The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-29 00:00:00

OLYMPIC THEATRE.

This theatre has, despite the heat of the weather
and the very general depression in the theatrical world,
been doing very welL We are pleased to see that that very
able and intelligent actor Mr. G. Bennett has been added
to the company, and whose appearance in the character
oefrlsaorati soon of themefew n
weeks ago
Venetianago created such a
was
onefuror.of
His
pthe
best pieces of acting we have seen sit,ce the days of
" Young," and in good truth we well could understand
how the noble and unsuspecting Moor could be led away
by such a wily villain. The audience fully entered into
the spirit of his delineation of the character given by
Knowles'
fallon
when
aeot
nwavot theatre Mr. Bennett, and most rapturously applauded him in
almost every scene, and on his presenting himself at the
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Bennett, and Mrs. Mowatt will appear, and it is to be
hoped that the public will substantially support an actor
of such sterling merit.

AMATEUR MUSICAL SOCIEI'Y.
The seventh concert of the Amateur Musical Society
took place on Friday evening. The programme comprised
more works of the classical school than many which
have preceded, including Haydn's symphony in 1E flat,
Beethoven's symphony in A (one of the great composer's
richest and most masterly works); the overture and in-
troduction to Guillaume Tell, the overture to .Euryanthe,
&c., which last-named opened the concert. The ama-
teur orchestra executed the various movements of these
works with very creditable precision, and were frequently
and deservedly applauded. A quintett and chorus by
Mr. H. Leslie closed the first part of the concert. It is a
work of considerable originality and merit; but its effect
was marred by the imperfect manner in which some of
the vocal parts were given. Tho room was very well
attended. Amongst the distinguished company present
was his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
BRADFO.I.3,D REFORM ASSOCIATION.
Sir,—While Members of the House of Common
were engaged with the Derby, the preliminary pro-
s
cesses of law-making were going on at the London
Tavern. A Public Meeting was called there for the
nurpoee of forming an Association for promoting the
txteneion of the, Suffrage to all adult males not con-
victed of crime. The room was crowded, numbers
who could:not get in, being collected in the street;
and the presence of six or seven Members of Parlia-
ment on the platform, testified the importance at-
tached to the meeting. All went on smoothly till
the whole of the prepared speakers had spoken to the
Resolutions, which were only three, and of which the
two first were carried unanimously. The principal
feature in the Resolutions was the description of the
suffrage intended; and the remaining poin ts of popular
desire were only indirectly alluded to, as being subor-
dinate to the decision of the grand question of the
suffrage. The third Resolution went to the formation
of an Association for the prosecution of the ob-
ject. When the mover and seconder had con-
cluded, a Chartist leader presented himself to the
meeting. He skilfully fastened upon the circum-
stance of the Suffrage having been put forward in
advance of the other questions. Assuming to repre-
sent the Working Classes, he announced that they
refused to agree to Universal Suffrage unless it was
at the same time accompanied with the other points
of the Charter. He declared that the Working
Classe.s had rather have the points without the
Suffrage, than the Suffrage without the points. He
asked what use the Suffrage would be to them, if
they had not the Payment of Members and the re-
moval of the Property Qualification. With great ad-
dress, he claimed for himself and followers to be a
branch of the Continental revolutionists, as well
knowing the effect of such a declaration palmed upon
a meeting ; all of which was loudly cheered by his
supporters, consisting of about fifty men in the centre
et the assembly, distinguishable by having left their
coats behind them, as preparatory to the duties of
active citizens. With a just appreciation of the effect
in a meesieg where it was probable the majority were
free-traders, he raised the question of competition
o:foreign manufactures, which was loudly cheered by
the same fifty. In brief, he with undeniable ability,
performed the duties of an officer commanding an
enemy's detachment with the power of free passage
throughout the camp, raising all cries, exciting all
jealousies, pulling down ail guards, opening all ac-
cesses, firing all trains, hoisting his own colours
neon :ill points, and in every other way exerting
himself as a talented man zealous for promotion and
applause ; the palpable tendency and end of his ope-
rations beiag in the present instance, to quash any
movement among the middle classes for extending
the sutfrage beyond the mark of household as now
proposed in Parliament. When he had done, the Re-
solution was put to the meting. A very small pro-
portion of the meeting held up their hands for the Re-
solution ; another very small proportion, but rather
larger than the last, held up against it, the great mass
doing neither one nor the other ;—a phenomenon for
which those acquainted with the passions of public
meetiags must account. The instant this was done,
the meeting, through the agency of the central fifty,
IY;aanie a Inas; of confusion. A dark-coinplexmaed
man with bear i and moustaches, and an eye and bearing
atrongly indicative of insanity,who nad previously taken
a place among the reporters for the press, got upon the
platform, and there gesticulated with the statuesque
energy which intoxication cannot counterfeit, de- ,
minding to distribute a poem of his composition, and I
appealing in dumb show to gods and men for a
hearing. The occupants of the centre proceeded
towards figs platform, some of them it may be pre-
aum.en with unfriendly intent, but some apparently
with the humane purpose of securing the unfortunate
maniac, who disappeared, and the impression certainly
crossed my mind, that his friends had him in amicable
durance somewhere under the benches. On the
whole the Chartist movement had strong resemblances
to the scenes in the wood-cuts to Dickens's descrip-
tion of Lord George Gordon's time. Tne end was
perfectly obtained, of making the Meeting one which
r.espectable citizens would not willingly face again.
It is always in the power of fifty organized men to do
as much. It was the policy in the Anti-Corn-law
tin-a and it will be continued now, unless the
working classes, like the Gardes Mobiles in France,
declare they will not see their object lost through
anybody undertaking to do it fur them, and so making
it over to the common enemy.
I see a long letter in the Halifax Guardian, signed
a " Yorashire Manfacturer," in favour of cutting
you off from the benefit of the foreign trade in copper
and lead. The plain statement of the case is this.
Copper and lead, like a multitude of other commodities,
can in part be made at home, and in part be obtained
from abroad in exchange for goods made at Bradford,
Halifax, Leeds, Sheffield, or Birmingham. Copper
and lead make a capital instance, and therefore we
will stick to it. The Cornish men cannot, in a state
of freedom at least, make all that will be consumed
in the country ; because they will, after a certain
quantity, be undersold by what can be brought in by
exeshenge of your goods abroad. Their best mines
will heat you, but their worst will not. And in
Wee manner, you cannot keep the Cornish men out
of all the market, because their best mines will al-
ways beat you, and the freight is a differential duty
of nature's making against you. There will there-
fore be a division ; which is just what will make
copper cheapest on the whole. In this state of things,
stand up the Cornish men, and say, " Let us take
the dinners from the Bradford men, and eat
there ourselves ;" and the way they propose
to do it, is by levying a tax on the copper
your goods are to bring in. They see clearly
that this will feed more men in Cornwall, and enable
Cornish landlords to bring more and worse mines into
play, and sell copper dearer ; and that it will starve
more men at Bradford, and stop more looms, and
send a Bradford man more to the parish for every
Cornish man that is to take] the meat out of his
mouth. And here comes in the " Yorkshire Manu-
facturer" and says, " Do not hinder this, because,
first, if you prevent the Cornish men from taking
your dinners, it is so hard to get dinners now, that it
is impossible for you to be the better for it. Secondly,
unless you let the Cornish men take your dinners, it
is impossible they should buy your Bradford cloth ;
therefore let them take your dinners, that they may
give them hack again to You for your cloth. Thirdly,
the Cornish men pay taxes ; therefore give them your
dinners, because nobody pays taxes at Bradford.
Fourthly, ail this changing and chaffering has a
wonderful tendency to reduce the price of copper;
therefore give the Cornish men your dinners, that
cooper may be dearer at Birmingham." This is, in
brion the reasoning of the "
.Yorkshire Manufaa-
turer and I wonder he does not ask to have a pad-
lock put upon his mouth, or a yin,' round his throat,
—like a Chinese fishing-hawk, to" prevent his swal-
lowing.

I am certain the poorest man who works on your
" Test Hill" where you dig holes acd fill them up
again, can tell what the " Yorkshirel
Manufacturer"'
conceals, anti what h..
omits. Andpikes
and would suggest,
that instead of shoulderinglearning their
facings, the men on the Test Hill would go a more
likely way to work, if they would learn whatrYork-
it is
that hurts them, and call out against Yci
York-
shire Manufacturer" giving away their dinners to
raise the price of copper and lead in Cornwall.
On Thursday the Health of Towns Bill was
through in Committee, and reported. After all got
the
paioi bestowed on it, it will be but a small
affair. The Government with their usual complaisance,
have allowed an active man on the opposite benches to
substitute a clause, which takes away the operation of
the Bill in all places where any local Act is in force
for " paving, lighting, cleansing, watching,, regulat-
ing, supplying with water, or improving, without
the previous authority of Parliament. So that the
title of the Bill should be, " A Bill to operate no
where; with liberty to other places to have an Act of
Parliament when they can get it." And the time and
trouble expended on it, will remind you of the receipt
for dressing a cucumber, which ends in directing
the whole to be thrown away.
On Friday the Borough Elections Bill went into
Committee. It is beautiful to see how the Conserva-
tive benches battle for impurity of election. A
stranger might be led into the belief, that all virtue,
honour, praise, was centred in the defence of the
cess-poola of the representation. We must have a
Health of Boroughs" Bill before long.
I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
T. PERItONET THOMPSON.
13,
.s..aheath, London, May 29, 1348.

SUPPRESSION OF GAMING AT TUE FORTIICOMING
ASCOT Racxs.—The must stringent regulations have
been adopted by the stewards to prevent gambling, of
any description, during the forthcoming races at Ascot.
The ground for the settling booths and stables will be
Jet by suction, on the course, on Friday, the 2d of June.
With reterence to the settling booths, the stewards have
determined that " no gaming tables of any description
will be peimitted in or at the back of any booth. Any
person departing from this rule will not be allowed to
erect a stand or booth at any future time on Ascot-heath."
Wi:h referonce also to the letting of the ground for
stiblirigs. the stewards have resolved that "no gaming
tabk.,s of any description will be permitted on any ground
taken (Cr stab:es, or in the tents that are permitted to be
erected by the side of the stables." Throwing at snuff-
box7s has also thus been interdicted by order of the
Any person cutting holes in the turf for the
gt;.eks on which the snug boxes, &c., are placed, bill be

prosecuted."
THAMES REGATTA.—The committee of gentlemen
who have the management of this great aquatic meetinc,,
liz.ve decided oti Thursday and Friday, the 20:,11. and 21st
octfuly.aa the day on which the regatta les to takc place
at Pittney. Tois will relieve the.an*iety telt by rowing
then na grades, in consequence of the Thames regl.tta
having beep originally appointed by accident to the stole
day as the Henley, the 6th and 711 i of July. The latter
remains unchanged.

CELEBRATION OF THE QUEEN'S

' BIRTHDAY.
The Queen held a Drawing -room in celebration of
i ,-
her Majesty's birthday, on Saturday afternoon, in St.
James's Palace. The Court was, attended by the Royal
Family, the Foreign Princes in town, the Ministers and
Officers of State, the whole of the Diplomatic Corps, and
between fifteen and sixteen hundred of the nobility and
gentry.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the royal
suite, arrived from Buckingham Palace, and were re-
ceived by the Lord Chamberlain and the other great
Officers of State.
The Queen Dowager arrived from Marlborough-house
to pay a visit of congratulation to her Majesty and the
Prince, and was received in the royal closet. The Queen
Dowager was accompanied by their Royal Highnesses
the Duke and Duchess Bernhard of Saxe Weimar, and
their Serene Highnesses the Princesses Anne and
Amelia, and Princo Edward of Saxe Weimar, and was
attended by the Countess of Sheffield, Lady in Wait-
ing, and the Hon. Sophia Wheatley, Maid of Honour in
Waiting.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was attended
by Lady Augusta Bruce, Colonel Sir George Couper, and
Lord James Murray.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge arrived in state, accompanied by his Royal
Highness Duke George of Mecklenburg Strelita, and his
Serene 'Highness Prince Frederick William of Hesse.
Their Royal Highnesses were attended by Lady Augusta
Cadogan, Baron Knesebeck, Major Stephens, and Mr.
Edmond Mildmay.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia was at-
tended by his Gentlemen in waiting.
His Roy el Highness the Count of Syracuse was pre-
vented by a cold from paying his respects to her Majesty
on this occasion.
Before the Drawing-room the Archbishops and Bishops
were introduced to the royal closet. There were pre-
sent the Archbishops of Canterbury,York, and Armagh;
the Bishops of London, Winchester, Durham, Llandaff,
Oxford, Norwich, Hereford, St. David's, Peterborough,
Chichester, Bath and Wells, Ripon, Manchester, Lich-
field, Bangor, Chester, Worcester, Lincoln, Salisbury,
and Madras.
The Archbishop of Canterbury delivered an Address
of Congratulation to the Queen on the part of the Right
Rev. Prelates.
The Archbishops and Bishops having retired, the
Queen and Prince Albert were conducted to the Throne-
room. accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, the Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge, the Prince of Prussia, the
Duke and Duchess Bernhard, the Princesses Anne and
Amelia and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Duke
George of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and Prince Frederick
William of Hesse.
The Q seen wore a very magnificent costume, a gold
and white satin train of great beauty, trimmed with
British lice and gold blonde. The wifficeat of white
satin,
blonde,
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splendid
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Her Royal liighn►ss the Duchess of Kent wore a
very beautiful white striped silver train, trimmed with
lsce, the whole being of British manufacture. The front
of the dress was tastefully decorated with brilliants.
Her Royal Highness wore a diamond stomacher, and a
headdress of purple velvet, with feathers and lace lap-
pets, and ornaments of diamonds.

.r Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge wore
a very splendid costume, the dress being of white glace,
trunintid with Brussels lace, the train of rich white
satin trimmed to correspond, the ornaments diamonds
and emeralds, and the headdress feathers and lac
lappets. Her Royal Highness wore a splendid tiara of
diamonds.
The Diplomatic Corps were first introduced, when the
presentations to her Majesty and Prince Albert took
place in the foreign diplomatic circle.
The Diplomatic Corps having paid their respects, the
general company were introduced; the principal Knights
of the British orders of knighthood wore their respective
collars. The Lora Chancellor arrived in state, at-
tended by the Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms, the Purse-
hearer and his S,cretarics; his Lordship and the other
Equity Judges wore their gold robes. The Speaker of
the House of Commons arrived in state, and appeared
in his gold official robe. The Lords Chief Justices of
the Courts of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas, and
the Lord Chief 133r0n of the Exchequer, wore their gold
collars of SS with the Portcullis.

Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-
Arms were on duty in the state rooms.
The Queeu and Prince Albert, attended by the royal
suite, returned to Buckingham Palace atter the drawing-
room.

The Earl of Fortescue, Lord Steward of the Queen's
Household, gave a state dinner in celebration of her
Majesty's birthday, on Saturday evening, at his resi-
dence
in Grosvenor-square, to which the members of the
Board of Green Cloth, and other officers of the Royal
Hou,ehold, and also many of the nobility were invited.
The company included Lord Marcus Hill, the Right
Hon. Wm. Sebright Lascelles, Major-General Bowles,
the Earl of Morley, the Earl of Huntingdon, the Earl
of Devon, the Earl of Kenmore, the Earl of Charle-
mont, Lord Keane, Lord Seymour, Lord Elphinstone,
Lord l'oltimore, Lord Crewe, Lord Waterpark, Lord
Lilford, Lord Stuart of Decies, Lord Vivian, Hon. and
Rev. C. L. Courtenay, Mr. Ileneage, Mr. Edward llob-
house, Mr. Alfred Montgomery, Sir Thos. Marrable,
and Mr. ShitTuer.

The Earl Spencer, Lord ChambPrlain of the Queen's
Household, gave a grand dinner in honour of her Ma-
jesty's birthday, on Saturday evening, to a numerous
party, at hs residence in Sr. James's-place. The com-
pany consisted of Lord E. Howard, the Marquis of Or-
monde, ;he Earl of Zetland, Lord Byron, Lord Carnoys,
Lord Churchill, Lord Bateman, Lord A. Fitz.ilarence,
Sir F. Stovin, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. N. Hood, Colonel
Berkeley Drummond, Sir Edward Bowater, Lieutenant•
Colonel the Hon. Robert Boyle, the Hon. Spencer
Lyt:leton, Sir Augustus Clifford, Sir William Martins,
Sir Noel Harris, Sir John Strachan, Sir Frederick
Smith, the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, the Hon.
Frederick Byng, Major Beresford, Mr. Henry Greville,
Captain Green, Mr. Arthur Blackwood, Mr. Ramsden,
and Mr. des Voeux.

Lord John Russell, first Lord of the Treasury, gave a
state dinner on Saturday evening, at his residence in
Chesham-place, in celebration of the Queen's birthday.
The company included the Duke of S. Albans ,the Duke
of Leinster, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke of Leeds,
the Marquis of Westminster, the Earl of Camperdown,
the Earl of Effingham, the Earl of Uxbridge, the Earl
Fitzwilliam, the Earl of Shrewsbury, the Earl of Staf-
ford, Lord Carrington, Lord Vaux of Harrowdeu, Lord
Hastings, and his Lordship's private secretary.

The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Queen's prin-
cipal Secretary of State for the Home Department, gave
a full dress dinner at the Clarendon Hotel, on Saturday
evening, in honour of her Majesty's birthday. The
company consisted of the Lord Chancellor, the Lord
Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, the Master of the
Rolls, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Vice-
Chancellor of England, the Lord Chief Justice of the
Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron of the Exche-
quer, the Vice-Chancellor Wigram, the Judge of the
Admiralty Court, the Secretary for Ireland, Mr. Baron
Parke, Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Justice Pattesuu, Mr.
Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Coltman, Mr. Baron
Rolfe, Mr. Jnetice Wightman, Mr. Justice Cresswell,
Mr. Jastive Erle, Mr. Baron Platt, Mr. Justice Wil-
liams, the Lard Mayor. the Recerder, the Lord Advo-
cate of Scotland, the Solicitor-General for Scotland, the
Solicitor-General for Ireland, Mr. Sheriff Cubitt, Mr.
Sheriff Hill, Mr. Masterrnan, M.P. for the City of Lon-
don; Mr. Pattison, M.P. ditto ; Baron L. N. Roths-
child, M.P. ditto; Messre. Waddington and Mr. G.
Cornwall Lewis, Under Steretaries of State, and Mr.
Brand. _ _

Viscount Palmerston, the Qneen's Secretary of State
for Foreign Aif.irs, gave a state dinner, in celebration
of her Majesty's birthday on Saturday evening, at his
residence, in Carlton-gardens. The company included
all the representatives of Foreign Powers and a select
party, including the Earl of Minto, Lord Cowley, Hon.
W. Temple, Sir Richard Packeaham, Sir Thomas Cart-
wright, Colonel Shiel, Lord Ecidisbury, and Mr. H. U.
Addington.
Earl Grey, the Queen's Secretary of State for the
Colonies, gave a grand dinner on ~Saturday evening in
honour of her Majesty's birthday, at his residence in
Belgrave-square. The company invited, included the
Duke of Wellington, Commander-in-Chief ; the Mar-
quis& of Anglesey, Master of the Ordnance ; Sir John
Hobhouse, President of the Board of Control ; Vis-
count Ilardinge, the Right Hon. Fox Maule, Secretary
at
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the Ordnance ; Sir William Colebrooke, Lord Clarence
Hawes, Sir Francis Hastings, Mr. wes, Sir. ie
vale,
Mr. Elliot, and the Hon. H. Grey.
The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Chancellor of the
Exchequer, gave a full-dress dinner, in celebration of
the Queen's birthday, on Saturday oveniag, at his offi-
cial residence, in Downing-street. The company con-
sisted of the Marquis of Clanricarde, Postmrster-Gene-
ral; Colonel Maberly, Secretary to the Post-office;
Lord Campbell, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster;
the Right Hon. 11. Labouchere, President of the Board
of Trade; Earl Granville, Paymaster of the Forces;
M.P., Chairman of the Committees; Mr.
xCciusest;omms!
Davis,
Prescott, Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England;
Sir
INMlor.rrii3se,rGnlolv'ernor of the Bank of England; Mr. H. J.
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Mr. Hart, otofthethEe
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ps F.r,eepmeapnutltey,_cChhaamiirrrnaat
Thornton, Deputy-
! Sir William }Terries, Chairman n of the Audit-office;Messrs.
:Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes;
Queen's Remembrances;Treasur -•
Mr. Vincent the
Messrs. Rich, Gibson Craig, and Bellew, Lords of the
Treasury;
Lord Dudley Stuart, iley
Mr. Arbuthnot and
E. Trevelyan, Mr. Childers,
Sir William Molesworth, Sir C.
(pri-
vate secretary).
Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-
Arms gave their annual full-dress dinner on Saturday
evening, in celebration of the Queen's birthday.
In the evening the opera-houses and principal theatres,
the clubs, and the houses of her Majesty's tradesmen,
were brilliantly illu:ninated, in honour of the day. Pall-
mall, Piccadilly,
sand the other principal thoroughfares
at the West-end, were thronged until a late hour by
large numbers of respectable persons, desirous of view-
ing the illumination!.

ATTOUNETS.—On Friday 199 articled clerks gave
notice of intended application, during Michaelmas Term,
1549, to be admitt.A attorneys of the Court of Queen's
Pr-nch. Only one notice Was re4iftered in the Court of
Common Pit-as. The number to be admitted during tho
present Trinity Term is 166.