The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-07 00:00:00

ARRIVALS.

The Earl Of Mu!grave, at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-
street, from. ilulgrave Castle, near Whitby, Yorkshire ;
'the Countess of Portmore, in. Hyde Park-place West ;
the Countess of Ripon, in Upper Grosvenor. street ; Lord
Leigh, in Portman-square, - from Stoneleigh Abbey,
near Coventry ; Mrs, Wellesley, in Lowndes-street,
Belgrave-square ; Mr. and.-
.Miss Trent, at Christie's
Hotel, from Dublin ; llunter, Esq.,_ and Mrs. Hunter,
at ditto ; Lady and the .Misses Gardiner, from Sir R.
Gardiner's seat, near Esher; Colonel Gor,, in Grosve-
nor-street West; Lady Georgiana Ftillertoa, at •Earl
Granville's, nruton•street; Mr‘ George Rabett, it:N„
and Lady Louisa Rabett, at the Countess Dowager of
Winterton's; East Villa, Regent's Palk, from Brighton;
Le Count de Coulonges, at Cooper's liotcl,- Gr6sVetior-
street ; colonel Preston, at ditto thC..Entl undi
•
Countess of &afield and Miss Mansell, at Cli ri tic,s
Hotel, St. James's-street, from Castle rani,' N.B. ;
Lord and Lady Polwarth, at ditto, from Brighton ;
Stokes, Esq., and Mrs. Stokes, at ditto,Jrom Bath ; the.
Mayor of Liverpool and Rushton, Ep.q„ :at the Bur-
lington Hotel, Cork-street ; Sir Cliffordand Lady Con-
stable, in Cumberland-place •, Miss Le.tiskin''Gower; in I
Wilton Crescent ; Sir J..W. Drummond; Barf:. of Haw-
thortiden, at the Burlington Hotel, Cork-strcet, from the
north ; Captain Wilson, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-
street ; Lieut.-General iord and Lady Keane, in Jer-
myn,street, from their scat, in Hants ; Rev. Hume
and Mrs. Hume, at Christie's Hotel, St. James's-street ;
ttie- Hon; Major Keane (37th Regiment), in Mount-
'etrat t Baron Gionlano; at the Brunswick Hotel, Jer-
myn-street, from Paris ; Sir J. Hall, Bart., Lady Hall,

MAGAZINES (CONTINUED).
DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE.
The Purtrait Gallery for this month contains a
full- length picture of the late Abraham Collis, who, it
seems, was an eminent surgeon of extensive practice
in Dublin, and who died towards the close of 1843,
in the seventy-first year of his age. We_ do not
happen ever to have heard of this gentleman, but, ac-
cording to the biographer's account, he was possessed
of first-rate professional ability, and was connected
with snore than one medical work in high repute
with the faculty. The upper part of his countenance
.is not unlike that of the late-Mr. Canning, but the
mouth is singularly large and expressive, apparently,
of feebleness and indecision of character. The
"Campaign of 1815" is a lengthy notice, accom-
panied by . several amusing extracts, of Captain Si-
borne's recently published history of_ the last cam-
paign in France and Belgium, which closed with the
crowning victory- of Waterloo. Of 'the remaining
articles, the best is the one headed " Continental
Countries," which gives a minute account of the
present military resources of Prussia.

SPORTING MAGAZINE.
The embellishments to this number are, first, a.
sporting sketch, entitled the " Warrener's Dog,"
which exhibits a very spirited and picturesque back
ground, and "secondly, a view of the exterior of the
"Newmarket New Subscription Room," which, if
we may judge from the plate, must be a very im-
posing structure. The literary department is, as
usual, confined exclusively to sporting subjects ; and,
inter alia, gives a minute, matter-of-fact accouht of
the " Paris Spring Races."

SIMMONDS' COLONIAL MAGAZINE.
A skilfully and carefully digested periodical devoted
for the most part to the consideration of colonial
matters, which are yearly acquiring greater im—
portance, and more and more engrossing the attention.
of the community at large.

JAMAICA MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
This is the first number of a new monthly periodical
published in Kingston, Jamaica; and like most first
numbers, it is got up with considerable care, both as
respects the choice of its subjects, and their variety.
In the first place, there are some clever descriptions
of local scenery, and next, some prose tales just of a
fitting length, to say nothing of divers small pieces of
poesy, one of which, "Lines on a Curlew" deserves a
passing notice for the grace and appositeness of its
imagery.. In the details regarding " Jamaica, its
Past and Present State," we find a curious anecdote
of a monster shark which was caught off that island,
and in whose stomach, on opening the brute, were
found " fifteen asses' hoofs and legs from the knee
downwards, besides other very indigestible materials."

BANKERS' MAGAZINE.
As may be surmised from its title, this magazine is
wholly of a practical, business character, and opens
with some intelligent comments on the " Government
Currency Measure." These are followed by an
article on the "Present State of Banking in Ireland,"
in which occur one or two very sensible and pertinent
suggestions.

BRITISH MAGAZINE.
We have here, in addition to sound, sensible, ori-
ginal communications, connected for the most part
with ecclesiastical matters, a copious monthly register
of religious information, together with various docu-
ments respecting the state of the poor, and the pro-
gress of information.

HISTORY OF CHINA AND INDIA.
This elaborate work has already reached its Se-
venteenth Part, and the interest of the authoreses—
Miss Corner's—narrative still continues unimpaired.
She has brought a great variety of historical infor-
mation to her task, which she has apparently digested
with scrupulous care, and deserves not less credit for
the uniform impartiality of her statements. Each
part is embellished with two, sometimes more, en-
gravings.

OLD SPORTING MAGAZINE.
The best article in the Number before us, is that
which is very properly placed first ; it is a tale of
country life, entitled " Hillingdon Hall," and is by the
author of " Handley Cross," a novel in three volumes,
which was published at the commencement of the
season. The sketch of the Cockney Squire is very
piquant and accurate in its way. The Number con.
tains two embellishments, both illustrative of sporting
subjects, and executed with very passable ability.

THE FRENCH RAILWAYS.
(From the Railway Record.)
" We have not, for two or three weeks past, adverted
so the French Railways, because such is the tardiness of
all legislative proceedings in the Chambers, that weeks
pass away without, apparently, anything being done ;
for the Commissions (Committees) sit with closed doors,
unless they call for " persons and papers " to elucidate
some particular question, or unless some parties inte-
rested demand to be heard before them.
" The chief material fact we have to announce this
week is the triumphant passing of the Bill for the Mont-
pelier and Nismes Railway, by a very large majority
(190 to 60) in favour of the projet de loi presented by the
Minister of public Works.
" This is a most significant sign of the times,' as-re-
gards the other Bills now before the Chambers, and ren-
ders the question of their being passed, and in the share
presented by the Minister, no longer doubtful.
" This little line is completely finished, at the cost of
the State—the laying and ballasting of the permanent
way entirely done ; and, we believe, even the locomo-
tive power partially provided. It therefore afforded the
most favourable specimen of a line to be wholly in the
hands of the State, ' as an experiment ;' but the proposi-
tion having been mgatived in so unequivocal a manner.
is conclusive as to the adoption of the Ministerial. projet
with respect to all the other lines now before the Chain-
hers, and for which draft leases are proposed in the pre.
sent session. All will be passed as presented by the
Minister—that's certain.
" The report on the Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux
alterationknis pro-
posed by the Minister, is to reduce the proposed term
line was presented on Wednesday last; it is not yet
thoenlcyondit
re-
commended
printed
printed, but thatbityitshuencdeormstmooisdsion, i n the
of the lease to forty-one years sixteen days, in , accord-
ance with the offer of a company, at the head of which
'ire persons of well known skill and tried experience in
railway matters. This will be the first Bill to pass this
session, and the passing of all the others will follow, as
of course.
" The line from Bordeaux to Toulouse ;-ill' not be
We may take the opportunity of
.sayingthyit
Aprveilreini(teld. this year, any more than that from Lyons to
It ~j;'utterly futile,and a perfect waste of tiine aril trou-
bii.," to get up companies for railway projects, in France
not sanctioned by the Government, or which the Go-
vernment have no present intention 'of carrying into
effect, or which, at best, must necessarily be postponed
for a considerable period. Some of them have already
been brought before the public, and others, for aught we
know, may folloW,with' no better claims to notice. As a ge-
neral rule, we advise the railway public to countenance
only such projects' as are presented to them in an intel-
ligible shape, either as being the subject-matter of Bills
now actually before the French Legislature, or com-
prised in the great Railway Bill 'of' the 11th of June,
1842, sure to be carried out, sooner or later. Verhum sap.
"Before our next publication the Bills for the North
line, and the Lyons line, will have been reported to the
Chamber of Deputies. It is understood in well-informed
circles - that the North line will be assimilated to the
other long lines. in the *general terms and conditions.;
and that the opinion of the very -slender majority of one
in the Commission will be but feebly embodied in -thp
report, and not at all supported in the Chamber. .Ergo,
M. lipthschild will take, and will get the North line."
' the Record, which is usually well-
[The l'aris paperLa Presse, differs from the conclusion
here arrived at by
informed on all that relates to the French railways; but
then the, editor of La Pr2sse is a highly-talented mem:-
. (1
ber of the corps of the Poets ct Chaussecs, nephew of
the 110 n. Deputy, M. Muret de all both are the
perseverite, champions and advocates, in the Chambersand out of doors, of the system of short
.d the
p tw.wati: possosion of a railways thesht- State'
.11i.-Mure t cir llort has perpetrated several brochures in
support of his opinions. Both have spoiled au incredible
quanrtyi
f mei' and ink n labouring to induce the
Government to aceeptvan offered loan of 20,000,000 i;
sterling to complete the railways, and keep the working
of them in their own hands, but to no purpose. This
colossal bubble, which never had any real existence, has
at last burst. Poor Jacques Laflitte and his loan of
500,000,090 t. both died the same day 1 The subscribers
are invited to receive back their deposits.
With the numerous demands upon the French Trea•
sury for external, as well:a§ internal objects, just now,
no more money can be spared for the railways than
what was contemplated in the mixed system of the law
of June, 1842, now about to be Carried into effect in the
Bills before the Chambers in the present session. With

i and family, at ditto, from the Continent'; Sir George
Talbot and family, in Grosvenor-square, from Paris.
DEPARTURES. ', - ,
Sir R. and Lady Cunliffe, from Cooper's Hotel, Gros-
venor-street, fur Acton Park, Wrexham; Mr. and Mrs.
Champion, from ditto ; Mr. Henry and Lady. Mary
Vynor and family, from Earl De Grey's, St. James's-
square, for Earl Cowper's, Pansanger, He“S ; Hon.
Gardner and family, for Carlton-crescent, Southampton;
Lady William Hotham, on a Continental tour; , Major
General and Wrs. Wynyard and family, for Swanage,
Dorsetshire ; Sir Charles Bannerman, from thp Bur-
lington Hotel, Cork-street, for his seat in Aberdeenshire;
Sir Francis and Lady Lawley, from Grosvenor•square,
for Middleton Park, Warwickshiie ; Captain Cuote,
from the Cavendish Hotel, Jermyn-street.• ! - .

CHANGES. • -
Lord and Lady Milton, from Plymouth, on ' a 'cruise
in the Channel in the Merlin yacht ; the Dowager
Countess of Ilardwicke, on a visit to the Earl and
Countess of Mexborough, at Methley Park,. from
Tittcnhanger Hall, Herts ; Sir 'William and Lady
Foster, at Bath, from their seat in Norfolk ; the
Earl of Oxford, at Bath, from his seat, Brampton Park,
Herefordshire; the Earl of Tyrconnel, from Ootkes, on
a cruise in in his yacht, the Intrepid, on the coast of
France; the Hon. Captain and Mrs. Carey, at Bath,
from a tour; the Earl of Leven, at Edinburgh, from
Ba'gowie House, Fifeshire; Lieutenant-General and Sir
Thomas and Lady E. Reynell, at Bath, from their scat,
in Sussex; the Bishop of Salisbury, at Bath, from the
Episcopal Palace.

the death of the colossal loan, therefore, we presume
will vanish the last hope of the partisans of the .Ponts et
Chavasees and the completion of the railways by the
State.—EL. Sun.]
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.
NEW EDITION OF DE CUSTINE'S RUSSIA.
Published this day, 3 vols. post 31s. 6d. cloth,
RUSSIA. By the Marquis DE CUSTINE.
Translated from the French. Second Edition.
" It is a painful reflection that Mona. De Custine's remarkable TO-
Imes contain a more accurate account of the state and condition of
Russia than any other work of recent date, without exception. His
book Is one which those who are desirous to know Russia as it really
Is, and norm; it would fain impose itself on the world to be, would do
well to consult."—Gentleman's Magazine, April.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
TO-MORROW EVENING, JUNE 8,
Will be performed Rossini's Opera of IL BARBIERE DI
SIVIGLIA, by Madame Grist, Signor Mario, Signor Lablache,
Signor F. Lablache, and Signor FornasarL
In conclude with the Grand Ballet, in Six Tableaux, by M.
Perrot, entitled ONDI NE , ou, LA NA lADE, by Mdlle. Cerito and
M. M. Sr. Leon and Perrot.
The Free List is suspended, the Public Press excepted.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
MIL BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LES.iEE.
THIS EVENING, JUNE 7,
Will be performed the Comedy of A CURE FOR THE HEART-
ACHE. Old Rapid Mr. W. Farren ; Young Rapid, Mr. Charles
Mathews; Vortex, fur. Strickland; Frank Oatland, Mr. Webster;
Ellen Vortex, Mrs Edwin Yarnold ; Miss Vortex, Mrs. W. Clifford
Jassy Oatland, Miss Julia Bennett. .
Alter which, a New Comic Drama, entitled GRIST TO THE
MILL. Marquis de Richeville, Mr. Charles Mathews; Francine,
Madame Vestris.
To be followed by the extraordinary Performance of Professor
RISLEY and his TWO INFANT SONS.
To conclude with THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN
LOCKS.
Orchestra Stalls, 58. ; Boxes, Ss. ; Pitt Ss. ; Galls' y. Is.; Upper
Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes,
_Ss. ; Pit, ; Gall. 11, Is.• Upper
Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the rcrfoimances
c nnrnence at Seven.
Tickets and Places to be had of Mr L T. Arch.n. on the Box-
office, from Ten till Five.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. W. FARREN'S NIGH'!', on which occasion. Miss Haler
Faucit will make her first and only appearance in London this
Season.

MONDAY NEXT. JUNE 10,
Will be presented Mrs. Inchbald's Comedy of WIVES AS THEY
WERE AND MA IDS AS THEY ARE. Lord Priory, 111% W.
Farren ; Sir William Dorrillon, Mr. Stuart; Bronzely, Mr. Charles
Mathews; Oliver, Mr. Strickland; Lady Priory, Mrs. Nisbett ;
Lady Mary Ruffle, Glover ; Miss Dorrillon, Miss Helen Faucit.
After which, the Farce of THE LOAN OF A LOVER. Peter
Sok, Mr. Charles Mathews; Gertrude, Madame Vestris.
A variety of Singing.
To conclude with a Favourite Farce.
Tickets, Private Boxes, and Places, to be had of Mr. Archer, at,
the Box-office, and of Mr. W. Farren, 30, Bromt ton—square.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-ST el F F.T.
LESSEE., Mr. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING, JUNE 7,
Will be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled" CROWN
DIAMONDS Count de Campo Mayor, Mr. Weiss; Don Hen_
nquez de Sandoval, Mr. Allen; Rebolledo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; La
Caterina, Madame Anna Thillon ; Diana, Miss Grant.
To which will be added THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER.
To be followed by MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR.

THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGL'SU OPERA-

HOUSE
Under theyilnagement of Mrs. KEELF Y.

Open Sesame; ex, a Night ;Atli the Forty Thieves, ''clatinues to
be nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crow led and
fashionable audiences
THIS EVENING, JUNE 7,
Will be repeated 'a New and Comic Drama, cal ed Wt)11 EADS
BETTER THAN ONE. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining,
Diddear, Keeley, and Emery, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. A. ‘Visri u, usi Mrs.
Keeley.
To which will be added a New Comedietta, entitled f 11E-WHITE
FEATHER. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. ST- n;nri. Collier;
Craven, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar, and Miss Fairbrothez.
To be followed by an Apropos Bagatelle. called POI.K A ut ANI A
Characters by Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. K.acisv, Miss
Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley.
To conclude with a I Burlesque Fairy Extraraem ra, called
OPEN SESAME; or, a Night with the Forty 'rhie es. Ilassarac,
Mr. Keeley; Itlorgiana Mrs. Keeley.
PRICK'S OF A aMlSslON.—Flalcomy Poxes. 43.; Upper
Boxes, as. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Bale any Boxes, 2s. ;
Upper Boxes, Is 6d. ; Pit, , Private Boxes on the It Tier
(holding eight persons). 'Tyro tininess. Private Boxe. cu the Second
Tier (ho'aing eight persons), Ode Guinea and a.blalc Private
Boxes on the Pit Der (holding six persons), One Guir ea.

ASTLEY'S ROY-A-1: AMPHITHEATRE OF A 11-f S.
Prepriette and Manager, Mr. BATTY.
Great Success of the Chinese Feast of Lanterns, anc Sew Military
and Naval Spectacle
THIS eIVENING. JUNE 7
Will be repeated an entire new Military and Wive: Equestrian
Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR 1 or, The Conquests of
Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Apt allitmtnts,
to realise the recent triumphs of England's Army and l'avy.
Monsieur Plege on the 'fight Rope—New Scenes of the Circle—
Hungarian Brigade of Female Cavalry.
To c nclude with a Laughable Farce
The door, will open nightly at six o'clock, and tt c lwitormances
commence at seven. Box-othce (opened daily from tet tnur. The
private boxes have been recoustructed and decorat,x: wit h care and
splendour.
Acting and stageantuager, Mr. W. D. Brc t t:cot,