The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-02 00:00:00

MAJORITY-NOES, 70.

Archbold, Robert Entwisle, William Morrison, James
Baldwin. Barry Escott, Ilickharn Mundy, E. M.
Baring, W. B. Esmonde, Sir Thos. :Nacholl, John
Barnard, E. G. Estcourt, T. G. B. Parker, John
Blake, Sir V. Farnham, E. B. Philips, G. R.
Bowring, Dr. Feilden, W. Redington, T. N.
Brisco, M. Forster, Matthew Russell, Charles
Brotherton, J. Gill, Thomas Scrope, G. P.
Browne, W. Greene, T. Somerset, Lord G.
Buller, Edward Hawes, B. Stansfleld, W. R. C.
Christie, W. D. Hayes, Sir Edmund Tancred, H.."W.
Chute, W. L. Henley, J. W. Villiers, Charles
Ci,rk, ~ir G,!orge Holland, Robert Vivian, J. H.
Clive, Robert H. Houldsworth, T. Warburton, H.
Colebruoke, Sir T. Inglis, Sir R. H. Wawn, John T.
Collins, William Labouchere, Henry Williams, William
Connolly, Colonel Leader, J. T. Wood, Charles
Corry, Henry Lefroy, Anthony Wortley, James S.
Courtenay, Lord Loch, James Wortley, John S.
Dickinson, F. H. Lowther, Sir J. H. Wrightson, W. B.
Divett, Edward Mackinnon, W. J.
Duncan, George Mahon, Viscount TELLERS.
Duncombe, A. Martin, C. W. Pringle, Alexander
Easthope, Sir J. Masterman, John Darby, George
Egerton, W. T. Morris, David

[ADVERTISEMENT.]
" THINGS TO BE SEEN AND
KNO WN."

There are hundreds of people who go regularly to the
exhibitions once every year, and to the British Museum
once in their lives, perhaps even twice, if a bevy of cousins
should be imported in a state of verdant rusticity ; but
how many myriads are there who have never yet paid
a visit to Mr. Browne's magnificent collection of works
of art and articles of vertu, in University-street ? It
seems as if every palace, every church, and every
museum in Christendom, had poured forth its choicest
treasures to swell this superb repository. Versailles has
been ransacked by the hand of some rude spoiler, and
here we find the buhl and the marqueterie, which that
magnificent three-tailed bashaw, Louis Quatorze, had
piled up in his gorgeous palace ; and Venice, the sea
Cybele, would seem to have given up housekeeping after
her divorce from the now spouseless Adriatic, for her
goods, and chattels, and penates, are stored up in Mr.
Browne's inexhaustible granary. In short, there are so
many Venetian relics, that we unconsciously looked for
the lion which Napoleon took to the Invalides, and the
bronze horses which are hidden under the porch window
of St. Mark. We must defer to some future period the
task of enumerating these treasures. We could not
lightly pass by original statues from the chisel of Canova,
Nollekens, Roubillac, Tadolini, and Bermini, the exqui-
site carvings of Framingo and Cellini, or take a mere
cursory glance at Claude's glowing canvass, as if it were
but the drivelling of Turner's dotage. Here we see
Theseus carrying off Ariadne, whom he afterwards aban-
doned so scurvily at Naxos ; there, a Venus which would
shake the saintship of an anchorite ; and also the reel-
ing goddess with the zoneless waist, flirting with Baccha-
nalian groups of the most exquisite workmanship ; and
a glorious bust of Achilles. We shall take another op-
portunity of inspecting these treasures, and en attendant,
recommend our readers to follow our example.
We were just speaking of Achilles. Voltaire says
that he was a great fool not to wear a horse-shoe to
protect his heel. Had the Hector-slaying Greek been
so fortunate as to have scraped acquaintance with
Medwin, the bootmaker, he might have been invul-
nerably chause, and have escaped the shaft of Paris. It
is stated that the most " successful" of all the belles a
ecuyb.e at the Court ball were fashioned by this cele-
brated dealer in leather and prunella; and many a dame
of high renown, who revived the ancient glories of the
tl-,naet on that occasion, encased her light fantastic toes
r,,d-heeled sanders furnished by" Medwin. And
l)uudney, also, must not pass unnoticed whilst the
Queen's ball is spoken of. He displayed the science of
the schneider's art in adorning the persons of the
courtiers whose grandsires were " out in the '45."
The historically hunch-backed Richard, whom Mr.
Sharon Turner protests was an Adonis, is said to have
dc dared that he would

" Entertain a score of tailors,
To study fashions and adorn his body."

Mr. Doudney, although by nature only the ninth par-
rim of a human being, would have done as much for the
uitirping monarch as a " score or two " of any other
tailors iu London. However, the Queen's ball, and the
costumes which were worn there, have passed away
among the things that were, and Doudney now fills
his spacious show-room in the Burlington-arcade with
tight waterproof summer coats of Irish poplin, which
nave already been patronised by some of the most ex-
alted personages. Gentleman in Paris, both French and
English, repair to the famous tailor Becker, in the Rue
des Petits Champs, and place themselves unreservedly
in his hands. His kill and bon gout have become pro-
verbial amont, the Paris lions and gunts jaunes. The
richness of the materials, the elegance and good taste
which he has displayed during the present year, in the
novelties introduced by him, have secured for him the
loudest approbation and lasting patronage of his nume-
rous cheats.— Post.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—BOTANIC WATER AND BEAR'S
GREASE.—When the hair is becoming thin, and falling
off, the only effectual remedy, besides shaving the head,
is the use of the two above-named articles, applied al-
ternately—the botanic water to cleanse the roots holm
scurf and as a stimulant, and the bear's grease as a
nourisher. If any further evidence was required of the
virtues of bear's grease for renovating and preserving
the hair, Mr. Catlin's account of the quantity used, and
the length of hair obtained by some of the North Ame.
rican Indians, would be a sufficient answer. Ross and
Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, who first intro-
duced the use of bear's grease in this country, and who
fat and kill the animals, recommend the public to pur-
chase none other but with their names and address
printed on the pot, or the chances are their obtaining a
spurious article. All vegetable oils applied to the hair
are wcrsa than useless.

ADVERTISEMENT.]—BLOTCHES ON THE SKIN, AN
EXTRAORDINARY CURE BY HOLLOWAY S PILLS AND
OINTMENT !—A young woman, named Martha Willey,
residing with her friends at the corner of Silver-street,
Stepney, had been from her youth covered with blotches
which much impaired her health ; she was always in a
low, nervous, and irritable state. This poor girl had
been to almost every hospital and medical institution in
London without obtaining the least relief, but, notwith-
standing the failure of all the medical men who treated
her case, she has baen completely cured by the use alone
of these wonderful medicines which will cure any skin-
disease of however long standing, or invetbrate the case
may be.—Sold at Professor Holloway's Establishment,
244, Strand, and by all respectable medicine vendors
throughout the civilised world.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE.—The closing
soirie of the season was given last evening at the rooms of the
Society in George.street, and was attended by about 400 of the
members and their friends, the majority of whom were ladies. The
music of the evening was of a high character, and remarkable for
the good taste with which it was selected, and the skill with
which it was executed. The first concerto of Mendelssohn's,
played by Mr. Saiaman, accompanied by Messrs. Loder, Guynemer,
Coeke, Hill, Ella, Goodhan, and Rousselot, was performed with a
spirit, unity, and precision rarely surpassed. And the Quartette
of Beethoven, led by M. Sainton, was as perfect as the composer
himself could desire. Among the musical visitors of the evening
were Madame Caradori Allan, Madame Dulclcen, MissLucombe, Miss
Steele, Miss Messent, Madame Garcia, Mdlle. Rupplin, Miss Weller,
anti the Misses Williams, with Mr. Kiallmark, Mr. Muhlenfeldt,
Mr. C. Horn, Mr. Grattan Cooke, M. and Madame Mayer, Mr.
Ells Roberts, the Welsh harper, Miss Richards, Mr. Kreutzcr,
Mr. Erhmann, and others, most of whom contributed to the in-
strumental and vocal performances of th e evening. Between the musi-
cal pieces refreshments were served in the saloon adjoining the in-
institution. And among the novelties of the evening great interest
was excited among the artists, especially by the original sketch
of Wilkie's celebrated picture of Pitlassie Fair, the first effort of
his pencil that brought him into notice as an artist, and one of the
few of his pictures that has never been engraved. The evening
was concluded by an address from Mr. Buckingham on the objects
of the Institute, and its rapidly improving prospects,
which ap-
peared to give general satisfaction, and made an appropriate termi-
nation to one of the most brilliant soirées of the season.
EFFECTS OF THE BITE OF A RAT.—About six
weeks ago, a porter at one of the Wakefield corn warehouses
In Thornes.lane, caught a rat, and while putting it into a
sample bag, in order to take it home for a little dog to
worry, the rat bit the hand of the porter, and so firmly
kept hold with his teeth that he had some difficulty in ex-
tricating his band; however, he did so, and took the vermin to
be destroyed by the terrier, without taking any further notice of his
hand. Two weeks passed on and symptoms of mortification began
to appear, and the man was obliged to obtain medical advice. He
has since been ill in bed, suffering great pain, but the man is ap-
parently recovering.-110/a.r Guardian,