The Express. — London, England, 1849-04-11 00:00:00

another "'tariff of Leedon and Adair', Middlesex" was introduced in the pewees r e - l i e , Lamb. Mr. Lamb came down several ;ohs before the dissolution sad addressed the • the Town-hell. They were satisfied, for esederstood he was extremely rich; awl be was ... A AA far, in emempence of their applause, he Weilt& somewhat tremens idea that his civic wee so peremive in its character as to =rise to Garry the town. In anticipation of a w ake, as myeaditure, even at this roads ;ips, was mammal on Mr. Laurie's behalf, ksiseely to the citiefact'on of those who es the i t e e reby. As the diesolatioe, however, drew In es, so . some difficulties between Mr. Laurie aid s ia t o ne:Sate supporters witch teregoated bi his Al t e rs" wow altogether. Thies difficulties MI ast a where they hems. A claim lime sok spa worthy Sheriff for disbemeftlis la ousts eausel, of which ho eltagether eepeillelsd Wig authorised the distribution. Legal prsssed ys was threatened, and we believe the matter has termiedsd, •if it bar, what has been the mode of fettles:en., we have no knowledge ; but it is to be hoped that the mo orienes the Shenff of London and of Middlesex ilk - flaked spa this occasion will prevent him in future Mm playing with edged tools, in the shape of corrupt seditneecies. The tory party, although they had lost Mr. Laurie, pre planed in no wee re , position by his withdrawal. Al a stranger to the place, and es the wearer of the dme gold chain which had adorned the shoulders of XL Sheriff Raphael in the course of his canvass in 1835, Mr. Laurie would have stood but very little chance. lie was no sooner out of the field than a young pntleman named Preston, the eon of a large Mdowner near York, was brought forward as a eindidate. He ems not merely at' the seitsitation of be tories, but at the request of the ministers of the larch in Pootefraet, who had taken serious offence et Mr. Mines' votes in favour of the endowment of Saynooth. Mr. Preston was led, in addition, to pit that, upon the same groucds, he should receive t oped from a body of Wesleyan", who bad seceded foci the tories and joint d themselves to Mr. Martin, • an anti-Raman catholic endowment eandi lac Coder this combination of favoareble cir semnisistanose Mr. Preston commenced his canvass. It. Martin was on circuit, Mr. Milnes in the south of England. Thom gettlemen were sent for. When they arrived, they found, the town half canvassed. and & large number of public houses open in the Preston bffeence. It may illustrate the system of this borough to state, which we can upon the best anther thy, that dosshouses were not opened in consequence of any elder by Mr. Preston or his agents; but, on the con trary, in opposition to their express desire. The me met the canvass was announced, the publicans of their own impales bang out the colon's of the candidate, and began to draw the tap. An inquiry was made of Mme of teem if they knew what they were about. • oh, very well," was the reply; "we are son to be paid by somebody or other." Ice consequence of this commencement the meted soon began to wax extremely warm, and the wallopers 000gratala'ed themselves and one that "the good old times" had at last Mined, end that they were going to get their due. As the day *Selection approached, it became evident thattheemtest would lie between Mr. Milne@ and Mr. Preston. On the polling the former took the lead, and kept it, bat not without the greatest difficulty. It is admitted, on all sides, that durinr the two cr three bat bows of this el coon, the town was the scene of the most dross and unblushing tribery. Each party allege it to have been practised to the greatest extent by the friends of the othe r candidate. Mr. Milan's eappeetere state that at least 35 of their mi n were height off; Mr. Preston's party say . that they had 68 beaches of promise far which at is impossible to go osed. The price rang. d from 101. to 851. Thirty pri ma was the flpre for which a knot of lade pendant min who had collected together in a tavern stack out until after three o'clock. They are said to have been " had" for 32/. 10s. a-pieee. Perhaps the west feature of the contest, however, was the beatitude shown by many of the electors to Mr. Masts. Itur:ng the twelve years he had set for the tows, it is admitted by every party in it, that he had -anterred very many private advantages on the meldents. So nurarrJus, in feet, had become the "applications for mistime" at Frystonee hall, th.t residence in so close proximity to the borough had become anything but agreeable to the sitting member's family. We believe it may be taken as a het that there was scarcely a man in tbo town whom Mr. Milne' had reeved who was not, on this sandoe, to be found ranged in the racks of his oppo mutt Some of the instances are mod remarkable • old having become known since the election the y have excited no smell sympathy for Mr. Milner among the more respectable. The sleeken malted in Mr. Mils's' return by a asjority of 19: the comber, being—for Martin, 415. Whim, MI Preston, 346. The election cost fie isadidatoo at least 10,00 01 .; Mr. Milnes having, k b said, paid the largest proportion. A great dal of mosey wee spent very unnecessarily on Mr. Martin's eeriest antecedent to the elective. Mr. Gully, however, belono to that ease of " good set of fellows," who think the whole period of an election ought to be one of " gloei " throughout the district, and proceeds Metedingly. As analysis of the poll with which ma were favoured et Postefract, is meiotic There were 683 on the register, but this number . mapreber dad 10 doub'e entries and 16 dead, so that the voters were in reality reduced to 659. Of this number only 23 did not vote, and of these there was absent 3 ; too ill, 5 ; postmasters, 4 ; returning Meer, 1 ; leaving only 10 neute:. The polling in the various di•tricts is thus given: sort and lot voters the ooest,toemy has alto ban falling off since the Reform Bill. There ware 938 voters in 1832, reduced to 882 in 1833, 722 in 1841, and 659 in 1847. This number in the course of • few Tears will be reduced to 400, as there are at present 259 potwallorrs on the list. The electoral state of the town, when it undergoes so important a change . in its constituency, cannot at moat well be predicated. Judging from the last election, which took place with the smallest list of voters Pontefract has yet knowo, there is little reason to expect much alteration for the better. We inquired itt Pontefract what would be the remit there, supposing another eleefoo were im mediately to tae place. The rep'y universelly was, that local influence and money would carry it: for polities are matters for which the Pontefract people care very little at any time, and in the present s'ag nation of public affairs, of cures less than ever. If there are any checks which would be appli cable to this town, one would be led ts think that they must be applied rather to the candi dates and to their agents than to the electors. Pontefract, during the present generation, has not bad the advantage of as election pet'. tie& Had a fart of the money thrown away at the last election been expended in a corned tee room, it might have bad a salutary effect. The issue of a new writ would, no doubt, have been sus pended, bat as the !stems proved against the town, probably it would have escaped disfranchisement, whilst the parties could scarcely fail to have received ' a salu'rry liseirast toad( .-----. Dereux, Arun 10. Respecting Mr. Haven Daffy's trial, which cont. eseweed to-da the obese... Atom in your leseing stelae of the -7th have expressed the feeling that is merest here amongst men of all parties. His excel lent private character has wonbitn numbers of friends, and the ruin of his health and his fortunes is certainly punishment enough for him to have endured. The Peel party here is inhigh spirits, and calculates on Sir Robert being prime minister before Icng, despite of all that is said about his resolution not to take office again. One thing is quite certain, that Sir Robert has his heart est upon the scheme of putting the estates in the west under a comm'ssion. He hes taken a gre et deal oft ouble to obtain evidence upon the whole subject, and his supporters here lock on the measure as certain to be carried. The Peelite barristers will not oppore him in his intentions of " ousting the Court of Chancery," bat rather help him. The recent preeence in London, of Mr. Brewster, the leading lawyer of the Pulite', is a very significant circumstance. Mr. Brewster is a man of great bold ness of charactenand is more free than most of hispre fusion from what Bentham called " interest begotten prejud one." He has a decided talent for business, and vrt.uld be of great use in carrying out so bold a scheme as Sir Robert propose.. All kinds of reports are dying here about the down fall of the whigs. The members of the Hoop of Commons who have come over to spend the holidays seem to be unanimous in consideriog their fate as sealed. The Mail of to-night alludes to the report of Lord Clarendon not coming back here again ; but the story is not circulated upon any authority. Sir R. Peel has prodigiously gained in popularity, and I should not be surprised if a public matins were held here before long to test his gain in popular estimation OWL the whip. The awful character of several of the cases in your recent celendsts has been a subject of remark here. What has your contemporary of Printing-house square to say shout the inferiority of the Celn, after the revolting cases of hideous crime disclosed to public view at your late assizes? Some of the public organs here are commenting very keenly on the vice exhi bited amongst you, and enough has bc.n said and written to show the fclly, if not criminality, of ex- siting the passions of race. The Press of lest night has a very bitter article co the appointment of the new Bishop of Down sad Manor, and ridicules his claims. But it is in vain fur the Press to be tut upon the point, as in the quarters where Dr. Knox is best known the news of his eleva tion caused great pleasure amongst both catholies and Ftants. All the Limerick jcurnals , of all sides , in his praise, and his kiudne a to the poor specially commented upon. The statement at the Press, that the present Bishop of Limerick lives out of the country to avoid his creditors, is not very creditable to a prelale of the establishment. A portion of his income, says the Press, is sequestrated to pay h's debts, and his spiritual lordship lives upon the balance abroad. Might not Mr. Hemmen do something in this case ? Can Limerick do without a bishop P If it can, why is • bishopric maintained there? if not, why is son-residence allowed? Surely the case is more flagrant, seeing that Kerry, or the diocese of Ardfort, has been joined by Lord Stinky's Act of 1833 to Limerick, so that a great deal of ecclesiastical business has to be done by his right reverend lordship of Limerick. The northe•ns feel almost confident that the rate in aid will be abandoced by government, as only four teen members from Ireland supported the project. , Those gentlemen are universally regarded here as placehunter., but with great injustice, as Sir Denham Norreys, Mr. W. Fagan, and one or two more, are notoriously as independent members as sit in parlia ment. The crowds emigrating at the port of Waterford still continue. It is stated in the Southern Reporter that for the next three months it is expected that the number of emigrants through Waterford will aver age SOO a week. Toe clearance system is going on in various parts of the country, and the landlords ere abused in the popular journals, but it is not suggested what they should do, for surely it is not to be expected that they are to divest themeelves of their property any mote than shopkeepers or other traders. The more strin gent the poor law the more surely will the clearance system elnttnue. No more paupers are to be admitted into the Cxk workhouse, es it appears that the poor law com missioners are desirous that ont-door relief should be administered within the union, a step to which the guardians are exceedingly adverse. Dr. Phelan, the medical inspretor under the board of health, req uired that the numbers of paupers in a room, should be governed by its measurement of cubic feet in air. Your worthy correspondent, the Rev. Ve iffiem Townsh'nd, states in his letter in the Express of the 7th inst. that the people in his neighbourhood feel to be sent to the workhouse is to be sent to die. Now, the overcrowding of the workhousse product's the infection, and sweeps away numbers. And hun dreds crawl about soc'ety spreading dimmed of various I kinds rather than face thorrors of the weans , . and ISt 111 64 IS 7 se► 11 r it is It will be seen by this that Mr. Milan was in fact beaten in Peatefraet, sedately tarried bj,tbe voters of Isettin rley and Ferrybeidge. His ill menu in Poet-tract was owing to the influence of the clergy{ and Wesleyan. Knottingley is an outlying manorl teetering district with a population of nearly 7,0001: 'The people an nearly all liberal', and forty of then who were mostly voters fir Mr. Martin spa principle split with Mr. Milne. as the best if the other two candidates. Ferrybridge, in whisk Mr. Manes had so large a proportion of the votes, is attached to his own estate. There were 38 voters in - this hamlet, of whom 36 went to the poll ; 23 of these pal for Mr. Manes, 8 voted for Milne' and 8 foe Manes and Preston, and only 2 omitted SCOTLAND. • to vote for the resident candidate. This shows the e• Munn of property in an election, and is the more BIM TX Emelmtoll- — The Oewjeate and t. worth record , as there is in this case no allegation neighbourhood (which has boo nansmill, paschal dam against the landlord of harsh dealing or undue exercise t" sew patios a b t ! 1 .,. 1 e a t l e Z trellerldilla) Ilea 11 1 4 2, 1 111 h e t ' of power. Of the entire number of registered voter., in w hi c h ,„,„,:i' r a m m„bis, sag others w as '"'"ln this borough 426 are ten-pound householders end 259 jeered. The affray arose as meal from drelimmess and potwallopere. At the usual rate of head-money, (61. consequent excitement. Fear te move hint lateueses, who fee each vete) the latter would receive 1,545/. But bed been O Plat out sea. _fils to PON. Word. la the this must not be taken as the entire amount expended C o O_W pt . II from se kforkr omen, De tontine s in SIM l a t t: in this shape. Among the ten-pound householders eg t ,„ °° :Kb „ e a r m other .ll / 2. ea r eah la i r e theee by. are many of those who formerly voted aspotwallopers, neyy, were warned several Uses l a ths on and who of course expect to be treated as they would the best, and on or tides 'beaked noir *belittles, my tt they ought to be." Many of the smaller ten- but eVtitt tiesemlad es etesensll inaliaede they were alone pounders, too, expect not to be leftworse off than their alma% t t7e msf who s t g aei atables' sad a slimgle 4 :7 4 , ai rthe whi r e r. neighbours, so that of the 600 electors it may be fairly i „,, wars „„ s g o g e r rte, e:rardeeteg fen e of the mut _ estimated that certainly not lees thai s one-half are, at trade. The police by numbers prating eat the present time, recipients of head-money at an elee- every side, made great eiforta to keep their prisoners, whr lien. Tois calculation will go far to account fur the were recap= e t a ke d i ntled several timer), sard defended east of an election in this borough, which may be the ld, bat three of the fear werith wa a ro d n: ground ell awl taken at an average of 2 , 0001 . unde r the moat favour- Mien and struck most unineveihry. The alarm was en able circumstances to any candidate. mediately conveyed to the Pollee Office, and is a few minutes Considering all the circumstances of Pontefract, it is a &tangent of about 30 or 40 men hastened to the spot. By this rime the Cowed., from the Horse-wyed to above a extremely difficult eye to deal with. It mus t be ad- Giorgi the Fourth Briar. wee in a stated great se. bitted to be a very bad example of household suf - citement ; and but for this relief, the consequences to bilge, unaccompanied by the ballot. An extension of the consta bles first then might have been of the the boundaries of the borough is insisted upon es a most dangerous character. One named Baerrowia remedial measure by some ; but it is doubtful to had_ re c eived o fsue . or . et? Ten t blows el r head s its if the effect of that measure would not be j a w nd ‘ C, e n u , were w alsoof blo od, sad "w on le w h ° :ad, and bleeding ; to throw the town into the hands of a few large b ut t h e other, named Duna', although in the midst of the resident landowners round about it. Pontefract ie scuffle, fortunately escaped with very alight injury. They too important a place not to be represented, for though were, however, enabled to identify three of the originators at present by no means increasing in prosperity of the disturbance, who were quickly apprehended and De. ...A This was, however, effected amidst hooting sad it has one of the largest corn and cattle markets in °°•• stone -throwing ; and from the Old Meal Market•atairs, the Yorkshire, and the malting trade is carried on to landiog-rlaeas of which overlook the street, and which were a very great extent. Like Beve'rl'y the town used to perfectly crowded, a number of very heavy stones were be inhabited by many gantry and retired of cers. thrown as the policemen passed by, bat fortunately without These however, have deserted it—in many instances the 'Mew l ed l. while several nalleleas vagabond' rep • la coasequence of the bid feeling excited lo el 'on from George ell Bril l“t r l _ threw "'mil secured. eadteets • end th e mu tt hes certainly been cti thence end were off ear teal could be 'the - , .. no Icrowd, however , began to tied that they were no match for le of the resp - etelnhty of the borough. In the force brought against them, and gradually g ave way. teneequnce of the gradual decree's of the number of Besides those taken into cu s t od y for causing the affray, a THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1849. eoptiblablo samba of others wore oppro tended is aryls' to ladle the sob. PROVINCIAL. LANCASHIRE. FINANCIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY REPOR3I.-e—TOS- Many a reading of gentleman took place in the Lugo. IlAwar, _limo:theater, to hear a report of the proo:edings midi Ind bees taken by the *sentare MUM the great mett les is the Free Trade Hall, at the sessseamment of the year. Kr. G. Wil-on took the chair, and in opening the peeneedings whined the miesdag at some length. stating MIS also the meeting which wee - held on the Ist February, • eirealar bed beers seat through most of the Englith an t BOO& sondes, the replies to which had brought a stoat *amber of adltotioas to the objects of the proposed 61110Cill tics. He dated also .that tram the correspondence which bad already ham plao., it had been found that a large niseber of assemiations bad been setabli.hed, having for their objects leandal and parliamentary reform. He alluded to the Freehold Land A:mistime which have bees formed and are still in process of formatim in Birmingham and the Midland Couoti.s, and expressed an opinion that by the adoption of • similar plan by this sameiation, and the recom. mendation of it throughout the (eatery., the representation of the counties would speedily be in other hawk. The meet ing was subsequently addressed by Mr. Bright, M.P., Mr. Athwarth, Mr. Pr , ntice, Mr. Walker, Mr. Kershaw, M.P., end Alderman Harvey, all of whom expressed approval of the procesdiog. so far, and urged further action. It was moved by lir. Bright. seconded by Mr. Kershaw, and meet ulenineouely, "That the report which has been made be approved by the meeting, and that steps be immediately taken to promote the objects of the association, and that this meeting be adjourned for one month." The matting was a private one. ffliusic. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The performances at this theatre were resumed last evening, after the short recess which always means previous to Easter. The occasion was seized upon in order to present Moll.. Parodi to the mu. steal and operatic world. The drama selected for this young hdy's eland was the very familiar, though not the less trying one of "Norma," and it may be observed, that no slight degree of interest was created on behalf of the debutante, in consequence of its having been known that she has come to England direct from the hearth of Pasta, who has, in her Italian retreat, afforded this young singer the advantage of her instructions in the lyric art. Be that as it may, the expectations that have been created and carefully fostend were, unfortunately for Mademoiselle Parodi, raised to a very exaggerated pitch ; hai they been less so her success would have been such as would have amply satisfied the occasion, and have conferred a rich reward upon the talent which she undoubtedly pcseesees. But when this young performer presents herself on the first stage in Europe with the tradition of Pester ringing In bee auditor. ears, and with the nobler impersonation of Norma within the same arena, and ready, if act eager, to revive the recollections of the post, by again resuming that touching, tragic ro le, it must be ad mitted that Madlle. Parodi entered upon a very bold undertaking, and had ter powers been adequate to the effort, it was one which wu calculated to raise her to the highest grade in her . prufession. It is, however, given to very few to arrive, per salient, at the perfection of art. Pasts, herself, was compelled, like a tufted tiger, to retreat spin to her lair, asi when, after some years of seclusion, she again spring upon the London ards and snatc hed the reluctant plaudits of the listeners to her wondrous tones in Agnese and Medea, she might well deem that a wholesome, though it mart have been a severe lesson, which first checked her youthful ambi tion. Grisi, thanks to her exquisite Toler, her charming naivete, her bonny comely person, and her interesting and expressive countenance, underwent no such harsh and depressing ordeal. Pushed for ward by Gras-ini, herself a consummate artiste, Julia Grisi at once ashieved that greatness which has, up to the preceot hour, enab!ed her to maintain her position, and to assert her equality with Malib an, Lind, and Garcia; and Grisi. be it remembered, is the Norma, whose wrongs and whose self immolation have united the sympathies of the entire generation of opera-goers; for the Norma of Lind was a fleeting and fading picture, which, after two faint exhibitions, vanished, to be no more seen. Will such recollections, and devoid of all but an earnest and an enthusiastic desire to witness a per formances worthy of the mashie, one ale) calculated to redeem the expectations of excellence that had been raised, and to sustain like a Caryatides the enormous burden which the avowed Prams. Donna of the Queen's Theatre has to bear, the true amatture of the lyric drama repaired to their wonted haunt last even ing to witness the debut of Madlle Parodi. The hoses wee well filled in every part : and great anxiety prevailed respecting the success of this the man a ger's best cud. The overture was performed in the obstrept . rous and ill-regulated manner in which occasionally this orchestra is permit ted to indulge, but the excitement of the conductor may perhaps account and atone for this circumstance. The re-a ce of Lablache— the remnant of poor La a celebrated quartette (Oriel, Itubini, Tamburint, and Lablache)—was hailed with repeated rounds of applause, and the gcod old man had to pause in the delivery of bis invocation, for the purpose of acknowledging his welconm The dust between Polls ses (who was represented by Borders) and Flatiosi was listened to wits languid expectation, which was at once roused to intensity by the symphony and chorus at once striking up "Norma vitae," which was followed by the entrance of the Druid priestess, and her com mencement of the recitative, " Sediziose vooe," which was delivered in a manner evidently betraying some degree of nervousness. The prayer and air, "Cute Diva," followed, and still afforded no gigue of these powers of voice and dignity of gesture which had been attributed to the 'angstroms, and the well-known sosnenoto note which Grisi was wont to pro long through eight or ten bars, was __unsteady l ' and broken short. The hopes of the audiames, how- eseer, did not abate, and every encouragement that ahem and plaudits scald lend was willingly accorded. "In - the little bit of recitative, "Venue, e h cela en trambi," with Clotilde, there was an appearance of improvement, which warmed up into reality in the t dint with .Adalgioa, "Alma Costanza " to which Md ll e. Parodi showed that is bed studied in a very good school, and that her shortcomings, if any there were, must be attributed rather to physical causes than to any no &din point of education. The following scene, where the perfidy of Palliasse was diver/era, at OMNI displayed the incapacity of Mdlle. Parodi to tread la the footsteps of her great instructress. There was IPA of the impassioned gesture and of the angry sieratal Flames, but little of the pathos and real Veils menus with which Pasta need to invest the itereeter : much leas was there any of that touchier seproachfulneas mingled with bursts of ungovernable fay which were wont to melt the hearts of Grisi's audiences; in shoat, there were all the contortions of the Pythoness, but none of her inspiration. In the second act some more encouraging symp toms were observable. The delivery of the recitative over the children, " Dorenoni entrambi," was well managed and equa l : all that was wanting (and that I was certainly essential) was a. more perfect into nation, the fault being in the guttural qua lity of the sounds. In the data with Adalgisa, commencing " Dth eon te," there was a good deal that merited praise, and the audience, with some discrimination, encored the final mortsciu, 1 " Bi, Sao all ore estrenao." The duet, " In min maeo," was effectively sung; as also was the concluding duet, " Preghi 'Wine ;" and the use which Mdlle. Parodi made of the deep smothered tones (Vegeta), in expreseing her agitation and horror at the treachery of Poiliose, showed at once great dramatic tact and skill in the management of a very difficult part of the voice. Taking the whole performance into consideration, it was one which reflects the greatest credit on the (Pk tante • and, although her powers fall very far short lof the ' which are requisite to sustain the reputation of Her Majesty's Theatre as the stage, par excellence, for representing the lyric drama, still there are some features in her performance which are well worthy of the admiration we have expressed of them. Mdlle. Paredes voice is a soprano of a shrill and thin quality in the upper notes, and somewhat dull and indistinct in the medium and lower parts of her register; her portamento is not yet perfect, and occasionally there is, owing to this caner, a great indistinctness observable in her tone. But the sfogato portion of her voice is very peculiar, and, if well managed, may be made available for very useful tragic purposes in many roles. Her person is good, and her appearance altogether pleasing. The part of Adalgisa and Pal lions were very well performed by Madame Giuliani and Signor Horde?. After the fall of the curtain the debutante was called forward and much applauded, neveettleadis banquets being abowered down upon bee. Tho bonen was well ettenaed. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. IWes Catherine Hayes, whose vocal Ammer. have rased her to the highest rank on the Italian stage, made her debut last evening with a degree of success which may Well be called triumphant. The many accounts during the last two or three seasons of her ach'evements in Italy, had raised public expeceatios to a etch so high as to be even dangerous. But Miss Hayees fame was so well grounded that she bad nothing to fear from the severest ordeal. She appeared . as the heroine of Donizetti's " Linda di Chum:l)4" . one of her most favourite parts in Italy, sad exceed ingly well suited to her powers as • singer land an sateen. On her first entrance, she was Welcomed by a densely crowded audience with several rounds of hearty applause, which she acknowledged with much grace and modesty. She wee becomingly attired in the simple but picturesque costume of the character. and looked it charmingly. She is about the middle height, with a light and pretty Aura, a profusion of auburn hair, blue eyes, a fair Eogli.h complex on, and a sweet, ingenuous countenances, capable of giving full expression to the softer pastime even when strongly excited, but, we should think, not stitlkiently towerful for the highest parts of lyrical tragedy—parts, indeed, as far as we have heard, that she does not attempt. Her opening recitative showed a good deal of servo= agitation, but it was delivered with fine elo evicts and true feeling. The little air which fol " 0 Inc. di quest' aniaa”—one of the prettiest sad meat original melodies that Donite . ti wrote—was deliciously sung, and listened to with rapture. We then found that her voice was a perfect soptano of extensive comities, sot of west volume, bat exqui sitely pure, of a resonant, bellsbka quality, and in its highest not s renundieg us of the etbaried softness of tlct/Eciian harp. The air, from its simple 'tincture a* joyous character, demands some brilliancy of emiament, and nothing could be more graceful or ap propriate than the embellishments she intro duced, while her flexible organ enabled her to execute them without the slightest appearance of effort. The same qualites cheracteris d her sing ing throughout the opera, while ter voice, instead of betraying symptoms of fatigue (as it well might have done, steing that ell her pi incipel airs and ducts were encored gained strength and brilliancy as she went on, to the v.ry finale. Her dramatic powers, es we have said, seemed quite suited to the character of this interesting heroine of humble life. In Li,da' e duet with the young Count Carlo, in the first act, love and tenderness breathed in every accent. Her strerg:h of passionate expression was shown in the scene of recognition between Linda and her father, when the old men, believing his daughter unworthy, gives her his male f iction, and leaves her set Belem oath, ground. This scene, in which Tamburini acted with terrible r. ality, made a strong and visible impression on the audience. Mies Hay.s's reprerentation of the sudden transition from violent passion to actual in sanity was deficient in strength, her fs mores not being capable of ex_ reusing such a mentalconvulefon ; but in the 'net act, when the malady has subsided into settled melancholy, nothing could be more beau tiful and affecting than the picture. Miss Hayes, in short (we are glad she has the good taste not to Italianiee her name), has fully justified her high re putation on the continent, and his begun, we have no doubt, a brilliant career in her own country. There was another very lettere-6[g dibut—that of Md:le. De Marie, the young contralto, who appeared in the character of the boy Pierotto. Little having been previously said about her, she excited, we should suppose, as much surprise as pleasure. In her Swiss haft; attire she looked very pretty and pleasing ; her voice, through its whole compass, is deliciously sweet, rich, and mellow ; her execution is remarkable fur smoothnes., and her whole manner of sirging re mir del us strongly of one who, in her day, was the moat exquisi e contralto we have ever had in Eng land—Brambilla. As an actress she evilently has bad little experience. She has yet to acquire the cued motion which practice only can give; but her representation of the warm-hearted boy was well conceived and interesting. The whole opera, one of the b at of Donizetti's works, was excellently performed. Tamburini, as the old broken-hearted tither, was natural and deeply pathetic. Salvi, as the young Count, an insipid cha racter, sang extremely well. In the great duet, 'heady menfoned, with Miss Hayes, he sustained his part most effectively. The choral harmonics and orchestral accompaniments, which have much of the strength and richnees of the German school, were, as usual at this theatre, magnificently given ; and every attention was paid to the splendour and beauty of the scenic effects. FRENCH PLATS AND OPERAS COMIQUES.—Mr. Mitchell hu lamed a programme for a new :cries of tingle p3pular performances at the Bt. James's Thea'rs, to be con tinued from Monday . nest until the end of June. Ile has re-eagaced Medawar'lle Charton, atd Mew's. Coudere, Octave (first ttwa of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Ze!ger (principal bass of the Brussels and Ghent thea'res). The lint representation will be Atther's opera of " Fra Dievolo," which will be followed by Herald's " Pee aux Clan," and Boimlot's Ne Touches pea ala Heine." In addition to the operatic arrangements, Mr, Mitchell hos engaged M. Bouffti, who will be supported by Madame Doehe, Mdlle. Lambert, and M. 'retard. Witt' there additions an agree able variety will be given to the entertainments by a series of the most amusing of the French vaudevilles. NAVAL. POSTSMOUTH, APRIL 10.—St. Vincent, 120, Capt. De cree, with flag of Sir C. Napier, wu towed into harbour yes terday, and &calumet Sir C. Napier struck his flag, white at the mix in. St. Vincent is now raririly preparing for paying rA.—Penelepe, st.-fr., Capt. L. T. loom, steamed into bar hour yezterelay noon to be paid cff. Neither of these ships was inspected by the Port Admiral previous to coming into luerbour.—Plumper, st., went to Stoke's Bay yesterday t. try bet speed with the new fan she hie bad fitted elec. her ar rival. —Polyphemus, st., Com. Crawford, will be paid off to morrow. MILITARY. Tun 69nt Fool', one of the vegimenb of 1,000 rank and file, is to proceed to Chtna to relieve the 95th Font to return home. The 95th left England for Ceylon in 1838, and in 1847 proceeded thence to liong-Letng. This regiment may accordingly be expected home in 1850, after having served abroad near:y twelve years. The 69th is now stationed at Birr, and will embark for liong•Kesg is the MUM of the summer. Mae last eight's Geastr•) WAS OFFICE, Aran 10. eth Drag. Ods.—Car. A. W. D. Burros. tr be Ulla, by pur., vice J. Fors, wbo rote.; F. U. gest., to be car., by cur, vice Burton. let or Ora:Adler Mgt of Foot Gds.—Major and Brev..CoL C. F. It. Lammas, to he lheutad., by pa.. vies Col. J. Home, who reta. woe b. pp. unmet. ; Capt. sod Lieut.-Cot and Brev..Cot P. S. Sum. wore, tette major, by per., viol Lamella; Ileut .Col. E. ieut.Col YrAMI frees h. repaying the cut, to be L„ vies ; Lieut. aad Capt. Hon. A. GORDON. Capt. t w o be capt sod lieut..eoL, by per., me. Nam who rets.; Ens. end Lieut. C. O. Ewer" te he Hatt sad by per, eke Cordes. eats rafts' Ob.—Liget. d Cop the Has. C.O. Sooss.to boost. sod h00t...06, by pm., vise Ouspbell, who Me; Pia eel QM . J. F. Play She Beet. and apt. by per., vas that; 11. Qua. Mae to be eat sad ilea., by per, vice Pest 4th F.—To be Lends. without Parches : Yrs. B. lecCarro, from the Sad F., vies Plagerald, app. to the 57th F.; Eas. A B. tunes, vise app. to the eith r. 10th F. T. Beam, from the 90th F., to be as , Tatigea, prom la the Seth F.; T. C. llosameos, peat, to be eel, tries thadallom, mem. la Um 21th F. 12th F.-3. C. Hums, feat, to be ere, without per., vice Lod T. Montegwittieo, app.., the 14th apF.; P. L. TILLO•0011, geld., to be see. c st per, vise Cowell, p. to the nth It 17th P.—W. Lawns, spat, lobs soh, withwat par, vies Holm, pro moted to me 75th Ir. hem T.—Errs. B. Yuccas. to be hoot, without par., viol Wan% mp. to the nth T.; U. IL hog" got, to be en... vice Nooobs. Mb P.—To be lieut.eolaoritbout pur.: Net H. l'avarm. ylelt Nooks, killed la action ; Nal. J. Haul, vice Peerstatthk, Wel ta setion. To be Halore..—Brev. MY. J. Pala vs. Psalter; Capt. A. 0. Ittecesse, vise Hen* Wind le amiss; Capt. W.O. Oman% Mee S. Hurl& To be Captiles.—Liest F. Same. vies Lea, billed la settee; Lieut. J. H. Untie. vice Travers, _Malta sears ; Lieut. G.E. L. IV IL- LiAKI. VSOO C. Harris. killed 10 settee; best. P.C. esvaay. vice J. Harris, prom.; Lieut. It 0110 FT. vies Mated. yeas.; Lieut. A. J. Hammen, vies Shore, killed la ram; Lisa. E. A. CUMIN vice Brown, prom To be Death—Esc W. D. H. Baur; Moe 0. Pbthips, killed in action; Est H. L Hama vice Payee, killed in saga; Ens. R. O. A. de Hosrempect, vies Woodgate, killed m action; Lieut. B. Misses, Avesta, ism It. Mee Nyasa, Es.. A. E. Hotomi. from 20th Mae Lamm; Ir. J. arewarr, from Seth F., vice Wil f liams. East LC. 00000Uti0.11. from the 19th Ft., vice Swarm ; Las. F. theamesk boa the 1113 d Ft., vice Oast ; Fes. H. 11. Tarim, haat, Masp.hereos • Ens. J. Nan, from the Met Pt., vies W. ileife,to in airs; Eat T. Alan, from the 90th lt~ vim . Chsbor. bo 0. Wzmazassm, from the Old Ft., vice Y Miss; turd F. Marra; from 12th F., Nos MIA brim. W. • Ilhommoo!. hoot Si F., vice A . Nammemssa. them Ns F.. vice Blade Eat J. A. O'Neal., from 3.7111 F, vas de NM F.—. Ilastros, ilig rat. l2 l, to e ens., without per, The lthebray, SartY Nth P. —Livat. C. F. H. Damon, from 7th Y., te bo that., vice faith, app. to 75th F. 90th r.—Zen. J. IL Mamas, from 79th F., to bailout, without per.. vice Craig, app. to 75th F. Seth F.—T. F. Dann, gent., to be one., withobt pm., vice Wolfe, 4401 n 67th Foot. P.—Erak P. W. T. Como% tram , 51m F., to be Heat, without par , vice Parka, mop. to 75th F. • Ike& F. L. thormarr, from h.+ Nth P, to be Paymaster, Vile immoiL app to 1 8 M F. 50th P.—E. H. Wane, feat, to be eat, without per., tie .Carter, 10 mp th g. to . 33rd F. te F Dalin; witlmut par.: W. B. STINV. POL. Tiro Morcott, Prom. in 24th24th?.; 0. Team, gent., Ma WerWerbere, app. to 24th F. tOth Y.—Major E. W. W. Pmsy, to be lieut,coL, without pun., vice Merman. dee.; Brevet-Major J. Wsoo, to be ussysr, vice Pry: lieut. E. Y. lithe, kb, rapt, vim Weep ; Ens. (1. Tama, to be lieut., vies Uwe ; A. W. GOAT , peat., to be QM. Via. Thorne; J. Wass's, gent., to be ens., without puT vim Flantatead, app. to 67th Y. ; Lent H. W. Sturm to heal v. Mars, moos. 17th Y.—W. E. 8201,31, gent., to be wet, ' without pun., Woe O'Neill, app. to 24th Y. Net r.—Quartezalrater amend 8. McDosocon, to been.., without pa n v. Nagel, prom. in 24 P. gird F.—Ens. O. C. W. Comm, to be heat., by par., vine Bookoy, who mt. •; V. B. Bowthe, gent., to be ens., by per., vice Curtail. 67th H. Nano/a, from 47th F., to be leo., without pun., vice Blekrney, spp. to 76th P.; A. H. Cover, gent., to be ens., without par., vies Menem; epp.to 24th F. 69th P.—Yrs. 61.6. CROOKE, from ilth 1 , -, to be lieut., without pun., vice Mhos, app. to 73th 7kd Y.—Ens. C. W. Itualsous, from 2thh P., to be lieut., without pm*, vko PlreCerald, app. to nth P. 79th KIWCIIOOI3. gent., to be ens., without pm., vice Mont townie, app to 24th P. 69th v.—T. P. Oral, gent., to be ens., without par., v. Ailey, 1.24 ttF. nth P.-. Er. E. B. T. Tammuz, from 63th F., to be lieut., without pur., v. Fitsoerald, app. to 97th P. 90th F. R.IL MA.OII/1111, gent., to be ens.. without par., v. Beatty, app to 10th P. MA P.—J. IL Rode, gent., to be est., without pur., v. Stewart, in 24th Y. Rib. Bri g sde.—C. T. loracums, gent, to be sec.-lieut„ without par., Ma Steuart, app. to 67th V. Ceylon BAN Reg.—J. C. Ftstomo, rat, to be nee.-heat, without pun., vies Derbishire, who res. Cape Mounted Itigemen.—heat. J. MoDommu. to be edl., vice Boys, who tea the WI. only. Brevet.—Lt E. Wuxi, el let leg Orenstiner) Rest of Foot Guards, to be Cal. In the Arm* Illensweetham—The surnames of Ensign Moves/iv, 2904 LW. d P. and U. ?low - eath of 73rd Regoof V., are litoreas;wl4 Ilowbrey, as previously stated. SPORTING. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. BETTING ON MONDAY NIGHT. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 2 to 1 apt FershilL 17 to I apt Horaplpe. 1 Carezoo. 12 —1 Mrs. Tatt. 6—l Tbdpitone. 13 1 Mirealllo (t). METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. Bto I apt Tlep•V.DyßoF (t). I 9to 1 apt Do the Bop. CHESTER CUP. _ 20 to I opt X= is oros . (t). I I apt Saba Ctoset. 20 , I 1000 —IS Lady Wlidalr. to 1 opt Flying Dotchatoo. I3oto 1 opt Mrs Xing (Firefly o). G —1 Todzoor. I t? Uar. . 43 1 Vaha n. 13 1 Hnneyeunb (tto2001.) So 1 Chatterer. 23 1 Vanguard. 1,300 to 50 eget Nunnykirk winning hie two Owing events and Derby (t). 1,000 to 10 eget Tadmor winning the Derby, Bide: to Arkwright the Oaks, and Flying Dutchmen the St. Leger t). TUESDAY. _ The special train this morning brought a considerable accession of company, ani the muster on the heath, both in numbers and rank, contrasted favourably with the first day ; the weather, too, sltheugh cold and gloomy, was dry, and the sport as interesting as it was plentiful. It will be seen ihst the field resulted in the defeat of Sister to Arkwright, first favourite for the Oaks; and that the winner of the Nor thamp:onshire Stakes succumbed to Canesou, whose starting, up to Monday night, was very doubt:ul. B oth were backed for Imp stakes. The races commenced with 81 , 111111.8TAYSO of 100 IPlrs. each, h. ft., for three-year olds ; colts, Sot 71b, fillies, Bet 31b, 41b and 61b allowed, &c. Cam bridgewhire course. (10 subs.) Duke of Bedford's Quarintodn, Sat 7lb (Robinson 1 Col. Anson' , Knight Errant, Set 31b Butl er I Col. f'eel's Cracow, let Ilb Lord Cikugow's f. by Provost, d. by Actaeon, Tot 131 h (B.Mazut) 4 Betting : 6 to 4 egst Cracow (t) and 2 to 1 apt Quuimotlo. Quasimcdo took the lead at starting, kept it all the way, and won by a lengh, Cracow a bad third. Run in 2 ns. 20 see. MATCH, 200, h. It., A. F. Lord Stanley's Rtroacrbow, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (J. Prince) Lord Exeter's Gardenia, 4 yrs, Set 71b (Bartholomew) 2 Betting : 6 to 4 on Stronghow ; won easily by a length. Run in 2 on. 36 see. Swinverrmuss of 10 son. each ; for 3.Tr-olds. 7st ; four, Bst 411); five and upwards. Bst 111 0 s. The winner to be sold for 80 son. if demanded, &o. First half of Alt. M. (9 subs.) Mr. Bilious Treacherous, 3 yrs (E. Sharp) 1 Mr. Shelley's Philosopher, S yrs (P. Butler) 2 BWEVIPISTAMIO Of 60 son each, for 3-yr•olds; colts Bst 71b; fillies, Sat 41h. D.M. (7 subs.) Mr. It. N. Nevrrs Latina, est 41b........ (P. Butler) 1 Mr. Grerille's ray Z tluran i 2 Lord Exeter's eby Voltaire out of Mecca (Bart lomew 3 Mr. Omnbe's fby the Nob out ot Premature (W. Cotton) 4 Teannal'e ItIDDLEBWOILTII ot 200 son each, h ft, for 3-molds • colts, 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. D.M (7 subs.) Duke of Bedford's Sawn (F. Butler) I Lord Cherrei fi eld's Sig. to Arkwright .(Platman Col. Peers Indus ( S. Rogers Betting : 6 to 4 on Ste to Arkwright, 6 to 2 eget &Anon, and 3to 1 apt Indus. Sobrecn took the lead, kept it throughout, and won by half a length. Indus a bad third. Run in 1 min. 62 tee. BVIEEPATAILIS Of 60 son each, for 3 yr-olds; colts Bet 71b; Clies, Bst 21b. A.T. (4 subs) Sir G. Ileatheote's Black Bogle (Ir. Butler) I Mr. GrevilleaCtsrima (Platman) Duke et Rutland's c by Charles XII. out of Plambreau's dun (itobinson Mr. T. B. Charlton's Kimaway (Rogers) 4 NOWMARKET STALIN Of 25 'Ova. each, 10 ft, and SS only if declared, &c., with 200 added, for 3 yr olds and upwards; the second to receive; 100 son. out of the stakes. Clermont Course. (59 subs, 27 of whom declared.) Lord Stanley's Centeno, 4 yrs, Net 71b .(F. Butler 1 Mr J. Ilawle)'s remhtli, 4 yrs, Get 10lb (Peal 9 Mr. Pedley's Cockermoutb, 4 yes, Set loth (Donaldson 3 The following also ran :—Lord Chesterfield's Mn. Taft, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (envied 7st Mb); Lord Clifden'a Sagacity, 6 yrs, 7st 21b ; Mr. Combe's Mirmillo, 6 yrs, Est 12Ib ; Duke of Richmond's Hornpipe, 4 yrs, flat 13th; Sir G. Heath cite's Valentinia, 4 yrs, 6st 11th; Lord Ezeter's Tisipbone, 4 yrs. Get 111 b ; Dlr. 8. G. Fol- y names Slug, 4 Ere, Est 91b; Mr. Drinkald'a Goodbo), 4 yrs, Est 81b : Mr. Wigram's Kenna, 4 yrs, Est 71b; Col. Peel's Vasa, 3 yrs, 6st lib. Hefting : 2 to 1 apt Pertain, 6 to 2 apt Cannon (1), 8 to 1 04 Hornpipe, 10 to 1 apt Tisipbone 100 to 7 sgst Cockermenth, 12 to 1 apt Mirmillo , and 1 3 1 apt S.ga• city. Sagacity took the lead at starting,followed by Tisiphone, Mirmillo, Vass, Keratin, and Fernhil l lying up, Cane zou and Cocksrmonth in the rear; they ran thus at a bad pace to the turn of the lands, when Hornpipe took up the running, waited on by Fernhill, Canes .0 and Cockermonch. Horn pipe kept the lead until half way between the turn and the finish, when she gave way to the two favouri'es, who now bad it all to themselves. The struggle home was uncom monly severe, Canes= n getting up until the last two or three strides, and winning only by a neck ; Cockermouth was a bad third. The race was run in 3 min. 21 see. Match ; 100, h ft. D.M.—Lord Sandwich's fby Nor manby out of O , Sat 41b, received ; Lord Strad broke's Pylon, Set 81b, Sail) Intelligence. COURT OF ISANHRUPTCY.—YxhTIRDAY. Before lir. Conuniactoser lloiroyd. IN sa T. N. BMOWN. This was a meeting for We last examination of the bank rupt, a pawnbroker, of Fetter-lane. Hr. Duncan supported and the bankrupt was unopposed. His debts are as follows: To unsecured creditors, 18,31161. ; to creditors holding se runty, 6,6411. ; his liabilities are a further sum of 4,6761. The capital is put down at 1,8111. The assets are: Good debts, 4011 ; doubtful debts, 2,3481.; property, 6,2761. ; property in the bands of auditors, 4,0631.; property held by has lia bility creditors, 6101. The bad debts are pat down at 2,4621., and the losses at 6,9211. There was some doubt whether the bankrupt was a debtor for 761. or a creditor for 3601. on amount of Gouldea's trustees. His Honour admitted the proof for 761., without prejudice to the assignees' right to establish their claim on a future occasion, to be considered creditors in the place of debtors. There was some investiga tion rear ecting the destruction of two books, eonesting of a pocket ledger and a memorandum book. It appeared that the books contained the statements of the bankrupt's trans senoras as a stock and tharebroker, In Tbrogmortonstreet. ♦ lass of upwards of 4,0001. had been incurred in this ban ners, sad the bankrupt stated that he had destroyed them in a moment of great irritation. No Imputation was made that' the books had been destroyed from any impreporor fraudulent motive. His Honour then passed the bankrupt's examination. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT—YESTERDAY. Debra the Iteeorder. STEALING FROM A FATHER. Henry Corkshley, 19, was indicted for stealing ten sovereigns and other property, belonging to Ebenezer Cor brahley, his father. Tbe prisoner pleaded guilty. The prosecutor, in answer to questions put by the court, said that he was a diesentingnriniater, and the prisoner at the bar was his eldest son. He had pro Tided various situa tions for him, and had done all that ley in his piwer to en able him to get an honestlivelihood, but he invariably threw hismelf out of employment robb ed misconduct and his dis honesty. The prisoner had him on several ether ore wins, awl be said he kit that no other alternative was left him bat to adopt the present proceeding, in order to pre vent the other members of his femiry from being contami nated by the example of the prisoner. The Recorder, after making ems feeling and appropriate remarks upon the eonduct of the prisoner, sentenced him to be kept to bard labour for fi fteen months RESCUE FROM THE CUSTODY OF A FEMALE. IL Myers, 14, was indicted for unlawfully assaulting Plumbs Abrahams, and rescuing a person whom she had in custody for robbier her. The proesentrix, it will be recollected, was walking in the neighbourhood of Petticoat. lane, when her pocket was picked ; and on her seizing the person who had committed the effince, the prisoner assaulted her, and the result of his interference was that the person who had committed the robbery contrived to make his escape. The prisoner pleaded guilty. The troorder told the prisoner that he bad committed a very serious offence, and be regretted that the form in which the charge had been preferred only give him the power to paw a sentence of imprisonment. Re then ordered the pri soner to be kept to hard labour for six calendar months. CHARGE OF PERJURY. D. Lass surrendered to answer an indictment, charging him with wilful and corrupt perjury.—Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Plumptre prosreuted ; Mr. Parry was Le the defence. The charge against this defendant arose out of an action tried in the Ciurt of Queen's Bench in January last. The action was brought by a person named Cattley, as the re presentative of a coal company, known as the Great Northern Coal Company, but which company, It ap peared, was entirely centred in his own person, against an individual named Podgers to recover the vela of main coals that bad been furnished to him by the plaintiff. Upon the trial of the action, the material - - question was, whither credit had been given to Podgen or to the present defendant, and the latter was called ea a witness, and he swore that he made an arrangement with a person named Bone, who was a com mission agent foe the company, that forty tons of coals should be supplied to Padget.' upon his responsibility, and that he alone was to be answerable for the pigment. It appeared that the jury upon the trial did net give any effect to this evidence, and found a verdict for the pla`ntifi tor the amount that was claimed; and the present indictment was then preferred against the defendant for the false evidence which be was alleged to have given upon that occasion. The main evidence in support of the charge of perjury consisted of the testimony of Bone, the person who acted es the agent in the transaction, and he iodated posi tively that the statement made by the defendant with regard to the nature of the transaction was not correct, and tkat the understanding was that the credit was given to Podgen only. It appeared, however, on croes•e:amination, that Bone had known the defendant for tin c r twelve years, and that Podgen was an entire stranger to It tn, and it was admitted that upon one occasion something was said about looking to the defendant for the money. The Recorder, at the close of the cue for the prostcution, ft:pressed his opinion that the evidence would not support the charge of perjury. There might be some ground for supposing that there was an intention to defeat tr • action, hut in a charge of perjury the evidence ought to be clear and conclusive ; and it appeared to itim that under all the cir cumstances of this case it was not sulßeent to justify a conviction. The jury accordingly under his lordship's direction re turned a verdict of Not Guilty. ROBBERY BY A SAILOR. John Smith, 32, was Inii&Tioistealing, in the dwelling-house of Elizabeth Matte, a dressing-cue, contain ing ten sovereign', a welch, an eye. glue, and other articles, the property of Frederick Sutton, and afterwards bar glsriourly breaking out of the same owelling-liouse. Mr. Ryland held the depositions, and examined the wit nesses by direction of the court. The prisoner was defended by Mr. W. Cooper. The robbery imputed to the prisoner appeared to have been committed in a most daring manner. The_prcsiwu'rix is the landlady of the Fountain public house. Foster lane, Cheapside, and it seemed that on the night of the Bth Much the preen. r game to the house and represented that be was the captain of a vessel, and that he bad some business at the Poet-office early on the following morning, and was desirous to have a bid. As the appearance of the prisoner wu re spectable, and as he had some seafaring manners about him, no suspicion was entertaited about the truth of his story, end be was shown to a bedroom, sad all the family retired to rest at their usual hour. On the folewing morning, between five and six o'clock, the prisoner was observed by • police constable in the act of jumping over a wall adjoining the residence of the proseeutrix, and upon his attempting to take him into custody the prisoner made a most desperate resistance, and nearly bit off the officer's thumb before he could 'acute him. Upon the house being examined afterwards, it was found that some person Mad evidently been all over it during the night, and that the duping case bad been removed from the bedroom of a person named Sutton, who managed the business for the preeecutrix, while he was asleep, and a bunch of keys had also been removed from the bediro.in of his daughter, and ; these keys were found upon the bed which the prisoner had ' occupied. The dressingtue, and its contents, were subse quently found concealed in the churchyard, close to the well which the prisoner was seen to jump over. The jury found the prisoner Guedy, and he was sentenced to be transported for ten years. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—YraTERDAT. Before Mr. gerjeant edam. At the April Quarter Session of the Peace for the county of Middlesex, commenced at Hicks's Hall,Clerkenut 11, there were 107 cases of felony, and four of misdemeanor, for trial. Of the whole number of prisoners not ono was com petent to read or write well, whilst 40 were utterly ignorant of both. The grand jury having, been sworn, the learned serjeaut proceeded to deliver his charge. He observed that he had telt some inelinatioa to address them particularly up n the subject ofjuvenile crime, and the effict that summary con viction had upon it. lie had felt the more inclined to do this in consequence of the corporation of the City of London having published • report made to them by Mr. Davis, the worthy ordinary to the gaol of New gats—a report in which certain Teems were gun to show that within the lost eighteen months, the effect of the operation of summary juriedicti n had been to diminish juvenile delinquency one-fourth. In some quar ters these returns had been made the subject matter of congratulation—he might indeed say that they had been regarded as • triumph, but it was very important to the public that there should be no mistake ab ,ut this matter, and that sound data should be given ; and though the re , turn furnished by the ordinary to the corporation might be correctly founded upon his observations in the City prisons, the returns made up from the county priming gave, he was sorry to say, an entirely contrary result, and showed that 'since the introduction of summary conviction, the number of juvenile felons had been greatly increased. At pre , sent, however, he would not further allude to the subject, because he was not able to lay before the grand jury the exact figures of the returns (not being quite complete), but he could not refract from laying beton them the particulars of the case of • boy who was now in the House of Correction, as it very eerrectly showed the results of this summary power as it was milled. J. C. alias J. W., a very intelligent though diminutive lad, 10 years of age : in February, last year, he was sentenced to two days imprisonment and a whipping at Cold Bath fields for attempting to pick a woman's packet. A few days after wards he was convicted of pucket-picking, and by this court sentenced to six months' bard labour. Ho was again con victed of the same offence, directly after his liberation, and was sentenced to three months in the City Dridewell. On the vet) , day he was discharged he was convicted again of the same offence, and he was sentenced to another three months in Oiltspur-street Compter. In the present month he was again convicted of the same offence, and was sentenced to two months' hard lebour, which sentence he was at the present time under going. Talk of summary conviction and whipping—it was absurd! The a:count he had given of this boy was by no means an unusual one, and what was to become of him ? What could be done with him, and for the class to which he belonged ? It was quite clear that this boy had been aban doned by his parents, and he (the learned judge) was quite confident of this, that no good whatever would be effected until the parents of such children were compelled to contri bute to their maintenance. His lordship then referred to the numerical state of the calendar, and proceeded testy that he had at all times had extreme doubts as to the necessity or utility of a grand jury at these sessions, and he was vary glad to perceive that the Attorney-General bad introduced • bill —the pries of which had been furnished to him—into the House of Commons, for the purpose of the Services of grand juries being to some considerable extent dispensed with. The learned sergeant then threw out some suggestions as to the best and quickest mode in which the grand jury could discharge their duty, and that body retired. A JUVENILE DELINQUENT. The first cue tiled was that of a little boy named Murphy, 13, who was convicted of having stolen three pockenhandker ebiefs from persons lathe crowd who bad collected to witness the burning of the Olympic Theatre. Mr. Serjeant Adams called the attention of the jury to the ease of this prisoner, as illustrative of what be bad said to the grand jury—that no good would be done until the law com pelled the parents of them children to contribute to their maintenance; and as soon as such a troeition were made, n great and important step in the right way would be taken. This boy had (be observed) been living in the streets for the last three months, having been turned out of doors by his father, who was no doubt fully aware that the moment the lad took to thieving he wsa rid fn ever of all responsibility to keep hint, or to contribute towards his support. If parents were under this ob:igation they would endeavour to keep their children honest ; but as it was at present, they were actually tempted and endsnraged to make them thieves. To render • thief eligible for admisebn to Parkhurst he must be fourteen years old, fear feet six inches in height, and a very great scoun drel Parkhurst was the very place the prieoner should be seat to, but, unfortunately, be only possessed the latter qualification, so, as the best thing that could be done for him under the circumstances, the sentence was that he be kept to hard labour for six calendar months. HOW CILIA? CLOTHES ARE WADE. John Jones, 42, whose appearance denoted that he was by profession a " snip," was indicted for having stolen • pair of Mewed', the property of Henry Lawrence. The prosecutor rid that he was a master tailor in Brews:- street, and for the last nine months the prisoner had worked for him. Oa the occasion in question the prisoner had been to the shop for some work, and had succeeded in getting • pair of trowsers from the shelf into his bundle; but some suspicion having been excited by the sire of the bundle, he was stopped, and he then threw the trowsees behind the counter. When called upon to nose-examine the witnesses, the pri sons? assumed a theatrical attitude, and demanded that the tor should say before the court and jury what prise t r e c rad eu psid him (the prisoner) for making trowsen. The prosecutor raid that they had a common kind of article which they pave to women to make up, and as the work put in was slight, the priers for making varied from 10d. to la. ed. The prisoner, in his defence, said that for the last nine Moths he had had to support himself, his wife, and six chil dren, by making trousers at 10d., la , 14d., and IL 6d. • pair, and that he considered was the best proof he could give that he was an honest man. He did not allude to the particular pair of trousers. The prosecutor said that the prisoner had begged with tears in his eyes for women's work at women's prices, and he had got it, not only from him, but from other tailors, who had been deprived of their goods altogether. The prisoner said this assertion was a false one. He had made the very best extra double superfine cloth trousers for 16d. a pair. (A laugh.) 'the jury found the rrisoner Guilty, but recommended him to mercy. The learned Judge said that be considered the prisoner was an honest minded man, who strove to bard to support his wife and family that he made trousers at sixteen pence a pair. He had, perhaps, yielded to a sudden temptation, " and God forbid," said his lornhip, " that an honest striving man who is suddenly overcome by temptation should receive the same punishment as an habitual thief." The prisoner was sentenced to ens mouth's hard labour. New MAOISTILARE.—EarI Howe took the oath of qualifi cation as a Justice of the Peace for Midcle!ea. Great SURREY ADJOURNED SESSIONS—YESTERDAY. Before J. W. Prteblitid, Eaq., end a full Bench ot Map aatee. ROBBING ♦ BARONET. Harriet Luca', a pretty'ook.ng young fcmnle, Was in aintAd for stealing, at Lambeth, a parse containing three 54 i 1 4 1 rho tits as lass ass fer• WI ts 0 1~ os