The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-08 00:00:00

THE BANKERS' MAGAZINE.

The present number contains much useful informa-
tion on the statistics of banking, besides affording a
compendious record of the statistics of the money-
market during the past month.

FINE ARTS.
THR HEROINES OF SHAKSPERE.
. Part VIII.
Nothing that we have already said in commenda-
tion of this charming serial is inapplicable to the
present part. " Here—that graceful creation of our
master-bard, that beau ideal of maidenly modesty
and holiness, that Hero who exclaimed with such a
simple and affecting dignity—
" One Hero died defiled; but I live,
And, surely as I live, I am a mid,"
is here pourtrayed with infinite elegance. Perhaps
there is something too modern in the costume, but,
with this minor fault, the plate is not to be cavilled
at. Maria is, if possible, better; there is visible in
the lip and eye all the archness of the damsel who
played practical jokes on Malvolio, who flirted with
Sir Andrew. Ague-cheek, and bantered Sir Toby
Belch. Lavinia, the heroine of that ghastly drama
Titus Andrornicus, that grim tragedy which so re-
volted Robert Burns, that he petulently flung it in
the fire after its first perusal, is here delineated with
surprising delicacy. She is pourtrayed as she is des-
cribed when—

"Fresh tears
Stood on her cheeks—as doth the honey dew
Upon a gather'd lily almost wither'd."
The artists are evidently striving to do justice to the
poet, and the engravers are endeavouring to do justice
to the artists.

OLD ENGLAND'S Wort-THIES. Part XXXV
The nearer this periodical approaches to our own
times, the_ more interesting and valuable does it be-
come to our thinking. An emblazoned sketch of St.
Stephen's, Walhrook—the scourer of so many pasqui-
nades upon its churchwarden, and one of the master-
pieces of our great architect, Sir Christopher Wren
—is the ffontispiece. When we say that such cha-
racters as Newton, as Defoe, as Marlborough, and as
Addison are delineated in this part, we need not
subjoin that the number is most instructive.

THE PICTORIAL GALLERY OF ARTS.

Past XXIII

In lavish embellishment this remarkable publication
still keeps pace with the preceding numbers. 'When
we remember the labour of the artist, of the en-
gravers, of the printers, of the compositors, and of the
editor, which must have been expended upon it we
are amazed at its cheapness and excellence.

THE WARMTH OF TWO BLANKETS FOR THREE-
PENCE.—Few persons are, we apprehend, aware that two
sheets of imperial cap brown paper, pasted at the edge
to form one (and at a cost less than 3d.), if laid over a
bed with one blanket under, will produce more warmth
than three ordinary blankets, or over a single coverlet
will be warmer than one blanket only, and will last, with
a little care, the whole winter.—Library of Secrets and
Wrinkles.

ROBBERY IN HYDE-PARK.—lnformation was re-
ceived by the police yesterday that between nine and ten
o'clock a gentleman named Miller, residing at Kensing-
ton, was proceeding across the western part of the park,
towards Kensington, when, at a lonely part, he was
attacked by two men; who knocked him down, and
robbed him of his purse containing six sovereigns and
escape
eleven shillingo in silver, with which they pilule their
.

The CHAIRMAN gave the usual loyal and constitu-
tional toasts, which were warmly responded to.
Two banners disported themselves on the walls, on
which were inscribed, " Success to Cobbold and the
Directors of the Ipswich and Bury Railway—" Success
to Agriculture and Commerce, and the Ipswich and
Bury Railway."
Jn proposing the health of the Queen, the CHAIRMAN
said she was a great patron of railways, as she
had travelled over more miles of railway than any
other Sovereign.—(Hear, hear.) Prince Albert, too,
was a great railway traveller. He hoped he
would condescend to visit Bury, as many of
her Majesty's progenitors had done. They had
not only visited the ancient town, but had resided in it,
and the Ipswich and Bury railway might be the
means of again bringing royalty amongst them.—(Loud
cheers). He then gave in succession the following
toasts :—The Bishops of Norwich and Ely, and the Clergy
of the diocese ; the High Sheriff of the county ; the
High Steward of the liberty of Bury St. Edmund's
(Earl Jermyn), whom he was glad to have seen at the
station on their arrival ; the Lord-Lieutenant and the
Magistracy of the county of Suffolk.
To the last toast,

The Rev. Mr. ANDERSON returned thanks. He said,
when the railway was projected he thought it would be
a frightful source of crime and outrage, but he confessed
he had been disappointed, as he found that those who
had been employed on it had conducted themselves in
the best manner. lie sincerely hoped that it would be a
source of great profit to its projectors.
The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The Mayor, Alder-
men, and Burgesses of tho Borough." It was most
gratifying to both his brother directors and himself, and
also, he was sure, to the long train they all came in, to
have met with the reception they did on their arrival,
from the mayor and corporation.—(Cheers.)
Mr. GURMAN' the Recorder of the borough, briefly
returned thanks, and congratulated the company on
their safe arrival.

The CHAIRMAN next gave " The health of the Mem-
bers for the County,",which was drunk with enthusiasm.
Captain BENNETT returned thanks. He regretted the
absence of the other representatives of the county from
unavoidable circumstances, and proposed the health of
the Chairman. He said he not only looked upon
him as a friend, but as a benefactor—as one who
had done great service to his country—(Cheers)—
and they had to congratulate each other that they could
shake hands on such terms, for he was the prime mover
and almost the completer of the great undertaking they
had met to celebrate.—(Cheers.) They had to thank
him for his great services in providing the country with
efficient railways.—(Loud cheers.)
The toast was warmly respondnd to.
The CHAIRMAN said be felt quite unable to return
thanks for the honour they had conferred upon him—
the more especially as it had been made and received in
such a flattering manner. He assured them he felt un-
worthy of the encomiums lavished upon him.—(Cries of
" No, no !")—but :he would do his best to thank them.
Being within these walls brought many old aseo-
ciations to his mind, although thirty or forty
years had passed away since he was last there. He went
to school in the town, and it was most gratifying now to
him to be present under such different circumstances.
He, perhaps, ought to apologise for the imperfect state
of the railway on their first visit; he should like to
have seen it complete ; but he was sure they would
forgive the company, when he called to their recol-
lection that it was scarcely more than a year since
the works were commenced.—(Hear, hear, and loud
cheers.) The stations were not yet in the condition in
which they would like to receive the gentry of their
district, but he hoped they soon would be, and that they
would give them credit for what they had accomplished.
—(Loud cheers.) But they had good reasons for paying
their respects to the town of Bury before the completion
of the line, of visiting them a little before their workmen,
which no doubt had had great influence on himself and
his brother directors. In the first place, at this time of
the year they were accustomed to see turkeys, hares,
and game conveyed out of the district to London. Now
they hoped to have the satisfaction of carrying some of
these turkeys —(Roars of laughter)—in the next place
there were a great many gentry living in London, who
were not only too glad to receive such courtesies from
their country friends, but they sometimes sent in return
stilton cheese and oysters, which was something better
than a mere acknowledgment through the penny post.
He hoped they would have the satisfaction of conveying
both.—(Hear.) Besides they would have the advantage
of getting to and from London in much less time than at
present. He hoped they had that day laid the germ of
a good union between the eastern and western districts
of the county.—(Cheers.) He should have done injus-
tice to those with whom he had the pleasure of acting if
he appropriated their approval to himself, because he
had the satisfaction of being associated with two deputy-
chairman, one whose comprehensive mind left him no-
thing to think of, and the other whose active, energetic,
and siegolar adaptation of talent for the development of
their system, left him nothing to do.—(Cheers.)
Mr.lEaoLE proposed " The Directors of the Railway."
Colonel BARLOW returned thanks. He said the duties
of the directors were extremely light, and, therefore, not
much credit was due to them, as they were supported by
one who was in himself a host, and who bad been mainly
instrumental in carrying out that and other undertak-
ings of similar importance. If the directors required
only stimulus, the high compliment passed upom them
by the assembly which surrounded him, would be a suffi
eient inducement. He concluded by proposing " The
orporations of Ipswich and Norwich."
C The MAYOR of Ipswich returned thanks.
Mr. DONALDSON apologised for the absence of the
Mayor of Norwich from an unavoidable engagement.
The CHAIRMAN next proposed the " Directors of the
Eastern Counties, who were the first to project railway s
towards that part of the kingdom.—(Cheers.) They
had not the honour of the chairman's attendance, but the
deputy-chairman (Mr. Waddington) had done them the
honour of coming from London, and of travelling along
the Ipswich and Bury Railway, although he was obliged
to travel on to Cambridge in order to fulfil an engage-
ment of long standing; but he had the pleasure of seeing
several directors of that company amongst them.
The toast was drunk in a bumper.
Captain BUTLER returned thanks.
Colonel BARLOW proposed the health of Mr. Saunders,
the secretary.
Mr. SAUNDERS, in replying, said the only credit that
was due to him was for having followed the orders of
the directors, who had neither swerved to the right hand
nor to the left, and who had thereby obtained the
confidence of the public, which had been
so unequivocally manifested that day. He
hoped that was not the last occasion on
which they would meet to celebrate similar inaugura-
tions, for the line that day opened was but the first
instalment of what the Eastern Union Company intended
to confer on that part of the country.—(Loud cheers.)
Whilst he continued in their service he should do his be.st„
t 9 deserve the eulogy they had passed upon