The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-06 00:00:00

THAMES.

Colonel Richard Wright, Consul-General for the state
of Ecuador, and alleged to be head of an expedition
which was said to be lately fitting out from this country
for South America, was charged, at the instance of In-
spector Evans, of the Thames police, with a violation of
the 2d section of the Foreign Enlistment Act, 59th of
George 111., chap. 69.
Mr. Ballantine, the barrister, and Mr. Shaw, of Fur-
nival's Inn, who had only been instructed at eleven
o'clock on the previous night, attended for the defence ;
whilst Mr. Potbury, from the office of the solicitor to the
Customs, conducted the prosecution.
Mr. Potbury opened the case by stating that as
Colonel Wright had only been taken into custody at six
o'clock on the previous night, ho was not in a position to
call more than two witnesses, but he was of opinion that

they would furnish sufficient evidence to warrant a
remand.

Mr. BALLANTINE requested to know upun what charge,
or under what clause of the Act, his client was brought
before the magistrate ? Mr. Potbury replied, that he
was there under the 2d clause of the Act, charged with
unlawfully enlisting British subjects for foreign military
and naval service.

The first witness called was Mr. Harvey Garnett Phipps
Tuckett, who described himself as having bLen some tiwe
since a captain in the 11th Hussars. He hal retired from
that service, and about the month of October last, hear-
ing of an intended expedition to the Ecuador, he
called upon Colonel Wright, to whom he handed a
letter, which that gentleman having read, he asked wit-
ness whether he was desirous of joining in the enterprise?
to which he (Tuckett) replied, that it would all depend
upon the rank which was offered to him • to which the
defendant replied that he should receive the appointment
of Lieutenant-Colonel. Witness asked what was to be
the pay? to which Colonel Wright replied 201. a month.
Witness asked what part of South America it was in-
tended to proceed to? to which the defendant replied to
the Ecuador. Witness asked if there was to be any ad-
vance? to which Colonel Wright replied there would be
an advance of two months.
Mr. YARDLEY—Under what Government did you
suppose you were to act? Witness—l understood under
the Spanish, and not under the English Government.
Mr. YARDLEY----What became of the letter which you
took to Colonel Wright ? Witness—He put it in his
pocket, and I am not aware what has since become of it.
Mr. BALLANTINE—We have not the slightestobjection
to the production of any document which can throw the
fullest light on this subject.
The witness proceeded thus—Colonel Wright told me
that I should like General Flores very much ; that he
(the General) had been in a hundred actions, in all of
which he had proved victorious. I asked the nature of
the command I should have when the Colonel told me
that 1,200 men had been raised in Ireland, and that they
should be under my command, as I was the only person
holding the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel going out upon
the expedition.
Mr. YARDLEY—Do you know General Flores? Wit-
ness—l understand he is by birth a Venezuelan, and
ex president of the Ecuador.
To Mr. Potbury—l inquired as to the uniform, and
Colonel Wright told me it was to be similar to the Eng-
lish light infantry- uniform, with bright yellow facings,
which is the Spanish national colour, cocked hats and
plumes, epaulettes of a Spanish fashion, and he himself
was to wear a sash. At a later period Colonel Wright
directed me to go to Mr. Gurney, a tailor in St. James's-
street, who had buttons cast purposely for the service. I
procured some, and found they had the word " Ecuador"
marked upon them, together with the marks "G. Del.
Pres."

Here one of the buttons was handed in by Mr. Pot-
bury, upon which the Magistrate asked the witness what
he understood those marks to mean? Witness—l under-
stood them to be the title of the troop I was to command,
viz., " The President's Guard."
Mr. Potbury—Did you question Colonel Wright as to
the officers under your command? Witness—l asked
him if there was to be any patronage; to which he re-
plied that I was to have the nomination of all the officers
under my command up to the rank of captain. I replied
I had no wish to exercise any patronage, as I wanted no
followers. I was subsequently introduced by Colonel
Wright to Captain Butts, as the senior captain; to Cap-
tain Rigg, as the second captain; to Captains Maturin
and M'Clean, Lieutenant Butts, Ensigns Rochford,
Hay, Hall, Lamont, and Tudor. I can give the dates
of the commissions from a note which I took.
Mr. BALLANTINE—I have no objection to the production
of any documents, but will not consent to admit any
garbled portion.
Mr. YARDLEY—How do you know that they were en-
gaged for the service ? Witness—Some of them were
engaged in my presence by Colonel Wright, and were
introduced to me as the officers who were to be under
my command. When Captain Tudor was engaged,
Colonel Wright observed to me that he would make a
very good adjutant. Oa the 29th of October. I spoke to
Colonel Wright as to the advance which was to be made,
and on the next day he gave me a cheque fur 501.
Mr. YARDLEY—Wa3 anything said about arms or
equipments ? Witness—Yes : we talked on the subject
several times, and Colonel Wright said that an order had
been sent out of rockets, 56-pounders, and 4,000 stand of
arms, the Colonel at the same time observing it would
be dangerous to send them out in the same ship with the
men. The expedition was in the first place to touch at
Corunna, where it was to be joined by the Spanish troops
raised by General Flores. On the 20th of November,
however, I was told that we were to go to Ferrol. The
witness then proceeded to state that to avoid all military
appearances the men were ranked under the following
heads :—Overseers, foremen, labourers, and youths.
Mr. Potbury—ln your numerous interviews with
Colonel Wright did he tell you he was in communication
with any party? Witness—Yes ; he said he was in
constant communication with General Flores, whose
agent he was, and that any rank, naval or military, con-
ferred by him (defendant) would be confirmed by the
General. He also stated that he (Colonel Wright) was
in constant communication with Lord Palmerston, who
was intimately acquainted with all the details of the
expedition, and under whose advice, after leaving Co-
ruuna, it was still to continue under English colours, as
it would thereby run less risk from any English cruisers
that might be hovering about. I proceeded on board
the Glenelg, on the 20th of November, where I found
220 men ; they were in a state of dreadful destitution,
and making tremendous uproar. I promised them, on
my honour, relying upon Colonel Wright's word, that
they should have money next day; and according to my
instructions from the Colonel, they were divided into
watches, and in every respect treated as soldiers, and re-
gularly paraded as such. On the 15th of December, by
the order of the officers of Customs I quitted the Glenelg.
On the 16th I called upon Colonel Wright with the
officers ender my command, and asked what were his
further orders? He replied, we were perfectly free to
go where we pleased, as he had no necessity for our
further services. I replied, that the officers were without
money, had been put to great expense in the purchase
of uniforms, and that it would be most unjust to dismiss
them without some provision. In the afternoon of the
same day Colonel Wright sent down by Sir James Hay
a for each officer.
Mr. BALLANTINE—I presume I may take it, Captain
Tuckett, that you are the informer in this case ?
Exactly so.
Mr. BALLANTINE—And became so because you could
not get 651. ?—No; I claimed it on my own behalf, and
that of the other officers.
Mr. BALLANTINE—Come, answer my question plainly
I —yes or no?—No.
Mr. BALLANTINE—Then what other motive had you?
—Colonel Wright has not only behaved unhandsomely
to me and the officers under me, but has made me vio-
late my word of bonour to the half-starved emigrants,
who were without food or clothes.
Mr. BALLANTINE—You say you were a captain in the
11th Hussars?—Yes, about eleven years sine?.
Mr. 13ALLANTINE
—Pray, was that the last profession
you followed?—No, I was a merchant in the City.
Mr. BALLANTINE—What merchant?—An East India
merchant.
Mr. BALLANTINE—In what commodities did you deal?
—ln everything that you could name.—(Laughter.)
Mr. BALLANTINE—Then you were what is called a
general dealer?—No, I was an East India agent, and
furnished the messes with wine, plate, and other com-
modities.
Mr. BALLANTINE-01a, that is what you call an East
India merchant I believe you failed in that capacity?—
I did.
Mr. BALLANTINE—WeII, what did you try next? I
think you turned actor?—Yes; and played at the Pa-
vilion, the Lyceum, and other theatres.
Mr. BALLANTINE—Who recommended you to Colonel
Wright ?—Mr. Henderson, secretary to the Spanish
bondholders.
Mr. BALLANTINE—Did you not say to Colonel Wright
that you were perfectly destitute ?—I did not ; I had
251. with me, and no personean call himself destitute with
that sum.
Mr. BALLANTINE—What expense were you put to
that would warrant a demand of 65/. ?—The expenses of
my outfit.
Mr. BALLANTINE—Did yon pay for what you pur-
chased did. _

___ . ... ~....
Mr. BALLANTINE—Where ?--At various shops in
London. _

Mr. BALLANTINE—And you can show that ?—I can.
After some further questions, Mr. Ballantine put in
the following document :
~ ship Glenelg, Blackwall, Nov, 29, 1846.
" We, the undersigned, having seen a paragraph in
the public papers stating, under the bead of General
emigrants or enlisted soldiers, most of whom have been
Flores, that there was on board the (I— lenelg about 250
severely ill-treated and imprisoned in the vessel, declare
there is not a word of truth in the statement. We are
emigrants in the strictest sense of the word. We have
wish
without
hOl euatv e the
vessel without his being
been treated with every kindness on board the vessel,
and no individual ever expressedimme
hesi-
tation permitted to do so.''
The witness, on being closely examined as to this do-
diatealy and
do-
cument, admitted that ho was a party to its being framed,
and also acknowiedged that he was himself one of those
who gave his assent to the following petition addressed
to the Lords of the Treasury:—
" Showeth that your memorialists had taken their pas-
sage as emigrants, and embarked on the 19th of Novem-
ber ult., on board' the ship Glenelg, for the purpose of
proceeding to Corunna; that the said ship has been de-
tained by the authority of her Majesty's Customs, and
now is said to be under order of condemnation; that your
memorialists, being emigrants practising different trades
and professions as stated in the returns given to her Ma
eepeeriecedd, i d ffia detention
nc uei difficulty ,
he;i in
jesty's officers of Customs to ask the various questions
(a duplicate we humbly beg now to forward with the
memorial); that your memorialists are suffering much
loss
a
thisr inclement season,ts ho froml
0-
be allowed to proceed on their voyages in the shipy Glenelg,
in which all the effects of
your memorialists have been
mba andt
documents Ballantine,
re andr e f
aalsdem,
he r passages have been settled for; and
that your memorialists if sent on shore are without homes
or means of living."
The witness here was closely cross-examined by Mr.
ittehdadthreaet,ogtnhioseudgahndheeookunteewnatobeeesde
them.

Mr. BA.LLANTINE.--Was not your lady also lodged and
boarded in the vessel?—.she was
Mr. BALLANTINE.--
That lady I presume is your wife?
—She is not. She passes as my wife.
Mr. Potbury here said that he supposed the magis-
trate would presume a sufficient case for a remand had
been made out, without calling another witness whose
evidence would be of a precisely similar character.
Mr. BALLANTINE—I do not see that any case has been
made out against my client which would either call for
bail or remand. I do not think it is likely that the
Board of Customs would wish to have this important
case tried at any inferior tribunal, and my olient is too

high-minded and too honourable to throw upon the , TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. '
shoulders of any subordinates a responsibility which he ' IVIIITEHALL, JAN. 1, 1847.
consideiS he himself ought to bear. He is prepared to ; The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint
meet'any. legal inquiry whatsoever. . Major-General Sir James Henry Reynett to be Lieutenant-
Mr. YARDLEY considered that it was a case which Governor of the island of Jersey, in the room of Lieutenant-
called for bail, whereupon , General Sir Edward Gibbs, K.C.B.
Mr. Potbury said he was instructed by the Customs to j , WHITEHALL, Jaw. 4.
require higher bail than was put in for Captain Sleigh, rho Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
who held a subordinate position in the expedition. ' passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of
Mr. YARDLEY considered that if the defendant were
Great Britain and Ireland, for presenting the Rev. Thomas
held to bail himself in 4001. and two sureties of 2001.
mill, 8.D., to the archdeaconry of Derby, void by the pro-
, ,
, motion of the Right Reverend Father in God Dr. Walter
Mr. Potbury urged that the defendant.y should be held, ; Augustus Shirley to the see of the isle of Man and Sodor.
,
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 4.
himself in 1,0001., and two sureties of 5001. each, but the , The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Edward B.
Bench overruled the objection. ! Marache, as Consul in the Island of Trinidad for the United
The securities were immediately entered into, and the States of America.
case was remanded for a week. i DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 5.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Lang,
Esq., to be Resident Magistrate on the Murray River, in the
colony of South Australia.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal
of Ayrshire.
Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet Henry
Hughes Onslow to be Lieutenant, vice Alexander Oswald.
resigned, Dec. 26 ; Cornet Robert Gairdner to.be Lieutenant,
vice John Douglas Boswell, resigned, Dec. 28; Archibald
Cuninghame, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Patrick Warner, pro-
/noted, Dec. 26.

GUN-COTTON.

Some very interesting experiments have been made in
the United States with the newly-discovered explosive
material, gun-cotton. 'The following article, from a cor-
respondent of the Lowell Courier, is of great value to
scientific men, and will not bear condensation.

" Colonel Schouler—l send fur insertion in your paper
the following account of Lay trials of the effective force of
gun cotton :
" These were made at the powder works of 0. M.
Whipple, Esq., who readily afforded me every facility,
and with his aid and that of Mr. 'l'. B. Lawson, the
well known artist, of this city, the following experiments
were made on Nov. 30. The eprouvette, or proof-mortar,
carries a 24-pound ball of iron—its elevation 45 d-grees.
Its chamber holds one ounce of gunpowder, and about
half an ounce of gun-cotton, when Mat is rammed hard.
Two 24-pound balls were used. No 1 has 1-16 inch,
and No 2, 1.8 inch windage. The last, in
powder trials, falls always a few yards short of No.
1. It was found by trials, as will appear below, that
the projectile force depended much on the mode of
charging. The best effects were obtained by loosely
filling the chamber with crun-cotton, leaving the greater
portion as a bed at the breachb of the mortar, on which
the ball rested. Four qualities of gun-cotton were
used. No. 1, 25 minutes' dip in the mixed nitric and
sulphuric acid. No. 2is No. 1 dipped, after drying, .25
minutes in fresh acid. No. 3, dip 25 minutes, and then
a new portion of mixed acids added, and the dip con-
tinued 25 minutes. No. 4, blasting cotton, dip 35 minutes
in the acid. The particulars of the preparation need not
be stated.

" Two discharges, with Mr. Whipple's best rifle powder,
FFFF, were first made. The charge was one ounce for
each. No. 1 threw the ball 288 yards ; No. 2 threw the
ball 272 yards—average 2814 yards. The chamber was
then wiped dry, and quite clean, and charged as follows
with gun-cotton :
'4; te
g 0
gg
Vo
'4 t 4 •••
1 3 4 7 Charge loose in chamber, tha
not full, ball No. 2.
2 3 4 100 Chamber full, hard rammed, and
small wad over cotton, ball
No. 1.
3 3 4 175 Loose, and a little fir a bed for
the ball, ball No. 2.
4 2 4 272 As in 3d shot, but mere bed,
ball No. 1.
Charge as in 4th ball, No. 1,
5 No.
No. If2l I 453
buried 3ft. in the ground on
4
falling.
6 1 100 Charge as in 4th, ball No. 2.
7 4 1 567 Charge as in 4th, ball No. 1.
8 4 4 59 Charge rammed hard home, ball
No. 1. This charge was about
one hour after the 7th, during
which period it had been car-
ried, wrapped tight in paper, in
my hand, while searching for
the ball of the 7th shot. It
may have absorbed moisture.
" It will be seen, on comparing the fourth, fifth, and
seventh shots, that the distance projected increases
faster than the quantity.

REMARKS.

" My next trials were in blasting the ledge of argillo-
mica slate, now excavating for the new canal in Lowell
by the contractors, Messrs. Boody, Ross, and Co., in
that section, under the supervision of Mr. William E.
Worthen, civil engineer. lam indebted to these persons
cot only for the privilege of making these trials, but
for all the details and conduct of the experiment.
" The first trial was in the toughest and hardest por-
tion of the ledge; the stratification is here imperfect,
and nearly vertical. Tice rock presented a perpendicular
face, nine feet high. 5i feet from the face a hole was
drilled, and at the distance of 12 feet from this, and 6
feet from the face of the rock, a second hole was drilled.
These holes were 1 and 1-3 d inch diameter, and about
9 feet deep. The gun-cotton was quality No. 4 in
the preceding mortar trials. It was enclosed in
cartridges of cotton cloth, inch diameter, and
respectively 2 feet 10 inches, and 5 feet long, holding
9 and 11 ounces gnn-cotton. A little dry sand was
put in the bottom of each hole, then the carridge let
down by its attached fuse, and covered with a tamping
of dry sand, five feet over the one, and six feet over the
other. The fuse being lighted, the explosions occurred
one within a few seconds of the other. The report was
sharp, but not loud, and very little smoke. This chiefly
blew out at the fissure made by the explosion at the bot-
tom of the rock, end some appeared at the top over the
mouth of the drilled holes. It appeared to Mr. Worthen,
who was in a position to see it, as dust. This will be
referred to again. On examination the result was per-
fectly satisfactory to the contractors and engineeas,
Messrs. Francis and Worthen, who then measured the
mass of rock removed. Its dimensions were in feet
2.5 14 5 o 4 9-1,125 cubic feet.
12 cubicho of
f have
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used
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telo
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Telha2et ipcl eoo atnt sE trdas9c Ot
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The rock weighs a ton to
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made a similar fissure for their intended steam blast.
The effect then is 1 : 8.

" A second trial was made by the same parties on Dec.
4, on the same ledge, at a place where the rock is more
slaty and more distinctly stratified, with a northerly dip
of about 95 degrees.
" The rock is here softer and shivery, and showed a per-
pendicular face of about 20 feet. The hole was five
inches diameter, 9i feet deep, 41b. I4oz. 6 drachms, or
78 ounces 6 drachms of gun-cotton, No. 4, were enclosed
in a 'Vulcanised' India-rubber oloth case, five inches di-
ameter and three feet long. It was let down as before,
by its fuse, and covered with six feet of dry sand. The
explosion took place with a very little report, not louder
than a musket shot. The mass moved was, in feet,
45 i:4" 10H 94—about 850 tons.
" The seams were wider and more numerous than in
the first blast. Beside the main fissure running pa-
rallel with the face of the rock, there were others
diverging from the hole diagonally, from fifteen to
twenty feet long. The effect for a following seam
blast was a little too great, for it required 1001bs. of
powder to fill the crevice. The blaster employed by
Messrs. Boody, Ross, and Co., said he should have used
about 201 b. of powder, to have effected the object he
wished. We shave here moved a mass rroportioned to
the increased quantity of gun-cotton for 20 : 90 I 75-
350 ; but the actual result was a greater distance moved
and more breaking up of the mass. I was in a position
to watch the smoke, if so it may be called. It consisted
of watery vapour, and of orange yellow nitrous acid
vapour. The deut-oxide of nitrogen, as it escaped from
the hole, seized on the oxygen of the air, and was
changed to orange yellow vapour. There was a faint
smell of nitrous acid about the rock. Pieces of the
India-rubber cloth were found near the hole, thrown off,
but unburned. It was, I presume, this yellow nitrous
vapour which appeared as dust in the first explosion.
The smoke lasted about one minute.

" The gun-cotton used in these trials was perfectly
dry and well carded after its preparation. It was made
from cotton carded by a machine, and was prepared by
myself on the principle of the process discovered by Mr.
A. A Hayes, of the Roxbury laboratory."

ADMIRALTY, DEC. 31, 1846.
Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant Thomas
Malin, promoted to be First Lieutenant, vice Lewin, deceased,
Dec. 24. The following Gentlemen Cadets have been
appointed to be Second Lieutenants, Dec. 28 :—John Barlow
Butcher, John George Timpson, Arthur Charles Steele, John
Grieve, and Edward Henderson Starr.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 19.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Bishop, of
Llandovery, in the county of Carmarthen, Gent. to be a
Master Extraordinary in the Hight Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 30.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Sanderson, of
Liverpool, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Gent., to be
a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.
Matthew Chrone Johnstone, draper, Lamb's Conduit-street,
to surrender Jan. 14, at one, and Feb. 18, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-
street; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury.
William Richards, retailer of beer, Old-street, Middlesex,
Jan. 13, at twelve, and Feb. 4, at half-past twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alderman-
bury ; Palmer, Bedford-row.
Edmund Snowden, painter, Alton, Southamptonshire,
Jan. 14, at half-past one, and Feb. 13, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy,. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-
court, Basinghall-street ; Bridger and Co., London-wall;
Prickett, Odiham.
John Terry,l licensed victualler, Wych-street, Strand,
Jan. 14, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 16, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Taylor, Moorgate -street.
John Davis, hosier, Tewkesbury, Jan. 18, at twelve, and
Fcb. 16, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Button,
official assignee, Bristol; Chandler and Badham, Tewkes-
bury; Peters and Abbot, Bristol.
Henry Green, button-manufacturer, Birmingham, Jan.
9, and Jan. 30, at twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Harding,
Birmingham.

THE NATIONAL DEBT.
(From Tuesday's Gazette.)
The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury
having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction
of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10th
George IV., c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelaed,
beyond the actual expenditure thereof, for the year
ended the 10th day of October, 1846, amounted to the
sum of 1,781,6591. 2s. id. ;
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of 445,4141.
15s. 6d. (being one-fourth part of the said surplus of
1,781,659/. 2s. id.) will be applied, under the provisions
of the said Act, betweea the 7th day of January, 1847,
and the sth day of April, 1847, to the following pur-
poses, viz.:— s. d.
To be applied to the purchase of Stock
or Exchequer (Supply) bills .. 445,414 15 6
Add interest receivable on account of
donations and bequests, to be applied
to the purchase of Stock ... .•. 3,615 1 0

£449,029 16 6
S. HIGIIAM, Controller-General.
National Debt-office, Jan. 5, 1847.

PRICE or GOLD.—'The premium on gold at Paris
is 14 per milk, which, at the English Mint price of
3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an
exchange of 50 and the exchange at Paris on
London at short being 25 45, it follows that gold
is 0.20 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London.
By advises from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4311
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/.175. 10i d.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 84;
and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13 51, it follows that gold is 1.17 per cent. dearer
in Hamburgh than in London. The course of
change at New York on London is 106 i per cent.,
and the par of exchange between England and
America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows
that the exchange is 3.33 per cent. against England.
But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills
at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from
the above difference.

MUNICH, DEC. 25.—JENNY LIND.—In consequence
of the extraordinary sensation she created on her last
appearance, as Suzanna, in Mozart's Figaro, the royal
management of the theatre, by particular desire, induced
this inimitable artist to appear once more in the same
opera, on the 27th, to the delight and gratification of all
lovers of the musical art. On Christmas ere, about fifty
admirers of the Swedish nightingale prepared a feast at
the Odeon, in honour of the queen of song. On he:
the saloon, which was splendidly decorated, ac.
companied by the celebrated historical painter, Kaulbach
and his lady, she was taken by surprise, with a Weill-
nachtsbaun (the German Christmas tree) ornamented
with valuable presents. Among these was a most splen-
did brocke from his Royal Highness thi., i..iuke of Bava-
ria. The entertainment was enlivened 'with toasts and
poetical effusions, in honour of the fair guest,