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

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

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 diveitissements, the Vicandiere. The appearance of
Cerito in her Vicandiere costume was the signal for a
bt!rst of hearty applause, which was acknowledged
with one of those fascinating smiles which Cerito,
and Cerito alone, can give. She never danced with
more. spirit and abandon in her life than she did last
eYyjn"g, 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 Fe
of
es,
created quite *a furore by her perfOrmance
those fur 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 Borgia, in which Mesdemoiselles
yruvelli and Schwarz more than confirmed the
fondest hopes of their greatest admirers. The latter
young lady was enthusiastically encored in the
e.t.le.l.ebr,a,ted drinking song " ;egretto per esser
re,and was honoured with a separate call at the
conclusionill of the opera. An act from Nino and
the ba et of Fiorita concluded the evening's enter-
tainment.

FINE ARTS.
PORTRAIT OF MADEMOOISELLE PALYIKA
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.
5114—Rev olutions abroad should not causeni to ne-
glect improvements at home.
About seven years since I had the honour of calling
Government attention to the (then) filthy state of n'
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.)

Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sore. each. D.M.
Sir Peter Laurie ... 1
Teetotum ... ... ... ... 2
Mantilla ... ... ... ... ... 3
Match, 100, h ft. D.I.
Chainbearer received from Epirote.
Match, 200, h ft. T.Y.C.—Minto beat San Sebastian.
Match, 200, h ft. D.M.
Bridle beat Conspiracy.
Newmarket Stakes of 50 soya. each. D.M.
Glendower ... ... 1
Corsican
Keraun
Won easy.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
dace, from the Governor of Gibraltar.
INSTALLATION OF DR. HAMTDRN.—Yesterday the
installation of the Right Rev. Renn 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. ➢itssgrave, the Dean of St. Asaph, the Rev. J.
Wetherell, the Hon. and Rev. 11. 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. Ilopton,
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, Tutrespay.—
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 oy ill-treatment which he had received at the
hands of his father and mother. After the jury had
been sworn, they proceedad to view the body of the
child, which exhibited a frightful skeletonixed 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 woman,
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 or 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. Duval 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.
FISUMMONGERS' and POULTERERS' BENEVOLENT
ASSOCIATION.—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
rt ad 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 517/. Os. 11d., and that the receipts during
the past year had been 2,7471. 143. 9d., sad after de-
ducting the ordinary expenses, that the balance in hand
was 2321. 4s. 7d., the stun 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-ship 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 llindostan, 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 the 3d of May for Gibraltar,
Malta, and Constantinople. The Achilles is gone into
the dry dock at Cowes preparatory:to her voyage to Cal-
cutta. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship
Trent, Captain Norton, having received new boilers and
undergone extensive repairs, is appointed to take out
the West India and Mexican mails of the 2d proximo.
The Trent went out a few days ago for a trial trip to
test the performance of her new boilers, and the result
was perfectly satisfactory. The Medway will leave a
few days after the Trent, to be employed as an extra
e
ship in the West India inter-colonial voyage
Clyde is in London undergoing repairs. The following
ships are in dock :—Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's
ships Thames, Medway, and Trent;
EPeamn.insukir and
Oriental Company's steamers Sultan, ti e: Jupiter,
Tiger, Iberia; and Ocean Steam Navigation Company's
ship Herman.
RTH.—On Sunday morning a French vessel, of
about 100 tons burden, named the Eleonore, clime 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,
'iad are supposed to have made their escape oh board the
other vessel, leaving behind their clothes, watches, and
oncy, and the papers belonging to the vessel. Through
the exertions of Lieut. Ashby, of the Coast Guard, and
ais 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, whoi
had no hesitation in saying that the child was borni
alive, but he was unable to say from what cause t
had died. The jury returned a verdict of" Found dead."r.
INT!ERESTIIi6 IMPORTATION.
brought a pack
rived iii the River from Antwerp, has
—A steamer just
aage
contain;ng relics of the Waterloo
macampaign,,eriilAoluur Ithe field after the battle, but of- npoorted for a ex-
ceptmetropo-
as curiosities. They
titan firm, dealers in
some swords, pistols, .
Frenchdar Ls of articles of a similar
varioirt other articles, and. P
a"creliEnaelangTei:,Y' baanydo nceot andrise
(l.
character. i-"

OPENING OE, THE CHESTER AND
HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.
(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)
, 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 ; end 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 Rail way
is, perhaps, the most stupendous undertaking of the
character that this country has yet produced, and
while it will add new lame to the enterprise of
Englishmen, it is to be hoped that it will prove the
precursor of a kindlier feeling and a better state ni
things existing amongst their brethren in the sister
kingdom. After traversing the banks of the Dee,
and intersecting the busy districts of Flintshire, th
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
produced by the weight of the train passing through
it. Mr. Stephenson estimates that the apparatus will
render the tube capable of sustaining the enormous
weight of nearly 1,500 tons, but of course the necessity
of carrying
so many tons across the bridge at one
time will never arise. Still, in order fully to test its
strength, Mr. Stephenson is now personally engaged
in watching the effect produced by heavy bodies
passing through the tube. The trains that have
already been used for the purpose have weighed
tsneyheerahlashunnedver reached an inch, except in one in-
red tons, and yet the inflection of the
stance. Passed through it on Wednesday
'We
afternoon
trainaP consisting of twenty- seven
waggons, each heavily
laden, with stone and
flint, and driven
movement
running on de London and North-Western
two of the powerful locomo-
tiveslines, and scarcely anyvemeent or oscillation of the
perny
ce
ptoibthiee.r Indeed,
neddle no one on the train
tubeexp waserienced any
produced by crossing one of the ordinary rumbling sensation
employed upon railways, but those oniron bridges
tube, or leaning against its sides in the thet r, top of the
just perceive a slight oscillating motion.
interior, could
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 intercepted
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 inabout 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 mouth. 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 1,645,3831. 195., while 257,235/. 18s. 11(1. had
been paid for land and compensation, and 2.15,2511.
ls. 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.