The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-10 00:00:00

HOUGHTON MEETING, 1844.

Wednesday.—Duke of Bedford's Minotaur, 4 yrs, Bst
71b, agst Duke of Rutland's Crenoline, 3 yrs, 7st 71b.
Ab. M. 100, h ft.

INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. •
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
Handicap for the Northumbsrland Plate.
Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs, lOst 41b—The Shadow; aged,
Bst 121b—Atilla, 5 yrs, Bst 121b—Aristotle, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b
Reviewer, aged, Bst 121b—The Squire, 6 yrs, Bst 91b—Pagan,
6 yrs, Bst 81b—Moss Trooper,- 5 yrs, Bst 81b—Knight of the
Whistle, 6 yrs, Bst 71b—John-o'-Gaunt, 6 yrs, Bst 71b—Wine-
sour, 4 yrs, Bst 41b—Riot, 6 yrs, Bst 41b—Galanthus, 5 yrs,
Bst 21b—Heslington, 6 yrs, sst—Pompey, 4 yrs, Bst—British
Yeoman, 4 yrs, 7st 111b—Trueboy, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—Scalteen,
5 yrs, 7st 101b—Whistle Binkie, 5 yrs, 7st 81b—Queen of the
Tyne, 5 yrs, ist 81b—Priscilla Tomboy, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—
Aristides, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Arundo, 4 yrs, 7st 614—The
Caster, 4 yrs, ist 61b—General Pollock, 4 yrs, 7st 61b
—Freedom, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Parthian, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Thirsk,
6 yrs, 7st 41b—Arcanus, 5 yrs, 7st 41b—Armytage, 4 yrs,
7st 21b—Smike, 5 yrs, 7st 21b—Mustapha Dluley, 6 yrs,
7st 21b—The Era, 4 Trs, 7st 11b—Mania, 4 yrs, 7st—The
Currier, aged, ist—Ermengardis, 6 yrs, 7st—Sir Robert,
5 yrs, Est 131b—Merry Andrew, 4 yrs, Est 131b—The Broken-
down, aged, Est 131b—Red Rose, 6 yrs, 6st 121b—Arnagill,
6 yrs, Est 121b—The Attorney-General, 4 yrs, 6st 121b—The
Prior, 5 yrs, Est 121b—Irony, 5 yrs, Est 101b—Belle Dame,
5 yrs, Est 101b—Lady Skipsay, 4 yrs, Est 101b—Dumpling,
4 yrs, fist 101b--Ameer, 4 yrs, Est 101—What, 4 yrs, 6st 81b
—Naworth, aged, 6st 71b--The Conqueror, 5 yrs, 6st 71b—
Beeswax, 5 yrs, Est 71b—Shaftoe's Muley Moloch colt, 4 yrs,
6st 61b—Polish, 4 yrs, Est 51b—Glossy, 4 yrs, Est 51b—Tele-
graph, 4 yrs, 6st 41b—Quebec, 4 yrs, Est 41b—Broadhohn,
4 yrs, Est 41b—The Cure, 3 yrs, Est 41b—Reviewer, 4 yrs,
6st 41b—Hippona, 4 yrs, Est 41b—Crikey Billy, 4 yrs,
6st 21b Jamie Falshaw, 4. yrs, 6st 21b The
Bashaw, 4 yrs, Est 21b —Little Benton, 4 yrs,
6st—Emilie, 4 yrs, 6st—Shocking Mamma, 4 yrs, 6st—
Poussin, 4 yrs, sst 131b—Dog Billy, 3 yrs, sst 111b—Best-of-
Three, 3 yrs, sst 111b—Benbow, 4 yrs, sst 111b—Bay Momus,
3 yrs, sst 101b—Saddlebow, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Granite, 3 yrs,
sst 101b—Mickey Free, 3 yrs, sst 61b—Spinster, 3 yrs, sst
Beaufront, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b— Advice, 3 yrs, 4st 81b—Deuce
Ace, 3 yrs, 4st 41b—Misconception, 3 yrs, 4st 41b—Dr.
Sangrad, 4 yrs, sst 101 b. To declare on or before Friday, the
17th inst.

Nominations for the Hunters' Stakes—Robinson, Arnagill,
William le Gros, The Conqueror, Christopher, Crickey
Thirsk, The Era, b g by Napoleon, Blindfold, Heslington,
Contract, Hamlet, and Ranger.

HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.—An occurrence of a very
distressing character took place in Freckleton Marsh, on
Mondtify morning last. A young man, named Walton Kirby,
a native of Freckleton, about twenty-one years of age, by
trade a tailor, set off from that village about ten o'clock on
Monday morning, with the intention of proceeding to Preston
with his intended bride, Alice Allanson, to make some neces-
sary purchases previous to their being married. The latter, it
appeared, had started before him, but not being aware of this,
was loitering on the road with the expectation of meeting
her. He was, however, passed by a man who informed him
that she was some distance in advance of him. On hearing this
he took a short pipe, which he was smoking, from his mouth,
and put it 'in .his coat pocket, and 'then started off at a
quicker rate. A brisk wind was blowing in the face of the
poor fellow as he walked, and it is believed that this caused
the fragments of the, tobacco in the pipe to set fire to his
coat, which he did not perceive till it was beyond his
power to extinguish the flames. A cottager, named Henry
Harrison, living on the heights overlooking the Marsh,
having his attention attracted by flames proceeding from
the side of the road, ran to the spot. On ap-
proaching it he saw a man prostrate on the ground,
but before he reached it the poor fellow had started
off in the direction of the toll-gate, then disrant about
a quarter of a mile. The flames had spread over his
garments so rapidly, that when he arrived at the gate-house,
scarcely a fragment of clothing was left upon his person. a
belt which he wore only being entire; even his shoes were
calcined by the fire. When Harrison arrived at the gate,
the poor woman was imploring assistance from the gate-
keeper, which, however, was inhumanly refused, and Har-
rison was under the necessity of taking him to his own cot-
tage, distant upwards of a mile, where he furnished him with
his clothes, and afterwards conveyed him to his own friends.
We are informed that no hopes are entertained of his reco-
very. The conduct of the inhuman gatekeeper towards the
'unfortunate man cannot be too strongly reprobated, as doubt-
less his sufferings might have been much alleviated had
timely assistance been rendered.—Preston Chronicle.
COPENHAGEN, APRIL 29.—The island of Ilirts-
holm, in the Cattegat, which is well calculated fora harbour
of refuge for merchantmen, if only nature were seconded by
art, has lately become a subject of attention. It is wished to
convert it into a sea-port, because our ships of the Freatelt
draught never anchor there. It is said iluit q 440.
mercantile house is in treaty with the Government
for the
purchase of the island, and the; .ffiobenshavneport is inclined
to give credit to the report.
SINGULAR DISAPPOINTIIPNi• ,Nntwithstanding
the inconveniences attendant upon a location in prisqp, there
appears to be $(11110 palliatory circumstances connecte4 with
it, of which the following is an instance :—A young woman,
who has often had occasion to appear before the magistrates,
and is pretty familiar with the interior of the New Bailey
was again placed at the bar of the Borough court, on soup,
disorderly charge, on Thursday last. Itappeared thatwe
had
viouslonly lienbuteen releasecl
bein from prison two of three days pre_
seemed re-
..
so far from g
,to look forward tu,..heparied of her
.stay thero:o
again as a hap 6
event ; remarking to the officer, when he took her into cus-
tody, "Well, it, I can't get in to-day now, and it's beef -
day at the Bailey." The magistrates' r t
the serious disappojntmept, afforded hex aQrn, .Oppt4tilunTety anticipating several foithContin. 6ee of
Ice , 1-clay!A by committing
for thr
"ovelreql 4.so44cfmkr Milan,

LBINGDON ELECTION.
R.ETIREk-XNT 0 MR.--DUFFIELDI MR. TFIESIGEk
.. A CANDIDATE
' • , (From. the Oxford Chronicle.) • •
The 'xiihabitairts' of this place "frefe° greatly surprised on
Sature.tty morningby an address from Mr. Duffield resign-
ing t)ae representation of the borough, and by an address
from. Mr._ Theiger, soliciting the suffrages of the electors.,
The borough was completely taken by surprise, and the day
appears to have been chosen as
.affording particular advan-
tage to the candidate, as there is no post to London on that
dav, and the next day being Sunday, when no meetings, or
business arrangements could be mace.

The principil agent of Mr.linitield was.-engaged-for Mr.
Thisiger; and was very early on foot ; retainers were also
offered to every professional man in the place, and taken
with one exception, in the case of a gentleman who was not
sufficiently professional to accept An engagement to promote
a cause to which he was not favourable. Mr. Thesiger,
therefore, commenced his canvass, surrounded by a body of
retainers and followers sufficient to hunt down a constituency
of much greater magnitude than that of Abingdon.
The electors are about three hundred.in number, and may
be classed without any great inaccuracy as follows :
One hundred Liberals, not of the most hearty and patriotic
species.
One hundred Conservatives, with no very settled princi:
pies or defined objects, but who think they know on which
side their bread is buttered, and moreover are gregarious, and
do together what they are bidden.
One hundredr.oose fish, and dependents, on whose account
the costly machinery of agency is worked ; all things being
equal,.a majority of this class would prefer to vote fora Libe-
ral candidate.
The Liberals have for years forborne attempts to gain the
seat, partly from respect to Mr. Duffield as a neighbour • but
with good reason looked forward to a successfol.contest when-
ever Mr. Duffield was out of the field. But the late member
has so played the cards that he has contrived to nominate his
successor.

It is observable that Mr. Thesiger, in his address, does not
say a single word having any bearing upon either of the great
branches of a Member's duty. He does not say a word re-
specting taxation, nor about any improvements in the laws,
or their administration.
So secretly has this job been managed, and so prompt
have Government officials been, that the election, of which
only those in the secret were aware this time last week, will
be over before the week ends. Some of our readers will hear
of the resignation and the new election at the same time.
Mr. Duffield will lose much of the respect hitherto enter-
tained for him, by being a party to tricky and dishonourable
proceedings such as these, which Lord Stanley would cer-
tainly call " thimble-rigging."
Some of the trafficers think to make use of Mr. Thesiger,
and already chuckle over the advantages they hope to gain
through his influence ; some, like Tony-Fire-the-Faggot, of
Cumnor, think to convert their borough leaseholds into free-
holds for an easy consideration. Of this more anon. Our
readers will remember that the Lords of the Treasury have
not yet sanctioned the new and partial terms which the Town-
Councillors have slipped into their leases ; nor has the borough
property yet been converted into private property.

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCES

ON THE RIVER.

On Wednesday evening, between the hours of half-past
five and eight o'clock, no less than three accidents, each at-
tended by fatal consequences, took place on the river. The
first accident occurred at Battersea-bridge„ the second at
Putney-bridge, and the third and last opposite the old
church, Chelsea. It appears that about half-past five o'clock
a gentleman, who is apparently not more than 22 or 23 years
of age, was rowing up the river in a wager boat, and had
nearly cleared the arch on the Middlesex side of the centre of
Battersea-bridge, when his scull caught in one of the cross-
pieces of the wood-work. In the endeavour to extricate it
the scull snapped in two, and the boat capsized, throwing
the gentleman headforemost into the water. The circum-
stance was witnessed by George Bulger, one of the carpen-
ters employed on the bridge, and who was at the time cut-
ting away a cross-piece from one of the adjoining piers. He
immediately jumped into his boat, and rowed towards the
place where the gentleman had sunk. On his way thither
he saw him rise twice, but on reaching the spot he had alto-
gether disappeared. Some watermen put off, both from the
Chelsea and Battersea shores, with drags, and commenced
searching for the body. Bulger collected the deceased's cloth-,
ing, which was floating, and took it, with the broken scull,
to the Old Swan Tavern, Battersea, and Mr. Luttell, the
landlord, took charge of them. In one of the pockets of a
tweed wrapper was found a letter addressed to " Charles
NAT,ilson, Esq., 6, Doncaster-place, Old Kent-road." A water-
man went to that address, and about nine o'clock at night
two gentlemen came to the Swan, and identified the cloth-
ing and other prope'rty found as belonging to that gentleman,
who, they stated, was a solicitor, a very talented and ami-
able young man, and the sole support of his father and
mother, and four sisters. No pains have been spared in the
attempt to recover the body, but all efforts have as yet been
unsuccessful. _ _ _

Scarcely had the melancholy circumstance become known
to the numerous gentlemen who were rowing up the river,
when their feelings were further shocked by hearing that a
gentleman had been upset out of his boat and drowned at
Putney-bridge. A gentleman, about twenty years of age,
named Archer Ryland, who had offices at 36, Carey-street,
Lincoln's Inn-fields, and residing at 24, Grove-lane, Camber-
well, and we believe the second son of Mr. Ryland, barrister,
undertook to row against another gentleman, whose name we
have not learned, from Chelse'a-bridge to Putney. Both
combatants were seated in very large wager-boats. The
match was well contested, and Mr. Ryland's opponent got
through Putney-bridge first, some boats' length ahead. Mr.
Ryland was following, when his boat struck the abutments
of the fifth arch on the Fulham side, and directly went down.
Mr. Ryland sunk instantly, and it is supposed that the ex-
hausted state he was in prevented him making any efforts to
save himself. He screamed once, and his right hand came
above water twice, but after that nothing more was seen of him.
The most extraordinary part of thr affair is, that there were'
at least twenty boats encircling him, many of them cutters,
and yet none of their crews acted promptly. Every one seemed
to be panic-stricken. There were at the time several matches
ready for starting from the bridge. In less than five minutes
after the accident • had happened the drags were used, but
without success. A most melancholy circumstance attended
the case. Two of his brothers, one about 18, and the other
12 years of age, were in a wherry, accompanying the match,
and they witnessed the striking of the boat against the pier
of the bridge, and the sinking of their brother. Their dis-
, tress was beyond description, and they were taken, in an al-
most lifeless state, into the Eight Bells Tavern, where Mrs.
' Avis, the landlady, paid them every kind attention that could
tend to soothe their mental anguish. The elder brother
fainted away soon after he was brought in, and some time
elapsed before he exhibited symptoms of returning anima-
tion. The search after the deceased gentleman was con-
tinued until late at night, and commenced again at sunrise
yesterday morning, but up to the time of our writing, the
body had not been discovered.
The third and last accident that took place on the river
occurred off the old church at Chelsea. Four persons, viz.,
three men and a woman, were passing down the river in a
wherry, about 8 o'clock in the evening, and had reached the
old church, when one of the men got up to relieve the woman,
who was rowing. This action caused the boat to cant on one
side, and in an instant the whole four persons were in the
water. They cried loudly for assistance, and several water-
men put off. The woman and two young men were picked
up by two watermen, named Southam and Foot, and taken
to the Cricketers, but the other man, who was the husband of
the woman saved, was drowned. His name is Henry Wench,
lie was a scale-beam-maker, and resided in Waterloo-place,
Kennington. Dr., Gardener, of Cheyne-walk, was called in
to Mrs. Wench, and with much difficulty restored her. Mr.
Wench's body has not been found.

WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES AND WOOL.—Acco.unts
of the quantities of wool imported and exported in the year
1843, also of the quantities and • declared value of British
woollen manufactures exported from the United Kingdom in
that year, have been punted, on the motion of the Members
for London and Leeds, Mr. Mastennan and Mr. W. Aldam,
jun. It appears from this paper, that the gross total quanti-
ties of sheep and lambs' wool imported into the United
Kingdom in 1843 amounted to 47,785,0611 b. - and that the •
nett total quantity retained for home consumption amounted
to 46,443,0321 b., of which 17,736,3881 b. were entered at a
duty of id. per lb. ; 7,804,9181 b. at id. duty per lb. ; and
20,901,7261 b. duty free. The total quantities re-exported'
from the United Kingdom in the year 1843 were 2,734,5411 b.,
and the quantities remaining warehoused in bond on the sth
of January, 1844, 3,827,5831 b. By far the greatest quantity
of the above wool, &c., comes from Germany and New South
Wales. The total quantity of British sheep and lambewool
and woollen yarn exported from the United Kingdom in
1843 amounted (the former) to 8,179,6391 b., and the latter
to 7,410,3131 b. The' total quantity of Alpaca and Llama
wool imported into this country last year was 1,458,0321 b.,
and that of mohair, or goats' wool, 575,5231 h. More than
two-thirds of our exports of sheep and lambs' wool are taken
by Belgium, and the remaining third (on a rough calcula-
tion) by France. We also find that the gross total declared
value of British woollen manufactures exported from Great
Britain and Ireland during the year 1843 amounted to
6,790,232/.

LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The 49th annual
meeting of this Society took place yesterday at Exeter-hall.
With the exception of the Sunday School Union, this was by
far the most numerously attended meeting of the season.
The chair was occupied by Mr. W. Evans, M.P., who, in
opening the business, adverted to the large amount of good
effected by that Society during the last half century, and
congratulated its friends upon the increased prosperity of the
finances. The secretary then read the report of the managing
directors. As it was the first, so it was the greatest of the
missionary societies, its sphere of operations being confined to
no particular country or continent, but spreading WI over the
habitable globe. The report then gave a minute detail of
the Society's domestic and foreign operations. It was stated
that the Bible baying' been translated into the Hindostance
language, through the liberality of the British and Foreign
Bible Society, there were upwards of 400,000 of the natives
of India receiving religious instruction. In the West Indies,
where slavery had so lately existed, and where it was appre-
hended that the transition to freedom would have been at-
tended by fatal results, the effects of Scriptural education
were happily demonstrated in the orderly conduct of the negro
population, many of whom had become contributons to the
fund. During the .past year the juvenile associations in
ca
London and the provinces bad raised a subscription for the
with f 280
a cargo tons,
of
purchase
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missionaries for the islands in the Pacific Ocean. The total
receipts of the year amounted to 81,8121.—the expenditure
83,5231., showing an excess' of disbursements over incm. aP
1,711/. ' • but as the expenditure had been reduCttl to the ex-
tent of 5,1271. compared to that of the preirlOns Year, and.
there being an increase of subscriptions over those of the ye
1843 to the extent of 4,3201., the committee entettaineti "
doubt but that the deficiency would be made 0,-,„,4 ts
M. P., the Bev. W. lienneti, the Rev. Dr 0.
vrgyr. Morn
creased exertion. The meeting was focii.esavitT E
s'oininpdtiheeY'Rev. J. Sherman, and several other
gentlemen. The report and various resolutionsclergymen
ate?. and
the
of Society's objects were adopted, andtb..4ruo-Wedlgl
terminated.
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female servant
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her husband's
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what in the world is that f" " Oh, ma'am, he stand
s iu
the street and asks." " Why, you don't mean to ay
that you have married a beggar, do. yen?" "Yes'
ma'am, but it's a very good business. My husband
thinks it very bad work indeed, if li© Mme
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ONNERATioN _ ; on, ME NEW
. —wv e are requested to state that " Con-
.ingsby •, or, The New Generation," by B. D'lsraeli,
Esq., M.P., in 3 vols. post Bvo., is published this day by
Mr. Colburn, of Great street,
Marlborough-and may now
be had at all. the libraries, and of all the booksellers
throughout the kingdom. Agents for Scotland, Messrs,
Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; for Ireland, Mr. John
Cumming, Dublin: _

+HER MAJEST 'S 21.TRE.
Were there such a # a n% al Musical
Humane, Society, for -
ocestore to
existence operas fron , • mrkimation,
most assuredly Sign saftaisari would "entitled
to the society's of sgiredatt7:- De_nizetVst -.risers of
Belisario had long
Fornasari chose it las A 4.4 ms dkiit,;and now
'„."\f-04.4 apiliai-an'ee, defunct.
it never fails to draws
--I.'he same
good office whichlie' kprepifed: fdr. Donizetti's
Belisario last season, he performed —last even-
ing for Herold's ampa, which when pro-
duced for the infelicitous deblit of Signor
Felice, at the commencement of the season,
was quite a fiasco, but which, with Fornasari, as the
hero, bids fair to become one of the most popular
operas in the repertoire of the theatre. The cast was
very strong, including Fornasari as Zampa, Lablache
as Dandolo, Corelli as Alfonso, and Madame Per-
siani as Camilla. The chef d'reuvre of Herold has
never been so efficiently represented as it was last
evening. The character of Zampa is exactly suited
to Fornasari; that
_energetic_power by 'which the
acting of this admirable artist is so distinguished, and
m
which perhaps prevents his Don Giovanni (in
any
respects a cognate character to Zampa) from being so
perfect as it otherwise would be, tells admirably in---the
character of the libertine corsair. His opening scene
was very fine, and the drinking song, " Che ronda
gergogliante," in the last scene of the first act, was
given in a thorough reckless spirit of boisterous,
almost ferocious gaiety. The audience were loud in
their expres.ions of approbation, and unanimously
called for its repetition. His acting was very fine at
the close of this scene, when, in bitter mockery, hav-
ing p'aced his ring on the finger of the statue of
Albina, the victim of his perfidy, he' finds the
hand of the statue closes on the ring. Ap-
palled at first by this prodigy, he almost in-
stantly recovers his presence of mind, becomes
aware of the necessity of keeping up the spirits
of his followers, who, like himself, have been
witnesses of the prodigy, and commences again the
joyous drinking song, calling en them to join in
chorus. Nothing could be grander than the acting
Of TOrnasari in this scene. The instinctive dread
of his approaching fate, for a moment obtained
the mastery--but it was only for a moment—in-
stantly it was conquered by the energetic will, and
Zampa was himself again. This certainly was one
of the finest and most artistica' things we have ever
seen even from Fornasari. In the second act he
sang _the _beautiful air, " Gentil sembiante," with the
most delicious sweetness. There was a great deal of
archness about his manner of giving the barcarolle,
" Leggiadra donzelea," which he sung excellently; and
then, at the conclusion, nothing could exceed the
majestic manner in which he gave the magnificent
passage, "0, presterete fede al mio potere:'
Drawing himself up to his full height, us.
sliming at once the spirit of command in
the finest and fullest tones of his superb voice, he
calls upon those by whom he is surrounded to have
faith in his power, and instantly they become his de-
voted followers. They have faith in his power, be-
cause ke has spoken as having faith in himself. In
the last act, the duet with Persiani was beautifully
given. In this duet the wondrous flexibility of For-
nasari's voice enabled him to throw a pathos and en
expressive tenderness into the music, which no bass
voice could possibly have given, except his own.
'Zampa is certainly one of Fornasari's greatest cha-
racters. The Dandolo of Lablache is one of those
rich and unctious bits of humour, of which those
only can form an idea who have seen the man.
[t was as great in its way as the Zampa of Fornasari.
At the conclusion Fornasari was called for, and ap-
peared leading in Madame Persiani. After the opera
the Pas de Quatre, from the " Lac des Fees," was
exquisitely danced by Cerito, Plunket, Schceffer, and
M. St. Leon, and then followed the last act of Norma,
in which the exquisite duet, "Deh conte," the gem of
the opera, was exquisitely given by Grisi and Favanti.
Favanti did not seem so nervous as usual,
and, consequently, was enabled to do fuller
justice to her marvellous powers of voice.
Her intonation was pure, and her fioritone, was in
good taste. Altogether we have never heard this
beautiful duet more delightfully given than it was
last evening. The ballet of Ondine, with Cerito as
the heroine, concluded the evening's amusements.
The performances were for the benefit of Fornasari,
and, as might be expected, the house was crowded in
every part.

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LYCEUM THEATRE.
Another successful piece at this cleverly-conducted
theatre last night confirms the favourable augury of
Mrs. Ilealey's career as manager. The title of the last
novelty is The Love Birds, which, though honoured in
the bills will the designation of a " ecomic drama," is,
in fact, only an interlude of half-an-hour's duration,
that serves to fill up a gap in the evening's entertain-
ments very pleasantly. Miss Fortescue made her ap-
pearance for the first time, and, with Miss Fairbrother,
Miss.E. Chaplin, Mr. It. Younge, and Mr. F. Matthews,
sustained the principal parts in this petite drama is a
manner that insured its success. Of the plot we will
not speak ; it is a trifle, the essence of which consists
in situation and lively dialogue. It is got up with mi-
nute attention to stage effect, and at the fall of the cur-
tain an attempt was made by many to bring the princi-
pal performers again on the stage, but the call was not
obeyed.
The following distinguished persons have visited this
theatre during the past week :—The Duke and Duchess
of Beaufort, Duke and Duchess of Montrose, Earl and
Countess of Wicklow and family, Countesi of Sligo, Earl
of Chesterfield, Lady Seymour and family, Lord William
Lennox, Lord Mountcharles, Lord Auckland, Lord
Aitesford, Lord Curzon, Lord Alford, Lord Dudley and
Ward, Lord Alexander Lennox, Lord F. Beauclerk,
Baroness de Sternberg, Lord Hervey Lennox, Lord
Chief Baron Sir F. Pollock and inmily, Sir Henry
Webb, Sir Wm. de Bathe, Sir Bellingham Graham,
Hon. Fitzroy Stanhope, Hon. George Stephen Bvng,
Colonel Conyers, Mr. Cullen Smith, Mr. Cockburn,
Q.C., Hon. C. Cavendish, S. Stanley, Esq, G. Womb-
well, Esq, Capt. Eden, Mr. Bradshaw, M.P., &c.

LITERATURE.
THE TWINS, Bentley, London, 1844,
The principal tale in this volumc:,, entitled, the
" Twins," is of a purely domestic character, and is
told with feeling and simplicity, without the slightest
attempt at finery; whether of sentiment or expression.
The author is a gentleman named Tupper, well known
for his thoughtful book of aphorisms, " Proverbial
Philosophy." In the latter part of the volume, we
find a spirited descriptive poem, " St. Martha's
Mount," which will remind the reader of the graphic
touches of nature, and the free and easy .versification
of Dyer's " Grongar Hill," together
with two•short.
prose tales, one of which, the "Phrenologist," would
form the materials of an excellent farce for the Hay-
market, or that pleasant little theatre, the Lyceum.

MEDITATIONS OF ANTONINUS.
Longman, London, 1844.
This is a free translation from the Greek of the
Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, whom Gibbon,
it may be remembered, has praised so highly in his
immortal history of Rome. Attached to these Impe-
rial " meditations" is the Manual of the slave Epicte-
tus, whom Mrs. Carter's faithful version has already
rendered familiar to the English reader. Both the
present translations are by Dr. M'Cormack.

DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL.—On Tuesday. night a
meeting of the opponents of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill, now
before the House of Lords, was held in Oxendon-street Chapel,
Haymarket, for the purpose of taking the necessary steps to
oppose the further progress of that measure in Parliament.
Lord Mountcashel presided. The Noble Chairman opened
the proceedings of the evening by entering into a detail of
the various proceedings, legal and otherwise, which led to
the introduction ofthis Bill—a Bill the professed object of
which the Ministers alleged was to put a stop to the serious
litigation whicphurlpiaodsetsa.kei place
lli
isLoirndsrerenhfiepaclesotopropertyexplained
fore
statereolfigthioelnisng on the subject intbelitoousinecoreasf Lords, the tshpmesautio-oei
port of the law lords, the nominfaalc4osopinfipmoesdietnaiiiotnyr_of(tThhee Right;,
Rev. Bench of Bishops, mad his own uncompromising hogsti
lily to what he characterised as a most infamous niensur measure
haicethu
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sfiSleiiieaetiltlvorrensooal.ufpeTntieehliareaheei‘tBol2o34Zosfucinhfirndeerity a the present day, he
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was a Bill of spoliation and. br injustice, the ob-
ject being to take awavtro
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.Drs. Bennett, Cooks, of Belfast, Morrison, &c., and
strong resolutions eondemnatory of the measure, and calling
on the different denominations of religious Dissenters in the
metropolis and throughout the country to join in protesting
against it were passed, petitions to Parliament agreed to, and
the meeting separated.
The Malta Times of the 24th has the following from
Tunis :—" We find by the arrival of the Geyser from Tu-
-nis,that theFrench-Consul had elaied the Maltese mur-
derer Xuereh, as a Christian, and `that the Bey, being
intimidated, had given him up. Ttib Sardo-Tunisian
business, is settled—after all his blustering, the Bey has
succuttihed at last, and paid for the steamer, as well as
all the eipenses of 4 Sardinian armament, k. We un-
derstand that the money was brought here 'by the Gey-
ser,"

A BAD ititmoßY.—A curious scene otcurced at
Washington, a Tillage in the county of Loqrham, a few
days ago, The Rev. Incumbent, on the m?rning of the
2sth ult., after going, through the formulae of the ser-
vice, was about Ito give his sermon to an attentive, but
certainly a very thin congregation, when lo 1 after a
diligone search in all his pockets, the manuscript was
-What was best to by done under witting
circumstances, was the question that suggested itself to
the rev. functionary No send the clerk for the miss-
ing document waa tkOrst idea that obtruded itself.
But where was it to -tb"lound, was the next question.
priest opens the pulpit
dWooitrh,odurtesmseodreinrehfliesertokrbite;:,43.4pus his hat, and bolts out
of the church in search of his sermon. His house, which
is about 800 yards fl‘om the place .s>f worship, he arrived
at, and found the object of his search, which, after O. smart run, he delivered to his znuch-surprised and highlp.
amused congreptim—Zitse 4tcrcurv.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
TO-MORROW EVENING, MAY 11,
Will be per:orme,l Herold's Chef d'oeuvre,
ZA MPA.

Cam. Ma lame Periani; Itita, Madame Bellini ; Zampa. Sig-
nor F It-as-Ili; Alfonso, Signor Corclii; Daniel Capuzzi, Signor
1. Lablache; and Dandola, Lablache.
Toc,ticludc with the Grand -Ballot, in Six Tableaux, by M.
Pezrot,entit led

ONDINE, ou;-LA NAIADE.
The :ices:cry oy :llr. W. tirisve. The music composed by Signor
Pugni.

aracte is by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Scheffer, Mdlle Fer-
dinand, Mdlle. Piunket, Mdile. Barville, and Mdlle. Adelaide
rrassi ;M. Perrot, M. Montassu and St. Leon.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls 'and Tickets to be made at the Box
Ottic,,, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven. The Opera will
commence at HalEpast Seven.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re-
spectfully informed that there will be an extra Night (not included
in the Subscription) on THURSDAY NEXT, May lb, when will
be performed Mozart's chcf dceuvre

IL DON GIOVANNI.
Donna Anna, Madame Grisi ; Donna Elvira, Mdlle. Favanti ;
lerlina. Madame Persiani ; Don Giovanni, Sig. Fornasari ; -
potello, Sig. Lablacbe ; Masetto, Sig. F Lablache ; 11 Comman-
datore, Sig. Felice; and Don Ottavio, Sig. Mario.
To conclude with ALMA. Alma, Madame Cerito.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-
office, Orera.colonnade.

THEATIIk. 110YAI.' DRuItY.LANE.
THIS EVENING, MAY 10,
Will be repeated A New Grand Opera, entitled THE BRIDES
OF VENICE. Count Alberto, Mr. W. Harrison; Count Orio
Soranzo, Mr. l'orrani; Naiiina, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Geraldo, Mdl.e.
Albert.azi ; Francesca, Miss Romer.
To conclude with A DIVERTISSEMENT from the Grand Pal
Masque of GUSTAVUS.
Dress Boxes is., Second [rice 9s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 5a..
Second Price 91.; Pit 9s l'econd Price Ss.; Middle Gallery `22.,
/Second Price Is.;- Upper dallery Is., Second Price 6d.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
MK. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE.
THIS EVENING, MAY 10,
Will be performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS. Sir
Anthony Atasolute, Mr. W. Fairen ; Captain Absolute, Mr. H.
Holt; Faulkland, Mr. Stuart; Acres, Mr. Webster; Sir Lucius
O'Tngger, Mr Leonard; David, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. Malaprop,
M's. Glover; Lyuia Languish, Mrs. Nisbett; Julia, Miss E. Yar.
nold; Lucy, Mrs. Humby.
To be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra_
tiaganza, founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or,
An Evening with PuffE Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mark ews.
Mr. J. Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and
Miss Lee.
To conclude with a New Farce, entitled LOVE IN A SACK.
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 58. • Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper
Gallery, Is. Half.price—Boxes,_3Z ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper
Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at half past Six, and the Performances
eumme4oe at Seven
Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box—
office, from Ten till Five.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
LESSEE, Mr. .1. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING, MAY 10,
Will be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled CROWN
DIAMONDS. Count de Campo Mayor, Mr. Weiss; Don Hen-
riquez de Sandoval, Mr. Allen; Rebolledo Mr. Paul Bedford ; La
Caterina, Madame Anna Thillon ; Diana, Mils Grant.
After which, BOMB AsTEs FURIOSO.
To conclude w ith the Grand Ballet, entitled LEOLA; or, the
May-day Bride. Patrick, Mr. T. Hill; Phelim, Mr. Gilbert;
Rhona, Miss Charleton ; Leola. Miss Bailin.

THEATRE ROY LYCES LAIL ENGLISH GrEdA..
HOUSE
Under the ‘fanagernent of Mrs. KEELEY.

.4 Open sesame; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves," continues to
be nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crowded and
fashionable audinces
THIS EVENING, MAY 10,
Will be repealed an Original Comic Drama, entit'ed THE
THREE WIVES OF qA DRID. Princinal Characters by Messrs.
Keeley, Diddear, F ..iatthews, Emery, Wigan. Craven, Turner,
Yarnold, Miss Woolgar, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Miss Turner,
Mrs. Wigan, and Keeley.
After which, will oe pi oduced a new Comic Drama, called THE
LOVE BIRDS. l'saucipal Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews,
Young:, Mrs. IA oallige, Mrs. Usher, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Chaplin,
Miss Grove, and Miss i.nt toscue.
To be followed by in Apropos Bagatelle. called POLKA MANIA
Characters by Mr: E. Mat-hews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss
Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley.
To conclude with a Gi-cal Burlesque Fairy Extravaganza, called
OPEN SESAME; or. a Night with the Forty Thieves. Cha.
ratters by Min; Wisilrr. Mies E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miis
Turner, Miss Grove, Aire. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother,
and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Wigan,
Yarnold, and Chaplin.
PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Poxes, 45.; Upper
Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ;
Upper Boxes, Is 6d.; Pit, R. Private Boxes on the Balcony 'bier
(holding eight persons), 'I wo Guineas Private Boxes on the Second
Tier (ho (ling eight pets() At, One Guinea and a-Half. Private
Boxes on the Pit Der (Int 1ln; six persons), One Guinea.
ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY.
()rand Attraction.

11115 e:VENTING, MAY 10,
Will be repeated the Hat ios'c.al Spectacle of the INVASION OF
ENGLAND BY WILLAA IA THE CONQUEROR; or, the Battle
of Hustings. With all Ibe (Sleets of the Norman Conquest, Death
of Harold. &c.
Entire Change if th? Splendid Scenes of the Circle.
To conclude with OA Oriental Spectacle of THE SECRET
MINE; or, the Hndeos o' the Ruby Cliffs.
The doore will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances
commence at s-ven. Box, office opened daily from ten till four. The
private boxes have been re,Ya.structed and decorated with care and
splendour.
Acting and stage in t.lager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.

DAVIDGF.rS ROYAL SURREY 'CHEJU ILE.
THIS EVEVING MAY 10,
Transcendent Success of Miss "tames' Tragedy of Octavla Bra-
galdi"—an entirely New Piece, and Whitt friars" at half-price.
Will be repeated a New Trngedy, entitled OCTAVIA BRA.
GA LD I ; or, The Confession. Supported by the Entire Company,
a id Miss Charlotte Barnes, from New York.
After which, a -New Piece for the Million, entitled LA POLKA.
To conclu.ie with an entirely New Drama, embracing all the
strong efß,cts of the celebrated work, entitled WHITEFRIARS,
in which the entire Company will perform.
Paces and Priv.ite Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box-
°lice, from Eleven to Four.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
OPEN EVERY EVENING.

The GREAT WIZARD of the NORTH is getting more
and more ftrysterirla He nightly introduces new wonders.
His •I‘ly.tic Temple is thronged with moat brilliant audiences;
who proclaim him to be the only legitimate Professor of
Modern Magic, the very "ne plus ultra" of Cabalistic
Phenomena, i.e performs more Wonders in one night, than all
other Professors could accomplish in a month. The " Great Wizard
of the North" has- na rival, no equal in Europe or the world. He
will be fouhd nightly " at Home," Plucking from his Mystic Caul-
dron NEW MAGICCOPICAL EXt•ERtMINTS of Natural Phi.
sophy, bringing from any Gentleman's Hat a Feather Bed and the
Gifts of Flora.

Between the parts of the Wizard's Performances, Mr. SMITH
w.ll pertorm on his new instrument, the CRYSTALOPHION.
Mr PHILIPS, the Banjoist, will nightly appear. The THREE
INTFANT ARABS, Seven, Nine, and Twelve years of Age, go
through a new and original Performance.
Dress Circle, 35.; Pit. Is. 6d.; Gallery, 6d. Reserved Seats, and
Private Boxes can be secured at the Theatre, and of all the Agents.
Second Price at lime o'clock.
Doors open at Half-past Seven—the Wizard appears at Eight.

EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU-
SEUM', the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Ilisto-
-ical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed
oy One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a
cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in-
structive and-interesting manner, the most Important part of Euro-
pean history, NiZ.—CIIARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and
LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR
NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often,
during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the i)uke of
Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladies,
also many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro-
prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine
pictures, Sec., his previous almost incredible number and variety of
MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other
curiosities, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it
ought to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected it,
and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS
have stated that it ought to be seen by every omec. The price of admis
sion is reduced to ONE SHILLING.

• The NAPOLEON 3IUSEUM is to be seen only at the "Egyptian
Hall," Piccadilly, daily ftom Ten till Dusk.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 10.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 52; Highest, 71; Noon, 58.
BAROMETER, 30.—Wmn, N.E.
_ .

:core.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the
rtezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is
usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.

II! wATER AT LONDON-BIUDGE THIS DAY.
Morning minutes after 7 Evening ... 30 minutes after 9.

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