The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-29 00:00:00

FINE ARTS.

PORTRAIT of Al orlemoimelle JENNY LIND, as

AMINA, in the Sonnamhula.

Mr. Mitchell has recently published a beautiful
lithographic portrait of the "Swedish nightingale,"
in the character of the Sonnfimbula. The portrait is
lithographed by Mr. T. 11. Maguire, from a drawing
by Valentini, and represents her in the last scene,
where, after the descent from the mill, she is in the
act of pressing the flowers to her bosom, just before
she awakens from her state of somnambulism. The
likeness is life-like, and the artist has managed most
truthfully to convey the peculiar expression of half-
dreamy consciousness which is so characteristic of
portrait is surrounded is in excellent taste, and, taken
as a whole, this is one of the most interesting portraits
of Jenny Lind that has yet appeared.

It is
drooping* frowmh
on Sunday,
said that a brewer's dog at Malmsbury is re-
gularlS drunk six days in the week, by licking the
DISCOVERY.—Workmen
he is tied up.
In the' thickness the various taps, and only gets sober
thedral.
SINGULAR
the interior arches of Durham Ca-
repairing have been re-
centlyhave found a fire of the transept arches they
Tnz
fits
place and chimney of lar
I" NCR DR j ge proportions.
Toulon states that the h OINVILLE.—A letter from
expected there, andthat the
squadron is daily
his arrival, proceed the Prince de • • .
to Paris, to Joinville will, on
of the Chambers. be present at the opening
ASIIION.—THE LATE T
now be said to be c d URN-OUT.—This strike may
n ended, as the greater
hands have returned to work at the portion of the
are only working short time ; indeed,
abatement, but they
working seven and eight hours per day.eed' some
last week, subscriptions have been madeAs we noticed
amounting to a
considerable sum, which was this week made up to about
100/.—Manchester Times.
TUE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.--If is a curious fact
yet to be explained, that the electric telegraph will not
work in the summit tunnel of the Manchester, Sheffield'
and Lincolnshire Railway. This tunnel, us our readers
know, was one of the severest pieces of boring that has
been executed, and is the longest of Erglish tunnels, not
excepting that of Box on the Great Western.
THE GLASS TRADE.—We regret to learn that the
glass trade in this district is still very much depressed.
several of the manufactories being on short time and
others suspended. This depression extends to both the
flint and the crown glass houses.—/Vetecastle Guardian.
Tut LEITH PACKET.—On Saturday, intelligence
reached Lloyd's that the Leith packet, supposed to have
been lost, had been found ashore in Carnarvon Bay,
the crew, &e., were saved by the Norman, and landed
at Liverpool.

THE COUNTY COURTS.
A Gazette published on Saturday contains the follow-
ing important notification:—
" At the Court at Windsor, the 30th day of October,
1847, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council.

" Whereas by an Act, passed in the session holden in
the nine and tenth years of her Majesty's reign, intituled
An Act for the more easy recovery of small debts and
demands in England,' it is, amongst other things, enacted,
that it shall be lawful for her Majesty, with the advice of
her Privy Council, to order that the judges, clerks, bailiffs,
and officers of the courts holden under the said Act, or
any of them, shall be paid by salaries instead of fees, or
in any manner other than is provided by the said Act :
" And whereas by the said Act it is also enacted, tha,
any order in Council made for the purposes of the said
Act shall be published in the London Gazette, and notice
of the intention of her Majesty to take into consideration
lbe propriety of making any such order shall be pub-
lished in the London Gazette one calendar month at least
before any such order shall be made :

" And wh, reas her Majesty has been pleased this day
to refer the consideration of the said Act, and of the order
which it may be proper to make for the purpo,;es of the
said Act, as before-mentioned, to a committee of the
Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council,
and to direct that the raid committee do report their
opinion thereupon to her Majesty:
" Notice is hereby given, that after the expiration of
one calendar month from the date of the publication of
this totice in the London Gazette, her Majesty, with the
advice of her Privy Council, will take into consideration
the propriety of making an order, under the provisions
of the sai I Act, for paying the judges, clerks, bailiffs, and
officers of the said courts by salaries instead of fees, or in
such other manner as may he deemed expedient.
" W. L, BATHURST."