The Express. — London, England, 1847-04-26 00:00:00

-------- Grand Dubose Helen, his wife, sister of the King of Wur ternherg, is removing her household to Warsaw, where she mast at this moment have arrived from Vienna. The grand Bake, the Emperor's eldest son, remain' at St. Peters burg; hie brother Constantine, the Emperor's favourite, ao. (enigmas his father to Stutgardt, where the Czar will pro org en the 26th Crum Warsaw. The voyage of the auto crat to Paris is a matter resolved on. It has an im annul: political object the emperor mounts on oozing to understanding with the King of the Preach on the aurc ai o ca of sun usw..., of Graven, and, above au, of Poland; h e w ined to be :at liberty as to the East. Tt is the Duke de Mositpemis'e who is to receive the Emperor at Strasburg the Grand Duke Constantine will accompany his father to Paris : autograph letters have already given the cour t positive Romances on this subject. A grand review is to take plum in the Champ de Mars on this occasion. A roe& amnesty is to be accorded to the Poles it will bo signed by the Emperor at Paris. The confiscated property will be restored. It is intended to re-establish the Uni versity of Warsaw, and two legions, altogether Polish, v ia be organised there. At this moment, on the contrary, the Poles are disseminated throughout the Russian army." The Cnion ilonare)ique, Paris paper, gives the following account of the ressoas which induce the Emperor to come to Stutgardt .—" M. de Sigur has just arrived in Paris from St. Petersburg, with despatches from Count de Rayneval, ambassador there. On the departure of M. de Si4ur, news had been received at St. Petersburg, that the Prbaerss Royal of Wurtemberg t the Grand Duchess Olga) wee dan gerously ill at Stutgardt. This intelligence had caused the liveliest emotion to the Emperor, whose tender affection for his daughter is well known ; and it was not doubted that, although suffering himself, he would immediately proceed to visit her. The French journal adds, what would seem to be &contradiction of the account stated above, that there was ao talk, in any way, of a projected voyage of the Emperor, of which the correspondence of the German journals has lately sPoken." SERVIA.—BCCHARFST, APRIL Mk—The fol. Rowing are some additional details relative to the cala mitous tire which took place at this place on the 4th Nearly a fourth part of the town, which contains 110.000 inhabitanti, has been destroyed, and fully 20,000 persons have now no shelter from the cold and still inclement erases. The fire broke out in the house of a boyard, owing to a boy firing off a pistol. t h e wedding 'of which eommanicated to the house, and initial than two hours the dames had spread over the whole of the quarter inhabited by the dealer' and industrious classes being Sunday, all the warehoused were closed, so that the contents could not be 'poi; the wind blew a perfect hurricane from the west, and the fists of flame were carried over the who's extent of the town Mae sisterly direction, and as most of the houses are covered with shingle, and each house has its hay-stack in the court, the d e vouring element spread with fearful rapidity. The Mire of the town is very densely peopled, and here is con gregated all the wealth of the city ; the warehouses are en closed in large spaces called khans, and these being once ignited the fire gained ground, and no resistance could be offered. Eight of these khans, each containing to the value of many millions of piastres, are now (the 6th km.) smouldering ruins; 13 churches having but yesterday their bright tinned domes glistening in the sun, are no longer to be wen. The fire having taken place in the day com paratively few lives bare been lost as yet only 30 are spokes of, but 4,000 how's are laid low. Among the churches burnt is the catholic, whose bishop and priests are left boucle's; the residence of the Greek on-sal-general was among the first that fell ; the consul himself was just preparing to go and pay his visit of ceremony to the prince, when suddenly the flames from an opposite house rushed through his room, and he had only time to escape with his wife, each bolding a child in their arms. The residence of the British consul-general was for some hours in imminent danger, the fire extending to within 300 yards of the house ; all valuables and the ar chives were removed; the other consulates are safe. The wind continued its violence until past midnight, and fearful was the view offered by the lurid flames of fire that rushed from such an extent of burning mass! None of the nobles or of the prince's family have suffered ; all the loss his fallen on the dealers and industrious cluese--almost all the Jews, rich and poor, and the smeller boyards holding property in the Faubourg. The fire extended upwards of three miles in length, and wee only stopped by its reaching the barriers of the city, where so more buildings existed to feed it." ALGERIA.—La Petrie, Paris journal, says, " M. Bichanwil, in command of the Algerian squadron, has left today, to take command during the expedition against the Sabyles, which has been lividly decided upon. • - UNITED STATES.—An arrival in the Channel, from Charleston, brings papers from that city to the 25th of March, four days later than we have received via New York. The Mexican news in these journals has been anti cipated by that which we published on Saturday. The local news is unimportant. The Charleston Mercury of the 24th of March, reprints the acts passed by the Carolina legislature of 1844, " for the punishment of croons disturbing the peace of this state, in relation to slaves and free persons of co and to amend the act (passed is 1835) " more effec taally to prevent free negroes and other pawns of colour from entering into this state, and for other purposes." The south is rallying itself for a battle on the slavery question. A New York correspoadeot observes, with reference to the despatches of (ha. Taylor, which we published on Saturday .—" Gen. Taylor, it will be seen, enter, into no details, and clearly suppreeses some facts stated in private communications received from his army, as well as in Santa Anna's reports; such as the loss of three guts on the 20th Feb., the capture of two flags by the Mexicans, &c. Re, how. ever, effectually repulsed the desperate attack made upon him, and has, so far, rendered his present position compa. ratively safe. Whether he will venture to resume the °am iss remains to be seen ; but I rather think not, and, in that case, Santa Anna will have ob tained a great advantage, as he can now march the Slits of his army to the relief of Vera Cruz without any apprehensions that General Taylor will attempt to advance apon the city of Mexico by the route of San Luis de Potosi. The report of the disbanding of a portion of the Mexican troops, in consequence of their want of supplies, is probably true, as far as regards the Ranchero, and other irregulars,' but that is nothing new in the Spanish system of warfare, and they will soon reassemble, and rejoin the army." The writer of the above also states that "It is re ported that Mr. Pakenhans, the British minister at Wash ington, has again offered the mediation of his government to bring about a peace with Mexico, which has been de clined. It Is also said that he has declared that any attempt to establish a Franco-Spanish monarchy in Mexico would not only be looked upon with disfavour by England, but be deemed a sufficient ground for war. In the last of those s tatements I have no faith whatever. 71Lbt (Court. The Queen held a Privy Council at three o'clock on Saturday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Marquis of Lans downe, Lord President; Lord Cottenham, Lord Chancellor; Lord Jobs Russell, First Lord of the Treasury ; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department; Vm- OOLIZA Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonial Department; Sir Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; the Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty; the Earl of Claren don President of the Board of Trade ; the Marquis of Clan - MUM, Postmaster-General ; Lord Campbell, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; Earl Spencer, bird Chamberlain; sad the Duke of Norfolk, Master of the Horse. The Hor.. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in waiting. The Queen gave audiences to Earl Spencer, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and Lord John Russell. Her Majesty and Prince Albert rode out on horse back on Saturday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess of Chulemont, Hon. Miss Kerr, Hon. Miss Caven dish, Earl of Morton, and Major-General Wimps, honoured the performance of the Royal Italian Opera with their pre sence on Saturday evening. Yesterday was the birthday of H.R.H. the Princess Alice. H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent arrived early at Buck ingham Palace, to pay a visit of congratulation to the Queen and Prince Albert. H.R.H. the Doke of Cambridge also paid a congratulatory visit to her Majesty and her royal consort. The Queen and Prince Albert, the ladies and gen tlemen of the court, and the domestic household, attended divine service yesterday in the private chapel at Bucking. ham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay officiated. Yesterday was the birthday of H.R.H. the Duchess of Gloucester. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Alice, paid a visit of congratulatioa to H.R.H. at Gloucester House. The royal duchess also re ceived visits of congratulation from her Majesty the Queen-Dowager, H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, their HAMEL the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and H.S.H. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar. The arrival of H.R.H. the reigning Duke of Saxe- Meiningen, who was expected yesterday at Marlborough house, has been delayed for a few days. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, attended divine service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday. The Rev. DT. Wesleofficiated, and preached the sermon. H.KH. the Duchess of Rent visited the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough-house. Their R.H. the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Baroness Hammer stein Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. Edmond Madmay, honoured her Majesty's Theatre with their presence on A cabinet council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign.o4Sce. It wee attended by Lord J. Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto. Sir G. Grey, Viscount Palmereton, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Earl of Auckland, Lord Campbell, Sir J. Hob house, Viscount Morpeth, the Earl of Clarendon, the Right Ron. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchae. The council let two hours. A deputation from Rochdale had an interview with Sir G. Grey on Saturday at the Home-office. A deputation ershipowners of Liverpool.headed by Viscount Sendon, M.P., Sir EL Douglas, M.P., and Mr. W. Brown, M.P., had an interview on Saturday with Viscount Palmerston on the subject of en act lately passed by the Congreee of the United States of America, with reference to the conveyance of pas sengers to the United States. Mr. Higham, secretary and comptroller general to the commissioners for the Induction of the national debt, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday at hie official residence in Downing street. Mr. Greg and a deputation had an inter view with Sir G. Grey on Saturday. The Earl of Devon bad also an interview with the right hon. baronet. PIM-PAYMENT OF POST LErrltitt.—We undettdand that it is the decision of the Postmaster-General to render the pro-payment of letters to be compulsory for the future. Until we are acquainted with the motives for this change, we shall suspend our judgment on it. It is certainly for the convenience of the post office, but we are not quite sure that it is so for the public—especially tor the more simple and ignorant portion of it. ' TEETOTAL MErfllo ON KENNINGTON COMMON. —Yesterday, an aggregate meeting of the metropolitan tee total societies, to make a collectiou for the relief of the dis tressed Irish and Scotch, was held on Kennington-common. About 8,000 persons assembled. Dr. Oxley was called to the chair ; and in addressing the meeting, urged the claims of the starving Irish and Scotch. He was followed by several other speakers, the collection being made during the ad dressee. CAPTAIN WAHNEB:I3 . 4 LONG RANGF.."—On Friday, a parliamentary document wax imued respecting the public money, placed at the disposal of government to obtain a trial of Captain Warner's " Long Range." It appears that 1,3001. was set aside for the purpose mentioned, and Mr. Warner and Lord Ingestre entered into a bond to make the experi ment, and gave a promissory note to secure payment of the money. The government, after the failure of the experi ment, cancelled the note given for the repayment of the money. Captain Warner had declared that the money had been expended, and there was no reason to doubt that it wee as stated. REDUCTION OF DUTY ON FRENCH WtNEB.—A letter has been addressed by the Free-trade Association of Bordeaux to Lord John Russell urging the British govern ment to reduce the duties on French wines to 101. per tun, or about Is. per gallon. The excess of consumption which they anticipate from such a measure would increase the re venue of this country by two millions sterling. In proof that were French wines within the reach of the bulk of the population, the revenue of the country would be thereby ma terially increased, they state that towards the middle of the 17th cantor' the consumption of French wines in England in the British isleitwae many times greater than it is now, because the duties were then moderate. This reasoning is strength ened by the editor of the ECOPIOMiI i (in whose paper the letter appears), who odds that, in 1753, when the population was nearly one-half what it is now, and when the duty was 46. 10d. on French wine, and 3s. lid. on all other sorts, the revenue derived from the import of wines was 1,430,0001. ; while in the following year, when the duty was raised to 10s Old. on French, and Os. 11d. on all other wines, the re venue fell to 1,159,000/. The advantages likely to be the result of the reduction now proposed, are thus set forth by the Bordeaux merchants : . . . . • . I. To piece an article, healthful when wed moderately, .Atkin the reach of all classes in England.-2. T. check the excessive use of spirituous liquor., it being well known (as it hue been observed, espe cially in France) that drunkenness is less general in those places where wine, being abundant and cheap, become. an object of usual consumption.-3. To obtain • new mane of abroad British produce and manufactures, whirl might be exchanged for our either directly with France, or, though the metll ' lnt other countries.--4. To give a freight to the English .easels that come to our ports loaded with coals, but have almost nothing to take beck with them, and are thus prevented from owning in much greater numbers. - - - ---- —.— Were the reduction of duty, 101. per hogshead, to take place on the ordinary sorts of claret, the different prices would then be thus, respectively, duty included :—Common sorts, 40. perbottle; ordinary sorts, 6d. ; superior sorts, Bd.: best sorts, 101. to 4s. 244. The writers of the letter calculate that at the above prices the consumption of French wines in England could not fail to become so great that the pr esent consumption, compared with it, would appear quite meg niBcant. MYSTERIOUS STORY.—OR Saturday, information was received by the Marylebone division of police, that a day or two before, at noon, a Frenchman, fashionably dressed, drove up in a cab to the door of a mansion in Port man-square, during the absence from home of some of the family, and by representing to the servant who towered him that he came from a friend of the occupier of the house, residing in Eaton-square, succeeded in ob taining an interview with the lady, to whom he said he could communicate his message as well as to her husband. What his object in doing so was, or what took place at the interview, has not been made known, beyofid the fact that he by some means induced the lady to deliver to him two gold watches, a gold guard-chain, a gold watch-key, and a shawl of the value of upwards of 501., and 151. in money, the lady receiving ham him in exchange an enamelled gold watch, warranted perfect, and a gold chain and key, very inferior articles and of tri fl ing value, when he !cockily very politely bowed himself out of the house.-1 he Frenchman is described as being about five feet seven to eight inches high, from 35 to 40 yeah of age, of florid com plexion, can speak several languages, and is very plausible in his manner. He gave the name of " Manley "to the servant when he entered the house, but to the lady . he signed it "F. Dylan." The police are aware that an individual answering the description recently obtained, from a Spanish gentleman, 201. by a similar trick. The name of the lady, his last dupe, has not been allowed to transpire.—Sunday THE GREAT BRITAIN.—There are din strong hopes that this maritime monster may yet be got off. On I Saturday week she floated with the rise of the tide for neea.7 two hours, and, when high water, appeared from the shale to be nearly level. Her stores are to be sold by public auction in Liverpool, by Means. Winstanley and Son, in the course of a few days. NORTH POLAR EXPEDITION.—The plan of an overland expedition to the North Pcle, under the direction of Dr. Sir John Richardson, of Hasler-hospital, has been submitted by him to the government and approved of, and directions have been issued to commence providing the neces sary supplies of stores and provisions for the party who are to form the members —Standard. SUPPOSE AN ARCHITECT WERE RANGED.—What is wanted in architecture, as in so many things, is—a man. Shall' we find a refuge in a committee of taste ? Escape from the mediocrity of one to the mediocrity of many? We only multiply our feebleness, and sggravate our deficiencies. But one suggestion might be made. No profession in England has dense its duty until it has furnished its victim. The pure administration of justice dates from the deposition of Macclesfield. Even our boasted navy never achieved a great victory until we shot as admiral. Suppose an srchitect were banged ? Terror has its inspiration as well as comp.). tition. —Disraeles Tanned. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Aram 24. The change from winter to summer weather has operated unfavourably on the condition of the coun try. The country . papers announce the spread of fever, and some eminent names have fallen victims. Foremost amongst these is the Rev. Dr. Trail, rector of Skull, who died, on Wednesday, rather from ex haustion than disease. His efforts for the alleviation of the terrible misery with which he was surrounded knew no repose. His days and nights were spent in the discharge of duties which others should have divided with him ; and between his anxiety, his cor respondence, and actual labour in relief, his body de cayed, and a good man is gone. His death has caused the most painful regret in all circles. Another name of some repute is that of Mr. Gregory, father to the member for Dublin. He caught fever while engaged on the relief committee of his district, and died. These deaths have produced a more than ordinary sensation among the better classes. None can rely on health with fever festering among the lower classes. Ina short time many will be flying to the continent—to England—to the sea-shore. Considera tions of health precede those of duty. While a future so terrible alarms society, very . strange to say, in those very districts where famine and fever hays been most general and acute, there humane duties are most disregarded by the class whose interests are most deeply involved in the event. I noticed before, Castlebar and Westport in the west; in Bandon and Bantry, the depits of southern destitu tion and death, there is the ante fatal and, I fear, intentional neglect. The Bandon workhouse has been closed. Relief works have been rejected. In conse quence there was great misery and sickness, bat there was no rate ! The Temporary Act is evaded for the same cause, and this while nearly every second house in the town is represented as • small fever hospital ! Then in Bantry, of whose workhouse Dr. Stephens has just reported scenes worthy the horrors of romance, the guardians, as well as the representatives of pro perty in the surrounding country, have resolved neither to afford any admission to the shocking work house, such as it nor to impose any rate for its support, nor to err ploy the labouring population (of which there is a superabundance), nor to give effect to the Temporary Relief Act. This policy is not more inhuman than suicidal. There is reason to believe that the recent order of ' the Board of Works, enjoining the inspectors to close all the public works throughout Ireland upon the' let of May, was never intended to be universally enforced. By the order, government served a double purpose. First, it provided for weeding from off the relief works such parties as could sub si st without public employment; and, secondly, it stimulated the cultivation of the soil. In this latter direction it is gratifying to know that its operation has been ex tremely successful. A very mysterious paragraph appears in one of the Durham papers, " What can it mean P" We are in formed of some system of espionage about to be insti tuted because the police have been ordered to institute certain inquiries. The mystery and espionage are easily dissipated. The constabulary have simply been directed to ascertain, approximately, the amount of land under cultivation for preservative purposes, and wholly unconnected with income or any other tax. Ten DUBLIN DORPOIATION.—A bill termed "the Dublin ImprovementEill," which is now before parliament, has caused no small sensation in this city. The object of the bill is to place in the hands of the corporation of Dublin new and enlarged powers, similar to those enjoyed by English corporations. This is opposed by a large and influential PROVINCIAL. LANCASHIRE THE EXPREB6, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1847. I body 0: the attune, who have subscribed to a fund to oppose its becontilg law. The promoters of the measure inert that the GPPesitiot is partisan and sectarian ; and very recently a placard was posted extensively here, calling on the protes tant' to oppose the Popish bill. These were printed on orange PePer. Ono side cried out, Here is confirmation of our charge of sectary, i opposition"—the other, that the placards wee the work st the promoters of the bill. The Dublin Chamber of Commene, which leads the opposition, has this day issued as adverts:mint, in which it is stated that the printing of the orange plac,rds—they bore no name sr imprint—has been traced to the p:iuter of cue Repeal Assomation. 0 re4BILAL MBADZ.—III OUT paper of April 5, we :bled ph from the Newry Telegraph, stating that Oenaal 13 1= with a property of 20,0001. per annum, had not coa -1 tributsd to the funds of any relief committee. Th:, may be true, but hie agent, Mr. Crane Brush, declare., in a letter to the above paper, that the general initructel him early in October last, to contribute liberally and directly to the wants of the poor on his estate, and, in conformity with these di rections, Mr. Brush distributed sums amounting to 1,5601. SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, APRIL 23. The freechurch synod of Dumfries have condemned the education scheme by a majority of thirteen to five, but before the vote was come to, the minority gave utterance to some home truths in the style of Mr. Guthrie. One member asserted that he was willing to accept of the grant, and it now seems all bat certain that if the free assembly should, on abstract grounds, oppose the measure, its acceptance or rejection by individual congregations must be left an open question. This will be admitting the small end of the wedge—the rest may be left to time. A fatal epidemic is at present prevalent among horses in Perthshire and the adjoining counties. It is ascribed to the bad quality of the hay of last year, and to the want of potatoes for mixing with dry food. Some idea of the mortality may be obtained from the fact that a Perth tanner purchased in one day fifteen hides from farmers in his own neighbourhood. The price of horses is of course augmented, good 'Laught and working animals bringing 401. to 461., which in thatlocality is reckoned unusually high. The Edinburgh Stock Exchange has petitioned government for the suspension for six months of the Bank Act. SUNDAY ORSERVANCII NY AN ENGLISNYAN IN SCOT LAND.--The foreman of the section now forming near Abernethy of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, was brought up before a justice of the peace in Perth, at the instance of the procurator fiscal, charged with a breech of the decorous observance of the sabbath. The party was an Englishman, and wily lately come to Scotland; and had caused six men to be employed on the previous morning on some preliminary work connected with laying the rails, which had been attended with considerable noise, had , attracted a crowd of the villagers, and disturbed the parish minister at his morning studies, The case was established : but in consequence of the alleged ignorance of the offender of the strictness with which the day is observed in Scotland, and that the work ordered was of a trilling nature, the fine was mitigated to ss. and mots. TRH COUNT-OP-8688ION APOLLO —A TOW book of Mite by one of the judges of the Court of Session, is announced : the title is " Gleams of Thought, reflected from the writings of Mikon, Sensate, and other Poems." A NORTHERN BUNN.—The following is part of the bill of the Perth theatre .—" The entertainments throughout the season will embody the productions of the poet of all time, in combination with the best standard writings of the established dramatists, ancient and modern, sad will be illustrated by appropriate scenery and costume." Ton " PRONOTINS" or THE ARTI.—We have received some further statements and correspondence respecting the dispute between the Royal Institution of Scotland for the Promotion of Arts and Manufactures and the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture. The institution has formally withdrawn the personal imputations which it bad made against the president and council of the Academy, with an apology. But the dispute on substantial matters continues. The institution still uses the letter of its authority to resist the equitable claims of the academy. Its sown accountant has substantiated, by an analysis of the accounts, the accusation made on the opposite side, that by a very unfair apportioning of expenses and profits, the institu tion saddled undue charges on the exhibitions of modern pictures, and thus withheld from the academy its proper emolument,. To describe in general terms the actual state of the dispute, there is not so ill a feeling on the part of the institution, but it still Wows sutotantial justice.—Speetatur. Mottta.—An inquest was held at Manchester oa Friday on the body of a child nine months old, killed by its mother whilst in a fit of temporary insanity. The mother, Mary Squires, lived with her husband in Thorniley Br*, but they have been reduced to poverty by want of work, and while he we' from home on Monday afternoon begging, the wife brought the child to the front bedroom window and hurled it out upon the pavement of the street, and then leaped out after it. The child contained a severe bruise on tOe fore head, and survived only till Thursday morning. The mother was carried to the infirmary, where she still remains in a suffering state; but none of Air limbs were fractured, sad she is likely to recover. It was stated before the jury that the unfortunate woman had been ill for some weeks, and had exhibited symptoms of insanity, though it would appear that since the occurrence she has seemed to be rational enough. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against Mary Squires, and a warrant for her committal to the next Liverpool assizes, for trial, has been issued, but it is said she is not yet in a fit state for removal to prison. GREAT DISTRESS in MANCRESTER.—The stagnation of trade is producing great distress in this town. For several months past more than 7,000 factory hands have been wholly cot of work, whilst upwards of 11,000 are working on an average little more than three days a week. A corres pondent says:—" Of the former of these probably but few wimald have any resource in the shape of olivine to fall back tom, and furniture, clothing, and everything on which massy could be raised will, long ere this, have gone to the Wiwi or the pawnshops. A report issued by the directors aft town mission gives some shocking details of the misery sad dietrem which its agents are hourly in the habit of en countering, and fever has begun to show itself, and is expected to increase rapidly with the warm weather. The workhouse is full, and there Is scarcely room even for those who go there but to die, ha •nngg held back as long as passible from that feeling which v indi sows those hitherto unaccustomed to de gradation to ask relief from the board of guardians. To in crease accommodation, and to prevent, as much ma possible, disease from spreading in She w r orkhouee, the guaidiiinshaye engaged large separate building for tholes &fainted with fever. Mendicancy has chiefly been confined hitherto to the Irish poor, of whom we have still large numbers. but many of the town's poor now mingle with them, sad it is scarcely passible to walk 20 yards in any direction without encountering a beggar. Parties of yosng men, too, have begun to trueru the streets in which the better-off class of people reside, one of each party usually knocking at the door',, and respectfully soliciting subscriptions on their behalf. If mill-owners con tinue to refrain from reducing wages (continues our MM.. pondent) we may yet expect , o.eseape any outbreak, but it is said that in several quarters reductions have been spoken of sa the only alternative of those who must otherwise close their mills altogether." RELIRN IN LIVIRPOOL TO IRISH PAI7PIII.—The ex penses incurred by the parish on amount of Irish casual poor, from the Ist to 13th of April itclusive, amount to not less than 1,5051. The average expense of one week is 8141. The total number of out-door patients under medical treat ment, 3,129 ; fever eases included in the above 554. ATTEMPT TO MURDER aN AMID Court.e.—George and Sarah Bridgewood, both between 60 and 70 years of age, ►eide by themselves in a house in High-street, Fenton, in the Potteries, where they keep a small provision shop. On Tuesday night they retired to rest, and shortly after 1 o'clock oe the following ( Wednesday) morning the old man, as he lay half,asleep, fancied he saw • glimmering light in the room, and before he could rouse himself to ascertain from whence it proceeded, he received a blow on the side of his head, his wife, the next moment, receiving several cuts on her face and arms from a knife, which, it is !Alloyed, were aimed at her throat. The old man, recovering himself, sprang out of bed, and seised a man, whom he got ea to. floor, and pliWag hie knees in his assailant's throat, suc ceeded in kiiiminglisa down, his wife in the meanwhile con triving to reach the door, and call out " Murder , ' In a few minutes afterwards the police were attracted to the house, and, on entering the room, found the old man in the position described. Both were drenched in blood, and the bed-clothes and floor exhibited fearful proofs of the astir derous design of the reffian. On being taken to the station. house, he was recognised to be a bricklayer, named William Burleigh. He was in a very weak state, his throat being cut, but how it was done was difficult to say. There is no doubt that his intention, in the first instance, was to plunder the house, but being disturbed, he attempted to murder the aged pair, in order that he might complete his object and escape detection. On Friday he underwent an examination before the magistrates at the Stoke police.court. Mrs. Bridgewood wee brought into the court on a chair, and was propped up by pillows. After several witnesses had been examined, the prisoner was hilly committed for trial at the nest assizes on the capital charge. iisawlcisiuse. CRLIBILATION Or THE BIRTH-DAT OP &tantrum AT B TTTTTTTTT —The anniversary of the poet's birth day was celebrated, sensual, at the place of his nativity, on Friday hat lestthe Mg of April. In the early part of the day, the anniversary;Club held its tweaty.third Wil liam , Eel, in the chair. The wending. derived some intend the 'object dMcuseed : it was that of the pur obese edges aid house, within the wells of which the bard first law the light. This tottering edifice, by the provisions of the will et the last ode NOE, was to be bold at the death of his wife. This lady aspired at the eine of the last year, and lbe societ/itot pommimg any tames wherewith to purchase the, buil ' c:q t= was made to govern ment, throe& Lord the Chia Osemiasioade of Woods aid ?crest., and the was reesived is re*: TIT,-1 no allot as pea Ihr the etannneneed . ..._ . l l2 = here bean pel amok, to Rims Bansirs =.744llMrtbr aging et the Imes li=7he after hers f epee tha p V i e u rnles et the see dlepeeel le Illhek Una the et me Ye e preporty probe MI eon to the el Wed than to Its ammi.-11./elhelaneer to be, no, DiOIMML. In these eiresesomees, coupled, too, with the fast that the bibs stelae property decline to none any price C i r m :budislife, bat hare rewired an stdmittifig it for public competition, the committee of the clu' have been re luctantly compelled to abstain taking any further steps in the matter, so that this precious property hide fair to bil -1 oome at the mercy of some chance purchaser. It 'is to be hoped, however, that something may yet be done to purchase the house for the public.—The dinner in the evening at the Shakspeare-hall, was attended by many of the country gentry. T. H. Brecebridge, I Esq.. presided; and Mr. M. Philips, M.P. for Man• cheeter, was a guest. Unfortunately, however, the com mittee have been unsuccessful in their efforts to obtain the attendance of any of the literati of the day. Amongst those to whom invitations hail been sent, were the venerable poet Wordsworth, who, in return, expressed the deep interest he felt in the society, and the de light it would have afforded him to have been present, but he found the journey to Stratford impossible. Serjeant Talfourd, overwhelmed with briefs, could not spars the time from his professional duties, to visit (w adopt his own expressive language) " the most sacred spot in Bri tain ; " and Mr. W. S. Landor, a Warwickshire man, found himself compelled, from other causes, to decline. Notwithstanding these drawbacks, however, the affair passed off well. Besides the tout of the evening, " The immortal memory of William Shakspeare." The following, among, others, were also drunk .• Wordsworth and the British poets," " the Garrick Club," and " Sheridan Knowles and the Drama." The whole proceedings at the festival were characterised by much good feeling. WANTED, A MIN DITEII. --A strung feeling has exhibited itself in the northern division of this county to have Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary, for one of its representa tives in parliament at the next election. A requisition is in course of signature, requesting Sir George to offer himself; it has already received the names of Sir John Swinburn, Bart. ; Sir IValter Trevelyan, Bart. ; Sir Francis Blake, Bart.; Mr. Bigge, Linden; Mr. Itiddell, Felton-park; Mr. Selby, Tiiriuel.houm ; and other influential gentlemen con nected with that part of the county. THE hunt Pau;iitiW.;;;;ppears to extend to all parts of the country. The midland counties are now com plaining. The Nottingham Review says :—" The number of tramps that have recently visited Mansfield his been very considerable. One fact will give an idea of the expense to the parish incurred thereby : en the night of Wednesday, the loth tut., there veer forty-seven tramps (chiefly Irish) in the union-house. On the following morning, eight of them were taken to the lock-up for refusing to perform the work assigned them. REPREPENTATION OP NSWARI.—Lord John Mennen bas announced to the electors of Newark that when a general election arrives, he shall not solicit a renewal of the trout con fided to ►im in 1841. His lordship, in his farewell address, says :—" On public grounds I would willingly solicit your suffrage, s agates; nor is it owing to any political disagree. ment between us that I refrain from doing so, still left from a wish to represent any other constituency. The motive which induces my retirement forbids me to ay more as to its cause." Mr. John Manner. Sutton, described as a " Peelite," has offered himself so a candidate. THE Bt R uAY Flana.—A man, named Hewes, was ex amined en Wednesday, at the registrar's office at Maldon, when evidence, which appeared to identify him as the in cendiary having been given, he was committed for trial. The value of the property destroyed open the three farms is now stated to exceed 1,2001. DESTRUCTION or BRAM/RW[ON HALL.—This fine speci men of Elizabethan architecture, the seat of Mr. Austin, Q.C., situate on a prominent eminence, near the roadside, between Cretingham and Framlinghsm, in this county, was found to be on fire on the morning of Thursday last. It was built about three centuries since, and was very capacious, having a noble frontage of upwards of 150 fret. Up to within a few years, the mansion was tenanted by the family of its founder, from whom Mr. Austin purchased the estate, and it was, at the time of the accident, undergoing an elabo rate restoration. It appears that the hall was placed under the care of the contractor, who, with his workmen, slept in the building. Soon after 12 o'clock on the morning named, a boy, an assistant of the contractor, discovered smoke issuing from one of the sitting-rooms over the library, on the east wing. It had been used by the contractor since he had had the care of the building, and was the only apart ment in which there had been a fire for several days. He immediately awoke Mr. Sillett, the pria cipal, who became so alarmed that, instead of ascertaining the nature and extent of the fire, he leaped out of window, and sustained some severe injuries b 7 ha fall. Two or three workmen who slept in some attics m a distant part of the house, being aroused, hastened to the apartment, and en deavoured to extinguish the flames, which were awing from the floor within a space of two or Iree feet in front of the hearth, let owing to the dryness of the wood, the fire spread with such rapidity, that their efforts were unsuccessful The elaborate carved wood ceiling of the library below next caught, and it wema from that moment all hopes of saving the edifice were lost. Mounted expresses were immediately =red to Framlingham and to Ipswich for engines and ea. Crowds from villages adjacent flocked to the scene, and oa the arrival of the engines the spectators exerted every nerve to master the fire, but all in vain--the interior of the !structure seemed like one large furnace emitting a body of flame, which lit up the country for miles round. About half-past two the roof sal gable-end of the north front fell in with a fearful crash, and in the space of three hours from the discovery of the fire. Brandaston-hall was a total ruin—only the south wall remaining. The loss cannot be known accurately. It is said to be upwards of 20,0001. The mansion, it is stated, was not insured. VNIT OF PRINCII ALBERT TO Oxroan.—At a meeting of the Reception Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Oxford, on Thanday, it wee announced that a :ettar had been received from the Bishop of Oxford to the effect that his Royal Highness Prince Albert had received the invitation which had been presented, and fully intended to join the meeting, though, at present, he could not specify the day on which he could attend. OXFORD CITY ELECTION.—WiIIiam PM:O Wood, Req., son of the late Alderman Sir Matthew Wood, has announced himself a candidate for this city, and has Sxed a day for meeting the electon. His political views are described as agreeing with those of the present member, J. H. Langston, Esq. ; if so, it is questionable if the conservatives (a small party now in Oxford) will bring any one out against him. It is rumoured that an election will take plane immediately, in consequence of the bankruptcy of Mr. Donald Maclean, M.P. CIVIC HONOURe AT A DISCOUNT.—Mr. Matthew, an eminent builder of Oxford, rather than take upon himself the office of alderman of that city, to which he was elected a fortnight ago by a large majority of the town council, bag paid the flax—vis., 401.—into the hands of the city treasurer, and another gentleman hu been elected in his place. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. ENTRAORDIVART PRICE OT Fete LAND.—Tte folowieg lots of freehold land were sold by auction by Measn. Mum ford and Coseb,r, at the Ferry-boat inn, in the parish of Smithery, on Wednesday last: Lot 1, comprising a m or tenement, with stable, outbuildings, oithard, and e ra g . a lr e . 19p. of fen land, in Smithery, abutting upon the high road from Ely to Downham, 5001. Lot 2. 3a. 2r. 30p. adjoining lot 1, oleo abutting on the high rood, 2901. Lot 3. 3a. 2r. 28p. adjoining lot 2, ditto, 3001. Lot 4. 3a. 2r. 27p. lying in Sedge Fen and adjoining Sedge Fen Drove. 2101. Lot 5. —Common-right on Methwold and Southery-common, 701. Total, 1,3701. REPEESENTATIONWITLEZ:7II7:ThIII Bucks Adver tiser says .—" It is confidently stated that, in consequence of his continued ill health, Capt. Hamilton does not attend to come forward ag►in, aad that Serjeant Byte., the re corder of Buckingham, will offer himself u a conservative and protectionist candidate. It is also said that the Duke of Buckingham and our other representative, R. ft. Clayton, Esq., are at variance, in consequence of the late adhesion of Mr. Clayton to Sir R. Peel's free-trade policy. It is well knows that, if the patronage at the duke be withdrawn from Mr. Clayton, he will have no chance of continuing a representative of this borough. We have good reason to believe that, on the first vacancy that offers, our old repre sentative, Lord Nugent, will be reedy to take the field so the liberal sad rree-trade candidate." REPRESENTATION 07 111 w o Rr, ISLE OP WIGHT. The Hampshire Independent of Saturday saye—" We have it from good authority that the present appearance of the register of voters has induced the leaders of the conservatives of this borough to offer a compromise, and that they will withdraw all opposition to the return of a liberal candidate at the next election, on condition that they are allowed to return one conservative member, expecting as a matter of course that the same line of proceeding will be adopted by the liberals, in order, ea it is alleged, ' to preserve the good ' feeling and peace of the town We need not say that the propel we. most properly and indignantly spurned." • THUNDER SToau AND THE ELECTRIC TELEGILAPN. —On Friday afternoon, about two o'clock, a thunder storm of short duration occurred at Southampton. The gentleman superintendirg the electric telegraph at the South-Western Railway ternunus, states that by the influence of the electric fluid, passing along the wires, the alarm bell of the telegraph was rung, a circumstance that in his experience has never occurred before, although the masynetic needles of the dial are generally deflected and oeraisted during thunder storms. _ . An !mirror was held on Friday evening upon the body of Lieut. T. F. Henry, killed by the accident reported in the Express of Saturday. A verdict of " accidental death • was returned. ELICTION very generally rumoured and credited that the two present members for Portsmouth will not stand for that borough at the next election. It is also said that Mr. °melee, the burins°, will be one of tke new candidates, in conjunction with a liberal member of the naval profession. Sir G. Staunton, one of the present members, is reported ea likely to stand for the county in place of a mem ber about to retire. AN Arrestrr TO BRZAI INTO THR NATIONAL PROTIN. CIAL BANN Or ENGLAND AT Cowan, Ilk of Wight, was made on Thursday last. About two o'clock in the morning the manager was aroused by a wise, and on throwing up the sash of his ',fallow, he saw a man run away, Set sounded like an iron bet. On exa=e skate= it oppemed that an instrument had Dec inserted to *ace them elpos. Had the bursas, locoed CM abetters the plate - window would have been meths, obeteele then he must been ensimered sundry iron Le by which the safe is secured balm he got at the cash. Theft Is at present no clue to the parties. Tau Queer's HOUNDS have had three days' hunting in the New Forest during the past week. The pack arrived from London, by rail, on Monday, under the care of Lord Granville, mister of the pack, and threw off on Tuesday at Bolton's Bench, and on Wednesday at Allum-green, on both which days capital sport NU enjoyed by numerous fields. The meet on Friday was particularly brilliant, when they threw off at Stoney Crces, with a splendid array of horsemen, web:ling Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, in the presence of aboul 2,000 spectators, pedestrians and equestrians, and in carriages. ne hounds went off in the direction of Canter ton, and started a stag about a mile and a half from Stoney cross, which ran Off acres the Forest, at a slashing pace, to wards 13rasmore, and was finally killed at Hale, alter a floe run of about 16 mil:" in an hour and 20 minutes. We un derstand that the hounds will meet on two days this week, but we have not ascertained the when or where. A BOLD ClAtit.—No less, we aro told, than 650 holders of houses 'Uwe at Landport, Portsmouth, have been sr reed with notices, by Mr. Padwick, forbidding them to sell with out his concurrence ; he cleimiug a right to the land u the lord of the manor of Hoyling. In consequence of these notices, the completion of a sale, has in same instances, been superseded, much to the annoyance and serious incon venience of parties. The Ilanythire TelegrapA says, " Mr. Padwick's claim arises out of the ancient presumptions of the Dukes of Norfolk, of whom he bought the Hisyling lands and manors, but the schedule of the act which enume rates the property he bought, makes no mention of property in the Wand of Pommy and common sense which ought to be the law of the land should forbid a disturbance of pro. perty, the ownership of which can be traced for more than 200 years. To the Brighton Railway this will be a subject of some annoyance, as their terminus will be on the property now claimed, and which we believe is Mr. Padwick's third election of a locality for the 22 acres he conceives to be his right." RAGGED Scnoots.—A ragged school is projected for Exeter. It is to be confined to the congregation of the Rev. Mr. Blocks, with whom the good work mend} , originated, and will ►e tried for six mouths. We (Plymouth Journal) hope soon to me the suggestion of Douglas Jerrold adopted : ith ragged schools to establish ragged churches, which would encourage many to attend places of worship if they could go where rags would be no disgrace. OORNWALL. Tun BODHIN CONTSST.—The PlyrnotdA Journal says: —" A 'warm of candidates has alighted upon this borough, and the competition for the honour of representing it fa un paralleled in its history. The gentlemen who have already announced themselves, are, Mr. Wyld, the chart-seller; Mr. Lacy, the deputy chairman of the South-Western Rail way Company, the lion. Capt. Vivian, Sir Samuel Spry, Knight ; Mr. J. Dunn Gardner, formerly Earl of Leicester; Dr. Mitchell, a gentleman of high respectability and con siderable influence in Bodmin; and report speaks further of Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Butt, of the V. eaten. Circuit." PROPOSED NEW BISHOPRIC OP CORNWALL.—The fol lowing statements, relative to the proposed appointment of a bishop for Cornwall, have recently been published in Bod min .—" It is, we hear, determined to wigs one of the new biahopries to Cornwall—an act of tardy justice. For eight hundred years we have been deprived of our ancient see. About 1034, Bishop Lyvyng, the nephew of Burhuwold or Brithwald, the last Bishop of Cornwall, was permitted by King Canute to annex the Cornish see to that of Creditors His successor, Leofrie, transferred the seat to Exeter in 1050. The ancient see was called the bishopric of Cornwall, and also of St. Germans and Bodmin, like the present diocese of Bath and Wells. Only, on the 30th of April, 1833, a vulgate copy of the Gospels, which formerly belonged to Bodmin, was sold for thirty guineas to the British Museum, by Mr. Rodd, the London bookseller. Ho bad re cently purchased it at the sale of WhestleT-pork library, near Oxford. How it came there cannot be disoovered. The manuscript is said to be of the ninth century, if not of an earlier date. There are 46 entries written on the back , d 3od l in .i La n, tig e l, tw of ee m n li t u o rniss . manumissions partlyrs is Bishop This, we believe, is the only original record relating to Cornwall or its bishopric anterior to the conquest. Henry VIII. left • minute in his own handwriting for the restora tion of the Cornish bishopric, out of the revenues of the priories of Bodmin, St. Germans, and Launceston. It is not generally known that there were ordinations in Bodmin church only three centuries ago, so late as 1538, by William, bishop of Hipps, suffragan of the Bishop of Exeter. Thomas Vivian, who died in 1533, also held several ordinations in Bodmin Church. He was the titular Bishop of Exeter, and prior of Bodmin. His tomb now remains entire in Bodmin church, with his effigy thereon, ornamented as a bishop. To support his dignity, he was allowed to bold, with the priory of Bodmin, the rectory of Withiel, the vicarsge of Eglos hayle, and one of the prebends of Endellion. He appear, to have been the last suffragan bishop in Cornwall, and to have exercised his episcopal office at Bodmin for nearly 20 years. The present church of Bodmin is the largest in the county, and the handaornest as to the interior, which is 151 feet long by 63 feet broad. It is in excellent order, the area, containing 8,733 square feet, having been entirelybroken up and renewed ix 1819, sometime before church restoration became so general. It is larger than some of the Irish cathe drals. All the maims and sesaiona,and the archdeacon's registry, are now fixed at Bodmin, which is situated almost in the trent» of the area of the county, which contains 2,337 square miles. The population of the parish is 5,000. '1 he ancient borough, containing 2,785 acme, is the largest in the county, and has returned two members to parliament from the earliest times, The limits of the old British see, which are more no tura' and distinct than any in England, should be preserved. They are the same as the Archdeaconry of Cornwall , contain ing 1,367 miles, and almost entirely separated from the arch deaconries of Totnes and Barnstaple by the rivers Tamar and Carey, and the Mainland-brook. Wales, be it known, has four bishoprics for 930,000 souls, whilst the diocese of Exeter alone now contains 900,006. The population of Cornwall is fast approaching to 400,000, the increase in the county having been 30,000 in every ten years since 1821. Compared with our twenty-seven bishopric, the population of the srelideaconry of Cornwall will be found to exceed thirteen of them, and to be nearly equal to that of several others." THE BRISTOL LIBERAL ABSOCIATION held a special general meeting on Friday for the purpose of receiving a re port on the parliamenta7 register of the city, and consider ing the steps to be taken in anticipation of the near approach of a general election. The report congratulated the liberal party on the very favourable position it now occupies. In stead of having to struggle, as it were, for existence, it now commands an undoubted and substantial majority on the register. The committee stated their belief that the seat of Mr. Berkeley, the present member, was secure. Mr. W. Tothill, in moving the adoption of the report, strongly urged upon the liberal party the importance of their withholding any promise of their second Tote. There was no present prospect or intention of bringing forward a second liberal candidate; but it was rumoured that there was a contest contemplated between the candidate who was defeated at the last election and the present tory member, and circumstances might vary. The most likely course to preserve the peace of the city, would be to let their oppo nent, see that they would give no support to either of their candidates, in which cue the weaker 'party, seeing their chance hopeless, might think it wise to save their time and their money. line fits. SIR ROBERT PEEL'S PICTURES.—Sir Robert Peel, on Saturday lest, admitted, by engraved cards of invitation, upwards of 500 noblemen and gentlemen to view the pictures in his house in Whitehall-gardens. The Peel Collection of Pictures has long been famous among critic and connois seurs, yet, of the many who talked about it, few, It may be affirmed, had ever inspected the entire collection. One had seen a Ruysdael under the hammer of the auctioneer; ono , ther a Cayp in the hands of a picture-dealer ; a third had seen a Hobbima in the possession of the dealer who had sold it to Sir Robert; and many remembered to have seen the famous "Chapeau de Faille," by Rubens, on the walls of the British institution. That the collection has been but very seldom seen, is easily to be accounted fir. Sir Robert has no gallery in London, strictly so called, and the pictures he has brought about him are hung on the walls of the family sitting-rooms. A general exhibition of them is not, therefore, to be expected. A man's house ceases to be his own when his rooms are open to the crowds of curious and over-curious people who may choose to apply for admission. Few would care to collect pictures if one of the conditions of possession was the necessity of showing them. Pictures should be seen, however, if they are worth seeing ; and th at this is the feeling of Sir Robert Peel, the exhibition of Saturday last (if such it may be called) Is at once a noble and convincing proof. Ws trust his example will not be without its imitators. The Queen', collection of pictures in Buckingham Palace is but very little known, and we may say the same indeed of the celebrated collections be longing to the Marquis of Westminster, the Earl of Elles mere, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Sutherland, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Ashburtoa, Sir T. Basing, Mr. Rogers, and Mr. Hope. A love for art is so much on the increase among as that it is incumbent on every one who possesses • collection of pictures (good pictures we mean) to study when and in what way they eau best be made useful in exciting or informing others, without interfering with that privacy of " boa*" which every Englishman so peculiarly and properly appreciates. The highest praise is due to Sir Robert Peel for leading the way in this good work of knowledge, end every commendation as due to him as well, for not confi ning his hat of invitations to the titled and the wealthy. It is not too muck to say that every clam and erudition of art had its several representatives in the meeting of Saturday. Indeed it would be difficult to name any one who had a claim to be asked who was not included in the general invitation. Painters, sculptors, architects, and engravers, picture dealers, picture cleaners, art auctioneers, print-sellers, collectors, even critics, were present at the meeting. Warrion and statesmen too, were there—the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel : Chiefs out of war and etetenows eat et plow men distinguished in every branch of literature and scienoe— poets, historians, and engineers ; all, in short, who knew Lay thieg about art, or even pretended to understand anything about it. Nor were ladies wanting (though few in number) to enliven the appearance of the scene. Lady Peel was there, with her two daughters, Lady Villiers and Min Elise Peel, one esmasemorated on canvas by Sir Thomas Loomis, the ether (mem neently) by Edwin Landseer. Sir Ihhift Peal bra isms milection of pictures, sassiming astir* of dem Ishenb—/huthit, Dutch, @abet& All are fine: test Wind h • @he drawers of its Ars and style. The Flemish sled Dula pistons are both atiffitehall ; the English Metre ha dm mast part at Drayton-manor. The Whitehall house is a vergflne one bride, though the exte rior exhibits me t is promising. The rooms are large and well= tied; the taste exhibited throughout marks the abase: • =SS of refined tastes. Six rooms were shown. The dm*, a kind of ants-room abutting from the hall, is hung Miss collection of drawings, eighteen in number, by Rubles sal Vandyek. Among the drawings by Rubens are for mei* @bodies for th•picture, at Munich, re preseshes the " Fall of the Damned. ' The The finest Vandyck is the Crudfixiou " the finished study for the altar-piece of the church of St' Michael, at Ghent. This leads to the library ; bat the books were concealed for the occasion (Ily enough) by a collection of prints, framed and tr 4 a nu ed : Prm the library the visitor was conducted to the room, a noble apartment, looking en the river, with Wilkie's " John Kane " at one end, and six Sr imbues at the other. The Wilkie is es-ideally improving in colour, and looks well; but the " Dr. Johnson," by Sr Joshua, is the tree Aire of the room.. This was the picture painted for Mr. Thrals, and bought by Sir Robsrt at \Yemen Taylor's sale. It is not only the finest head of Johnson, but, perhaps, the finest head Sir Joshua ever painted. Johnson is supported on the left by Burwell (a copy, we suspect, though a good one), and en the right by Edmund Burke. Above the great lexicographer is a capital head of the Prince of Wales when young, and on either side of the prince the " Robinette" and a " Lady and Child," both admirable specimens of the master. The staircase leading to the drawing rooms, some what narrow and ill- proportioned, is tastefully ornamented in the new style of coloured decoration. The little drawitig. room (ter so we must suppose it to be called) is immediately above the diningsnom, end here we begin to get a taste of the tch and Flemish masters, though the attention at first is chiefly engrossed by two full-length portrait. of the Queen and Prince Albert, by \Vinterhalter, occupying the whole of the upper end of the room. Over the fireplace, which Las the window, is a large mirror, and on either side of it four small pictures by Teeters, representing the Four Season.. At the lower end of the room is a doorway leading into the great drawing-room, or gallery, and on either side of this doorway pictures are hung—a large and noble Ruysdael on one side, and a large and equally tine (we think) B tckhuysen on the other, with a row of small pictures beneath- • Cuyp forming the centre on one side, a Teniers (" La St; prise it tlicheuse") the centre cn the other. The great drawing.: nom or gallery is indeed a noble apartment, with a bay window at either end, and two lire-places, both on the same aid... Here, then, is the collection of which so much has been lid, and which deserves all and more than has yet been said about it. There is no settling what to look at or where to legin. That small Cuyp—a ruined cztle and nothing more in subject, but everything else in point of elocution— will at first attract, or perhaps that Hobbima above it ; 1 it it is best to be methodical, and follow the general arrangement of the proprietor himself. In the centre of one side hangs that wondrous half-length portrait by Ruben, of a lady in • hat, known wherever art is known as the " Chapeau de Paille" of the famous Fleming. It cost Sr Robert Peel 3,500 guineas, and is well worth the sum, fur it is • maderp.ece of its kind, all light and life. Over against it, on the in: er side, is • large picture by the same great painter—" The Triumph of Silenus," a composition of eight figures, life-else, and seen only to the knee ; this cost 1,1001. There cannot be less than thirty thousend pounds' worth of pictures on the two walls! Below the " &bona "is a Hob bema (a rare master, though one offerer in the same collec tion); and I. low the " Chapeau de Paille " is the famous " Poulterer 's Shop " of Gerard Dow, a small but wondrous picture, reek • ned by Sir Robert as cheaply acquired at 1,2701. Han: ing a little above the Gerard Dow, a Back buysen and a Ituysdael may be seen, with a couple of De Hooghe's, an interior and exterior, most admirable ex amples of th.. master. Anything like order in descrip tion after ti is is really impossible ; the eye ranges I delighted from Vanderelde's to Vander Heydea's— from Micria the fatter to Mieris the son, from the last picture Paul totter lived to paint, to a Terhurg or a Teniers, a Wynants or • Wouvermans. Fresh beauties are discovered at every turn, sod nothing can be passed over. At the ' further end ol the gallery is a sort of withdrawing room, with four large pictures, " The Snake in the Grans," sod a three-quarter portrait of Admiral Koppel, both by Sir Joshua ; Lawrence's "Miss Peel (now Lady Villiers) seated with a Dog," and Landseer's Miss Eliza Peel standing with • Dog." This close hanging to Sir Joshua is a trial for Lawrence and Landseer. Rnolds looks like an old master, all warmth and depth; while Lawrence and Landseer look cold and chalky by his side. Lord Clarendon's collection of portraits by Van Dyck has paused into other hands, and the Houghton galler y of Sir Robert Walpole has been long located in the cold climate of St. Petersburg. That a collection like thin may remain permanently sett' ed in the family of its founder for genera tions yet to come, must he the wish of all who feel an inte rest in art, the reputation of English taste and English liberality. OLD WATER-COLOUR SOCIETY.—The forty-third annual exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water-colours (the old Watercolour Society), opens this day, at the gallery of the society, in Pall-mall east. Mr. Cattermole is unfortunately absent, and Mr. 'larding and Mr. Frank Stone have recently withdrawn from the society, and entered their num s for election into the Royal Academy. ' Yet in point of general excellence the 43rd exhibition is not unlike the 36th or 37th, or indeed any exhibition of the society within the last ten years. Land.capes abound, and the same men seem to occupy the same places with almost the same pictures. Copley Fielding is here with his downs and sands ; Bentley with his sea pieces; Nash with his "old" English mansions ; Trout with his old continental buildings; Hunt with his boy., and pigs, and pies, and birds' nests; De Wint with his broad touches, and Cox with touch,. occasionally still be der. The subject pictures (so celled) are still few in nun :Kr, and those few without excellence or even promise. Mr. Cristall is in water colours what Mr. Howard is in oils, s nchare.cteristic though clever ; and all that Mr. Richter has attempted he has done before, and in a manner eq tally pretty and equally insipid. The president, Mr. Copl y Fielding, is • prolific exhibitor, ex hibiting forty-three di ff erent works in a collection of 317. All are excellent in their way, but among so many there meet inevitably bee °erten., monotony of style anti treatment, He seems to have been most at home in Welt., and in Sussex. One of the best is No. 22, " View of Snowdon from the Mountain Road between Pont Aberglaslyn and Tsn-- 'rich." The mountain mingling with the sky is admirab ly given. Equally excellent is another view of Snowden (No. 141), seen from the r Inds of Traeth Mawr. The " Arundel Castle " (No. 150), is somewhat yellowish; but the " Distant View of the South DOW= and the Weald from near Cuckfield in flumes," though lan ambitious in its inanner embodies the several exc. Hendee of his style, and in • smaller Mr. Proust exhibits ten pictures, all of the degree of uniform ex ellen*. Mr. De Wint has sent the same number, one patticularly good, " View on the Witham, near Lincoln " (No. 125). Mr. Evans, of Eton, has four— " A day in the Forest of Athol' "(No. 27); another with the same name (No. 67); "Return to the Castle Blair Atholl " (No. 90), and " Eton " (No. 39). The " Return " is a very fine picture, the finest of the tour, though hung too low to be seen to advantage. Joseph Nub has seven ; Gastineau, twenty-six; Cox, fourteen; Hunt, fifteen ; George Fripp, twelve • Bentley, twelve; and Frederick Taylor, eleven. Mr. Coca best work is his " Bolton Abbey" (No. 16), broad and Gainsboroagbish, and Mr. Haat's best work his " Tramper " (No. 160), a woman with a basket, resting. THE COSUORAM s, REGENT-STREET. The new series of views with which this exhibition has re-opened, in truthfulness of design and effective execution, are, perhaps, equal to those of any former year. The s'sbjecta are varied and well seleced ; and the " dioramic effects," produced in some cases, give variety and action to the pic ture. The sunshine effect, for instance, in the view of Mont Blanc from the village of Chamoony, is a complete illusion. There is a want of taste displayed in the use of such a sub ject as the " Dreadful catastrophe on the Greet Northern Railway in France ;" but otherwise the exhibition is SSA. cloudy worthy of commendation, in puticular the views of the Interior of the Church of St. Gudnle, at Brussels, and of Mount Etna. _ _ --- On Wednesday morning last, the two colossal statues of the Ville de Paris and the Seine, destined for the piers of the Pont du Carrousel, in Park., were taken out of the atelier of M. Petitot, at the Barriers d'Enter, and set in motion towards the bridge, by means of wooden rollers, and • mechanical apparatus. The removal was continued all ' day and night, but the statues did not reach the Quai Vol taire before Friday morning. Two other statect, represent ing Industry and the Arta, are also to be placed on the bridge. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. RONSini'A Opera Bufa " L'ltaliana in Alpert," was produced at Covent-garden on Saturday evening. We had considerable doubts as to the policy of reviving this almost forgotten piece, and our mia givinp were justified by the result, its success having been very far from brilliant—a thing the more to be regretted, as this was the occasion of the debut of Signor Revere, who has oome to England with the reputation of being the greatest basso cornice in Italy. The ' Italians in Algiers " was one of Romini's earliest productions; indeed, setting wide one or two juvenile pieces, it stands wooed in the list of his works, "Taticredi" being the first. It was composed when Rossini was only 20, and was first performed at Venice in 1812. It had great antes, from the novelty and freshness of its style, and from the gay buffoonery of its subject being of a kind that the Venetians could understand and enjoy. But ita sneer's, even in Italy, was hut local and temporary, and it has never anywhere held a high place among its author's works. It was first performed In London In nix, one re peated five or six times in the course of the season. It was revived in 1829, with Madame Peearatii, Signor Denial, and Signer De Angell, in the principal parts. tot, not withstanding the excellence of two of these performers, it was coldly received, and speedily laid aside. It then slept again in oblivion till its second revival, on Saturday last, when it certainly had the advantage of a strong cast, and an excellent performance. The great obstacle to the swam of this opera is its dramatic inanity—its utter ellsniknlism of interest, feeling, and even common sense. It is a men extravaganza, containing some of that broad fun sad ituatrow which, in Italy, may be entoyed from its pa tisomialp,but which, everywhere else, will seem forced, cold, sad Widish. The story (if story it an be called) is some. this. to this effect . a certain Dey of Algiers, Mustapha by nimatt, has an Italian wife, of whom he has got tired, and whom he proposes to get rid of by bestowing her upon an Italian slave, Laidoro, and sending them tb their own coun try. At the same time he orders the captain of his corsairs to eatch another Italian beauty for him. The new beauty is saight accordingly, and brought to the wrilio, along with a male companion caught a ith her, the b uff s of the piece. The relation in which this pair sten to each other 'is not explained ; but Made* is in love with Isa bella, while she laughs at him in return, and passes him off upon the 86y as liar uncle. Isabella, and the Italian slave, Laub's', ramp* each other ; they are old lovers, and plan an escape lefilliser -an easy task, es the dey is represented am imenilligilsol as . To please his mistress, he Myelin, bee wide with the dignity of a kaimakan, and is see* he n her hand the investiture of an I ures a ity &way width she cab • papalaci. A burlesque areaway talice borrowed from the semi in the " where Monsieur Asserdain is wads a the Italian captives In the place are eimeliell, anew die pretext ofjoiniag la the ceremony ; and the Idris body sot Ml Isperi A vend sad make their maps, leaviag tie dey 10 Warm is his cost-off wife - which wuroeim ite th h : e tian d : f. h6 7. 7 h ue:et nt eo e t t 4oitantwutt" llll.lL iimmu hli It ite e"' bl lidl h : is - 117: lin : iadvot doing Italian dui•allt The 11/.4' b TW4g not one of the chemise; for wbova eye a Earthae4 too meek at her ewe in etery ilpbs to be ea mem a trie 4:,,, r, ...... ..,. . . : • •a