The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-18 00:00:00

14bIrtinsMr. 11illyer, from Sierra Leone, Captain
rie, Ist W. I. Regiment, and Lieut. 'ltman, 3d
)\
I. Regiment.
At Simon's Bay was her Majesty's ship Castor,
rlzlinodore Wyvill ; a party of marines and seamen
4 been sent from her to the frontier to assist in
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war against the Kafirs. Her Majesty's ship
1,'414, 26, Captain Kellet, C. 8., arrived on the 6th
Simon's Bay : her purser, Mr. Woodward, had
died,
Fib
Fi Majesty's steam-sloop Hermes, Commander
cicbourne, was at Table Bay, taking in horses for
',etntnent purposes, and bound to Algoa Bay.
cox prom Sierra Leone her Majesty's brig Cygnet,
10,'Inlander White. sailed, on the 24'h of
.March,
the 23d
cruise ; her Mnjesty's brig Penguin sailed, on
23d, for the southward ; Commodore Fanshawe,
1711 the steam-frig' ate Centaur, with the steam sloop
acii"lo, also sailed, on the 23d, tor the southward.
c °3,ltihtoder Rivers, invalided from the Volcano, was
)ISt.)l Nicholas Island, Cape de Nerds. Lieutenant
`„'"s was acting in command.
The Wolverine, on the 24th, had sent in a prize
t 4
on,..t4ining 120 slaves.
till:he mails by the Propontis were landed in time for
11'10.20 A.M. express train, and were sent on un-
„tld in charge of Mr. Murices, the Plymouth
ostaiaster.
[Thl

last o following appeared in our Third Edition of
MR. BEARD'S ENAMELLED
DAGUERREOTYPE.
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have
hjust returned from a visit to the Dcguer-
t(l'YPe Rooms of Mr. Beard, in King William-
reett where we have been highly gratified
r; examining several of his enamelled daguer-
:4l4B.- At this late hour we have not time
enter into any lengthened detail of this beautiful
ofd
~Beientific process of enamelling, which is the latest
f o4r• Beard's inventions, although we intend to take
earlY opportunity of doing so. This process of
eoatn brought the
1,, , photography almost to perfection, it renders
to" picture permanent by effectually preventing all
ntact with the atmosphere, whilst at the same
nos it does away with the necessity of glass, and
il
hard and firm that an enamelled daguerreotype
L
reel,
ue cleaned with soap and water, and then
o dry without injury. The enamelled
gnerr,eotype has the appearance of a rich en-
touof Itie painting. In the room we saw a frame
dilPhotographs intended for the Great Exhi-
ptl7. a most interesting series, presenting
°'lLllens of every improvement from the early
ollerreotype of 1840, up -to the highly-finished
cillred and enamelled photograph of 1851.

131.1R.FORD'S PANORAMA.
;° expectation of the great influx of visitors to the
tn,"
tgreP°lie—visitors both native and foreign—Mr.
o -
kl-.;°11 has very judiciously resolved upon submitting
fotu.public view some of his most successful per-
11:11nanua. Among these, few have equalled, none
li•rsirliaeti) his well-known Panorama of the Falls of
tol-,,gara• As a specimen of landscape painting on a
of the
Scale, as a representation of one of the wonders
of hue world, as a faithful transcript from Nature in one
Ina " eublimest aspects, this splendid production cora-
l% °tit' not only admiration but amazement. Scarcely
skruing 'is wanting but the sound of the great
colliltaq' to complete the illusion. Nothing can
kt,,v? a notion so animated, so glorious, so
We stand before the semblance of
41114) and our thoughts almost involun-
-1%117' without aid from the catalogue by
Pre-so:d; `e ,suggestion, revert to the emotions ex-
f DY Byron, when he paused before the cataract
it h T
The A e roar of waters! from the headlong height."
ye Watches the solid mass of the current
and • "cleave the wave-worn precipice;"
II "e 0) glancing down from the brink,
The, fall a waters! rapid as the light,
The The flashing mass foams, shaking the abyss."
la it is the memory hints at the only want of the
NI
eoil be
roar—that stupendous voice which
tni " heard for miles, and which, as it were, re-
tb tided the Earl of Carlisle when he listened to it of
e ,111°st awful and wondrous sound in the universe.
411 e-hill of waters I when they howl and hiss,
And boil in endless torture; while the sweat
Of their great agony, wrung out from this
Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jet.
That gird the gulf around in pitiless horror set,"
I,IIIY that here the rocks are of a generous browns
Tliing in their earthy covering nourishment to the
remembered
luxurious vegetation. The painting, it may be
:lutrabered by some, was taken originally by Mr.
uhrford himself from Table Rock, a portion of
theleh overhangs the flood precipitously. Scanning
tiz Picture cursorily, the travelled visitor will recog-
ausefseveral familiar localities, such as the guide's house,
jst'arty, the obs'ervatory, the rock called Prospect
a44+ the distant town of Manchester, the Biddle
) and then the series of cataracts—the
onTericall Fall, the Lunar Fall, and the mightiest of
110 the cataracts in the world, the Great
obile'thoe Fall of Niagra. On one side we
,
akrve the famous Rapids, where his horse
sting fright at a rattle-snake nearly led to the de-
lonksetku of Chateaubriand. In another direction we
ttenaB it were, through the column of vapour, that
dov73 up eternal, like a cloud of spray, and showers
4, 11 again with a perpetual sparkling as of diamonds.
hot 'we gaze we feel the truth of those golden num-
k 484frora " Childe Harold's Pilgrimage"-
4,4% mounts in spray the skies, and thence again,
With turns in an unceasing shower, which round
uannemptied cloud of gentle rain,
Itokir eternal April to the ground,
ith tit all one emerald. how profound
Fro : gulf ! and how the giant element,
Crash .ek to rock leaps with delirious bound,
Wit his fierceng t cliffs which downward torn and rent
footsteps, yield a
in chasms a fearful
kildTl,t;"
of (:"3 King across the expanse of-waters at the foot
s% Table Rock, towards Goat Island, we see the
tt t7lll4te rainbow growing out of the everlasting dew
bl touch of the sunbeam, to the phantasm resem-
low which, at Velino, Lord Byron addressed the fol-
-4'4; verses:—
Borribl beautiful! but On the verge,
A runaside to side, beneath the glittering morn,
."'lk Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge,
I`4
D 4 Hope upon a death-bed, and unworn.
stead dyes, whilst all around is torn
Vin the distracted waters, bears serene
'8 brilliant hues, with all their beams unshorn;
Itesembling, 'mid the torture of the scene,
Watching madness with unalterable mien.'
akt;ehilve before observed, the panorama bears a
.e'lkua appearance of verisimilitude, and to say
e 010.4 of
any picture of Niagara is to pronounce its
'.°11114. It may be remarked, then, in this
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11; another of the revived masterpieces of Mr.
•,0
kte I."' artistic powers—" Jerusalem"—the colours
watt underfully preserved—brilliant, as if but re-
poll 3' Placed upon the canvas. Of the celebrated
441:11.4111% of Jerusalem it were needless to speak at
lengthWi whatever. Those who have ever seen it
require anything to call it to their recollection.
is t° azcite the curiosity of others in its regard it
ota
to, 3' necessary to say that it compressed into
%hoop magnificent painting such localities as
!No-is:4th! Pool of Bethesda, the Mount of As-
Lilron the spot where Christ wept over the city, the
14t of
4, Solomon, and the garden of Gethsemene.
titttat Painting's;` with the more recently produced
tiurla of the establishment, will, we doubt not,
itltir4 many of the visitors to the metropolis to wind
Panoramahltlfotd,;;te favoured haunts of all sight-seers---
.

TCSIIIBATTY'SELEPHANTS.
ty „
14) - greatest nove l that has ever
been seen in Eng-
IT I sou'tbe pcssession of Mr. W. Ba
Ea
tty,sot Ind
fAsit;
41 Atcnhitheatre, and was landed inthe
144,,,The other day, i
viz., an elephant andietnssie nnfaani.
; tlllttl, 'lilt the breast. The mother san immense
4;44i_ sands about 10 feet high, and the inmfasnztop3ofreteet,
• PI. The animals are exported from
• ckdes, about 700 miles up the country, and were
ailed from the natives. The infant when purchased
tll only two months old, was not able to walls, and
l
4ttliNter. had to rovide a horse and cart to con
be
.tno,.e.
Tti," one en its way, the mother following
.close
et:lt:ere embarked at Calcutta, on the ship Welle I
!!is z4.4114r Alfred Parish, and ihe animals were under
q):• a Mr. Francis,tears and the steward. The length of
i„ tl,coupied by their passage from Calcutta to
thsl„ll.g writ rather more than five months, consequently
t(1 n-,‘,"lut is now about seven months old. We are given
to Coerstand that the animals are to be exhibited.
tt..k ttrikest Gracious Majesty and the Royal Family in
:4d* :,43,5• We are led to believe that Mr. Batty in-
'l4 h-",:litiog. an exhibition of them for the resent st a-
4-.F"e have no doubt he will realize an immense
k) °P
14, cfley by his speculation, if we are to judge by
,-,t1(14:-116 sensation the hippopotamus caused last season,
"get 4 consider it a much greater novelty, this being
Itsa i„YAettog one with its mother that has ever been
'skis country.

q'ape
~-,hancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary
sititht"3lt town yesterday morning for their seat,
—141;110, USX DQuoalter.