The Express. — London, England, 1858-04-01 00:00:00

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MEETING AT NOT inoto-H I t.t..—Lo evening a meeting of inhabitants of Hot- Highlll and its %Utility was held at the Plough Torero to eisinder the pine if a line of railway feint Notting•blll to the Post-otiks, fit. Martin's-le-Grand. Ike chair was taken Trevethan Spicer, Rm., and several of the directors of the stropolitan It.ilway addressed the meeting. Dr. Chattiest, Mr. W. Austin, sad Mr. T. B. Chester, in reply to questions pat to them, gave satisfactory explanation as to the enact fte proposed for the railway, and as to the advantages to be sewed from soch an undertaking. Dr. Chetllia slated that the tti.c contacts would yield them the enormous ram of 10,0001 per annum. On the motion of Mr. J. V. Biker seconded by Mr. W. F. Ainsworth, a resolution was pined unanimou.ly Intro/ the completion of the Metro plitan line a matter of vast importance, and demanding earnest support, in responae to the final appeal and proposals of the directors. Mr. G. B. Jones moved the second nook. hos, as follows :—'• That, so soon as the Metropolitan Rail way is conmeend, this meeting pledges itself to the promo tion of • lino connection Hammersmith, Shepherd's-bush, itentogtoa, Borland, • Ladbrokia and the adja ant neighbourhood with the main line, thus largely increas lag the general trstfic and consequent ultimate mutual ed entate.' As a commercial man of the City of London. Who had resided at Hammersmith for 25 years, he felt that he had some just cause to complain of the means of comma ideation at present existing. Some little time since, just lair getting up from a severe Illness, he dreaded the enter ing of an omnibus, wherein he was to be immured for one boar sad a hall. It was also important to coneider the vast moan of time, three hours daily, that wee consumed in the perforionoe of the journey from Hammersmith to London awl boa again. Mr. W. Burchell seconded the resolution, Whit* was carried unanimously. A road thanks was Ellna to the deputation, and several hundred shares were inn by gentlemen priest. OPENING lie TIIL Bow AND BARKING (TILBCRT) )YAILWA V.—Thi• new line of railway, whkh will give a awe direct resits to Gravesend (Tilbury) sad SoutheW front the Featharch-street tersidnue, wee opened yasterday fur I:=teak. It is smarty erns miles in length, sod Of ?moo the old mina line on Bow-conossoa, just below the North London _junction. It then pater through Plaistow,.adEnt Hat, and rejoin the Tilbury Yes a Ire handerd yards alcive Barking station. This line will also ehorten the ihatence from the City to the Victoria Docks and Ws lona. It is onnected with the North Woolwich Railway on the West Ham Abbey Marsh's, but Ns train have not commenced running. A considerable nedentiel tea: IN likely to be mated at Plaistow, East Raw sad anibtiourbood, as the metropolis, by the opening of this sew b ra y b, is brought within a twenty minutes' Ada All the Achy cud iscoavenince attending the old drenkoas routs by ii•retford sad Forest-gate being avoided. The ennead sari Gravesend train from the Biehopsgate Minn will in the Feriekarch-stresit trans at Barking. Tie CITY COAL TAX.--All adjourned meeting en aid yesterday at the London Tama of canners of Old lotormeell la procuring the abolition of this tag. Mr. Alsanger Teaser win called to the chair. A petition to W ili wowt we "greet to, prayiss that in say Ad of Paren ting wink say ao posed Ite " th• Um Align el the C..pongi on of the City y be " it dated that lb. Al. duty ehell not be contineedi beyond the On of Jaly, to which time it is mortgaged, and that siol W. dans, which see not so ciramistanosg. shall non IS M • THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. At length the patient and energetic voyagers in search of a fitting temple for the grand lyric drama begin to see land. The Royal Italian Opera-house, Covent garden, rapidly approaches completion, and will positively, unless some untoward and wholly unexpected accident should intervene, be ready for opening at the appointed time, namely, the lath of May next. As everything in England is made the subject of a bet, from a royal marriage to the execu tion of a criminal, many books have been made re lative to the opening of the new theatre, and up to the present moment the odds appeared to be against the appointed opening; but any one who visited the works yesterday must have been convinced that there is nothing now left for the anti opening party but to " hedge" as quickly as possible. Amongst the visitors yesterday was a gentleman who had gon e over th e works only six and thirty hours before, and even he was sur prised at the marvellous progress which had been made in that short space of time. On the occuion of his first visit the immense iron frame work of the proscenium opening hung, as it were, in the air, but in the interim two heavy masses of brickwork had been raised from the foundation, so that on the second suit he found the boundaries and elevation of the stage both accurately defined. As Hercules, it is said, may be measured by his foot, we mention this little fact as calculated to give some approxi mate idea of the universally rapid progress of the works. Looking at the exterior, covered though it still be from top to bottom with a perfect spider's web of scaffolding, with bricklayers and bricklayers' labourers, with pain and tackle, and ropes hanging down, and hodmen climbing up, one is already able to see pretty clearly that we shall soon have com plete the noble building promised in Mr. Gye's pre liminary wood-cut. The walls have been long since raised to their greatest elevation, the external orna mentation is rapidly going on, and at the Row-abut entrance the magnificent portico is very nearly finished. In endeavouring to convey to the public a hasty idea of the building, inside and out, to which they will soon be Hocking in shoals from every part of the kingdom, we cannot do better than begin at this portico, which, not very long ago,it was intended to have been left over for another year. To such men as Mr. Gye, however, unfinished work is always an eye-sore, and therefore extra pressure was put on, extra exertions were made, and the result is that the audience of the 15th May will drive up under a magnificent piazza, completely glazed and sheltered from the weather, and above the said piazza will be reared the classic Corinthian portico of the design, considerably larger than that of St. Martin's Church, with its six mas sive columns, their capitals in the most elaborate style of the order, and with a bold and striking pediment over all, bearing the Royal arms as its central decoration. At the back of this portico are five large windows looking into the crush-room, and the wall above them is ornamented with Flaxman's well-known relievi, part of the scanty salvage of the great fire. Outside the portico, at each end, are the Tragedy" and " Comedy" of the same artist, also saved from destruction, and beyond these, two lofty pilasters at each end complete the grand façade. The lower portion of all this front work is now finished, and the proximate completion of the whole may be easily prognosticated by even the most casual observer. To understand the details that are about to follow it will be necessary to premise, or to repeat, for it probably has been stated before, that the outer form of the building is that of a parallelogram, some 230 feet long, by 130 feet in breadth, and having, to the top of the back wall, a height of 100 feet. The roof is formed of the massive iron girders, to which allusion has before been made, and the placing of which on their lofty supports has been one of the most arduous and hazardous portions of the opera tions. We must suppose the immense interior, enclosed by this immense mass of brick and iron work, to be divided transversely into three sections, of which 90 feet are given to the stage, 90 to the auditory, and from .50 to SS to the entrances, vesti bule, and crush-room. Entering at Bow-etreet, and alighting under the comfortable and well-sheltered piazza, the fashionable world will ascend stair cases of solid and magnificent proportions, and at the top will find the " crush " room large enough to render its familiar name an almost obsolete term. The most anxious care has been taken in providing the greatest facility for exit and entrance to the boxes, into one of which we shall now just step, and take an anticipatory glance at the interior arrangement/ of the house. One of the first things that here strikes the eye is the excellent ac commodation which Mr. Gye has provided for that musical public which he may be said to have created, a public who cannot afford to pay four or five guineas for an opera box, a public which it does not suit to don full evening costume for the pit, but a public which still likes to line music in its perfection, and which is therefore a warm supporter of the Royal Italian Opera. To the amphitheatre stalls, in which evening dress is optional, Mr. Gye has devoted an immense semicircle, cutting the third tier of boxes, and touching at each end the greatest di ameter of the interior. It will be, therefore, a real, veritable amphitheatre, not an apparently slave aperture, half stolen from the roof, but descending a tier lower than any previous amphitheatre; while behind, and above it, the gallery will be a propor tionate advance on all previous arrangements, as it will take in the whole breadth of the theatre, and be so arranged as that every sitter will have a per fect view of the stage. Every one knows that in these elevated localities, and more especially in the case of the grand operas of the Covent-garden repertoire, the music will be heard to the best advantage; so that the enjoyment of first-class operatic music will no longer be an unattainable luxury to persons of moderate means, or of unam bitious toilettes, while the creme de to creme will have no reason to complain of any intrusion ou their exclusive domain, as there will bean entirely distinct and Fate set of entrances for the amphitheatre and galler y . The three tiers of boxes will present great nove ty in construction ; the pillars by which they are to be supported, and which are already in position throughout the house, being placed not under the external cornice, but midway between it and the wall, so that the cornice, supported as it were on brackets, will present a clear sweep all round the house, and the whole of the grand and first tier of boxes may in a few hours be converted into a dress and first circle as in ordinary theatres. The effect of this will be that should it be deemed expedient, which is not improbable, to devote Covent-garden to its old dramatic uses in the winter season, there will be none of those structural difficulties in the way that existed in the old Opera House. The iron pillars as they stand now in long semi-circular rows, look unfinished and desolate indeed, but it mast be remembered that, contemporary with their erection, one contractor is busy with the chairs and stools, another with partitioning, a third with the draperies, a fourth with the rich decorations of the cornice, and so on. Nearly all of these departments have now their work complete, and all they want Is the signal that the house is clear of masons and carpen ters, and blacksmiths, to come in and "fixture " and furnish it in a twinkling. The prevailing colours of the decorations will be blush white and gold, most profusely and elaborately ornamented ; and the draperies crimson damask, of which colour end material • the drop scene will also be formed. The ceiling will represent a sky, covered all over with a rich trellis-work of gold, and will contain all the newest and most approved aids to ventilation. The several tiers of boxes will present an enceinte of con siderably greater dimensions than that of the old I house, while the Dumber of boxes will be no greater, so that, taken along with the greatly increased altitude of the boxes, an immense gain will be effected for the audience in MP and comfort. The same remark holds good of the pit and pit-stalls, which, although the breadth of the home is tan feet more than that of its prede cessor, will only contain the same number of seats, and in the pit a greatly enlarged interval will be allowed between the rows—a boon which will be thankfully acknowledged by every stout amateur who has ever attempted the pawge to a central seat on a crowded night. By a peculiar mode of con structioo, what is technically called the " rake" of the pit can be increased to any required eagle, and here will be another facility, should it be thought desirable to devote the house to dramatic perform ances in the winter. The stage, for which great sacrifices have been made, will be one of the largest in Europe : its superficies will be, as nearly as pos sible, ninety feet square, and the opening of the proscenium fifty feet across, being thirteen more than in her Majesty's Theatre, while the depth will be, as nearly as possible, three times as great. The arrangements for the miss en scene will be of the most extended and improved description. In addition to the " drops" and ascending scenes, the space allotted to side and " set" scenery is sufficient for all the effects of the grandest spectacle and, above all, in the roof is situated the largest painting room in Europe, with machinery so arranged that the artist can paint the most extended panorama standing on the level, the canvas being capable of being roiled up and down or laterally according as he may require it. When it is remembered that mach of the scenery of the peat theatres is painted on the floor, the artist walking over his work as fast as be finishes it, and thus giving it a haltworn out appearance before it is presented to the public, the value of this improvement in the arrangements of the Man= will be at once appre ciated. There is little more, however, to be said of the interior arrangements of the magnificent building now so nearly approaching completion, except that her Majesty s private box will be on the north side, on the grand tier, and that for state occasions the cornices and boxes awing the stage have been so constructed as to allow of the erection of a regal pavilion of unusual splendour, which from its height, decoration, and its opening I in the rear into a - brilliantly illuminated retiring saloon, will be quite as attractive a spectacle as the Pat on the stage. pageant f al t i he musical arrangements of the Royal Italian Opera it will be of course premature to speak. It is certain, we believe, that we shall have Mario, Tam berlik, Gardoni, and Neri Band& as tenors, and Grisi and Bosio as prime donne. Other names, of great continental reputation, are also spoken of, but there is only one thing of which the public can be positively certain, and that is, that everything that money and the most untiring exertions can secure, will be produced by Mr. Gye for their entertainment during the ensuing season. Flotow's opera of Martha has been spoken of for the opening night, but we believe that as yet nothing definitive has been arranged. It was on the 31st December, 1808, that his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, Mr. Thackeray's favourite fourth George, laid in great form the foun dation stone of the late Royal Italian Opera-house, then Covent-garden Theatre. His Royal Highness, we are told, decorated with the splendid orders of masonry, and attended by the Duke of Sussex, Generai Hulse, Colonels NPMahon and Bloomfield, and a deputation from all the masonic lodges of the metropolis, was met at the Bow-street entrance by the Earl of Moira, deputy grand master, and Messrs. Harris and Kemble, and was conducted to a royal marquee, amid the acclamations of a vast crowd of spectators. The guard of honour lowered their colours, a royal salute was fired, and the bands of music in attend ance all struck up " God save the King." The formal details, the placing the coins, the striking with the trowel, then followed ; and we are finally told that " such was the indefatigable attention of the archi tect and the exertions of the builder, that the new theatre was opened on the 18th September, 1809, with the tragedy of Macbeth." The Prince, the generals, the colonels, and the actors of that time have all passed away, but not all the spectators, for we had the pleasure yesterday of conversing with a gentleman, still looking reasona bly juvenile, and decidedly vigorous, who saw the " first gentleman in Europe" at his work, and re members that he was contented to walk along on green baize, instead of the royal crimson which now receives the royal footsteps on all state occasions. The theatre has gone too, but a statelier, handsomer, more useful one has risen in its stead. Let us hope for it, and for its enterprising proprietor, a long and prosperous career. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1858. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. This great lyric theatre will be re-opened for the regular season shortly after Easter. During the recess, Mr. Lumley (we need scarcely inform those acquainted with his energy and enterprising spirit) has not born Idle. He has visited every part of the Continent in search of attractive novelties, and secured the services of several artists who, if report speak truly, will prove most valuable additions to a company already rich in talent of the highest order. These continental celarities, new to the London public, are— Madlle. Lucien', contralto; Madame Ghioni, prima donna comprimaria ; Signor Mattioli, high baritone ; Medd°. Anetta Orsini, prima ballerina, from La Fenice, at Venice ; K. Caron and M. Durand, dancers from the Parisian Acedemie Impirial ; and Madill. Theresa Titiens, prin cipal soprano of the Imperial Opera, Vienna. Of the but•named arlate we have heard the most favourable accounts. Rumour deecrlbea her u a singer and actress, of the highest order, possess ing a genuine soprano voice of extraordinary power and compass, snd remarkable persons' attractions. Her repertoire is unusually extensive, for she has appeared in Germany with the greatest mecum in no less than seventeen opera, belonging to widely differ ent schools. The engagement of this lady may, it is presumed, lead to the production of some very tine operas which have been long neglected, or are totally new to our stage. May we hope fur the long-promised Iphigenia of Gluck at last? la say came we are sure that the new prima dorrea will be introduced to the London public in one of her very best parts, aemely, Valuable in Lae litignenbts, which has been for soma months in preparation at Her Midway's Theatre—and, with new scenery. dresses, and decorations, a powerful cast of the principal characters, band and chorus improved and augmented, will be one of the earliest novelties of the ap proaching season. Of the new contralto, Madlie. Lucioni, we have beard that she posses a tine fresh voice, and acts ex tremely well, while report nye as much for Signor Mattioli, with this addition, that his florid execution is particularly . . . Of them established favourites. Madlle. Picoolornini, Madilo Spezia, Marine Ortolani ; Signor Giuglinf, Signor Belled, :signor Beneventano, Signor Belart, Signor Via itati ; and Madame Alberti, all of whom will reappear in the ammo of the 811•11012, we need my but little. Signor °Meal ' Is to permeate oa the opening night, for the first time in Ragland, a character which he has already sustained with the greatest success to Milan and other Italian citias—nesely, Roar da Mantis. is Les lisiguetits, and to which be is certainly capable of doing ample justice. Madlle. Ortolani— wham admirable delineation of Donna Elvira, in bee Gieratesi, is cloud's@ fresh is the recollection of all opera geare—will perform, for the first time on any stage, the put of the Queen of Navarre. The entire cut of the principal cbarmters in Meyerbers famoua opera will, in short, t• most probably as follows:—Valentina, Madlle. 'Mina; the Queen, Madlle. Ortolani ; the Page, Madlle. Lai ini; Raoul de Nana, Signor Oiagliaf ; Marcel, Si or V 'sloth ; Nevers, Signor Aldeghieri ; and Count St. Eris, Signor Belletti. Another highly interesting novelty will be the first ap pearance of that universal favourite, Mae. Piccolomini, as the heroine of Verdi's Lean M il ler, the libretto of which is bounded upon Sebiller's celebrated drama, )(abet se d Liebe. The work Is quite sew to this country, and the principal character, if it but faithfully resemble the charming COP caption of the great German dramatist, must be perfectly well adapted to the genies of Mlle. Piccolomini. Balfe's BeheusiesChri NIP to be repeated. Of Male. Spezia we only bees that she is to appear in her favour:le parts." Mis ballet department will be unusually sttractive, for no leas than fir Ord-rate droure—Mdlle, Poochini. Mdlle Marie Taglioni, Mdl4 Orsini , Mdlie. Emeriti, and Madams Rosati, besides those leaser but still very brilliant errs, Mesdames Rolla, Pasquale, and Morlacchi—are already engaged. Signor Berri will 11•110 e• the directorship of the orchestra immediately after the termination of his pre sent engagement at the Italian Opera of Paris, cad in the meantime his importer peat is to be filled by Signer AMC The band and chortle, es we have already stated, is to be augmented and Improved, and asougut the valuable wage- I mate amity effected for the former we may remake those of M. Levhpes, the celebrated oho; phtyer, M. &Imam the endN. Damen end trum, the pet. almost equally renowned palmitin an viola The made **masa will again be under the diuretics of Mr. Marshall, and Madame Copan will, es is /mum yam, superintend the cestonme.—/irm. MUSIC. SACRED HARYONIC SOCIETY. —The Fusion week performance a the Mamie* last evening, was remark able for the grave sad silent attention with which it was listened to by the hamar audience. On ordinary occasion. the conventional ouslif sakes with regard to =planes at the concerts of this society have been greatly relaxed ; bat last night the slightest expresion at this kind was blatantly sup pressed. Tis *ogre= part was sustained by Madame Cas tenets, who sang Mantifully, and with a nearer approach to the traditional Randall= style than could have teen expected from a performer whose practice and experience have hitherto bees devoted to a dillwant branch of the art. She was ctiocially enoonsfal in " Rejoice greatly," which she sang with great brilliancy sad expression. Mr. Sires Reeves was is excellent voice and sang magnificently ; and Mies Dolby's rich contralto was beard to the greatest advantage. The been part was divided between Mr. Thomas and Mr. nantlay. The letter, notwithstanding his foreign education, is be coming a line Randall= @lnger. Tat • Prn AND HAEITSON Coxerars.—Ths third of them entertainments was given at Decry-leas last night. Miss Louisa Pyne who had previously bernprevented from singing by a heavy domestic affliction, now a and was welcomed by the audience with the warmest - demon- mations of enthusiasm. The concert was excellent. Among several fine inetrumentel pieces there was Moschelee's con certo in E—the once immensely popular piece which contains the "Grenadiers' March," played by Miss Arabella God dard, who, in addition to her superb performance, had the merit of reviving a most warmly work, which has fallen into undeserved neglect. Than was an smite selection from Tice Rose of Castile, and a number of miscellaneous vocal pieces, well chosen, sad well performed. UNIVERSITY INTBLLIGENCE. CAMBRIDOR, MAACK 31. MODERN HISTOZT.—On each Tuesday, Wednes day, Thursday, sad Friday in the ensuing Baster Term (be ginning on Thursday, the 22nd April, 1858), the Professor of Modern History proposes to deliver, in the Arts' School, at noon, a °ours of lectures on " the origin and develop ment of the politiosl and judicial institutione of the Rost India Company in British India." WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS.-The taste for at ' quiting water-colour drawings appears to be in no way di , miniebed since lest season. At a sale of a collection at Messes. Fosters, in Pall-mall, yesterday, which was very numerously attended, a good competition was maintained for many of the lots. We subjoin the prices of some of them : - Lot 46. Cattle, S. Cooper, 17 guineas ; 46. Fruit, W. Hunt, 24 guineas; 61. Farm Yard, W. Hunt, 20 guinea.; 96. The Hostelrie, G. Cattermole, 11 guineas; 97. Arundel Castle, Copley Field iag 26 guineas ; 98. Landscape, D. Cox, 36 guineas ; 100. Stieep, T. 8. Cooper, 221 g uineas; 103. Can tert7 Cathedral, Turner (early), 23 guineas; 104. Boy and Goat, W. Hunt, 47 guineas; 105. Portsmouth, Stanfield, 24 guineas; 116. Sheep, T. 8. Cooper, 271 passer 118. On the Wye, Turner (early), 31 ratan 21ro 1. Al Rome, Put, 22 guineas ; 122. W. Hunt, 30 guineas ; 123. Ewe and C 't h:, ' 8. Cooper, 46 guineas ; 128. Sheep and Cattle, S. 63 guineas ; 129. Hunting, F. Taylor, 42 guinsm ir e. , Wild Roses, W. Hunt, 30 guineas; 131. Klaus, S. Front, 20 (Mama ; 132. Highland Cattle, F. Taylor, 32 guineas ; 133. Apple Blomom, IV. Hunt, 43 guineas. A few English pictures sold at the same time:-Lot 65. Goodall, Rustic Courtship, 101 in. 181 in., 65 guineas ; 66. T. 8. Cooper, Cattle, 211 is. by 1 in., 64 einem ; 67. D. Roberts, In terior of • Chapel, I in. by 15 la. 88 guineas; 68. C. Stan field, Off the Dutch Coast, 14 in. by 9 in., 70 guineas; 89. Baxter, Girl's Head, 20 in. by 17 in., 84 guineas ; 70. P. F. Poole, A Welch Girl, 151 in. by 12 in., 66 • 71. E. 111. Ward, Beene from Friesen of the Peak, 201 x. by 17bx, 160 guineas ; 72a. W. P. Frith, The Artist in a Fix-the Smell finished sketch (his diploma picture), 16 in. by 10 In., 64 guineas ; 72. T. Feed, Home, 166 guineas. The amount realised by the day'. sale was 2.4991. 71. THE SCOTCH FIRS AT BRAMSIIILL.-I delight in In their forme, from James the First's gnarled giants, up in Bramehill Park-the only place in England where a painter can learn what Scotch firs are-down to the little green py ramids which stand up out of the heather, triumphant over tyranny, and the strange woes of an untoward youth. Seven years on an average have most of them spent in ineffectual eßirts to become a foot high. Nibbled off by hares, trodden down by cattle, cut down by turf-parers, seeing hundreds of their brethren cut up and carried off in the turf-fall, are as gnarled and stubbed near the ground as an old th or*- bush in a pasture. But they have conquered at last, and are growing away, eighteen inches a year, with fair green brushes silver-tipt, reclothing the wilderness with a vegetation which it has not seen far-how many thousand years ? No man can tell. Fer when last the Scotch fir was indigenous to England, and mixed with the larch, stretched in one vast forest from Norfolk into Wales, England wee not as it is now. Snowdon was, it may be fifteen thousand feet in height, and from the edges of its gla ciers the marmot and the musk ox, the elk and the bear, wandered down into the Lowlands, and the hyena and the tiger dwelt in those laves where fox and badger only now abide, Aad how did the Scotch fir die out ? Did the whole land sink slowly from its sub-Alpine elevation into a warmer climate below ? Or was it never raised at all ? Did some change of the Atlantic sea-Bow turn for the first time the warm gulf stream to them shores ; and with its soft sea-breezes melt away the "Age of Ioe," till glaciers and ppi t noss,, marmots and musk oxen, perspired to death, and vanishd for an (Eon ? Who knows ? Not I. But of the fact there can be no doubt. Whether, as we hold traditionally hare, the Scotch fir was re-introduced by James the First when he built linunshill for Raleigh's hapless pet, Henry the Prince, or what ever may have been the date of their re-introduction, here they are, and no one con turn them out. In ootualese thou sands the winged seeds float down the south-west gales from the older trees; and every seed which falls takes root in ground which, however unable to bear broad-leaved trees, is ready by long rest for the seeds of the needle-leaved ones.- C. K. in Fraser's Magazine for April. COMMERCIAL YEARNINGS.-We cannot afford to leave comers of the world fallow, uncultivated, unleavened by the commixture of our restless blood. The modern spirit of conquest Airs at the thought of miles of virgin soil, where flocks might feed, or corn grow or timber fit for the masts of some high admiral fall beneath the axe of the pioneer; and trade, an insatiate demon, burns with lofty indignation at the thought of tribes and nations who know ante of its benefits, and who are still content with the beg garly elements of mere sustenance, unaware of all they might gain by the disinterested ministrations of the great buyer and seller of civilised life. Thousands of men and women, whose ambition aims no higher than scanty milk and beef, or scantier maize-porridge, with an ox-skin or a yard of calico for all their wardrobe, startle the ownmercial soul into generous shame and yearnings of brotherhood. If wrytnight but wrap those dinky forms in splendid prints at Manchester in mueline of P aisley! if we could but wreath those ebon brows with glorious Glasgow kerchiefs, Turkey-red and wake the slumbering soul of African womanhood with glimpses of unbelierable millinery, with ribbons whits and red, with dazzling beads coloured like the rainbow! But the commercial Geni pauses with all his riches in his lap, and all Ms hungry over-productive chil dren urging him on. It is grievous to let so many half naked busmen creatures live and die in ignorance of all those previewss of art and civilisation-harder still, and ever harder, to lose crowds of customers, whose patronage might keep many a mill going, and many a town employed, and accumulate many a fortune.-Blerkwood'elfaianne for April. COMPULSORY CHAPEL GOING AT OX I ORD.-By far the laarer number of students look upon chapel-going as a tedious duty, end one of their earliest calculations is, as to bow many chapels they can miss in a week, without getting a bed oharacter, or a sniffling reproof from the dean. The ordi nary under graduate wakesoltem from a drunken sleep,swallowe a tumblerful of soda-water, jug dashes a sponge over his foie, brothel hie hair, dregs on his lower garments, and, covering all untidiness with a large great-cost, hurries down, curving the chapel audibly, just in time to be pricked off by the chapel-man or bible-clerk. He has no time to compose his mind before attain, God's house, sad, if he had it, be would not improve it. He is quits happy, if he can manage to stuff • novel into his pocket, to read during the service, or, if more exemplary, will pass the time in cramming Ms Greek Testament for " greats? Many a man tells you proudly that he posed a capital divinity examination in consequence of his chapel studies ! Then, if perchance he set his miad to pray Weed, there is Bolter on his right parodying the Litany in an under-tone ' • or ticamperton on his left entrees * • with, acco m panied by a stout expletive, that " the old boy would shove along a little faster."- Titan for April. I would about suggest that young people, though they look , have larger eyes, and not near so many wrinkles out their eyelids, are era as ertfal r some of their elders. What little monsters at ounnlng your frank school-boys see 1 hew they cheat mamma! bow Miry hoodwink pops: how th ey humbug the housekeeper! bow they cringe to the big boy for whom they fog at school! what a long lie and ar year) hypocrisy and flattery to their conduct toward. Dr. Birch ! And the little bays sir tare? Are they any better, and is it only after they come eat In the world that the little darlings learn a trick or two ?-71* Tiryitimee, No. 6. (Stamped ld. Additional.) [TWOPENCE. PAVING OF BEGENT-827tHET. Yesterday a meeting of the inhabitants of Regent street, most numerously attended, wu held at the Hanove r square Rooms, Mr. Nicoll., M.P., in the chair, f or the purpos of considering what steps should be taken to resist the project of paving the margin of the street 12 feet on each side with granite, as ocatanplsted by the vestry of St. James's. - It appeared from the report of the committee read by Mr. Jay, that it wee the original intention of the vestry to lay the whole street with granite pavement, but a memorial signed by 114 pereone, and representing 242 houses out of 266, the other house* being either unoccupied or the owner" being absent, having been presented to the vestry, that body consented to forego their resolution to pave the whole street, but voted 6,0001. for paving a margin of 12 feet as each side of the street with granite. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the betimes al the meeting, said that they had obtained possession of the chid appr oach to the citadel of their opponents, and be believed it wee only necessary for theca to continua their exertions to carry the whole fortress. (Hear, hear.) The inhabitants of Regent street contributed largely to the rates of the parish, and it was only fair that they should be expanded on the papnn ea which they were professed to be levied in rometLing r like the same proportion. He regretted to say that on this subject a epodes of op Hon had been called into existence, which, from the way is which it wee handled, amounted almost to insult. (Hear, hear.) They had bees driven against their wishes Into thin contest, sad had been left no choice but to give in to what they believed to be an unjust mods of pro ceeding on the part of the vestry, or to adopt the present amuse of oppoeltion. They had all entered into the contest in the firm belief that they were acting in the tight, in de fence of their pespeties for the bend& of them museraus persons who degiselof en there for the suceessfulitss el their capital, and in the interest of that large portion of the metro polis who frequented the most fashionable pert of it. Mr. MEDWIN moved the following resolution:—" That in the opinion of this meeting the present intention of the vestry to extend the marginal stone paving of Regent-street to the width of 12 feet on each aide is in opposition to the clearly ascertained wish of the inhabitants and felt by them to be moat injurious to their property, business,e and comfort. That the meeting consequently considers it to be imperative on them to use every possible means (whenever it may become nreasary to repair or re-lay the Street) to oppose any margin o. paving stone whatever except such as may be e for drainage purposes." The position which the ve l e i tr e y es :2 up in this matter was that the rest of the parish paid more than their tan there of the rates. Bat he would show that this was not the case. The whole outlay of the pariah of St. James's wee 2,7621. Ils. 11d., at 6d. in the pound assessment end Id. for drainage. The money which Regent -street con tributed to the perish was 3,6071. 14s. 6d. (Hear.) Even allowing 10 per cent. for management, it would leave the excess which Regent -street paid to the parish over what the_ pariah laid out for Regent -street at I something over 6001 He took the figures from the most recent book he could ' find, and he must observe that it was en account for fifteen months. How, than, was the perish injured by it connexion with Regent - streets (Hear.) But that was not all. Regent-street gave 7,0001. to the parish of St. James's for poor rate, and be believed that the Regent street poor did not cost the parish 2,0001.—(..n0 no ")—eo that the parish generally was a gainer there to the extant of at least 60001. (Hear, bear.) The real fact therefore was, that Regent-street gsve the parish all that wee spent on it in paving, and much more than was spent on them in poor rates. (Hear.) It ins their duty, then to declare that they would not abide by the decidon of the v estry of St. James's. What, then, were they going to do? for that wee the real question. (Hear.) They were going to petition parliament, and that, he knew, the vestry did not like. They would not only go to parliament, but they would canvas" the parish y, for there were men in the vestry who were rinr i the greatest possible injury to the parish by battling for local interests, thus setting class against class and neighbour against neighbour. (Hear, bar.) He pledged himself to use all the interest he peeseseed, not only inßegent-street but in its neighbourhood, to get men into the vestry who would enter upon their duties with liberal and enlightened minds, and who would do to them what was just. (Hear, hear.) Justice they would have, and in saying that he felt he represented the feelings of all present. (Hear.) Mr. WAUGH seconded the motion. If there were My of the respectable inhabitants who were not with them on this subject, those gentlemen ought at least to come forward and state their views. He believed they were looking for simple justice in this matter, and that the proceedings of the emery were not only %Isis.; but Gothic. (Hear, hear.) He was one of the oldest inhabitants of Regent-street, and he believed what the mat?) , proposed to do would injure the property. (Hear hear.) So much bad been said by Mr. Idedwin on thejtoint that he need merely second the resolution. r. Dena thought that if Mr. Medwin's statement had been confined to the twelve months' aooounte instead of fif teen mouths, it w ould not appear favourable to Regent -street to the extent at which he put it. Bat however that might be, the pariah had no reason to grumble with Regent-street, because he did not believe the poor of Regent -street cost the poor-rats 1,0001. If the m tarish derived so considerable a profit on one head they o t not to complain of a little extra expenditure on another. ( ear, hear.) Mr. WILKES , a member of le vestry of St. James's, said it wasquite certain the vestry would insist on paving Re gent-street. There was a decidedly hostile feeling amongst a portion of the vestry to Regent-street. (Hear, hear.) At the last meeting of the vestry a member declared that he voted for the paving of the margin of the street on the ground that it would lead to the paving of the entire street. Mr. WI tti e said that a similar battle had been fought in Liverpool to the one which the inhabitants of Regent-street were now engaged in. Tho principal street in Liverpool had been paved with granite, but that paving had to be taken up and was maa.. by Mecadam. Hear, hear.) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. JAY moved the next resolution, to the effect that a petition be presented to parliament praying for an emend meat of the Metropolitan Local Management Act, and that a clause be introduced enabling the inhabitants of Regent-street to assess themselves for paving, watering, cleansing, lighting and partially watching the said street, and that the adminis tration of the fund or rates so raised be vested in the mem bers of the vestry, returned by the ratepayers so assessed or rated. It happened fortunately for them that a bill was to be shortly brought before parliament on this subject; con sequently they might hope that a petition from them would have due consideration at the proper time. The whole of this agitation arose from a paltry feeling of enmity against the inhabitants of Regent street. (Hear.) Many of the vestry declared their determination to oppose the interest of the Regent-street people, because they said if they could get Regent-street paved, it would drive the trade out of it into their respective localities. Could anything be more paltry or wretched ? One member of the vestry said they did not know what was best for themselves, and that they should be taught. (Laughter.) Why, Regent street had been made by the individual exertions of the men in business there. Not less than 16,0001. a year was laid out every year in improving and decorating the street, all of which went into the pockets of the unmans end people living in the beck streets. (Hear, hear.) That would be lost to them if Regent-street were to become deteriorated. But he hoped the feeling and spirit mimed at that meeting would check this unfortunate vestry in their career. There was • spirit of unanimity amongst the inhabitant of Regeet street on this subject. All of them had cheerfully paid the call of 10s. which had been made upon them, and cos gen tleman expressed his readiness to put down 1001., because he thought it was the best means of protecting his property. lie received that morning a letter from the department of the Prefecture of Pada, in which he was informed that the first coat of laying down kens paving wee 12fr. per square metre, that of Macadam, Sir. 60e. The annual cost of repairing stone pavement was lfr. per square metre; of repairing Macadam from lfr. 50c. to 4fr. • the cost of repairing being, of course, proportioned to the extent and character of the repairs. But it was a fact that Macadam wee everywhere 'screeching on the stone pavement of Paris. (Hear, hear.) He would only say, in conclusion, that if they wire unani mous, he was sure they would be successful. Mr. Box seconded the resolution, and expressed his belief that till some alteration took place in the constitution of the vestry, the interests of Regent-street would not be attended to. The motion was carried son con. _ Mr. (isysorsa proposed a resolution to the effect that the committee be instructed to take such steps as may be no °weary to have a case prepared and submitted to conned, • Alt a view to an application to the Vice-Chancellor for an injunction to restrain the vestry of St. James's from paving Regent- street in the manner proposed. ( Hear , hear.) He believed that was the speediest and moat effectual mode of proceeding, and it would give them time till they brought the question before parliament. (Hear.) Mr. Lewis seconded the motion. Mr. Jerre said he thought they ought to appeal to the vestry once more before going to a higher tribunal. (" No, no.") He heard a vestryman say that if the Regent-street psope paid something extra, the street would be allowed to remain as it was. tt said that the nice and easy thing we. not away@ the right thing. It would neither be right nor just that should pay &differential rate. The whole parish was to Regent-street. He should recommend them to fight out the battle now shoulder to shoulder. (Hem.) The motion was then put, and carried unanimously. A rote at thinks to the chairman terminated ths pro ceedings. THE BISHOP OF LONDON'S GLOVES.—A keen 00D- Downy is raging to sows of the church papers relative to the sort of gloves which it is lawful and expedisat hr • bishop to wear. It wears that • few days ego, et a rah &es meeting over which the Eel of libehosbary presided, the right reverend prelate stood on the = wo w = pair of bright yellow riding gloves, • seems completely to boos mandalieed .7 . 1112 . id dhol eeoso =• ao Pr t a :eta It sa seems y probiritlel a" a prelate Moro lag himself with yellow gloves, sad Yeremss tho Bishop of Lashes Is not likely to be cited to the Ectissisotteal Coon la easseqnsace of his peculiar ideas 011 ha asithst of "impel Miro. ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS. The anniversary festival in aid of the above valuable institution was held yesterday evening at the Lon don Tavern, und er th e presidency of his Grace the Duke of WEI.LINOTON, supported by Sir H. Rawlinson, W. Ron pell M.P., Sir George Carroll, Sir J. Boileau, Sir J. ircicoa. M.P., M. T. Base, Esq., M.P., She, iff Allen and clain, Mr. Alderman Wire, Mr. Under-Sheriff Millard. J. Kochi, Bag., Drs. Conolly and Little, Mr. Sheriff Lawrence, &c. bout 160 gentlemen s a t d own to dinner. A musical party was in attendance, under the direction of Mr. Bamford, and including the talents of MUM 11•1141114 Hyleal..tirs. Bamf or d, H o l mes, an d W. E. Rana/cod. The of an occus i oua l song, " The Idiot born," by Miss -7 /an7ord, was much applaailed by the compiler. The duties of toastmaster were efficiently performed by Mr. Harker. The Chairman baying given the mud loyal toasts with judicious htmvivf,prope " The Ansy and Navy," to which Sir H. Raedinson, la rearming thanks, made an appropriate allusion to the services now being performed by the British army is India, and con gratulated himself on the fact that many of the heroes of the day—Lawrence, Havelock, Outrun, &n.—h a d been his own companions in arms during the Affghaa was. The gal lant speaker also alluded to the illuetrione eases borne by their noble chairman, and concluded by , stresurimely recces. mending the Idiots' Asylum to the charitable attention of the. company. The Chairman, in giving the tort (Attie emu-. ing, " Prosperity to th e IdioulAsylum,' , mesfaffy detailed:. the ot the institution. It appeared that although. only 1 yews in existenos:the institution, in the two asylums,. now sheltered 277 of the moat helpless members of the 0010. , =unity. The annual income was from 12,00 W. to 14,00 W,, but the erection of the new asylum at Highgate had entailed as expense of 16,0001., to Pqmdato which was the paramount , oiliest of the committee. The board were sanguine Of to the. early discharge of this debt, and in their confidence had de termined to admit 25 cases at the next electfoo, ta— sesd of 15, which was the usual number. In this coarse the board intended to persevere, and in addition they provided accommodation for the children of the affluent, who were received at a moderate rate of remuneration. It was satisfactory to be able to announce that a great many per inea had availed themselves of this privilege. The chairman. dwelt with much force on the peculiar claims of the unfortu nate persons who were the objects of this charity, and feel ingly reminded the company that to no human frailty but to the act of God, they must attribute the peculiar help ieseness for which their aid was invoked that evening. Subsequently the health of the chairman was proposed by Sir (Ge org e Carrel, and duly acknowledged ; after which came the presi dent's, the vioe-president's, and Sir J. Boileau's. Sir J. Boi leau, in responding, expressed hi. regret that there was no public mesas provided for the support of the unfortunate persona who were the objects of this charity. Every county now had its lunatic asylum, and he hoped that the time was not far distant when it would also have its asylum for idiots. The subscription list was then read and a collection made—resulting in the gratifying addition of 3,6001. to the funds of the charity. In answer to the toast of "The Medical Officers," proposed by Mr. Mechi, Dr. Connolly returned thanks, in an instructive speech, in the course of which he gave some interesting details of the care bestowed on the inmates of the institution, and the Interest with which the first dawn of intellect was watched not only by the medical officers of the institution, but by their friends. Relying upon the discoveries of modern science, he entertained the most sanguine hopes of the ultimate success of their bene volent experiment. A few more toasts having bees dispoeed of, the company separated. LAUNCH OF AN IRON SCREW STRAMER. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Northam was launched here to-day, :from the ship-yard of Messrs. Summers and Day, iron ship-builders, at Northam, about a mile from Southampton, oa the river Itchen. The Northam is en iron ' , crew steamer of 1,600 tons burden, and 400-horse power. Her length over all is about 300 feet, breadth 34; feet, and depth 26 feet. She is the largest iron steamer ever built in the neighbourhood of Southampton. The Northam is • beautiful model and immensely strong. She is built with every improvement which shipbuilders, so fertile in inventions, have yet discovered, including one or two recent inventions which have not been tried in other ships. At the suggestion of Captain Engledue, the Southamp ton Superintendent of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, and in order to add to the Mann, of the sl ee pi n g cabins of the Northern, jalousies or Venetian blinds are substituted for windows. Each sash of these blinds is very wide. and formed of two parts joined by an invisible hinge. When the blinds are closed the two parts lap over each other ; but • passenger, u he lies in his bed, can touch a spring and the two parts of each sash will open to any to let in light and air from the saloon, and ao extent ingenioue y I. this contrived that the opening will not enable any we to re Into the cabin from the saloon. In the Northam the screw also is placed so low in the water that, while it is strictly within the line of effective propulsion, no rolling of the ship can lift the screw out of the see, so as to render it in opmstive. By the addition of the new reseal, the number of ships belonging now to the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's fleet is brought up to forty-five, equal in number to the sailing fleet of the United States navy. The Northam ook about twelve months to build, and will be ready for sea when her boilers end engines are placed in her, which will soon be done in the Southampton docks. The great ad vantage of iron ships ie the rapidity with which they can be commenced and finished. The seasoning of the timber for wooden ships requires years of preparation. The iron may be in the ore deep in the earth one year, and the next It may be formed into • beautiful ship. A crowd of ladies and gentlemen stood on • platform close to the bow of the Northam yesterday. Precisely at noon workmen commenced knocking away the shores, and In less than eve minutes the good ships and glided majtetically into the water, minted with &ewe and the waving of hats. A daughter of one of the directors of the company named the ship. There were present to witams the launch, Mr. Willoox, M.P., Mr. Wegnelin, H.P. and Mr. Hadow, directors of the Peninsular end Oriental Company ; Mr. Allan, Managing Director of the company ; Captains Engledue, Kellock, Brooke, and Goodricige ; Mr. Judge Haliburton (Sam Slick), and a number of ladies aced gentlemen belonging to the town and neighbourhood, besides • crowd of pentode who saw the launch outside the ship yard. The weather was unfavourable, or the hundreds of people would have been increased to thousands. Messrs. Summers end Day were congratulated not only for the beauty of the ship which they had built, but also for the emcees of the launch, which went off without a hitch. After the launch came a very liberal lunch, provided in the ship-yard, where every one drank moons to the Northam in bumpers of champagne. The village of Northam is close to the ancient Rotuma town of Clausentom. A few years ago it contained only • few cot tage., which were 'operated from Southampton by a marsh. That march is now covered by a populous town, inhabited by working men, chiefly connected with shipbuilding. Mr. Summers is one of those men who contributes to spread the fame of England far and wide. A most ingenious and prac tical mechanician, ha has, by the exercise of unswerving pro bity and industry, risen from obscurity to eminence, and been a greet benefactor to Southampton. At Northam he has elected, at a oat of thousands of pounds, an iron ship building yard and a steam factory. The latter is • place where von is cut, punched, acraped, bored, turned, planed, sawed, bent, filed, rolled, and polished with as much ease ar e if it were the softest material. The banks of the lichen now rival those of the Thames, Mersey, end Clyde, as the seat of ship-yards and steam factories. THE TOLL REFORM MOVEMENT.—Testarday after noon a meeting war held at the Royal Oak Tavern, Barki road, for the abolition of metropolitan tolls, and eapedally that over Barking-bridge. over the river Les, the boundary line between Essex and Middlesex. Mr. Ashdown occupied the chair. It was stated that between 5,000 and 6,000 per sona passed over the bridge every dal, the great majority of whom were hard-working men. It was unanimously agreed that a memorial, praying for the abolition of the toll, should be presented to the Earl of Derby sod Mr. Disraeli, and that petitions to both HOMO, of Parliament should be adopted. " DISCOVERY" OP AN EXTENSIVE FAILURE IN DllNOnla Another temporary check has been given to the netoralion of mercantile confidence in Dundee by the die corer, of a large failure which occurred three months ago. The failure is that of Mews. William Brand and Co., mer chants, of Dundee and New York, for a sum variously stated at from 60.0001. to 80,0001..—the firm being reported to have entered into an arrangement about Christmas last with nine large creditors, to pay 10s. in the pound. The circumstance of this failure having been concealed from the latter end of December to the present time is, of course, seri ously commented upon. The apology made for it, no doubt, is that the announcement of such a failure in December last would greatly have aggravated the local dif6culdes of the aria; bat this excuse goes for little with those who contend that secret strangemente of this nature are utter! wrong In principle, and moat pernicious in practice. closet be carried on without confidence, but no th ing so destrnotive of confidence as deception, and no deco am be more disastrous then that of a number of item b ooming puttee to an act of ineolvermy and then concealing it. There can be no doubt that any such concealment I. fraught with danger to the best hirsute of commend; sad It is the more to be protested against when we see the leading men in our staple trade compromtrinctheureelvea in connexion with it. Only yesterday week the Dundee Chamber of Commerce listened with argent to an expression of opinion that the utmost publicity should be One to the eircazastanda at tending every insolveney ; and yet hare is an instance in whit* • number of the moat Influential members of the dime ber had committed themselves to aconosehnest of insolvescy. —Tholes Adwresier of Tuesday. A RESULT or THE NIGZIL EXPEDITION.—Yeater day (Wednesday) the ship arrived at Liwnewl with a aerie of paha oil and vary from Laird'a Tows, being the ibet oommercdal result of the Niger espy= oat by Mr. Wagregor Lad, elLoodos. L b.....ramiL VERLAND ROUTH—WHEHLY COMMU NICATION he steam es 11110146 le._ eta Iheype—The 131 el LA at ,I oh i hNTAL WIWI /11.11v14ATIOs COX. 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