The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-09 00:00:00

LYCEUM THEATRE.

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Miss Dickenson, from the Newcastle Theatre, made
her debut here last night in the character of Fanny
Curry, in Morton's popular farce of the Eton Boy.
Miss Dickenson's debut was most successful. Her figuie
is goad ; and as Tom, thl Eton Bo}, she was tull of mis-
chief, fan, and espieglierie. She is tall, and her form is
perfect ; her features are most expressive, and she will
be a great acquisition to the Lyceum corps. Keeley's
Dabster, is too well known to stand in need of eulogy ;
and it would he unjust to pass over the *Captain
Popham of Wigan. He is the best Captain Pop-
ham on the stage, and this we say wiJi toe
full recollection of Charles Matthews and of Hudson in
the same character. At the conclusion Miss Dickenson
was called fur, and was led on by Keeley, and teceivtd
with teat applause which she had fairly earned. The
Eton Boy kV,1,1 preceded by the Wigwam, in which Keeley
as the little. White Buffalo, kept the audience in a rear-
of laughter, and was fAlow,d by Mrs. White, with
Oxhi,rry as the redoubtble Peter.

MONOPOLY.
7'O THE ADITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR, —1 should be guilty of great ingratitude, did I
not return you my thanks for inserting my letter in
your valuable journal of the 27th of January, comment-
ing upon the daring, unjust, and monoreli ing bakers
of Pimlico and Chelsea, who, instead of following the
laudable example of the more honest bakers of other
di tracts, of reducing the price of bread on the 22d and
25th days of January, actually advanced the price of
their bread one half-penny the 41b. loaf, thus wringing,
from the hard-earned wages of the mechanics and poorer
classes of this district, one penny per 41b. loaf more than
bakers of other metropolitan districts; and when asked
by their cm.tumers to account for such daring injustice,
replied, with all the effrontery imaginable, "Oh, it is
because we have largestocks of flour on hand!"
I ask, Sir, could an answer be found to be more ab-
surd, base, wicked, and monstrous?
February I.—The merciful bakers of this district did
extend their bowels of compassion, and reduced the
price of bread one half-penny tho 41b. loaf, being the
half-penny advance exposed in my letter of Jan. 27.
The considerate wives and domestics of mechanics
have adopted resolutions not to deal with bakers of this
district, but twice a week repair to Lambeth for the
supply of bread, where a saving of one penny per 41b.
loaf is obtained. Many have found branch-houses, con-
nected with that most praiseworthy establishment, the
League Bread Company. May prosperity crown their
efforts !

I cannot but admire the charitable feeling that has
been exhibited in this district among licensed victuallers,
whose honourable and praiseworthy considerations, de-
spite of their monopolising and victimising brewers,
reduced the price of porter one-fifth ; thus proving the
day has arrived that the iron hearts and the iron hands
of the monopolists, that grasped the fetters of monopoly,
shall be beaten into ploughshares, and their spears, that
pierced the hearts of the poor, be made into pruning-
hooks. Monopoly shall be learned no more, and all the
nation will shout amen I—l remain, &c.
Pimlico, Feb. 5.

GULIELMUS.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following
gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examination,
were admitted members of this college at the last meeting of
the Court of Examiners :—Messrs. R ;bed Alexander Wm.
Westley, Bombay; Johson Kaye Baines, Burwell, Cam-
bridgeshire ; William Strong Briggs, Derby ; Edward
Govett, London ; John Linton Palmer, Soberton, Hamp-
shire ; Julius Harward, Wirksworth, Derbyshire; Morris
Morris, Barmouth, North Wales ; and Charles Downes,
Builth, Breconshire.

ALARMING FIRES.—On Sunday morning, between
five and six o'clock, a fire broke out in the upper part of the
premises in the occupation of Mr. Thomai Go:idman, a baker,
47, Great Bell-alley, ...loorgate-street. It was caused from
the soot in a blocked-up flue becoming ignited, which set
fire to the flooring in one of the rooms. The engines quickly
attended, and the firemen, by cuttieg away the timber, suc-
ceeded in getting the flames subdued, but not until consi-
derable damage was done by fire and water. Mr. Goodman
was instued in the West of England ffiee. A sevond fire
broke nut at NI). I, Bethel-place, Vine-y.od, Tooley street,
belonging to Mr. E. Clowrow. A airark fiom x lighted
catuiie failing upon the bed set tile sane, iii 't re in-
mates having been arotiged from !heir slumber,, they-kepi
the fire at bay nntil tha firemen arrived, - when, owinlo the
cornbieed exertions of all parties, the fi tines were Or out.
Unfortunately the occupier was not insured,
,
TROTTING EXTRAORDINARY —till .Saturday: After-
noon the snatch made by Mr. Go-:;—who undertook, for a

bet of ,O!. a side, to
miles viti in one hour—was Opcid,l on seven miles of road
at StviLtiry. The terms stipuTted in the article• were. Chet
i;. the event of either horses galeping, they should be willed
up again and turned, and again go over the ground. The
feat was cunmeneed at quick speed, and seven tu.les were
covered in twenty-eight minutes, without a break. luring
the next seven miles the homes broke, a• d were pulled up
three times. but ultimately they won the match by accom-
plishing the foutteen miles of road, inclusive of breaks, in
fifty-eight minutes. In betting, time was the favourite.
ALARMING ILLNESS OF SIR JOHN Gr A DSTON E,
BART.—We are informed that accounts have been received
from Scotland which conveyed intelligence of the serious ill-
ness of Sir John Gladstone, Bart., at Fasque, the venerable
baronet's seat, in Kincardineshire. We learn that a few
weeks back Sir John was seized with an attack of paralysis,
and was recovering, when on Monday last he was enabled to
take carriage exercise. On the following day (Tuesday) he
experienced another paralytic stroke more serious than the
previous attack, and it is now feared that he will be unable
to sustain the severity of the relapse. The- Right Hon. W.
E. Gladstone and the other members of the respected
Baronet's family have been summoned to Fasque by the dan-
gerous indisposition of their venerated father.
The Right Honourable the Speaker of the House
of Commons gave his second full-dress Parliamentary
banquet on Saturday last, at his mansion in Eaton-square.
The following noblemen and gentlemen constituted the
circle :—The Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Bart., the
Earl of Lincoln,. the Right- -Honourable Henry Goulburn,
the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Right Hon. Sir James
Graham, the Right Ilan. Lord Granville Somerset, Lord
Ernest Bruce,-the Earl Jerinyn, Lord Charles Wellesley,
the Right Hon. W. Bingham Baring, Viscount Mahon,
the Right Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel Daws,n Darner, the
Right Hon. Sir George Clerk, the Right Hon. Henry L.
Oorry, Hon. H. Manners Sutton, Hon. Henry Fitzroy,
Hon. R. Gordon, Hon. James Stuart Wortley, Sir Charles
Douglas, Bart., Sir F. Thesiger, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Rear-
Admiral Bowles, Mr. T. Greene, Mr. H. Baring, Mr. Card-
well, Mr. Young, Ms. Cripps, the Rev. Edward Reptor. ( who
officiated in the room of the Rev. G. T. Andrews, chaplain to
the Speaker, who was absent from indisposition), and Mr.
Lefroy, secretary to the Speaker.
LAMBETH PALACE.—During the last few, days a
large number of workmen have been busily employed in
making extensive improvements in the frontage of dui an-
cient palace of Lambeth. The whole of the long foot-path
called Bishop's-walk, from. Stangate to the upper side of the
palace, is undergoing considerable improvement, and, when
completed, will afford great convenience to the public.
EXTRAORDINARY SPEED.—A train on the Great
Western Railway was, a few days ago, urged at the aston-
ishing speed of seventy-two miles an hour. This is at the
rate of one mile in fifty seconds, or thirty-five yards and one-
fifth per second. If this speed could be maintained, a train
would pass over 1,728 miles in twenty-four hours; and, if
there were a railway round the world, the entire distance
would be performed in about fourteen days and a half.
Tug EPOQUE NEW,,PAPER.—The Tribunal of
Correctional Police has been occupied several days in hear-
ing a complaint, preferred by certain sha.eholders of the
Epoque newspaper, against M. Solar, late gerant of that
journal, on a charge of swindling, and against Admiral de
Rosamel, General Tholose, M. Aleynard, M. Richond des
Brits, M. Denys (all Members of the Chamber of Deputies),
M. Corm:suit, and M. kiriolet, as civilly responsible. The
charge against the geront was base,: on the allegation
that he had induced the complainants to advance their
money on the pretence that the journal possessed upwards
of 20,000 subscribers, when in reality it had not so many ;
as also that he had sold vast quantities of the daily I:um
bets as waste paper without neammting for the ,;rocks-d,
nod generady that he had acted tnif,i lv towards
hullers in the discharge of the duties ()Ibis office, A<i ii
Rosainel and the other gentle,nen had acted as ti

!rive two t

n a tandem f

•t de surveillance of the Ep 'plc, and iii th.it c3pa.rc3 'tied
.-.,;ited a document, which was inserted in the "newsp,lier.
tring that the circulation of the journal exceed. d 20,000
a adaily. . The complainants allcgc,i that the genileriirn
t. question knew that assertion to he false at the time they
matie it, and that as it was in conaequence of it thry
parted with their money, they (the shareholder-,)e. ..;
them morally responsible for the I,:ss they -t •
ed ihrougn the acts of •the gerant. A tit: ; f
‘‘,l wer.± catied to support the case 01
plain! taut att.a. tig. the cuwisel of M. Soli.r, 11.
Soler limiseif, I...tti of a ninn 'eta te,l teat the paper mai Lail
twe:.ty tuous .liti ~tib:;Crit.ielS, that its failute as 0 i!:e.
canal's apcculation was the iault of the shareholders thee,-
selves in not paying up their deposits Coe,
that in every case the condact of 11. Solar had been
perfectly honourable, and that, in fact, so far from duping
the shareholders, he was a considerable loser from his con-
nexion with the journal, the tribunal delivered a judgment
by which it fully acquitted that gentleman, and declared
that, in consequence of that acquittal, it was useless to exa-
mine the question raised with respect to the other gentlemen.
—Galignani.
MILITARY MOYEMENTS.—The depot of the 27th
Regiment, now at Gosport, is under immediate orders to
embark iu London on board the Royal Tar, for Fort George,
lnveruess, there to be stationed. Since the above order
was issued, the wreck of the" Royal Tar has been reported.
The reserve battalion of the 56th Regiment will arrive at
Winchester from Chatham, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday next, per the South-Western Railway. They will
remain at Winchester until the Belleisle, 72, Captain King-
come; is ready to embark them for Gibraltar. The 88th Re-
.giment of Connaught Rangers have embarked at Malta for
-the:West Indies, in the Herefordshire transport.
DETENTION OF FORGED NOTES OF THE BANS OF
InkLaii.-"-Oir Thursday, Thomas Jones Atkins, late of
•Grafton-street,.and formerly of Wicklow-street, engraver;
Thomas Janaes, of Mecklenburgh-street,' engraverrt and
ugnt
Henry Fit zsim on,' of Whitehorse-yard,printer,7l!..C.Te
before Messrs. Hitchcock and 'Tyndall, at Collegestreet
-
Police-office, in custody of Brennan, aned in the
being mice--
of the detective police, charged with and some other otficera
d. The notes forged
forgery of notes of the Bank of Ire
thiof December, 1845. A
were dated May 11, 1844,
witness named Daniel 31•Coarnandi6ck, of Toornevara,
la the forge who had
d notes in various
been engaged in circu
examined at much length as to the
parts of the country,
mode of operations. liA'arisoill‘-er of the Bank of Ireland was
also examined. The prisoners were eolnmittcd for trial at
the commission.—Daban paper'
MoRICE TOWN.—In
THE GOVERNMENT IV OR., K,
excavating at the north-west side of the engine-house, at the
above works, the men have discovered part of the hull of a
.p..—apparently as large as a frigate, embedded in sand and
rubble,i about eight or ten feet beneath the surface. Various
conjectures have been the consequence, the fact of "digging
up" anything out of the ordinary course being alwa3s re-
garded with wonder, and always exciting speculation. Some
people have talked of a ship in the days of yore being;
missed" one morning, and the probability of her having
Y storythis,
sunk at this identical spot! The most likel is *?
that many years ago there lay two fricates off .this
place
whinh were perfectly utiserviceable, and. were therefore or-
dered to ba broken up.
The ur the Dock-3 arcl
authorities were not so economical then as now, and having
taken as many timbers as taey pleased, they made the resi-
due a pre-ent to Neptune. Rubble from the dock-yard used
at that time to be cast there, and this, togeiher with the
natal
_of i •
• . e le a air a Los ere.
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ADVICE TO CROFTERS AND

COTTARS.

We are glad to perceive that the Scottish Patriotic
Society established in Edinburgh has published a very
usetul and timous audress to crofters and cotters on the
emergency occa,iened by the failure of the potato crop,
which is as follows
" The distressing visitation of Providenee in the gene-
ral failure of the potato crop of 1846, and the extreme
destitution which it has brought upon multitudes who
depeedi d chiefly or ervirely upon it for subsistence, is
eliding 'orth the benevolent efforts of pro Ors and
others to mitigate the exist g distress, and thi-prevent,
as fur as possible, the recurtence of it in future. These
efferts must be rendered effective by your own exertions
lii:d industry. From the ka,l gardens of the labourer to
5, 10, or 15 acre allotment of the crofter or cotter, a
neglect of the first and most obvious principles of good
husbandry, almost universally prevails. The manure,
or fertilising substances from the dwellinis,..whieh would
ri oder the grour.d productive, if properly applied,
in the vest majority of inetatices, is not only wasted,
but is wasted in such a manlier as frequently
to occasnai fever and death to those who live near it.
Were the ensuing seee„e o b ever so productive, there
is every human proepect that, in a vast many cases, on
account of no seed being left the (ban f‘ss, so severe and
great at present, mll4 be ,111 hearer in 1847. It thus
becomes the duty of every, else to tconoweee the means of
subsistence. it. you are now able to provide for yourself
and those dependent On you, it, will be your duty to see
whether you cannot by .conoiny and improved cultiva-
tion, raise additional produce from your ground during
the next season inasmuch as there is every prospect of
your less successful neighbours being
andi id. i
in such destitutiont.o are
now e
as to require your friendly syin
now unable to provide for your funnily, there is a ball
greater necessity for your using es ery effort to render your-
self independent of public charity in future. Whether
vou possess merely a garden or a croft bear in mind these
truths, that if ou would reap good crops you must tho-
roughlydrain your land, it must be well trenched with the
spade or grape, well dunged, not only with the usual man-
ure, but with the liquid portion, which contains the most
fertilising elements, and is almost universally wasted,
must be carefully saved and applied to your crops during
their various stages of growth. Your crops must be laid,
down at the proper time, and kept clear of weeds. Crops
are mentioned, because it is evident that far too much
reliance has been placed on the potato as an article of
food. Before its introduction into the Highlands, the
people lived much upon peasemeal, a substance con-
taining great nourishment ; instead. therefore, of plant-
ing the ground you may have, exclusively or chiefly
with potatoes, even should they be within your reach,
no time should be lost in adopting such a variety of
crops as may in all probability save you from the
destitution which has resulted from relying chiefly
upon the potato. Tho crofter having prepared his
land in the manner above described, should lose no time
in planting some potatoes, if he can obtain sets for seed,
but we recommend him only to plant one•fourth of
his usual quantity, as it is probable from successive
failures in other countries, that the same disease may
here again affect them. Autumn and winter planting
has proved the most successful way of escaping failure.
The potato sets being put six inches below the surface
have invariably escaped injury from frost, and the crop
has arrived at ripeness before the disease commenced, so
that of those early planted potatoes, in some instances,
not more than one potato in ten was effected by disease.
A variety and succession of green crops must, however,
be your aim, if you wish your cultivation to be success-
ful and remunerating, and you should be prepared by
the middle of February to cut them down. We strongly
advise your procuring a numberof early cabbage plants
to put out in clean dry land. They will be ready to cut
in June, and those who have not been accustomed to
grow cabbages little know how valuable an addition such
a crop will be found at that time of the year, and what a
check it will give to the continual demand for meal.
Plant the c.ibh,ges in rows about 20 inches apart, and 13
inch• a beaten net pl.int, arid dibble potatoes between
the re.t s, which will c•yu e on as a second crop, after thee
cabowLes hay• n cut an used. The cotter should
tw • bj•c.s iu vies—first, making the groM so
straieeti as to grow the crop to
; and, secondly, to grow two
oi, part of his land. Thus,
dibbled between the rows of
ie wed before the potato tops
this mar tier two crops may
to artichokes also, a
large a return as
grow in any soil,
mood and whole-
dibb!eil between the rows of
and useful second crop;

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cabbagi s, ai,ii
or t

pi between the cabbage
rowN and will gm, aN d a crop as if no cabbage had
grown on tat g •,,,i ,d; "r af,er each day's cutting
~; the ar) eat, age-, d-wahead cabbages may be
planted to the same ground, which will probably, it the
141 be rich, gr. troo, ten to ti.ry pounds each be-
f ire water arrives. it is desirable to have late cabbages
prepared for thi, purpoie, by having them transplanted
several times in a garden betore finally planting out, as
their roots thus get into a fine state, and if, when
planted, a little liquid manure be poured over the
loose earth, round the stem, so as to settle it about
the roots, it will never flag, but will at once com-
' mence to grow vigorously, whereas one not previously
transplanted will not grow for ten days or a fortnight,
which is a great loss. Two crops may also be se-
cured by sowing rye, oats, or barley early, to be cut in
July as foggage, or used for hay, and late cabbages
planted by the Ist of August will give a good crop before
winter, as we have ourselves experienced this year, al-
though the cabbages were not planted till the 12th of that
month. Next to the cabbage tribe in value to the cottar,
especially if he bas cows, comes the parsnip, which
should be sown in March. Pease, turnips, beetroot, car-
rots, and mangle. wurxel, should be all tried this season,
in addition to the barley and oats which the crofter may
have been in the habit of sowing.
The destitution which has arisen through the ne-
glected cultivation of the crofts and small tenantcies is
deeply to be regretted, the longer, however, you defer
improving your lots, the greater and more protracted
your sufferings must be ; the Scottish Patriotic Society
would therefore urge on you the duty of immediate and,
diligent improvement. The society will place in your
hands monthly directions for garden and field labour,
and plain instructions upon draining, on fertilizers, on
spade husbandry and its successful results, on stall
feeding, on green cropping, on liquid manuring, on the
management and value of bees, and on similar subjects
of utility, in order to excite, and to facilitate your efforts;
The promoters of the S. P. Society to take this op-
portunity of respectfully inviting proprietors and all who
have the present and permanent welfare of the labouring
classes at heart, to co-operate and to communicate with
them, and as without the adoption of the most provident
means, great and augmented destitiition must await vast
masses of the community during the ensuing year, the
society urgently advises proprietors and influential per-
sons in parishes and districts where distress may-exist,
to lose no time in employing the able:bt.died male and
female pepulation, to whom railway or other works are
unsuitable, in trenching and cropping land, in order to
produce in each district the staple articles. of food at
prime cost, which will be urgently needed' for their sus-
tentation; and as the society is established for'pronioting
such improvements, it is prepared to supply such bene-
volent parties with well meta, ed plans, and every re-
quisite intorolaiion."