The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-28 00:00:00

HAYMARKET THEATRE•

Moliere's Tartuffe was repeated last night, and from the
admirable manner in which it was performed and placed on
the stage, it elicited such distinguished marks of approbation
from a crowded and brilliant audience as to leave no doubt
whatever as to the complete success of Mr. Webster's most
praiseworthy endeavour to naturalize the classical haute
comedie of France in this country.

PRINCE ALBERT'S MODEL LABOURER'S HOUSE,
HYDE.PARK.—The Society for Improving the Condition of
the Labouring Classes haying proposed to exhibit a model
structure at the forthcoming Exposition, his Royal Highness
Prince Albert was applied to, and at once expressed deep
interest in the reihject. and generously desired 'to make the
building his own by defraying the whole cost of its construc-
tion, and obtained permission to use a portion of the stable-
yard of the Cavalry Barracks, opposite the Exhibition build-
ing, so that the visitors to the latter might thereby obtain
information calculated to improve the social condition of the
labouring classes. The valuable services of Mr. Roberts, the
architect, were called into requisition, and the plan selected
was one of those given in that gentleman's " Essay en
Dwellings," and is to be a two-story building, each nine feet
high, calculated for four families, giving to each a living
apartment of about 150 feet square, with three bed-rooms,
scullery, dust-shaft, &c. The upper floor approached by an
open stairca-e and gallery, and the whole building to be
entirely fire-proof. Mr. Grimsdell, of San-street, is the
builder, under whom the erection ;has already reached the
first story, and the whole is expected to be completed by the
Ist May. The entire building, including the roofs and
flooring, will be built with hollow bricks, which not only will
render it fireproof, but resist the damp, and this is to be
further provided for by covering the roofs and flooring with
Orsi and Armani's patent metallic lava; and worked in with
the brick-work, to promote ventilation, are a series of Hart
and Co.'s ventilating valves; while, in order to exclude any
offensive effluvia which may arise from the drains, Lowe and
Company's drain-traps are to be introduced. The style of
the building, which is 45 feet long, may be termed the Tudor ;
and from the great portion of the bricks being of a very light
colour, relieved with red in the coigns, will present a very
interesting appearance indeed the building, in its present
state, attracts numerous visitors daily.
MEMOIRS OF HORACE WALPOLE and his Con-
temporaries, including numerous Original Letters, chiefly
from Strawberry Hill. Edited by ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq.,
2 vols., Bvo., 28s--We are requested to state that the above
work is published this day by Mr. Colburn, and may be had
of all booksellers. Also, just published-2. Mr. Disraeli's
Life and Reign of Charles I.; new and revised edition, 2
vols., Bvo., 285.-3. Vol. 111. of Lives of the Princesses of
Engand, by Mrs. Greene, 10s. 6d.-4. Germany in 1850;
its Courts, Camps, and People. By the Baroness Blaze de
Bury. Second and cheaper edition, 2 vols., 215.-5. Cap-
tain Crawford's Reminiscences of Naval Life, with Sketches
of Admirals Sir E. Owen, Sir B. Hallowell Carew, &c., 2
vols., 21s.
In reply to a communication from the Manchester
Commercial Association regarding the attempt of the Chi-
nese authorities to revive the old Co-hong monopoly in vio-
lation of the treaty of Nankin, Lord Palmerston has inti-
mated that instructions have been forwarded to Governor
Bonham, at Hong-Kong, to require that it shall be put an
end to. With regard also to some smuggling practices
lately carried on at Shanghai by certain British parties, to
the detriment of the Chinese revenue, and of which corn-
plaint was made by the association on account of the inju-
rious effect such a system is calculated to have upon the bu-
siness and character of the fair trader, it has been notified
that suggestions with a view to the effectual suppression of
the evil are at present under consideration.
We never give with so much judgment or care as
when we consider the honesty of the action, without any
regard to the profit of it; for our understandings are cor-
rupted by fear, hope, and pleasure.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
Mr. Cobden paired off against the second reading
of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill with Sir James W. Hogg. The
Hon. Members were both prevented being present by attacks
of influenza.

We are requested to state that the lion. W. 0.
Stanley was prevented by illness from voting in favour of
the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill on Wed-
nesday morning last.
We are requested to state that Colonel Ferguson
was prevented from voting for the second reading of the Ec-
clesiastical Titles Bill by indisposition.
SERPENTINE BATHING CLUB..--The fifth annual
meeting of the members of this club was held last Tuesday
evening at 37, Clarges-street, the residence of the honorary
secretary, Mr. F. Baker, who occupied the chair on the oc-
casion, and commented on the great advantages enjoyed, at
a trifling expense, by the members compared with the open-
air bathers. Regret was generally expressed that the im-
provement in the condition of the Serpentine, so excellently
begun in Kensington-gardens two years back, had not been
completed. A vote of thanks having been voted to the
chairman, the I:4eetiog 4eparated.