The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-31 00:00:00

T ,E ENIN-G

OF

PARLIAMENT.

HER MAJESTY S
SPEECH,

Pal liathent was opened this day by Coimnissior.
The House of Commons having been summoned, the
Speaker, accompanied by several of the 111(nnber::,
appeared at the Bar of the House of Lords, when
the Lord - Chancellor read the Royal Speech a 6
follows :

"MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
" We are commanded by her Majesty to assure
you that her Majesty has great satisfaction in again
having recourse to the advice and assistance of
her Parliament.

" The decease of her Majesty Queen
Adeiaiie has caused her /Llajesty deep
affliction. The extensive charity and exem-
plary virtues of her late Majesty wiil always render
her memory dear to the nation.

" Her Majesty happily continues ia peace and
amity with Foreign Powers.
" In the course cf the autumn, differences of a
serious character arose between the Governments
of Austria and Russia on the one hand, aad the
Sublime Porte on the :other, in regard to the treat-
ment of a considerable number of persona whe, after
the termination of the civil war in Hungary-, had
taken refuge in the Turkish Territory.
" Explanations which took place between the
Turkish and Imperial Governments have fortunately
removed any danger to the Peace of Europe which
might have arisen ont of these differences.

" Her Majesty having been appealed to oi<
this occasion by the Sultan, united her efforts
with those of the Government of France, to which
a similar appeal had been made, in order to a.iist
by the employment of her good tfflces in effecting
an amicable settlement of those differences, in a
manner consistent with the dignity and indepen-
dence of the Porte.

"Her Ll?jegy has been cngsged in communica-
tions with Foreign StnteF, upon the measures which
might be rendered nece:.sury by the relaxation of the
restrictions formerly impolcal by the navigation laws
cf this country.

"Toe Goi-ernmsnts of the United States of
America and of Sweden have promptly taken steps
to secure to Britida ships in the ports of ,their rc-
spective countries, advantages similar to those which
their own ships now enjoy in British ports.
"With regard to those Foreign States whose
navigation laws have hitherto been of a restrictive
character, her Itjesty has 'received from nearly all of
them assurances which induce her to hope that our
example will speedily lead to a great and generi-,1 di -Id-
nution of those obstacles which previously existed
to a free intercourse by sea between the nations
of the world.

"In the summer and autumn of the past year
the United Kingdom was again visited by the ravages
of the Cholera, bat Almighty God, in His mercy,
was pleased to arrest the progress of mortality,
and to stay this fearful pestilence. Her Ma-
jesty is persuaded that we shall best evince
our gratitude, by vigilant precautions against the
more obvious causes of sickness, and an enlightened
consideration for those who are most exposed to its
attacks.

"Her Majesty in her late visit to Ireland de-
rived the highest gratification from the loyalty and
attachment manifested by all classes of her subject..
Although the effects of former years of scarcity are
painfully felt in that part of the United Kingdom,
they are mitigated by the prcs;nt abundance of food,
and the tranquillity which prevails.
"ller Majesty has great satisfaction in con-
gratulating you on the improved condition of com-
merce and manufactures. It is with regret that
her Majesty has observed the complaints which
in many parts of the kingdom have proceeded from
the owners and occupiers of land. Her
Majesty greatly laments that any portion of her sub-
jects should be suffering distress. But it is a
source of sincere gratification to her Majesty
to witness the increased enjoyment of the necessa-
ries and comforts of life, which cheapness and plenty
have bestowed upon the great body of her people.

" GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,

" Her Majesty has directed the Estimates for
the year to be laid before you. Tney have been
framed with a strict regard to Ei:onomy,
while the efficiency of the various branches of the
Public Service has not been neglected.

" Her Majesty has seen with satisfaction the
present state of the Revenue.
" MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

I.; Some of the measures which were postpried
at the end of the last sessior, for want of time for
their consideration, will be again laid before you.
Among the most important of these is one for the
better -G)vernment of the Australian Colonies.
" Her Majesty has directed various measures to
he prepared fur the improvement of the condition of
Ireland. The mischiefs arising from party processions;
the defects of the laws regulating the relations of
landlord and tenant ; the imperfect state of the Grand
Jury Acts; and the diminished number of elec-
tors for Members to serve in Parliament ;
will, together with other matters of serious conse-
quence, form the subjects cf measures to be sub-
mitted fur your consideration.

" Her Majesty has learnt with satisfaction, that
the measures which have been already passed for the
promotion cf the public health are in a course of
gradual adoption; and her Majesty trusts that
both in the metropolis and in various parts of the
United Kingdom, you will be enabled to make
further progress in the removal of evils which affect
the health and well-being of her subjects.

"The favour of Divine Providence has hitherto
preserved this kingdom from the wars and convulsions
which during the last two years have shaken so many
of the States of the Continent of Europe. It is her
Majesty's hope and belief that by combining liberty
with order, by preserving what is valuable, and
amenditl what is defective, you will sustain the
fabric of our institutiow, as the abode and the shelter
of a free awl happy
people."
Their Lordships adjoutred during pleasure.

The Invernegg Courier gives the history of ti pair
cf bagpipes which have been played in that town during
the Christmas holidays. They were manufactured
about 100 gears ego for the Duke of Gordo:-; and have
been since in 32 military engagements in Cana la, Egypt,
and the Continent.
THE EXPERIMEWTAL BALLCON.—An experimental
rceltage balloon, as sugg(Lt:d by Mr. Gee. Shcpbtrd,
C.E., for communicating information with Sir John
anklin in the Arctic Regions, will be di,ratched from
London in the course of a f..w dr.ys. The mess-ages will
be printed on coloured I aper as follows; many thou-
sands of which will be circulael:—Experinarn'al bl.l-
- Notice, London, Jan. 30, 1850. Any rerson
who may pick up this slip of paper, is re:peetfully re-
quested to forward it imnaedb.trAy (p:r post) to the tic -
cretary at tho Admiralty, London, ttiting the time and
where f)rind.—Found at— on 1850.
It Laving been reported that some of the Midland
officials have hecn ' bearing" the stock to the extent
of 40,C00/., we undors'and the shareholders Lave called
for tv ynve6tig-aticr. Mr. Ellis has been v;l.:.tcri to on
the 8,1 oi.,ct.—threpetl:4 Journal.
't E•ii E• A 7. !Y o EAD ~lAlLwAy.—Traf:c for
t 1; . wac'z o•r,Jed 1550:—C unl 11. Main Line,
9981. si. 3d.; .Mold, 711. 6e. id.; steam-boats, 694
161. 91—T041, 4,094 Bs, id.

LITERATURE. ,
TILE
,PETREL; or Love on the Ocean. A
Tale of the Sea. By a Naval Officer. 3 V.°`18.
Novels are divided into almost innumerable clogs'
eachA has its especial and its general admirersi
Paineng them all the navel novel holds a Arpin
ivend
place in the estimation of the general reader, an
nibers a large multitude of peculiar admirer!.
There is something fascinating in the theme en
takes.us awhile from the narrow circuit of ordinallo
55,,seciations to lead us "o'er the glad waters of t'
very orb
,ark blue sea." There is something in the
ganization of the little world on board shiP land.wbic
possesses a charm for the most unsailerlike _
r,lubber. Even he "whose soul would sickea
con:0
ricer the bounding wave," if actually
r.nied to voyage thereon, delights in imaginatialits
svancer "far as the breeze can ' hear the
billows foam," and in fancy to dare the perils 0 f
jki 1 1
hurricane, or face the boarders of the enelnk• re a
who are desirous of such • adventures have PeDbe
tglorious opportunity for encountering their. . its
I,s namesake, the Petrel of this narrative Puratte'
of
form way undaunted by elemental strife :of
defiant of mortal foes. At the opening of the firs
these three volumes, we learn that-
, ( ", •
ahe little Petrel bad been suddenly disPatchelrball
the Commodore of a cruizing squadron in the Ida tile;
.Ocean,r. b search the Mozambique Channel, $O.OlO
rumour
bir slag° to the northward of it, for pirates, A `deTed
anmour having reached that officer of vessels Pinnh die-
and crews maltreated in those seas ; and, thelig-,:tbal
t, , believing the report, he felt it his duty to considei thst
route, which
East Indiamon frequently tt,,,,,/c,
~ffir,c,d which circumstance being generally nit&
a powerful temptstion to marauders. Orarmisy
Petrel, therefore, towards the close of se eruize c'lit— ^ll
mentha' duration, was hastily completed with e'" 6' r
from the,irlaed
provisions and stale remainder biscuit f
ships of the squadron, it being presumed that of "s",r,ist
fresh provisions, of he th of which she stood 'ant bet
need, might be rca lily pr.-:cured in many parts - i.
extensive route." °what
Thus provided the Petrel sets out on her s°n3r:otaill
perilous enterpriee. She is commanded by 'fic; bis
Daunten, a man eminently well qualified: i'l and
responsible position. His nobility of art-a
'Oh,
kindliness of heart are manifested on marl c'e,,--,,stilr of
onh.s none more beautifully than in the closing bony
ist career. Herbert, the first lieutenant of the Petrel,
- the hero of the story, and the gentle l'lnrabi a its
is the heroine. Of their history, which .gives
it/
second title to the novel, we shall only 53Y -men
b sentimental interest is not diminished, but angcTioe-
y the very natural and in nowise exaggerate,,,tbert
nor in which the various feelings of the father, t-which
and daughter are described. The sesenneoredpiinsoaaristloifve: i" sarsill'i
tne trembling Mrs. Darcie confides I%:ie in $
secret to her Lava does not read like
Andnovel ; it rather resembles an event in
to say this is to express no mean conullell and by
th The various perils encountered by the Petrel! vork•
~,e., other vessels incidentally mentioned in thistrestife
.e described in a very interesting and ied-nt ta°
manner ; and necessarily so, for it will be ev, 'hie.'
all who turn over these aces that the hre""t'is fele
planned the intricacies of the n ' 'cal maeca3sTrelalle 54
eleciibed has before now executedaul. siteilart-„1: the
in imagiration but in reality. Such a surall'e
correct'—
win be
dtoiri
part of the readers of the "Petrel"
for we believe that the "Naval Officer" alludned a At
the title-page is Admiral Fisher, who conies teo the
the blockade of Alt.xandria in 1840. In ad,d'a-pil es till
peculiar interest attached to the nautiosl •—rici, en'
sketce terot
seli,eious characters described are happily
a hough the story is not one of very intenseAlri,ervel
itis a pleasing narrative, agreeably told, an`WebAa
rnweal.rlirteodisnotirnoeduce a variety of sea advenlnree'e,'ng th°
eitshcriiiulle siiiiagolst
passages for extract, one
vid.
striking of the ship upon a coral reef,
exeeption, perhaps, of a severe earthquake's th,esa he
. alarming and perplexing sensation theprial de'
,nenral. gi,
ri
inoend
o; '
f',
aa nrd)nrarnro,tvheersn,
ocpoonftraoinnrieganavvioPt(iplvset's'o-1 :I;
an eit'o,o6
tastroehe
e (Vol. 111, page 214), but
compels us to omit them. The stratagem, of a
pirates .in luring their enemy within rang-iv:bell
noavy gun concealed on th., shore, at a nical'eenes gol
rttreat was impereible, and the subseclll`- or°
'entry of Herbert and death of Patint°n'tightli
tbow,,ch
admirably narrated. Many truth
are to be found in the prises of the 64 Petrel° ;rig
will repay the reader for the time spent in sellearetica,!
l'or them. There is one which is full of P—a, al'
wisdom ; alluding to a man who, "blase
points,l3,l)-
, felt even luxury a bore," it is observelerate
' The cup of true enjoyment is but °f 1-1!° core,
capacity, and he who tries to force there'l, ats'
than it is calculated to hold, because 11,1_5,1-e:015
blindness sees not its limit 7, only wastes the 1'
fluid."

Part ELIZA COOK'S JOURNAL. -.al; oopofrf,
Another instalment of this clever 311`' :Ore."
periodical serves to confirm our favourable ye
slot' of its merits, while it tends also to develnrof it`
more strikingly than heretofore the capabilitlesnrile;
gifted editor for the conduct of such an enterr,sP
Eliza Cook is manifestly sustained in the labrl",silii
responsibilities devolving upon her, in connellyth'
the management of her weekly miscellany'
.0 0,
flection that her success has been already " Al'
tinguished and that her work is alresd.Ysc soooe
advanced. Asa journalist she evidences 3 C°'„
nd foils
ness ef being no longer a novice : her be-rosio
ieto the movements of its new exercise with in_emee
facility ; her having entered upon a second v°o(les
manifested quite as distinctly by the rooreiloied
tone of the different effusions, as it is Pr°e'stell'en,so‘
so many words by the mere business adver-ttoed to
the close of each number, too, we are gibe
.us to
observe that she still continues giving ".-edialf.„-,
column of "Diamond Dust"—thereby
each part a kind of fringe or tassel of ,-ojlecrett
Several of the sententious sentences i;te
under that appropriate heading are rep-lit
Wltb
a world of meaning, and others are fravg r the'
the ineffable graces of poetry. Altogeitibnez t„
evidence a large and most appreciative reaue:Onde;e
her rhythmical contributions the editor:is s'l As ego
tigable ; and, needless to say, her verses are da/
marked by an incontestable ability. Geoin'lleocbls,
agreeable are her verses on " Receivicg d esb' W
[leather, Gorse, and Fern ;" consoling unveioirrrri
rating are those entitled, " There's a Silcer it'At
Every Cloud ;' felicitous are the lines headed'ir, Per
Again"—being rhymes for young res",e tbis Pwre
thesweetesnd best of all her contributiolls
tion of less c ate
r journal—to our thinking, rice,
the stenzss addressed to C. C., in Alne-tee
commemorative "Our Rambles by -nto, P,tif‘
Besides her own charming poetic fragroett, ot,Peir
Cock graces the pages of her miscellany v:coptin'tire
of various merit from the pens of different et fetter,'
tors. Some of these are really excellent,_..'iateal
est •
scarcely comparable to the prose pape.rF, fo.fiffs.
selected. Among the latter we recogn''S,, 'AFete
ample, our old favourite, poor Torn rciteco .
Peck's Pudding." Stories, essays, and ot psboi:
laneous articles alternate throughout nttises ifntel.
which are sprinkled also with critical i'reeP,s;fsil
cative of considerable taste and actuneu °flsseek".elf;
the reviewer. The work altogether can 'eestion:ge'
to impart as much instruction as it Ogl snag
affords entertainment. Under the adrnirsbool!.:o.
meat of its celebrated editor, it is still cr e
rolise
hitherto with materials for information or $.
110 S.
THE HAND-BOOK OF GA- for t
oi,
Mr. Bonn's very excellent "
most part, present us with new and cheali before,,
if
already popular works. The volugle,..rerfit it.
which forms part of the " Scientific °rig b_tvole,.
however, not only to some extent a new to &moot
is almost unique of its kind. It professes
" the most complete directions for plaYinftsh Puente
skill and science yet presented to the Exgeiti,ell'isi,
Its great predecessor, Hoyle," says the adv 0004 se
" fur more than half
.a century the 001.1.' et 00OP
has now become obsolete or ituPef .1 eect,'
spect to several of the princlP- too' ties'
and more likely to mislead theca prtiebeest,
The want of a comprehensive ondont,ll tv
manual of this description having frecl:reiriedj
deter are
pressed on the publisher, he de, ses ' wit
undertake it, and confided the task
~"'begint3 "fet!r
Carleton." The " Hand-book of Games iutnee (le
consideration of Whist, which is divide of t' The
parts. Three of these are revised editions Iles' the
hsPe
rections of Hoyle, Matthews, and Des,° eietoo',ol9:
fourth is an original treatise by Mr. 01410 e
article on whist fills nearly two bunote direoftet
printed pages ; hence the minuteness odritte,
.tiojer
may be easily surmised. Piquet, Qun„weetf 51006
Vingt- un,Rouge- et-noir, and more than 1110 teller
games are described with interesting Vatic° 1300.1/39
es •
also Backgammon, Draughts, Billiards Linea
and American Bowls. Chess is not 0040 One+
list. It is hardly necessary to do naoreewasteellioe
rate. the contents of the " Hand-book c"the e%crgthe
cannot fail to find a welcome wherever
effect of games of skill and science in
esgePeliee es!
intellect and giving exercise to the
_".. sea!
ties is duly eppreciated. The publisuielrectiot?!e
in the adyertieen:ent, that the various_
etent J
aptea
been submitted to numerous eill) beg 0461
volutuhe ~,e pre :,19,
f 011
passing through c,
Ivo c it
nearlyalidhe
twofurt further
years
adds that that this
has occasioned a very considerable ()131` 1,10 401.10
circumstance by no means surprising
sider the abundant and valuable. Li,eo ujetefe.
contains, and when we bear in mind t", and seat,'
references, examinations, cogita
5115.,reseet. Att
tions required to bring it to
_I!, Ire or ;ye
et.
appen.rutborsiocrorees
The chapters on Whist, we are tolsd.
elcobtesel:lo9otbeo
while at press, to several distinguLn i 0 con of., of;d
altheug 'eo 50003 e
andlllr. Inßaoil?n' enloatiemsshafvoer been
himself
article on Billiards, which he sayF,L., bas Deeoai,
from Mr. White's celebrated t, hire in 01;"ee
tensively n'aered and correctea
He has re t 0
almost a new trcatife.
several 110
piling it, the assistance OinZurstant
players, and Also of AJr•

fur his billiard and bagatelle tables. Mr. Bohn's
Spirit of enterprise deserves . support, and we
"'WY wish him success.— Another volume
o the Sci
des enti
If fic Library contains a trsnsiation of
an
" Aspects of Nature," ornamented with
a., beautiful coloured engraving and a fac-Simile of
Ilareboldt's writing, taken from a letter addressed by
the Baron to to the publisher. In this letter he very
begs
ar the- reader to overlook the oblique and
character of his handwriting, for he has
an bras
America malade since his voyage to the forests of
,

ZICIIIIVS ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY.—
p LobGE'S PORTRAITS. Vol. IV. b 'avillg already tor than once commended this very
..eautiful edition of an excellent work, it will be sufficient
for
us now to announce the publication of the fourth
4";llne, Which contains thirty beautifully engraved,
,4" ' 8 many well-written, " Portraits." The greater
dlntiber of these portraits are from the hand cf Van-
lee, lni some of them have been engraved with
marvellous excellence. In this respect this fourth
it .worth
iS superior to its predecessors—in this respect,
oti!s IYOIIII double or treble its actual price. Among
tileeir', ,the portraits of James Duke of llqinilton,
ar' of
S'r Surrey, the E irl of Holland, Charles 1.,
othearfrord, ad, Mon troe, Gord.,,n, I'Llkland, and
3 are most admirable.

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TIIE ivi.ii.- Olt, ink, T
r. «'elir ENTERTAINMENTS.
1) O. RICAL
Le ,are heartily glad to he able to announce that
0111 aY next these entertainments will be cot:11.- 4;4"d. The spirit in which they will be main-
last()4l accords with the taste displayed and developed
bef ore Yeab e subjoin a copy of the Bill to be placed
"I' Itijesty and her visitors at Windsor :
ROYAL ENTERTAINLIENT.
Friday, Feb. 1,
11 er Uajesty's servantsßYwiell°3l:_trrol:m" at Windsor Castle, on
Jalim C 1850, Shakspere's tragedy of
JULIUS CASAR.
ost • ~'ar Mr. CHARLES FISHER
riarelt' rIIIS Caesar ..........
Mr. LEIGH MURRAY
u 3 A, :• • . lciN'
POpilia Ant ......... .. ...... Mr. CHARLES .
kare4 8114" (a Senator) Mr. HARRIS
~434_118, kirutus ..
pin. MACREADY
le-;4eai .. ............
Mr. JAMES WALLACR
TrebOrli ............ 1 (Conspirators Mr. COOPER
beejus US"' ...... against Mr. CATHCART
keteila " ... ....... Julius Ci.esar) Mr. CULLENFORD
Ciana 3 (limber
mr. CAULFIELD
~l'arial ..... . ~,...;,•••
).Mr. WORRELL
Sooo.h.s x°, Aritiulle) .•• ...... ... ...
erb aYer
ri„._..uus (Sevant to Antonius)
V4'r‘nl
roll, 8 (Filen Ito Brutus &Cassius) Mr. F. Coox e''
4461 Lucius
... } (Servants to'Brutus) 1 1111-rr.. isc)oEriGE WEBSTER
taert'it3i (Servant to Cassius)
Second c? 1 .................. .. Mr. RAY
Tt,ira
c. !tiz,,n
.......
.:
...... Mr. ADDISON
eaipti It!Zen ....... , .....
•••
• . Mr. CLARKE
l'orti-fiZI,, Fife t0....ri ................. Mrs- F. SAvii.ms
Ladies ,b. Ile to Brut US) ........... .
ICS 111 attendance on Calphurnia, Miss WOULDS and
Miss A. WOULDS.
Se.eze d Benators, Citizens Guards, Attendants, &c.
"tiling a great part Of the play, at Rome ; afterwards
Director Sardis, and near Philippi.
.............. Mr. CIIARLES KEAN
Assistant Director... Mr. GEORGE Bp.'s.
T4O theatre arranged and the scenery painted by
Mr. THOMAS GRIEVE.
..-
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TO Rutty -I, ANE THEATRE.
. %et , riged,
i ..ir of -Othello was repeated at this
fllolietu9etses thin evening with, if possible, more signalihe
1; un on the first evening of its revival. lco
frek ;8' excellent notice of last night's performance,
opihi " es, is in ;entire accordance with
r-
t6rin°ll6 which we expressed in vvitnessing t
.e pc t
kuryll..cia c'f Othello on the first night of its revival a
. ~ ane •
...1_
.......
°tit at".kanner in which Othello has been brought
tild ' this house
is so very creditable to the manager,.a
/4,4° relTiarkable in its character, that it melds
the
o,eelal notice than we were enabled to give on
eAr.asion of the first night.
ili til" isB
of
A.ddison's Desdemona is still fresh
ihe
styisilaillenl"r of the play-going public, as last year the 4 Yed alternately with Mrs. Charles Kean a
Itltar:sararejlaorittd•iy Lhehelarrgfeavtiamrensions of Druryc..-
, as she is To%
P"stic°‘ 41°re power than finish, and her strong
r ga the les' as, for instance, the appeal i
titeet°llor'hi. act, come out with very greatdr. B''l 0 -t"'110 was first played by Mr. Ail
.e
tliii,'". I!,tltthe oeoai•ion pea benefit which he took during
tint attract aye
management of Drury-lane, and
-al iatit-bleted respectful notice. The want of vanha.
B:rtslik,"44,deliverr, which has been particularly
tilaiast ,I,°' late years, militates in some degreeute
h'lgitit, "",,e effectiveness of his interpretation, but
.h.
-Re, -1.„164 dePortment which seems with him to be in 4,1,', which is one of his hest qualifications, is
trarke7'Y suited to the "noble" Moor, and the more
*ith - 38sitges of distress and rage are rendered
Ist,i. great ower. m
814 Then illany _r. Vandenhoft's Ingo is excel-
him
of the character is never obtruded
trust
' tho ender? it a wonder how any one can .
..
a ' bat .
of honesty is carefully
ore,
de
wh the mask
tof d the sieht of the other characters, a peculiarthe
Iludienee„Nlng confidence reveals the real man to
440 e.
;j,l'eral wneveri it is not only to the acting of the
'at rail', bllt to the general style of production,
r, ell,
°I4
I'l4
re
fer when we speak of the Drury-lanefelt
-n
.41 Pr 48
4 when
remarkable performance. Hay' g
1, evio,._ c .
41'. A,,,d" ° elisions that in point of min en scene
tritlntion tetriiss°rrie seemed to be behind his age, we gladly
vival as a symptom of a better state of
are T'. , knell of the scenery is new, the costumes
4(113(114) arid the mere circumstance that in the.l
atetoi; act Othello, hoo, and Cassio all appear
.it
thielal.) I°ll's an attention to details of decoration
fltsrlAti%nut be to highly commended. The re-
-1144Z lithe (t)efzhoec_haruacters o.f Bianca and the Clown
1, r llakspere is another good sign, for,
')f thlll.lll Lese may add but little to the effectiveness
Worke ',)'4,37, they show that an originating spirit is at
aa'el,, aU"ehill,,e t.11,e
cuipeningat Christmas we have never
sus
of wiecme symptoms of vitality within the
Old Drury:"

1,011% 0 2v.---
0 CONCERTS.
,I 1 i. , WEDNESDAY
good
Ilight,e -'l.leB of fifteen concerts caCmetoanycelroyse
kpr Nvitil a crowded attendance and last
• fraetratne. The
selection included
Eyles,soine pieces
a young
lin 4"4n 13 / • which Miss nore in the
ker , 0 ena, In
vol4,Air',
r‘c•)t much promise, obtained an,,en,,
thin.
non
1 ~u that I n vivr more might ee
twoC soprano
sotash• and Aire.
A. Newton
~„.„g• the
his
own
Airs 11_3(eeedingly well. Ernst . played., He was
*aeor ,u!zgrois and May seder's Air Vane.
nava
fst, th:',l
11
Alittbeorthh, but declined to repeat the former;
_villitiations. I`i
'1 substituted
i fantasias "
.e.
his
os-rhe of the Carmos 7
4 cl Arorn -1:. -Ihcrg gave
which
was rea
laanded. t.,(1,, the
termer
of t •
corn-
i ten air,
posed h
,-euriales sang swell--.vl'-
IP 4,.Ylulhrt Anchuez, withnil "and the
`lii '". L. Phillips—besides " the
was compelled
a violoncello\v obligate
tt,,,e37 or tiseay," the first of which he
Itiet Peat A solo on the flute, by
duet for flute
atki `_4:ith the same compliment ; and a
, mi.. may-
Mr. Richardson,
eaq°lstionet, between that gentleman and , Mr.
• ' ridelts warmly received. The new
of
oioFrodsharn, sang " Vivi tu'' and a couplegood
kiatill.d' •ik year or two in Italy, with
greata things
far Alt and diligent study, might
'lee e.l,l‘Pclsban3, who has a
singers
1tere.....) -,,,"18, wants experience. The other
a very
p!easidriog and capable
ttrecti 485 Poole Who was encored
d i'i
with the
kaia.. ballad of Walter May",l"--/ademoiselle
)11,ittl'etrle title
Of -Always with me ''
4Ceita f ' Who displayed much feeling' in
&c. The
ba ' r°lll. Der Freischutz : Mr. Land,
ad ,
cuted
thud, ' qader the d• • f• i r Anchuez, exe
' the grand
n` °vert direction o I,r
Z niPal and
Le
qteacti,itires to the Ruins of Athens,
Theprogramme
)vith v in give general satisfaction, but the encores,
.10rityet.Y. ievv exceptions, were distasteful to the 'Ba-
the
Ns I)erf•!kfter the concert " God save the Queen"
Nos, rs?rrned, the principal vocalists taking
Nvit4 he verse allotted to Herr Formes was sung
Nltt,,ceat Power and loudly applauded. The arrange
;bad „,,,;„' tht National Anthem,
,however,
differentwrath
VoiaeB\vi the changes of key (to suit the
413tet4li'l.4da.cin an effect by no means natural or
Thes '''
.wtnhhiecBll(' :tett4tlistEi te°4l3neesdtwa'o extra concerts ncerts, at the first ofr
a°}ll3) theitl°l"B wit?: tll43ex. violin concerto of menufietiz _
"'Ernst is to Play ,f0,u..-
thq • c°lltert b • e vic
d for the bene f
eUllnent p,r, be announce
41tIntr,
T 4
*4lol' LATE -CorEitTr.—The
late la of the
~, Innut ;ell bOWAGER'S
andPn
effects of her
dieposeetld ma3es'ileent furniture l'his arrat'ht Ptivately 4thme Qupewean of New Bond-street.
Dowage is about to be
%told the moo b - b Mr.
determinede on in order
thet
1 „11151iner in Ltite°avealeansne e 'of a public waction, and .
Z' 1011" "uieh the „'aie wit lzke effected is something
thews :"--An i. --
has been made of the
jaush; Park
one -,ventory
44 0-papk_r en 8 property at Marlborough-house,
''oen 6 ' and the Priory. The value of each article
kid, w. Zed :for thil With
ie. probate duty in the usual manner,
1144 estileate
il., tp the corivenie:t disposal osal of tie effects,
p d Pevery lot of fur-
l:tot 4., pliot, iil4,' teen
aP end
description of property
Thertbou linen otherts
0„
tittio:.. willede
uu ,handbeques t
but priya•e Inv,
her late Majesty..
° Public admission,
Tuesday
Itekt_ 4 hkie been iss ed Mr. Owen
for
h house
Itill'e6l3a which davuth' by l at Marlboroug h- house
!IrettitY ofttlbt4tica• The ---e
sat; arils a lArge queries
°1 N. 'etY 2uperb furttr, upwards of 20,000 o.usn9ea
I,claha a bentitiful collection of Sevres and Die el
to
ltA;"),511d the usual eTects of a mansion devoted
-4tin— • 'heievveller will not be sold, the late Queers-
tlaettk di
of th'l portion of her property by be
-
8'01: at° various friend's and dependents. We understand
t,lll'ol:44ia'ions are in pre re-s the result of which will
•Qiuq,-,31 be tho purchase gcf 'the effects contained in
o„'ouile by her Nlttjesty the gucen.
4,l`'utc•rtort TO A tiStIOPRIC --The Rev. Dr. Dull,
wu 4°l Chris' Church . •asked it lit.
444 1. 1 ,
o:dird, being .
thtit he 1.,e to have the bishopric of that sc.:, 1,•i" "1
~, _
41.43141 0f."5.(1 but One objection t) it, which w,s, th 11-
"1114 betilUng his use,
as at present, John Bull, he
-Seci W 144 j 944 Oxpia,....l'aspin.

MISS CIJSIIMAN

% I BROADWAY THEATRE.-This- distinguished Ame-
ricsiii actress is paying a farewell engagement at the
• Broadway, preparatory to a lengthened visit to the
southern and western Stites. Her reception has
been as warm as that accorded to her on her last visit
to New York.
The species of antagonistic criticism exercised
upon Miss Cushman has induced us to watch her
performances with increased scrutiny during her
present engagement; for we confess to being mong
those who would accord to this gifted woman the
fullest extent of genius and artistic talent, cordially
awarded to her by the ablest critics in England and
this country. And in carrying out our observation,
we find nothing to warrant us in adopting a " sober
second thought" contrary to the opinion we formed
on witnessing her first performances on her re-ap-
pearaece among us. We hold her to be unques-
tionably one L f the greatest actresses of our times,
and especially do we conceive her to be one of the
ablest illustrators of that peculiar school of acting,
which, taking its impress from our days, bids fair to
become the standard on which acting as an art will
hereafter be modelled. The acting of 3stiss'eusliman
is without dispute a veritable embodiment of the mo-
dern littral or real school of histrionic art, as con-
trasted with the ideal, in which may be comprised
the classical and the romantic. This modern school
is the growth of our practical age, which is alike
stamping its brand on every department of literature,
science, and art, and is consequently moulding the
minds of men to the strictly practical and real. The
drama, which is the most secular of all poetry, could
not fail of receiving a large infusion of the liberal
spirit of the age; and the players, who are " but the
brief abstracts and chronicles of the times,"- would
be sure to adapt themselves to the prevailing tone of
society. But actors, as a class, from their prejudices
and conventionalisms, are ultra-conservatives; they
eschew reform and •cling to existing evil., with un-
yielding tenacity. A few daring spirits, ." finely
touched," have occasionally appeared on the theatri
cal horizon, who sought to bring acting nearer to
nature and reality ; and their influence, although
limited, has been salutary. But in their day they
had to pass through the furnace of opposition, and were
branded as " heretics," by the old established leaders
of long cherished conventional usages. Quin de-
nounced Garrick as an innovator, and denied all faith
in his delivery of language, because it lacked the ac-
customed &age "tang. Cooke was pronounced coarse,
ungainly, and tuaclassical—by the admirers of the
finished Kernble school; and the elder Kean, by.the

same infallible authorities, was dubbed a harlequin
a mountebank, and a ranter. •
Miss Cushman has ventured on the real and literal

in acting. She follows out the principles of the great
disciples of this school, Rachel, Bonne, and others of
the class ; and converting her personifications—not
into ideal sublimities ef human nature, harmonized
into a species of deification, but into flesh and blood
realities, she gives tangible, practical, and readily
understood interpretations of her author's language,
and this too without conventional regard to rhythm
and melody, so strenuously insisted upon, as, being
the inseparable adjuncts of stage delivery. Sound,
or the " stage tang," is wholly set at defiance, when
its adoption would interfere with the due rendering
of the sense ; and hence her marvellous power of
bringing home to the perceptions of an auditory
the true meaning of language. She appears to
anatomise every word, nay, every syllable she
utters, with a power almost electric, when an
accented stress is necessary to convey a great
thought. Her acting is consequently always sugges-
tive. Let any intelligent spectator contrast her
method of delivery with that of the actors surrounding
her, and the full force of our remarks will become
palpably apparent. Her action, bye-play, and the
so-called business of the stage, are also modelled
after this literal and real school ; and to this joint
combination we are indebted for the realities of her
Meg Merrillies, her marvellously real Lady Macbeth,
and her life-like embodiments of Rosalind, Beatrice,
and Julia. To the same causes we presume she is
indebted for her reputation in Romeo, and characters
of that class.

Thia adoption of the real, in preference to the ideal
in acting, we know is open to argument. It is con-
sulered a desecration of histrionic art thus to reduce

it to the mere literal. The very illusion of the
drama, it is contended, is sacrificed by bringing it
down to the real. • But in an age when everything is
imbued with the practical, this position is un-
tenable. At the period when the bar, the pulpit,
and the senate have discarded the factitious
" graces of the schools," and are compelled to be
earnest and real, to secure the suffrages of
their auditors, the stage cannot expect to main-
tain its ascendancy by speaking a language foreign
to the appreciative powers, and contrary to the taste
of the people. Why even opera is no longer the
vehicle of harmonies alone, and unmeaning sounds.
It is the lyric drama ; its professors must be able to
embody passions, feelings, and emotions, and must
interpret the conception of the master, or they will
fail in their vocation.

Nay, further, what is called this boasted ideal, as
applied to acting ? Is not the true use of acting to
hold " the mirror up to nature," with just so much,
perhaps, of the ideal to render it agreeable and strik
ing, as the painter employs to throw a chlrm around
pictorial art. The literal school of acting, of which
Miss Cushman is so able an illustrator, does this. As

the painter is compelled to examine and dissect the
minutest particularities of nature, animate or inani-
mate, so does the actor of the real analyse the hu-
man mind, lay bare its inmost recesses, and imitate
its palpable and actual developments, heightening and
colouring each particular phase to suit it for public
display, or he resembles the orator, increasing
the force of his conversational tones to arrest the
attention of his hearers, and give expression to his
thoughts. Will the most strenuous advocate of the
ideal in acting avow that the customary stage decla-
mation, with its conventional tones and mechanical
and recurring cadences, is a transcript of real life ?
Do the pompous and stilted style of action, and the
stereotyped trickeries of the stage, look in any way
like true reflexes of nature ? Are they not weariness
to behold, ridiculous and offensive in the eyes of in-

telligent spectators ?
As models for professional orators, or as subjects
for imitation in social life, they are utterly false and
valueless. And yet such is the influence of the
stage, in all communities, that it becomes a-model on
these points. These evident defects of the ideal
School of acting are sufficient to make every intelli•
gent playgoer bail the advent of the present stage
reform, and give his cordial and hearty support to
Miss Cushman, for the very able and powerful expo-
sition of the one that she has so wisely adopted.
/V ew York Albion, Dec. 29, 1849.

DEATH OF MADAME GRASSINI.
Madame Grassing, one of the most celebrated Ita-

Tian singers, and the most beautiful woman, of her day,
died lately at Milan, at the advanced age of 75. Few
of her profession ever boasted of a career so long and
so brilliant as hers. In Italy, France, Germany, and
England, she achieved for herself the highest reputa-
tion, and for many years ruled in undisputed possess
sion of the throne of song. She was horn at Varese,
in Lombardy, in 1775. From her earliest age she
displayed an extraordinary aptitude and predilection
for music. Struck with these manifestations, and the
singular beauty of her voice, General Belgiojoso un-
dertook the charge of her education. The progress
of the young cantatrice surpassed the must ar-
dent expectations of her patron. Mdlle. Grassini
became an accomplished singer at an age when other
candidates for the profession are in their novitiate.
She made her debut at La Scala, in Milan, in 1794.
She sang with Mnrchisi, and the tenor Lazzarini, in
the Artaserse of Zingarelli ; and in the De2nofonte of
Portogallo. She was overwhelmed with ap-
plauses, and the beauty, power, and quality
of her voice produced an immense effect. Her lower
notes were more especially admired. Madame Gras-
sini's voice was, in fact, a contralto, but, like Mali-
bran, she had worked it up into the soprano register.
From the moment of her first appearance Mdlle.
Grassini created an unprecedented sensation, which
soon spread throughout all Italy. Her journey to
Venice, to Naples, to Rome, was marked by a series
of triumphs. Recalled to Milan in 1796, she sung
with Crescentini in Zingarelli's Romeo e Gizdietto,
and excited the utmost enthusiasm. The following
year she appeared at Venice, at the La Fenice
Theatre, where she played Orazia in Cimarosa's opera
Gli Orazi e Curiazi. Again she awakened the same
furore, each performance confirming more and more
the fiat of public opinion. Shortly afterwards she
returned to Naples, and performed during the fetes
which were given on the occasion of the marriage of
the hereditary prince. In 1800 we again find Mdlle.
Grassini singing in Milan, at the Scala. After the
battle of Marengo she was heard at a concert in pre-
sence of Napoleon, then First Consul. Napoleon
was in raptures with her, and took her to Paris. On
the 22d of July, in the same year, she assisted at the
grand national festival celebrated at the Champ de
Mars, at which 800 musicians performed. At this
period her voice had attained all its power, and was
in full possession of its freshness and beauty. The
sensationd she created, accordieg to the critics of the
to London, perfectly indescribable. In 1803 she came
At this time Mrs.
ili3.:ihllingtots.
don, and was engaged
was
at thethe
reigningK n King's Theatre.
favou-
rite
the first time at 6t'lle Italian Opera with the En She had dbeubtu
atedshoforrt
the
sit
ait I:v)ievle
u.
sv
non previous to
teti
"loot
oGwlirletadi suscio:
nse rtavs
,pup,
uue
tart2,rndtaie7l appearance; andwhich
o preceded
rtrioeytene
the other, expectation xv to the highest
pitch. Bet expectation, us
as italway'ps
Grassini did not move
is, was some-
how disappointed. Madame
r 3. An
from
Napoleon, then Driperor, in 1804 or 1805,
a
Madame Grassini to Paris. Specially attached to °
the theatre and the concerts of the court, the sang

for several years with Crescentini, Brizzi, Tacchi-
nardi, and Madame Peer. Paer wrote the Didone
expressly for her, in which her acting has been repre-
sented as equally fine with her singing. Madame
Grassini, it is said, made a veritable creation of this
character, which was pronounced a chef d ceuvre, as
well for dramatic force and expression, as for the pc r.
fection of style and vccelisation. The nil of Napc-
ieon lost to Madame Grassini all the brilliant advan-
tages she possessed at the court. But her voice no
longer retained its freshness and purity, and she
could not seek elsewhere to establish a new reign of
power and absolutism. She left Paris for Italy,
where she sang nr sointi years, and then retired into
private life. Musical World.

LECTURE on SLEEP, SUSPENDED
ANIMATION, AND DEATH.

The sixth lecture of this course, at the Royal In-
stitution, was delivered on Friday evening last, by
Mr. Thomas Turner. The lecturer said, that when
a person was in a state of catalepsy, a very little fur-
ther advance would cause the individual to pass from
time to eternity. Catalepsy usually began suddenly,
and the duration of the disease was uncertain ; it had
been known to continue for a day or two, but he
believed there were no well-authenticated instances
of its being extended over many days. One remark-
able phenomenon in this state was that the muscles
remained in a very flexible state; and that in what-
ever position the arm, the hand, or the body itself,
was placed, in that it would remain. In catalepsy,
we had the suspension of the visible evidences of
life manifested to the greatest extent to which they
could possibly be carried, without their terminating
in death. In treating of the subject of death, he
should endeavour to divest it of many of those terrors
which might be associated with it, and consider it in
its philosophical, physiological, and moral point of
view. In the language of their syllabus, molecular
death was the necessary accompaniment of life—
general death was the necessary consequence of life.
Every minute that we live there was a waste and a
decay, and death took place in the body. There was
more mystery, more wisdom manifested in the little
things that escapei our attention, than in all the
great things we observed. We talked of man, and
we considered him in reference to his bones, his
muscles, his joints, his organs of digestion, circula-
tion, respiration, and powers. of thought ; but if we
looked into the minute atoms of which man was
formed, we-should know that it was in those little
cells that all the active operareane of life were carried
on—that each cell was an individual organism, and
bad its own means of supply and waste—that its
existence was ephemeral—that it was formed, per-
formed its office, died, and passed away. It was
through the medium of those eens that the food taken
into the body was converted into blood—that the dif-
ferent solids and fluids of the boO'y were formed—that
nutrition was accomplished, the energy of the senses
maintained, and the powers of the mind manifested. The
death of those molecules or cells., or of the elements of
which they were formed, would soon draw in general
death. Supply and life were the two essential con•
ditions of active life; and in order that health and
life should be maintained, there met be a balance
betwixt the two. Age made a distinction. In the
child, the supply exceeds the -waste, because the exi-
gencies of growth and nutrition had to be accom
plished. In the old man the waste exceeded the
supply, and he died from inanition, if not from dis-
eare. If the supply were withheld, the body became
emaciated, the cheeks hollow, the eyes sunken, the
face pallid, the skin cold, as. that of a corpse ; the
person became pulseless, and the breath was slow,
giving no more than an indica ton of life ; the brain
became demented, there was an indifference as to life

or death; and in that state the individual died. In
a case of mesentric disease, food was taken abundantly,
and digested, chyle was formed, but its passage to the
blood was dammed up.; there was an insurmountable
barrier beyond which it could not go, and, therefore,
it could not afford any nutriment. The child ulti-
mately died of inanition, all the soft parts being ab-
sorbed to nourish the body. Inanition was the cause
of death in old age, when disease did not ter-

minate death. It was not tbat food was not copiously
taken, but the stomach was worn out, and refused to
perform its office of digestion. Even if the food
were perfectly assimilated, the heart, from age and
change of texture, might be incapable of transmitting
the blood to the cells, and to the capillary extremi-
ties of the vessels. Respiration. was not carried on

with the energy necessary to maintain the tempera-
ture of the body, the blood became impoverished, and
did not furnish the nutriment w Mich the system de-
manded ; and thus it went on, until all the organs re-
fused to act. During this time the system lived upon
itself, like a hybernating tree, the vessels of the body
lived upon its deposited fluids and solids, and even
the animal matter contained in the bones was absorbed,
until they lost all their elasticity, and became brittle
as glass. The individual at length succumbed to
death, almost without a straggle. Disease, as
arising from defective supply, or from the molecules
falling into a state of decay, would bring on general
death. Death, as arising from molecular decay,
might well be divided into natural and
morbid. Natural molecular decay was that
which took place necessarily, and had for
its object the removal of the effete and done-
with matter, which, if they ramai ned, would be not
only useless but injurious to the animal economy. In
the morbid state, disease began in the molecules,
before there was any indication of general death ; but
it crept on until it involved the brain, the lungs, and
the heart, the great triumvirate for sustaining mental
and organic life. When it was seen how all parts of
the human organism were knit together by the sym-
pathy of nerves, vessels, and other things, it was
scarcely possible to suppose that one 'part could die,
or be affected, without involving the whole. But
'ook to the reparative power of nature. There was
inherent in living matter, a povi•er of repair of which
medical men availed themselves----if they assisted it,
that practice was, when permitted, successful ; if they
thwarted it, it was an egregious mistake, and the pa-.
tient paid the penalty. This power resisted disease
and repaired accident. It was inherent in the tree,
and in animals as well as in ourselves, and there-
foie, it was a gift for preservation. Mr.
Turner then referred to, and explained' at some
length, a diagram, as well as a cast of the human
brain, in order to show the infiuence of the brain up-
on organic life, and the independence of organic life,
to a certain extent, of the brain. The relative de-
pendence upon the brain was this : That if we
withdrew the will from respiration, it would fail to
effect its purposes—it would not perform the offices
which it was intended to perform, and which we
knew it to perform Will was necessary, in con-
nexion with respiration, for spee6h, for in speaking
we had a control over respiration ; but there was
also the involuntary power of respiration, such as
was manifested by our breathing during sleep, which
fulfilled important purposes in connexion with ani-
mal life. if we were to abate or cut away the dif-
ferent portions of the nervous system, of which he
had before spoken, all the mental powers would be
gone—there would be no will, no sensation, no feel-
ing, no indication of the existence of mental life; and
thus, by the separation of one part from the other,
we could separate the mind from the body, so far as
it could be done, in reference to the nervous system.
There was a similarity in the case of dying—for the
mind died before the body.—Manchester Guardian.

UNIVERSITY IN TELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, JAN. 30.
• JESUS COLLEGE.—A scholarship belonging to one
of the six counties of North Wale!, and of the en-
dowment of Oliver Lloyd, Doctor of Divinity, ac-
cording to the donation of the benefactor, to be nomi-
nated by the heirs of his family, being vacant, the
Principal and Fellows have fixed Monday, the 18th
of February next, for the election of a proper person
into the vacant place.
The Boden Professor of Sanscrit (Mr. H. H. Wil-
son), will commence his lectures at the Clarendon on
Monday, the 11th of February, at two o'clock.
Two elementary Hebrew classes will be formed
during the present term. The first is intended for such
as are just beginning the language ; the second, fir
those who require instruction in the higher parts of
Hebrew grammar.
Those who wish to attend the elementary lectures
are requested tc call on the ttev. R. Gandell, M.A.,
Magdalen Hall, on Friday, the Ist of February, be-
tween the hours of two and three.
Christ Church, Jan. 30.

CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 30.
The Professor of Mineralogy has given notice that
his lectures will commence on Thursday, Feb. 7.
These lectures will be given ou 'Mondays, Tues-
days, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, from two
to three, in the Mineralogical Museum, under the west
end of the new library.
Gentlemen who attend these lectures with the in-
tention of obtaining the professor's certificate, which
by grace of the Senate (Oct. 31, 1848) is now re-
quired under certain conditions for the degrees of
B A., honorary M.A ~ and 8.C.L., must be provided
with the professional lecture ticket, for which they arc
requested to apply to the registrary, or to their college
tutor.

Gentlemen who do not require the certificate are
admitted gratis.

NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT

RACES.

Earl Spencer, the sttnch and liberal supporter of these
well-conducted niece, has suggested a new stake for the
second day of the ensuing meeting, to which bis Lord-
ship will add 1001. It will he a handicap of 20 80WF.
°Deb, h ft, f.,r three yrs old and upwards. To enter on
the i s of March, the wcif4lits to be published on the
ro, end ferf- its en tti2., 2dth. There is every prospect
of this being one of the most brilliant meetings ever held
at Northampton.