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• THE ROYAL BRITISH 13LNIZ (Incorporated by Charter), besides transacting all ordinary Banking business, Continues to allow, On DEPOSITS for six months, 3 per cent. per annum ; and on Stuns for shorter periods and at Call, interest varying with the arnount and time in B ink ; Anti Grants CASH CREDITS for indefinite periods, on sufficient securities, at Der cent. commission half-yearly on the amount of the credit, and per cent per annum interest on the balance only at debit ; and LOANS for short periods on marketable securities, at rates vary ng with the circumstances. Every additional information and firms for opening accounts, eec., Wlll be sapplisd at tile Danko and its Branches, or sent by post on ap- SeatistA. Ity order of the Court of Directors, lIUGII INSES CA:VIEWII, General Manager. it. Totaahotse-Yard, Lothbury, London. CRYSTAL PAL ACE. The Meeting announced for Tuesday n3x , , the 30th instant, at the Crystal Palace, will be that of a GENERAL COSIIIIIfTEE ' , tow forming to concert preliminary measures for the preservation of the Buildimr, and the attendance of all Gentlemen disposed to act on that Committee and favourable to its objects is requested. The meeting Is convened for Twelve o'clock precisely. JOHN ROBERT WARREN, / Hon. JOHN M. DEERE, 3 Sees. Committee-rooms, Crystal Palace, Marsh 26, 1852. LIGPITI-PRIZE MEDAL. FOR LAMPS. Clark's Lamps are the best. Their equal is unknown, and their superior may never come. How light, how gay, how bright, iyous we feel in light. The sun p o u r s forth its glorious rays to ltladden myriads with its glorious light. It is a remarkable fact that lit the Papal kingdoms there is little light, but in Protestant lands there is much light. Clark's Diamond Lamps for general use are the best in the w , rld Clark's Vertical Lamp far excels the French Moderator Lamp, and all other Lamps constructed with machinery. Clark's Pearl Candle Lamp surpasses all other Candle Lamps.. The Public should ask fir Clark's Lamps, and purchase none other. They can be had in great variety, at all prices and for every use, at the Establishment of the Metropolitan Light Company, 447, West Ettrand, near the Lowther-arcade. RICK kRD CLARK", Resident Manager. Lamps in every variety are sent out on hire at two thirds the usual charge, that the Public may be convinced which Lamps are the best. GENERAL ELECTION. BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, the well-known CAN VASSER of the PUBLIC, resp ectfully solicits the attention of CANDIDATES to his depot of FLAGS and BANNERS, with de- Nices and mottos suitable for Electioneering purposes. Also Tents ano Marquees of any size for Public Meetings, and at the shortest - Orders per post addressed No. 2, Duke-street, Southwark. N.B. A few second-hand Marquees of large dimensions at a rea ionable price. TWENTY per CENT. is SAVED by the USE of GROUX'S CLEANSING SOAP, which is now universally approved for all household purposes. This -oap has been, if posatble, still further improved in its manufacture, and is now equal to most toilet soap. 14 lbs. for 65. 6d., delivered free in London, by Me , srs houghton and Hayward, 17, Billiter.st eet, City. For the toilet nothing surpasses the use of the Turtle 0 I;Castor Oil, Infant and - all chemists, druggists, &c., &c., throlighout England, Scotland, and Ireland, PATRON -11. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL roL YTECHN tC ley sl' auTroN Prevention of Forgery. A Lecture, by J. H. Pepper, Esq , Glynn and Appel's Patent l'a7,er for the Prevention of Pira c y and Forgery by the Antistatic Process —During Lent, a Lecture on As tronomy, illustrated by beautiful diagrams, will be delivered by Dr. 'll &eh hoffner, on Wednesdayand Friday Evenings, at Elgh' o'clock. The celebrated Vocalist Kransz de Faber, who sings in Thirty-six ?foreign National Dialects, will appear for the first time in England 1 1 1 his new Musical Divertissement, "The Illustrated Crystal Pa 14C4N" on Monday, the 29 th instant, and con inue each Monday, Tuesday, and 'rhursday Evenings , at Ei g ht o'clock, in woich he will Introduce Twenty National Melodies in Twenty different Foreign bialects. - A Description by Mr. Crispe. of the various kinds of kilakets, Rifles, &c.—Dissolving Views, &c. Admission, Is.; Schools and Children under Ten years of age, A NEW EDITION OF THE CATALOGUE. LAURENT'S CASINO, A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. The PRIZE WALTZ, awarded to Mr. W. H. Montgomery, of th Ito Yet Horse Guards (Blue) , will be p l aye d ever y evening by ~ aurent's Celebrated Band. Principal Cornet-a- Piston, M. 4 OUICOUrt. Doers open at Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at nine, and terminate at half-put eleven. Admission—ONE SHILLING. /I[lH E AUSTRALIAN CONSOLS GOLD and COPPER MINES, en the Cost-Book System. No deed to b. signed. Capital 60,0001., In Parts or Shares of IL each, all paid up, with,ut further liability. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. • J. Stratford Best, Esq., Elizabeth-street. Eaton-square T. 11. BristoW, Esq., Stanhope-place, Hyde-park Charles Browne, Esq., Hanwell, Middlesex Colonel Morse Cooper, Charles-street, St. James's-square P. W. Green, Esq., Change-alley, Cornhill, and Bristol •The O'Gormsn Mahon, M.P., Pall-mall George M`Laughlin, Esq. Leadenhall-street, and Calcutta William Patters. , n, Esq., street India Chambers, Leadenhall street (With power to add to their number). Bankers—Messrs. Rol.arts, Curtis, and Co. Solicitors —Messrs. Long and Long. 63, Cornhill. Brokers—Messrs. John Sneweil and Sons, 25, Tokenhouse-yard. Secretary—James Tomlin, Esq. PROSPECTUS. , This Company has been formed to w o rk Gold and other Mines `n one of the most favoured districts of Australia, and the Coin %lite° of Management has obtained from the Proprietor a mineral lease for forty-two years, of 12,500 acres, being halt ?If the Segenhoo Estate , a ve r y lar g e p ortion of which L as .been proved to contain vast mineral riches, and to be I ntersected with quartzose auriferous veins of the most promising Character. This estate was granted by the Crown, has been in pos .Wssion of the proprietor for 30 years, and permission has been sub. l equently (riven to work all m ines, whether of g old, silver, or other metals. In 1836 this estate was pronounced by Judge Cracroft, an eminent geologist, to be a mass of mineral wealth, and subsequent ''ve.stigations have 'entirely confirmed the fact. It has been ascertained beyond a doubt, that auriferous deposits .lst throughout the Hunter River district, over which this estate Itil ex de for 90 miles (vide Sir R. Murc hison's Geolo g ical Lectures), and i llat the sands of three rivers r unnin g throu g h the pro p ert y are richl y alPregnated with geld. Gold is also known to exi-t in conjunction With many of the pther ores, especially copper. The Committee have %Cured the exclusive right of working all t he miner a l s on the estate , L i t. l lcLit is to tt4 ‘ . observ , d that, from the abundance of copper ore banks on tliFllunter River, the copper - sme l ting companies on its have already found it necessary to increase their buildings ..and machinery. • 1;'.4. remarkable fatt connected with m inin g enter prise in Australia is, that the first discoverer of gold there, \tr. Hargraves, has elected 41 2'4 hunter River in preference to all other localities as the site of his 'est operations, and possessed himself of an e tate within'tWo hours' 214 of Segenhee Public attention is especially requested to the fact that powers to • linderiet setts to ether.parties have been secured by the Committee 1 ; 1 Management of this undertaking, as it i s o b v i ous that the large area of the property' will give scope for the profitable employment of iany thousands of miners and other workmen. It Is propo ed to erect machinery sufficiently poweriul to crush all the quartz that may be mined by the under-lessees, and to insert coy mints that „ (city shall not be allowed to employ cru-hing mills owned by others w ithout the Company's s nction. Arrangements have consequently den entered into with an eminent surveyor to make a c mplete ." tY of the estate , end to lay it out in mining setts. . 4t v.„ . _=iegotiations are pending for p ortions of the propert y with t h ree ~`',ultpanies, which cannot fa ll to insure to the shareholders an imme .late return of the capit al invested, and to become a certain source 7future revenue without risk, and the Committee are new p re p ared a grant leases of setts to other parties. The Committee of Management have also to announce two most 2 4 Portant advantages which this Undertaking possesses over all ' e thers, viz., a steam mill in full operation, erected by the proprietor on the est ate, and most admira bl y adapted, with some s -light addi ,„4?hal machinery, for crushing and preparing the ores ; and that in "l2 Pensable auxiliary for the perfection of mining enterprises, an a bundance of water power. .The project now offered to the p ublic presents an opportunity for the investment of capital of no ordinary character, looking to t h e tttent of land secured, the combination of its mineral resources, the I° caladvantages for the transport of produce, the abundance of fuel Icr W or ki n g steam-engine; and ot her purposes, the proluetion of the for erecting building s, the ample steam aod water power, 't admission, duty free, of a ll machinery and goods, the restriction „*,, Which is so great an hnpediment to eaterprise in California, and e ' , ,e existence of English laws , makin g a lddentl contracts binding ;rn so con the is the proprietor of the success of the undertaking, 'Rat he agrees to take two-thirds of the purchase -money in shares, and requires only the small royalty of one-fifteenth. Ap p li ca tions for shares and proapectu - es to be made at the tempo- City to the t ats offices of the Company, 59, King Willstreet, k ‘Micitors of the Company; and to Messrs. John Shewell and Sons, okers, Tokenhouse-yard. MlGRATlON.—Thousqnds are now leaving Old England for various c , untries and ocher climates—to all t t e aa E. AtOmES h nu mb s confide , itly rec iaimenil their complete Ott f t)„`TS. The number of ye rs MOSES and SON have attended to department, and their perfect acquaintance with every article e quisite for the passage out, and for every climate in the world, is reason why they suppli Oattits better and cheap er than an y other • "qabllshment. „tvery Emigrant should therefore provide himself with an Outfit MOSES and SON'S, every article being selected with the care 'ld experience of the largest Outfitters in the Uni verse. un an Outfit rendered precious to the E mi g rant by two fold claims Z i b ltngiish make and daily use—a value is put far above the price d for it at E. MOSES and SON'S, their charges being so ex titeraely low for the valuaple goods comprising their unequalled ,C•atfit e . The Emigrant, looking at - these when in his hut or house in far 1 4 , 3 1 • 4 tatit lands, will wisely think how fortunate lie had not neglected b.,relic out his Outfit from E. MOSES and SON'S. ii hat could he ae dame without it. and how trifling th e i r charge to w h a t he must Paid elsewhere ? What a variety of valuable services it had ,pasted him, by becoming a constant accession to his daily corn. • a_ t iv and how entirety imp,ssible would it be in Alan places to cb na,sorfroym '& l ` 4 ,. any goods like those comprised in th li e ca O u ti o t EIOSE ' S They supply them for 31. 155.,.61. 155., I Us:, and up , t r „ l ' r ds. A detailed list can be had on application, forwarded, post to any part of the kingdom. E. MOSES AND SON. 14t 86, and 86,oridon Ci Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, MillOries • ty Aidgato, opposite the Church, all communicatin g . k ,:ondon West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2, 8 . Hart-street, all communicating. iranferd (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridg e-street i , s ‘ l l eflteld Branch, 36, k,argate. H 6 , 44 erchant tailors, Clothiers, ww atters, Mosiers, Farriers, Bc„,, 6 ,~ , i ssers,snd General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen h et Establishm e nts are closed from sunset Friday to on • .1 c$ —hen brioneess is mirmedi T-weive o'clock. qi,,ANTED—A Young Lady to attend in the Mantle and Under t,Laing Department. None need apply except they have been pre 'Oily in the business. i b ?bis Universal Guide, a newspaper containing daily events, Ecc., list of prices, and directions for self-measurement, can art be of the had, ktratis, on application, er for warded, po st-free, to any pa %dom. 4 handsome Almanac for the year ending 1852 can be had, gr , atis, Ici l'on parle Francais. IQM si parla Italiano. Icier spricht man Deutsch. Aqua se liable Espanol. kUDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUT I AND MATURITY. With Plain Directions for their Prevention and Cure. FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. 'l ast published, in French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free from the Author Icr Forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on the Bret Infirmities and Disorders of You th and Maturity, usually ac. 4 41 red at an early period of life, which d estro y the ph y sical and ,Ptal powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and ex et the vital energies of Manhood ; with Pra ctical Observations on certain Prevention and successful T rea tment of Nervous Debi 1 1 qt y. Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis , Stricture, and all eases and derangements resulting from Indiscretion, as adopted te r Lallernand Iticord, and other eminent inembeis of the faculty of I , ), k hce. With Fifty coloured Engravings, illustra tin g the Anatomy, th"'Ytiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, exp!aining kr °l2 ' structures uses, and functions, and the various injuries that ° Produced in , them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. ' b 3 7. BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. nto,_ r of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin n'gh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Soc i e t y , `lcentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Ilunterian tiledical Society of Edinburgh, &c., &c. t t ,This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana e,,,(. and W physiology of the reproductive organs, and w of their relative on' In health and disease. Dr. La who has taken the bi rlest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and 14 testimo qui Inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man ° has exclusively, and for many years, devoted h i s st udi es to the ti t _ at rnent of these complaints. He may he c onsulted with advert by all those whose constitutions in,y have twcome ;ate( I•.ti!th secret practices acquired In youth, or by the excesses e a r years, whereby the pleasures of life are I,.arred, tint objects of frus iti,;“la;e trated, and existence itselt rendered a term of uneetuc I,hlisery and regret. 4,„! eblished by tne Author, and mty be hadfilbert, 49. Pater r4ter-roW ; Hannay, 63, Oxtord-stree'. Starie, Titchborne-street ia,.;"%tarket : ()onion, 146, Leadenhall-street; Mann, 23, 'ornhill : It ko ta by poet for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence. 411 1 / 4 111 2.3' be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter, ttU Two, sad :rumkill til litights N ° .18,570.] ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARD N. The DIRECTORS of the ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA beg melt respectfully to inform the Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, that TO-MORROW EVENING, March 30, will be performed (for the second time these lour years) DonizettPs Opera, MARIA. DI KORAN. The principal characters by Madame Castellan, Madlie. Seguin (her second appearance in England), Signor Ronconi, Signor Polonini, Signor Saldi, and Signor Tamberlik. In the first act a Divertissement will be given, in which Madlie. Brussi, Madlles. Leblorel, Helene Bellotti, Louise Bellotti, lio lsmbergi Messieurs Alexandre and Millard, and Madlle. Robert, wil appear. In announcing the present, the Sixth Season of the Royal Italian Opera, the . Direct /re feel it almost unnecessary to repeat their assurances, or to reiterate their pledges of former seasons, as to the future conduct of this great Lyrical Establishment : hopint that the manner in which they have hitherto conducted it will be accepted by their Patrons as the best guarantee for its future management. During the extraordinary season of the past year, the Audiences of the-Royal lGilian Opera numbered among them some of the most eminent Siusical Professors and Amateurs of Europe, many of whom were Intimately acquainted with the great Lyrical Theatres of Italy, France, and Germany ; and it must be a matter of pride and gratification to the English Public, as well as to the Directors heinseives, to know that the. Royal Italian Opera (both as regards the extraordinary talent of its individual Artistes, as well as its general completeness and perfection as a whole) was pronounced by these distinguished persons to stand unrivaled among its European competitors. By the following outline of the arrangements for the Present Season it will be semi that not only have the most distinguished Artistes of last season been re-engaged, but that others now, occu pying the highest positions in the Co Aluental Theatres have been added to the Establishment. The Orchestra and Chorus have re ceived several important additions ; and it will also be found that P. the department of the Ballet (which will still be limited to short Divertissements, and to those Dances incidental to the Operas), a very consliera - le augmentation in the personnel has taken place. In fact, extensive as 'he Company of the Royal Italian Opera hi therto has been, t e assembaie,e of Artistes this year will be iouud to surpass that of any former season. The Repertoire of The Royal Italian Opera now consists of THIRTY-SIX OPERAS, each of which is complete in Scenery, Cos tumes, and Appointments. SEM IRA M IDE . • ' LA DONNA DEL I, AGO - - • - , , L'ITALIANA IN ALGIERI" - • - • - -.- Rossini.' IL BARELEEE SEYIGLIA 'Rossini. . LA GAZzA. LADRA _ - - R - .Ro4Lni. - - Rossini. LA CENERENTOLA - - OUGLIELMO.TELL - - - 1110 SE [N EGITTO (ZORA.), oft:LIM - i itNANI ' • Ver !i. I DUE FOSC %RI . . - _ - - _ NA MUCO (ANATO) —. . _ _ ~c l ; c e r r ' i l i i : NORMA • - - . „. _ _ Benin/. LA SONNAMBULA - - . . - - - Bellini. I PURITA NI I CAPULET rr E MONTECCHI -- .: - - Bellini. LEA 11U..UENOTi - •' -.- - Mewerbeer.• ROBERT LE DIABLE - .. • - _ - - Meyerbeer. LE PItOPIIETE : - Donizetti. - R : - - Meverbeer. LUCIA DI.LAMMERMOO . :- L'ELISIR D'AIMORE - . - - .: Donizetti. LUCIIEZIA RORGIA Donlzettl. ANNA BOLENA MARIA DE ROHAN LA FAVORITA LINDA DI CHAMOUNI IL FLAUTO MAGIC() DON GlOVANNI LE NOZZE DI FIGARO - - - - - - Mozatt. MAS SNIELLO - ----- - - Auber. IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO - ~ - - - Cimarosa. LA JUIVE - - - ---- --- rialevY. DER FREISCHUTZ - - - - Weber. SAPPHO - -.- - - Gounod. FIDELIO ----- -_ - - - Beethoven. During the Season the following Oppera u as er will be produced : Spohr'f FAUST. The Director , ' have the salisfaction to announce that they have made an arrangem nt with the gre.t. Co-opo•er, Herr - , ,pohr, to produce this Grand Romantic Opera. The Recitatives (neces , ary In the Adapt 'tioo of the Opera to the Italian State) have been wiitten by the Compobar expressly for the Royal Ita ran Opera. and the whole Work will be arranged and produced under his di rection. Au entirely nerr grand. Opera, composed by Monsieur Jullien, entitled PIETRO IL GRANDE. Rossini's favourite Opera, LE COMTE ORY, ..- As performed at the Academie Royale at Paris. Weber's Fairy Opera, OBE 1t02, ,, T, The Libretto, with the addition of Recitative'', having.heeneXpressly re-arranged by the author, J. ft. Planche, Esq. Donizetti's grand Opera, LES MARTYRS. As performed at the Academie Royale at Paris. The Engagements for the present Season are:— SorsANI. Madame GRIST, Madame CAS ['ELLIN, Mademoiselle OE KT HANDL AND Madame VIARDOT. ALSO, Madame J lILLIENNE, (Of the Academie Royale of Paris, her first appearance in England). Mademoiselle ANNA ZERR (From the Imperial Theatre of Vienna). AND Madame GAZZANIGA (Of the Teatro della Scala at Milan). An Engagement has also been offered to Madame si EDORI (Of the Imperial theatre of St. Petorsburgh). CONTRAL2o. . 1,1 Mademoiselle THERESA SEQUIN •.. (Her first appearance in England). SECONDE DONNE. Mademoiselle 00ThI, AND Mademoiselle BELLO-I. TENOR!. . • Signor MARIO. " '" ' Si_nor STIGELLI, ' - '•' Si gn or LUIGI • MEL ' ' Jut! • Signor SOLD', f , AND j, ! Signor TAMBERLIK, ALSO, Signor GALVANI (From the Teatro della Scala at Milan, his first appearance In England), Herr AN DER (Principal Tenor of the imperial Theatre at Vienna, his first appearance in Ecgland),, AND Monsieur OUIEMARD (Principal Tenor of the Academie Royale at par% h i s f i rs t appearance in England). BASSI BARRITOM. - Signor RONCONI. Signor ROM3II. '`g 't 611 .b . " ..1 AND rJ i i ff 4:1 1 Signor B tRTOLINI ••• (From the Italian Opera of Palermo, his first appearance in . England), got 1.1 BASSI PSOFONDL, Herr FORMES, Signor TAGLIOFICO, sl i g g n n o o r r ° PO R T E ..? ; N O I I NA Signor RACII4 AND • Signor MARINI (His first appearance tbee three years). • The Orchestra will be compemici of the following eminent Professors: — I Ilancinan Piatti (Solo) L. Piattl Reed Schroeder. Donn E BASSES. Messrs. Unwell (Principal) - Bott esini (Solo) Campanile Casten Mount - Pratien Reinavle - Re 3 nolds C. Severn Waudrelas. HARTS. .ft i i FIRST VIOLINS. Messrs. Sain! on (I'rl icipal) 11. Ma. rove Pezeth -- Browne Cooner Danc Doyle Goffrie 11111 Love Mellon Mori Watson Willy Zerbinl. SECOND VimNs. Messrs. Watkins (Principal) W. Blagrovo Bort Bradley Cus ins 11. Grtesbach Jay Kelly L der Marshall Newsham Patey Payton Simmons - 11. Westropp W lkins TENoRS. ?Sitters. Hill (Principal) Alsept Hann Thompson Trust IV-ta Webb Westlake T. Westropp VIOLONCELLOS. Messrs. Lucas (Principal) catkin Chipp • Guest - Hancock Batton Messrs. Trust Streather. FLUTE& Messrs. Pratten Folley. (Thong. Messrs. Barrett Niebol•on. CLAsTriCrrl. Messrs. Lazarus Maveock BAssoolni. Messrs. Baumann Larkin lion/ra. Messrs C. Harper Rae. Ja'rett Keilback. Taubrrtra. %fessrs. T. Harper Irwin. Messrs. Ciotti -- Antoine Healey. OruictrlDE. M. Prospere. DIMS. MT. Chipp• Mr. Seymour. };Ass DitmX. Mr. Hort , m. Besides ratrag. DIRECTOR OP TIIE MUSIC, COMPOSER, AND COICDUCTOD, Mr. COSTA. The Military Band will be under'the Superintelkdettee Of Mr. GODFREY. MAT.rrao AL Piton,, Signor PANIZZA.: (From the Teatro della Scala at Milan). PROMPTER, Signor MuNTERISI. • Pour, • Signor MAGGIONT. In accordance with a wish very generally exprP rued by the Sub. scribers, a short Divertissem ent will be performed o those evenings when the Opera given is not sufficiently long to to rns the everT n iig•e entertainment. • This arrangeme nt will avoid the necessity ;or giving portions only of other Operas; a plan, except on e xtraorrilnary or easions, subject to much object on. In order to int tet th.s arrange. ment, the following engagement ademoisel s le have been made:- - M ROBEi4T • (From the Academie Royale at Paris?. Mademoiselle LOUISE TAGLIONI, AND , „ Mademo i se lle BRUSSI , (From the Imperial I heatre at Vienna,). •, . Mademoiselle LEBLONr), Mademoiselle KOLEMBERG, . • Mademoiselle lIELLOTTI, , AND • Mademoiselle L. BELLOTTI (Their first appearance in England).. Monsieur MINARD,' Monsieur FLUSSE, AND Monsieur RUAULT (Their first appearance In England). The CORPS DE BALLET will a . so be augmentsei, and embrace several Dauseuses from Paris, belnj their firs: apps taxance in Eng land. ..... Maitre de Ballet—Monsieur AleXandre...., Leader of the Ballet—Air, Alfred Melt , at l• Director of the Vise-en-Scene—Monsieur I aturent (From the Theatre Nationai, tarn , ) Artistes Costnmieres—Mrs. E. Bliley and Mada,me Marti°. Dvcorrit,—Mr. l'n•s• ott Machinist Mr. Allen. Scenic Artists , — Me,srs. Grieve and Telibidl. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, for Ow Night or 'Season, to b e obtained at the Box- , thee of the Theatre (c rner of itow-street and Bart-street) ; arid at the principal Libraries and NI oat csellers. 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Iteturtpup - to 15th narch, 9,034; increase, 1,181 We understand th,,t - Mary lio wirt, who has already endeared herself to the hearts of all children by her many fascinati.,g publications for the young, is about to undertake the editorship of a new juvenile magazine, entitled " The Dial of Love," to be published by Darton and Co., the first number of which is expected to appear in June next. All youthful circles Hill rejoie at this notice, and will eagerly wait the appearancepf the propouti Eirial, THE AMERICAN EXPEDITION AGAINST JAPAN. (From the New York Courier and Enquirer.) The determination of our Government to send a stronger naval force than usual for the protection of our commerce on the eastern coast of Africa has attracted very general remarks from the press; and, we are happy to add, that with the exception of one or two of Kos suth's penny organs, the policy of the Administration in this regard hae been universally approved. The organs referred to, under thaeatietien of Kossuth, no doubt re gret to see ibis " material aid" diverted from an ettempt to replace Kossuth in the positioe which he so strangely abandoned, with 135,000 well-armed" and gallant sol diers under his cemmaud, and four of the principal for tresses of Hungary in his possession. But both our Go vernment and our people have come to estimate Kossuth at his real value; and, inasmuch as it was only neces sary to learn the true character of the man to insure his . harmlessness, it follows ; , hat Government may now dispose , of its navale force as it pleases, without apprehension of being involved in a foreign war by this second Lopez. Hungarian intervention, and the crusade which Kossuth is preaching, are no more than the Cuban intervention and Calm piracy which Lopez inculcated; and from the beginning Kossuth's impudent appeals from . the Government to the people, and his avowal that he is raising money and buying arms to wage war against a Government with which we are at peace, should have caused him to be treated as was Lopez and his expedition to revolutionise Cuba. We can- not perceive why Lopez should have been prosecuted for getting up an expedition to revolutionise Cuba, and Kossuth be permitted to preach a similar crusade against Austria. Our people are as hostile to Spanish as to Austrian despotism; and their sympathies should be with Cuba, instead of Hungary; 'and, as reason resumes her sway, the folly and wickedness of the proposed inter vention in Eurbefean affairs becomes so apparent, that all parties unite in the opinion that it is not necessary t s support a change in the foreign policy of our Go vernment; hence the immediare `departure of our aqua drvu csii , r4Zajtivmata.4*stern Ol Africa. The unusual strength of the force about to sail, and the fact that the mast distinguished and proverbially the most efficient fficer in the navy, Commodore Perry, is about to assume the command of the East-India squad ron. have naturaliy excited more than ordinary itiqutry and discussion in relation to the immediate objects ut the expedition. By some it has been characterised as a warlike expedition, and very generally it is believed to have in view offensive operations against the empire of Japan. In cemmon with our contemporaries we have instituted inquiries in regard to the objects of the expe dition, arid we are gratified to learn that it is designed to be entirely peaceful in its character, but, at the same time, sufficiently imposing to ccmoaand respect in the enforcement of justice, and of sufficient strength to en force compliance will all proper demands. The s mpire of Japan covers as area of score than one hundred thousand square miles, and lies between the 30th and 43d degree of N. latitude, and the 129th and 1431 degree of E. longitude ; and lying on the eastern side of the continent, has a climate similar to our own, between the same parallels of latitude ; that is between New Orleans and New York. Its population is estimated at 30 000,000, and, covering an arehiliekge its sea coast is more extensive than the whole A lantie coast of the United States. It not only lies directly op posite our possessions on the Pacific coast, but the two great islands of Niphon and Yesso form the Strait of Sanger, through which bundres of our whale fleet are compelled annually to pas.; but to land upon the shores of which for suppli-a of wood, eater, or the necessaries of lite, or be forced upon them by stress of weather, sub jects the unfortunate whaler to robbery or death. Jap In not only refuses to held commercial intercourse with the rest of the world—a very questionable right—but she goes further, and, occupying as she does an enorm .us extent of sea coast, she not only refuses to open her ports to foreign vessels in distress, but actually opens her batteries upon them when they approach within gun shot of her shores;. and when driven upon them be stress of weather she seizes upon, imprisons, exhibits in cages, and actually murders the crews of such ill-tated vessels. . Now, we deny the right of any nation situated upon, and occupying a portion of the sea-coast of the world, to refuse all commercial intercourse with other nations. Such a coarse may be tolerated by civilized nations so long as it does not interfere with their commerce and the welfare of the human race; but we insist that it is the right of civilized and Christian nations to compel barbarians thus situated to submit to the general law of nations, and to a certain degree of intercourse; and especially is the right of all the nations of the world to have free access to every tort and every part of the coast of the whole world in times of distress and danger, and .to demand at the hands of the people occupying such harbours and mist protection, aid, and hospitality. This, we say, is the right of all na tions in all the harbours and on all the coasts of the world; and when this right is denied and withheld, it becomes the duty of a commercial people to remedy the evil, and to secure to their commerce the protection to which it is so justly entitled. Japan denies this right. Among the hundreds of American. whalers annealie compelled to pass the Straits of Saeger, some are ine vitably forced by stress of weather upon the inhospitable coasts on either hand, and the consequences are impri sonment or death; and vessels in distress, instead of being permitted to make a friendly harbour for repairs and to refir, are compel', d to keep at sea, to the almost certain des'ruction of all on board. This has been sub mitted to too long already, and the constant increase of our whale fleet and the consequent increase of disasters in this berbareue and inhospitable region have compelled our Government, unprompted except by its wise fore sight, to insist upon a reform in the policy and bearing of the Japanese towards the rest of the world. The single fact that at one time within the last year there were 121 American whalers lying in the harbours of the Sandwich Islands—far away from their cruising ground', because they could not enter any harbour on the coast of Japan for repairs —shows not only the extent of our commerce in that region, but the claims of humanity itself for protection aeainst the barbarians who thus cut oaf, as it were, the commerce of the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Ochotsk. Without being prompted thereto, as has bean charged, by the merchants of this city, bat in obedience to a wise policy which seeks alike to extend our commerce and protect our manufactures and agriculture, the Ad ministration has moat wisely determined to demand re dress for pest grievances from Japan, and to insist that in h futureteir shores t he seamen by the p of theroeviivdnielizeee of God, d world, when cast upon compelled to seek refuge fr om t h e e l emen t s in orth when ehar boura on their coast, sh e ll b e treate d with humanity at least, if not with the h osp i ta li ty w hi c h it is their right to demand under suc h c i rcumstance s. With this view Commodore P erry h as b een se lected to summand an expedition, which will necessarily require great prudence and di-cretion, unit e d to great forbear• ante, firmness, and perseverance. These high quali ties have hitherto been exhibited by Perry on several occasions; and these qualities have, it is said, changed his destination from the Mediterranean, and the pleasures and attractions of the most desirable com mand in the navy, to the command of an expedition which would be far from accepteble, were it not for the good it promises mankind, and the certain protection which its successful termination will insure to American commerce in the east.• The squedroa will consist of the steamers Susquehanna. Mississippi, and Princeton—the former of which will be the flagship; a frigate, tesloop ot-war, and a storeehip; and we imagine, from what we can learn, that he - will take with him lieht field guns, and whatever armament may be necessary to compel obedience to such demands as he may , make for the re dress of past grievances, and for the surrender of certain American sailors now held in bondage, and, it is said, exhibited in cages through the country. We sincerely rejoice tnat the Administration has pro jected, and finds itself at leisure to undertake, this all• important expedition; and that, too, without any other additional expense than the transportation of coal Ix 'steamers . to so distant a region. eThet ( it can thus divert is portion of our navy afl tat from other qaarters is the result of 'the wisdom which has guided its foreign relations, and preserved it aloof from " entan gling alliances," in obedience to those counsels of Washington which Kossuth and his toadies have so mercileitily ridiculed. And we rejoice, too, that what is about being dpne will be as much for the be nefit of the whole civilized world as for thateef the United States. It we are correctly iuforneeelea'commo dere Perry will not only demand redress tor past offences against us, and the release of all Americaa prisoners, tut he will also insist upon the release of all who may be held in bondage merely for• fleeting been cast upon their shores by Providence, no matter to what nation they may belong. And he will insist too that in future 'O4l the nations of the world shall have the right to seek ` y e harbours of jepee 'in nsitsrtelians'gowf with 'death, a a n , d at to e r re e: io4ainsoB; awejletthey shall tie hospitably received .and their wants be supplied bt such as may be disposed it anything can be accomplished, whoever in d s a te re a s d t o o f succour,ehe distressed, So far as United States only. But Peaceful negotiation; nations and peoples shall commerceand,he. will a concerned,te, fur the st i h oe t will, e nat w id i I t i h c o t l f m , a sourer, nd ben theinsist t t h result allu ltot' t have the right to use the ports of Japan in distress, and b protected by the Government. We do not suppose will attempt forcibly •to interfere with any of thatitiafhnetdihrien wantslanding. B a to? once the civilized world access to e.eceoi incognita. e s a u t e e h mpire 3 :6l m l commerce are freely supplied without he no police regulations, o e r demand the right to land men, longer remain terdra years before we get free access great civilizer t lead to commerce; an d a i.al of theempire;e the harbours of lt Japan ,m rosy y, into t before some clever Yankee informs giv2a commercegh is the empire 11 ' population of 2.000 000 or only 500,000Souli. ' of the Emperor consuls of • 525,000 11 vi c, ti p ii ' ona learn, the standing army too, eiece;oooeavalry, or t y 1,000 000 of o i i n en, meta lus c terelrY• What we do know Itfs willmw an e e k nt b i o e n et i d r t y . biet o f snug ,,,,,h J a e s d d a o b , men, of whom 10 0 , 000 a' n " enormous- q unfit of wheat, ,s, that Jap in ree-e . which, together ether with :elks gold, Y copper, r co, barley, So., vv--- China , and that the revenue estimated at 140,000,000 dolls. revenue of the erupt • Weedo'knore that every city and port is strongly for ' tifiedy as is the whole and that if ma ,44 our and silver, are sent dowel the . coast to whalers, in beating through the Straits of Sangar, gets within two miles of the shore on either side, she is sure to have a battery opened upon her; and if shipwrecked, her crew are taken prisoners and never permitted to re turn to their country and their homes. We do know that these things should not and will not continue to exist under the present Whig President, with Daniel Webster at the head of the State ll.ipartment, and W. H. Graham Secretary of the Navy; and we hope and trust that the day is near at hand when, under a judiciou6 protective system, we shall be, sending enormous cii4n ;dries of cotton goods, iron, &c., to Japan, and receive iu return In r gold, silver, and dyewoods; at the same time that the commerce of the world will find in her numerous ports safe' and hospitable asylums, instead of the bar b tristn now extended towards it by one of the mot popu lous kingdoms of the earth. (From the. Times ) The empire of Japan has long remained a sealed book to the various nations of the civilized world. The rulers of that rich and populous country have for a long pe riod continued to act on maxims of exclusiveness so complete as to put even the policy of the Court of Pekin to shame. There is but one European people—the Dutch—with whom they have consented to hold the most modified intercourse; and that intercourse has been limited to the admission of two ships annually from Ba tavia into the port of Nangasaki. The value of both cargoes is said to amount to about 300,000 dollars. We have lying before us an account current of the Dutch consignments and returns for a particular year. We find the imports into Japan consist of sugar, tin, cotton thread. black pepper, cloves, seed cloves, lead, sapanwood, Patna chintz, cloths, woollens, camlets, and a few minor arti cles of the like description. The return cargo is in the main made up of copper and camphor. In former days Japanese exports included timber, wheat, rice, cotton, silk, ambergris, &c. Nor has the rigid policy of excluson been applied only to the nations of the western world. All eastern peoples, with the single exception of the Chinese, • have been put under the ban of the Japanese empire. Ten Chinese junks aro an uuotty Dowittect tutu tne port or Ntiogaank , , as a set off against the two Dutch ships of Batavia. But fur these trifling exceptions, as far as the rest of the world are concerned, the empire of Japan might as well have no existence. It is a fair question how far any tribe or race of human beings possesses the right of excluding the rest of mankind from all partici pation in the benefits to be derived from an ex tensive and beautiful region. That it abounds with mineral and vegetable productions, and is admirably adapted for carrying on commercial inter course with advantage to the inhabitants ant profit to the rest of mankinc, may not affect the properties of the problem, but at least it quickens our desire for a solu tion. Is this right of exclusion founded on reason or on force? If on reason, we should be curious to see the arguments by which it can ba maintained. If the right of exclusion is simply the right of force, why, let thus, who appeal to such a principle be prepared at all times to make it good. They may feel well assured that, some time or other, their pretensions will be put to the test. In any case, they can lay little claim to sympathy. They have by their own acts put themselves out of the pale of the great brotherhood of nations. They have refused all aid to others; how can they ask it for them selve..? The Tartar dynasty had long contrived to exclude the world from any but the most humiliating intercourse with China. That pretension has been set at rest tor ever by the operation of the British ford s. Now it would seem the term of civilized exclusion from Japan is at hand, although, happily, we are not in this instance to be the executioners. The expedition is to be undertaken by the United States. If carried out in a spirit of humanity and sound policy, without unnecessary waste of life, and under the full impression that the agents of the Government. and not the great mass of the population, are in fault, Com • modore Perry will be backed with the sympathies of all European nations. That our friends on the other side of the Atlantic are in good earnest sufficiently appears by an announcement which will be found in another por tion of our columns this day. The enterprise is under taken by the Government at Washington. and one of the best officers on the Navy List of the United States has been appointed to the command. The squadron will consist of the Susquehannah steam-frigate, which is now cruising in the eastern waters, and of the steam frigates Mississippi and Princeton; a frigate, a sloop of war, and a store ship. It is stated that the greatest efforts are being made in the New York navy yard to get the expedition ready for instant service; indeed, by a comparison of dates, it is probable that Cenamodore Perry may have left New York already with his squadron (or the seas of Japan. The force to be employed is amply sufficient for the purpose. The officers intrusted with the commandcan have little chit tulty in dictating their own terms, both at Nangasaki and Jeddo, with such a power at their disposal. An expedition against Japan is a much simpler affair than our own operations in China. We are not, indeed, sufficiently aware of the internal politics of the country to know whether or not the Em peror of Japan has as much to dread from his own sub jeers, in case of reverses, as his Celestial cousin at pAcin. rhe Japanese are undoubtedly a more military nation than the Chinamen; but it is not likely they can offer any effective resistance against the howitzers and rocket tubes of the United States' squadron. Above all, the operations can be mainly conducted without quitting the seacoast. The surveys of the Nangasaki waters have been very carefully made. The United States whiling ships are intimately acquainted with the nuvi,eation along the eastern shore of Japan, and so through the Straits of Sangara, which divide Niphon from Jesu. Whatever else of this kind may be necessary is easily to be accomplished by the armed boats of the expedi tion. Of Japan we ourselves know little or nothing. Our ignorance is in some measure attributable to our own neglect. The last English ship that visited Nangasaki was the Semarang, on which occasion, if the testimony of Mr. Midshipman Marryat is to be credited, the Ja panese instantly ran up a number of chintz and coloured cotton forts, in the old Chinese style. Well nigh forty years had elapsed since an English ship-of-war—the Phaeton—had last appeared in that port. Time was when the English might have turned their intercourse with Japan to good account. In the year 1616 the Emperor of Japan had granted to our people . the privi leges of commerce, with permission to erect a factory. Seven years afterwards, in 1623, the East India Company abandoned the settlement because their commerce with Japan had not at the outset yielded them such profitable returns as they had expected. In 1672 the Company attempted to renew their intercourse with Japan, but the attempt proved ineffectuil. Our King had married a Portuguese Princess, and the Por tuguese at that period were regarchd by the Court of Japan with much the same feeling as the French by the Spaniards during the Peninsular war. Until the con clusion of the eighteenth century the question was left it rest, when a select committee of the East India Com pany was appointed to inquire into the policy of re opening the trade. Will it be believed that half-a-dvzsn English men of business were found who reported against the policy of making such an attempt, mainly because the consignments of Japanese copper might interfere with the products of our own mines—as though copper were the only article which could be obtained from Japan? In some degree, therefore, we have to thank our own indifference and inaction, if the shores of Ja pan have been so long closed against us ; but, if we mistake not, the officers of the Dutch factory at Nan gasaki have been still more to blame. It has been the traditional policy of that nation in the Eastern waters to maintain monopolies at all hezerds, and by all means. At the end of the seventeenth century, when Christianity was extirpated from the islanis and Europeans banished from their limits, an excep tion was made in favour of the Dutch. Their trade was at one time of enormous value, but has dwindled down to its present comparatively insignificant amount through their' own mismanagement and indiscretion. There was a period in the history of their commercial intercourse with the Japanese when they drained the islands of the precious metals to an incredible amount. This - excited the apprehensions of the Court, much in the same way as the exchange of silver, and nothing but !silver, fur opium lately brought matters to a crisis in China. The value of the currency was constantly tam pered with in all transactions between the Dutch and Japanese; and to such an extent, writes Mr. Imhoff, " that our commerce was carried on as by pe Tie groping in the dark, neither knowing the actual price of purchase or sale. Since 1710 all articles of trade not disposed of at a profit of 63 per cent rendered a loss." The same writer tells us that his countrymen have over and many articles byth o e f Japanese. Tho conduct of the company's servants at e o o v m er m s e g r a e i e n w de h e ie li n ne w ci er to e f r r e o c m eiv t e im m e Japan, besides, appe ars, as is usual in such c ises, to y ti valuable mot e n de tendered have been infamous. The Dutch, in place of a dignified but firm resistance to all the encroachments and insults of the Japanese, gave way in every instance. " Savers if You please, and blows if you will," a pp ears to have been t h e i r motto; and certainly the y are not ver y favourable instances of the success of such a policy in the intercourse between European and Asiatic nations. &tough has been said to show that public opinion in England will ran in favour of the expedition which is about to sail from New York. It should not, however, be forgotten that both humanity and policy recommend -moderatt,at in the midst of success. Wiser mextues than of ill are now beginning to prevail among civilize of expedition ou r own against l a te operations Japan in China. May Commodore P erry and his force s meet w i th the like success, and use it to as good a purpose. nat ions! mere territorial acquisitions are known to yield b u t slender gains. If onl y we can establish a free co m me rcial intercourse with Asiatic nations, con q uests must he regarded as mer e burdens. We can have little d ouat t ill hat rho n th t eUn e c ounterpart unteSrPaaterts' TO THE EDITOR OF TILE TIMES. Sir,--In your leading article of to-day, on the Ame ricln Expedition to Japan, I notice the following state went: — All Eastern people, with the exception of the chi n ,se, have been put under the ban of the Japane se Empire." Now, 1 bng leave to say, that this is not strictly cot.; r ecr, the Loo-thou Islands being bound by the closes ties of commerce with J apan, b ut on the con dition only that they have no intercourse with EuropellinPi [PRICE SD. The following -extracts from a communication which I received frpm the Regent of Luo-Choo, when I visited that island in October, 1850, give n brief outline of the present relations beteieen the two countries, and may be coneiclereA, interesting at the pre - sent mOment:— " • 6 ,, 1.• Ever since. the Ping-Elan (title of the former Government of Loo-Choo) was declared an here, ditary kingdom, - under the-Ming dynasty, and thus be-- cease, txibutary to ,China,, whepever we ,convey our tri bute (to China), we buy there silk stuffs for official caps, and drestes, medicines, and Other articles; this, however., would not suffice; but as the Too-kia ra(in Loo-choo pronounced To , ichata probebly the Satyuma) Islandtt;' beloeging to Japan, trade with the neighbouring countries, we procare from them rice, grain, timber, iron, copper, tea, and other things, but scarcely in suffi cient quantity. " Grain being scarce in our poor country, our daily diet consists of mere potatoes, of which we have not one Catty too many; when visited by the calamities of a typhoon or drought, though we should desire to feed only moderately on the wild sago tree, still it would not suffice to appease our hunger; and we must therefore barter our black sugar, grass cloth, Sao., for the rice and grain 9f these islands. " We hear the laws of Japan severely prohibit pro miscuous:trading with other countries; only in the port of Chang-ki (Nagasaki), where officials are stationed to keep a strict watch, a fixed and limited number of ships, as well as of goods are admitted, and Chinese and Dutch merchants yearly visit it for trade. " The Too-charese, although belonging to the Japa nese territory, yet being near to us, are permitted to trade with this place; but if, on their returning home, they should import forbidden goods by smuggling; if detected by the officials they would be severely pu nished. Should we now trade with you, the Too-charese will, by Japanese laws, be strictly forbidden from having any dealings with us at all." . . . . And the Regent, as though fearing the worst result if the attempt were to be made, concludes as follows: " Look down in pity, and desist from wishing to trade with us." Renee it appears that " the rigid exclusive policy" of Japan is relaxed in favour of Loo-Choo, but on condi tion that its 3,000,000 or 4,000.000 inhabitants are to be debarred from the advantage of trading with Europeans, and thus an important market is closed against our merchants. It is impossible not to wish, most cordially, success to the Americans in their expedition against Japan, and I will only add that the committee of the Loo•Choo Naval Illi4sibn intends to take advantage of the opening pros pect for the advancement of Christianity in that remote region, by sending out another missionary immediately, to assist Dr. Battelbeins in his labours. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A NAVAL OFFICER. Curson•atreet, March 26. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, March 27. Before the LORD CHANCELLOR and the LORDS JUSTICES.) IN RE CUMMING.-LUNACT. This was an application on the part of Mrs. Cumming for leave to traverse the inquisition under which she has re cently been declared to be of unsound mind. The simple question involved is the legal one, whether a person found lunatic by inquisition may traverse as a matter of right. The question was very learnedly argued by Mr. Bethel], Mr. Roundel! Palmer, and Mr. Southgate on behalf of the petitioner; and by the Attorney-General and Sir W. Page Wood (only part head) on Wednesday week. Mrs. Cumming was in attendance in the Lord Chancellor's private room. Sir W. PAGE WOOD was now heard in continuation of his argument against the right of the petitioner to traverse. Lord Eldon, in the case of Ludlam, rescinded the order to traverse on the affidavit of the medical attendant that the petitioner was a raving madman. In the case of Saumarez, cited briefly' in the case of "Ex parte Bridge" (Craig and Phillips, 338), already cited in the course of this argument, Lord Eldon, after considering many affidavits, refused leave to traverse. In that case the petition proceeded from the lunatic and his wife. As re spected the weight of authorities referred to on the point of the right to traverse, the facts stood thus :—Lord Hardwicke twice, in the case of Roberts (3 Atkins, 308) and Barnsley 1(3 Atk. 184), decided that the traverse was not a matter of right. Lord Thurlow, in re Fast (1 Cox, 418), held that it was in the discretion of the Lord Chancellor to grant leave ; and this view was also taken by Lord Keene. It was not contended, on behalf of the present petitioner, that the right was absolute, but only discretionary ; that is to say, that there was a right of traverse, subject to the Lord Chan cellor being satisfied that the applicant was capable of an act of volition. The lunatic would, therefore, be the only person to satisfy the Court on that point. But the sole purpose of the inquisition was to show that the petitioner was not capable of exercising a sound act of volition, and the Court would be liable, perhaps, to be imposed upon by interested parties. Before the late Lord Cottenham's decision in "Ex parte Bridge," the authorities were all against the absolute right to traverse. Lord Cottenham decided the case under the impression that Lord Eldon had leant to the opinion that traverse was of right. But from the examination which had now been made of the facts, in the case of Saumarez, it was clear that this was not so. The Act 6 Geo. IV., c. 53, made the exercise of the power to grant traverse discretionary in the Lord Chancellor. It was thereby expressly provided that ills Court should" hear and determine" tho application, and it must consequently, therefore, be a discretionary power in the Court. A discretion had alvrays Duel, eAert:lsvd, and prior to the enactmeut of Q and 3 Edward IV., c. 8, extend ing the right of traverse to cases of lunacy, the Court in quired into the title of the applicant to traverse an inquisi tion. Should the Court now affirm the absolute right, then it would be depriving persons suffering under Insanity of a very necessary protection, and the Court in granting an ap plication of this nature would descend from its judicial posi tion to one simply ministerial. Mr. Rota' was also on the same side, but intimated that he did not intend to trouble the Court. The Loan CHANCELLOR asked how many counsel were on each aide. Mr.'Roer said there were three to support the petition and five to oppose. The LORD CHANCELLOR remarked that as the property was so small, so great an expense should not have been incurred. Two counsel on each aide would have been enough. Mr. RoLT explained that it was uncertain whether the en gagements of the Attorney •General and his own would enable them to attend. It was, therefore, necessary to retain the services of other counsel. Mr. PETERSDOEFF, of the common law bar followed, on the same side, and submitted that at common law there was no absolute right of traverse. It was discretionary in the Court to traverse a coroner's inquisition, and in seeking to tra verse an inquest of outlawry the Court must be satisfied that there are good grounds. If the power in Court was merely ministerial, surely then in case of a refusal of traverse the person aggrieved would constitutionally have a right to seek redress by mandamus or otherwise. But no such proceeding was ever heard of. The right to habeas corpus was one of the most absolute rights possessed by the subject; but even there the court must be satisfied that there is proper ground for issuing the writ. It was ad mitted that in practice notice of a petition to traverse must be served on the parties interested. If the right were a matter of course then what was the object of that pro ceeding? Mr. MORRIS was on the same side. Mr. BETHELL, in reply, submitted that there had been much misapprehension of the meaning of the statutes. By the common law of England, whenever the king's title stood on record on an office found, there was no remedy for the subject but to proceed either by monetrans de droit or by a petition of right. But the 34 and 36 of Edward 111. gave right of traverse; the right, however, being exclusively confined to the case of lands seized to the use of the king. There was no statutable right to traverse till 2 and 3 Ed ward VI., c. 8. Then with respect to the 6of Geo. IV., c 53, it had been asked on the other side why, if there was no discretion in the' Court, the heir at law and next of kin were served with the petition, applying for leave to traverse? It was not serv ed on them in their character of heir or next of kin , but as parties interested, and that only if 'they had the carriage of the inqui sition. The latter statute was based on the Act of Ed ward VI., and the discretion which it gave was ,only with the view to limit the time within which traverses should be prosecuted. In the case of Ludlam, so much relied on on the other side, it was clearly apparent that the lunatiC was not capable of sound 'volition, but even there the Court might possibly have only received the affidavit as a means of proof that the lunatic was really the petitioner. The decision in " Ex parte Saumarez" only went the length of showing that a petition might be refused on the ground that the petitioner was not the person seeking the right of traverse: This wee more clearly apparent in Fuses most case, for there the actual applicant was the wife, and there was a doubt made as to the legality of the marriage. Robert's case, the order was made under special circutnst ance l s with the view to save expense; and with respect to the contended cedpotwhaert thein btrreaavkei Other authdrides cited, the Learned Counsel, dis i g b u i t i m o e n n t o , of e f o o n r traverse had been opponent'sexliarg clown ea maste masterly held to be as a matter of right. ......_ • The LORD CHANCKLLOR sa id, the question before the Court was of great importance. and it m i g h t be regarded as a constitutional one. It, however, really lay i n a very small compass. The question depended on the construction of the statute 2 & 3 Edward VI. , c. 8, and it was therefore necessary to refer to the exact words of the statute. The 6th section provides that if any person be or' shall be un truly found lunatic, idiot, or dead, every perso n orhlal and so aggrieved by any such of fi ce or inquisition Be h same may have his and th e i r traverse to t leasure, immediately, or aft er, at his or their p reme dy and proceed to t r i a l t h erein, an d have travers e upon and advantage as in other ea', es 0. ons id e r whether, untrue inquisition f oun d . He bacl'or r h t o d c io enter into the before granting a t raverse, t h a Court.th-e prese nt one had oc whole case before the jury, vih n o ic a ll I'd ra bic stress was laid in cupied no less th an 1 6 days. -- if e ro vision of the old sta support of this p ropos ition ont 40. : ea P i More escheators ; but totes relating t o th e f i nding n' - and to traverses between the as these related solely t h e y d had no bearing on this question. king and his subjects, e ex pressly and most clearly gave These words of the th estatut pleasure of the person aggrieved the right of traverse at t . This was not a merely qua when untruly found lunaavie, the Court the power of exec lified right, unable dis cretion. g _ l discretion. His Lordship then pro ceededcisin a reasonab the a uthorities cited in the course of the to review case decided by Lord Hardwicke, the special argument. In the r c aa eh were gone into, and seemed to infiu • stances o * - Learned RI ige more than in those circum d o f that ence the Dahl. 3 successors. But there was one case in which decided by his bad treated traverse as a matter of Lord ilardwthere the traverse was lodged at the Petty_ right; for without the intervention of this court, and face ' Bag.° llor in no way interfered to pro 'ent its further 'the Chance But it might be asked why the parties came to prosecution. that there f 6 George IV. ? Even supposing the enactment o was no discretion in the Court, yet the w ith the care of lunatics so 'found by in q uisition, travers ed without consent could hardlyex p e ct to go at allowed the costs of the traverse. It was not necessary to bhe who collected and fully length through the cases, as they were c ommented on by Lord Cottenhanl "Em parte B rid g e. in , ill rules Lord alludow, it was true, had gone at 19Pgt h MARCH 29, 185: `~. //,1 n -- __. er". case, Into facts, and expressed an opinion that traverse wee not matter of right, bat every Chance.l)or since his .Lor„d-, s on h vu i e p aer 's agr ti ea n ni i it e .,. w eiex hi .r h e s sA d 3en b d e n a bn n yb c eL a s l io l t e rad d ti t u o Eg e kto x op p ni r n 7 oo g4 inn evs: " D o a i t i thil i eu o :mo hia se d tr hl n i d d cau tious judges who had ever occupied a seat on the bench; and in!Hall's case (2 - Vesey, jun.) he ,held that the Tight was not confined to the person found lunatic, but extended to third parties having interest; and even where the applica tion was made by a stranger not havifig an interest, as in Ward's case (6 Vesey, 579), the Chancellor did not decide against such a person's right, bat nie,rely: . ob i served th a t t h e Court would regard such applications: withnalousy• Lord Rosslyn, in Ferne's case, was also of opinion in favour of the traverse being of right. Lord Eldon,:• as already remarked, had expressed his opinion overand over again: • 'Lord Lynd hurst was never called on to express any - opinion :. on the paint, and Lord Brougham had ride expressed a judicial opinion. Lord Cottenham in "Ex parte Bridge" was in favour of the right, and Lord Truro, in two cases which came before him, decided that it was a matter of right. But none of these judges had the advantage of hearing the whole question so comprehensively and learnedly argued or being asaisted as he (the Lord Chancellor . ) . Was on the present oc casion. It seemed to him thatit would be difficult to deny that these authoritie s were entitled to the greatest weight, and t i e) t op itwni entirely o r li e n q ec u ic, r ie r er e du, i w n inui it c 3h. h , • deliberation ermt expressed 11t &ceson opinions o t h r e part of ' arty judge who should Venture to•optiOse his single s in favour of the right within the full meaning and sentirsi:ri:enh.roaatfte:til.lsauted_h:Aaasetc'etitbof:s.rhito:ailadmrhieganyhtet. idifferent bo tfehte the ezd right was Wr esill Y Had he been called upon to decide the question without the on to benefit of the learned argument arrived at the same conclusion —that given by the 6th section of t icke statute of Edward and that the statute of George IV. did not alter the character of that guru: question .; n a b hq u ou t we thenswtiao was that o t f h ea rightvq e a r y est being acknowledged—and in that opinion th e erere c i c g ir h Lsie t padtr t rd2 o osn tr ai a r 0 Justices:esewrse; c t It o n e impossible to deny that in alt the . oases of thii nature which had come before the Court, attention bad been i n some de-: gree directed to the question whether the traverse s h ou ld issue. But the:, it was said that this was inconsistent With the position taken On the other side. Of course you must - first decide, in order to come to a satisfactory conceuin . whether the issuing is of right or not. B eicati r, if it was of right, then the consideration , w hi o 3 the Court would give in such cases would ,be with a very different view, if the traverse- -w ere held to be not strictly of right. He thought that it was proper that a reasonable control should be in the power or the Court. For example, should a case be presented, Where the Chancellor at once saw unmistakeable signs of madness, no man could imagine that it would be a proper case in which a traverse should issue; for there there would be prima fade • proof against theassertion that the applicant had been "un truly" found lunatic under the inquisition sought to be tra versed. In some of the cases, particularly, those before Lords Hardwicke and Eldon, - matters appeared to be entered into which seemed to carry the inquiry beyond this extent. It was not surprising that there should be some evidence of this kind, as parties were left to their own discretion,, and affida. vits were made entering into the question of sanity or in sanity; for the affidavits being made, the Court could not prevent them being filed. He could not admit that there was any authority laid down by Lord Eld n which bound him to go into the evidence which had been adduced before the jury, when be found that Noble Lord over and over again deliberately stating that traverse was a matter of right. That now brought him to the consideration of what was the proper discharge of the duty which de ni oon doubt l i like t v b o u l v e d presenton f o t r h e leav G e re t a o t tr a S v e e al rse . in Th a e n re c a o p u p ld lia b a e t that the first duty was to make such inquiry as should sa tisfy his mind that the application was a bona fide one; that Mrs. Cumming really desired the traverse, and that she was capable of an act of volition. He did not mean to say that if he had found on seeing Mrs. Cumming that she was not actually the petitioner, he would not have allowed the tra verse. That point was not now before the Court, and on it he offerred no opinion. In the case as presented the Court would decide that the traverse was a matter of right. In his interview with Mrs. Cumming he had represented to her what would be the effect of the traverse,and he had also fully explained all the consequences in respect of costs, and he had found her rational, collected, and dispassionate. Redid not, of course, now allude to the general state of her miner; but, on the question of traverse or no traverse, be was bound to say that she was as composed and rational as any rea sonable person with whom he had ever conversed. She was most desirous to traverse, even though the remainder of her property should be sacrificed. Being therefore satia ted on that point, he was of opinion that the traverse was of right, and that the Court were bound to allow it. But before he parted with this case he must say that it was one which the Court had heard with much pain. This pro perty is of small amount, and even with care—and he saw no signs of care—could ill afford the costs of these proceed ings. Unless it was managed with the strictest economy, the whole of it will be swallowed up in the proceedings pro fessedly taken for the purpose of protecting it. It would be a lasting reproach to the parties on both sides- net excepting the counsel by whom they are advised, if these proceedings are allowed to be carried on in such a manner as to exhaust this poor lady's property. Let them seriously think of this. This lady is now very infirm in health and aged, being 76 years old. He repeated that it would be a lasting disgrace to all parties concerned, and it would be a reproach too on the law, if through these proceedings the few years which will be left to her must be spent in poverty. Here had no less than eight counsel been engaged in supporting and op posing this application, three on the one side and five. on the other. He now made an order that only the costs of two counsel on each side should be allowed; and he would make an order that future expenses to be incurred in these proceedings be cut down to the lowest possible point, for he was determined to preserve what remained of this lady's property, if it is in the power of the Great Seal to pre serve it. A portion of the audience by which the Court was filled lewdly applauded the Noble and Learned Lord on concluding his judgment, but of course so indecent an expression of feel ing in a court of justice was instantly suppressed. The Lord Justice KNIGHT BRUCE and the Lord Justice Lord CRANIVOITH expressed severally, but, briefly, their full con currence in the view taken of the petition by the Lord Chan cellor, and the order was made accordingly. Mr. BETIIELL asked their Lordships to stay the proceed ings in the lunacy. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the Court as then constituted had nothing to do +, ith that question. The application must be made elsewher.. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. On Saturday nearly 50 600 people visited the con demned building, and about tour o'clock there must nave been 20,000 persons assemb!ed at one time. The die play of carriages ou:side reminded one of the - Exhibition, and within, the appearance of the company exceeded in respectability and nearly tquailed in numbers many of the shilling days. The experiment of the contractors in throwing the place open to the public haS,' so far, been a complete success. Thousands of signatures he re been attached to the petitions laid out on tables in the transept, and, had the facilities for signing been greater, this method of manifesting popular feeling might have been extended much further. But a mere sentimental wish eill not save the building now, and, if it is to be preserved, vigorous steps must be taken by all who are interested iu the subject. So strongly is this felt, and so pressing is the emergency, that three dis tinct movements have simultaneously originated on the subject. In one of these Sir Moses Montefiore has taken the initiative, and has announced a meet ing to be held at i he Mansion-house on the 7th of April, over which the Lord Mayor has promised to preside. In another Mr. Oliveira has been the prime mover, and has got together a large amount of influential support. His friends hold a preliminary committee meeting at the building on Tuesday next, to concert measures and to receive such accessions to their numbers as may en sure the success of their efforts. The third moVerneet , and probably that which has at present assumed the most practical and effective form, includes th e name of Sir Joseph Paxton, who is determined to confute by al he unfai r imper fectly deeds the inferences which the recent Commission hi,lv drawn from his evidence. The report o m,,f that C o i. - eion certainly placed him in a very awkward -- osition, hisa n n se d, w t b h i o e u b gh baab leeetntermsandoewosf an beaureiden o t u and position, en expressed statement, which he had no o p portunity of correcting, the fact remai ns, that the struck at o the t building he p a palace was wili u struck niote thr . o h tei h l r " blbowa bly all who are disposed to exert thernsegca l for the t pre servation sao.e u theirwhich ff v ort - s,and the self-suppotting prin c i p l e, 'eh the Great EMlL bition was so successfully carried out. The building remains open to the public , fr ee ma rrow of charge, to- ELECTION - ... . M 0 V 11:1Y1E,N TS' 'WINCHESTER. - • porters here th a t h e will not vote for a retur n t° Sir James E as t h as positively declared olds princiPal sup. Protective duties; thou g h, upon other Government wi 4 an dow, he jadisP°B64 to give Hampshir e I n d ependent. • ' I____------'-- - - rode, _ : _acdent . 'support. SCOTLAND. ORKNEY AND S b il u E t a T y l l:u lsT ng il man, is one of Mr. And erson is to me et with opposition at the approach ing election, f rom Mr. Inglis, the new Solicitor-General for Scotland, the first leadierrs. Inglis, e although Sco tch bar. He left Edinburgh on Friday f o p r O r k n ey and Shetland to commence hyfeanvass. :„.,„,,,,—,---------- - - - -- • r __ „ iirmx.s AMENDMENT.--The Lord Amend the Wills Act, as amended in THE LAwill us t4 t been printed by order of the House of t-C:l3o9j3v:icontains three sections With the exception nvision declaring the title to be, " The Wills Act of the pr- _ . et 18 _ r... 52 It states the place where the sig- Amen dme" 4. ' • , are to .be written. No signatufe is to be operative IC. Chancel l or o ' rd i . t 7 ":: ie e ffegt. to any disposition or_direqtym which is under neath or which follows it, nor shalt - it gtve'effecl tir' any dis position inserted after the signature shall be made. The Act is to extend to certain wills already made. The word " will" is to be construed in the same manner as declared by the Wills Act, 1 Victoria, c. 26. The operations of the Irish Beetroot Sugar Com pany, which commenced at Mount Mellick about a fortnight back, are described by the parties interested to have been very favourable. The average crop of beetroot in Ireland is said to be 26 tons per acre, while on the continent it is only 16 tons; and it is now affirmed that the minimum yield of saccharine matter is 7 i per cent. in raw sugar, whereas on the continent 7 per ce n t. is the highest. A fur. ther advantage is also said t o exist in the co s t of the process as carried on at Mount Mel lick, where it avera g e s 71 . 53 . per ton, against 9 1 . per ton a broad. On the oth er hand, the priCe of the roots in Ireland this year hasbeenlsast 17r1 toil the . pe t h e continental price being 12 s. 6 d. Offers for n ext year , h owe ver, have been made at 13 s. On the whole, at p resent rites, the Irish sugar is alle g ed to be produced ton, the continent al avera g e bein g 17/. 15 s. Tke manufac toryp e p er now at work cost about 10,0001. It employs 160 labourers, has two steam engines, together of 40-horse power, and works up about 300 tons of beetroot per week. The company propose to erect six more establish ments during the year. Rued sugar has not yet been made, but its manufacture will commence in a week or two. _ It appears that the railway loans at the Bank of France are to be for periods of tw th re e months on bonds, and that ill cent. the borrowers are to find further security, or the pro . months th ofs a on fa of 20 per and perty is to be sold. The whole atracgaments are very similar to those of the Exchange Banks at Glasgow and elsewhere during the mania of 1846, and which ended in disasters to all parties. The aggregate amount to be advanced each week will be announced at the periodical meeting of the directors, and the total for the first week is expected to be 560,0001. Mr. Sheriff Swift, of London, w i t h his cha p lain, the Rev. Dr. O'Connor, ig now a visit at Thaw, with Archbishop 2 •• ~~ f i Y ;. 4-17) .!4t: - I