The Sun. — London, England, 1852-06-02 00:00:00

GRAND REVIEW IN HYDE-PARK. ( kiIS D ) This morning h•att,g be,n tsp.ntued for the review Of the whole vt the enrolled en'-p .usteners of College, an immense number of persons, it eluding a g.ood portion of tne fastoaesble world, assembled in Hyde -patio, for the double purpose of viewing the nepes ing Spectacle and to ea:ch a sight of '".the Bake," his 10 1 , s1 Highness Prince Albwo, and Sir LiArry Smith, w ho, it we'', rumoar,d, weuld b., present; hot its thi' they were disappointed, ter nei•her of thOse illustrious personages came to the ground. At an early hour the divisions from Woolwich, Chelsea, and all the other suburban districts were marched to the park, and amounted to about 2 , 500 with their bands; and when formed into line it eiztended from the clamp of trees, on the high part of the park, nearly to the railings in the Bayswater road. The whole fore was under the com mand of Colonel Tulloch, and it had a very novel ap- Pearance from the dissimilarity to the usual soldier's dress. As nearly as possible at eleven o'clock his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by his staff, Lord Adolphus ' Fitzalarence, and a number of ncialemen and gentlemen in private clothes, entered the, ground, which - was kept by a battalion of the Coldstream Guards, and rode along the line, the men presentirig arras, and the bands playing the National Anthem. ,His Royal Highness and the distinguished Party then took up their position towards the Marble Arch, and the battalions marched by in slow and quick ' time.- Thellixisions were moved into thwhoLlow, and the mancauvres of a field•day were gone throUgh with great precision, ;considering some of the ancient soldiers " have been out of praCrice lately," as one of them Coolly observed. The firing 'was carried on with great ,rapidity, and .the - differeet charges of the battalions pretty . :well 'pi through'. ,At the Close of the review the troops Were aunin, formed into line, and saluted hi s R oyal Highness and staff as they left -the ground. There could not have been less than thirty or forty thousand persons present. SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY. - • A large and influential meeting of the Edinburgh shareholders in the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway , was held on Monday, in Stevenson's Rooms, George. street, Edinburgh, pursuant to public advertisement, • issued at . the instance of several of the principal resi • dent sitarabolders. Mr. James Haswell, one of the directors of the company, was called to the chair. Tne meeting being of a private nature, the reporters were requested to withdraw. We understand that after a full explanation had hen given by the Chairman of what had transpired at the interviews he and some of the other directors had had with the Great Western party ca n 'Since the adjournment of the special meeting • . at Chester, 'On th e 26th ultimo,' and of the • .additional' provision's offered in consequence by Great ,Vi r estera. Coullippy, an animated discus tvz B ion.. l oh the 'Vote for' amalgamating the three com- P.anieu,ithd on the additional clauses now proposed to be added, took place,' when the' majority of those present being of opinion that the proposed Bill did not carry out what the shareholders here previously agreed to, but " that the effect of the amalgamations proposed would be . to hand over their property to the Great Western Com pany on terms most disadvantageous to the shareholders, a resolution was proposed to the effect, " That this Meeting entirely disapproves of the proposed Amalga- Dutton Bill, and recommends its abandonment." Those s hareholders who bad given proxies to the directors to vote in its favour, were strongly urged to withdraw them imme diately. The resolution was carried with only four dissen tient votes. Remarks were also made expressive of the strong feeling of disapprobation entertained by the s hareholders against the Traffic Arrangements Bill, which the directors have attempted to get carried through Parliament unknown to and without any sanc tion by the shareholders,. bat. which. the Standing Or ders' Committee of the House of Lords have refused to pass, unless first approved of by four fifths of the share riders present at the special meeting convened for the * lll ingtant.. Proxies to vote against this Bill were re "llliiiEnded to be sent in. 11 1 X ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BETWEEN In ENGLAND AND IRELAND. 4 03. (BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.) Yesterday evening the electric communication, by 6, 4 ,,, submarine telegraph, was complete between Holy l'qest., head and Howth 1 Last night we received an electric message announcing this important detect —"Dubli n June 1, and interesting fact, 8 clock, P.m." This message was in London -by ten o'clock, and was sent to us by the proprietors of the new line, R. S. Newell and Co., of Gateshead. It is understood that Mr. Newell, aided by Mr. a , Statham, of the Gutta Percha Works, City-ruad, Rith a staff of assistants, began to sink the wir e __ Which is seventy miles long—at two o'clock yester day morning, and in eighteen hours the work was complete., Three other submarine telegraphs are, it $ Stated, i n - progress b e t we en England and I re l an d. T he next n ews o f thi s ki n d that may be looked f or i s , "tni lue completion of an electric communication between England and Belgium slid Ostend. ROYAL CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. The thirty-fifth anniversary festival of this institution was celebrated yesterday evening at the Freemasons' fivern, Great Qu e en- s t ree t, wh e n a nu mber of the 4rtongs and sup porters of the asylum attended. The Duke buk o • f Buccleugh and Queensberry presided as chair ' 9 supported by Sir Thomas Gladstone, Sir John — Pu h ell, Colonel Matheson, Dr. Cuisiming, and other • g entlemen. -Th e c hild ren o f_ t h e b an d o f t h e asy l um • . ,• !Hayed. d ur i ng and alter dinner, clad in full High , .111 d costume, and, to be more in character, several = thin g Pipers, headed by Mackie, mar c h e d rounds the hall during the evening, lilting up • strath • Pa ys and pibrochs. An interesting spectacle 0 -1,, • turn,h,,Prosented also after dinner , the children of the asy -74g. Paraded after dinner, and by their looks certain] did justice to the good keep of the histi ,, Mie n . The • lit Y l a of the dinner was served in the well-known th® . Proprietors of the Freemasons' Tavern, and musical arrangements, under Mr. G. F. Taylor, • gav e great satisfaction. " Bonnie Dundee," sung by kis sir a Wells, was given with great spirit. and was en cored. The Noble Chairman, in proposing prosperity to the asylum, expressed the deep interest he felt in its welfare. He mentioned that it was founded in 1808, d aring the wars, in which Scottish regiments bad borne co distinguished a part, and when many orphans were destitute, having neither parents nor home. In 1815 the society was incorporated by Act of Parliament, and in 1828 some land was purchased in Copenhagen-fields, and a building erected capable of containing 100 boys, and shortly after 90 were admit ted. Sir James Matheson made a handsome donation tb of 100/., and in 1845 the building was completed, with, „. accommodation for 100 boys and nearly as many girls, but at present the institution only contained 56 boys and 53 t girls, and unless additi ona l support'was given this 01.101- ber'inustlie diminished •to . Bo children. In conclusion, •he warmly advocated the support of the institution, and mentioned several instances where after leaving the asy km the children had turned out very well in life. Se la , literal other gentlemen also addressed the meeting, 'lttliongst them Dr. Cumming, who spoke very favourably of the system of education adopted. The subscriptions announced amounted to 650/. STA T h OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) 111IN CEIESTER, TUESDAY.— the occurrence of the • Whitsuntide holidays in the present week has dimi nished the attendance on 'Change, and contributed to the quietness that has characterised the market to-day. The tti• transactions in yarns and goods have been very limited; and the latter are only just steady at previous rates. ` lll %J. ln yarn s t h ere is more firmness than in cloth; indeed, a general firmness marks both mu l e an d w ater, in a. b:undles, warps, and c o p s; an d i n t h e fi ner counts , par ticularly those into which sea islands cotton enters, the tendency is still upward. The Indian advices do not s PPear to have produced any effect in the way of in !teased business; nor have the American accounts, from which we learn that, while cotton had gained k to ie• per lb. at New York, some littl e giving way had en sued at N ew Orleans and M obile on the receipt of the lame English News which had p ro d uce d the contrary effect i n the northern market. RCCRDALE, MONDAY.—We have had a decided improvement in the demand for flannels to-day, but no Change in prices. In wool, also, there has been rather , koro doing, and prices are looking up. . HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—ScarceIy any buyers have visited our piece hall to-day, and the condition of the worsted trade has undergone no change for the better. The same may be said of the position of the spinners, ' Who have to struggle with a languid demand and unre rounerative prices for yarn on the one hand, and a high charge:tor the raw material on the other. The wool Market has experienced no alteration, either in the , amount changi ng h an ds, or in the quotations. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—AS is usual at holiday • times we have had a very flat market. We have bad very kW buyers in town, consequently very little has been donw either in the cloth hall or in the warehouses. 4 t4 4 , In the present unsatisfactory state of the .wool market 1 .01 . 44,, very tittle hna been . manufacturers will only a,, 10 buy in case „ f done, as the do - the l y ra 'I • cautiously 00 mediate want; and scarcely that, so act, unless C. of orders on hand.obliged, for the cc:mph:ft MI The accounts of the progress of the present series , 4 steamer Australian, from Plymouth, be carried out to-day by the the expectations will have an important effect in stimulating pectutions of the colonists. It ►.,., appears that the advance of from 10 to 12 per cent. (as com to pared with the February sa l es), which was obtained at the u l f.. 3 ' , commencement on the 20th ult. .as been steadily upheld, ~,, ''' and may probably now continue without reaction until the There are many par- L ' close of the sales on the sth instant, a. greatricdeesgrweeerae ties, however, who regard the rise as in i speculative one. It appears that the o established by the direct purchases of coprietn?.pni,neergntahtinsannnuftahce turers, and these were followed chiefly b y Part of English buyers for foreign account, Yorkshire M anufacturers having from the first exhibited very great reserve. ALARMING ACCIDENT AT HAMPTON COURT. -0, Monday last, an accident of an alarming nature Occurred at liainpton Court. The various van proprietors are in the h abit, after discharging the pa ssengers, of driving th e i r vans Into the the horses' feet, Thames Lir the purpose of washing and on the doy ques tion, one of the vans belonging to ti Grainger, of Pentouville, drawn by two valuable horse, Was driven into the river for that purpose, when it accidentally got into a hole, completely engulphing the van and horses. A little boy was inside at the time of the oc currence, and both he and the driver were, through the Praiseworthy exertions of the holiday folks , r escued from a Watery grave, but th e horses becom i ng en tangled in the bar eB, one of th em w a s drowned before they could be drawn ashore. • - thcdEn ELI sailed on the 1 f " 111 , 4 9.r-iv 1 from Sydney, whence ba ud at a 5,0004 s• of January, with 9,137 ounces of gold. TUE StrN, LONDON,, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1852. ItyrYAL ITALIAN ()VERA. u c rezt a Borgia was given last night for the .first time this seahree — Grisi's personatlon of the terrible heroine "stilt remains' a 'Matchless exemplification of passionate - and brilliant vocalism. It is in parts of this kind that her peculiar genius the beat appears, she et:noodles them with intense and daring energy, and with what effect it were superfluous to tell. In the cloeing scene, one of those deeply tragic catastrophes to Which she knows how to give such painful elabora tion, she produced a sensation quite in accordance with the appalling nature of the sentiment; and bar portrayal of maternal dismay at having been the occa sion of the death of her son was powerful and touch ing to a; degree. She sang with her accustomed fire and imPulse throughout, and in all the well-known passages electrified the house as of old. Next to Norma, no operatic character is perhaps more adapted for the development _of Grisi's powers in all their phases than that of Litcrezia. Actuated one moment by the most headstrong and revengeful passions, and influenced the next by bursts of natural and irrisistable feeling, we have the Borgia in all the luxury of her fondness, and all the fury of her anger. Mine. Creisi representsiarth states of`feeling with a force, rebeesdth, and a natural and instinctive power which we search for in vain among even the best of her rivals. Mario's ; voice continues to exhibit the improved plane ties which during hire last few performances is dis pleyed.. On his first entrance last evening a slight huOiineis might be discovered, but this soon wore off, and he sang with all his wonted mellow breath and rich and pure qualities of toile. The charming "Dell' peseatore, ' which suits the artist well both in vocal range and sentiment, was given with all his tender ness. The trio in which lie takes part in the second act was encored ; and in his last scene Signor Mario sang with a force, and acted with a tragic power, which made the representation of his death almost too painfully intense. The house was excited to a furore, and it was felt that the tenor had never more fatly justified his lofty position. Ronconi was the Alfonzo, and looked, with his splendid costume, and his hair cut short as though worn and chafed by the helmet, a true middle-age seigneur. He lent to the part all the importance that clever and pointed singing, and acting full of meaning, authority, and purpose, could ensure ; and nothing, as far as the histrionic senti ment was concerned, could be more effective. Madlle. Seguin was the Orsini. The choral power of the Royal Italian Opera is always brought into striking play in this celebrated work. The finale to the prologue, in which the Venetian noblemen insult' and execrate the infamous Borgia, came out with a vehemence' and potency of, which words can' give but an inadequate notion. The applause which awaited Grisi at the termination of each act was tremendous. She was called for re ,peatedly. After the Lucrezia, two acts of I Martiri, with' Tamberlik and Julienne, were given; and the famous duo at the conclusion received its usual tri bute of acclamations. The Queen's box was occupied by the Duke and Duchess of Atholl and the Hon. Miss Murray, the Hon: Mrs.': Ives and the _Hon. Misses Maynard and party. Nis Highness the ex. ,Rajah of Coorg honoured the perfomances with his presence. His Highness was accompanied by Major and Mrs. Drummond and • the native members of his suite.. Among the fashionable company present in -the' theatre we remarked his Excellency the Sardi nian.Minister, the Duke and Duchess of Leinster, 'the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Douro, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Eusten, the Earl of Derhami the Earl Bruce, the Earl and Countess of Stamford and Warrington, the Earl and Countess of Clare and Lady Eleanor Fitzgibbon, the Countess of Glengall and. Lady Margaret Butler, the Earl and Countess of Listowell and Lady Augusta Hare, the Earl of Wilton, Viscount and. Viscountess Newport, Viscount Cranbourne, Viscount Chelsea. Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Goderich, Viscount Clifden, Lady Howard de. Walden and the Hon. Misses Ellis, Lady Carrington and the Hon. Miss Carrington, Lady Mary Bentiock, the Ladiea Henrietta and Geraldine Somerset, and Count Bentivoglio d'Aragon, &c., &c. L ETERAWIR* I! ENGLISH BATTLES IN THB SUL A. By Lieutenant-General Sir William .IVapier, K.C.8., 4-e. Chapman and Ball. A happy suggestion has led to the appearance of this splendid and r emar k a bl e recor d o f th e h e r o ism of our troops during th e memora b le wars of the Penin sula. Tee volum e consists, for the most part, of passages extracted f rom Si r William Napier's literary masterpiece. It w ill b e remembered b y t h e rea d e r s of his renowned annals of the "Peninsular War," that, perhaps, the most brilliant portions of the work were those in which the historian recounted those famous battles and sieges which attested the valour of the British soldier, while they illustrated the career of the Duke of Wellington. Never were the intri cate nianceuvres of an army explained with more astonishing lucidity than in the course of those vivid and luminous descriptions. From the first shot fired, from the first sword drawn, from the first bayonet crossed, down to the final blast of the trumpet and the final roll of the drum, announcing the termination of a victory, th e w h ole spectacle of the conflict was revealed to th e gaze of patriotic admiration -- order being unfolded i n the Ottawa and symmetry in the confusion. Ins omuc h Were the merits distingu i sh i ng those delineation s o f the " foughten field" perceptible that they speedily secured to themselves pre-em i nence above all other ucceunts of a like character; and the battle scenes of N ap i er are by this time as cele b rate d for th e i r unr i valled ability as the parallels of Plutarch, or a s t h e speeches of S a ll ust, or as the summing up o f a c h ara ct e r in the pages of th e i ncomparable Tacicus. I t was, therefore, we repeat, a happy thought which ' induced the an na l ist of the wars of the Peninsula to give in one volume the whole of those masterly de scriptions of battles and sieges collected together. Their accuracy, as be himself intimates, is guaran teed by the circumstance of their being penned either by an actual eye-witness, or by one who has collected his information fro m sources of " no mean author i ty ; , such as from the evidence of commanders-in-chief, generals, and other officers on both sides, from the private official correspondence of the English envoys, from the military journals and reports of the French leaders, from the docum ents of King Joseph or hi s Ministers, and from the private military notes and instructions of his Majesty the Emperor Napo l eon . Remembering these facts, we turn, of course, w i t h renewed confidence to the pa ges thus largely authen ticated. In them. will be found, " with more or less comprehension of details," the record of the most memorable battles and sieges as originally recounted in the " History of the _P en i nsular War. " Sometimes it must, however, be ob serve d , that the descriptions possess an attraction sup er i or to that of being mere transcripts from a former p u bli cation. The combats, for instance, of Rorica, of Virniera, and of Corunna, have been entirely re-written, as also the character of Sir John 'Moore, the brave but unfortunate. These con stitute the introductory chapte r , way for the account of the successive battles of Ta lavera, Busaco, Barosa, Fue n t es Onoro, Albuera, Sa lamanca Vittoria, Castalla and prepare the ' Sa uroren, Bidassoa, Nivelle, Bayonne, Barrouilhet, St. Pierre, Orthes, and Toulouse, together with the sieges of Badajest, alr e e a a n d n y n s t ec b u e secured regarded to tbem w se it l h ve i s n a . Ciudad Rodrigo, and San S e b ast i an. Further than this it were idle to remark o f a volume composed of p n m e materials l difference by any Englishma n , awakening as it does whichcel celebrity. ity have. It so many heroic recollections. Of the narratives thus ingeniously grouped together, Sir. William Napier himself observes,—" Thus arranged, they will perhaps most effectually exhibit the constant energy of the British soldier, and draw attention in their neighbourhoods to the veterans who still survive." It is lamentable to reflect that in reference to these survi vors, the writer is compelled, from a generous feeling of sympathy to remark as follows :—" Few of those brave men hays more than a scanty provision ; many have none ; and nearly all, oppressed with wounds, disease, and poverty—sure attendants on an old soldier's services —feel life a burthen so heavy as to make them envy the lot of comrades who threw .it Off early on the field of battle." Solemn and melancholy words to utter, lifter nearly forty years have elapsed since those wounds were received and those gallant services performed ! • May we hope that the publica tion of the noble volume containing that reference to patriotism unrewarded and to valour unrecompensed may be but the prelude to some tardy but ultimate effort at alleviation ! It were a tribute to the hu inanity of Sir William Napier, and to the merit of his brave companions in arms, to which all are alike eminently entitled. Towards the close of the "no tice " prefixed to the book by the author, be observes—What the soldiers of the Peninsula Were " their successors now are —witness the wreck of the Birkenhead, where four hundred men, at the call of their heroic officers, Captain Wright and Girardot calmly and without a 'murmur, accepted death in a horrible form rather than endan ger the women and children saved in the boats?' Upon this glorious and touching act of self-sacrifice Sir William Napier retnarks—and a sentence of panegyric from his hand is as an unfading crown of laurel—" The records of the world furnish no parallel to this self-d evo ti on !" Memorable words—words fraught, moreover, with an exquisite consolation for the relatives of the brave departed 1 As a frontis piece to this most interesting prbduction, will be'per ceived an engraved likeness in profile of. Sir William Napier—a head distinguished for that haughty and chivalric beauty of contour one might expect to dis cover in an antique bust o f X enop ho n, like Napier himself, at once a warrior and • •an historian. this earthly pilgrimage; and she, the favoured mortal, turned away, despising the bletieed boon thus proffereo. -This was the light in which Mary was inclined to view her feelings on this occasion. No one else, perhaps, would have judged them so hanhly." As :31:Nut:Sat' &the: -11:11-ape , B L ACK W OO D. non-ap pearance of the customary instalment of the most Considerable disappointment will be felt by a ll readers of T B ll la E cht iVl :ood A G tbi de lightful contribution that has appeared in its pa g es since the conclusion of " Th e Caxtons." It is un necessary to say that we allud e t o Si r B ulwer Lyt ton's -" Novel," of which we find n o t races in the June number of Blackwood. We must confess that, among the other articles in the magazine, we find nothing to compensate us for the loss of those glinipses of Harley and Violante, and Helen and Leonard, and the Squire and the Parson, which have for many months past rendered the appearance of Blackwood so especially welcome. In politics this month, suegested by the prespect of the coming elections, Maga is more than ever intolerant. Pro-' tection, whoa banished from every other spot, will evidently find a last resting place in the pages of the hdinburgh Magazine. Ttie first article '• The Policy of the Protectionists," is filled with some in genious and admirable specimens of special pleading, rending to corroborate (?). an assertion :let Borth Blackwood in February, 1851, to the effect that " Protection must be restored, or the British empire will be destroyed." Let us wait, nevertheless, says the writer (and heartily do we concur with him !), until the effects of free trade. shall be fully manifest. " There are several reasons which render it pecu liarly desirable that time should be given for a full development of the effects of free trade, with a view to the ultimate verdict of the.nation on its principles." Hence the " Policy" of the " Protectionists," accord ing to this reasoning, is to wait until the terrible effects of free trade have car ried the conviction of its iniquitous nature home to the hearts of the entire population ; until then no alteration is to be made, and the Government must abstain " from any attempt to force a change of policy by Parliamentary or Government influence, which a decided majority of the nation is not pre pared not only to adopt, but to approve." Hence, by the showing of this Protectionist writer, Free traders have little cause for apprehension, for in the words of this article (applied in a very different sense), " what should they trust to for the final triumph of the principles which they are persuaded are essential, not only to the national welfare, but existence ?—to the effects of time, the lessons of experience, and the force of truth. Magna est yeritas et prcevalebit." znd again, while so diametrically opposed to his con clusions, most heartily do we respond to the senti ments of this writer. Of a similar nature, but far more alarming in its forebodings, is the " Great Question," the last article in this number. Among the miscella neous contributions is a review of Mr. Day's "Five Years in the West Indies ;" a story to which we can not award much praise, entitled "Fortune-Hunting Extraordinary ;" an interesting inquiry into the his tory of "Ferguson the Plotter ; ' and some" Thoughts upon Dinners, in which, among other amusing pi eces of intelligence, we learn that "the Radical faction never will be popular in this country," because they give such execrable public dinners. "Never yet since the days of Gracchus could a Radi cal acquire the art of carving !" In an article entitled " Car mina Lusoria" scraps of verse, Latin, French, and English, are introduced, with a running commentary of a light and agreeable nature. " Fragments of Poetry," by H. G. K., are of unequal excellence ; immeasurably the best among them are the following graceful verses : " THE HOMES. (TO MT CONSTANT READER.) " Since first the Universe began Two Spirits wage relentless strife, Two beings sum the perfect man— The Husband and the Wife. Two Ranks surround the throne of God, Two Orbs alternate in the Blue, Two stones contain man's funeral sod; And, 0, my Queen, eur Homes aro two. 4 ‘ Here is my noon, there was my morn, Here labour, there was rest; That is the home where I was born, And this where I was blest. The Past has passed and done its worst; The Present yields both hope and fear; And how so Fancy haunt the first; Yet, 0, my Queen, my heart is here." :W in ell P g l oup T b il url E es A qu T e, R the E p . roduction was produced h ere w i t h more th an Alively ° a L n of Mr. Talrourd, average success on Monday. The story is one of the Arabian Nights, touching the adventures of a spruce Damascus merchant, whp accidentally rescues the. Sultana from being buried alive, in consequence of the plots of a jealous favourite, and who, of course, goes through the usual burlesque tribulations com mon to those who provoke the wrath of Eastern po tentates. In this ca.e, however, the Sultan has, at all events, his share of the troubles, for love, that mighty tamer, is actuully powerful enough to charm the tyrant to turn a mangle for a Bagdad clear-starcher, with whom, by • the will of fate, his Majesty becomes enamoured. The story is treated in the style in which Mr. Tal fourd served up his subjects at the Strand Theatre. There is no great comic verve or any breadth of humour exhibited, but the dialogue is a perfect hail-storm of atrocious puns--.the quibbles invented most frequently merely for the sake of the resemblance in sound, with out conveying any second or humorous signification. Nevertheless the smartness of writing in this one re spect, at all events, and the piquancy of the acting, carry the piece triumphantly through. Miss Louisa Howard looks capital in a saucy Greek dress, and Mr. Shelders' turban is enough to make the fortune of the theatre. The mise en scene and incidental dancing, fairy, and procession scenes, are very pretty, and have been got up with so much care and atten tion to detail as to make the piece attractive as a spectacle. For the holiday public the management have revived Esmeralda—the far-famed adaptation from Victor Hugo's work; and the bill of fare is alto gether in excellent keeping for the season. FRASER. We are gratified to meet with in Fraser this month a poem very sweetly entitled, " The Sweet o' the Year," by G. Meredith, whose volume of " Poems," published some months back, gave so much promise of future excellence. As another evi dence of that promise, or perhaps as in part a realization of it, we welcome the appearance of these beautiful verses, which in every line exhibit an ex quisite appreciation of nature, and afford proof posi tive that Mr. Meredith is possessed of that poet's eye which " sees good in everything," even in , the humblest insect that floats in the sunbeam, or in the insignificant flowers of the field that are trodden under foot by the unthinking, e. g. : " Now the chrysalis on the wall Cracks, and out the creature springs, Raptures in his body small, Wonders on his dusty wings, Bells and cups, all shining clear, Show him 'tie the sweet o' the year. Now the brown bee, wild and wise, Hums abroad, and roves and roams, Storing in his wealthy thighs Treasure for the golden combs: Dewy buds and blossoms dear Whisper 'tis the sweet o' the year. "Now the merry maids so fair Weave the wreaths and choose the queen, Blooming in the open air Like fresh flowers upon the green: Spring, in every thought sincere, Thrills them with the sweet o' the year. " Now the lads, all quick and gay, Whistle to the browsing herds, Or in the twilight pastures grey Learn the use of whispered words;: ' First a blush, and then a tear, And then a smile, e the sweet o' the year. ______________________ MISS STRICKLA2vD, ( s. QUEENS OF P -'-'-IVG-L AND. New Edition in Eight Volumes. oarokdialLTvolurne. Co/be rn . This splendid edition LIVES OF THE .. of Miss Strickland's . ad w completed by the publication of In their appearance and d tmh e ie e r o ae r bi a gl t eh i o twh n s the vole in e e es f authoress. this edition are worthy of f every their s Q u b u j e e e c o t : whose th e are Matilda of Flanders t biography adorned th w ey ith eo p h o t r a t i r o a , -') A.nne Stuart, and the letter publication of the first edition, hand of the indefatigable received considerable.. revisions and additions from the It is not nece.ssary for us now to pronounce a . .cr.i itfsromo ticism upon the . historic labour s and the literary abilities of Agnes Strickland • th e value of both has been long and deservedly recog i a "" e , and we have ourselves . on former occasions repeatedh, tion and admiration those patient labours and . those great abilities.. w - 0 have only now the satis faction of announcing th e edition of her great worl. completion of this new of . 7 expressed our apprecia ----a work which h a s con celebrity, upon its authoress an enviable and a lasting celebrity,.not only for h -er persevering and laborious . investigations into " tl , ie • up in old historic . rolls '-snot for the skill . and discretion with which she h as condensed and classified elaborate, scattered, and sometimes seemingly con t.ra ‘reasures of antiquity laid dietory statements—not o nly for th e simple and dig nified eloquence of her st y l e „ ot narrative, but for a quality more essential t a d to be found in so-called histories —namely, . others, and one not alw a y s generous courage with for her love of truth and for the which, animated by that love,. she has dare . d . to dwell ur ,„, the historian than all - r-r 1 facts at variance with popular traditions and judices. For these . q ai t ips -11 alone Miss Stricklan . d a entitled to a high rank In the estimation of the im partial. Her works will b e Pgonistic to popular pre . - of every i found, years hence, on the shelves sures of history are collected - I While th e y will continue then, as now, to attract and ihrary where the continue then, that numerous class of readers who, with a Partiality for truth and a for cial pleasure in works which, lik e these memoirs, com bine the advantages and charm s ef yet stronger predilection . romantic record of that truth both bY giving a r omance, find an espe- Which is .." stranger than fiction. EXHIBITIONS. At the SALLE ItuBIN, M. Robin continues his Soirges Parisiennes et Fantastiques. By a variety of singular feats he there cheats our eyes as completely Ins any other ruler with whom we are acquainted of the foimances are, perhaps, distinguished by their ex mysterious world of prestidigitation. His per treme accuracy and ingenuity. The COSMORAMA, once so famous amon g the holi day sight s o f t h e metro p o lis, and an exhibition of some thirty y ears ' standing, now form s p art of the Prince of W a l es ' s Bazaar, in Regent - street. The views are those of former days, but the Mont Blanc, Mont St. Bernard, the Interior of St. Peter, &c., with the pr e tt y di oram i c e ff ec ts to which they ar e subjected, have not yet lost their interest. The ASSAULT or ARMS, every Wednesday night, at Saville House, Leicester-square, consisting of wrestling, broad-sword, single- stick, and fencing, and other cognate exercises, will have attraction for those who admire such sports. CANTELO'S ARTIFICIAL INCUBATION next door, by which process chickens are hatched by the score without the intervention of the parent hen, is well worth a visit. " Now all Nature is alive, Bird and beetle, ma❑ and mole, Bee-like goes the human hive, Lark like sings the soaring soul, Hearty faith and honest cheer Welcome in the sweet o' the year." Among the prose articles of Fraser are a notice of Thiers' History of th e Consulate aria Empire, and its applicability to Coming Events," in which the coming dangers of a French invasion are threatened ; an interesting article on "The Makers, Sellers, and Buyers of Books," giving a summary of the recent bookselling agitation ; a continuation of " Ilypatia," and of "Captain Digby Grand," and of the " History of the Hungarian War," " More Marine Stores," a delightful collection of Danish ballads, and a charm ing contribution from the " Sketcher in Rhine-land.' --- - THE CASE OF MR. MATHER. In addition to the correspondence which has already appeared on this subject, the following letter has been published:— - " Sir,—The Earl of Melmesbury is stated by the public journals of to-day to have said in the House of Peers last night (Friday), that as to the reply of Mr. Mather, alleged to have been sent to me, I cannot say whether it is correct or not, for up to this time no such letterlas reached me, either at the Foreign-office or at my own house.' " Now, I beg to state that the courtesy which the Noble Lord had a right to expect from me was duly performed. " Upon Thursday, the 27th inst , the night before 'the reply' alluded to appeared in the Times, and twenty four hours previous to the above statement in the House of Peers, the reply itself was delivered at Lord Malmcsbury's ' own house,' 8, Whitehall-gardens. " Anxious, after his Lordship's statement, to rectify any mistake that might have occurred, I dispatched the same messenger to day to his Lordship's house, who brought a confirmation of the safe delivery of the docu ment, and stated in addition that the servant to whom it was-delivered had laid it upon his Lordship's table at the time. MARY SEARAM: Bm, --- 1 -= ;=== heroine was a I her lifeen where her Collni„ . I.B ' Grey. 3 Vois. This is a very original story. T mild, gentle character, easily i n h e affections were concerned, hut it is not to be tudes were certainly far from assimilating and its vicissi ecti lover's falsity tastes. Two brothers, Eustace and En with her were associated with her desti ny, " a ' Eugene Trevor, wondered at that acquaintance w i th " described. No sin embittered her young days, and at sorrow and her heart. The story is intricate drovebut We peace from and the scenes in which Mary brings Well sustained, and tdraurtkh designs o a s r e e t v o e bear a a w g e a r i rif alighs her sa u cr n e f d or c t one can fail to be interested in the nYerteher of Eustace, Years in the fulfil tpheerauennafotirotnustmetfeheilsdererlabtriovtelasedr,rowvheon4om e cruelty and be an outcast and wanderer. In the hie home, to however, Wales he passed many tranquil mountains of m th e e n re t ofhe mettbe duties of aulialiantgei; and it was she was net then able to appreciat e the Unfortunately store for her when he made her an offer, blessings in e o r f oin b e is . a n d not until many bitter trials ba d been enduredpro that it was she joyfully acceded to his sec ond pr oposal, same romantic spot wh ere she had repulseda on the for mer. The following scene occu rs at the the ment of the story : commence " What indeed h.ld fary heard—what did sh stand? Mr. Temple, the great the excellent—he e under for the many years he had made that retired o • who hood his abode, bad shone with such bright andeighbour lustre among his little circle of acquaintances, inspiring exalted in the Lein& of all, especially of thoso best . ap preciate his superiority —the family of Glen a p n c le to admirirg regard, almost approaching to veneration, to their eyes appeared more to approa c h i, cramp, to-, es far ..a mortal may without impiety be saridcharae preach, to that Great Being—ilim who to ap made hi no reputation—stooped from his high estate_ h mself of himself for the sake of the poor and ignorant estate--h umbled kind.. --was it he who thus addressed her? Ashamed of man ,,OrroWful, bhe felt ns one might be to whena and guar diansome aug e i , some hi g h s pirit from another sp here, stooped to offer himself as guide and guardian had through " I therefore presume, by 6011:10 accident it may have escaped Lord Malinesbury's attention, or been omitted to have been opened. " I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, " London, May 29." " JAMES MATHER. HER MAJESTY'S TREATRE.—Amonget the noble and distinguished individuals honouring the performances at Her Majesty's Theatre with their presence yesterday evening we remarked the following :—His Grace the Duke of Wel li❑gton, the Marchioness of Douro, and Lady Charles Wel lesley ; his Excellency the French Ambassador and the Countess Walewski, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, his Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. and Miss Abbott Lawrence, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. the Secretary for Foreign Affairs and the Countess of Malmesbury, the Linke and Duchess of Cleveland, the Duke Torri and Duchess of Leinster, the Right lion. the Colonial Secre •tary .ary and Lady Pakington, the Viscount Anson, Lord Ward, the Viscount Enfield, the Viscount Clitden, the Viscount Lord George gton. the Viscount ' Itanelagh, the Viscount Barring ton,Lady Lionel GolFasm, Lord Sandy Liu)rad s,, Lordet Adolphus Sal t F o i u t n z c , 1 the a rel]cßarone, Lord an I d vin. Baroness d Lennox,e . Lord a Cranstoun, Lord James Murray, E ARCHDEACO N MANNING.—A paragraph appeared lan,i Nvas lately expected. i n theiidr. Ding's return from the Catholic Church stating that Mr. Man has given official contra diction to the Church of Eng land to this statement. I➢tPROVEMENTS IN, THE LONDON DOCRS.—Yester day morning a large number of workmen were busily en gaged in making extensive excavations near the Old Gravel lane-bridge of the London Docks, for the purpose sEveral immense lcfty warehouses and store-roomosf orecting • chandise from : foreign parts,and also to construct a new r sw m i e n r , bridge to facilitate the ingress and egress 01 large vessels which are daily arriving. newspapers, sdi ii par ty ,z,i. &c. E M IGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.-A number cf re ppeetabio young men, Citizens of Cork, are preparing to emigrate to An-itrali3. On Monday 830 p-rsons set sail from the Mersey for Geelong, all of them having been sent put by tho LI - overt:U=lU Commissioners. (?-. ~. SIR HARRY SMITH. (From the Morning Herald,) The hearty and sincere welcome offered to Sir Harry Smith at Portsmouth is .but a prelude.to that which awaits him fops the couatry at large. .There is an in herent Spirit.. of justice in the British people, which leads them to revolt against acts of arbitrary power. They view such acts as especially odious when they are the result of motives which may be fairly and naturally set down as originating in some attempt to bolster up a sinking party, or to shift responsibilities properly be longing to the authors of thew. Amongst the many causes of the overthrow of the late Whig Cabinet, their: dealings with the Cape colony occupied a foremost place. When the consequences of incapacity, petulance, aid folly became apparent, no better coarse suggested itself to Whig justice and magnanimity than to attempt to sacrifice the, fame, honour, and seputation of one of Eng land's bravest and best soldiers, in the hope of diverting from its proper Objects the national indignation. The address from 'the corporation of Porteeneuth to this much-wronged soldier, and the . general"feeling which now pervad es t h e cenntry, i s a'preof that this despicable a.n,(,1 u nmanly attempt ' has vitailetl' upon the heads of th ie engaged in it, and tbat Sir Harry Smith, elelevery other puolic eervant B el ea t e, .may Tel/ with "I" "'' fi qe"= - urn the j us ti ce an d generos i t y o f the peeile , of this country. In Order iirat• , " . - British Ileums mey be aware or the ervi-ca nod ch. , rthe.or Of Alio Lino sclected. to ho the ap(g.at of otfisial folly up o n ' thi s oneasioe we hay' ) h . o cen thr , pains of tracts / the caseor of abie glarent ofrper. ''Selduie, indeed, i faie'n to the lot o f cn intliv:ideauy a'fi(r.esdern.tilsaotibotilli:nst 'l c i military car eer to his "er l tt,- 11 to Europe, A.ia, e ia, Afric a , anal ad 6 nr 3 ti°n• In ., dears, daring the long period of forty-seven )f, have triumphs Sir Harry Smi th ' :: h a , he arms encountering the d angers an d . sharing in Len pres e nt, .the glories obtained by our irivincible soldiery. Tt,o r e a cord l of such services is long , . but we f ee l assured no is necessary in such a case i n g i v i ng them ?n o f og ult Common justice to a brave and i n j ure d man requires it . —the public service of the country d eman d s it, if able and honest men aro to be for the future protected from outrage. Sir Harry Smith commenced his military career as a second lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade in the year 1805. He was present at the siege and storm of Monte Video, in 1808, and also at the assault upon Buenos Ayres. After quitting South America he accompanied the army to Portugal, and was present ut the actions of Robes and Vimiera. He then joined the army of Sir John Moore, was upon the retreat to Corunna, present at Benevente and Lugo, and finally engaged in the severe and desperate action under the walls of Corunna itself. We next fflad him serving under the Duke of Welling ton, in Portugal, Spain, and the South of France; from 1809 to 1814. During this long and arduous service he was present and engaged with the enemy in the actions at the Coa, Redinha, Condeixa, D'Aronce, Sabugal, Fuentes d'Onor, Salamanca, Vittoria, Verra, Sarre, St. Jean de Lux, Arcangues, Orthes, Tarbes, and Toulouse. He was. also present and engaged with the storming party both at Cuidad Rodrigo and Badajoz. From the south of France he proceeded to America, was engaged at Bladensburgh, and in the capture of Washington city. Upon the conclusion of the American war he returned to Europe in time to partake in the glorious victory of Waterloo. In 1828 he embarked for the Cape of Good Hope, and served under Sir Benjamin D'Urban in the war against the litifirs in 1834 and 1835. In 1840 he proceeded to India, was present in the action at Mahe rajpore, where he acted as Adjutant-General to the army. In the Seikh war he commanded a division. With this division he encountered the enemy at Aliwal, and obtained the brilliant victory with which his name will be ever associated, and in the crowning triumph of Sobraon he took part with his usual skill and courage, and materially contributed to the success of that . great day. His career at the Cape as Governor and Com mander-in Chiefis too recent to require recounting. Ile has left to his successor a colony freed from the presence of an enemy, an army inured to war, obedient, disci plined, and brave. An unworthy jealousy, or a still meaner mottve, has deprived him of the glory and satis faction of bringing the war to a successful termination; but his country is not the less his debtor, for he has insured the triumph of her arms by his wisdom, firm ness, and devotion. If anything could add to the respect and admiration we must all feel for a man who has rendered such signal services to his country, it would be the real magnani mity he has evinced in his reply to the corporation of Portsmouth. Wounded and stung as he must be by the unworthy treatment he has met with, he yet dis dains to evince impatience or annoyance. He even ven tured to offer some apology for. those who had inflicted upon him such great and unparalleled injury. Bat with singular force and ability he states, in a single sentence, the cause of the protracted warfare and unheard-of diffi culties ho had ,to contend with. " I was," said _Sir Harry, " a governor without a legislature, and a com mander-in-chief without an army." After such a decla ration, the only wonder is that our empire in Southern Africa was not reduced to the limits of Cape Town. It unquestionably proves that he possesses energy and talents of the first order, when no great find terrible dis ,aster was the consequence "of such monstrous and in credible folly. At a period when the colonial empire of England is involved, almost everywhere, in serious difficulties, it is essential to secure the services in Parliament of men acquainted with the condition and real interests of these depeeclencies. Many constituencies are anxious to ob tain at this moment the services of able and experienced men. Where can they find a man whose experience and ability are more calculated' to loe of great public utility at the present time than Sir Berry Smith? The inte rests also of the public service require that the British army should have some representative in the House of Commons, who would be capable of giving that advice to the country which it could confidently rely upon, in dealing with so important a matter as the national de fer-160,4. At present there is not one cfficer in that as sembly who has ever been in the habit of commanding armies in the field. We want such a men in the coun cils of the nation. We want It practical, experienced commander, who could limit expenditure by his advice to real necessity, and rebuke the puerilities and non sense of peace associations. In Sir Harry Smith the country can now obtain the man they stand so much In need of; and we therefore deem it our duty to impress the importance of securing such valuable services withou delay. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In the Wee Kent Guardian, of Saturday last, I saw an account (copied from The Sun), of the arrival of an elephant at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, accompanied by some remarks on the spirit of the proprietor in securing specimens as they are imported, in which remarks I perfectly agree, for during my residence in London, being a subscriber to the gardens, I had opportunities of observing the fact. We live in times when every effort is making to instruct and amuse the public, and it is the duty, as it should be the policy, of those in office and au thority to afford every facility and support to those establishments where rational amusement and in struction is offered to the masses ; for depend on it, Sir, that the ct,nduct and disposition of the public is materially influenced by the description of amuse ments they partake of. Zoology now forms part of the education of all classes, and I know it elicited the kindest and most grateful feelings of the sub scribers and the establishment when her Majesty, with kind consideration , in several instances caused animals present e d to her to be deposited the gardens, which example I trust the nobility in and members of the Government will see the nf pro th p e r l e r tyof following, and bestow some portion qnualaelnlyiade serving tronage andof f t h e support n countenance, a a n n c e n establishment, e equally toprompontbelite.—l am , the healthfuslira,nL.:nstructive amusement of the PUBLICOLA. Woolwich, May 31 , 1852. CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY.-(20 miles open)--Return of Traffic for the week ending May 29, 1852 : Passengers, parcels, &c. „„ £99 13 4 Merchandise, cattle, &c.... 44 17 9 Total ... £144 11 1 Corresponding week in 1851 (10 miles open) Passengers, parcels, &c. 31 14 11 Merchandise, cattle, &c.... 1 15 1 Total —. ... 33 10 0 THE DUKE or DEVONSIIIKE.—The Cork Reporter sap We understand it is now pretty certa i n that his Grace the Duke of Devonshire will pass the greater portion of the summer at Lismore Castle, his romantic residence on the Blackwater ; and from the very extensive alterations and additions that are being made to the castle, it is conjectured that Lismore is likely to be honoured with a royal visit this summer. DEATH OF LADY COLVILLE.-1:113 noble lady died at her residence, in Upper Brook-street, on Monday, in her 53d year. She was the Hon. Ann Law, third daughter of the late Lord Ellenborougb, Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, sister to the present Earl, a n d married, Oc tober 15th, 1841, th e l a t e L or d Colville, of Cuiross, by whom she had no issue. DEATH or SIR CHARLES FORBES, BART., OF N.l3.—This youthful Baronet died at Funchal, Madeira, on the 23d ult., where he was slaying for the be nefit of his h ea lth, li e was only in hi s 2 0th year, and re cently succeeded his grandfather, Sir Charles, in the title and estates in Scotland. REFORMATION IN DUBLIN. --- On Whi-tSundaX! the Rev. Richard Wall, late It C.C. of the parish of LesL o ' f ran, and another person, solemnly abjured the errors of Popery, under the spiritual direction of the Rev. Th was , B Scott, and received the Lord's Supper, in St. Tbheofband Church. Mr. Wall speaks Irish, and will prebabls.. eg po . hereafter a useful missionary among the Irish- ' 1 Filiation. Ile is now under the care of the priests' Protec tion Society. ST. PAUL'S.--The 'workmen who hate for so me k tower of St. task, time been e ngaged in the repairs of the clock the whole S Paul's Cath e d ra l have completed their , ' of the scaff o ldi ng has been removed. - e e, ttls i„ to repair the ° lding has been z , erected at th e south-east corner of the bui , T re ,i l , en d o f the statue of the A postle standing. at the es sacred edifice. CRICKET—.--SLISSET A N D SORUET v. concluded yesterday, —This great match was resumed and' ss w as and Surrey, first Nvl i e n the score stood as follows. — ALL ENGLAND. r i nd, first innings, 48; second ditto, 83. ~ All England " k"ninfia, 34; second ditto, 148. S thusn a lost by 51 runt LORD LANSDOWNE, hear—"Tre of Lord Lansdowne a number of the friends and with pleasure that admirersit for his bust, as a testimony have requested his Lordship of respect for his public , bar The address has been signed, Pa rliamentary and official life. e , son s, embracing various shades c tOascter during a long course of as We hear, by above 14 4 ) P of Political opiaiou. sEßLoths DISASTER AT THE LIVERPOOL CORN-EXCIANGE. LIVeltP OL, TUESDAY.—An accidf rat of a serious natuvr, b:ah as re g inn.diste result. and the p4n , c which it his created among the co rafootors fre o.w-ntiDg the market, occurred to day, soon after twelve o'clock, in the Corn-Exchange, 13runswick stro-t. The market is held ewry To , sdßy and Friday, rather enure interest being exteted ova this occasion from au announcement that the Protectionist candi dates, Messrs. Mackenzie and Turner, would make their appearance in the Exchange. About twelve o'clock, and when the room was nearly four ,fifths full, they entered, accompanied by several of their princi pal supporters. Ten minutes afterwards the floor iu the middle of the building suddenly gave way, the' two centre arches " striking ;" and three-fifths of the persons who were assembled were precipitated to a depth of eight or nine feet. Providentially the columns supporting the roof remained firm. It is composed chi( fly of iron, and, had it fallen, it would doubtless have caused the deaths of hundreds. Im mediately the crash vas heard, several practinal men, knowing. the terribl e resu l ts wh i c h m i g ht have been occasioned by' a rush to escape from the buildiug, called upon the cornfactors and others who had not gone w i t h t h e floor to " stand firm. ,, The foundation of the building consists , of two brick arches, running transversely in tne centre, four others extending on each side from them, in a rectengular direction. The hill is being enlarged and beautified; and excavations for the fur ther foundation having just been _ . completed, the N centre arches were open in front. None of the per sons who fell with the floor were severely hurt. Mr. Mackenzie, as it happend, was in a different part of the room, and thus escaped a premature downfall ; but his colleague, Mr. Turner, was among the unfor tunate vanishers, and considerable fears were expe rienced lest bis electioneering progress was cut short, but he was quickly extricated without having sus tained much injury. The next fear was that some workmen were under the arch when it fell ; and, on inquiry, it was ascertained that about 12 o'clock three men had gone under it for the purpose of having their dinners. Every exertion was imm.ediately used to clear away the rubbish, and in a short time the body of a man named Edward Goulborne, aged 40, joiner, was found face downwards, quite dead. The search was renewed, and soon afterwards they came to the body of a joiner named John Stevens, in the employ of Mr. Mackerel), builder. He was also lying face downwards, the body bent down to his knees, on which were found the remains of his dinner. There were no marks of injury about the body, and he had evidently died from suffocation. Goulborne has left a widow and two children. A woman, wife of one of the men, is said to be missing. At the time of the accident three men were under the arch; but one of them, hearing an ominous crack, escaped before the brickwork gave way. FURTHER PARTICULARS. The Corn Exchange has for some time past been in the course of reconstruction and enlargement. It was intended, we believe, to make the new market about double the size of the old. Ia order not to in terrupt the business, the new half which fronts the old ropery was first completed, and a few weeks ago the old building was rized to the ground. Since that time the new part of the building has been used for the market, the access to it being across a temporary wooden platform from Brunswick -street.' Below the market there are two stories of cellars, so that the market itself was built on a double tier of grebes. This morning, about the time above stived, when there is generally the most numerous attendance of merchants and dealers, the Protectionist candidates, Messrs. Mackenzie and Turner, with Mr. Bold and others of their principle supporters, passed along the platform to the market. They had scarcely entered the hall when there was a rush towards the centre of the building, and the arches below gradually giving way, most of the gentlemen in the centre of the room, with the mar k et s t an d s an d samples of corn, flour, &c., were precipitated below to the first cellar. The crash was distinctly heard for some distance, and the confusion and alarm which it created in Brunswick -street, on 'Change, and the immediate neighbourhood, can scarcely be conceived. It was known that at that period of the day the principal corn merchants and many of the tradesmen in the town are generally in the market, and it was rumoured that a great loss of life had oc curred. After the confusion and alarm had in some degree subsided, many of the merchants were seen to make the best of their way from Abe ruins; most of them were covered from. head .to foot with a thick coat of flour, and it was with difficulty that many could be identified. Some had lost their hats, others had their clothes torn, several were limping, having received severe contusions in consequence of the stands falling upon them, and all appeared more or less to have suffered from their unexpected visit to the cellars under the market. Mr. Picton, the architect, was on the ground a few minutes after the accident took place. We understand that yesterday morning the joiners (no one expecting so sudden an influx of persons to the corn market) slackened the wooden centres of. the centre arch, in order to proceed with other portions of the work, and the mortar of the arch not being properly dry, the brick-work gave way. This will, we believe, he found to be the cause of the accident Messrs. Quick and Ride, the divisional superinten dents of police, were in attendance a few minutes after the accident occurred, and under their directions and those of Mr. Picton a body of labourers were em ployed to clear away the rubbish from under the centre arch. The men who had been at work at the building reported that two of their companions were missing. It appeared that at twelve o'clock they were in the top cellar, and retired underneath that part of the building which gave way for the purpose of eating their dinners, and there is no doubt that whilst so engaged they lost their lives. About ten minutes to one o'clock one of the men was taken out of the ruins, and shortly after the other poor fellow was dug out. Medical assistance was obtained, but life in both cases was extinct, and the bodies were removed to the dead-house at Prince's dock. At the time we write the . men are still employed in removing the dibris, with the view of ascertaining whether there are other bodies under the ruins, LATEST PARTICULARS. It is now feared that there are two more workmen buried beneath the brickwork, and that the wives of two of the workmen who were present with their husbands' dinners were also beneath the arches when they fell in. Search is now being made for them among the ruins. Messrs. Turner and Mackeaele, on emerging, and being at the time wholly unaware that any serious consequences bad resulted, were among the first to leave the building. The latter gentleman seemed highly amused at the occurrence with its accompany ing incidents, and took the jokes of some of his fellow sufferers in great good humour. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA rTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. The settling on the Derby and Oaks was resumed yesterday, and, as we had anticipated. turned out pretty good. Time, however, was required in several in stances, and two or three parties, connected with bet ting houses, have altogether failed to meet their engage menti; there is strong reason to suspect that they are hopeless cases. The only bets that came to our knowledge, were 2 to 1 apt Frantic for the Manchester Union Cup-2 to 1 agst Voltigeur for the Emperor's Plate-6 to 1 each agst Hyacinth and Backbiter, tor the Atcot Stakes—and for the Derby 2,000 to 100 agst Cineas, and 4,000 to 100 agst Constantine. BET PING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. MANCHESTER UNION CUP —3 to 1 agat Frantic (taken freely), 8 to 1 agst ILehe,63 (,), 9 to 1 agst Italian (t), 10 to 1 agst Gladiole (t), 12 to 1 agst Candlewick (t), 12 to 1 agA Lough Bawn (t). Twenty expected- to run. MANCHESTER TRADES CUP.-5 to 1 agst Cockcrow (t), 7 to 1 agst Calculator (t), 8 to 1 agst Jessica (t), 5 to 1 oast Dawson's two (t). ASCOT CUP.-3 to 1 sgst Voltigeur, 4to 1 agst Ted dington. WY RACS.--MONDAY. Sweepstak es of 3 sov E . e sach E , and 20 added, for three yrs old and upwards; winner to be sold for 601., &C. Heats, one mile and a half. (7 Subs.) Mr. Cameron's Handsome Doe, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b 3 1 1 Mr. Land's Thrush, 3 yrs, 7st 416 1 2 dr Mr. James's Maltuesbury, aged 9st 31b 2 3 dr A good race. The Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, and 15 added, f three yrs old and upwards, winner to be sold for 50 or 1., &c., one mile and a half (8 Subs ), we re won i n two boats by Mr. Land's Th rush, 7st 21b, beating Mr. Smith's Union Jack, 7st 10Ib, and 5 others, cleverly. The Hurdle Stakes of 2 boys. e ac h , and 15 added, one mile and a half (6 Subs.), were won cleverly in two heals by Mr. Land's Prospect, llst, beating Mr. Verrall's li• itis ' I Consul, 1 Ist 101 b, Mr. White% Prophete, lOst 716 a nd Mr. Jamey's Malmesbury , list 71 b. , RmelitGroApTorliAt metropolitan c A o l in t s . R O YAL Deane, the honodraray communication through her Excel mittee, has receive Coss YACHT secretary C o L f r t n h e him to affix her name, with a sub- F. Goold, authorisi n g list of subscribers for a ladies' cup, to the l e ncy the Countess o f Eglinton's private secretary, the Rev. sub scription of 51., The Lady Mayoress and se the Royal Cork Yacht Clu forwa r d e d subscriptions. It is veral other ladies have to be rowed for by gentlemen b at the forthcoming regatta of un derstood that a cou ple of crews from Oxford intend to con test for thi s pr i ze. Yesterday morning, at an early hou r, the mortal remains of th e muc h lamented an d learned gen tl e man, John Chetwynd Talb ot , Esq., QC., were removed from his late town resid ence, N o. 10, Great Geor*e-street, Westminster, Fuston square, the nce b y to tho Lo n d on and Birmingham Railway station, , special train to Stafford, for the purpo se the new church, l a t e l y erectednear the family seat of interment i n a vault expressly for their rece ption, in , Talbot, Ingestre, St a ff ordshire, in accordance with the w i t h of the deceased. The co ffi n was covered with rich silk blac k Genoa velvet, black nail, with hra , s plate, bearing the fol -I,,vvi. g inscription :—" llonourablc Joh n Ch etw y n d Talbo t, Esq., Q C , born 31st 31ay, 18u6, died 26th blab 1 852, aged 46 yeara." of Earl COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier had an audience of her Majesty the Queen, at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, to which they were introduced by the Earl of Malmesbury, the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affair, and conducted by Major-General the Honourable Sir Edward Cust, K.C. 11 her M ajesty's Master of the Ceremonies. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by Senor Isturitz, the Spanish Minister. After having had an audience of the Queen, the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier, attended by the Spanish Minister, and also by the Lady in Wating to her Royal Highness, and a Gentleman in Waiting, went to Clarence House, St. James's, to pay a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Col. Bouverie, rode out on horseback yesterday morning. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, took a drive in an open carriage and four yesterday afternoon. Major-General Buckley and Colonel I3ouverie attended on horseback. The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace last evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady F ann y Howard, the Baroness do Spet, Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge, Lord Claude Ha milton, Lady and Miss Peel, and Sir George Couper. After dinner her Majesty's private band attended, and the following musical performances took place under the diion of Mr Anderson:— rect (The . Men of Prometheus) ...... Beethoven. Overture Caprice, stir La Sonnambula, pianoforte Monsieur Emile Prudent .................. Prudent. Concertino, Contra Basso, Signor Bottesini Bottesini. Variations sur deux Thames, Russo et Ecossais, Monsieur Hildebrand Romberg Franchomme Solo, Pianoforte, " Le Rev,il des Fies Emile Prudent ............................• Prudent. Emile Buckley has relieved v, L ,a c it r i d ng Ch to ar t l l, e ,e s Fitzroy in his duties es Equerry in Queen, and Colonel Bouverie has relieved Lieutenant- Colonel F. H. Seymour in his duties as Equerry i n Waiting to his Royal Highness duties as Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester 3 esterday, at Gloucester House. The Earl of Clancarty had an interview with the Earl of Darby yesterday, at his eirtcial residence n Downing-street. Mr. John V. Stewart had eh° an in terview with the Noble Earl. p re parations are being made to produce two ora torios, by English composers, at the approaching Norwich musical festival in September next. One of them, by Dr. nesfield, entitled Israel Restored, has already been performed with great and deserved success at Norwich • the other, on t h e subject of Jerusalem , is by Mr. 11. H . Pierson, end has D ever been played. This gentleman has already earned re where he ha s l ong resided, an d w h ere po t a tion in Germany, two of his operas live been produc e d under the s i gnature of ,s Edgar kiansfeldt• irt I . t MR. FEARGUS 0' CONN° R IN - YVEST.• MINSTER-BALL. - '‘, - Between two and three o' c l oc k yesterda y *bemoan much conomotion was occasioeed in the Leveraltaiirts at Wes',minsterehall by an unexpected visit 1. 33 , 11. . Feargus O'Connor, the Hon. Member foreeNotiffighera whose extraordinary conduct quite put it stop to the business of the courts fora time. j jK lespeeara .that t h e gen.' reteinber, sales. 4 only rettitn ' koAwu on Mon day evening from his strange flight to America, had come down to the Hall in the hope Offinding the House sitting, and learning that it was upfor the holidays he took a atoll about the place, and at length sauntered: the Court of Exchequer. Elbowing his way through the crowd of persons who were listening to the proceedings be took - his seat at the attorneys' table, below the i n n e r .bar, right facing their Lordships... The sudden aPpeare anee of. the Hon. Member .end hle pecetier conduct at once excited the attention of all in court. For a minute or so he looked at their Lordships and listened to the argument which was going -on with mucliesarneeteess; .that, however, gava.way so a strange . wildness of de er:loElloer, an waivieg and. kissiugpis hand to the bench, be began to laugh in ~, %‘ . e :(:.arty style. Tee noise merle by Inc unfortenate :Cie -,: ...,e pri voetcd tele, erg um eet •abiehewas before the C. e! e eeiege preeveei.d iffthe ibis •burrh: , :r ~ r it Alowr4 4,ivi tote I,oehhi.is weep iemaile rirg .6 - ppa.ri.l4:!y vt4.l4t wtsai,,-Ife.ite. tulla,ll.) Ufliik6), men bow. letter in 11 1011 e tete -re VC&I, aLd, belt-griereng seid, treeing his, haeol to e tie Chief Baron; ' Hew do yeu ,IP)*S'i- r e d .P P44leele? very glad • ortee you leek trnkti ?Cr I,`STr Fredeekli el.FO're - a hehlefellow; .1 like you, r . O; e oure * go )d . fIllow." The ushers called " .f.44nes - !" end Mr. O'Connor :Nemethkg, perhaps, that he wisclikely tors: herded eve; tel the cure elf ev officer eflt-leiconet hurriedly 's tats re his het, art), laugh -lin abil - boi,ibg tolthe b i_l6l - i;; took Au . ..g.porturc. - Ooe of the ushers vvs sent out -ter coverithheete eeitfe'the ree , lien, end, on the Hon. Mentberteing', soueAtt ler; it was found-that he had paid a visit to she Georg ief Common Pleas, to the diteamfituto.of the bench and bare Taking et seat in the inner bar, he shcok hands with several of the Queen's Counsel, talked. of his trip .to America in a very incoherent style, end e tiezai ac,, Exchequer, h egan to nod and laugh at the judges: This be crept up 4or about five minutes, and on . Ir. justice Mauna layin g down some principle Witt* 'ea:applicable to the cause then being heard, he gave vent to a viol ent outburst of laughter, and appeared as much amused as if th e L ea r n ed Judge was relating each me curious story. A s his 'Lordship was - concludinf, s entence he observed, "Ah !" " To - be --bare. "You are x i h f 1 g t. " Very strange." And at moments when he 4Rparently was not heeding the judge's remarks, . as ir . konpi h n inisfilf by beating his fing ers. be enter nee table, oon the wir . ). Air. . Justice g a lre with some tune he was 'ma nor kose, and smiling :le having concluded, Mr. O'Con rnenibers of the bar, mad e e avicg time d h bowing in a most profound Manner, at the same style as had marked his Terence. a farewel'elangh et the his exit in the Same eccentric court where the Lords Ju stices , He then visited the Knight Bruce were bearin g ose se u n n te d n e c r e t s he to bseinreih,. es, Lord Cranworth and Sir W asuPc o loPdenia loalls.ttdtearlieridentgfboresca' forc ed uncon nected—LotirlldissJwnasy-t cl tices full in the face and beeen to D He gradually moved hiniselt more in f t i .r) o d laugh . at,thezn. and at length his conduct interrupted the bench, He was desirous appareaii ee of Paying the business. the samo compliment to either one ''of their Lordships had to the Chief Baron, and Continued- bizja o as he and grinning. Sir Knight Bruce, however, learned:ate'il inquired for one of the officers of the court. ' T he i i i (vary was quite enough for Mr. O'Connor, and. before there was time for the official to be forthcoming he w en t bowing out of the court. lie next visited the 40re Chan cellor, and, forcing his way below the inner bar, beg an to nod and smile with his former vigour. As may b e imagined, he succeeded in interrupting the business of this court; his eccentricities, also, had attraeted * number of followers, and for the,time much commotion 'prevailed. At length his peculiar demeanour excited the observa tion of the Lord Chancellor, who, in his usual calm and dignified style, desired him to sit down. Mr. O'Connor again grinned and bowed, and baying the fear, probably, of being committed for contempt of that high court, bowed and laughed to all near him, and made a hasty escape into Westminster-hall. He appeared all the worse, as regards look, for his transatlentic trip, and it was ob served that little doubt need now be entertained as to the condition of his mind. He loitered about the hall for a short time afterwards, and then sauntered up Par liament-street to the hotel where he is residing. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS. Second Master—F. B. Yonel, to the Queen. The Vulcan, screw-steamer troop vessel, Commander Von Donnop, is ordered to embark troops for Mauritius, Ceylon, and the East Indies. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDIT.—The Prince Regent, 90, Captain Hutton; the Hogue, 60, Captain McDougall; and the Arethusa, 50, Captain Simmonds, unmoored last evening, and this morning after breakfast weighed with a westerly wind, and under all plain sailing, pro. ceeded down Channel under the orders of Rear -Admiral Corry. It is said the squadron proceeds to Cork, and 'that they will remain there during the Exhibition. Rear-Admiral Superintendent Prescoti mustered the crew of the Neptune, and the officers and men of the ordinary, on board that ship yesterday.' MraPrescott, and the gentlemen of the Pay-office. wentAia.baard the Geyser, steam-sloop, Commander Hand, end paid her down. Her crow will have the leave eilantkd to other ships, as they served the Hecate, and Were nearly turned over to the Geyser. Ortkrs have come down from the Admiralty that the royal ye..cht Victoria and Albert shall_be ready for see i'vSae on the 15E5 of Jane instant. The Gbsgon, 6, steam-sloop,.p.nee,nptO-4spithead to• day at noon, from Lisbon. The Gladiator swam-frfgate. , , Cioii.in Adams, came into harbour from-Spithead on Sunday evening, with Sir I Harry Smith, wh; hiedoi at the dockyard -at seven a'olock. The crew manned the , rigging, and chee'red as the gallant hero left the vessel. On quitting her decks be said ho never left a ship befoie but with . feelings of plcaiure, but the Gladiator he left with regret. • The Dragon steam-frigate arrived at Spithead to-day fresh Lisbon. which station she left on Thursday last. Her Majesty's ships R , Aribution, leflexible, and Archer were in Lisbon harbour when the Dragon left for Eng land. Captain Hillier, from the Court, took passage in her. The Porcupine steam-vessel, Licutenant•Command e r Jackson, has been inspected to-day by Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, G.C.M.G., Commander-in-Chief, a n d her crew paid advance wages in the afternoon. She sails ou Wednesdry for the Isle of Man, to protect the fishery. DRVONPORT, MAT 31.—The Leander was towed out of harbour this afternoon by the Confiance and Pike steamers. • Arrived this day in the Sound, the freight-ship William, with a detachment of Sappers and Miners for the Cape of Good Hope. She will take on board about 300 tons of victualling stores from the Royal William Victualling-yard, for Simon's Bay. Woonwicst. JUNE I.—The Agamemno n , 90, was moved from her moorings to-day up to the entrance o f the basin, to be taken i nto it at hi gh water , . to have h er machinery put on board, and be fitted with a screw p r opeller. last, to try of lerger Her Majesty's screw steam.ship Edi n b u h from a 74 to a 58 gun-ship, the gun s • calibre, went out of Portsmouth harboUrhbtoeiSn rg , altered gpithead and her engines and has been Stokes Bay on Tuesday speed at the measured mile.. The Edinburgh ' recently fitted with engines of 450 horse-power and screw propeller, by Messrs . Maudsla very respect sa ti s f actor y. Sons, and Field. aThend her eeg ieee performance werkedawd m a s i rian e y, b l average of four t r i a l s was 8. 3', the speed atta i ne d on t he knots per hou r , w hi ch was m9oOrekthn a o n t s , w or s v e c x r p y ee nearly o from a vessel of her size and Ist more draught of water. The ad the man-of-war Y dition of the machiner carry and work all h are placed so low in as not in the least impaired capabilities of the ship, as she is able to about eight feet be l ow be injured by shot p assing guns,. and the engines and boilers the ship that the highest part is the load water-line, and cannot Edinburgh has bee n- sing throug h . her timbers. b Captain lately commiseitTed 37 Hewlet, who wastria l, accompaied by C apta i n ~.,L . „CU board during the The eiumas of t h e E xce ll en t g unnery ship, and . tant to the chief n . Captain Henderson of the Blenheim • Mr. Murray, chief engineer at Portsmouth Dockyard; Blenheim; Lambert, *mis sed Messrs. Mandalay and Fitiewlads, theconstruectogrinseoefr;the returned into the harbour at half-Past four r.x., although machinery. The vessel blowing very hgu____L_______-_,—,--____ ---------------- 4-sf n ore2aocthhednif of He e he l‘ d t e s at a h bo o n f t this gentleman DEAT H or EDmoND IL L. ..,ONNELL, E SQ ., or GLit his own being Phelps) he • th e gent r e A m itu an .;--- t t r oxts on ha years of age. From the demise of Anne Catherine, Countess of Antrim, to whom Mr. M'Donnell was married in 1817 ' enjoyed in his own right possession of the estate and castle (assuming her Ladyships name, of Glenarm. This ancient and beautiful edifice he greatly improved and ornamented, i lfF-bg it a monument of his judgment and refined taste. The estate now passes to Hugh Seymo M'Donnell, Viscount Dunluce and Earl of Antrim, who was born August 7, 1812, and married, in May, 1836, Laura Cecilia, fif t h daughter of the Earl of Macciestield. The Earl o f Antrim has resided for some years past at Pert h and has become deservedly popular, owing to the liber rus , is ality and mildness o . position. Lady Catherine, his Lordship's aunt, was first married in 1799, to Sir Henry Vane TemPest, Bart., by worn she had one daughter, Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane, who, at the demise of Sir Henry, in 1813, inherited her father's great estates, and in 1819 mar ried the Marquis of Londondei ry, who thenceforward adopted the na me of Vane. The first member of the family whose name is to be found in Irish history is Sir Randal M'Sorley WDonnell, of Dunluce, county Antrim, a descendant of the Lords of the Isles. NORE ARRIVALS OF ANIMA.LS.—Two remarkably fine nylghaus (male and female), three splendid African ostriches, a king vulture, and a rare and curious cat, were landed yesterday in the docks, and proceadzd at once to the Surrey Zoological Gardens, making an aggregate of animals and birds added in the last fortnight sufficient in former times in Lumber and value to have constituted a menagerie in themselves. iro ad vantage ---_,- ANEW LIGHTeIOUSE AT QUEENSTOWN. —Th s crew light-house is now complete, andluoc_e 0n looks much v antage in the centre of the basin at g it s peculiar and scienti fic construction there c l a v n . b e l i.i r t o t in le doubt it will stand the power . flif wave and to say, it bag been built by a blind f,r. Rigid. Singular cheil, of Beliiist). It is to serve as-"ill, —3ll The letters of allotment for night, to warn vessels off th e mu d b a ...eaem, day and mouth. bang; inside the harbour's m the Austrian continent. THE (Mr. Isl it- ROYAL issued yesterday. and some t loan were IA premium. Among the LAND. —The council icas understood wer e h/o rapplication sanaci°lis received, v e p d l , ac s e m i - n e several at RICELTUEAL SOCIETY or ENG. for T t H he E sheet for the arm of this society have settled the prise- annual country meeting of the present year Kent, Sur south -Eastern district, comprising the counties of commencing Sussex, to be held at Lewes, in the week is 47004 th. .110 12th of j u iy. The amount to be awarded