The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-08 00:00:00

MR. KIRK'S GLACIARIUM.

The private view of this remarkable project opened
yesterday at Portman-square, having, it appears, been
transferred from the Colosseum.

A full company added to the picturesqueness of the
scene which, on entry, attracted the eye. Consisting
of three thousand feet of artificial ice, a frozen lake
extends over the surface of the floor, actual in its veri-
similitude with the same thing in nature. If it lack
any thing in this respect, it is only the aqueous trans-
parency of the original body, which here, perhaps, as-
sumes the appearance of a dense marl, over which the
snow drift seem to have passed.
This smooth expanse- receives • the strait admirably.
Fastening on the polished steel, you can run a race with
wing-footed Mercury up and down its extent ; or, if in-
clined to more courteous movement pursue the evolu-
tions of the dance, or the animated gestures of the gym-
nast. Absolute security also is its undeniable character-
istic. The separation from peril only by twd-inch brittle
crystal—the dread of immersion in unknown deptlts_
—the fear of something worse than cold-water spe,
cifics, or a more than innocent baptism in the Preiss-
nitzian fashion—have no place in the thoughts of a
Glaciarium skaiter. In truth, all the recommendatory
qualities of the sport attach to his pleasure, devoid of
drawback. Nimbleness of foot, vigour of motion,
0-ratification from enjoymnt, enhance his amnse-
bmc nt, without that sense of danger experienced on
the undulating glass of the Serpentine, or other sheets
of water that crack beneath his path. Free, too, from
assailance of the weather, no sleet spits in his face, no
east wind chills him to the bone, but he glides along
in mirth and
_recreation, with the thermometer at
spring temrerature, while beneath him, spreads for
sport, the winter ice of the Arctic.
Mr. Kirk should stand a fair chance of depopulat-
ing the parks. Chemistry has made him acquainted
with a substance no less singular than novel. An
amalgamation chiefly composed of carbonates of soda,
having, subsequently to its liquid state, undergone a
rapid crystallization, has enabled him to lay down a
species of extensive ice-plat, smooth as a metal mirror,
and fitted to please the heart of the subtlest skaiter,
were he of the Baltic seas or Polar.

The ensemble of the gallery or apartment is ren-
dered complete in detail by its cast of ornamental de-
sign. One side of the room is barricaded off by rail-
ings for spectators. Alpine scenery enriches the other
three. From the base or borders of the lake rise
grottoes, decorated like Calypso's. Beyond these, and
forming 'poition of the landscape, spiry steeple, Swiss
auberge, and low-thatched cottage, vary the architec-
tural groupings of the. scene. Further in perspective,
peaks:and snow hills mingle with the sky, indistinct
and shadowy; while in the intervening va'es :.al ra-
vines the light blue mists steam up in aerial sofsness.
Even the ceiling is made to add to the general effect,
faint and pale, as if lit by winter suns.
Imagine the scene transferred to Zurich, cr a lake
of the Cantons, and the picture, as beheld yesterday,
is exactly to be realised. A brilliant noon in winter—
figures in animated and skilful movement—good..
humour, ready for a jest, and ripe for a laugh—with-
out rain, drifts, or freezing mercury—et la voila !
Sir William Newton, of the Shafting Club, with
other fashionables, numbered, we believe, among the
amuses; and a very excellent collation was laid out
for visitors.

ACCIDENT AT----THE HAYMARICET THEITRE.—A
few minutes after twelve eolock, on Saturday night
last, as a man named George Byng was putting out
the lights in the second tier of boxes at the Haymar-
ket Theatre—the performances having terminated
and the audience retired—he overbalanced himself
and fell head foremost into the pit. The noise caused
by his falling upon the seats brought other persons
who were engaged at different parts of the theatre to
the spot, where he was discovered lying in a state of
insensibility with a large wound in his forehead. Ima-
gining that he was either dead or dying, a stretcher
was procured, and he was conveyed to Charing.
cross Hospital, where he was attended by Mr. More,
the house-surgeon, who quickly discovered that ani-
mation mas only suspended, and with the aid of re-
storatives and other means he was in a short time
brought to a sense of consciousness ; and the wound
in his head having been dressed, and his wrist, which
had been sprained, having been. attended to, to the
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surprisesignified ofhi thoses intentionto t o the
his
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which he actually did without any assistance, after
‘vlio coofnpvreo3credeedilliPn;
having sustained so frightful a fall.
THE RUMOURED ACCIDENT TO LORD HATIIERTON.
—ln consequence of a statement which appeared in
one of the local papers, of a serious accident having
happened to the above Noble Lord while out shooting
in Staffordshire, by one of the party discharging the
contents of his gun accidentally in his Lordship's hire,
a number of inquiries have been made by the Noble
Lord's friends at his mansion in Grosvenor-place, and
'the answer was, that his Lordship was quite well;
and at the time of the alleged accident he had left
Teddesley for town for a few days, no such accident
having occurred.
GREAT FLooD.—Owing to the late rains, several
hundred acres of the low grounds in Iloiderness are
completely laid under water.—Tyne Mercury.

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THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
THIS EVENING, DEC. 8,
Will be repeated the English Version of Rossini's Grand
Opera of SEMIRAMIDE.—The Character of Semiramide
by Miss Adelaide Kemble; Arsace, Mrs. Alfred Shaw (from
the principal Theatres in Italy) ; Assur, Mr. Ginbilei ; Oroe,
Mr. Leffler ; idreno, Mr. Travers ; Shade of Ninus, Mr., J.
Bland.

After which THE TURF. Captain Flatooker, Mr.
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Mr. Meadows ; Aaron Tret, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Culpepper,
Mrs. Humby ; Miss Warren, Miss Lee.
Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com-
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Second Price 2s. ; Gallery Is.
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THEATRE ROYAL, HAY-MARKET.
THIS EVENING, DEC. 8, •
Will be repeated the Comedietta of A CURE FOR LOVE.
Felix Trimmer, Esq., Mr. W. Farren ; Richard Sadgrove.
Esq., Mr. Buckstone. Mrs. Felix Trimmer, Mrs. Malone
Raymond ; Mrs. Major Browne, Mrs. W. Clifford; Miss
Bitterton, Mrs. Glover; Mrs. Tubbs, Mrs. F. Matthews.
After which. THE DOWAGER. Lord Alfred Lyndsay,
Mr. Charles Mathews ; Dowager Countess of Tresilian, Madame
Vestris.

To be followed by THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STIL-
BERG. Ernest, Mr. Webster • Margot, Madame Celeste.
To which will be added Mr. T. H. Bayly's Blirletta of ONE
HOUR ; or, A CARNIVAL BALL. Mr. Charles Swiftly,
(his original character), Mr. Charles Mathews; Miss Dalton,
(her original character), Madame Vestris, who will sing
" Love is the Theme."

To conclucie with Mr. Buskstone's original Farce of THE
IRISH LION.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
THIS EVENING, DEC. 8,
Will be repeated a New Drama, in Two Acts, called YOU
KNOW WHAT. The principal Characters by Mr. 0. Smith,
Mr. Wright, Mr. Maynard, Miss Fawcit, and Miss Murray.
After which, a New Comic Burletta, called ANTONY and
CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss
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To be followed by a Grand Rurletta Spectacle, entitled
ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford,
Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche
G iubilei.

To conclude with THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prin-
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DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, DEC. 8,
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Drama called THE FORCED MARRIAGE ; or, RE-
TURNED FROM SIBERIA, in which Mr. T. P. Cooke
will be supported by the Entire Company.
After which, UNION JACKSAILOR and the
SETTLER'S DAUGHTER. Jack Steady, Mr. T. P.
Cooke ; Mary, Mrs. R. Honner.
To conclude with The PLEDGE OF LOVE.
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however, that their flattery did not hinder him from
giving them the rebuke which they deserved. It is
perfectly clear now, that he was supplanted in the
representation of the county upon false pretences.
They are now as Whiggish in their policy as ever he
was. They are now of the same mind as to the
policy of protection for agriculture which Lord John
Russell and his party avowed themselves to be in
May, 1841. With what face, then, can they stand up
as Members of Parliament before the man who ceased
to be a Member of Parliament because they gave the
county to understand that they would support politi-
cal views the opposite of his ? These gentlemen may
think it a fine thing to go with Liberalism and
the Minister, and to abandon the industry of their
countrymen to all the mischief which can be inflicted
by the competition of cheap foreign labour, but we
can tell them that they will have their reward, and if
they do not live to hate themselves, they will, if they
live long, learn what it is to witness the contempt of
a deceived people.
Our Contemporary has a great deal more of
the same sort of vigorous abuse of his late friends,
who could assign no better reason for their
change of opinion than that " the times" and
the " course of things" compelled them to
change. Why our Contemporary should think
them insufficient to justify Messrs. ACLAND and
DICKINSON we know not, since changes in
" times" and " things" have ever been held suf-
ficient to justify the most violent changes in po-
litical conduct. Sir ROBERT PEEL Only repeated
in 1842 what he and the Duke of WELLINGTON
did when they submitted to a dire necessity in
1829, and gave up their principle to retain power.
Then both these eminent statesmen, both these
present idols of the Post, did what Mr. ACLAND
and Mr. DICKINSON have now done, namely,
acted directly contrary to the principles a con-
fiding ultra-Protestant clergy and people placed
them in power to support. 111-ley have not for-
feited the esteem either of the Post or the To-
ries, and it is rather bard on the Somersetshire
gentlemen, to attack them for now following a
lead which has had, and they might naturally
suppose always would have, the approbation of
every Tory.
Messrs. ACLAND and DICKINSON, as the Post
properly observes, supplanted Mr. SANFORD in
the representation of the county on false pre-
tences; but by those representations they got
what they wanted, place and power for them-
selves and friends. In the history of modern
Toryism that is quite an ordinary occurrence.
The plain and always avowed principle of the
Tory party—which pervades, and always has
pervaded, its policy, is get and keep power; and
to that end put forth any pretence, flatter
any prejudices, nourish any errors, praise any
superstition, offer homage to any powerful
popular idol which will enable you to attain
it. Throughout the mazy inconsistencies of Tory
opinion, we can always trace a firm and logical con-
sistency of conduct. From the pole-star of place
and emolument, the Tories have never swerved.
In all their policy, in all their public acts, you
distinctly see the same political meanness,
greediness, rapacity, and cowardliness, always
seeking pelf and power on every pretext, and
ever deserving, as now, the reprehension of the
Post, for giving up their opinions whenever "the
times' and " the course of things" rendered that
necessary for the preservation of pelf and power.
There are, however, far higher considerations
than those connected with this avowed deser-
tion by the country gentlemen of the princi-
ple of protection. Mr. ACLAND and Mr.
DICKINSON both recommended the farmers not to
rely upon " protection," that " legislation could
do but little for them, that they must rely on
their own intelligence and exertions." Well
may the Post ask, " are not intelligence and
perseverance always excellent ?" Could not
protection be as well done without in 1840 as in
1842 ? Certainly; but Mr. DICKINSON and
Mr. ACLAND thought, in their surpassing igno-
rance, that they could, by law, extort wealth
from the manufacturing classes, and the whole
body of the consumers, without injuring them-
selves. " The times" and " the course of
things" have taught them the folly of their
iniquity. Now they see that protection cannot
be preserved, and, if preserved, cannot save
the farmer from decay and rents fromfalling
; and now they encourage the
farmers to exert themselves, as they before en-
couraged them to rely on protection, that rent
may be kept up. No other earthly object have
the country gentlemen in view ; and hence, now
that the rotten reed of protection has broken
under them, they all call lustily on the farm-
ers to improve their cultivation.
What was the cry at Leicester on Friday, at
the annual show of the Leicestershire Agricul-
tural Society, at which the Duke of RUTLAND
presided, and spirited the farmers on to make
greater exertions ? We copy from a Morning
Contemporary of Monday the reply :
His Grace was taken up rather smartly by the
Rev. N. Morgan, who, on returning thanks for the
Bishop and clergy of the diocese, said " he was sorry
they did not meet this year under the same favourable
circumstances as they had last met—(he should be
telling a lie to say otherwise, and he abhorred lying)
—and that though he was sorry to have to differ from
the Noble Chairman, who said they must wait, he
should like to know what would be done when rent-
day came ?—(Loud cries of Hear, hear,' and conti-
nued applause.) He said not that to court popula-
rity, but it was of no use giving medicine to a dying
man or putting a plaister on a broken leg. His
panacea for this state of things was good farming and
considerate landlords."

The Rev. Mr. Morgan was here on rather ticklish
ground. It seems to have been thought necessary to
notice his pointed allusion to rent-day; and Mr.
Philips, a banker in Leicester, in the confidence of his
Grace, said, he would answer Mr. Morgan's question
as to rent-day by saying, " Pay those rents"—(Hisses
and derisive laughter)—and from what he knew of
the Leicestershire yeomen, he knew that all the
tenants were well able.—(Hear, hear; No, no, and
hisses.)

Protection, therefore, having failed the land-
lords as a means of keeping up rent, they have
now fallen on the plan of recommending indus-
try and exertion, draining and manures, to the
farmers. They are Preparing, we believe, to give
up the Corn-laws, not because they are iniquitous,
but because they are injurious to rent; not
because they starve a portion of the people, stifle
trade, and foster national animosities, but because
they throw the support of a few of the labourers
on the land. What a Climax to the character of
the Corn-law-making landowners ! They have
for a series of years known that the Corn-laws
have been publicly and openly branded as melt-
ostiniqtuhietouleser,
isalast a
tt, or
vgijo°luast'ionas( °trhaei'duats nies' which

owes to the people—in short, they have long

. .
known them to be publicly branded as the
devil's laws, and they never thought of resigning

them but the moment their own pockets suffer
—which we long ago knew and said would be the
case—they are ready to give them up, acknow-
ledge the error of their principle, acknowledge the

justice of our charge, and, pocketing the infamy
with theirpast increased rent, think only how they
may turn the new " times' and the new " course
of things" to the future increase of their beloved
rent. Whatever may be the present homage of
their flatterers in the press and in the public,
posterity will do justice to them, and point them
out as an infatuated set of men, who sacrificed

the affection, the love, and the respect of _ a
noble people to the most mean and sordid con-

We have more and good news of the progress
of the League. At a large tea party held at
Leeds on Tuesday evening, similar to those parties
which have been recently held at Halifax and
Huddersfield, nearly 1,0001. was subscribed in the
room. At the same time it was announced that
the subscription at Huddersfield had reached
1,3081. There can now be no doubt whatever
that the League will raise the desired 50,0001.,
and would be able to raise twice that sum should
it be necessary to defeat a protracted and obsti-
nate refusal to remove the legislative fetters from
trade. Everything augurs well for the success
of the League. Its opponents are giving up the
contest both in principle and in detail, and as
they retreat the League is gathering strength.
The Leeds meeting, of which a full report will
appear in our Evening Edition,was as numerous as
possible. As many tickets (650) were issued as
the room would accommodate persons to share
in the festivitives, and the galleries were crowded
with spectators. Many ladies were present, and