The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-18 00:00:00

SURREY THEATRE.

The Lilliputian Brockstedt family made their debut at
this theatre last evening with the most complete success.
This wonderful little family consists of two brothers and
a sister. The eldest brother is twenty-two years of age,
and thirty-six inches high; the sister is eighteen years
of age, and thirty-two inches high; and the younger
brother is thirteen years of age, and twenty-eight inches
high. These wonderful beings are perfectly formed;
there is no deformity, no largeness of head, such as
is generally found in dwarfs ; they are perfect
miniature specimens of humanity. After having
been introduced to the audience in their ordinary
costume, the curtain fell, and on its rising a
rninature stage, with appropriate scenery, was
discovered, and the Lilliputian family went through a
ballet of action, entitled Napo.'con's Generosity, in which
they exhibited pantomimic powers of no mean order.
The young lady, who appeared as a shep-
herdess, sung a German song, and was much
applauded. The elder gentleman appeared as a
sergeant, and went through the manual exercise in
most soldierliko style, while the younger of the
brothers appeared as Cupid, and afterwards as Napoleon
Buonaparte, and in the character of the Emperor strutted
about and gave his commands in the most imperial style
imaginable, and concluded by waltzing with the shep-
herdess, when the sergeant presenting arms, the curtain
fell amidst the most enthusiastic applause. They were
called for at the conclusion, and being led forward, were
received with the most rapturous cheering, and the.repe-
tition of the performances fur every evening was an-
nounced amidst the unanimous applause of a crowded
house. The Brockstedt family have made a decided hit,
and will, no doubt, draw crowded houses during their
engagement.

Dr. Thomas Hope, for more than forty years Pro-
fessor of Chemistry in the University of Edinburgh,
died last week from a stroke of paralysis. He was in
hi's 77th year.

The opening of the Great Northern line from Lon-
don to Newcastle deserves to be regarded as an event of no
ordinary magnitude in the history of railway communica-
tion. A distance of near three hundred miles performed in
twelve hours and a half the longest continuous line in the
country will be opened throughout A passenger may take
his seat in London, after breakfasting comfortably at Euston-
square, at nine o'clock, and in the same carriage, without
change of baggage, or any other disturbance, will find him-
self transferred to Newcastle-on-Tyne by half-past nine on
the same evening, in time fora late dinner or an early supper!
Sunday the usual notices were posted on the dif-
ferent church doors for persons qualified to vote at elections to
send in their claim.

FIRE IN FlNSBURY.—Saturday night a fire, at-
tended with considerable destruction of property, broke out,
in the extensive range of workshops belonging to Mr. Rey.
nolds, bookbinder, Eldon-street, Finsbury-square, within a
short distance of the Roman Catholic Chapel. The premises
were composed chiefly of timber, and the flames had gained
possession of the roof before many minutes had elapsed. Se-
veral engines were very soon on the spot, and a plentiful sup-
ply of water was readily obtained, and the fire was subdued
Tay twelve o'clock, • .. • •

!SUMMARY OF NEWS

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" Who runs may read."

PORE/GX.

The King and Queen of the French on Thursday, attended
by Colonel Dumas, a lady of honour, and an orderly officer,
left Neuilly for the Convent of the Loges, in the Forest of
St. Germain, in which the daughters of the members of the
Legion .of Honour receive gratuitous instruction. They
were received by Marshal Gerard, General Viscount St. Marc,
the Bishop of Versailles, and the Lady Superiors of the house.
After bearing sacred music sung by the pupils, their Majes-
ties visited the several departments of the convent, which
engaged them till five o'clock, when they returned to
Neuillv. In the evening, their Majesties received the British
and Belgian Ambassadors, the Duke d'Harcourt, Baron de
Mareuil, Generals Grouchy and Jamin.
On Friday the Chamber of Deputies rejected, by a great
majority, M. Muret de Bort's proposition that the State
should execute all the works on railroads by itself, and then
farm out the lines to companies for terms not exceeding
twelve years. _ _

" The Archbishop, of Paris has just purchased," says the
Constitutionnel, " for 1,500,000 f., the property of the Church
of the Carmelites, Rue de Vaugirard, and its dependencies,
supposed to be worth three millions. The Marquis de Soye-
court, to whom it belonged, was induced, however, by certain
considerations, to take the above sum."
On Thursday Marshal Soult, surrounded by a great many
superior officers and members ofthe different committees of
his department, inspected in the Place de Belle-Chasse a de-
tachment of between 25 and 30 artillerymen of the 4th regi-
ment from Vincennes, who, on this occasion, had on the cap
called the Colback, which was worn by the artillery in the
time of the Empire. The Courrier Francais states that nine
squadrons of this regiment are to be immediately furnished
with these caps, which have a long tail of horse-hair, dyed
red, hanging behind from the top, and a red plume in front.
A letter of the Ist instant, from Naples, quoted by the
Augsburgh Gazette, says :—" The branch railroad from Ca-
serto to Capua has been opened to the public, and travellers
may now go direct from Naples to Capua by Castello. A
branch line to Nola is being laid down. The free importa-
tion of corn ceased yesterday."
According to the Vienna journals the population of that
capital amounts to 375,834 souls, being an increase of 113,814
since 1820.

A Dresden letter of the Bth instant states that the son of
Weber, the composer, was on the point of setting out for
London, to bring back the mortal remains of his father, de•
posited in the Catholic Chapel, in Moorfields, the clergy of
which have generously offered to pay the whole expense of
the transport, while a committee of professional musicians
and dilettanti has been formed for receiving the body of
the great maestro-with 811 solemnity, for conducting it to the
general cemetery, and for erecting a monument to the me-
mory of the author of Der Freyschuz ofsuitable magnificence.
The Barcelona journals of the 9th state that Queen Isabella
will remain in Catalonia during the whole of the summer.
Her Majesty has commenced warm fresh-water bating pre-
paratory to sea-water baths, and is ultimately to take the
baths of C*ldas.

On Sunday, the 9th, the lightning fell on a farm -house at
Nevelle, in East Flanders, killed the farmer's wife, paralysed
three of his children, and injured him, but much less severely.
At Bruges, on the same day, the church called the Ingel-
munster, was entered by the electric fluid, which did some
damage to the building, and injured, more or less, ten or
twelve persons.
" There is now in Madrid," says the Castellano, " a man
named Manuel Collar, aged 136 years. He was born at
Cangas de Vines, in the Asturias, or: the 24th of June, 1708,
as shown by the register of his birth, in due form. He en-
joyed the entire confidence of Carlos de los Rios de Rohan
Chabot, the sixth Count de Fenian Nunez, as his private se-
cretary, whilst he was Ambassador from the Court of Spain
in Lisbon and Paris, before and after the French revolution.
He was acquainted with the great Frederick 11. His habits
are simple and regular. He rises every day with the sun,
and takes a lorg walk before breakfast. He has all his
teeth, with the exception of the molar teeth, and nearly the
whole of his hair, but it is quite white. He stands very up-
right, and everything about him indicates extraordinary
vigour. He knew all the dynasty of the Bourbons, Philip
V., Ferdinand VI., Charles 111., Charles IV., Joseph Bona-
parte, and Ferdinand VII. He does not smoke, and only uses
spectacles to read and write. His appearance is that of a
man of 70.

Cpl, UILT-WASEIXONILBTAB.
We understand the departure of the King of Saxony for
Scotland and Wales 114 been deferred until Thursday next.
This alteration in the regal itinerary arises from the accept-
ance of an invitation by his Majesty from the Duke o:
Wellington, to dine at the Waterloo banquet to-day, at
Apsley House, when his Royal Highness Prince Albert, like-
wise, will dine with the gallant heroes who took part in that
memorable victory.
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester, accompanied by
Viscount Mandeville, Lord Robert and Lady Olivia Mon-
tague, arrived, at Thomas's Hotel on Saturday last, from a
tour in Spain, and a sojourn of some months at Madeira.
The Duchess's health has greatly improved. Lady Olivia
Sparrow arrived at the above hotel on Friday, from her Lady-
ship's seat in Cambridgeshire, expressly to meet the Duke
and Duchess and family on their arrival.
The Duke and Duchess of Leeds left their apartments at
the Clarendon Hotel on Sunday morning, for Holland, whither
their Graces proceeded in the Batavier. The Duke is gone
to join the Hawking Club, established at the Loo, in Guel-
derland, and is expected to be absent from England about a
month.
The Marquis of Londonderry left Holdernesse House on
Saturday morning, for Wynyard Park. The Noble Marquis
returns to town at the close of the week.
The Earl and Countess of Beauchamp entertained at din-
ner, on Saturday, the Marquis of Headfort and Lady Olivia
Taylour, Mr. and Lady Emily Foley, Colonel and the Ba-
roness North, Mr. and Lady Louisa Forbes, Lady Jane
Charteris, &c.
Earl and Countess Fortescue entertained the Marquis of
Normanby, Viscount Morpeth, and a large party at dinner
on Friday last, at their house in Grosvenor-square.
The Countess of Powis has issued cards for a ball on Thurs-
day week, the 27th inst., at the family mansion in Berkeley-
scware. Above 600 of the nobility are invited.
On Saturday Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston enter-
toined the Marquis of Normanby, Countess De Courval and
Mademoiselle De Courval, Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn,
Viscount Ossulston, Lord Ashley, Lord and Lady Beauvale,
Mr. and Lady Georgians Fullerton, Mr. H. Greville, Colonel
Fox, and a select party, at dinner, at the Noble Viscount's
mansion on Carlton House-terrace. At ten o'clock the
Viscountes, had her saloons thrown open for the reception of
a brilliant circle of the nobility.
Mrs. B. D'lsraeli had a soirée on Friday night at her resi-
dence at Grosvenor-gate. About two hundred of the leading
nobility and gentry were present at the reception.
The Duke of Devonshire had a distinguished circle to
luncheon, on Saturday last, at his villa, at Chiswick. It was
mostly confined to the family connections and immediate
friends of the Noble Duke, and the juvenile members of their
respective families.
The Duke of Beaufort, Earl of Chesterfield, Hon. Colonel
Anson, Viscount Maidstone, Mr. Greville, Right Hon. G.
S. Byng, and several other members of the Jockey Club, had
a meeting on Saturday last.
The Marchioness of Lansdowne will give a grand concert
of vocal and instrumental music, at which the principal
artists of her Majesty's Theatre will assist, on Wednesday
evening, at Lansdowne House.
General the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.8., the Right
Hon. General Sir James Kempt, G.C.8., General Lord Straf-
ford, G.C.8., Lieut. General Sir A. Woodford, K.C.8., Lord
Fitzroy Somerset, K.C.8., Sir James Macdonnell, Earl Cath-
cart, Major-General Hon. G. P. Lygon, Sir George Scovell,
K.C.8., are among the general officers who are expected to be
present this evening, at the Duke of 'Wellington's annual
Waterloo banquet at Apsley House.
Viscount Ipswich, after a lengthened tour in Greece and
Turkey, arrived at the Earl of Euston's early in the week,
from arseilles, and on Thursday left for Euston Hall, near
Thetforck to visit his venerable grandfather, the Duke of
Grafton, who,, we are happy to hear, although somewhat
feeble from his advanced years, is in the possession of excel-
lent bodily health. The Earl of Euston is staying with the
Noble Duke.
IVITSCELLANESYCTS.
The Kilkenny Moderator states, upon what it avers to be
good authority, that " the Secretary for the Home Depart-
ment was in communication with the law officers of the
Crown in Ireland, and that it is the deliberate opinion of the
highest legal functionaries in both countries, that the Repeal
Association may be suppressed by proclammation without
applying for any stringent enactment to strengthen the hands
of-the Executive."
On Saturday last the noblemen and gentlemen educated at
Harrow celebrated their anniversary dinner at the Thatched
House Tavern, St. James's-street. Mr. Thomas J. Platt
presided, and among those present (in all about 40 sat down)
were Viscount Grimston, M.P., Hon. F. Ponsonby, Mr. J.
Neeld, M.P., Sir George Armytage, Mr. B. Botfield,
Hon. Mr. Grimston, Sir Wm. Medlycott, Rev. Dr. Words-
worth; Rev. W. Oxenham, Rev. A. Mangin, &c.
On Saturday morning, the Society of British Musicians
gave, at Mr. Erat's Rooms, in Berners-street, a musical enter-
tainment to Dr. Mendelssohn, consistsng of compositions,
instrumental and vocal, written by British artists—the re-
union, in fact, being similar in plan and object to that given
last year to Dr. Spohr.
On Saturday the report of the Select Committee of the
House of Lords, appointed to inquire into the progress of the
building of the Houses of Parliament, with the evidence,
was issued. Mr. Barry, in his evidence, expressed his ex-
pectation that the House of Lords would be ready for occu-
pation in the session of 1845 ; both Houses were to be com-
pleted in two years and a half. He also stated that great
difficulties had arisen from quicksands and powerful springs,
and, in his opinion, the whole of the building the Houses of
Lords and Commons should be carried up together, in order
that it might subside at the same time.
On Saturday Dennis, accompanied by Mr. Cope, was con-
veyed in a cab from Newgate to Horsemonger-lane gaol.
His execution, it is said, will take place there on Monday
week.
•
Sir Moses Montefiore has presented his co-religionists at
Jerusalem with two presses, and the necessary types, for
printing Jewish tracts. The office consists of twenty-two
people of that persuasion. A number of works, as well as an
almanac for the year, have already been printed at Jerusalem.
The Fite des Fleures which was held at the gardens at
Chiswick, on Saturday afternoon, was, in every respect, one
of the most successful the, has ever been given by the Hor-
ticultural Society. Upwards of fifteen thousand persons
thronged the grounds during the'day, including some of the
most distinguished members of the nobility. The usual at-
traction of these delightful fetes were enhanced, upon this
occasion, by the presence of Royalty, in the person of his
Majesty the King of Saxony, who arrived at the gardens
shortly before one o'clock, accompanied by Prince Albert and
a numerous suite. The Royal party came from Claremont in
three carriages and four.

THE HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Saturday completed
; the 356th consecutive night during which the Haymarket
Theatre has been open without recess, under the able
management of Mr. Webster. This is a circumstance un-
paralleled in the history of theatricals, and is equally honour-
able to the management, the actors, and the public—the
latter must have properly appreciated the efforts of the
farner. It is gratifying to find that, notwithstanding the
general depreciation of theatrical property, " the little
theatre in the Haymarket," the home of Foote and of the
Colmans, is still prospering.
TOM THUMB.—It appears that the exhibition of the
General positively closes on Thursday next, the 20th instant.
He is exhibited on Friday and Saturday at Greenwich. He
is then to take various tours, proceeding to Ireland, Scotland,
and Paris; and will then return the Czar's visit to this
country.
Fanny Elssler has arrived in town, and appears
to-morrow night in the beautiful ballet of Le Peintre.
STRIKE OF THE LANARKSHIRE COLLIERS.—A strike
as sudden as it is extensive, has just taken place in this
county. Regarding the immediate cause of this sudden
movement we have not been able to ascertain the particulars.
'The' strike has not extended to the iron stone miners,—
Glasgow Chronicle.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.
The Lord Mayor granted a summons, calling upan the
commander of the steam-boats which ply between London
and Blackwall, to answer the serious complaint of having
overloaded the vessel on Sunday to the imminent danger of
the lives of the passengers, several hundreds of whom were
nn hoard.' The complainant, in answer to questions from
his Lordship, said that when several gentlemen not only ex-
postulated against the crowding of the boat, but actually
quitted it from apprehension of the consequences which they
considered likely to result, those in authority on board wholly
disregarded the appeal, and that;for fifty who abandoned the
vessel at tale of the places at which she stopped in her, pas-
sage 100 stuffed themselves into her.
His Lordship intimated, that he, as conservator of the
river, would attend to all complaints against the commanders
of steam-vessels for any acts by which the lives of the public
were endangered, and that if any awful catastrophe should
occur there should be no imputation against the magistracy of
London at all events.
George Hacket, a young fellow, who has been frequently
found offending as a smuggler, was briought before the Lord
Mayor and Sir Peter Laurie, charged under a clause of the
Act, which inflicts a penalty of 100/. The case was repre •
seated by the Solicitor to the Customs as an aggravatedone.
The defendant was seen by a Custom-house officer to leave
the Belfast steamer, evidently carrying something heavy
about him, and was followed by the officer, who asked bim
whether he was in possession of anything upon which the
duty had not been paid. The defendent replied that he had
not much, which was correctly translated by the former into
the affirmative. Three bottles of brandy were then flung by
the defendant into the water, and lie smashed a fourth bottle
upon the arm of the officer, havingefailed in the object of
breaking the man's head with it. The Custom-house officer
and his assistant knew from the smell of the liquor which
was spilled that it was foreign brandy, and hoped the whole
penalty would be inflicted on account of the dangerous course
pursued by the smuggler.
The defendant denied that he had made any effort .to in.
jure the officer, and'said the bottle, which really contained
sugar and water, had been broken in the unnecessary struggle
which took place.
The prisoner was stated to have, about six months ago,
flung four bottles, containing, no doubt, contraband spirits,
into the Thames, when pursued by the officer.
He was convicted in the penaly of 1001, and, in default of
payment, was sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour
for three months.

CLERKENWELL.
This morning Mr. Greenwood, on taking his seat on the
bench, called the intention of Sergeant Wilkinson of the G
division of police to a very great nuisance in the vicinity
of the Police-court. The Magistrate remarked that in the
morning, about the time the Court opens, more particularly
on Monday mornings, an immense crowd of bad characters
assemble in front of the Police-court, some of them half
drunk and all of them indecorous. They had no right to
assemble in this manner, and if the police of the G division
did not suppress the nuisance, he would certainly apply to
the Commissioners of Police on the subject.
The reporter may add that it has come to his knowledge
that several of the shopkeepers in the Bagnigge-wells-road,
are about memorialising the magistrates of this Court con-
cerning the nuisance to which Mr. Greenwood adverted.
They urge that they sustain a large pecuniary loss from it as
respectable persons avoid a neighbourhood where they may
be offended by the most obscene and blasphemous language.
Several of the inhabitants of Frederick-street, Gray's-inn-
road, opposite the Court, have lately left from the same cause.
The crowd is sometimes so great as two hundred, consisting
of unfortunate women, thieves, and, in short, the veriest off-
acourings of society.
Sergeant Wilkinson promised to attend to the matter in
future, and the subject dropped.
Mrs. Margaret Broughton, the wife of a surgeon, residing at
4, Old North-street, Red Lion-square, was charged with
stabbing Mrs. Jane Brockett with a knife.
A surgeon's certificate was produced, stating that the pro-
secutrix was unable to attend.
Police-constable Andrews, 65 E, deposed being on duty in
Old North-street. Between one and two o'clock on Sunday
morning he heard cries of " Police" proceed from No. 4, and
on entering the parlour of that house saw Mrs.Brockett bleed-
ing from a wound on the right arm ; the wound seemed to
be deep, and was about an inch in length. She said the
prisoner. had stabbed her with a knife, and gave her in
charge. Witnesseinderstood that the interference of the pro-
secusrix between the prisoner and her sister, who were quar-
relling, was the cause of the stabbing.
The prisoner was remanded.
Mr. William litigley, of 11, Wood-street, Lambeth, a clerk
in Somerset House, was charged with violently assaulting
police-conslables N 122 and N 428, and with tearing the
dress of the former officer; also on suspicion of damaging
the cell in which he was confined.
On Sunday night police-constable 122 N being on duty at
Highbury, saw the prisonnr, who was under the influence of
liquor, strike a gentleman who was passing by, in the face;
witness, at the instance of the gentleman (a respectable soli-
citor, who, however, did not appear), took the prisoner into
custody, but had no sooner done so than the prisoner turned
on him and struck him violently on the chest. He knocked
witness down, and kicked him, and before assistance could
arrive literally tore the uniform coat off his back. When 422
N arrived he assaulted him likewise, and in order to remove
the prisoner to the station-house it was found necessary to
fetter his limbs. Witness never saw any one more violent.
The prisoner said he was drunk, and did not know what he
was doing.
Police-sergeant Allen stated that the cell in which the
prisoner was placed was much broken and injured, he be-
lieved by the prisonert
Mr. GREENWOOD said the prisoner's station in life very
much aggravated his moral guilt, and he felt it necessary to
impose such a punishment as would deter persons of what-
ever station from acting in so disgraceful a manner.
The prisoner said he had a wife and three children, that
he was sorry for what he had done, and besought the magis-
trate to deal leniently with him. He had been twenty years
in Somerset House.
Mr. GREENWOOD said, that drunkenness was an aggrava-
tion of his guilt. He felt it his duty to commit the prisoner
to the House of Correction for seven days.
Mary Jones, servant to Mr. John Norton Knatchbull, of
Provender House, Newtown, Kent, son of Sir E. Knatchbull,
AI.P., was charged with stealing a gold watch, the property
Martha of Rossiter.
The prisoner and prosecutrix were fellow-servants at
1, Great Coram-street, on the 22d of April, on which day the
watch was stolen. The prisoner left on the 4th of May, and
soon after went to Kent, and entered Mr. Knatchbull's ser-
vice. Meantime the prosecutrix heard she had been attempt-
ing to sell the watch, and in company with police-constable
40 E, went to Provender House on Saturday last, where the
prisoner was arrested, and the watch found. The prisoner
tainted when apprehended.
She acknowledged her.guilt, and was committed for trial.
UEEN-SQUARE.
An old woman, upwards of eighty years of age, named
Mary Farrington, was placed at the bar charged with begging.
A policeman in
.private clothes stated that he saw the de-
fendant begging yesterday morning in Brompton-row. lle
saw her stop several respectable persons and solicit alms,
but only one person relieved her. He took her into custody,
and found 4-ad. in her pocket. She was before Mr. Burrell on
a similar charge, on Saturday, when she was cautioned and
discharged.
Defendant—l begged because I was distressed.
The defendant's daughter, a woman between 40 and 50,
here stepped forward.

Mr.ISOND—Why do you allow your mother to go begging
about the streets? The daughter—l have supported her for
fourteen years since the death of my father in 1827. My
husband is confined to bed by illness, and I have four chil-
dren. My mother is so very old and feeble that many per-
sons give her money in the streets.
Mr. BOND said he had had too much experience in such
matters to give a ready belief to statements of that kind.
The daughter (going down on her knees)—Tell me any-
thing that I can do, and I will do it. My mother is very
respectably connected, and I can assure you is not in the habit
of begging. Only let me have her back again.
The officer said he had known the old woman for the last
seven years, and always suspected her to be a beggar, though
he could not positively state she was one.
Two other policemen said they knew both mother and
daughter by sight, but had never seen either of them beg.
They knew nothing of their characters.
The daughter said they might, if they thought proper,
make inquiries at the place where she lived, Exeter-buildings,
Chelsea, and they would find what she had stated'was the
truth. She again earnestly urged the Magistrate to let her
mother go.
Mr. Box]) said all he wanted was to protect the public
from being annoyed. He was afraid if he discharged the
defendant she would go and beg again.
The daughter said that she would endeavour to get her
mother into Lambeth workhouse, in which parish she had lived
and paid rates for many years.
Mr. BOND discharged the defendant, and told her that if
she were brought before him again on a similar charge, she
would be severely dealt with.
The old woman, who appeared to be bowed down with age
and infirmities, then left the Court with her daughter and
the 4d., found on her person, was handed to her by the po-
liceman.
MAT?YABONE.

Robert and James Stubbs, brothers, and Robert Balls and
Peter Foster, were placed at the bar before Mr. Rawlinson,
charged with the following disgraceful conduct :
It appeared, from the evidence of the several witnesses that
at three o'clock on the previous afternoon the four prisoners
were engaged fighting near the Bayley Arms, Camden-town.
They were surrounded by a crowd of 500 persons, who very
studiously kept a clear ring, lest the " noble masters of
fence" might be incommoded. The police, however, aided by
some of the more
_respectable inhabitants of the district
" broke ground," and conveyed the actors-in• chief to the.
station-•house.

Mr. RAWLINSON said that such an exhibition on a Sunday
afternoon, and in the public highway, was most disgraceful.
He should, therefore, fine them each 40s, or a month in the

House of Correction.

THE SHRIETALTY.—Mr. Alderman Challis has
applied to be excused from serving the office of sheriff for
the ensuing year, and the application will, no doubt be as-
sented to, as Alderman William Hunter is to serve the office,
and great inconvenience would result from the serving of
two aldermen in that office at the same time, as the magiste-
rial duties of the aldermen have largely increased since the
establishment of the Central Criminal Court. The citizens
have been looking round for some days amongst the most
respectable men of business in the city, and we understand
that the following gentlemen are desirous to serve :—Mr.
Barber, wharfinger, the master of the Drapers' Company;
Mr. Caldicot, of Cheapside ; and Mr. Milne, of Park-street,
Grosvenor-square.
A JOKE CONTRAEY TO EXPECTATION.—Foote, the
dramatist, having in one of his entertainments caricatured an
actor named O'Brien, that gentleman waited upon Foote,
and complained very indignantly of the injury his character
had sustained through his being taken off upon the stage.
The comedian, having vainly endeavoured to laugh his visi-
tor into good humour, at length observed—" Well ! as you
seem displeased at my taking you off, you shall immediately
see me take myself oft!" The enraged actor was pacified, and
Foote, taking up his hat, walked out of the room ; and
O'Brien, after waiting an hour in expectation of his return,
was compelled to console himself for his previous affront by
a joke contrary to expectation.
OLE BULL AGAIN IN TROUBLE.—ANOTHER FLARE-
oP.--Ole Bull, the great violinist, arrived here on Wednesday,
night, on his way to Boston, and put up at the Astor House,
where there are always nearly 300 travellers—a great many
of them beautiful women. Yesterday, as he was preparing
to go to Boston, he was arrested at the suit of his former se-
cretary, Julius Schubert, and has to remain penned up in
New York like a canary in a cage, because he cannot give
bail for 10,000 dollars to the Court of Chancery. In this
dilemma what is to done ? We advise the great artist to
give a magnificent concert in the Tabernacle, and endeavour,
by the power of his glorious violin, to soften the heart of the
Vice-Chancellor, and to wile away the time as pleasantly as
possible. High genius is always in hot water.—New York
Herald.

STATE OF TRADE.—The hand-loom weavers in
this city are at present. all fully employed, and so great has
been the demand for their labour, that an advance of wages
ha (taken place upon several fabrics manufactured in this
place,—Carlisle Journal.

ART-UNION OF LONDON.
In the year 1842, the Committee of this Society, being
desirous of calling the attention of artists to those highi
abstract qualities of art, which exist separate from al
effect of light and shade, offered a premium, bypublic•
advertisement, for a consecutive series of ten designs in
outline, illustrating some part of Briti,h history, or the
work of some English author. In reply to this announce:
ment thirty sets of designs were received, many of wili'll
displayed great talent, and were highly creditable to
their authors. Mr. Selons, the successful cornPeti,(l::
happily selected for his subject the immortal "Tilgran
Progress ;" and produced therefrom a series of graceful
and animated pictures, which (increased by the liberty
lity of the artist to the number of twenty-two) were
faithfully etched for the Society by Mr. 'Henry 3loresi:
these, however, formed only part a the subjects %%hi°,
the skill and feelings of the artist haddelineated; he Wa'l
therefore, induced by the commendation bestowed upon
his first series, and inspired, apparently, by the subject'
to complete the whole of his original sketches, redkibg
upwards of twenty additional subjects, besides a number
of beautiful vignettes and tail-pieces, which have been
engraved on wood, and are now published by gr. 11"1:f
loway, of Bedford-street, Covent-,earden, in the f": 13,
a very handsome oblong folio volume, the page be 1135
large enough to admit of the designs being engraved °3
a scale sufficient for their full effect. The new plates have
been entrusted to the well-known talent of Mr. Chariot,
Rolls, and the wood engravings are admirably ex, cut'?
by Mr. John Bastin. To the volume is prefixed a brief,
hut well-written memoir of John Bunyan, by
Godwin, and a bibliographical notice, compozed et"
much diligence and care by Mr. Pocock, which contains
some curious information respecting the original publi-
cation of the " Progress, and some clever fc'
similes of the grotesque illustrations of the old editions,
forming a remarkable contrast to the polished and el's
sical productions of Mr. Selons. We may add, that the
new designs are of the samecharacter as those issued DI
the Art-Union of London, and are especially adapted W
be bound up with their engravings, thus presenting I°.
gether, an uniform series of forty-three plates, illus-
trating, independently of the wood-cuts, nearly every
page of Bunyan's celebrated dream:

--
MARKET NEWS.—(YESTERDAY.)
CORN-EXCHANGE.
The finest samplis of English Wheat found buyers. St
prices about equal to those obtained on this day se'nnight ;
but, in the middling and inferior qualities, only a limited ba"
siness was doing, and previous rates were with difficulty sq:
ported. The supply of fine qualities of Foreign Wheat offering
was a full average one ; and much caution was manifest on
the part of the dealers in effecting purchases at the asking
rates. The b.st Dantzic must be considered quite as dear
r;
but where sales were pressed of the inferior descriptions raLlle
lower rates were taken. In corn-- under lock, if we excePl,e
very fine Barley, currencies were almost nominal. x "'a.
Chevalier parcels of Barley were held at a trifling iml3l-°%,
ment in value ; while, in other kinds, a steady business vi a
doing, at full fates. The Malt trade was rather active, sillui
last week's extreme figures were realised. All deseripi?
of Oats at full rates. Beans a trifle dearer. Peas, both Dog'
lish and Foreign, at late rates. Flour without alteration.
Clover, Canary, and Linseed, at very full prices.
CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.
WHEAT—Essex & Kent, iMsd.r—Chevalier......... CI to
red ..... 4ss to 575. OATS—Yorkshire and m
Dion, white ...,." 52s to 63s Lincolnsh , feed ... 23'
Norfolk and Lin- 251 tO
coin, red Potatoe . . ... .-. ..
40s to 43s Youghall and Cork, m img
Ditto white 42s to 4751 black
_. .... .......... Lt 4 ;201
Irish, red.......
Ditto wb.te
RYE—Old . 2WI to 33s 8EAN5—Tick..„.„........ 3'o t 0 39i
39m
New 36s to 38s Pigeons
•3As to 31)
BARLEY—Grinding
Malting 'l3s to 365; Mapic ..... "...... ..... 3.1,1‘ ;,,- ;0
Chevalier..... " . ...... 32s to 3551 White ..».......«.».. ;5'.. sgm
MALT—Suffblk and Nor i Boilers
53'
folk
~..e4 0 vo-
folk 56s to 62si nous—Town maim ...
~,,,- ;‘, 391
Brown 5OB to sts i Suffo k..... ..... " .... :t's :„" sem
Kingston and Ware 56s to 625; Stockton & Nortidk :34s
FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. „528.
WHEAT—Dantzic - 4Bs to 628 BEANS ....... ................. 2115 - 1.711
Hamburgh 36s to 408• Pres 235 t° 25s
30a to 33s none—American
~,,,
BARLEY
Oats—New
Feed l4s to 16s
SMITHFIELD.
„A of
• Notwithstanding the high temperature, the attend
both town and country buyers was numerous. For ~-_,
primest Scots, Home-breds, &c., there was an improved °be.
;nand, and, in some .few instances, 3s 10d per 81bs Nras,,,°,lo
.tained. for: those breeeds. In other kinds of beef ver-v,','Of .
business was doing, at unaltered currencies. The num"' as-
Sheep was again large, yet the trade was not
.so heavy hi,
noticed 'in our last report, and full prices were obtained '-'),.
the salesmen. - Limbs were firm, at an advance of 4d per
81bs. The highest quotation for Calves did not exceed
per 81bs: In Pork we can notice no alteration in figures'
1- - Per 810 s. to sink the offal.
s ti. to s. d. s. g, to 11. 6
Inferior Beasts ...... ... 2 4 2 0 Second qualityditto... 3 6 3 2 3 8
Second quality ditto... 210 3 2 Coarse-woulled ditto.. 3 , JO"
Prime large Oxen...... 3 4 3 8 Southdown Wethers 3 a• -..„,
Prime
Large coarse Scots, &c
Calves... . ...... 3 3
0 3 8 318
Large Hogs
" Ditto out of the wool 6
•
Prime small ditto 3 8 4 0 Small Porkers.... .... " q 43- 20 0
Suckling Calves, each 18 0 28 i. Quarter old Pigs, eachl6 0 . 4
Inferior Sheep
SUPPLY AT MARKET.. Beasts. I Sheep. I
Calve.l
2,752 I 34,150 204 361
.1.1/41 ArCITGATE B%v D LEAJOICNII.A.L 36 ....,
With meat slaughtered in the metropolis we have been eAt
tensively supplied; while the general demand, if we eXcePA
that for the primeSt Mutton, has rated unusually heavy' aaus.
prices have had a downward tendency.
- s. d• Wt At
s. per sto
to.ne, ky the Carcase. A.
d. .d. 6
deef, inferi0r......."... 2 0 2 4 Mutton, inferior 2 4 „. 6
-- middlrng ..... .... 2 6 2 g . middling 210 11,0
---prime law 210 3 0 prime 3 6 t'6
plime.sall 3 2 3 4 Pork, large 2 4 1 m 0
Veal ....................".. 3 0 4 0 —mall .........
Lamb, 4s Od to Si Od.
ARRIVALS DURIING THE PAST WEEK.
Beasts. Sheep. Calves. Pigs.
Scotland ' 7 190 200
Itiirks'ire - 6 212 500
Norfolk .
.....
32- 40
Suffolk — 45 60
Cambridgeshire
Essex l2 00 lOO
Surrey l5 100. bpi' 200
Devonshire ..... .. ;0- -20 34
Wiltshire
Other parts ' 10 , 100 60 tO

Total — -
58 9-7 2'70 11It
Previous week's arrival
........ ----
14 546 '7O 326

Difference since our list

BO 11.0 UGH AND SPITALrIELDS.
Fine qualities of old Potatoes are in request at very
prices, but other descriptions-are a mere drug. Whites, f
Holland, have sold at from 50s to 55s per ton. Nevi'
tatoes are selling at from 10s to 16s per cwt.
AuSLOUGEt BOP MAUI:Mr.
Although the supply of Hops
_offering here is very a.
vet the late advance in the quotations is steadily suPPQr
No betting has taken place on the duty.
TALLOW.

lions of

This market is improving. The price for all descrir of
Tallow is dearer, and, in consequence of the continuanee..,,,
dry weather, importers are asking higher prices for ante."ll,-,
delivery. Town Tallow is virtually dearer, although kst.
quotation is the same as last week. By advices fr°sl„ of
Petersburgh there is nothing to justify the expectation
lower prices thronah the season. The demand is very g
for the time of yealt(
WOOL MARICET. been
The public sales of Wool held since our last have
tolerably well attended by buyers, who have purchased De,
the whole of the colonial_ parcels boughtforward, at prii%'r
about equal to those obtained in the previous auction.
the few packages of foreign brought forward, the biddip,
have been spiritless, and the rates have not been suPP°r-i5
The stocks of English Wools being large, the deln3a
heavy, and the quotations have a downward tendency.

It is now decided that Louis Philippe is to Pay
her Majesty a visit in the month of September. The 151—d,
the day mentioned for his arrival in London.—Court ,bourn
NEWLY-INVENTED SPECTACLES, TELESCOI4I
OPERA GLASSES, MICROSCOPES, &C.—Messrs. S. 1111
B. Solomons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, ric71..
dilly, have succeeded in effecting a most scientific lof
provement in Spectacle and Telescope, Lenses, 86cliry
the greatest transparent power. The extraorainoo
advantage derived 'from this invention is that vi':
becomes preserved and strengthened and very aged o esr
sons are enabled to employ their sight either by days
candle light at the most minute occupation, and canoe
with those arises of a much less magnifying powe help,
will they require the frequent changes to further
..tr.
as the Spectacles now in common use. Also nelvlY:nd
vented Achromatic Waiscoat pocket Telescopes -,vl
Opera Glasses which are invaluable at the seaside
on the race-course, as well as at the theatre, &c.—r'v,.;,o
kind of Telescope for Shooting, Sea purposes, and tirred
stand for astronomical observations with the celcbraib-,
Lenses of the most clear transparent brilliancy
powers are so great and the Lenses so bright and rice
liant that minute objects at an • extraordinary- diste_p,
are brought completely under the ee6.___Sports°ll: •
Tourists, and sea-side visitors will indeed here he for
great treat. Their invisible Voice Conductor give/ ego.
mediate relief to old standing extreme cases of des ego.
Caution.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons. Opticianerso
Aurists, are not in any way connected with a r 70,41,
of the same name in their immediate neighbour I be
nor in any part of the country. To prevent mistake, 'be-
cautious, and observe.—Only to be had at 39,
raarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel „Ivo
ASTONISHING RUBE OF A CONFIRMED s'incl..
COMPLAINT BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS !—Mrs.
lbor
ford. residing in Leather-lane, Holborn, had been Isive,
ing for five years under the effects of o. diseased ,d of
which prodrced indigestion, sick head-aches, dir13,11„,01-
sight, lowness of spirits, irritability of temper, o,'"witb
ness, occasional swelling of the body and legs'abous
for
area
general debility. She attended the hospitals
three years, but only got worse, and recovery lilt ago,
hopeless ; my. yet, wonderful to relate, she w0.."-rboee
extraordinary medicine Sold at Professor 110112:14,1
months restored to perfect health by means of
Establishment, 244, Strand (where advice may e-
gratis), and by almost almost all respectable medic
vendors throughout the civilised w rid.

1
BIRTHS. _.,, W.
On the 30th of April, at Tabreez, the lady of Edweru '
Bonham, Esq , her Majesty's Cons ul
Ural,-Gene of a son.
On the 10th inst., at Altona, Mrs. T. H. nst, ofa eon;
On the 13th inst., at Stoke Newington, Mrs. Alfred Aube
of a dauhter. p
On the 14th inst., Mrs. S. H. Heath, of Giltspur-street,
of a son.
Goordnotnh,eEls4qt.h, oifnastlauagthter.
On the 14th inst., at Hornsey, the wife of Como VirillisPl
maduke llornidge, of a son.
MARRIED. ,i-,e
Castelnau Villas, Barnes, Mrs. O"
On the 9th inst., Charles Hawkey, Esq., Lieutenant in wr
Royal Navy, to the Hon. Miss De 3loylne, eldest daughte
of Lord Ve 11 t ry, of Burnham 1-louse, Kerry. Dill 11 ...4 '
On the 11th inst., at Highworth, Wilts, W. J. .—,
Esq., of King's-square, Bristol, to Matilda Amelia ,40
second daughter of the late W. Crowdy, Esq., of Weatil'
House.

DIED.
arriet,eldes
On the 2d inst., at Cadenabbia, near Como, H!
daughter of the late J. B. Scatton, Esq., of 31ilton Hall, Fret"
tlewell, Essex, aged 30. wide
of
the 10th inst., at Islington, Emma Bradly,
the late Captain John Bradly, of the Ito; al Navy.
On the 13th inst.., at Brighton, Frances, only survi'vx—i.
daughter of Mr. E. Hitchcock, of Stoke Newington.
On the 13th inst., Basil John Leigh, the son of
'
of the Ordnance-office, Tower.

London: Printed and Published by I.IIJEDO Y0U11,17„,_0,
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office,
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Cottata;
Middleent:Tueedity, June 18, 1844.

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