then,
For what use and profit do you imagine
Heaven bath vouchefed you eyes?"
lolanthe's thoughtful attitude for an instant, and
then her beautiful reply, were the perfection o
acting:—
" Nay, it were sure most easy
To tell you that—when at the evening's close
Fatigue bath seized me, sleep doth press them down,
Sealing them up in sweet oblivion.
And spreads through them its peaceful influence
O'er my whole frame --
There, then, at once, thou hest a great advantage
My eyes afford me—further, bast thou not
Observed too, other uses they can serve?
As I a little rose tree late had planted,
An insect stung my finger—at the pain
Gushed forth my tears and soothed it. Then vgain,
When I myselt had wearied much to think
Wherefore my father so delayed to come.
When he did come—oh! how I wept for jo)
Through tears then, when my heart is all to full
Either with joy or grief, it is relieved
As by a gracious overflow, and yet
Thou mist inquire for what use or benefit
The Power Almighty gives me eyes. By them,
When lam weary, rest is given. In grief,
My grief's diminished, and in joy, my j
Ennobled and refined."
On parting with Tristan her regret, so tender yet
so maidenly, her anxiously uttered hope that he
would soon return, and' the revealment of a new
feeling, excited by his presence, expressed in her fea-
tures, were truly admirable. Then, when King Rene
returns to discover that the uses and benefits of sight
have been partly conveyed to her, and when the
Moor, Ebn Jahia, who has undertaken her cure, in-
forms him that all must be told to the sightless girl,
the following noble passage was magnificently ren-
dered
"Full, my dear father, are thy words of import,
To me incomprehensible. Tho universe
As from the great Creator's hand 'twas made,
This—this to me unknown I St ut out from me !
Yet, still, how canst thou say so ? Have I not,
In the creation, known my great Creator ?
Bath not the stormy wind, the balmy breeze,
[lath not the warmth its milder breathing shed,
The earth's fertility, and its strange power
To bring each fruit and flower to perfection;
Kau) not the rocks and mines and rushing streams,
And the sweet chorus of the birds, proclaimed
The great Creator in His works on earth ?
Myself am an expression of His will
In fine, where'cr I turn, on every side,
In nature, in the speech of other mortals,
In my own being, in the meditations
Which of unlimited extent press on me,
The same loud voice is sounded in my ear—
All speaks to me of Him and of His world."
The emotions of lolanthe as gradually the truth
stole on her senses were charmingly and touchingly
expressed, and the glowing utterance of the feeling
awakened in her bosom by Tristan's voice was full of
impassioned eloquence. It was little wonder, indeed,
that the lines—

"Down here in the heart
Lieth the sen.e of sight—'tis even hero
Is treasured, like an echo, the remembrance
Of light I have already half received,"
awakened a burst of admiration.

In the concluding scene, when Ebn Jabia's spell
bas been successful, and when the b-auty and glory of
broad day dispel the darkness to whioh for sixteen
years lolanthe has been doomed, her blended terror
and wonder, followed quickly by delight that seems
inexhaustible, were so real that we might well forget
it was only a mimic representation of a poet's fancy
we beheld. Shrinking from the light in fear, Ebn
J ahia leads her forth, and she tremblingly asks—

" Oh ! whither dost thou lead nle?
Oh, Heaven! where am I? Hold me fast—support me!
" Elm JAlllA—Compose thyself, my child!
" lOLANTHE—Nay, hold me—wait—
Stand still a moment. Here I ne'ee have been!
What do we in this place? So strange! Who's there?
Hold me! My head is swimming—l am full
Of terror!

" EBN JAnlA—Calm thyself, lolanthe, fix thy glance,
Upon that earth al,no Which bath so long
Been, still unknown, thy friendly stay.
That which thou seest, it is but the garden
Which thou thyself bast planted.
TOLANTIIE-This my garden!
I know it not; and itesiwhat fearful plant;;
Thry bend—tboy befit—as they would fall on 11E!
" EBN JAIIIA—Fear nothing, these are but the palms
whose leaves
And fruits thou knowest long fall well.
" lOLANTHE—Nay, nay,
I know them not—this brightness too, which dazzles
Oa every side, and all the swelling clouds
That spread above so high—alas! how high!
What are they? Form they His great Spirit,
Which, as they say, Both fill the universe?
"Erm JAIIIA—These are the Heavens, and we be-
lieve in Heaven
He bath his resting place. So then, my child,
Kneel down, and, stretching out thy hands on high,
Breathe forth a prayer to Heaven.
"lOLANTIIE—(KneeIs and prays, and after a pause).
Oh! yes, Ile bath,
I feel Ho bath attended me—He sends
His peace upon me and His guardian care.
He is the only one that speaketh to me
Invisible, yet faithful as before."
_ _

lolantlie's after recognition of her father and lover,
by their voices only, was rife with pure dramatic
effect—her

" Hark I 'tis so!
In words like these the earliest gleam of light
Found to my heart its way"—
hen Tristan has rapturously exclaimed, "My fair
and beauteous lady !" being a very heart-burst of un-
clouded joy.
We might, had we time and space, write columns
of laudatory criticism on Mrs. Kean's performance
from the first scene to the last of this effective drama;
and yet. after all, we should arise from our task with
the consciousness that we had not done—could not
do—justice to this admirable actress. In one sen-
tence, then, there is not a lady on the stage who
can approach Mrs. Kean in the personation of
lolanthe.

Mr. Kran, as Count Tristan, assumed a subordinate
role, almost the entire interest of the drama being
centred in the character of the blind girl i • but he
acquitted himself with his accustomed ability, his
acting throughout, especially in the first interview
with King Rene's daughter, being marked by those
attributes of genius he can never lay aside. He was
well supported by Bland as the seeming minstrel.

The followingis the plot, from a correspondent of
a morning paper :
" A new drama, entitled Kiug Renes Daughter,
was produced for the first time on Wednesday evening,
the principal parts being played by Mr. and Mrs.
Kean. It is a translation from the Danish, by the

Hon. Colon( 1 Phipps, and attracted rather more than
ord.nary attention from the f ct that it is to form a
portion of the Windsor Castle dramatic represen-
tai ions.

" lolanthe, the daughter of King Rene, has been
blind from infancy ; but it has been predicted that
when her 19th birthday arrives her sight may be
restored. The knowledge of her deprivation is stu-
diously concealed from her, and her childhood and
youth are passed in a secluded cottage and lovely
retreat, under the zealous care of two attendants. Her
hand is pledged to Count Tristan, of Vaudemont, ere
the accident Vk hich deprived her of sight had occurred;
and it is in the hope of fulfilling this engagement
that King Rene keeps the misfortune concealed, and
represents that she is living in a convent. Tristan, accom-
panied by his friend Sir Godfrey, Lccidentally discovers
the secluded garden where she is concealed, and, on
her awaking, his voice exerts a new influence over her.
The young and warm movements of her heart, with
all their treasured freshness, are now made manifest.
She knows not why she should be spell-bound, but
the voice of the Count is music to her, and with a
winning grace she listens to his words. He asks her
for a red rose to wear as a memorial of so beautiful
a being, and she plucks a white one. A second time
she displays her unconsciousness of the distinctive
colours, and thenthe secret becomes known to Tristan.
He speaks to the unknown of sight, and she cannot
divine his 'fleapit-8.; he speaks of the object for which
each faculty is given, and would awaken her to a
knowledge of her own great want, but after a 'muse
she with eager haste finds that her eyes have their
use, and that they are founts for tears of joy or sad-
ness, from whence teat's will flow. Her lover departs,
with a promise of return, still ignorant of the rank of
the sightless but charming girl. The Moorish physi-
cian,
sight,
andEb after A
a
h i ,
sceneof
succeeds
great i n
interest,
restorin
n which i olan th eto
is overwhelmed and terrified by the greatness and
vastness of her new feelings, she sees her father and
Count Tristan, and the curtain falls on the grateful
and united group.

peace and amity would subsist between the two na-
tions till the end of the world.—(Loud cheering.)
Mr. LAIVIUNCE, the American Minister, returned
thanks, and said he hardly knew how to express his
feelings at that moment. He begged to assure the
company that he felt, with deep sensibility, the
honour that had just been conferred upon hia coun-
try, not only in the sentiment which had been pro-
posed, hut also in the reception it bad met with from
the assembly. Ile offered them his profound and
grateful acknowledgments for the kindness with which
the toast had been received.—(Cheers) He was
there a stranger in one sense—he was in a strange
land, yet he did not in truth feel himself a stranger.
(Loud cheers.) The reception he had met with
from her Majesty and her Majesty's Ministers, and
from all classes of persons 'with whom he had had
the happiness to come in contact, had rendered it
impossible fur him not to say that he felt at home in,
this country, and he felt at home on that occasion.-
- (Cheers ) Ile felt, in the midst of the ancient
Scotch society, that he was amongst his brethren. He
was there as the roprel.:entative of a country, many of
whore people were of that company's kith and kin
—he was there upon the soil which held the ;ashes
of his ancestors—(Chears) —he was there es the
citizen of a country, speaking the same language,
having the same religious faith, the same laws, and, he
trusted in God, the same fecliegs which animated the
British people.—(Loud cheers) Why, then, should
he feel a stranger when he was amongst his kindred ?
He came there for the purpose—for nothing else
could have brought him there—of doing what he
could to perpetuate—to establish ineradicably—the
good feeling which existed between these two
mighty nations. (Cheers.) He came there. that
night because he would rot lose the opportunity of
assuring that assembly, and through it the British
public, that there was no ether than the kindliest
feelings existing on the part of the American union
towards Great Britain. Why should there be ?
(Cheers.) The Americans were Anglo-Saxons as
well as Englishmen. They were older than his fellow-
countrymen ; but previous to the par 1776, he, in com-
mon with his countrymen, had the same pride and glory
in the British name that any British subject could
entertain that night. And he could tell the Chairman
and all present, that every Scotehman be had met
with in the United States felt proud of his country;
and the American citizens were proud of them as
adopted sons of their own country. And why
should they not be so? Scotland, the favoured land
of liberty l—the warrior, the statesman, the poets—
where ware they born ? Where would they find a
territory containing two millions and a half or three
millions of population where the people had done so
much to civilize, elevate, and improve the condition of
man as Scotland had done ? (Cheers ) He was
not a Scotchman himself, but was ',loud to be
amongst those who were, as he always had been every-
where. His Gallant Friend, the Chairman, had alluded
to some gre at improvements contemplated by the United
States Government. lie (Mr. Lawrence) was happy to
inform them that a railway was now under construction
to connect the two oceans; and in the course of a
year and a half they would see the iron horse steam-
ing over the Isthmus. With regard to another great
project which had been contemplated for the last three
hundred years, he trusted its accomplishment was not
far distant. He begged, however, in connexion with
this subject, to state that the United States asked fur

no exclusive privileges in either of these schemes.
They would ask this country to subscribe with them
selves towards these great improvements. They would
ask Great Britain to join them in guaranteeing the
neutrality of these great highways. They asked no
exclusive privilege, and they did not mean to grant
any. They wished these great communications to be
open to all the world—free to all mankind. And, so
far as the United States was concerned, they should
be dedicated to the benefit of mankind all over the
world.— (Cheers ) His Excellency then concluded
by giving as a toast, " Great Britain and the United
States ! May the stars and stripes of the Union
float side by side with the Cross of St. George, and
may peace be preserved for ever."—(Loud cheers.)
The Cursuonu, in an appropriate speech, then pro
posed the "Army and Navy," which was briefly
acknowledged by Clptain Mansell, R.N., for the navy,
and Colonel Brandling, late of the 10th Ilussars, for
the army.
The CHAIRMAN said be now came to tho toast of
the evening—" Prosperity to the Scottish Hospital."
He need not enter into the history of the institution,
because they were all better acquainted with it than
himself; but of one thing he was quite certain, that
every gentleman present would most cordially
respond to this toast. They all knew that their
countrymen were very fond of straying " awa' from
hame' —(Laughter)—and went to all parts of the
world to improve their fortunes ; and he believed
that great numbers of those who once left Scot-
land did not always come back.—(Renewed laughter.)
It was very natural to suppose that many of
them would come to the city of London—that second
California—where it might almost be said that all
the wealth of the world was concentrated ; and some
of them succeeded in making their fortunes there,
whilst others less successful 'were, through Providence,
cast upon that hospital for relief. The numbers to
whom it administered relief were highly creditable to
the liberality of its supporters. It gave 101. a year to
some persons, and to others less, which was not enough
to support a Scotchman, unless he remembered the

way in which he was brought up at home.—
(Laughter.) During the great plague of London he
found that that society had attended to the wants of
hundreds of Scotchmen, and buried at its own ex-

pense 300 of them who fell victims to that fatal ma-
la3y.—(lTear, hear.) Ile was sorry to find that all
the unions of London were cunnnencing the

coming winter by taliing steps to refuse re-
lief to the casual poor; but he hoped the
subscriptions that night would be sufficiently
large to enable the hospital to do its part to-
wards relieving the additional suffering likely to ensue
from this severe resolution of the unions.—(Cheers.)
Ile had not had the pleasure of attending one of tht ir
meetings before the present occasion ; but it was
rather singular that the 30th of November—the very
day on which he had Row the honour of
presiding over them—was his father's birthday—(A
laugh)—and that on the 30th of November, 1805, he
himself was made a Lieutenant, and on the 30th of
November, 1807, he was appointed a Commander.—
(Renewed laughter.) lie hoped that future 30hs of
November would always prove fortunate.—(Cheers.)
The GAlant Admiral concluded by proposing the
toar•t.

The health of the Chairman was next given by Sir
J. H. MAXWELL, Bart., in an c ulegistic speech, and
met with an enthusiastic response from all present.
This CHAIRMAN returned thanks; and then gave
" Prosperity to the city of London," which was
acknowledged by Sir James Duke and Mr. Sheriff
Nicoll respectively.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of " The
Chisholm, the Vice-Chairman of the evening, and
Treasurer to the which was drank with
Highland honourE, and duly acknowledged.
"The Duchess of Sutherland, and the Lady Sup-
porters of the Institution" finished the list of toasts,
after which the company repaired to an adjoining
room, where a ball wound up the festivities of the day.
The subscriptions announced on the occasion
amounted to nearly 6001.
Mr. Harker was the toastmaster.
The decorations were tastefully carried out under
the direction of Mr. Douglas, of the Archery Society.

ASTLEY'S A MPIIITIIFATRIS —We perceive by the
advertisement in our columns, that Mr. Batty an-
nounces his benefit for Monday evening e( xt, with an
addition to the well-known attractions of this establish
merit. Young Hernandez, the graceful American Eques-
trian, will an ear, End also Mr. Pablo Fanque with his
matcheas black mare Beda in her extraordinary feats of
the menage; the whole forming an evening's entertain-
ment which cannot but ensure for the enterprising ma-
nager a bumper, which hit energy and spirit in catering
or the public amusement fully entitle him to.
POST-01'1'1CH REG Li LATioNs.—The Postmaster-
General has ordered the following notice to be posted in
the window of every post-office is tho kingdom:—
" Book Post. 1. A single printed volume may be posted
for any part of the United Kingdom, at the rate of Gd.
a pound, or. the following conditions: 2. It must be sent
without a cover, or in a cover open at the ends. 3. It
must not contain writing (except the name and address
of the sender) on more than one page. 4. It must be
prepaid in stamps.—Limitation of size and weight : 5.
The length of au inland letter or packet mu,t nut exceed
two feet. 6. The weight is unlimited; but if it exceed
4 oz, the letter must be prepaid.—liegistratio,n of letters:
7. Great security may be given to a letter by registering
it; fee for inland litters, 6d. 8. All letters containing
money or other articles of value should be registered.—
Money orders: 9. Money orders should be presented
without delay; the lapse of two calendar months will
entail a second payment of the commission, and the
lapse of twelve calendar months will entail the loss of
the whole sum for which the order is drawn.—Stampt, :
10. Wherever letters can be posted, an applicant may
demand to be supplied with stamps or envelopes; ten-
penny or shilling stamps, however, can only be purchased
at certain large offices. Stamps may be had singly. 11.
The use of stamps greatly facilitates the busint es of the
office. They may be affixed to all ktters, &c., posted in
the United Kingdom, whether inland or foreign, and for
late letters they must he used, except at the metropo-
litan chief offices.—Newspapers: 12. With a postage
stamp affixed, a new:-paper, though written on, may be
posted for any part of the United Kingdom. 13. The
public vec,uld greatly r.cilitate the operations of the
Post-office by giving complete and legible addresses, and
by using later box, s."

Iln.ocrisy—the world's tacit acknowledgment of
;he Superiority of virtue.—Eliza Cook's Jcurnal.
A FORTUNATE PURCHASE.----A few days since Mr.

Henry Siviter, bookseller, Kif eland-road, purchased
a lot of books at the Auaion-room, Fleet-street.
Amongst them was a largo quarto volume, entitled,
" Venables on Diabetes." On getting tl:cm home, a
was his custom, he commenced arrarging thin for sale,
and on inspecting the above work found some of tIA
leaves pasted together, and on separating them disco-
vered a 501, and two 101. Bulk of England notes.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE'
OF FRIDAY.
WBITELIALL, Nov. 28, 1849.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint GeQrge Corne-
wall Lewis, Esq.; Sir James Duke, Bart.; ;:tr Harry
Verney, Bart.; William Miles, Esq.•, Prole,sor Richard
Owen, the Hon. Frt derick Byng, and John Wood, E-q.,
to be her Majesty's Commissioners 'or inquiring into
Smithfield Market, and markets in the city of London,
for the sale of meat.
WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 30.

2d Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant Hon.
Cornwallia Maude to be Captain, by purchase, vice Nay-
lor, nho retires; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant John
Glencsirn Carter Hamilton to be Litutenatr by put.-
chase vice Maude, Nov. 30. ,
4th; Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant-General Richard
Pigot to be Colonel, vice G-neral Sir George Anson,
G. C. 8., deceased, Nov. 26.
Coldstream Foot Guards—Lieutenant-Colonel Hon.
George Augustus Spencer, from 37th Foot to be Captain
end Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Millman, who exchanges,
Nov. 30.
3.1 Regiment of Foot—Gent. Cadet Arthur Lannoy,
Coussreaker, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, IN itLout purchase, vice Lukis, promoted in the
61,t Foot, Nov. 30.
l"th Foot—Lieut. Richard John Ross O'Conor to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Edwards, who retires ; En-
sign George Tito Brice to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
rice O'Conor, Nov. 30.
18th Foot—Lieut. John Swinburn, from 32d Foot, to
Le Lieutenant, vice M'Cabe, who exchanges, Sspt. 22.
21st Foot—Ensign Holt Waring Clerke, from 31st
Foot, to be Second-Lieutenant., without purchase, vice
Bartti-lot, deceased, Nov. 30.
22d Foet—Brevet-Majer Frederick Darley George to
be Mojor, xithott rurchaae, vice Poole, who retires upon
full pay ; Lieut. Frederick George Thomas Deshon to
be Copan), vice George ; Ensign Francis George King
to be Lieutenant, vice Deshou ; Gent. Cadet William
M'Beae, from th,s Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
viCQ King, Nov. 3Q.

31st FC)ot—Geritleman Cadet Arthur Jubn Schreiber,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Clerlic, appointed to the 21st Foot,
Nor. 30.

32d vuot—Lieutenant Bernard M`Cabe, from the 18th
Fue,t, to be Lieutenant, vice Swinbnrn, who exchanges,
Sept. 22; Gentlemen Cadet Francis George Stapleton,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice l?irtt.hietie, promoted, Nov. 30.
37. h Foot— Clptain and Lieutenant-Colonel Egerton
Charli's William Miles Milman, from the Coldstream
Regiment of Fuut Guards, to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
vice Spencer, who exchanges, Nov. 30.
53.1 Foot—To be Lieute mails without purchase—En-
sign Charles James i'vrry, from the 70th Foot, vice
Parker, dismiss( d the Service by sentence of a General
Court itilartial; Eeeign Francis Percival Drought, from
6541 Foot, vice .A,htoe, di!missed the service by the
senterce of a General Court-martial, Nov. 30.
55. h Fuot--Lieuteuent Edward John Thomas Mon-
trtsor to be Captain, by purchase, vice McCoy, who
retire; Ensign Robert Hume, to be Lieutenant by
purchase, vice Montresor, Nov. 30.

6-Ith Foot—Gentleman Cud Valentine Ryan, from
the Royal Military College, to be Er,sign, without pur-
cha!e, vice Shipley, promoted, Nur. 30.
70th Foot Gentleman Cadet George Richard
Greaves, from the Royal Military College, to be Eneign,
without purehahe, vice Perry, promoted in the 534
Foot, Nov. 30.

94th Foot—Lieutenant Ada:n Cempbell, to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice Seale, deceased; Ensign
Francis Dalmahoy Wyatt, to be Lieutenant, vice Camp-
tell, Aug. 22. Gentleman Cad: t Robert Alexander
Biothby Tod, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, vice Wyatt, Nov. 30.

97th Foot—Brevet Major William Medows Hamor.
ton, from half pay, 67th Foot. to be Captain, (repay-
Irg the difference), vice Scargill, promoted; Lieutenant
Hubert Dilon, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Ha.
irerton, who retires ; Ensign Edward Kent Junes, to
to Lieutenant by purchase, vice Dillon, Nov. 30.
IIusPITAL STAFF.—Waldegrav
eßock Thompson,
M. 1)., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, Nov. 30.
BREVET.—Major William Medows llamerton, of the
97th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel in the Army, January
10, 1837.