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

SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.

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 cf 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, sad 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 OF WHISKY.
—A seizure of considerable magnitude has just been made,
by order of the Commissioners of Inland lievenue, viz., of
21 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
eve on all vessels arriving from that country with spirits
amongst the cargo. Accordingly, a few days ago, Mr. rho.
Brain, the Port Inspector of Inland Revenue, went to
on the arrival of a steamer from Scotland,
allnodwonne
'oSsl-eVrhhaarifiling 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
hence-
forthbein
placed the entire stock under seizure, and communicated to the
Commissioners of Inland Revenue upon the subject, who or-
dered the removal of the spirits to the Queen'atowtareeh&uuses in
rt
Broad-street, and which have been returned . h
11 also •of
to the amount of 1 000
Exchequer for condemnation.
stituted for the recovery of penalties ,
Commissioners,pc ee
dings
that from
frauds being brought to light, an
In consequence of these
order has been issued by the
pg. in the port of London shall be mea-
sured, all spirits arriving
b callipers as h t f
ere o ore.
instead of gauging y
THE TITHE COMMISSION.—Yesterday the report
of the
Tithe Commissioners up to the close of lasty
y": 1
-ear was
h order of the House of Commons. The C mis-
printed,
(1,
sioners at the end of the year had confirmed 12,314 district
mergers of tithes. The Commissioners have completed
12,638 tithe districts, and have under consideration 561 more
districts. The Commissioners state that the final consum-
melon of the commutation of tithes must be an Act de-
claring tithes to have ceased to exist, and forbidding
courts of justice to entertain claims for them. The Com-
missioners recommend that such
a proceeding should not be
hastily done.

THE ARMY.—Major-General his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge, R.G., 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 ff
in the Cape colony—viz. the 6th , 45th, 73d and 91st,
be sent out immediately on board her Majesty's steam-vessel
Rhadamanthus. The troops in the colony will thus be re-
, mill
inforced to the amount of about 1,000 men.
THE PALACE IMPROVEMENTS.—Tbe last portion
Buckingham Palace,
of the alterations and improvements at
extending round the en-
tireconsisting of the ornamental railing
and two side entrance gates,
having
been removed, and will
greater portion of the hoarding a
of two or three days.
frontage of the building, and
vei7intgerbseezedoobjplaetceedn,ttrhael
that could be desired for
in
twheaffcoorudersdeof the addition made
beA full entirely
view
gacious and beloved Queen,
neo-eral effect produced, and it must
the town residencefaort
too
relieve the building from its former
unsightly appearance, and give it some
t o the
is,lie taken
nd
therefore,aowf tahY g
appropriate character. The appear-
ancedegree of uniformity.
be admitted that if naontodervmeroystthginr
and entrance gates are light and pleasing.
of light
with thestyle of building which ruw
and in unison
insignificanttlie alterationsthe rarailing
and
isnog
characterises the frontage of the palace, and the effect of the
whole is of an agreeable and satisfactory character.

FINGER NAlL!.—Experiments have shown that a
grow their Complete length in four months and a
'7
Allowinghmaalf. n'sAnman aile .0 years renews his nails 156 times.
nails grow
living
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
six inches.