The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-27 00:00:00

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No. 17,629. i LONDON, TUESDAY
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CONTRACTS for RUM, SUGAR, COCOA,
WHEAT, and SOAP.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset•place, March 24, 1849.
The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give
notice, that on THURSDAY, the 29th instant, at One o'clock, they
:H ';c ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Con-
tract for suppl: log And delivering into her .Majesty's Victualling
Stores, at Deptford, the Anderrnentloned articles, viz

The produce of the British Pos- Gallons.
sessions and oat less than half
RUM 100,000
to be the produce of the British
Possessions in. the West Indies,

Half

three
weeks,
and
the
remainder
in
three
weeks
SOAP (Mottled) afterwards.
The Rum, Sugar, and Cocoa to be exempted from the Customs'
Duties.
Samples of she Cocoa (not lees than 21bs.), of the Wheat (not less
than 2 quarts), and of tha Soap (not less than a bar), must be pro-
duced by.thp parties tendering, and a sampie of the Sugar, together
with the Conditions of the Contracts, may be seen at the said
office. No Tender will be.'received after .One o'clock on the day of
treaty, nor any noticed, 'ttisless the party attends, or as agent
for him, duly authorised in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear In the left-hand corner the words " Tender for
and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, and those for Rum
and Sugar must be accompanied by a letter, signed by two responsi-
ble persons, and these for Cocoa, by one responsible person, en-
gaging t, become bound with the person tendering in the sum of 251.
per cent. on the value, for the due performance of the Contracts.

Tone.

each

SUGAR (the produce of the British Pos-} 100
sessions • • • ..... • • • •

COCOA .

. 50
Quarters.
. 2,000
, 1,000
Tons.

WHEAT Red .. • •
White ..

AONTRACTS for BALTIC TIMBER GOODS
and NORWAY SPARS.
Department of the Storekeeper-General cf the Navy,
Somerset-place, March 23, 1849.
The Commissioners for executing the office of Lord nigh_ Admiral
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give
notice that on TUESDAY, the 24th April next, at One o'clock, they
will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Con-
tract for supplying her Majesty's several Dockyards with
=GA STAND -MASTS and FIR TIMBER, DANTZ[C DECK
DEALS and FIR TIMBER, and NORWAY SPARS.
Distributions of the Articles and Forms of the Tenders may be seen
at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on
th 3 day of treaty, nor any noticed, uiless the party attends, or an
agent for him duly authorised in writing.
Every, ender mtist be addressed to the Secretary, of the Admi-
ralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for ,"
an.l must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a
letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become boand
with the person tendering in the sum of 5,0001. for the due perform-
ance of each of the Contracts for Riga and Dantzic Goods, and hi the
sum of 5001. for the Nurway Spars.

ID LAND RAILWAY.
11-A-- cc or y.]
Liverpool, 21st March, 1849.
" To the Chairman and Directors of the Midland Railway.
" OrNTLEMEN,
" We, the undersi,ned shareholders is the Midland Railway, re-
quest you to call a Special Meeting of the Shareholders of that Com-
pany, at as early a dale as possible, to consider the propriety of ap-
pointing a Committee of Investigation to examine into and report
upon the management and affairs of the Company, with full powers
to call for all books, papers, persons, accounts, &c., and to take such
other steps as they may deem advisable, and, if necessary, to appoint
a public accountant to assist them in making a full, clear, and de-
tailed report to the Shareholders at an adjourned meeting, to be held
at an early period."
(Signed by A. 11. Wylie, Liverpool, and 21 other Shareholders.)
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the above requisition, an
Extraordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders in the Midland
Railway Company will be held at the Company's- Station in Derby,
on THURSDIY, the 19th day of April next, at One o clock in the after-
neon, for the purposes specified in the said requisition.
l3y order,

J. F. BELL, Secretary.

Dated this 26th clay of March, 1549,

irt RAVESEND via BLACK WALL RAIL-
WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS.
Railway an.l Beat included in one Payment.
Fares, to or from London.
Fore Cabin and Second. Class Railway, ONE SHILLING ;
Saloon and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING and SIXPENCE.
To or from Blackwell or intermediate Piers,
Fere Cabin .• ••• • .. 9d. Saloom ...... s.
No other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purficet Piers.
FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND.
Week Days, at 7, 8%,* 9%, 11%, 1,3, and 5.
Sundays. at 8%, 11%, 1,3, 5, and 6%.
FROM BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL.
Week Days, at 9 20, 10 40, 12, 1 20, 2 40, 4, and 5 20.*
Sundays. at 9 20, 10 40, 1 20, 3 20, 5 20, and 6.*
Observe ! These are the times of the TRAINS leaving Fenchurch-
street.
Passages marked * are ran direct, the Packets not being per-
mitted to stop at Piers or for Boats.
Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London
every quarter of an hour.
BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 41.45. ; Six Months, 21. 15s. ;
fkree Months, 11. 15s. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the
rackets; Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend; or of Mr. Saunders,
Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell.
Passengers' Luggage conveyed to and from the Packets and Rail-
way, at the Brunswick-wharf, without any charge. The charge for
Porterage at Fcnchurch-street is Id. for small parcels, and 2d. for
large parcels.
March 1, 1849.

IV-ELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP-
HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, opposite Adam-street, and
Three Doors East of the Adeiphi Theatre
Gentlemen conmetcl. with the Public Offices, Banking Houses,
also Visitors to the Theatres, will find an exedlent Table d'llote at
Nalf-past Five p cclsely—Fish and Joints, 2s. Hot Joints until
Light, and Suppers until One' o'clock. Private Dining-rooms and
Good Beds. Wine and Spirits of the first quality. Superior Ales,
and Barclay and Pcrkins's Stout.
Proprietors, JOHN ARCHER. and THOMAS HOLT.
N.B. An Entrance also from Maiden lane.

rill:1E ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
• • ' INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.
Lectures explaiiiiii4 the Art of Magic by Mr. Shaw, with il-
lustrations, changed every week, daily at a ,Quarter to Four,
and every
,Evening at .Nine.—Lecture on Chemistry daily at a
Quarter to Three o'clock.—Dr. Bachhoffnor's Illustrations on As-
tronomy,' Mondays, 'Wednesdays,' and Fridays, at One o'clock.—
Lectures on the. Ventilating of Mines, &c., by means • of the Steam
Jet.—A View in the Gold.. District of California is added to the
New Dissolving Views.-hew Chromatme.--Machinery and Models
explained, &c., &c.—The Music is directed by Dr. Wallis.••
Open daily from Eleven to Five; and in the .t.'venlngs (including
Saturday) from Seven till Ualf-past Ten.
• Admission, is.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Cltalogne. Is.

EVOLUTION IN LIGHT-GOOD NEWS.
B-1 VI) ,What Lights are these? Vi-ions of by-gone times, but now
realities—The Diamond Lamp is perfect—lts equal is unknown.
The Diamond Light ibr India is tranquil amid the draught of the
Punkah—The Vertical Lamp is shadowless and simple to perfection
--The Pearl Candle Lamp is worth a hundred other Candle Lamps
All who desire the best of Lights can obtain them only here—The
Star. the Golden, the Grass, and the Reflecting Gas Burners are be-
yond comparison the most brilliant of Gas Lights.. The Metropolitan
• Light Company her Majesty's dominions with Light supply. The
Public will have none other.. The Eight New Lights are constantly
burning at the Company's Establishment, RICHARD CLARK, Resi-
dent Manager, 447, West Strand, next door to the Electric Telegraph
Company.
N.B. Guard all from buying the Carcel Lamps, they are leaky aid
useless. •

ARKNESS .REIGNS NO MORE.
The LIGHT of ALBERT gladdens the midnight scene.
Darkness now wears a diadem of Light. A beautiful little Light.
decidedly the best Night Lamp known. All should use them.
Pdce, for the bed, 9d. each. The Lights are 6d. pef box. The
Albert Lamps, with the genuine Lights for thein, can be had at the
Est ablishmeut of the Metropolitan Light Company, RICHARD
CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, West Strand, next door to the
Electric Telegraph Company.

TILE MOST DURABLE OUT-DOOR PAINT EVER INVENTED.
CARSON'S ORIGINAL ANTI-CORROSION
PAINT, specially patronised by the British arid other Go-
vernments, the Hon. East India Company, the Principal Dock Com-
panies, and other public bodies, &c., is particularly recommended to
the Nobility, Gentry, Agriculturists, Manufacturers, 'West India Pro-
prietors, and others, it having been proved by the practical test of
more than sixty years to surpass all other paints as an out-door pre-
, ervativc. It is extensively used for the protection, of wooden houses,
farm and other out-buildings, farming implements, conservatories,
park-paling, gates, iron railings, iron hurdles, cop; er, zinc, lead, brick,
stone, old compo, and stucco fronts, and tiles to represent seating.
Thd superiority of the Anti-Corrosion to every ether paint for out-
door purposes may be easily inferred from the simple fact, that its
use has been always most strenuously opposed by colour manufac-
turer?, painters; oil and colourmen, and others interested in the sale
of common paints. It is also very economical, any labourer being
able to lay it on.
Colours—White stone, light stone, drab or Portland stone, Bath
stone, light and dark yellow stone, light and dark oak, light and
dark lead, light and dark chocolate, bright and dark red, black, and
brown, 345. per cwt. ; invisible green, 50s. t bright green, 60s. ; deep
green, Ns. ; and blue, COs. per cwt. ; in casks 28 lbs., 56 lbs , and

112 lbs. each. Oil and Brushes.
The Or:ginal Anti-Corrosion Paint is only to be obtained of
WALTER CARSON (Successar to the Inventors), 15, TOKEN-
ROUSE-YARD (back of the Bank of England), who will show be-
tween 400 and 500 Testimonials received from the Nobility, Gentry,
and Clergy, who have used the Anti-Corrosion for many years at
their country seats.
A Copy of the Testimonials will be sent on application.
No Agents.—All orders are particularly requested to be sent direct

SURREY. THEATRE.
We are pleased to be able to speak in terms of praise
of the present manegetnent. There appears every effort
made and pains taken to produce pieces in a perfect
manner, both as regards scenery and dresses. Last night
(Aiello was produced, for the purpose of introducing a
young aspirant for hiStriouic lioneurs,in the
person of a
Mr. Mead, a gentleman who has been reaping a harvest
of applause in. the provinces. Mr. Mead was evidently
suffering from excessive nervousness last evening; but
still it was evident that there was " stuff " about
him, and, he will; become A useful and effective actor.
The.rest of the partsyyere well sustained, the dresses and
scenery were of; the most perfect nature, and here we
cannot resist the grittifying duty of speaking of the Des-
demona of a lady named Ponisi,
it was truly natural,
and displayed considerable mind; seldom have we seen
tie part more perfectly pourtrayed. The Casale of Mr.
Shepherd was a good conventional reading of the part.
The tragedy was followed by a new ballet - called
L'Amour dans le monde des Fleurs, produced under the
direction of Mr. Frampton, whose juvenile pupils sus-
tained the principal characters, and played and danced
with singular ease ,and grace. Miss Frampton in par-
ticular, the daughter of the clever originator of the niece
was highly successful in the part of the Queen Of Roses,
and the elegance, and preciston she displayed in dancing
a number of difficult pas
with Master Forrest and Mr.
H. Parke, proved- her to-possess Terpsichonian talent of
no mean order. Most of the dances were the invention
of Mr. Frampton himself, and both his own exertions
and those of his young friends well merited the hearty
applause bestowed on them.

QUEEN'S versus ROYAL THEATRE.

(FROSt A CORRESPONDENT.)
HULL, MARCH 26.—AD application was made by Mr.
Caple, the lessee of the Queen's ThEntre, for a licence
to open the same for the representation of the legitimate
drama during the ensuing twelvo months, which applica-
tion was opposed by the proprietors 'of the -Royal
Theatre. There was a very lull attendance of the ma-
gistracy, consistine, of J. L. Smith, Ertl., mayor; James
Henwood, Esq., George Coulcman, Esq.. E. M. Jalland,
R-q., W. B. Carrick, Esq, R. Blyth, Esq., R. Tottie,
Esq., T. W. Palmer, Esq., J. ;Tinton, I,,sq , Thomas
Newmarch, Esq., John Beadle, Esq., and John Gor-
sham, Esq. The matter was considered of so consider-
able importance that both applicant and opponents
deemed it necessary to employ counsel. Mr. Seymour,
who appeared for the applicant, made a very stirring
and animated appeal to the bench, showing the absurdity
of restricting the Queen's being opened only nine
months in the year, and thus nursing a mono-
poly by the Royal during December, January,
and February. Mr. Blanchard, who appeared on behalf
of the proprietors of the Royal, did not attempt to throw
any doubt upon the manner in which the Queen's
Theatre was conducted, nor upon the character of Mr.
Cape', the lessee, who bad caused numerous letters to be
handed to the bench, speaking of him in the highest
terms, but the Hull magistrates had, on two former oc-
casion', decided that the Royal should have the sole
right of enacting plays in the borough of Hull during the
months of December, January, and February, and he
prayed them not now to nullify their previous decisions.
The magistrates retired, and after some time returned,
when the Mayor announced that they had decided to re-
new the licence as before, that is for nine months, not to
include December, January and February.
It is really impossible to divine what could have been
the reasons for E 0 many magistrates coming to so sing&
lar a decision; it could not be a question with them
whether the Royal suffers from the Queen's or not, be.
cause as the Royal has its summer season as also its
winter, why not compel the Queen's to close whenever
the Royal is open, and it cannot be on account of any-
thing being wrongly conducted at the Queen's, or why
grant a licence at all. Shakspere might truly say—
" Man, clotted in a little brief authority," Sm.

THEATRE ROYAL, CORK.
For the first time in our theatre the beautiful opera
of the Crown Diamonds, by the celebrated Auber, was
produced on Monday evening to an overflowing house,
attracted doubtless us much by the anticipation of hoar-
ing the composition of this great master fittingly ren-
dered as by the established reputation of the compo-
sition itself. Nor was expectation—even the most fas-
tidious— disappointed; for the opera from the rising of
the curtain to the fall, exhibited a combination of varied
and exquisite melody, as well as a succession of vocal
triumphs on the part of the principal per:ormers. The
cast was as follows:—Don Henrique, Mr. Harrison;
Reholledo, Signor Borrani; Catarina, Miss Rainfortb ;
Campo de Mayor, uncle to Don Henrique, Mr. Corgi;
Diana, Miss Fitzgerald. The first feature in the piece
was the " Muliteer" of Borrani, which called forth a loud
encore, with which demand he readily complied. In the
same act came on the duet. " Oh, sweet conversation,"
between Miss Raintorth and Harrison, the exquisite
melody and beautiful execution of which also subjected
elee-peere.......... des - damroa 11-viai the house for its repe-
tition, which was acciled to with, if possible, in-
creased effect and finish. In the second act
occurs the beautiful, but trying and most
difficult duet "In the deep ravine," allotted to Miss
Rainforth and Miss Fitzgerald, and in the performance of
which both combined to achieve a triumph of no ordie
nary character. The effect was beautiful—the clear
enunciation of every note of the sometimes rapid and
always difficult music assigned to the principal, blending
most liquidly with the accurate and effective second
rendered by Miss Fitzgerald. It were needless to say a
thunder of applause with reiterated encores followed, and
amid renewed plaudits it was gracefully repeated. The
next triumph tell to the lot of Mr. Harrison in the
charming ballad " Oh, whisper what thou feelest," ex-
pressly written for, and introduced by him, on the occa-
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utterance of those exquisite tones so peculiar to his
voice, the true quality of which hero displays itself in
surpassing sweetness. The style of the ballad is simple,
yet thrilling, and there was thrown into it such a feeling
of soul and delicacy of persuasiveness, that ono knew
not which to admire more, the composition itself or the
style in which it was rendered by Mr. Harrison, an idea
of which may be formed when wo state that atter re-
sponding to an encore, and singing it twice over, as warm
an anxiety was manifested for a third repetition; and it
was only in consideration of the fatigue consequent on
his compliance with the demand that the house ceased to
be further exacting. Some beautifully executed trios and
quartets followed, in which the deep effect of Messrs.
lSorrani and Corgi's voices were tellingly felt and most
warmly applauded. But the cliff d'auvre of the night
was the cantina, " Love dwell with me," by Miss
Rainforth. Here indeed was a difficulty to been-
countered, and a number and complication of " bars" to
be surmounted, more numerous and complex than ever
presented their dread front to a rider at the " Derby" or
" Ascot." But the trained flexibility and finely culti-
vated sustaining power of voice possessed by Miss Rain-
_forth carried her triumphantly through, when a stormy
demand was made for a repetition, which was met, and
most justly, by the considerate portion of the audience
with cries of "shame." However, Miss Rainforth
cheerfully responded, though it was evident her compli-
ance overtaxed her capability. The opera from first to
last was most creditably put upon the stage, and the
acting of the minor characters, as well as the accuracy of
the chorus, showed that no inconsiderable amount of
pains had been taken to drill and perfect them. Mr.
Corgi, who seems to possess that rare faculty of making
himself at home in every character which he takes on,
and to which he imparts traits peculiarly his own, was
admirable as the pompous self-sufficient old " Minister
of the Interior." Miss Fitzgerald and Mrs. Normanton
are decided acquisitions. At the fall of the curtain the
manager announced, amid loud applause, the repetition
of the opera for Tuesday evening.—Cork Examiner,
March 21.