The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-14 00:00:00

THE COURT AT BRIGHTON.

BRIGHTON, WEDNESDAY EVENLNG.—Her Majesty and his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal, ac-
companied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, drove out in the
morning upon the new sledge, which her Majesty used for
the first time yesterday afternoon, with Prince Albert and
the Princess Royal, to Patcham, a village three miles on the
London road. This morning the drive was extended on the
same road to the south end of Clayton Tunnel ; Prince Al-
bert, as was the case yesterday, driving a pair of ponies, at-
tached to the sledge by means of Morocco harness covered
with small bells.

The Queen and Prince Albert drove out this afternoon in
an open carriage for an airing on the cliffs.
The Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice were taken out
for a carriage airing on the cliffs ; and afterwards they walked
on the pier.
In the afternoon their Royal Highnesses were taken out
again for a carriage airing.
Among the calls at the Palace to-day were—Lieut. G.
Rabett, R.N., and Lady Louisa Rabett, Admiral Sir Davidge
and Lady Gould, the Earl and Countess of Beverley, Lady
Grace and the Misses Gore, Sir Alexander and Lady Hood,
Lord and Lady Leveson,Major-General and Miss Bradshaw,
Sir I. and Lady Goldemid, General Sir Thomas and Lady
Bradford and Miss Bradford, and Col. Trusty Trickey.

THEATRE.
er Ama heavy dramatic debt for en-
iAmerica
has
longowed PRINCESS'S
us
en-
ticing away from us so many of our best actors. She has
now more than repaid it, by giving us the greatest of
actresses, Miss Cushman. 'Phis lady made her first appear-
ance before an English audience, at this theatre, last even-
ing, and since the memorable first appearance of Edmund
Kean, in 1814, never has there been such a Milt on the
boards of an English theatre. She is, without exception,
the very first actress that we have. True, we have very
lady-like, accomplished,. finished artistes, but there is a wide
and impassable gulf between them and Miss Cushman—the
gulf which divides talent, even of the very highest order,
from genius—that god-like gift is Miss Cushman's, strictly
speaking. She is no artiste, or if she be, hers that highest
reach of art the ars celare artenz. The character which she
chose for her first appearance was Bianca, in Milman's
tragedy of Fazio, a character which, since the days of Miss
O'Neil, no actress of any note has ventured to attempt. The
Bianca of Miss Cushman is not so polished as that of Miss
inorepowerful, more
readingharrow-
ing—more the play in the closet,
is struck with the improbability
iOi
nt O'Neil, ,
impossible
truebi
e i stt
oon
ani more intense,
dreb. eni gn
of the story. It is scarcely possible to imagine that Bianca can
be so carried away by her jealous feelings as not to be aware
that in denouncing her husband to the authorities as the plun-
derer of old Bartolo, she is not dooming him to certain death.
ever this idea never once
bythe intensity of feeling
In seeing
the
inthienda.ctiirilisspcl%ys,hinhoaisn-,
which she throws into the part, completely carries her audience
with her. They feel with her that it is the:only- means to tear
Fazio from the arms of Aldabella, and to restore him to his
distracted wife ; and, like her, they are thunder-struck when
they find that ho is torn from Aldabella's arms only to be
conducted to the scaffold. We know that it is usual, on
these occasions, to enter into a critical notice of the various
beauties developed by.a debutante; but, were we to attempt
this, our space would in the first place be too limited, for we
should have to transcribe nearly the whole part, and, in the
next place, we will fairly acknowledge that we were so com-
pletely carried away by the
in the
of this gifted
lady, that after the magnificent scene the second act—
after witnessing:the electrical effect which she threw into the
words " Thou'st seen Aldabella"—we could not criticise, we
could only admire. She was admirably supported by
Graham, as Fazio, who would be a first-rate actor, if he
would trust more to himself, and less to his recollections of
Macready. Both were called for at the conclusion, and
bouquets in abundance were showered on Miss Cushman.
Never were bouquets more richly merited. The house was
well attended.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
CHESTER CUP.
9to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Semiseria—taken and
afterwards offered
16 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's The Era—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's St. Lawrence
27 to 1 agst Mr. 11. Stebbing's Celeste
30 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Pride of Kildare
30 to 1 agst Mr. Parry's Zanoni
33 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Strathspey
33 to 1 agst Mr. Williamson's Extempore
33 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Winesour—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Foigh-a-ballagh
Of the very select lot enumerated above only Semi-
seria, The Era and St. Lawrence were backed for any
money. No mention was made of Obscurity, Cataract or
Pug, and various attempts to back Zanoni and Extem-
pore failed for want of a slight advance on the quoted
prices. 1,000 to 20 was laid two or three times, and in
one instance 1,000 to 15 against Foigh-a-ballagh.
DEBBY.
10 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm—t. and aft. off.
13 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Cobweb colt
14 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger
16 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas
18 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam
25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger—taken
33 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt—taken
35 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old Engand—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Bills Iroumaster—t. all in
40 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Doleful (the Frede-
rica colt)
40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o' Cockpen.
50 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Anti-Repealer—taken
66 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Fuzbos—taken
66 to 1 agst Mr. Waller's Columbus.
The little business transacted on the above event had
no other result than to give Alarm and Newsmonger a
lift on Monday's betting; both were in great favour. 16
to 1 agst Idas, and 20 to 1 agst Pam, was laid in one
bet; and the same, with the addition of Kedger, in
another; 1,000 to 30 twice agst the Miss Whip colt; 35
to 1 in ponies agst Old England; 1,000 to 25 agst Iron-
master (all in); 1,000 to 20 agst Anti-Repealer; and
1,000 to 15 each agst Columbus and Fuzbos.
OAKS.
1,000 to 10 was betted agst Mr. Gully's Maid of
Orleans, and 300 to 10 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady
Wildair,

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.

The English Market leaves off much the same as in the
morning, Consols being 9912 % for Money, and 99% for
Account ; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. realised
103% 3% ; Bank Stock rallied to 2121/.
Spanish Bonds continued heavy, the Three per Cents.
being last marked 40%; Colombian Bonds were 141, to 14;
Mexican 34%; and Dutch Two-and-Half per Cents. 62%
to
The 63%.
additional transactions in Railway Shares have been
these :—Bristol and Gloucester were 29V2 : Caledonian, 214 ;
Cambridge and Lincoln, 2%; Eastern Counties, 33/4 ; Eastern
Union, 9; Great Western, 99; Ditto, Half, 50; Hull and
Selby, 251/, ; Brighton, 6%; London and York, 4% : Lynn
and Ely, 2N ; Midland, 241 i ; Newcastle and Carlisle, 20 ;
Newark and Sheffield, %; Northern and Eastern, 16% ' • Ox-
ford and Worcester, 1,4 ; Rugby and Tring, 23/4 ; South-
Eastern, 15 to %; Ditto, New, No. 1,153/ M ; Ditto, No. 2,
17 to 16 ; South Wales, 23/4 to 34 ; Trent Valley, 153/4 ;
West Cornwall, 2% 3q ; Paris and Lyons, % to 1 ; Paris and
Orleans, 24%; Paris and R.men, 22M ; and Paris and Stras-
burg, premium • Dublin and Galway were par • Provincial
Bank of Ireland ghares were 193/4 ; and Union Of Australia,
2 to M premium.
(Frorr The Sun of Last Night.)
The transactions in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
very large, at previous rates. Sales, 10,000 bales, including
3,500 on speculation, and comprising 1,000 Snrat at 2%d. to
31/d., 100 Bahia at 5%d. to 6d., 200 Marahain at 4%d. to
5Md., 700 Peru= at 5%d., 600 Egyptian at 51/2d. to Bd., and
the rest American at 3/Id. to 7d. for Orleans.—Rather more
was done in Shares, and prices were steadier. Birmingham
and Gloucester, 135%; Bristol and Gloucester, 58; Caledo-
nian, 7 6i ; Chester and Birkenhead, 391/ ; Chester and
Holyhead, 8% ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 64%; Glasgow
and Dumfries, 11/2 ; Glasgow and Greenock, 15 16 ; Grand
Junction, 219 222 ; Grand Junction, Half, 110% 111%;
Lancaster and Carlisle, 29 ; Ditto and Preston, 52%; Liver-
pool and Manchester, 213%; London and Birmingham Quar-
ters, 29M ; Ditto and Brighton, 55% ; Ditto and York,
61% %; Direct Northern, 2M; Manchester and Birmingham
Quarters, 11M % ; Midland Counties (40/0, 8% M ' • North
British, 13%; Preston and Wyre, 22 ; Scottish Central,
33/4 74 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 104% • South-Eastern, ex
New, 404 ; Trent Valley, 16% 16 ; Ulster, 44 ; Boulogne
and Ameins, 5 ; Northern of France, 53/4 %.
Accounts of Oct. 26, from Van Dieman's Land, and Sept.
4, from New Zealand, have come to hand this morning.
There is nothing of particular interest from Van Dieman's
Land, except that the colony is represented, both on official
and private authority, to be doing rather better.
In New Zealand, Captain Fitzroy was still engaged in the
adjustment of the flag-staff dispute, though the chief, pre-
tending to have superior jurisdiction over his countrymen,
John Heclire, as he is called, was expected to make some
compensation. The port of Russell had been declared free
to ships of all nations, and, to meet the complaints of the na-
tives, all duties are remitted. This will be questionable
policy in the opinion of many, but it is difficult, unless upon
mature consideration, to give an opinion here.
In our remarks upon the duties imposed on one or two im-
portant articles of daily consumption, such as butter and
cheese, the decrease in the consumption was printed as being
50s. to 755. per cent. instead of 50 to 75 per cent. Upon this
interesting subject we have now a few additional items fur-
nished us by the same brokers, Keeling and Hunt. They state
that the quantity of butter destroyed by tar, and sold as
grease, within the last twenty years, may be calculated
from 100 to 150 tons per annum, which, at a reduced duty,
might have been consumed as butter, leaving a loss to the
importers from twenty to forty per cent., and to the revenue
of the difference between the 20s. per cwt. evaded duty
as butter and the 2s. per cwt. duty as grease ;
being a loss to the merchants of 90,0001., and to
the revenue of 54,0001. A ten shilling per cwt.
duty on butter would increase the importation fifty per cent.
the first year of the alteration in duty, and would increase
the export from Ireland to Spain and Portugal, Irish butter
being preferred, and would displace an equal quantity of
foreign, which would be sent to England. A five shilling
per cwt. duty on cheese would tend to increase the imports
from Holland from 40 to 50 per cent., and from America 75
to 100 per cent. The operation upon the price of those
articles would, from the present deficiency of low butter and
cheese, increase consumption so as to leave a remunerating
price to the importer.
The Funds have been a little flatter to-day, a sale or two
of Consols, &c., having been pressed forward. Consols have
been 99% 3/4 for Money, and 99% 3/4 for Time. Exchequer-
bills have been 565. to 545. premium. Bank Stock has been
done at a decline again to 2114. India Stock is 2831/2. The
New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. are 103'i to %.
The Foreign Bonds are heavy. Spanish k ire per Cents.
have declined to 27'78, and the Three per Cents to 41%.
Portuguese Converted have been 581/ to 59 ; Mexican Bonds
have been marked 343/4 %; and Buenos Ayres, 43 to 433/4.
Brazil Stock is 90% to 1/4. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. are 631,4.
The settlement in Railway Shares has been in progress,
and prices, in some instances, are lower upon it. Trent Val-
leys are firm ; Churnets rather weak ; Caledonian well sup-
ported ; Birmingham and Gloucester and Brighton higher;
Birmingham rather unsteady, and South-Easterns better.
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock . . 2114 2121/2
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols .. .
New 31% per Cents
Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 12 1-16 3-16 12 3-16
India Stock
India Bonds, 1,0001..
Ditto under 1,0001 7l
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Consols for Account... ••••••• 995/s3/4%
Exchequer Bills, 1,0004, 1%d.... 56 54
Ditto 5001. .
Ditto Small
ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds
Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent 433/4 43
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent..., • 433/4
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 14
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 3434%% 34%
Ditto, Account 34
Ditto, Deferred Stock l5l
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Converted
Ditto, Account 59
Russian Bonds
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Dutch, 21/2 per Cent .
Ace

117
993/4
99%
pm. 54
pm. 54
pm. 54
CLOSING
PRICES.

40%
631/s
'll/

Ditto, . ~:count ... ......... .. 63
Ditto, 4 per Cent , Certific.... 98% 98
Ditto, 5 per Cent — 99,E
PRICES OF CLOSING
PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAY SHARES riticEs
Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 134 137 134.....•
Ditto New Shares ... 171/i 33% 33
Ditto % Shares
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto New.... . ......... 2
Bristol and Gloucester... 30
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 3% 78
Chester and Holyhead... 5
Cliurnet Valley
Cornwall
43
"
Direct Northern
~./81.4
Dublin and Galway 2l/2......
Dublin and Mullingar 2l/2 4
Eastern Counties 141. 165....... 17%1%
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....41. 13s. 4d 1
Ditto ditto, No. 2. l3s. 4d. o%',
Eastern Union lO . ..
Ditto Extension
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great North of England..100

59V
7
3i

Ditto New ... 5
Ditto New 2
Great Western 75 ......

21,‘
17%

179

Ditto 1/2 Shares
Ditto Fifths
Hull and Selby 5O —
Lancaster and Carlisle... 15
London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...239 237 240 —
Ditto, Quarters
London and Brighton... 50 55 56 55% 561/ 56
Ditto Loan Notes
London and Greenwich 12/ 1554 d... 11
London and S. Western 41/ 16s 10d 80 79%
Do. New consolidated Bths 6 ...... 251/0 l4
Ditto New 2l/2 14q 13% ......
Ditto New 2 . 10_91/2 —

75%

_
65,
51

London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 173/4 18
London and York 2% 6% 5% 614...
Lynn and Ely
Manchester and Leeds... 73 l3B
Manchester and Birmin. 40
Midland... 100
Ditto New 2 ..... 8
Midland, Birm.,Derby...100
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction 24 ...... 701/2 681/ 71...
Newcastle and Carlisle 100
Newark and Sheffield ... 11/.., DA 2'A
North British
Northern and Eastern... 45
Norwich and Brandon... 10
Richmond and West End
Junction
Rugby,Wor'ster,&Tring 1
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm 2l/ 53/4...
South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d 473/4 48
__ .

Ditto,
_ _

124%

Ditto, No. 2.
Ditto, No. 3
South Wales 2ll/2 .. . 5%
Trent Valley
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ...... 3
West Cornwall . 1
York and North Midland 50 —
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20
Ditto Extension
FRENCH RAILWAYS.

11zi
3%
4316
23-12
18

53
17 %4
3

... 4
106

Boulogne and Amiens... 2
Great North. of France.. 4
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg ... 2
8 2%
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2