The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-12 00:00:00

.
from the North Pole to Spain. On the present °cool
our worthy friend seemed quite "at home," though r°l"
in g over so considerable a portion of the globe. A' be
passed from his poetry to prose, we became increas!sg.
interested in his grapbic and off-hand delineatione 0'
character, and his vivid description of foreign clime!.
Presently a sentiment was suddenly taken up
4
the invisible choir, and a beautiful vocal melody o
bur;
upon the ear, sung by 44 teachers of the ragged boo
lot,
the singers being located close to the foot of the
form. Mr. Miller afterwards resumed his narrativbe;
scene after scene was unrolled from the panorana, to
lecturer turned "from grave to gay, from bvelibig
severe." He had his hits at the follies of the day, r"h,d
illustrations of moral and religious sentiments;
his songs, his parodies, his recitations, his dramatic ret,
derings, his anecdotes, &e., the whole being characteris:
by an easy confidence of manner, and a certain 12°dert .
two of carriage, which showed that it was no oueto
bank, but a real lover of his kind, who
and to blood
minister to the happiness of the boor,
amusement with instruction. The audience serene
equally at home, and alternate laughter and aPP4ueel
id
was stela
testified their approbation of the entertainment Pr°,%elf
for them. Now and then the lecturer addressed 11111dL-0.
to his " boys and girls," so that we were rendered 1:10
vell scions of the fact that a battalion of raggedinor•
were enjoying the treat so generously provided for
amusement and benefit. f ttO
We cannot stay to detail the various features 0- ud
entertainment. "To wed, or not to wed" was acalelies
soliloquy, and told well. The whole scene of tbe IS
quent Turkish baker, nailed up by the ear to bia -of
door-post, was admirably given, and excited °ride
laughter. The "doll" scene, and the ages of a If°'fbia
life, also afforded scope for the peculiar genius (1.,,00
Miller. -Towards the close he touched revere:M.7o
the antiquities of Egypt, and we may remark th,s'geri
panorama, painted by the lecturer himself, was mil ivy
creditable piece of artistic labour. Mr. Millering,.
cloded with a negro scene which was very touc",7ool
We are glad to find the lecturer's exertions disolp totl
recognised at the close. His entertainment bad 4500
nearly two hours. Just as the national anther*
about to be sung, sed
Mr. BIJOK (of Lambeth), in suitable terms, P'"'
a vote of thanks to Mr. Miller. toof
Mr. RIGLEY cordially seconded the motion. 631
remark concerning this gentleman, that he is the
missionary alluded to in the letters of the late Cs' op
Vicars, as the Christian friend who administeted
lotion to him in a time of trial and dejection in tblide
at Chobham. On the present occasion Mr. Riglegired
red to the self-denying exertions of Mr. Miller, an 01
some original verses, describing the nature of rig'
school operations. leg
The vote of thanks was then carried with dell—
acclamation, and

Mr. MILLER having responded, ri:/01
The national anthem was sung with becoming
and the assembly proceeded to disperse. We 017,,,ti'Mta
that a charge was fixed for admission, and a coi
_7OO
was likewise made at the close, it being intend7ool
the entire proceeds should be devoted to the nets oe
the scholars. We were much gratified to learn inoti
the previous Sunday no less than 525 scholars ategniee
in the building, and that, notwithstanding e,"„roti
ragedness and roughness, every scholar knelt Oh-0,11.
prayer, a result not often accomplished in ragged °°-

WOODIN'S OLIO OF ODDITII '

(Front the Train.)
It is in hie thorough departure from the old con/511;0000
and hackneyed types of character that, in our °P;t:A
Mr. Woodin's excellence lies. His first inipertfel
" An Animated Sandwich," is the exact represe°ls/0..:
that class, who, as Hood said, "live on a shilling 6 "1,41°°,
their board." In dress, in voice and manner, i° °"hef'y
gait and grumbling stupidity, the board-carrier 00 0(1
you ;he delivers no particularly funny speecliet, 019
low comedy "gag," sings no irresistibly droll song),
undying chorus. Mr. Woodin and his libretto-19'641 tole
that the person to be represented would do none ° by ts•
things : but he is represented as he has been SOL roe°
public in the streets just before they entered tnieoo:(
and the impersonation is, therefore, an undoubted .n
ter
The various portraits introduced into the "Ctt,
Dh
Critics" are even more cleverly embodied : the
Johnson, though rendered with due fidelity to: 11" of 11.-
ceived notions, as to the dress, stomach and oice, 5 tr,
celebrated lexicographer, is but the presentation °,,.`000,
ceivod type, which would have been equally Well tty
out by less clever men ; it is in his photograph,'
life which passes under his immediate eyes 4b,: el;
Woodin shines. Thus, the half-hesitating I°s—: igrd
noisseur of music, the red-bearled, technicality-01'300C
nonce votary of art, who talks Ruskin-like sledge't df the
criticism ; the used-up swell, who prefers the 1114;1
ballet to the brains of Shakespere ; the gram" 11,
playgoer in the pit, redolent of gamble and Bidden
°'
mournful over the decadence of the drama ;sfie
last and best of all, the rattling, whistling, shriekill,g;oo°.
in the gallery, who, from his boldness, is the true 010 0
censor, who by sheer insolence commands or forno bor.
--
encore, and adjusts the proper height at which the tt,
ders" should be fixed by the carpenters ;_Wht,4s tt•
staunch friend of virtue and low comedy, and to 0,100,1
eyes of the dying baron are turned in mute *Pea' ifbr
final " Bray-vo !" These are every-day charactetio.
portraits are at once appreciable by an every-dal 012,
His other best impersonations we hold to be Laajos
green, Miss Chattaway, and a tipsy foibunter preP°7o
toast at a bridal party. The "make-up" of s'ie
perfect, and there appears before you au elderly 1,:110
silver hair and brocaded dress, quiet and dignified P:O4
manner, the very person you would imagine WO, dor
the old manorial hall in the village—forming a gronwiS
trast to Miss Chattaway, who is a dashing London 1"..P
the most modern of ball costumes and appolatrae°so
is in the representation of female characters thit,r6o
Woodin differs much from his predecessors: in their lißets
were to b found none but coarse and elderly wino°, litr
like the hideous caricatures of penny Valentines tOot:
manity, who were furnished with a lisp, a staumor,ol.,
brogue to "hammer a horse laugh from a coarse tm— 0'
At the Oiio of Oddities the female impersonage°
creations in a new walk of dramatic art.
In taking leave of the subject, we would wish t° 0
out to those young men whose talent for mitatello so,
much in request after supper, whose "bit of ICsaPbreali
vulses the drawing-rooms of Islington, and whotniti
holding attempts at Buckstone invades the servoodo
Clapham, we would wish to point out to them that 5 5001 c
they may shine in their sphere, it were unwise to
more public recognition of their talent. i 0
To exaggerate the inflexions of the human vole° oalo
man is no difficult matter, but to reproduce each 'eye
characteristic in the Woodin manner requires the
an artist and the study of a life.

Country Markets.

EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW 3fAl{r'
MARC' 10.
Supplies of all kinds these last six days agsillilliiredig
Oat straw, from 7s Od to lOs 6d per kemple of t 0
tron; wheat do., 6s 6d to 85 6d; barley do., 14
Od. Hay from is to ls. 2d.

.I.m.was•
EDINBURGH TAT EAL—MAnos 10.
There were in the market to•day 14 sacks oaten''
weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 37s and --11.

DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—MARCO ::i. 1.)
There were in the market to-de.y 16 bags of °stip ' ,
barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Saleeldull.
Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. l 5
Second• arja
imperial
Barleymeal, per ditto
Peasemeal, per ditto -65
00dd •=3
~
V 004.1
...,....7v,. Ili
—s Od I- 8 Od O 1
4
Flour, new, per ditto l—sOd —5 Otl
Pot-barley, new, per ditto —s Od —3 Od

DUBLIN, MAECH 10.
White wheat, 31a 01 to 34s Od ; red ditto, 299 ,P-8.0tOO4,
Od; ditto new, —a ; barley, malting, 16s to 25s 6cl ;
ing, 15s to 203 6d ; oats, old, lls to 13s ; ditto, „Igtip 1
Oi to 15s Od ; oatmeal, 13s to 148 6d; bore, new, lu" ld
06ad ior2aspse good, d, 303 OciwOtd; toI
n3a2isanOd corn,per b3rll
s;
Obit etroa' ;110S Tr
480 lbs.

COAL MARKET,
Prices of Coals per ton at
d.
Bell's Primroso l2 6
Bebside's Hartley 15 6
Howard's West Hartley
Netherton 15 6

MAECEI 11.
the close of tho market.
Wallsond, tio•
$
",18
'%,16
16
6
'.lu 0
',14 0
~•,1b $
9
'II
016 $
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au IRoeenaunmuritgtshhblchteel
Kopir
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Ropier Grainge . .......
South Hetton ........•
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3tewart's .................

Hastings' Hartley l5 6
Longridge's Wst Hartley 15 9
Walker Primrose l3 6
ranfield Moor l3 0
Tanueld Moor Butes 13 0
Wallsend, &c.
Acorn Close .
Eden Main

15 0
16 0

Braddyll l6 3I

FrassoP .....................
/tam ...............
Caradoe
fietton Lyons Main
Coundon Tees ...........
Whitworth ................
Z I Sold B4

Hetton ~

~.17

Gosforth . 14 101
Harton
Tees l7 3

Ships atimarket...l2:

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NHH
a.
On the 7th inst., the wife of Mr. Samuel Buddent Ist
C roe sne etnhte, ennhs iinngstto.
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a,
the wife of John Wright, Jsq.
Ashbourn, Dorb„;

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OF A D 2 UOIITER. e,
On the 10th inst., at Blaekh,eath, the wife of CAP°
A. Halsted, R.N. ObilS
On the 10th inst., at Fulham, the Wife of the BO'
S. Latter.

MARRIED.
Or/
On the sth lust., at Poulton-le-Sands, Laness.--ipr
o'oloo
Waller Atkinson, Esq., of Burton House, Westin_,,
Marc, Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of John Pa-
Poulton-le-Sands, VP
On the 10th inst , at Glasgow, John Edward Bartlet_tctf, t
d Buckingham, Deputy-Lieut. and J. P. for that c 2171,07/
Sybilla ~`!fackenzie, eldest daughter of Alexander g!„%iitt
Kirkland, Esq., of Glasgow, and J.P. for the co
Lanark.

D I E D. 0000
On the 11th inst , fin Kanch ester-street Manchester-04
James Butler, Esq., former,:y of Austinfriars, aged 88•'.0' b
On the 10th inst,, at Englewood Lodge, Titlse-w
ox
,
Bealby, Esq., aged 69. ,-, ,nforvt
On the 10th inst., Sarah, wife of Mr. Charles vo—
Coleman-street, city, aged 40. ~,, SI
On the 10th inst., at Calelonian-road, King'S-cro"4
trice Stubbs, formerly of Walsall, Staffordshire, ageci,',4oeil
Ou the 10th inst., at Leven Villas, Shore-road, P•A'
s. Matthew Henry. he r°°'
Mr
On the Bth inst., Mr. W. C. M. Andrews, a t
office, Epsom, builder. ~,'°-. " 4641
On the bth inst., at Dalston, Charles Grissell, i'
7.
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of Middlesex, Thursday, March 12, 1857-