The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-12 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVE N G

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, TRAFAL-
GAR-SQUARE.
The EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN.
Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shilling.
Catalogue, One Shilling.
HENRY HOWARD, R.A., Sec.'

pHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
The Subscribers and the Public are respectfully informed that
the SEVENTH CONCERT will take place on MONDAY EVENING
NEXT, when will be performed Beethoven's Symphony in D ; OnSlow's
in C ; Overture, Spohr ; and Weber's " Ruler of the Spirits." Solo
Performers—Pianoforte, Madame Dulcken; Violin, M. Vieuxtemps.
Vocalists, Madlle. Vera, Miss Rassaso, and Miss Poole. Conductor,
Mr. Costa.
Single Tickets, 1/. Is., and double Tickets, 1/. 10s., to be had at the
music warehouse of Messrs. Addison and Hodson, 210, Regent-street.

THE NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH
AUSTRALIAN EXHIBITION, consisting of the most com-
plete illustration of the natives, buildings, customs, ceremonies, and
scenery, of these important colonies, will close on the 24th inst.,
and will never again be open to the public. At the Egyptian Hall,
Piccadilly. . . . .

Admission, Is. ; Catalogues, 6d.

ABALLOON.—Mr. GREEN will ascend, at
Six o'clock on slorinalt next, June 15, from CREMORNE
GARDENS, Chelsea.

CREMORNE GARDENS.-GALA NIGHTS.
THIS EVENING.—Come and see the children, the Creole
Choristers, the balloons and the fireworks, dancing on the lawns
and in the ball-room, Lawrent's grand band, rope vaulting, Nicolo's
performances, infant Grecian statues, &c. ; a day's enjoyment for Is.
Open at 2 every day. Cremorne can be reached from any part of
town by omnibus for 6d ; steam-boat 4d.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
Dr. Ryan's New and Interesting LECTURE on the CHE-
MISTRY and PHILOSOPHY of DIVING, at Half-past Three
daily, and on the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Professor Bachhoffber's LECTURES on NATURAL PHILOSOPHY,
with brilliant experiments, daily. MACINTOSH'S ROTARY EN-
GINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for
ascending and descending Inclined Planes, FARRELL'S ARCH'.
MEDIAN RAILWAY, the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, an EN-
VELOPE CUTTING MACHINE, and WOOD'S NEW PATENT
STEAM-FNGLNE GOVERNOR, all in action., The NEW pis-
SOLVING VIEWS. PORTRAITS of Distinguished Men irt the
GOVERNMENT and ARMY of LAHORE, magnified by the
OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. The OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE
exhibiting a fine Collection of Living Objects, &c., Ace.

The division of profits is annual,"and the next will be made in
December of the present year.
F. FERGUSON" CAINIROTTX, Secretary.

THE CATHOLIC, LAW, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square.
TRUSTEES,
The Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers,
Cheadle, Staffordshire.
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shire, North Britain.
The Right Hon. the Lord Stafford, Cossey Hall, Norfolk.
A. H. Lynch, Esq., Master in Chancery, 33, Queen-square.
• Thomas Barnewall, Esq., 15, York-terrace, Regent's Park.
Thomas Eyre, Esq., 62, Pulteney-street, itath.

The Right Rev. Wm. Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex,
The Hon. Edward Petro, 26, Wilton-crescent.
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the Mon. East India
.and DC. the Landoll, Joint.,Stock Bank. -
The Very Rev. o. the A. Magee, D.D., 9, Romney-terrace,
Westminster.
Rev. Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark.
Houry.Clark.jpapax.Rsq,,Ruarry Rouse, Boughton.
Francis M'Donnell, Esq., IW-ISTOCRlMpathshire.
James Reade, Esq., 13, Lower Berkeley-street, Director of th-
National Bank of Ireland.
William Seymour, Esq., Montague-place, Russell-square.
AUDITORS.

E. Jerningham, Esq. I James Marshall, Esq.
CONSULTING PIITsICIAN—James Copland, M.D., F.R.S., 5, Old
Burlington-street.
CONsULTING SummoN—William Teevan, Esq., 23, Bryanstone
square.

STANDING COUNSEL.
England—Mr. Serjeant Shee, Sergeants' Inn.
Edm. Beales, Esq., Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn.
Ireland—Sir Colman O'Loughlen, Bart., 3lerrion-square, Dublin.

SOLICITORS.
England—Messrs. Norris and Sons, 2, Bedford-row, London.
Ireland—Messrs. P. and D. Mahony, 23, William-street, Dublin.

CONSULTING Lewis, Esq.
BANKERS.
The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury, and Henrietta-street,

Cevent-garden.
The London Joint Stock Bank, 69, Pall-mall.
SECRETARY—WiIIiam Norris, Esq.
The Deed of Settlement of this Company having been approved
of by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, is now lying for -15-
nature at this Office, and will remain until Saturday, the 13th inst.,
inclusive, from Ten, A.M., to Four, P.M.
June 4, 1846.
•

WATCHES, by WEBSTER and SON, 'Chro-
nometer Makers to the Lords of the Admiralty and the East
India Company.—Webster and Son's manufactory has continued in
Cornhill 134 years, where may be selected, from one of the most ex-
tensive stocks in London, every description of superior manufacture
in Chronometers, Watches, and Clocks, and at the lowest prices con-
sistent with security, for the maintenance of that reputation for
superior workmanship which has distinguished their house for so
many years. Compensated duplex and lever watches, to counteract
the variations of temperature, upon the principal of their chronome-
ters, to which Government awarded the prizes three years in succes-
sion ; small elegant lever and horizontal watches in gold cases,
engraved or engine-turned ; small flat silver detached lever and
horizontal watches for youths, at very moderate prices. Superior
workmen are employed upon the premises in the repairing depart-
ment for English and foreign work. The utmost value allowed for
old watches in exchange. WEBSTER and SON'S Publication, with
their Equation Table for the Present Year, will be sent free on the
receipt of two postage stamps. A large selection of fine Second-hand
Watches at very low prices.
The ORTHOCRONOGRAPH ; an instrument patented by WEB-
STER and SON, and introduced by Dr. Robinson at the meeting of
the British Association. By this instrument true time may be ob-
tained at any part of the world, for the correction of clocks, watches,
ant chronometers, by the most inexperienced person, to a correctness
not hitherto attained but by those accustomed to the use of astrono-
mical instruments. 74, Cornhill.

MIDSUMMER VACATION,
TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.
At a time such as this,
It may not be amiss,
To speak about juvenile dresses.
'Tis right we should speak
Of these garments unique,
Whose taste ev'ry parent confesses.

How many have smil'd
With delight on a child
When attir'd by MOSES and SON.
How many exclaim
With delight at the same,
"These dresses can ne'er be outdone."

When once you've survey'd
These " tunics" with braid,
You'll be struck with their beautidil style.
And let us impress
This fact—that each dress
Will last for a very long while.

Many parents are won
By MOSES and SON,
Many guardians' high approbation ;
And crowds will repair
To the Mart (you know where)
To honour this summer vacation. (
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A New Work, entitled " Past, Present, and Future," with full
directions for self-measurement, may be had on application, or
forwarded, " Post Free."

LIST OF PRICES.
ULDY MADE.

Tweed Taglioni .......
CheAerfl aid and Codrington Taglimns . ...... ......... 0 18
Summer Coats in every description and make, including
1 2
the registered Coat • • .• • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • •
•• • •
~from 0 2
Blouses in every material .. ••••• • •• ........ • •
Splendid pattern Summer Vesta •••••••• • • • • • • •
•• 0 2
•
Cashmere and. Pers,an ditto, in endless variety •• •• .... 0 4
Black and Fancy Satin, ditto
Fancy Trousers .• ••••••"•••••. •• • • •• • • •• •• 00
4
- •• • • ...... •••• •• •• 1 3

Dress ,
•••••••••••••••••_
/ rock dittO ...... • •
for the season, in any
Coate, of every material adapted
........from 0 16
fashion, to order.• 0 19
variety of style and •••••
Quilting Vests, 6s. 6d. each, or three for.. ............ .. _ 8
NADI TO StICABIIIIZ.
. 0 14
Cashmere ditto, in every
••••••••••••••
Satin ditto, plain and fancy ••••• • ' • • .. , „ 0 8
. ••••••••• ••
Ditto, Cloth or Cashmere ditto
.•••
Ditto, Black Single-milled ditto .. •••• • • • ... • .•g.. • • • sin I
variety of pattern .......... u
,••••••••
Spring Trousea•: in every pattern •
0 19 (
Single-milled and Albert Victoria ditto • • • • •• • • • • ' • ~
1 6 6
Dreßest Black Dress ditto .• • • • ...... • ' • ' • '
Ditto, best manufactUred .::••• • • • • • ... ....... 2 15 0
Frock Coats ..... ... •••••••• • • • • • ••
... 'tom 1 15 0
Mourning, to any
Ditto, best manufactured.- :: ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • 3 3 0
Any article purchased or
extent, at rive minutes tl
110 Ca.
mader tol measure, if not approved of,
will be immediately exchanged,
Observe—E. MOSES Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hat.
ors, Clothiers, Outfitters, and general 1,:;
hTasealimboenneyreetrturnedetdo. in many in-
stances, regret to be
bilged to guard the public against imposition,
hat the untradesmanlike falsehood f.' being connected with
but, having learned
connexion with
hem," or its the sameandconctlOrnN,'
stances, and for obvious reasons, they have no
any other house in or out of London.
And those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should, to prevent
disappointment, call at or send to the Maurits, Wad Aldgate, City,
London.
E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers,
and Outfitters, Nos. 154, 155, 156, 157, Minorles, and 83, 84, 85,
anti 56, .91dgate, City, London.
No•frox,-The entrance to the Bespoke Department is at 84,
Aldgate.
No business transacted At this Establishment treat franget on
Friday evening till 1111118 et OP P011,111,T evening, when it is reclined
iji WOW! QVQCig

AI. LETTE'S ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY.
We have been informed, on good authority, that the Direc-
tors of Hallette's Atmospheric Railway Company, which has been
duly registered, have this week completed their agreement with
Monsieur Hallette. _ . _

The Deeds of Assignment were executed at the Company's Offices
on Wednesday last, and the Patents for Great Britain, Ireland, the
Colonies, and Plantations, and for the several European countries of
the Continent, were handed over by Monsieur II allett eto the Directors.
The invention is now the property of an English Company. Many
scientific persons, who have visited the model at Peckham, are im-
pressed with a very favourable opinion of the efficiency of the longi-
tudinal valve, and of the simplicity of the system altogether. It is
now fairly before the public, and must await the judgment of our
eminent engineers.

REE HOLD ESTATES AND OTHER PROPERTY TO BE SOLD.
TO BE SOLD in LOTS, pursuant to an ORDER
of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY made in a certain
cause of HAMILTON against Viscount LISMORE, with the appro-
bation of SAMUEL DUCKWORTH, Esq., one of the Masters of the
said Court, at the Gray's Inn Coffee House, Holborn, in the month of
Juno next.
A FREEHOLD ESTATE, consisting of 27 acres of Building
Ground, known as the GOSPEL-OAK FIELD and FIVE-ACRE
FIELD. situate between Kentish Town and Hampstead, and adjoin-
ing the land of the Earl of Mansfield and the land recently sold by
Lord Southampton.
Also, a RENT CHARGE in perpetuity of 1001. per annum, from
the CHAPEL and BURIAL GROUND of the parish of ST. JAMES,
WESTMINSTER, situate in the Hampstead-road.
Also, a PLOT of GROUND in the HAMPSTEAD ROAD, con-
taining the Reservoir and Premises of the New River Company, an 4
now on lease to the said Company, for an unexpired term of 946
years, at a clear rent of 2001, per annum.
Particulars and conditions of sale may shortly be had at the said
Master's Chambers, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane ; of
Messrs. Walker, Grant, and Co., solititors, 13, King's-road, Gray's
Inn; and Messrs. 'Lightfoot, Robson, and Lightfoot, solicitors, 26,
Castle-street, Leicester-square.
WALKER, GRANT, &ND COMPANY,
' King's•road, Gray's Inn.

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Extra Waxed-wick Moulds, 6%d.; Genuine Sperm Oil, Is. per gallon;
Solar, 3sAd.„ Pale Seal, 3s. 6d. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ;
Winthor 1331. per packet ; Palm, Is. 4d. ; Old Brown
Winds6r, Is. 90. lion e, 2s. ; Ahnond, ; Sealing Wax, 4s. Ed.
per lb. ; Hale's e or Paragon Composite, requiring no snuf-
fing, 934 d.
For Cash—At VIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St.
Martin's-lane, oppOite New Slaughtsfs Coffee-house.

FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Haman
Frailty, with Coloured Engravings.
Jest published, price 2s. 6d., free by post (in a sealed envelope) 3s. 6d.,
THE SILENT FIEND ; a Medical Work on
the Infirmities of the Systemi n both sexes ; and on the loss
of the reproductive powers, with means of restoration. The baneful
effects of indulge.' ce, &c., are hilly pointed out. Illustrated by En-
gravings; followed by observations on Marriage.
By It. and L. PERRY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London.

Published by the Authors, and may be had it their residence
19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET.
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ford-street; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Puiciss, Compton-
Itreet, Soho ; Sanger and Co., Oxford-street ; and all Booksellers.
"We remtrd the work before us, the Silent Friend,' as a work
embracing most clear and practical views of a series of complaint,
hitherto little understood, and passed over by a majority of the me-
dical profession, for what reason we are at a loss to know. We must
however confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable
Impression on ear minds, that we not only recommend, but cordially
wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from indis-
cretion, to profit by the advice contained in its pages."—Age and Argus.
The CORDIAL. BALM of SYRIACUM is exclusively directed
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excess, &c. In bottles, price 11s., or the quantity of four in one
bottle for 335., '.sy which 11s. are saved. The five-pound cases may
be had as usual.
The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCt, di remedy
for searching oat and purifying the blood from scurvy, blotches
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allksetious arising from improper treatment or the effects of mercury,
removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price
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and 11s. per box, ire the most effectual remedy for strictures, inflam-
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Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. Minute detail of cases necessary.
Messrs. R. and L. Perry and Co., surgeons, may be consulted, as
usual, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Londan. daily, and at
106, Duke-sreet, Liverpool, every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday ;
and at 10, St. John-street, Deansgate, Manchniter, on M•qedays,
Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.

Monsieur Hallette was at Peckham on Wednesday,
and superintended the working of the model for two hours.
Several ladies and gentlemen were present, who expressed to
the inventor the great gratification they had derived from the
examination of the model, and the explanations given to
them of the principles of his system. The simplicity of the
longitudinal valve, and perfect contact throughout of the
lips, were particularly admired c and the ease and rapidity of
the motion of the piston carriage were highly commended.
A gentleman attended on behalf of the Minister of Public
Works in Russia, to examine the apparatus. He expressed
himself perfectly satisfied with all that he saw, and reports
immediately to St. Petersburgh. The experiments at Peck-
ham will be resumed on Saturday, at two o'clock, when Mr.
Hallette will again be present. The members of the institu-
tion of Civil Engineers have been invited. The experiments
will be of a searching character, and an interesting discus-
sion may be expected.
[ADvERTIBEMENT.]—A BAD LEG or THIRTY-FIVE
YEARS' STANDING CURED ST HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—
The particulars of this extraordinary case are as follows :—Mr. Jas.
Macdonald, a native of Ireland, now residing at No. 7, George-yard,
Whitechapel, was discharged from the navy in 1813, in consequence
of his leg then having been bad for two years, and pronounced in
Plymouth Hospital as incurable. During the former long period he
had had the advice of the most skilful surgeons in London, Dublin,
and other places. Notwithstanding the dreadful state of the leg and
live-and-thirty years of suffering, the limb is now soundly healed
by the use of Holloway's Ointment and rills, which are sold by all
dealers in medicines, and at the Proprietor's Establishment, 244,
Strand, London.

THE ALLEGED MURDER AT SHADWELL.—At the
Thames Police-court, yesterday, Benjamin Gibbing, the man who
stands charged with the murder of Anne Sloman, was brought before
Mr. Ballantine for the first time, the case having been previously
heard by Mr. Broderip. The examination having been gone
into at great length, Mr. Ballantine remanded the prisoner until the
attendance of several other important witnesses.
Yesterday, in the Sheriffs' Court, an action was
brought by Mr. Markwell, the late proprietor of the North and
South American Coffee-house, to recover of Mr. Kell, a member of
the Stock Exchange, the sum of 241. for the good things supplied to
him, and for cash lent. To all applications his reply was that ha
would call and settle when convenient, and, wh n pressed, not to let
the matter come into Court, he said that was his business, and he
should study his own convenience. There was no defence to the ac-
tion, and a verdict was given for the amount claimed.
ARRIVAL OF THE EAST INDIA MAIL.— SOUTHAMP-
TON. JUNE 11.—The Mediterranean steamer Royal Tar, Captain
Burney, with the East India and China mails, arrived at the Mother-
bank at one, A.m., this day, and landed the mails, which were for-
warded to London by the morning mail train. They consisted of 19
boxes and 13 packages. The Tar left Malta 29th May, Gibraltar
June 3. The following ships were at Gibraltar :—Hibernia, Fan-
tome, and Phcenix. The Royal Tar has 86 passengers and a full and
valuable cargo.
FIRE CAUSED BY THE RAYS OF THE SUN.—Yes-
terday, at noon, a fire, from the following singular cause, broke out
on the prtemstirsaens
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fury,
setting the window blind on fire, the
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burning fragments o
aracter in the window. Two of the shop-
goods of a combustible
at the time endeavoured to subdue the flames
with
gref
which communicated with the remainder of the
d, but were unable to do so until property,
when they first commence
was destroyed. Whilst they Were
between 201. and 30/:411 value,
Men were badly burnt about the
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hands. 's PARK.—The present
present
THE BIRDS of the birds belonging
itious in the addition
mental
season has been very prop .
located in the orna
' l Society, which are , ,
of the young,
to the Ornithological fighting with the fire,lN bothsT. thejAMES
broods by the Egyptian geese a few wee
of which more than two
eludes upwards of six hundred specimens,
season. There has been
hundred are the young ones of the present s
waters. Notwithstanding the destructiokns
s front Australia,
a brood of ten of the common and black swan.
sue-
cessfel,
and those from the different varieties of geese have been very
soifncem,atnh)e collection in
OFFICIAL INQUIRY AT THE GENERAL POST-
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carriers, attended upon Mr. Peacock to give evidence. Their
consistedtesti-
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payment of dockets to substitutes. stopped ofthe

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Last night will be an epoch in the choerographic
account of her Majesty's Theatre. It will be celebrated
as the night on which the most magnificent, and in every
respect the very best ballet that has ever been produced,cto
was first performed—as the night on which
achieved her greatest triumph. She is great as
(I.an
Alma—
shec is great as Ondine—but neither Alma nor On me
compare with Lalla Beak, the ballet which was pro-
duced last night—a ballet in which the artistes of every
description, pictorial, musical, and choerographic, have
vied with each other in realising the rich imaginings of
the most exquisite of living poet., Thomas Moore. The
first scenete pa
represents
of entstheHall of the Durbar, in the
ofin-
rior Lahore—
" The imperial Sella) held a feast
In his magnificent shalama.
In whose saloons when the first star
Of evening o'er the water trembled,
The valley's loveliest-all assembled ;
All the bright creatures that, like dreams,
Glide through its foliage, and drink beams
Of beauty from its founts and stqams ;
Here, too, the harem's inmates smile ;
Maids from the west, with sun-bright hair,
And from the garden of the Nile,
Delicate as the roses there;
Daughters of love from Cyprus' rocks
With Paphian diamonds in their locks;
Light pert forms, such as there are
On the gold meads of Candahar;
Everything young, everything fair,
From east and west is blushing there.
The board is spread with fruits and wine,
On With grapes
hillspesofgeld, like those that shine
;e7sp,oanindegtrhae pears
nt
And sunniest apples that Cabool
In all its thousand gardens bears ;
itee as
Of melting sweetness full
Plaintains, the golden and the green ;
Malaya's nectar'd mangusteen
*
A Everything young, everything fair, .
rom east to west is blushing there."
Such•is the magnificent scene at rahore, where the
ofEmperortbhreimßliauncishta FrA suiteur, ra urnwt nohoz
zoe,
iest
accompanyh is
es
affianced
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Rookh,
kor Teni es
among
e
attentions to Lalla Rookh are anything but pleasing to
Fadladeen (M. Perrot), the fussy old Chamberlain.
They group round her, and, together with her Hindoo
attendants, dance a Hindoo dance, in which they form
into various groups, each more graceful than the pre-
ceding- one. while the most fantastic pageantry is going
on around them, giving the whole the appearance of a
scene of enchantment Lalla Rookh, with her fair at-
tendants, executes a dance, in which, as is the fashion
in Hindostan, they imitate every imaginable figure.
The following are some of the twenty figures repre-
sented by the Hindoo maids
Bermes The Stars
'The Shell The Pine Apples
The Kiosks The Car of the Rising Sun
The Cage The Butterflies
The Mirrors The Sun's R -

Ts
The Harps The Living Statue and its
The framed Picture of the Pedestal
Morning Breeze
The above description of this dance, which is denominated
the Pas Symbolique, is taken from the Scenario of the
ballet, and albeit the programme of a ballet is in general
a very exaggerated description of what takes place, such
is not the case in the present instance ; each group is
more graceful than the preceding one ; each group is a
study for a sculptor; and the living statue and its pedestal
—in which Cerito is the statue, and the corps de ballet,
grouped around and hidden by their shawls, form
the pedestal —is without exception the most
graceful and beautiful group ever devised.
Perrot has accomplished what has been declared by
many to be an impossibility—he has actually devised a
perfectly original series of shawl dances and groupings
of the most exquisite description. The dancing of
Cerito in this marvellous pas excelled anything she has
ever yet done.%There was an ideality about her perform-
ance for the possession of which the little "realist" has
-never before had credit given to her. This Pas Sym-
bolique is the greatest triumph that Cerito has yet
achieved. At the conclusion, bouquets and wreaths with-
out number were showered upon her, and the applause was
raptureus. Then comes the scene of the desert. In
the distance, over the sandy waste, the caravan attending
on Lalla Rookh is seen like a speck upon the horizon.
It gradually approaches, becoming more distinct every
moment ; at length the different figures become visible,
and presently the cavalcade enters in grand procession.
The gradual approach of the caravan is admirably
managed, the delusion is complete, and the processsion
itself is the most splendid ever seen on the stage. The
palanquin in which 14311 a Rookh, and her attendant

ladies: is borne is magnificent. Suddenly the sky becomes
overcast, the whirl wind rises, the tempest of sand
threatens to overwhelm the caravan, which disperses in
every direction. Feramoz alone remains with Lalla
Rookh, who sinks fainting in his arms. He leaves her
to seek for water, and radladeti,'n and some attendants
gather round the Princess, who remains without sense
or motion. The fury of the elements is gradually hushed
—a profound calm succeeds the storm. Whilst the
travellers are,thanking Allah for their preservation, night
is gradually coming on. The caravan encamps on the
spot, and the attendants of the Princess erect her pavi-
lion. The most exuberant gaiety succeeds to
the alarm which had prevailed but a moment before.
The scene now changes to the interior of Lana Rookh's
tent. The Princess, grieved at the absence of Feramoz,
begs Fadladeen to send for him, but the latter evades the
request by saying that the Princess needs repose, rather
than listen to the frivolous fantastic nonsense of the
so-called bard. But the little Persian slave of the
Princess has slyly slipped out and warned the poet
of her mistress's desire to see him ; he enters,
and Lallah Rookh expresses the wish that his sweet
minstrelsy should calm her mind after the agitation she
ha, that day passed through. He complies, but Fadla-
deen, with his usual ill-natured spite, finds fault
with the poet and the performer, saying that, for his
part, he prefers the sweet-scented chibouck. Feramoz
hearing this, breaks forth the wild and joyous strain of
the chibouck song, and the Princess, inspired by these
enlivening sounds, dances to the tune. The fumes of
the opium he smokes sends Fadladeen to sleep, and whilst
he dreams of Mahomet's paradise and the Houri, Lalla
Rookh and Feramoz take advantage of the opportunity
to avow their mutual love.
In this scene Cerito achieved another triumph, The Pas
de Chibouck. There was a grace and an abandon about
her performance of the pas de chibouck which was per-
fectly bewitching. Her dancing seemed to proceed from
the vary exuberance of high spirits—to be the expres-
sion of overflowing happiness and joy, not unmingled
with a little love of innocent mischief—witness her ad-
mirable quiz upon the stupid intoxication of Fadladeen,
whose noddings over his pipe were of the most humour-
ous description. The Pay de Chibouck, will henceforth
rank with the pas de fascination, and the pas de Tombre.
The scene then changes to the sandy desert—the sun
rises, and the caravan awakes, and proceeds on the
journey. Arrived on the confines of Cashmere, Lalla
Rookh is conducted to the kiosk prepared for her re-
ception. All around her is joy, but the
Princess is a prey to the deepest melancholy,
The rose-coloured bridal veil is flung over her head; the
ambassadors come to tell her that all is prepared for the
nuptial ceremony, and that the King awaits her. The
glance of Lalla Rookh falls upon the poet; she wishes to
refuse the hand of the proud Monarch, but Fadladeen
expostulates with her, reminding her of the dangers of
a refusal. She at length gives way, and is led forth like
a victim to the sacrifice. The last scene is the vale of
Cashmere and the feast of Roses. How shall we de-
scribe this most magnificent joyous scene, this chef-
d'ceuvre of painting, which Turner himself might have
been proud of ? Left to our unassisted efforts we de-
spair of being able to convey to the reader the remotest
idea of this most exquisite of landscapes, but Thomas
Moore will assist us:—

"Who has not heard of the vale of Cashmere,
With its roses the brightest that earth ever gave,
Its temple and grottos, and fountains as clear,
As the love-lighted eyes that hang over the wave?

Oh! to see it at -sunset—when warm o'er the lake,
Its splendour at parting a summer eve throws,
Like a bride full of blushes, when ling'ring to take
A last look of her mirror at night ere she goes!
When the shrines through the foliage are gleaming half
shown,
And each hallows the hour by some rites of its own.
Here the music of prayer from a minaret swells,
Here the Magian his urn, full of perfume, is swinging,
And here, at the altar a zone of sweet bells,
Round the waist of some fair Indian dancer is ringing.
Or to see it by moonlight—when mellowly shines
The light o'er its palaces, gardens and shrines;
When the water-falls gleam, like a quick fall of stars,
And the nightingale's hymn from the islo of Chenars
Is broken by laughs and light echoes of feet,
From the eool shining walks where the young people

meet.
Or at morn, when the magic of daylight awakes
A new wonder each minute, as slowly it breaks
Hills, cupolas, fountains, called forth every one
Out of darkness, as they were just born of the sun."
Such is the scene in which the King of Bucharia holds
his court, in which he is preparing to celebrate his
nuptials:—
'Twas when the hour of evening came
Upon the lake serene and cool;
All were abroad—the busiest hive
On Bela's hill is less alive,
When saffron beds are full in flower,
Than looked the valley in that hour.
A thousand restless touches played
Through every grove and island shade;
A thousand sparkling lamps are set
On every dome and minaret;
And fields and pathways, far and near,
Were lighted by a blaze so clear,
That you could see in wandering round
The smallest rose leaf on the ground.
Yet do the maiC.s and matrons leave
Their tens at home, that brilliant eve;
AndAl tid cheeks
dekays,
epteheerewtehbraue glancing eyes about,
that would
not dare shine out
thought they might
Look lovely then because 'twas night!
And all were free and wandering.