The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-08 00:00:00

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ASTLEI"A ROYAL AMPHITIIKATRE.
PRO?RIETOR, MR. W. BATTY.
Positively the Last Week of the present splendid Routine of
Attractive Novelties.
Mr. BATTY, ever anxious to retain the patronage that has been
so bountifully bestowed on this Establishment, feels a degree of plea-
sare in announcing the greatest combination of Foreign Equestrian
Talent that ever appeared in the Metropolis, he having engaged the
whole of M. Tournaire's Company of French, German, and Italian
Artistes, and the entire Stud of highly-tutored Horses. The Com-
pany embrace the following distinguished Professors :—M. Benoit
Tonrnaire, M. Ferdinand, M. Francois, M. Ernest; Signors Angussi
and Rinaldo; M. F. Blatt; Mesdames Louise Klatt, Ilubor, and
Popowitz ; Popowitz, the French Clown ; Herr Ilubor, the Dutch
Grotesque. This talented Corps will make their First Appearance
on Whit Monday. A new Dramatic Spectacle, written expressly for
this Establishment, by Mr. Moncrieff, the plot of which ii taken from
the works of Eugene Sue, will also be produced on the same
occasion.
The Amphitheatre will be closed on SATURDAY NEXT.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Grandest Week of the Season—Last Nights of the American Samson,
the Wonder of the World,
EVENINGand the real Water Spectacle.
THIS
Will be performed THE GYPSEY FARMER ; or Jack and Jack's
Brother. Supported by Messrs. Hicks, Honner, Cowell, Mrs. If.
Vining, Mrs. Hughes, Miss Martin, &c.
After which, TIIE SMOKED MISER. Daring, Mr. Fredericks ;
Old Screw, Mr. IlesloP ; Goliah Spiderlhnb, tin Valet ; Sally Ceres,
Miss Martin.
To be followed by the Extraordinary Feats of the American
Sampson.
To conclude with a Dramatic S ectacle, entitled THE CEDAR
p
CHEST ; or, The Lord Mayor's Daughter. Supported by the whole
Company.

A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON!—GRAND OPENING
FETES.
First Exhibition of the Colossal Pictorial Representation suggested
by 11. R. 11. PRINCE ALBERT. Under the Patronage of her
most Gracious MAJESTY, her Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER,
11. It. H. PRINCE ALBERT, &c. &c.
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
NOTICE.—The extreme unfavourable state of the we r
athe ren-
dering it impossible to complete the unprecedented Pyrotechnic dis-
play. the OPENING IS UNAVOIDABLY POSTPONED TILL
WHIT-MONDAY, the 12th inst.
A magnificent modelled Representation of EDINBURGH, the
Pride of Scotland and of Scotchmen, and the immortal Scott's " Ain
Romantic Town," introducing the Old and New Town, the Nor'
Loch, as it formerly existed, the Calton Hill, Nelson's Monument,
Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Craggs, the Castle, Sir Walter Scott's Monu-
ment, the Royal Institution, Holyroad Palace, and all the most inter-
esting features of " Auld Reekie."
The Proprietor had the honour of submitting the Model to his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, and he is delighted to say it met with
his most decide and perfect approval, and from the more than usual
care which has been observed In its execution, he points it out as the
happiest production of Mr. Danson's pencil. The drawings were
made by Mr. Denson on the spot, and present a bird's-eye view of
the principal objects of the Old and New Town, the Firth of Forth, his
The PROMENADE CONCERTS, so decidedly popular at th
Establishment, will this season be on an unusually effective scale. Mr.
GODFREY has been occupied since the close of last summer, in com-
posing and arranging a varied and pleasing succession of superior
Novelties, which will he produced in rotation, including some Ori-
ginal Pieces by Foreign Composers, not yet performed in this country.
At Dusk will take place the most extraordinary Exhibition of
FIREWORKS ever attempted. The entire of the Gigantic Model
will be Illuminated. The different devices in front of the houses, the
tflrena on the Calton 11111, Arthur's Seat, and the surrounding Moan-
aiwhitckhthe illumination of Nelson's Monument, and all the rejoicings
tray,,ZG'Alt place on her Majesty's Visit will be accurately pour-
Tableau FT'', as a Finale, a grand Aquatic Reyal and Patriotic
Lake ! 'ThietlYFeet in Height, will be exhibited in the centre of the
The and surrounded by
by Fame, Portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert, surmounted
emblems and other devices will be in-
troduced.
Mr. Southby has been occupied designed and executed by Mr. Denson.
matchless and ammo, for months in giving effect to this
lice, the Salute design,and,Drischgwhich combined with the Feux D'Arti-
e of Rockets front the Castle and sur-
rounding heights, u form the most brilliant Pyrotechnic Display
ever witnessed.
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Feeding of tho Carnlavnor past Four ; Pelicans, &c., at
Fire Concert, at Six;
On Wilt :splay at sine.
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TII E LONDON MECII AN ICS' IN STITUTION.
—Yester
day afternoon a numerous meeting of the friends of education was
hold in the theatre of the Mechanics' Institution, Chancery-lane,
for the purpose of promoting the erection of a new e
and an increase of the library of that Institution.
iLorrdaing-m
Brougham
was In the chair, and among the noblemen antdugie t, gentlemen on the
platform were Lord Kinnaird, Lord Dudley
s la
St. David's, W. Ewart, Esq., M.P. ; and amongst the te Bishop of
Miss Martineau. The Chairman said that the managers of the ashewln.
h stitution had convened the present meeting as an ara
public to relieve them from some difficulties into which they the
he to
fallen. The Institution had had an average of one thousandyad
members for many years, but a few months ago that Lum-
ber was found to have sunk to six hundred, a number
whose subscriptions alone would not suffice to maintain the
Institution in so efficient state. That diminution was to be
attributed to the smallness of the library, and the want of suffi-
cient accommodation for the readers. He had the most perfect
confidence that an application to the wealthy classes would not be
made in vain, and that the Committee ws,u soon have the means
of making the improvements and additionld s they required. The
meeting was next addressed by Lord Kinnaird, Mr. Ewart, M.P.,
the Bishop of St. David's, Mr. Knight, Mr. J. S Buckingham, and
others, and resolutions expressive of the importance of the pros-
perity of the Mechanics' Institution were carried unanimously,
as also a motion for opening a fund te make additions to the
Jibrary. The following were am. ngst the subscriptions an-
iteunced t—Prince Albert, 201. ; the Marquis of Lansdowne,
Qat. ; Charles Knigh4.Esq, (the publisher), 20/. ; the Hon. C. P.
and
Witter, at ; Earl DOeie, bl. i the Bishop of Durham, a/. as ;
0. owe, iiii., 54 Thanks were then sinn to the Chairmen, and
1.,-- All Duman, serrated.
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LONDON', THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1845.

The House of Lords did not sit last night.
The House of Commons met at Four o'clock.
Mr. FITZGERALD took the oaths and his seat for the
county of Tipperary, in the room of Mr. OTWAY CAVE,
deceased.
Mr. P. M. STEWART moved that the Glasgow Bridge
Trust Bill he re. committed.
The motion was opposed by Mr. Fox MAULE, and
negative d by a majority of 25, the numbers being—For
the motion, 27; against it, 52.
Mr. F. FRENCH moved the first reading of the Great
Western (Ireland) Railway Bill.
Mr. WARBURTON thought that as the Standing Orders
Committee had reported against the Bill, and as it was
intended to have a Select Committee to consider the
subject of the applicability to Irish railway Bills of the
standing orders relating to English railway Bills, it
would be as well to adjourn the further consideration of
this Bill until after the Committee should have made its
report.
A long conversation ensued, and it was ultimately ar-
ranged that the Bill should be read a first time, but that
the second reading should be delayed until after the
Committee to be moved for by Sir GEORGE GREY should
have made their report.
Among the notices of motions was one by Mr.
VILLIZRS, on the subject of the Corn-laws, for the 20th
of May.
Mr. EDWARD ELLICE moved the substitution of Lord
FREDERICK HALLYBURTON and Mr. DAVID MORRIS, for
Mr. PATRICK STEWART and Mr. BICKHAM ESCOTT, on
Select Committee on Prisons (Scotland).
Mr. PRINGLE opposed the motion, and the House
divided, when there appeared, for.the motion, 80; against
it, 22; majority for the motion, 58.
Sir J. GRAHAM, in answer to Mr. BOUVERIE, said
that he had caused inquiries to be made about the truth
of the accusations which he had brought against Mr.
MAZZINI, on the faith of the report in the Moniteur. He
had caused inquiries to be made of the judge who tried
RIBIERO and C.tratom in 1833, and of the public pro-
secutor who had conducted those trials. Their answers
to the inquiries made were full, explicit, and direct ; and
they stated that no evidence was produced at the trial
which inculpated Mr. MAZZINI in the least. Had he
known at the time he made the original state-
ment, the fact that Mr. MAZZINI brought an
action against a newspaper for repeating the charge,
and much more if he had known what the im-
pression of the Judge who tried Rininno, and that of
the public prosecutor were, he would never have made
the statement be did. He now thought it due to Mr.
MAZzINI to make the only and the best reparation in his
power, namely, that the retraction should be as public
as the accusation.
This statement was received by the House with loud
cheers.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE thought the Right Hon. Gentleman
had reason to complain of the person who had put the
Moniteur into his hands, and who must have been aware
of the facts of the case. The Right Hon. Gentleman
was right to make inquiries before giving the explana
tion, which, however, came rather late. It would, how-
ever be very satisfactory to Mr. Mazzier and his friends;
and had he not from the beginning believed Mr. Maz-
ZINI to have been innocent, he would not have intro-
duced his name to the House.
Sir J. GRAHAM had only received the dispatch of Lord
COWLEY, in answer to his inquiries, yesterday, and, had
the House sat, he should have then given the explanation.
Mr. T. DCNCOMBE did not attribute unnecessary delay
to the Right Hon. Baronet.
In answer to Lord PALMERSTON, Sir ROBERT PEEL
stated that separate, and not joint remonstrances,
had been made by Great Britain and the United
States to Spain and the Brazils, on the subject of
the slave trade, and that although the treaty of 1841 for
the suppression of the trade, agreed to between Groat
Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, and France, had not
been ratified by France, yet that the other powers held
the treaty inviolate, notwithstanding its non-ratification
by France.
In answer to Mr. H. BERKELEY, the CHANCELLOR of
the EXCHEQUER said that the Government intended to
remove the Welsh mail from Bristol, but that Bristol
would not suffer any inconvenience in consequence.
The second reading of the Scotch; Poor-law Bill was
postponed to Friday week.
Mr. SCOTT moved the second reading of the Chattel
Interests (real property) Bill. The measure, which was
opposed by the law officers of the Crown, was lost by a
majority of 3, the numbers being for the second reading,
27 ; against it, 30.
Mr. COWPER moved the committal pro forma of the
Field Gardens Bill.
Mr. ROEBUCK was entirely opposed to the measure,
and moved as an amendment that it be committed that
day six months.
Mr. B ESCOTT seconded the amendment.
Sir J. GRAHAM hoped the amendment would not he
pressed—there were many details in the Bill to which
he could not agree, and he should certainly watch it
narrowly in Committee.
The amendment was withdrawn, and the Bill com-
mitted pro forma.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM then proposed the committal of
the Medical Bill pro forma, and in so doing stated the
alterations which he proposed to make in it. He pro-
posed to institute a third college, the College of General
Practitioners, and to transfer to the College the privi-
leges now exercised by the Apothecaries Company, to
do away with the necessity for serving an apprentice-
ship, and to give the new College representa-
tives at the Board of Health, making an exami
❑ation by the board the only portal to the pro-
fession. He also proposed to exempt graduates
of Oxford and Cambridge from the hardship of being
obliged to obtain permission of the College of Physicians
to practice within seven miles of the Metropolis. The
Right Hon. Baronet went at great length into the de-
tails cf his measure, but these were the principal altera-
tions he proposed.
The House was then addressed by Mr. WAKLEY and
Mr. WARBURTON, and several other Hon. Members, and
ultimately the Bill was read a second time, passed
through Committee, and reported.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of,and
,he House adjourned at Twenty Minutes to One o'clock.

From the immediate interest attaching to many pas-
sing events more prominently developing themselves in
our social and political system, eve have hitherto
neglected the duty of doing honour to the memory of an
admirable countrywoman who has just been removed
from the sphere of her most benevoleat and salutary
labours. Mrs. DAVIES GILBERT, late of Eastbourne, in
Sussex, the relict of a former President of the Royal
Society, a gentleman of high scientific acquirements, a
much respected Member of Parliament, and an excellent
man, has not sunk into the tomb without establishing a
noble memorial of her intelligence and humanity, not
only in the hearts of the present generation in that dis-
trict where she principally resided, but in the permanent
amelioration of the condition of the labouring peasantry
within and around it, for many long years, we trust, to
come. This lady was one of the first landowners in that
part of South Britain who established on an extensive
and well-organized scale the allotment system. To
every labouring man of sufficient industry to desire and
to avail himself of such an important means of adding to
the sub!:istence of himself and his family, this lady
appropriated a portion of waste or other land on her

estate, varying in size and equality according to circum-
stances, on the condition of his cultivating and croppir.g
the same in hours not devotcd to the labours of his
hired service. A practical agriculturist herself, and
accustomed to improve the advantages of her fortune
and her position by intellectual energies, and habits of
personal activity rarely witnessed even in the sterner
sex, she not only appreciated the theory, but thoroughly
comprehended the wants and the capabilities of self-
supporting industry. With a philosophical comprehen-
sion of the moral stimulus which labour derives from the
consciousness of its independent action, and of the enhanced
and improved character of that exertion and its fruits,
which it contemplates as devoted to the welfare of those