The Express. — 1850-05-20 (London, England)

ARTISTS' AMATEUR PERFORMANCE.—On Saturday evening an amateur performance tock place at the St. James's Theatre in aid of the funds of the Artists' General Benevolent Ituititui.a. The entertainments consisted of Douglas Jerrold's drama of the " Ilene Day " and Colmaa's comedy of the "Poor Gentleman." The leaditg characters were played by Messrs. Hamerton, Topham, T. W. Angell, J. Hull, Tenniel, George Cruit kshant, and othert, assisted by se' versa ladiesof the theatrical profession including Miss Cooper, Miss Tellet, Mrs. Tayleure, acd Mrs. Giilfltbs. Of the amateurs it is only just to say that they reormed the parts „ assigned to them in a manner which would have (untied marked wi reapednhcievherwyautte netir,7ns.muointle teetriff,:eiceet,ni viitt..blitrepiidenedir tht thede, , them to applause in a company of kroheatd ac.°rs. The pe'anltrdieormanthnteD acey "w audience,iwthu : ballad of "Lord Bateman " was sung bt Mr. George Cruickshank with much characteristic humour; and, aims wiiele, the entertainment gave very general satisfaction. THE COMET NOW VislßLE.—(Fr‘m Mr. John Hartnup, of the Liverpo 1 Observatory.) The come: dis covered in the constellation Dram, by Dr. Pet•nee, of the , Altona Observatory, to which attention was drawn last week, is exciting much interest among astronomers in eon, sequence of the neat approach which it w ill certainly mike to our earth. Approximate e'.,ments have been calculated by Mr. Hind, from the observations already obtained, from , which it appears that the nearest approach of the comet to us will not be far trona the time of perihelion passage—about the 241 of July. Accurate gamentrie positions of toe comet , are in great demand, to enable calculators to approximate more closely to the true olemtnu of the orbit; anJ, as the large equatorial, at the Liverpool Observatory, is peculiarly adapted for this clots of observations, I beg to enclose the lelowing posHons of the comet, taken at the Liverpool Obser vatory, and corrected fur refraction and parallax : Greenwich Cowes Sight Coniet's Me.in Tinto. Atereelas. Destinstiec. deg. in. 0. deg• m, s. dew. in. s. May 8...12 3i 20........19 0 57.79 70 20 tar Mar 9AO 55 45 l9 13 53.21 :2 '4 31.7 May 12..,10 59 51 19 a 30.25 12 59 44.9 ' May 11...17 3 V 19 0 21.13 l3 II 4.2 ' The comet is wow vYible is a telescope of 21 inches ape?' tuns, and those who wish to And it will obtain its p. sition approximately for a few days, by diminishing the last obesevatroa in right ascrosi an IA the rate of about 4 minutes a day, and by increasing the declination at the rate of about 8 minutes a day.—Litterpoel Journal. Hot' Derr,—Oa ThUrfieley a Lumerotta matting took place at the Town Hall, Maidstone, to ascertain the opinions of the growers relative to an acreage ciey on t.ops. Mr. Golding, of Hadlow, was in the chair, ant T. L.lloilgss, Esq , M.P., was present. The meets-g was of a stormy character, and lasted for some time. A motion brought to:ward by Mr. T. H. eutbush, of Tateling, against the acreage duty, was declared by the chairman to have been carried, although his decision was warmly disputed by many p, none, who declared that Vac resolution was lust by a large —Surrey Standard. SUICIDE OF A SCANIeIi