The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-04 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, MARCH 1.-The Chamber of Representatives, in
its sitting yesterday, adopted several projects of law of purely
local interest, and received many applications for acts of na-
turalisation, all of which were taken into consideration.
A journal of our city says that the Bank of Antwerp (a
branch of the General Society) has resolved not to lend on
Belgian funds. We are enabled to affirm that this is a mis-
take. We believe we may assert that the General Society
did not make advances in Belgian funds either at Brussels or
Antwerp, but that sometimes, as an exception, it received pub-
lic
funds and shares as representing a second signature on
papers (f ffects), which, according to the statute, ought to
have them.

Of late this faculty has been abused, to procure means of
exporting to London gold coin (ten florin pieces) which was
attended with some profit, the exchanges on London having
risen to 25f. 80c. _ _ _

The General Society, which has always endeavoured to
prevent the exportation of coin, has judged it necessary to
take effectual measures to prevent the exportation of gold, a
large quantity of Ichick had already been sent to London.
This measure has had the good effect of obliging the specula-
tors to go to Amsterdam to purchase ten florin pieces to a
considerable amount, for which they had to pay an agio of
per cent.
BELGIAN FUNDS.—Barsms, Mend' 1.
Actual Debt, 214 per Cent .....
Pothschild's Loan, Five per Cent
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent - gg%
Ditto Three per Cent.............. . • • • • • ••
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto 77
Ditto, ditto, 1840 • 103!.6
Ditto, ditto, 1844 . • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 102
Ditto of the City, 1843
Ditto, 1832 • • ...•• • • •
Bank of Belgium •• • ••••• • • • • •
—Brussels Papers. March 2.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
Stocks closed firmly to-day. Consols, 991 to par for
Money, and 100 to 1 for Account. Exchequer bills have
been 625. to 643. premium, and the New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. were 104 to 1.
The Foreign Bonds were quoted, 28t 1 for Spanish
Five p,r Cents., 40i for the Three per Cents, 90k for
Danish, 62 for Portugese Converted, and 63i for
Dutch Two-and-a-halt per Cents. -
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings were I ;
Caledonian, 2g ; Cambridge and Lincoln, ; Chiches-
t, r and Brighton, 11 ; Churnet Valley, 31 to 4 ; Corn-
wall, 2 ; Eastern Counties, 3+ ; Ely and Bedford, ;
Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Extension, 41 ;
Guildford and Portsmouth, 21 ; Hull and Selby, 37 ;
ditto, Ilalf, 15 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 19 ; Brighton,
142 1 ; Croydon, 5 ; South Western, 381- • London and
York, 5} ; Lynn and Ely, 21 ; Midland, 28 ; Rugby
and Tring, 21 ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 2/ •
South Devon, 61 ; South Eastern, 9i ; Staines and
Richmond, 1 ; South Wales, 3 ; Waterford and Kil-
kenny, 2to 14 ; West Cornwall, 3 ; Selby, 451 ; Bou-
logne and Amiens, 8; Bordeaux and Cette, 1 ; Dieppe
and Paris, 1 ; Great Northern of France, 21 ; Lyons
and Avignon, 1 ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 71 ; Paris and
Lyons, 11 ; Paris and Rouen, 24i ; Rouen and Havre,
17 ; and Tours and . Nantes, 1i premium. Blackwall
have been 9, and Strasburg and Bale, 1 discount.
The Foreign Exchanges generally were very firm this
afternoon.
The following is the official return of the exports of
Bullion from the Port of London for the week ending
Thursday last : Silver coin to Hong-Kong, 4,000 oz.
_ _

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
There was a large business done in Cotton at Liverpool
yesterday. Sales 12,000 bales, including 4,000 on speculation.
The market was very firm, and in some instance lAd. per lb.
higher.—There was a good business dcne in Shares, and
generally at improving rates. Birmingham and Del by, 961;
Birmingham and Gloucester, 1341: Caledonian, 7% 1-16;
373/4; Chester and
Cambridge and Lincoln, 31,4:Yi ;
Holyhead, 814 ;
tual, 51. 13s. 4d. ; Edinburgh and
cC hh
Easternue srtneer t andc\o,ua
Inßi
et Birkenhead, e6npilier%apda:
Lan-
caster Ditto and Greenock, 15% ;
;le gra o wa i
Junction,
Quarterncti
Carlisle,o i Shares,2 21
34; ; 15
Dittor
e;
Great Western, 177;
Liver-
poolLan-
and Manchester, 206 and Preston, 52 ; ;
London and Birmingham, Quar-
ter Shares, 29 ; Ditto and Brighton, 641/2 66 ; Ditto and
York, 7 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 66 ; Ditto and Leeds,
1421/4 ; Ditto, Half, 92%; Midland Counties, 127%; Ditto,
401. -Shares, 8% ; Northßritish, Thirds, 3; Preston and
Wyre, 2514 !4, ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 614 ;
South-Eastern, 4214 ;
Ditto, No. 2, 11% %; Trent Valley,
20% ; Lyons and Avignon, 545. ; Paris and Rouen, 43%;
Bordeaux and Toulouse, 2% ; Boulougne and Amiens,
91. Is. 3d.; Northern of France, 6 64.
Much disappointment is expressed in the City at the many
delays that have occurred, and which are likely to occur in
the settlement of the Sugar Duties. It is thought, in practi-
cal circles, that Sir Robert Peel ought to have made himself
fully master of the subject as respects classification long be-
fore he brought forward the Tariff; as it is, losses will accrue
by the want of purchasers at a time when any doubts exist in
the public mind as to what may, or may not ;be, the resolves
of the Legi-lature upon questions connected with the Customs
or the Excise Duties.

The circular of Chaloner and Co. of Liverpool, relative to
he Timber trade thus sensibly remarks:—
" In consequence of Sir Robert Peel's intention to remove
the duty on all descriptions of staves, there has been a
pause in the demand until it can be seen what direction
the market will take. For the present, it is likely that
prices will be maintained until supplies can come forward
from the United States, from which place we are sure to have
a largely increased and revived trade, as well as from the
Baltic, though probably not for this year; but as regards
this port, we more particularly expect large supplies from
thetUnited States, and at such prices, through absence of
date, reduced freight, as will restore to our coopers the
Wen tlndia trade, which has been nearly lost to them. We
do n falter our quotations for the present, although holders
are more inclined to sell than they were before Sir R. Peel's
announcement.

" Sir R. Peel having announced his intention of taking the
duty off all furniture woods, has thus, to the fullest extent,
thrown the trade open for the benefit of the British cabinet-
maker, who may now be expected to be able to compete with
the foreign manufacturer in every market in the world. The
Premier's determination on this head cannot be too highly
appreciated, and we look for a largely increased trade in
every article. The removal of the auction duty, also, and
the fetters imposed by the Excise restrictions, is another
great boon to this particular branch of trade, which, in this
port, is invariably conducted through means of public
auction."
From the monthly resume of Messrs. Wilkinson and Jewes-
bury, relative to the state of the dry-saltery trade, the fol-
lowing remarks are not without interest at the present
moment : _ _

"It is quite true that agriculture and trade require relief,
but all cannot be done at once ; yet we have reason to believe
that before long, a Select Committee will be appointed to in-
quire into our fiscal laws, with a view to the revision of them,
and that such evidence will be adduced before that Com-
mittee, of the necessity of improving the system, that by
merely simplifying it and preventing frauds, a revenue may
be obtained to meet the annual disbursements, comprising
the total repeal of the assessed taxes acid Excise laws, with-
out the imposition of a single additional tax, and leave a
large surplus towards liquAlating the public debt. Should
this be adopted, agriculture and trade, so far as the Legis-
lature is concerned, cannot fail to prosper.
" From the manufacturing districts the accounts continue
favourable; the same activity in almost: every branch is quite
equal to what it has been tor months, and up to this time
both manufacturers and dealers seem to act with caution.
"The last accounts from the United! States are by no
means encouraging for European munufa.ctures, but arc very
important to capitalists, inasmuch as the payment of the
dividends on the Pennsylvanian Debt have been resumed.
This we always maintained would be the case, notwithstanding
the Shylock wailings of the cosmopolites, and the ravings of
those who wish to destroy the good understanding which
exists, and the reciprocal advantages of the two nations.
" The intermediate overland mail from India, to the Bth
January, brings no good news for the manufacturers of this
country. Money was said to be abundant, but not to pur-

chase their commodities. Produce, however, was selling,
generally, at rates unprofitable to those who had to ship to
this market, notwithstanding the great abundance of all the
leading articles:"

Messrs. Raphael and Sons send us a copy of the decree
concerning the second drawing of Four .and-a-Half per Cent.
Bonds, Six millions of Guilders will be drawn on the sth
March, to become Four per Cents. on Ist April at 991/$ per
Cent., unless the money is claimed on or before the 26th inst.
The improved appearance of the English Funds is well
maintained to-day, and in the heavy securities especially
there is a good deal of business doing. The New Three-and-
a-Quarter per Cents. have been up to 103% and 1041/8.
Consols have been 9931 to par for present transter,
and 100% to for Account. Exchequer-bills have been at
an advance to 625. to 645. premium, and India Bonds at 725.
premium. Bank Stock has been depressed, however, to
2121/2 and 2111/2.
The Foreign Securities have been dull but firm. Spanish
Actives are 28%, and the Three per Cents. 41. Portuguese
Converted have touched 621/2. Mexican have been 361/2 ;
Peruvian 31 ; and Brazilian 903 M. Dutch Two and-a-Hall
per Cents. have been firm at 631% to 1/2, and Belgian Four-
and-a-Half per Cents. at 101 to 101%.
The Railway Shares are buoyant. Brighton have been
higher; South-Eastern are much the same; Churnet Valley
are depressed ; the old lines are well supported, and in French
there is a large business doing.

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock 2121% 2111 2121/ 212%
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Conscls
New 314 per Cents 103% 4 314 VA 3% 4 104%
Long Annuities toexpireJan.l66o 121, 1-16 12 1-16
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 11 13-16 15-16 11 15-16
India Bonds, 1,0001
Ditto under 1,0001.
Bank Stock for Account 2131/ 2131 A
Cons Is for Account.....
Exchequer Bills,, 1,000/., I%d 63 62 64 • pm. 64
Ditto 500/. ,

Ditto Small • 63 65'pm. 65
Ditto Advertised 62 6:3 60 61 pm. 61

CLOSING
PRICES.

ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent — 90%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 36%
Ditto. Account ..... ...
Ditto, Deferred 5t0ck......
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 3l
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Converted
Ditto, Account 62 63
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account 28% 283/4
Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 per Cent. . ..... ... ..
Belgian Scrip, 4% per Cent
Dutch, 21/ per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 991 14
PRICES OF CLOSING
W
PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILAY SHARES PRICES.
Birming. and Gloucesterloo 135
Ditto % Shares
Bri'ton, Lewes, Hastings 5
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto New 2
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 59%
CalJdonian
Cambridge and Lincoln 11,4 3%
Chester and Holyhoad... 5
.........
Chichester and Brighton 5
Cliurnet Valley
Direct Northern
Dublin and Galway..... 2% 3
Eastern Counties 144 165....... 17% 181/s 17%
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....41. 13s. 4d —
Ditto ditto, No. 2. l3s. 4d..
Eastern Union lO .. ..

Ditto Extension
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto, Quarter Shares 16
Eli• and Bedford
Great South. and West.

(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great North of England 100

Ditto New _.,
5
Great Western SO ...... 176 1771/2 ......
Ditto 1/2 Shares
Guildford, Farn'm,l'orts. 21/2...
Hull and Selby
Ditto Quarter Shares 121/2...... 193
Do. Half Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle... 15
London and Birminghm (Stock)...
Ditto, Quarters
London and Blackwall. 161. 13s 4d 7l/2
London and Brighton... 50
-

Ditto Consolidlited Bth 16
London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d lB% 19
Ditto Guaranteed 5 per
Cent.
London and S. Western 4116 s 10d 791/2
Ditto New 2l/ 12%
London and York 412 7PA
Lynn and Ely
Manchester and Leeds... 73

Ditto Sixteenths
Manche:ter and Birmin. 40

Ditto Quarters
Midland... 100 ......130 129 130
Ditto New 2 ...... 10 9%%
Midland, Birm., Derby...loo
Newcastle and Purling-
ton Junction 24 ..... 48%
Newcastle and Berwick 1% ...... 141 15 ...
North British
Ditto, New ......... ..... 1
Northern and Eastern... 45
Norwich and Brandon... 10
Ditto New 1
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm 2%..... 51,4
South Devon lO . ...
South Eastern & Dover 33123 4d... 431 A 431/2
Ditto, No. 2.
Ditto, No. 3 2% 9
Staines and Richmond... 1
South Wales
Trent Valley 2 ...... 20f41/2
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ..... •••
West Cornwall ...... 14.....
York and North Midland 50 lO4
Ditto, Selby
Ditto Extension l!4 . 1514 % 14% 151,E
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boning/le and A miens 2
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse. and

Cate ..... .... . ... ..... 2
Dieppe and Paris June. 2 ......
Great North. of France.. 4
Lyons and Avignon 2
Orleans and Vierzon ... 2
Orleans and Bordeaux... 2
Faris and Lyons '
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen-
Paris and Strasbourg ... 2
Rouen and Havre
Strasbourg and Bale ... 14
Tours and Nantes 1

63%

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Commercial of London... 20
Provincial of Ireland ... 25
Union of Australia
Union of London.

3%

OA
4%

1%

-
7%

101
5
87

30
75
r
65%

1 E 3/4

7%
51A

16%
60%

651/2

2%
2y6

4 4%

31
13
2%

21
4414
124

MANCHESTER STOOK EXCHANGE, MARCH 3.—We have
had a better market to-day, and prices are somewhat im-
proved.—Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 3% ;
London and Birmingham, 233 ex div. ; London and Brighton,
631/2 65, ex new and ex div. ; Manchester and Leeds, 141;
Ditto, Half Shares, 62 ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quartet
Shares, 12 7-16 ex div. • Midland Railway, 401. Shares, 8%;
Preston and Wyre, 251% 1/2 ; South-Eastern, No. 3,8% 9 ;
Barnsley Junction, 6% ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and
Cheshire Junction, 8 1-16 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accring •
ton, 5% ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 7:!.i ; Caledonian,
74 %; Cambridge and Lincoln, 31; Churnet Valley, 65
7-16 ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal,
51/2 ; Kendal and Windermere, 4% • Leeds and West Riding
Junction, 61% ; Liverpool, Ornaskirk, and Preston, 31/8 ;
London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby, 3 9-16 %; Lon-
don and York, 7 1-16 7; Manchester and Buxton, 31,‘ ;
Southport and Euxton, 3; Boulogne and Amiens (English),
9 ; Tours and Nantes, 21,i.

The half-year's dividend :on the Cuba Bonds due
to-day, will be paid at Messrs. Harman's, in Old Broad-
street. This is a stock that is seldom quoted; indeed, it is
but little known. Originally there was but 500,0001. capital,
and this is paying off half-yearly at par, at the rate of about
20,000/. a year. These Bonds are seldom if ever to be pur-
chased in the market; the interest is 6 per cent , and the
dividends are paid with a punctuality not exceeded by the
funds. The quotation is 96, but no sellers The railway
throughout the whole island of Cuba is the source from which
these dividends arise, and the traffic during the last three
years, it is said, has increased six-fold.
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Amsterdam CF. 12 8 Gibraltar.....
Ditto, at sight l2 6 Leghorn ... ...... 31
Rotterdam 2U. 12 8i Genoa ....
Antwerp 26 20 Milan
Hamburgh M.B. 13 15i Venice .... .... 47
Alton& l3 14 Naples .. 394
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Palermo, 1,47 0z...... 119
Ditto, 3 months 26 15 Lisbon...._ ....... 5311
Marseilles 26 20 Oporto .
Bourdeaux 26 25 Rio Janci:o ..... 230
Frankfort on Maine 123 Bahia . .. :.. .....

Petersburgh, 3Us 37
Berlin 7

Vienna, effec. fi.3 M lO 2
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 36}

Buenos Ayi‘ss
NewYoik.:'dyssight

Cadiz
13ilbao 36
Barcelona 36
Seville

7.? 41,31.L10N, pica OZ
Foreign bars. se3 17 9

Coin 3 17 5
New Do!!.:00T13 u 0 0
New :iotlars 0 4 9i
Silv'e: ,f, nits .....

A beautiful display of Italian sculpture is now in
public exhibition, at Robins' auction rooms, which has
been very recently brought to this country. It embraces
numberless fine specimens of the sculptor's art, both in
alabaster and marble, copied from the most celebrated
models of the Thrghese, Florentine, and Vatican gal-
leries ; and, from the beautiful style in which they are
executed* are worthy to adorn the mansion of the most
critical connoisseur. The sale takes place to•morrow.
DRURINLAN TREATILE.—The benefit of Mr. Bunn
was attended on Monday by a highly respectable audience—a
tribute properly due to his enterprise and activity as a ma-
nager. The performances commenced with the English ver-
sion of L'Elisir &Amore, played by Miss Romer, Mr. Stret-
ton, Mr. W. Harrison, and the other principals of the esta-
blishment. This was followed by a variety of other
entertainments in the shape of ballet and concert singing ;
and everything, during the time we were present, gave un-
mitigated satisfaction.
SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—A very interesting
selection of music is announced for performance on 'Wednes-
day next. It includes Handels " Coronation Anthem," his
" Dettingen Te Deum " and several other pieces, and Pur-
cell's " Jubilate," and,ik cantata, " In guilty night."
We understand that Madame Albertazzi sings this
evening at the Olyrripic Theatre, for the benefit of Mr.
Darcie. This gentleman is a rising actor of consider-
able talent, and his personation of " Old Bogie," in the
pantomime at this theatre, will not be speedily forgotten,
and we doubt not that his benefit will be a bumper.
Messrs. Marshall and Co., Leeds, have advanced
tha wages of their linen power-loom weavers from ten to six-
teen per cent., for fine linens and drilla.

MISS CLARA SE Y TON'S NE W
ENTERTAINMENT.

Miss Clara Seyton gave her new Entertainment, last
evening, at Crosby Hall. It is entitled " Illustrations of
the Drama and the Opera," and is the first of a series
which, judging from the specimen of last evening, will
be most interesting. She began by some general ob•
servations on the übjects of Poetry, and then drew a com-
parison between Dramatic and Epic Poetry, giving the
preference to the former. After some brief allusions to the
Greek Drama, she came to the revival of thematic art
in modern times, in which revival the English took the
lead. This naturally brought her to Shakespere, and
the first musical illustration was the beautiful serenade
from Romeo and Juliet, set to music expressly for this
entertainment, by Mr. 'l'. Coolie. It is unnecessery
to dilate upon the qualifications of Mr. T. Coke as a
musical illustrator of Shakespere. Who has not
heard, and who, having heard, has not ben
delighted with his music to the Midsummer .IViglt's
Dream ? In the Tres- nt instance his genius has not de-
serted him. It was indeed " music married," and
worthily " married to immortal verse," and was given by
Miss Clara Seyton, accompanied by herself on the harp,
in a style worthy of the poet and the composer. A short
account of the invaluable services of Shakespere in popu-
larising the history of his country brought the play of
Henry IV. under notice, and Hotspur's celebrate d
description of a fop was recited with great !junto,
and was much applauded. From Shakespere to
his commentators the transition was easy.
Among those the must illustrious • are Schlegel
and Goethe—the latter himself a mighty poet,
and as a specimen of his poetry, his magnificent
ballad of the Erl King (set to music by Schubert)
was most effectively given. Returning from this slight
'digression, the works of Beaumont and Fletcher came
tinder notice. A recitation from their play of " Love's
Pilgrimage," twas given as a specimen of their dramatic
powers, while the song" Welcome, sweet liberty," from
The Chances, was given as an example of their
lyric poetry. This latter song is prettily set by T.
Cooke, in the Spanish style, with a catagnette ac-
companiment, and went off very trippingly. A recita-
tion from Jane Shore, beautifully acted, was given as a
specimen of the dramatic powers of Rowe. This reci-
tation (the indignant rejection, by Jane Shore, of Glou-
cester's advances, and her emphatic calling fur blessings
on the head of Hastings, for his defence
of Edward's children against the machinations of the
crooked-back tyrant) was peculiarly appropriate to the
locality, inasmuch as it was probably in the very hall in
which it was then delivered that the actual scene took
place, for Crosby-place was the residence of Gloucester,
and in Crosby-hall all his plots against his brother's
children were concocted. Ti.is was followed by Claude
Melnotte's description of his course of love, from Bul-
wer's Lady of Lyons, and the first part concluded with
the blind girl's song, " Buy my flowers," from the
"Last Days of Pompeii," which was beautifully given,
and deservedly encored. The second part was devoted
to the musical drama, and the first illustra-
tion was the grand scena, " Softly sighs," from
Der Fieisehutz, which was given with great
power and effect, arid was rapturously applatn!ed.
A brief but succinct narrative of the career or n.zart
was then given, and the story of the composition of his
requiem and of his death was so beautifully and so
pathetically told as to draw tears from many of the
auditors. The civatina, " Non piu di fiari, ' from
the Clemenza di Tit), was given as a specimen of this
great master. A digression was then made, giving an
account 4,f the origin of concerts in England, and several
interesting anecdotes were related of the career of the
famous Britton, the small coal-man, the originator of
this species of entertainment. Returning from this
digression, the lyrical drama again became the subject
of consideration, and the cavatina, " Must I woo thee,"
from Pacini's opera of Sappho was given as a specimen
of the modern lyrical drama of Italy. Musically
speaking, this was the gem of the concert—it
was exquisitely given, and to those who know the opera
we need not state that Miss Clara Seyton possesses a
highly cultivated voice of great power and immense
compass, for all these are essentially requisite to do any-
thing like justice to this exce4 dingly beautiful composi-
tion. A brief notice of the perfection to which the com-
position of catches and glees has been brought in thia
country, gave occasion to the introduction of a well-
merited tribute of admiration to the talents of Mr. T.
Cooke as a musician, which was received with the most
rapturous applause. A new romance, entitled " The
Black Knight," composed by Mr. Cooke expressly for
Miss Seyton, was here introduced, and a medley
scena, entitled "A Musical Scamper over Europe,"
arranged by T. Cooke and written by Alb-rt
Smith, concluded the entertainments. This " mu-
sical scamper " introduces Miss Seyton to us
in quite a new character. We were previously aware
that her histrionic talents were of the highest order, but
we had no idea of her versatility. Nothing can exceed
the fun, the humour, the buoyancy with which this
musical scamper is given, and yet she " ne'er o'ersteps
the modesty of nature;" all is ladylike, and in the very
best taste, but the humour is of the eery riches.t cha-
racter. The imitation of the French street •singer
grinding her organ, and singing " Partant pour La
Lyrie," in the genuine orthoclase French nasal twang,
was one of the most humorous things we have seen for
years—the Bavarian broom girl—the Swiss girl, all, all
were excellent. It was a hit—a most palpable hit—and the
audience felt that it was so—the old hall re-echoed with
the 'shouts of laughter and applause, and when at the
conclusion of the scamper, as a specimen of that music
which is dear to every English heart, she gave the first
verse of " God. save the Queen," the audience rose en
masse and commenced rounds of cheers, which were con-
tinued not only long after the conclusion of the song, but
long after the fair lecturer had retired from the hall.
The entertainment was exceedingly well attended.