The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-17 00:00:00

MINORITY-AYES, 34.

Adderley, C. I% Duncan, George O'Flaherty, Anthony
Anstey, T. C. Dunne, F. P. Pearson, Charles
Baillie, 11. J. Fellowes, E. Salwey, Colonel
Bal,lock, E. 11. Greene, John Sidney, Alderman
Bateson, Thomas Harris, Richard Spooner, Richard
131ewitt, R. J. Hood, Sir A. Stuart, Lord D.
Broadwood, 11. Kershaw, James Thicknesse, R. A.
Chichester, Lord J. King, P. J. Thompson, Colonel
Christy, Samuel Masterman, John
ClMord, H. M. 3lolesworth,;Sir W. TELLES&
Cubitt, William Muntz, G. F. Scott, F.
Currie, H. O'Brien Sir Lucius Hume, Joseph
Derereux, John T. O'Connell, J.

MAJORITY-NOES, 81.
Abdy, Thomas N. Ellice, Edward Maule, Fox
Anson, Colonel Ellice, E., jun. Miteltell, T. A.
Armstrong, Sir A. Elliot, John Morris, David
Arundel, Earl of Evans, Johu Norreys, Lord
Bagsha v, John Evans, William Paget, Lord A.
Baines, M. T. Ferguson, Colonel Paget, Lord Clarence
Baring, Sir F. T. Fordyce, A. D. Palmerton, Via.
Bellew, R. M. Fortescue, J. W. Rich, Ilenry
Berkeley, Captain Fox, W. J. Romilly, Sir John
Berkeley, H. F. Glyn, George Carr Russell, Lord J.
Berkeley, C. L. Grey, Sir G. Russell, F. C.
Bernal, Ralph Grey, R. W. Shell, It. L.
Blackall, S. W. Haste, Archibald Shelburne; Earl of
Sunbury, E. 11. Hawes, Benjamin Somerville, Sir W.
Brotherton, J. Hay, Lord J. Talbot, J. H.
Chaplin, W. J. Ilayter, W. G. Talfourd, Sergeant
Childers, J. W. Hobhouso, Sir J. Tancred, H. W.
Clay, James Howard, Lord E. Thornely, T.
Cocks, T. S. Howard, Sir It. Ward, 11. G.
Colebrook., Sir T. Jervis, Sir John Wellesley, Lord C.
Compton, H. C. Johnstone, Sir:.T. Westhead ,J. P.
Cowper, W. F. Keppel, George T. Williams, John
Craig, W. G. Labouchere, Henry Williamson, Sir IL
Crowder, R. B. Lascelles, W. S. Wood, Sir Charles
Currie, Raikes Lewis, George:C. . Wood, W. P.
Dawson, T. V. Mackinnon, IN. Taunts.
Dundas, Admiral Mangles, R. D. Tufnell, H.
Ebrington, Viscount Matheson, A. Hill, Lord M.

CADYERTISEMENT.]
"GEORGE CATLIN, ESQ.
" 6, Waterloo-place.
"pir,—Having experienced much amusement upon our
visit to the picture of the Missouri River, exhibited by
Mr. Banvard at the Egyptian Hall, vt e felt considerable
surprise upon reading a letter which appeared in the
Times of this day, from a Mr. Smith, disputing the au-
thenticity and fidelity of the portraiture of the scenery
and objects therein represented.
" We believe that the umpire who can best bear testi-
mony to its truthfulness, or otherwise, is yourself, to
whom that country we know to be especially familar.
We feel that you are the person to put the question at
rest, and thus to do justice to the rival artists, and to the
many admirers of the magnificence of American scenery.
In this belief, and with the fullest confidence in your in-
dependent and unbiassed opinion, we respectfully solicit
your reply.

"Your obedient servants,
" Capt. CHAS. CALLouiti, New York (Queen's Hotel).
"Col. P. RYAN, Illinois, America.
" COl. JAMES REILT, 66, Regent-street.
"RICHARD Meioa, 21, Arundel-street.
" Jolts HOOPER. King's-cross.
"London, April 11, 1849."

" Gentlemen,—l, am in receipt of your letter of the
11th inst., and beg to state that though there are several
persons now in London besides myself who are familiar
with the scenery of the Missouri, and though I am
unwilling to give an opinion of thd comparative merits
of works of art, I still feel bound, for the character of
my country and its noble scenery, as well as frdm a
sense of duty I owe to the people of this country and
to myself, to state to you the following objections to
that part of the Panorama you speak of, now exhibit-
ing at the Egyptian Hall, relating to the 2,000 miles of
scenery on the Alissouri River, wich I do with great
reluctance, and all of which objections I have repeatedly
named to the artist of that picture, in personal and
friendly interviews:—

" Within the 2,000 miles of scenery which he pro-
fesses to show on that river, from the mouth of the
Yellow Stone to Saint Louis, I regret to observe that he
gives no view of

The Mouth of the Yellow Stone The Omaha Village
The American Fur Co.'s Fac- The Mouth of Platte
tory The Puncah Village
The Minitanee Village Council Bluff's
The Riccaree Village Roubadon's Trading House
Fort Mandan The Black Snake Hills
Fort Clark The loway Village
Major Bean's Indian Agency The Sac Village
The Big Sioux Village Cantonment Leavenworth
The Setan Village The Town of Liberty
Cabane's Trading House Franklin
Major Dogherty's Indian Independence
Agency Boonville
The Bijou Hills Jefferson City
Floyd's Grave Saint Charles
which constitute the leading and conspicuous objects of
interest and permanency on the banks of that river.
" There must be something wrong about: his Mandan
Village, which he represents and explains at in ruins,'
which is known not to be the case, as a part of the Riccaree
Tribe have fully occupied it since the destruction of the
Slandans to 14e present day, and he has been exceedingly
unlucky in placing it opposite to Fort Pierre, 900 miles
below its real site, and on the wrong side of the River!
"In his representation of the river bluffs he has made
the strata, of red, and blue, and yellow clay, vertical in•
stead of horizontal, and he opens the picturesque clay
bluffs in the ' Grand Detour,' without showing the
streaks of coal and gypsum appearing in their sides.
" The Square Rills he makes to extend several miles, and
rising out of the water, and their sides white (as of white
clay) to their tops; when, in fact, this most extraordinary
group consi4s of four blocks only, making less than a
quarter of a mile, if united all together. They are half
a mile distant from the river shore, and their colour a
reddish brown, being composed of gravelly deposit and
sand, deeply coloured by the oxide of iron.
"Fort Pierre, one of the Fur Company's Factories, he
represents as a Stone Fort, with inclined Bastions,
which, like the other Factories on that River, is a Stock-
ade, built of newts. His representation of the
Brick-kilns,' a volcanic remain, and the most remark-
able and interesting feature on the River, like the
' Square Hills,' furnishes not one line or character like the
original ; and whilst he quotes my published account of
it as authority, he has had the carelessness to place it
in his connected scenery, in sight of the Mouth of the
Missouri, 1,880 miles belowits real position, which I have
described, and ally on the wrong side of the /river.
"These, and others, as glaring omissions and incon-
gruities, and which need not now be named, together
with a total want of resemblance to those scenes in nature, I
deeply regret to say, compel me to believe that that part
of his Panorama relating to the Missouri (and to which
none of his American approbutions and certificates seem
to apply) has been the work of some one's imagination, and
therefore does no justico to the truly magnificent and
' unique' scenery of that noble-river, as it has been em-
phatically and uniformly styled by my former distin-
guished travelling companions, the Hon. C. A. Murray,
the Prince Paul of Wirtemburg, Sir William Drummond
Stewart, and others.

" I have the honour to be, gentlemen,
" Your obedient servant,
" 6, Waterloo-place, London. " GEO. CATLIN."

STRAND THEATRE.

The appearance of Mr. W. Farren last night raises
this once popular little theatre to some degree of impor-
tance. The pieces in which the eminent comedian acted
were Secret Service and Petticoat Government. The first
of these is Mr. Planche's excellent adaptation of Michel
Perrin, and Mr. Farren's personation of the simple and
honourable old cure, originally played by M. Bouire, is
well known as one of the most finished and pathetic per-
formances on the modern stage. The other piece is less
generally celebrated; but the character of the old hypo-
chondriac under the dominion of a tyrannical house-
keeper was well known in the palmy days.of the Olympic
Theatre.

Mr. Bernard's drama of the Farmer's Story, in which
the principal parts were played by Mr. Leigh Murray
and Mr. and Mrs. Compton, concluded the evening's
entertainment. On the whole there is a very good
working company for farce and domestic drama at the
New Strand Theatre, and, according to the announce-
ments, it will shortly be strengthened by the accession
of Mrs. Stirling. The opening of the Olympic by Mr.
Henry Farren was prevented by the recent conflagration,
and ho has taken his company to this smaller, but better
situated, house

The reception of Mr. •W. Farren, who had not ap-
peared at a minor theatre since the management of the
Olympic by Madame Vestris, was hearty and en-
thusiastic.

LEAMINGTON SPA.—The conclusion of a most
successful winter season, with its uninterrupted balls,
steeple-chasing and flat running, private fashionable
entertainments, such as fancy balls and tableaux, on a
splendid scale, and stirring exploits with the " Old
Warwickshire," has been followed by the welcome calm
of the Lenten period, during which the pleasing remem-
brances of the past appear to have stimulated our cate-
rers to unexampled exertions in reference to the forth.
coming summer and its festivities. The programme of
these events includes a series of horticultural exhibi.
Lions, the first of which is to take place during the pre.
sent month, being open to all England ; it will be pre-
ceded by an inauguration of the statue, raised by sub-
scription, of Dr. Jephson, from the studio of Hollins—
& public ceremonial which will attract distinguished
visitors from all parts of the kingdom, in compliment to
the wide-spread tame and benevolence of that celebrated
townsman, whose former patients still flock round him
in his dignified retirement from professional toil. Cricket
matches will bring the test players of the day to the
new, spacious, and complete ground opened here, with
a view of giving a permanent encouragement to the
healthful recreation, whilst a round of archeryfites, mu-
gical attractions, &c. &c., will sustain the popularity of
Leamington during the ensuing season with becoming
spirit, enterprise, and good taste. The arrivals at the
hotels and boarding-houses continue to include the
names of some of the most aristocratic families.
THE DEPUTY CORONERSIIIP POE MIDDLESEX.--
The office of Deputy Coroner for Middlesex has been
temporarily resigned by Mr. G. J. Mills, in consequence
of his health requiring a few months' relaxation from
his duties, which, owing to the continuance of the recent
duties
indisposition of Mr. Wakley, have latterly been espe-
cially The of the office will,
arduous. probably,
b
the next six months by Mr. H. M.
wea
time it is hoped that Mr. Mills' health will be com-
pletely a son of the coroner, at the expiration of which
pletely restored.
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