The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-07 00:00:00

DIORAMA. S
IF 74,4.
Tine Diorama has re-opened with twoiew pictures— thiF
Interior of St. Mark's, at Venice, and a view of Tiy- 071' t..,
M. :Diosso (pupil of M. Daguerre), the
newt- Rome. The Interior of St. Mark's is painted bi, ‘..‘
-worthy pupil. opi:
aw. orthy master. This Interior is a marvel of choral te,c;),,,,.e
)
art, rivalling by its effects the fir-famed Hol.fros
Chapel, the chef damn of Daguerreovhich w ---
biteo. in the early days of the Diorama —...-2,10
this picture, as there was in the,t,EVAIITY
though
iitiige so in.relief.upon the pavement, that it seems a s
by cfaylightne m,
lagnhcf pick them, up. The picture is first sere a.
wind.
)sys
gild
the the sans rays str.eaming through Oa e
gradually the lightshades of elegant pillars of the chnrc -
b./
until the whsle interioraiip in.. close in, the church .15
dark sued, the chandelierseven '
appears
o graduallyne fleod
of
lfl usmr
tiinfiae tsLii tit
light,. and the previoueslnythe empty aisles are crowded wi &a
worsl uppers kneeling
peals forth its solemn
soundPs.arrTnaheenteffwechtileis
thaeuboiriga.t:
The v lew of Tivoli is fromthea practised pencil of -Yi.
artist hasl done full j v.-
tics D. and this accomplished
to the, perhaps, most picturesquersrr
a en
edffs etahpeeTienrr ':be
world. The view is taken from the
beaut of
foththe ribp.)
of Yes to (commonly called the Temple
From t his point the principal
seen, iN here the water of the Teveroneediheace is
cient Anio), being confined between the hills a a
it approaches Tivoli, is driven with increased velee 117
over th ) rocks which it there encounters, end fall '
from Fin immense height, forms the great ease :I'eg
and is :afterwards precipitated down a narrow cha..27,0,
into tht abyss, called the Grotto of Neptune. On (..ither
side of the river arc seen the fragments of ancient w:,lla-
On the left of the spectator, are the ruins of the palace
of Mecienas—the walls—and one of the modern gut?,
of the city. The palace of Memnas extending es fur as t is
gates cif Tiber, and the public road passed through 0.
Below is a Subterranean Gallery, called the Stables, •Dy
some supposed to have been baths, by others reservoir..
Beneath run the Cascatelli, or little cascades, formed by
a branch of the Anio, divided from the main stream, for
the use of the inhabitants of the town. Although ob-
jects of minor importance, the surrounding scenery with
the accompanying rocks and verdure, render tivAn
scarcely inferior in point of beauty to the falls of 'the
main stream. The houses on the right of the
spectators
are chiefly manufactories.

GROWING OF RICE

It appears that the recent deficient harvest and the
extensive demand, both at home and abroad, for Ameri-
canbreadstuff's, bas forced on the attention
of the inha-
bitants of Trinidad the question of rice eultiva tion. not
so much with the view of making it an article o f export
as of rendering themselves less dependent than they are
at present for a supply of food.
communications lately received from that itlaria
it is stated that the cultivation was introduced mat y
years ago, but that the production has never been ca r_
tied beyond a small surplus of the consumption of t ae
growers, the reason of which is attributed to the gr att
amount of manual labour (in the absence of machinery)
r. quired to separate the paddy or the husk. As ftIONI
this cause the growth is restricted, the parties adveer
ing an extension of the cultivation seek the aid of -,,he
colonial Government to set up a rice mill of suffici ant
size and power, and to farm it out when erected i
tender to the highest competition, a price, howe.ve r.
being fixed at which the lessee shall be bound to elm- as
and re deliver all rico brought to him. It is thong et
that this plan would have the beneficial effect of induci ag
other parties to erect mills, when, of course, the cm-
vernment, if satisfied with the experiment as far as it mid
been carried, could either continue to work their oesvn,
or dispose of it to the best customer.

That the growing of rice with the facilities afforded
by machinery for cleansing the paddy would prove not
only remunerative, but also profitable, is, it seems, con.
firmed by en experiment lately made. In the case ail-
hided to four acres of land produced 56 barrels of rice
in the paddy at the cost of about 68 dolls. It is assumed
that the process would not reduce the bulk more than C.O
per cent., or that 21 barrels in the paddy would at least
give one barrel of clean rice; so that the 56 barrels wovJd
ultimately yield 22 barrels of the article in its perfee',ed
condition. Each barrel of rice, fairly weighing 2001 b.„
would, at 5 dolls, per 1001 b., produce a considerable surd.
If one doll. were allowed to the miller for each barrel,
besides ordinary carta,_ e expenses, then, it is remarked,
" the profit still left is surely sufficient to tempt the
laziest owner of a slip of land in Trinidad to arouse -.him-
self and make it available."

The question is argued with much earnestness, be..
cause it is necessary—so say the advocates of the mess-
sure—that the colonists should have some article of food
of native growth produced in large quantities, and easy
of preservation; and rice is described as precisely the
article they stand in need of, inasmuch as, in additim to
the small care required in its preservation after it is
gathered, the plant flourishes in the poorest soil.

ROYAL MARINE FORCES.—The distribution e the
additional 1,500 Royal Marine forces, voted this year in the
navy estimates, is at length accomplished. We presume it
must have been a work of great labour, to have been so long
delayed. Three companies have been added to the Royal
Marine Artillery, and the divisional companies have been
strengthened to 111 privates, which will, together, dispose
of the A5OO men. But three first lieutenants, Henry Carr
Tate (Artillery), George Colt Langley (Portsmouth di-
vision), and William King Shoveller (Woolwich division),
will thus be promoted; and the like number of second lieu-
tenant?, J. S. Dowman, F. B. Gritton, and H. J. Te.be,
all of the Portsmouth division. This is a miserable allow-
ance of officers to 1,500 men, at a time, too, when the dudes
of the officers of the Royal Marines at several of the Aiivi-
tions are very severe. It-is understood that no field oft leers
are to be appointed to the additional men, though the de-
tached duties at Pembroke Dockyard and the battalit in in
Ireland always take Lieutenant-Colonels from the divi; lens.
The Marine Artillery will also be too large a body of men to
have only one field officer, and the detachment at Deptford,
about 160 strong, a field officer's command in any other cr.rvs
under the Crown, remains in charge of a captain. Wu re-
gret to say that the Admiralty Board every year is proving
itself more and more incapable of regulating a milita,:y
corps.
CONVICTS FOR HOBART TOWN.—The following
detachments are selected by Colonel Thomas Weare, K. 11.,
Commandant of the Provisional Battalion, for embarkatiort
on board the ship Joseph Somes, fitting at Deptford for con-
victs to be conveyed to Hobart Town :—The 11th Foot tnr.
niches 1 corporal, II privates; 96th, 1 sergeant and 15 pri-
v.ates; 99th, 20 privates; 65th, 1 corporal. These troops
will be under the command of Captain Oliver Barker D'Arcey
and Lieutenant James Paul, officers of the 65th Regiment,
and they are under orders to march on the 7th inst., en route
for Deptford, to form a convict guard over 200 prisoners,
under sentence of transportation for life, and on whom penal
punishments have been inflicted in this country under the
superintendence of the Government. Those prisoners bear-
ing good characters are under sentence to be discharged on
their arrival at the colony, on condition of their remain: Jig
as settlers for life.

RUGBY RAILWAY STATION.—This establishment,
which, at the opening of the London and Birmingham Rail-
way, was one of the most insignificant on the line, now pre-
sents every prospect of becoming one of the most elegant and
extensive in the kingdom. The central position of the town
having led several other companies to make this their point
of junction, the London and Birmingham Company came to
the resolution to pull down the present station, and erect a
new one. To enable them to do this, they applied last ses-
sion for an Act to enlarge and extend the station. Having
succeeded iu obtaining this, they purchased a quantity ut
land, the occupants of which were forthwith served with no•
aces to quit; and as several of these notices expire at Mid-
summer next, the intended alterations will commence im-
mediately. Amongst the first portion of the works will be
theerection of 300 cottages for the residences of the servants
in the employ of the respective companies; these cottages
will form a neat street, extending from the station to the
crossing on the line leading from Rugby to Lutterworth,
and will be about half a mile in length. The offices will be
built in the form of a crescent, divided into compartments,
each of which will bear the name of the company occupying
it. The goods department will have no connexion with the
passenger traffic, the warehouses, sheds, kc., being built at
the back of the offices, with " off" lines leading up to them,
so as to allow the luggage trains to pass between the two
ranges of buildings, and thus avoid that appearance of con-
fusion and danger that at present exists in front of the
station. When we state that there are 54 passenger trains
and 28 goods and coal trains pass by this stati,m every day.
and that the only wraps of crossing from the "up" side to
the town side, and vice versa, is by a wooden plattOrm even
with the rails, the surprise will be that accidents of a serious,
if not fatal, character do not occur every day, particularly
when wo add that it is not at all an unusual circumstance
for three or lour trains to be at the station at the same time,
whilst luggage, coal, or ballast trains are almost constantly
passing ov' r the crossing along the intersecting or " off
lines. This very serious evil will be remedied when the new-
buildings are completed ; a handsome covered gallery, extend-
ing from the central office on the " up " line to the opposite
office on the " down" line, affording every convenience to
passengers, and also removing every chance of risk or danger.
The number of lines that will converge at this point is six;
of these the London and North-Western and the Midland
are the only two that are at present open. The Trent Valley
(Rugby to Stafford) will be opened on the Ist of June for
goods, and on the Ist of July for passenger trains. The
Rugby and Stamford opens in November next, the Rugby
and Leamington on the let of October, 1848, and the Rugby
and Oxford in 1849, by which time it is expected the now
offices will be completed.
MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS.—The Bricklayers' Anne
station of the South-Eastern Railway was visited by great
persons
departuresons onW'
of troopsandednesdayat
'lthhuarte station.da
toui t i tot. slat
the arrival offivoal and
Wednesday a part of the Ist division of the 57th Regiment
arrived there from Dover early in the afternoon,
left
theand
soon
sameot
afterwards the Ist division of the 89th depot
station fur Dover. Yesterday afternoona
et
choemspeacno
inedd portion
1 itobae
of the Ist division of the 57th Regiment arrived at the
left the same station
regimental Bricklayers'
b eAnrdm
as n
d stationnumerousthe Bfrtmh Dceopv
oe
tr ,
officers.
isair(dals foofr Dover. The area outside the station
soffi'otrhtelylsatf
afterwards
rwoasusccrarowridaegdeswwitihthfrtihenedosffialledersr,ellaatail'eseS,
;nuthilet
with the baggage waggons and other military
ments caused quite a stir in the ' h accompaut-
neig bourhool. In dd •
a awn
to these troops several companies of the
pro-
ceeded by the South-Eastern • B9th Regiment Railway
Dover, both on Wednesday from Reigate to
Chichester. In each case and Thursday, en route front
special trains were dispatched.
and we hear that the several
\
the greatest satisfaction commanding officers expressed
with the admirable
arrangements made by the S -
pany. military service
of dhtheeesheticrlooodnrpeans, portion
South-Eastern Railway Cult-

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ALMACK'S.--The ball on Wednesday night con-
cluded the first set, and nearly three hundred personages of
distinction attended. The second subscription commences
on the 12th inst., and the whole of the ladies patronesses
have intimated that they purpose to be present on that cc-

casion.

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AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—An astounding cure by this miraculous
medicine, after every other means had failed. Sce extract from Ida
to acquaint. you that your pills bave
liver and stomach al: the most
Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, ikt44,
elrecfestedso=7.—eSistror:dlerbeig
my
eminent of the faculty,ot home and all over the continent, hail nut
been able to effect; nay. not eves the waters of Carlsbad or 3i :-
rietitaacin d. (Signed)is Cse ALDBonotrian." These wonderful pills 1, id.
cttr y of tile liver or stomach.—Sold (else Ito:loway's
ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, and
by all medicine venders throughout the civilised world.
Prince George of Cambridge has arrived in Kil-
kenny to inspect the troops in the barracks, in his capacity of
major-general.