The Sun. — London, England, 1846-05-11 00:00:00

HArtTBURGH and FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, MAY 7.—Ti s Clistrher of Representatives, in its sitting. s est eids, ncol t unanimously the ii!tr'get is public works. The Senate continued ii e podrical discuss( summoned yesterday on the late Mini serial Legotiations ; Messrs. Dumon, Dumercher, de Theux, the Minister of the Interior, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and several other Members spoke. The discussion will be continued to-day. BRUSSELS, MAY B.—The Chamber of Representatives, in its sitting to-day, rejected a project of law the object of which was to grant a drawback of 2f. 24c. per kilogramme on the exportation of Lemburg cheese. The Chamber pro ceeded to discuss some other projects of law relative to the promotion of the army, &c., which were agreed to unani mously. It resolved to discuss a project of law for granting supplementary rates of credit on the budget of 1845 for the Veterinary School and the Marine. The Chamber then proceeded to the general discussion of the budget of the Department of the Interior. The Senate continued the political discussion. The Minister of Finance and several others spoke. The central section of the Chamber of Representatives has just rejected the project of law on sugar. Of the seven Members comprising the central section, two voted for, three against the project of law, and two declined voting. FROM THE GALICIAN FRONTIERS, APRIL 29.—For some days past it has been reported that the Austrian Government intends to fortify Podgorcze, which on one side form, with Cracow, the gate of Galicia. On the other hand, well-in formed persons affirm that Podgorcze will have no other for tifications than a tete de-pont on the Vistula. There are still reports in Cracow of fresh disturbances, which are to break out on the 3d of May. It may be hoped, however, that the 3d iif May will pass over as quietly as the Easter holidays did. The accounts from Galicia are favour able. Tranquillity is everywhere restored. corporal bzehi, who voluntarily appeared before the Bailiff of Tarnow, i s stated in an unconfirmed report, to have been afterwards arrested. The expense occasioned to the Austrian Government by the Galician insurrection is said to exceed four millions.— ettlenseine Zeitung, May 5. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bmtx, MAT 7. Bills. St. Behind Sch., 33{, percent •••••• • • • • • 97 % Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent ••• • • • Foreign Exchanges.... Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 3 Months. 6 25U Hamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. 14914 1493{ Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months ......... 80 1-12 On Paris • • ........ .. Two inonths. - -Universal Prussian Gazette, Mar 8. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MAY 2. 5 per Cent. • . 112 4 per Cent. 101 3 per Cent. 75 Loan, 1834 ............................ 154 Ditto, 1839 .......................... 122 Bank Shares ....... ..... , ........... 1555 Esterhazy's Loan ........ . • RAILWAYS. Money. 96% The Northern, or Ferdinand ............ 1904 Vienna—Milan ......... Leghorn .. . ...... . 112 34 104% Sienna • ..... ••••.••••••• • • •• • • • • •• Oldenburg •• • • Apenninen • • . Pesth Bridge .. . • .......... ••• • • • - . 120 --Allgemeine Zoitung. May 5. HAMBUBOLI BORSENHALLE, MAT 8. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents .... ••••••• • • • • • 113 Bank Shares Anglo-Russian Loan . • •••• •• • • •• 107 Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 101% 101% Ditto Ist series Inscription— .. Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 96 Ditto, in Certificate. • New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •• • 88% Ditto titieglitz • . . ....... ••• • • • Spanish New 5 per Cent.... •.• • • • .... 18% 18% Ditto 3 per Cent ........... ..... 29% Anglo-Port it,guese Loan, 234 per Cent.. Dutch Actual Debt, 234 per tent -•• .. 59 Ditto 3 per Cent. .. ••••••• • • • • • • • Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... 81 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent .... 8634 564 National Bank Mares • • • • •• • BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSEI.a, May 9. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • .... Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent .. — Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent Ditto Three per Cent.. ..... • • ...... Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto •• •• Ditto, ditto, 1840 Ditto, ditto,lB42 • • . 102 Ditto, 1844. ............. •• •.• • • • • 106 Ditto, 1838 ..... ..................... 74% Ditto of the City, 1832 .... ••• • • ..... • • Ditto, 1843 ................ ........ 100% Bank ofßelgintn.. ................. 895 —Brussels Papers. May 9. DUTCH F UNDS.—AINTERDAM, MAY 8. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent........... 60 6034 Sato, 3 per Cent .......... 7234 73% Ditto, 4 per Cent • ......... • •• • • 93% 944 Amon Syndic. 4% per Cent. Ditto, 334 per Cent.........• • . 88% 68% Commercial Company, 434 per Cent •• 166 16836 East India Loan, 4 per Cent • • ••• • • • 9334 93% Exchange on London, at sight • ••.• •• 12 27 Two months... •• • • . • ....• 12 20 On Hamburgb, at sight .... 35 75 Two mouths.•... .• .••• • • •• 35 75 --Dutch 'Wars. May 8. 'IHE SUPPLY OF SUGAR. Great anxiety now prevails with regard to the supply of sugar. Serious fears are entertained that the importation of colonial and other admissible growths will fall far short of the consumption, so as to leave little or none at the end of the year to meet the spring demand. The Government have been disappointed in their expectations; our colonies have not increased their production in the ratio that was antici pated, and the arrivals of foreign free-labour sugar have been comparatively insignificant; nor does the future pre sent a more flattering prospect. A drought, of unusual se verity, has visited the West India colonies, and well-in formed parties calculate that it will cause a deficiency in the crop to the extent of many thousand tons. Tee lowest esti mate of the deficiency is 15,000 tons, the highest 40,000 to 45,000—it may be safely assumed to be 30,000, or a full eighth of the usual importation from all the colonies. Thi3 misfortune will not exercise so injurious an effect on the Bn tish public as it must have done before the admission of tree labour foreign sugar. It cannot, however, fail to raise prices, and that very considerably, because the quantity of Java and Manilla, or other free-labour sugar, that can arrive for several mouths, is so small as to go but a short way to com pensate for the deficiency in the West India importation. There were only about 8,000 tons of free-labour sugar im ported last year. Even supposing this to be deubled in the course of the present year (a result not unlikely to be at tained by the close of the season), parties versant with the sugar trade reckon upon the supplies, taken as a whole, proving quite insufficient for the now enlarged consumption. Three estimates of the probable importation of all admissible descriptions for the current year have been shown, amount ing, respectively, to 220,000, 240,000, and 255 , 000 tons. The average of these three estimates is 238,000 tons. Last year the consumption reached 2-40,000. This year it can hardly be so low as 260,000, and may possibly be 270,000 — even at present prices, with the probability of reaching 280,000, if, by any means, prices fall materially. It thus appears, that the supply is likely to prove 22,000 tons, or about 8 per cent. short of the smallest estimate of consump tion. In consequence of this state of the trade, prices have advanced materially during the last' year, particularly for sorts adapted to the wants of the country, which have be come scarce, so much so, that the stock in London of West India sugar is less than half of what it was at the corre sponding period of last year ; and there are only about 250 hogsheads of West India, in first hands, at this great em• porium—not a single cask at Bristol, and only 93 in the ports of Clyde. The bulk of the stock , now held are East India, a growth most of which enjoys no favour with consumers. The article of molasses is in a still more striking position, the stocks in the country being less than two months' deli veries, and the import for the year not likely to reach three fourths of what would be required for the year's consump tion, even at the present rates of delivery I The prices, as might be expected, have advanced greatly, not less than 40 to 50 per cent. on the currency of the corresponding month of last year ; indeed, they are _ higher t h an before the reduc tion of duty, which took effect on t he 14th March, 1845 The following fi gure s exhibit the present value, in bond, of West India and foreign sugar:— Good brown for Fine yellow refining. grocery. s. d. Colonial .................. 88 0 Free labour ........... 28 Other foreign ....... 18 6 —Linernool Times. 42 none EXTRAORDINARY CASE of AFFILIATION. --A case of affiliation, which we scarcely suppose has ever been exceeded in the extra .rdinary character of the circumstances it re vealed, occurred at the Leeds Court-house, on Wednesday, before the Mayor and William Paweun, Esq., the pre siding magistrates. Mr. Sanderson, solicitor, who appeared for the detendaut, elicited from the mother that the child she appeared to affiliate was the seventh bastard child she had had, all to different fathers—that she was forty years of age—that she bad bone to different fathers two children within the last two years—that all her children were at present living—and that her eldest son was older than the alleged putattve father of her last child. At the close of the mother's evidence (which it may be re marked was abruptly terminated by her refusal to answer further questions relative to her shameful life), the Mayor, - who had evidently heard the case with feelings of extreme disgust, properly characterised her as a living disgrace to her sex, and remarked that he did not previously think there was such a creature in existence as she had proved herself to be from her own lips. By refusing to answer questions put to her, she vitiated her case, and therefore the B e nch refused to tnake any order whatever upon the alleged f a ther. The nam e of the mother is Elizabeth Saville, who resides in one of the town's hous es a t Arinley . The last will therefoie be the seventh burden of the kind she has brought upon her Pariah. will be LoUIS PHILIPPE A CITIZEN OF PERTH—Ite late at observed that the town council, at Its first meeting since th address of tempt on the life of the King of the French. passed an _ congratulation to his Majesty on his providential escape irom th e hand of the assasin. It may seem to some a little out of the way for Scottish burghs to obtrude their courtesies on such an occasion ; bat it may not be generally known that the French Sovereign is a bur gess of the fair cit Y. and that his Majesta id and pleasin reeolleetion of the f act. When the Earl y of t hin reainsu v l w iv af last summe r in Paris, one day when dining at the Tuileries, his Majesty referred to Perth and its seenerY, as well as that of the neig hbourhood added he felt Particularly intereste.f in all which related to it, being himself a citi of the an nouncem ente, ; and Upon his Lordship expressing sur prise at the freedom was conferred upon me at Dupplin Castle, when a guest of ' added—" Yes, and the your late noble father." Louis Philippe then detailed the whole scene- the arrival of the Lord Provost, with the burgess ticket and the council's Address—and the speeches which followed on both aides; and added that such honours were at that time (about the beginning of the century) not so nu merous with hi m, and the occasion had made no slight iniPlessinu WI hi s memory, as was evinced in the circumstantiality with which the whole wasdetatil, d. Penh Courier. GLASGOW.—DEATH OF PROFESSOR MEIRLEHAM.— Meildeltam, Esq , LL.D., Professor of Natural PhilosophY in the University, died on Thursday, at his house in the College, here. His removal strikes Off the last link, except one or two, of those which remained to connect the present professors with the dis tinguished men—Millar, Jardine, Wilson, Young, Richardson, and others, who, about the close of the last, and the commencement of the present, century, shed lustre on the University, and con f erre d signal benefits on education.—,stotch Reformers' Gazette.' KENSINGTON GARDENS.—On Saturday the band of the Ist Regiment of Life Guards commenced playing for the season in these delightful gardens, and certainly a finer or more auspicious day Could not have been selected for their performauce. The band will, 'we understand, continue to perform every Tuesday and Friday from half-past four to half-past six. BEETHOVEN'S PIANOFORTE.—This instrument, pre sented to Beethoven by 3lessra. Broadwood, on which Addison, cra mar, and Moscheles have played, has been given by Dr. Spina, into whose possession It came after Beethoven's death, to Liszt. Beetho -ven's piano could not certainly be in better hands. A FEROCIOUS Sow.--A short time ago, 'Ground, Kirkby Ireleth, a sow belonging to a person llara_ed....4.lll.tirta at Kellett thwaite, attacked a Ltmb. In vain did the ewe, throwuks --- matursti timidity, do battle in defence of its offspring. The lamb was , worried by the ferocious animal, and the okl ewe had Dearly "hared vas nuns Ste.... Wateteretenst OINVIer. THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. Ti) TILE h.Dlrld? OF THE SUN. request, an act of justice, tin- inierti,n 1n y.mr paper, of Ow few following remarks on an article widen ap ;eared in The Sun of last Saturday evening, in reference to the Channel Islands. It is there asserted, that "the most valuable prerogative of the Crown—that of mercy—is practically abolished." Now the fact is, that within the last six weeks mercy has been extended to a man in Jersey, of the name of Nicolle, who was under sentence of death for murder. Since the Ist April in this year his sentence has been commuted to trans portation for life, which most of your readers will regard as an act of mercy. It is also asserted, that "no record of any of the proceedings of this Court (the Royal Court of Guern sey) is kept, or if kept, it is not open to public inspection." Here, again, you do not seem to be aware of what every person who is but a little acquainted with the Court of Guernsey knows, that a full record is kept of every proceed ing, and that these records are open to public inspection at least as much as those of any court of justice in England. It is needless to point out each error in detail ; the two which I have singled out are g larin g , and are suficient to show that the information which you have received on the subject is not to be relied upon. Both you and your readers must perceive that a person who could be so mistaken as to two facts, with regard to which a very little inquiry would have set him right, cannot require to be seriously refuted to whatever extent he may indulge a lively imagination. 1 am, Sir, your obedient servant, London, May 11. WILLIAM H. LE MARCHANT. DARING ATTEMPT OP A CONVICT TO ESCAPE.--On Friday afternoon one of the moat daring attempts of a prisoner to escape trom the hands of justice ever recorded took place in thertver at Woolwich. There are at this moment three ships lying off the itey . al Arsenal embark' .:Ig convicts for the penal seCtletitents, of Liege is the Nova Scotia, bound for Norfolk Island. About three o'clock in the afternoon a prisoner on board the vessel, having fur a moment eluded the vigilance.of his keepers and the guard, jumped overboard, disguised in the dress of a sailor. An alarm was imme diately given, and while a file of soldiers were getting into one of the skip's boats to follow him, two watermen who were near the spot hi their boats pursued him ; but the prisoner, who was an expert swimmer, contrived to elude them by diving. He was making towards the Kentish shore of the river, when the boat con talning the moldiers came up with him, and finding all further re sistance useless, he suffered himself to be taken, atter having been in the water nearly a quarter *f an hour. . Amongst our last _lndian exf ract , there was an article mentioning the probable retirement of Sir George Arthur from the government of Bombay. We have good authority for stating that this is incorrect, and that the Hon. Baronet does not contemplate In the least vacating his high appointment in India. A temporary indisposition, caused by severe application to official duties, under which Sir Arthur has been suffering, but from which he has quite recovered, was probably the cause of this rumour. REPRESENTATION OF THE RADNORSHIRE BOROUGHS. —J. A. Whitaker, Esq., has compiled with the desire contained in a requisition presented to him by a large body of the electors, to be come a candidate for the representation of the Radnorshire boroughs, if they pledge themselves to secure his return. The Hon. Mr. Frank land Lewis has intimated his intention of becoming a candidate. THE RECENT ELOPEMENT IN HIGH LIFE.-A correspondent states that the marriage of Lady Anna Grenville, only daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham, and Mr. Langton, grandson of Colonel Gore Langton, M.P., will not be solemnised before the week after next, that is to say, until after the yeomanry meeting at Stowe. The precise day is not as yet determined. The Council of the British Association for the Ad vancement of Science has fixed the period of holding the next meet ing at Southampton, for the week commencing Thursday, September 10. The president appointed at the last meeting at Cambridge is Sir Roderick Impey Murchison. _ _ _ REPRESENTATION OF WINCH ES.TER.—M r. J. Bonham Carter. of Ditcham House, near Petersileld, has expressed his wil lingness, in e,inpliance with a requisition presented to him by a bo-y of the electors, to become a candidate tor the represenCition of Winchester in the event of a general election. Mr. Carter is a Liberal. Thirty-seven vessels arrived in the River Thames and different dock establishments in the port of London on Friday, and report,cl at the Custom•hause from different parts of the globe, four of which were from China direct, with cargoes of teas, six tiom the East Indies of heavy tonnage, and several ethers from the West Indies and different places in that distant quarter. This influx of business will have the effect of creating a little bustle at the water- side and docks, which, with the exception of the usual arrivals of steamers and packets from the continental ports with provisions of various kinds, have been rather slack of late, owing to the preva lence of easterly winds, and the consequent detention of ships at sea. Tho arrivals at the port of Liverpool have also comprised vessels from the same distant ports, and have been, in a lesser de• gree, of very considerable importance. ARRIVAL OF EAST INDIA MAILS.-SOUTHAMPTON, 3IAY 10.—The Tagus, Oriental steam-ship, Captain Brookes, arrived at the Motherbank yesterday morning trotn Malta, en route from Constantinople, and landed the East India and China mails, which were duly forwarded to London by railway In the evening she was released from quarantine, and arrived in the docks and landed 116 passengers. The Tagus left Constantimple April 22d, Malta 27th, and Gibraltar May 3d. The India mails were brought from Alex andria to Malta by the Iberia. The tollowing were the passengers : —Messrs. Sandford, J. Hall, White, H. Fitzsimons, Mackay, M`Henry, and Henderson; Mr. and Mrs. Hanson and child, Miss Barry, Miss Ede, Messrs. Lloyd, Kidd, Hon. Keane, M. Smith and servant; Davis and servant ; Jarstairson, Miss Ewbank, Major Tate, Colonels Bagnold and Payne, Lieutenants Warren and M`Denald, Captain Love, Messrs. Perry and Le Lagot, Captain Webb, Grant and servant ; Morris, Collins, Prendergast, Captain Eckford, Mrs. Cochrane, Mrs. Cochrane and servant: Mrs. Dalrymple, one child, and servant ; Mrs. Morris, three children, and servanq; Mrs. Colonel Seaton, three children, ar.d three servants, Mrs. Hurst, one child, and one servant ; Mrs. Eckford and one child ; Messrs. Larkins, Scott, and Edmonds, Hon. Mr. Dutton, Mr. Lyon, of her Majesty's ship Inconstant. PI. E N BRIXToN RILL.—On Saturday mimning, be tween twelve and one o'cl.:ck, atter the family of J. Milner, Esq., stockbroker, of Atkin's•road, Brixton-hill, had retired to rest, Mrs. Milder was alarmed by bearing a noise and loud groaning, which was speedily followed by a dense volume of smoke. She imme diately raised an alarm, when the servants forced the doer of Mr. Milner's bedroom, from which the flames were rushing with great fury. Some minutes elapsed before any person could enter the apartment, when John Grainger, the footman, succeeding in fining the body of Mr. Milner, who was fortunately extricated from a most fearful death. A large body of police officers were quickly on the spot, under the judicious direction of Inspector Gifford, who, toge ther with the servants and neighbours, ultimately extinguished the fire, Mr. Milner was very severely burnt. The fire is attributed to Mr. Milner falling asleep while reading in bed. THE RECENT MURDERS AT BATTERSEA-BRIDGE.— On Saturday afternoon Ail inquest was held before Mr. Carter. at the Red House, Battersea, on the body of William Matthew Clarke, aged seven years, the second of the children recently murdered by their mother at Battersea. The evidence of the father and some other witnesses having been taken, the coroner adjourned the inquiry in order that a post mortem examination might be taken. _ _ MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On ‘ &tturdity Mr. Baker held an Inquest at the Gunmakers' Arms, Bow-common, on view of the body of George Brook, aged twelve years, the son of a master rigger, at No. 3, Edward-street, Limehouse, and who was drowned under the following circumstances :—On the afternoon of Thursday last deceased went to a pond, called " Little Ocean," on Bow-com mon, in which there are several deep holes, to catch tittle-batsf He was advised not to go in, and told that he would be drowned. De ceased, however, persisted, when, after taking a few steps, he sank. Another boy followed to rescue him, and was nearly lost in the at tempt. Several of the jury complained that lives had been lost there before, and that the pond ought to be filled up. The coroner stated that on a former occasion be wrote to Mr. Cotton, late chairman of the Bank of England, upon the subject, and that, as it was the wish of the jury, he would write to him again.—Verdict, " Accidental death." The Lewes and Hastings R ►ilrr►ad is rapidly advanc ing to completion. In the course of next week an engine will be driven from Pevensey to Brighton, and in six weeks the whole line will be completed. It is expected that the portion between Brighton and Lewes will be opened in about a month. The middle arch of the Preston viaduct, which is looked upon by practical men as one of the most beautiful pieces of brickwork in the kingdom, has been repaired, and the road over it restored. One of the arches of the skew bridge over the Lewes road, which bad also been aflected by the wetness of the season, is about to be rebuilt ; but in the present fa vourable weather this will be quickly dispatched, and the line com pleted.—Lrighton Herald IHE .1 - 08 T OFFICES OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE.— On Saturday were printed additional articles in a Parliamentary paper to those agreed upon between the Post-office of Great Britain and the Post-ottice of France, for carrying into execution the con vention of the 3d of April, 1843. heap articles were signed at Paris on the 25th of March last, and at London five days al terwards. The articles came into operation on the Ist of the p: esext mouth. ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN BRISTOL.—On TtleSdll2 morning last much excitement was occasioned in this city, in conse quence of a report that a young man had been murdered late on 2donday night, in the Post-office-passage, Broad -street. It appeared that a quarrel had taken place between a young man named Edward Quinlan and a man named Williams, and that a man named Lum berg had been stabbed in the neck by Quinlan, who, in the dark. mistook him tor Williams. Quinlan was apprehended, and on Tues day was taken before the magistrates at the Council-house. A cer tificate was read from one of the surgeons of the Infirmary, which stated that Lumberg was in that institution with a a ound of con-l derable depth In the neck, and that from the loss of blood serious consequences were apprehended. A witness of the name of Thomas stated that after the quarrel between Quinlan and Williams, Quinlan west down the passage and returned, and mistaking Lumberg for a s s tr s u m ck bb h e i d m , ainndthhee ( n w ec it k o ; ess L ) u a n i i t he er rg wa i r i d n . m p e i d e i k a e t d ely up er o led clos ou p t t W ha n t il h a e ms ; knife covered with blood, The prisoner was remanded tor examination.—Bristol Journal. further I EXTRAORDINARY FEAT.—One day last week the lade ~ of Captain Austen, of the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, a detachment of whom at present occupy our barracks—a lady who seems to de light in equestrian exercise—was placed in circumstances 01 the most imminent peril, but in which she displayed singular coolness and heroism. W,he was taking her usual airing on a high mettled and highly bred young bunter, just from the hands of the breaker; and while on the Great North or Edinburgh-road, at Craig-end, about a mile and a half to the southward of this city, the animal, from some cause or other, beeame restive, and the fair rider lost all command of him, at least in so tar as to impose any restraint on the impe tuosity with which he ran off with her. Her attendant being at a respectful distance behind, could render no aid in the outset, although mounted on a spinted , harger ; to overtake her was out of the ques tion—nor might that have been prudent, although he could have done so. Onwa.d the fiery steed flew at a race-course speed, if not with even greater velocity ; all in sight we-e petrified with alarm for the lady's safety, but none dared offer their wilting aid. That she would be thrown and killed was expected, but to interrupt by any means the torward progress was thought more likely to fender such a catas trophe certain The lady stuck by her seat as if lashed to the saddle, and, Mazeppa-like, the frothing animal da-hed across the vela 01 Strathent with the same impetuous career. The sight was at once picturesque and terrific. The Miry form of the rider, her hat hanging over her shoulders, her long hair dishevelled, and with the ample drapery of her riding habit floating in the breeze, would have been a fine subject for the pencil of the artist. Without any relaxation of impetuosity, both were observed to penetrate the °chits, and were lost to sight in the deep recesses of Gleufarg. At length, exhausted by his own exertion, the animal came to a dead stand beyond the middle of that romantic pass, having gone over about six miles in eight min utea. Fortunately, the lady sustatned no material injury in any way but from well-grounded alarm. She had the nerve to manage the bridle reins so as to steer clear of dangerous obstacles, for many carts and other carria g es cam e in the way; and, afterbleeding, din , which the strained state of her arms rendered advi sa bl e, s h e aratively well ever since.— Perth Constitutio na l. IR H U GH 1. M has been comp YDDLETON'S DESCENDANT.—Th e New 6 River is, perhaps, the greatest boon London ever received from one i n dividual; through all difilculttes, even to the gates of ruin, sir he was rewarded history tells us. Hugh carried out his design —how s A single hundred pound sha re now sells for about fourteen thousand is one of the richest extant ; yet pounds! The New River Companyy directorsto do any thing to ameliorate the has it never occurred to its 1 t've Mrs Jane Myddleton I surviving re condition The Hugh's on y of London having investigated her pedi- Boyers. Corporation last relative in a direct line from Sir gree and finding that she is the t m of the small , all her 18/. per annum. We do no co p but one Hugh, ow ion has to meet manyclaims ; Corporation ness of the sums the shilling per day (and it is not quite that) is a poor allowance for ag e struggle down to the grave with. Could not the and infirmity to New River Company afford another shilling per diem? And the benefit of Sir . d ? Such gilts could not the thousands who daily taste render a third enterprise Hugh's science and would smooth the downwar d path of a highly-deserving individ ual. readers thus; but we think the in- We do not often appeal t° our M ddleton Boyers has rove that Mrs. Jane Y habitants of London must nce to the dead by erecting marble dore a just claim. We may monuments, is to chesh th the but how much better d them. ose Th y, or e de ve it left beh r i i n theirs (however remote in time), ha seendants of great men have a sort of rot ospective c laim u p on national gratitude. How must it soothe the death-bed of ge nius and of worth to believe that the country will for ages continue to aid those whom the dying patriot is unable to prov ide for. We trust tha t are generally this appeal will sot is made in vain. Public bodies tardy In their gitts ; but in this case so little is asked, an d the power to bestow is so great, that we cannot believe the New River Com patty will let the epportusity pass by. We need only impress upon it the old Roman adage—" Those give twice who give soon: ' — Sunday Pima. l ;ANINE JEALOUSY.—Mr. Charles Davis, huntsman of her Majesty's stag-hounds, informed me that " a friend of his had a fine Newfoundland dog, who was a great favourite with the family. While this dog was confined in the yard, a pet lamb was given to one of the children, and which the former soon discovered to be sharing a great portion of those caresses which he had been in the habit of receiving. This circumstance produced so great an effect upon the poor animal, that he fretted, and became extremely unwell, and refused to eat. Thinking that exercise might be of use to him, he was let loose. No sooner was this done, than the dig watched his opportunity, and seized the lamb in his mouth. lie was seen conveying it doss n a lane, about a quarter of a mile from his master's house, at the bottom of which the river Thames flowed. Ott arriv ing at it, he held the lamb under water till it was drowned, and thus effectually got rid of his rival. On examining the Janos it did not appear to have been bitten or otherwise injured ; and it might almost he supposed that the dog had chosen the easiest death in removing the object of his dislike."—Jesse's Anecdotes of Dogs. POSTAGE, &C., CANADA.—Papers have been recently is tied by order of Parliament, containing correspondence relative to a reduction of postage in Canada. It appearsthat Lord Stanley, in answer to addressee for snob reduction, states that the Governme n t agree with the Postmaster-General, "that it would be unadvls a bl e to sanction at present any diminution in the rates of postage in the 1 British North-American ;minces." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE SQUADRON OF EVOLUTION. • oft' 2tTsii'4l,'‘)"ueTtlf'et:Sdua':-Fo'ArTr.huTrshdityBlli.leix"gt, oofsit‘hvihsaftb.raccecoisunptist trot b v e l l e i a e r v l e y th av fa a c re t t i i s t: t a h lt a l t io t u h g e h N s t ler r a o l n c is au u s o e t s rea ar t e ty a t l , l ) e s g: i ( l l ; several of the ships being defective in their sea-going ap . pointments. I We have to complain of a gross act of injustice performed ' by the Admiralty towards a meritorious officer of one of the ships forming the squadron of evolution. Lieutenant Henry Need, 1841, of the Terrible ; this officer was appointed to the Terrible on the 6th of December last, when she was commissioned, and has remained in her until two days ago, when an order came down for him to remove forthwith into the St. Vincent, and, at the same time, Lieutenant the Hon. J. W. S. Spencer, 1841, was appointed to the Terrible, vice Need. No cause was assigned for this peremptory and unexpected order, and Mr. Need had to turn out of his berth without time even to write respecting the astounding cir cumstance, and has been put to great personal inconvenience and expense. Lieutenant Need joined the Terrible ex pressly- for the purpose of studying steam, and now that he was about to reap the benefit of his application he is turned out of his ship without any cause being assigned, to make room for a young officer, who, after returning from a cruize of five or six weeks, will be thrust into the royal yacht and made shortly afterwards a commander ! Lieutenant Need is a very meritorious officer, having distinguished himself when mate of the Druid at the attack upon Canton, and while lieutenant of the Harlequin, under Commander (now Captain) the Hon. G. Hatings, served in her boats in a desperate encounter with pirates on the coast of Sumatra, in 1844. such jobs as these are not likely to increase the popu larity of the service or engender respect for the officers who, by such acts, abuse the power vested in them of dealing out injustice. We regret to have to record the death of Mr. Bignall (son of Captain Bignall, R.N.), assistant clerk of the Belleisle troop ship, fitting at Devonport, who fell down the main hatchway one day last week into the main hold, a depth of 40 fret. He was promptly removed to the hospital, but never rallied from inse=sibility, in which state he died next day. 'The Eurydice, 26, will hoist the pendant again in a day or two, Captain George Elliott, who recently paid her off before the expiration of her time, being re-appointed to her. The Penelope, 22, steam-frigate, Commodore Jones, left St. Nicholas on the 13th ult., but did not communicate with the island, being apprehensive of coast fever ; which, how ever. under the zealous exertions of Dr. M'William, was rapidly subsiding. She touched at Madeira for coals, but the authorities would hold no intercourse with a vessel from the coast of Africa, and sent out armed boats to row guard round the vessel to prevent such intercourse ; she consequently came away without replenishing fuel, but fortunately fell in with a brig bound to Gibraltar with coals, and lying by her for two days, on account of a fresh breeze, at length suc ceeded in taking out of her 130 tons in open sea, which en abled her to work up to Spithead. Admiral Sir C. Ogle, Bart., the Commander-in-Chief, went on board her yester day afternoon, and was received under manned yards and a salute from her heavy guns. fired in smart style. he appears a very unsightly vessel, nothing to compare with the other large steamers; although rigged similarly to the Terrible and carrying more guns, she appears very insignificant in every respect but 1. ugth, on comparison with the latter. A white funnel, red streak, and blue paddle-boxes and boats, do not add to her warlike looks. The Nautilus transport, Lieut. Saunders, agent, arrived on Friday evening from the Falkland Islands, which she left on the 18th of February, and from Ascension, whence she sailed on the 14th of March with invalids and old stores. The damage sustained by the rollers at the latter place were being repaired witi all dispatch, but with the greatest exertions the work could not be completed in less time than two months. Water was still scarce when the Nautilus left, but the stock of turtle was still replenishing. The following officers came home passengers in the Nau tilus:— Lieutenants Rivers, of the Albatross, and Field, of the Kingfisher; the Rev. G Bellamy, chaplain of the Tortoise; Dr. An drew, assistant-surgeon; and Mr. Arledge, clerk of the Penelope. She sailed this day at noon for Dept ford to refit. The Childers, 16, Commander Pitman, sailed yesterday morning for the Cape of Good Hope with mails and dis patches, thence to Van Diemen's Land with a ton and a balf of copper coin for the colony, and thence to join the squadron under Rear-Admiral Cochrane, China, by Bass's Straits. The Daring, 12, Commander Matson, was at Port Royal, Jamaica, on the 31st of March. _ . The Vindictive, 50, Captain Seymour, flag of Vice- Admiral Sir F. Austen, arrived at. Bermuda on the 10th of April, 18 days from Port Royal, with loss of both her quarter boats and sprung boy, sprit. Prior to the departure of Lord Ellenborough, on Wednes day, a new method of impelling heavy ordnance without the assistance of man, harness, or drag ropes, was exhibited on Soutsea-common before his Lordship by the author of the invention. The guns (24-pounders and 6• pounders), mounted on travelling-carriages, were moved across the shingly beach without the aid of drag-ropes, first with the new impelling principle, and then with the man harness ; the result was strikingly in favour of the former, greater ease and facility in working being apparent. The gunners of the Royal Marine Artillery much approve this new method ; as else does, we are informed, Captain Steevens, of that distinguished corps, under whose direction the experiment was tried. The Right Hon. T. L. Corry, First Secretary to the Ad miralty, and family, went out to Spithead to-day in the Lightning steamer to inspect the fleet. They attended church service on board the St. Vincent, and afterwards partook of luncheon with Commodore Collier, who accom panied them ashore. The Athol troop-ship, Master Commander Pearn, ar rived this morning from Woolwich to embark troops from Parkhurst. barracks, Isle of Wight, for services in the West Indies. The Goodwill navy lighter, Pledge, master, arrived on Friday night from the eastern yards with stores. The Barretti Junior transport, Lieutenant E. Griffiths, agent, came into harbour yesterday to embark stores. The Calypso, 20, Captain Worth, was spoken on the 17th ult., in lat. 28 N., lon. 21, by the Penelope, 22, arrived at Spithead. T!TI SUN, LONDON, MONDAY 7VENING, MAY 11, 1846. PROMOTIONS. Mates—M. H. M. Bluntly (1843), C. G. Macgregor (1840), C. T. W. G. Ceijat (1840), P. W. Darrell (1843), and S. Osborn (1843), to the rank t•f Lieutenant. APPOINTMENTS. Captain—G. Elliott, to the Eurydice. Lieutenants—F. Egerton, to the Raleigh ; J. E. Parish and C. Coles, to the St. Vincent. Surgeons—G. Mackey, M.D., to the Avenger ; A. Arm strong, M.D. (assistant), to Hasler Hospital ; J. Robinson, M.D. (assistant), to the Avenger ; R. Wallis, M.D. (assis tant), to the Retribution ; J. W. Slight (assistant), to the Victory. Mate—C. Dickson, to the Terrible. Clerk—J. C. Mattley, to the Queen. Midshipmen—P. E. Luard and J. T. Seymour, to the Con stance ; S. P. Brett, to the Retribution. Master's Assistant—F. Inglis, to the Belleisle. Naval Cadets—T. M. Riddell, to the Canopus ; H. B. Phillamore, to the Devastation ; A. F. Masescau.x, to the St. Vincent. ROYAL MARINES. Major Spry, of the Woolwich division, to the recruiting service at Bath. COAST GUAM Lieutenant R. Ellis, appointed to command Fairlight sta• iun, vice Ranier, previously removed. THE HERO of ALINVAL. Major-General Sir H. G. W. Smith, Bart., G.C.8., entered the 95th, now Riffle Brigade, in 1805; was adjutant at the siege, storm, and capture of Wnte Video, and was thanked )3 , the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Samuel Auchmuty , for his intrepidity; was in the affair of Colonio del Sacramento, under Sir Dennis (then Colonel) Pack; was taken prisoner at Buenos Ayres, in the church of St. Domingo, with General Crawford; proceeded with the army to Sweden, under Sir J. Moore, and with that army to Portugal; was distinguished in the affair of Calcavellos, in the retreat to Corunna. In 1809 he again embarked for Portugal, with the Light Bri gade, under General Crawford, and reached Talavera the morning the enemy retreated behind the Alverea, and was sharply engaged skirmishing; was particularly employed by General Crawford in the Light Division, during the French siege of Cuidad Rodrigo, and in the various skirmishes of that period. At the affair of the Coa he was severely wounded, and much commended for his conduct at the mo ment; he was present at Massena's retreat; was in every affair of posts, Pombala, Redhina- ' Casalhova, Condeixa, Foy d'Aruz (where h e was appointeciMajor of Brigade to the 2d Light Brigade), and served in that capacity until the end of the war, in the Light division; Sabrigal ; battles of Fuentos d'Onoro ; siege, storm, and capture of Badajos •' battle of Sa lamanca; retreat from Madrid; affairs at San Milan; battle of Vittoria ; pursuit of the enemy after the battle of Pam plono; distinguished in storming the heights of Vera, also in the storm of the entrenched camp of Irun •, crossing the Bi dassoa ; battle of Nivelle Nile; affairs near Bayonne; Tarbes; battles of Uri hes and Tolouse. In 1814 embarked in the Ga ronne with the tr“ops under Major-General Ross; appointed de puty Adjutant-General; battle of Bladensberg, anti capture of Washington ; was the bearer of dispatches to Government, and highly commended by Major-General Rosy; was pro moted to the rank of Major; returned to America with Major-General the Hon Sir Edward Pakenham ; as As sistant Adjutant-General was most actively employed during the various affairs of New Orleans, and appointed Military Secretary to Sir J. Lambert, in whose dispatches his conduct was particularly brought to notice; was at the siege and capture of Fort Boyer. On the conclusion of peace with America, he returned to Europe ; was Assistant Quarter • master-General of the 6th Division at the battle of Waterloo, and, for his conduct, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant- ColoneL Served in America and the West Indies; had an important command on the frontier of the Cape of Good Hope, during the Kaffir irruption into the colony, 1835-36; highly commended for his conduct by the Governor, Sir B. D'Urbau, and thanked by the inhabitants of the colony at large, and subsequently by the Minister for the Colonies, Lord Glenelg, as deserving " the grateful acknowledgments of her Majesty's Government, not only for his military.ser vices, but for his zealous, humane, and enlightened adminis tration of the civil government of the province under his charge." When ordered to take the command of the fron tiers of the Cape of Good Hope, he rode from Cape Town to Graham's Town, a distance of 600 miles, in six days, per forming each day's j ourney at the rate of fourteen miles an hour. In 1840 he was appointed Adjutant-General to her Majesty's forces in . lndia, and was in the battles of Gwalior and Marajahpore, in 1843. During these eventful services he was on the star of Major-General Sir Sidney Beckwith, Major-General Drummond, Major-General Robert Crawford, Major-General Skerritt, Sir J. Vandeleur. Lord Seaton, Sir A. Barnard, Major-General Ross, Major-General the lion. Sir E. Pakenbam, Sir J. Lambert, the Right Hon. Sir James b K an em , pant,a Sir Hugh IKe g a h ne ue , o t u he t,.— Hon joh S n ir ß L u o l. w l ry Cole, Sir B. D'Ur - --- ERRATUM. — In our account of the meeting of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Company, on Saturday, we stated that " Mr. Megson said a gentleman in Leeds had ascer tained from the secretary that the expenses hart been IbL, with other ilabilities"—it should have been lb,ooo/., with other liabilities. SUICIDE FROM I,CSSES BY FIRE.—On Saturday even. ing Mr. Payne held an inquest at the Red Lion, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street, on the body of Mrs. Sarah Brown, aged 35, a grocer, Fireshop, No. 6, Great New-street, Fetter-lane, was destroyed by Fire on Thursday night. Julia Macdonald said that the deceased 11.. d carried on her business until a tire broke out there on Thursday night last, when she and witness were got out of the parlour window and removed to the lied Lion. She lost a great deal of property by the fire, and was very melancholy all the next day. That morning (S at urday) witness awoke and foun d her sus p ended by a handker chief to a rail of the bedstead . The landlord of the Red Lien said deceased told him that cite was insured for 2501. iu the Law Fire Insurance Office. Several witnesses said that deceased's behaviour was recently very different from what it had formerly been—that her business did not answer, and that she had much trouble in family matters. Verdict, "Temporary insanity." . DRAGONETTI.—Hurnours are abroad that the property of this eminent musician is not nearly so large as was anticipated — eve thousand pounds being much nearer the mark than five•agtel sqb twenty thousand. The bulk of what properly there is left to o of i th us e tru ac m c e om nta ni , &O, afion It seems curious e.uamin.tai the ruices sister—it she can be toured ; and the legacies to friends and ILO. old bft a man ri:chiefis3'4l. i squandered dshahpies means music, hi to which no sort of mouuy value can be attached by his executors. _ _ _ The i&glish bar is composed of above 3,080 bar risters. exclusive of 24 sergeants-at-law. There are 74 Queen's co►wsel, including the Attorney and Solicitor-General. WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND 111EX1CO. LTV/MP , OL, SATURDAY, MAY 9.—The packet ship, Ne w Yerk, artivee.i at lee_ se) :lei iu ,r[a g, ortireieg papers *'rent New Yolk to thi: 18th ult:iii•• later than those received in Lendon, via Havre. The intelligence received is of the return of the Hon. Mr. Slidell to the United States—the advance of the American army to the Rio Grande—the concentration of Mexican troops on the west bank of the river—the destruction of Point I abel by the Mexicans, and their retreat—a patriotic proclamation by Paredes, levelled against the United States, and the probability of an immediate battle between the Americans and Mexicans, on the banks of the Rio Gruntie del Nene. The news (says The Herald) threw the city into a deep excitement. It is now probable that the Govern ment of Paredes will call in the aid, mediation, or inter ference of France and Englatich This will be the first attempt in North America, like that now going on in South America, t-y those two powers .to interfere, and probably attempt to establish a monarch in Mexico, and put down republican government. WASHINGTON, APRIL 16.—Mr. Slidell arrived here this afternoon, and soon afterwards had an interview with the Secretary of State. The latter, and several other Members of the Cabinet, .met subsequently at the President's, to consider the nature of the advices of which he was the bearer. Tile belief is, that ere this time our troops and those of Mexico have had a baish ; or, that our fleet at Vera Cruz have bombarded St .Juan d'Ulloa, if not prt vented be the British and French fleets in that neighbourhood. Phis must be expected from the present feeling upon Mexican affairs in Eurepe, ar,d, therefore, I would not be surprised if the pert of Vera Cruz were to be made the witness of another scene by those powers like that of Navarino. By destroying our naval powers by a coup de main of that kind, we should be, for some time at least, of very lit! le annoyance to England in regard to the Oregon question. That our difficulties on that sub ject will commence in Mexico I have never had a doubt, and from the movements among persons of rank in con- nexion with her Majesty's Mini: ter here, there can be no question at ad but that a perfect understanding exists be te een the Mexican and British Governments as to what course is to be adopted in the event of hostilities break ing out between Mexico and the United States. It is only six or seven cleys since that three Mexican gentle men of rank connected with their Government arrivf din the afternoon boat from the south ; and, during the time they remained in this city, until the following afternoon, when they took the cars for the north, they were in close conversation with Mr. Pakenham. The name of the priecipal one was Senor E.candor, connected with the financial department of that country, and then on his way to England. on behalf co his Government, to effect a large loan, for the purpose of carrying on hostilities against this country. My impression is, that we shall meet with a more stubborn enemy in the ie guler Mexican troops, should we come in cellision with them, than we are led to be lieve ; and that the force under the command of General "faylor is nut sufficient to meet that which the Mexicans base ready to advance upon them when their time shall nave come for beginning hostilities. We ought not to undervalue too much, in advance, the strength of an enemy, and one, too, that has been familiar with war so ,ong and constant as the Mexican reguier soldier. It is expected that the President will send into Con gress, in a day or two," a message in writing," upon the State of our relations with Mexico, and asking the ad vice of both houses, as to what course he ought to adopt in relation thereto. The Unicorn steamer had not arrived at Boston on 16th. The Stock Market was still in a very depressed state. Cori ON. —The market remains inactive and dull, sales limited to the immediate wants of purchasers, and holders in general disinclined to abate in their views, in coL:equence of the large falling-off in the receipts of the crop. compared with those at this dare last season. which at present exhibits a deficit of 395,000 bales. We con tinue our quotation's: — LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. i Uplands —Ordinary , 6 to 7, middling, 7i to 7i, good middling, 74 to 7i, midoiling fair, to 8-4, lair, Bto Bi, fully fair, 84 to 84. good fair, 8 to 9, fine, none. Florida —Ordinary, 7 to 71, middling, 7i to 81, good middling, 7,1 to 84, middling fair , 8 t o 8 1 , ;air, 8 4 to 84, fully fair, 8:1 to 9, good fair, 91 to 94. tine, none. New °cleans, Mobile, and Texas—Ordinary , 71 to 74, middling, 7-1 to 71. good middling. 8 to Si, middling fair, 84 to 9, fair, 9 to 9i, fully fair, 9+ to 94, good fair, 9i to 104, fine, 11 to 124. Passengers per packet-ship New York : —Rev. E. Lezelletree, Rev. James Petrie, Mr. F. Spice and Son, Mr. F. A. llentington, Mr. A. J. Tobias, Mrs. Mills, Mrs. Aspod, Miss Asgood, Miss A. Asgood, Miss N. Asgood, Mr. F Asgood, and Master Asgood, New York ; Mr. W. Todhunter, Philadelphia ; Mr. Mathews, Sew Jersey ; Mr. Washington Greenbow ; Miss Hobbs, Mr. J. Bateman, Mr. Orton, England. Report of the packet-ship New York :—Sailed from New York on the 18;11 April ; on the 27th in lat. 41 50, hang. 46, :poke ship Plato, of Boston, the capta'n very sick ; on the 6th of Msy, off Cork, at 74 p.m., saw the steamer of the 4th bound west ; on the 7th, off Tuscar, exchanged signals with the ship Alpheus, bound out, off the Channel. COURT CIRCULAR, The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the Ladies and Co-ntlemen of the Royal suite, and the domestic household attended Divine service yesterday morning, in the private chapel, Buckingham Palace. The lion. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual early walk ye ste-rday. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice took their accustoms-d walks and rides yesterday in the gar den of the Palace. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager (attended by the Dowager Lady lintob), visited the Queen, on Satur day, at Buckingham Palace, and remained to luncheon with her Majesty and Prince Albert. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary 'i•it.ed her Majesty yesterday. The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing in an open carriage on Saturday. The Equerries in Waiting, Colonel Buckley and the Hon. Captain Gordon, attended on horseback. The royal children, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lytlelton, took an airing on Saturday in an open carriage and four. Her Majesty the Qneen Dowager, attended Divine service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Prayers were read by the Rev. T. Helinoi-e, the Lessons by the Rev. G Repton, .and the Communion Service by the Bishop of London. The Sermon wail preach: dby the Rev. T. Mills, who te,ok his text from St. John, chap. 16, verse 12. The anthem was " I have surely built thee," (Boyce). The Queen Dowager was attended by the Dowager Lady Clinton and Eari Howe. The Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the Closet, and the Dean of Hereford, Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, were present. Among the nobility present were, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort., the Ladies Somerset, the Marquises of Win chester and Granty, Lords Bandon, Cawdor, St. Ger • mans, Essex, B..ssborough, Hawarden, Ingest' e, Palmer ston, and CUP talupe; Ladies Howe, St. Germans, Somers, and Ernest Bruce. The Dukes of Wellington and Rutland, attended the early service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St.James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Mills. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen Dowager. yesterday. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the Dowager Lady Clinton, Hon. Miss Seymour, and Earl Howe, honoured the Italian Opera with her presence on Saturday evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duch , ss of Cambridge also honoured the performance of the opera with their presence. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge at tended Divine service, yes-et €l4y, in Grosvenor Chapel. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service, yesterday, in the Orphan Asylum. Her R pal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday at Gloucester House. _ _ Macdonald, chief of Clanranald, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday. Colon. 1 George Barney; Lieutenant-Governor of North Australia, had an interview with Mr. Secretary Gladstone on Saturday Gregory had also an "itn t t e h r e vi C e o w lo w n i i t a h l-o t ffi te ce. iti N . , 4 l h r. t J H o t h m n . Gentleman on Saturday. Sir John Hall, K.C.H., Mr. Powles, and a deputation, had en interview with the Earl of DalhOusio on Satur day, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Governor of the Bank of England anti the Deputy Governor, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Di spatc h e s were received on Saturday at the Colonial office, from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. Dispatches were also received on Saturday from the Governor of Malta and the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE LATE CHESTER MEETING. As a proof of the extraordinary success of the meeting. we may state that the receipts of the Grand Stand amounted to 1,4201. We understand ant the 'Race Committee intend to appropriate 1001. out of their greatly increased funds to a new race for three years old on the first day, to be called " The Chesterfield Handicap," and, to ensure ample accom modation for t!'e betting fraternity, the ball room at de . Royal Hotel will in future be opened as a subscription bet ting .room, an entrance to which, with the permission of the Marquis of Westminster. will be in Newgate-street. This will be a great accommodation, and the proprietor, we hvar, intends to place a liberal per centage on his receipts at the disposal of tt.e Race Cernmittee. The stewards for 1847 are the Far' of Chesterfield, Sir John Gerard, Bart., and S. Standish, Egg. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.— 1 41..111 II I.: night Marlame Anna Milton and Les Danseuses Vienno;ses appear together for the last time; and our delightful rin ger , una bl e to get appoint e d f or h er b enefit xcet'tltihiseseeav•eonni.ngillr. Bunn h as l e f t L on d on her leave of absence extended, takes h e r d eparture from us e arrangements for the debut o f C arlotta aGraonfrrtdierrifi.aSnraaistl,uaitpdopaeynalriaa - - SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. Haydn's Oratorio, The Creation, is to be repeated on Friday next. Mrs Sunderland, Hobbs, and Phillips will, as on the former occa sion, sustain the principal vocal pa r t s . INDSoIt CASTLE.—\\ e are sorry to hear it is in con t e mplation to close the royal apartments at the Castle to the public altogether. Should this take place Windsor will become one and those only on three days of the week, by tickets of the dullest towns iu the country. The small number of rooms at w hi n ;Loanuddo,nv.ehbasearalseretyaloopef r th at e ed old mu tr c ad h e sz eo ain i s ie t the trade altogether.- , -8er47,14 cri mm i ee. The consun - iption of butcher's rat at in Paris last month was AS ;^ 6 , 89 S oxen, .1,143 cows, 6,609 calves, and 86,656 sheep. Pttetroanbricelelneaoatbvstaithhlnied: EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY. The catalogue of the exhibition of tne Royal Academy, this year, ce - amins a list of eo less than 1,521 works of art. It is natural to suppose that among such au im mense number (the pictures alone amount to 1,390) there must be a great deal of rubbish, but the rubbish does not preponderate, and the exhibition of 184$ is cer tainly an improvement upon that of last year. Of portraits there are a goodly number, among which we may notice 66 and 199, portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert, painted for. Christ's Hospital, by F. Grant, A. Her Majesty is represented on horseback, and Prince Albert is standing by the side of his charger. As portraits they are life-lik e , and as works of art they rise to the ran k o f historical pictures. Mr. Grant has exhibited artistical talents of the hi. hest order in these magnificent paintings, which are great in every sense of the word. The picture of the Exhibition is 14, " Ordeal by Touch," D. Ma c li se , R.A.-_." The beli e f th a t t h e corpse or a murdered person would bleed on the touch, or at the approach of the murderer, was universal among the northern nations."—Sir Walter Scott. The .corpse of the murdered is exposed in the church, be fore the high altar. At its head stands the !Asher) —at its feet sit the judges, watching intently the process of the ordeal. The accused, who is advancing towards the corpse from the side of the bishop, is in the act of stretching out his arm (winch seems actually to quiver with nervous excitement), and putting his finger on the wound ; tut he dares not look at the dead man—his face Is studiously averted from the contem plation of the corpse. Admirably centrasted with the holy calm of the bishop, the fixed attention of the judges, and the trepidation of the accused, is theintense agony and indignation of the widow, who bends in grief over the curse of her murdered husband ; and, not comprehending the meaning of the horrible scene at which she is called on to assist, her little girl, who seems to shrink in vague horror from the dead and from the living, and clings in fright to her mother for pro tection. Around and in the back-ground are stern-look ing men clad in mail, while over the altar appears the image of Christ in agony on the cross, and above all, like ministers of mercy contemplating in pity and sorrow the scene below are the Madonna and child. The finishing cf this is perfect, and the effect of the light shining on the armour of the mail-clad men is mar vellous. 53. " Time of Peace," and " Time of War," are two allegorical pictures by Edwin Landseer, R.A. The " Time of Peace" is a pastoral scene—a flock of sheep are grazing in a field amidst dismounted cannon and broken weapons, and one of the lamb. is serking, not " the bubble reputation," but food, " even in the cannon's mouth," into which it is composedly thrusting its nose. "Time of War" is a very tine picture In the tbre ground are troopers 1) ieg " eta' k" on the ground, with their horses dead and dying around them; the execution of the horses is marvellous. The collapse of muscle and of nostril, so characteristic of death, is fearfully true to nature in the dead steed, and in the dying one terror is admirably depicted ; the veins seem bursting, the mane stands almost erect with terror. The background represents the flames of burning houses fl :shing through the smoky darkness of battle. It is altogether a most effective picture. 165. "The Stag at Bay" is also by Edwin Landseer. It is one of those wonderful specimens of animal por traiture, which, sere Snyders, no artist has ever been known to paint so truthfully as Landseer. David - Roberts. has in this room (we confine ourselves in this notice to the east room) three exquisite speci• wens of oriental scenery :-13. " The Tomb of the Caliphs in the Desert ; 91. " Street in Grand Cairo" (really a marvellous picture); and 209, "Ruins of the Temple of the Sun, Baalbec." Turner his in this room three pictures. 59. " Re turning from the Balt" (St. Martha), 74. Gcing to the Ball (St. Martin , );; 237. " Hurrah for the Whaler Erebus, another Fish." Of these, the going to the ball is to our taste the best. It requires distance to bring out the full effect of this picture, but, the proper point of view attained, the'effect is gorgeous. With respect to the of her two, they ure such as only Turner could imagine, and only Turner could execute. This will by some be considered as high praise, by others as censure, but it is the simple truth. Etty has three pictures in the EaS. Room. 37. " The Grape Gatherer." Why he should have chosen to ex hibit a nude figure, with a basket of grapes on her head, under this title we cannot imagine, except it be that he can paint nothing but the nude figure. His flesh tints we admit are exquisite, but still this sehject should not have been chosen by him, or it should have been diffe rently treated. 166. Composition from Milton's Comus:— " Circe with the Syrens three, Ami Tst the flowery kirtled Naiades." The colouring of this picture is perfectly dazzling, but the picture, as a whole, is of far too meritricious a character. 200. The Choice of Paris.—ln the treatment of this subject, Etty has not been felicitous. The females are not goddesses, but mere women, and very ordinary women too. 140. " Choosing the Wedding Gown," W. lluiready, R.A., is a little gem, quite equal to any of the old Flemish masters. 22. " A Dutch Dogger carrying away her Sprit." C. Sunfied, R.A. " On the Dogger bank, in the cold North sea, Wearily day and night toil we ; Weary, wet, hungry and cold, Three poor fishermen, weakly and old."—Old Song, _ . Never has Atanfield produced snithing equal to this de licious picture—the tossing vessel, the green, fiiamy crest.,d waves, the gloomy attnoFphere, are depicted with a truthfulness perfectly marvellous. As a landsc-tue painter, Stansfield bears away the palm from all com petitors. He has in this room another exquisite pic ture, 188. RJYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The visitor to this delightful place of summer resort, which opens for the season this evening, will be sur prised and delighted at the various improvements which the enters rise and taste of Mr. Tyler have etie,ited during the recess. The casts from the most clas sical antique statues now adorn the walks. The gardens are lighted up by large star-light lamps. sus pendsd among the foliage of the trees, and the glass conservatory is illuminated by festoons of lamps. The subject of the new spectacle is the Eruption of Vesuvius and the Destruction of Herculaneum aed Pompeii. This is not.a mere revival of the " Eruption of Mount Vesuvius" which was so popular at these Gardens some seasons since. The present view, which is twice the size of the former one, embraces the scenery of not only Vesuvius it,elf, but of the surround ing neil4htmurhood, as it appeared in the days of the Romans. At the foot of the mountain, with the Medi terranean washing their walls, appear the towns of Her culaneum and Pompeii, and above the towns the lofty Vesuvius, backed in the distance by mountain scenery. As a specimen of scenic effect, this is the most wonderful "set" ever exhibited. The illusion is perfect ; never have the bounds of space been more successfully grappled with ; never has the idea of vastness and distance been reore completely conveyed to the mind. Aiming the novelties is a richly ornamented Gothic bridge, which has been thrown across the arm of the lake at the back of the orchestra. This bridge is adorned with statues of kings, knights, priests, crusaders, titc., all in the costume of the middle ages, and it is surna.iunted by a meg nificent curla. At eight this bridge will be bril liantly illuminated. The pyrotechnic display is. we understand, to be on a eery grand scale. Previously, however, to this taking place, a very strik ing novelty will be introduced. A Chinese p-zoda, 70 feet in height, has been erected on the borders of the lake. From this M. Farinelli will make a descent in a chariot of fire to the lake, where he will enter a car drawn b.) sea-horses, which emerges from the lake to receive him. But while the amusements of the visitors have been thus admirably cared tor, their comforts have not been n glected, for a great number of seats (capable of accommodatim.t . some thousands of persons) have been erected in various parts of the gardens, where, when tired by promenading, the visitors can rest themselves. The scientific visitor to the g-rdens, will be pleased with the plan which has been introduced, of affixing to every tree and phint its botanical name—a great improvement, which we believe has been introduced this , year for the first time. The menagerie is most ext-wive, and the animals are ail in high condition. We cannot doubt but that Air. T.) ler wil have a prosperous season. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The first of the three fetes for the present season, givtn by the Horticultural Society on their grounds at Chiswick, took place on Saturday, and was, as is inva riably the case when the weather is propitious, attended by all the people of rank and fashion in London. The appearance of the gardens was its splendid as the late favourable state of the weather, and the results of the highest cultivation could produce. The turf was in ad mirable order, and though the comparison be an old one, could be compared to nothing so appropriately as velvet. The trees were in fine spring foliage, the charming green by which they are distinguished before the summer is fully set in was cheering to the eye of "these in smoky cities pent." The flowers and shrubs exhibited for the priz..s were of the first class of excel fence ; there were some single specimen, of the rarer sorts, and some tropioal specimens of the very highest rank in floricultural produce ; indeed, some of these spe cimens have never been surpassed. The variety of co lours, healthy state of the plants, and order of arrange ment beneath the vast tents supplied by Mr. B. Fdging ton, of the Borough, produced an effect very difficult to he described. and which, to be appreciated, must. have beeteseen. Ts.e pineapples, melo:is, strawte rrios. and fruits, were all of first-rate character, and snowed that h.rt,culture is not a science hkely to r. trogt ade in this country. The !meet-nude, at five o'clock. w:ts at it height ; several thettonds of 1 ers,uts w. re then eej .1 - log the scene, and listening the bands of the Celli. stream Guards, conducted by Mr. G , ufrey ; of the Royal Horse Guards, conducted by Mr. Tutem; and the Royal Artillery, conducted by Mr. Collins, which played alternately the " Birthday Aurcli" (Coo'e), the overture to Gazza Ladra (R the overture to . William Tell (Rossini), the chorus " Chougb and Crow' (Bishop), and God save the Queen." Mr. Godfrey acted as principal conductor for the day. The arrange ments of the police for the carriages. &c., 15 ere very judicious. There was no crowding ur stoppage, op . npageo,r did we Anotwith standing the great number ots'tcarr theat, awards is sub hear of any accidents. ' I joined. They were not rnade list, of some difficulty, f r em the nearly equal merit of the specimens sent by the • numerous competitors. CLASS L Pelargoniums. in c ollecti o ns oftwelve new and first rate varieties, cultivated with superior skill, in eight-inch pots.—Gold Banksian, Mr. W. Cock, of Chiswick; Gold Banksian, Mr. T. Dobson ; Silver Gilt, Mr. W. Cat leugh ; Large Silver, Mr. Gaines. Pelargoniums, in twelve varieties, in eight-inch pets. —Gold Banksian, Mr. W. Cock ; Gold 13anktian, Mr. Cmleugh ; Silver Gilt, M. (hitter ; Large Siiver, Mr. Staines, Mr. Dobson. Pelargoniums, in six varieties, in twelve-inch p ,, ts.— Large Silver, Mr. Parker, gardener to Mr. Houghton ; Large Silver, Mr. Gaines. diilceolarias, in sixes, in eight-inch pots.—Large Sil• ver, Silver. Knightian; and Silver Banksian, Mr. G. Stan ley, gardener to Mr. Brocas ; Large Silver, Silver Knightian, and Silver Banksian, Mr. Gaines. Seedling Florists' Flowers.—Silver Knightian, Mr. Buck ; Silver Banksian, Mr. Buck. CLASS 11. Stove or Greenhouse Plants, in colli-ctions of forty plants.—Large Gold, Mr. Robertson, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence; Gold Knightian, Mr. Barnes, gardener to Mr. Norman. Stove or Greenhouse Plants, in collections of twenty plants.—Goid Knightian, Mr. Fraser, Lea-bridge ; Go;d Banksian, dr. Hunt, gardener to Trail(. Stove or Greenhouse Plants, in collections of twelve plants.—Gold Banksian, Mr. Green, gardener jo Sir E. Antrobus ; Silver Gilt, Mr. Ayres, gardener to Mr. Coy •k ; Large Silver, Mr. Bruce, gardener to Mr. B. Miller ; Mr Slow, gardener to Mr. Baker. _ otove or Greenhouse Plants, in collections of six dis- tinct species. —Silver Gilt, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Catleugh, Mr. Carron ; Large Silver, Mr. Malyon, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Taylor ; Silver Kuightian, Mr. E. Jack, Mr. G. Stanley. Exotic Orchids, in collections of not fewer than twenty spf cu-s. --Large Gold Mr. Roberson ; Gold Knightian, Mr. Mylam ; Gold Banksian, Messrs. Rolleson. Exotic Orchids, in collections of twelve species.—Gold Knightian, Mr G. Withers ; Gold Banksian, Mr. Car ron ; Silver Gilt, Messrs. Veitch, Mr. H. Plant, Mr. Hunt. Exotic Orchids, in collections of six species. —Gold Banksian. Mr. G. Eyles, gardener to Sir G. Larpent ; Silver Gilt, Mr. G. Green. CLASS M. Grapes.—Silver Gilt, Mr. T. Kent, gar d ener to Mr. Gillian ; Mr. Ingram ; Large Silve r , M r . D o dd , gar dener to Sir G. Warrender ; Silver Knightian, , Mr. Watts, gardener to Captain hart ; Silver Bankaian, the gardener of the Duke of Sutherland ; Silver Gilt, Mr. Davis, Oak- hill ; Large Silver, Mr. Mitchell, Kemp timin ; Silver lihightian, Mr. Chapman, Lambeth. Pineapples.—Silver Gilt, Mr J. Povey, gardener to the Rev. J. Thorneyeraft ; Large Silver, Mr. J. Sevin, gardener to Mr. Gunter ; Silver Gilt, Mr. Davis, Oak•hill. Peaches or Nectarines, in dishes of six 'pecimens.— Silver Knightian, the Duke of Sutherland. 0 her Kids of Fruit.—Silver Knightian, I'vlelons, Mr. Judd, gardener to Mr. Whitlaud ; Silver Battkistn, Strawberries, Mr. Eyre, gardener to .dr. Bernarii ; Certificate, R. Brooks ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Davis, Oak-hill. Greenhouse Azaleas, in twelve distinct varieties.— Gold Banksian, Mr. Green; Silver Gilt, Mr. Falconer ; Large Silver, Mr. Ruberison. CLASS IV. Greenhouse Astileas ; in six distinct vari• ties.—Silver Gilt, Mr. Barnes ; Loge Silver, Mr. Bruce ; Silver Knightian, Mr Smith. Collec..ions of N.w Hardy Evergreens, in p .ts.—Large Silvery, Mr. Traney. Distinct Varieties of Tall Cacti in Flower.—Gold Bsnksian, Mr. J. Green ; Slvei Ir. Robertson. Fuchsias. single specimens. —Silver Knightian, Messrs. Lane and Sons ; Silver Banksiati, Mr. A. li , nkia.ll. Single specimens of very superior cultivation.—Silver Gilt, Mr. Scott ; Large Silver, Mr. J. Green ; Silver Knightian, Mr. J. Pamplin, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Wayres. Miscellaneous subiects.—SilverKniF 4 htiati, Mr. Watrer, Mr. Carron ; Silver Banksian, Mr. Fra3 er, Mr. Ivory ; Certificate, Mr. Frayer, Mr. Brumell. _ _ CLASS V. Roses in Pots, collections of twelve.—Gold Banksian. Mr. J. Slowe, gardener to Mr. Baker; Paul and Co., of Chesbunt ; silver Gilt, Lane and Co., of Great Berk hampstead; Mr. J. Dobson, of Isleworth. Roses in Pots, single specimens.—Silver Knigktian, Mr. J. Stowe. • • Cape Heaths, in collections of twenty.—Gold Knight ian, Mr. Hunt, gardener to Miss Traill; Gold Banksian, Mr. Robertson, gardener to Mrs Lawrence; S Nei- Gilt, Mr. Taylor, gardener to Mr. Coster; Gold Knighiau, Me.ssra. Fairbairn; Gold Banksian, Messrs. Rolleson. Cape Heaths, in collections 01 twelve varieties; —Gold Binksian, Mr. Ally, gardener to Mr. E. Gooilheart; Silver Gilt, Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobusi Large Silver, Mr. Plumly, gardener to Mr. Ditnstiale, Mr. Ayres, gardener to Mr. Cooke, Blackheath; Gold Banksian, Mr. Frazer, of Lec-bridge-road; Silver Gilt, Messrs. Veitch and Co., Exeter; Large Silver, Mr. Epps, Maidstone; Mr. Raraplin. Cape Heaths, collections of six varieties.—Silver Gilt, Mr. Malyon ' gardener to T. Brandrum, Esq. ; Large Silver. Mr. E. Jack, gardener to G. Loraine, Esq. ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Barnes, gardener to S. Norman, Esq. ; Mr. Bruce gardener to Boyd Miller, Esq. ; Mr. Clarke, gardefierzi o W. Block, Esq. ; Silver Gilt, Mr. Dawson, Brixton-hill. Cape Heaths, single specimens.—Large Silver, Mr. G. Plumley ; Silver Banksian, Mr. R. May ; Large Silver, Messrs. Fairbairn ; Silver KnightianMr. A. Batson, Poole ; Silver Banksian, Mr. Frazer. New, or Extremely Rare Ornamental Plants.—Large Silver, Mr. J. Clow ; Silver Knightian, Messrs. Vestin, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Dodds, Mr. Cameron. ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT FUND. The anniversary dinner of the Arti-ts' Benevolent Fund was celebrated on Saturday at the Freemasons' Tavern. Viscount Morpeth took the chair at about half- past six, sup ported by Sir W. Ross, R.A., Messrs. R. R. Keane;le, R.A., T. Uwins, R.A., D. Roberts, R.A., A. Cooper, R.A., B. B. Cabbell, &c. The number of visitors was n..t so great as on ma:ty former occasions, barely amounting to a hundred. The fineness of the weather, and the attractions el the tiorticul turalfae at Chiswick, were probably the cause of the absence of many of the p ttrons of art. After the removal of the cloth the usual loyal toasts were given, and received in the usual way, with the exception of one, into which the Noble Chairman threw a little spice of fun, which was highly relished by his hearers. In prop tsing the health of " Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family," his Lordship dryly added, "a toast, gentlemen," which I am happy to say is becoming every year more comprehensive.' A burst of laughter seemed to say " Amen—the more the merrier." In proposing the toast of the evening, namely, " Success to the Artists' Benevolent Fume," the Noble Chairman made some elequent observations upon the important and bene ficial influence of a taste for art as au element in the moral culture of the world. lie paid a just tribute to the suc cessful labours of the Art-Union in disseminating copies of works of art amongst classes who had heretofore been ex eluded from the enjoyment of such things. During his st4y in America one of the most gratifying incidents which oc curred to him was discovering some engravings after British paintings upon the walls of some humble cabins iu a temote district, and he hoped the time would come when every cot tage in England would be similarly adorned.—(Hear, hear.) Owing much. to art, it was but an act of justice and grati tude, when misfortune fell upon its profes.•ors, or the hand of death snatched them from their families, that these who worked and profited in the same field should step for and with timely succour. To this artists, and the admirer of art, were equally bounden; and it was in this spirit that the in ' .stitution whose anniversary they were now celebrating we , founded. He regretted to state, however, that while art had been making rapid advances in this country, anti the taste for art had develope.t itself in extended spheres, the funds of this institution had net been adequ ttely kept up. but on the contrary, in that position, that unless additional sup plies were given in with a bounteous hand, the claimants who received annuities from the institution would be obliged to submit to a curtailment of a quarter of their present al lowances. These allowances were 20/. a year to widoas, and 5/. a year to the orphans of artists; and when it was known that in many cases these pittances were the only cer tain resources upon which the respective parties had to de pend, he put it to the liberal-minded and human,e whether some exertions should not be made to avert the necessity for taking anything away from ine-mea ,Iready so inad.- quate to the demands of life? The Noble Chairman's address was listentled to with deep attention, and loudly applauded at the close. to 1.3b6e9 Amongst subscriptions t w h e e r were subscribers j a e m sty or ; c l o d guineas; hen announced,re hwerh the Queen Dowager, 10 guineas; Sir John Swin burne, the president (who, we regret to hear, was prevented by indisposition from being present, his 34th donation), 15/. ; Viseetuit morpetti, 201.; the Duke of Sutherland, 10 guineas ; B. B. Cabbell, E-q , 10 guineas; Peter Legh, Esq., guineas. The other toasts interesting to art were— " The Royal Academy ;" to which Mr. COopEtt, 10 R.A re sponded. (A gentleman at one of the side tables rose_ in " the midst of the glee which followed the toast, and t i h n e r.her an eoxutcittted thirty-fourm a n er, addressed Royal A Academicians, m c c a i i a r T only up fi on v . e were present fact that, on this occasion. He was, however, soon ' prevailed upon to sit down, and the business of the evening proceeded.) "The British Institution." Mr B. B. CABBELL returned thanks. "The Art-Union of London." Mr. GODWIN, the secretary, returned thanks, and took oc casion earnestly to draw the attention of his hearers to the position of this institution, and to the loss and discourage ment which would ensue to artists whose works it had bee❑ the means of encouraging, if'the Legislature should refuse to legalise its proceedings. Of its utility in the actual encou ragement of art as a school he could mention one instance. Some time back a gentleman, two of whose works were selected and purchased by prizeholders in the Art-Union, came to him (Mr. Godwin), and, atter mentioning his name, told him that he had since sent in a cartoon to the exhibi tion at Westminster Hall, which, but tie- the money which he received from the Art- Uniott, he would not have been able to have done. This work did not rece;ve a prize, but it was seen by some gentlemen interested in founding the School of Design at Glasgow: ihey gave this gentleman the appoint ment, and he was now pursuing his useful vocation in that citi.—(Hear, hear.) The whole of the arrangements of the stewards afforded complete satisfaction. The dinner and wines were excellent ; and Messrs. Broadhurst, Hatton, and the Misses Pyne wing very pleasingly between the toasts. Mr. Higgins officiated as toast-master. NEW METHOD ~F TREATING CONSUMPTION —A Cot reAp,ind,nt informs us that several of the most eminent members of the profcs-lun have a ioptttl, with complete suc cess in their practice, " the new mod, of treating Consumption, As; h ma, Bronchitis, &c. introduced already so succe-sfully at the :Strait i Disp-nsary, far the cure of disease of the Heart and Lungs, by Dr. Cr min, of Leicester-place, Leicester-square.—" We are gratified in being able to en flounce this important and extraordinary inno vation in the treatment of this ` plague spot of our variable clime,' having been ourselves one of the first to call the attention of the public, and of the medical profession, to Dr. Cronin's new mode of practice, having felt convinced that `Anaspasia' would be found a most valuable auxiliary to the more speedy cure of pulmonary a ffect i ons. " Globe. E AS TE R N UNION R AILW AY. --We understand that Mr. Martin, who was for some time Deputy-Superintendent of the Bristol Station of the Great Western Eailwayi,, 4 b eont pointed superintendent of the Eastern Union Lilwav, on the eve of opening : We believe few appointmentsthe kind have been more Judicious.--Rait t ray &cord. o r f vE tr in se a f tT l Y KnowledgeCo LE G haveE— T pr h e e sen s t (iwfteiit)t , he fo l r ihr t a l t;of D t i his college It copy of all the works which they fusi Tj on N first formation of the Saciety, have published from the S U Cl, 6 i • • PLOT OF VERDI'S N The new new opera on the point of bein Majesty's Theatre is by Verdi, Its su , tinent has been very great, which is nttri o ri . ks al', to it., music; next. te tle interest of Wlistkotig%lkt ''' from the most romantic ers, aitt.l ssimitting of a mire en scene of most striking effect. At her Majesty's "Iheatre it is to be produced with surpassing splendour—the cast embracing Grisi, Mario, Corelli, Fornasari, Botelli, and Corbari. The chorusses have been doubled; there will be new and striking scenery, taken from sketches of Rhodes and Palestine, and esery effort has, we hear, been made to produce with the utmost bril liancy the Asiatic as well as the picturesque chivalric cestiim, of the middle ages. Flit is esti - led I Lombardi— The Lombards. The epeeii is that of the first crusade. The dramatis persona are Pagano (For nasari) and Arvino (Corelii), .ons of the Prince of Rhodes, a descendant of a Lumbar i knight, who con quered the island; Viclinda (Corbari), the wife ofAm ino; Giselda (Grisi), their daughter; Aeciano (Giubelei), the Saracen t, rant of Anti •eh ; Sena (Bellini), his wire (se cretly a Christian); tle it son Oronte (Mario). There is bes;oes (13: , telii), squire .nd uusei upulous confidant of Pagano; the Prior of (l)ai Ftori), and a host of other characters, in,iiikA, , funs, knights, Chriqian and Saracen soldiers, &c. Sze., pres:•nting an . unusual variety of bright and picturesque costumes and extraordinary opportunity of scenic display. The plot is she follovvingee-Pegano, deeply enamoured with Viclind a, and enraged at her preference of his brother, attacked, wounded him, an than fled his country. As the curtain rises, you behold the monks and the people-assembled before the Church of St. Ambrose, in the island of Rhodes, to celebrate the return of the pardoned culprit. He arrives, and his in jured brother cordially forgives and embraces him. But, in the heart of the latter. the same unquenchable feelings still rankle. He meditates once more the destruction of his brother, and the possession of his sister-in-law. At night he invades with an armed band his abode, to which he has set fire ; but, in the dark, he mistakes his victim, and kills his own father instead of his brother. Remorse takes possession of his heart, and he flies to a wilderness in Palestine to expiate his crimes, and under the garb of a hermit he acquires a great anti(ea, b i iPd e lapsed—it a e e r d n i r n: v ti r e i n :% reputation for sanctity. Years of repentance have ihhasens dewtehahlelibs:_m:ffnoopmi summonedent w e n all Christian t h e crusade, knights ,:tw o e r reliave landed H in er P e a h le e st so in o e n , the Hermit. hies to the holy recluse (Pagano) hermit, for the Saracen chief (n)1/innhhi.iiosch n mountain th e conflict retreat, onfl mt seeking counsel and consolation isiasgo:ows,cfornocmeatl.hede has carried awe) , his daug hter. oy his garb, promises a termination' to his brother's sorrows ; which he know s he can effect, for Pirro, formerly his squire and confident, now a repentant renegade, has promised to yield Anti. ch, where he holds a command, to the Christian band. In that city is Giselda, placed in the harem of the Prince . Oronte, but protected by his mother Sofia (secretly a Christian). and pessimist, ly beloved by her son, who, under the double influence of love and con viction, determines to become a convert to her faith. 1)1.. 1,1; f , rgets her Christian tri• ntli, and li.tens but too rebdily to the vo , As of .the Saracens. But Antioch is oetrard to the Cnribtians, led by Arvin° and Pagano ; all th 4, Saracens are put to death, and Giselda, by her larnehtatiitus ov, r the tate of 11.1- true lover, brings d.wn on her head the wrath of her father. In the retreat where she has taken refuge, her lover Oronre, who has escaped from his enemies, rJ-ap:iears in the disguise of a Lombard. The lovers fly h , gether, but being pursued by the Chsistians,Oronte . receives a wound, Pagano corn s, and trues him :o his cell, and there the Saracen prince dies a Christian con vert, whilst Giselda. in her despair, through Divine in• terposition, is consoled by a vision of Paradise. Pagano, who has become the guardian spirit of his injured bro ther, E,t,compsides bin) to the .ieg..• of Jerusalem, and is woun , b d to death defending hitu. As he dies he removes his cowl, and reveals Ills name. His death form, the final catastrophe of the (pers. FARMER_., IS THIS YOUR LE DER ? " We want a ' kade, ,' an uncommon want, When every day and year brings for,h anew one, Td baying tilled all the gazettes with rant,' The ' clique' discover he isliut the true one." We feel fur Stafferd O'Brien ; and we doubt not his constituents d.eply sympithise with hitn. In truth the painfulness of his position is enough to melt the heart of a bullock, to say nothing of a Northampton shire grazier. The political monopolists, at the commencement of the present session, were in great straits for want of an effective leader. The act of defending monopoly had convinced every public man of note in the protectionist party that monopoly was indefensible. It had been thoroughly exposed in all its naked deformity through out the length and breadth of the land. One could. not get into a railway carriage or an omnibus without hearing disquisitions on the laws governing the ex change of commodities, which, ten years ago, would have done no discredit to professors of political economy. Monopoly, which is vice in one of its most noxious forms, bad been seen by the British public, and of ne cessity it had become thoroughly detested. Then there was the failure of the potato crop, a failure which the monopolists, notwithstanding their asseverations that there was none, well knew to be real. But the dominant landocraey of the realm had no disposition to abandon their monopoly, because it had been demonstrated to be mischievous to the public, in jurious to the operative, and, above all, ruinous to the farmer. They knew, or at all events, had a supicion, of all that before. Monopoly is not loved by the monopo list aristocracy, on account of the things about which they have talked, but for its effects, of which they say nothing in public. It was not merely for the sake of high rents that they hugged the corn-law with such destn rate energy, as to peril their social pose ion and constitutional power in its defence ; for rents may be, and where the farmer can make a fair bargain, will be, as high, or higher, under free-trade than under monopoly. But they wanted the high rents of the press nt times and the feudal power of bygone ages. Tney wished to receive the high rents from a dependent, servile, cap-in -hand tenantry, who would march to the poll at the command of the land lord's steward, and farm aceordieg to the capricious will of the landlord's gain keeper. Our sgrlculturai readet s will well undersand for what it was the natmopoli , t landlords wanted to preserve mo nopoly, though perhaps the inhabitants of towns'will scarcely comprehend its full extent. Landlordism should be seen on its own ground to be under stood. Th.) , who have not seen landlordism at petty sessioi,s, in the poachers' wing of the county gaol, in its ilealings with the tenantry and so forth, know nothing about: it. Ne.ertheh-ss, these things are grievous, cruel realities.; and such thin gs were to b e maintained. Hence, though the trrains of the monopolist party had been knocked out, monopoly did not die. Then vain, the question of leadership. Disraeli might be retain . d as a sharpshooter, and would appear to the greater advantage from being the only man amongst the party wh o can pretend to sharpna-s. But Disratli, the ex "sedition" loving candidate for Mar) lebone, who may be t ,ken as an exampiar of lack-land political adventurers. would not do to lead the squirearchy. They wanted some one of more weight. The dull Itramston had tried his hand at " lard and grease," and made a sad mess of it. The duller Miles had not been very succe.isful in his oppo•ition to the .‘ inv , sion" of foreign cattle ; while lidnkes, the dullest, had been saved from conspicuous failure by his very dulness. Nobody could ever see that h.. had any of or purpose. and his b :Te t e s ch h e e s were had t-ourittioniy supposed to relate to th, , make o a jt Cla ' dark subject whos o h p o o se listdespair, the commence di n a r v k i e e 1:1 , riy, He talking period one about b m o o f u o t n t it- At the ses post ion ' of Mr. m oStaffo rd nepols t lO'B rien ati r inethhie and by his first speech in that cha rrvmaile'lturnin ofso i Yf t p Chu r er i proved undertook himself to be a person of -ome dexterity and adroitness. But , his very talent proved his ruin as a monopolist leader. Ile had been through the last three or four 3 ears of the corn-law discussion, and he attempted to make a. plausible defence for monopoly, after all, and with the knowledge of all, that has been proved and admitted against it. Moreover, his own speech proved that he wes undergoing that process of conversion to free trade which every man of average intellect, and ordinary political honesty, who has seriously attempted to defend monopoly, has invariably undergone. The very measure of his success in that speech, proved him to be no genuine monopolist. This would not do for his party. He was too clever, too plausible, toc solicitous of finding reasons—albeit not very good ones —for monopoly. Monovlists don't want reasons. They therefore bethought thetnseives of starting some man as their leader, elm would not attempt to reason, who knew nothing of the sulject ; to whom all that had been said or written for the last seven years, for and against monopoly, was as if it had not been said or written. They wanted the freshness of profound ig norance. Moreover, they wanted some one with recklessness enough to say all the exploded sayings ; some one with all the prejudices, without the respnnsioility of land owning. Bravest •n, Miles, Bankes, O'Brien, were men of large pos•essiena ; they had a certain status in society ; it they had the power, they had not the will to fling themselves ir,to the breach wade in the fortress of 14ndlorciisto with the daring of 'one who would stake all upon a desperate chance. Seeing then, the qualities, wanted in their leader by the • could not look in a more likely place positive and negati ve, monop Ants, they sought, and there thanthey foundttie a r a ,, c . i l y t s they ah" wanted. There they Lord George Bentinck now leads the monop .list host, much to the satisfaction of the genuir:,, na,movolists. isurt:fleo)n:l'iuirn g le i a t i l e i r Unsc D ru o p e u s l h ot e i r sd eP e :n st d n e r t I ' a But. 1 i'l :."::: ;II : h v $. ? Ask your epiniote.? Are %eu content to be re pre, , etil.eil iC. C o mMittee'what they :)..;:,,n7-'''''',..,n,''','r''',l,."(l.-;',.,`,`get•Gß:l,liii.t"initiiti%?. whether they' Ike the c lh o i ti nk te g s i ;. the fairitess, or Ile accuracy of this new " f' L lr e t rfarmers, " t r t:o, read his spec ches—if they can, for truly 'tis a heavy more than Sel• task.—" your true no mean i ng puzres R , bett Peel g s a , v -':—and s ee w h et h er t h e d escr ip tion Si r of the speech of the new and fast leader of the monopolists on Irish scarcity, when he. said " the multiplicdtiou of letters from parts of the country where di' ease dues not prevail, forms no contra diction to the fact that there does exist in other parts of that country di sease arising from scarcity of food." ' But this has alwar bee — n the game of the m0n,4 4 ,3,. 131. ; they are ever tookinz beside the mark ; and being unable to avow their real object.: in maintaining m ono ._ t a lk wi'dly ab.ut t...methit g else. Farmers are now becoming a.sare of this, and the new leader, from Newmarket, of the monorolists will help to mike it still ciearcr.— 7 1 / 4 e League,