The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-11 00:00:00

CLASS V.

Roses in Pots, collections of twelve.—Gold Banksian.
Mr. J. Slowe, gardener to Mr. Baker; Paul and Co., of
Chesbunt ; silver Gilt, Lane and Co., of Great Berk-
hampstead; Mr. J. Dobson, of Isleworth.
Roses in Pots, single specimens.—Silver Knigktian,
Mr. J. Stowe. • •

Cape Heaths, in collections of twenty.—Gold Knight-
ian, Mr. Hunt, gardener to Miss Traill; Gold Banksian,
Mr. Robertson, gardener to Mrs Lawrence; S Nei- Gilt,
Mr. Taylor, gardener to Mr. Coster; Gold Knighiau,
Me.ssra. Fairbairn; Gold Banksian, Messrs. Rolleson.
Cape Heaths, in collections 01 twelve varieties; —Gold
Binksian, Mr. Ally, gardener to Mr. E. Gooilheart;
Silver Gilt, Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobusi
Large Silver, Mr. Plumly, gardener to Mr. Ditnstiale,
Mr. Ayres, gardener to Mr. Cooke, Blackheath; Gold
Banksian, Mr. Frazer, of Lec-bridge-road; Silver Gilt,
Messrs. Veitch and Co., Exeter; Large Silver, Mr. Epps,
Maidstone; Mr. Raraplin.
Cape Heaths, collections of six varieties.—Silver Gilt,
Mr. Malyon' gardener to T. Brandrum, Esq. ; Large
Silver. Mr. E. Jack, gardener to G. Loraine, Esq. ;
Silver Knightian, Mr. Barnes, gardener to S. Norman,
Esq. ; Mr. Bruce gardener to Boyd Miller, Esq. ; Mr.
Clarke, gardefierzi o W. Block, Esq. ; Silver Gilt, Mr.
Dawson, Brixton-hill.

Cape Heaths, single specimens.—Large Silver, Mr.
G. Plumley ; Silver Banksian, Mr. R. May ; Large
Silver, Messrs. Fairbairn ; Silver KnightianMr. A.
Batson, Poole ; Silver Banksian, Mr. Frazer.
New, or Extremely Rare Ornamental Plants.—Large
Silver, Mr. J. Clow ; Silver Knightian, Messrs. Vestin,
Mr. Robertson, Mr. Dodds, Mr. Cameron.

ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT FUND.
The anniversary dinner of the Arti-ts' Benevolent Fund
was celebrated on Saturday at the Freemasons' Tavern.
Viscount Morpeth took the chair at about half- past six, sup
ported by Sir W. Ross, R.A., Messrs. R. R. Keane;le, R.A.,
T. Uwins, R.A., D. Roberts, R.A., A. Cooper, R.A., B. B.
Cabbell, &c. The number of visitors was n..t so great as on
ma:ty former occasions, barely amounting to a hundred. The
fineness of the weather, and the attractions el the tiorticul
turalfae at Chiswick, were probably the cause of the absence
of many of the p ttrons of art.
After the removal of the cloth the usual loyal toasts were
given, and received in the usual way, with the exception of
one, into which the Noble Chairman threw a little spice of
fun, which was highly relished by his hearers. In prop tsing
the health of " Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the
rest of the Royal Family," his Lordship dryly added, "a
toast, gentlemen," which I am happy to say is becoming
every year more comprehensive.' A burst of laughter
seemed to say " Amen—the more the merrier."
In proposing the toast of the evening, namely, " Success
to the Artists' Benevolent Fume," the Noble Chairman made
some elequent observations upon the important and bene-
ficial influence of a taste for art as au element in the moral
culture of the world. lie paid a just tribute to the suc-
cessful labours of the Art-Union in disseminating copies of
works of art amongst classes who had heretofore been ex-
eluded from the enjoyment of such things. During his st4y
in America one of the most gratifying incidents which oc-
curred to him was discovering some engravings after British
paintings upon the walls of some humble cabins iu a temote
district, and he hoped the time would come when every cot-
tage in England would be similarly adorned.—(Hear, hear.)
Owing much. to art, it was but an act of justice and grati
tude, when misfortune fell upon its profes.•ors, or the hand
of death snatched them from their families, that these who
worked and profited in the same field should step for and
with timely succour. To this artists, and the admirer of art,
were equally bounden; and it was in this spirit that the in-
' .stitution whose anniversary they were now celebrating we,
founded. He regretted to state, however, that while art had
been making rapid advances in this country, anti the taste
for art had develope.t itself in extended spheres, the funds of
this institution had net been adequ ttely kept up. but
on the contrary, in that position, that unless additional sup
plies were given in with a bounteous hand, the claimants
who received annuities from the institution would be obliged
to submit to a curtailment of a quarter of their present al-
lowances. These allowances were 20/. a year to widoas,
and 5/. a year to the orphans of artists; and when it was
known that in many cases these pittances were the only cer-
tain resources upon which the respective parties had to de-
pend, he put it to the liberal-minded and human,e whether
some exertions should not be made to avert the necessity
for taking anything away from ine-mea ,Iready so inad.-
quate to the demands of life? The Noble Chairman's address
was listentled to with deep attention, and loudly applauded
at the close.
to 1.3b6e9
Amongstsubscriptions
twheer were
subscribers
jaemstyor ;clod
guineas; hen announced,re hwerh
the Queen Dowager, 10 guineas; Sir John Swin-
burne, the president (who, we regret to hear, was prevented
by indisposition from being present, his 34th donation), 15/. ;
Viseetuit morpetti, 201.; the Duke of Sutherland, 10 guineas ;
B. B. Cabbell, E-q , 10 guineas; Peter Legh, Esq.,
guineas. The other toasts interesting to art were—
" The Royal Academy ;" to which Mr. COopEtt, 10
R.A re-
sponded. (A gentleman at one of the side tables rose_ in" the
midst of the glee which followed the toast, andtihner.her an
eoxutcittted thirty-fourm a n er, addressed
Royal
A Academicians,
mc
caii
ar T onlyupfionv.e were present
fact that,
on this occasion. He was, however, soon' prevailed upon to sit
down, and the business of the evening proceeded.)
"The British Institution."
Mr B. B. CABBELL returned thanks.
"The Art-Union of London."
Mr. GODWIN, the secretary, returned thanks, and took oc-
casion earnestly to draw the attention of his hearers to the
position of this institution, and to the loss and discourage-
ment which would ensue to artists whose works it had bee❑
the means of encouraging, if'the Legislature should refuse to
legalise its proceedings. Of its utility in the actual encou
ragement of art as a school he could mention one instance.
Some time back a gentleman, two of whose works were
selected and purchased by prizeholders in the Art-Union,
came to him (Mr. Godwin), and, atter mentioning his name,
told him that he had since sent in a cartoon to the exhibi-
tion at Westminster Hall, which, but tie- the money which
he received from the Art- Uniott, he would not have been able
to have done. This work did not rece;ve a prize, but it was
seen by some gentlemen interested in founding the School of
Design at Glasgow: ihey gave this gentleman the appoint-
ment, and he was now pursuing his useful vocation in that
citi.—(Hear, hear.)
The whole of the arrangements of the stewards afforded
complete satisfaction. The dinner and wines were excellent ;
and Messrs. Broadhurst, Hatton, and the Misses Pyne wing
very pleasingly between the toasts. Mr. Higgins officiated
as toast-master.

NEW METHOD ~F TREATING CONSUMPTION —A Cot-
reAp,ind,nt informs us that several of the most eminent
members of the profcs-lun have a ioptttl, with complete suc-
cess in their practice, " the new mod, of treating
Consumption, As; h ma, Bronchitis, &c. introduced already so
succe-sfully at the :Strait i Disp-nsary, far the cure of disease
of the Heart and Lungs, by Dr. Cr min, of Leicester-place,
Leicester-square.—" We are gratified in being
able to en-
flounce this important and extraordinary innovation in the
treatment of this ` plague spot of our variable clime,' having
been ourselves one of the first to call the attention of the
public, and of the medical profession, to Dr. Cronin's new
mode of practice, having felt convinced that `Anaspasia'
would be found a most valuable auxiliary to the more speedy
cure of pulmonary a ffect i ons. " Globe.
EASTERN UNION RAILWAY.--We understand that Mr.
Martin, who was for some time Deputy-Superintendent of the
Bristol Station of the Great Western Eailwayi,,4beont
pointed superintendent of the Eastern Union Lilwav,
on the eve of opening: We believe few appointmentsthe
kind have been more Judicious.--Raittray &cord.
orfvEtrinseaftTl Y
KnowledgeCo LE G
haveE— Tprheesenst
(iwfteiit)t,
hefolrihrtalt;ofDtihis
college It copy of all the works which they
fusiTjonN
first formation of the Saciety, have published from the

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PLOT OF VERDI'S N
The new new opera on the point of bein
Majesty's Theatre is by Verdi, Its su
,
tinent has been very great, which is nttri o ri.ks
al', to it., music; next. te tle interest of Wlistkotig%lkt '''
from the most romantic ers, aitt.l ssimitting of a mire en
scene of most striking effect. At her Majesty's "Iheatre
it is to be produced with surpassing splendour—the cast
embracing Grisi, Mario, Corelli, Fornasari, Botelli, and
Corbari. The chorusses have been doubled; there will
be new and striking scenery, taken from sketches
of Rhodes and Palestine, and esery effort has,
we hear, been made to produce with the utmost bril-
liancy the Asiatic as well as the picturesque chivalric
cestiim, of the middle ages. Flit is esti-led
I Lombardi— The Lombards. The epeeii is that of the
first crusade. The dramatis persona are Pagano (For-
nasari) and Arvino (Corelii), .ons of the Prince of
Rhodes, a descendant of a Lumbar i knight, who con-
quered the island; Viclinda (Corbari), the wife ofAm ino;
Giselda (Grisi), their daughter; Aeciano (Giubelei), the
Saracen t, rant of Anti •eh ; Sena (Bellini), his wire (se-
cretly a Christian); tle it son Oronte (Mario). There is
bes;oes (13:,telii), squire .nd uusei upulous confidant
of Pagano; the Prior of (l)ai Ftori), and a host
of other characters, in,iiikA, ,funs, knights, Chriqian and
Saracen soldiers, &c. Sze., pres:•nting an . unusual
variety of bright and picturesque costumes and
extraordinary opportunity of scenic display. The
plot is she follovvingee-Pegano, deeply enamoured
with Viclinda, and enraged at her preference
of his brother, attacked, wounded him, an than
fled his country. As the curtain rises, you behold the
monks and the people-assembled before the Church of
St. Ambrose, in the island of Rhodes, to celebrate the
return of the pardoned culprit. He arrives, and his in-
jured brother cordially forgives and embraces him. But,
in the heart of the latter. the same unquenchable feelings
still rankle. He meditates once more the destruction of
his brother, and the possession of his sister-in-law. At
night he invades with an armed band his abode, to
which he has set fire ; but, in the dark, he mistakes his
victim, and kills his own father instead of his brother.
Remorse takes possession of his heart, and he flies to a
wilderness in Palestine to expiate his crimes, and
under the garb of a hermit he acquires a great
anti(ea,
bi iPd elapsed—it
aeerdnirn:vtirein:%
reputation for sanctity. Years of repentance have
ihhasens
dewtehahlelibs:_m:ffnoopmi
summonedent w e n all Christian t h
e
crusade, knights
,:twoerreliave landed
HinerPeahleestsoinoen,
the Hermit.
hies to the holy recluse (Pagano)
hermit, for the Saracen chief (n)1/innhhi.iiosch n mountainth e
conflict
retreat,onfl mt
seeking counsel and consolation
isiasgo:ows,cfornocmeatl.hede
has carried awe), his daughter.
oy his garb, promises a termination' to his
brother's sorrows ; which he knows he can effect,
for Pirro, formerly his squire and confident,
now a repentant renegade, has promised to yield
Anti. ch, where he holds a command, to the Christian
band. In that city is Giselda, placed in the harem
of the Prince. Oronte, but protected by his mother
Sofia (secretly a Christian). and pessimist, ly beloved by
her son, who, under the double influence of love and con-
viction, determines to become a convert to her faith.

1)1.. 1,1; f ,rgets her Christian tri• ntli, and li.tens but too
rebdily to the vo,As of .the Saracens. But Antioch is
oetrard to the Cnribtians, led by Arvin° and Pagano ;
all th 4, Saracens are put to death, and Giselda, by
her larnehtatiitus ov, r the tate of 11.1- true lover,
brings d.wn on her head the wrath of her father.
In the retreat where she has taken refuge, her lover

Oronre, who has escaped from his enemies,
rJ-ap:iears in the disguise of a Lombard. The lovers
fly h,gether, but being pursued by the Chsistians,Oronte.
receives a wound, Pagano corn s, and trues him :o his
cell, and there the Saracen prince dies a Christian con-
vert, whilst Giselda. in her despair, through Divine in•
terposition, is consoled by a vision of Paradise. Pagano,
who has become the guardian spirit of his injured bro-
ther, E,t,compsides bin) to the .ieg..• of Jerusalem, and is
woun,b d to death defending hitu. As he dies he removes
his cowl, and reveals Ills name. His death form, the
final catastrophe of the (pers.

FARMER_., IS THIS YOUR
LE DER ?

" We want a ' kade, ,' an uncommon want,
When every day and year brings for,h anew one,
Td baying tilled all the gazettes with rant,'
The ' clique' discover he isliut the true one."

We feel fur Stafferd O'Brien ; and we doubt not
his constituents d.eply sympithise with hitn. In truth
the painfulness of his position is enough to melt the
heart of a bullock, to say nothing of a Northampton-
shire grazier.
The political monopolists, at the commencement of
the present session, were in great straits for want of an
effective leader. The act of defending monopoly had
convinced every public man of note in the protectionist
party that monopoly was indefensible. It had been
thoroughly exposed in all its naked deformity through-
out the length and breadth of the land. One could.
not get into a railway carriage or an omnibus without
hearing disquisitions on the laws governing the ex-
change of commodities, which, ten years ago, would
have done no discredit to professors of political economy.
Monopoly, which is vice in one of its most noxious
forms, bad been seen by the British public, and of ne-
cessity it had become thoroughly detested. Then there
was the failure of the potato crop, a failure which the
monopolists, notwithstanding their asseverations that
there was none, well knew to be real.
But the dominant landocraey of the realm had no
disposition to abandon their monopoly, because it had
been demonstrated to be mischievous to the public, in-
jurious to the operative, and, above all, ruinous to the
farmer. They knew, or at all events, had a supicion, of
all that before. Monopoly is not loved by the monopo-
list aristocracy, on account of the things about which
they have talked, but for its effects, of which
they say nothing in public. It was not merely
for the sake of high rents that they hugged
the corn-law with such destn rate energy, as to
peril their social pose ion and constitutional power
in its defence ; for rents may be, and where the farmer
can make a fair bargain, will be, as high, or higher,
under free-trade than under monopoly. But they wanted
the high rents of the press nt times and the feudal power
of bygone ages. Tney wished to receive the high rents
from a dependent, servile, cap-in-hand tenantry, who
would march to the poll at the command of the land-
lord's steward, and farm aceordieg to the capricious will
of the landlord's gain keeper.
Our sgrlculturai readet s will well undersand for what
it was the natmopoli,t landlords wanted to preserve mo-
nopoly, though perhaps the inhabitants of towns'will
scarcely comprehend its full extent. Landlordism
should be seen on its own ground to be under-
stood. Th.), who have not seen landlordism at
petty sessioi,s, in the poachers' wing of the county
gaol, in its ilealings with the tenantry and so forth,
know nothing about: it. Ne.ertheh-ss, these things
are grievous, cruel realities.; and such things were to be
maintained. Hence, though the trrains of the monopolist
party had been knocked out, monopoly did not die. Then
vain, the question of leadership. Disraeli might be retain-
. d as a sharpshooter, and would appear to the greater
advantage from being the only man amongst the party
who can pretend to sharpna-s. But Disratli, the ex-
"sedition" loving candidate for Mar) lebone, who may be
t ,ken as an exampiar of lack-land political adventurers.
would not do to lead the squirearchy. They wanted
some one of more weight. The dull Itramston had tried
his hand at " lard and grease," and made a sad mess of it.
The duller Miles had not been very succe.isful in his
oppo•ition to the .‘ inv,sion" of foreign cattle ; while
lidnkes, the dullest, had been saved from conspicuous
failure by his very dulness. Nobody could ever see
that h.. had any of or purpose. and hisb:Teteschhees werehad
t-ourittioniy supposed to relate to th,,
makeo ajtCla' dark subject
whos
ohpooselistdespair, the commence-
di na
rvki ee
1:1, riy, He
talking
period
one
about bmoofuo tnt it-
At
the
ses
postion' of Mr.m oStaffordnepols t lO'Brienati r inethhie-
and by his first speech in that cha-
rrvmaile'lturnin ofso i Yf
tpChureri proved undertook
himself to be a person of
-ome dexterity and adroitness. But , his very
talent proved his ruin as a monopolist leader. Ile
had been through the last three or four 3 ears of
the corn-law discussion, and he attempted to make a.
plausible defence for monopoly, after all, and with the
knowledge of all, that has been proved and admitted
against it. Moreover, his own speech proved that he
wes undergoing that process of conversion to free trade
which every man of average intellect, and ordinary
political honesty, who has seriously attempted to defend
monopoly, has invariably undergone.
The very measure of his success in that speech, proved
him to be no genuine monopolist. This would not do
for his party. He was too clever, too plausible, toc
solicitous of finding reasons—albeit not very good ones
—for monopoly. Monovlists don't want reasons. They
therefore bethought thetnseives of starting some man
as their leader, elm would not attempt to reason,
who knew nothing of the sulject ; to whom all
that had been said or written for the last seven years,
for and against monopoly, was as if it had not been said
or written. They wanted the freshness of profound ig-
norance.

Moreover, they wanted some one with recklessness
enough to say all the exploded sayings ; some one with
all the prejudices, without the respnnsioility of land-
owning. Bravest •n, Miles, Bankes, O'Brien, were men
of large pos•essiena ; they had a certain status in
society ; it they had the power, they had not the will
to fling themselves ir,to the breach wade in the fortress
of 14ndlorciisto with the daring of 'one who would stake
all upon a desperate chance. Seeing
then, the qualities,
wanted in their leader by the
• could not look in a more likely place
positive and negative,
monop Ants, they
sought, and there
thanthey
foundttie
ar a,,c.ilyt s
theyah" wanted. There
they
Lord George Bentinck
now leads the monop .list host, much to the satisfaction
of the genuir:,, na,movolists.
isurt:fleo)n:l'iuirngleiatileirUnscDruopeuslhoteirsdePe:nstdnert
I ' a But.
1 i'l :.":::
;II :hv $. ? Ask
your epiniote.? Are %eu content to be re pre,,etil.eil iC.
ComMittee'what they
:)..;:,,n7-'''''',..,n,''','r''',l,."(l.-;',.,`,`get•Gß:l,liii.t"initiiti%?. whether they' Ike the
clhoitinktegsi;. the fairitess, or Ile accuracy of this new
" f'Llretrfarmers," trt:o, read his spec ches—if they can, for
truly 'tis a heavy
more than Sel• task.—" your true no meaning puzres
R,bett Peel gsa,v-':—and see whether the description Sir
of the speech of the new and fast
leader of the monopolists on Irish scarcity, when he.
said " the multiplicdtiou of letters from parts of the
country where di' ease dues not prevail, forms no contra-
diction to the fact that there does exist in other parts of
that country disease arising from scarcity of food." '

But this has alwar bee—n the game of the m0n,44,3,.
131. ; they are ever tookinz beside the mark ; and being
unable to avow their real object.: in maintaining mono._
talk wi'dly ab.ut t...methit g else. Farmers are
now becoming a.sare of this, and the new leader, from
Newmarket, of the monorolists will help to mike it still
ciearcr.— 71/4e League,