The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-30 00:00:00

VAUXHALL GARDENS.

Yesterday evening this popular place of summer resort
once more threw its doors open to the public, and if the
number of votaries of pleasure who thronged the illumi-
nated walks or occupied the verdant bowers be any
criterion by which to form an estimate, we should say
the entertainments of the " royal property" are still held
in much esteem. The gardens themselves have under-
gone no change or improvement, but the Square of St.
Mark's, Venice, which last year was so prominent a
feature in the grounds, has given place to a grand and
extensive pictorial representation of the ancient city of
Constantinople. Many additions have been made to the
various departments that contribute to the amusements
of the visitors. The entertainments commence with a
concert supported by many well-known favourites, both
vocal and instrumental, amongst whom are Mr. E. L.
Hime, Mr. J. W. Sharpe, Miss Georgina Smithson, Mrs.
Aveling Smith, Mr. Sinclair Jones, and several others.
Mr. Rime is a member of a musical family, held in great
respect in Liverpool and Manchester, and the admirable
taste and feeling which he throws into his vocalisation
announced to lov'd voice,
must inevitably extend his fame to the metropolis. He
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written expressly for these gardens, it will no doubt
become popular as it was warmly encored last night.
The equestrian performances are of a very superior Cha-
racter, the corps consisting of both English and French
artists, and their daring and agile exploits in the circle
are really most astonishing. The entertainments are
wound up with a magnificent display of fireworks, in
which, as the bills state " there is introduced every
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the attentive
continue to
evince the same anxiety to render their patrons com-
fortable that right, they did last • ht, there will be no cause
this season to complain of want of support, whatever
there might have been last.

SYMPATHY WITH MITCHEL.—BIRMIIIGHAM, MON..
DAY.—A meeting of Irishmen resident in Birmingham
was appointed to be held on a vacant space of ground in
Lower Hurst-street, at half-past five o'clock this even-
ing, for the purpose of expressing their detestation of the
" odious and tyrannical sentence" passed upon Mitchel
in Dublin, and their sympathy with " the great Irish
patriot;" but at the hour appointed for the chair to be
taken not more than 50 persons were on the ground, and
even this small congregation was for a time completely
dispersed by a sharp shower of rain.
The royal mail steam-ship Acadia, Captain Stone,
left the Mersey on Saturday, tor Halifax and New York.
The steam-Ship Britannia, Captain Lang, which would
leave Boston on the 17th and Halifax on the 19th inst.,
may be expected to arrive in the river to-morrow.--
Liverpool Albion of yesterday.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has received SI.
for "income-tax from a party who has not been as-
sessed." The amount will be paid to the Receiver-Ge-
neral of Taxes.