The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-04 00:00:00

ST. JAMES'S

Mademoiselle Rachel re-appeared here last evening, for the
first time since her recent indisposition, as Roxane, rn
Ravine's tragedy of Bajazet. This character has always
struck us as the most revolting and unnatural that Ravine
ever drew. The supub acting of Rachel, however, over-
comes all difficulties, and every other feeling is lost in that
of intense admiration of her genius. The house was crowded

ROYAL VISIT TO VAUXHALL.
The royal property was last evening honoured with the
presence of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge,
his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, her Royal
Highness Princess Mary of Cambridge, the Hereditary
Grand Duke and Duchess of Meeklen burgh Strelitz, attended
by Baron Knesebeck, Baroness A hlefeldt, Baron Hugel, Lady
A. Cadogan, Miss Mitford, Miss Pane, &c. The royal party
arrived in three carriages shortly after ten o'clock, and were
received by the proprietors of the gardens, the band playing
the national anthem. The august visitors were immediately
conducted to the Rotunda Theatre, the stage of which was
fitted up as a royal box, with fluted columns in pink and
white drapery. Alter witnessing the equestrianism by
Tourniaire s troupe, the royal party promenaded the gardens,
admiring the brilliancy of the illuminations and the new and
appn,priate devices displayed on the occasion. They after-
wards retired to the Waterloo•ground, where a magnificent
display of fireworks were exhibited by the celebrated Darby,
artiste to the gardens, the piece de resistance being an em-
blematical design, in the centre of which was the motto,
" God bless the Royal Family of England," in brilliant co-
loured fires The royal visitors, after expressing their
admiration of the entire arrangements (prepared at a few
hours' notice), retired front the gardens at about half-past
twelve o'clock.

BENEFIT OF MADEMOISELLE ERNES TA G
This accomplished artiste takes her benefit at the St. James's
Theatre this evening, and the performances advertised are of
the most varied character. %Ve have the comedy of " Une
Femme a Quarante Ans' " then Carlotta Grisi in two of her
most celebrated pas, her last appearance for the season ; then
the Ethiopian Serenaders, and then a Grand Concert, ire
which the fair beneficiare herself will appear, supported by
many of the artistes of her Majesty's Theatre and by Ma-
demoiselle Issaurat Leroux. Such varied attractions cannot
fail to draw a crowded house.
HAYMARRET THEATRE.—MR. J. M. STEPHENS'S
BENEFIT —The superintendent of the free-list, Mr. J. M.
Stephens, takes his benefit at the Haymarket on Wednesday
evening. The bill of fare is a good one, but even were it less
excellent the friends of Mr. Stephens (and every one who
knows him is his friend) would rally round him on this occa-
sion. If a strict attention to duty, combined with uniform
civility and kind-heartedness, are worthy of the public pa-
tronage, then will Mr. Stephens have a bumper house.
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENs.—We findvi
that
visited
these gardens last evening, and were delighted .topositively
t I
the storm had done so little injury; the pictures
improved by the cleansing, and we never saw he Eruption
to greater advantage.
Mr. Rice, the celebrated " Jim l
tiCbrsr,
b,y"
a has been
stroke
of
deprived of speech and the use of his
paralysis.—Devoisport Telegraph.
Rm.—On Saturday after
THE LATE TH uNHER- sTo
noon, during the violent thunder-storm,
_a l.ad nam.ed Mu.s-
kett, a lighterman apprentice, was emplo3ed on a oarge in
the CommercialDo'csk,ultaontth_te;hithe. He was walking along
i of steel bars on his shoulders,
the gunwale with a
when the electric fluidq first struck the warehouse opposite
and then the lad, who was forced into the hold of the barge,
while the steel bars fell into the dock. Immediate assistance
was renc.ered, but the lad was quite dead. The warehouse
sustained considerable damage by the lightning.
',SERIOUS ACCIDEST.—As Charles Maxfield, Esq., re.
siding in Park-street, Regent's Park, was passing through
Munster-street, yesterday afternoon, he trod on a cellar trap
that had not been properly secured. Being a heavy man,
he was thrown to the ground, and suffered a compound frac-
ture of the right thigh.

During the season the gamekeeper at Duff House bas
shot upwards of 2,900 rabbits, which, by order of the Right
Hon. the Earl of Fife, were distributed among the poor and
working classes in Banff and its neighbourhood.
THE ELIZABETH FRY REFUGE.—The subscription
towards this asylum for affording temporary food and shelter
to destitute females on their discharge from the metropo-
litan gaols, now amounts to near 5,000!. Amongst the sub-
scriptions within the last few days are their Majesties the
King and Queen of Denmark 501., and au anonymous dona-
tion of 2001.
How TO DO BUSINESS.—In the Bankruptcy Court at
Hull, last week, J. M. Suger, a bankrupt, who had been a
corn merchant, underwent his final examination. It appears
that, having previously failed to the tune of 20,0001., he re-
commenced business, having no capital, except 50/. worth of
household furniture; he bought corn in Lincolntsohisreeilafnodr
sent it to Wakefield, to Messrs. Scott and. C 0.,.
what it would fetch, and settled accounts at Gortiri
foltnight and Brigg once a month ; he went
May last, they
6 500/.
His debts are ,
his transactions, until in' the year ending
were to the extent of 54,674/. 17s. 6d.
pound•
'sibicroenascien increasing
and his assets less than is. in thet
oprrramcnao.n.psalap'thau.e;
adjourned until the 19th August.— Saturday
yring was
last did
APSLEY -HOUSE.—The
ery
rich y
draperies,h e
as
destruc-
tions of the glass of the roof.
have been seriously
considerable damage to
andthehsapiiiiisnediiydalgisall
well as same of the valuablepaintings,
damaged by the rain.

THE NEW PLANET,.
When Galileo had laid down the true principle of me:
chanics, and traced, by his admirable labours, the moll°
the
of o)servation that ought to be pursued in p hysics,
application of analysis to the investigation of natural
opened to
the human na'nd. Huygens and Nowton enga
causes became possible, and a ne w path was
genthem-
selves in it, and the developments which meccs re-
ceived, in the discovery of the laws of univers,alattrac-
wer of their genion.:
f ins.
Lion, still bear testimony to the pc'
Then the world learned how tht' boundaries o
servation and experience may be overleaped
how, without their aid, the ertain knowledgeeeceived ph
find
of several series of (yet) uni,
inena may be acquired. The exemple o,cless
Newton did not remain unfruitful, at;cl on
uof oena, than e verY
esl"%i; .
en
impartance wls attached to the seekin out of ni.:mierely
the laws of the phenekrnen
known. Scientific men no lorger waited
throw discoveries in their way ; they were to
ere,
by rigorous analogies., Involuntarily, and Se it were'
Lever•
in spite of ourselves, the more we meditate .. the
i
1
rier's work on the motions of Uranus (Hersc. )r;
the .
more our mind reverts to that celebrated perioi I„iviis
ledanc
annals of science and civilisation. Now, as then, a. (a
transports us to the regions of the unknown ; vest
certain guide) brines us back laden with the
splendid discoveries. On the 13th of WY, 1
Herschel was examining the little stars in the vicinitY
(. i) Gemini ; one of these stars appeared to him to havt.
an unaccustomed diameter ; he made it out a comet.
Scarcely was the discovery of Mr. Herschel made know
f the
when the sevens hastened to compare the positfon n
new star with that of the fixed stars surroureiing .to
They sought, thus, to determine the curve according I,
which its displacement was effected. Vain
Useless trouble ! Although the star moved sloWif;
they never succeeded in representing the enremble of ifrot
positions. The observations of one month upset
At
top to bottom those of the preceding m'on,tr‘„otild
length it was perceived that a circular or‘"" The'
sufficiently satisfy all the observations recordee'.,„tae
most difficult step was then passed, and Uranus the
a pia: et. But the miscalculations expected of
astronomers were not to stop here ; and, in spite
the persevering researches of M. Bouvard, 'Uranus eve,Zr
day strays more and more from the route traced oats iv
efforts
him in the ephemerides. Instead of stopping, en Ps;:,.
preaching this problem, at the hypotheses, more or less',,
ingenious, which have hitherto been suggested to e%1P1:10
these singular anomalies, M. Leverrier
there was no chance of attaining a satisfactory 1 .
except by resuming the theory of the planet in $;;.
elements; he therefore determined anew the pert'—b;tta;
tions exercised upon it by Jupiter and Saturn, carri.„.- -
the approximations as far as the square and the, Clo,'
ducts of the masses, and reduced nearly 300 aieru'd-r
observations of Uranus. It was only after this 11,1);
as repulsive from the length of the calculations as iL ot
difficult from the invention of the methods,.,,t,}lho
M. Leverrier was able to tell the Academy.,
of
irregularities of Uranus are due to the action ,ill
planet es yet unknown, which, in January 1, 1847'
pass by the 325th degree of heliocentric longitii'n.to
No one will, we fancy, entertain the idea of wishing tet
reduce our solar system to narrow limits, and thenne,dre
draw a conclusion against the existence of the nevv.sliV
"In this case, however," adds M. Leverrier, I, gill'
reply, that the same reasons might have been slinbh-e
for affirming in 1781 that Saturn was the last of
.t.is,
planets, safe to be contradicted the next day by the ciigt
covery of Uranus." The hypothesis that there exof
planets more remote from the sun than those we sire,
know, is not new. In 1758, the illustrious geonietrl""„,f
Clairaut, declared, at the public sitting of the Mali-7j,
of Sciences, on the subject of the perturbations of
000te
ley's comet, " that a body which traverses such
re
regions might be subject to forces totally unknovin; 5h
regions
as the action of planets too distant to be ever percelvwill
Let us hope that the stars of which Clairaut spesics,„-red
not all remain invisible, and that if chance disc hose
Uranus, we shall soon succeed in seeing the planet,"siii.
position has been ascertained by M. Leverrier.----L'a
tationnel.

IRELAND.
BELFAST ADDRESS TO SIR ROBERT PERT;
DUBLIN, AUGUST, 2.—The followir:2*. the
address forwarded from Belfast to Sir Rvbiserat Peel, ant
nexed is his letter in reply to Mr. R. 2TDourell, Pres ...4,
the Chamber of Commerce, who forwarde.4 the addreis 'ce.
" TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR ROBERT PEEL/ 13-4Rl'",,nd tb:
" Sir,—The Chamber of Commerce of Bl'tifgt east
other undersigned inhabitants of the town an. 4 "de affrn
cannot permit you to retire from the helm of ptl''.tade $•"
without tendering to you their tribute of Brat.
1' 4
respect. . colic` et
" During the time you have directed the public rog. ,
of this great empire, the measures which you haV8,13600424
forward have uniformly been directed to extend the '°,, the'r,
of British commerce and manufactures, by riddio,beir fiv)
from many shackles that had previously impeekel t."
development. reisi
" It is our earnest hope that this system of conlieclvir
'
freedom, auspiciously commenced, may extend to X
f pit
rised nations, uniting
.them by the powerful bonds o,'„ ae•
tual advantage, and inducing them to cast aside t1.1°,0,06
tional prejudices which have hitherto obstructed the so 4
of civilisation and happimess. , ApP
"Feeling satisfied, as we do, that the present era 0L r'4,
4cl,
communication will ultiniately overturn commercial res'',o6
tions everywhere, we admire and respect the wisrloto;,,e
firmness with which, in the midst of opposition, you el;
made our country the leader in the great work oi ci.°,s, of
mercial emancipation, and thus secured for her the glo„d
setting an example worthy of imitation to the civi°'"
world.
"Chamber of Commerce, BelLawst,bitilenheek IjBe4n6e.'3
0' , 18 4 6._. 0 ,
" Sir,—The address which you have transmitted
w t
Pia
from the Chamber of Commerce, and from many inhabi'
of Belfast, has given me very great satisfaction. e
0„ ~4.
teniir . ietgisif
" It has been my earnest desire, during L'oy
cial power, to apply sound principles of comirlerol_lAividue ,
tion with as much caution and as little injury to. 1.110 ult'''
interests as were consistent with the great. objet. 1°
ht'
mately attained. 0114 ae
" I felt a strong confidence that a community 00 u.,letnd
ened, and so deeply interested in the removal Of I:fs,e,e"°;o
from commerce, as that which I am now addresVgivetha
approve of the course which I have pursued-10u 00 4.
credit for being influenced by no other motiv! „of VP
-
desire to promote the general welfare, and won for a P 1;
their own skill, and industry, and enterprise r tbao 'o
tection from foreign competition more effectus`4, itue"
protection of prohibitory or exorbitant duties 0 00
from abroad.
" It is highly gratifying to me to find that contOeeneceth°‘
amply confirmed by the address which you have Wl' '
rised to convey to me.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, o,
0,,
Your faithful servarli
" ROBERT ~
" President of the Chamber of Commerce, Belfast.
ee:
beY/-
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday
nine and ten o'clock, as a youth about eighteen west Ind
morningo,r piaeteedi,
years of age was removing a lighter from the 'ci ilistt 1
Docks into the river, he fell into the grated, and the,Aull'eot
sunk. The drags were immediately procuA;lo cotuitoes
was some time afterwards recovered, but an'irtlB- about ~ oa
be restored. Tue young man lost his fat."ripperide°'
weeks since only, and his mother was solely •`-` boV
..-,:. _,.
his labour for her support. ,i'h0.,,,,P7b ev
ILLNESS OF THE BISHOP OF KILDARE.---- ~,t, ':,,a Bi"
of Kildare has been seriously ill for some days P," le
attack of indigenous cholera, now very prevaleo"
ken dt
shop is a ver3 old man.
Rear-Admiral the Hon. George Elliott
as the successor of Rear:Admiral Sir S. PYIThi, t atnall
tendent of this dockyard.—Devonport Telegrar"i lOW- boat
ACCIDENT OFF NORTHFLEET LIOP-P-1."--'-e Of a al,
of Limehouse, Robert Wallis by -
belonging to Mr. Williams, of Limehouse,o7io
ebsrg
~.g. Sor
name, in .g 100t'ut,dreDef
itesrooperiCV..
fleet Hope, and the boat sunk. He put adstefasl-all;
Neilsen, from Gathenberg to London, and 111 nU. Of
""--
side. The boat filled with him on board, and 0-„„d pilot
effort was made to save the man by the mast:- • liff
the Brodrene. —Last Pi
FIRE IN ST. KATHARINE'S DOCKS.,, 10!
tharine's Docks, which for a time threatened f
re 4,r0 .
about ten o'clock, afire broke out in a ortionoftethebn the
eteadrs that the 1
4;reg
omeots most
in se
oner io serious
of Icto connected with the al; tP;
the workshops
5
(from what cause is at present unknown), but owing.th hi
prompt arrival of the several brigade (together Wil'eaifi:
West of England and the County) engines, and s,rdiagl,i
supply of water, the flames were confined to the note Iv
which the fire originated ; and by twelve o'clock all
the surrounding buildings were allayed. tea on:
SAVINGS' BANNS.—Mr. Hume, by his repela;:viog.
sible 'notions in the House of Commons relative to w-er=''t;
Banks, deserves the lasting thanks of the industrioh....9 eat iii
ing classes. The reduction made by the late Goverc;; 01,40
depositor's interest is anything but creditable to tbe,actilit,',..
that persons well circumstanced in life— such ss re's, cres/110'0
tradesmen, professional men, and men even havitlbeijild'ind-
party depositing on their own account, or in their,,„-fol; -Act'
names, though really their own mone , is disgra'a?tli°,l or
ofcreeta9
sittehexists
e eltvo
small. as considerablewaveisu
gt es belonprovide
to accumulate the produce atgcei
ment securities; and to return onxthimgot
eerptnwoott
u.hthnheoydelTesi.,han efoderttOcbss
w interestoitr
ies„. ‘
.. doo
lit
op 0
v-si 0
oc.art.
rtei
io.t
deposits, and the produce thereof.
It is stated that the First Lord of the j“isoliiitt:2ltl.*ltlit;lii:if
some others of the Board,together
andteßoyio,
who, with Prince Albert
be at Portsmouth on Wednesday withFawpthed - her " °5
4E4
..,„ to
next, to 1.1.1`,;., ret"'"
borne (louse on that day.
044°1"
On the 2d •BIRTHS.
Inst., in Doughty-street, uec
, kletthur- of
i., , lad,'
Mrs. Ferguson Camroux, of a daughter. .r. Grip, t.--
On the 29th ult . tier __eta. „.,,,
~ at Amwell Vicarage, daug",. cciol"
the Rev. Edward Fawcett Neville Rolfe, of a cifora''
Be
On the 30th ult., at Great Russell-street, r ,tvaelt
Mrs. George Ward, of twins, aeon and daught,e;hatat '
On the 30th ult., at the Parsonage► Wrec-of a sou. Re
the wife of the Rev. Robert Durant But wife
tbe
On the 28th ult., at Langton Rectory, the Oiler'
Robert Farquharson, of a son. le iN% 111•
On the 30th ult., at Clapham-rise, —ll'
of a son. daughter.
On the 30th ult., Mrs. J. B. Tomalin, of a
. of
MARRIED. Tindall 052 ilie
On the 30th ult., at Dinton, Bucks, Acton_a__,4hoe
eldest d hb.
vaiiii
Aylesbury, to Henrietta Eupheinia,
Rev. John Harrison, Vicar of Dinton.
of juliowor
On the 30th ult., Anthony, Lord Henley.°t_ Deo
Augusta, only daughter of the Very Rev. to
tester and Mrs. Peel. bhe
eft
DIED. 1 1846- th Greorves
Near Ancona, in Italy, on the 18th of Ju
V
' ' late Sir
Chevalier Thomas Stewart, fourth son of the
illner"
Stewart, Bart., of Grandtully, Perthshire.
after log ~.
At Croydon, in the night of the Ist inst.,_,.
_4, aged 1.1-r,
George Eagles Marsden, late of Lewisham, te-!l_'`‘ ionesSl
~Tor
On the 2d inst., aged' 45, after a protraete",,,,, for F.rfarla
Octavius Smith, of the Bristol-road, Birmineorpoy I..'''
years connected with the British Alkali I) Pi
e 561'.
%Yorks, near Bromsgrove. G. Fairbo°
Oa the 26th ult., at St. Saviour's, Jersey,
_,_...efiee. I
I' lone'
On the 29th ult., at Worthing, Mr. John mur:itat_Co
On the 30th ult., at Tonbridge Wells, Lie te"
Fel/Pen
Owen Phillips. f Geerge
Oa the 31st ult., Corelelia Elizabeth, wife o
Esq., of Kew-green, Surrey. le,
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