The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-05 00:00:00

ST. JAMES'S

Mademoiselle Rachel re-appeared here on Monday, for the
first time since her recent indisposition, as Roxane, in
Rapine's tragedy of Bajazet. This character has always
struck us as the most revolting and unnatural that Racine
ever drew. The supt rb acting of Rachel, however, over-
co nes all difficulties, and every other feeling is lost in that
of intense admiration of her genius. .The house was crowded.

PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT TO

LIVERPOOL.

(From Willmer and Sm,th's European Times.)
We have given elsewhere a sketchy account of the
festivities in Liverpool, consequent on the visit of Prince
Albert, The visit, in every vint of view, was oppor-
tune, and has left b ,hind recollections of the most pleas-
ing and gratifying character. The popular consort of a
popular Queen coming to assist in the performance of a
work of charity—the foundation of a " Home for the
sailor, was an occasion, in a great commercial mart, the
best calculated of all others to make royalty respeFted,
and to call forth the warm and generous sympathies of
an intelligent people.
The Prince has many requisites that command respect.
He is young, handsome, affable, and possesses a figure
that " gives the world assurance of a man " Without
being stilted, his manners are dignified and prepossess-
ing, and in his countenance there, is an expressimn of
bonhomie that conciliates esteem. When to high birth
and a fine person are added mental attainments of the
most refined cast, it is easy to conceive that their poll'
sensor rejoices in every accomplishment, natural and ac-
quired, that exalts and dignifies our common humanity.
The human mind has a natural tendency to think well
of those who are placed above us by the accidents of
birth or of fortune. When their private characters and
public conduct are in unison with the refinements of an
elevated civilisation, their appearance in public is sure
to command respect and elicit admiration. The feeling
at which we have glanced has not exclusive reference to
royalty. It has been elicited by American Presidents--
enjoyed by European Sovereigns. Buonaparte and
Washington, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, have
found out how easy it is to secure the respect and to
command the homage of admiring millions.
During the seven or eight years that Prince Albert
has bees allied to the British crown, his conduct in pub-
lic, his character in private, have been marked by floe
taste, and the absence of any feelings that could com-
promise a gentleman or a prince. " Blest in thy genial!,
in thy love, too, blest," was said of one every way his
inferior, as respects not only birth, but what the world,
even in aristocratic England, regards with higher esteem,
talent. The Prince is understood to rejoice in mall
accomplishments that would make the fortunes of ordi-
nary poets, painters, and musicians. It is impossible to
look upon his expressive, ingenuous, manly features
without feeling that he is one of nature's nobility—one
who would acquire distinction in any field to which his
energies had been devoted.

Living in an atmosphere apart from the great world,
it is creditable to his sagacity and his practical know'
ledge of human nature, that when he does come in con-
tact with the great mass of mankind, he can " unbend"
in a manner which pleases and delights all. The road
to popularity for Princes is smooth—for plebians rough,
with very awkward turnings !
Court et'quette forbids the introduction of genuine
English eloquence in the presence of royalty. During
his two days' sojourn in Liverpool, the Prince madc
two or three speeches—terse, epigrammatic, and preg-
nant with sense and meaning. But he heard, in the
brief language of British merchants, comprehensive
views; he saw, in their bearing, suavity of manners;
he witnessed in their conduct, energy of character,
that, combined, have raised this country foremost in
wealth, in respect, and in prosperity, amongst th!
nations of the earth. The respect which they conceded
to him, without any compromise of feeling, or a particle
of personal debasement, must have elicited in return,
admiration for men who trust their fortunes to the winds
of heaven, and with a noble self reliance on the triumphs
of science, and the truths of arithmetic, rarely lay their
heads on their pillows without being, more or less, as
regards station and wealth, at the mercy of the fickle
elements—those elements over which Britannia is sal
to rule, but which frequently rise into sublime re.
bellion, in defiance of her fabled authority, and toss
the labouring barque of British commerce into a
thousand atoms.

The opening of the Albert Dock, heralded by sslol,
of artillery, and followed by a detainer, may be expressm
in a word—it was the poetry of commerce. The Vac;
tical business of life gave way on the occasion to 0000'
those brilliant scenes that once witnessed are ever re.
membered—that live in the memory like the realisatil
of the magic scenes which rise at the enchanter's want"
awl then sink, like Prospero's power, deeper than 001-
met ever sounded.

The banquet at the Town Hall showed how wealth,'
merchants are able to entertain princes showed
that while commerce is the handmaid of civilsr
tion, she brings in her train the refinements'
the delicacies, the luxuries of life. All that wealth tut t
most unbounded could supply, all that taste the lilt
critical could suggest, all that fanny the most imagis'a
Live could realise, was there—spread in profu,ion, an
offered without ostentation. It was a banquet fit '-
feast kings—worthy of Britain's merchant-princes- ,0
The procession—how shall we describe
what shall we liken it ? We have heard royalty
proclaimed at Charing-cross seen it anointed
in Westminster Abbey. But to our taste there
was more genuine feeling in the bluff bear
cheers of English artisans, each bearing the
emblem of his craft, that fell on the Prince's eST
on the morning of Friday last, in that long procession•
which would have extended for miles in a direct line--*
more soul, more sympathy, than the congratulations.
more polite, it may be, certainly not more earnest,
which the proudest aristocracy in the world offered to
the Mis!ress of the Seas when she ascended the throne
of her fathers.

Liverpool, during the two days of the royal festival,
was pregnant with excitement. The holidays were ge-
neral—business was suspended, and every one, in the
gratification of an amiable feeling,• seemed bent on en-
joying himself for the tune being. In this land of inter-
minable labour the misfortune is, that holidays, like
angels' visits, are so kw and far between. If the hard-
worked sons of toil were enabled to appropriate two or
three days in the year to the indulgence of rot
comingled with the poetry of life, the world lola
be better, happier, far—and commerce would WlO
little, if any, deterioration. The great law of hum at
existence—labour, and its concomitant, the st
of the brow, produce health, but do not Pi";
1113 it enjoyment. It is so rare, so, gratifYing'its
sight, to see humble industry relieved from -
drudgery—to witness the smiling faces, the ,hllll
homes of those who minister to our wants,
partak3 in our enjoyments, that all who look
the dignity of nature with the feelings of
lanthropy, regret that these occasions are so
Royalty must have a strong hold on the affections L" th
nation when it throws down the barriers which nOl5
coerce and a money-making people erect in the Purl;
of a great purpose has
We honour the visit of Prince Albert, because it --,10
developed traits of character creditable to him as $44
and a Prince. We honour it, because it is asoci of
with a noble purpose—the elevation of the charactero
the British sailor. We honour it, filially, because ttm
contributA, as we believe, to his gratification, while 11,4 of
certainly been the means of furthering the enjoy men
hundreds of thousands of human beings !

`ECT MANCHESTER AND LON-
LONT ~
i ' nAILWAY COMPANY (REMIb.TGTON'S
J.I.NF
, .0.
da4,5 adiqurned meeting of this Company took .Place yestebr-
ellmtte_the London Taverr, for the purpose of registering t e
4ein rof shares in favour of a dissolution ; but there not
~,.g a sufficient number of shares present, the meeting 329.7.
'',led int lf .
141. , s- into- one of shareholders, and Mr. 1). W
The) took tlie chair.
poititee,,e(i)nnionaittee appointed on the 28th instant
_wenirearnelip-
kw; a
derder to investigate the affairs of the Copy
sultory conversation, resolutions empowering., the
tec4clituteittee to enter into a negotiation with the directors,
proposed Such steps as they considered necessary, were
ilitsveral Shareholders reprobated' the method in which the
krlthe Coinpany w re squandered.
kir, u Ic!ttio said that it would be very dangerous to dis-
title., le tun,
'' h --Pann as he considered if they did so prema-
thuYtt/t-eY would injure the legal claims which he considered
, Itlr, y bad upon Rastrick's Company.
gottetir, Ass said he did not think they had any claim in
hr:.at or 4. :
w -quay upon Rastrick's Company, but that was a
r e qpinion
After along desultory discussion the meeting separated.
1111)Pt.
'''''°l4) and TAVISTOCK RAIL-
WAY COMPANY.
4tPeei'l Ineefin of the shareholders took place yesterday,
the p;,44, Finsburgy-circus, for the purpose of considering
deci'di"Pri"tY of winding up the affairs of the Company, and
like,reg whether the dissolution of the Company should be
i.. as
1;J an act of bankruptcy.
Browne was called to the chair.
b-46 ttleitP°ll sated that the Company bad been successful
!"4 to aPPlication to Parliament, and their object
tier conetruct a railway from Barnstaple, in the north
i'en On' t° PiDtouth, id the south of Devon, but they had
Lbat Vverfully opposEd. By the prospectus it was provided
44/,,, e number of shares should consist of 26,000 shares, at
b,,,,,t1. sh
`" ti are. 20,000 shares were allotted, and 18,600 were
TluP,".
Dt3 -.OIIG/vi
of the affairs of the
Npaii,. ng appeared to be the state ,eposit . .--
41teNt°1118,600 shares, at 11. 7s. 6LI £25,575 0 0
....
31 16 2'
000000000000000000000000 •.. 00000000000 •••

Pte.
in 25,606 16 2
Tnal), ,e
t!tering
d)s,penses

5,585 0 0
-.t7texi)en:4s(lBitto
5,957 0 0
litlStio and advert • ; 1,228 0 0
ea, l'alg
......... 483 0 0
ott e.taki;•.. ..............................
860 0 0
11414:,44"1ng claim 16,973 14 5
Whi:Jernairting '
8,633 0 0
,A reli 191 return about 10s. a share.
"icl th4-t,ution,
th Prnposing that the Company should dissolve.
°r,,,billltro'"e disolution should not be considered as an act
Bet ,13F,e, was thus put and carried unanimously.
4 stilili-e"ng was adjourned till a future day, in order to
„ etent number of shares represented.
VPtiv
I —ING- OF THE NOTTINGHAM
rlcot AND LINCOLN RAILWAY..
it°,ltitlgh IC MoxnAv.--The opening of the line between.
h°ll, ivi.24l and Lincoln took place this day.
.A special
03. at"",st %re powerful new engines and twenty carriages left
(lttinsh "'lir-Past eight o'clock this morning, and arrived at
etaio7,-atn shortly before nine o'clock.
E.-.
"tth .:g the comPany we noticed George Hudson, -(1 , .
th • airm
aIN, art of the company; John Ellis, Esq., the deputy
).c 0; Sir Henry Wilmot, Bart. ; the Mayor of Derby;
I.!eet7ll' ESC' the late chairman ; J. J. Bell, sq , Ihe
Ore and ber off the directors, accompanied by
Nita: of theira friends,na and a party of elegantly-dressed.
4 1
,it4tior,4l.ge concourse of spectators had assembled at the
',Ail d at Nottingham, and on the appearance of the train,
klYt„,-eeeratedwftliflags, it was received with loud cheer-
Noe the company, the band of the 4th Dragoon Guards,
Ved at Nottingham, striking up "See the Conquering
TtiNues "
i t • •
lttiti,raln took an additional number of company_ in at
44,11k,6"fun, among whom were the Mayor of Nottingham
itB,veral of the members of the corporation, with their
Iler, The meadows adjoinin the station and the bridges,
44tti,,11 uninterrupted view of the line was obtained, were
k'El brlth an immense crowd of spectators. The band of the
!'t440011 Guards were stationed on the platform, and
r•t, a of n ai. A minutes
ttl? ' •
Oh ISt 0 nineuumber o'clock enliveni
the gag tesrs of the Lincoln linebefore were
tae th,illear and the signal being given for the company to
ii es bc seats, the train was again put in motion, the en-
-1.1, cot,ll4g driven by Mr. Swanwick, the resident engineer to
1.24gNa,t13', and Mr. Kirkby. After passing several of the
r,,:png the line, where large numbers of people bad
:warChto obtain a view of the monster train, it reached
tetltti.4l?,t half-past ten o'clock, and stopped for a few
th' kid 'ue weather, which had been hitherto unfavour-
ti Nin e„leeedingly wet, now changed for the worse,. and.
Q4i,ititlyris e down in torrents, much to the disappointment
bettril" whole of the population of Newark and the
14 g. :WI, who had turned out on the occasion of the
wel°oltn `'fter 4 few
minutes delay the train was again put
milk. 'Ttlttl arrived at Lincoln at a quarter before eleven
from4l44lthitati3ati"Sre(4,naeleofNottingham to Lincoln is 33
the train at Lincoln,. notwithstand-
t° e,rtef h lin Was literally pouring in torrents, a large
(.1,4,,1it5ta,...e ,-I,eges of Lincoln had assembled at the station
h 4 v" Air. u pal.
tan: ,t,lanY v,4':,(41 and the directors alighting from the car-
the'ir' -,:11t4v,e,, greeted with immense cheering. The ar-
Porttinti;uril tore \,-- so made that the company, previous to
10 the ''Y ef vi;"„,°ttingham and Derby, should have an (9-
I+e in,, linfairoli,rimg the fine, venerable minster ; but owing
kpl praetica-ble'. u1,,,e state of, the weather this was found to
"5 ad )I!ci sever The band was stationed. on the platform,
ttaio Wtlonal al airs during the time the train remained.
r,', for th. nitruber of carriages were now attached to the
()''. '4l'4 - acCOMMOd ti n of the authorities, who had
Iti•,• e'l to accompany the directors back to Nottingham.
persons who had joined the
I,ttirristoo, it
was large numbern of
iigillZrney to u requisiteto have two trains on the
Nottingharn Shortly after twelve o'clock
ql!te Xo'st.,!lB given, and the train again started on its re-
-14,2 the `lngtaln, where it arrived at half-past one o'clock,
tttqcieti e°4lpany sat down to an excellent co.d Tallatic!n
6'Olit ~Or the occasion. At two o'clock the t!ain again
411, 'hf-hr Lincoln, where a most magnificent dinner took
t
itt:°'elk Z°4ollr of, the occasion. The dinner took place at
000-I,e'• General Pasley
.had inspected the.line on
withthe

„,
4I_IE SUGAR DUTIES.
40 THE LORD JOHN RUSSELL.
tiy,SilgaTi\--it is reported
_ in The Sun that, in the debate on
—es on Friday last, the Chancellor of the Ex-
,,” ft; Tena..de the foilowing.statement
«Ta3t made to him" (the Chancellor of the Ex-
to be bhphe West Indians was, that as all protection
ttklionisrawn from them, there ought not to be any
lt,i'llerNe against them. On this he, the Chancellor of , the
kr:tion, a asked them to draw up a statement of what re-
N44°l'ed and
were opposed to their interests that they wished
the grounds on which such removal should take
'l% been 'this
1 '
48 been the first intimation of such a request
k re; made, that have received, and at once close
ti,4l'nedlenable a proposition. As far as British Guiana is
4104 it 41, ?Mil), accept the invitation !
, to draw up the statement, craving but
et 4 °,114.-.e toenable me to wade through extraneous matter
tit„g the few clear points, sufficing to develope -
myhV. of o'hjest, and publicly and religiously oppressive p0,1t4
,1t4 ttr Present industrial restrictions.
"41`: qt, brLtdottbled sense of gratification do I grapple with
~,,;,a,se when advocating facts in the strictest ac-
-4? eq,-1,",u, the liberal principles of free-trade, now so
ttittairteektirshed by the Government, I am in my heart
-4t
propose for adoption the sole untried and
I`lledritis et' effectually crushing the traffic in human
!i(),I, at whood
14, feet 4.;,;eh I will suggest as absolutely necessary to be
frlniel'al of restrictions opposed to the West Indian
tltiP;atio `"edge myself shall be well within the rules of
iuo, 14
of b- it the Government will have an oppor-
Ntill Ito a'
''Yingj some correction at least to the poisonous
to4kve:Zver circumstantially imperious, bestowed upon
k Y the free admission into our market of his stolen
4otir
7neriinent, my Lord, has yet the path before them
if tliet,or .ce the honest, obedient, and conscientious
deli worp mist! subject, on a footing as equal in the market
;._!ts his moral station is superior to that of the
r2ef, or rifler of human energies.
!"oveti
r tale delay as possible, I undertake to lay before
(,4,.Nots 4eut ' and the country a "statement of the. Fe -
cO"148 . na, ,PPosed to the West India interests " in British
Pen the removal of which the life of the colony

I have the honour to be
Your mo-t obedient, humble servant,
eley GRANTLEY F. BERKELEY.
House, Aug. 9,1846.

to
LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
tlllt,,A,t, 'AI;G. 4.-- Wind this day at noon S.E., moderate breeze.
Atlirq. Go. 3.—Wind S.S.W., light. —Arrd. H.M.S. Nautilus,
fAI.
11,2 I a (name unknown), Quebec. Arrd. from the
e:v lehester,ship Milligan, for Launceston; • Dery ent, M'l'herton,
tt.k; Sir George Seymour, Underwood, Sydney; Tasmania,
kll4llcCiltY • John Barmy, New York ; Kingaloch, Burk, Hali-
Ple,;llt,rlZ, Terry, Quebec. Arrd. from the River and sailed,
pvs„l! Quebec ; Baron, Richards, Quebec ; Aspasia, Crow,
William and Thomas, Wilson, Quebec; Fair Acadian,
; Nicaragua, Marshall, Quebec; Everson, Quebec,
p4ll4,totv. tile, Newfoualand ; Fanny, Ayles, Quebec.
),,,,(,t4,,,T11. Co. 3.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Princess
11; tl4Vert), Burnie, Barbadoes, sailed 6th ult.; Aurelian,
bee; her Majesty's steamer Victoria and Albert, Liver-
,tlll)ll.i.N A
14t-t,el)4,l'er 'uG• 3.—The Hope, Trapp, from Memel to Oporto,
8,411,,,,.ptit loss of bowsprit, jib-boom, bows stove, and
t4;:r!tho114,;"-A1,e damage, having been in contact with her Ma-
-1)4744 'TR, Alleteria and Albert this morning, during a fog.
Btwi,,3--The Sir F. B. Head, reported yesterday as
-')ese Pool, has been floated, and the water
ii,4,tN)lPit„,' At
Lofgrcn, New York for Gottenburg.
Atiot*.„', AC; Ant, Williamson, from Hull to Rouen,
11,11,4.4,..i, • .---.114 !looming, having been dlsmasted.
(I„,l'l4l,4oG•ru'''l, ..t,11(. W.S.W.—Arrd. Isabella Robson, Quebec.
" AUG • '.—Arrd. Richard Reynolds, Miratniicl
110, , •—Arrd. Astrea, Lewes, Quebec_
(:4!101. 'Y
31, 1.1 `);---VInd S.S.E.—Sid. Tweed, Hooper, Quebec.
hv, hip; 411 JO. 3 albs, Cordran Quebec, for Yarmouth.
t 0 St John's, New Brunswick.
141'4 ueL; —Arra Live 13- M n Quebec.
1,114,,t1Gt„k ; .-
Philadelphia
14,,"1—„,_Wil • •1, tG. • Houghton, Skerne,
r 14. ,5.;,11 —einerert 'y Ind E. to E.E.—Sld. Monument, Marshall,
11441,1 IsLE or la, Paterson, Shediac ; Jessie Torrence, Quebec.
1,444,11(11. ItobertsouTE, JULY 30.--Sid. M. Poyter, Trew,
el3wa.-
114,rh:ts:th, Au 11, Ceylon; Aloceil, Hall, St. Jo 's, N
\3cit,,rlott 2.—The A
--InPhrodita, of Colbert', was in con-
i):*Do4,k4h..,:beoth. nwallow, Pritchard, of Caernarvon ; the
rt;
k: con " tow:', G* I.—The Little Queen, Prendergast, hence to
114511b4, aet .wit;t1111 to-day, with loss of bowsprit, &c., having
111,1'241:„' Aun. , " the Ajax
E(1,4'114 h„i 4*—The ata.rtht (. tig soon a , , Snow, arrived here from Liver-
ttleloto barque on shore on the Arklow Banks on
r egr,4ol.h4isuctb.!,tB3:::;,l9ciet,ifi:l:ll6r
;yrieftroerne Newportte.d to Cork, which went
after discharging part

i Itp,,
sii,a,-(kt, ,
the ' a '3l/lIRPY
, rde, , • ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—WC visited
)1. 411.1 had 4 icon evening, and were delighted to find that
t, o'ore , .g,
) kpe Lv ,go little injury; the picture is positively
lz Ater a 4 !tie eleansiug, and we never saw the Eruption
ttir. ~i,t_
..,N alltacre
11:4Y al I'.
LNTE • •
jt.4 I._ ght thc .R 1 AINMENT ON THE THAMES.—On Sa-
, eof ~ airectors of the City steam-boat Company invited
13"sltt,to ~,,`,".? persons in their employment, upwards of 120 in
11t ,74t-kbriugeo.tertnininent on board the dumby, or pier-barge, at
vletit,
_.,,,111,ug corn
tr„D, ~,ge ct,n1,,,t0 celebrate the first anniversary of the establish-
-44,,,
tithe,, .
~,,rnY. the barge was Illuinhiated with coloured
Posed of the flags of all nations. The en-
tea .„„h_nn.,11,,,,,_
~a:tligliteil up with illumination lamps, in various
,41e1.4' 1•:11,,I, 11.,
_hers were—the City arms, the crown, a stair,
ef,",ell,' ‘'ltil t"` me masters, mates, and crews of the Citizen
1,441D,4_.tne ,Wasteroney-takers and call-boys, were invited. Yr.
°1)4,3. preakinof Citizen A, the first boat launched by the
or ~,i ,-,.. and Mr. Stratford, master of Citizen I), acted
ee-ch.„..
--"'"144), The company separated at wiclaiiiht.