The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-14 00:00:00

" EPILOGUE.
" AISO WRITTEN FOR THE OCCASION BY LADY DUFFER]
" Friends ! for such are ye, who have played friends' parts,
Whose hands have given kind earnest for your hearts,
Fain would I thank ye in their name, whose grief
Needs but to ask, and to obtain relief;
Who hailed ye brothers by the bond of wo,
And fo.md no English heart that answered—' No.
" But sad thoughts lie behind those grateful words,
And my hand shrinks from such deep-sounding chords,
Lest I should pass the limits of my part,
(To rouse the feelings, not to wring the heart).
• 1 would remind ye, that these hours of pleasure
Are not so wholly lost, as some you measure;
That kindly purposes, and motives right,
Hallow those moments of else vain delight;
And pleasure's garlands, when their bloom is fled,
Shall bear sweet fruits of mercy in its stead.
And ye, most genie, inexperienced eyes,
That view real misery with a strange surprise,
That, lost in wonder, as its depth appears,
Still Luef incredulous, question thro' your tears;
As stars, that in appointed orbits move,
Far off, yet proceed, in their light or love,
To God's wide firmament their lustre yield,
Yet shed sweet influence on the peasant's field;
So your bright presence in these scenes to-night,
On many a darkened hearth shall kindle light,
Shall fall like sunshine on the untilled soil,
Rouse the sad labourer to rewarded toil;
And glow like spring on Scotland's barren shore,
And the waste plains of Erin—green, no more.
" One word for us, whose pleasant labours find
Indulgent critics, generously
Who blend together, in their kind applause,
The imperfect effort and its worthier cause.
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Prince Leiningen, and attended by the Countess of
Charleniont, the Hon. Miss Stanley, Lord Waterpark,
the Hon. Colonel Phipps, and the lion. Captain Gordon;
and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Augusta Bruce, Lady Fanny Howard, Sir
George Couper, and Lord James Murray, honoured the
performance with their presence. We also noticed
Prince Louis Napoleon, the Russian Ambassador and the
Baroness Brunnow, the Austrian Ambassador and tho
Count Potocki, the Countess Dietrichstein, the Countess
of Wilton, the Countess of Chcsterfitld, the Countess
of Granville, Countesses Cowper, Grey, Essex, Morley,
Bruce, Mansfield, Ellesmere, Fingall; his Grace the
Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Roxburgh, the Duke
of Beaufort, the Duchesses of Norfolk, Bedford, Suther-
land, Beaufort; Roxburgh; Marquises Huntley, Donegal,
Granby, Douro; Marchionesses Clanricarde, Ailesbury,
Cornwallis, Douro; Earls Ellesmere, Malmesbury,
Granville, Porta rli rgtort, Fingal!, Bruce, Surrey;
Viscounts Ebringten, Palmerston; Lords Bcauvale,
Newport, Elphimstone, Glerelg, E. Bruce, Arthur Len-
nox, Templemore; Ladis Wylde, Do Bathe, J. Stuart,
C. Greville, Georgiana Fullerton, H. Cadogan, Seymour,
Suffield, Macrarlatt, Wallscourt, J. St. John H. Baring,
Seaford, Mal , Nev., port; Sirs J. Drummond, A. Duff,
John Johnstone, A. CMFord, J. Walsh, W. Py in, E.
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E LORD-LIEUTENANT OF
IRELAND.
DUBLIN, MAY 12.—At eleven o'clock last night the fol-
owing bulletin was is4ucd :
" His Excellency has gained considerable strength, and is
better this evening."
The bulletin issued this morning is less favourable :
" The Lord-Lieutenant had a quiet night, but his strength
has not improved."

At three o'clock this afternoon the answer to inquiries
was, that " there was no material change in the state of his
Excellency."

ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF THE
EARL OF FIFE.
(From the Correspondent of the Skipping Gazette.)
ABERDEEN, MAY Sunday the town of Banff was
put into a state of the utmost excitement in consequence of
an attempt upon his Lordship's life by a servant of the name
of Hammond, who was on the eve of being discharged. The
villain was ultimately overpow ei Ed, and removed under the
charge of the police. His Lordship has happily sustained
little or no personal injury.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 13.
Srocic ExcuANGE.—There Is an improvement in the feel-
ing of the Share Market to -day, and had there been more
stuck in the market, a good business would have been done ;
lacking that, however, it is but small. The sales are—Birken-
head, Lancashire, and Cheshire, I,N dis.—Birmingham and
Oxford, 6% p.—East Lancashire, New 17g dis.—Ditto, New
( scrip), ls. 3d. dis.—Great Northern, 134 dis.—Leeds and
Tit tisk, 55 dis.—Ditto, Preference, IA p.—London and North-
Western , Quarters (L. and B. ), 1474 Quarter.3,New,
p.—Blanchester and Leeds, Fitths, 4 p.—Ditto, ditto (late
U.), 18p. —Midland Stock, New, 13A p.—North Staf-
fordshire, 1.% p.—Shrewsbury and Chester (late N.W.M.),
New, 2 p.—Ditto, New, dis. —Shropshire Union Railway
and Canal, 21. Is. 3d. dis.—South-Eastern and Dover,
No. 4, Thirds, 4 dis.—South Staffordshire Junction, 1 dia.
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R MAY 13.
STocK ExcniacMax.—TheANCHESTE sales, arc—Birkenhead, Lance-
shire, and Cheshire, 1% dis.—Birmingham and Oxford
Junction, 634 p.—East Lancashire, New, 1% dis.—Ditto,
New (scrip), 1/2 dis.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding,
15.16—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, par—London
and North-Western, New, 91/2 p.—Manchester and Leeds,
321. Shares (late Extension), p.—Ditto, Fifths (late
West Riding Union), IA p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire, Eighths, 2% dis.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln-
shire), 8% dis.—Map 3-
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OSolduhtfalm Alliance,ampt,i
28s.dic..
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North Staffordshire,

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LEEDS, MAT 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate. Notting-
dir.—Ditto, New (scrip), par—East and West Yorkshire,
ham, and Boston, 28s. dis.—East Lancashire, New, 1% n.
15,4 dis.—Leeds and Third:, Prefsereoce, 2s. 6d. p.—Leeds,
Wakefield, and Midland, 20s. dis.—London and Manchester
(neao, 50s. 3d. dis.—Malton and Driflield Junction, 15s. n.
ois.—Manchester and Leeds 321. Shares
1,;,18 p.—Ditto Qum_
(late Extensions),
bs. p.--Ditto, West Riding Union, 2s. 6d. P.— blancheSter,
p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip),
' Buxton, /Matlock, and Midland; Bs. 6th n. dis.—Midland, Pre-
ference, 355. p.—North British, Thirds,
tors (late Carlisle Branch), 10s.
38. p.—North Staffordshire, 11,•,; Eh h
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bLe,
—York and Newcastle, Preferen-ce. 93' ort -Western, 1% dis.
Midland, Preference, 7)-4 p. -, `%`t C. P.—York and North
slairlAeTarle3—. Blackburn, Clitberc
STOCK ExcHANGEI.
&c., Preference, 16s 6d
• • P.—Nort '• • h British, Quarters, 33i—
Ditto, Extension ( • • sLrip) 2s
6d. dia. • • 6d. P.—Shropshire Union, 395.
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NEWCASTLE-UpON_TyNE, MAy 13.
STOCK Exc HAN G S.--11 sales are—Newcastle and Ber i.
wick, 5 p.—Ditto' New, 15"?
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SIiEFFIELD, MAY 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lincolnshire, 1% p.—Leeds and Thirsk, New, 6s. dis.—Manchester, Bux-
ton, Matlock, and Midland, 10s. dis.—Manchester and Leeds
(West Riding Union), Is. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 12!. 10s. Shares, 375.
6d. dis.—Midland, New, 1% p.—North Western, 365. 6d.
dis. c.—York and Newcastle (6 per cent.), 2% p.—Leeds,
Wakefield, and Midland, 1 dis.
EDINBURGH, MAT 12.
5:;2.% 6d.
STOCK ExctraNGlL —The sales are—Caledonian, New,
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38s.—Dundee and Northern Junction, :30&—Dundee and
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Perth, 3034/1 exo
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—Edinburgh and
and Glasgo
EwCtioburgh and Northern, 171/
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Perch, /bl9asly—esp, 695.
—Ditto,
—Manchester and
uthampton, 9s. 6d.—North British, Quarters, 825.6 d.—
Diu, New Quarters (scrip), 19s. 9d.—Ditto, Thitds, 495. 6d.
—Scottish Central, 24.

GLASGOW, MAY 12.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Ayr and Gralowar,
395.--Direct Bombay and Madras, 2s. 3d—Dundee and Perth,
:30/.—East Indian, 2s. W.—Edinburgh and Perth (New
Co.), 363.—thasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Flalres, No. 2,
61,4;. Glasgow, Ki ini arnock,an d Ardrossan, 41,4—Kilmarnock
and Ayr Direct, 203.—Manchester and Southampton, 96. 9d.
—Monkland and Kirkintilloch, 25%—North British, 30%--
Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 18s. 9d.—paisley, Barrhead,
and Hurlet, 555. Scottish Central, 23%—Wishaw and Colt.
nests, 494

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ST. JAMES'S TRBATRE.
I The second performance of tile .amateurs, ffor the
benefit of the Irish and Scotch, took jklace las' ; 4014
again in the presence of her Majesty. The pl ay was
the Ernani of Victor lingo, which has b.':en sy well
• rendered into English rhyming verse by the E
rl of
Ellesmere, after the fashion of Dryden's her oic ;plays.
Dstroenngittuhy by
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Mrs. Butler acted Dona Sol, and the company g tined
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and
form. rarely to be found among amateurs.
The prologue and epilogue were as follows :
" PROLOGUE.
"If the ale M
wa Est rrr FOR TRH OCCASION ET VISCOUNT mom nem pause, by whose heart • stirring power
Terror and pity rule their varied-hour,
Could blend together on one swelling stage,
The gathered woes of each dramatic age;
Each awful thrill great Siddont; bade us feel
Each tear that flowed unbid o'er soft O'Neil,
How slight the pangs that wait on Fiction's
call, •
Our dread realities efface them all.
" Yes, leave with me the drama's festive pile,
Life's sternest contrast must be view,sd awhile;
Come, all in gay or captious mood who sit
In these bright boxes—in that social pit—
Come where the surges break with sullen roar,
On Kerry's cliff, or Conemara's shore;
Come where with ceaseless plaint the wild son-gull
d Skye, or storm-beat Multi;
Floats o'er deep-caverne
• Pass o'er bleak moor and untrequented hill;
Pause on yon unroofed cabin's noiseless sill;
See I on the rotting straw the prostrate man—
Prop of his home, or champion of his clan;
The fever dims his eye and draws his cheek:
His children mourn—they have not strength to ski*,
While the unmurmuring wife, who with him bore
The long privations of their failing store,
With her uncoffined infant at her side,
Has wasted near him—bless'd him—kiss'd—and di
Seek one more roof—l tell the naked truth—
The wife has lost the husband of her youth ;
Three blooming boys beside their father sleep,
Where the scant sods scarce hide each mouldering heap
She sees her last remaining floweret fade,
Her withered hand no more can grasp the spade,
And she has tottered lonely forth, to crave
Alms—not for bread—but for her offspring's grave.
We do not bid you wear a brow of gloom,
Or don the sable trappings of the tomb;
In meek contrition to the power Divine,
Britain of late has knelt at every shrine •
From every rank the generous aid has down,
And caught its earliest impulse from the throne;
Nor pauses here—but lands and oceans o'er
IVafts the blest freight from far Columbia's shore
Then let the spirit's pulses still beat free,
Fur lettered musing, or for blameless glee;
But while ye taste each bounteous gilt of' Heaven,
Give—and give much—and much to you be given."