The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-12 00:00:00

SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.

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The Duchess of Malfi was produced here last evening
for the benefit of Miss Glyn. The fair beneficiarie sus-
tained the character of the heroine, which she may be
said to have created, seeing that the play had not been
acted for more than a century until it was revived at
Sadler's Wells at the commencement of the present
season, when its success was owing, in a great measure,
to the very judicious manner in which Miss Glyn per-
sonated the Duchess of Malfi. The character was, there-
fore, last night well chosen for the occasion, and Miss
Glyn elicited enthusiastic applause from her numerous
admirers who crowded the house to suffocation.
Katherine and Petruchio followed, in which Miss Glyn
played the shrew to the life.

SEIZURE OF FOUR THOUSAND GALLONS Or WHISKY.
—A seizure of considerable Magnitude has just been made,
by order of the Commissioners of Inland ttevenue, viz., of
24 puncheons of whisky, ranging from 20 to 30 over proof,
and amounting in the gross to 4,000 gallons, at Downe's
Wharf, East Smithfield, at which place it had recently ar-
rived, by one of the trading steamers, from Scotland. It will
be remembered that a short time since a seizure was made at
the St. Katherine's Wharf of several puncheons of whisky,
consigned from a merchant in Edinburgh to a house in Lon-
don, and the casks used for conveying it were what are
known technically as "game casks," or barrels with the
staves scooped out inside, so as to allow a greater quantity of
liquor to be conveyed than could be ascertained by the ex-
ternal gauging. The party in that case was fined 3001.
Since that time further information has reached the Com-
missioners of Inland Revenue of frauds committed in the
transmission of articles of this description, and consequently
instructions were given to the proper officers to keep a keen
that country with spirits
amongst
on all
ongst t
he vessels
cargo.
A n arrivingnor
d i n fromgl a few days ago, Mr. Tho.
Brain, the Port Inspector of Inland Revenue, went to
Downe's Wharf, on the arrival of a steamer from Scotland,
and on overhauling the cargo, found 24 puncheons of whisky.
As the exporters are required to mark on the outside of each
cask its precise contents, he felt some doubt that one of
them which he gauged was properly marked, and he deter-
mined upon having the same measured. The result was, that
the contents of the cask were found to be from three to four
quarts more of spirits than had been represented. This
discovery led to further investigation, and in the end, it was
considered necessary that the whole 24 puncheons should be
measured, to ascertain whether they were fairly represented.
This examination, as in the former case, proved that a sys-
tematic fraud had been committed, as every cask was found
to contain more than the declared quantity. He accordingly
placed the entire stock underseirtire, and communicated to the
tupon
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TUB TITHE COMMISSION.—Yesterday
of the Tithe Commissioners up to the close of last yearw I
printed, by-order of the House of Commons. The Commis-
sionersa at the end of the year had confirmed 12,344 district
mergers of tithes. The Commissioners have completed
12,638 tithe districts, and have under consideration
districts. The Commissioners state that the
efin 61 more
alsconsum-
mation of the commutation of tithes must be an Act
mi.:cis%
mtosnednttehrattain such claims
a proceeding de-
claring
tithes to have ceased to exist, and forbidding
mcoiusrstsionoefrsj
hastily done. rofcoeretidthinegma.houTlhdenCotom be
ARMY.—Major-General his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge, K. G. has has returned from leave of
absence, and resumed the command. of the troops in the
garrison of Dublin, and Dublin district. Large drafts from
the depot companies of the several regiments now serving
in the Cape colony—viz., the 6th, 45th, 73d, and 91st, will
be sent out immediately on board her Majesty's steam-vessel
Rhadarnanthus. The troops in the colony will thus be re-
inforced to the amount of about 1,000 men.
THE PALACE IMPROVEMENTS.--The last portion
of the alterations and improvements at Buckinghams Palace,
consisting of the ornamental railing extending round dthe en-
tire fr ntage of the building, and intersected
and two side entrance
gates, having been completed, the
greater portion of the hoarding has been removed, and will
, or three days.
w.
be entirely taken away in the
course of t
fforded of th d' '
A full view is, therefore, now e a dawn made
aal effect . d
to the palace, and of the ge-er
bs admitted that if not everything
.that could be desired for
the town residence of our most gracious and beloved Queen,
the alterations go far to relieve the building from its form r
insignificant and unsightly appearance,
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. and give it some
degree of uniformity and appropriate character. The appear-
ance of the railing and en: ranee gates are light and pleasing
and in unison with the light style of building which nor
characterises the frontage of tlie palace, and the effect of the
whole is of an agreeable and satisfactory character.
FINGER NAlLS.—Experiments have shown that a
man's nails grow their complete length in four months and a
half. A man living 70
years renews his nails 186 times.
Allowing each nail to be half-an-inch long, he has grown
seven feet nine inches of finger-nail on each finger, and on
fingers and thumbs an aggregate of seventy-seven feet and
1 six inches.