The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-28 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRES

Cerito and St. Leon, having escaped safely from
the perils of the Venetian revolution, have at length
arrived in London. They made their first appear-
ance for the season last evening in that prettiest of
all divertissements, the Viaindiere. The appearance of
Cerito in her Vivandiere costume was the signal for a
burst of hearty applause, which was acknowledged
with one of those fascinatinc, smiles which Cerito,
and Cerito alone, can give. 'She never danced with
more spirit and abandon in her life than she did last
evening. Her pas de deux with her husband
(whose 'poses are as graceful and his pirouettes
as astonishing as ever) was rapturously en-
cored, and the Redowa Polka (often as we
have seen it danced) seemed last night to pos-
sess all the freshness of novelty. Cerito likewise
appeared in the pas des quatre from the Lac des Fees,
and created quite a furore by her performance of
those far.famed entrechats which invariably command
an encore. At the end of the divertissement Cerito
and St. Leon were called for and welcomed with en-
thusiasm. The divertissement was preceded by the
opera
of Lucrezia Bergia, in which Mesdemoiselles
Cruvelli
.and Schwarz more than confirmed the
fondest hcpes of their greatest admirers. The latter
young lady was enthusiastically encored in the
celebrated drinking song "Ii
segretto per esser
felice,"
and was honoured with a separate call at the
conclusion of the opera. An act from Nino and
the
ballet of Fiorito concluded the evening's enter-
tainment.

FINE ARTS.
PORTRAIT OF MADEMOISELLE PALMIIIA
ANATO, Premiere Artiste Aerienne of the National
Olympic Circus of Paris. Designed and drawn on
Stone by Henry Melling.
Who that has visited the recent equestrian per-
formances at Drury-lane has not been fascinated by
the classical elegance of the Taglioni of equestrians,
Mademoiselle Palmira Anato. Her poses on the
horse fully equal the most graceful efforts of
any of the servants in the temple of Terpsichore,
and Mr. Melling has had the happy art to
render permanent one of the most graceful but at the
same time most evanescent of these poses. The like-
ness is life-like, full of spirit and movement, and
every admirer of Mdlle. Palmira Anato would do
well to possess himself of one of those portraits.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN
51'4—Revolutions abroad should not cause us to ne-
glect improvements at borne.
About seven years qince I had the honour of calling
Government's attention to the (then) filthy state of the
Tower Moat, and suggested, through your columns,
that it be immediately filled up, and its site converted
into a public promenade. Up to this time, the latter
part of my proposition has not been acceded to. My
object, therefore, in again troubling you, is to solicit the
aid of your powerful pen (on behalf of the inhabitants
of the Tower Hamlets) in urging the present Ministry
to grant this much required alteration.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
ONE EMPLOYED IN THE ROYAL MINT.
London, April 27, 1848.

NEWMARKET RACES.
(THIS DAY.)
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

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Match, 100, h ft. D.I.
Chainbearer received from Epirote.
Match, 200, h ft. T.Y.C.—Minto beat San Sebastian.
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Bridle beat Conspiracy.
Newmarket Stakes of 50 sovs. each. D.U.
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Won easy.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office, from the Governor of Gibraltar.

INSTALLATION OF DR. HAMPDEN.—Yesterday the
installation of the Right Rev. Rena Dickson Hampden,
D.D., to the bishopric of Hereford, took place in the
cathedral of that city, in the presence of a vast number
of the inhabitants and of visitors from the adjacent
districts. The mayor and corporation attended the
ceremony. Amongst the canons present were—the Rev.
W. P. Musgrave, the Dean of St. Asaph, the Rev. J.
Wetherell, the Hon. and Rev. H. Rodney, the Rev. J. B.
Webb, the Hon. and Rev. 0. W. W. Forrester, besides
a great number of other clergymen. The prayers on
this occasion were read by the Rev. T. Gretton, one of
the minor canons, and the lessons by the Rev. J. Hopton,
vicar of Canon Frome. In the absence of the dean, Dr.
Merewether, the Rev. Canon Musgrave presided over
the ceremony, at the conclusion of which the Bishop
pronounced the blessing over the assembly.
MANSLAUGHTER. BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY.---
Yesterday an inquest was held before J. B. Davies, Esq.,
borough Coroner, on the body of a boy named Wheat-
croft, Si years old, whose death was said to have been
caused by ill-treatment which he had received at the
hands of his father and mother. After the jury had
been sworn, they proceeded to view the body of the
child, which exhibited a frightful akeletonized appear-
ance, and weighed no more than 231bs. A great mass
of evidence was received. The coroner then summed
up the evidence, and the jury in a short time returned a
verdict of " Manslaughter against George and Sarah
Wheatcroft." Immediately after the verdict was re-
turned, Inspector Glossop, of the detective force, from
information he had received, proceeded by the mail train
to Derby, where he apprehended the man and womar,
and conveyed them to the town. They are to be brought
before the coroner to-morrow, in order that the deposi-
tions may be read to them, and afterwards committed to
take their trial.

PARISH OF HOMERTON.—A meeting of inhabitants
of this new parish, a district of Hackney, was held yes-
terday morning, in the Infant School, to elect parish
officers • the Rev. C. J. Daniel, incumbent, presided.
Messrs. and Addison were elected churchwardens,
and Mr. C. H. Pulley was re-elected vestry• clerk without
opposition. The minor officers were appointed, and a
vote of thanks passed to the chair, after which the meet-
ing separated.
FISHMMONGERS' and POULTERERS' BENEVOLENT
ASBOCIATION.—The annual meeting of the subscribers
to this institution was held yesterday evening at the
London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill; Mr. E. Howard, in
the chair. After the usual preliminaries, the secretary
read the report, from which it appeared that an institu-
tion had been erected by the society at Woodgreen, the
foundation stone of which had been laid by Lord Mor-
peth. It appeared that there was a balance in hand
last year of 5171. Os. 11d., and that the receipts during
the past year had been 2,7471. 14s. 9d. and after de-
ducting the ordinary expenses, that the 'balance in hand
was 2321.45. 7d., the sum invested in the Consols being
1,0001. The report was adopted unanimously. Thanks
were then voted to the officers of the institution, and
the chairman; after which the meeting separated.:
SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 27.—The Pen-
insular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship
Montrose, Captain Bowen, sailed to-day with the usual
Spanish and Portuguese mails, for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon,
Cadiz, and Gibraltar. She has 35 passengers and a large
cargo. The Peninsular Company intend to dispatch
their steam-skip Iberia, commanded by Captain Burney,
to the Italian ports on Saturday, a fortnight prior to her
regular day of sailing, in consequence of the great num-
ber of English residents waiting to leave Genoa, Leghorn,
and Civita Vecchia. The Hindostan, Captain Lewis,
with the bulky portion of the East India and China
mails, is not expected here till the 30th; she had a very
long passage out to Alexandria. The Euxine, Captain
Wilson, will leave on tile 3d of irlay for Gibraltar,
Malta, and Constantinople. The Achilles is gone into
the dry dock at Cowes preparatory.to her voyago.to, hiCal-
cutta. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's
Trent, Captain Norton, having received new bollersssaonugt
undergone extensive repairs,
proximo.
is appointed to take
the Wst India and Mexican mails of the 2dtrial
tri to
The Trent went out a few days agioer
test the performance of her new franad the resultp
was perfectly satisfactory. Theb Medway will leave a
few days after the Trent, to be employed as an extra
ship in the West India inter- colonial voyages. The
Clyde is in London undergoing repairs. The following
Ma ilSteam Packet Company's ships are in dock :—Royal
ships Thames, Medway, and Trent; Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamers Sultan, Euxine, Jupiter,
Tiger, Iberia; and Ocean Steam Navigation Company's
ship Herman. _

ilr.s.—On Sunday morning a French vessel, of
about 100 tons burden, named the Eleonore, came on
shore near Bexhill. All her sails were set, and her helm
lashed up; her bulwarks were damaged by being run
foul of by another vessel, there being a part of a bow-
sprit found on board. The whole of the crew had left,
and are supposed to have made their escape on board the
other vessel, leaving behind their clothes, watches, and
money, and the papers belonging to the vessel. Through
the exertions of Lieut. Ashby, of the Coast Guard, and
his boat's crew, the ship was got off, brought into our
harbour, and placed in charge of Mr. John Vidler,
French consul for this port. She was laden with coals,
and was bound from Sunderland to Bordeaux.
Yesterday an inquest was held by Mr. Bedford at
the Rose and Crown, Knightsbridge, on the body of a
fine full-grown female child, which was found floating
in the Serpentine, Hyde Park. It was wrapped in a
piece of black merino, which also contained a dead
canary bird, wrapped in wadding. The body was
taken to the Engine-house, Knightsbridge, where it
was carefully examined by Mr. Bonney, surgeon, who
had no hesitation in saying that the child west:use it
born
alive, but he was unable to say from what
had died. The jury returned a verdict of" Found dead."
r ar-
rived IMPORTATION.
rived in the River from Antwerp, on
hAacsambartoeaauigglntet, ajpack age
containing relics of the
the field after the battle, butWa teorf onoo material.f.a vmaleuterooxo.-
cept as curiosities. They ar. e imported fora p.
t armoury, and comprise
litan firm, dealers in 11
tiFelench ea les, bayonets, and
some swords, pistols, ren
various other articles, and parts of articles of similar
character.

OPENING OF THE CHESTER AN_D
1.101X11E411) RAILWAY.
(rem 0011 OWN lILPORTER.)
This important line of railway is now in a state of
great forwardness, and on Monday next the portion
lying between Chester and Conway, a distance of
about forty-five miles, will be opened to the public.
During the last two or three days several excursion
trains have traversed this section with the view of
affording Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P., an oppor-
tunity of setting at rest the doubts which have
naturally been entertained as to the safety of his new
tubular tunnel bridge ; and it will be no less advan-
tageous to the public than it must be gratifying to
that eminent engineer, that the result has succeeded
in . establishing a novel and important feature in
mechanical science. In an engineering point
of view, the Chester and Holyhead Railway
is, perhaps, the most stupendous undertaking of the
character that this country has yet produced, and
while it will add new fame to the enterprise of
Englishmen, it is to be hoped that it will prove the
precursor of a kindlier feeling and a better state of
things existing amongst their brethren in the sister
kingdom. After traversing the banks of the Dee,
and intersecting the busy districts of Flintshire, the
line runs to Bangor, along the Welch coast, the dark
waters of the Irish Sea rolling majestically on one
side, and lofty mountains, studded with the moulder-
ing castles of the ancient Britons, frowning upon the
other. A more romantic or picturesque line cannot
be met with, and it is therefore anticipated that, inde-
pendently cf its forming the high road to Ireland, the
beauties of the route and the mechanical grandeur of
the works will present features of peculiar interest
and attraction to the traveller. Passing through one
or two borings similar to that of the South-
Eastern Railway, under the Shakspere cliff at
Dover, the line crosses the river, or rather
the arm of the sea, known as the River Conway, by
means of a tubular bridge or tunnel of 400 feet in
length, by 14 in breadth, and 23 in height, and
formed of three distinct walls of sheet iron, belted
with immense and innumerable ribs of wrought iron.
This gigantic piece of mechanism rests upon two
granite towers, and at either end is attached an appa-
ratus to enable the tube to expand with the pressure
13troduced by the weight of the train passing through
Mr. Stephenson estimates that the apparatus will
render the tube capable of sustaining the enormous
weight of neasroly 1,500 tons, but of course the necessity
of carrying
will many. tons across the bridge at one
Mr.
Stephensonh is now personally engaged
Still, in order fully to test its
strength
in watchingthefo tube. The trains that have
already been used
several hundred tons r the purpose have weighed
tube has never reacheClind yet the inflection of the
than inch, except in one in-
stance. We passed
oonraoiut it on Wednesday
lade :17e with stone and
afternoon in a train
anid:KisTorful locomo-
waggons, each heavily of twenty-seven
Western
flint, and driven by two of
tives running on the London
lines, and scarcely any movement or oscilrlthr
tube was perceptible. Indeed, no one infothnenf. the
a
experienced any other than the rumbling sensation
n
produced by crossing one of the ordinary iron bridges
employed upon railways, but those on the top of the
tube, or leaning against its sides in the interior, could I
just perceive a slight oscillating motion. Leaving
Conway, and creeping round the base of a mountain,
the line once more emerges on to the coast, and after
cutting through a lengthened tunnel it is interevpte,l
by the Menai Straits, where the tubular principle is
again brought into operation, but under circum-
stances of a far more formidable and difficult charac-
ter than at Conway. The bridge for each line or set
of rails across the Menai will consist of two tubes, each
460 feet in length, and three buttresses, one being
erected for the support of the two of enormous size
and dimensions. The Britannia Rock, lying in the
centre of the Straits, forms the foundation of the
third buttress, and, with the exception of the tube
being placed at a much higher altitude, it will be
constructed and affixed exactly upon the same prin-
ciple as the one at Conway. The span of this second
aerial tunnel will extend to 920 feet, and it is antici-
pated that one side of it will be got up to its elevated
resting place in about twelve months. The masonry
work is rapidly progressing towards completion. The
permanent way of the line through Anglesea to Holy-
head is completed to within a few miles of Car-
narvon Bay, and the rails are being laid down,
but it is not proposed to open this portion of the line
till one side of the Britannia tube shall be ready for
the passage of trains. The line from Conway to
Bangor, where the monster bridge is being built,
will be opened in about a month. The works
throughout have been well and substantially executed,
and the various stations are exceedingly neat and
commodious. The expenditure on the works, up to
the period of the last half-yearly meeting, amounted
to 1,645,3851. 195., while 257,2351. 18s. 11d. had
been paid for land and compensation, and 245,2511.
is. 10d. had been expended on the tubular bridges.
It is clear, therefore, that in the end the line will
turn out to be a most costly one; but, nevertheless,
those who are familiar with the matter, appear to
entertain the opinion that, in a commercial point of
view, it will prove a profitable undertaking.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Hi 4 Royal Highness Prince Albert left Osborne
yesterday morning and proceeded in the Fairy steam-
yacht to pay a visit to her Majesty the' Queen Dow-
ager on board the Howe. His Royal Highness after-
wards returned to Osborne.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager arrived at Os-
borne at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, to pay a
visit to the Queen. Her Majesty was conveyed from
the Howe in the Fairy steam. yacht to Osborne, and
partook of a dejeune with her Majesty and Prince
Albert.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert took their usual
early walk yesterday ; and the Royal Children went
to the beach and rode on their ponies.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, attended by Lady
Augusta Cadogan, Baroness Bose, Mitior Stephens,
and Mr. Edmond Mildmay, visited the exhibition of
the Royal Academy, in Trafalgar-square, yesterday.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at twelve
o'clock, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present
were Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Lord Campbell,
the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Marquis of Clan-
ricarde, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay.
Viscount Morpeth had not arrived in town.
The Council sat two hours.

Sir Edward Ryan had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Pressly,
Secretary to the Board of Stamps and Taxes, had also
an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet, at his
official residence in Downing-street.

Viscount Melbourne left town on Wednesday for
his seat, Brockat Hall, Herts.

Dispatches were sent of yesterday evening from the
Colonial-office for the Governor of Van Diemen's
Land.

COWES, ISLE OF 'WIGHT.
(FRom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, APRIL 27, 1848.
VISIT OF THE QUEEN DOWAGER TO HER MAJESTY.
—The Howe arrived at Spithead this morning, and this
afternoon her Majesty paid a visit to the Royal Family
at Osborne ; after remaining an hour, she returned to
the Howe. Sir Robert Peel also paid a visit to her Ma-
jesty at Osborne this day.
THE CROPS.—The cold wet weather is likely to have
a serious effect on the potato crops. All spring work in
the fields is much retarded.

ARRIVAL of the QUEEN I:10 WAGER
This morning, PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 27.
about six o'clock, the Howe 120,
Captain Sir . James Stirling, was observed coming up
to Spithead with the Royal standard at her main, in
tow of the Seourge steam-sloop, Commander Wingrove.
The Howe anchored soon after eight o'clock, when the
Victory, flag-ship of the Commander-in-Chief, saluted
with twenty-one guns, which was acknowledged by, theb
Howe. Soon afterwards Sir Charles Ogle, attended
with
Flag-Lieutenant Cochrane, proceeded in his barge
toh
his flag in the bow to Spithead, to pay his respects
board the
her Majesty the Queen Dowager, who waso
Howe,land to receive her Majesty:a
her Majesty's
disembarking. The Earl of Denbigh,
har.ies Ogle
off
Master of the Horse, accompanied SFrederick Fitzettx-
to the Howe. Major-General Lord r ttc mmonands as to
d Miss Fitzelarence,
accompanied by Lady Augusta and renee, G.C.H., Lieutenant-Govearr
went off to the ship
and attended by his full staff;
.Queen of the garrison,
Dowager, and at a
to pay his respects to•
.theliezar.
_owe,
Lord Chamber-
lainer Majesty s ' Household, arrived
and Controller of p
on
board the Howe. Mr. Ste-
later period of the morning E I id
from London and weantton,
also proceeded on board to
Tens, of Gosport station,
take her Mai
commands as to the time of going by
the South-
W
noblemen, officers, and gentlemen met with a
e most
Majesty, Who was sur-
rounded ee4sttYer 'e
n
These Railway to London.
gracious reception from her
by her illustrious relatives the Duke and
Duchess of
Saxe-Weimar and family; Captain Sir
James Stirling and other distinguished officers.
:The arrival of tho Queen Dowager having been offi-
cially communicated to the Queen at Osborne, his Royal
Highness Prince Albert arrived at Spithead in the
Fairy, at eleven o'clock, to welcome her Majesty, and to
invite her to luncheon with the Queen at two o'clock.
Her Majesty left the Howe at a quarter past one o'clock,
and embarked in the
conveyance to Osborne. Fairy, Commander Crispin, for
The Scourge and the Lightning immediately after-
wards commenced transhipping.
the royal baggage, which
the latter vessel brought into harbour, to be landed at
the Clarence-yard, and stewed in the railway carriages.
The Royal party will disembark from the Howe to-
morrow morning, and leave Gosport for London by
special train at half-past eleven o'clock.